The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

s of I liberty Philippe over Spain. Of the nort ) rout e the ci th th question, in one of wh —were termed thip •of certain )eared in t a most .e ware- a set of I r. Evans only ye exp. to the mast, i, if r n or pi 1 inanc ld the pacine indeed [e . nna and 3 the ME t on I vent ti ieacjal to t nded with with EN' anti r i harm, wo'u ry ; but anti he 100 dock v 1-IPrPri Ir. Evans .t to be impracticable. to coerce ti t the present Minister them from chief rivers, to pre ursions which iniah netary condition of the mew , suc )n Mond to the put for us very' proper anguinary feat. followir num b high lie impeachment *as not d +hQt LuroT admitt , men of the port, who complained that they excluded from the business of the (Albert) Doc fore;'''v leman, th at all improper to des uable class of our fell f their . neighbou'rs: and who ought upon as speedily will not be nec the masts h to vindica 1 from t lenetic ,hit in no port or for can a more honourable and and there is no cla I more 1 .gely to the tradesmen of ral arl say m Livprn weir cl THE LIVERPOOL BTANDIIIII. em into sub Mission, what is to prevent setting up in any other trade ? Upon there areat the present"time a 'hops, bl make: any otner similar places ; and the Committee may ittst as legitimately make sails, or blocks, or bake ship bread. at a inw as i+nrn.of ,ess resulting from their corporate manage, warehouse goods or coope len of town would do well to carrying out full y of ti iples which 1 announced s those of the Dock Committee, anc unfortunately becoming too Cornmor s. *At the. present moment, with th( and ad tion of monopoly inquicate'd from - every platform ies in ev to public coin s the exclusive power to se could equally well a' nivate ent mn plisl Our •G Companies we fornied to supply us with gas. W ed no more from them. They are now ga: 1. They deal in lead piping and . iror leliers and burners, glass shad Railway . Companies make ti locomotives, print their own• time bill Our Town f their own hotel k a addition to ti or let g off little plots of the nmodation a showmen for un- lir who use it, are wanting to set up more pul l employed younger brothers of proud families, I to procure more accommodation for the people. Now, anybody who knows any thing of the actual circumstances of newly-ere eed churches, will be well aware. that the clergymen are so badly provided for that no man, who is not actuated by a sincere of his holy calling, would be induces to devote himself to the church for the purpose of obt such an incumbency. We fear that £l5O a year is awing • QUI pcilua In i lie CICEgy IJI ULle churches which are springing up about us, and eery man will know that this sum, about equal to the wages of a book-keeper or warehouseman, will be a provision "for the unemp: hers of nroud ok botl .ed younger liter in the sly dishonest, A To show the reaCconditio r n 'of the cl ch We may quote th. rent of actual cases which are d he circumstan .ared to represent of incumbents Manchester; it was read at the recent meeting of the Church Reform Associat Case A Note from an incumbent, long r to a friend s The note is now in n I have received your enclosure, and thank you for it. rived most opportunely, just when I wanted some ey, for, I may tell you, I had not 20 n incumbent of the F to a gentleman_p deration. Some, like myself, lu xed to support them through li very little income I should not say As long. , as my £32 a-year would not, could not, support. I and others are blessed by the Almighty with rength to discharge our ministry, all things How are pew come, to a great extent, tails ; and the clergy, in general, only having bad a bare sufficiency in the da ) of vigour, were not able to lay something each year past, have no resources." :ept lee; their uncertain in- and, iherefu Case C.— An incumbent of the parish applied, this month, to my informant, for a loan of £5O. on a little private property he had, to enable him to pa, his pew rents fall due. Case D.—An incumbent of the parish. Wife and three or four children. Income only £lsoper annum. Obliged to solicit his payments in advance. Case E.—An incumbent, income about £lOO. Wife and family. Obliged to curtail his family expenditure, and quite unable to give adequate education to his child- Case F.—Curate, salary £lOO. Wife and four child. ren. Wife obliged to perform house duties, from ivabilit3 to defray the expel Case ( Of a maid-servant harassed by a sm all college debt, sent income does not allow has borrowed a trifle from an mneil is not vacant tern go on long enough, and we shall have nen o Ale CO re must bear.in mind the condition ties, by wb :h a portion of ti Land have of late distinguished th ems - elves, :t more than a passing ',used to att • .by. day, v. 1. crime bearing a family lil sor, in its community of horrible and ures, and in the:pleas too frequently d, by way of excuse for it tub Ars WI. am nrallafl 1 D etrati on them, en masse, as we recently tiad- occasion to do, whilst perusing the reports of the Special Commis sion, which has just terminated its sittings in Li that we can fully estimate the debasement whom the deeds of savages receive so la 'ge an amount of toleration, and such mpatl when visited with pur caret anted beyond the immediate circle of their own desol We are tempted to draw a tried b only bi ention to one case, ore the Limerick Special Commission, not auSe it exhibits a ferocity of crime carcely conceivable as existing in any civilized coup but beenAlqp if abni.,. 4-w;fl;,. offence which the Thuggee code Co with the penalty of death ; and Ireland v at the same time a hardened want of (lc ency and proper feeling un lg circumstances in which t and, to save exposer now removed from Manchester ; Married,—furniture partly hired : occupy ing .a' cottage, quite unable to pay current expenses, though employing no servant, even during his wife's con nnements, and latterly obliged to accept a private sub scription to prevent disgrace. lary £ strict clergyman : married. five children We think these facts sufficiently show how unjust are the imputations cast on the zealous supporters of the Establislled Church by the Mercury. 1 7 I exposures; as we have above Quoted, show tha ANNUAL The annual meeting of the Committee and Friends 'of the above Institution was held yesterday, in the. Board room of the Hospital, for the purpose of electing officers and reporting upon the proceedings of the past year. Mr. J. B. Yates occupied the chair. The Secretary read the report. • During the last twelve months there have been treated 244 patients, of whom 178 S were Out, and 656 were In patients. 1573 of the entire number were cases of external violence, and 871 wcra medical and surgical cases of vari ous kinds. There remained of Patients in the Hospital on 1 62 y' the 31st December, 1847 A.dmitted from the Ist January, 1847, to the 1 656 'l4 Ist January, 1848 ci El, cured or relieved .... 572 Pi 45 4 tal on Ist January, 1848. 39 I occurred as above-mentioned, were disci Of the 45 deat from the beginning. If these *y will be reduced eleven be subtracted, the rate of rnort explain that, although the in-patients sed, the out-patients have much more materi- aged, many of would have been desira essary space to have g a very flattering en e for their zealous appoint MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHERN HOSPITAL. to five per cent, : The comma* have inert ble if they bad possessed the in treated in the house. After passi upon the officers and corn services, they expt their regret, that by the pressure of the times, they had failed in raising the'£2ooo, announced erect the Tie ;ssary additional buildings, and appeal henevolenee of the nublie fir aid. . • . The Rev. T. IsTor.A.INT then proceeded to move the re nt of Mr. J. B. Yates, as President of the Institution ; and in the course of a very beautiful address paid a high and well-deserved compliment to that gentle- Man, for his untiring zeal in superintending and piomot- 'Mr. YATES returned thanks in very feeling terms; and expressed his great regret that the Institution was unable to perform_ efficiently the duties which were looked for from it. Two years had elapsed since the Board had seen the..necessity, and determined upon the step, f enlarging the building as soon as funds could be collected for the purpose. The difficulty of the times, however, •had thus sistance from the generosity of his fellow-townsmen ; and especially from those who were engaged in business at the south end of the town. After urging upon the Committee the desirableness of appointing another president in his stead, on the ground that such an office should not appear to be monopolized by one ine'- - * nd st: \V- - - 1 - _ and stipulating that his acceptance of the office should only be for twelve months, he urged upon them the necessity of using active exertions to bUild additional rooms to the Hospital. The men's wards had been full during the whole of the past year, the average having been 53 inmates ; and although it might be urged that there had been occasionally two or three short in the women's ward, that was not an argu- Idition, as the two wards were in differ- ment against ti shmild: be kept It was impossible that they _ ed new docks at the south )rmed • and it would be painful to of the lamentable nature which could go on when the prop( have to turn away c A vote of thanks having been voted to the late trea surer, Mr. John Cropper, Mr. INGRAM moved the ap pointment of Mr. Platt, jun. as treasurer for the present Mr. HAMPTON,, year, which was seconded by the Rev who took the opportunity of paying a handsome compli ment to Mr. Platt. sen. for the effective services whi , l he had rendered the institution, at the same time that he eulogized highly the zeal and energy of his son, to whom Jan. IS, ISA IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION IN BEHALF OF OUR WEST INDIAN COLONISTS. On Thursday last a most important meeting of the West India Association was held in Brook-street, Grosve nor-square, at which, besides a large number of the mem bers of the Association who were present, several mem bers pf the committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, - and other friends of that body attended. The speakers on be half of the colonist entered into a full explanation of the state of affairs from the period of the Emancipation Act to the present 'time,• shewing most conclusively that, al though they should have no fear of a competition on even terms, provided' the slave trade could be effectually put down, it was utterly impossible that they could continue the cultivation of their estates under existing' circumstan ces ; and that the negro population of the !West Indies, for whose improvement the Anti-Slavery Society had ex pressed so much anxiety, and who had' at one period raised themselves materially in the social scale, must re lapse into their semi-barbarism. The cblonial speakers contrasted the herculean efforts made by the Anti-Slavery Association in behalf of the Negro in former days, with their placid quietude in the crisis of his fate; and con cluded with an appeal to the committee and friends of the Askpciation to join them in an effort t ) place both the planter and the tree labourer in a position to protect themselves from the effects of competition with the slave cultivator. The members of the Anti rejoiced in the adr had been impraVed since the A regretted to notice it ry Society on theirpart rlat the Negro character r;mancipation ; and Je sombre tone in which the colonists had expressed themseh that ti eir present_ exertions contraste 1 _ill with their it;: ,uey swum only assure their West India friends that their exertions had been unremittingly employed in opposing the introduction of slave suzars into Gras& is well-known supporters of a Government ad tocating liberal views. they had nevertheless considered it to be their duty to oppose such introduction of slave 3ri tain a==u Lucy nau succeencu upon the first occasion in defeating the attempt ; but upon the second,- on the Sugar Bill of 1846, their opposition, although equially strong, had been less successful. Their memorials were in print, and in the Anti-Slavery Reporter the colonists would see that they had always endeavoured to exclude slave-grown suu ' ars from competition with th ose pro d uced by free men. Had the so-styled representatives of the nninniefa -A 4.L -• wioiiibi,s not aeserteri trieir own interests upon the pass ing of the Bill of 1846, the event might have been different, but it assuredly appeared strange that the colonists should accuse the anti-slavery body of lukewarmness in their cause, when 26 out of 28 of their own representatives,going over from the supposed colonial interests, had voted with. Lord J. Russell in favour of the introduction of slave su gars. The West Indians had, it was said, now repudiated such representatives, and had called together large meetings inthe colonies toprotestagainst this unfortunate bill. They were sorry to hear that the bill had been passed too sud denly to allow of the opinion in the colonies being first consulted, and more so to be informed of its direful results. It appeared to them, however, that there was much room for hope, and the Anti-Slavery Society were willing to continue their sincere and honest opposition to the intro duction of slave sugar, and were, in fact, at present deli berating upon the subject. They would likewise gladly see any reduction of duty upori free sugar, an object their West Indian friends seemed particularly to desire, and which appeared to them (the colonists) a matter of the greatest importance. To conclude, they hoped that the good feeling that had so eminently characterised this meet ing would henceforth continue unbroken between the colonists and themselves, and assured the colonists of their hearty support, in any way they, as men of principle, could afford." A committee was then appointed to draw up a petition to Government in favour of a reduction of duty upon free - L i natio I of Italy, Pon' again . envel f inowled i so steadily to iow reced power of Austria st waning an of the d Italy is a in rest The Swiss n e cann )ined in a nefi 3 famed for wisdom o exist among ish patriots have been of Siberia, for loving ly country too well; (1 with the gloats over the The _ flagrant 'allowed by the spoli m of Poland, and by )efore unheard of by ukable for its bound- bition, and its gla- it of light, which, after centu irnp.Q „„ IS obscured, and the deepest t devoted country. The .eedom which was roll- Rome, has been stemmed, and res. The Pope is either D oppose the herculean the hour of liberty for Italy is s now the order ion, and sr I Dock lastei• traG columns of on e of our con- I with the Albeit Dock had dined sion, whereas ti that there and Mr. Evans ought to have known it ill the 'emature s ned into the fangs of d€ on and n, though protected by a treaty Out to have its hallowed sanctity in4aded, as though the ruthless hands of aggress sign could not leave one spot of earth uncontami nated by their grasp. The power of the Diet is to be destroyed, an& instead of being as hitherto a free legislative body, it is to be placed under the dominion of those states which have interfered in its affairs. It will be deprived of the capability of crushing and punishing rebellion, and, in fact, will be no longer governed by the suffrages of the people : the deliberative assembly will be a mock ery, destitute of reality, and only useful as the semblance of liberty. This result may, however, be prevented by the appearance of England in defence of Switzerland; and it is unlikely that our country will remain in quiescent, while almost the last vestige of liberty- Europe is demolished. Whether, however, we shall 'have to engage in a war on the account of Switzerland or not, it seems, according to the present aspect of affairs, very probable that one will break out in the course of a few -years: The rapid improvement which France has re iltly made in her naval equipment, the ext ,ensue system of aggrandisement which she has for some time steadily pursued, and the fact of her having at Algiers, in the immediate neighbourhood of Gibral tar, a large army, seem to be indications of her ex- pectation - of a war with this country. We would, however, tender a word of advice to our neighbours on the other side of the Channel, to be careful how they heedlessly rush into a war with our country, which will be scarcely less than exterminating to one or other of the belligerent powers. Suppose for a moment that France should be victorious, at what a cost of treasure and life would the conquest be achieved ; and if, on the other hand, England should, as in former instances, be successful, the dismemberment of the French empire would be the inevitable result. It is, indeed, a pitiable thing to old man like Louis Philippe, dropping as it ipending his last days upon oil the two greatest nations were into the grave arth in efforts t 3f the world, and in int Dr power of which it is impossible he can ever enjoy ti be the final ever, a war shoul =motions of Rurope robability of a French ree in the many of the 1 defence iary. It e country trcely to I hich the s premature and ur Pe credited that at the advanced age French monarch has arrived that he 41 an extensive plan as the invasion and still more unlikely that during hich are sure to attend a regency ople would wish to attempt ' I And however much d form county in France, the Fre nay be the desire of the French to do so, we are 11 awa: ne most extensive preparations would be needed to enable them even to transport their troops across the channel, and we should con shier it quite time enough to preps any special ents for an lefences - when they con Iced arrang, !'he improbability of any attempt of the kind Lnir made. derives additional strength from the that both the Directory and the conqueror of cooper our read( ertion of Mr. Evan to complain of, given in the Bill of Entry Hogsheads of Sugar Tierces ditto Casks ditto Barrels ditto Cases ditto 623 I 561 ' 6474 Sugar, packages 4995 Boxes ditto Puncheons of Rum Hogsheads ditto Barrels eason of repose, . I Pipes of Wiz 0256 j 2483 1433 } Rum, ditto 9AR 1086 1 , Molasses, ditto 2271 Oil 919 5886 Tallow ditto 1151 Rice ditto is no one person exe cooper in the dock; that there are only twenty-two coopers in all employed in the dock, only one of whom, the superintendent, has ever been a master ising the trade of master vans might have known, also, that it is the very principle of his favourite dock ware that the Dock Comm t are their own ught the case of this body before •e trust that, in opposition to the at they have " nothing on a future occasion we shall be 'es, but t merchants and shipowners of the port, have much to complain of in the unjust exclusion with which the coopers are visited. At present, however, we must confine ourselves to giving a detailed state ment of the extent of the business for which the latter body are deprived of all chance of competition : & LIST OF THE CASKS AND CASES DISCHARGED IN THE DOCK FROM THE IST OF JANUARY TO THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1847,—(besides about fifty vessels reported in the river and not included, the name of the particu docks in which they subsequently discharged not being Hogsheads of ditto Quarter casks, &c. Puncheons, Molasses Hogsheads, ditto Casks of Palm Oil Casks of Olive Oil Casks of Tallow Tierces of Rice Brls. Turpentine, 13581 Turpentine, &c., ditto 13581 Rosin and Pitch { Barrels of Pork 3381 iiditto Tierces of Beef 4165 J Provisions, Barrels of Lard 1769 Lard, Barrels of Flour 350,820 Four, 350,820 Total packages.. 416,115 I Ye are certain it could never be the intention of the legislature, in legalizing the dock warehouse system, to band over to a public body a monopoly of so large a share of one of the most important trades of the port ; and, as little was it in the con• templation of the merchants of Liverpool that, whilst using the Committee's warehouses, they should be debarred the liberty of .employing, in the securing of their own property, those master trades men in whose skill they had the greatest confidence, and, at the same time, be compelled to pay what ever charges the Committee may choose to impose. Every man is aware that cheapness is seldom the attribute of a public body's work, and that where there is rio competition cheapness cannot be en forced froth such body. As bearing upon this question of monopoly by a public body, we may notice a remark which fell from the Chairman of the Dock Committee, at its meeting'on Thursday last. After speaking of the re jection of the dock bill by the Council, and the con sequent difficulty in which the Committee were placed as to the disposal of the large mass of ware house and other property, which they had purchased as the site of the new docks to be formed at Wap ping, the Chairman remarked—" There is another important thing. We can appropriate these ware houses" (which, according to Mr. Eyre Evans, are 105 in number) " free of rent." The Mercury holds out this fact as a warning to the warehouse owners of the danger, to their own property, of cantinued opposition to the increase of dock ware houses.. We cannot conceive, however, that Mr. Bramley-Moore intended the remark which he made to convey .the threat, which the Mercury attributes to him. We believe that he would no more use any powers which the Dock Committee may have bad unwittingly given to them, to oppress private individuals, or to coerce the judgment of the public, than he would pick a pocket, or refuse payment of an honest debt. There has been no trickery recorded in Mr. Bramley-Moore's admi nistration of dock affairs .thus far ; and we are perfectly certain that trickery is foreign to his cha racter: It is sufficiently alarming, however, to contemplate the mere possibility of a public body having the power of thus using property acquired by them, not with a view to make from it a fair profit, but to oppress and injure individuals. For where is such a system to stop ? If the Dock Committ Q e because they have a number of ware houses which they cannot at present pull down, and convert into the use intended to be made of them, may set up business as cheap warehousemen, in opposition to private individuals, or, as is hinted, old have drawn doWn a storm of in tion from every spectator. The case is that of John Renihan, who was found guilty, on the 10th instant, of the murder of a man named John M'Enirv, and brought up for jud zment on the follosvin culprit is described as " a sturdy, bout twenty years of age, well dies youth, a 1, and earing to belong in the better class of farm 1 bourers." This Jam Renihan, it appears, was one of a party who attacked the house of his victim, NlTniry; and, after robbing it of money and arms, made a search for M'Eniry himself, who was con cealed on the premises. They found him ; and, to judge, " as if to afford some express indication of th ose fiends in huinan shape by whom the deed of atrocity was perpetra ted—as if to show a rivalry in wickedness—the man who finds him says, Give me a blunderbuss to shoot him, as it was I that got him !' " The victim was dragged from his place of concealment and the words of the learned beatentied back to his family, beaten again and was drat; The family heard ` tinctly each successive blow the unhappy man re ceived, and the moaning that followed their inflic- words o tion." We quote, now, th addressed to the convicted culprit the judge, "The door is again opened, and some of the party en ter, and you are one of them. You call for a candle ; you oblige one of the inmates to hold it for you : you load a gun in the presence of the family; you return with the loaded gun to the scene in which you and your associates y then retire be unfortunate the house; he is not yet dead, he breathes, but is sense less, and it is found that during the period in which he was subjected to this process of lingering torture his jaw was broken and his head fractured in two places. These were not sufficient to produce his instant death. His back is broken by a gun-shot wound, his hip is perforated by another, and in the course of a few hours he dies, pre senting a mangled corpse, any one of those injuries proved before us being sufficient to cause his death. When he was brought into the house, in the simple but expressive language of one of the witnesses, you could not know Now what was the offence which this unfortunate man had committed to draw down upon himself and his family this cruel doom ? We give these again in the words of the judge, addressed to the culprit, in passing sentence of death "Your stepfather, with whom you lived, was in posses sion of a farm adjoining that occupied by John M'Eniry. J. Al'Eniry had a servant youth in his employment, a young person hardly past the age of boyhood. You im pounded one of his cattle, as the law allowed You . , for trespassing on your stepfather's farm. This young lad went to you to beg the restoration of the cattle, and rim gave up the cattle ; but you did more. You, a vigorous and athletic man, armed with a stick that .might . have been a weapon calculated to produce death, from some animosity you entertained against that boy, struck him a blow which felled him senseless to the earth ; and a man of your strength, who could so employ it against a person of his youth and feebleness, might well be expected to have exercised it for the purpose of committing a worse crime. The master of the boy did what was his duty—he appealed to the law to protect his servant. He summoned you before the bench of magistrates. That was his offence against you. When you were dragging the man to his dwelling door, where you sealed the doom of death you had determined on committing, he asked you 'What have I done ?' and one of the party replied 'Remember the last court day.' Such was the cause for the perpetration of this dreadful murder." The above picture of the temper of an Irish " athletic youth," and of his evident inclination to sacrifice to his brutal passion a poor child, whose only apparent offence was his being the bearer of an entreaty for the release of his cattle from the pound, is bad enough. It shows at least the trifling value of human life in the estimation of these "finest pisantry" on the earth. And the subsequently accomplished murder of poor M'Eniry proves that the protection, by law, of the life of a dependant is a crime which renders deliberate assassination, by a banded darty, a venial transgression, if, indeed, it is not regarded as merit on the part of the assassin. But let us come to a consideration of the state of mind in which the convicted culprit received his sentence. We give the scene in the words of the report, premising that the sentence was, that his execution should take place on the 11th February, one month being given him for preparation for eternity : " The prisoner heard the sentence with the most per fect coolness. On retiring from the dock he took a piece of bread from his pocket, and, laughing, said to the other prisoners, ' By Car, boys, we must eat whilst we live at any rate.' ! ! Such," the Report adds, "is the revolt ing indifference with which these wretched men regard their awful situation." A strange state of mind it must be in which wretches like this are so callous—so apparently confident—that they can eat whilst they live, and have no fears of a hereafter. We shall no doubt learn that this young man—who, under better teaching, might have been an honest and a useful member of society—met his fate boldly, confident in the absolution given him by the priest. Perhaps he will deny to the last his guilt ; and appeal suc cessfully to the sympathies of the spectators of his fatal hour. But what an example will thus be set. Will there be one in a dozen, of those who see this young man ushered into eternity, who will not be perfectly aware that the man who professes to have prepared his soul for eternity, knows he is as crimi nal as the law has adjudged him to be, and that he leaves the world with a lie, uttered in the face of an avenging God, upon his soul ? OUR contemporary, the Mercury, whose hos tility to the established religion is so notorious that• its arguments are utterly unworthy of notice, publishes, on Friday, a statement so disho nestly false that we cannot permit it to pass without notice. After speaking of the arguments used by the advocates of church extension as to spiritual destitution, the Mercury says : " This cant ought to be laid aside. It is, indeed, re sorted to by some who wish to proselytize the Dissenters from conscientious motives ; but by far the greate- ~ mini• icli ; and The ex master appro r Pod nan s vimi 1 honour might have cor iany r hich a )111 all subie 3 upor rs of the Council who owe 3ci out, Con of f loca which appearec coopers on a recent o He r€ appeals, itistead'Of being overdone, have not been sufficiently strong. We do not deny that the reve nues 'of the 'ohurch are not 'always made as pro- ductive as they oug ht to be; and ifthe editor of the cury would aid in securing their better admi !ation - and application, it would do more goo casting sti gmas on z bends of 11 take an early opportunity of noticing 3 now making on this subject in Manchester id elsewhere, in which we now feel great interest. We si the effort THE COTTON YESTERDAY has been a good attendance of the trade in of o-day, and a fine extent of business has bee 6,000 hales, at the extreme prices of last week 'tiler dearer, particularly in low Arne 's accounts had a tendency to make rican. The steame hough the weather in picking, and the estimates of Indeed, very little of it was 'here is every prospect of a good average crop, and that prices will rule comparatively low—good news for this and other manufacturing counties—never theless, plenty of cotton and cheap money will do us no guou in zne aosence or conndence and moderate credit, without which business will soon come to a " stand still.". On Sunday niCorning,lhe body of a newborn male child is found in an entry at the back of the house No. 4 igh-street, Everton, wrapped in a bundl( arks of violena There were ,sed had died appeared d, IRKENHEAD week, sermons, in aid of the schools connected with this church, were preached by the Revds. Mr. Knox and Mr. Fielding Ould, when the sum of sum of £2B. 2s. was Dr. Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin, one of the acutest• reasoners of the day, says in his " thoughts," that " it is very doubtful, to say the least, whether the University of Oxford can be said to have ever passed any legal, that is, any real, censure on Dr. Hampden." DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—We are happy to observe, from the advertisement elsewhere, that this valuable society, notwithstanding the pressure of the times, continues to receive a large share of public sup port. Its usefulness during the recent immigration of Irish into the town cannot and ought not to be forgotten. THE WEATHER has, since our last, been very variable. The frost disappeared in the early part of the last week, and a milder, and sometimes almost vernal, temperature prevailed. Saturday was fine and sunny, until the evening, when there was a heavy and prolonged shower. Sunday was peculiarly fine, and drew many parties abroad who would otherwise have remained within doors. Early, yesterday morning, heavy rain fell, and continued until after daylight, when it became mingled with sleet and snow, which continued at intervals up to last night. The wet from above and the mud on the roads and streets rendered the day one of the most uncomfortable we have had this winter. ACCIDENT AT THE NEW DOCKS.—Yesterday, an in quest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of James Mc. Quade. The deceased, _who was thirty-six years of age, was a labourer, and employed at the new North Docks. On Thursday afternoon, deceased was en gaged in wheeling a barrow, containing a stone of about five hundred weight, along a balk, down into a hollow, about nine to ten feet, when he lost his hold, and fell from the balk down into the hollow . , the stone falling upon him. A. man went down immediately to his assist ance, and found his right leg nearly cut off by the stone. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, when every at tention was paid to him ; but the fracture was a compound one, of which he died yesterday morning. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. —Yesterday, at the police court, a fehiale, named Catharine Nolan, and four men, Hart, Brannon, Dunlevie, and Murray, were charged by a man, named John Roughton, with having, in a house of ill-fame, in a court out of North-street, maltreated, violently assaulted, and robbed him of 4s. 9d. in money, and the greater part of his clothes, leaving him with scarcely the means of appearing in the street to give an alarm. Some police-officers were at length informed, and the prisoners were apprehended. After a long hear ing of the case, the girl was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, Murray to the same, and Dunlevie (on whose person some of the clothes were found) to two months, under the new act, which gives the magistrate a discretionary power of summary punishment in some cases of felony. • THE MOUNTED POLICE IN THE SUBURBS.—We learn from a correspondent that it is to the exertions of Mr. Robert Neilson, of Halewood, that we are mainly in debted for the augmentation of the county force, by which that arrangement was rendered still more com plete, and also for the additional and valuable protection of this mounted patrol. As one of the county magis trates, Mr. Neilson moved a resolution, at the petty sessions at Prescot, on Tuesday, for a temporary augmen tation of the county constabulary force—part of which were to be mounted, and the whole placed under the control of our efficient chief of police, Captain Wood ford. On Wednesday, Mr. Neilson carried that resolu tion to the general sessions at Preston, where, by his judicious rema r k s an d exp l ana ti on , h e succeeded in re moving the opposition that had been raised to a somewhat similar resolution proposed by Mr. J. B. Yates. He then arranged with Captain Woodford for a supply of men, who had served in the Cavalry or Horse Artillery, bought the horses and accoutrements, and the following morning the men were mounted on duty, patrolling the whole districts from Garston to Bootle, within six or seven miles of Liverpool. The promptness with which this measure has been executed will add much to the effect which may be expected from the augmentation of such a force. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.—The inhabitants of Li verpool, and especially the lower classes, will regard with pleasure the important concession which the indefatigable member for St. Anne's Ward, Mr. Parker, has succeeded in winning from the Health Committee. We refer to the resolution of that Committee recommending the Council to adopt the public Act for establishing baths and wash houses, and to raise a sum not exceeding £ 2 5,000, for the purposes of the act, the Council paying the interest annually, or such portion of it as is not covered by the receipts of the baths and washhouses to be erected. There has been no step taken hitherto by the authorities so beneficial to the industrious working-classes, and so conducive to the improvement of the health of the town, as the erection of the existing baths ; and their perfect suc cess fully warrants the Council in erecting not one or two additional in the town but, if possible, one in each Ward. To the zealous exertions of Mr. Parker, we repeat, who has taken from their opening a lively interest in the management of these establishments, and has constantly urged upon the Council an extension of their number, the community are greatly indebted for the advantage which they are about to reap, in the spread of personal cleanliness and the improvement of the general health of the locality, which will result from increasing bathing facilities, shown in their balance-sheet tunds had been ince the leading members His exertions to raise ant, having with hini waited upon f nearly every congregation in the town to urge for collections and subscriptions. falling-off was to be attributed solely to the badnes the times The Rev. Mr. CROOK, Roman Catholic priest of St. Patrick's, explained that he should have been very happy to have had a collection in his•own chapel, but under the unfortunate circumstances in which his congregation had been placed, he-could not call upon them for contribu tions. He had not been able even to have a collection for their' own schoolq. which were nearly altogether sup ported by voluntP- y contributior The CHAIRMAN at a subsequent stage of the DrOceed ings remarked upon the general poverty of the Roman Catholic congregations as compared with those of Pro testants, and referred for proof of this fact to the statistics of Vauxhall Ward, published by Dr. Hur Thanks were then moved to Messrs. W. Roberts for their services as auditor ;on and Rev. Thor Nolan for i hi 11 s honorary chaplain, and who li valuable ion by his eloquence, but also by the incessant attention which he bestowed upon it. Mr. • NOLAN in returnin. thanks, explained to the _ _ y beneti the board, the piinciples upon whieh the office of chaplain attend. If they had any - preference, however, for the ministrations of any other clergyman, such preference waa nn ovar_y nceasiOrt-clefarred-tft;_ Votes' of thanks to the -hanerrary medical offaceraysula to the house surgeons, for their invaluable services and attention, were next moved, after which M, moved a similar vote to the Clerav of the Cl Parker, of St. Patrick's, whose life he considered was sacrificed in his zealous performance of his clerical duties. The committee was next appointed, after which a vote of thanks was passed'to the ladies, and a stipng appeal made with respect to the value to the institution of old linen and clothes, A motion by Mr. GREGSON of an intended change in the constitution of the board of economy concluded the proceedings LATEST *INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE WATER COMPANIES. THE ARBITRATORS' &WARD We are sorry • that we could not obtain, last night, authentic particulars of this important decision, but we, however, learned that the award is in town. The exact amount we could not learn. We shall doubtless be a ble to publish it in a Second Edition. The Harrington Com pany, it is said, receive less than .Z 350,000, and the Bootle over £200,000. This is all that we could learn with any thing like certainty. These amounts are co n siderably less th a n the sums a sked by the co m p an i es , w h o , we b e li eve , urged thei r united claim to nearly a million, for the sale of their rights and interests, the claim for the Harrington being X 570,000, and the Bootle £354,000. LONDON CORN hIARKET.-YESTERDAY At this day's market the supply of English Wheat was liberal, but the condition of the samples being affected by the weather, no progress could be made in sales, without sub mittingto a reduction of 2s. per qr. under the currency of last Monday. request, and must be quoted Is. p er quarter Foreign cheaper. was in limited Barrel Flour barely supported former rates. But few transactions were reported in Indian Corn, which might be bought on somewhat lower terms. The B ar ley trade assumed mo re steadiness, b u t th e l arge arrivals checked any advance. In the value of Beans, Peas, or Malt, there was no alteration. The Oat trade does not improve, and buyers had no difficulty in making their purchases at our previous currency. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKF,T.-YESTERDAY. The beef trade, was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of from 2d. to (in some instances) 4d. per sib. At the close of business, a total clearance of the inferior breeds had not been effected: and we may observe that the highest general figure for the best Scots—though some were disposed of at 4s. 10d.—did not exceed 4s. Bd. per sib. On the whole the mutton trade was firm, but far from brisk, at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last—the best old Downs selling at ss. 2d. to ss. 4d. per 81b. Very few calves were on show ; vet the veal trade was in a very sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Prime small porkers were quite as dear. Otherwise the pork trade was heavy, at late rates. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY The accounts received from Paris this morning, in the pri vate letters, still hold o u t the view that the King's health is in a very precarious state, which had the effect of depressing Con sols for the account to 86i. The feeling, however, is that the outstanding balances are rather against the " bears," which made the price rally to buyers at 87i, and the quotation is now 87* The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done from 87i to the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 88J, Bank Stock 1941 7, and Exchequer-bills 255. to 275. pm. CHILDREN BURNT.—An inquest was held yesterday, on the body of James Cliff, aged 7 years, who resided with his friends in Gay-street. On Wednesday last he was left in a room with two other children, and his clothes taking fire, he was so much burnt that he died on Satur day morning. — Same day on the body of William Grice, about 4 years of age, who lived with his parents ui High Park-street. Five weeks ago his clothes took fire while he was with his little brother aged 5, and was burnt all over before the flames could be extinguished. Surgical aid was called, but he died on Sunday morning. COMMITMENT.—At the police-court yesterday, a man named William M`Cartney was charged with having broken into the shop of Mr. Henry Watson, clog-maker, in Brownlow-hill, and stolen therefrom a quantity of clogs, &c. At four o'clock on Saturday morning the prisoner was seen with a large bagful of something, a n d being questioned, gave such evasive and contradictory replies, that he was apprehended. It afterwards appeared that the shop had been locked on Friday night, and was found locked in the morning, but the articles were missed. The prisoner had obtained access by false or other keys. It appeared, too, that he had broken into another shop not one which he intended to enter, but another by mis take) and that he was well known to the police as an offender. He declined to say anything in his defence, and was committed. JOULE'S STONE ALE.—An ageney for this long-cele brated ale has been opened in Liverpool by Mr. Little, of Dale-street. As it is infinitely superior to anything that has hitherto been introduced into this town, there can be little doubt it will meet extensive patronage. A single trial will establish its excellence. )awson, sister of Sir Robert Peel, and wife of Right Hon. George Dawson, died on Saturday, at Brigh ton. Mr. Dawson has held several prominent situations in the state, and is now Deputy Chairman•of the Customs. The total shipments of nort wines during the n.o- ycisr, as appears by the Custom-house return just receiv e d f rom Oporto, amounted to 30,624 pipes, of which were exported to Great Britain 23,354 pipes (being an increase of 2,299 pipes, as comparedwith the .preceding year) ; to Brazil. . . 2,762 pipes; io the United State other ports, 2,39o_pipes._ 2,11 . 8 pip; and to Foui banks in New York state have suspended specie payments, and, though said to hold securities sufficient for ultimate liquidation, the most deplorable want of proper management is evidenced in the fact that with an aggre gate circulation of 493,000 dollars, the amount of specie held amounts to only 700 dollars ! of which one establish ment holds 500. These banks—the Atlas, Franklin, T^,,.s's, and Merchants' Banks—are aptly denominated " banks, in an exposé' of the New York iinplaste Herald —Letters have been received at the Admiralty, from Rear Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, dated Malta, Jan. 4, reporting the return of the Hecate to that port, after a close but fruitless search for any survivors from the wreck THE WRECK OF TH er Majesty's late ship Avenger, and reporting that scarcely a vestige of that ill fataa chin nnnlel -- • •ocks and •nupes are tneremre entertained at the Admiralty of any lives being saved, excepting those of Lieut. Rooke and the three other per gons—lauded from-the Avenger's cutter on the Barbary coast. OAK VALE FARM IRON WORKS. —The adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Boydell and Roper was held in Birmingham on Friday. The liabilities were ran of —a_ were un- r ed c e h ei r er nds g e d secures. The securities w ere chiefly in mortgages held by the late proprietors, Sir S. Gly nn , M r . Gladstone,. and Lord Lyttelton. A resolut.on was p asse d, a f ter a good deal of discussion, that the cr e dit ors s h ould agree t o ta k e 93. in the pound, secured by th e o ld fi rm , w h o are to resume the proprieto rs hi p o f t h e prem i ses . Th e capital invegted by Messrs. Boyd e ll an d Roper amo un t ed to £58,000, £33,000 o f w hi c h sum was b ro ught i nto the con cern within th e l as t t wo years b y Mr. Rop er. I COMMSSIONERS OF PILOTS. — On Saturd ay, a meet i ng of Pilots Commissioners was held in the T own h a ll , t h e Mayor in the chair, for the purpose maki ng cer t a i n requi site appointments. The first business was t h e f i ll i ng-up of the vacancies occasioned by th e d ea th s o f M essrs. Robert Benson, R. Houghton, J o h n H a ll , and E. B. Lyon, as commissioners. Mr. Al exan d er Sh an d , M r. Chas. Jenkins, Mr. John Aikin, an d M r . Al exan d er Han nay were ap pointed. The meet i ng then proceeded to. elect Joseph Williams on Henry Jenkins, and Alex four me mbers of the Pil o t s ' C omm it tee . M essrs. John Shand were e l ecte d in, Henry room of Messrs. A S m i t h. er, and F. Shand, (resigned,) and R. H oug h ton a :a pc ). On the motion of Mr. J. Nelson-Wood, a vote of thanks to the Mayor was passed, and the meeting terminated. CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON -STREET.—Yesterday evening, the first of a series of concerts was given at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, the vocalists being Miss Rainforth, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Wetherbee, Mrs. Ross playing two airs on the chrystalopian. The first piece introduced the three vocalists in a trio from Handel The flocks shall leave the mountains,"—which was beautifully sung. Miss Rainforth was in fine voice, which accorded beautifully with the liquid tenor of Mr. Bishop. Mr. Wetherbee sang " The Wanderer" very well. His voice is good ; but his manner is awkward, and he has some provincialisms of language to get rid of. " Home, sweet home," antiquated as the song is, was charm ingly given by Misq Rainforth. The chrystal opian came fifth,, and was very beautifully played. The instrument is better known as the musical glasses. Mr. Wetherbee mid Miss Rainforth concluded the second part, the former by a song by Verdi, which we did not like and the latter by "Love, dwell with me,"—a beautif u l effort. The second part went off with equal satisfaction ; and we only regret that we cannot particularize. _ - RADICALISM THE ANTAGONIST OF LIBERTY.—The Count de Montalenzbert, a peer of France, and a Roman Catholic, in addressing the Chamber of Peers, on Satur day, thus alludes to this subject, and shows how truly a sincere papist can be deceived as to the true character of his church :—lt is liberty I wish, above all things, to defend. Religion has no :need of def ence , it i s eternal; property changes hands, but it always exists and defends itself; but what ends with a people is liberty— during long ages it disappeared. Take care, Radicalism will destroy liberty ; Radicalism is its antipodes, it is the exaggeration of despotism. Liberty is respect for man; Radicalism is contempt for man—contempt the most arrogant. I consider myself entitled more perhaps'than any other to speak in favour of liberty. i have been deemed exclusively devoted to religious liberty—but no, I am devoted to liberty of every description - to liberty in its fullest sense ! (Approbation.) Liberty has been the idol of my existence, and if I have anything to reproach myself with, it is that I have loved it too wedlli.osßbuetcaludsoe I no l t ov re e p i e t n s t o h a a r vi d n en g t d ly on t e ha s t o c(haneanro,thbeeaarr to see it sullied. hear,)—an WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE . — This u nr i va ll e d collect i on is now located in the ne w Haymarket, an d a ff or d s one o f the most interesting exhibitions to which parents can, take their children during the Christmas holidays, as welt as a study for the n aturalist. FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS.—The Morning Chronicle, in noticing this corps, which appear during the ensuing week at the Concert hall, says :—" The great and deserved success of the Boston troupe at the St. James's, Theatre, known as the " Ethiopian Serenaders," has caused a host of imitators; but we have not deemed it re quisite to take any notice of then, whether they rejoice in the nemes of ' Lantum,' Ohio,' or New Orleans ;' but the novelty of a female party of serenaders at the St. James's Assembly Room', ought not to be passed over in silence. It is a copy, but a very clever one, of the ori ginal 'Ethiopians.' The seraphine player has much talent, and the players on the banjos, tambourines, castanets, tri angle, &c., have also ability, and the ensemble is pleasing, especially in the instrumental pieces." DIED On the Ifith instant, in Shaw-street, aged 66 years, SARAH, relict of the late JOSEPH WARHURST, Esq., of this town. 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