The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

Irish INiry to the Sec The letteir•c The circul, In Ad Is reader lrelan few r to fart resourc small I of pot it to ti benun the m within mystery priest half h scarcely c him. TI rially f organis populal from ti in will lands : from ti if vesse them, it Celtic s Canada tern Stt athe] God r fitted to are area, lay ni put to t whether take for t iy, or what ie relief of o which sh into I Spain and sect may r corrects il need su as would. 1 - 8 . ; and, equa to rer r invited or encon- daily food ts, their old Al of enlighten p it alive e and )r in his I id the voice of rti rranenise f the land. T the resu Its some king m; The priest and substance. The t thrown o: a an age like the art to tt or a solution of th Agitators have l'he lator, the )f yen- )f triumph for their n of the property ,h into for its ht to 100 —to the imes of irison, which man precipitated upon of duty h was p 1 werless yeoman ;ruck with ed the f eland for suppor dispelled for ev 3 of the Irish nd their a house of reeds of it especially which in times p ss—are and . of thousands of nding in the woods of t prairies of the eri can an another to lty movement, it is that human race to be crowded earth, whilst there and made his own go people tl t end is everywhc Not only rrel n, and other coun-tri ,pulati ; not the ith thews and sinews soil; and, unless we he movement will go on and .ere prepared to From the onerous subjected by the pauperism and di yen was not u,u nder the So, no doubt, is the quarrel be pouse, and a host of with these, ti o, the :en th ain under consideration until the evil f—until Ireland has no fever-smitten and us, and the ratepayers of Liver- ble to support ,heir own poo 'ears I '-evident to ministerial e The injustice of to those The remedy is not diffi- We hal Ireadv pon the relief of the m, our own poor in a state of aparative comfort. Would it be thought y ur _easonable if Government were to re-imburse +his amount out of the funds which they are ex - in unproductive public works in Ireland ? We cannot see an objection which very uni .11a pending Certain oould ly not any s urged bility or justice be Id no such a course. lira have is labo under which Ireland from that count r_rent nor taxatic entl dan have We n raged her pauper population to flock to her shores. Why, then, should this town of Liverpool be con verted into a receptacle of Irish misery. Irish dis ease and Irish imposture,—the expense of which, in addition to the insufferable annoyance which it entails, is to be borne by us, whilst the whole td calmly by, watching and wondering, iughing, with pockets unbuttoned unruffled, a tience with which we be and, uounness, and feelint llingness anc not only - our o thens, but Ire own beside Governr They ( ;nt can at least effect this much for us. y—" You shall not suffer in the pocket ." But can they repay us the valuable we have lost and are daily losing ! ;c; a duty, however, which they -, to prlipct us from )read of this portion of till evil; and -•rithin the scope of their powers to n common humanit) the fu this it is clearly w_ effect. A short Bill, which might be passed with ion a week, would enable us legally to escape the necessity now forced upon us of planting fever wards, with the contagion which they engender, within the pans, and with population, and unprovided as, too noto riously it is, with the means which conduce to health. A short Bill might, for a time, allow TO CORR Is very r ESPONDENTS clesfield would not allow the he town ; complaint was made e resident Irish tradesthen ; Nlayor got complimented for out. We w journal in Liver of any er cent tanbari. iption re dit, 15s. LAY 4 iructiv I 19 WI ) ;hie} popul their cp. /lett SI Proph€ did n wh( and cc fran cl is have , ot upor s of t from ti intend ,ny one has m is of toil s bein the use of the quarantine Hulks, were it only to receive that portion of the passer ers in - the arriving in ou: ite of incipi least to afford an opportunity to the authori ties of purifying the squalid rags in which they arrive, before permitting them to land and con taminate with their touch our more respectable But above all, Government ought strenuously to push forward the Irish Poo r L aw e, and to give us by its provisions a lever lii to nht in, the impos mi . which is being ised upon .down sh authori findino• the a Ireland, who ~«;~~;c OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMP TON RAILWAY Yesterday, a meeting of the Liverpool shareholders in this line of railway was held at the Adelphi Hotel, for the purpose of receiving a committee appointed at a meeting held in London, on the 15th of March last, and of adopt- tain for the shareholders at large such terms from the Great Western Railway Company, as might be more con sistent with justice and their interests than those already THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ~. - --. ~:: __ fi .. -rw3l ~ e notorious-1 beings are transpOrted and wi ihores ) are deluding them ad exnectations which can never be reali: lsures of a like natii count at fel; .1 sermon incial hey will be held responsibl In concl .on, we may dire he Ares next ; on t for the Brit rigged s were of v hat for ti y evening next H. WiNieil Hospital TION Of g Wed much in T TO TRISH RAILWAI g those membe amount of mortality; which V; IT yesterday thir th Poet Et; AND MATES. he Alber -t the attention of AC_ tv to-morrow ps Swordfish and Rafael ty on Monday evenir clay he will preach that ety ; and on Sunday, the At a meet 27th ultimo, Edward, of my qualified ' for of the Litherland', of Liverpool, id found duly qualified for a first- —We find the fol who voted for the names am or t to the Irish railways nn:ne, J. Brotherton, Capta 11d Sir J. Jervis. The follow dwell, P. Ainsworth, Sir P. l R. Peel, aticl and eleven o'clock, ti officers attempting ipel, including both males and femal whom they ha to rob T was a lad tents. Ti twisle, J.W. Pat 'enton, a stout man 1 parti, )bbed of her purse been several times and were sentenced to three months' impri- )RATION WAT A great obstacle to onparnes, in con- for the pur- )p - position of ti e Water ( tion in the bill of clai chase of the two companies. A multitude of very serious opponents to the bill still, however, remain, in the shape of mill-owners, bleachers, landowners, &c., and the com mittee of the House of Commons intimated, on Friday, to rs of the bill, that in their opinion ents had not been made with those gentlemen and moters. On Saturday they were to have an op ty of meeting them, and the result would be an dto the committee yesterday. Whether, if the tee reject the . Pike scheme, the corporation_ will lUNNI looking iarrington Companies, we are not in OFF WITH A MANS HAT.—A sitnpl: —'ed James Crow, who appeared to be ' - ky charged before o'cloct hman, nar affected by drink, was vesterd hton with having, on the same morning, at four le into a bakery ; and, not being accommodated g a hat from the head of a ith a light for I on the premises., and making off with it Id some time afterwards in 0- He was e neighbourhood, and He made a lud that ne was a stranger in (meaning fioni) that he could not find the way back to the place, 3ffered to pay for it. He insisted that the hat was lly restored, and that it was the same the complainant held in his hand. A£3 note, and other money, were found II in fu told the bridewell-keeper to detain him until he was sober. hMUGGLING.-Yesterday, at the Police-conrt, a man named Charles Hodgson, was charged with having had Basin, and of which: he w manufactured tot tea that it was his Ferdinand, was char 1, with gallons of foreign spirits resembling a mix brandy, but probably Spanish brandy, or admit- from a ture of rum and blance to such a mixture prisoner dropped the keg on t hen pursued Both prisoners v 3f the crown mu ie written ERAL ELECTORS OF THE B as the WARRIN( class of el , ROUGH 0 g of this distinguished ectors for Warrington was hell xt the Nags Head Hotel, in S Stubs, Esq., in the chair. ... ....eputation appointed at a former meeting reported that Wiiliam Allcard, Esq., had 'rnsented to be put in nomination as a fit person to repre. ut the borough of Warrin-,-- well qua] e liberal interest. d the meeting in favour of the when it was afterwards declared by a y those present, that W. Allcard, Esq., .ed to represent the borough of Warrington in parlianient ; and that end Us utmost en comm Collin tee was ther i elector present stood pledged ure his return. A of Messrs. T. B. Edels- ,mounting to forty, wit' G A tiON ELNMENT TO DO Lee, Bolesworth, Cowley, ht, & NOVE TS DUT .AN OF COMPEL We have elsewb to the c less of Government in paying proper attention ms of Liverpool, to be relieved from the burthen which is being thrown upon her inhabitants by the im migration of pauper Irish into the town. In order to enforce upon ministers, practically; a sense of the evils e ends anc to give them specimen of whilst they I filth amongst us. who are contributir ar pockets, to spread fever tributors to the rates, to pay the f them, who will be exhibited in P doors of both same clamoro daily throng t; Probably they may present_thems in ti le same fashion and with the and cadaverous faces, which Turthened rate-payers dozen cargoes will not suffice to bring minister: ourable members to their senses, we can sent W. Rees, Esq., th ce, attended at th ty last, to audit th )s in the union. He wen more until the object is effected. &UDIT OF UNION ACCOUNTS. — to noti itrict au Work - house on le several town )le of the ov counts for the out nd on the next morning pro the township of Warrington sd the system adopted by the for keeping accounts and col ceeded to adit th. ne plan in sev that ti cost incurred by the overseers in the " vagrancy establish• lent for the past half year might be allowed by him, as i s now passed into the hands of the guardians, who haC The overseer taken it under their own superintendence had done this on their first having it mill that all relief of the poor was in the hal rids of the g r. Rees at once )ass the amount i )fficer had been of so lon the item was not likely t nd particularly so ips in the union dined to Lucr Evans, after the accounts were audi tt the house of Mr .ted on Thursday since our last publication, has beer extremely cold and (for the most part) stormy for so advanced a period of the year. Vegetation has conse quently been greatly retarded, and in some instances the early potatoes, which were a considerable height above the ground in sheltered situations in th - - on both sides of the water, neighbourhood. id which have long been celebrated for the production of this crop—have suffered considerably from the wind and cold, and occasionally rather frosty nights and mornings. Fruit trees in blossom have also su were squally Inesday, and Thursday rers, and gales varying t times more easterly, from \ h dowr but - still chilly. On Saturday evening copious showers of rain fell, which it was hoped would temper down the atmosphere, but Sunday brought little of genial mildness,,and though we had some sun yester day, the air was still cool for the 3rd of May. The field- z to fit crops generally, have, however, been improved by the rains; and if we be favoured soon with soft showers and intervals of sunshine, there can be no question but that vegetation will ma k e rap id str id es, an d t h e h arvest b e ye t bountiful. We are glad to add that the young potatoes generally look well and promising, especially those that have been covered over whirls 25• WIL YY 111,11 QIG V./ GG inches high—and that no disease, so far as we can learn or observe, has yet appeared amongst them in these dis tricts. A considerable breadth of turnips and oats yet remain to be sown. .st con- of a few cargo cc-yard immediately Ives at th( W. to N.N.I ,t of to and that public confidence was much was believed it would produce interested in it, because it shareholilers to learn in me time after, at the first lans loacadi withnilf fhair 1 - 11 of course Without their consent, Company, for the long period of 999 years, at a per centage of 31, The effect of the bar gain, when ascertained, was to reduce the shares to 6 t WCitern discount they would in all probability be able either to set the lease, or to obtain more equitable terms than those which had been secured. Accordingly he (Mr. Lewis) wrote to the shareholders in all parts of the country, and re - . all ex- Meet- ive of their acquiescence in his view had since be held in London and Leeds, at which resolutions were passed authorising the necessar3 ing to be taken to annul the lease, and appointing com mittees for that purpose, and to which 1,400 shareholders had sent in their proxies. He contended that a lease for lust be considered in the light of a sale ; and said clause in the Act of Parliament that in the event -e three-fifths of the shareholders proceed- must be obtained. It was the opinion of eminent legal advisers in London, that the lease was voidable, and that the transaction involved a breach of trust ; and it was now for the shareholders to act with promptitude and becoming spirit. . . A. PROPRIETOR observed, that in the general prospectus per cent. v ..Lid be gr might hay( the grumbling (11€ of the 1 , ,d from caused the per tentage to be rais ceeded to observe, that he had lately examined a state ment of the accounts, and discovered that the share holders of this line had been sacrificed to the in terests of the Great Western Company. He said that a call of £lO per share had been made, ilien two calls of £1 each would have answered every necessary pur pose, and that the money was raised for the purpose of lending it to the Great Western. The sum of £91,000 of their money had been lent in November last to tho Great Western ; and the Great Western had lent it to others, without a promise of obtaining any interest, though well aware that they had never been constituted into a money-lending company. The CHAIRMAN confessed that the making of unneci sary calls and the lending of the money so raised with( nterest was, in his opinion, wo: )f_the lease. (Hear, hear.) lair. L Ewis o served that the first thing to be done now was to obtain a bill of discovery, for £l5O, by which the Great Western Company would be compelled to give an swers on oath ; and upon those answers the shareholders would be in a position to judge whether or not they would be justified in moving that the lease be set aside. Upon the motion of Mr. GORE, the resolutions adopted at the London and Leeds meetings were approved of, and Woodward were added, were authorised to obtain equitable terms from the Great Western—to set aside the lease granted, or otherwise to act, as might be deemed expedient, with the view of improving the present condition of the shareholders. A subscription, of half-a-crown a share, was ordered to be raised, to furnish the committee with the sinews of war ;0 carry on t Le proceec bank of Liverpool, and di:aw'n out upon cheques, counter signed by Mr. Fraser. The meeting, after a sitting of about two hours' dura tion, separated, after having passed the usual vote of thanks WESTERN AUSTRALIA The Swan River News, published in London on Satur day last, gives an official notice from the Governor of Western Australia, of the discovery of coal in that colony. The bed is described as " large and open," and his Excellency adds, that the fact of extensive tracts of coun try lying in the vicinity (Champion Bay), well suited for pastoral and agricultural purposes. has also been ascer tained by a party of discovery, and that a bay immediately ]joins, possessing several advantages adapted for the loading and unloading of small vessels. A company denominated the " Western Australian Mining Com pany" has been formed, the capital to be £20,000, in 10,000 shares of £2 each. In the Murray district, a seam of superior coal, and a vein of metal, supposed to ba zinc, have been discovered, and the specimens of copper found are described as being extremely good. The News quotes an extract from Mr, Browning's evidence on the Navigation LI r. 8., v Lo was a native of alia, deposes, that in the Swan River they have a superior wood for shipbuilding, the Jarrah wood. No marine insect, he says, will touch it, and the trees grow quite to the water's edge. Orders had been sent to India for four camels, for the purpose of breeding that useful, animal, and their arrival was expected daily. The w} laling season was concluded, and the total produce is estimated at 116 tons, valued at £6,130 in addition to £7OO or £BOO for bone. Several parties are entering into the sandal wood trade between Fremantle and Singapore. and the first ship was on the eve of sailing from Adelaide, The value of sandal wood at Canton is stated at X.. 30 per FOOD IMPORTS.—The arrivals at Cove, during the last two days (says the Examiner), have been large, amount ing to 22 vessels, which, as their register tonnage amounts to about 5,000, brings to our shores in actual burden, the immense quantity of about 60,000 barrels of bread stuffs. The arrivals for the week were 59 vessels. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A fearful accident happened on Friday week, at the Madeleine Church, Bruges. One of the priests, while performing mass, was suddenly struck to the ground, by the falling on his forehead of the marble head of an infant Jesus, which had become detached from its body. Fracture of the skull, and a severe wound, were the consequence to the unhappy clergyman, who, after lingering in great agony, died on Thursday. A HIT AT THE OPPONENTS OF EDUCATION BY THE STATE.—We extract the following instance of extraor dinary stupidity from a Nottingham paper :—" On Friday _ work in a [am, when a son of secured The representatives of the London committee present consisted of Mr. Downing and Mr. Lewis. The chair was occupied by Charles Freer, Esq. Mr. DOWNING briefly opened the proceedings by stating net with a , vere disc 'great extent, and reached a premium - of 22 LIVERPOOL LOCAL BILLg On Friday, the select committee on standing orders r ported to the House of Commons, that in the case of the Liverpool Fire and Life Insurance Company, the petition for leave to dennsit a petition fill- a hill_ thp standing- or- affirmed by the house, and leave given accordingly. The petition of the East Lancashire Railway Company against the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpert Railway tee upon the group ; and the usual order made for the at tendance of counsel. The Harrington Water Works Company have peti tioned against the Guardian Gas Bill ; and the petition has been referred. a ins ter, the , dean of celebrated geologist the Margi_Us of'Northampton; president of the Royal Society, was called as an independent witness by the corn- iich his attention was directed was the po' lity of obtaining an ample LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of Wheat was extremely short from all the near counties for this day's market, and there was also a limited quantity of Barley. Beans. and Peas. whilst the fresh arrivals of Oats - from our own coast, to a very trifling extent. Scotland, and Ireland, have been ContAry winas - havekept back vessels with foreign grain, so that the importations have been limited since this day se'nnight. miring rue last weex nas oven wee, ana ror the season cold, and unfortunately there have been one or two night frosts, so that vegetation, already backward, progresses very slowly. There was a brisk demand for Wheat at this day's market, and an advance of 4s. to ss: per qr. was established on all the inquiry utup ack, the top nominal Town made Flot price being fixed at 755. iier sack; ship marks have advanced 3s. to 4s. per sack, and foreign 2s. to 3s. per barrel; an im proved demand for all sorts. Malt was 28. per qr. dearer : the experiments made by the brewers on sugar are reported to be against the use of this ar ticle, beer made therefrom fermentin; twice, and the general !d with short deliveries a English Barley . . the corresponding month of the past year, showing of 152,947 qrs.—points to higher prices, and there of all descriptions was 2s. per qr. dearer, and in good s. per quarter for prime qualities. Linseed and rapeseed were each fully as dear SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET We had a large supply of Beasts .nd Germany, 430 from Scotland, )Ik. and 800 from sundry Darts mand, at a trifling tations. There WE vf;y ! inconsequ YESTERDAY 563 were from Holland 2000 from Norfolk and Suf of the enilvitry Thp trfkrle tt ; for the former there was a great de lvance. Lambs maintained Friday's quo , 490 from Holland. inferior calves sold ce of there being 85 from Holland; prime d, but at no ad Beef, inferior quality I.; first quality, 4s. 4d. to 4s. sd. Mutton, infe . 4d. to 4s. 10d.; first quality, ss. to 6s. 2cl. Veal, , 4s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. ; first quality, ss. to ss. 4d. IMPORTANT MEETING OF RATEPAYERS IN TOXTETH-PARK. An important meeting of the ratepayers of Toxteth-park, most influentially attended, was held last night at the house of Mc. Atkinson, Royal Oak Inn, for the purpose of taking into consideration matters connected with the administration of the 1110 CHAILMA that of late their :I, that the meeting would be aware time ago these par- T the purpose of a e Sanat rid to of Board's Ilill, the Harrington Dock Bill, and other although considerable dissatisfaction was inauifes at th ,g with t Rct to the probabh the commissioners went to parliarr of 0t'2,000 in parliamentary and ott expense of the proceedings .ent, and expended upward ter expenses, to cover which they laid, illegally a rate of 4d. in the . pound. This was op- d by several b? the ratepay 1, on t gality; and these pantie barrister, who advised t Monk, the !dings were to assi new ones. The deceased placed a screwjack under one of the boilers to lower it on its proper bed; and, on Tuesday morning, after he had put the screwjack under, he leaned with his head and part of his body underneath, whilst he knocked a brick pillar away. No sooner were the bricks removed than the jack gave way, and the boiler, which is nine tons, fell on him, and, completely flattening the whole of his head and chest, killed him instantly. He has left a wife and two young children to mourn his death. AN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF IMITATION. — The 21.16 chester Cowrie of Saturday contains the following grati s On Wednesday, Messrs. Grant, of fying paragraph Ramsbottom, 700. Those ern] Li their hands, upwards of iloyed on short time had wine and bread at the Nuttall School-room. In the evening the adult hands had a splendid ball at the Grants' Arms public house, Ramsbottom. The masters gave the operatives at the ball £20." It may be interesting to our readers to learn that the gentlemen referred to—the Messrs. Grant— from the character wi kindliness of heart, we very generally recognised in their the originals, or deserving to be the ' Checryble Brothers. own neighbourhood a originals, of Dickens THEFTS FROM SHOT lice-court yesterday, !harped with having reet, a pair of boots. It appeared that on Satur he had gone to the shop, on the plea of and after looking at several pairs, and Byrom day afternoon makin yr, a purchase not approving of any of them, left the place, but was seen by a boy to go off with some article. She was pursued and secured in Richmond-row with a pair worth ss. She was sent for :trial at the sessions.—Edward Davies and Thomas Blackedge, two very little boys were charged with stealing from the shop of Mr. Thomas Davies, St. James's street, cap-maker, two caps, value 3s. 6d. A boy in the street observed them loitering about the window of the shop, and saw first the one and then the other snatch a cap each from a stand near the door, and make off with them. He gave information and they were pursued, and captured in Great George's-street. for trial. iey were committed EXTENSIVE ROBBED IN A SALE Roo Police-court, yesterday, three men, James Morris, Jam( Dolan, and John Eyeres, also A were brou from Manchester, charged with robbing, William Roper, of Heyworth, near Bra( of £215 in bank notes. The pr Tuesday last, being - he went into a sal Hord, of the sum .cutor stated that, on lying a little time to spare, a corner, in Whitechapel, where an auction was going on. He had not been long there when he found his person touched by some one, and found that his waistcoat had been opened, and the money, which was in his breast, entirely abstracted. He imme diately cried out that - he was robbed, and seeing the man who he believed had put hands upon him, seized him, and held him for a short time, when he got away. The people around him would 'render him no asistance. He was robbed of £215, all in bank notes. He imme diately gave information at the head Police-office. Two officers of the Manchester police said that they appre hended the male prisoners 'together, in a public-house in that town. One of them said, that at Dolan's cellar he found two £lO notes under the bolster of the bed. The They went to D Dolan was heard to put like paper. On a light being procured , a_ £ 2O _note was nething away, which rustled had (as we understood him) dropped on the floor. The prosecutor identified one of the £lO notes, and Mr. Wm. Thomas, jun., of Hollins, identified a £2O note, by its gentleman said, that when Morris escaped from him, the prisoner Dolan ran away. Dolan admitted that the notes were in his house, but that he had found them in Man chester. The prisoners were all remanded. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-A most horrible tleed was enacted yesterday night week, within ten miles. of Athlone, at Mr. Kelly's, of Scregg, county of Roscom- Mr. Kelly, with his usual hospitality, invited an acquaintance to come on a short visit to Scregg. The invitation was accepted, and on Monday evening week, before they retired, an argument arose between them : however, when the guest thought all at rest, he proceeded to Mr. Kelly's room, where he and his wife lay in bed, and having armed himself with a razor, inflicted severe wounds upon their necks. He then proceeded to a bed in which Miss Kelly was sleeping, and perpetrated a simi lar deed of blood upon her. By this time the servants were alarmed, and ran to the rescue. The first man who attempted to disarm him, by taking away the razor which lie was flourishing around his head, was ferociously at tacked by this person, and most severely wounded, the other servants not daring to go near. After this series of bloody deeds, he ran off, and threw the razor away. Three countrymen, who saw him, pursued him, finally captured him, and handed him over to the police. Mr. Kelly's wound is very serious, but those inflicted on Mrs. and Miss Kelly of no material consequence. It is sup posed that mental aberrt Con was the immediate came* those fearful acts. houringmen were a seven miles from ton, footman to Lord Rancliffe, accidentally slipped into a pool at the end of the field. The water is not deep, and the lad might have been got out in a minute, but instead of attempting to save him, these thickheaded fellows ran three-quarters of a mile to the village to fetch the con stable. On being asked why they had let the boy drown, they replied they made no attempt to get. him out of the water, as they thought it was not according to the laws of our country, and that there should be some other witnesses to seeing him in the water.' " Voluntary efforts to edu cate the people have left the poor stupids here referred to sadly in the lurch. ROBBERY OF FLOUR flour, on her way f near Ballydine, a larl the banks of the •ril —On Friday, as a boat laden with Clonmel to Waterford, arrived mob of persons had assembled on about one hundred in number, sped with guns and brass blunder- The boat v ip by one man, had his gun presented, several of the party also present ing at the time. The persons managing the boat being placed in terror of their lives through the tbteats of the attacking party, brought the boat to the bank, when the mob compelled to go into the cabin, and commenced the They had "a yawl" in their possession at this )ok from " the d who would One curved with Sir Henry de la Beche, that the qirantity could not be depended upon, whilst the quality would be and inferior. u- , not recommend any public .ies for the domestic use of the if a better were available. With body to procure their suppl rom such a so rie quality _ . . he pronounced it excellent for all purposes, proving geo logically the statement, and said that in his opinion it was r the best of the two modes of furnishing Liverpool. The Doctor's evidence was not affected by a with water cupied the remainder of the day. It was to be resumed at the sitting of the committee yesterday (Mon day), when it will probably be finished. Before the and it of a most desultory acter, from the fact of the whole host imittee rose a di a suggestion t It was caused b A the promoters should endeavour to compensation. Mr. Chippendail ' s case was said by his counsel to he one which no amount of water could com pensate ' • he must have compensation both in money a n d water. The Corporation, so far, have steadily and con stantly refused to listen to claims to compensation in money ; but they profess great willingness to be liberal All part ted bN committee a it can only )11 of the Col [1 with that understanding the The bill for the amalgamation of the Birkenhead and Herculaneum Docks is unopposed, and it was before the Chairman of Ways and Means yesterday, (Monday,) by whom it will be reported to the house on Wednesday. A select committee (Mr. Hayter, chairman) assembled on Friday, on the two bills promoted by the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, which are opposed. One of them is for the construction of new docks the other W( and the alteration of lent bill. Mr. Ilild- yard, Q.C., with Mr. . ...,Ister and Mr. Goldsmith, were counsel for the bill; Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Johnson, appeared for Messrs. Pollard ; Mr. Montague Smith for Messrs. Maudesley ; and Mr. Dickenson for Messrs. Bibby. Some discussion took place as to the reception of Messrs. Bibby's petition, owing to its having been pre sented within the three days ; but on its appearing that it had been referred with the usual order by the house, the committee, with whom the objection originated, re- ceived it Mr. HILDYABD, by consent, opened the cases of both bills together. The object of the first, he said, was to construct a dock between the north-west corner of the Woodside basin, to be approached for the present through find this Bridge-end Dock, to which The object of the e attached tour graving., other bill was to alter the mode of assessing the owners of the frontages on the urp?r end of Wallasey Pool, for the construction of the wall to be erected around it. Mr. Hool, Tyrer, Mr. , Harbour-master of Birkenhead, Mr. James )h. and Mr. J. J. Melliniser were Tyrer, Mr. Wm‘..M‘Cannon (of the Surrey Canal Docks), and Mr. D. Gihb were examined, after which the com mittee adjourned. In the course of his speech, Mr. Hildyard mentioned the fact that this was the first time the Birkenhead gen tlemen had ever annlied in parliament without an opposi- tion from the Liverpool Corporation or the Liverpool docks. Surely, he observed, the times were coming when the lion would lie down with the lamb ! The Hon. G. F. Moore, of Perth, Australia, has been appointed colonial secretary there. The honourable gen tleman, we observe from the Swan River News, has been married to a (aughter of the governor. Mr. Moore is brother to Mr. William Moore, agent in this town to the Londonderry Steam Packet Company. STREET.-'-On Saturday last, about forty of the watch makers of this manufactory invited Mr, Samuel to a handsome dinner, at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover street, on which occasion they presented him with an elegant massive silver Salver, bearing tbe following in scription :—" Presented to Mr. Henry Samuel, by the workmen in his employ, as a testimonial for his honourable and gentlemanly conduct towards theril during a period of eighteen years," The evening passed off with the utmost conviviality, and the meeting separated highly Llav last, another inquest was held at the Packet House, Warrington; before J. H eyes, Esq., on the body of William Gandy, a bricklayer. It appeared that he was engaged at Messrs. Allen's mill _ . plunde eat yellow meal, when they could get good flour. of the women in the mob had her apron full of fire arm which she laid on a fence for the purpose of terrifying th boatmen ! This was a most alarming attack, and furnishes moo - " `Le great danger to be ap- ier forcible instance of t nrehended from the indi.criminate armament of t peasantry.—Tipperary paper. THE DISTRESS.-The same gloomy monotony pervades all the accounts from the county of Cork. Mortality seems to be increasing rather than diminishing. It appears that, from the 27th of December, 1846, to the end of last —a period of less than four months-2,130 persons perished in the city union workhouse alone. The I Cork - Examiner of Friday contains the following shocking day witnessec and appalling spectacle, at - the Shannon guard-house, at the foot of Mallow-lane. Under the sheds attached to that building lay some 38 human beings—old and young men, women, children, and infants of the tenderest age all huddled together, like so many pigs or dogs, on the ground, without any other covering but the rags on their persons, and these in the last stage of filth mid hideousness. There they lay—some dying—some dead—all gaunt and yellow, and hideous with famine and disease. We have seen many sights of horror within the last month, but never anything equal to this congregated mass of human debasement. The sme iat came from the unfortunates was offensive in the extr me, and was sufficient of itself to propagate disease. Two of these wretched people died this morning—a man and a child. how many will follow them before the evening to their home of eternal peace, we may not calculate. Several dead bodies—principally of children—were found this morning in various parts of the city. Hundreds of wretched objects 1. about under sheds, without food or covering." WOOD'S VENTILATING HATS.—The construction of these hats (though not patented) is certainly in efficacy equal to, if it does not surpass, any of the projects for ventilating hats that kave been made public ; and what is more important, it does not impair the bodies. A glance at one of them will at once prove their excellence. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. — AII parties visiting Lon don will have an excellent opportunity of procuring the most striking likenesses at Mr. Claude's daguerrotype portrait establishment. Mr. C. has greatly improved this process, and has much improved the pictorial effect of the miniatures by the introduction of back-grounds. The portraits no longer present the death-like appearance which has been long urged as a great &feet, but are at once accurate, and pleasing to look at. took the opinion'Of Mr nu that the whole procei pool,' on whoin the ditties - of paving, &c. devolve under their Health Bill, had nov raised to the credit of th -park would the amount 'ownship, and ref Use to allow the expenses incurred by the cow,— justice of the Council might safely be depended upon in the mat ter. The rate wastherefore paid by the dissentientsunder protest, a memorial stating the n~ •~ handed in by ; and that the senseof r oltheir dissent bi appeal before the me of t against th opinion. ate was also withdrawn, in accordance with their the subject having recently been brought before th e attention of the Town-clerk, and his opinion been asked by the Council, that gentleman stated that such an appropriation of the rate as had been made was " improper and unjust ;" but that. as the accounts were not appealed against under the act, the pa rishioners might be presumed to approve of the proceeding; and as the " misappropriation" had taken place before the Corporation was possessed of the management of the paving, sewerage, he should advise the Corporation not to inter vfere. It was therefore necessary that the fact that the rate Da- Another reason why this course should be taken, and every effort used to defeat the attempts of the parties in power, was that in case of the misapprobation being submitted to, the parish was in danger of being saddled with an annuity of £485 a-year to Mr. Snowball, the aw-clerk to the Overseers. _ This gentle- could claim. The heavy expenses of the parliamentary business last year, by which he was enabled to shew that he cleared .'lOOO, enabled him to make this heavy demand upon them. His own private expenses in London were put down at .t'3Bo, besides a law bill of (as we understood) nearly double the amount. The Chair man stated a'so that Mr. Appleby had received .e51:1 for expenses in Lonuon, anu tne other members of the deputation from --elO to .el 5 each. Another subject which would be brought before the meeting was with respect to the non-assessment of cottage property. We have already noticed this part of the conduct of the authorities, and given the counterstatements of Mr. Appleby. The Chairman stated that it was shewn before the magistrates, that out of 10,500 assessments only 2,400 are returned by the law-clerk as having paid, the bulk of the rest having been excused payment, in accordance with a rule laid down by the overseers, not to collect on any assessments of less value than Mr. LONGWORTR, one of the collectors of government taxes, stated, in reply to a question from ehe hairman, that he could collect £l,OOO per annum from property under £lO without .. . . . distressing any one, in which he was confirmed by another collector, Mr. Airey. Mr. Longworth had collected from such such property £3OO in three months. . - A lengthened conversation took place, in which many highly important facts were stated, which owing to the late hour and the state of our columns, we regret that we ca nno t g i ve . A memorial, however, signed by the Chairman of the meeting, will be presented to the Council on Wednesday, which will probably bring the whole subject before the attention of the I.IEDS. attended, and we ob- Mr. Bainbridge, Mx. Cooper, I Neill, Dr. Aloffatt, and Mr. Millet Daviei Mr. COOPER occupied the chair, and remarked, in the course of his observations, that the writer of an anonymous letter in that day's paper was evidently a non-contagionist, and such was the variety of human nature, that some per sons prided themselves in differing from every one else. He was not aware of any particuiar business before the meeting, except reporting progress. They had deputed Dr. Sutherland to act for them in London, and to present their memorials to Sir George Grey, Lord Sandon, and the Health Committee. Many of the gentlemen present, particularly of the faculty, spoke of the had construction of the sheds, and the still worse site chosen for them. It appeared the general opinion that the naught, Dr. Watson, Mr and that it would be bettE ;Mande:in them and procure a site for temporary wooden buildings in the outskirts, or apply to government for some of the ships in ordinary, to be anchored in the Sloyne, and to receive the poor Irish who arrived, labouring under incipient fever—a small steamer being employed to convey them. A letter was read, dated same day, from Dr. Suther land, to the effect that he had presented a memorial to the Poor Law Commissioners, and had received a reply to the effect that they would give it their earnest attention. Mr. Brown, M.P., had been written to, to co-operate with 1)r. Sutherland. Finally, Dr. WATSON moved in elect that a public meeting should be called of the burgesses of the ward as soon as replies were received to the several memorials, and that their fellow townsmen (who s‘— , nuld be invited to att ,nd. phi hised with them) s This was seconded by Mr. STOWA RD, and unanimously carried. It was also understood that the Committee should call upon Mr. Rushton, with a view to obtain counsel's advice. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, 7 is about to commence The season for h . Yearly we have felt a gratification in noticing the exertions that have been used by the proprietors of this lovely retreat to pre sent to the public, the result of the labours of the recess —a picture worthy of appreciation ; and yearly have we bad to commend, and extremely too, the merit displayed, but on no occasion have we previously felt a lack of lan- guage sufficiently powerful, as on the present occasion to express in their fullest worth the encomiums that are due for the preparations that are now made. We do not re gard the exhibitions at the gardens in the same light as those of other classes ; we place them in a more elevated sphere, for in them is not only conveyed all the benefits desirable from public parks, but they offer scope for the expansion of the mind in botany, ornithology, natural history, and even mechanics, and however lightly they may be regarded by some, we feel confident that to many classes they offer not only health but intelligence ; and by the various entertainments offered, they embrace amuse ment and instruction so pleasingly, that while imbibing the one, the other is imperceptibly inhaled. The subject for representation during the season, which is shortly about to commence, is the Palace and Gardens of Versailles; with its multiplicity of fountains, the majo rity of which will be worked with real water. We have been favoured, by the kindness of Mr. Atkins, with a cur sory view of the progressing works; and the model from which they are being cons iructed, and must avow our surprise at the magnitude of the undertaking. Unlike previous scenes, this is painted on a combination of reced ing and elevated flats, by which distance and perspective is more beautifully obtained. The site, which is taken from the lower part of the gardens of Versailles, embraces al most every feature of interest. •In the centre is the splen did palace, the favourite residence of Louis Quatorze, rich in its style of architecture, and frowning majestically on the luxuriant vales beneath. Behind the palace { extend- ing to an a most incredi nce, is a view 'flay 4, tBl7. NEWS AGENCY, &c. , HAMILTON- - STREET, HAMILTON- SQUARE, BIRKENHEAD. T GRIFFITH has opened a STATIONERY and 0 • NEWS AGENCY ESTABLISHMENT (in addition to PRINTING) as above. AGENT and CORRESPONDENT to the Liverpool Standard, published every TUESDAY. ADVERTISEMENTS AND ORDERS ATTENDED TO, April, 1847. TO INVENTORS DESIGNERS, AND OTHERS. PROTECTION for INVENTIONS an d DESIGNS may now be obtained for THREE YEARS for £l2 125., including all expensee, and PATENTS, at home and abroad, for a longer period, at an equally moderate rate, on application to Messrs. B. and N. BROWNE, OFFICE FOR PATENTS, 376, STRAND, London, where may ibe obtained gratis a PROSPEC TUS containing much useful information relative to Patents, &c. DaavviNos made from MACHINERY, MODELS, or BOUGH SKETCHES, on Paper, Zinc, or Stone, for which purpose first rate Draughtsmen, practically acquainted with every descrip tion of Machinery, are attached to this Office. CHINA, GLASS, AND EARTHENWARE T. SMITH I)ESPECTFULLy begs to announce to his Friends and the Public generally of Liverpool, that he has, in conjunction with his present Establishment, 54, BOLD-STREET, TAKEN THE EXTENSIVE PREMISES, 36, CHURCH-STREET, (Opposite Parker-street,) Which he purposes OPENING on THURSDAY NEST, MAY 6th, 1847, With a most superb STOCK of Rich Burnished Gold CHINESE_ TEA AND BREAKFAST SERVICES Of the most Costly and Modern Designs gNER and DESSERT SERVICES, TOILET SETS, &c, Together with a choice Assortment of - FANCY CABINET GOODS, Consisting of Writing Desks, Ladies' Work Boxes, Tea Chests, &c.; ENGLISH & FOREIGN C HIN yA - s'Es,PAPIER MACHE AND OTHER TEA TRAYS; METAL TEA and COFFEE POTS and DISH COVERS OF THE BEST SHEFFIELD MANUFACTURE Also, a large Assortment - of Rich-cut, Plain, and drnamental 40 per cent. under any other An early inspection is solicited. Goods carefully packed, fit for conveyance to any part of the world. ARTIFICIAL TEETH AND DENTAL SURGERY, IN ALL ITS BRAN( AT No. 6, HARDY-STREE7', VARIOUS GREAT GI R. DE , LOUDE Surgeon-De n ti s t j_fl Ind Physiology of the Human )eautitut . .of th e city of Versailles, zon to the other in the There is nothing from on Acture but which seems ex made for it. Elsewhere palaces are built to adorn cities ; here the city is but an adjunct to the palace; every mound seems by nature adapted to add, by its elevation or decli vity, a new beauty to the scene. In the representation, the artist, Mr. Frederick Fenton, of London, has been, if we may use the expression, " at home." There is a softness and delicacy in the distances, a boldness and freedom in Vie nearer objects, that not only shows great artistic skill, but produces an effect that can be better imagined than described. Nature itself, in our comparatively.coldisle, cannot be conceived to possess such a scene of lovelin and beauty. Trees of beautiful autumnal tint gracefully bending over fountains projecting into the air, which glittering in the sun, falls in thousand forms into the basins beneath. These to gether with the lotely walks and sweet parterres form a view rather more resembling the e ' Tiption of a to Ehgland. In the' centre of the lake is Neptune,-;ur: rounded by his Tritons doing homage to Alcinous, and forming a splendid picturesque fountain. At each side is a massive building, the style in keeping with the iyener.l architecture ; auu, ',num ue euges of tne take, encircling it in easy and graceful line, is an opeh-work ballustred wall, giving a complete finish to the previously broken edge of the ornamental. water. Taking the painting as an artistic work, it is incompa rably superior to anything of the kind hitherto produced in the provinces ; while its peculiar adaptation to day or night representations, renders it equal if not superior to previous efforts. The expense this year must have been enormous, yet we trust that the increasing patronage of the public will not only suffice to repay the manager for the present outlay, but to stimulate him to greater Mr , COW on future Occasions. GR,STR..E.I3T. , r on the 1, Author ical Dentist r}:,;SC , hs the honour to accihaint the .obility and Gentry of Liverpool, that he may be consulted or employed in all the Branches of DENTAL SURGERY, or con struction of all kinds of ARTIFICIAL TEETH and PALATES, &c., on the most permanent and improved systems. Mr. De Loude constructs and applies Artificial Teeth of every description, from a single Tooth to a whole Set, on the most approved and permanent principles, either of the Sea Horse Tooth, Terro Metallic, or Human Teeth, mounted on bone, silver, gold. or platina plates, pressed or deposited by the Gal vano-plastic process, on exact models of the deficient parts of the mouth, according to the wish or ease of the wearer, (with- out ligatures of tying or twisting wires, &c.,) so that they may be taken out, cleaned, and replaced with the utmost facility, in a moment. Carious Teeth stopped with gold, plating, &c. All Operations, are executed by M :I Artificial Pieces connected with tilWFeeth, De Londe mself, and no secondary assist- ance being employed, he warrants the exactn ness of the fitting, answerinz - lation, and youthful appearance _ . ind correct )erfectly for masticati3n, articu- Hours of A ridance Daily from Ten till Four FINE FLOWING RINGLETS.—The care of the Hair in Infants and Young Children is, by inexperienced mothers and nurses. too little regarded. No mistake cm be more injurious than the supposition that neglect in this particular can continue with impunity. The seeds of strength or weakness are laid in the nursery ; and the majority of the fine flowing ringlets, or bald heads of after years, are traceable to this early period. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, long celebrated for its genial and invigorating qualities, in promoting and restoring the growth of the hair, is peculiarly fitted (applied according to the printed directions) for application during the tender years of infancy and childhood ; and no nursery where personal ad vantages are held in any estimation, should be without it. .-"-^'s. fid 6s and Its. Der Bottle! no other nrices are ze- sk for OLDRIDGI?,'S BALM, 1, Wellington-street, - eon. Sold by all respectable Chemists, Perfumers, Strand, Lond and StAoners NICOLL'S PALETOT, OF LLAMA CLOTH, REG.'D 6 AND 7 Vic., CAP. _ 65.—Messrs Nicoll, Court Tailors, of Regent-street anti Uornhtll, London, nave the honour re spectfully to announce that MESSRS. DAWBARN AND SON, of 110, Bold-street, Liverpool, will continue to be their sole agents for that town, and will have the exclu sive sale of this fashionable Coat. Messrs. Nicoll can most cheerfully recommend this establishment to any of their patrons residing in its neighbourhood who may re- quire; with the Paretot Coats, either Dress or l ( rock, Trousers, Waistcoats, &c., MESSRS. DAWBARN AND SON being constantly supplied from London with every improvement in taste and fashion, and more particularly as the same principles of business for which their own firm is now well known are maintained by Messrs. Daw barn, viz., very moderate prices, combined with every ex cellence of material for prompt cash payments. Messrs. N. are well aware that there are some fashions which have so little of the enduring principle in them that they sel dom survive the fluctuations of a single season; others, public esteem and enjoy a more extensive vogue in pro portion as they become known to the public. To the lat ter order the Paletot has an undoubted claim, as by its unassuming, yet gentlemanly appearance may be ascri bed a George ot' principal Cam br g e e m , r s s Grace e t h s e e D n a ll t l e ' the constant patronage of H. R. H. Prince Alb ert, Prince m the bar. ILD FOUND ,gwortY five months old, residing with his reet, was found dead in bed between A NEW CRY: It is curious that the Irish still cry out for Repeal, and yet they are rushing over to England in thousands every day. We begin to imagine this cry of " Repeal " is directed against Ireland, considering the alacrity the " finest peasantry" show in leaving it. It can not be against England, or else they would never seek food and shelter in the very country they so bitterly denounce. The best thing for Ireland will be a poor-law, with work houses established all throughout the kingdom, on a kindly, charitable plan, making the landlords contribute largely to their support. Tlic best cry for this purpose will be "—Punch. "Union CAPTAIN a parliamentary retu rn o f th e last irlai - g - 6aptain War n( is invention on a moor in Staffordshire. The " long range " turned out to be a balloon, which was to drop heavy shot, explosive pr otherwise, on the desired point- At the appoii.te I place Captain Warner appeared in com pany with a Mr. Brown," who turned out to be Me- Green, the aeronaut, and after considerable delay the bal loon was let go, when, instead of taking th e di rec ti on of the object to be destroyed, it went across the, country for four miles, and fell at the village of Rugely, where it was found by four labourers, who sold it to a public houseman for a guinea. When Captain Warner and Lord Ingestrie arrived, the public-house man was showing the balloon at twopence admission. Sir Howard Douglas met with courteous usage from the press for his doubts of ptain Warner's .tuc'ess, which Sir Howard, - very dis 7.lentitic but he ems now to have been in the right from the beginning. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.—On Wednesday last, meeting of the members of the East India and Chine Association was held at their rooms, Exchancre-buildings• for the purpo se o f cons id er i ng t h e propriety of memorial ising Government upon the course which is now pursued by the Bank of England in contracting their issues. Our reporter attended, but, as he was informed that the meet ing was intended to be private, we arc not in a condition to give a detailed report of the proceedings. William Potter, Esq., the treasurer, occupied the chair, and the proceedings of the bank directors were, we understand , pretty freely discussed, and there was some difference of opinion as to the remedial measures which ought to be adopted. Ultimately it was determined that Mr. William Nicol, the chairman, and Mr. Chas. Turner, the deputy: chairman, who are in London on some business connected with the opium question, be appointed a deputation—to join Mr. Alderman Hodgson, who will represent the Liverpool banking interest—to consult the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this momentous question. MURDER AND SUICIDE.—A very painful act of mur and suicide occurred at Woolwich on Tuesday. The rich lie ioored off the dockya 1 their receiving ship for the seamen •d, is used as 0 dockyard. On the return of the ,sel, Lieut. Phillips, from the Medi' terranean station, a few weeks since, the vessel was taken into the basin and the crew drafted on board the Salsette , amongst whom was the captain's cook, a man named Robinson,.and his wife, who had an infant about fifteen, months d. 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