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Feb. 6, 1844. IJNIVERSITY A\D CLLRICAL NEWS, NSWER OF THE CHANCELLOR, THE OF VICE- CHANCELLOR, AND THE HEADS HOUSES TO THE LAY ADDRESS AGAINST THE TRACTARIAN PARTY. To.sthe Right Honourable Lord Ashley and other Lay 'embers of the United Church of England and Ire land. We have received, and have had for some time under our consideration, the letter addressed to us by your lord ship and other gentlemen, in our character as the re sponsible Governors of the University of Oxford, on the subject of sentiments diffused by means of various publi nittions, sent f or th w i t hi n t h e l ast f ew years , by sev eral distinguished members of the University, the tendency of which, it has griev e d y ou t o o b serve , has been to ex cite dissstisfacti on with the principles of our Reformed C hurch, a s em b odied in the Book of Common P rayer, and esp ec i a l ly in the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. After stating the opinion of your lordship, and of the gentlemen who, with your lordship, have signed this let ter, of the great national evils which will he the result of any deviation from the Protestant character of the Church of England, and the alarm with which you have observed aYmptoms of such deviation, which have appeared in the opinions avowed by some whose station in the Univer sity gives them extensive influence over the younger por tion of the academical body ; Your lordship, and the gentlemen who, with your lord. ship, have signed this letter, call upon us, the authorities of the University, to take such steps as are open to us for protecting the youth committed to our superintending care from the dangerous influence referred to, and for securing to them, for the future, such tuition as is in strict aecord ance with the Protestant Church of Eng land and the Constitution of these realm 4. lt is undoubtedly true, that within the last few years certain tracts or pamphlets have been pnblished by seve ral distinguished members of the University, containing opinions and sentiments considered by many to be not conformable to, or consistent with, the doctrines of the Reformed Pr itestant Church of England, as embodied in the Book of Common-prayer, and in the articles of reli gion called " The Thirty-nine Articles." The opinions and doctrines contained in these tracts or pamphlets have been considered, discussed, and replied to in other publications, and those discussions have, at different times, attracted more or less of the public at tention. Against the prevalence, h owe v er , o f erroneous opi nions among its members generally, the University pos sesses a safegu ar d i n t h e statute enac t e d more th an two centuries ago, which provides that every candidate for matriculation should subscribe the Thirty-nine Ai ticles, and every candidate for a degree should again subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles, and, in addition thereto, the Three A r ti c l es i n t h e 36th Canon. The authorities of the University have not lost sight of their duty in enforcing a strict compliance with this statute ; nor have they shown themselves indifferent to the improvement of religious instruction within the Uni versity. For, when her Majesty was enabled, by recent Acts of the Legislature, to provide for the foundation, maintenance, and regulation of additional Professorships of Divinity, the authorities of the University, with the assistance of Convocation, adopted every measure for which they were competent, to carry into execution the views of Government and of Parliament. And they trust that, by perseverance in a course of moderation and watchfulness, they will be enabled, under the Divine blessing, to train up the youth committed to their care in the pure principles of the Reformed Church of England. WELLINGTON, Chancellor, P. WINTER, Vice-Chancellor, On behalf of the Heads of Houses. JANUAY 26. In a Co ngregat i on holden th is day the following degre3s Were conferred : Masters of Arts.—Charles Kemble, Wadham College, Grand Compounder; the Lord Viscount Cranley, Christ Church ; Peter Leopold Dyke Acland, Christ Church ; Rev. Thos. D'Oyly Walters, Christ Church ; Rev. H. Wadham College; Rev. Charles Compton Don- Tine, Wadham College; Rev. William Thomson. Scholar of Queen's College; Rev. Temple Hamilton Chase Mi chel, Fellow of Queen's College • Hon. Adolphus Frede rick Oct av i us Li ddell, Fellow o f Souls College ; Rev. George Barons Northcote, Exeter College ; Rev. Charles henry White, Oriel College • Rev. William Rogers, Bal- Bo! C o ll ege ; Rev. Hugh Bennett, Fellow of Worcester College. Bachelors of Arts.—Henry George Livius, Edmund Ball; Henry Abud, W a dh am C o ll ege; Mi c h ae l S eymour Edgell, Oriel College; William Henry Townsend Hotch ins, Scholar of Lincoln College; Charles Henry S. Golly, Lincoln College; John Maurice Foster, Lincoln College; John Swire, University College ; John William Syden tam, Balliol College; Edward Vaughan Richards, Stu • dent of Christ Church ; Thomas Offspring Btachall, Stu dent of Christ Church ; Richard Lowndes, Christ Church, Ralph Ludlow Lopes, Christ Church ; Charles George Douton, Christ Church. MACMULLEN v. HAMPDEN.—This case has been put an end to by the plaintiff declining to appeal within the specified time, consequently the decision of the " Dele gates in Congregation" in favour of the Regius Professor of Divinity remains undisputed. THE HIGH SHERIFF'S CHAPLAIN.—The Rev. Dr. Whittaker, the respected Vicar of Blackburn, has been appointed by John Fowden Hindle, Esq.. High Sheriff for this county for the present year, as his chaplain. The new church of St. Paul, at Forebridge, Stafford' was consecrated on Thursday lasi , by the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, in the presence of Viscount Sandon and a very large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen of the county. The Bi sho of Winchester has consented to preach the atinni;yersary s P ermon of the Society for Promoting Chris- E an i .tY amongst the Jews on Thursday, May 2, at the P:scoPal Jews' Cha el, Bethnal green. It is not koown to P the public, Joint prodbut it should be, that a volume, a„ll,,ctinn. which will amount probably to an octavo the subi. "" appear in the spring, is being prepared on s linguistic of Christian union, by many of the most di-- Land, inper men of the various Evangelical bodies of Scot- Wardl a ; u uing the names of Chalmers and Candlish, ' i l ing, and o th ers. — W atchman. „ n l] our la st week' s paper we mentioned the disinterested nou m n uct o f _ "Jr Hook, th e v i car o f L ee d s, b y t h e an varisiclerrent Dr, of his desire to divide that vet y extensive blent, nwnder the provisions of the recent act of parlia been taken t e understand pre li m i nary measures have already ;Prob • o divide th e par i sh of Seulcoares, and that it able the parish es o f Holy Trinity and Sutton may 41 obe divided under the above-named statute. Zt..,.4.1 discussion between the Rev. John Venn, Vicar of a _Peter's, Hereford, and the Rev. Mr. Waterworth, v. Catholic priest of Newark, is expected to commence in xiereford in about ten days. Two chairmen (a Protestant and Catholic) have been named, d wo iiha committee of fholics and have • n a arr d e he w & affair is looked forward Ca to with considerable inte're and the h a view to publication afterwards, it is intended to sc i i i t re i n i t a h s e ve se ry rvices of two able shorthand -writers. handsomely declared his Willingness to rna . ke up n au deficiency, should the money collected not prove sufficient to cover the ex penses.Cheltenham Paper. . LocRING PEWS IN CH URCHES.—An important meet lOg was held at Plymouth on the 15th ult., at which the Lord I3ishop of Exeter presided. In the course of the proceedings his Lordship deprecated the practice of de fraying the costs of the church services out of the pew rents instead of by a church rate. He said that the achurch rate was a common l aw obligation, a charge, not ta x , upon th e for the r i ch property of th e l an d, an d it was not right th the refore, e to sa y that they wou ld not pay it, and that, Pavin g b een Poor sho u ld b e shut out of the church. might be b ro k en as ked whether p ews w hi c h were locked service open, his ans wer was , th at d ur i ng d i v i ne ill no disturban ce o f t h e sacred and solemn rites was l avd, but th ere were other means of reaching those who dared to lock pews. No one had a right to do so, and he hoped that churchwardens would take measures to remove this state of things wherever it existed. His lordship also condemned the practice of locking the doors of churches during divine service. TRACTARIAN AssußA2,7CE.—The confidence—the ap parently increasing confidence —with which the Tractarian Journalists persist in assuming that they are the only sound and orth o d ox Churchmen, becomes,_ n i r n the present be F position of affair s , a l most ludicrous.it w hard to find, in mode rn ecclesiastical annals, any sect or party which had b e en more d i st i nctly condemned by Church authority than this. Convocation no longer ex isting, for any practical purpose, censure can only now be inflicted by individual bishops or U niversity Boards. Bat it stands on record, that on the Tracts for the Times being brought into a focus, or general summary of princi- Pies, in No. 90, a public condemnation was issued by the Hebdomadal Board of the University of Oxford. That this was followed up by a desire (amounting to a command) expressed by the Bishop of the diocese, that the publication of those tracts might be brought to a cos. That Dr. raseY, in rank the first of the party, has l bee e n brought to trial for a sermon preached before the University, and has been found guilty, and suspended from preaching. That Mr. Newman, the actual head, has also been induced, by some to n s een authority, but doubtless not of his own free "len, sign his church in Oxford, and to go into retire tli ot• That the _British Critic, the remaining organ of Bishop of after bounced h aving been pilblicly condemned by the Peci) Salisbury in his charge, has at last been de by Mr. Palmer, one of the original founders of the sect, and has, un d er the weight of all this public cen sure, been compulsorily discontinued. That about eigh teen or nineteen of the English prelates have, ex cathedra, condemned the sect t; and only two or three, and these not rongst the highest in reputation, have hesitated in their !ecisions. May we not repeat, with perfect confidence, that at the present moment Tractarianism stands before "1 the as a condemned system ; as a heterodox 121 :„ "e , 133 e ; as something declared to be wrong and danger -'8 ' And yet, if we take up the Morning Post, or the Loletters of Ridley" in the Times, we find throughout the olest a ssunaptios that Dr. Pusey, the suspended, and 411 r. N ewman, the deptived, are the very types and patterns of true 'od oxy • and th a t th ere are , i n f act, no sound or tworthyChurchmen but those wh foow in their footsteps ! We doubt, however, if it will be possible, by any ea sure of assu rance , t o carry on t hi s game much lo nger. T - - --- -r_.leo G ateshead Observer s t a t es that th e co rpora ti on o f u, intend to apply to parliament next session for a 9 ;7, tax of sd. p err e ton on coals, for improving the s t ree t s " 4 e n RAILWAY i LL/GEA C.E. On new year's day, 1843, with a sixpenny fare, the Greenock and Gla,gow railway pocketed £77 from holi day passengers. On new year's day, 1844, with a shil ling fare, they received £45. Another slip of the embankment near the Folkestone viaduct has taken place, and a single rail has been resorted to for the present, fur the up and down trains as far as Saltwood. LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY. —The annual meeting of the roprietors of this undertaking was held at Scar borough's Hotel, Leeds, on Monday last at noon, John Gott, in the chair. The usual dividend of 5 per cent. which is guaranteed by the York and North Midland Railway Company (the present lessees) was declarad. A prospectus has been issued of a plan for joining the five metropolitan railways in such a way as that the transit from the one to the other will be effectually secured, and thus enable travellers by any one of them to reach the other with perfect facility, and without the inconveniences now experienced in the changes from place to place. • SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—A private opening of this line to the terminus at Dover, took place on the 27th ult. The trips gave great satisfaction to the directors and en gineers. The rails appeared to be firmly settled, and the t•action was 83 easy as to justify a speed of upwards of 20 miles an hour, the distance from Folkestone having been performed the last trip in fifteen minutes. BLACKBURN AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—There is no longer any obstacle to the carrying out the project of a railway from Blackburn to join the North Union line at Farrington, near Preston, and the line, as originally struck out and surveyed by Mr. Collister, the engineer, has been altered for a better one, Mr. Fielden having granted leave for the line to take a more convenient course through his estate at Witton. This amended line has been recom mended by Mr. Locke. LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Tuesday. The report stated, that on the 20th d .y of August, a scale of reduced fares for the line of Greenwich was adopted, which in its results for the half-year ending the 31st De cember last, as compared with the corresponding half of the preceding years, shows an increase of 151,943 passen gers, but a decrease of £965 4s. Bd. in the amount of re ceipts. From the statement of accounts for the half-year it appeared that after paying all expenses, together with interest on mortgage debt, and on the preference shares, as well as appropriating £l,OOO as before, towards the liquidation of the expense of relaying the line, there re mains on the profit and loss account a balance of £416 18s. 6-id. THE EFFECT OF RAILWAYS.—On Monday, the Sara cen's Head, Friday-street, Cheapside, adjoining the church of St. Peter, West Cheap, which is one of the old est inns in the city of London, having been built in the style of architecture of the 15th century, with balconies in front, was disposed of by auction for its building mate rials, when it will be pulled down, and on its site, which extends nearly to the Old Change, large Manchester warehouses will be erected. This inn was extensively connected with c-rach proprietors and waggon carriers down the Great Western-road, the traffic of which has been broken up by the establishment of the railways. The house adjoining, No. 5, Friday-street, which is part of the above property, is said to have bee❑ in the occupation of Sir Christopher Wren at the time of the erection of St. P a ul's. The estate belongs to the Merchant Tailors' Company.—Globe. THE MANCHESTER, BURY, AND ROSSENDALE RAIL WAY.—This Railway is to pass through a densely popu lated district, and is about 131 miles in length. The popu lation is engaged in manufactures, and consequently have a large traffic with Manchester. Indeed the Irwell Valley contains some of the largest cotton spinning, printing, bleaching, and woollen manufactories in the county, and there is at present no means of transit from the places affected by the line north-east of Bury but by the roads, Haslingden, Rossendale, Bacup, and a great portion of the manufacturing district of East Lancashire have not even the accommodation of a canal. The present termi nus at Rawtenstall will command a large portion of the traffic of the towns of Accrington, Burnly, Bacup, Has lingden, &c. ; but the line is capable of being extended to Accrington, and if so, by a short branch to Blackburn, on the one hand, and Burnley on the other, it would se cure almost, if not altogether, exclusively the traffic of the eastern part of the county. The Earls of Derby and Wilton are the principal landowners on this line, and are understood to be favourable to the undertaking. NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—The report of the directors was laid before the proprietors at their general on Fri day. The directors congratulate the company on the recent amalgamation with the Bolton and Preston Rail way, the title of which is to be merged in that of " North Union." The entire management of the Bolton Line passed, on the Ist instant, into the hands of ten directors selected from the North Union, and five from the Bolton and Preston board. The report next adverts to the pro posed Lancaster and Carlisle, and Blackburn Branch Lines, both of which are highly commended. The divi dend which was the usual one of £2 10s. per share. There would, it is intimated, have been a larger dividend but for the recent competition with the Bolton and Preston Line. In addition to the dividend, however, " there will bee bonus of from 10s. to Iss. per share, arising from the necessity, in the present contingency, of dividing among the proprietors exactly, and to the point, all reserves of realised profits." The receipts on the line for the last half-year had amounted to £28,161. Ils. 4d., and the expenses to £11,468. 16s. 4d. ; leaving, after the payment of the dividend on 6,339 shares, at £2. 10s. each, to the credit of profit and loss account, £845. ss. From the statement of capital account, it appeared that there was a balance in hard of £2ll. The report, after a brief dis cussion, was unanimously adopted. CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.—James Ford, a very steady sort of person, lost £llO, while returning home from London on the South Eastern Railway, on Friday evening. Ford is a jobbing carpenter, and by the will of a relation he became entitled to the above-named sum of money. His attorney, in London, having written to say that the money was ready, Ford went up on Friday to receive it himself, countryman-like. He received a check from his attorney to the amount of £llO. Having inquired his way to the Bank to get the same cashed, he returned to the Borough with the money in his pocket, namely, 70 sovereigns and four £lO Bank of England notes. He was accosted by a person with the garb and appearance of a countryman, who, in course of conversa tion, asked Ford to drink with him, saying he wanted to get a little business in Kent. A third person "dropped in," whom the polite iuquirer addressed as "Squire Jones." They all drank together, arid parted, Ford repaired to the railway station, where two persons took their seats beside him, and left him at Reigate. When Ford got home to his cottage at Brenchley, after supper he prepared to spread the table with sovereigns, but to his great conster nation his gold had been turned into coppers, about 2s. worth of which he found in his pocket, tied up in paper. He remembers some confusion in the Merstham tunnel, where he thinks the robbery took place.—Mafds•lone Gazette. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meet ing of this company was held at the Cotton Sales-room, in the Exchange Buildings, Liverpool. on Tuesday ; John Moss; Esq., in the chair. Mr. Mozley (banker) moved the adoption of the report in a speech of some length, and urged upon the directors the necessity of carrying out the Chester and Holyhead line. The Chair man stated, that no actual arrangement had yet been made with the government as to what sum they would grant towards the Holyhead line, and that the directors had not entered into any neaociations with any other line. The Chairman further stated, that a survey of a line had been ordered between Chester and Shrewsbury. The Lancas ter and Carlisle line was highly spoken of, and the Grand Junction Company are to furnish £250,000 towards it ; the calculated return being 7 per cent. The Chairman said that 4 per cent, would pay them very well, taking into account the increased traffic brought on the Grand Junction line by this route to Scotland. It appears that to meet the outlay on the Shrewsbury branch and Holy head line, a new creation of Grand Junction shares must be made. The total receipts for the half year ending Dec. 31, were £212,944 Bs. 9d., and although the dimi nution in the passenger receipts remained nearly the same to the close of the half year, there was an increase in the returns for live stock and merchandise of no less than £10,390 over the same period of 1842, and the receipts now exceeded that of any single half year, since the line was opened, by the sum of £4554. The expenses of the half year were £2600 less than in 1842. The profit on the half year, including a surplus of £616 7s. carried over from the preceding six months, was £127,793 Is. ld. This period of the year was, however, the most produc tive, and, considering that the certainty of a dividend being maintained tended to give stability to the value of stock, the directors had resolved to recommend that the usual £5 per share be paid on the present occasion, al though the balance might appear to warrant a larger di vidend. Should the proprietors concur in that view, the dividend would amount to £110,163, leaving, after pay ment of £5 per share, a surplus of £17,628 ls. ld. The amount of Sunday travelling is Bs. 4d. per £3OO share. The directors recommended a further addition of £5,000 to the fund for the renewal of stock. The future divi dends are to be paid quarterly. THE ROYAL MlNT.—This national establishment com menced on Monday week striking the new silver coinage, which is to be issued by government immediately after her Majesty's royal proclamation calling in the old silver coinage of George 111., in 1816, George IV., in 1821, and William IV., in 1831, as the greater part of it is so de faced by wear and tear, and so deteriorated in weight, that many of the half-crowns are not worth more than 2s. ; the shillings 9d. ; and the sixpences 3d. The panic that was anticipated by the Bank of England in consequence of the royal proclamation of the 2d of October last on the light gold currency having subsided in the public mind, the old silver coinage will be called in soon after the assembling of parliament, without any loss being sustained by the public, as the new coinage of 1844 will be given in exchange, without deduction, for the old currency. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A MILL. — On Sunday evening week, about half-past six, an attempt was made to blow up the saw-mill belonging to Messrs. Bentley and White, at the back of U n i on S quare , B ur y. The mill had been made perfectly secure. A large quantity of gunpowder had been thrown through a broken window at the west end of the mill, where a board, which replaced a broken square of glass, and which was left in on Saturday night, had been removed, and has not since been found. A strong hoarded petition, dividi ng M r . J o h n W oo d' s c ottage from the mill, was blown down by the explosion, and Mrs. Wood, and her daughter, who was sitting reading by her side, were both knocked down by the shock, and the child slightly injured. The whole of the mill was much damaged, and two squares of glass in the window of the cottage were broken. A similar attempt to destroy the mill was made on the 3rd of December last. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, UPON THE DOCK QUESTION. /From the Fourth Edition of last Tuesday's STANDARD.) The Council met again, pursuant to adjournment, this day, and the mover of the adjournment, Mr. ASPINALL, was called upon to open the debate. After begging the indulgence of the council on the score of indisposition, and stating that nothing but his extreme anxiety for the issue of one of the most momentous questions which had been agitated since the passing of the reform bill would have induced him to attend, said he should support the resolution proposed by the chairman of the Dock Committee ; but whilst thus indicating his opinion upon the subject, he could not help expressing his astonishment at the mode of proceeding adopted yes terday. The object was well known to be to postpone the decision of this question for an indefinite period. He was surprised to hear Mr. Evans assert, contrary to all evi dence, that there was no necessity for dock extension. He had the opinion of quite as competent an authority as Mr. Evans—viz. Mr. Wm. Brown—that ever since the year 1810 the trade of this port had been in advance of the facilities afforded for it ; and he was convinced, from many considerations which he brought before the Council, that they would be wantonly injuring the Estate under their management, if they let slip the present opportunity of purchasing the Harrington Estate. Mr. HoDasoN, at some length, maintained that, in deciding the question now before the council, it was not requisite that parties connected with the Harrington pro perty should abstain from voting. They were bound to their constituents to express their honest opinions upon a great public question, or to retire from the council, and let the opinions of the constituency itself be represented by others. Mr. Hodgson concluded by expressing his intention to support the resolution of the Chairman of the Dock Committee. Mr. PARKER spoke against the purchase of the Har rington property, which, he contended, was about to be thrust upon the Dock Committee, because it had proved an unprofitable speculation for its original proprietors. Mr. BIRKETT spoke briefly in favour of the resolution, and in reply to Mr. Evans's speech of the day before. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES expressed his gratification that at length the north end of the town was about to be rendered available for dock purposes, and was particularly pleased to see the connexion proposed to be formed with the Leeds Canal. A dock to the north was much wanted for our large steamers. But above all things, it was abso. lutely necessary that the Harrington property on the south should be purchased. It was free from rates to the dock estate. By purchasing it they got rid of its act of parliament, which, if the council had done its duty, ought never to have been granted. Rather than not buy this, he would go the length of buying both the Harring ton and the Herculaneum properties. Mr.BUSHELL at great length, and to the evident surprise of many of his friends in the council, contended that a large increase of dock space was not wanted. He main tained that by increasing the length of the Custom-house d co a u y d fr b o e m d o e n ig e h i t n h t h o e u r e s x i t s o t n t g w e d l o v c e k , s thanone, third tp r m e s o e r n e w t ; ok and r illustrated his argument by the fact, that in a celebrated house in London, called Joey's Chop-house, a large busi ness was done in a small space, by the proprietor not ad mitting newspapers into his premises, on the ground that his benches were made for dining upon, and not for his customers to sit reading. Liverpool, he contended, was now differently circumstanced to her former position. She was menaced with opposition by docks in Wallasey , Pool, which could be executed for £50,000, (which state ment was dissented from by Mr. Lace,) and it was the duty of the council to husband the resources of the dock estate, so as to prepare themselves for competition. No member appearing disposed to go on with the de. bate, and the Chairman not rising to reply, the Mayor was proceeding to take the votes, when, after some hesi tation, Mr. Aiturr rose, and addressed the meeting at great length, urging most of the objections to the dock eaten sithn proposed on the part of the Dock Trustees, which he hag so frequently put forth previously. There was no just ground for such haste in the purchase of the land, and in incurring so great an outlay. If they went to such cost they must increase their rates, and the consequence would be, a decrease of our trade, through a preference that would be given to other and cheaper ports. If they kept their rates low, this port would always command a preference, whatever the charges might elsewhere be. He moved an amendment, "That it is 'inadvisable to proceed further with the dock bills, until the plans of the proposed new docks be prepared and approved of." Mr. BARCLAY concurred with Mr. Bushell, that they ought to make the best use of the laud they already had, and price was a main question. . - Mr. ROYDEN said that it would be wrong to enclose the Queen's Dock Basin, from which there were so many entrances, the gridiron, shelter for boats, &c. Mr. Nicol., in a long and very able address, replied to the arguments adduced against the proposed measure, furnizhing in proof of the increase of the port a variety of authentic statistics. There was last year a surplus of re venue from the docks of £66,000, and the whole cost of the proposed dock extension was £1,120,000. Mr. h. LAWRENCE said the general voice of the public was for dock extension, and they must either concur or rcduce their present dock rates. Mr. BRAMLEY MOORE said, that after all he had yet heard, he still saw the neeessity of going to parlia ment for docks, both north and south. Trade was in creasing, and would, he trusted, continue to increase. The amendment was then put, and lost by 33 to 14, namely,— _ _ • Against.—Messrs. Hodgson, Shaw, Houghton, Isaac Holmes, Blundell, Edwards, H. ilolmes, J. Holmes, Tirane, Rae, Fawcett, Aspinali, Boyden, G. G. Hornhy, Birkett, Boutflower, Rigby, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Glazebrook, Trotman, Hatbord, Sheppard, Aldermen, R. Houghton, Griffith, J. Lawrence, Freme, Crook, Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, Chilton, and the Mayon-33. Mr. TURNER moved another amendment s to the effect that it was expedient to have, at the north extremity, en larged accommodation for steamers ; and that negociations be entered into for such portion of the Harrington Dock Estate, to the south, to the extent of 40,000 yards, as might be required. Mr. GLADSTONE seconded the amendment. This being put, the voting thus resulted : For—Messrs. Thornhill, Atkin, Fawcett, Gladstone, Parker, Barclay, Bulley, Griffith, Turner, Freme. Holt, Moon, and Evans-13. Against—Messrs, Hodgson, Shaw, Houghton, Isaac Holmes, J. Holmes, Tinne, Rae, Aspinall, Royden, G. G. Hornby, Birkett, Boutflower, Bushell, Rigby, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Glazebrook, Trotman, Harbord, Sheppard, Blackburn, Preston, Blundell, Thompson, Edwards. H. Holmes, Aldermen, R. Houghton, J. Law rence, Crook, Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, Chil ton, and the Mayor-34. The original motion was then carried by a large majo rity, without the names being taken. THE TOWN DUES. At the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the council afterwards came to the following resolutions : That trusses and bales, and boxes and cases or chests, properly pay customs to t'le Corporation according to their known and understood denomination in Liverpool ; but that as instances may occasionally arise of shipments outwards in which the proper class to which the packages belong may not admit of immediate determination, the following rules be adopted in such cases: If the package be not bound with iron or rope, or if it do not exceed eight cubic feet measurement, or two cwt. in weight, it shall be deemed and taken to be a truss; if the package be bound by rope or iron, and be above eight cubic feet measure ment, also above two cwt., it shall be deemed and taken to be a bale ; and in like manner with respect to boxes, chests, or cases. They also agreed to appoint an out-door general superintendent, at a salary of £250 per annum. ANOTHER SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN. (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) At the Police-court this day, Capt. Charles M'Donald, of the ship Cleofrid, was brought to the bar, charged, under the following ci rcu m stances. which were briefly stated by Mr. Dowling :—ln the month of August the Cleofrid, the Susan, and the William Rathbone were lying in the Cameroons River, in Africa ; that on the 30th August the captain came on board the Cleofrid, and addressing him self to the chief officer, said he could not stand the mate of the William Rath bone, Green, taking oil from the kegs belonging to his employers, and ordered him to put the trade pistols in the boat, with which he complied. The captain took with him a person of the nam e o f B oy l e , w h o was a kind of captain 's clerk, and the rest were all Kroo men. Shortly after this a boat, with the mate of the William Rathbone, Mr. Green, who was wounded, came alongside the Cleofrid, and he was put on board. It would be shown, in evidence, that previous to his death, the wounded man stated that he was shot by Boyle. Boyle had, however, died a short time after, from natural causes. Mr. Dow ling then called Andrew Potter, who stated that he was chief mate of the Cleofrid, that about half-past seven on the morning of the 30th of August the captain came on board from the beach, and stated to him that Green was taking the oil be longing to the owners of the Cleofrid, and that he would not stand to see the oil taken away in his own casks. He then ordered witness to put 2 or 3 of the trade pistols in the boat ; the pistols were loaded with ball cartridge, which he (witness) had cast himself ; he obeyed the captain's orders, persons on board. Ab ou t a quarter of an hour and the boat shoved off, the capt a i n an d B oyle being the afteron only this whitethe mate, with a crew of seven, followed the captain to the shore, and on the passage the witness heard the reports of two or three pistols, and saw the flash of another that had missed fire. The captain had two of his own pistols, but the bore of them was smaller than those of the trade pistois, and the captain was in the habit othaving the balls cut down to fit them. When the mate reached the shore, the captain was in the boat alongside the beach. He (the captain) ordered the mate to take the oil on board a vessel called the Susan, that the dispute might be settled there, and accompanied the mate to the Susan, on the deck of which he (witness) beard the captain say " he would rather have lost a thousand pounds than that Green should have been shot." This was the first he had heard of it, and at this time the captain had a silk hand kerchief round his waist, in which were his own pistols and one of the trade pistols. From the Susan witness Proceeded to the Cleofrid, and there, near the round house, saw the wounded man ; the ball had entered on the left side of the stomach, and was afterwards extracted near the ribs on the. right side by Mr. Thompson, a surgeon. The ball was not one that would have loaded the trade pistols, but one similar to those which were cut down for the captain's pistols. In reply to a question from Mr. Rushton, witness said the ball extracted from Green had been cut down and reduced to fit the captain's pistol. Green lived three weeks after the wound and did not, in the witnesses opinion, think himself in dan ger. Two days before he died he was taken on hoard his ship, he could then walk, after which he had never seen him. Witness took the pistols from the captain, one was loaded the other was discharged. Boyle never seemed the same man after this affair occurred, and walk-d up and down like a man deranged ; he died on the 2nd of October. This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Owen, when he stated that while lying on the deck he heard Green say to Boyle " You are a scoundrel; my blood is on your head." At this stage of the proceeding the case was remanded till to-morrow (Wednesday). Mr. Rushton allowed the prisoner to be admitted to bail, himself in £5OO, and two sureties in £2OO. A further examination took place on Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday, the captain being from day to day ad mittted to bail in the amounts stated. Several other wit nesses, including the steward, were examined. Several of them deposed to hearing the captain say, " I have shot Green, and I would not for a thousand pounds" (or as some of them said ' £lOO, or £500,') that it had happened. On Thursd y Mr. Rushton said there were many difficulties in the is there was no evidence of any one who had seen the.— shore, and he should have been glad to have discharged the captain were it not for the concurrent tes timony of several witnesses who heard him use the ex pression which he had made use of on board the Susan, and that immediately after the transaction. On Friday, Mr. Thompson, the surgeon, was examined more at length, and stated that, in his opinion, the immediate cause of Green's death was not the wound, but, as he thought, a chronic disease, which was probably aggravated by the wound, and also by his removal to the other vessel at a time when he (the surgeon) advised that he should not be removed. The steward, in the course of his examination, said that it was the custom for captains on the coast on going on shore with Kroomen in boats or canoes to take loaded pistols with them. He also spoke to the captain when he first saw him after the deceased was shot, being in a very distressed state of mind, upon which, as some of the crew were upon deck, he (witness) asked him to come into the cabin and compose himself. On Friday the sur geon produced a diary which he had kept, and from which he read the particulars of the treatment, medicines, &c. he had given to Green, day by day. Although written in pencil it was very precise and satisfactory, and Mr. Rush ton highly complimented him upon it, adding that he wished every doctor on board ship would adopt a similar plan. At the close of the case Mr. Rushton said, there was evidence to prove that a man, named Green, had been shot through the abdomen, and sufficient testimony to make it appear that the captain had been guilty of the act, he having acknowledged it by frequent declarations to that effect. His (Mr. Rushton's) opinion was, that two per sons had fired at Green, but from the absence of the offi cers and crew of the William Rathbone, who would have t able ws to no throw b be some foun li d g . ht al o t n h o t u h g e h transaction, a which doubt c b a i p g t b ai e n ha (of r. hung over the matter . The ball by whi c h th e man met hi s death bee r sayw been e Dave cut. T heard he a caused his death was stated to b e a j agge d one, an d caused b a r be a bulleta iit is b which justice aiust to have acter,) was then committed for trial at the Central Crimi nal Court, but was informed that he would be admitted to bail for his appearance, in the amounts before stated. The depositions were forwarded to London on Saturday, and the trial will probably come on towards the end of the pre sent week. LIVERPOOL NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY. On Wednesday last the general annual meeting of this company was held in the Clarendon Rooms, and was very numerously attended. John Holmes, Esq. was called to the chair, and called on Mr. H. Banner to read THE REPORT. The document set forth that the statement of accounts showed the steady progression of the company's rental, evidencing the increased consumption of gas from in creased building and population, and its extended use, especially in private dwellings, as well as the estimation in which the company's gas was held. Comparing the price of gas here with that in other places, and combining the comparative illuminating power of each, the result was almost invariably in favour of Liverpool—the value here being enhanced by its purity. The public would soon participate in this favourable position of the company's affairs; for as the contingent fund, owing to the surplus of the year, being now £5,000, the committee recommend a reduction of prices from the Ist of April next to 6s. Od. per 1, 6 00 feet to all consumers within the parliamentary borough, thus anticipating the time of reduction required by the act. The committee bad given notice of an appli cation to parliament next (the present) session for addi tional capital, requisite for the further prosecution of the works. The committee regretted that insinuations had been thrown out that the company purposed, in their bill, to retard the beneficial operation of their former act in favour of the bill. The result of the present year dis proved such imputations; it had been the endeavour of the committee to act with perfect good faith, and delusive impressions should give way to a better understanding, for the mutual benefit of consumers and the company. Mr. J. FLETCHER moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. HORE. Mr. MOZLEY, after some observations on the present position of the company, requested the Law-Clerk to read the clause requiring the company to reduce the price. Mr. LLOYD complied. The clause (in the 11th William IV.) commenced by stating that 10 per cent. per annum should be the profits of the company. It then stated that the accounts should be filed with the Clerk of the Peace, to be laid before the justices, and then went on to say, if it shall appear to such justices that the profits of the com pany exceeded £lO per cent. on the amount paid in re spect of the shares, the company should make such a re duction in the price of gas as the company might deem prudent, or as in the judgment of the justices should be proper; but so, as such p► ices, when reduced, should in sure to the company a profit of £lO per centum per an num. The clause which followed, the 12th, stated that the company were entitled to receive £lO per annum as the profit on their shares, from the passing of the act. Mr. MOZLEY inquired what was the amount of capital on which a dividend had been paid, and Mr. STEEL re plied £127,000. The LAW-CLERK said the number of shares on which a dividend had to be paid was 1,270. He added, in further reply, that after paying the profit on the shares, and all expenses, a reserved fund of £5,000 should be invested, and that until 1842 there was nothing that could be placed to the surplus fund. Mr. MOZLEY said that in 1842 there was a surplus of £1,300 so to be applied ; in 1843, £3,700, making up the contingent fund of £5,000. It might appear strange that up to 1842 there was no surplus, and that there should be such a surplus in 1842 and 1844 ; and be would therefore ask had the amount of interest paid to the proprietors ex ceeded £lO per cent. Mr. H. BANNER said it had not. The total profit paid to them was exactly £lO per cent. Mr. MOZLEY said the answer showed that the imputa tions thrown out were improper, and had arisen from a want of knowledge or inquiry on the subject. He was glad to state that he had been connected with another company for the last twenty-five years, whose expendi ture, in proportion to its rental, was very low ; that that company was prepared to go hand in hand with this ; and that both companies were prepared to anticipate the wishes of the public ; so that the whole town would have the advantage of a reduction in the price of gas ;—(ap plause)—and this, not by force, not by compulsion, not by any pressure from without, but merely by carrying out the spirit of the act. He had no doubt the companies now in existence would be able to give the town an ample supply of gas, and that there would be a gradual and pro per reduction in the price of it. He verily believed also that if the town increased one-third beyond its present size, they would still be able to furnish all that was re quired ; and as they were now enabled to reduce the rates one-seventh, be had no doubt, with additional capital to complete their works, two years would not pass over the heads of the inhabitants of Liverpool without a still fur ther reduction. (Great cheering.) He said this much in order that the public might not be misled into the unne cessary expenditure of a large sum of money by a third company. _ _ Mr. KERSHAW moved that the thanks of the proprie tors be given to Mr. Steel, the manager, for his great skill and indefatigable exertions in maturing and bringing the concern to its present state of prosperity. Mr. BRUCE seconded the motion. Mr. L. HEYWORTH also bore testimony to the zeal, energy, and talent of Mr. Steel in the management, and also to his exertions in economizing the expenditure. Mr. BANNER also spoke highly of Mr. Steel; and the motion being put was unanimously carried. Mr. STEEL returned thanks, stating that he should ex ert himself to the utmost to deserve their approbation. Mr. R. MATHER moved that a dividend of £lO per cent. be paid on each share, which was seconded by Mr. HORS, and adopted. The retiring directors were then unanimously re-elected. The LAW-CLERK having read the notice of the intend ed application to parliament, Mr. CLARE moved that the proceedings of the commit tee relative thereto be confirmed, which was seconded by Mr. ROBERT MATHER. Mr. MOZLEY said, before the motion was put it should be known to what extent they sought to increase their capital, and as the committee proposed to lay pipes in the out districts, which were comparatively unproductive, whether they would still be able to realize £lO per cent, to the shareholders. Mr. BANNER said they were now reduced in their ca pital account to £l,OBO. A limited demand for additional pipes would take up the whole of that sum. Even if they did not go beyond Liverpool, such was the increasing consumption that they would require an increase of capi tal. The out-townships required more consideration ; but it seemed hard that a gentleman who lived a short dis tance beyond the boundary, should be deprived of the be nefit of gas, though he was a large consumer at his place of business in the town. At the same time the committee made it a point not to lay out capital unless they saw the certainty of its realizing £lO per cent. With regard to the extent of additional capital, they had certainly asked for a large sum, but from the mode in which the compa n y was managed, he trusted the public would be satisfied that it would be properly expended. He thought, as it was ex pensive to go frequently . to parliament, and considering the increase of the town, it was advifable to obtain leave at once to raise a sufficient sum to provide for present and and future contingencies. Mr. MOZLEY said the princi▪ ple adopted by the com pany in laying, out money was correct, and in aski ng f or additional capital to afford addi▪ tional convenience, and to light the out-townships, the public, he had no doubt, would coincide with them. Sn small a margin as £l,OOO was too little, but he wished to k now if t h e comm i ttee had made up their minds as to the amount they should ask for. Mr. BANNER said they inte n d e d to as k for £ 127,000, and repeated his reasons for approving of asking for enough at once. Mr. L. HEYWORTH thought one important argument bad been overlooked. They had already the materials for supplying any quantity of gas that might be required. LOCAL NEWS. The Wesleyan Methodist Association has decided upon opening two more d:ty schools in this town, in additio❑ to those already existing. Amangst the gentlemen whose names appear as called to the degree of barristers-at -law, on Monday week, by the Middle Temple, we find mentioned Mr. H. T. Atkin son, late of this town. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Mr. Commissi oner Skirrow took his leave of the profession in this town on Wednesday 14st, previous to his departure for Manchester, to take the seat of Mr. Serjeant Ludlow, who supplies the place of Mr. Skirrow. _ _ Th e Qtteen has been pleased to appoint Charles Richard Ogden, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Her Majesty's Attorney-General in the Isle of Man, in the room of James Clarke, Esq.. resigned. The latter gentleman also recently resigned the Recordership of this town. On Monday last, by some me ans or other, a donkey cart, which was coming down Lord-street, drove into the shop window of Mr. B. Hyam, tailor and draper, break ing two of the large panes of plate glass, and doing damage to the amount of £4O. OFFENCES OF PUBLICANS AND BEER -SELLE RS These crimes, we are happy to say, are becoming " stnall by degrees, and beautifully less." Ctnly fo ur of them were heard on Friday, at the Police court, and one of these had the benefit of an acquittal. The " Junior Club" is a failure. The members assem bled on Wednesday evening. when the dissolution of the club was unanimously agreed to; the accounts to be dis charged ; thirty shillings each to be returned to the sub scribers ; and the residue, if any, to be given to the Night Asylum. RESIGNATION OF THE JUNIOR SURGEON AT THE WORKHOUSE.—At the meeting of the Select Vestry, on Tuesday last, the resignation of Mr. Woods, junior sur geon of the Workhouse, was tendered, accepted, and ac companied by a vote of thanks for the efficient manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—We learn with great pleasure that Mr. George Hitchcock, of St. Paul's churchyard, London, has transmitted to Mr. Flower a cheque for five pounds as a donation to the Liverpool Association of Assistant Tradesmen. This gentleman is among the foremost of the employers in the metropolis to promote the early clo sing of shops. SYMPTOMS OF PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT TN THE TRADE OF THIS PORT.—It is stated at the Custom house, that the receipt for the month of January exceeds by £42,000 that of the corresponding month last year : so that if i` progress at this rate, 184-1 will snow an in crease over 1843 of half a million of revenue at Liverpool alone. NEW SHERIFIrS.—The new sheriff for Cheshire is George Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere House. Angle sey Edmund Edward Meyrick, Esq , of Cefncocli. Carnarvonshire —John Price, Esq , of Garth y Glo. Denbighshire—Henry Warter Meredith, Esq., of Pen trebychan, Wrexham. Flintshire—Sir Richard Puleston, Bart., of Emral. A splendid new ship, of 500 tons register, will be launched from the b u ildi ng - yar d o f P. Chaloner, Sons, and Co., Baffin -street, to-mo rr ow, ab ou t half-past twelve' o'clock. We understand this vessel is a very handsome model of a merchant ship—that the workmanship and quality of her materials cannot be surpassed—and that she will stand A 1 at Lloyd's for twelve years. Between Saturday night and Monday morning last, the premises of Mr. H ornblower, tea-dealer, Newington, were entered, and tea to the value of £BO stolen. The thieves got over a wall at the back, and forced an entiance through the gable end of the warehouse. They then emptied the contents of the coffee bags upon the floor, and carried the tea off in the bags. CUSTOMS ORDERS.--By a Boards' order dated the 30th ult., it is ordered that, owing to the present mode of weighing bees-wax nett, being attended with considerable delay and expense, both to the merchant and to the Crown, in future bees-wax in packages, for which a perfect entry has been passed, may be weighed gross as other goods, the officers taking care to turn out the contents of as many packages as they may deem necessary for the pur pose of examination and taring. DEATH FROM A SPH YXI A.—On Friday, an inquest was held before the borough coroner, to inquire into the cir cumstances touching the death of a child, five weeks old, named Eliza Ann Curran, who died suddenly in Carom ter's-row, while sitting before the fire. Mr. George Woods, surgeon, who made a post mortem examination, gave it as his opinion that asphyxia, arising in all proba bility from having been pressed too close to the breast, was the cause of death. A verdict to this effect was returned. SUMMER INSOLVENT CIRCUITS. 1844.—NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—D. Pollock, Esq., Corn missioner.—Yorkshire, Sheffield, June 10, Wakefield 12, Kingston-upon-Hull 19, York 21, Richmond 24. Durham 25,—Northumberland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28,—Cumberland, Carlisle, July 2, —Westmorland, Appleby 5, Kendal 6,—Lancashire, Lan caster 8, Liverpool 23,—Cheshire, Chester 26,—M ontgo meryshire. Welsh Pool 30,—Flintshire, 'Mold, August 2, —Denbighshire, Ruthin 3, — Merionethshire, Dolgelly 7, Carnarvon 10,—Anglesey, Beaumaris 12. RESCUE FROM DROWNING.—On Friday a flat, called the Daniel, sunk close to New Brighton. The crew, con sisting of two men and one woman, were in the greatest jeopardy for some time, when three men, belonging to the Magazines, John Hughes, Robert Smith, and John risking their own lives, by wading and swimming, happily succeeded n rescuing the whole of them. There is not the slightest doubt but that they would all have perished, the sea breaking over the flat with fearful vio lence at the time, but for the assistance of these worthy fellows. This is a case in which the Humane Society ought to interfere, and act liberally. SACRILEGE.—At the police-court, on Friday, an Irish woman, named Mary Neale, was brought up on suspicion of stealing several devotional works from the church of St. Augustine. The prisoner had attempted to pledge the books with a pawnbroker in London-road, but he, suspecting they were not honestly come by, detained the prisoner. Two or three elegan'ly-bound books with gilt edges were produced in court, and sworn to by two ladies of the congregation as their property. Dr. Tattershall accompanied the females. The names of the owners, written in the books, had been erased previous to their being offered in pledge. Mr. Rushton sent Neale to gaol for one month. DEATH OF CAPT. BURROWS.—We learn, with regret, that Captain Burrows, commander of the packet-ship George Washington, died while on the passage from Liverpool to this port. He was taken sick of the brain fever when seven days out, recoved, was taken sick again, and died on sea on the 23rd ult. Mrs. Burrows was on board at the time, which was a great solace to her and to her husband. His body was brought home for interment. Captain Burrows was much r?,spected, both in this coun try and in England. He has been in command of the George Washington for the last two years.—New York Herald. INQUESTS AT BIRKENHEAD.—Two inquests were held on Saturday week, before H. Churton, Esq., coroner. The first was on the body of a fine little boy, George Cross, three years and a-half old, who had been burnt to death in consequence of laying with fire with another juvenile companion, during the temporary absence of his parents from the house. Verdict, accidental death.— The second was on the body of Edward Donolly, who had been a prisoner in the lock-up at Birkenhead, where he ruptured a blood-vessel. He was then removed to his own lodgings, where, notwithstanding every care arid at tention, the poor fellow expired. Verdict, died from the visitation of God. SENIOR MAGISTRATE OF LANCASHIRE.—We observe it stated in the Leicestershire Chronicle, that Col. Wil liams (George Williams, Esq.) is the senior magistrate of Lancashire ; such, however, is not tv.e case, as that gen tleman only qualified as a magistrate for this county in January, 1809 ; whereas Lord Skelmersdale's qualifica tion bears date January, 1800. So again, in Lonsdale Hundred list of magistrates for the county, we find that E. Hornby, Esq., Dalton-Hall, qualified in October, 1807 ; and in Salford Hundred list of magistrates, the date of the qualification of Matthew Wilson, Esq., of Eshton, is July, 1808. Instead, therefore, of Col. Wil liams being the " senior magistrate," he only stands the fourth in seniority of the magistrates of this county. BIRKENHEAD DISPENSARY.—On Tuesday evening last, the annual meeting of the Birkenhead Dispensary was held at the Town-hall, the Rev. F. Knox in the chair. The chairman opened the proceedings by calling on Mr. Fry, the treasurer, to read the report, by which it ap peared that the money in his bands would barely cover the expenses of the past year, during which time 2545 persons had been relieved. Mr. Fry then stated that a new dispensary bad been opened, in Grange-road, with a temporary hospital attached to it, which, it was obvious, would be of great advantage to the township. Donations towards the fitting up of the new buildings were requested. It was mentioned at the meeting that the new hospital was only for temporary purposes, till a larger building could be erected, for which £5OO had already been sub scribed, and a piece of land granted by the commissioners. A new committee, consisting of twenty gentlemen, of all religious denominations, was appointed ; and the meeting separated after the usual vote of thanks to the chair man. A memorial has been addressed to Sir Robert Peel by the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, pray. ing for a reduction of the duty on tobacco, and stating the advantage which would accrue both to the revenue and to commerce by such a measure. Tables are given to show the increase of consumption during the imposition of a low duty, and that to such a degree as to render the source of revenue more pro d u ctive. Thus, coff ee i n 1801, at is 7d per lb., yielded £7 7,651 ; in 1821, at is per lb. £379,650; and 1841, at 6d per lb.. £110,524 , T o b acco in 1821, at 4s. per lb., yie1d ed4,165,673, and 1841, at 3s• per lb., £3,314,215. This difference of duty has not, however, been sufficient to reduce materially the profits of the smuggler, who is still able to sell his tobacco at 2s 9d per lb., which is 3d less than the duty alone. In 1728, Ireland consumed 8,000,000 lbs of tobacco, and she now consumes 3,000,0.00 lbs less, with more than double the population. During the period of extensive consump tion the duty was 8d per lb., whereas now it is 3s. In England and Scotland was consumed, in proportion to the the population, only half q uantity of tobacco consumed in Ireland, the du t y i this i sland being is 7d. H owever, on account of smuggling, the quality of tobacco on which duty is paid does not give even an approximation to the actual amount of consumption, an d t h e memor i a li s t s declare, that i n their belief the actual consumption was 53,711,856 lbs., instead of 2 2,094,772 lbs., the quantity on which the duty was levied. These statements are fol lowed by a prayer for the reduction of the duty on tobacco to Is. per lb. THE HEAD-CONSTAIII,USHIP. - 011 S4tuschy last the Watch Committee assembled at the Parish-office, Fen wick-street, for the purpose of deciding upon the most advisable course to be pursued with reference to the filling up of the vacancy in the Head-Constabltship, caused by the resignation of Mr. Whiny. After some discussion a Sub•commit tee, consisting of nine, was appointed to in spect the testimonials of the candidates and to report but we understand that it will be a fortnight or three weeks before their report will be presented. We under stand that there are fifty-five candidates for the situation, and that many of these are residents of London, Birming ham. Manchester, Glasgow, and some of the other large towns of the kingdom. Three of them are superin end ents of the Liverpool Police, and one is a superintendent in the County Constabulary. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. JOHN GARDNER, 141/NIS. TER OF THE SCOTCH CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD.—On the evening of the 31st ult. after the usual services of the Congregational Weekly Prayer Meeting, which was con ducted by the Rev. Josias Wlson, of Belfast, a purse, containing 120 guineas, was presented, in the name of the congregation, as a mark of their regard and esteem for their respected minister. John Barbour, Esq., one of the elders of the congregation, through whom the gift WEE presented to Mr. Gardner, addressed him and the congre gation in a speech embodying sentiments of respect and affection, and characterised by the best spirit, good taste, and indicative of devoted attachment to the great princi ples of the Gospel. The Rev. Mr. Gardner, in reply to Mr. Barbour, expressed his grateful sense of the kindness which he had always experienced on the part of the mem bers of his congregation. SUICIDES IN LIVERPOOL.—On Friday two inquests were held before the borough coroner, on the bodies of persons who had terminated their existence with sharp instruments. It appeared from the evidence in the first case that, on going into the bed-room of Henry Hickson, a warehouseman, 28 or 30 years of age, who lived in Tenterden-street, be was found lying on his back on the floor, with his throat cut, and a bloody razor close beside him. The wound was rather better than three inches in length, and the wind pipe had been partially severed.— In the second case, a cork cutter, of the name of James Gorman, was found lying in the vicinity of the Clarence Dock on Thursday night; and on going up to him it was ascertained that he had been just after cutting his throat with a knife, covered with blood, which he held in his hand. The wound was about an inch and a half in length, and the windpipe in this case also had been partially severed. He was a very passionate man, addicted to drinking, and when in liquor, he appeared as if he had lost his senses. A verdict of temporary insanity was re turned in bo.h cases. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A memorial was read from the consignees of the six lines of New York packet ships, regretting that the committee had res , dved not to cover over the entire space between the sheds on the quays of the Waterloo and Victoria docks; and, after some conversation, it was agreed that the memorialists should meet the Sub-committee of Works on Saturday, at half-past one o'clock. The Dock Solicitor submitted and read a draft of the new Dock Bill, and it was referred to a sub-committee, consisting of the chairman, deputy chairman, Messrs. Akin, Evans, and Middleton, to con sider and report. It was resolved that the chairman be authorized to put the seal to a petition to he preserved to the House of Commons on the Wallasey Dock Bill and Monks' Ferry Bill. Mr. Aikin said it was not to oe in ferred from this that they intended to offer any opposition. Mr. Evans attempted to renew the discussion on the dock plans, and to reply to some observations made by the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman in the Town Council, but the committee would not hear him, and he declared his intention to appeal to the pubic on the subject through the press. AMERICAN NEWS.—By the Stephen Whitney, packet ship, Captain Thompson, which arrived on Thursday afternoon, we have received New York papers to the 13th ult., inclusive, three days later than those previously ac knowledged. The Herald gives the following information relative to the cotton market :—" The market continues in the same active state, and the sales to-day have been 6000 bales up to four o'clock. The mail brings accounts from Mobile of an advance of 4 to lc., with 5000 to 6000 bales sold. From Charleston, too, the accounts are more encouraging, and will no doubt have an effect on our market to-morrow. Prices have been very firm here, and some offers are making to-night at a slight advance over those early in the day." A southern correspondent of the Madisonian writes—" The Tombigbee river is rising rapidly, and there are four northern mails in the St. Stephens's Post-office from Mobile. All the unpicked cotton on the river is lost, and the rains have been pouring for ten days." The postmaster at Natchez writes, under date of the 6th December, that it had been raining there incessantly for six weeks. The New Orleans Courier of the 2d ult. mentions a report, that an agent of the house of Rothschild and Co. had orders to buy up all the cotton in the market. Prices were, on the 3rd,—inferior, 74 to ; middling, S t to 9; fair, 91 to 10; good and fine, 11. THE COUNCIL.—The business to be transacted at the monthly meeting of the Council to-morrow, will be of an important character. The proceedings of the Finance Committee will comprise the following recommendations : —The appointment of George Beggs as collector of dock fines; the sale of the reversion of certain property, at the corner of Fenwick-street and Brunswick -street, to Mr. George Holt ; and the sale of the reversion of four small houses, in Flint-street, for the erection on the site of the same of schools to be attached to St. Barnabas's Church. The proceedings of the Watch Committee will comprise the laying of a watch-rate upon the parish of Liverpool, the townships of Kirkdale and Everton, and those parts of the township of West Derby and the extra-parochial place of Toxteth-park which are within the borough. The proceedings of the Gaol Committee comprise the re commendation of a graduated scale of salaries for the sub officers of the prison, according to good conduct and length of service. The proceedings of the Fire Commit tee comprise a report on the necessity of alterations of the act in some respects in the present session. The Mayor's communications comprise resolutions of the Court of Quarterly Gaol Sessions, recommending that the salary of the surgeon of the prison be increased from £lOO to £2OO per annum, in consequence of the great increase in the number of prisoners since the committals to Kirkdale have ceased ; and, in reference to this subject, there will be a direction to seal bonds for loans under the Gaol Act towards the cost of the new prison, under the resolution of the Finance Committee to borrow £lO,OOO for such purpose, and which resolution has been approved by the Council. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—The annual meeting of this institution was held on Friday. Mr. M'Gregor, the treasurer, read the report, from which it appeared that the debt of the institution, which, at the close of 1842, amounted to £1092, had, during the past year, increased to £l,BOO, which would have been much greater but for the considerable reduction effected in the expenditure. The cause of this large amount of debt was attributable to a falling off in the receipts, the donations having only reached £392, while the subs riptions presented a de ficiency, compared with those of the preceding year, of The committee had bad too in serious contempla tion to close one of the establishments; but they bad hesitated to take so painful a step, in the hope that so wealthy a community as that of Liverpool would not withhold the means requisite for continuing the'r opera tions without diminution. After having strongly appealed to the public for increased support, they went on to say that Dr. Duncan's late pamphlet had brought to light facts relating to the condition of the poor in this town, which showed that, were it not for the counteracting ef fects of medical aid supplied by this institution, the spread of fever and other contagious diseases would be fright ful. It appears that the parish authorities still continue to withhold assistance, notwithstanding that the dispen saries relieve them of an expenditure of several thousands a year, which, but for them, would fall l on the town at large in the shape of an additional poor 's rate; and the council had refused to give an increased annual donation, although a p plied to for that purpose. During the past year, 40,000 persons bad been relieved, being 6,656 less than in the preceding year; and the number of cases re lieved since the opening of the institution in August 1778, had amounted to 1,460,383. REFUGE FOR PAUPER LUNATICS.—On Saturday, the following colloquy took place between Mr. Rushton and Mr. Gray, one of the assistant-overseers, with reference to the provision of food, care, and shelter, for pauper lunatics : Mr. Rushton,—There is a female in custody, named Hannah Haggerty, who is supposed to be insane, and she is insane. She was sent to you, and it appears there is no room in the asylum. She was sent to the Workhouse : they refuse to take her in there, and they were quite right in refusing. Under these circumstances I call on you to provide food, shelter, raiment, and secu rity for her. Mr. Gray : I believe they are bound to take her into the Workhouse for fourteen days. Mr. Rushton: No: the act says that they cannot keep her any longer than fourteen days, and that, if they keep her longer, they are liable ton fine. Mr. Gray : What, then, are we to do, sir? Mr. Rushton: You must take a place, unless you can get proper accommodation in a proper asylum. You must make some arrangements with asylums at a greater distance than in the immediate vicinity if you cannot do so here, and, in the meantime, I shall call on you to pro vide food, raiment, shelter, and security for Haggerty, she being a pauper and destitute. Mr. Gray : What are we to do with such persons as we sometimes come across who have their throats cut ? Mr. Rushton : You must send them to hospital : it has come to what I told you it would. Mr. Gray : the last returns respecting lunatics show that there were from 7 to 10,000 kept in the Work house. Mr. Rushton : All I can tell you is, that I shall not allow dangerous lunatics to be in the Workhouse longer than fourteen days: there is no accommodation for them, and they should not be there. The Governor of the Workhouse says, " my Workhouse has no proper accommo d a tion for lunatics , " and heis quite right. Mr. Gray : they won't take them in at Squires' or at Tuebrook. Mr, Rushton : Well, the parish authorities must take some place, for the Bridewell is no place for them. Mr. Gray : The board gave me instruction to go to Haydock•lodge, and see if there was any accortimoda tion for them there. Mr. Parkinson: Haggarty is not a dangerous lunatic. Mr. Rushton : I think the Gover nor of the Workhouse has exercised a proper discretion. I am very glad of it, because it brings matters to a proper issue. I am sure whatever you (Mr. Grey) have to do will be done in a humane, considerate, and a proper man ner. I can bear my testimony to that, and I shall be glad if you can make any arrangement. You should bring before the board the responsibility under which you will be placed unless some place be obtained. The parish authorities should immediately communicate with the County Justices, The lunatic asylum at Lancaster is full. Why should they not have one at Newton, between the Salford and West Derby Hundreds, where the dis tance is shorter, only fifteen miles? Mr. Gray : they are going to have the Lancaster one enlarged. Mr. Rushton : even so : you should communicate. You should write a letter to the County Justices on the subject. The con versation here ended, and Mr. Grey withdrew. . _ .. . ,7 ' ' &'ilr77' -- ;2•l'''' - ' ' e i44:•itis.4, ..g . c : •,' ',/ , • , . A t i t ~ / ...: ..:•,':,,C.' •:.. .-.. ' ti l 9 - ' *.' 4.4 ready , Mr. de pist bat ant, rery Or I !. i I