The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-19 00:00:00

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APRIL 19, 18:16, Vttblit norftro, AT a MEETING of the COAL and IRON-MASTERS, held at the HOTEL, Da:Dt.Ey,• on FRIDAY, the .12ih of February, 1836, to take into C , llsideration a proposed NEW LINE of CANAL from BIRM GUAM to LONDON, MICHAEL GRAZEIIitOOK, Esq. , in the Clair, Mr. DCGDALE • HOUGHTON attended and laid ham- the Meeting a Plan of a Line of Canal proposed' to b made between the Stratford-on-Avon Canal and the. egent's Canal a t London.; and it appearing fro m Stat As made to the Meeting, that besides the great advant.. of avoid ing the passage of 124 locks, the proposed 1 . mould effect a saving between Birmingham and Londo y'Canal,flon veyance of 361 miles—that the Reductio a a r Saving iti the freight of Iron to London b y such line Would amou nt; ac cording to th e calculation of l.-al f experienced C arr i ers , full Fity per cent. on a dva n tages esent charge—that in respect to Coal and Coke the would be equalligreat, and that the Saving.inlhe freight of Manufactured Goods and General Merchandise from Binninghitni-to London, and vice versa, would amount to Twenty Shillings per ton— ItesoLven, That it appears to this Meeti ng th a t th e propose d C ana l wou ld afford the best and most direct fine of Water Communication practicable between the Midland District and the Metropolis, and by the communication it would open with other Canals, would be the means of establishing, via Birmingham and Wol- Zlethanapton, a lin e o f C ana l C onveyance b etween London and Manchester an d Li verpool decidedly superior to that now ex- Ist ing ; that such Communication would benefit in a highly im portant degree the Mining Districts of Staffordshire, Worces tershire, and Shropshire, and be productiv e o f i mmense advan tages to the Manutacturing, Commercial, and Agricultural In. terests of the kingdom at large. That the Subscribers to the Survey of the proposed Canal be requested to convene a Meeting of those desirous of 'promoting the undertaking, for the purpose of f orm i ng a C ompany, an d ta king all necessary measures preparat or y t o applyi ng t o Par antent for powers to carry the plan into effect. MICHAEL GRAZEBRO H OK, Chairman. Per p ro. The EARL of LICFIELD—Samt.. GEORGE, Bentley Iron Works: FRANCIS DOWNING, Dudley. W. H. SPARROW and Co., Bilston Iron Works. PHILIP WILLIAMS and SONS, Wednesbury Oak Iron Works. G. and E. THORNEYCROFT, Shrubbery and Bradley Iron Works. M. and W. GRAZEBROOK, Netherton Iron Works, near Dudley. JOHN BARKER, Chillington Iron Works. JAMES FOSTER, Stourbridge Iron Works. GE ORGE JONES., Cosely Iron Works. WM. WARD, Priestfields Iron W or k s . J AMES BATSON Great Bridge I r on W or k s . EDW. DIXON, Horseley Colliery. -SAML. DAWrS, Bush Farm Qolliery. For Si r H . D. ST:PAUL, 13 art.--arctin. BRADLY, Willingsworth Iron Works. BRADLEY BARROWS, and HALL , Bloomfield Iron Works. WALTER WILLIAMS, Albion Iron Works, West Broinivieh. EDW. AMPHLETT Horseley Colliery. Per p ro. W. and G. FIRMSTONE—H. C. FIRMSTONE, Lays Iron Works, Dudley. JO HN ROUND, Hauge Collery, Brades, Tividale. M A ES SPITTLE, Wednesbury Colliery. Tiprox FURNACE CO., Tipton Furnaces—per C. BIRCH. CHARLES BIRCH and Co., Bilston Furnaces. CHAVASSE and Co., Cutler's End Colliery. CHAVASSE, MILLS, and CHAVASSE, Bilston Old Colliery j°l iN DUDLEY, Corbyn's Hall Iron Works. Per pr o . ELIZABETH HOLLOWAY—SAMUEL HOLLOWAY, Square Field Colliery. Per pro. BANNISTER, BANKS, and Co.—Gxo. BAN NISTEIL Tividale Colli er y. JOHNHAINES, Coph 7 all Colliery. TURTON FEREDAY, Brades Colliery and B and Monmore Green Collieries. DING and HUNT, Swan Colliery. JOHN ItYDING, Ball's Hill Collieries. ,Ev.sT—for R. SMALL, J. H. SHEARS, and I ar.',.„"i'AYLOR and ISAAC CLrngreaves BADGER Iron Works. 1 4 , 140 8- . L LIP WILLIAMS and Co. Union Furnaces West JpGEORGE PARKER, Conygree Furnace, Tipton. AIGHTON and FOGEY, Furnace tr io n N HOUGHTON, Whim se y C o lli ery , Oldb ury . -s lrr DOWNING—for BORDESLEY STEEL COM PANY,„Tou Birmingham. ( 11 ` 4 WHEELEY and Co. Brettell-lane Iron Works, I,,toutbßAG ge NALL and SONS, Goldshill Iron Works, JOI N Bromwich.` J lM and BENJ. - GIBBONS, Corbyn's Hall and Level Ir o II Works, Dudley. EDWARD PAGE and SONS, Roway Iron Works, .. j pst Bro mw i c h . vii i3I. B O4I P iv IIIARTIUDGE, Coal-master, Hill Top, West AI L apt •e • dJ. MILLINGTON, Summer-hill I ro n W or k s , . -a an ooAC KWELL and JONES, Russell's Hall Iron Works, ear Dudley. 14A-CR.WELL, JONES, and OAKES, Buffery Iron ItiWorks, near Dudley. J O lIARD SMlTH,lllineral Surveyor, West Bromwich. .„1);,7,P11 ROBERTS, Smethwick lion Works. BERTS, Iron-founder, West Bromwich, Heath. ,BENJAMIN HUNT, Sheepwash Iron Works,.Tipton. ntig HENRY BATE—for the EAGLE FURNACE T y, G r reat Bridee. no attsrso N —f BIRMIRGHAM COAL COM PAN Y, ,In i t-End. - RUSSELL, Sparrow's Forge, near '" Wednesbury, • dotm so - for the HORSELEI COAL and IRON Cou to F Y, Tipton, . . ° Lthe TRUSTEES and Exicireons of BLOIS Bilston Brook end West Bromwich iron Ti t ," orks---Wit. To mints. SOLI.Y and SON, Tividale Iron Works. •r r4 A„NCIS FINCH, Great . Bridge New Colliery. " 4 ,„,u5. DAVIS, Ridgacre and Crook Hay 'Collieries s A vv,est Bromwich. ( -I„ 4I ITEL BILL, Coal-masmr, West Bromwich. N TILDASLEY„ Aston Junction Forge, Binning. 1 . ham. Ia IIOII IAS MORRIS, Wednesbury and Tipton Collieries. -4° M AS NOCK, Great Ocker Hill Colliery. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL,. CAPITAL, THREE MILLIOA T s £2. IN SHARES OF £lO9 EACH.—DEPOSIT PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Chairman—Francis Downing, Esq. Iq Deputy Chairman—Francis k inch, Esq., -taasdsett, J,(,itin Dolli , n Esq., Leighton Buzzard. ,L'agogaelri,lJhorn aEs'sEq.s,cl'" Dudley. West Bromwich. - r -barker, John,'Esq._,_ Wolverhampton. It'uradlev Richard. Esq., Tipton. • F uflu eli, Edwin, Esq., West Bromwich. , ~-otteill Thomas, Esq., Birmingham. - ' 0-kbance;Robert Lucas, Esq , &net ck. hlance William, Esq., Biimingba . Edward ,FesterEsq., Dudley. F , James, s q ., Stourbridge. 9,resley, Richard, Esq., Meriden. 11. rout, Joseph, Esq., London. 14"41wkes Tlromas Esq., 111. P., Himley. li aitles,' ltichard,'Esq., Wet Bromwich. itionillitieT,hronix iy,eawteis,,ll,l.,,s Esq., , B r ade. m as ° ll , James, Esq., Birmingham.Birnun Birmingham. ohneux C H v Esq. Dudley. rott ii.er, Vete;•, E e s n q r .", , Gor_a • - a'y House, near Walsall. iin!.nns, William, Esq., Stourbridge. i',Land, Samuel, Esq., Warwick.. cy, am. ii,.`,-bards, Theophilus, Esq., Birmingham. 500 -and, John, Esq., Sedgeley. `eott, Robert, Esq., Stourbridge. sil , ti ro S pa re, Joseph, Esq., Birmingham. w, W. Hanbury, Esq„ Wolverhampton.- ch,oletield, Joshua, Esq., M.P., Birmingham. s pill ,Richard, Richard, Esq., London. W;ii!aws, \Vatter, Esq., , Handsworth. l A ,- ,dani s , Phili E sq .. .lipton• , "b, John, Burton-upon- upon-Trent. Esq., ''Lict,,,. With power to add to their number. "ears 4„B.—Messrs Inglebv and Wragge, , Birmingham ; 'vni,•k n t''ixendale ' Tatham; Upton, and Johnson, 7, Great att %%t,sLester-street ' London ; Messrs. Wilson, Bell, d 11841 C. r i 35 , Linc ' oln's Inn Fields, Loudon. 14 4 hi, TING E NGlNEEft.—JamesWalker, Esq., F.R.S. L.S;E. London ; 1-"I' ER GINEERS.—James Green, Esq., Exeter; John 11 Sutty Thomas, Esq., London. . . _ 4 ' s 'ata El ° ll .—Mr. Dugdale Houghton, Birmingham. -Son 0.---Messrs Taylors and Lloyds, Messrs. Moilliet and ow - -iirbai ngharn .. Birmingham Banking Company _ o s ti°o, Dalton,- ar;de CO Dudley ; Messrs. Han _andkey_ b e urs ., u'eanehurch-street, Loudon; 1 P ' a tt, and Co., 77, Messrs. Vere, Sap,c,Ban :, Lombard-street,. London. 4 ••••-.T h nurioNs. 2 re 6 ' k et of P arliamen c rwill provide that no person shall be ••••41),:8ble beyond the amount a, be i n 1 1 0 42 per Share to be - -Th a.O until the Act be obtained. p o a f id h , i a s n S d h u a o re u ' rther call will I,„ l th: n i ti e shall be available to the , necessary expenses of 4 reellatiLtresot staking .t.het . a te of 31per cent. will i be allowed on the '''‘ , all s w - i ' l lti i ! the completion of the tilt s iri nt L e o a f In 6 ai s e . a p t e le r r s te te. Act e is C O a b n t a ained, by quarterly 'lkltt LeBOTUS of a Line of Navigation from Birmingham 1 1 0 4 h" Itt'rwilttis°l,ll:: c ommencing at the Stratford-on• Avon Canal, NAValled 4:',',',.a , and ending , at the Regent's Canal, London, 1.4 IG,.vriae,,LONDON and BIRMINGHAM CANAL 4r i` e great and leadino objects of the proposed undertaking 0t I t-- .T o kn,l" r n ef feet the cheapest and most direct practicable Line 11;19 it,ouluoication between London and Birmingham, bidsb,hro-peshaitrelining districts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire, ; t ei.. --.4. 0 oto h4.4. , •nt, 8. ' 4ll l, by the communication it will . open with the t ° 'Poo' t.rtll)rd, Warcester, Birmingham, Birmingham and . 1 . id, 1, Ellesinere and Chester, Trent and Mersey, and 'ti e *ter c „.„ l , N. c't C a . , e, tne quickest, chapest, and most convenient „Po a l , a......ti Couveyaoce between London, 13 . rmingham Li st:l'lE4 i" Manchester. Also by a junction With the Oxford _ 7 1. °1 1. an blarY, au improved communication to the City of t° the.." T ° Rive the facilities and advantages of water conveyance t lll ' l cil y ' alu able and extensive districts through which the pr o . Itit4ero,altile..°!,44.vigatinn is itended to be takei TT - districts capable th e r14 11: U , 5 4 1 aPicl improvement, and to which nothing . can so *hireetr co as a cheap and direct communication with Polls and the Treat manufacturing towns of Warwick- It n d Staff • ei ); _ % at k_ o,rdshire, troletits etuheavigieretthat. thoettapir•mosoerdtaunneedeatientfuneomtbfaraiicetos ItOtirt4)l gLettt anffalm s almost incalculable advantages to the Agri- Ttdor n i ."1111nercial, and Manufacturing Interests of the 411 a ' eStr : . k i aad L.aorinary facility that this Line would give to Lop 441(thaini . 1 7 1. P 0 01, to the Manufacturers of. Manchester,Bir- V . to the etv erhampton, Dudley, Stourbridge, and Walsall, 44-4ffard, Proprietors „ of Mines and Works in the counties of thpr6,; ,worcester and Salop, must be obvious to the most kitolltitt_observer:: Birmingham and Wolverhampton and tA, 41 43t : 4 " _ls Mineral Districts would then be situated about a bl e ' to tk i ul a RlVist thoroughfare water communication be tlho Ss v e 0 4 and Liverpool, and London . and Manchester, iPler t 83 ° 11 would be passing incessantly in each direction, 4 ie hited facility.and despatch could not but be productive -a " advantages. The saving in distance by the Inv- ' \'''~._ - t posed route will be thirty-six miles, and et e Locks Will 'be reduced from one hUndred as 4 serenty-two to forty -ei g ht. One great feature of the proposed undertaking is the opening of a cheap Communication between the Metropolis and the Great Coal Fields of Staffordshire and WOrcestershire. In the attainment of this object every Inhabitant of London ought to feel himself interested, experience every day furnishing addi tional proofs that nothing but effective competition from the interior of the kingdom can'insure to the llousehOlders of Lon don a regular and steady supply of Coal at moderate prices; perhaps it is scarcely possible for the most •sanguine mind to form an adequate conception of the benefits that would result from enabling the Midland C oa l Proprietor to compete with the Northern Proprietor in supplying London with Coal. Mono poly would be rendered impossible ; combination frustrate'', and free and active competition completely secured. By the pro posed route Staffordshire Coal can be delivered ia the City Basin at prices, varying in quality, from 15s. to 20s. per Ton. With a view to render this concern as extensively useful as possible, the Rates of 'Tonnage will be low, and thus command that great mass of business which invariably follows moderate charges. _ _ 111.nure and Road Materials will be permitted to pass at low rates. Wharfs will be provided where the Canal will intersect main thoroughfares, and every encouragement be afforded to the free developement of the energies of the Districts through which the Canal will pass. The proposed Navigation will possess all the improvements of the best modern Canals; where tunnelling is necessary, two tunnels, with a towing path under each, will be made; the sides of the Canal will be walled; and the greatest of all modern im provements, the double towing path, will be carried throughout the whole Line. Confident in the superior cheapness and convenience of Wa ter Conveyance, (particularly as regards saw materials and heavy commodities,) the promoters of this undertaking have no hesitation in submitting their plan to the public, in the face of the numerous Railways now in course of formation, every day in their judgment furnishing further and satisfactory proof that, though Railway Conveyance may be preferred for passengers and light goods that require despatch, and will bear_ high rates of transit, the great bulk of the trade of the country will still be carried on through the medium of cheap navigable com munications. The calculations as to the revenue being founded on indispu table data, the promoters of the measure have no hesitation in stating that the prospect of remuneration is in the highest de gree encouraging; and that if due consideration be given to the merits of the proposed Line, to the great extent and sim plicity of its levels, to the supetiority it will possess in respect to distance and lockage, to the well-ascertained fact that a full sup ply of water can be proviled, the conclusion will be folly war ranted, that in a short time after its completion this really grand internal communication will yield such a return as will entitle it to be classed amongst the most productive and successful un dertakings of the kind in the kingdom. According to a mode rate estimate, full Ten per Cent. will be realized.. By the proposed route Goods will be delivered in London in thirty-two hours, instead of seventy by the existing route. The saving in Freight 20s. per Von . for Shares to be made to the Solicitors, and to Mr. GEORGE PALMER, 2, North Piakza, Royal Exchange, Lon don, according to the Form underneath, and no Shares will be secured until the Deposit is paid. Lcruton and Birmingham Canal. Gentlemen,-1 request that you will reserve and secure to me Shares in this Company; and in consideration thereof I agree to take the said Shares, and to pay the Deposit of £2, as mentioned in the Prospectus. eds , - TRINITY HARBOUR.. THE DIRECTORS, with the consent of P prietors, h ave determined to alter the Value of SH ES in this con cern, and I have to announce that the f wing arrangement has been made. Capital, £200,000, in Shares of £5O each. DEPOSIT £3. , Applications for Shares can be received till THURSDAY, on which day the List must be clused,but these can only be taken conditionally, as very few Shares can be allotted for this neigh bourhoud. RICHARD DAWSON, Share Broker, er 17-4 EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. MHE DEED for the EDINBURGH- and _ASGOW RAILWAY is now lying for Signature Mr. DAW SON'S Office, No. 10, Exchange-alley, Liver 01, and will re main there till THURSDAY Evening ne All Holders of Bankers' Receipts for Deposits in the Old tock must produce this Document to entitle them to the New Stock, say one for every Five Shares. The Call of £4 per Share on the New Stock must be paid before the Deeds can be executed, and the Mandate for such payment can only be given on the production of the original receipts. The Shareholders will run the risk of forfeiture, if the Deeds are not duly executed on Thursday Evening. RICHARD DAWSON, Secretary. CALCUTTA AND SAUGUR RAILWAY & HARBOt COMPANY. . TO I RONMASTERS. T ofrj o cto t r rat s lf thoer the abo supply of aboutveundertakinga yards r to enter ofer linE Directors Contract 00 PARALLEL MALLEABLE IRON RAI ,of the weight of about 501bs. per yard • and also for the li • number of Cast Iron Chairs, of about 20'lbs. weight each, with a corresponding number of Keys and Pins.—For further particulars apply to GEORGE LA NDMANN, Esq., 4, Great Eastcheap. No 'I ender will be attended to which is not in strict conformity with the terms of the specification, and the Directors do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender. Offices, No. 7, Birehin-lane, April 9, 1836. THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENH ROYAL BREWERY. CAPITAL £390,000, IN 30,000 SHAT S (With power to increase the Capital, be in Small Sums.) • Nno branch of Trade can a Joint Ste Capital be used with I more facility and advantage than a Public Brewery, the first purchase of both Malt and Hops being generally Cash Bargains, and the Beverii3e, when. Manufactured on the best principle, requiring time to acquire (naturally) a healthy perfection ; Room also in large towns is an expensive consideration for any article requiring so much time; Uten s il s yo u a f ear f u l cost t o moderate Capitalist. The consequences to the Public are, ARTIFICIAL means of bringing the Beverage into the Market, before the NATURAL means could render it so READILY au A RTICLEOf Mercbandize; thus th;s stapl e En g li s h com f ort i s necessarily rendered inferior to that generally to be met with in INLAND places, where a dif ferent process is adopted, and where a more NATURAL RIPENESS is obtained. The name or title (the Royal Brewery) given to the intended establishment, suggested itself to the Projectors from the proud recollection that His Most Gracious Majesty condescended to lay the first stone of• the Lidensed Vicitialiers' Charitable Insti tution, in London. £lO EACH. .y to be called for The grand objects of this Company will be to produce a better and sounder article than that generally sold as ALE, and to place Liverpool in iivalry with London and other places, as Brewers of PORTER. To attain these, a large Capital is indispensable; and although it will be at all times desirable that variable tastes be consulted, yet the soundest article (as well as being the most profitable one) wilt be ultimately most in demand. The Capital will be i a ;sed by 30,000 Shares of £lO each, to be called for in manner following, viz.: One Shilling per Share to be paid for the Scrip, on notice of allotment; One Pound per Share to be paid within tweuty-one days after the Election of Directors and Trdstees, and a further call of One Pound in three months afterwards, and upon i he Directors giving twenty cne days' notice, in writing, to the Shareholders; and that no further call be made until after the first General Annual Meet ing of the Shareholders. The Directors, who must be holders of One Hundred Shares, to be chosen at a Pubic Meeting of the Shareholders, to be held on the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Clarendon rooms, in Liverpool; the allotment to be made on the 23d, and no application for Shares received after the 21st instant. Holders, in their own names, of ten shares to have one vote; of twenty, three votes; of forty, live votes; and one vote for every additional ten shies above forty ; no person to hold more proaies than seven, nor to vote by prolzy, unless he is a Share holder. The Books of the Company to be made up half-yearly, and a Balance Sheet of the Affairs of the Company produced; and if at any time it shall appear that one-third part of the Subscribed Capital shall be lust, the Company shall be dissolved, and the affairs wound up and the remaining money divided amongst the Shareholders. The Provisional Committee are in treaty for the splendid Soho-street Brewery, already complete in Engines, Utensils, a vast Supply of Water from its own Well, and all the Stock of Porter and Ale; and arrangements ace in progress for immediate operations. All applications for Shares to be made, under seal, and ad thessed to the Provisional Committee, care of Mr. J. BACH, Cla,endon-buildings; and further particulars may be known at the Office of Mr. WALKER, Solicitor, Duke-street, Liverpool. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Birl:enhead Royal Brewery, GENTLEMEN,—I request you will allot me Shares in this undertaking, subject to the Prospectus of the 14th April, 1836. Name. Residence. Profession. LIVERPOOL FLINT GLASS COMPANY. CAPITAL, £20,000, IN SHARES OF £5 EACH. L I XPERIENCE has fully developed the advent/ 4 arise from Joint Stock Companies, being fur on undertakings requiring an extensive Capital. A portion of the dealers in, Flint Glass, an other* having met and taken into their consideration the adequacy of the supply of Glass by the existing establishme s, the great profit derivable from its manufacture, and the 11-known fact, that although a considerable reduction in the uty has taken place, the public have derived no benefit fron • , the article being sup plied at the same prices as heretofore, ave deemed the present opportunity a fitting one for the establishment of a Company to be called " ' lnk LIVERPOOL FLINT GLASS COMPANY," ;es which 1 to carry When the extent of the Export Trade—the evils arising from the inadequacy of supply, and the high prices before alluded to (which must bring in the competition of other nations) are con sidered the importance and utility of such an establishment will be readily granted, as well as that it will yield a liberal return to the Shareholders for their investment. It is intended that the Company shall consist of 4000 Shares of £5 each, to be called for at such time as the Directors (to be chosen by the Proprietors at a General Meeting) shall appoint. That a limited number of Shares only shall be allotted in the first instance, and the remainder shall be retained until the Di rectors be appointed, who will issue them as they may judge conducive to the best interests of the Company. That One Shilling per Share be paid on allotment to defray the expenses of forming the Company. That the first instalment shall be El per Share, and be paid within fourteen days after the appointment of Directors. That the remainder of the Calls be made at such times as the Directors shall think fit on giving one month's previous notice, and they shall not exceed El per Share at any one time. That every holder of 20 Shares, or upwards, be eligible as a Director; his qualification to cease upon disposing of his Shares. That the holder of 5 Shares be entitled to one vote, 20 Shares two votes, 50 Shares, or upwards, three votes ; each Share holder may vote by himself or by his proxy, such proxy being a Shareholder. That as soon as 2000 Shares are subscribed for, the Company shall be considered as forined, and a Meeting called for the pur pose of electing a Board of Directors, to consist of 5 Share holders, possessing not less than 25 Shares each, who shall con tinue in office one year—one-third retiring each year, who shall be eligible to be That the 1 / 6 0_6 4 . 4 .A $Otritfient shall contain every provision neeessaryfoY JrnetWifnt management of the Company, and the seeuvity AT i t r, ; I Yj l .,l l lY:a gliarcnolders: ApplicatioWi'VeY'SnaYefi fo made to Mr. Con LAN, Share broker..BlKVWitreet Bast; and to Mr. ILVANS, SolicitOr, Sarni' &reit:n:2i en:vnitreiSi Irord-street: TUISSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1836. The whigs, it is said, are going to war ! Wbo with, "good Master SLENDER ?" Spanish bonds are rising in price, and Lord PALMERSTON has expressed his anxiety to put an end, as speedily as possible, to the civil war which disturbs the repose of DONNA ISABELLA and her august mother. Perhaps it is extremely desirable to in• crease the value of these articles, and fleece the commu nity of gulls of their down as well as of their feathers; but we can hardly be induced to think that the seven or eight thips of the line, now fitting out, have no other destination than the shores of Spain. Colonel E VANS and the rank and vile of his mercenary brigade are, we admit; dying by inches from starvation, in Bilboa and. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LIEUT. JOSEPH WALKER, R.N. DECEASED. L LJpersons indebted to LIEUTENANT :JOSEPH VAI,E.ER, R.N. late, MA STER Of the FoIIMBY L IG H T Ho E , r ecen tly deceased, or bolding any Property or Effects wh . I belonged to him, are requested to pay or deliver the same Mr. THOMAS H Solicitor-Union -court, Castle-spk, who is author ised by the Executor to receive and giVe . discharges for the same. And all p ersons having claims upon the Testator ate request ed to send in the particulars thereof to Mr. HARVEY, in order that they maybe liquidated, ine.,IJRSUANT to a Decree of the Court of C eery Of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in ause " Gill v. Dobson," the creditors of RICHARD DO N, late of Li verpool, in the said county palatine, bro wino died on or about the 9th day of June. ISA), are to c in •-; a prove their respective debts before WILLIAM S , Registrar of the said Court, at his Office, in Prest ,in the said county, on or before the thirty-first day of , May, 1836, or in default there°, they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. ROE'!'. FRODSHAM, Solicitor for the Plaintiff. EDEN, SON, and STANISTREET, Solicitor§ for the Defendant. COMPENSATION FOR MR. BUCKINGHAM M.P. THE SHEFFIELD COMMITTEE, appointed for the purpose of raising a Fund, by a voLuntary National Sub scription, for the Purchase of an ANNUITY for the joint LIVES of Mr. and Mrs. BUCKINGHAM, as a Comp: sation for the Losses he has sustained in advoCating the iberty of the Press in India, and to remunerate him for • successful exertions in opening the Trade to India and Chi a, entertain a hope that Liverpool, which has so materially b • efited by those exertions, will gladly contribute to the abov • und. Mr. BENJAMIN SKIDMORE, their Delegay, is now in Liver pool, and will be glad to give information on the subject, and receive Subscriptions at Miss LEwrs's, Clayton-square. Subscriptions will also be received at the Bankin g -house of Messrs. S. Hope and Co.; by Egert o n S m ith, Esq.,Mercury office ; Dr. Mackenzie, Journal-office; Messrs. Ross and Night ingale, Chronicle-office; Mr. H. C. Langton, 62, Dale-street; Mr. Hodgson. Bookseller, Lord-street; .and Messrs. J. Finch and Son, 12, Sir Thomas's-buildings. Vittoria; and, as they are reformers of the first water, it is possible that Lord JOHN RUSSELL may feel some in terest in their situation. But we cannot discover any connection between ships Of the line and hospital rations, which last might much more conveniently be carried in colliers or steamers. On the other hand _the simple be lief that the British government have determined to in terfere in earnest, and despatch a naval armament to the assistance of the Queen Regent, are showy facts Well calculated to advance the price of the bonds and make them profitable to the, present holders. If then it be only a sham interference, and the fleet is to proceed elie where, all we say is-4uccess to swindling! The whigs are admitted to be the friends of peaee and retrenchment, at least they profess to he this, and some thing more. Several sail of our first class of battle ships cannot be sent to sea for a trifle, far less for a song. The Chancellor of the - Exchequer, we apprehend, haS no surplus revenue to spare, and yet he is pledged to make some important reduction in the taxes. How then lie is to meet an increased expenditure with a diminished in come we leave the honourable functionary to explain. Surely he does not mean to make the unexpected cost of this expedition the excuse for retaining the " taxes on knowledge" for another year. If so, Grub-street will be up in arms, HUME and MOLESWORTH will raise a tap room tempest, the penny trumpet will be sounded by EWART and WAKLEY, and JONATHAN ROEBUCK, who failed in a threehalfpenny concern, will make dog'S-meat of SPRING RICE in the cause of still cheaper and nastier literature. But it is whispered that the destination of the aug mented Beet is the Dardanelles and the Euxine, and that Russia is to he brought to her senses! This is too grave:a subject for a joke. It is only a ridiculous sub ject from the absurd pretensions of one of the intended belligerents. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with the help of DANIEL O'CONNELL and Lot d DURHAM, directing a war against. Russia, would be absolutely a burlesque upon Bombastes Furioso. Just imagine the author of Don aterios . • hanging; up the jack-booty " Who dares this pair of boots displace, Must meet Lionibmtes face to face; And thus I challenge all the human race." Gol) forbid that we should question the gallantry of our countrymen in anystruggle they may be called upon to engage for the honour or the interest of our father- land. But before the nation can be expected to approve of even successful courage they must be first convinced that the cause of quarrel is a just one. RusSia, we ad mit, has overreached and, perhaps, has insulted England. But whatever privilege 'or possessions she has obtained in European Turkey, in Asia, or in the Black Sea, she has procured by treaty solemnly signed and ratified by the two parties most deeply interested, namely, the Sul tan and the Emperor. If we allowed Russia to gain these advantages over us, we did so with our eyes Open. The Whigs were in .power -Lord PALMERSTON was at the Foreign Office--Lord, DURHAM vas with his family in St. Petersburg!). We deserted the Sultan in the hour of need; we stood , by and saw his Egyptian vassal carry his invading hordes within a week's march of the gates of Constantinople; we bad power to restrain IBRAHIM PASHA; a word from us would have kept him at home; but, as we took no part in the quarrel, as we offered no remonstrances, and as we took his cotton and swallowed our leek quiescently, he had a clear right to suppose that we were as favourable to his course of warlike policy as was the government t of the Czar. Theevil is done. Russia is mistress of the navigation of the 'Bosphorus. Formerly the Turks commanded that passage, and their permission alone was required to en able our ships of war to enter the Euxine. Now, how ever, we cannot pass without the permission of Ntcuo- LAS, and to force the Dardanelles without permission, for tified as it is on both sides by Russian engineers, isquite SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED Sheffield .. £6lO d 0 Newport Pagnell 3l 0 0 Liverpool—Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co 35 0 0 William Rathbone, Esq. lO 0 0 Messrs. Finch and Son .. . lO 0 0 Mr. H. C. Langton LIVERPOOL PROPRIETARY COLLEGE and C M ERCIAL SCHOOL, entirely under the cont and management of the Proprietors and . Parents of the Pup' s, these alone having the privilege to appoint the different M ers, who are to be gentlemen of the first rate talents and ng experi ence, and engaged at fixed annual salaries. e number of Proprietors will belimited. An annual S b ription of £lO gives the Proprietor the privilege of havin upil instructed in the establishment. The Prospectus of this undertaking, which is neither a Joint Stock Company nor a combination of Teachers, willbe issued in a few days. All communications on the subject are to be left in the meantime with Mr. PHILIP, Bookseller, ,Paradise street, addressed to the Provisional Secretary. LECTURES ON MORAL AND EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE TO-MORROW, (Wedne • ay,) the 20th instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, a • • Half past Seven o'clock in the Evening. AN invitation from the Education Committ ee • th e T own Council, and a number of friends of en . .•tened educa tion in Liverpool, having been accepted by MES SIMP SON, Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh, author o that well-known Work the "Necessity of Popular Education as a National Object," &c. &c., that Gentleman will explain to the Public of Liverpool his Moral and Educational Views in a Course of TWELVE LECTURES. The Introductory Lecture will be delivered on WEDNESDAY next, the 20th instant, Morning Lecture at One o'cl oc k, and to be repeated in th e E ven i ng o f the same day at Half-past Seven o'clock. The Course to commence on TUESDAY, the 26th instant, and to continue every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at the same hours during the Course. The Committee of Management, in studying the comfort and accommodation of the Subscribers to the Lectures, made application to the Trustees of Bold-street Chapel, who promptly and generously granted the use of that commodious Building for the delivery of Mr. Simpson's Lectures. Any of the Gentlemen of the Committee will receive signa tures for Tickets—for the Course, One Guinea—one Ticket so marked admitting two Young Ladies or Gentlemen under sixteen years of age. Tickets to Teachers of Youth, Half a Guinea. • COMM ITTEE. William Wallace Currie, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor, liam Rathbone, Esq. I Thomas Blackburn, Esq. Samuel Hope, Esq. Richard Shell, Esq. Richard Alison, jun., Esq. Hugh Hornby, Esq. and Joshua Walmsley, Esq. :E OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, AND 1 James Mulleneux, Esq. Dr. Macintyre. Charles Voelker, Esq. Mr. John Smith, Lecturer. Mr. Thomas Urquhart. OP THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTE Richard V. Yates, Esq. Richard Rathbone, Esq. Jas. Corrie Duncan, Esq. S. S. Berend, Esq. William Henderson, Esq. James Brancker, Esq. The Introductory Lecture will be delivered FREE of CHARGE. Those friendly to the cause of Education may be supplied with Tickets on application to any of the above Gentlemen, or to Mr. GRAPEL , Church-street; Messrs. M A ar)i.Es and Co., Lord-street; Messrs. WILLMER and SnIITII, Church-street; THOMAS HODGSON, 80, Lord-street • and Messrs. WILL AN an d Co., 35. Bold- s t ree t, w h o h ave also for distribution the Syllabus of the Lectures. REGONDI'S CONCERTS AT TEMPLARS' HALL. THE PUBLIC are respectfully informed that I'S JULIO REGOND . , Last CONCERTS will take place, at the above Rooms,"fiiits (TUESDAY) EVENING, 19th instant. To commence, at Eight o'clock.—Carriages to be ordered at Half-past Te ; and To- MORROW (WEDNESDAY) MORNING, the 2Uth. commence precisely at One o'clock, p.m. • Messieurs HERMANN will most obligin y assistance. Julio R. will _perform a NEW SELECT, or:bis most favour ite SoLos and DUETS on the G u it ar; a i n a ddi t i on • to th ose NATIONAL AIRS on the CONCERTINA, which were tnore par ticuiarlv applauded at his first Concert, he will performthe M A• RI NERPi SACRED HYMN and other Sacred Music. Signor REGONDI will sing several Select Airs. and will again (by desire) sing the FAVOURITE LAUGHING SONG. 'e their valuable *,, , 1. Full particulars in handbills. Tickets 4s. ; Ditto for Reserved Seats, Pupils attendin g S em i naries, Half Price. ss. ; Children and Tickets to be bad ; and applications for Reserved Seats to be made at the principal Music-sellers, of Signor REG oN DI'S, 28, Seymout-street, and at the Templars' Hall. IMAYII E-LOYAL, LI V !:1300L. Last Four Nights of Madame lG ESTRIS and the Royal Olympic Company. rrints present TUESDAI EVENING, the 19. h instant _IL the Entertainments will commence with tho' Petit Cousedy o TOO LATE FOIL DINNER. Frank Poppleton..Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Nicholas Twill Mr. Letty Mrs. Anderson. After which, for the third time, the Petit 11 :rim, called LOVE IN A COTTAG Charles Mulgrave Mr looper. Sir Murphy O'Blaeney lr. Brougham. Mrs. Charles Mulgrave..Ma we Vestris. Lady Charlotte MulgravP Mrs. Anderson. Miss Margaret Mulgrav ..Mrs. Clarke. In the course of .the Drama M awe Vestris will sing the highly popular Song, written expr sly for this Piece, of " be no submissive Wife," and, iu the character of an Irishwo man, "Rory O'More." To conclude with the Farce called ONE DOUR; On, THE CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original character,) Mr. C. Mathews. Julia... .(111iss Dalton).....Madame Vestris, In which character she will sing " Love is the theme," and a Neapolitan Song. Fanny (Mrs. Smith) Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Bevil Mrs. Clarke. On WEDNESDAY, (To-IJORROVV,) for the BENEFIT of Mrs. ANDERSON, BARBERS AT COURT, A HANDSOME ►iUSBAND, Tin; LOAN OF A LOVER, and other En tertainments. On Tti uns I Av a variety of Entertainments, in which Madame Vesiris and the Olympic Company will perform. -On Fru DAY Madame ESTIt IS'S BENEFIT, and her last appearance this reason, as Madame Vestris and the Olympic Company will commence an Engagement at the Theatre-Royal, Manchester, on Monday next, April '25. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The interesting article relative to the charity schools of Kendal, awl which appears in the Westmoreland Gazette, deserves our earliest attention, but from the press of other matter it cannot possibly he inserted before Friday. The " Jackass Company" is very good ; why not print it as a handbill ? The joint stock scheme for " Grinding Certain Aldermen and Councillors of the new Corporation into Gentlemen" is im practicable. We are too old to be entrapped into any personal notice of the silly person who calls himself o " BAnp.isTS3t," and who figures in the Journal of Saturday last. To name him would only be giving a bonus to his insignificance. That he anxiously de sires it is plainly indicated by the puffing spirit of his letter, which, like a pettifogger's ca r d, a n swers for itself. His per sonal allusions savour of Maynooth ; they are as vulgar as they are unwarrantable. By the way, was not this poor creature, who calls himself a "BARRISTER," a member of the "juvenile Athenian Literary Society," which met in a saw pit a few years ago in some obscure place near Brownlow hill ? The advertisement respecting the Zoological Gardens, which should have appeared in our last publication, was unavoidably omitted. It is inserted to-day. We have been obliged to postpone the insertion of several long advertisements in consequence of the late hour at which we received them yesterday. Our advertising friends would oblige us by forwarding their favours sooner on the days pre vious to publication. Eiberpool tanbalb►, out of the question. But we can compel Russia to retrace her steps and re spect the British flag in all the seas which wash the shores of the empire. How ? We can blockade the Sound— we can stop the Baltic trade—we can put the broad ar row on Russian hemp, tallow, and other products. What say you to this, Mr. POULETT THOMSON, member for Manchester ? Russia, you know, can play the same game -She can - Interdict our twist, hardware; and -other manufactures. In that case what would the weavers, spinners, cutlers, and ironfounders say ? If we insult the Emperor in the north, cannot he be avenged in the east ? If we blockade the Dardanelles, what is to pre vent him from marching an hundred thousand men into Greece ? The Whig ministry of England have no allies but, in the volatile and heartless French. Theirs is but a compact of temporary necessity which they are sure to disregard and violate at the next turn of the political tide. In beart the French hate us with all the inveteracy of undying pride and national prejudice. Their present al liancehas been forced upon them by dire misfortune, by the eve.iits which followed in the wake of a series of revo lutionst The whigs, embrace the substitutes of the Frens convention merely because they alone of the whole European family Will condescend to acknowledge them. With Austria they are not united by any bOnd of union. With Prussia they can h ar dl y be said to be on good terms, that power having evinced the most unequi vocal opposition to the whole system of our commercial policy. They have made the King of the Netherlands their mortal enemy. Even in the shabby kingdom of Portugal their friendship is scorned. In Spain we have an army of thieves and desperadoes, but we are neither thanked for our dastardly assistance nor courted for the advantages of our power. The United States of Ame rica are not worth talking about in an European question of this nature. The friendship of that community of "irresponsible vagabonds" is literally worth nothing. It lives upon affidavits; and its notaries gain more money by the institution of pretended claims, for ships never lost, for goods never burnt, for injuries. n ever susta i ne d , for confiscations never made, than by any other means known to the legitimate exercise of arms or fair negotia How, then, can the whigs hope to play any successful part in an European war, without allies, without re sourCes, and with the whole of our colonial system, from Canada to the East Indies, in a state of active and fear ful convulsion ? It is utterly impossible. If they think that a war with Russia would be popular they are most miserably deceiving themselves. The policy of the War would be judged by its results; for, after all, there are no principles involved in the contest. If an immense fleet is despatched to the Bosphorus calculators will spe culate upon the consequences. The funded securities would fall. A check.would be given to trade and to. the money market which would indubitably lead to a panic. The first cannon ball that is fired will sink the three per cents. from 91 to 70, and every enterprise and speculation in the three kingdoms must be suspended or abandoned. It does not affect our argument to assume that this na val armament is destined for the shores of Spain. If we interfere at all we must take, all the consequences. If IsArEL must be placed securely on the throne, why should WILLIAM of HOLLAND not be replaced in his former po sition as King of the territory comprised under the con ventional treaty which formed his Netherland dominions? People talk about the violation of the treaty of Vienna in the case of the Poles. The first violation was the in vasion of Belgium by the French. It was a shaineful and atrocious act—disgraceful to all the powers of Eu rope, and doubly infamous, inasmuch as England made herself a party to the invasion. To conclude, we know not the destination of the ships now fitting out, nor the object of the active and expensive recruiting for sailors in all the outports; but this we do say, if hostile pro ceedings he resolved upon by the British government against any power in Europe, a war fire will be fanned the light of which will not be quenched during the life time of the youngest member of the rising generation. REMAINS 01 , ANCIENT LIVERPoOL—Dliring the progress of the alterations whit.h are making in Pool-lane, to widen that great leading thoroughfare, the stone foundation of one of the houses was found to be laid in clay, instead of mortar, and the walls of the lower apartment covered with clay, mixed with straw or star-grass, such as is found on the margin of swamps and the seashore ; amongst the sandhills. The same building contained a small square subterranean apartment, with a fire place, without a doorway into it on any side. There was, how ever, one opening into this secret chamber, by a hole in the ceif.re of the arch by which it was covered. There were no sub ject; of bygOne thnes to indicate the use to which this vault had heel: . put. • • , • MEETING OF THE DOCK-ESTATE RATE-PAYERS. Yesterday at two o'clock, at the Cotton Sala loom,-.in the Exchange Buildings, a meeting was held of the rate-payers to the Dock Estate, convened by circulars-issued by the chairman of the dock 'committee, .and .by advertisements in the newspa pers. Short ly after the time appointed the meeting was densely crowded by most of the respectable dock. rate-payers, ship owners, and merchants of the town. On the motion of Mr. Brown. Mr. Charles Lawrence took the chair. The et-tar tin AN nti openitig the hasiness of the meeting, said ; that in_ accordance with certain re s oluti ons passe d b y the Dock Committee ; ,who felt that they were placed in such a position that iheN could not satisfactorily . proceed with regard to the new dock trust,. without ascertaining that they were supported by the merchants of the town, this meeting had .beeu convened. The committee of management had two.propositions to pro pose to them. on which they were called upon to decide. The Chairman then read the two following propositions No. 1. "That the committee of management shall consist. of twenty - -four persons, to he elected by the, rate-payers. That the rate-payers shall be requiredao elect twelve of the twenty four from the council of the borough, but shall not be' restricted from electing a greater number from the members of the coun cil duly qualified according to the Dock Acts. That no trent ber of the committee of management shall vacate his office by being subsequently elected into the soupcil. That on a vacancy. occurring, the rate-payers shall be required to fill it. up from the council of the borough,, if the committee does not contain twelve members of such council; but if the committee does con tain that number, the rate-payers shall trot be restricted in their choice." No. 2. " That the committee of management shall consist of twenty-four persons, twelve of whom sh a ll tie elected by th e council 'if the borough, out if their own body, and the other twelve shall be elected by the rate-payers. That the rate-payers shall not be restricted from electing members of the council into the committee ; nor shall a member of the committee, elected by the rate-payers, be disqualified by being elected into the council," These we re th e t wo propositions upon ,which the dock commit tee were antious to have the opinion of the rate-payers. It was perhaps uec essar y . f o r him to say a .few words tu explanation why the plans already circulated and proposed had., been with drawn. The first plan was, that the whole of the. committee should be elected by.the rate-payers from the rate-payer.' body. A number of the members of the committee were favouratde to that plan ; bnt when it was ascertained that the council claimed to he represented, and that they should glee .up the ve t o, t h e dock committ ee thought, representing as they did the l a t e cor poration, that th e y cou ld nut with any decency contend for a bill in parliathent relating to th e new trust under those circum stances... The second plan was the one now exhibited, and it was one which it was thought would please all parties ; but the various bodies in the town were not satisfied with it, its it gave too great an influence to the common council, In short he was but stating a fact when he said that had the dock committee gone to parliament on such terms they would not have been very well supported. They had thought it better to .submit the two propositions to the -rate-payers, and the- dock .corii:witittee would feel it their duty to support in the House of Commons the one which they might adopt. Mr. IlttowN rose to ascertain how far the council and the dock committee agreed. Several propositions were p ut f ort h In the Mercury of Friday last, which he believed contained the views of the council, and he was anxious to ascertain haw far the dock committee had agreed to those views. The CUAtiiuAN said. the Only point he was authorised by the dock committee to enter upon was, which Of the two proposi tions he had read the rate-payers would decide upon. After a lengtheneal . discussion Brown read the resolittions come to by the council committee on dock affairs, which are subjoined, and contended that this was a meeting open for general. discus sion on the question, whilst the Chairman said he could only take the opinion of the meeting on those two points. Mr. Brown then read the following as points on which the council insisted :- I.—The mayor, alderman and common council to continue to be the trustees of the Liverpool docks. • 2.—The connnittee of matiagement to consist of twenty-four, twelve to be appointed by the trustees o ut o f th e i r own b o d y, and twelve by the rate-payers. 3.—The rate-payers to choose their twelve from ra'e-payers of £5O per annum, and being a member of the council to be no disqualification, 41.—The committee to appoint their own chairman; but, in case of an equality of votes, the trustees to decide.. s.—The chairman to have a second or casting vote, as under the municipal reforin - act. 6.—The power hitherto possessed by the trustees to revise and annul the proceedings of the committee to he repealed; but the power to apply to parliament tot any purposes of the docks to be solely with the trustees. 7.—Thp dock and town police to he united. Mr. Ai KtN trusted the object of the meeting was to save the public money. Ile trusted the sense of the meeting would be taken relative to the dock trust. It might save them much future expense end annoyance. Mr. J. B. VarEs thought it impossible to arrive at any fa vourable conclusion if their consideration was limited to the two points under dispute. Its effect would be to adjourn the meet ing ta some finfire day. lie thought, if the objects of the town council were obtained, they would militate most. strongly against the interests and trade of this borough. lie would prepose an amendment, and, if the meeting thought proper. he Would ex plain his reasons Cm proposing that the whole of the dock coat shoula in fittura lie elected by the rate-payers. The Cos I 1:141AN said he had not the power to receive the pro position. After considerabl e discussion of a similar nature, Mr. YATES contending that the representative system should he carried out in the committee on the Dock estate, and the Chairman re iterating that such discussion being foreign to the object for which the .meeting was called, and that he could net enter tain it, Mr. Loins BRANCK ER contended that every householder was as 'much interested in the welfare of this port as any of the great merchants in it. (Cries of " No, no.") This was not fair meeting, it was called for a certain purpose. If the town council had been properly chosen in pastimes. there never would have been the division which now occurred • the corpo ration would have still been the holders of the dockltrnst. He concluded with reading the propositions, which are inserted above, from the Mercury of last week. The CHAIRMAN again objected to this mode of procedure, he only sat there with a certain authority, Mr. Suing, wished to know if Mr. Lawrence sat there as chairman of the meeting or only as a delegate front from another body If he were a delegate he could not preside there. The CIiAIRPJAN admitted the truth of Mr. Shiel's remark. He came there delegated from the dock committee to submit tertain resolutions to the rate-payers. ir_should be ready it, resign the chair if called upon. Aft , eh further similar discossion. Mr. T. B. HonsFALL said that there had';eart 4 a very long discussion, without any proposition being'' submitted to the meeting. lie would, with permission of the chairman, beg leave to propose a resolution which ' though alot what he could wish, he was still willing to propo'se, as the chairman had de cided, that it was only upon the 'loo questions transmitted by hitn to the rate-payers that they could, come to any decision. Ile was aware that attempts had been made to induce the rate payers to believe that there was it desire somewhere—an indefi nite somewhere—to restrict them in the choice of their repre sentatives; but he trusted they had come to that meeting pre pared, in the spirit of an article which appeared in the Albion of Monday last, and which was said to emanate from a men - her of the town council, determined " to retain the exercise of their otra judgment, and to admit of no limitation to their elective cheite." (Cheers.) He would ask who it was that wished to restrict the rate-payers? Certainly not the Dock Committee, for they had in the first instance proposed to throw open the election of the whole twenty-four or twenty-one members. Certainly not the associated bodies, for they, or the majority of • them, had determined ut once to support the proposition of the Dock Committee. From whom then did the restriction ema nate ? From none other than the town council, and the council alone. (Cheers.) He (Mr. H.) was in favour, of the open election of the whole commlttee • but the chairman having de cided that the meeting; must confine itself t o a d ec i s i on .on the two propositions he rimeeting;ad submitted to them, he must confine himself to taking what he considered the least of two evils. lie objected to the propositions of the town council on the principle which. Mr. Aikin and other gentlemen had approved of at the meeting of rate-payers held in that room two years ago. He held in his hand a copy of the report adopted at that meeting, and in it he found.a principle which contended strongly against . admitting too great a preponderance of the corporation into the management of the dock estate. The report said.— " Itj the early history of the docks, whew their extent and in come were comparatively small, the common council, then donors of land for making the docks, might be supposed to act as trustees for both bodies, nithout injury to either party; but, the moment they assumed, es common council of the corpora tion, the character of sellers to the deck hist, and the interests of the two estates (then innuensely increased in value) began to conflict, upon every principle of common sense other trustees ought to have 'been appointed fur the docks; and then the ab surdity of the same individuals acting in the double capacity of sellers and purchase's would never have existed." (Cheers.) He would not content himself with quoting from the report, but would refer at once to the p e titi on o n thi s subject, Which was presented to the House of Commons on the 17th of February, 1533, by. Mr. Ewart, and to which petition was attached the names of Mr. Aikin and others, which he 'would read fo the Meeting, after reading a part ,of, the petition. The petition Went on to say "That the interests of these two great estates, (the dock and the corporation.) placed under the direction 'of the same trus tees, are often directly opposed to each other, and in particular the common council, being proprietors of strand and•soilwant ed for the docks, have frequently to act in the double capacity 'of seller and - buyer." Again, - after complaining of a want of foresight. on the part of the corporation, the petition proceeds:— • - "'Your petitioners subtnit that if the dock estate had beett re presented by trustees • distinct from the corporation it may reasonably be supposed that they would have had the commo n forecast to secure the strand that might he required for dock puree_ ses below its value was thus so greatly increaser{ at the expense of their trust. In Purchases from the Earl of Sefton and other landowners the council took care to include the strand." And again, after complaining of a mal-arrangement respecting the graving docks, the petition proceeds:— " Here, again, your petitioners submit that if the dock • estate had been protected by a separate representation, the very reason which influenced the council in retaining these graving docks, as the property of the corporation, would have induced other trustees to enforce their purchase for the benefit of the docks." It is inconsistent with good government that the interests of two great estates, after conflicting with each other, should be under the protection of the same individuals." To this petition were attached the names which he would now read :—'Thomas Sands, David Hodgson. James Mellor, Hugh Hornbv, Wm. Blain, Win. Maxwell, Edward Cropper, Gladstone,John Twinaine, Edward Cearns, jun. Alexander Maxwell, Christo pher Rawdon, Win. Rathbone, Win. Nicol, S. T. Hobson, John Bibby, John D. Thornely, W. F. Porter, Godfrey Barnsley, Andrew Low, Jos. Shipby, George Holt, T B. Barclay, Thos. Booth, Edward Moon, G. F. Dickson, C. Taylor , J. Aikin.— (The reading of these names was received with continued cheering.) The speaker continued. He said he had only brought forward the petition which was adopted at the last meeting of the rate payers, and which embodied sufficient to condemn the principle of giving a preponderating influence to the town-council. He would not offer another observation of his own, but leave the sentiments of these gentlemen to speak for themselves. (Cheers.) He would, although it did not exactly coincide with his views, beg to propose as the least of two evils, the first proposition which had been read to them by the Chairman. Mr. AMIN begged to be allowed to make a few obaervations in re ply, as it did not seem likely that they would coase.to any decision. Some remarks had been 'nee which would lead to a conclusion that he and others had been guifly of gross inconsistency. • Now the gross inconsistency lie had been guilty of from first to last was havlngdone all in his power to open the corporation. He quite agreed with a re- Mark made that if the council had been constituted as it now was, the dock estate would have now been under their management. With regard to the charge of inconsistency : be believed the gentleman Who brought that charge was at the time in direct opposition to the reso lutions and petitions which had been read by loin. and he had con tended olOt former occasion that the dock rate-payers of Liverpool. had no right nor title to the management of the docks. °Ma former- . - occasion Mt. Ir !anti Mr. Cyrus Morroll, and Mr. John Gladstbhe had • advocated that the Management of the dock n irs shoold he vested in the rate-nayers, but when they had got in•to the council t , yy 1 - eid one by one Changed their position. (Cries of "So have you.") No, there was this difference, their opposition -before against the Corpora. ration having the management of the dock estate was, that the busi ness of that estate ought to be done on the representativ e system, and it was not so. He bad now the pleasure to say that the council as now constituted represented not only the dock rate-paye rs but the inha bitants generally. (Cries of " No, no.") He had also the satisfaction • of stating that the town council had, masked, come forward and offered to give up the veto. He hoped they were not come there to be twitting each other on the charge of inconsistency. If there was any such . charge made, he thought it ought to be on the other side. He trusted, however, that the merchants of Liverpool would decide the question amongst themselves and not leave it to others to decide it for them. The rate-payers as rate-payers simply had no right to have any share in the management of the docks, because the moment they had paid their rates they bad had value received, and they could not get any part of that rate back again. • The rate-payers generally were here to day and gone to-morrow, and were many of them foreigners, and whether they were foreigners or whether they lived in Kamschatica, was it to be said that they possessed the same interest in the question as the inhabitants generally; the value of whose property depended so much on the good management of the dock estate. It might be the interest of the rate-payers in order to lessen their rates to have docks at the other side of the river or to send their shipping to Brislol or to the Clyde. He contended that a preponderance should be given to the rate-payers. (Hear.) Mr. T. B. HORSPALT, said he would only detain the meeting for one moment, •but having been personally alluded to by Mr. Ail, he must beg to assure that gentleman that he had no intention whatever of twitting him as he supposed with a change of sentiment,and he was sure that the meeting would bear him out in saying that he had done Mr. Aikiii no injustice, for he had merely quoted the words of a pe tition to the House of Commons, to which his 'Mr. Aikin's) si.matu re was attached; whilst on the other hand he (Mr. Horsfall) had to com plain of injustice on the part of Mr. Aikin, who had put words into his mouth which he had never used. In fact, he believed at the pre vious meeting he had never: expressed an opinion as to the number of rate-payers which ought to be admitted into the dock trust. The part he took at that meeting was to defend a young man whom at that time he did not know, who had been appointed as solicitor to the dock estate, and who he believed to have been both cruelly and un justly condemned without a trial.—;Cheers.) After a good deal of desultory discussion, ' • • , • Mr. ATKIN would beg to propose, to save a parliamentary contest, that " this meeting be adjourned to this day week, and that then we do meet together for the purpose of taking into consideration how they might save a parliamentary contest." The Ctiaritinsx refused to entertain the question. After some further discussion the meeting separated without coming to any final arrangement. COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL. To TUE BOITOII OF THE LIVE:TOOL SZIXDARD. Sir,—As your journal was the first to notice toy address to the merchants and traders of Liverpool, on the propriety of establishing, a Commercial High `chart, permit me through the same medicm to reply to some remarks that have been addressed to me on this-subject, in the Albion of this day. Briefly, let.me sac, that so far from the design having been abandoned, the. detailed prospectuses have been printed, and. are under the consideration of manyof the-most influential gen tlemen of this town; and it only awaits the settlement of some preliminai y regulations, fur its . being inure fully laid before the „public. .•, - ' The time has evidently now arrived when Liverpool will no longer be without seminaries fur education, placed under pub lic controul; the proper arrangement of the plans on which they shall be formed will preVent mischiefthat might take years. of strenuous exertion to remedy, and as they are totally un connected with those undertakings which require large eor n -• Lined capitals and.exteusive connections, the emcitem( , nt of the present day would be improperly used to hasten their adoption.' Allow me to add that my proposal is the result of upwards of thirty years' experience as a teacher in the preparation of young men for. the higher commercial appointments and of. attentive ouservation on the workingof several latge public es tablishments, and that it is the only attempt that as yet has been, made, to raise commercial schools to that elevation they. ought. toloccupy in a commercial country, and particularly in a town so distinguished fur its mercantile enterprise as Liverpool. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, W. TATE. 36, Renshaw-street. ADVERTISEMENT. NEW JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANY. " Hope told a flattering tale." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,IRD. SlR,—Allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal,, to offer a few remarks on the new project announced this day by Messrs. Samuel Hope and Co., to convert their bank into a public company. It is pretty well known on 'Change that these gentlemen have been the bitter and uncompromising opponents of joint stock banks, and have lost no opportunity of expressing their disapprobation of the principles on which they are framed and conducted. Let us therefore examine, for the benefit of the public, and of Messrs. Samuel Hope Co.'s customers more particularly, the terms on which t propose to " allow their friends to participate with them in dvantages," and " how far those advantages are superior to a which they can promise themselves by embarking in • existing enterprise of the kind. , Me4sr4. Hope and Co. estimate the value of their connexion at £SO,OOO, that is, propose to create forty th ousan d s h ares at £25 each, on which £104?i• share will be called—to retain Is. 3d. in their own hands; and to charge 40s- per share on all the remaining tivo-thirdi taken by their. friends and the public. Observe—they pocket the premium themselves; it does not, as is usual in other companies, go to a surplus fund ; thus showing . their lively gratitude to their staunch adherents by taxing them twenty per cent. I will venture to assert that no projector of a joint stock bank • has ever had the hardihood to bring forward such a glaringly. selfish proposal, which, if acceded to, would not only enable the present firm to extract £BO,OOO from the pockets of their intend-. ed proprietors, but would give them the entire con trout of the new concern. I have no wish to play th e Solomon and deal out wisdom to. my neighbours; but I cannot help laughing, and I hope not ill-naturedly, at this new species of liberality. Here have Messrs. Hope and' Co.'s customers faithfully ad hered to them through thick and thin, and denied themselves the adVantages offered from time to time by the several joint stock: banks established in the town, and have, either front a dislike to change or from some personal regard to the membeis of the. firm, resisted the temptation to leave them, and, at last, they arc rewarded by being admitted—at par?—no ,• they must ac t ua lly, 0 A ny . Messrs. Hope and Co. 20 per cent. a t the winding up of the s ness, to the, success . of whi c h th ey h ave a ll contr ib uted! - he shares o:' all the establish e d Liverpool .auks are at a dsotne premium, and I will ven t ure t o state th at they will .' li, admit new proprietors, with desirable accounts, at - i:2 or Eattilder the market price. Wherein, then, consists the boasted superiority of Messrs. Hope and Co.'s scheme? Should you find room for the se remar k s , I may trouble you with a few more on some of the bubbles - now palmed on the pub lic gullibility.—Your. &c., A JOINT STOCK BANK PROPRIETOR. LOCA 1., .ITAII7B. POY4t, ROCK FERRY.—An unfounded report. having been, circulated to the prejudice of the interests of the above corn-, purr, and which is totally without foundation, the Di,oe s, we understand, have resolved to plosecute certain interestedifarties whom they believe have originated this most unwarrantable re port. We are informed that, the Directors of the Liverpool Fish Company have purchased Zion Chapel for their wholesale fish marl:et. LADIES' ettAntm—A number Of the friends of the Ladies'. Charity have presented Mrs. Ellison with o piece of plate in. testimony of their approbation of her faithful services as ma tron of that valuable institution during a period of twenty-three years. ItECRUITING Port THE NA*Y.—Lieuts. Richards* of the Asia, and lincknell Eastcottrt, of the Vanguard, have been in this town for the last three weeks, superintending the iccruiting service here for his Majesty's navy. On Weduesdav evening last, the Messenger, of WO tons burden, one of his :NlajeSly's steamers, commanded by Capt. E ing, arrived here film) Ports mouth or the purpose of taking or hoard those seamen who have enrolled themselves in his I\lajesly's service. Mr. Scott, the assistant surgeon, and Mr. Sutherland, the mate, are the of- kers on board this Vessel. She Will leave here for the Cove of Cork, via Dublin. INQuEsTe.—On Thursday kit an inqUest was held before W. J. flutter, Esq., coroner, on the body of a female child, na med Jane Farrell, about two dears old, whose parents reside in a cellar in Frecknason's-row, in this town. It appeared, how. the evidence before the coroner. that the mother of the deceased had, on the 24th of March last, gone out of the cellar leaving the child alone, and on her return she found that its clothes had taken fire and that it was dreadfully scorched. The mother of the deceased applied at the Dispensary for dressing and inedi- . tine for the little sufferer, and she was told to bring the child to the Dispensary : in the mean time she procured what was necessary, and continued to,follow the advice of the medical gentleman, who, however;prescribed only . Cron , the information which he received from the mother of the deceased. A few days a go the child expired. Verdict, died of the liurns.--Another inquest was held 'on a sailor, who, on Friday, while engaged, on board one of the "easels i n the Prince's Lock, and entrea vowing to reach the truck of the mainmast, missed his hold and fell on the deck. tie was taken lip lifeless, the concussion having literally smashed his head in pieces.—Also, die the body. of John Clouston, mite of the brig Amity, lying in the King's Dock, who, having laid down on the d ec k of. the vessel, ro ll e d over into the dock and was taken up drowned.—Also' on the body of a pig-jobber, who fell from the Herald steamer into the, Clarence Dock, and was drowned.--On Thursday a fith inquest • was held on the body of Charles Icing, a sawyer emploved by Mr. Wilson, at his yard, near the North Battery. The deceased was at work on-Tuesday week, in a saw-pit, when a bearer, upon which sonielimber rested, broke, and fell upon the deceased, breaking-three or four of his ribs and his left leg. He. was ta ken to the Infirmary, and no Tuesday last, (one week from the . accident,) he died from the injuries. , The ju r y re turned a ver dict of accidental death. . THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.—Mr. Samuel Alexander, from Manchester, who has published a grammar of the English lan guage, which bids fair for general adoption, has been lecturing‘ on English Giammar at Warrington.. appears to be tho roughly acquainted with his subject,: and his lectures, conse quently cannot hnl he interesting to those who de,ire a correct knowledge of their mother tongue. Mr. A. is not afraid of sug gesting or showing the necessity of alteration, notwithstanding the prejudiced and high authorities which may be opposed to him, when those alterations appear to be sanctioned - by common. sense. On the whole, we think it impossible for any 'intelli gent and attentive person to listen to Mr. A. without acquiring considerable benefit —From a correspondent. CUNNINGHAM'S GALLERY OF PICTURES.—We hail With plea sure the publication of ‘, Cunningham's Gallery of Pictures:" it is in every respect entitled to a large share of public patronage. We know of no work containinw such a variety of t s is ol a lec i ls te s i o .: xcellent ' uniformly executed with careful fiish and just effect.. From its . convenient form and size, and front the price at which it enn be procured, we are convinced that it will find its way into every library and drawing-room, and prove that no collection can be . presented to youth with spoice,trueraetgparltl)eprriieest,yh, hilt only ;Ie ligent guide book to the Me morial and faithful transcript of their choicest ornaments. to observe that the Br.i,Reminiscences," calls it. "a magnificent book,' and a treasure of instructise criticism." Clint:TEß JUNCTION RAILVITS Y.—lt Will he gratifying likelyjunction,thewill thus to obtain its- act- . this session. A direct COMMlthleatioll, only to London and Birmingham, but "I" 6 opened nut itufacturing districts of the country front to the whole oC tire art..: nitizetai , c. hest all tr wi tbe n f b e e rt g ie i s v , er e , pp a os ii i n t: a L s iv e e li r 4 p i o b t l i e l, a a s n o tt p t u h rp e o sa s l ei ner y. or that contmunieatiim only rail give- Our reciter i are Sre f in the Manchester Timer '' refined t " ParEgf"Pi"Pig '" ln tion on the subject. et alurtfa.? last for iurthel' lamina% CAUTION To Plusit.icivi s:--KETteirio “ovsn ("PVC nil R INC,: public-housepl Sc c r a. o r r a' Saturday, Jobe i f .., . . • Standiall, who , keeps a sssbt beer in hi - -gtreef, wa.9' fined Ile. and.. cost*. for bavi n ;,;•. .. B . Muse or i Sunday a - item:mu. last, airing di - it' houis•of . divine iterviCe.., ~ :~