The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-11 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS TUESDA te to " A C ie land-marks. tics with respe ` - -stanbari) i I be chosen on t We shall encknvo A to " Army lute: Etbenuool MORNING, MARCH 11, 1845 first announcement by the Premier, the regulation of the sugar duties was ell for the interests of all parties 7 —the colonial •ower, the refiner, and the consumer. The first is induced to believe that his produce would be fficiently protected by the differential duties in- Auced, whilst to the refiner the admission into nsumption, at a reasonable duty, of the fine claved wars of Java and Manilla was viewed as a boon of The public saw cheapness in prospect, and was not very solicitous to know at whose expense it was to be attained. A little closer ,heme, however, has brought many to the conclusion that it is not quite perfec s considered to open a loophole to future nething akin to fraud, by which the cf fferenti sammation of the sc Lion. I 1 duty in favour of the Muscci vado sugars of the West Indies will be partially, if not wholly, got rid of, and the half-refined sugars of Java and Manilla brought into consumption at a price against which the British planter will find it difficult to compete. feet of the ( The mode in which this is likely to be effected is thus stated in a very able letter addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by John Gladstone, Esq., which will be found in another part of our paper:— " By t s of abundant and cheap labour, the gn free labour planters possess the power of improv he colour and quality of their sugars, both or either, the Port far too contracted for its increasing corn- Devoting all their energies to the carrying. out of the Albert Warehouse Scheme, their pre:le d upon the sites of our principal ruerce _ . to any inconvenient and temporary locality within their reach, whilst they had not taken steps to pro vide for them locations of anything like a permanent character for the future ; but, on the contrary, had permitted two valuable properties, which might have been made available for building purposes, to pass from their hands. The Harrington property, it is true, has since been re-purchased by the present Committee, but not until required for Dock pur poses. The Herculaneum property, however, may now be said to he permanently divorced from the town. It will indeed be used to feed its commerce. As a railway terminus connecting our Docks with the traffic of the south and east, it will doubtless contribute largely, even in its present hands, to the prosperity of the Port. But, no better site being available, we must say that we should have preferred seeing it appropriated for building yards and graving docks, and owned by the Dock Trustees. In fact, we cannot see now where adequate accommodation for tha building trade, upon the value of which to Liverpool we need not enlarge, is to be found ; and must fear, as the result, that instead of our con tinuing and increasing that trade, we shall see it dwindle away into the comparatively insignificant one of patching and repairing the productions of other localities. Ley way desre—for consumption in refining here, the strength of the grain and dryness is more important than the colour. I, therefore, venture to assert, that they, being aware of this fact, will prepare s for this market of a colour classing lower yet of strength of grain and dryness that will contain sa grea than whit matter an increased proportion of saccharine to be of nearly the same intrinsic value to the such, as not being white, must be admitted ition at the lower differential duty of 9s. 4d. Ld thus defeat the object you have in view of given protection to the sugars of both our India nossessions." r consuw medy for this defect in the plan, Mr. proposes the imposition of an additional in all foreign white clayed h as are of similar quality and value; of 2s. 4d. or 2s. upon all other clayed sugars, by which, he maintains, the tempta tion to deteriorate the quality, in order to bring in such clayed sugars, would be removed. For the reasoning by which this course is urged, we must tiladstoni duty of 4 and anoth Sd. per cwt er itself, merely remind experience of Mr. Glad and especially colonial matters, opinions upon a subject such as this to lers to the lett great consideration So apparently hopeless it is for either the press or Parliament itself to attempt to defeat any project upon which the members of her Majesty's present Government have made up their minds, and so especially hopeless to prevail upon them to lay down the most insignificant of their centralization pro - we have refrained from even commenting Parochial Settlement Bill of Sir James by which the whole framework of our upon the Graham, m to pieces and re-con- Nor do we now propose to do more with to the bill in question than to throw out a uggestions, by the adoption of which it may ndered more perfectly adapted to the object seems to have been devised. Graham proposes to do away altoge ochial settlements—to do awaN, indeed, s as well—and to divide the whole y afresh into unions, to which alone paupers )ermitted to belong. Upon what prin- stem is to be with parslie etple sut have the division will be made—whether we shall )il cut up into squares or triangles, num- bered or lettered, With a chain of union workhouses dotting its surface—of course we cannot as yet tell. Whether, parishes being done away with, parish churches may not also be rendered useless, and the whole tribe of old-fashioned parish functionaries— overseers, churchwardens, clerks, sextons, beadles, and collectors—replaced by a new set of officials of the S ern, we are equally unin perhaps, this may be the The principle being once established that t-house pat brined. I individual communities are the worst possible managers of their own affairs, there can be no dif- ficulty about its extension; and we may regard the assumption by the Poor Law Commissioners, at some future time, of the uncontrolled management of the local affairs of the entire kingdom as a settled point. Such being the case, we really think that a very important matter has been neglected by Sir James and his favourite trio. When setting about their fresh division of the country into Poor Law arron dissements, how amazing that they never saw the importance of connecting the whole to ge th er b y a network of railways, by which paupers could be removed to their settlements for next to nothing, ssistant-commissioners drop into half-a-dozen -houses in a forenoon—taste the bone broth the gruel there—detect the extrava- fiance of a too humane master in one place, or be horrified by the spectacle of a fat pauper in another ! They might have every line provided with telegraphs comr4inicating with Somerset-house or the Home office, by which Sir James Graham and his pet trio d, in a few seconds of time, if a pauper was refractory in Devonshire or Cornwall, ohn Stokes or Thomas N oaks, in Yorkshire or ham, had been unable to eat up the red herring ly provided for his mid-day meal. might What a world of trouble this arrangement would e saved the Railway Committee of the Board of They would only have had Lo take up the map of England—which, no doubt, Sir James Graham has at this moment snug in his private bureau in the Horne-office, cut up into parallelo grams or squares—and adapt every proposed line to the convenience of Union A or Union 200, as the case might be. The stations, of course,. they would stipulate to be erected as near as possible to the various bastiles ; care, however, being taken that the improvident and lazy paupers confined within their walls should not be gratifie - 1 with even a peep at the passing trains ; although, perhaps, it might be conducive in their minds to salutary reflec- st miscondu graceful state of dependence, f they were occasionally reminded by the sound of the steam-whistle that beyond their areary and " the world wags mer- and their present improper .onous prison -house rily." 'We throw out those hints for Sir James Graham's consideration, although, perhaps, they will have already presented thernselvA to Ns en larged and contemplatiVe mind. We cannot but think the complaint of Mr. North, at Wednesday's Council Meeting, that the ship- building trade of our Port has received too little consideration at the hands of our authorities, is but ov 11-founded. For years past the parties en gaged in this important business have been bandied about from north to south, and back again, at the pleasure of the Dock Committee. Their Yards have been held merely on sufferance. The erections necessary for the proper carrying on of their trade consequently been of the most temporary con struction; and, from the limited space at the com mand of the Committee to appropriate to building purposes, the builders have been so cribbed and confined in their operations, that it is only a wonder that, under all the circumstances, Liverpool has been able to hold any rank at all amongst the build ing ports of the empire, and much mcie a wonder that, with such drawbacks, we have been able to .e such magnificent vessels as have of late been launched both in the North and South f the Dock Estate. We were favoured on Saturday with an opportunity of witnessing the first upon their future element, of two splendid and we must confess that it is not very creditable to the authorities of our town, th a t th e construction of such noble specimens of ingenuity, skill, and enterprise, should, as one of the worthy proprietors and builders remarked, have had to be achieved in little better than " a Dog-hole." vessels We readily acquit the present members of our Dock Committee of any great share in producing the want of building accommodation complained of. They found, on their entry into office, the Docks of It was urged, we observe, on Wednesday, by the Chairman and other members of the Finance Com mittee, that that body had it in contemplation to buy the Herculaneum Estate, for this very purpose of employing it for building yards—nay, that they were anxious for its purchase. We cannot, however, admit the validity of the excuse offered for having omitted the opportunity afforded them. It is said that " the Council could not be speculators in land ;" and again, " that there was a unanimous feeling in the minds of the Finance Committee to make the purchase, if they could do so, legally ; but they found that they could not." Why, what does all this mean ? No one wished the Finance Committee to be speculators in land. They were asked to secure an estate which, at no distant time, was likely to be required for Dock purposes, and, in the mean time, was wanted for the accommodation of an im portant branch of the trade of the Port. No specu lation in this, certainly ! And surely it can scarcely be maintained that the illegality of such purchase, if illegal, ought to have been permitted to stand in the way of its being effected. The Finance Committee have bought other land for dock and general pur poses ; and the necessary powers, even if they do not already exist, could readily have been got for making this purchase. It is painful to he compelled to feel that the error is well nigh irreparable ; for should we even succeed in finding a few "dog-holes" here and there upon our present Dock Estate, or of getting hold of a plot of ground at its south end, suitable for building purposes, we have unfortunately lost everything like a central locality, which for repairing purposes is essential. We shall have to regret this omission in after days. A somewhat interesting debate—a kind of poli tico-economical passage at arms—was raised in the House of Commons on Friday night by the an nouncement, by the member for Stockport, of the following discovery : Mr. Cobden said, as they were going to give a large amount of money to the colonial proprietors, by the pro posed change in the sugar duties, the sooner they were exactly informed of the amount of the same the better. Now, in estimating the amount which they were about presenting to the colonial proprietors, he (M r . C o bd en ) would take the very lowest proposition on the paper, and he thought, before they went into the discussion on the income tax, they ought to know exactly what was the amount which they were to pay the colonial proprietors under the name of protection. The right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer assumed that about 230,000 tons of colonial sugar came into th's country annually, and that the people of this country were to pay 10 guineas a ton protecting duty upon that quantity. He had also assumed that the quantity of foreign sugar corn ' ig into the market was 20,000 tons, for which people ' 9 pay 10 guineas a ton more than they otherwise _ . Now, if he was correct in his calculations, it ap peared to him that they were thus about voting away, under the name of protection, about £2,415,000. (Hear, hear.) Now, if, instead of paying that sum to the colo nial proprietors, they had it in the exchequer, it would not only enable them to repeal the income tax, but also to have a surplus revenue beside. (Hear.)" The same train of reasoning was followed up by Lord Howick, who contended that the facts were as Mr. Cobden had stated them, and that the Bri tish consumer paid every shilling of the discrimi nating duty imposed upon foreign sugar in favour of the produce of our own colonies. In reply, Sir Robert Peel put another question for the gentlemen on the opposition side of the house to exercise their ingenuity upon— " In the course of the last week," he remarked, " 3000 quarters of foreign corn had come into this country at a duty of 20s. a quarter. The consumption of this country per annum was 20,000,000 quarters, and the whole of that was derived from the domestic supply of corn, with the exception of about 1,000,000 quarters. Now, he would ask the noble lord did he mean to contend that a tax to the amount of £19,000,000 was levied on the public be cause 19,000,000 quarters of corn had been consumed in the market, furnished from domestic supplies ? (Hear.)" The thrust was felt as a home thrust. It was a pal pable reductio ad absurdum and wincing under its effect Mr. Joseph Hume exclaimed, " Why had the honourable baronet gone to corn ?" and Mr. Lahou chere complained that Sir Robert had " evaded the question." The Premier, however, had done no such thing. He had only applied to Mr. Cobden's discovery a test which it would not stand. In order, however, to oblige Mr. Cobden and his politico-eco nomical friends, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, and subse quently Sir Geo. Grey, returned from corn, and went back to sugar. The former reminded the op ponents of the West India interest, that from the greater average value of foreign sugar or colonial of the same class, the differential duty, in operation, would almost disappear, whilst the admission of the two at an equal duty would be palpably unjust to wards the weaker party, who would be paying the same rate upon a necessarily inferior sugar which his rival paid upon an article containing twenty or twenty-five per cent. more of saccharine matter. Sir Geo. Grey, however, put Mr. Cobden com pletely hors de combat by another reductio ad ab surdum— " The hon. member for Stoekrort said the consump tion of the country was 230,000 tors of West India sugar, and the amount of tax paid upon this was 10 guineas a ton. Now, if the West Indies, instead of being able to send 230,000 tons, were only able to send 100,000, the tax would - be reduced in proportion to the reduction in importation, according to the arithmetic of the hon. gen tleman." It will be tolerably clear to every mercantile man, that if this great reduction in our supply of colonial sugar were to occur, the price of that article would rise very materially, in the absence of a suff - ►cient quantity of the foreign article to supply the hiatus. The public would find their sugar much dearer, and be compelled to stint themselves in its use ; yet so far as the protection goes, the colonist has only to put into ifs pocket the differential duty upon 100.000 tons, or one million instead of nearly two and a half. What then becomes of Mr. Cobden's " question of pure arithmetic ?" With another stunning blow, dealt by the same hand, at this fallacy of the pseudo-wise in political economy, we will conclude. Having quoted a re mark of Mr. Gladstone, that we are able at the pre sent moment to get from our colonial possessions a greater quantity of sugar than had been consumed in any one year in this country, Sir George Grey enquired— " What was the case a few years ago, when the colonies raised more than enough for our own consumption, and when the differential duty was 395. a cwt. against the ad mission of foreign sugar ? " What, indeed ? And yet, according to Mr. Cobden's Theory, in that year of cheap sugar, the people of this country must have paid upon their consumption of, say two million tons, a protecting duty of some thing very near Eighty Millions Sterling ! The ab surdity is too glaring. The business brought before the Council at its last sitting is of so important a character—so vitally interesting to the merchants and the public of Liverpool—that we shall not be deemed trespassers upon the patience of our readers if we notice here its leading features ; and, an first in importance, we turn to the consideration of the very valuable report of the committee appointed to inquire into the management of the customs business of the port, which was brought before the Council by Mr. Alderman T. B. Horsfall, in a speech replete with ability and sound practical views. It is really scarcely possible to contemplate the facts detailed in this document without a feeling of surprise being excited that any system so radically ports in the kingdom—a hundred regulations of a vexatious character might be pointed to, which are practiced towards Liverpool, and severely felt, whilst in other ports their operation is scarcely PETITION. perceived, which fully justiy the remarks of Mr. That the refiners of sugar and molasses at this port, Horsfall, that the Board, so far as this port is con- who in carrying on the slow operations of their manufac cerned, seems to be " kept up solely for the collec- tore necessarily hold large quantities of duty paid goods tion of revenue and imposing restrictions on Com- in process, are, by the approaching reduction of duty, coerce," instead Jf acting, as Sir Robert Peel de- tent about with on e a n d depreciation r i e o ci a t t h i e o ne entire rtheir value. stocks claves that such an establishment ought to act,That the loss thus to be inflicted on a ew individuals, " for the purpose of receiving the public revenue, amounting to many thousands of pounds, might and but also for securing facilities to traders and aver- would have been averted, if the announcement of the chants." intended change had been made in June, when the sugar We are not so intimately and practically con- duties are annually voted, or in Ap!- l il,whenthe financial versant with the trade of the port as to be able to measures Tiiata. o t f h t e h c eles m s i i t o y n a r s e i c ) i e r e d n ina n r o i t y brought forward. but on - . say how far the evils complained of by the mercan- ginated by this deviation, intended for the advantage of tile classes would be remedied by the change of the public, justice requires that compensation be given system proposed in the report—viz., a return to in the peculiar circumstances of the case ; and that such the system in operation from 1818 to 1829, by redress (partial indeed and imperfect it may bei le c re a tial n ec , e to a which the landing-waiters were remunerated one- c d e u r t t y ai o n n ex extent, half by salary and one-half by remuneration for the e s t ioc h s e aff du e ly de a d sc h e y rta r in t e ar d e t i o ng re t m he ain di se verale sugar houses on the day when the new measures are work done. We have it acknowledged, however, to take effect. that the system in question worked advantageously That in previous reductions of duty the interest of the both for the revenue and the merchant—that the refiners was protected , so far as the legislature could ex despatch of business was increased by at • least one- aidte o n u d w it t s ar ni s h t o the mitigatere putation the o le f s t s he ie llei l t v is e h l Parliament adthat fo i r t w eighth ; and we should, therefore, gladly see it good faith, if justice and precedent should in the present tried. The necessity for a change of some descrip- instance be set aside. tion is so evident that we are not disposed to quarrel May it therefore please your Honourable House to re even with partial remedies if we cannot get perfect turn to the refiners of sugar and molasses the differ ones. We would, therefore, strenuously urge upon ence of duty on their stocks when the proposed re theductions are made. merchants of the port to add their voices and And your Petitioners shall ever pray. influence to the steps now about to be taken by the Council in this important matter. We feel, indeed, BANK OF ENGLAND.—By the last return from the that ultimately, as the only efficient cure, a corn- Bank of England, for the week ending the Ist of March, plete remodelling of the Board itself will have to be it appears thut the total stock of bullion in both the de resorted to; but the advocacy of this step does not partments amounts to £15,730,064. This is the highest come within the scope of our present observations. return which has been given o since the h intr h oductio k n of the Another important document, which came before w Septembervaverages, e 7 s 'lB,ll being an s ll 2o i; oo neaTly ere equal t to an t the e w a e mou e n d t i o e n g the meeting for its consideration, was the Report of the 30th of March, 1844, when the return was the Committee appointed to enquire whether it was £16,322,000. The amount of notes in public circulation desirable that the Corporation should undertake the for the week ending March 1 is £19,999,560, showing an iucrease of about £200,000 as compared with the pre lighting of the town, by purchasing the two present hraensetessh on w s s ec a u n rit i le n s cre a a n se in o c f rea ab se ou of Gas Companies. The Committee stated that they c , z3 c 2 1 0 g n e uo w o ee and the advances had come to the conclusion, that it was not desirable nearly £1,000,000. In the other items there appears to now that the purchase should be made, although be no variation requiring particular notice. they were fully alive to the greater benefits which THE FUNDS—SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funds show would have accrued to the town had such purchase no great alteration to-day, but prices were scarcely so been made long ago, or, under proper restrictions firm as at the close of the market yesterday. Consols for as to price, but one establishment for the supply of money closed 994; for the account 100 k; and Exche quer ßills 645. to 665. pr em i um . In the foreign securities gas had been allowed to exist. there was considerable firmness. Prices, generally speak- The capital of the present company, it appears, is j in, had an upward tendency, and business was rather as follows, viz. : I brisk for a Saturday. Spanish Five per Cents. left off ' The Liverpool Gas Light Co. . £228,129 304 to 4 ; the Three per Cents., 404 to 41 ; Peruvian 314 The Liverpool New Gas and Coke Co, 156,662 to 324 i Portuguese, 68 to 69; Mexican, 361 to 4; the Deferred, 164 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., _ . 63i to i ; the Five per Cents., 991 to T 1; Danish, 90 to Total expended in works and in laying main pipes through Ayres, 42 to 44 ; Brazilian, 891 to 901 ; and Belgian, the streets of the borough and neighbourhood. The 1011 to 1021. The Railway Share Market has been very steadily su n p d portednotwi t th w st i y h d e ing the e limited extent of total length of main pipes laid is about 240 miles, of which the old company has laid 140 miles and the have notyeater s a e y rc . eiv d by the prices, a much quotatio n s,ver ie. from l new 100 miles. Between half and two-thirds of The subject of the lecture to be delivered at St. An the great outlay required has been expended in I drew's Church this evening is, " The Christian maintain duplicate mains, laid in parallel lines through the lug a good conscience." same streets, a waste of expenditure which might ! RISE OF IRON.—One large house has paid £15,000 have been prevented had there been only one corn- smart-money, to be allowed to be off a contract entered pany. For the purchase of this property the corn- into with speculators for iron rails. pames ask nearly £720,000, a sum which the Watch ST. JUDE'S SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last. after sermons iTi a Dalton, t t o i l l i e , the Committee have considered it unwise to embark i n bth s e um ßev oi Hugh xloo A2ils`Ng and w e aacollected, the Rev. n W it, and especially so as the former have declared schools in connection with St. Jude's Church. their intention to reduce the price of gas on the fir s t WEATHER.—Few seasons of greafer seve r ity of April, from 6s. to ss. per th ousan d cu bic feet, than the present have occurred for years. The preva— and under the operation of the controlling power ' nice o f cou g h s , colds, and asthma is general, the best over their profits, vested in the Recorder of the remedy for which is Harvey's Cough and Asthmatic Pills, Borough under their Acts of Parliament, there is a a medicine which is in high repute in this town. The ad prospect of further reductions. vertisement in another column will show persons well From the tenor of the amendment proposed by known in Liverpool who have experienced, durin g th e inclement weather, speedy present Mr. Alderman Hodgson, and a clause in the report from these pills. itself, it would appear that there is a further prospect POCKET PICKING AT LUCAS'S REPOSITORY.—Yester of benefit accruing to the town from the amalgama- day, at the Police-court, a shabby-genteel-looking swell, tion of the existing companies. The amendment who gave his name as Robert Rowet, was charged with states that "the Council approve of the principle of this offence. Detective-officer Tuck said, that on Satur amalgamation of these companies, and that it be d h a o y rse a s fte s„ rn e oon at la st r he M Luwcaass' s pr i e te se p r o it sit d o u ry ring w C n e h sa e le o ; 3 ) ,.. f referred to the Committee to assist i n carrying out served the Prisoner walking up and down, and evidently the instructions necessary to effect that amalgama- at t empt i ng to p i c k poc k ets . H e f o ll owe d him, and even tion, with such stipulations and conditions for the tually caught him iust as he Ind taken a handkerchief Public convenience as might be deemed necessary; from a gentleman's pocket. On being secured he was and that, subject to the arrangement of such aural- te e a r ( c i h u e . d i ) and n a d s e i l d k t h o a n m dk r e r i c Ai li i e e a f a , found 1 .1 l e ; o d n i t him,n f w o r h i a c i n l gamation to the satisfaction o f th e Li g h t i ng Corn- owner, who soon appeared in the person of MI?. Daniel mittee, it be an instruction t o th e C omm itt ee t o Bushl;y, coach-proprietor, who attended the sale. The take such steps as may be necessary to oppose any prisoner said he was a dealer in clothes—which appears bill now before parliament for the establishment of to be true ; and that he could prove the article was his a third gas company, believing that the introduction own—but this is more than doubtful, though he was committed to have a chance of doin g so at th e sess i ons . of such company w ould b e i n j ur i ous t o th e p u bli c ." By the arrangement here pointed to, it is highly b y T m n a E n y N o E OU P B r E e Aa I d ' ? . e E rs ß t aUtEwEeNg—avlet o w n i 1 t l i liaee la e u m n e e la l tb .l e g r e o d f probable that the Corporation may, without the risk this fine vessel, which is intended to trade between this attached to a purchase, secure a control over the port and Whitehaven, a short description of her exterior operations of the existing companies, or an amalga- appearance, and we bad yesterday the pleasure of mation of the two, which may satisfy all the re- viewing at the establishment of Mr. eT i s, in Bold- s t ree t, quirements of th e p u bli c an d i n di v id ua l convenience. some Deauti o f Lk: lherii‘nheteyrenoanl consist t co o ra f ti ti on s s pie wi. ndid re i r ,r e e exceedingly sentat io no f the Queen's - coronation ; the embarkation of the Queen on the Lord Mayor's day ; and the most splendid scenery from the Lakes of Derwent Water, Lownes Water, But termere, Bassenthwaite, Ennerdale Water, Wast Water, as also the Waterfalls of Scale Force, and Birker Force. The softness and brilliancy in colourin g , and the rich mellow tone they display, particularly in the higherlights, where the effect of the japanning is most effective, cannot fail to be admired by even connoisseurs in the fine arts. Thee so far surpass every previous specimen of the kind we have seen, that we look forward to this art being in still more general requisition. These paintings will be framed in rich gold papier macht, the style of which will be in keeping with the general decorations of the cabin, which are all of that material, the superiority of which for ship as well as other decorations, is now generally ac knowledged. A contemporary Journal of Saturday takes us to task for the heinous crime of leze majestec commit ted against the sacred character of Wm. Rathbone, Esq. l We imputed to the said William the utter ance of what, in our Saxon simplicity, we styled " noßsemse,"—which term, applied to the babbling of so great a man and philosopher, has drawn from our polite monitor the following piece of grand ad vice : "We beg to assure the Standard, in a spirit of kind ness, ant the gross vulgarism of imputing nonsense to a gentleman of Air. Rathbone's character and standing, offends against the code of good breeding recognised by all but the blackguards who seek in the Tory press to jus tify the contempt entertained by their patrons for journal ists; and as our contemporary is not desirous of being considered obnoxious to this charge, we have no doubt he will rejoice in the opportunity of atoning for the violence done to good manners:, OPENING OF THE ALBERT DOCK.—On Saturday last this new dock was unostentatiously opened for the recep tion of vessels. The first craft that entered was a brig called the Arid, belonging to Messrs. Brocklebank, and which was gaily dressed-off with flags, but as the occasion was but little known, few persons were present. There are now seven large vessels in the dock. The only part of it that is yet available for shipping is the north-east angle, bounded by a supposed line drawn between the two entrances, one on the north and the other on the east side, the warehouses round the dock yet unfinished, on the west and south, being an obstacle to loading or discharging. By the latter all the vessels stated entered, from the Salt house Dock; but the stank across the north entrance having been finally removed yesterday morning, they may all find a ready exit by the gut. The dock contains a water area of about it acres. The warehouses on the south and west sides will, we learn, be finished, or nearly so, towards the end of the summer. The immense massive done pil lars that range round the bottom story of each pile, to form piazzas, or sheds for merchandize, present a novel and interesting appearance. They are of about four feet diameter at the base. The stone work round the margins of the dock, entrances, &c., is entirely of huge blocks of hewn granite. We dare say the world wo , ld be ready enough to imagine that the kid-gloved scribe, who committed this pretty piece of railing, was himself a model of literary elegance ; that he was in the habit of wrap ping up his sentences in perfumed paper ; and never—oh, never !—perpetrated the enormity of calling things by those vulgarly common names which are intelligible to everyday people. " Non sense" ! He never called the most profound piece of boobyism by such a name. It would have shocked his sense of decorum especially to address a gentleman or gentlemen of " character and stand ing" in any other than the most silken terms. He would be as sensitively delicate even in his oaths as Hotspur's wife. We have taken the trouble of wading through that particular page of his paper which contains the above polite passage, and is, we believe, peculiarly the produce of his own lucu brations, for a few specimens of elegant journalism, which we shall here take the liberty of quoting. And first we have the following, under the head of " Council Proceedings" : " We have room only to call attention to the Council proceedings yesterday. The Tories can no more refrain from a job, when it comes i❑ their way, than the mounte bank's monkeys could resist the nuts when thrown to in terrupt their Polka." Very fair this for a start, when it is considered that the particular gentlemen referred to, who " can no more refrain from a job than the mountebank's monkeys," &c., are the very respectable gentlemen who constitute the Markets Committee of the Town Council. To accuse a man of the utterance of " nonsense," is, we admit, very improper; to accuse a body of men of an irresistible propensity to perpe trate " a job," whenever they can, is, however, quite polite and proper ! A second : ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON IN A HOUSE.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a rather well-dressed man, named Samuel Jones, was charged with robbing and assaulting a Mr. Henry Addison in his (Jones's) house. It appeared that Jones invited the complainant on Tuf slay night to come into his house, and they being neighbours, the re quest was complied with. Within was also the prisoner's wife, and the two induced him to play cards, though he said he did not know a card in the pack. In a short time they asked him to take a glass, and the woman agreeing to have rum and black beer for herself, he said he would have the same, the prisoner prefe ring ale. The glasses were brought, and complainant, who thought it tasted strange, soon after drinking it felt a stupor coming upon him, and leant his head on the table. He was roused from his lethargy by feeling his watch-guard pulled at, the prisoner having snatched at it, but he did not succeed in getting it, as the guard had not passed over his head. Complainant then found his clothes unbuttoned, and, at tempting to get away to give the alarm, he was struck by both the prisoner and his wife, and stabbed by the former. It was proved that the prisoner afterwards went and bought some whisky, in payment for which he changed a sovereign. He then escaped, but was afterwards appre hended by officer Kehoe. He was committed for trial. " Unfortunately for the question of gas, it fell into the I Yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the Medical Institution, Mount Pleasant, for the purpose of consider ing the alteration in the Medical bill recently introduced into parliament by Sir James Graham, Bart.,—especially the clauses therein affecting the general practitioner; and also for promoting the objects of " the Association of Practitioners in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery." The meeting was numerously attended, there being present about 50 professional gentlemen. John Cheesbrough, jun. Esq., being called to the chair, requested the secretary, Mr. Harris, to read the circular received from the secretary of:the Association of Practitioners in London, upon 'which he had convened the meeting. Mr. Harris read the docu ment, which dwelt at considerable length on several of the clauses, and pointed out their effect in not admitting the general practitioner to be eligible on the Council of Health, which was, by the bill, to be the ruling body as regarded future regulations affecting the profession. The interests of these practitioners were thus not fairly and fully represented. The circular concluded by a request that the opinions of the profession in this town should be ascertained on those points, and transmitted as early as possible to the London Association, so that the same might be laid before Sir James Graham, as the proposed measure was to be re-considered in parliament on Friday next. Soon after the commencement of the proceedings, a series of animated but courteous discussions took place, especially relating to the constitution and practice of the College of Surgeons ; and how far, as members of it, they could consistently with their oaths, endeavour to obtain a new College of Medical practitioners, &c., and several amendments were made to original motions, some of both of which were modified or withdrawn ; but though these several topics were ably argued, a report would be of no use to the general reader, and we shall, therefore, merely supply the heads of the resolutions (which were finally passed unanimously) into which the business resolved it self,—premising that the principal speakers were Mr. King, Mr. Parker, Mr. Harris, Mr. Rogerson, Mr. Tur ner, Mr. Iligginson, Dr. Watson, Mr. Nevins, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Potter, &c, First, the meeting tendered to Sir James Graham its respectful acknowledgments for the exertions he had made for promoting the welfare of the medical profession, while they expressed their great regret that in the a mended bill the position of the general practitioners had been so little considered. Secondly, the meeting was of opinion that the constitution of the Council of Health was inadequate for the due representation of the general practitioners, composing as they did the great mass of the medical profession. Thirdly, regretting that Sir J. Gra ham had found it impossible to form a single and uniform grade in the medical profession, with equal rank, rights and privileges, they believed that an urgent necessity existed for the distinct incorporation of the general prac titioners, provided a fair alliance with the College of Sur geons could not be obtained for them. Fourthly, it was agreed in effect, that a copy of the resolutions should be sent to the standing committee appointed by a general meeting of medical men in Liverpool, in the hope that they would further the special objects of this meeting on behalf of the interests of the general practitioners, to which department solely had the meeting addressed itself, in all respect and courtesy to that committee. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, HOWARD DOu.'"" When we announced, in our last, an intended P a meeting in Liverpool, upon the imp o rtant subj i eci t ; which the above letters refer, we did not bear in reiri l :` t l circumstance that next week, when we expected . 1 i take place, was passion week. On thi s ac count, i li ng pendently of the many interesting publi c ques tions agitating the minds of the community, which have tosijo extent interfered with the completion o f the neellol arrangements, we understand that the meeting w : le take place until the week after that named. Our rile tant friends must, therefore, have patience for a few "l We have inserted, in our present number, as 1 01 / 1 01 their communications as we could possibly find rooal LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET. MONDAY NIG° I ; The business done upon our Sharemarket durisgo week has been of a lively character, especially sul o d the English lines and i n th e w h o l e of th e F r ench ' l to which have generally advanced. This day we haire,4 a good many transactio ns ; an d th e t one o f th e rnsr!',l healthy, the French lines, however, being still prieslo done upon. We note a sale of Coal Gas Shares at AMATEUR PE RFORMANCE AT THE THEATRE per share—a price which spews that the p ros p ec ts o' , ROYAL, BY MEMBERS OF THE LICENSED local companies are not considered to be damaged Vat VICTUALLERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, recent discussions respecting their purchase by the poration Last evening, an amateur performance was given at the Theatre Royal, Williamson-square, by members of this excellent society, for the benefit of the charity fund of the institution, founded for the benefit of decayed members and widows, and for the maintenance and edu cation of their orphans. The plays selected for the occa sion were Colman's celeb;ated comedy of " The Poor Gentleman," and the historical tragedy of " Wallace the Hero of Scotland." UNITED STATES New York papers of the 13th ult. have been rec e b id by the Switzerland London li ne - o f-p ac k e t ship, vibit arrived at Plymouth on Thursday. There was 10 . d „' new in the proceedi ngs i n C ongress ; th e discussl'lo6 the Texan annexation question in the Senate haying D ie postponed until the 13th. The cotton market at at York had been active, with a little advance in prices , t bi coupled with the transactions at Liverpool durioo past week, it seems more: than problematical P oo l consumers in this country will derive any benefit the repeal of the import duty upon that article. The payment of the dividends on Pennsylvanian P, does not seem to ha ve gone f ar i n i ncreas i ng co nfilp the Five per Cent s no t h av i ng a d vance d a b ove frog' a sy 74, and the Stock M ar k e t was genera ll y ra ther 11e tl) The merchants from the west had begun to arrive In eastern towns, but the ca na l nav i ga ti on no t being (3 'r little actual business had been transacted. E There was no account of the United States an:, j) gland packet ship s , th e f ormer o f w hi c h sailed frcr, It verpool on the 26th Nove m b er , an d t h e l a t ter on WO December ; and the unu sua l ti me t h a t h a d elap se d turally leads to anxiety on both sides of the water. As might have been expected, where the performances were for so good a purpose, and the parties performing gentlemen and ladies possessing such wide circles of ac quaintances and friends, the House was crammed from the ceiling to the footlights with a very highly respectable audience, all in excellent spirts, prepared to applaud merit or good-humouredly to laugh at failure, as the case might be. For the latter display of feeling, we are happy to say there was little occasion presented—for the former, much. The whole performance was very creditable ; and some of it much above par, or, as more appropriate to the occasion, " above proof." In the first piece, the play of " The Poor Gentleman," the most prominent male characters were sustained by the following parties :—Lieutenant Worthington, by Mr. Copeland, of the Amphitheatre, who kindly undertook to play it instead of Mr. Owen, who was prevented by indis position. Of Mr. Copeland's performance we need not speak. Sir Chas. Cropland was played by Mr. J. Lynch very respectably, although scarcely looking the " man of high standing in these parts." Sir _Robert Bramble,by Mr. J. Lindop, was excellently played. The scene with Hum phrey Dobbins (Mr. Benwell) was very rich. Mr. Breze played 011apod in good style ; and Stephen Harrowby (Mr. Sumner) was a character. Frederick was dashed off i❑ lively style by Mr. 11. Armstrong; and Corporal Foss, by Mr. Bryden, positively electrified us. We really didn't think our radical friend had so much military enthusiasm in his composition. Miss Lucretia 111`Tabb was well played by Mrs. W. Sennett, of the Royal Amphitheatre ; and Emay Worthington found a pretty representative in Miss Atkinson. Dame liar rowby and Mary were well played by Miss Mason and Miss Martin. The whole piece went off with much spirit, and was cheered occasionally throughout. A duett was sung by Messrs. Hornby and Mr. Crank, we believe, delightfully, after which Messrs. Hoskins and Benwell convulsed the house with laughter in a comic duett, in character, called " Joey and Mary." This was repeated, with a kind of extempore picking up of copper at the close, which occupied so much of the time at our disposal that we were compelled to retire without witnessing the tragedy of " Wallace." We understand that owing to the great success of the effort and the many persons who could not effect an en trance into the House, the performances will be repeated. ST. BRIDE'S SCHOOLS.—The sum of £BO was collected at St. Bride's Church, on Sunday last, after two sermons by the Revs. William Dalton and H. M`Neile, for the support of the schools in connection with the church. BROKERS' SALES IN MANCHESTER.—In our paper of to-day appears the first advertisement we have received of a brokers' sale in Manchester, under the new ware housing act affecting that town. The sale, which takes place on Thursday, will be chiefly of raw silks. 'We need scarcely say that the STANDARD being extensively circu lated amongst the mercantile, manufacturing, and trading interests, in both towns simultaneously, early on Tuesday, (the Manchester market day,) will form a most desirable medium for such advertisements. JUST TRlBUTE.—Captain Britton, of the packet-ship Rochester, has been presented by the captain and mate of the Dorchester with a handsome silver pitcher, as a token of gratitude for his exertions in saving the officers and crew of the latter vessel, while a wreck at sea. A hand some gold pencil-case has also been presented to the mate of the Rochester, and suitable presents have been made to the seamen who manned the boats and went re peatedly, at the imminent hazard of their lives, to the relief of their fellow-beings on the wreck of the Dor chester. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.-At the police court, yesterday, a man named Gabriel Watson, and a woman named Jackson, were charged with robbing a man, John Pelting, of five sovereigns, in a public-house in Great Cross Hall-street. It appeared that while the complain ant, with whom was another man and the female, who carried a child in her arms, were drinking together, the woman put her hand into the complainant's pocket and drew out his money, some of which fell, and, as he said, was picked up by the other prisoner. Some witnesses for a e man's defence, including the landlady, said that he was not in the house until after the complainant had said he had lost his money, and that he only came in on hearing the child scream, a scuffle having ensued between complainant and the female prisoner. The money was not recovered, and the inference being that Watson (who was known to the police) had handed it over to some men who were on the other side of a rail or partition close by, they were both committed for trial. COMMITMENTS BY MR. RUSHTON, YESTERDAY.— Ann Catherall and Alice Jones (girls) for being concerned with two men in surrounding a man named John Prentice, and snatching from him his watch, worth Xi, at midnight on Saturday, in Chisenhale-street. The men have not yet been apprehended, nor has the watch been found.— George Hayes, for being concerned in stealing lead from warehouses in Great Howard-street, with others. He escaped at the time.—The same man and three others were also charged with a subsequent theft of lead from a building ; but as an owner has not yet been found, they were remanded until Friday, so that an advertisement might in the interim appear before the public. Tilis offence, Mr. Rushton remarked, is becoming so frequent that he is determined to do his utmost to put it down. — A boy named Robert Dowlany was committed for three months for stealing about 201 b. of rags.—John Wade, for stealing a coat, was committed for three months. He had previously been committed twenty times, and had four times only been discharged. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The entertain ment of Saturday last was at once novel and interesting. Miss Clara Seyton, of London, gave an excellent lecture on English comedy. The audience at first felt some un easiness lest the task might prove too much for the fair adventurer; but this soon disappeared as she proceeded. As a contemporary writes—" She seemed to lead captive the minds of her auditors, and they rewarded her exer• tions with thunders of applause. The prologue had scarcely been delivered and the lecturer fairly launched upon her subject than the beauties in composition, taste, and judgment which must ever be received with the be displayed, whil s t th e sweet, silvery' tones of her marked appr o b a ti on o f an i nte lli gen t au dience began to voice enraptured every listener." She accomplished the whole with great taste, delicacy and feeling, and we are glad to learn was so enthusiastically received that the committee have wisely engaged her services for Friday and Saturday next—the former being an extra night, for the convenience of parties and families who cannot at tend on Saturday evenings. Mr. Charles Kemble, now lecturing at the Collegiate, was amongst the most atten tive of the audience, all of whom seemed highly delighted. THEATRE ROYAL, CHURCH-STREET.—Mr. J. S. Reeves, the highly talented and deservedly popular ght but one of the season. Th e vo calist and actor, ta kes his farewell benefit on Friday highly attractive, commen c i ng e p v e e r n fo in rm g, a b n e c i e r s i g s e t h i :e ct l e a d st a n re i with the opera of " Fra Diavolo," in which Mr. Reeves will sustain the principal part ; after which will be performed an Indian Burlesque Extravaganza ;—to conclude with the "Bohemian Girl," in which Mrs. Alban Croft, Mr. Reeves, Mrs. Raymond, and the edit of the cJmpany will appear. We wish Mr. Reeves every success. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. vicious as that in operation here could have been permitted to exist for a single year without calling forth the indignant reprobation of all classes of our mercantile community. That the Board of Cus t toms in Lond on is a body miserably inefficient for the discharge of its onerous duties, has long been notorious CASE OF THE SUGAR REFINERS We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the subjoined petition of the Merchants of Liverpool inter ested in the Sugar Trade which we believe was transmitted on Saturday to London for presentation to the House of Commons. The case of these gentlemen, it will be ad mitted, is a hard one. We cannot see why the merchant should in any case be made to pay the cost of a boon of fered to the public ; and in the present instance, where it is clear that the government bursting with the novelty, and longing to reap the popularity, of their scheme of remission have anticipated the period at which such an nouncements are usually made, we submit that the revenue and not the powerless holders of duty paid sugar should be made to pay for the consequences of their having been taken unawares. The case of the Refiners we have already noticed in previous publications as particularly hard ; and we trust that her Majesty's government will still be convinced of the justice of the claim which these gentlemen urge in their petition. It has Allowed a system of frauds upon the revenue to go on under its very _eyes, Whilet carping at trifling details—scrutinising petty mat ters with microscopic jealousy—it has been blind to robbery which has been going on through all the departments under its supervision. But if the duties of the Board have been inefficiently and loosely performed in London, their powers have been exercised towards Liverpool with a rigour, an obstinacy of error, andacap r iiciousness which one can scarcely conceive to have been dictated with any other view than to retard, instead of aiding, the operations of commerce. Although the second port in the kingdom—and but for these impediments studiously thrown in the way of its prosperous growth, who knows that it would not at this moment have been the ,first ?—the port of Liverpool has been favoured by this Board with t' - e minimum of accommodation for its trade; its ships have been condemned to lie idle for weeks after their arrival — their cargoes to lose markets—their shipowners to lose freights, because the Board of Customs would not provide the necessary staff of officers, and per mit those officers to use the necessary exertions for facilitating the collection of the revenue And. independently of this want of the necessary number of landing-waiters and other officers—inde pendently of the restriction of the working hours of such officers within those allowed at most other hands of Mr. Alderman Hodgson. The report intimates that he was unecinal to the occasion." To say that Mr. Alderman Hodgson is " unequal to the occasion" of dealing with a question of gas —with which, by-the-by, our contemporary feels himself so perfectly competent to deal—is of course politeness itself compared with the enormity of sus pecting the ex, ex, ex of we don't know how many wards of uttering " nonsen , -e." We could select a few more examples of respect able men—men "of character and standing " being called " obscure and useless as toads in holes," and other choice specimens of vernacular ; but we refrain—our readers will be tired of the subject. We must, however, remind our contem porary that such professions of ultr '-delicacy as he is in the habit of making rather too often are uttered with a bad grace when seen side by side with the personalities in which he quite as often indulges. Mar. il, 1845 rri MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. MAYNOOTH GRANT.-RESOLUTIONS OF - LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN. The following replies have been received from the of Enniskillen, Lord Sandon, and Sir Howard Doug , to the resoluti ons p asse d a f ew d ays s i nce at a m eell the Orangeme n i n thi s t own , d eprecat i ng an i n cret the grant to th e R oman C a th o li c C o ll ege of MeV' We are glad to see that all these noble personages r 4 nize the loy a lt y an d respec t a bili ty o f t h e Orange I:, and acknowledge the respectful tone of their resolutl° Meretham, Reigate, March Ist , 1841 Dear Sir and Brother,—l have to acknowledge your lay' the 24th instant, (whi c h f o ll owe d me h ere,) containing tb,.e solutions of the Brethren with regar d t o t h e propose d 1 0 ", i, of the grant to Maynooth College. I entirely concur with in thinking it a most dangerous and iniquitous measure. Believe me, dear Sir and Brother, Yours most truly, ENNISKILL O My dear Sir,—l beg to ack now ledgeLtoh7l lutions of the Loyal Orangeme n o f Li verpoo l, on the subi d ,i the intended increased gr an t f rom P ar li amen t t o MaY" College. o r ) e x . e l/ i p a t r arch 3 61 1 e 9 ; 1 41 I regret much, especially on a question of this nature, t .,d ° myself at variance with a most respectable body of my tuents ; but, feeling that the Institution is one the suPll4 which cannot, under all the ci r , ums t ances , h e a b a ndo?_,,, the State, I cannot but ac qu i esce i n a propos i t i on t o put 1!„ footing more efficient for its object, an d more i n p r oportw' the population for which it is intended to provide. do' w I beg to thank you a n d th e L oya l O rangemen f or the k of your expressions towards myself. I am, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, sANP" Green-street, Feb. 28, Dear Sir,—l have the honor to a c k now l e d ge the rec 180 li your letter, with which you transmit to me a copy of the , 4 1 ;utions passed by the Grand Protestant Ass oc i a tion of t' - t i Orangemen of Liverpool, on the subject of th e p ro posed To to Maynooth College; and request you will assure that !ill body, that I shall give to this s u bje c t m y b es t an d m ost rate consideration. THE CHASE The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on deo Tuesday, March 11, a t D u ddon P Thursday, 13, at ........ ... ... Gree l Saturday, 15, at At Half-past Ten o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet oil iy Wednesday, March 12, at BrYo /gao l Friday, 14, at Saturday, 15, at ......... At Half-past Ten o'clock Lord Churchill, uncle to the Duke o f M ar ibor° tie died at Brighton on Friday. it Mr. Frederick Peel, second son of Sir Robert -L e roy in the first clas s o f th e Cl ass i ca l T r i pos t hi s year at "' bridge. 0 1 The Steam-ship Hibernia, which would leave ..' Tr 1: 4 0 0 0 on the Ist instant, m a y b e ex p ec t e d t o reac h this pa' 1 Thursday or Friday next. s ot In reply to a communicati on f rom th e I r i s h glass-°346 facturers, the government has notifizd that a dravrb e l tl 75 per cent. of the present duty will be allowed ° stock on hand. d On Saturday an old l a dy, a t B romp t on , w h o f or rived at the great age of 103, unfortunately fell it" 0 0, fire whilst reaching something from the chimney pie ce ' was burned to death. d i p ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.-011 Th er to ile' last, the 6th insta n t, th e R ev . M r . R e id, of John s ;" was unanimously e l ec t e d t o b e th e Minister of 01d Ixo street Scotch Church, vacant in consequence of th e minister having seceded from the establishment. tbt CAMBRIDGE CAMDEN SOCIETY.—At a meeting society held on Thursday last, an official announc e r, was made that non-resident m em b ers w ill b e a lloWe o vote by proxy on the Bth of May, w h en t h e quest)s, dissolving or remodelling the society w ill b e di sc uss' decided. GAS AT CREWE.—The new town of Crewe , 10 0 lighted with gas, not only in its street s , b u t i n its e°, o l , , also. The directors of the G ran d J unc ti on Rai' d i et short time ago gave instructions to carry gas into al l ; # l ' cottages, somewhere ab ou t f our h un d re d, a t Cre' o lowing one burner for 7s. 6d. per annum. '1? o GuAtsro.—We have now a s p ec i men o f th e guso : ,10 arrived from one of the recently-di scovere d Af r i c an "eel; on which the article is found. It i s so strongly je",0,4 nated with ammonia, that it r e sem bl es , i n sharPl3" odour, the common smelling o r P res t on sa l ts . It ° lta seen at our office. th e j i Thomas Evans has been ele c ted governor o f Carol er workhouse. It m a y b e remem b ere d th a t E van s w e t ,it; year taken prison er amongs t a par t y o f o th er Rebe cc o st i f for an attack on thi s very wor kh ouse , an d, strange tLa fr , he is now duly i ns t a ll e d mas t er o f it. I t i s expe l , poor-law commissioners will interfere to prevent the firmation of the appointment. 1 i re CRITCHLEY V. PARKER . — Notice o f t r i a l h as uel e in this cause, which is expected to be heard at ";.sl"' proaching assizes, before a special j ur y. O ur reauVorft remember that the action is b roug ht b y the secrecif i rP i f St. Ann's Ward Reform As soc i a ti on aga i nst Mr. " e a t o one of the councillors f or th a t ward, for the reco / 0 0 0, the penalty of £5O for alleged bribery, with the g r o, for which charge the public are already sufficient l y liar. Ba p' METROPOLIS CHURCHES FUND.—The pointed eight years since for raising a fund for rePali additional churches in the metropolis have issued 'O O l of their past proceedings and an appeal in behalf Q. 11 10) subscriptions for the fund. The subscriptions iirb, le . o o 9 : o l been received for the general objects of the appeal to no less a sum than £179,855. A separate floe vi are) long afterwards formed for the erection and end e o T . O l, of ten additional churches, with parsonage 11 0115 0 i91 schools, in the single parish of Bethnal-green, c°llto it more than 70,000 inhabitants. The contribution s 9t orl ir f fund amount to £60,000 •so that altogether o pyi £239,855 has been sub scr ibed for the purpose o f " h" e f it t ing, in some degree, the spi r it ua l d es tit u ti on of er if* metropolis. Provision has thus been made for t ll ,7 et ip ° sli tion of 55 new churches, 39 of which are comP i A e ;cl l l o:' are in course of erection, and ten will be ocee"" pr h a , as soon as the sites are duly conveyed. These c:,d will contain altogether about 62,700 persons , °"0191 therefore afford the means of attending Divine ii' 01. 1 10!oe 125,400. Amongst the donations announced in published list are—" Anonymous, £5,000 ; J. NI, "ortl4, £2,000 ; Bi s h o p o f L on d on , £l,OOO, secon d o° o I# Sir R. Peel, £l,OOO, second donation ; A. B• , Trueman, Hanbury, and Co., £500," &c. 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