The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

'ec• 10. 1844 TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—TH E LATE TOWN-CLERK. The TOWN -CLERK read the proceedings of the Finance Committee, comprising a recommendation for the pur chase -of Mr. Logan's premises, in Oldhall-street, and a recommendation for th e sa l e of the reversion of a piece of D"' in Upper Islington, for the erection of an Irish era' in Chapel. It appeared from the proceedings ;this committee, that they had received a letter from t a l • John Radcliffe, requesting that the late town-clerk's salary might be paid to the expiration of the current rrter, namely, to the end of January next, and that recommended the council to refuse the application. Bearr* G. H• LA WRENCE , secon d ed b y Si r Th omas acer, m ove d the adoetion of the proceedings. • M. PROCTER asked Whether it was true that the Fi nance Com m it tee had refused a quarter's salary to the aIo , IY of th e l ate town-clerk ? Mr G -Th • • H• LAWRENCE replied in the affirmative. Y had r ecommended the family to be paid all that they Wereee legally entitled to an d no more. I. 4 a ir. PROC TER b el i eved there was not a merchant in iverpool who would have refused a similar application cinder the circumstances. toMr. G H. LAWRE NCE sa id th e counc il h a d n o power de;il liberally, an d t h at they were bound as a corpora o n i acting together under the municipal act, to do what was right and no more. The surplus income could only tla applied for th e public .benefit of the inhabitants and e improvement of the borough • ' and, therefore, the o f such tafdund no . right to pay gratuities or recompenses out w hat THOM AS B RANCKER said a merchant could do v aet he liked with hi s own, but that the counc il were bound by an act of parliament. Mr. HUGII HORNB Y observed that the feeling on the Part of e v't'Y member of the committee was to grant the. application if they could, but they were assured by the town.clerk that. if granted, it would be contrary to law. THE, BIRKENHEAD PURCHASES. Mr. TINN E sad he had heard no mention made of the ~ ...41 a elltnent of the large sum of money for the Birkenhead Wel irch ases, and ask d there was for the mo iler not Navin. e what reason Mr. G. fi. ga v e n paid ? ' L AWRENCE s r , e ,o p r li e e . d peed be entertained had been apprehension At draft of the leases aPProval, m ade out and submitted to Mr. Mallaby for his In a few days the draft would be returned and rehgrossed ; and then he expected the money would be elli• There was no delay on the part of the council; and ehas"ed there would be no delay on the part of the pur ....ersri,n makin g the payments. Mr' estaxerr expressed a hope that, when the money eame• th ere would not be a strong desire to catch bold of 141)01.) e'r. WOOD said it was understood out of doors that ' 6 'uen the money was pa id t h e coven ants in the leases would not be carried strictly into effect. The Towx• CLERK eeirl this was a mistake. The coye cove pants in t h e l eases would be the same as in the contracts, w ith the exception of the part relating to the payments.e. In every other respect the covenants would be the same. THE SALTPETRE AND TRANSIT SHEDS. Mr. Nicor, complained that the sheds erected for the deposit of saltpetre bad been appropriated to the stowage of tobacco, and that those who imported saltpetre had to seek for places of deposit elsewhere. r. G. H. LAWRENCE said the council had constructed four shed s t o meet the wants o f t h e sa lt pe tre trade, an d th at, when fini s h e d, it was a scertained that two of those sheds were q u i te as muc h as were required, other parties aving in the meantime constructed sheds for special w arehouseing p ur po ses . Consequently were approp r i a t e d for the de posite only two sheds of saltpetre; the other two were let to the collector for the warehouse c ing of to bac • o ; but, if t h e sa ltp e t re trade was inconvenienced, the collector would give up his two sheds when accomndation _should ha ve b een prov id e d for him at the New Tobacco Warehouse. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said there was a greater evil than that complained of, for the transit sheds at the Prince's Dock were occupied with tobacco, to the great inconvenience of the port, parties having taken possession, and there being no means of removing them. They kept possession moreover free of all charge, in consequence of .a clause in the act which provided that no charge could be made until after the goods deposited had pa.sed the scale. Mr. TY RER agreed with Mr. Moore that the warehous -leg of tobacco at the transit sheds was a serious evil. were The confirmedconversation here d ropped, and the proceedings . asa. MILLER'S RESIGNATION. The proceedings of the Watch Committee comprised a recommendation of Inspector Henry Motley, f or appoint ment as beadle of theparsh. The proce e di ngs embodied It report, which contained the heads of the several reasons for which Mr. Miller, the lat head constable, had been considered incompetent to discharge the duties of the Office. The report was to the effect that, during the time Mr. M;Per acted as head con-talle, the printed rules and regulations for the good conduct of the police-force had ot been carried out ; that Mr. Miller bad not made him self acqaainted with the duties of his office; that he had hot attended the bri ewells and stations at intervals during 'the day sod night; that since his appointment the force had declined i n genera l di sc i p li ne , par tly fr om the forego ing causes, and from his having selected young and inex perienced inspectors ; that he had kept himself aloof from the sunerintwidents and inspectors, and that his general 'conduct and demean, ur had been so haup.hty and over bearing as prevented intercourse with him; that acts of 12.1srprordination an d dissatisfacti-n in the discharge of ' 1 %1 7. duties had b een more frevent in the force under Mr. - Ildler than before, and that there was a greater desire 13tlitiat t h:: part of the men than ever to quit the force ; and the cause of much of the insubordination amongst the uced gut be traced to an injudicious system of drill ,introd mayor as di ll ' signed Mr . _ Miller. The report wass - by the chairman of the Watch Committee. It further h p at p ! ea ß red • that subsequent to his resignation, Mr. Miler eplier' tor a cop y o f t h e ev id ence t a ke n , in his case r efused beforee t uhe st ab-committee. and that his application was _pon the g roun d t h a t, as hi s res i gna ti o n h a d b een !tccepted there w as an en d o f the mat t er . Th e proceed ngs further contained a full report of the evidence taken a ll e befor e e the mag i strates with reference to Mr. Parker's g the d interfe rence , the resolutions of the magistrates 'eon it , te e and th e subsequent resolutions of the Watch omm th e M r HODGSON. seconded by Mr. ASPINALL, moved adoption of the proceedings. Mr. Nicol., said he observed by the proceedings that a r ib- committee had been appointed to inquire into the ef "ciency of the force, but that the general tenor of the evidence taken before them appeared to refer entirely to the conduct of the late Head Constable, Mr. Miller. He wished to know if Mr. Miller wk.s allowed to be present due • mg the inquiry, to cross-examine the witnesses, or to 'net any explanation ? The MAYOR replied that Mr. Miller was not present When the other witnesses were examined. He was pre sent only during his own examination. His resignation Was sent in prior to the termination of the inquiry. H ad it been otherwise, he would have been afforded an oppor tunity of hearing the evidence, and making any explana tion in his power. Mr. A aBORD said that had there been a formal charge against Mr.l Miller, the sub- comm it tee wou ld h ave re -quested his attendance; but there was no specific charge against him. The facts before the council were obtained by the subcommittee when making their investig a tio n into the condition of the force. nm Mr. e . asked whether it did not appear somewhat singular that the proceedings against him should be pub rliely read in the council now, s i x weeks after Mr. Miller bad resigned ? Those proceedings would go forth to the I)u hlie, and per h aps preven t th e man f rom gett i ng ano th er situation. Mr. BIRRETT agreed with Mr. Nicol. The proceed ill,B, contained' a most unmitigated condemnation of a Amalie servant. He did not mean to say that it was not Justified ri ti fied ; but he th oug ht w h en the c.iucil allowed him to resign, they should have wash e d th e i r h an d s o f hi m alto gether. Ti,e fact vas, he ought not to have been allowed to resign ; he ought to have been dismissed. ‘ - 'manaitt e Mr. ASPINALL said he w as a b sen t f rom th e W a t c h e when the report h a d b een or d ere d to b e in lerted on the minutes, but be was quite sure that that Te Port would never have been inserted if Mr. Miller had the volunt ar il y come forward, and published a letter in -e r , Public p r i nts, containim• a series of misstatements. "e report was inserted in jus!ification of the course pur so fl tell Y the sub- comm i ttee. The Mayor would tell th e that, from first to last, Mr. Miller's letter con- The a tissue of misstatements. rie MAYOR admitted the fact. MAGISTRATES AND THE WATCH COMMITTEE. th e lk LAcP, thought the duties of the magistrates and n ot tqabt!h Committee so distinct that a magistrate ought el e , member of the Watch Committee. It was thecTY intended that the police force should be under -Ace a_u,Perintendenee of the Watch Committee. The of le a magistrate was merely that of a judge. been elected elePeitteodeTsa rose to order. Certain magistrates had last d members of the Watch Committee upon the Mr. ja: a °,(l on that occasion, and not upon the present, . Mr C' e B "tild have risen and made his objection. belied ttcreesoari :nstitofjou d d li t e was absent from the last council. Ile as his opinion that if tlpy looked at of the Watch Committee and the position ah -th .. nl4l4is traleg, it was inconsistent that any magistrate ilia sit Oh the Watch Committee. seri° • I - I ,--Pastny thought that if Mr. Lace had any raifit._teues, ~eetion th " magistrates being on the Watch Com- Oa to give notice of motion on the subject. • r i Z i i ; Lace could show that it was unfitting, he (Mr. herthi Y ) asa magistrat e wou ld w illi ng ly res i gn hi s mem was P of rn the Watch Comittes; but at the same time he ~enib e loas to k now how a person was unfitted to be a m gistr r at of the W a t c h C ommittee because he was a ma he r e. ha'AcE objected to the term " unfitted ;" the word bring a l esed was inconsistent. He then promised to t o r dron2,ubject before the next Council: and the mat t.. copped anot,„..."utimn rose to express his great satisfaction at an er 7icem ent, attenSti unhappy in the proceedings, of the terminaion of affair, which had of late painfully attract . d hop e d °n" -ti termination desirable in itself, and whiti, he effect, w ould be satisfactory to all parties, because it, in couldTuriprised everything that, as a burly, the Council lat e d t 7 l 4 ve expected or enforced. He sincerely congra to sa ,, ~e council on the result. For himself, he begged iteeseY that it was doubly gratifying, because, under a deep h e h _? ; what was due to the council on such an occasion, subjec'eu.int.mded to express himself very strongly on the th ank f i l and have moved a resolution, which he was th etkfu n i , and he was sure the council also would . be Charg ed '• now to be relieved from. Thus happily dm jog in some from one duty, he felt that he should be want- Pre eea rme degree to another, if he omitted to take the eonsonroaPportunity of expressing an opinion to which a existing lion of the whole subject had led him, upon the watelig_Fircumstances between the magistrates and the n uommittee, and he felt bound to declare that that opinion was decidedly, and absolutely, and altogether in favour of the Watch Committee—(hear, hear)—whose conduct throughout appeared to him, and he believed it would appear to the council as a body, to have been marked by very much forbearance and good sense, con trasting strongly and advantageously, as he thought, with that of the magistrates, who appeared to him to have mis understood their proper course. (Hear, hear.) Their latter proceedings especially—their resolution was, as he thought, misconceived, while he thought the direction that it should be read to every member of the police force was most offensive and in very bad taste. Indeed, one could not but see in the whole proceeding, a determina tion to revive a recent grievance, and a petulant attempt to damage the Watch Committee, rather than a dignified rebuke of a grave offence. (Hear, hear.) If the magis trates had expressed their own opinion on the facts be fore them, and they could have hardly expressed it too strongly, and conveyed that opinion c..utiously to the Watch Committee, whose sole and undoubted right it was to act upon it they would have had the approbation and thanks of the whole. community, whereas the very reverse was now the fact, an undue sympathy to meet the offence having been created by their own very injudicious method of dealing with it. He had felt that in some form the expression of some such opinion as this, under present circumstances, was eminently- due to the Watch Committee, and he hoped it would be received as his apology for introducing the subject to the council. (Hear.) Mr. Atxxsf thought it was neither the province of Mr. North nor that of the council to sit in judgment upon the magistrates. Mr. North admitted that the magistrates were in duty bound to take cognizance of the very grave offence, but thought they might have done it in a more dignified manner. Now he (Mr. Aikin) was present at the first meeting of the magistrates, and he must take this opportunity to state that there was more of provoca tion then than met the eye—that there was something con nected with the look, tone, and manner, of Mr. Hodgson calculated to provoke far beyond the use of words. He believed that Mr. North would do no great credit to him self by making an attack, nominally on the bench: of ma gistrates, but in reality on the Stipendiary Magistrate, than whom a more honourable man never existed. Mr. NORTH, in explanation, said that be had purposely abstained from reading the newspapers on the subject, and that, so far from making any attack on Mr. Rushton individually, all he looked at was the resolution of the magistrates in their collective opacity. Mr. HODGSON thought that Mr. Aikin had no parti cular ri.zht to complain of an attack on one individual, when he converted it into an attack on another, with a degree of virulence hardly exceeded by the stipendiary himself. He (Mr. Hodgson) was not going to reply. He was willing to leave the whole case to be judged of by the public; but he persisted in saying that a less moving cause for action on the part of the magistrates was not to be conceived than that of Mr. Parker. It now appeared that he (Mr. Hodgson) had provoked the ire of the ma gistrates—that his awful looks—his provoking looks, had disturbed the whole bench, the stipendiary into the bar gaio, who himself was so highly gifted with mild looks and submissive gestures—(loud laughter, and cries of hear, hear ) Certainly this was a power he (Mr. Hodg son) never fsncied he possessed b , fore,—(continued laugh ter.) He took his own views of the duties of men hail ing Her Majesty's commission. lie thought they should be uninfluenced by either heat or cold, or warmth of pas sion—that they were particularly called on, as judges, to execute right and justice, not to become informers, and to he free from the spirit of advocates. Mr. Hugh HORNBY hoped it would not go forth to the public, that the council looked at the alleged interference w:th the police as a light matter. He admitted that the resolution of the magistrates was drawn up hastily, on the spur of the moment. He thought then, as well as now, that it would have been better to adopt the plan of Mr. North—that of expressing a str. ne opinion about the•interference, and having such a resolution submitted to the Watch Committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HODGSON called attention to the circumstance that Mr. Earle. the unsuccessful opponent of Mr. Parker at the last election for St. Anne's Ward, was one of the magistrates at the first meeting, and that the Commis sioner of Police was forbade to communicate with the Watch Committee. Mr. HARBORD said that if the Watch Committee were to yield to the interference of the magistrates, then the form Ai‘f rt e b Mr. PARKER p. sA o o d am y KeE rr fß r u i night as w i further conversation, tow e na l v l be sern soatt iho ins, dissolved at once. intention to say a word on the subject. He lett his case in the hands of the council; and if they thought him unworthy, he should again, tohis resign his seat a,:d appeal The proceedings o f the Watch Committee were then confirmed. CK COMMITTEE. The proceedin gs of DO the Dock Committee were read and confirmed. A letter from Mr. Alderman ILmsfall, re signing his seat as a member of the Dock Committee, on account of pressure of business, was also read ; but, at the request of Mr. Moore and Mr. G. H. Lawrence, Mr. Florsfall was induced to withdraw hie letter and to continue a member of the Dock Committee. In reply to a question from Mr. KAYE, Mr. MOORE said that the site for the intended new fort had been submitted for approbation, and that a report was expected. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The attendance at the Corporation Schools for the last month was reported as folios s 80y5... Infants. North. South. 251 179 148 133 152 .194 551 506 The numbers on the books were—North, 712; South, 641. The proceedings were confirmed. HEALTH OF THE TOWN COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this corumitree having been read and confirmed, _ _ Mr. ASFINALL reported that plans for the new baths had been prepared and would be ready for the next coun cil meeting. Mr. BLACKBURN complained that the scavenging of the streets was being very much neglected. Mr. PARKER said there were 7,000 cellars occupied contrary to the act—that Liverpool was in consequence the most unhealthy town in the kingdom, and that the council were indirectly the cause of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of their fellow-creatures. He promised to submit a motion on the subject at the next council. Mr. BIRKETT said that, until last Monday, Mr. Parker had not attended a meeting of the Health Committee for a period of four months, and that it was exceedingly wrong for him to make the statements he had just uttered. The tact was, the committee were doing all they could, but the net was beset with difficulties. Mr. PARKER said there was not a court in his ward that he had not been in —(loud laughter); and, therefore, he was not quite so inactive as Mr. Birkett would have the council to suppose. CORONER'S ACCOUNTS. The Coroner's account., am:mating to £lOl 10s. 2d., were read and referred to the Finance Committee. Mr. Mr PARK ER. —The ER. —The amount is higher than ever. . . Mr. MOORE.—Yes ; it's the moth of November. (A laugh.) 11USKISSON'S BRONZE STATUE. The MAYOR read a letter from Mrs. Huskisson, in which she returned thanks for the sanction the council had given to her request, and said that Mr. Gibson, on his return from Rome, would select a site in the open area, at he Custom-house, for the bronze statue of her lamented husband. The letter was or lered to he recorded on the minutes. THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. The 'MAYOR read a long memorial front Rectors Brooks and Campbeil, praying for a grant in aid of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. The memorial set forth that a sound religious education, in accordance with the doc trine of the established church, was imparted at the Collegiate Institution ; that the cost of the building, in cluding land, fund ure, and fittings, amounted t0X36,600, of which £24.905 had been voluntarily raised. and £7,360 advanced by tru -tees; that there were in the Upper School 101 pupils, in the Middle 261, in the Lower 377, and in the Evening School 315, waking a total of 1051; that the - evening school was open to the working classes; that there were 795 subscribers to the lectures; and the me morialists ccmcluded by praying fur a grant out of the surplus income of the corporation, to support an institu tion which was open to all the inhabitants of the borough without diStinction. Mr. SHErrAtti).—lf you want to give anything, the Royal lnstitntion has a prior c'aim, for they have edu cated a great number of your fellow-townsmen, and my son among the rest. (Loud laughter ) I don't know how lam to take that cheer. lam the only Irish gen tleman in the council, and I hope the same courtesy will be shown to me that Irish are inclined to show to English gentlemen. My son was born in your town ;heis a fellow-townsman, therefore, of a great many of yeu•, and he obtained high collegiate honours at Oxford. (Great laught-r.) Alderman Swainson's son has also obtained hiab honours. I think it my duty as a parent to Speak highly of Dr. buff. Mr. PROCTER rose, but was almost immediately stopped by Sir THOMAS BRA NCKER asking if he was not a donor to the institution, and had not, therefore, a pecuniary in terest in the establi.shrnent ? Mr. PROCTER admitted that he was a donor, and so were thirty-five others of the council, but denied that be had any pecuniary interest. Mr. Su KPPA RD.—Have you any direct or kndirect in terest? (A laugh.) Mr. PROCTER.—Not that I am aware of. Mr. SHEPP Ano —Have you a son? Mr. PROCTER.---1 have a son—an only son. What does pecuniary interest mean? Mr. SHF.PPA RD.—Why, pecuniary interest means— (Loud laughter, during which the renatinder of the sen tence was inaudible.) The TOWN-CLERK decided that donors were not enti tled to speak or cote on the question, as it appeared such parties had a right to trrninate pupils on lower terms, and that they had, therefore, a pecuniary interest. Mr. PARKER asked whether £2,000 had not been granted for th e e ee ti o n of the unsightly entrance to th e Railw3y Station in Lime-street? Sir THOMAS BRAN CKER.—Yes ; but that was in the days of brib er y an d corru ption, under the old council. (Loud laught er .) I voted against it. After a length ene d convers ation had taken place, and a variety of motions hat been submitted and withdrawn, it was at length resolved, that the many difficulties which surrounded the question should be laid before the memo rialists by the Mayor. The council, having disposed of all the business on the paper, adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock. On Wednesday, Messrs. Green and Taylor were fined £3O by Mr. Rushton, for having placed 100 tons of salt petre in a shed Advil was not fire-proof according to the provisions of the dock act; but if the saltpetre vi'dB re moved in twenty days to a proper warehouse, the fine was ordered not to be levied. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CORRESPONDENCE. TO LORD SANDON, M.P. " Never came Reformation in a flood, With such a heady current." MY LORD.--If I maybepermitted to estimate your lord ship's poll' ica l position in parliament by some ofyour record. ed sentiments and votes, I should consider that you are not a convert to Puseyism in the church, or Peelism in the state. You have an important part therefore yet to play, for the times must necessarily develope a new arrange ment and embodiment of governmental powers and par ties, before the dangers which are thickening around us can be confronted or effectually conflicted with. We live in an age possessing an insatiable and diseased desire of change, and of ceasettss aspirations alter some thing which we do not want, to the neglect of things of practical utility which ate indispeasable. This troubled spirit of discontent, and of a misbegotten ambition, is bu: too symptomatic of those towering flights of empire, in the elevations of which nations have been frequently stricken as with a judgment of Providence. The me nacing tides of reform are not confined to our political institutions : they pervade the entire circle of our domes tic relations—political, religious, civil, and social. We are placed like the Indian amid his hunting prairie —girt in a circle of advancing fires. No law, order, or institu tion is permitted to be at lest: the very skies are dark ened with impending theories, threatening us with a chaos of all the effluents of order thrown into disorder. The paltering neutrality and indecision of government are only encouraging the agents of agitation, and gi%ing audacity to all their m Nernents. Ten years of experience, in an age so teeming with important and impressive lessons, do not appear in the slightest degree to have enlarged and extended the horizon of Sir R. Peel's jud2,ment, but have rather cowed his courage and increased his indecision. Matr culated in the weak conciliation policy of Lord Li verocol's ministry, he has fallen back on the spurious toryism which chsramerised its wretched career, when the opponents of governthent had preference in the ap. pointments to offices of trust and power, over the ables. supporters of the constitution. It was this policy which nursed and fed the powers that confederated their creeds in 1829, and fused their politics in 1830; before which the modern genius of conciliation has quailed, arid con ceded to clan:our what he refused to the pretensions of reason and remonstrance. When we recollect the able and prophetic speech made, my lord, by your venerated father, against the sweeping confiscations of the Reform Bill,—which speech remains to this irtiy the faittifullest illustration of the designs and tendencies of that bill,—and when we tee the monument* in Sandon Park, ereoted to the memory of the great founder of those principles under the influence of which the entire nation was rallied against revolutionary France, —we are entitled to expect something from your lordship beyond the drivelling, split-difficulty politics of the pre sent Premier. I will now °ell , take one out of the department of many important considerations which press upon the time, and address you as a neighbour rather than as a constituent. You have recently taken an active and useful partin some affairs relating to the restoration of the ancient parish church of the county town near which you reside; within the juri , dict on of which county, though it contains near halt a million of inhabitants, we have not a single journal, or other organ of public opinion, possessing political in dependence enough to insert this letter. It is no part of ' my intention to offer any criticism on the anomalies of architecture upon which a large portion of the £lO,OOO has been expended, in the repairs of the church in ques tion; leaving the mixed company of carved saints and monsters to agree as they be.t. may. The new interior arrangements of the church have all a serm-Popish character, and have given great and general dissatisfaction. Tine extreme lowness of the pews, put ting aside their unfitness for feeble age, is such as to render them very little, if any, better than plain forms, and impresses you with a sense of doing Popish penance, rather than offering Protestant worship. We have no objection to a system of some uniformity, and disapp ove much of the presence of the occasional towering and cur tained pews of the olden time, which secluded a brother sinner from public gaze, while it obstructed a view of the clergyman from a portion of his congregation. But per sonal discomfort is no aid of piety : to humble the mind, and to debase it, are essentially diffetent things. It is true that, in the presence of the Deity, we are all a tho rough democracy of sinners ; hut it is not the absence or the presence of distinctive sittings which will duly regu late our duties as Christians, or that will impress the mind with the equality of human nature before our com mon Creator. There has been a proverbial pride in af fected lowliness from the days of Plato and the cynics and when t . e Pope puts on his sprout to wash the f et of beggars, does any one believe that he either feels greater humility himself, or sets an Example of it to others ? It is a prime ingredient, and works profitably, in Popery : for the power of the priesthood, and the dominian of priest - craft, take elevation and extent over the prostration of mind in the laity. There is said to be a natural ten dency to idolatry in human nature. The first reformers in the church (in 717) were Iconoclasts, or image -breakers. The Greek church arose in that form, and the sect wor ships paint and canvas instead of wood and stone. The Chinese, with less knowledge, had more wisdom ; and the simple inscription of the name of ConTucius super seded all physical objects of irrational worship, or idols, which are the nuclei of superstition. Burke has said that " Superstition is the religion of weak minds." But this is not said with his usual philosophical accuracy ; for it is rather the cause titan the effect of mental weakness. Stript of superstition, Spain would be one of the first nations in Christendom ; a country which, after a quarter of a century of bloody struggles to emancipate itself from the more intense thraldom of Popery. is now retrograding on state tyranny and church absalutism. It is from the head-quarters of the Anglican church that antiquated positions,h a s gone d tfhnertnhldthar forms r we nis s o h fi al t l h f e al r l eß b wn a be c rd k l o_ d o Rubric — forms retained at a period when the of o _es had gradually Pries/Croftro y l od ; but u t sloughed off and exploded ; and this is now done, not the to t the majestic usage of simplicity ceremonies t and t pries i c s l ' y: P fo e rm we ula wh'ch (mini • •ons and in defiance o only without consulting tt t e th la e i i t r y r , e b ro ut o i n n st c r o a r r i t t e e e m s pt of their ' d n a tit trifles, the end and gthroeuansdc'en nothing more and nothing less: one encroachment is no It may be i ' t ' h b e re a a im kn i g s sooner tolerated than another is put on the slips. We may soon expect here that which is producing strife and schism at ether places—the weekly offertory, in practical aid of questionable purposes, or to eke out poor church I t i b v e in s g u s r , id of t h Ef ni priestministering i n t t he ohe pulpit, t insteadparis nf poor tte ; angownd of he shieo r t ne he s i lo f rw: doubt,cai u d r y h w t; o l i a ir r. ld comeuu t t b h e ag r e t h t e nt troubles t an d n some shape or anothe r , i n t h e ensu i ng session ; and we, as good Protestants, trust that you will be prepared to meet it. Popery and Protestantism are elementally anta gonist principles, as acids and alkalies are antagonist sub. stances ; and their danger of conflicting is in the ratio of their proximity. Peace is found in their remoteness a l and isolation. The endeavour to fuse them in the rudi ments of our schools, or work them in harmony in public appointment., may b e a part o f the crack political philo sophy of the shallo wness o f the t i mes, in the dearth of enlarged minds in o ur senators; b ut it shows an utter ignorance of men and thi ngs . Si r R . P eel may seek to moderate and modicate, and dilute and adulterate, our national faith; while Popery, in some quartsrs, biding its time, creeps and crawls before the seirit of the age, adopt ing its old maxim, divide et impera ;—but we know that its exclusive spirit is intact; that its boast of bring a church without schism is true, for it tolerates no freedom of thought ; and that it will remain " unchanged and unchangeable." It has become a maxim with strong governments, that, to keep power in wind, it must be kept in exercise, in that direction in which it is most liable to be resisted. The Peel policy has reversed the principle, and called on -Protestants to disarm and disorganise themselves, while their opponents were levying contributions for war, and giving vigour and discipline to their confederacies. Sir Robert's starling's cry of " Register ! Register ! Regis ter ! ! I " and that " the battle of the constitution is to be fought on the registration lists," has lost its talismanic efficacy; and that spirit which placed him at the head of the government. at an expense of labour and of sacrifices which no mere power can command, no profligacy bribe into action, and no doling out of offices remunerate, will never again rally at the registration-court or at the hus tings, under the fustian banner of the Tatnworth baronet; for to have served as volunteers in his ranks, and fought his battles, has become a disqualification to serve the constitution or the country. _ _ _ I reserve, my lord, some animadversions for another letter, and am, &c., * Erected to the memory of the immortal Willi'm Pitt. t Popery has reduced hypocrisy to a species of science, or system; being made up, as Coleridge sa d. " of all the conning of six thousand years." dovetailed with politics and paganism, and grafted on ambition and selfishness. The triple-crowned tyrant, who sets himself forth in his bulls as serrus servorum Del and attache; the fisherman's sea!, has, with his episcopal staff, in the palmy days of Popery, int•rdicted entire natmns from Christian rites, pL4ced his foot on the necks of kings, and deposed sovereigns as a sportsman would dispense with super numerary pu!pies: ex. gr.:— " And I have entyr:lyted Yngelond. Ther schal no preest synge masse with bond, Chylde schal be crystenyd non : My bisschoprycke thou reflect me, • And Crystendom f rbede I thee. Preest schal tiler non syngge." ANCIENT POETRY; TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL. SI report of the Watch Committee was read yes terday in Council, and a statement made by you which does me great injus'ice. You will reclect that some weeks since when a para graph appeared in the public papers stating that the Watch Commit+ ee ' were inquiring into my conduct, as H ea d Constable, 1 called upon you, (as chairman of the Watch Committee,) either to contradict the report or apprise me of the fact. You authorised the contradiction of the report, and you as•Airefl me that my conduct was not the object t:f inquiry, but that the inquiry originated in the presentation of my plan of police reform. _ . Hearing then, for the first time, that you were enquir ing into the efficiency of the force, I solicited permission to be present. You refu-ed ; but you, while in the chair, and the con.rnittee sitting, promised that a coo , of all the evidence would be furnished me. When the evidence was concluded, I demanded the perusal of it. You refused. On hearing that a suppressed report was to be now brought forward, I again applied to you for a copy of the evidence, It was refused. I asked for a copy of the report. It was refused. Thus, Sir, you a magis'rate, have been a party to a cruel—a monsttous wrong. You heard evidence against me in my absence. Yov gave me no opportunity to rebut, refute, explain or qualify. In violation of every rule of justice, honour, candour, and fair play, tie Com mittee left me no alternative but to resign, and then pub lished against me an official libel. I brought - to you,only eight months since eight years' exp:rience, and:a charac ter which never had been impeached. I 1-ft a, lucrative situation to take yours, and the result is before you. I indulge•in no vituperation; I will not, howev.r•provoked; retort, as I might, to retaliation. but I leave my case to the public; they will judge between you, and, Sir, your obedient servant. Liverpool, December 5, 1844. H. MILLER. CELESTIAL POLISHING POWDER A.../ is superior to any other composition hitherto used for Polishing Gold, Silver, Plate Glass, German Silver.,. Drass, Britannia, and all other compound metals; it is perfectly free from all acid or mercurial preparation, and wall re e40„„/„rietTLr , move the peculiar tinge from German Silver and impart a lustre and brilliancy equal to that • pure - st Sayer. In cleaning Uniform and Liver uttons, Crests, and Mountings for Harness, &c., ' will be found an infinite improvement to any otle .omposition ever yet used. Manufactured and S Wholesale by 3. El. COBHAM, Bear's Paw, 9, Tit arn.street, Liverpool ; find retailed by most respect , e Jewellers, Druggists, Ironmongers, Cutlers, &c., in packazes, Is. each; also by Homoon and PARK, Wholesale Agent's, Fishgate-hill, London. Removed from Birmingham to 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. Just published, the Thirteenth Edition, price 2s. 6d. ; free by post, 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND, a Nfedical Work on Human Frailty, Nervous Debility, Constitutional Weakness, excessive Indulgence, &c. With Observations on Mar riage, &c. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold at their residence; also by Strange, 21, Paterno - ; Noble, 109, Chancely-lane • Crocker, 4, ord-lane, Strand; Ward, 103, Strand, (opposite Ex r-hall); Gordon, 146, Lead-nhall-street ; Purkin, C pton-street, Soho; Wil eon, 338, Oxford-street, o doors from Argyll-street,) London; and Newton,) and 29. Church-street, Liver pool ; and by all MedKne Vendors in Town and Country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is a geode Stimulant and Renovator in all cases of Debility, whether Constitutional or acquired, nervous mentality, irritation and Consumption—by the use of which the im paired System becomes gradually and effectually restored to pristine health and vigour. Sold in bottles, price lls. .and 335. The £5 cases may be had, as usual. at their Estabikhrr en t. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS h a v e - long been used as the most cert.lin remedy I.r Scorbutic Complaints of every description, Eruptions of the Skin, Pimples on the Face, and other disagreeable affections, the re-ult of an impure state of the blood. These Pills are perfectly free from mercury, capavia, and other delete rious drugs, end may be taken with safety without inter erence with, or loss of time from b usiness, and cao be relied upon instance. Sold in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils., by all Medicine Venders - . Messrs. Perry and Co. may be consulted at their resi dence daily, from Eleven to Two and Five till Eight. On Sundays from Ten till Twelve. Vir Sold, wholesale and retail, by EVANS, Soss, and Co., Chemists, Lord-street, Liverpool. Sold Retail by Mr. J. PRItSTLEY, Lord street. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Copy of a letter from Wm. Wilson, Esq., Clifton, near York. " Clifton, York, Feb. 5, 1844. " Sir.—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I inform you with what success Blair's G..ut and Rheumatic Pills have effected a cure in me. For many months I have had the Rheumatism ; and, in spite of all I could do, I was not able to obtain the least relief, unti rend recom mended to me Blair's Pills, which er a few trials, use name if it will be of any eff . ered acomplete y t ouare at libertyur% service to you. " Y 's truly, WILLIAM WILSON." The above recent to menial is a further woof of the great efficacy of this trade medicine, wt , ieti is the only effective remedy fo out, Rheumatism, Sciataca, Lum bago, Tic Dolorous, Pains in the Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and Rheumatic Vndencies. It is also gratifying to have permission to refer to the f o ll o wing gentlemen, selected from a multitude of others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem :—J. R. Mandan, Esq,, coroner, Doncaster; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Lieut. Masters, late of the Royal Newfound land Veteran Companies • Mr. Miskin. brewer and male ster, D.trtford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton; John J. Giles, Esq., Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; all of whom have received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the proprietor the privilege of publishing the same for the benefit of the afflicted. Sold by THOMAS PROUT, 229. Strand. London ; and, by his appointment, by Rennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phil lips, Aspinall, Fisher, Apothecaries' Company. G. Syers. .1. Syers, Roberts, Johnson and Son, Lathbury, Schole field. Smith, King, Bradford, Blake. Bird, Gerard, Wat son, Mucklow, Lloyd. Carter, and Rowland, Liverpool ; Law, and Gasket!, Manchester; Grindley, Chester; and by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the united kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address, " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," impressed upon the Go vernment Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuina Medicine. PUBLIC NOTICE. II E L I ! Land ' i estv's Revenues, t'° having n Si ° t taken °I(Ilr‘!Wil Woods, l a g extensive premises in Broad-stieet, Mr. G. has, at a very pledge considerable expense, prepared very co modious pre mises, 434, Oxford-street, London, which place he tarnestly solicits a continuance of e kind support with which he has been favoured b e Nobility and Publics generally. Mr. Grimstone' commercial intercourse enabirs him to %end his for . n goods in the most genuine condition, and he pledge imself to continue the manu facture of every artict in its pure and pristine state. ' Testimonials of undpnbted authority, from the highest characters, proving (fie efficacy of his EYE SNUFF, may be seen at his Warehouse as above, a d in the sixth edition of his Almanac, 1844.—GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—A few of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight Restored and Deafness Cured ? Copy of a Letter. 39, Kirby-street, Hatton-garden. Dec. S 6. 1942. Sir,—l was from my childhood afflicted with dimness of sight, and as I advanced in years became almost blind. My husband being a medical practitioner, every oculist of any eminence was consulted, but unfortunately without any zeal relief. I was re commended by one of my friends, although a member of the profession, who said he had taken it for a few months with the happiest result : he being relieved from inflammation after long suffering, induced me to give it a trial. I have taken four •2s 4d canisters, and shall continue to use it to the end of my days, for I have derived so much benefit from using it, that I can now rea : without the assistance of any kind of eye glasses. I shall feel happy at any time to acknowledge the great cure your Eye Snuff has made in my case. Make what use you may please of this testimony, and remember, I am in my seventieth year, and can read and ao'needlework much better than I could for the •last forty years, without y glasses. I am, Sir, yours gratefully, 0. FoTHERGILL. Widow of the late Dr. Fothergill. Copy of a Letter rent to Mr. W. Grimstone, Inventor of the celebrat , d Eye Snuff To W. Grimstone, Esq.. Inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad-street, London. . . The Mal chioness de Broglio Solari presents her Vest compli ments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to inform him she has had the most convincing proofs of the beneficial qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff in many cases of its restorative power, both of sight and hearing. Mr. Grimstone—Sir, you are at liberty to make use of her name.—September 22, 1842, 46, Charlotte-street. Any quantity can be forwarded through the General Post, by sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, with postage, will cost 35., and so on in like proportion. Agents for Liverpool :—PIERCE and CROSSFIELD, Castle-street ; Ross and NIGHTINGALE, Lord-street; C. SHARP, Church-street; W. PROCTER, London- oud. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. Distillery, 7, Smithfield Bars,. London. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, at EIGHTEEN SHIL LINGS PER GA t.t.074, in Stone Jars; or ut FORTY SHILLINGS PER DOZEN, in Glass Bottles, the Bottles included, and PROTECTED by the PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES; may be obtained of the following Witte and Spirit Merchants : WHOLESALE. Blackburn W. Sames. Bolton.. Clithero Kirkdale E. and J. lezard, Kirkdale-road. Lancaster Ditto J. M s. Liverpool Ditto . land -road, and Queen's-buildings, Bath stmet. Ditto Denson and il'Neill, 55, Dale-street. Ditto James Lindon, 32, Byrom-street. Ditto Thomas Odell, Seacombe. Ditto O'Donnell and Campbell, 10, Dale-street. Ditto Ditto Manchester Ditto g -street. Ditto Ditto gardens. Ditto Ditto Ditto Great Ancoats-street. Ditto .... J. Veysey, 44, Cross-street, King-Areet. Preston ....Mrs. Jane Eccleson. Salford .. .. J. Veysey, SG, Chapel-street, Bailey -street Stockport .... T. Cox. Higher Hillgate-street. Ditto .... John Rugg, Heaton Norris. Warrington .. Mrs. C. Bol;‘,ker. Ditto - R. R. Pickniere. Wigan.. And that any one unacquainted with the superiority of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, may be convinced of its ex cellence for a trifling outlay, it may be obtained, of the following, by RETAIL, AT 3s. 6n. PER BOTTLE : Lancaster.. J. Aldreen. Liverpool.. J. Bishop, 84, Park-street. Ditto .. S. Bryant, 42, Myrtle-street South. Ditto .. E. Griffiths, Richmond-street, Williamson square. Ditto .. B. Holmes, 12, 72, and 74, St. James-street, 1. Blundell-street, 1, Norfolk-street. Ditto .. G. A. Mills, 85, London road. Ditto .. J. Smith, 35, Brownlow-hill. Rochdale.. F. L. J•thnson. St. Helens. Henry John,on. And, also, upon application to the above Wholesale Dealers ; to whom Retail Dealers, who wish to be supplied and advertised, are respectfully referred, by J. T. BETTS, JIIN. and Co.. 7, Smithfield Bars, London. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, THE manifold advatitagesTo the Heads of Familie s from the possession of a Medicine of known effic9cy that may be resorted to with confidenc - nd used with success in cases of temporary sickness tccurring in fami lies more or less every day, are so vious to all, that no question can be raised of its imp. tance to every house holder in the kingdom. Fro among numerous testi monials, the fol'owing is resp: .tfolly submitted : "TO MR. THOMAS PRO , 229, STRAND, LONDON. " 5, Cooper-street fanchesler, March 12, 1812. " Sir,—l have much -tisfaction in communicating to you the result. of my experience after repeated trials of FRAMPTON'S PILL a HtSALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the nurse of many years' trial of various Aperient Medici s, I have never found results at once salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from re dundant bile, &c. &c., with so little inconvenience; I am, therefore, warranted in deelartng that they supply to me a means ion wanting, of being able to recommend to Fami lies, Schools, and especially Mercantile Men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appre ciated. _ I am, sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SMITH." The unprecedented sale of these Pill s , ar i s i ng f rom t h e earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary; they are not put forth as a cure for nil diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well known at tendants, Bilious and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppres sion after Meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appe tite, Wind, Spasms, &c. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary effects. The stomach will speedily rega i n i ts strength ; a healthy action of the Liver, Bowels, arid Kid neys, will rapidly take place ; and instead of li st l essness, heat, pains, and jaundiced !appearance, strength, activity, renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. s o ld by T. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Pri ce I s . lid. byßennie, Wagstaff, H owe ll, Phil p Fisher, Apothecaries' C ompany , G. si e y Roberts, Johnson and So n , L ai hb ur y, King, Bradford, Bl a k e , Bi r d, G erar d Lloyd, Carter, and R ow l an d, Liver pool; Law, end Gaskell, Manchester ; Grindley, Che ter ; and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. Observe that the Signature of the Proprietor, ".G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. SERJ EANT'S LOTION, th e on ly e ff ectua l R emedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lumbago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 1, Lovell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar. London •, and by all Vendors of Medicine Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. The astonishing success which has crowrEa the applica tion of this external Medicine in o the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhap y sufferer had despaired of ever gaining even the lea relief, an , ' this after the ables advice and every othe eans had completely failed, most justly entitles it to • e attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medic' e, so universally esteemed, is un attended with the le t danger or inconvenience, and hundreds have exp ienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first i roduced. Such are the operties of this invaluable Specific that persons labour' g under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheumatic G ut, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby in capable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. Amongst many which are being daily received are the following Testimonials : . , 4, Paternoster-row. Stn, —Haring been informed of the surprising curs of Mr. Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by heitmatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was com pelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his commit ting a ny violence, and whose Ca, wits considered entirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, stud being satisfied of .the truth of my information, encouraged me to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining little hopes of success, hav ing been many years so severe a sufferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam very happy in being able in adding my testimony of the benefit I derived: after ft few days' application the use of my limbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business, and, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my life. To those, hoaever severely afflicted and hopeless their case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Me dicine. Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to those who are deprived" none feels it so severe as the tradesman or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly, ' GEORGE POLLARD. October 20, 1844. Stn,—l feel it a duty I owe t o societyll,f pu blicly e to , ~ C m h a e k a e ps k i , d ,o e w . . thebea been e o n . benfifit I ne dt receive nt n y d h 6 10 n y a using e y v o e u a r i. s e a x c i e t h l I e l la: in If a e g d o i c a i n n d e . nh n e a L in a g tism, unable to remove without the use of crutches. I had despaired of ever gaining relief, having tried every popular remedy which hay ben sent. by my friends from various parts of the globe, none of which had any effsct. I hare consulted the most able Physicians, one of whom stated, that however lamentable my case g as, I ot:ght to be thankful, from nisi great sufferings—being frequently in a sate of madness—that I could with the assistance of crutches move at all. Prom the high recommendation I bad o f y our valuabl e Medicine I was induced to make another effort, although in strict opposition publicityiall rejoiced ‘v as mys e lf thatould be given to th e to my medical attendants; and , do ubtful as it ma y a ppear , in the short spare of twelve hours I was e nabled to walk the length of my warehouse without the assista nce of crutches. The Physi c i an w h o Ino sen t t without some knowing Medicine, and amber a number ,e had was declared deceived,m y thatwas e remedy, as the London H o s p itals were not in p ossession o f any re medy to relieve their unfortunate Rheumatic patients. several '‘ ra .a l s happy to state that the a c counts I have received are of the most gratifying description. I trust you will use eve r y exertion in makin g public your excel lent remedy, that those afflicted may know where to get relief . JOHN MITCHELL. Well-street, Cripplegate. Strt,—l have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout and Rheumatism, not a part from my bend to feet free from pain, and as helpless as an infant: not even a finger could I move. In this unpleasant sittoition I was informed by my medical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I migh have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close application of four days, my troublesome companion began to disappear ; in a week I was capable of walking about my room, and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medicine was enabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack,. y,u will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, D. W. STONE. 14, Belmont-place, Wandsworth-road. Oct. 26, 1844. Sin,—l feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffering acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the h joint and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to try your em brocation, and have the pleasure to say that after three applications I was restoted to my usual health ; and, although two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder.—l am, sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES. NEWHAVEN AND GRANTON RAILWAY. Edinhurph, 30th Nov., 1844. TO J. 0. MACK, ESQ.:, ONE OF THE MAGISTRATES Or THE CITY OF EDINBURGH. SIR, TN the conference which we bad this morning in the Council Chambers on the subject of the accident which happened early yesterday morning, in the guide mine, on the line of the tunnel of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton Railway, you requested that I should re 3 you. in your public capacity, as one of the, ma.' ates, a general description of the works wi'h the le ing circumstances connected with the unfortunate cident, which every one connected with the railwa o deeply regrets. At this conference, Ist dto you that the works of this guide mine had been contracted for about eighteen months ago; that thsolijNt wis to facilitate the execu tion of the main tunnel, by providing for its perfect ven tilation, and to afford a passage for the water which is ge nerally found itc such situations, and also to afford a ready means of removing a considerable portion of the materials of the main tunnel, without being brought up to, or con veyed along, the streets of the city ; aid by proc , eding with eight or ten d4nrent points of the tunnel at one and. the same time, to enable the Railway Company to com plete the works in a very much less time, than if the whole work had been going on at one point only ; as well as to ascertain the strata through which the main tunnel will have to be cut. In entering into the contract, the directors of the com pany did not, as is usual on similar occasions, advertise for tenders, and accept the lowest pro.msal, without much regard to the prudence of the contractor. On the con trary. they selected (without the most remote competition) men who had not only completed very extensive railway works, upon almost every railway which has been executed in Scotland dur* the last eigir or ten years; but who had, besides, successfully completed the great tunnel at Falkirk, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, —thus securing as their contractor- men who, in point of prac tical knowledge of their work, are second to none in Scotland. The directors were not lei to adopt this course from any apprehension that the execution of these works was attended with any actual risk or difficulty ; but from the consideration that they would thereby secure the benefit of the great experience and practical knowledge of Messrs. Ross and Mitchell, in carrying the works into execution— which certainly called tor more caution and prudence than is usually required in the general run of railway opera tions. In carrying out these works. the contractors sunk shafts to the level of the drift at five different parts of the line: in St. Andrew-equate, North St. Andrew-street, the top of Dublin-street, another in Dublin-street, nearly opposite the entrance to the Broughton Markets, and at the northern side of the wall whiCh encloses the ground attached to the Custom-house, in Drummond-place. The depth of these shafts respectively will be found on refer ence to the section of the guide mine, which I submitted to you, (and which I now send herewith,) which you will find to vary from ninety feet in St. Andrew-square to forty-five feet at the north of the Custom -house-gardens. From Vie bottom of these shafts the works were carried on in both directions until they _Hoed each other. The last barrier but one which divided these differeot portions of the drift, which was cut through, was that nearly op posite to the end of Drummond-place, and the lost was that near the end of Abt=rcromby-place, where the unfor tunate accident, so much to be regretted, took - place. In forming a junction between the different divisions of the drift, the quantity of water was moreor less consider.. able; bat in the two last divisions, owing to the time which the water had been allowed to collect and other circumstances, the accumulation was by far the greatest. The whole of these barriers were pierced, and file water drawn off without inconvenience to any one, or danger to the workmen, and even without the knowledge of the in, habitants in the neighbourhood. It is to the two last only that I feel called upan to call your particular attention. It was hardly to he expected that in a mine of 'his size, (six feeet by six feet.) extending to nearly WO yards, the different headings would pre cisely meet erth other. The plan adopted at the Drum mond-place barrier was to keep a jumper hole always considerably ahead of the works. When the bore reached the water wnich had been collected it flowed off slowly, and was c )mpletely under the control of the workmen- The water was thus slowly drawn off without injury to any one. The perfect success which hal attended the drawing off of the water in the Dublin-street part of the mine, led the contractors to adopt the-same plan for drawing off the water from the upper di%ision of the drift: they were the more inclined to adopt this course fiom the obdurate na ture, if not the similarity, of the material of which these blrriers were composed; by so doing, there was every re , isnn to anticipate that it would Lave been attended with equal success. _ Toe workmen, for eight or ten days preceding that on which the accident happened, were engsged in r-moving this barrier. The men employed were not only well skilled in mining operations, but the works were frequently vi sited and carefully inspected by Mr. Mitchell. one of the contractor•, whose experience in such maters none can question : and he was so satisfied of its perfect sa`ety, that so lately as the 19th current he became responsible to the directors for its bring done without damage, I never had occasion to inspect personally that part of the wine where the accident occurred ; but f am assured that the same caution had been exercised by keeping a jumper hole always in advance of the workmen, as had been so successfully adopted in rett►oeing the Drummond place ha , rier. The headings of the mine did not precisely join each other, so that the jumper hole which had been made may not have been quite in the direction of the up per mine. It has, however, been since ascertained that one of these jumper holes had actually reached within one inch and a half of the water : had this hole been carried forward this very short distance, the accident, which we all so much regret, would not, in all human probability, have t Ikea place. Ti'e material of which this barrier was composed was ve-y hard shale or blies, lying on edge, and interlayered with strong bands of hard stone. It seems to have been the displacement of one of these hard bands of stone which was the more immediate cause of the accident. Workmen had been engaged in the m 4 ne during the night of Thursday, but it does not appear that there had been any blasting for twelve or eighteen hours before the accident occurred. This is perhaps to be re netted, for, had the opening been made by a blast of gunpowder, no loss of human life could have happened, ac, on all such occasions, the workmen were under instructions to station themselves in a place of safety in the adjoining shaft be fore the explosion took place. On the harrier being broken, the water immediately rose to a considerable height in, if it did not flow over, the shaft at the end of Albany-street ; if it did flow over, the quantity must have been very inconsiderable, as the mouth of this shalt is very little below the summit level of the water in the upper division of the mine. A sill greater quantity flowed from the shaft opposite the Dublin-street entrance to the Broughton :barkers; but from the relative levels of the water in the upper division of the mine, and the top or these shafts, the quantity could not on the whole be very considerable; and from there being a lateral mine from the second of these shafts to the common sewer, the quantity could not, on the whole, be very considera ble. When I examined the works a few hours after the acci dent occurred, the shat at the Customhouse appeared in a st , ite very much like that which it presents atter a con siderable fall of rain. The greater part of the water flowed in the first instance into that compartment of the mine between Albany-street and Drummond-place, which the barrier at Drummond p'ace. prevented flowing of very rapidly, and by the even ing of the day on which the accident occurred, the flow of water at Cannon:mills was little more than the ordinary flow from the guide mine. As respects the barrier at Drummond-place, it is now all but removed. and the mine open from end to end, and several of the workmen have to-day passed along its whole leng4r, so that there can Lever be any further ac cumulation of water in it. It now remains tor me to say what effect this sudden discharge of water has had upon the works. I have much satisfaction in being able to state, that beyond the re opening of the shaft opposite to Broughton -street Mar kets, (which had been temporarily closed with laPains of timber, and eausewayed over,) 1 have not been Ale to discover say injury. I have myself ascertained from those who have passed through the whole lengsh of the min, that no part of the work has received the slightest injury, and the workmen are now evgailed in removing the Drummond-place barrier, which work 1 expect will be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday first. 1 have now described the situation of the works—the mode of carrying them into execution—and all the cir cumstances connected with this most distressing occur rence, in so far as I know, and consider it necessary for you as acting magistrate of the city to he informed. I have peen induced to go a little more into detail than mi4ht be thought n c tssary, in consequeh e of the false statements and gross mist epres -ntations which have appeared in one of the newspapers of this day, respecting the nature of this accident, the extent of the damage which has been sustained by it, and the nature anl pernicious effects of the works upon the adjoining properties. • The extensive circulation of such erroneous and exag gerated descriptions is calculated to have a most mis chievous tendency on the public mind ; and in order, as tar as possible, to counteract such injuri,us effects, 1 feel myself called upon to assure you, that. from an intimate -knowledge of the nature of the strata through which the drif, is carried, the nature arid ext: nt of the works which have, and :ir e, to be performed before the tunnel is corn and all the circumstances connected with the un dertaking, that the tunnel may be carried into execution, in all its parts, with perfect safety to the property on the line of it. Tunnels much more extensive have be en recently exe cuted throughmuch less fivour a bl e strata, in different parts of the kingdom, and th a t, too, actually pa ss i ng un d er buildings of greater extent ; but this tunnel, on the other hand, passes under no houses or buildings whatevi r. I do not, however, expect that this circumstance will wholy exempt the Board of Directors from mans , petty annoyances. But, be that as it may, so far as I have important, link of the railway seen, I am satisfi e d t h ese gentlemen are, collectively and. Vdividually, most anxious to carry into execution this short, but mo st communi cation between the Riv er Cl y d e at Gl asgow , an d the F r ith o f Forth at L e i t h and Granton, with the least possible an noyance to those who reside upon or near to its course, or are otherwise interested in the works; and that they will, by puriuing that decisive line of conduct which has hi therto characterised them, surmount every obstacle which may occur in carrying the works into execution. In conclusion, permit me to say that 1 have no doubt that, when the avowed enemies of the scheme, as well as its traducers, are dead and forgotten, the tunnel in ques tion will rem .in, another monument of the enterprise of the nineteenth century. I am, &c., THOMAS GRAINGER, Civil Engineer. AS SUPPLIED TO THE ROYAL TABLE. 1 APT AIN PIDDING'S HOWQUA'S MIXTURE XJ TEA is an admixture of 40 rare Black Teas, produced on as many different plantations, each Tea ditl'ering from the rest, and possessing a flavour, a fragrance, or strength, peculiar to itself. Blended together in the proper pro portions, they comprise all that is desirable in Tea. This discovery was not the effect of chance, buj,of-many great advantages united in one individual,..4hcl the result of numerous experiments and the most minute analysis. For another to produce the sameresult, he must possess equal skill, the same discrimipiting taste, equal power of procuring the forty v:iriousifeas required, and know the exact proportions of eaely'skind used—and though he may never once have visit China, he must have had equal opportunities of sec ing to himself, its productions : with one who, like aptain Pidding, has spent years there in acquiring these advantages, and to whom alone How qua —years before his dea'h—imparted at Canton, the secret of compounding his Mixture. Yet there are upwards of 500 retailers pretending to sell tea, they call " Howqua's Mixture"—each mixture dif fering from all the others. Now as there can be but ONE REAL " 1 - I..WqR3'S Mixture," it follows that, as 500 dif ferent medleys are offered-499 must be spurious. The 499 counterfeits are so many evidences of the superiority of the ONE GENUINE. And it would be absurd to suppose that Captain Pidding, with advantages, the result of Eight Voyages made to China, and five years spent in that country, would be so silly—even were it possible —as to yield them up to 500 others, or impart to them so valuable a secret. The very great celebrity this Tea has acquired, having tempted many unprincipled persons to give similar, or nearly similar titles to their own spurious mixtures, to guard against such imposition, purchasers should observe that " THE SIGNATURE THUS," Captain JOHN RHODES PIDDING, Honourable Company's Service, is on every genuine PaAloge. To those who think . Oren Tea, " Captain Pidding's Howqua's Small Le4f Gunpowder," grown only on one estate, is recommended for it• strength and economy, and as being the purest and most whgle.some Green Tea im portedfrom China. _ _ _ Captain Pidding has appointed the under Agents for this District : GEORGE CARLYLE, Repository, 3S, BOLD -STREET, Agent for Liverpool. Accrington E. Bowker, Bookseler. Ditto W. Hutchinson, Stationer. Blackburn J. Parkinson, Chemist, Church-street. Bolton G. J. French, Silk Mercer. Burnley T. Sutliffe, Bookseller, St. James-street. ' Chester T. Bowers and Son, Druggists. Everton J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. Knutsford J. Williams. Draper, &c. Lancaster George Carruthers, Chemist, New-street. Manchester J. Fnrd & Co., Drapers, St. Ann's-square. Prescot W. Turner Kydd, Tea Dealer and Grocer. Preston H. Armstrong, Chemist. Ditto ...... W. Brodbelt, Provision Dealer. Ditto J. Higham, Draper. Ditto' Ditto T. Wren, Auctioneer. Rochdale J. Booth, Chemist. Southport S. Whitely, Wine Merchant. —.. Wigan.. For Agencies, Address, Captain Pidding, 22, College hill, London.