The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

he new tits for try ten as to' been ,s pro- Times ved in use in re free lwd of emedy house arden. F . John. .ed by o pre post, :es on rinting es the and 4 enable to the enders found, ing of Main ; dis mpri- ipient )W at sider from gs are away, nary, rther Wed, £80: Tents, perty th of fit of ;ed to 'ester July 6, 1847. total fttluo. The Earl of Clarendon and suite embarked on Friday, at six o'clock, in a steamer specially hired for the purpose, for Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean arrived here on Tuesday last from New York, after a lengthened and highly advan tageous professional tour through the United States. _ p MR. FERRAND, M.P.—lt is said. that Mr. Ferrand, M. ~ is about to marry the sister of Lord Blantyre ! Should the match take place he will be brother-in-law to a daugh ter of the Duke of Sutherland. CORPORATION BATHS. —During the present month 'the number of bathers at the North Baths, in Paul-street, amounted to 8500. The receipts for the same period were £B9, which is more than equal . to the expenditure. The Rev. Hugh M`Neile is now in. Dublin, where he is about to preach the Latin sermon required to be delivered by him on his acceptance of the degree of doctor of divi nity lately conferred upon him. He will resume his pas toral duties early in August. CRICKET MATCH:—The first elevens of the Liverpool and Edge-hill Cricket Clubs intend meeting to-morrow morning, for a friendly match ; wickets to be pitched at ten o'clock, on the ground of the former, Wavertree-road. From the well-known character of each of the clubs some excellent play is anticipated. THE HOLYHEAD AND DUBLIN STEAM-STATION. — There is now in course of being built, at the yard of Mr. John Laird, North Birkenhead, a large and beantiful steam-ship, for the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com pany, to run between the latter place and Dublin, in con nexion with the railway. She is one of a line each of which is, we learn, to be built by different architects, to whom latitude has been allowed as regards model, so that we may expect, from the competition, one of the speediest " fleets" ever turned out. THE WORKING ON THE ALBERT DOCK. The fol-. lowing is an account of the vessels discharged in the Albert Dock during the half-year ending the 3rd instant : —52 ships from China, 6 from Mauritius, 26 from Brazils and Havannah, 14 from the West Indies, 103 from North America, 19 from South Amersca, and 25 from other places ;—total, 236 ships, amounting to 104,401 tons re gister. From these vessels 109,999 tons of goods have been landed and taken to account. The total time oc cupied in discharging during the half year gives an average of 31 hours for 400 tons register burthen. INQUEST.—On Saturday last an inquisition was held before the borough coroner, touching the death of Martin Flynn, a child of - seven months' old, residing with its parents in Ellen-square, Thomas's-street. The deceased had been carried, on Saturday night, by its grandmother, into a neighbour's house, where a quarrel ensued, and it was supposed a blow had been struck at it purposely in the scuffle ; but of this there was no definite proof, no marks of violence having been found, and, as the surgeon who examined the body after death ascribed the death to natural disease of the heart, a verdict was returned accordingly. NEW AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER.—The New York Tribune, of the 16th ult., records the largest casting ever made in America,hatrhlaeta H. t m he ar b s e h d a p il l , a a te li s n o o f the steamship United States (C one of the 2,200 tons each , intended to run between New Orleans and Liverpool. The United States will be 300 tons larger than the George Washington, and of greater capacity than the President, Atlantic steamer—she will have four wrought iron boilers, and is to be furnished with two side-lever marine engines, of eighty inch cylin der and nine feet stroke, each of the power of more than 1,000 horses The cost of the engines for the United States will be 15,000 dollars more than those of the George Washington. FIRES. — On Friday afternoon, a fire broke out in the cellar under the warehouse of Mr. M`Knight, Jordan street. The place contained a quantity of brimstone, which it was supposed had become ignited by friction in being discharged from a cart. Mr. Hewitt, of the fire station was soon on the spot with his men, engines, &c., and soon overcame it. The damage was trifling. Mr. Hewitt, in his zealous exertions, suffered .considerably from the fumes of the brimstone.—lmmediately after, he was called to a fire in a dwelling-house, in Eaton-street, Vauxhall road, which was also speedily got under without any great damage, though the flames had reached the upper floors. One of the West of England engines was also on the ground, and effectually cooperated. INQUESTS held by the borough coroner on Friday : On the bodies of two new-born children, one of which was brought to the parish cemetery in a box, and the other was found enclosed in the same coffin with the body of a child four years old. The discovery was made by the lid of the coffin accidentally breaking. Verdict, still-born.— On the body of Felix Campbell, who fell into the Clarence Dock on Thursday night, while in a state of intoxication. He was heard to fall in by a porter named Grant, but be fore assistance could be got he had sunk. When the body was found seven shillings and twopence halfpenny were found in deceased's pockets : he had given £2l to a per son who had been in his company to take charge of. Verdict, Accidental death. FATAL ACCIDENT. — An inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner, gn Thursday , on the body of an old man named George Angle, who was killed by a fall on the 17th ult. It appeared that on the night of the 17th, deceased had been drinking at a public-house in Redcross-street, kept by a man named Whalley. He was led out of the house by the landlord, in a state of intoxi cation, and fell down a cellar, where he remained until medical assistance was procured ; he was then taken to the Northern Hospital. The next day he returned to his lodgings, but was unable to follow his employment from a pain in his bead, which had been cut by the fall. Ulti mately he was sent on board the Akbar, where he died on the 28th ult. of erysipelas in the head. Verdict, acci dentally killed by a fall while in a state of intoxication. WRECKS OF EMIGRANT SHIPS. — The Carrick, of Sun derland, sailed from Sligo with nearly 200 persons on board. She encountered a strong gale on the night of the 12th of May, and went to pieces in the course of two hours. Not more than twenty-two of the two hun dred passengers escaped; the crew were saved. Two other emigrant ships chartered by government were lost about the same time as the Carrick. One is the Imogen, from Liverpool, and the other the Zenobia. The Imogen had one hundred and seventy-five emigrants on board, who. fortunately, with the crew, effected a safe landing. The Zenobia was lost off Nanadian ; she had three hun dred emigrants on board, who were also saved. The emi grant ship, Miracle, recently wrecked off the Magdalen Island, with sixty of her passengers drowned, is also stated to have been chartered by government. - THREATENING TO SHOOT, AT LUCAS'S REPOSITORY.— On Saturday Ri c h ar d Greatrix, an elderly man, of decent appearance, was charged w ith ha v ing threatened to shoot his son-in-law, a young man named Rigby, at Lucas's re ository, Great Charloete-st ree t. Th om as Ainsworth stated that he was standing near St. John's Market that morning, when the prisoner " Here, ju s t l oa d me th i s vist a e p l h ac e h ld e i d ng hi a nti a th n e d s s a a m id e , time a large sized pocket pistol in his hand. Ainsworth attempted to take the weapon to part with it, an d in the scuffle from hi m , but he refused " he wanted t o s h oot h i s son-int which ensued, lie said ing to sell some horses. Lucas's repository,' where he (th e son -i n-law) was g The prisoner he re interrupted the witness by exclaiming, In " Don't tell li es , T om !" The the prisone r was so b er at the tim m e Tis m trate e p a ri sk se e n d er w re he p t te e d r, that he was not, and that he was tipsy now. Ainsworth added that he had two i Ison his pers on % h en appre hended, and a l so some I')usrets, a powder flask, and a box full of caps ; and that there was some of the powder in w ha it d h on y e ou of . the pan of one of the pistols. Pr' the pistols fully charged that has i n so lri r ig:t ‘ o lif do l A t two it o was t n o I was at work this morning, and took n or much, and you, you fellow, took notice ad o g f:it ss ! b is e sio re n ni tlr a t d h ed e evident from the prisoner's manner was the worse for liquor, he was orde n red a to m until to-day, when, in his sober moments, he will be again brought up for further examination. MADEMOISELLE RACHEL.—We are gratified in being au thorised to announce that arrangement s have been completed for the appearance of this distinguished French actress at our Theatre-royal early in the month of August, in three representations of French tragedy and comedy, supported by the entire company of the St. James's Theatre, whose recent performances in London have been honoured by the most distinguished patronage and success. For this classic treat we shall be chiefly indebted to the lessee of that theatre, Mr. Mitchell, whose adven ture is encouraged by the Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lord and Lady Stanley, and other eminent patrons of histronic art and literature, and we have no doubt what ever that the visit will be remunerative. The perform ances are to comprise Scribe's " Valerie," Corneille's " Les Horaces," Moliere's " Les Precieuses Ridicules," "Le Tartnffe," and "Le Depit Amoureux," Racine's -" Phedre," Latour's " Virginie," and " Le Roman D'une Heure," a plentiful admixture of the loftiest tragedy and the most sparkling comedy. The principal characters will be sustained by Mademoiselle Rachel, Monsieur Raphael Felix, Monsieur Marius, and Mademoiselle Rebut. The tickets for the three representations, we hear, are to be offered at the moderate charge of one guinea, and as many of our fashionable townsfolk were disappointed last year by Mademoiselle Rachel being compelled to return to France by serious illness, without coming here as had been promised, we look for a full and elegant, attendance. THE BIRKENHEAD r COMMISSIONERS.—Mr. William Laird has published a letter relative to the proceedings of Joseph e se ßirk A e r n a h n e h a b d Co mmissioners yesterday week, and Mr. ph under date Ist Y haspublicly replied. M r . L a i r d s t a tes, oc e as i on i n questioninstant, arose that th e remar k s h e ma d e on th e e from his being led t o under stand from M r . Mallaby (the chai rman ) t h at M r. P otter was an assenting p arty to the &e., proposed by th at gentleman resolution to clos e th e d oc k s , ; that he had since as certained that neither Potte r nor Mr. Lloyd were Lon t do London aware that Mr. Mallaby had left London, that day; that him there at his post at the had , but expected the Liverpool Corporatio n no of the Commis claim to that portion of the strand on which the works e Ir. Price, gwraesel‘m ent with stoners were built ; that the only claimant who sought to recover its value anunderm an; the Commissioners previous to the dock bill, in 1844 ; that the effect of passing of the first bill to pass in the form contended for by wing the present would be to transfer this land to the crown Mr.h Mallaby, an y right to it or not, and the commissioners to it had value under the agreement, without getting anything ° pay the return for their money, in case Mr. Price established in title. He adds that, had Mr. Potter and Mr. i,l his been present at the meeting, no such resolution as that oyd proposed by Mr. Mallaby would have passed the board, and concludes by stating that the attempt to close the docks has since fail e d, an d t h at t h ey st ill continue open.tle Mr. Mallaby in reply, d a t e d on t h e f o ll ow i ng day, says that it would be improper for him, especially as chairman, to enter into a discussion in the papers on what had taken place at the board, and that he should abstain, until the next meeting of the board on Wednesday, (tomorrow) from further notice of Mr. L.'s letter, when he should " take care properly to show the value of the statements it contains. He adds that the docks never were closed or intended to be closed, if the arrangements contemplated with the crown could be effected without a measure so Poch to be deprecated," THE GREAT BRITAIN.—On Friday we paid a visit to the Great Britain, for the purpose of witnessing personally the operations which are in progress to raise her, previous to being floated off. The arrangements are certainly very ingenious, but eannot be clearly described to those who have not seen them. On each side of the vessel are driven upon their ends into the sand, until they reach the solid rock, a number of large logs of timber, in an inclined po sition. Near the top of two of these logs is to be a box or case filled with sand, weighing about 50 tons. Upon the top of each logis a sheave of iron, in a groove in which runs a rope which communicates with the boxes and with the vessel. The boxes are supported by large chain ca bles, and their object is to raise the vessel, for according to the printiples of mechanism, as they sink the ship rises. There are to be twenty of these boxes, ten on each side of the vessel. Eight of them are at present in the position intended for them, and in process of being filled ; the rest will soon be completed. The greater number will be placed towards the ship's bow, where she is deeper in the sand, nearly to the depth of four feet two inches, and fewer towards the stern, where she is not so deep, The ship had been sunk seven feet, but by means of lightening, that is, pumping out the water, and placing stones under neath, she has been raised to her present position. She is now perfectly water-tight. Mr. Bremner. the eminent engineer, is constantly on board, superintending the ope rations. All is expected to be ready for the final effort by the end of the present month. A government steamer is expected to be present on that occasion,-lending her as sistance.—Downpairick Recorder. THE SARAH SANDS. —Our townsman, Mr. John Grant ham, civil and superintending engineer, and who furnished the models for the Sarah Sands, thus writes to the London Times, under date 22th ult. :—" With the approval of the owners of this fine screw ship I beg to hand you an ac count of the accident which occasioned her return to Cork, as mentioned in The Times of Saturday. This is the more necessary as the Sarah Sands is at present attracting much notice as the most prominent and successful vessel to which the screw has been applied to work as auxiliary to sails-- a principle of the greatest importance both to the navy and merchant service. The slide valve of the cylinder is made to work against a brass platt, and this plate is attached to the cast iron by small pins screwed and rivetted. By a mistake in putting this on the workman, cut off a part of it that did not appear to him to be required, but it was after wards replaced by being pinned and rivetted in the usual manner, though, as it now appears, not securely. This piece of brass came off, and became jammed between the valve and the face, and deranged sonic of the working parts. This is an accident that does not in any respect attach to the quality of the machinery or to the principle of the screw, New and useful improvements are often retarded by similar unforeseen casualties, and the screw has not escaped this drawback. In some cases this has been owing to the application of very badly made machi nery, and others, as with the Sarah Sands, to accidents to which the best work is sometimes subject. To insure the best engines in the Sarah Sands the contract was given to the firm of Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy. Before the accident happened, the vessel had made excellent way against the prevailing westerly winds. It was expected that she would be detained four or five days in Cork." THE BIRKENHEAD Doc KS.—TheManchester Guardian states from the proceedings in the lords' committee upon the Birkenhead Dock Bills, it appears that the germs are in being of a suit prolific in legal expenses between the crown and the corporation of Liverpool, on a question of title, the bare mention of which between two such com petitors, suggests any indefinite amount of litigating ob stinacy. When the bills were in the Commons, the clauses were framed upon the principle of recognising the absolute title of the crown to the foreshore. Since then the cor poration, from whom the Birkenhead dock commissioners purchased the land adjoining the foreshore, through the amiable activity of one of Mr. Price's agents have disco vered that Mr. Price, from whom they purchased the land some years ago, was entitled to the foreshore and the rights appertaining to it. They therefore sought in the committee to introduce words into the bills restricting the absolute recognition of the crown's rights and saving their own, whatever they might be ; and they succeeded, to the manifest chargrin of Mr. Pemberton, the able solicitor to the Woods and Forests, a gentleman whose equanimity was never before so much as ruffled. The corporation, supported as they are by eminent legal opinion, are bound by their position to assert their alleged rights ; the crown must do the same. The prize is valued at £lOO,OOO. The position of the Dock Commissioners will scarcely be effected in any practical point by the issue ; but they can not be supposed to be so disinterested as to view the con test with indifference. Indeed, unless some compromise happens, this contest will become one of general interest, as it may lead to the strict investigation of other titles af fecting the rights claimed by the crown. CASE AGAINST A PASSENGER AGENT.-011 Friday, a man named John Caulfield, appeared before Mr. Commis sioner Lowndes at the County Court to claim £2O from Mr. George Saul, passenger agent. Mr. Brotherton ap peared for the complainant. It appeared that Caulfield and his family (of Ireland) sailed from DrOgheda for Li verpool with the intention of emigrating to America. On the passage thither they met other Irish families also bound for the same destination. They lodged together here and paid respectively for their passages by the Rochester, Caulfield paying £2olls. for himself and those with him. He relinquished the lls. so that the case might come within the jurisdiction of this court. He wanted a separate ticket, but was told it was not needed, but a memorandum of the names of the parties who had paid was written and handed in at the defendant's office. The Rochester sailed, and was wrecked on the coast of Wex ford; and then all the passengers returned to Liverpool. Mr. Saul, it was said, had settled with some of them by sending them out in the Patrick Henry, and others, through sheer want, had gone back to Ireland. The com missioner, after long consideration, elicited that there was a separate taking of the passengers in each case, and some evidence was offered corroborating this. Mr. Brotherton contended that it was clearly a separate taking, and that if it were decided to be a joint taking, the passenger agent must of necessity triumph, and Caulfield must be ousted from the jurisdiction of the court; for, the total sum paid was £5O, but as Caulfield could not swear as to the sums actually handed to the agent by the other parties, there would be an end to the action. He was willing to accept the £2O in full of all his claim in the contract, but no joint action could now be maintained. Besides, it was worthy of remark, that in an affidavit sworn by Mr. Saul, and a copy of which was in court, and handed to the bench, that genntleman viewed the payment of Caulfield as a separate payment for himself and his family. The commissioner, however, after taking another half hour to cogitate, considered that it was a joint contract, made by all parties who paid for their passages at the time Caul field paid for his; but at the request of Mr. Bretherton, he allowed the case to stand over until Tuesday (this day), in order to afford time for it to be heard before Mr. Baron Parke, at his chambers on Saturday. This decision ex cited some surprise in the Court. Mr. Saul was not pre sent, nor any to represent him. HOLDSWORTH'S PATENT-SAFETY TUBES FOR LIFE- BOATS, LIFE-BUOYS, &c.—On Wednesday afternoon an experiment was made in the Trafford Dock Basin, to show the efficacy of the safety-tubes, adapted by Mr. Holds worth, of Dartmouth, for rendering any boat a life-boat, and for life-buoys, &c. A large boat was lent for the oc casion by Messrs. Tucker and Jordan, boatbuilders, Baffin-street, and a number of nautical and scientific gen tlemen were present to witness the test. The tubes are of vulcanized india rubber, of great strength, and not affected by differences of temperature. They are made solely by Messrs. Macintosh and Co. ' of Manchester, who can provide them of any given size. Those used on this occasion appeared to be about two yards in length, and seven or eight inches in diameter, each having a brass valve at one end, for inflation, either by the mouth or a r al e l n y t a o l o f n t g h e t h a e ir. i. t S el e i v o e r ra s l id o e f s tohtetsbeewbeoraetl,asuhnedderlothne pair of bello ws , an d w ith a • screw tap to prevent the g e lt c u a d p seats. The boat was perforated with four holes in her bottom, and two on each side d above the water line, for t t i l L e s p e u w rp er o e se pr o o f v fi d l e li d ng w h it ez, caonrk , b as a temporary expedient, or l . Flugs, so as to be lateral yconstructed for closed when required. In a boa ' t m rr valves are an occasional life-boat on this principle , made to act with readiness and effect. Four two oars, were on board of th e b oat used, o w u riic n h, el A. u wi o th , she had on board upwards of 5001 b. o f i ron, in weights of 561 b., it required some time to put her down so as to be waterlogged. She was at length almost wholly submerged, yet maintained her upright position with three of the men standing on her bottom. On being lightened of several of the weights, which were proportionately too much for the comparatively small amount of buoyancy in the few tubes, she rose considerably, and freed herself of much of the water through the side valves under the gunnel. The operation was successful, but would have been still more so had she been in a tossing sea.way, in which case she would have discharged the water more freely by her undu lating motion or lift, than in dead water. After the bot tom plugs were drawn in, she was readily bailed out, and floated as originally. The principle is not assumed to be new, but it is a new adaptation, undoubtedly practicable, and may be the means of saving life on emergencies. The tubes are flexible, may be rolled up into a small compass, and stowed away when not in use. Several life-buoys, of similar construction, were also exhibited, of a circular form, and extremely handy and pliable to the person. A man amused himself with one of these for a long time, and in a variety of postures, all indicating perfect safety. One great advantage is, that the tubes are as strong as thick leather, and are not liable to injury by any violence short of a cut or perforation ; road even if a hole be made in one of them, there are curious plugs or rivets of the same material that can easily be buttoned into the hole so as immediately to render it tight. The material is 16 per cent. lighter than water of the same bulk, and the cost of the whole apparatus for a boat of considerable size is com paratively small. The agents for the sale here are Messrs. Johnson, chemists, Church-street, and Mes srs. Short and Blake, Park-lane.: POLICE INTELLIGENCE. the property of a carterßOß )3,Ezs char g C e ( A i r. T E withß . h — a v O i nng stolen Saturday s Joseph b es t Egan, oc _ ks a mahogany table, and other furniture, rs. appeared Sarah thatThomas,i‘rs i .oTf Thomas, C as r , a i v i e a il v fur niture at a s a l e i n D u k e-street, on Monday, for a sum of £1 Os., engaged the prisoner for the purpose of conveying in t cr re p e u t r , a o s n e c d io t l- e r oa d t them to her residence. He put the articles in his cart and proceeded in the direction of Craven-street, but, instead of leaving them there, he sold the bedstocks to a Mrs. Catheri ne G len, of Woolf -street, and he took the table to his own house. When arrested in Heath-street, he stated that he had sold the property and drunk the proceeds. He was committed for trial. Three boys, Williams, Murray, and Murphy, were, on Friday, charged, at the Police -court, with having broken into a marine -store in Preston -street, by breaking a pan el of the door. A light was observed in the premises at 2 o'clock on Friday morning, by the policeman on duty, and the prisoners were apprehended, one of them outside, and the other lingering about. They were committed to THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, gaol for a month.—Two girls, Kirkpatrick and M'Cor mic, were charged same day by Mr. Wilkinson, a pub lican of Norfolk-street, with robbing him of £5 10s. Kirkpatrick had been servant in the house, but had been paid her wages, and taken her leave on the after noon of Thursday. Shortly afterwards complainant found that a drawer bad been broken open and the money abstracted. The other girl was found with her in a public-house in the vicinity. Kirkpatrick had bought some clothes at a drapers, and upon her were found several articles, her master's property. Both prisoners were remanded. OBTAINING GIG HARNESS BY FALSE PPETENCES.— On Thursday two horse jockies, named Warner and M'Gowan, were charged, at the Police-court, with hav ing got possession of a set of gig harness, on false pre tences. The prisoners were at Messrs. Lucas's Reposi tory a few days before, when a man named Thornborough, a ; room , called there, and in the course of conversation, at a public-house in the neighbourhood, mentioned to a Mr. Quayle who was present with them, that he had the harness to - dispose of. Suddenly the two prisoners left the room, went to the prosecutor's house, in Laurel street, represented to his wife that her husband had sold the harness to a gentleman, and had sent them to bring it. No suspicion being entertained she handed the set to them, which they sold to a saddler in Parker-street, having represented that they had been employed to do so by th groom of Mr. L. Heyworth. They were both apprehended on Wednesday, and committed for trial, with liberty to go at large on providing good bail. end to. He could not explain to them publicly how mat ters stood, or he would do so. He knew of one particular instance in which a large number of packages had not one farthing of dock dues paid upon them, but, after the matter had been mentioned, then the dues were paid. In answer to an inquiry as to how such evasions could take place, the chairman replied that he could name the goods, where they went, and all about them, but it would be coming 'too close. He was satisfied they did not lose by hundreds a year, but by thousands. Mr. Horsfalr asked if the officers of customs could not do something. The chairman said they had been communicated with, but they told them they could not do anything, as the dues did not belong to them. In what he had stated he al luded more partcularly to exports. The matter was con sidered to be ore which required immediate attention, and it was referred: in order that inquiries should be made. The reporters then withdrew. LAUNCH OF A NEW HOLYHEAD MAIL STEAMER. On Wednesday last there was launched, from the building-yard of Mr. John Laird, North Birkenhead, a beautiful steam-ship called " The St. Columba," built for the Government, and intended to run with the mails, and passengers, between Holyhead and Dublin. She is one of a series of four new vessels for the station, con structed by different builders, with a view, we presume, to enable each to exhibit his respective merits as an able and faithful naval architect. On this point, we think, Mr. Laird need fear little competition, if we may judge from the beauty of the model, the completeness of finish, and the superior strength in the workmanship. She is very sharp at the extremities, with a fine length of floor ing, and all her lines so beautifully blended, that no lumps or depressions are anywhere to be found, the whole being symmetrical and elegant. The following are her dimensions, &C. : Length over all, about . on the water line Beam between paddle-boxes ft. Depth amidships Burthen, new measurement 634 tons. She will have engines on the good old beam principle, of 360-horse power, built by our townsmen, Geo. Forrester and Co., with comparatively narrow, but deep paddle wheels, (of 27 feet diameter,) on a principle somewhat similar to " Morgan's " patent, by which much of the backwater, or lift, is obviated,—the floats impinging per pendicularly on the water. We were much gratified by an interior inspection before the launch of the ship, and particularly her engine-room. The sleepers, or kelsons, upon which the engines and boilers will rest, are especially strong, as are the midship floorings. The former are of box-formed strong plates of iron reaching to the outward skin, and there is a double-plated central kelson on edge. These are addi tional securities against any spring or instability in the bottom. The whole of the ribs,. indeed, are so close, and so well placed, as to resemble the bones of a herring, without incurring extra weight of material. There are also two stringers of strong T iron running fore and aft throughout, which must afford great additional strength to the hull. _ _ _ _ _ The St. Columba has a neat bust figure-head of the saint from whom she is named, who, we believe, was a Scottish religionist of the basaltic Island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, or western isles of Scotland. She has an el liptic, or flattened. round stern, and will be decorated with carved scrollwork. There are six water-tight bulk heads, which divide her into seven compartments, and give great strength, as also security against water-logging in the event of accident by rocks or collision. The launch took place shortly before high water, and the vessel was named in spirited style, and with the usual formality, by the lady of Mr. Wm. Laird. She went off beautifully, majestically, and without the slightest demur, into her destined element, and floated lightly and nobly, drawing only 8 feet forward and 9 abaft, being an average of 81 feet ; the entire, weight of the hull, and about 100 persons on board, being only about 295 tons, as indicated by the displacement. Those on board endeavoured, by running from side to side, to throw her so down that the bilge launching pieces, that had stuck to her, might sepa rate from her; but such was her stiffness that they failed in the attempt, being unable to surge her over only a few inches from the water line—a proof of her great stability. The spectators in the yard and on the neighbouring shores were numerous, and all were highly delighted. The vessel was decorated with Admiralty and other flags, that at the main bearing her name. She was immediately towed off down the Pool, and into the Morpeth Dock, it Birkenhead, to be fitted up—the first vessel of large ton nage built on the Cheshire side, that has been taken into the docks of that new port. After the launch, several of the gentlemen present re tired to the office, and partook of wine and buiscuits, when, as a matter of course, the health of the builders, and prosperity to the St. Columba, were drunk with en thusiasm. In the same yard there is, fully ribbed and partly plated, a fine large steamship for the Holyhead Railway Company, to run between that place and Dublin—the shortest navigable route between the two islands. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) Yet in that there is a dif ticulty, because those duties amount to, I believe, £5,000,000, and are considered requisite to maintain the fiscal integrity of our country and the honour of the na tion. But, 1 firmly believe, and that from looking at what has occnred in the case of coffee, spirits, and other arti cles-I firmly believe that, in a very short time, if the duty on tea were reduced one-half, we should have an equal amount of duty to what we have at present paid, upon the larger consumption, into the hands of the go vernment. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I And what would be the result ? A great increase to the comforts of the poorer orders ; and here I may take the opportunity of saying that I am most anxious to do all things that are .practicable for the raising of the poorer orders in the scale i of society. (Great applause.) Ido not want to pull down the upper ranks to those that are lower, but, for the hap piness of all, to raise the lower so far as it can practically be done; and any measure tendin,g to that end shall be sure ,of my hearty and honest concurrence. (Applause.) i Now, I believe a reduction of the duty on tea will do a great deal towards the promotion of domestic comfort, by inducing you, gentlemen —as most of you, lam sure, are inclined already to do—to enjoy the society of your wives and families, instead of as some have done, rather too • much have done, resorted to public houses ;- and though it is not lawful for me to attempt to bribe any of you—(a laugh)—yet that I have no hesitation in saying that I am for giving all your wives, and children, and sweethearts tea at half-price. (Laughter and cheers.) Gentlemen, these are the principal points upon which I wished to ad dress you. lam not a speaker. I tell you what is in my heart, and I tell it to you honestly—(hear. hear) ; and shall not detain you longer than to say that, if honoured by being sent by you to parliament. I can faithfully pro mise that the business of your great city, public and pri vate, shall be diligently discharged. Ido not pretend to be equal to that excellent representative (Lord Sandon) who is your member, but who is, I understand, about to retire. I heartily wish that his principles on the subject of religion had not rendered it necessary for many of his ardent and zealous friends to quit him on thisoccasion. But you have preferred principle to every other object, and you have shown it nobly, and in the face of England, by procur ing the retirement of one of the best members that ever re presented Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) It is due to that noble lord to say so much for him; but if you honour me by re turning me to Parliament, it will be doubly my duty to endeavour to follow his steps in all that relates to business, and perhaps, by the blessing of God, 1 may arrive suffi ciently near him to answer your purposes. (Hear, hear.) With these observations, I take my leave for the present, hoping, on future occasions, to meet you, and to speak on other points upon which you may desire to hear my senti ments. I desire to maintain the integrity of our religion, —and if returned to Parliament what I have spoken of as my principles, though I make no pledges, will be car ried out to their full extent, and you will not have reason to complain of my flying from any of them. (Hear and cheers.) I earnestly solicit the honour of your votes; and I can assure those who may not, from various causes, think it right to support me, that, if returned by others, ther interests will be as carefully attended to as if they had been my warmest supporters. Sir Digby who was listened to throughout with the most marked attention, here withdrew, amid very considerable applause. Immediately after, An ELECTOR asked what the gallant candidate's opinion was relative, as we understood him, to the Irish Railway Bill? Sir DIGBY replied that this was just one of those points interesting to Liverpool upon which he should make some inquiries. (Hear, hear.) There were here loud calls for Mr. Horsfall, but the worthy alderman declined to address the multitude, it being then near four o'clock; and the proceedings ter minated. MR. FREDERICK DOUGLAS AND THE AGENTS OF THE HALIFAX STEAMERS. We thought that the question at issue between the Messrs. Mc. Iver and Mr. Douglas was settled by the letter addressed by the former gentlemen to the London Times. It was clearly shown by that letter that it was not on the ground of colour that Mr. Douglas was refused a cabin passage in the Cambria. It was because, known as he was to be an anti-slavery lecturer, his presence in the cabin would most likely produce, as it had before pro duced, an interruption in the harmony of the passengers most prejudicial to the interests of the proprietors. Some people, however, are never satisfied with explanations; and Mr. Frederick Douglas appears to be one of those unreasonable people, and, if the epistle which he has re cently addressed to the Times, in reply to Mr. Mc. Iver, be a fair sample, he is rather disposed to lose sight of reason in the attempt to fasten a charge upon these gen tlemen. A quotation from his letter will show this. Mr. Mc. Iver's letter, he says, contained the following statement : "The whole point of my remarks amounted to this—that he (Mr. Douglass), when coming from the United States, some months ago, in the same vessel, the Cambria, as a steerage passenger, was invited by some of the cabin passengers into the saloon, and was the cause, whether intentially, or uninten tially, of producing, by the observations he made use of, a serious disturbance, which required the authority of the cap tain to quell, in order to restore peace and safety." There is certainly nothing in this passage which shews an ill-feeling towards Mr. Douglass or his class—nothing to prove 'what was imputed to the company, that they were willing to pander to American prejudices against a black skin. Let us see his reply:— "Sir, I deem this a serious charge. I have little in this world but a character for uprightness, and, I hope, gentlemanly con duct, and trust you will not think me too anxious to preserve that. In reply to the above statement, I beg to say (and regret to be compelled to say it, for all contradiction is unpleasant to me), it is not true that I went into the saloon of the Cambria on the invitation of any passenger or passengers; so far from it, I repeatedly refused to go into that part of the ship at their invi tation; and it was not until invited by the captain himself that I stepped into the saloon ; I deny that I was the cause of the disturbance to which the agent refers. The logic which would make me such would make my stolen purse the cause of theft, or my burning dwelling the cause of incendiarism. It is adding cruelty to injustice to attempt to fasten such a charge upon a man in my circumstances. There was disturbance, I admit ; but who made it? Five or six republican slaveholders, setting at defiance, on shipboard, as theyare accustomed to do at home, all law andorder, and threatening to administer to me the code of Judge Lynch, because I spoke a few zcords to persons who wished to hear some account of the workings of American slavery. For this some of the slaveholders gravely proposed to throw me overboard, and might have executed their murderous design but for the timely interference of the captain, who had, on behalf of the passengers, invited me to the saloon deck. This, sir, is the foundation of the charge of causing a disturb ance. In America, where the police are almost always with the mob, I should probably be held accountable for the disturb ance, but in England it must be otherwise." There is nothing her but, in the first instance, a paltry quibble, and, in the next, a full admission of the justi fiable grounds upon which the agents of the line acted. Mr. Douglas says that he was not invited into the saloon by " some of the cabin passengers," but by the captain. Some of the cabin passengers, however, had repeatedly invited him ; and the captain no doubt invited him at length at the request of those " who wished to hear some account of the working of American slavery." He denies too, that he was the cause of any disturbance, and yet he admits that the disturbance arose "because" he " spoke a few words to persons who wished to hear some account of the working of American slavery." Of course , he did not whisper,—of course there was a row ; and, as it was most probable that in the saloon of the Cambria there would have been, on the occasion when he was re fused a cabin passage, some other persons who would like to know all the atrocities of American slavery, there would have been a disturbance again. Much as we dislike slavery in America or elsewhere, we cannot see why the Halifax or any other steamers should be subjected to the 1 annoyance of these disturbances. If they did so submit, we should see shortly somebody advertising a Line, "war ranted not to carry an anti-slavery lecturer." SIR DIGBY MACKWORTH ON 'CHANGE. On Tuesday last, according to appointment, Sir Digby Mackworth made his first public appearance on 'Change. JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq., briefly introduced the gal lant candidate to the notice of the electors, expressing him self in the highest terms as to his character and abilities. Sir DIGBY MACKWORTH, on presenting himself at the window, was hailed with loud and enthusiastic cheering and waving of hats. When silence had been restored, he proceeded as follows :—Gentlemen, electors, the send ments`which I have ventured to put forth in the address to you, which is now posted up on your walls, are those that I desire to maintain through life. It is quite ne cessary, as a total stranger to Liverpool, except to a very few of your brother electors, that I should explain what my views are on other points as well as on those alluded to in my address. It is quite clear that there are two points more prominent than all others, so far as I have heard, in the minds of the electors of this great town. The one is, the protection of our Protestant religion. (Vehement applause.) I am thankful, gentlemen, for that cheer, for it shows that there is a strong feeling for the defence of our Protestantism, as the great Palladium of England, not only in its opposition to those who would introduce a religion leading to slavery, but as advancing the principles of this country in the great negotiations and all the great affairs connected with this government. (Cheers.) I trust when Protestant principles are tho roughly re-established, we shall have no more expediency, (hear, h ear ,) —but that we shall act up firmly to those principles. (Renewed cheers.) Gentlemen, on the sub ject of Protestantism, I can hardly speak without most unwittingly and undesiringly giving offence to some of those who, though themselves Roman Catholics, I wish always to regard and treat as brethren. I come not here to condemn Roman Catholics, but to condemn the re ligion which enslaves them. (Hear, and applause.) I wish them to share in those glorious liberties which we as Protestants enjoy, and which were never enjoyed in a purely Roman Catholic country. (Hear, and renewed applause.) Protestantism is in itself the very genius of liberty. Every free institution really owes its origin to it ; and I do earnestly desire, that, by laboring in the Protestant cause, we may soon be capable of admitting our Roman Catholic brethren to the same freedom which we all enjoy—freedom which we all admire, whether in the throne, the priesthood, or the people. (Hear, hear.) We desire that we may be preserved from any kind of tyranny ; and there is no tyranny which has shown itself so intense as that which the Roman Catho lic principles have impressed on the nations that have wholly adopted them. (Loud applause.) I would, there fore, here declare, in the most solemn manner, the earnest desire I have to see that this country should never con tribute towards the support of the Romish priesthood, or the education of the Romish people in those tenets which we know will prove injurious to them. (Great applause.) Admit them readily and heartily to the benefits of scrip tural education. The people of Ireland avail themselves of such an education ; and if we were firm in maintaining that great principle, we should find the Roman Catholics o elt f r ord o eu m ol: aunr a tdsi l eo l bln q vy u ei nfs a o. r ts t h e t er(orslsi (Hear.) g h ap r r r o . I)necgi tyranny iw g e. as t nnw o ngi tc u oohf r tth s hha c eev h ep o mb o r ii l ees s esc a , itl a i lisnl Priesthood. beneficial neveralit will of t d h o e . age, (A there p lau (Applause.) been Tliat an ga m a e tt i e ,a m s p b t ee t o n governplayed for a long series of years ; and I would ask ycli , whether any beneficial resu l ts have accrued from it, el the poor Irish th e m se l ves , or to the goverment er o t ; ? this country. (None.) E very concess i on h as b een met by a corresponding increased demand, and so it will be to the end. If we wish to govern Ireland openly, firmly, and peacefully, we must govern the priests who govern the people. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall now touch upon another point, and that is one which must necessa rily be of high value to a city like Liverpool—the first commercial city in the universe—l mean the maintenance of those navigation laws which have been the great means not only of fostering commerce in Liverpool, but of main taining the superiority of our navy over that of all other nations, and which has raised England to the proud • posi tion she now occupies. (Hear and cheers.) Though my self a soldier, I have learned, in the situation in winch England is placed, geographically and constitutionally, to regard the navy as her proudest bulwark against all her foes ; and if the navigation laws were removed or seriously altered, it would soon tend to encourrge foreign compe tition, and the superiority of England would be diminished in a great degree. I, therefore, look to see the navigation laWs of England maintained, in order that the prosperity of the country may be increased in the ratio in which it is now increasing. (Great applause,) With regard to free trade—a point which also must necessarily be of great im portance in Liverpool —we, gentlemen, in this country, having a large national debt, are taxed beyond the people of other countries. Now, in order that we may start fair with other countries, there must be some check put upon the absolute freedom of trade, just sufficient to make us, at first starting, equal to other countries, and, therefore, rendering us capable of contending with them advantage ously ; for if once put upon an equality with them, there is that in the high and noble qualities of Englishmen which will lead them to surpass other countries, and to produce better manufactures, and Consequently to spread England's name all over the world. (Applause.) There is another point on which I desire to say a few words, which must also necessarily be interesting to you ; and, as a stranger, and asking the honour of representing you in the ensuing parliament, I desire you should know all the main points of my views, such as they are, and if I omit any matter which, in your eyes, may seem important, it will give me sincere pleasure to answer an y question you may be pleased to put to me. (Hear, hear, and applause.) On subjects concerning principle, I shall answer at once : but if you ask me any questions concerning matters of a local nature, I must crave time to enable me to make in quiries, in. order that I may give yo u an honest, straight forward answer on another occasion. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the tea trade, I am of opinion that a very large reduction ought to be made in the duties 011 tea, LOCAL MEETINGS. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY MAGISTRATES. The annual general sessions of the magistrates of this county was held, at Preston, on Thursday last. T. B. Addison, Esq. in the chair. About thirty magistrates were present. The usual accounts, for the expense of bridges, lunatic asylums, house of correction, were presented, and, as is customary, were referred to the adjourned ses sions, in September. The several rates or assessments required by the county treasurer were granted. Mr. GARNETT said that the raising of the money re quired to build the two new lunatic asylums and alter the prisons; by loan from government or other parties, had been considered by the committee, who proposed to spread the repayment over a period of thirteen years. Good se curity would, however, be required. It was agreed that the subject should stand over until the September meet ing. From a return presented, it appeared that in the Lan caster Asylum there were at present 681 inmates, the average being 663 ; in Lancaster Castle there were 158 prisoners and 76 debtors, together 234. The weekly cost per head of the crown prisoners was 3s. 21d., and of the debtors 3s. 10d. It was thought that the cost of the debtors, with whom the public had nothing to do, was too great. It was more than that for maintaining the paupers in the union workhouse. A discussion took place in re ference to the appointment of three additional policemen for the southern division of Lonsdale. As the population was upwards of 20,000, the increase was granted. Mr. TINNE moved that Garston should cease to belong to the Prescot division, and be included in the Kirkdale division, and that two additional policemen should also be appointed. The town was becoming very large and popu lous, and the special constables were incompetent to act. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion, from what he had learned, that the alteration was desirable, and the motion was agreed to. Three additional policemen were granted for the Bury division, also one for the East Lancashire Railway Com pany, at their own expense, The meeting was then ad journed to Sept 2. COMMISSSIONERS OF WALLASEY.—The usual monthly meeting took place on Thursday evening, Mr. H. Winch presiding. The Improvement Committee recommended a lenient course with regard to the infringement of the law by Mr. Pemberton's buildings now being erected at Seacombe, namely, that the buildings be not pulled down, but that Mr. Pemberton be required to increase the width of the entrance from the road to ten feet as early as prac ticable.—Mr. Marshall proposed stringent measures. Wallasey might become a large parish, and its sanatory interests ought to be enforced. It was stated that Mr. Pemberton was informed when the buildings were com menced that they were contrary to the act. Mr. Winch was thanked by the Commissioners for his services during the year, and again elected chairman.—Mr. Atherton was voted to the vice-chair.—The general annual meeting was then held for the purpose of passing the accounts and transacting the general business of the parish. The ex penditure for the year was £3,652 9s. 7d. ; the liabilities, £4,225 3s. Id. ' • and there was a balance against the town ship of .£3,163 11s. 40.—The accounts were passed, and Mr. S. Bewley and Mr. G. Dare were elected auditors.— The meeting then broke up. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At a meeting of the board, on Tuesday, to consider the measures requi site with regard to the supplying of medicine, it was recommended to appoint a special dispenser for Toxteth park. On Wednesday, the usual weekly meeting was held, Mr. J. T. Roskell in the chair. The approval of the Poor law Commissioners to the increase of the schoolmaster's salary to £BO, the appointment of Mr. Tomkins as assist ant relieving-officer to Toxteth-park, and to the plans for the new fever hospital was reported.—The union had been required to maintain the lunatic Dwerryhouse, who recently committed a murder at Knowsley.—Mr. Appleby denied a statement made by Mr. Harrison, last week, that able-bodied paupers were receiving relief in Toxteth-park. Mr. Harrison said he had received his information from Mr. Gillmour, surgeon. A motion made by Mr.Appleby, that Mr. Gillmour be called before the board, was approved. —The authorities of Toxteth-park were authorised to procure an assistant relieving-officer during the, illness of Mr. Tomkins, who is at present laid up by fever, at a salary of not more than £2 per week.—lt was moved by Mr. Harrison, seconded by Mr. Jeffries, and resolved, that tenders be advertised for the new hospital, and that Mr. H. T. Edwards proceed with the works.—The report of the fever hospital stated the number remaining in the house last week at 101 ; admitted during the week, 19 ; dismissed cured, 25; dead, 4 ; remaining in the house, 91. —Mr. Peers gave notice that he should move that the salary of Mr. Allen be increased from £lOO to £l3O. SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell was in the chair. An election of medical officers took place. On a division Messrs. Bur gess, Gee, and Leather, having obtained the highest number of votes, were declared elected. Mr. Leather was appointed dispenser of medicine, and Mr. and Mr. Glyn as assistant-dispensers of medicine to the Workhouse, at the salaries mentioned in the advertise ment. Mr. Ferguson reported that the enquiry into the alleged misconduct at the St. Anne's relieving-office had not concluded, and Mr. Woodruffe complained of having been treated with discourtesy by the commission of enquiry. An angry discussion followed. Mr. read an order in council extending the regulations applied to steam vessels to sailing vessels. Mr. Weightman was requested to send in an estimate of the expense of erect ing a shed capable of accommodating 300 paupers, prior to their removal to Ireland. Mr. Steele reported that out of 500 fever cases under his care, there were really only two cases of typhus among them. Mr. Leather sent in a report of the cases under his care to a similar effect. Captain M'Donald, of the Akbar, having reported that there would be a difficulty in mooring a line-of-hattle ship in the Mersey, the Admiralty have promised to fit up two smaller vessels, as hospital ships, at the expense of the government, and to send them round here without delay. The Mayor wrote to say that he had received a communication to the effect that the Lancaster, a large frigate, would be sent here in lieu of the Cornwallis— that she would be completely fitted up by the latter end of next month, and towed round by a government yitl s hi te leao a io m srmep e ,lvea r ear . icist The thanks of the board were ordered to be returned for these offers. Mr. Wainwright was requested sion to send down two copies of the Poor Removals Bill, for the information of the board ; and, at the suggestion of the annum,MaVlieros. shod` Austin ry, parish . d e T s t d o i n tbeooe i s aiady t d o ee3r b a: be ntr i a tow s : k eo e a fdi Wainwright, s e i go t c h ifel whether ther ea it iswl islawful dheoerrrekedti lotoofuot f rsh o eee r ,, it was irable unite gnciotme tniiiietelieeewrepppoarnt.esdh_tohfliate,eass with t n h - 1 e t r e 'rhpeaTriosiwif board. As the Town -clerk sent . notice to quit to the be required for the officers underin t lenwick-street, would on the j l a e nittory act, pos session of theta would be given up next. Mr. Earle said it would be impossible toof January the erection of the new Parish-offices under 12 months co two years • and he suggested th a t temporary offices might be obtained in the meantime at the Saracen's Head Hotel, Dale-street. The board then adjourned. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this body was held on Thursday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Moore, (chairman,) Molyneux, Mann, Henderson, Lockett, Rankin, Royde n , Tobin, Sandbach, Middleton, Nicol, Wood, and Horsfall. The Committee of Works submitted a plan of the surveyor for a new wall at the entrance of the North Docks, to prevent the paddle-wheels of steam-packets getting on the quay. Agreed to.—Thirteen landing and deck clerks, at salaries of £BO per annum, were appointed to the new stack of warehouses recently opened at the Albert Dock, and three other at £so lpsl nerr. pe—so chairman. ready,rTe Houghton tln n oeyat n uni sr u tgdeloi m elcitl tdiui olc ; iat oiinrtnt a eo l tdarl s hr, o, se dtove eprpi several hi atem p eehe o lhmpael r rticwo t os t e nttvie r hoeer s nyee-, of conveyanceaTi&l nnnp c ieei g . ,nr , he improve ment a n i attt bndee Wappingdt a s p n ta oano a i ddf p a apprentice.—The r shoi e mi n wpti t eoea i tw c e ss of members in the Dock Trust.—A letter was read from Messrs. Chance Brothers, calling the attention of the Trust to the necessity of doing away with town dues on the shipment of manufactured goods. No charge was made on similar goods at the London and St. Catherine's Docks, and large quantities of goods were consequently sent there, which would otherwise be shipped at Liver pool. Several members thought there was a reason why the matter should be considered, and the Chairman ex pressed a hope that they would shortly be able to do what was required. The Chairman further stated that with respe ct to the exaction of dock dues, the trust was de frauded to a great extent, and he had been impressed with the fact. He had had a document sent him by a friend, showing that there was not a corresponding increase in the clock dues, compared with the amount of dock mid warehouse accommodation furnished. In 1817 there were 623 warehouses, and in 1846, 1344 ; and if the warehouses had been occupied there must have been an enormous in crease of goods, and a corresponding increase in the dues : but while the dues had increased 60 per cent., the ware houses had increased 147 per cent. To guard against it, they might, at a trifling expense, have a clerk appointed to look into such matters, and one might also be appointed by the Corporation, which, he had no doubt, they would do if the matter were suggested to the Finance Commit tee. As to the frauds he had mentioned, he knew the fact, and could go and put his band on the things on which they had never received any duty. If two clerks were appointed to go round (one by the Corporation and an other by the Dock Trust,) the system might be put an Di trot getus. A private of the 90th regiment lost his life whilst bathing in the Dee, at Chester, on Tuesday evening. John Brooks, jun., Esq., of Crawshaw Hall, Rawten stall, has been placed on the commission of the peace for this county ; also, Thomas Clapham, Esq., of Stackhouse, near Settle. It is with extreme regret that we have to announce that the old and highly respected firm of Messrs. Clay tons, Wilson, and Co., Bankers, of this town, have, through the pressure of the times, been under the ne cessity of suspending payment.—Preston Pilot. GALVANIC TELE GR AV H s.—On Wednesday afternoon last, the result of the last race at Rochdale (distance eleven miles from Manchester) was communicated at thetelegraph office in the Manchester Exchange, in a few seconds of time ! JENNY LIND AT MANCIIESTED.—The prices at the I Manchester Theatre, to hear Jenny Lind, have been fixed as follows :—Dress circle, 31s. 6d. ; dress stalls (in the pit), 51s. ; upper circle, 15s. ; amphitheatre stall (front row of gallery circle), 10s. 6d. ; gallery. ss. HOYLAKE.—This delightful watering-place is now very full of company, and lodgings are eagerly sought after. The races .are, we understand, fixed to take place on the 25th or 26th of August, under very spirited management. The course has been improved, and greatly altered, so much as to vie with any small meeting in the country. The subscriptions are much increased, and all bids fair to outrival former meetings. A COAL PIT ON FIRE AT WORSLEY.—For the last three or four weeks, an extensive coal-pit at Worsley, belonging to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, has been on fire. The fire, it is supposed, originated through the care- I lessness of some of the workmen, who left a quantity of burning embers in the pit. All efforts to quench the flame, up to this, have proved unavailing, and the conse quence is, that the hands who were employed in the pit are now thrown out of work. THE FAMINE FEVER AT MANCHESTER.—We regret that we are yet unable to report that the fever which pre vails amongst the wretched Irish immigrants in the cel lars and lowest lodging-houses has at all abated. All the sanitary efftirts employed by the guardians, relieving officers, and the medical and other officers of the fever hospitals and unions on the one hand, and the admirable system of visitation and prompt relief by the eight sani tary officers of the borough police on the other, with the whitewashing and cleansing carried on under the direction of these officers, have hitherto done no more than prevent the fever from spreading.—Manchester Guardian. FURTHER EXTENSION or BONDING PRIVILEGES TO MANCHESTER. —The lords of the treasury have authorised the commissioners of customs to give directions, in order that goods warehoused at Manchester may be permitted to be removed, under bond, to bonding warehouses at other bonding ports, upon conditition, nevertheless, that they are in no case to be exported from such warehouses, but only to be entered there for home consumption, or to be removed under similar restrictions. This is a great ad ditional advantage to those formerly possessed ; and Man chester now possesses the privilege of bonding for home consumption as fully as any other port in the United Kingdom. There only remains now to free this borough from the tax of supporting the customs' establishment liere,—Mancleester Guardian. FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Tuesday afternoon - last, an explosion- of fire-damp took place at the Higher Patricroft or Kirkless hall colliery, between Ince and As pull, on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpol Canal, two miles from Wigan. The firing of coal by the miners, which is doubtless practised to save their own.labour, is, it seems, against the rules laid down by the prOprletors of the colliery, and on this occasion was practised without their knowledge or consent. About half-past eleven in the morning, one of the men. had been having a " blow up," and the consequence was, the setting on fire the coal in that part of the mine, which we are told is of a highly bituminous and inflammable nature. The overlooker, George Evans, on the first alarm being given, directed all his efforts to extinguish the tire, collected his best men for the purpose, and sent several out of the pit for safety. The pit is divided into two sections, one of which only felt the effects of the accident. In this section, we believe, thirty-two persons were the full complement employed, or sent down in the morning. Of these, six or eight were sent up and the re ma i n i ng p or ti on were a t th e pl ace o f the etpiosion. After an ineffectual attempt to put - out the fire, all the efforts of the men appear to have been di rected to the closing or building up that part where the fire was burning ; and the confinement of the air, and con sequent stopping of the usual current in that direction, is supposed to have caused the explosion. The overlooker was severely injured.: All possible efforts were made to get out the injured parties. At length 23 of them were got out, but it was impracticable to prosecute the search with safety until the fire had been effectually blocked up_ The workings were filled with smoke where the fire had not extended. The workings had to be walled up, leav ing in them six of the workmen imprisoned. One man (Cartwright) was extracted lifeless, and two others (Berry and Rhodes) were so much burnt that they died next day. Six others are supposed to be dead. An inquest was held before the coroner on Friday, on view of the body of Berry, but the evidence not being complete, it was ad journed until Thursday next, when the extent of the fa tality will be known. Nine persons beside those num bered were more or less burnt—some of them very se verely. FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The money market continues easy ; but it is not con cealed that a further drain upon us for specie must take place, as the vast supplies of food grown for us in the United States come into this country. It is true that our manufacturers have large orders on hand for goods to be taken in return to American produce. Unfortunately, however, as buyers come into the market the raw mate rial is forced up until the manufacturer has no longer a margin of profit left. America. moreover, in her anxiety to get her grain supply forward to market, is keeping back her cotton. There is, therefore, no prospect that any considerable business can be done for some time to come, unless a greatly enhanced price for goods is sub mitted to by the foreign buyer. The country trade is rather more active, but not so as to encourage a return to full time of working. The condition of the operatives throughout the manufacturing districts is deplorable. It is becoming more and more clear that we must take measures to rescue ourselves from the almost exclusive dependence upon America for a supply of cotton, under which our manufactnring interest is now suffering. Upon this point the monthly circular of Messrs. Ferguson and Co. speaks very decidedly as follows : "It is obvious that higher prices than the present must rule in this market before manufacturers will generally run their mills full time; and it ecomes a question of some moment, how far our productive ener ies may be circumscribed by the limited supply of the raw material, and its consequent high va lue- Looking to the future, and presuming the weather prove auspicious during the next month, we should expect that the low and unremunerative rates of the staple products of this dis trict. at 'present current, will attract the attention of capitalists, as affording opportunities of eligible investment. Already an anxiety is evinced by buyers to enter into contracts at old prices, whilst manufacturers to-pay are firmly asking considerable ad vances. It appears to us highly desirable that the great inter ests of this country liable to be affected by the vicissitudes of the cotton plant, should take the necessary steps to widen the sources of supply. The fertile lands of British Guiana need only an adequate amount of the free labourers from the coast of Africa to produce abundantly the finest staple, and it is to be hoped that some public effort will be made to facilitate emigra gration in that quarter, as well as to foster and develope the culture of cotton in such other of our colonies and possessions whose climates may be favourable to its growth. In order to maintain our manufacturing pre-eminence, to find employment for our teeming population when American supplies may fail us, and to benefit this country and our colonial empire by re ciprocal advantages, some effort seems necessary to encourage and stimulate the cultivation of cotton in India and our colo nies. We are led into these observations from a belief that the expansion of our trade this year will be materially abridged by the high rates likely to be obtained on cotton, arising from a deficiency of supply to meet the European demand." The Indian Mail, arrived on Tuesday last, bring the manufacturer nothing of an encouraging character. Every thing was dull ; and, although stocks were not heavy, sales of manufactured goods could with difficulty be forced at ruinous sacrifices. Our market for cotton, as may be expected from the foregoing observations, has been very active throughout the week, the sales being 72,720 bales, of which 28,700 were taken by speculators, and 46'29 by exporters. Prices advanced od. The following is from the monthly circular of Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool-brokers, Liverpool : " The continuance of favourable weather, the glowing ac counts of the appearance of the crops all over the country, and the comparative ease in the money market, have all tended to produce a more healthy tone in the wool business, and should the reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England be determined on, as seems to be expected, it will further con tribute to a more active demand, and lead to a more full em ployment in the manufacturing districts. We have greater confidence in this than in the expectation of any material ad vance in prices. • . _ _ ". The principal arrivals have been from the west coast of South America, consisting of alpaca and sheep's wool, the latter chiefly washed : we have also received a few parcels of Medi terranean wools, of various kinds. 'Until we see the course the prices of British wools are likely to take, there will not be much demand for foreign wools, which have for some time been used as a substitute: the demand for other kinds of foreign conti nues steady, and prices without change. The trade have been principally engaged at the public sales in London, which com menced on the 10th ultimo, and closed on Thursday last : the total quantity brought forward exceeded 30,000 bales. At the commencement buyers acted with great caution, under the idea that so large a quantity could hardly be got through at the pre sent time; but it is gratifying to find that, although the prices are shockingly low, they have succeeded in disposing of the greater part, and have only been compelled to withdraw a small portion, and the result is considered quite as satisfactory as was to be expected under the circumstances." The corn markets throughout the country continue to droop, affected as well by the present splendid weather as by the prospect of large supplies from other countries. On the Continent, the crops of all kinds are most pro mising, and, with a few weeks more of sunshine and warmth, we shall be placed in the possession of abundance. SIR R. PEEL'S OPINION OF RAILWAYS.—At the din ner given at Tamworth on the opening of the Trent Val ley Railway, Sir R. Peel said:—" Gentlemen, it is pro bable that many of you who are present this day may be struck by the forcible contrast which this ancient town suggests. It is a town the origin of which is lost in the obscurity of a very remote antiquity. Gentlemen, on the eastern part of this town there stands a monument of the reign of Ethelflseda, the daughter of Alfred. On this spot, on the western part of the town, we are inaugura ting a memorial of the reign of Queen Victoria. (Hear.) Gentlemen, that mound which you see on the other side the town was raised by Ethelflseda for the purpose of protecting the town that then existed, from the irruptions of pagan barbarians who had desolated that town and the neighbouring country. It presents to you a record of barbarous manners, of terrible civil conflicts, and of a divided people. (Hear.) This day we are met to cele brate the completion of a work which presents to us the triumphs of science, of knowledge and civilization. (Ap plause.) The interval that has passed between those two periods, between the reign of Ethelflteda and that of Vic toria, comprises not less than ten centuries, — "A thousand years their cloudy wings expand." And, gentlemen, we cannot contemplate without admira tion the wonderful contrast that it has presented to us. This day we celebrate a work, a signal example of one of those wonderful discoveries in science which probably will effect as great a revolution in the social state as any that has been effected since the period when the art of print ing was discovered. (Hear.) It is impossible to over estimate the effect which this wonderful application of science may produce. My confident belief is, that the effect will be for good ; that it will promote the moral i and social welfare of this country, and add to its political Isecurity. (Applause.) Within a few months, we shall pass along this railroad ; our bodies will be conveyed with the fleetness of the wind, and our thoughts by the agency and with the velocity of lightning. (Hear.) Gentlemen, i let us all hope, as I confidently trust, that the effect of this will be for good ; that it will cement family affec tions, by facilitating the intercourse of relatives—(hear) ; —that it will tend to abate prejudices, to advance know ledge, to promote civilisation. (Applause.) Looking at its political effect, I see nothing but cause for congratu lation. I see this country, with its insular position, un able to support more than a limited military force (hear); —I see that in the event (which God avert !) of the re , newel of hostilities, we shall be exposed to a fearful con flict. (Hear.) It is difficult to say what may be the effect of steam navigation upon maritime warfare ; but of this I I am sure, that the progress of railways, by enabling you 1 to transport that small military force, which, actuated by the spirit of Englishmen, and remembering the pre i vious examples which had been set them by their prede cessors, will be able always to contend with armies more I powerful in number ;—I feel convinced-that a new ele i meat of political security is to be found in railway con veyance, by enabling you to transport, suddenly, and without tatigue, to the threatened point, that military force which you can command. (Applause.) Gentlemen, it will draw closer the great metropolis of the empire with those great towns, each of which also is the metropolis of I an important district ; it will facilitate the means of com munication ; it will cheapen the cost of conveyance. If we are to be exposed to rivalry with the industry of other countries, can there he a doubt that the diminished cost at which the transport of our articles, either of agricul tural produde or domestic manufacture, will take place, will enable us to bear that rivalry with the greater chance of success ? (Applause.) But above all, gentlemen, the completion of this railway will establish new bonds of connection between this country and the sister kingdom (hear) ;—it will facilitate the intercourse with Ireland ; it will bring us nearer to that country; and the whole result will, I trust, be, to promote commerce, to diminish any impediment there may be to profit, to unite the peo. pie of this country in the bonds of recipro cal g ood feelin g towards each other, and to make us all the loyal and affectionate subjects •of a Sovereign, who, if zeal for the interests of her country, and an example of domestic vir tue—(applause)—constitute a claim on the affectionate gratitude and devotion of her subjects, has that claim to prefer in at least as strong a degree as any Sovereign that ever sat on the British throne, could prefer a claim on. I the affections of the people. 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