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Dec. 5, 1843 VITATION TO UNITED PRAYER, CORRESPONDENCE. 1.0 4 THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ON MONDAY THE IST OF JANUARY, 1844, BEING THE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In an answer " To Correspondents " of your journal of last Tuesday, allusion is made to a letter signed " A Member of the Church of England," urging the duty s en u s ea rlY Beloved in the Lord,—lt is under a deep f 9 o f r g t i h v e i g r e e s x e n p tr very i o criticalo a e e n l i s p i A n o n f $l3. 1 iLi r s t i l an a I s t y v m n p o a w t y a i nflu e , of a rapid progress of time, and of the commanding prisoner p " for conscience sake" in the Island of Madeira. at the our Lord's warning to his Church should have In order, therefore, to elicit more direct attention to the hi es ' s "! present moment,—" Behold, I come as a thief ; purp ose suggestions of your correspondent, and for the ... til e d is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments," p, if need so require, of stimulating the public mind tea te a , t I new, for the EIGHTH TIME, call upon you to to an immediate and cordial response thereto, it may not o tsr In a GENE RAL CONCERT FO R PRAYER FOR THE p er h a p s p rove unseasona bl e to c i te the few following re pos:en, RING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, which it is pur- marks, relative to the ver y va l ua bl e exert i ons a l rea d y bey e°Y Divin e p erm i ss i on , to hold on THE FIRST made by that truly e xce ll en t Ch r i st i an p hil ant h rop i st, as Pri t ,!TRE NEW YEAR, MONDAY, JANUARY THE copied from the observations of o n e w h o , on ly th ree e•'' 1 844 years ago, visited that remote clime, and who had the Lhe' d ' fa lls , pleasure of a personal introduction to the worthy doctor aff ords ay of the week on which the New . Year . himself:— Por th a very favourable season for this devotional union. That mild spirit of religious toleration, exhibited by 10 11 ,4 PM . ST OF JANUARY, 1844, will dawn upon the ecclesiastical authorities of the Romish Church, has Yetis 1.4 the sweet savour of the Sabbath still fresh upon given encouragement to the friends and supporters of Psat. has ;—on the day also which, for several years scriptural education In Madeira; and one happy conse for ; as been set apart by many of the Lord's servants quence resulting therefrom is, that during the period of th at Peeial prayer for the extension of his kingdom. So not more than three years, upwards of 500 copies of the lotienen united with thos e d evou t Ch r istians who be- Bibl e , o f our own vers i on, w i thout note or comment, wi th ,L Your own communion, you will be in fellowship have found their way into the various habitations of the ' worm the excellent of the e ar th" i n a ll parts of the Roman Catholic community, and especially so among the . Ma poor. This large di s t r ib u ti on o f a treasure so tru l y pre e ii str e our Heavenly Father, for his dear Son's sake, cious, cannot be made in vain ; and although, when such a° a nt Upon his people " the Spirit of grace and of books were first being circulated by a . worthy . gentleman th' t "ea•tion," that their prayers resented before the (whose name and labours I shall mention in the sequel), ts r ?,,,. by their Great High Priest, P may ascend as an the ecclesiastical heads took alarm at such unlooked-for proceeding!, and orthwith instituted a . ecial ihquiry bl e- " a ble offering, and bring down a very abundant es s i n into the objects contemplated by the individual Scripture Th e g ' propagator,—suspecting, however, that no very great t a , aspect of the times specially calls for this United harm could result, so long as they themselves were dili -4 e i t s er of the Faithful ; for the New Year approaches gently vigilant, the excitement thus caused soon after so 41 ; 1 day of darkness and of gloominess ; "—a darkness wards subsided, and so the respected party was again p ate e ,k, that the Lord alone can clear the sky, or dissi- allowed to enjoy the free exercise of his profession un -I,,tne cloud s now suspended over us. molested, and consequently unsuspected by any. te,' l adverting to these dark shades, it is very far from " The worthy individual above alluded to is a Dr. laiiiletention to speak of there in a spirit o f re p roac h or Kelly, a native of Scotland, and by profession a physi led" a ccusation. I refer to these events with feelings clan, who, on his way to Madeira, procured his diploma 1 1 s e u eP r sorrow. F . or to a mind in a . ny . degrer , influenced at Lisbon, with the usual license to practise among the Portuguese immediately on . his arriving at that remote all Lord's command to his disciples, Love one colony of the great Atlantic. The . doctor's knowledge of other how humiliating is the state of our highly physics, coupled with long practical experience in skilful , but deeply sinful, Protestant country ! surgery, soon procured for himself a name worthy of Ntaite n Nland alas ! instead of being united in main- high commendation among the . resident poor of the t i l the religion of our Protestant forefathers,. our island, and especially so as medical relief was sought and e te • - ;,;, Continues to be disturbed by Tractarian errors. obtained by them without any pecuniary award, save the it, 1 :1 I r ansubstantiation, or something very similar to warm and cordial response of a truly grateful heart. ip re ",,,as been preached; and so widely has the leaven " This worthy and benevolent gentleman, however, eli st 4g it that one of the bishops in our sister island, to does not content himself with merely administering to 11" its influence, has published the powerful charge the physical necessities of the indigent poor, but, along e e Slivered against these errors ; whilst the Bishop of with that, he is also carefully anxious that their spiritual s eat the interests should likewise be deeply consulted ; and this the East, and the Bishop of Ohio in the elh a ' t t have found it necessary, even in these distant he does with a fervency and zeal, which never fails to characterise the labours of a truly disinterested philan- N e s, to guard their clergy against them. die d ''' . is this the only cloud. For such, alas ! is our , thap h i o s u t. fm ß o o n u e ntifu a l i w n it d h is o pe f nsiip medicine for fear same time e aci ed state, that whilst most persons of sound wisdom deals out with y a hand,without price, he h un d a liberal as opportunity offers (an !sret,.'ntelligence consider, humanly speaking, that the he is always in season to the native poor of the island), S t y e of our country depends, under God, upon provid- the bread of eternal life. Himself an accomplished scho ittere 'working classes with a Scriptural education, the lar, and versed in the language of the Portuguese, Sab prti,'"ePt to introduce this national blessing has been bath after Sabbath, and often during the week, is his es ea :ted . by that want of union which is so desirable little chapel actually besieged with anxious hearers, who, Pe e ls ° vital a subject. These are the clouds now sus- although as from necessity they are compelled to attend 1, 1 % 1 over Protestant England. mass and confession, as enjoined by their own church, Fo s ,,7 o tland, alas ! the prospect is still more gloomy. are nevertheless seeking instruction, and deriving edifica tion, under the valuable and sound scriptural ministra heed': disruption in the Church, which was only appre tions of the doctor himself. In addition to his almost ell i e e l last year has actually taken place ; and now— keen° does not ' deeply lament it I—we see a divided c , i o s nst e a a n ta t b p l i i •g e ti d ce of Bible school-houses and . prayer, l lie a h n al sal y ' They " who took sweet counsel together, and e c r o a nsi s s e ti i n e g of got s ri s child t r ' e e n L a ' n at iladulte, i a n ' t e hese the pupils, ev ap arat unto the houee of God in company," are now are instructed in the first and simplest rudiments of secu`- ' 0 03t i .,! 4:1 ; and, as many consider themselves to he, are lar learning,—based upon the same principles as our own fot,..7nled by consci ence to avoid communion with, if church practice, by allowing the Divine Scriptures, with- Aetelually to oppose, each other. out note or comment, to occupy a first and chief place in hi ke ° as to Ireland, what meets us there, but undis- all his educational schemes. As I have before remarked, lletislefforts to burst the bonds which now unite the his professional advice and medicine are both gratuities the law empire, kept under only by the strong arm of to the poor, than which nothing appears to tell more , N , s , , or by military force ? powerfully or persuasively on the mind and natural feel -I'Kenare the calls for a devotional union among those ings of the indigent Madeiramese, a very prominent fea- N,'o Si lure in their character being the . procuring of the requi , gh and cry for the abominations that are in the thi ß i n And , mperious indeed is the call. For if Al- sites of life at the cbeapcst possible rate." * Teus much touching the philanthropic labours of Dr. she e l God, in his unmerited mercy, does not help 115 . a . ' Kelly, whose critical and perilous situation in Madeira t th I ." • Who but he, who dispels error by giving loudly calls for our cordial and united sympathies ; and, I ; 4o a e ot • l ght of the knowledge of the glory of God in...the to repeat what so recently appeared in one of the London h ree, te 4 esus Christ ; " who softens down contending journals in reference to the same momentous question, Cart a , n t by shedding abroad a spirit of love in their " unless his release be speedily and imperatively de eel ti e and who " makes the wrath of man to praise mended by the British Govenment, in all probability the teat r emainder thereof he restrains ;"—who but this doctor may he transferred to r so me more remote place of 'Cand oerse glorious God, the Omnipotent Ruler of the confinement, where he ma y never more b e h ear d o f . " . t:t.l, ...._,, k n the God and Father of our Lord Jesus I am, &c., n .lvil e ,,' —who but he, of whom it is declared that Nov. 29th, 1843 ''' th e ". r the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit , t tlie t i "Lord shall lift up a standard against him ; "- 1' 4 11 4 14 B He can befriend us ? Blessed' he his name ! _____ 'fill d , 4 . 1 d) " Call upon me in the day of trouble, and TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. . h op the you ; and thou shalt glorify me." MR. Eneroa,—An old proverb says, " What is every teeety u,i then, " that loves the Lord Jesus Christ in sin- body's business is nobody's business." Now, as I hap iiihi4l “nr remembers his last prayer that all who believe pen to belong to the Nobody tribe, I shall be obliged by ° tile, i nay be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I your inserting, in your valuable paper, the few following theJltray that they also may be one in us • that the world Somethings, which, though written by Nobody, deserve e lieve enot • ' in more or less the attention of Everybody. lam a plain e ,, . that thou hast sent me"—will join s 'Monet concert, and, as with one heart, present man, Mr.. Editor, and make a remark or ask a question : 4 e, m at ed prayer that the ' Lord, for his dear Son's just as things occur to me. 2 1 ii ee l a Y Pour down the abundance of the enlightening, Last Sunday forenoon week, i.e. the 19th of this in stant NoveTber,. I was at my usual place of worship, i r , : r e e o`fr'tg2 strengthening,_ comforting, and sa:nctifyinz i ' attentively listening to a good Gospel sermon, when the tae Holy Spirit, so that the clouds now hanging • • Ita , '' 3 rna minister and congregation were, as is often the case r> i y pass away, and " the bright and morning greatly annoyed by the progress of a herd of swine' L it ee ' eh.. dee time appear ? through the street. The bipeds and quadrupeds seemed ; thi s n , e B alm os t unnecessary to offer other motives to vie with each other which should p ro d uce t h e great es t ,toe s e eotional union, so powerfully ought the state number of discordant notes. I must, h owever, do justice ' °o th entry to press upon us ; still I cannot hut men- to these objects of Jewish aversion, by declaring I did not hear a single oath from any one of them : so the hog is 11Firare,, additional reas - ons : ,m i ej i ,,,. , Lne state of the Lord's ancient people. When more moral than the hobgoblin that drives hirn.--24pro tlitprvelste_ti.on. for a concert for prayer on the first day of pos, Mr. Editor : there was a great to-do, not very long ago, with the Railway Company about Sunday travelling! l ','"t ehtir sent year was given, the foundation of a Protes- Be pleased, worthy sir, in your next week's . publicatiori Ith_4lipto4elsle.-as laid on Mount Zin and agentsthe hu,ildinig_ to inform the ladies and gentlemen and public of Liver- V e etisi e '. mg' ; but, as if Satan's were .amu Pool, if you happen to be acquainted with any respectable o ed J at work in all the Turkish Governor has office where ladies and gentlemen can insure their shins Tf th e a n order to our parts, missionaries to stop the building rili eh against fr the very numerous wheelbarrows A Ati chur ch , Application has since been made to the which are constantly perambulating the flags put down el at A o e e re , C onstantinople to have this order reversed, f or the pedestrian's convenience.--Query: Who pays for e 'ati sfa ' e an granted allowing the work to proceed; but putting down these flags and keeping these footways in Pe k 'et, th e y answer has as yet been returned. repair? Not the body corporate, I calculate? s'elii n 'en, Prayer ascend that he who inclined the I conclude it would be construed into an infringement O h ter ee r° ,°riareh to make a decree . , that what was of " the liberty of the subject," if people were prevented 8 a " f r lued by the God of heaven, let it be diligently from setting their own chimneys on fire, to save the ex- Ole :; 'Be house of the God of heaven • " that this pense of sweeping. Smothering their neighbours is a il l ee s F aci °us God may exercise his over-ruling' provi- trifling consideration ; and if a shilling can be saved, 'Le ' ° l . the buildi ng never mind a house, or even a street, being destroyed ; i tit ,re, 4,..., that, of our Protestant church in Jeru and, moreover, let this benefit be recollected—it may , lth e "°, when built, the house may "be filed help to keep the firemen in practice:, and the engines from le li! e 6 'ery of the Lord." getting out of order. R B t e e l , ro Pra . y for , the peace of Jerusalem ;" remember- lam quite ashamed for being so troublesome, but can IL e ead tnise, They shall prosper that love thee." you, Mr. Editor, afford me information as to the pre ea,oB,, During the present year, the door for sending rniums given chimney painters, whitewashers, and room-ma eheat,Pel to China . has been widely opened, by the kers, to the -sweFps, for emptying theirs oot ' agein of the Chinese treaty. Our eastern territo- sacks, and then well shaking them in the open streets, he t have been enlarged ;so Our s our other when . the dining and drawing-room windows are so inyi ‘lr I (ais, the highly -venerated Bishop of Calcutta, tingly open to catch the morning breeze ? Al t ..* , t i t ete Placed over a large portion of the globe, called Law is very far from being a cheap commodity. 4 t 4 s e, Through you, my worthy friend, I may ask a counsello a question without inclosing a fee. If a carpenter's "basr 4, l l _ , has now Scinde added to the whole of elin lr'reee'llo the Straits of Malacca, and the coast of ee, e. e ket of tools, slung across his shoulder, should chance have a saw projecting some ten or fourteen ' inches, the t e i+ ° De ,. surely we need only to be reminded of these to Thread arm for sending the Gospel to the Heathen, teeth of which come in contact with the pretty face of a te e i s e e ar - e ''' gladly to unite in this devotional concert. belle, or the moustaches of a beau, and their • a se, at th se eie of the special calls for prayer which are beauty, might a deodand be levied on t' ePolis e !approach of the new year. May they find Or should one of the huge sharp-edged iron shovels e s u a s w ed for unloading salt and other purposes, and carelessly ear ths 4( 44, 10 every Christian heart ! le a ,,Nie e ee rsons will he encouraged by this fact : that ried on Pat's shoulders from place to place, just happen la far elle, was f r Prayer, on the first day of the present to dislodge a few teeth . from the mouth of a passer-by, C ks It w a r more extensively held than on any former could any reward be claimed for a discovery of a proven tliteatla, •," observed. on the continent of Europe, in tive of the tooth-ache? . It just occurs to me that I have eat Tl4O n, t he United States, on the coasts of the Me- observed of late a considerable addition to the number of ,40 i",?, and in the East and West Indies • and at dentists. I hope there is no league, but of late we hear so much of the Bread League, I am rather alarmed. kiee f o p s ' ) "pies of the " Invitation" were circulated. ." I hope I don't intrude " beyond pardon on your pa tlA3,4t,tho;:wang suggestions . are respectfully .. offered, ' to' tience, but I have a great curiosity to ascertain correctly i eae na 'ne are desirous of a similar union on Mon- whether any serious apprehensions are really entertained I, o 't- I, , r Y 1, 1844 : by the gentlemen of our Police -court, and indeed by the litttsln(etea'rtehris_tians follow the example of our blessed police body generally, that in consequence of the efforts hi Deere ~' '• 2e), who rose up a great while before day making for the education of the rising generation, and the NI! he a l a ir ,a_Ye , r. Let them thus secure the blessing of moral amendment of the town, their services will not be 1 1),oy p_, B , ' Pray to thy Father which is in secret, much longer required. Such things have been surmised 8 ;e13 e ,, ',Leer which seeth in secret shall reward thee as possible, and it is presumed that to prevent so serious has Let an injury to such a number of persons and their families, I lni ti ls , irit' i t t hem call upon the Lord in their families, for and to . avert . so serious a calamity as the suppression of juvenile delinquency, St.. john's Market is patronised as 0,, 8, theirel be poured upon themselves and their house- Juvenile nursery, or rather training-ground, for juvenile . preen lr Lora neighbours, their country, the ministers of NI , the Churches • e 4 „.J ne , of Christ, the remnant of scat- es invariably On Saturdays, from the pockets ;id. "e and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile 0 1 ~. of p ladiesand gentlemen. r w ' Wb And now, my patient friend, I think . I must say fare tioese , ere circumstances will admit of a morningcongregation well for the present. How shall I requite your kindnesb? Vth e . be assembled, and, in addi- By the way, are you fond of segars ?Be sure let me ill e at appointed prayers and a suitable sermon, let know, as there are some good ones to be got in Dale lrtrPte 're d evoutly -disposed partake together of the street, and the owners pay neither rent oor taxes. I was le es t he e s l a r t he Lord ; or, as may be more convenient, surprised, till let into the secret, how these sailor-like , i e lep , °l . ,e congregation meet in the evening for public looking men durst accost persons in the street, and offer '4O. f . :::° let an appropriate discourse be preached. them smuggled segars and tobacco, and such a number of the ministers of the Lord meet on the follow- them, and in the very teeth of the police ; but I find the yeet' T ;uth their brethren of their own communion, in town is in delicate health, smoking keeps off many com a Of Pl ayer for themselves, their flocks, the whole Plaints, and i so e t r h s e a commissioners x p o e f r f m icc e t t e a i n f d o the be n m e i g ilot, ,o 4 8„, 't, and the world at large ; and then spe- to the p people, I say never mind the Queen's pocket. ta l l to te e ~, t together upon the most effectual means for Yours, faithfully, EPSILON le it f or t ne comina of the Lord' kingdom,and rt . 43 ' 1 Ye s th e .te 8 - o 4 , th at continuance of such a general concert for k lit eo re tit ' the year may proceed according to this de -4,41 themen 'O k 'etl ier Lord accompany these means of grace, or 41 ti1 t . 1 4 ! a s may be adopted,' with his abundant bless te'rotti the it indeed be a season of special refresh kie `t th. ''''e presence of the Lord. A ls b tOs eye e the prayer of all who read this paper • ^re e N ' Ar s at k. ew Year is now approaching, it would be r , el Ito ,"‘4 ll ' 4 fl u "ness if those who approve the object, and is e ,,t4,4ee . over the press, would republish and cir ,,keill ~, n o tation, which any one into whose hands it rik , a 4 S 7 . h . „ FULL PERMISSION TO DO. '. With all who love the Lord Jesus in since el et la " hra ere , Ye thei r a ff ec ti onate b rot h er an d servant in Of. FIST DAy OF THE NEW YEAR * Vide " Reminiscences of Madeira." 1641 TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,-At the opening of the Conciliation Hall, Dublin, Mr. O'Connell did me the especial honour to prefer against me a triple charge of sedition, sectarianism, and bigotry, at the alleged instigation of a priest in Manches ter. That charge was of so unfounded and calumnious a nature, yet so pregnant with consequences, that I feel myself bound to repel the allegation which has stained with unretracted falsehood the lips of the Irish Dictator. How, however, logical subtlety could torture a simple repeal address to the Catholic into an instrument of se dition, or how even his legal acumen could denounce my placard to be sectarian or bigotted, transcends my powers of reasoning, and defies the judgment of those who have seen it, and who know something of the force of language and the value of written legible words. In that printed paper, or placard, Mr. O'Connell's quick eye has detected words which no other eye but his own can see, and which, as they do not exist, logic enables me to affirm can never be made visible either to his or any other mortal's vision ary powers, however acute and perceptive. To waste words, therefore, upon that which is not, would be egre gious folly; for, besides that the English Catholic loves his Queen too well to violate, by preachings of sedition, the laws of his country, which are guarded by her execu tive authority, his intuitive convictions of the madness of such advice are so keen and vigorous, that he would hunt from his society the wretch who would be so bold as to JAMES HALDANE STEWART, 41 Pie , e t s ~__ , Liverpool 4, l 'h NI e I°6 l , e1i8,:17 fever is p reva l en t a t Ki r b y L ons d a l e. F our 1%4 a nd /k n ave occurred. On the 23d two children, k t ~ d lt he, t ted na i lliam, aged three and five years, the sons of ,clie4 an, died, and were interred in one grave. The 4t tli r ;II a the rs s l i 9 e t d h , a n n d t daughter, he 30h ,n r i l e a named father Alice, a nt et : buried on Saturday. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. put it into the shape of active thought, even for a single moment. The charge against him and me is wholly un tenable. As regards the judgment exercised in the propriety of issuing a Catholic address, there is matter for variety of opinion : as regards sectarianism or bigotry, there is none. Mr. O'Connell has himself followed the example, by moving an address to the Catholic hierarchy, exclusively, on their rejection of state establishment. On this sub ject there is no settled law, hut much matter for opinion with Catholics, &c., as to its expediency or non-expedi ency ; but no bigotry is incurred, as it is decided for vo luntary or state support. Yet this is a vital question with society and religion at the present moment. I have addressed to Mr. O'Connell a subdued but firm letter on the subject of his attack, but have received for answer that I am cut out of his books, and my future letters are to be thrown into tlie fire, reserving only the signature. If he received the letter which issued from my hand, the public will not fail to perceive two things connected with his conduct, viz., a failure of due forms of courtesy, and a total disregard for the acknowledged principles of justice by which men profess to be guided. If the letter would have confirmed his views in expelling me from the Association, why, I ask, was it not read in public? Why was it concealed from every eye, and pri vate judgment " without appeal" passed on me by him whose duty it was to shelter the innocent until declared to be guilty ? Is this Mr. O'Connell's form of national justice ?—this his boasted rule of universal liberty of con science, which he says I have violated ?—this his firm basis for a most amiable superstructure of concession to sects and creeds—of conciliation to all shades and shapes of politico-religious existence? Ah, sir! if such be O'Connell's ple a an d argument in favour of national jus tice, and against Catholic ascendancy, it deserves to be weighed down with contumely ; it will and must be over ruled by the edicts of law and the principles of common sense, as a stupendous piece of capricious, distorted, and illegal mode of legislation. And is the sincere friend of Ireland to be judged and condemned—to be dragged forwards at the information of any base repeal scoundrel, and be branded with ignominy at his pleasure ? Methinks I see the days of old Venice revived, when the dungeon received its victim, the judge passed his sentence, and the Lagune in its waters washed away all remembrance of him who fell a victim to private information, dropped into the Lion's mouth which gaped over the chambers of the Inquisition ! Yes, O'Connell ! your ingratitude and your injustice are too broadly displayed towards the friend of your country, to be forgotten by those who swell the cry for justice, without any other motive than rendering services to humanity. Methinks I see you stand in the grand Conciliation Hall, and, with invincible argument, thus virtually attack the man who has pleaded your cause not uneloquently, as follows " Irishmen! behold this day the undoubted friend of Ireland presents you with his manifesto in favour of civil and, religious liberty, through my instrumentality. For years has he laboured hand and heart in our cause. For years has he braved the storm of hatred in our behalf, and gathered in full harvests of indignation from England for fearlessly advocating Irish justice. Now, fellow-re peelers! behold I doom this friend to expulsion from our new-raised superstructure for being too righteous and over-active in that cause. The greater his services, the more weighty his deserts, the deeper our gratitude ought to be—the more unfalteringly will I doom him to anguish, scorn, and detestation. And, because he has risked fame, friends, and fortune, I decree in my supreme mandate their irrevocable loss.. Irishmen ! such shall be the re ward of every ' Saxon' who dares penetrate our ranks in search of illimitable ' justice.' We will bind him over to penal chains, and deliver him into the hands of his ene mies. So, hurrah for repeal! Our justice shall extend over all the world." Yes, O'Connell ! I tell you, in perfect freedom, that your florid sentences are folly, if the deep meaning of justice to nations and individuals be not hidden amid the scented roses of repeal which you so profusely shower upon us. You proclaim, in your conciliatory documents, the illimitable right of universal conscience; but I tell you, that it is bounded within the pillars of despotic in gratitude. I tell you, also, that you play fast and loose with that which you profess to abhor—Ribbonism ; and that, while with one hand you avert your eye from its dark and murderous doctrines, with the other you draw to your embrace societies which, lording it over towns and villages, aid you with their funds and influence, and, at last, will lead vou to your final fall. Like a magician within the charmed circle, you inflame your repeaters with the bright light of patriotism, ascending from the sub terranean chambers of fire ; while, in the end, 3ou will be consumed by the very mysteries of which you are the hierophant leader, yet menial servant. I am, sir, yours truly, &c., THOMAS RAWLINSON, Prescot, Dec. Ist, 1843. We have now loading in this port six vessels for New York, 3,468 tons ; three for Boston, 1,310 tons ; four for Charleston, 1,929 tons ; three for Mobile, 2,454 tons ; nine for New Orleans, 6,479 tons : total tonnage for the United States, 15,610. We have, also, 15 vessels loading for Africa, 4,342 tons, and 14 for Calcutta, 6,394 tons. Loss OF THE BRIG NELSON WOOD.—The brig Nel son Wood, of this port, bound hitherto from Demerara with a cargo of sugar, rum, molasses, and iron wood, was totally lost, on the night of the 26th ult., at Mace Island, on the coast of Connemara. We regret to state, that the master and nine men perished, and only four of the crew, the mate and three others, were saved. The vessel went to pieces and the cargo was entirely lost. PACKET-SHIP COHOTA.—The fine new packet-ship Cohota, Captain Hepburn, arrived at this port, on Monday last, from New York, which city she left on the Bth ult., in company with the packet-ship Patrick Henry. She was built by W. H. Webb, of New York, for the Messrs. Griswold. The Cohota is 145 feet long, 32 feet width of beam, and 21 feet depth of hold, and measures 700 tons, and was built in the same yard as the Montezuma. Her accommodations are excellent. NEW SIIIP.—A new ship, named the St. George, bur then 1,000 tons. would leave New York for this port about the 20th ult. She is to be commanded by Captain Ferris. She is 146 feet long, 34 feet 0 inches broad, 32 feet deep, and 7 feet 8 inches between decks, making 850 tons by measurement. She has extra transom knees and double water ways bolted throughout. She has a cabin fitted up very neatly to accommodate from six to ten passengers, including baggage, and cargo room enough to carry twenty-eight hundred bales of cotton. With this cargo she will draw but fourteen feet of water. THE MURDER AT KN'OWSLEr.—On Friday the pri soners previously examined on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder of a gamekeeper at Knowsley were again brought up. James Shaw, a farm servant at Eccleston, stated, that, on the night of the murder, he met three men on the borders of the township of Windle Rainford and Knowsley. Two of them were Rimmer and Fillingham, and the latter had a gun. Thinking they were going to poach he informed the gamekeeper, and proceed ed with him towards the wood where the murder wascom mated, but they did not see them again. Whilst there he heard two or three guns fired. Both prisoners were com mitted for the wilful murder of Richard Kenyon, but they each denied the charge. INQUEST.—An inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, on Saturday, touching the death of John Hall, a seaman, 53 years of age, who died in Ashton-street, Toxteth-park. It appeared that the deceased had com plained about a fortnight since of a difficulty of breath ing, and a cough, and that on Monday last he went to a druggist in Stanhope-street, and procured a mixture of laudanum, morphine, and other substances, a table spoonful of which he was directed to take every four hours. Instead of obeying the order, he swallowed the entire dose in 17 hours, became seriously ill, and died on the following day. A verdict was returned, " that the deceased had died from the effects of an overdose of opium administered by himself." GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.—The Privy Council have ordered the plans of the first Industrial School, under the new system of education, to be published in their forthcoming report. This is to be erected at Kirkdale, near Liverpool, and is for the support and education of twelve hundred children, divided into three classes, in fants, boys, and girls. The plans are remarkable for sim plicity of arrangement and capabilities for the master's and matron's supervision of the charges to be intrusted to them. Well-ventilated workshops, for the teaching of carpentering, tailoring, shoe-making, &c., are found upon the male side ; and upon the female side are those of laundry work, straw platting, &c. Some notion may be formed of the extent of this edifice by mentioning that the space occupied by the masonry alone will cover up wards of sixty acres of land. An infirmary detached from the main building, is provided for all the diseases prevalent amongst the juvenile poor. The style is Tudor Gothic, executed in red brick and stone dressing. The site is on an open rising ground of considerable altitude, commanding the mouth of the Mersey.—llforning Post. HODNEI-STREET SCOTCH CHURCH.—The annual meeting of the shareholders of Rodney -street Church, was held in that building on Friday evening. Mr. W. Hen derson presided. The accounts were read and it ap peared, that, after having paid the Rev. Mr. Park his salary of £4OO, there was a balance in the bank of £276, and that the seat rents for the year had produced £931. It was resolved that the accounts be printed and copies be sent to the shareholders. The following gentlemen were elected to the committee of management in lieu of those retiring : Major Thompson, Dr. Petrie, and Messrs. Armstrong, Clow, and Jack. Messrs. Nicol, Ramsay, Thompson. Steele, Angus, and Mackay were elected in lieu of those who had resigned. Mr. Adam intimated that he should resign his secretary and trusteeship. Mr. M'Andrew also resigned his trusteeship. Dr. M'Cul - eulogised Mr. Adam's conduct while acting as secre tary, and moved, that the thanks of the meeting be given to him, which was seconded and adopted. Mr. Adam returned thanks and the meeting separated. MEETING OF ODD-FELLOWS. — On Wednesday even ing last, a meeting of this body took place at the Assem bly-rooms, Lord Nelson-street, for the purpose of receiv ing information from a provisional committee, which had been appointed to make inquiries relative to the purchase of the above building, for the use of the members of the Odd-fellows' Society. The chairman said the plan which they intended to adopt was that of a building society. The shares are to be 30s. each, 10s. to be paid in January, and the rest by instalments of 2s. 6i1., so as to suit the convenience of the members ; and it was intended to ap ply to some of the most influential gentlemen in the town to become trustees. In reply to some inquiries, Mr. Jones explained the reasons why the building did not re munerate the parties who at present held it. Ile said he had made a rough calculation, and was of opinion that, with proper management, it would realize sixteen per cent. after the payment of all expenses. Several persons gave in their names as shareholders, and, from the feeling manifested at the meeting, there is every probability of the purchase being completed. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS instead of M r . H o l t ' s. After some little conversation it . ______ ee ..,,,,...,.... i saying that he s h ou ld vo t e i n support o f t h e v i ew ta k en by I the majority of the Dock Committee. I was resolved in order to save all unpleasantness, that Mr. On Townh Mr. HODG SON sa id h e was surpr i se d , a f ter t h e d ec i s i on ' Tobin's name sh ou ld b e added to the committee, which Wednesday a special meeting of the councile of taking into wasco- come to by the D oc k C omm i t t ee , t h a t th ey s h ou ld h ave I now cons i sts of ten. held at the all, for the p made such a sudden change without offering any sound The re-construction of sub committees was then pro sideration and det erm i n i ng upon t h e proceedings and reason for that change. It appeared to him that they had ceeded with. They are now constituted as follow s :-- directions of the Dock Committee, on the subject of fur- been working in the fogs of November, and that they Sub committee of works—Messrs. Horsfall, Evans, thee dock accommodation, north and south of the present ought to be Liven the clear month of December to alter Moon, Nicol, Middleton, and Shand. Marine Sub Com line of docks, up on w hi c h t h e counc il o f t h e 31 s t October their course and lodge their plans. He believed the mittee—Messrs. Holt, Bailey, Ripley, and 'robin. Har last came to the following resolution : Chairman of the Finance Committee never imagined that bour-master's Sub -committee— Messrs. Smith, Moon, " That it is expedient that a special meeting of the the Cheshire people were going to make a dock at Walla. Sanbach, Chilton, Bold, and Royden. Finance Corn. council should be called for an early day after the 9th of sey Pool at the time he sold the la n d ; an d th a t if h e h a d mittee—Messrs. Barclay, Holmes, Molyneux, and Trot- November next, to take into consideration the subject of had any idea that a dock was to be made there, a higher man. going to parliament for power to purchase land, &c. to price would have been asked. But no apology was off ere d A letter signed by T. B. Horsfall was read. It COM. the north and south (both or either) of the present line of fo r th e sale; it w as a bona fide sound transaction at the inPliatitneeedtoofatphpelyshroorrtatnimaeltearlalotwioendinbythethpereCscursitboemds,heoaucrhs: ; docks, for furth er d oc k accommodation and also for t i me; and the Cheshire dock should have his (Mr. day, for the discharging of vessels, and urged the com power to make a commun i cat i on b y water from the pro- H o d gson ' s) hearty approbation. Posed new north docks, eastwardly, to the Leeds and Mr. ISAAC HOLMES thought they ought not to lose a After a little conversation, the matter was referred to the Liverpool Canal, and to purch ase l an d necessary for that day in making a dock at the north, and in opening acorn. Harbour -master's Sub-committee, the members purpose; and that i n th e mean t i me the D ock C ommittee munication with the Canal. The docks and the Council being of opinion that it was a subject which ought to resent be be at liberty to give the requisite parliamentary notices, were as closely j o i ne d togeth er as ma n and wife, and he taken up immediately. all proceedings thereon being subject to the determination hoped that what had been joined together would nev er b e A letter w as re a d from Peter Halliday, asking with re of the council, as trustee s , a t the special meeting to be put asunder- (A laugh.) He differed from Mr. Law_ gard to the regulations of the transit sheds, whether the called after the 9th November next." rence on this he a d ; an d a lth oug h i t was se ld om h e h a d twenty-four hours commenced at the first beginning of The Mayor took th e c h a i r a t e l even o' c lock, at which reason to find fault with the l a ngu age o f th a t gentl eman , landing the goods, or at the termination. The feeling time there were twenty-nine members in their respective yet , undoubtedle,hislanguage wae that day worthy ofrepro- which prevailed in the committee was, that the most places. bation. (Great laughter.) H e con c l u d e d by sa yi ng th a t liberal construction ought to be pl ace d on t h e act, and The MAYOR opened th e i r procee di ngs, b y as ki ng w h e- the Council might have made £20,000 a-year by means of that if goods began to be landed one day at ten o'clock, ther Mr. Bramley..M oore , th e c h a i rman o f the Dock the Cheshire property, which was now alienated from th e they ought not to require them to be removed before next Committee, had any proposition to make to the conncil? corporation. evening. Mr. BRAMLEY.MOO RE s a id, th e obje c t for which the Mr. EVANS spoke at considerable length up on the g e. A m T e n m E or c ia o l v f N ro c m lL th A e N c p ar T t n er: D r o eq: K es c t o in m g m p lT er T m Ez is . sion to council was called had been considerably altered, in con- neral question. He maintained that the Dock Committ e e allow their horses to stand under the sheds in rainy wea sequence of the motion passed at the meeting of the Dock had nothing laid before it by which even they could be they, was referred to the Head -constable. Committee on Monday last, and which was to the effect, said to understand what they were about in the case. He that a special committee should be appointed for the fur- thought a year's delay advisable on many accounts, and Mr- HonsFALL wished Mr. Worthington, the dock ther consideration of the plans, and also because that that it would be justified, and more th an j us tifi e d, by th e solicit or , h a d b een there, as he intended to have asked him special committee cou ld no t meet until after t h e t i me tact that about that time they would open a n ew d oc k, as to the proceedings yesterday at the council. He was should have expired for compliance with the standing or- and, in all likelihood, they would have the Queen's Dasin their legal adviser, but they saw very littl e o f hi m , an d he ders of the House o f C ommons , T herefore, the object nearly, if not altogether, in the form of a dock too. He ought to have been there that day. He (Mr. Horsfall) for which the council had been called, was for the present should think this would answer, if he might descend in the did not find fault with the decision of the council, if they done away with ; and the course now to be decided upon illustration, as a very good luncheon to stay the appetite had a right to come to that decision ; but he doubted was, whether the council would order the plans to be de- of the port for one, two, or even for three years. He would whether they had a right to do so, notwithstanding the as i t gentlemen who had been consulted, who ought to know posited, and wait for the report of the special committee not wander over the river, except so far as to say, that it high legal authority that had declared to the contrary. or not ? It was quite competent for the council, as the might do very well for gentlemen to fling their caps up in He (Mr. Horsfall) spoke with great deference to the legal trustees of the docks, to move for the d e p os it o f th e plans, the ring and say they were ready to meet others, and to wait for the report. No conse quences would were a point of honour, but when they cone to questions more than he did, but the Dock Committee were pecu thereby be incurred. It would neither commit the council of supply and demand, they must look at the thing in an liarly constituted. If it were constituted as another com nor the Dock Committee to any particular measure, inas- , arithmetical and not in a chivalrous manner. There was mittee of the council, the council would have a right to much as no steps were required to be taken until the 31st no question but Liverpool was already in i so gigantic a control it, but he wished to know what authority the of December, and no proceedin g s co u ld b e t a k en in par- mould that she ought to have proportionate et, ace in which council had over the rate-payers ? There was a wide dis liarnent until the end of January, or the beginning of t o expan d ; yet there were men who would confine every- tinction, whi c h he thought must hav e b een l ost s i g h t of b y February. Th e counc il wou ld not be bound by the plans thi ng to the old borough, played a dirty little act, placed the council, f or they had decided that the rate-payers in any way, because those plans might be subsequently warehouses o n the top of the hill, and made it the Black should he entirely under the control of the council, and altered ; and their deposit would be merely in compliance Hole of Calcutta in order to augment their burgess and that was quite foreign, in his opinion, to the construction with the standing orders and resolutions passed by the freeman property. But as the council were the trustees of the law. council on the 31st of October. When he saw the course for the docks and commerce of the empire at large, ho- Dlr. HOLT said he believed the Town-clerk, from the the council would adopt, h e s h ou ld b e prepare d to go fur- nesty as well as interest required that they should act as if very commencement of the Municipal Act, held an ther into detail. they were the rulers of the British Empire with respect to opinion that the Dock Committee were, for new matters, The MAYOR asked whether Mr. Moore intended to the docks. He should that moment prefer that the dock merely a committee of the council. The Attorney and submit any motion ? estate should give the Harrington Company from £50,000 Solicitor Generals gave an opinion against that; but Mr. Motaas‘replied in the negative. He hardly felt it to £70,000 in money to let them alone. (A laugh.) lie, higher authority was got, arid it was thought to be right. competentiii-Bim to make a motion, because he was the not apprehending that there was a little kind of a conspi- Still it was extraordinary that the rate-payers should be chairman of the Dock Committee, and, also, because the racy existing across the river to possess themselves under the control of the council. majority of that committee had expressed their opinion in of the land for th e purpose of making a dock, thought Mr. HoitsFaLe said he wanted to see the solicitor favour of delay, that selling it in lots only to mere individuals was the way there, because he should be glad to know on what grounds Mr. BIRKETT said that, after having given the subject to prevent it ; but he quite rejoiced slow that the Finance he had changed his opinion. a great delay of consideration, he thought it desirable, and, 1 Committee had made the sales, and that they had been Mr. Nicol. said he knew the dock solicitor consulted in fact, due to the trade of the town, that the plans should the precursors to the making of docks over the river, the Town-clerk, and had adopted his opinion. be lodged, the more particularly as the lodgin g of the Mr. AIKIN thought they ought not to take any further Mr. lORSFALL.—Th a t may b e, b ut I want the dock plans would not involve the counc il i n difficulty o r muc h steps this session, and that their plans on the table were solicitor ' s opinion. expense. In a grave case of the kind, where it had been extremely ill-digested. The best way to serve the bur- Mr. AIKIN.—The dock solicitor had no right to act proved by the resolution of the Dock Committee that , gesses, the interests of the town, and to make their ware- without instructions from this committee. much greater dock room or water space was required for i houses of value, was to keep their port dues as low al Abe HORSFALL.— So far from that, he goes to the sur the present trade, to say nothing of the prospect of an possible. They would be enabled to make Liverpool veyor for plans, and himself takes them to Preston. He increasing trade, it was unlikely that a committee of the prosperous—they might give to Cheshire the offal, the is either the servant of this trust, or the servant of some- House of Commons would throw o u t th e i r bill, particu- shreds and tatters of the trade, while the value of the body else. If he were the servant of that trust, he had larly as much opposition was not now to be expected. trade would always come to Liverpool, if they kept their no right to go with the plans without being directed by the Mr. MOORE said he was authorised by the dock solici- port charges low.—(Hear, hear.) If they doubled their ; committee. tor to state that it was the d u ty o f th e d oc k comm i ttee to dock rates, trade would find its level, as water did, and go Mr. Nicoe.—l believe the dock solicitor would con deposit the plans in order th a t th e counc il m i g h t carry out a here the dock rates were low ; and if they proceeded on I seder himself the servant o f the trustees and who are the the resolution of th e D oc k C omm i ttee o f O cto b er last. the present plans, their dock rates must be raised, or they trustees ? As the special committee would be appointed on the fol- never could pay the interest of their debt. He then pro- Mr. HORSPALL.—I should be glad if you would find lowing day, he thought it imperativ e o n th e council to de- ceeded to show, that during the last four years there had any thing of that sort in the act of parliament. posit them, and that the town. clerk would coincide in this been no increase of tonnage into the port, but positively Mr. Nicol said their proceedings, as rega r d e d th e new opinion. a decrease t o t h e extent o f a f ew h un d red tons ; and, pl ans, were not under the act of pariament. The law laid The TowN-eLEnse said he fully concu r r e d with the therefore, he said there ought to be no haste in going to down by the Town-clerk, and to this the dock solicitor had view taken by the dock solicitor. The great object of de- parliament. He concluded, by saying that the Herring- given way, was, th a t th ey were a distinct board, or corn positing the plans was t o g i ve not i ce to l andowners, so ton Estate was worth the money asked for it, as land fur mittee, under the dock acts; but for all new matters, that they might know the extent of land which was pro- sheds, but not worth any thing like the money as water. apart from those acts of parliament, the council could posed to be taken compulsorily from them, but this did Mr. Nicol, contended that no proof had been given of claim tine right of controlling theni entirely. not apply to the internal arrangements. The simple pro- the plans being ill-digested —that it was imperative on the Mr. AIKIN contended that Mr. Horsfall was correct ceeding of lodging the plans would give the council time Dock Committee to take their present course, and that it They had no authority to act there but by virtue of acts to consider as to whether they should go to parliament or •would be unbecoming in them to be constantly going to of parliament already passed. So far as the solicitor was not. There could be no sort of inj ur y committed by Parliament for driblets of Dock accommodation. It was dealing with plans as emanating from this committee_, it lodging them, but there might b e grea t i n j ury if t h ey were the opinion of Mr. Henry Holmes that the trade of the was contrary to the understanding that ought to exist be not lodged, and if, on a future occasion, it should be port doubled itself every twenty years, and that there was tween him and the board—it was directly in opposition deemed advisable to go to parliament. no doubt, looking at the change made in the tariff, that to his duties to that committee to receive his insti uctions Mr. BIRKETT said it would now be e v id en t, a ft er t h e the trade would prospectively increase. There might or to act in any way in connection with that estate with opinions given by the dock solicitor and th e town-clerk, have been less activity in the timber trade during the last out their direction. that the council ought to proceed. He had made inquiries four years than there had been previously, and this might Town-clerk, be had signed an order for the deposition of A discussion of some length followed, in the course of the Fo p r la n n . , hi under the a s solicitor's rebuked o b r y d eAri.r. Atkin, from ship-brokers and ship-masters, and the result showed account for the decrease of tonnage alluded to by Mr. which the CHAIRMAN stated thet, at the request of the that much greater water space was requ i re d, an d th a t they Aikin, but, at the same time, it did not follow that the and others,_ having, as they thought, compromisedAlr.Shanthde, should not be doing their duty if another year were suffer- docks were not crammed full. submitted c.as ef o r th e a 0 p m i n o i t o i motion, which ed to pass, the more especially as it might take five or six Mr. MOORE spoke strongly in favour of the dock ex years before the contemplated docks could be erected. He tension, and said that he had no predilections for the north committee by so doing. t 0 0 0 the was sorry to hear it asserted on 'Change that one of the over the south end of the town or vice versa. When they of n c . o h u i e n h s el a a s s members of the dock committee bad made use of very considered the situation of Liverpool, and its proximity effect that the solicitor to the Dock Trust should be di strong terms about not going to Parliament. to the western world, they ought to make some effort to Mr. EVANS asked what reference this had to the bust- meet the demands upon them, for, to this port, vessels legality reefed Alr. to EN s ' t A a N te S a ness of the day, or what the council had to do with aster- from the western world must necessarily come. The trade of tae proceedings of the Town Council in de positing plans not adopted by the Dock Committee, and lions on 'Change? from the United States had gone on increasing from year Mr. BIRKETT said he should not press the matter fur- to year; ; and as it was very probable that before long they to oint out genera.ly the respective jurisdictions of the Town Council and the Dock Committee in the affairs of ther but conclude by submitting the following resolution : would have a more equitable adjustment of the tariff with the Dock Estate, —" ' That the consideration of the subject for which this respect to sugar and other articles, as well as a fixed duty meeting has been called be postponed until a day in De- on corn, the present accommodations of the port would i f Ir r .. \. R . IP c LEY seconded the motion. 1. i or. thought they should first get the opinion cember, to be appointed by the Mayor, save that, in the be totally inadequate to the demand. He concluded by ' and reasons of the dock solicitor in writing, and moved a meantime, the Town-clerk be directed to arrange with saying that if Mr. Aikin had gone back another year be effect. resolution to that the Dock-solicitor for the lodging of the plans, inasmuch yond the four to which he had alluded, he would have r NI I% TROTMAN seconded it. as that proceeding cannot prejudice the public considers- found an increase of 287,000 tons, and that if he had em- Mr. EVANS said they had that already. If he agreed than as to the whole or part of the accommodation pro- braced a period of eight years, he would have found an • with the Town-clerk they would not be satisfied, and if he posed, and will be necessary if the determination be to increase of 736,000 tons, with increase • together an in the bedd e d • t the T against Town-clerk, his opinion would not proceed as originally recommended by the Dock Commit- receipts of late years arising from the increase of tonnage be taen alone. tee, and that all other preparations for going to parlia- to the East Indies. ment be continued, subject to the determination of the Mr. BLACKBURN asked whether Mr. r.Hartley be — whereas the solicitor h as d one w h at i s b e li eve d to be had re- Mr. AIKIN said the best for m o f th e reso l ut i on wou ld meeting in December." ported that the Albert Do c k wou ld attract a new trade, Mr. Woon said that, were it not for his being a sh a r e - not now in existence, or the trade from the other docks? illegal, let him attend here and tell us whether he has holder in the Harrington Docks, he should be happy to Mr. Nicol, stated generally what Mr. Hartley had done so or not. second the motion. He felt surprised that the grow i ng reported. Liverpool had not become a place for bonded m The__v o o o te s were then taken, when there appeared for evil of the want of water space in Liverpool should have goods for export to the extent that London bad, and Mr. for . N i : i sl's amendment five, against it seven ; namely, been so long delayed ; for, as he had to cross the Mersey Hartley meant to say that the Albert Dock would lead to Nicol ;against ess. TtobiAnl, Smith, Royden, Trotman, and twice a day, he was in the habit of seeing a number of those bonded goods being lodged in the new warehouses. ley, Bold, Bulle i v, — ood ezr o s. r Evans, Holmes, Aikin, Rip vessels, which, owing to the want of proper accommoda- Mr. Blackburn argued from this answer that one of the , The motion of Mr. Eveli o - was e. then put and carried, the tion, could not get into dock. In his opinion, the Dock most effectual means for meeting the necessities of the voting being exact! the b Committee must have been recently frightened by the case would be to build warehouses on the margin of te dee:. The committee adjournedy same. • at ten minutes after three proceedings of the Birkenhead Commissioners, in refe- If they were to build warehouses on the margin of the o'clock. rence to the Wallasey Dock. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Prince's Dock, all this discussion would have been saved, But there was no cause of alarm ; because not one ship in the trade of the port would be increased, and the interests five hundred would enter the Wallasey Dock unless corn- of the merchant secured. pelled to do so by want of room on the Liverpool side of Mr, E, BIRKETT briefly replied. the water. (Hear, hear.) The Council divided, when there appeared, for the mo- Mr. THOMPSON seconded the motion. tiou, 31 • viz.—Messrs. Hodgson, Shaw, Houghton, I. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his belief that the Holmes, Blundell, Thompson, Edwards, Tinne, Aspinall, council had nothing to apprehend from a parliamentary Sothern, Royden, Hornby, Birkett, Boutflower, Bushell, contest, and nothing to be afraid of on the part of their Rigby, Lloyd, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Leigh, Glaze opponents in centsCheshire—opponnt as they were often brook, Trotman, Harbord, Houghton (alderman), J. called. If they could satisfy in bond-holders and , others, there would be no difficulty i n o bt a i n i ng a bill ; Chilton, a Crook. Nicol, B ram l ey -M oore, M olyneux, and the Mayor. but it was not at all surprising to his mi n d, th a t th e Dock Against the motion. 12 ; viz Messrs. Shand, Thornhill, Committee should have felt desirous of acting with can- Chalmer, Blackburn, Preston, Aikin, J. Holmes, Parker , , tion on the present occasion, and that the council should Bulley, Holt, Moon, and, Evans. share in the feeling. The council had hitherto proved The motion was accor di ng l y d ec l are d to have been itself worthy of its trust, and compete n t t o un d er t a k e the carried. management of the affairs of the docks ; and be trusted Messrs. North, Lace, Stewart, Smith, Kilshaw, and they would neither undermine nor endanger the good others declined to vote, on account of their having an in understanding and confidence which existed between them terest in the Harrington Dock Company. and the merchants of the town. He thought they ought The Council adj ourne d a t h a lf- past one o ' clock. to be doubly cautious in the matter w h en th ey were ap proaching to an expenditure amounting to nearly a mil lion and a half of money, not to be taken out of their own pockets, or to be defrayed, in case of failure, by a borough-rate, but to be extracted from the ratepayers of Liverpool. On the other hand, he was aware of the ne- ' cessity for dock accommodation • and though he did riot agree with those gentlemen of die Dock Committee who would plunge them into such extensive schemes as were at first proposed, and subsequently withdrawn, yet still he thought that in the present session, notwithstanding the plans of their Cheshire neighbours, they should go to parliament. But his ideas of going to parliament were limited, for he looked solely to the corporation property at the north end of the town. (Hear, hear.) His plan was, that they should seek for powers to make a large steam dock on their own property, with the view of re lieving the Coburg Dock, and affording accommodation to the timber trade, as well as the trade of the town ge nerally ; and those advantages were to be gained by going to the north. He was delighted that the gentlemen on the Cheshire side were about to make extensive improve ments. He confessed that the plan of the Wallasey Dock had come upon him rather suddenly ; but, then, he had always said that, if they were willing to make docks, they were at perfect liberty so to do. He was against the sys tem of keeping the corporation land in Cheshire; but if he had had the least notion that the council would have sanctioned the erection of docks on the other side, or that they wanted to have docks there, he should not have been a party to the alienation of that property. The council would not, however, have sanctioned any such erection ; in fact, it would have been suicidal policy on their parts if they had : and it should be remembered that the Cheshire people could have gone to parliament for liberty to make a dock if the sales had never been ef fected. The sales were wise and proper; and Mr. Evans ought to be satisfied with them, because he would now have docks and the dock-warehouse scheme into the bar gain. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Evans would further agree that the council had nu right to keep the Cheshire property idle for the benefit of the dock estate—an estate in which the council had no primary or beneficial inte rest. The Wallasey Dock would take away a great deal of the surplus traffic of Liverpool, and improve the re mainder of the corporation property in Cheshire ; and he wished the scheme success. His proposal was, that that Part of the plan which related solely to the north end of the town, be lodged. Amongst the insolvent debtors recently discharged from Lancaster Castle was Taylor Jennings, banker's clerk, who, at the last assizes in this town, was a prominent wit ness against Anderson. CorroN.—The estimated stock of cotton in this port on the Ist December, 1842, was 421,250 bales, and, on the Ist instant, G 63,912 bales ; being an increase, as com pared with the same date last year, was 355,02(1 bales. A treasury order recently issued permits the allowance of three gallons per cask per tentage on bonded brandies, arising from natural causes, without application to the board. A treasury order received at this port last week pre vents foreign pickled tribe to be delivered out of bond for ship's stores, in the same proportion as foreign beef or pork, that is, not exceeding nibs. per day altogether of these descriptions of food for each person during the voyage out and home. THE WINTER ASSIZE IN LIVERPOOL: THE CALEN DAR.---The following is the number of prisoners for trial at the approaching assizes for this division of the county:— For murder, 6; manslaughter, 1; cutting and stabbing, 7 ; administering poison, 1 ; burglary, 20 ; robbery, 7 ; cattle-stealing, 1 ; forgery, 5 ; bigamy, 3 ; rape, 1 ; un natural crime, 1 ; felony, 3; conspiracy, 2; mint cases, 8; escaped convict, 1; poaching, 1; evidence, 1; out on bail, 3. Total, 72. DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY, At the usual monthly meeting of this body on Thurs day all the members were present with the exception of Mr. Molyneux. Mr. RIPLEY, alluding to the transit sheds, said that one of them was at present occupied with tobacco, althogh on Monday the committee had refused to allow any more for that purpose. It appeared from Mr. Ripley's state ment that Mr. Pilcher had applied to him for leave to open the shed, and being informed that the application must come before a sub committee of the Council, he (Mr. Pilcher) applied to the chairman, who gave an order to open the sheds. POLICE COURT, FRIDAY.—A young man, named George M`Gregor, who had lately been dismissed from the service of Mr. Elliot, draper, of Paradise -street, was, on Friday, committed for trial on a charge of obtaining a piece of broad cloth from the shop of Mr. Murray, draper, of the same street.—Three publicans were fined and two acquitted, and seven beer-sellers were convicted in various penalties.—A person named George Rowley, one of the six who broke out of Castle Ruthen, in the Isle of Man, a short time ago, was ordered to be conveyed back to his old quarters. The CHAIRMAN said he looked over the act, and found that the goods in the sheds were to be considered, before they were weighed, in the same light as if they were still in the hold of the vessel, but there was no mention of the ship at all, so as to prevent her from being jerked. Mr. RIPLEY : Then the sheds might be taken posses sion of for twelve months ? The CHAIRMAN : Yes. ACCELERATION OF THE IRISH MArLs.—Symptoms of the new route we described, via Birkenhead, being adopted are becoming visible. The City of Dublin Company are going to make a bold push to secure the contract to con vey the mails between the new terminus of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway at Monk's Ferry and Dublin in nine hours, being about to launch their new iron vessel from Mr. Wilson's yard, in Liverpool, with engines 380 horse-power, guaranteed by the builder and engineer to be the fastest sea-going steam-vessel afloat, and have con tracted for another with the same parties. There can be little doubt that this new vessel will make an average passage of nine hours to Dublin. The new vessel is to be called the Nonsuch, is 130 feet long, 28 feet beam. Engines, 65 inches cylinders, 7 feet stroke, manufactured by Fawcett and Co.—Railway Magazine. Mr. RIPLEY said that was not the spirit of the act of parliament. The inspector-general said he would limit the time to 14 days at the end of which h e wou ld remove all articles to bonded warehouses for the purpose of secu ring the Queen's dues. Mr. AIKIN said from what he had seen that day these sheds might be made useful for the general uses of the port, but if they were allowed to remain full of tobacco, or any other article, they would be of little use. Mr. EVANS said it would not becoming in the com mittee to go in the teeth of the act of parliament. Know ing how that act was obtained, the party spirit. and the private interests that dictated an unreasonably short pe riod for the retention of goods in the sheds, he, for one, was happy to find that they could act in a good spirit by availing themselves of the defect of the act. Was it not absurd and unjust, that the articles were to be removed in one day after they had passed the scale; articles which might have been transhipped again in the course of a few days? _ SETTING FIEF TO A DWELLING-TIOUSE.—On Wed nesday, William Jones and Simon Frank:and, two little boys—one about seven, the other nine years of age —were charged, at the Police-court, with setting fire, at half-past seven in the morning, to the dwelling-house of Mr. Strad ford, in 13irkett-street Soho. It appeared, from the evi dence of a boy who observed them, that they ignited some lucifer matches against the wall, and introduced them through the bolt-hole, by which the shutter is fastened, in consequence of which the window-blind and several ar ticles took fire. The damage sustained was not great. On Thursday the prisoners were again brought up, and the younger one discharged. Mr. Stradford said half-past seven o'clock in the morning was such an unusual hour, that he thought the elder boy must have been sent to act as he had done. After some conversation the subject was dropped, it being understood the solicitor was to be asked whether the committee could make such regulations as would ob viate the difficulty in which they were placed. Mr. PARKER Thought the motion a most extraordinary one, and that the Dock Committee were in a very curious Position. The Chairman of the Finance Committee had touched on Cheshire, and made a long harangue, as if he had done wrong in selling the land, (no, no, from Mr. Lawrence.) or as if he felt a sort of sting. (Laughter.) Mr. Wood could tell him that all the Cheshire people who were coming across in the steamers had a smile on their countenances, as much as to say they had frightened the Dock Committee. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Woon.—That's a fact. Mr. PARKER continued.—There was an old tale that it took nine tailors to make a man, and it took nineteen Birkenhead commissioners to make a Jackson. (Conti nued laughter.) The picture drawn by the Birkenhead commissioners and the Cheshire people, at the position in which the Dock Committee had placed the Council, was this :—they were saying " Liverpool is going down the hill —it wont be long before their docks will be fish-ponds, all the trade will go into Cheshire, and the Liver, that aquatic bird, will be stalking through their desolate streets, and going away with the retiring tide that used to come into Whitechapel." (Great laughter.) He concluded by IRON STEAM-SHIP HELEN NPGREnort.-A new iron steamer, built at Liverpool for our enterprising townsmen, f lle r se emssws h r s . to cohGr me and he e eis admi r ablyCo has attracted intended. adapst he ad apted for rr i m vhee y d ihiattention,aernreb Hamburgh and b rng hs utrnad s daey e , last from Hamburgh, having made her pass age i n forty four hours, and performed, in the course of the voyage, with thick weather and a head wind, twelve knots per hour. She carries a large cargo at comparatively light draught of water, and is fitted up in a superior style for the accommodation of passengers. The engines, notwith standing their great power (240 horse), are remarkably compact, and the small space within which they stand is the subject of general surprise. A friend of mine, who returned here from Hamburgh in her, and is a frequent passenger, pronounces her to be " the easiest and most comfortable vessel he had ever the good fortune to cross the ocean in ; in fact," said he, " s h e i s an a d m i ra bl e sea boat."—H u ll correspondent of the Railway Times. DOCK DUES AT RUNCORN The number of vessels which entered i;e port of Run corn during the last month was 170, tonnage 8941; dues £4O 3s. 4d., being an increase on the corresponding month last year of £6 16s. 7d. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE DOCK PLANS. Mr. HORSFALL proposed the following members to constitute this committee :—The:Chairman, Mr. Nichol, Mr. Shand, Mr. Evans, Mr. Aikin, Mr. Holt, Mr. Bold, Mr. Ripley, and Mr. Middleton. It was then arranged that, as the chairman was ex officio a member of all sub committees, his name had better be omitted, and that of Mr. Horsfall substituted. Mr. RIPLEY asked whether the council could compel this committee to report before the 31st of December. Mr. Nicol, said they could. Mr. HORSPALL said he very much doubted it. Mr. NicoL : I think Mr. Tobin ought to be on the committee, and I move that his name be put on the com mittee in place of mine. The motion not being seconded, Mr. IslicoL said he was so anxious that Mr. Tobin should be on the committee ' that, without meaning the slightest offence, he should propose Mr. Tobin's name