The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-26 00:00:00

ei - )t, 26 GENERAL MISCELLANY Ir U'ot e fires B o _ occurred in London on Friday night 'aa p wes s o ld h•, t,,,,'aipe ror is stallion 11 . 1tindig, to an agent 3, Fr Kussia, for 11J00 winheas. ,1404,teas Co ntributions to the Edinburgh Review qirr 'as the )tt, ue,dir press. and L a: night five turnpike -gates between Llando -o,ii,li wPeter were broken down. !' a s just • k),. quitted Paris, perfectly relieved, says Csllt og u . '"4l, by Dr. Civiale, from the cause of his Mitt sal P B o i", ees x-Presid en t o f t h e repu bli c o f H ayt i , W e aris, adn daY at Havre from England, on his ar e Ip i °lve r ru to hear that the estates in North Wales, lei sold by tza ver uct,on last week, by Messrs. Churton, ,„. 4.1131.0 Y good price. ttli,, l 4 t . li at v a s t tte , nt in the iron trade still increases. We Iti ric: olv erhampton, notwithstanding the late orders come in freely. liN ett etertollve s, :qENT.—Th e T own C ounc i l o f P reston a'te vi oi ... t on layin g down wood pavement in the , v l . iY of the Town Hall. b'lllarti Nicol Burn s , the second son of the ce in ar. has lately returned to Dumfries, after an . ° f 3 1 years. qtlue,tio43Ppons for the National Society, for promo ,liil4l°. the manuf ac t ur i ng di s t r i c t s , now excee d it aYal 1 , e pot',ighness Prince Albert e n j o yed hi s fi rs t "as 4 1 1 4 this season on Saturday. His royal high a;f Y . out a short time, and bagged 13 brace. kN,1 0, i1, 7 „ sal H erald states that Mr. Henry Lytton rthi li . Asti selected by the Government to succeed ttw t ,k tvi t , tic ' t oil as ministor plenipotentiary at Madrid. I'll4 b 4l ' 4 lori a labo uring harvest man, named John Davis, near Chepstow, was so dreadfully stung 4 ,44 _Me trirs.it rea ping that his recovery is hopeless. qo,,,Ni a c . l e , that the wretched fugitive, young Mr. b7'tie„.41141,1: imirdered his father, had been arrested ua, turns out to be incorrect. lit tiih, a !,l l ! t s ', Y o n the anniversary of the birth of_L ci pr o cl i 11 1 sti t r, 177 9 :um - lip having been born on the IV I t s ttp l tk e 5%0 horses belonging to "The Duke of de a l a ch running between London and Chi itttey, th at Midhurst through the excessive heat. big the venerable and much respected Earl 11144 return to Howiek, has exhibited signs of 'which give his family considerable uneasi 4:"' of the piers e g Orapariaest vessels of the Stockton General ,ea lire ,at s toc y are to be offered . for sale . by auction tl rli ti la e oo ,kton. In all directions Shipping Com p, oft. - .se of dissolution. kill 7 I h~ 4 k.k ci f Me -4 'Y, erected in connexion with the cot -41140,-asr,s• georg Hartle and Co., at Primrose 11-5-s'bneas been -e coMplet y ed. It is 225 feet in , en built by Mr. Robert Wrigley. tititl.gt,'ath in s Passed through Carlisle on Wednes ltlyt"ttletriarlsat., on his way fromhy. The right ° ff in a rivrd by mail London, and iname- Vi A}) , , e, e private carriage for his seat. ay state upon good authority, that ~".a,uout to lead to the hymen , al altar Mrs. Isit -I "vr of the late Rev H. J. Ridley, ne- Illtdektar, Lord Chancellor Eldo . n. —Post. l)r p , !ti el, Ruff mßEßs.—There are now growing in the Ni44tiety "rd-liall, two cucumbers, of Walker's le r ::,hioh have respectively attained the ex - 4, l t klw or w as ;`°' of 2 and 30 inches. 1. 1 1 4 P tri i : ) und dead on Saturday night in one of I , ; t ki at His name is stated to be John Short- Of ? I t 4 'aPPosed originally to have departed from hatt ia: h Of R. 4, 1 „ . 155t 'ck and Co., of Iserlohn, in Prussia, one 1,;511,i4t1 ii 'rdw are-manufacturers on the Continent, it la ,000 If bankrupt. Its liabilities amount to qii t 'p, ori 7 t of thalers (15,000,000 f.) la i NOei ßt :" at the Home-office, and, we may add, r4 tt ' llhe ' )f fiee. are still without any information ; at L. arrest of Richard Dadd, charged with the p a `l , B f a , L trqc"N• 'uer at Cobham Park. 4 t ed ' a ns of tt ri , e, t , th e „ Lord Darnley, who is a minor, have 04 4 tD n ; l stit of his lordship's estate in the county Olt the s "e a tt,' -tig h. reduction to the full extent of 25 per ' ‘t/ '44herns ' stea,t,r, midshipman of the late Lizard, Go court ' sr, lost i n the Mediterranean, is sen v4) • "Plart • ti idl at Portsmouth to lose two years' S tattleB quitted deck without being relieved. r t ,Y,, , Who arr i ved at Drayton Manor, on a ti t lt ti :!(l, f ert and Lady Peel, on Thursday, left the 'ttli 4 ,,tord Or d ( nowsley, th e E ar l o f D er by' s , an d. rVM '.al , at s uin retur ns to town, he will visit Lord Lathorn House. jo eg are said t o h ave t a k en pl ace by th e l'Nlll,:tithe t lit• P 47e rs d ,. to exami ne th e h oo k s o f a City house, tlend s '',a nature to ex c i t e surprise and regret 1 nt a worthy London alderman, who has hNit)tt tt t's-G/obe. Stllyihatoirt.scAPE..—On Tuesday week, a child, li h k tlf, a kit? l ' staYing at the Black Lion in Cardiff, ctip ou . out of the window, attempted to fly e riquhe fell from a height of 20 feet, be was Il t „1 gltr jtt Y i njured. S ki aUp ht a u i Co m N W understand that the stand pa nt are for want of the 1,7h: 41 t p ro "' This, with a a c a hancery suit, is no very A t it t s Pent for the shareholders. —Cardiff' Ad tattllhtire 1 t t 1 4 t 1, 4 1i 4 0 4 , 4 be - 47., t A t?..f , Flax this . year , up to the sth of l 'st• th ' i r15 ,'.,1309 cwt. against 608,111 cwt. for the It 1 5 k!.fitst ` Year. The exports of linen manufac- Iti ti 'slo Seven months of this year have increased t t ~i a „, 463 484 in 1842. t ,. trr tic ' t. f li, ) flit' 'Jere 's - In the garden of the Commandery hlo ss „ ' s re present an aple tree and a pear Atlrn, w a ith the ripe fru p it still hanging on a rki sleet, r espe( tabl e p erson w h o may b e so di s - Nll4, t tlink s e , t See them.— Worcester Journal. Ov, s t'ive been picked up, near the spot where on n e t, and a little dog, belonging to the I .fCtr, • 4 Pie ce tWO days after the vessel sunk, float t h a (),. of the wreck in St. Bride's Bay, and kate„.,,N°l4 STEAMER.—By dint of great exer ,rq~p4le: th e - ;'"n ha s b een rescued from her perilous "e'i 8 near Spurn Lighthouse. She has 7Lii t t f th le damage, but not so much as was • pi°th:nefit _ et l' l Lond on tea- d ea l ers h ave g i ven t h e Ih ph i e nnsu or the late fall in teas, by reducing the , 1 Q ha t , r b n er from 4d. to 6d. in the pound ; the stmt b een still more, being so much as 9d. ; 1 11,6 1 4 wpeZIETROPOLIs DURING THE WEEK. ) ti N t b 111 411 ) ;.. (213 to Sunday morning, at three in- P `lttt li f : :n ,"_ fires in the metiopolis have been 40 4 , r tha n h ° :_i e ngon the average five per day—a It, o t w tr it?„l Pave taken place in London for many 5 t 1 (1 14 4 W Ar , t() Sept. 20.—An 4 ,t , in 11 'N, t oc-yrd yeserdy fr the ej r at: he ho D ur k ear a lier in t the y morn o ing, e ' t, ,s iroe curtailed_ half a l n 2o bonr, a f s n o r ii, Nit N 1 ,, t i h r).,,,. day. The Howe„ 4 1"'' a1 N. 7:i ri tI t 2 P i• f le:), I e j, " '` ) ,n,t 0 1 , 1 , 1 e v d re i tur . ns j i nst i p ,t ublished that 533 ~1~ 1 3 d 55 6 . 9 aridni th e i Tees,itringi 4 t the last month 4 R t ° 452 t t ° ll s, carried by' 306 vessels; from 418, I) "5, by 192' l • and from Stock- Y 120 vesse t,„ e vessels. ,li, l gne r t 2 4V -I ,,,intitio n of milk in Boston, annually, ~•"'"o2.gallsand in Lond ' on, ; ;1,),:flvtl?!11y 2Tes larger, die estimated annual Icon- N i tt r _ t he \\7°,ooo gallons. One man brings into a l eat, ureester railway, about 200,000 gallons V'tkt b ; '' lo l', l , , `' :i' .4 e t tl ' , o 37 ,, f tl ' of . e . French Admiral in the Southern V~VrraSandwich Islands forms at p.re v,'l,4,,Ae Nal hd ~°ns consideration and deliberation oh 5 1 , 41 , 1 l ow ‘iser s of the overnment well versed p r ' r n , di p i o Zlr affair g is considered likely to at t no, foreign correspondence between the 04111,441 i ministers steamer Dee fell in with and spoke 'Urn c;; T at 46 49 N., l ong. 12 17 W., the si lta set of 'lna to L on d on, out 150 days ; and, v wi sp eaking, th e vesse l s un f ortunate l y ed 41 1 the latter lost her maintopmast. c'n board her mails, and brought them Y 1 ; 4 1t: c) n' I . th,,,Y, it a eam-frigate Missouri was burnt rears that she was at anchor in r b or ms t? water, and the part of the hull 1 0 1 4; 1 b. n ll'e to the water's edge, is conse lta► ' only sat G o : , a few feet. Mr. Abbinett, of 00, 1 r , ore,. %aitiraltar, and has no doubt of being ttli t t'll . r rt4 able property from the wreck. l+tit;9:ytr..---Cln Thursday night last, the eni t , ol ' b lies of Mr. J. R. L. Lloyd, of to b y stel destroyed, several ricks hay t,rssm (48°Te i ncendiary. No effort could sh t ,l'e flames, and it is said about P 1 ,, 'trate for haY has been destroyed. Mr. i'l,i,lFirieit,,"tvo.stont7..t_he county of Carmarthen. tt vo , • The Right Hon. Lord 'Ml ht 1e,,, acts on the good old principle of o t : o r ri th e L;ri i i a e k ci e ti s p it o a , rule that . a considerable ,tenanntsnis i e , xtensive k p o r i o erty be P e tenant (kii.rAc;e the re sult of a t s w t w d e a e y s sport, two il t , 're/I. 6 atlSet one brace of black game, and 1 1 1 ' a,,,°; mr. m Martin, the Christian V °l s tl i V as nei ver sd t I t a * pernicious ' o exhala ::Nilitlii.Nh tfuth4 m a a n ' u f f ur e ali were laiq, s Mace Made powerful by a . fan - o th foui_esnave been the inventor th i rty - ' 6 t - s and pernicious qualities wi 1 ‘,,,"4ai oit tee "Pour will be no longer injurious of .i,l'S4till''L''reitbtbe,,l‘.Stoddart and Connolly Font NsLr,:Ab.erdeen on Saturday at the i 4 ih!rt i t t his r h 's ponesbiP kindly offered to render t 4 ',l 4 1 to Dr. Wolff for the purpose q ) %t in. oriel S ties for obtain in information as tllp "th tQ ddrfttg et the and Captain Conolly ; and Cterf er e rntasion of Dr. Wolff would 01 04 ,e with the instructions he had e t Shit, I THE PLATE GLASS TRAM The Union ( wiipany's at St. lielt•ns, after very extensive plate gla having been closed for some months past, were again wit into operation on Alonday, the 11th instant, to the great j' , y of some hundreds of workmen, who, for a long time past, have been literally star, ing ior want of employment. TUE ATTEMPT TO MURDER NEAR BRISTOL. — John Clark, the person charged with the diabolical attempt to murder at Horfield, near Bristol, has been captured. He has been committed for trial for assaulting with intent to murder Joseph Maddocks, Mary Ann Madilocks, and Mary Ann Priest. The prisoner had been lodged and hoarded with the family out of mere charity, and what led to the committal of the unparelleled outrage is a mystery. FATAL FIG DT AT FOLKESTONE.—On Friday last the Coast Guard here were inspected by their commanding officer; after which a party got intoxicated, and a row commenced between two of the men named Spencer and Watts, who adjourned to a field to fight; they had several rounds, when poor Spencer received such injuries as to cause his death next day. The two men who fought were very steady men. and much respected, and when sober l were like brothers. REDUCTION OF RENTS.—Thomas Fitzherbert Brock holes, E•q., of Clang,hton Hall, near Garstang, recently assembled his tenants, and after having heard statements from them on the depression under which farming inter- ests have been for some time suffering, announced to them that he should consent to allow a reduction of ten per cent. on their respective rents, to take place on those of last )ear, the present and all future ones, until some other mutual arrangement may be agreed upon. Mrs. Taylor, who has been confined for the last twelve months in Paisley jail, on the charge of having poisoned her husband at Bowfield, near Lochwinnoch, has been liberated by an order from the Lord Advocate, who. after a careful perusal of her case, was satisfied that the accu sation could not be brought home to her. On leaving the prison, where she had been so long confined, she took the omnibus for Barrhead or Neilaton, taking her child along with her.— Scotch Paper. MRS. GILMOUR.—On Thursday, Mrs. Gilmour was taken before Sheriff Campbell for examination, and con tinued under examination till a late hour in the afternoon. What the nature of her declaration may be is known only to officials. She looks well, seems quite cool and col lected, and was dressed in a black silk gown and satin bonnet. It is confidently anticipated, in well-informed quarters, that it will he impossible to prove the allegations against her, so as to obtain a conviction.— Scottish Guardian. THE ALDERMANIC GOWN Or BREAD-STRWET WARD. On N% ednesday, the poll, which commenced on Monday, was finally closed at five o'clock, when the Lord Mayor declared the nu nbers polled to be, for Mr. B. Lawrence, 89; Mr. W. H. Hughes, 82—majority, 7. The Lord Mayor said he should have declared Mr. Lawrence elected had not a scrutiny of the votes been demanded. His Lordship, having read the names of the scrutineers ap pointed by each party, said he should appoint Monday, the 10th of October, for the scrutiny. EXPENSES OF OVERSEERS UNDER THE REGISTRA TION ACT.—The new Parliamentary Registration Act has a provision that was not in the Reform Act, but which ought to secure a punctual attendance of Overseers at the Revision Courts. Under the late act there was no check upon the charges that Overseers might have made for preparing and publishing the lists of County voters, but now the overseers cannot repay themselves the amount they may be out of pocket unless allowed by the certifi cate of the Barrister who may revise the lists. Theodore Grurnbrecht, a confidential clerk for ten years in the service of Messrs. C. F. Huth and Co., of Moorgote-street, mercbants,was, on Friday week, brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination, upon a charge of having robbed his employers of several sums of money, amounting in the whole to between £2OOO and £3OOO, and committed for trial. On Tuesday he pleaded guilty before the Recorder at the Central Criminal Cuurt, and was sentenced to be transported for seven years. We stop the press to announce that intimation has been received this afternoon of the sudden death of Mr. George Houston, of Johnstone Castle, late M.P. for Ren trewshire. The only particulars we have learned are, that this young gentleman dropped dead on the moors when out shooting in Aberdeenshire. Mr. Houston was a candid, straightforward gentleman, of a kindly and benevolent disposition, and we are sure he will be much regretted by all who have enjoyed his acquaintance.— Glasgow Saturday Post. A trial of an immense machine for cutting railroads, named by the inventor, Mr. Cochrane, a native of the United States, " The Railway Excavator," was made yesterday in the premises of Messrs. Varrall and Co., the engine and machine makers, in the Avenue Trudaine. A large heap of earth and stones was placed at one ex tremity of the yard, and the machine having been set to work by means of a steam engine of 20 horse-power forming part of it. the greater part was cut through and the rubbish thrown aside in a few minutes. One of these machines is, we understand, now in use on the Eastern Counties Railroad.— Galignani's Messenger. Pnovisios CONTRACT.—The navy contract for 600 tierces of beef has been taken at £3 18s. 5d., by Messrs. Bnrnewall and Sons ; and at £8 Iss. 10d. for 600 tierces of pork. by Messrs. Allan and Anderson. This is a great failing off in prises, as well as in quantity, for in Septem ber, 1842, 16,000 tierces of beef were taken at £5 9s. 10d. to £5 14s. Bd., and 14,000 tierces of pork at £5 18s. fid. to £5 19s. The curing houses having been prepared for the diminished wants of the Government, which is said to have large supplies still, owing to the cessation of the China war, the market is not expected to go lower. The celebrated vine at Cumberland Lodge, in Windsor Park, supposed to be the largest in the world, will this year produce more than its usual abundant supply of fruit. It now contains 2,350 bunches of grapes, each averaging one pound weight, thus yielding upwards of a ton of this rare and appreciated fruit. Its length is now, under the skilful cultivation of Mr. Ingram, her Majesty's gardener, 138 feet, and its width 16. extending over a space of upwards of 2,200 superficial feet. It has now been planted 40 years, and has ever been greatly prized by the Sovereign. THE BLIND TRAVELLER.—Lieut. Holman, R.N., the celebrated blind traveller, took his departure on the 3d ins ~ from Malta for Naples. He will afterwards proceed to the Roman States, and thence to Trieste. During the few days of his residence in this island the g rea t es t hos pitality has been shown ['jai. The veteran traveller had the honour of dining with his excellency the Governor and frequently with admiral Sir E. Owen. Amidst all the vicissitudes of his perilous life and increasing age, be still maintains the same unabated thirst for travel, and his mental and bodily faculties appear to grow in activity and strength in the inverse ratio of his declining life and honoured grey hairs. !1, 1 EL ANCIIOLY ACCIDENT. —On Monday two men lost their lives suddenly at a well about fifty feet deep, in Mr. Gibb's lands, near Kirkintilloch. The water stands about three feet deep in the well, and is brought up with wind lass, rope, and bucket. A workman was lowered by means of this clumsy apparatus to recover an article of small ♦alue that had fallen in, and in his descent he was affected with foul air and perished. A neighbour, a weaver, moved with generous feeling, descended to rescue the man at the bottom of the well—before reaching he called to be brought up—when within a yard of the well's mouth, he stretched up his hands for aid—the rope slipped over his arms, and he also perished. SEIOCKING SUICIDE. —The Rev. Mr. Hare. of Liddinz ton, had been for sometime indisposed with a low nervous affection. On Saturday morning, when Dr. Maurice, of Marlb-trough, his medical attendant, called to see him, Mrs. Hare told the doctor, in answer to his inquiry as to Mr. Flare's health, that she thought him much better— that he was just gone up stairs; and added, " Perhaps yon will go up and see him, sir." Dr. Maurice accord ingly went upstairs, and, to his horror, found the rev. gentleman weltering in his blood, with his head nearly severed from his body. He had not left Mrs. Hare more than ten minutes.— Wills Standard. A PEAT BED UNDER ST. PAUL'S.—On Priday,in the course of excavations which are in progress in St. Paul's churchyard, the workmen crane to a bed of peat at about 13 feet from the surface. The depth of the bed was 41 feet. There have been above 20 carts filled with it. A quantity of bones, earthenware, and various other articles, were dug up from among the soil immediately in the lap of the bed, from which it is supposed that this was the oricinal surface, as all ahove is what is called " made earth." It is a remarkable fact, that throughout the greater part of the city of London there is a depth of from 10 to 15 feet of made earth, which is the accumulation of many centuries. THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND AND THE FIELD OF WA TERLOO.—The Sun, of Saturday last, says, '` We find, in a Brussels paper, of the 20th, the following paragraph : —' Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the two minis ters who accompanied Queen Victoria, and a third person, accompanied General Goblet, the minister of Foreign Affairs, went in a Post-chaise to Waterloo. They visited the church and the field of battle. It was reported, that one of the three gentlemen who were accompanied by General Goblet, was Prince Albert. The visit was quite unexpected, and the visitors observed the strictest incog nito.' We should not wonder if the National, or some other anti-English paper, in a future number, should an nounce that the mysterious stranger was the Queen of England." STIRLING ASSIZES.—CONVICTION FOR MURDER.— At the Stirling assizes, on Wednesday, Lord Moncrieff presiding, Allan Mair, an old man of upwards of 80 years of age, was accused of the murder of Mary Fletcher or Mair, his wife (who was upwards ot 70 years of age), upon the night of Sunday, the 14th, or morning of Monday, the 15th of May last, within his house, at Candle-end or Curshort, in the parish of Muiravonside, and county of Stirling, in so far as he did, with a stick or other weapon, beat and abuse the said Mary Mair, of which injuries she came by her death. After the examination of several witnesses, the jury unanimously found the panel guilty of murder, as libelled. He was sentenced to be executed at Stirling, on Wednesday morning, the 4th October.— Scotch Reformers' Gazelle. Loss OF A MAIL-BAG.—On Tuesday morning last, owing to a defect in the buckles connecting the strap by which the Birmingham and Brierly-hill bag was sus pended, it was unfortunately dropped on the road, and no tidings were heard of its hawing been found until Wed nesday, when a collier informed the tollgate-keeper that be had found it near Greatbridge. Information was im mediately forwarded to the guard, and the bag was restored. It was discovered, however, that another seal had been substituted for the one from the Post-office, and that all the letters (between 40 and 50) had been opened. The guard and two police-officers were immediately de spatched, and the collier was taken into custody on Wed nesday evening. We rejoice to state that none of the letters were missing, and that the inconvenience of a day's delay is, as it appears, the only material result. Ten Towns' Messenger. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COUNCIL I' tOCEEDINGS A special meetintz ow Town Council was held on Wedhrstilv, at he C .toteil Chamber, in the Town-hall, for thr consideration of feur several subjects postponed from the Council of that day fortnight. The first subject on the paper was the by-laws relative to blowing and stuffing meat, and exposing the same for sale within the borou, , -h, which required two-thirds of the Council to he present. The subject was introduced soon after the commencement of the deliberations, and the by law was confirmed. SALE OF PART OF THE CHESHIRE ESTATE The second subject was for the sale, for 75 years, of land in Cheshire to Mr. John Laird, (ordered to be taken into consideration at the special council.) Mr. GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE having brought the proceedi ng s of the Finance Committee under considera tion, in which proceedings the sale of this land was re- commended, Mr. HODGSON proposed that the Council resolve itself into a committee, and was seconded by Mr. PROCTER. Mr. HORNDY said the course would be not only un usual, but a bud precedent. It would lead to great incon venience, if the Council were to go into committee on subjects every time a member thought fit to move it, every member might speak as often as he thought fit, and there would he no end to the debate. Mr. BUSHELL said he should he willing for the debate to go on according to the usual rule, providing Mr. Law rence stated in detail the reasons of the Finance Committee for urging this sale. Mr. BIRKETT said Mr. Lawrence hid done so at the last meeting, therefore, he thought, if Mr. Lawre n ce were to go over the whole matter again, he had better read his former speech from one of the newspapers. After some further conversation, the Coun.:il voted on the motion of Mr. Hodgson, by simply standing up, when there appeared for the committee 18, aga.rist it 22. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE proceeded to recapitulate all the reasons which he advanced at the last Council, in fa. your of selling the land in question to Mr. Laird. Thu land had cost the Corporation much money, the price offered was a good one, Mr. Laird had now a twenty-one years' lease at fourpence a square yard, and the sale of this land would bring the remainder of the Corporation estate into play. He had been taunted that they (the Fi nance Committee) were afraid of a borough rate. He was not afraid of a borough rate, but he was afraid of a crisis when it would he necessary to stop all their works, and when they would be forced to sell their land io such haste, that they could not obtain the full value fur it. It was not improbable that the House of Commons would inter pose, and that they would be forced to sell their lam' by act of parliament, when they would be forced to abide the decision of the Cheshire jurors. Mr. PARKER opposed the confirmation of the proceed ings. The Corporation were about hi make a great sacri fice, and the difference to them would be of £l2OO a year instead of £3OO, for they were not to get any money for a long time. The land in ten years, the period when the bargain would be completed, would be of much greater value. The Corporation ought to divide their land, lay it out according to a fixed plan, and sell it so as to make the most money for the burgesses. Mr. BARCLAY said he had been over to look at the land. The question appeared to divide itself into two parts— whether, if the land were to be sold. the best way of sell ing it was for shipbuilding yards for building lots. He had come to the conclusion that the best way of selling it was that proposed by the Finance Committee. It was not likely, situated as it was, to be ever wanted for villas or dwellings, and, as regarded the price, he thought it a very fair one. As regarded docks, if the Dock Committee had any view on that subject they would have come forward and stated it. He thought, however, that when the dock warehouse system came fully into operation, and the docks now in progress were completed, there would be no want of dock room, and if more docks came to be wanted on the other side, there would be no difficulty in making them. Mr. BULLEY said he was not satisfied of the expediency of this measure. The purchase of this land by the old Corporation was a bold measure, and the result had shown that it was a good one. He thought the same of the re cent purchases in Cheshire by the present Corporation. He could not see the motive for hastening to dispose of land at the first rush of a prosperous tide. He was not prepared to assent to the sale of this land. To alienate such a valuable piece of their estate as this strand, he thought, was not wise. Mr. EVANS spoke at great length, and with much energy and animation against the recommendation of the Finance Commit tee He spoke of the probable enormous increase of Liverpool, which increased in population with the growth and influence of America. With such a pros pect and such increase of events, it would be wise to hold every available advantage, particularly such an important piece of strand as that which it was proposed to sell, and which he characterized as disposing of the inheritance of posterity for worse than " a mess of pottage." Mr. Evans proceeded to answer the arguments advanced by Mr. G. H. Lawrence. It had been asked if they would act the part of the dog in the manger. Would they, in order to get rid of that odium, hand it over to another dog ? (Laughter.) He made the allusion without in tending the slightest disrespect to Mr. Laird. Mr. Evans commended the thrift of the old Corporation in securing all the extensive land, and expressed a hope that the present Corporation would see the necessity of looking forward to the future. Mr. Nicol, and Mr. COOPER supported the views of the Finance Committee. Mr. Nicol spoke highly of the enterprise of Mr. Laird, and of the desirableness of re taining all the advantages of that enterprise : at the same time be thought that so noisy a business should be kept at a distance. If the front iand were sold, it would bring the back land into value. Mr. BaAmLEY-MooRE said the lordship of estuary was gone already. He advocated the sale of the land not for 75 years. but for ever. Mr. LACE and Mr. BLACKBURN supported the Finance Committee. Mr. Blackburn expressed his opinion, that the price was very low for a piece of land of so much im portance on the margin of the pool. The Council divided, with the following result : For the confirmation of the recommendation—Messrs. Shand, Shaw, Hodgson, Houghton, (Councillor,) Thorn hill, Blackburn, Preston, Thompson, Henry Holmes, Sands, Hornby, Fawcett, Aspinall, Boyden, Cooper, Wood, Birkett, Bushell, Brassey. G. H. Lawrence, Lace, Trotman, Platt. Sheppard, Ilarbord, Barclay, Houghton, (Alderman,) Turner, Freene. Crook, Nicol, Molyrieux, Chilton, Sir Thomas Brancker, and the Mayor-35. Against the recommendation—Messrs. Isaac Hol mes , Copeland, North, Toulmin, Procter, Rigby, Kilshaw, Jones, Parker, Ridley, Bratnley-Moore, and Evans-12. Majority in favour of the sale-23. THE OLD TOBACCO WAREHOUSE. The third subject on the paper was the proceedings of the Finance Committee as to the Old Tobacco Warehouse, referred back for consideration, and estimates as to ex pense in alterations. and rent to he obtained ; also, as to the value of the land, and the quantity of saltpetre and nitrate of soda annually imported. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE brought forward a report from the surveyor on the subject. It was recommended that the warehouse should be divided into four sheds, all of which would have to be made fire-proof. Mr. Lawrence moved that this part of the proceedings he confirmed. The motion was seconded by Mr. H. HOLMES, and carried without opposition. DISTRICT COURT OF B‘kNKRUPTCY (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) Thomas Hignett, formerly a publican, of Upper Milk street, Liverpool. ,Appe.tred, on Mooday, to be examined on his petition for protection. He was stmuorted by Mr. Green, and opposed by Mr. Payne for Messrs. Mellor, the distillers, on three grounds; that he had taken the benefit of a former act, his present and former debts ex ceedin.2 £300; that he had sold the good-will of his house for less th an its wort. , ; and that he had favoured some of his creditors in paying them their debts out of some money received from an insurance office. The learned COMMISSIONER, on hearing Mr. Payne's statement, recommended him to go at once into the last ground. Mr. PAYNE, however, to raise the first point, objected that the general balance sheet did not contain any state ment of the former insolvency. The COMMISSIONER seemed surprised at such a docu ment being tiled at all. Mr. GREEN sa;d it formed no part of the rules and orders issued by the Judge of the Court of Review and the London Commissioners, and appi oved of by the Lord Chancellor. Mr PAysa assented to this. The learned COMMISSIONER said he could not look at such a document. _ Mr. PAYNE then proceeded to examine the insolvent, and, on his inquiring whether he had ever been .lischarged under any Insolvent Debtor's Act, and what was the amount of his debts, . . . Mr. GREEN objected that those fats could only appear from the documents themselves, and must be proved in the regular way. The Commi•sioner decided that that was so, and inti mated his opinion that, if made out, it was not a good ground of opposition. Mr. PAYNE proceeded in his examination of the insol vent to estallish the other parts of the case, and, at its close, Mr. Green was about to submit that no case had been Droved, but Mr. Payne said he had not closed his cdse, and he called the brother-in-law of the insolvent, and Messrs. Mellors' ruin, (the latter of whom was se verely reproved by the Commissioner for answering Mr. Green's questions in an improper manner.) They failed in carrying the case further. The learned COMMISSIONER (without calling on Mr. Green) adjudged the insolvent entitled to the benefit of the act. At the outset of the case his HONOR addressed Mr. Green respecting the advertisemenes of the hearing,which he said were in future to be inserted in the Gazette by the messengers; in the newspapers by the solicitors, and riot by the ushers, who were glad to be relieved from the duty. NOTICES OF MEETINGS Sept. 25.—Edward Hopkins, (certificate,) at 11 ; John Brown, (certificate,) at 12. Sept. 26.—H uson, insolvent, (examination.) at 11. Sept. 27.—C. J. Morley, (certificate,) at 11. Sept. 28.—Thomas Parry, (adjourned last examination,) at 12. Sept. 29.—Pino, (choice of assignees,) at 11. Sept. 30.—Melter, (audit,) at 11 ; Robson, (dividend,) at 111; Barber, (dividend,) at 12; Nicholson, (dividend,) at 12k; Nuttall, insolvent, (final order,) at 12; Broad, (final order,) at 1. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT AT WAVERTREII. - Two yonng men—one aged sixteen, named David Owen, son of Mr. Owen, master joiner, of Wavertree ; the other, aged twenty, named John Phythian, an apprentice of Mr. Owen—went, on the afternoon of Saturday week, to the fish pond of Mr. Crossley, at Orrel Mount. Oxen could swim tolerably well, but Phythian had a very imperfect knowledge of the art. After amusing themselves in the water for some time, Owen came out and began to dress himself, when his companion called out to him for assis tance, as he was sinking. The youth plunged in again to rescue the other, when he was laid hold of by Phythian, and both together disappeared under the water. Two boys who were on the hank ran to the village for assistance, but before it could be procured the young men had sunk for the last time. POLE MILK—NOT " MILK AND WATER.."—The fol lowing anecdote was a few days ago related to a friend in this town, by a respectable gentleman recently arrived from Cork :—A short time since a Romish priest of the county of Kerry received information, that a very naughty member of his congregation—a milkman—was in the habit of frequently reading the scriptures, and the rev. confessor, well knowing that such a practice would place " the craft in danger," lost no time in paying a pastoral visit to the poor, ignorant, and misguided delinquent. On arriving at the humble cabin, he found poor Pat em ployed in his domestic affairs, and thus addressed him— " Why, my good fellow, I am informed that you are in the habit of reading the Bible : is my information cor rect ?''—" Sure it is thrue, plase your Riverence ! and a fine book it is." " But you know,'' rejoined the priest, "that it is very wrong to read the scriptures. An ignorant man like you has no right to do so." " All !" replied Pat, "but you, must be afther provin' !hat same, before I can consint to lave it off." The colloquy then proceeded as follows :—Priesl.—Thar I will soon do. Pat.—Sure if sour Riverence does that I'll read no more, and give it up to you. Priest.-1 will, from the hook itself, convince you that you have no business to read it. The priest im mediately took up the Bible, and read to Pat, from the Ist Epistle of Peter, ch. 2, v. 2—" As new born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." " Here you see," said the priest, " you are wrong to read the scriptures yourself;—you are only a babe ; and you are enjoined " to desire the sincere milk of the word. One who understands what the sincere milk really is, must give it you, and tend yeti." Pat listened attentively to the priest's authoritative address, but in no way at a loss to reply to what might have puzzled wiser heads, said—" Ah, but be aisy, your Riverence while I tell you. A little time ago I was took ill, I got a man to milk my cows, and attend to my busi ness, and what do you think he did ? Why asted ov givin' me the rale milk, he chated me by puttin' wather into it; and if you get my Bible, you may serve me that same. No, no, I will keep my cow and milk it myself, when I shall get the sincere milk, and not as I should from you—mixed with wather." The priest finding him self thus defeated, and desirous that the mischief should spread no further, said, in a conciliatory tone—" Well, Pat, I see you are a little wiser than I thought you, and as you are not quite a babe you may keep your Bible, but don't lend it or read it to your neighbours." Pat, eyeing his admonitor very cunningly but seriously, replied— " Sure enough, your Riverence, while I have a cow, and can give a little milk to my poor neighbours who h ave none, it is my duty to do so as a Christian ; and, saving your Riverence, 1 will. The priest, abashed, walked off immediately, doubtless convinced, to a considerable ex tent, that the circulation of the pure word of God, must ultimately overthrow the superstition and soul-enslaving fabric of Popery. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held on Thursday. Present, Messrs, Sands, Barclay, Holmes, Molyneux, Nicol, Bulley, Evans, Royden, Tobin, Sandbacb, Shand, Moore, Bold, Smith, Middleton, Ripley, and Moon.—Messrs. Mather, Dixon and Co. having relinquished their contract for supplying the general iron work and castings for the dock estate, and other offers having been sent in, that of Messrs. Da venport, Grindrod, and Co., was accepted.—The Sub committee reported that the removal of the life-boat house at Waterloo Dock, to the east side, within the boundary, was objectionable, and the matter was allowed to stand over until the observatory was finished.—A letter was read from the Trinity Board, stating that a le icon buoy, according to t to plan suggested by the marine sur veyor, was now being made, and would be placed in W.!st Hoyle the first opportunity.—The Chairman said that. within the last few days, a large ship, from Ching, had discharged her cargo on the west side of the Prince's Dock, and made use of the transit stied. Mr. Ripley said the vessel had discharged 12000 eines of to t in 31 working hours ; and he was satisfied that had it not been for the transit sheds, they would have been three full weeks.—A letter was read from the Chairman of the Underwriters' Association, enclosing a letter from the brokers, who stated that the Chairman in transmitting the memorial last week, relative to the providing of a steamer by the Dock Committee, acted with their authority. The letter was referred to .he Shipwrights' Committee.—Two letters were produced from Messrs. Chapman and Bowman, re lative to the admeasurement of the ship Independence. The Chairman said the measurer went to measure this vessel, and he was interrupted in doing so; in conse quence he went away, and the deposit left in the hands of the Treasurer had been forfeited. The Secretary here read the letters. IA one part they said, " All we want is common honesty carried out in the menmeasuring of vessels," i and in a.iother they complained of the rritAing and cap tious conduct of Mr. Capper, the measurer. Mr. Royden said the measurer called upon him to request that he would go with him to the vessel, but being busy, he sent him to Mr. Reyes, who went with him, and who was in attendance, if the committee wished to examine him. The Chairman said that, according to Act of Parliament, when a vessel arrived and was riot measured, the treasu rer was authorised to receive a deposit, in order to enable the parties to go on unloading, hut if any interruption was given to the measuring of the ship. tarn the deposit be came forfeited. In this case it was forfeited, and he be lieved they had not the power of retur!inig it. Mr. Rip ley.: Why should we return it if it is forfeited ? The Chairman : As to the committee acting honestly, it would be derogatory to the committee to notice that. Mr. Heves was then called in, and he stated that he accompanied Mr. Capper to the vess .1. Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chapman's clerk, was there. He was allowed to measure the hold without any observation, but when he wished to measure the poop, Mr. Bennett said Mr. Chapman had left orders that they were not to measure the state-rooms, and he bad locked the doors. He would only allow him to mea sure between the state rooms, and not across the whole vessel. In reply to a question from the chairman, Mr. Heyes said Mr. Capper, so far from being either irritating or captious, had very few words with Mr. Bennett, and that he was me, miring the vessel strictly in accordance with the act of parliament. The Chairman said he was quite confident that the charge, as regarded Mr. Capper, was unfounded. In reply to a question from Mr. Shand, the Chairman said the deposit required to be made was equal to the supposed amount of the tonnage. Mr. Withers, Inc treasurer, said that, in this case, £BO odd hod been deposited, which would be about 30s. or .£2 more than the amount they would be entitled to by the mea surement. The Chairman wished it to be understood that the committee only got the deposit. Mr. Ripley thought instructions ought to be given to the treasurer to !squire a very handsome deposit upon all vessels belong ing to Messrs. Chapman and Braman. Mr. Evans pro posed a resolution to the effect that the deposit had been forfeited, and that the treasurer beinstructed accordingly, and also that the committee believed the charges against Mr. Capper to be unfounded. A copy of this resolution was directed to be sent to Messrs. Chapman and Bowman, and no other notice taken-of their letters. FORGERY AND DETECTION OF THE OFFENDE A plan of obtaining money, by means of forged letters of credit, was on Tuesday nipped in the hod, and the of fender detected. It appears that, on Saturday last, a man of respectable exterior and address, went into the shop of NI r. Isaac, lithographer, in Castle-street, and gave an order for a hundred copies of a blank letter of credit, of which he furnished the form, to be printed, and ready for him on Monday morning. The following was the form : County of Gloucester Bank. Gntn.—Bv this letter being presented, you will please honour the drafts of ---to the extent of —, charging the amount to account with this company —I am, gentn. To Accountant. Manager, The order for these drafts was duly executed. and on Tuesday the man called and paid 125., the sum demanded for them. Shortly afterwards, the same person called at Messrs. Franklin's, Lord-street, with one of the orders filled up for £25, dated Cheltenham, Sept. 16, addressed to " Sir Wm. John Lubbock, Bart., and Co., bankers, London," and purporting to he drawn in favour of " Mr. James F. Bentley," by " Edward Frampton," manager of the County of Gloucester Bank. Messrs. Franklin discounted this order ; but, when the man was gone, some suspicion arose in their minds, which led them to compare the signature of Mr. Frampton on the fraudulent document with that upon one which was genuine. The fraud was then detected, and Mr. Franklin, conceiving that similar attempts might be made elsewhere amongst others, gave information to Mr. Durandu, bullion broker, in Waterloo-road. It happened, in about an hour and a half after obt ining the £25, the same person called at Mr. Durandu's, and inquired if they would cash him a check upon Lubbocks for £5O, stating that he was going to Barbadoes, and he did not care in what money he re ceived it. He was told to bring the check, and, in the meantime, information was given to the police, so that when he returned he was taken into custody. On Wed nesday the prisoner, who called himself Bentley, but whose real name is said to be Henry Eastland, underwent a pre liminary examination before Mr. Rushton, when he was remanded till Saturday. for the production of Mr. Framp ton. Some papers were found upon him, from which it appeared that he had been residing in Canada and the United States, where a person named Stone defrauded him of £79. One of the papers had written upon it some scores of times " Edward Frampton," as if he had been Practising the imitation of that gentleman's signature. PUBLICANS.—Four publicans were, on Friday, sum moned before the magistrates, at the police-court, one was committed, and the others fined £4, £3, and £2 lOs. Two table-beer sellers were fined £2 105. each; two beer sellers were acqaitted ; two were fined £2 each, and one ss. CAUTION TO HOTELKEEPF.RS.—On Saturday last Mr. Barke, of the Wellington Hotel, Dale-street, Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, and another hotelkeeper were each fined ten shillings and costs for permitting their cars to stand opposite their doors, the same not being stands for cars. TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.—The fine Steam Ship Acadia sailed on Tuesday for Boston and Halifax, with a large mail, and a considerahle number of passengers. On Saturday the Great Western, Lieutenant Hoskins, made her last trip for the season, to New York. She carried out as many passengers as she could accommodate. She returns to this port, after which she will be laid up for the winter. CHANGE IN THE HOURS OF BANKERS AND COTTON BROKERS.—The following hankers have given notice, that, on and after Saturday the 7th October, their establish ments will b 9 closed at one o'clock, on Saturdays instead of one o'clock, on Fridays, as heretofore :—Alessrs. Moss and Co., the Royal ifink of Liverpool, the Bank of Liv erpool, the Liverpool Union Bank, the North and South Wales Bank, and the Liverpool Banking Co. The Com mercial Bank have already made the change. The mer chants' clerks are seeking to obtain a similar indulgence, which we should he glad to see granted. THE HARVEST.—" It is a satisfaction," says the Mail of Saturday, " to be enabled to congratulate our readers on the bles-ings which a bountiful harvest is producing. The Anti-corn-law League are perishing from a surfeit of home-grown corn. If Cobden does not suspend himself —we use a delicate phrase—between two stacks of wheat, he is no true patriot; and if quaker Bright is not found dead in a barley mow, set on tire by one of his own par • ticular friends, the poor creature has no idea of going out of the world with dignity and as a martyr to his princi ples." Well said, Mr. Mail ! ACCELERATION OF THE INDIAN MAIM—The mer chants of this town who are connected with the commerce of the East held a meeting on Saturday week for the pur pose of supporting the movement being made in London to obtain a more speedy transmission of letters to and from India, China, Australia, Ceylon, &c., by the over land mail. Resolutions in favour of the object were unanimously adopted, and they were laid before the meet ing, which was held in the Hall of Commerce, London, on Tuesday last. A meeting of the sub-committee of the East India Association was held on Saturday, for the pur pose of agreeing upon a memorial from the merchants and shipowners of this port, praying the government to take immediate steps for the accompiishment of this important object. A memorial was adopted. It will be signed by the members of the association, and will be placed in the Exchange-rooms to receive the signatures of the mer chants of this port generally. A meeting on the same subject was held on Thursday last at Glasgow. CAUTION TO DOG-OWNERS.—At the Police-court on Wednesday, no fewer than eighteen individuals appeared before Mr. Rushton, by summons, for allowing their dogs to be at large, in contravention of the order published by the Mayor on the 9th instant, that dogs should be kept up, in consequence of the suspicions then existing of ca nine madness. They were all fined ss. each. Some of the parties set up pleas of non-ownership; but it appeared that the poor animals had shewn such fidelity of attach ment to those who disowned them, or such acquaintance with them, that these excuses could not be entertained. One man who was somewhat wroth at being fined for allowing an ugly-looking and vicious cur to run amongst the legs of the lieges, and snarl and snap at them, re peated his assertion that the dog was not his, and gravely put it to Mr. Rushton what he should do with him. Mr. R. said he thought, from what had appeared, that the best thing he could do was to " hang him," adding that the annoyance to the inhabitants from filthy useless dogs war very great, and that a reduction of their number was most desirable. GRANT OF A LICENSE TO THE LIVER THEATRE—On Friday, at the Police -court, Mr. Norris, solicitor, ap peared before Mr. Rushton on behalf of Mr. Malone Raymond, the lessee of the Royal Liver Theatre, for a grant of license to that establishment, und,r the provi shns of the act recently passed con% eying that power. No objection was urged against the application, and after a bench of magistrates had been summo-ed, the license was forthwith granted. A document of considerable length, setting forth the terms of license and its penalties for non-observance, was then read by Mr. Wyberg, the clerk to the magistrates. Among other stipulations of a penal nature, it was required that the manager should close the house every night at twelve o'clock, except Saturday night, whec the theatre must be closed at eleven. Women of the town, particularly those known as such, were prohibited from entering the theatre, and a penalty attaches to the lessee if proof be tendered of such parties being found there. None of the penalties are to exceed .1:50. STUBI3S' ROYAL HARMONIC BAND.—The concluding promenade concert in Hamilton-square Gardens, Birken head, took place on Friday evening week, on which oc casion a purse was presented to Mr. Stubbs, the leader of the band, with the following well-deserved complimentary note :—" The friends of Mr. Stubbs, in Birkenhead, being anxious to pay him a small tribute of respect for the kindness and urbanity displayed by him at all times at the Gardens in Hamilton-square, (the season having now concluded,) beg his acceptance of the accompanying purse as a small mark of their approbation of the valuable ser vices rendered by him." On Tuesday evening last the band, according to the usual custom, had their annual dinner at the Crane Hotel, in St. Vincent-street, on which occasion the whole of the band and a large party of friends sat down to a most sumptuous repast, consisting of almost every delicacy the season could produce. The chair was occupied by the worthy leader, and the vice chair by Mr. Thomas Hughes, professor of music. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drank with enthusi asm ; several exquisite airs were p l aye d on the occasion, and te evening was spent in the most harmonious man ner. On Mr. Stubbs replying to his own health, which was drank with great applause, he said it was most grati fying to him to be able to state, that no season had been so successful as the one just concluded. It was a mani fest proof that his band's exertions to afford gratification to the public had been duly appreciated, and he could as sure those pre,ent, and through them the public generally, that neither pains, industry, nor expense would be want ing on Iris part, or that of his band, to give the utmost satisfaction, and to merit the improving taste of tl.e musi cal world and the lovers of harmony. IMPROVEMENT AND ENLARGEMENT OF LIVERPOOL. — ln all probability, ever since Liverpool was a town, there never was a greater stir among buildings, or more build ings going on, than there are at present. During the last six months, the vacant land in the suburbs has been i❑ great demand, and now, go where we will in the outskirts of the town, we find such numbers of new houses, that if they were all placed together they would form a tolerably good sized town. We believe we should be under the mark if we estimate the number at one thousand, which are now in course of erection, or have been built during the last six or eight months. Many of these houses are suitaole for persons in the middle ranks, but the majority decidedly consist of cottages. Those of the latter de scription now in course of erection are all built according to the act of parliament, and, when formed into courts, they have pretty ample space in front, with two good en trances, which will always secure a thorough ventilation, so long needed in houses of this description in the town. We understand that the present impulse in the building line has been principally caused by the recent act of par liament prohibiting cellars, which are too small, or other .. wise unfit to live in, from being the dwelling places of the poor, and as vast numbers of the humbler classes have hitherto occupied such unhealthy places, great numbers of houses will he required when the act comes into opera tion, which will now Fe in a very brief space of time. Whatever temporary inconvenience the removal may, in some instances, cause to the poor themselves, there can be no doubt that it will, in the end , be much to their ad vantage, as well as to that of the town generally. In ad dition to the erection of houses, we have also to state that, during the same period, about a dosen fine warehouses have been erected in the north end of the town alone, ex clusive of those erected on the site of the great fire in Formby-street. 0 :il'ilvr LIVERPOOL MEETING FRIDAY, SEP VEMBER 22 The GRAND JUNCTION STAKE, Of 200 sovs. each, for the produce of mares covere,i in 1539 ; colts, Set 71b ; filliee, Set -lib. Untried horses or mares whose produce never won, allowe3 31h ; if both 51h. One to the post. Start at the stable corner and run in. Fourteen subscribers. Lord Eglinton's h c Aristides, by Bay Middleton (31b) 0 Col. Anson's h c Armytige, by Velocipede .......... 0 Lord G. Bentinck's b c Gaper, by Bar Middleton (Mb) 3 Mr. Mostyn's ch c Gen. Pollock, by Velocipede (31b).. 4 Mr. Sadler's ch Decisive, by Defence . , Lord Stanley's ch c by Anmrath, out of Mysinda (51b) U Col. Anson's ch f Calumny, by Velocipede . 0 Mr. W. Sadler's h f Testy. by Venison (51h) Ld. Westminster's br fby Touchstone, out of Dee,q(3lb) 0 Mr. Johnstnne's b c Broadholm, by Jereed (3in) 0 Even on Gasper. A beautiful race, which ended in a dead heat between Aristides and Armytage ; alter which, Lord Eglinton and Colonel Anson agreed to divide the stakes. The AINTREE STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for two-year-olds. ist ; three, 9st 21h. T.Y.C. Mr..). White's b f Emma, by Pic l rooo, 2 yrs.... Mr. Speed's ch g Walton, by d'E4vgle, 2 yrs ..... Mr. VT. Jones's ch f Mystery, by Panthluon, 3 yrs Lieut. Crofton's ch f Miniature, 3 yrs . . Mr. Osborne's b c The Heir. 2 yrs.. Won in a canter, BETTING AT MAMA-IES' TER.-FRIDAY CESAREWITCH S 9 to 1 agst Trueboy (taken) 12 1 Lady Sale (taken) 13 —1 Whistle Binkie (tkn) 16 1 St. Lawrence 16 to 1 agst Naworth 16 1-131ackdrop 20— I—Fox berry 20 I—What. THE CRITERION. Offers of 2 to 1 on the field, and to take 5 to 1 about Ugly Buck, but nothing done. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES No betting DERBY 11 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 135 to 1 apt Loadstone and Foig 20 1 Rattan a Billagh 20 1 Voltri 40 1 Cocknam-woo (tkn) 20 —1 Orlando 50 —1 Joe Lovell. 25 1 Seaport CHESTER AUTUMN RACES.—This meeting, for one day's racing, will take place on Thursday, Oct. 19. The Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn and J. Jervis, Esq., M.P., have accepted the office of stewards; and the sport, will consist of the " Chester Handicap Stakes," the" Moatyn Stakes," the " Selling Stakes," and a hurdle race. PROPOSED PURCHASE IN PARIC-LANG. The last subject on the paper was ►he statement of the surveyor of the value of the property alluded to in the notice of motion of Mr. Councillor Smith, for the last monthly Council, with the rental it pays ; as also of the position in which the corporate property between Liver street and Canning-place now stands. Neither Mr. Smith nor Mr. Earle, who moved for the report, were present. . , Mr. LACE took up Mr. Smith's motion, after the read ing of the report, and moved its adoption, seconded by Mr. Toulmin. Mr. Smi h's motion was for the purchase of the premises at the bottom of Park-lane, for a sum not exceeding £llOO. Mr. Lace altered it to £4OOO. Several members spoke of the importance of opening Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE drew attention to the state of Ile corporate funds. _ Mr. BIRKETT moved an amendment to the effect, that the report should be referred back f r amendment, by showing generally what the cost of the improvement would be, taking into account the improved value of the land. On a division there was for the amendment 17. against it 17. The Mayor gave the casting vote in favour of the amendment. Mr. ASPINALL moved for a list of all the leases refused for Park-lane, and the dates of application—agreed to. The Council broke up at twenty minutes past two o'clock. THE CASE or ANDERSON.—The circumstances con nected with this case, and the proceedings and incidents arising from it, seem likely to occupy the public attention for some time longer. Since the conviction of Anderson, information has transpired which completely exonerates Mr. Orme, of the Rimrose Hotel, from the serious im putation which was lately alleged against him. Anderson has stated that two Londoners had committed the rob bery upon Mrs. Holden, and that he knows who they are. One of them had obtained change for a £lO note, and had rung the changes upon her so as to get thirteen sovereigns instead of ten. His confederate soon afterwards took a £5 note, and Mrs. Holden changed that also, when she was cheated out of two more sovereigns ; and that, on the same day, they took the pocket-book. The bank notes were subsequently taken to Anderson to negotiate, but he declined having any thing to do with them, and said that he had so much business of a similar kind on hand that he could not give them an immediate answer. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—A meeting of this board was held on Friday evening at the Town-ball, Birkenhead. Wm. Jackson, Esq.. presided. It was ordered that the sum of £50,000 should be raised on a loan as security of the rates of the township, and that the chairman and the Finance Committee be authorized to enter into negociation to raise the money The report of the Improvement Committee, which recommended that Mr. Paxton should proceed at once with the plans and specifications of the new park, that several new streets should be completed, others improved, and several sewer ed, was adopted. The tenders for the new market were also brought under the consideration of the board. One or two were rejected as being too high, and three referred to the Market Committee for their approval. A letter containing the resignation of Mr. S. T. Robinson, the overseer„was laid before the meeting, with an expression cf regret that, in consequence of ill health, the township would be deprived o f hi s serv i ces. Th e resignation was accepted, and half a year's salary presented to Mr. Ro binson, together with the unanimous opinion of the board as to the fidelity and assiduity with which he had filled the duties of his situation. The office of inspector of weights and measures was conferred on Mr. Reid, the market-looker. SOUTHPORT REGATTA The regatta at this popular watering place for the pre sent year commenced on Wednesday last, and co.icluded on Thursday. The number of strangers who have visited Southport have bee❑ greater than usual, arid in some in stances the !Aging houses have been s,) full that many of the inmates have had to sleep upon sofas, all the beds having been previously occupied. With so rnucu com pany the regatta could not be otherwise than attractive, and the weather, being beautifully fine, co.isiderabiy added to the interest of the amusement. Tue spacious strand opposite the town was a continu , •d scene of animation on both days, particularly on the Wednesday, on watch day the con-.ourse of spectators was very large. Tne sports commenced on Wednesday, with a sailing rumen for a purse of -£1:), open to yachts and boats of all sizes : the secnnd to have £5. There were four entries. The course which the boats had to sail were round two buoys, placed at about four miles distance from each other. There was but little wind at the time, which caused the races to be longer than was anticipated. The boats came in in tae following order : Hawk Zephyr, 1 I Lilly 2 x3lack Prince The above race was succeeiledby; rowing match for £5 ; second to have £2. Only two boats started, the Li verpool, of Fleetwood, and the Dublin, of Southport. Th• race was only won by half a length by the Dublin. Die tance rowed, two miles. The festivities of the day concluded with a ball at the Assembly Rooms, which was numerously and fashionably attended. The regatta was renewed on Thursday with the same spirit as on the preceding day. The weather continued delightful. The principal race was a sailing match, open for all boats under eight tons. Tile first boat to have and the second £2 10s. There was a smart breeze, and the sailing very good. They came in as follows : Lytham boar 1 j Sheerwater Mary Ann .. 2 Princess Charlotte . 4 The above race was succeeded by a rowing match be tween two boats, called the Friends' Goodwill and tho Brothers, which was won by the latter, after a well con tested race. ANDERSON THE CONVICT.— This notorious fellow, who as our readers will recollect was convicted and sen tenced to transportation at the last Liverpool Assizes, for being an accessory in the Preston Guild Robbery, has just been removed along with some other prisoners to the hulks. On the road, overtures were made by him to one of the keepers for his release, and a sum of four hundred pounds offered for that purpose, but the man very honestly replied, he must apply to his master, Mr. W. Sheldon, (who is the contractor for conveying transports, and who was with them); nothing daunted, Anderson did so, and increased his offer to two thousand pounds. On arriving at the railway station, Sheldon got the as sistance of siz extra policemen, (for fear of an escape), and on delivering Anderson into safe custody, told him that he was at liberty to offer his bribe to any other party, but it would doubtless be with as little success. SAILOR'S MEETING AT THE QUEEN'S THEATRE.— On Wednesday evening a meeting of sailors took place at the Queen's Theatre, Captain Hudson in the chair, to memorialize the council for a piece of land on which to erect a sailor's home. The chairman, after some pre fatory observations, said there was no class of men so robbed as the sailors. If the meeting stood firm, the business of sharks and crimps, and every body connected with imposing on sailors would soon cease. Mr. Shell moved the first resolution, setting forth the gratitude felt by the sailors for the sympathy shewn on the part of the public and the press for their wrongs. The speaker animadverted upon the conduct of the shipping masters, and said he had in his hand a letter to prove that one of them who said he had never charged more than the sum stated in his rules, had charged 7s. for shipping a man, He introduced to the meeting a poor sailor to whom he had given shelter, who was on his way to the brick field• to sleep when he met with him, after detailing the history of the wrongs he experienced from shipping masters, be cause he had no money. The resolution having been seconded by Captain Stewart, was carded. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Captain Ward. Mr. Par nell, Mr. Cox, Mr. John Smith and others. Mr. Robert Day mentioned two cases of imposition, one where a young man who was shipped by the captain, as mate, had to pay 10s. to the shipping master, although he had never been consulted in the matter at all; and the other, where a young man had to pay 255. before he got a ship. The petition to the council was carried, as were all the resolutions. FRACAS AT THE FEATHERS HOTEL—At the Police office on Tuesday, Mr. John Power, a sporting gentleman, who lives in Cheshire, appeared in answer to a summons procured on the statement of Mr. John Henderson, pro beenaim Power upon recently ha h in formed Mr. pro prietor of the Feathers Hotel, i n Cl a yt on - square. Mr. Henderson was attended by Mr. Moss, a tt orney; an d Mr. Power by Mr. Wardle. Mr. H en d erson stated that he was proprietor of the Feath ers H ote l , and he kept Liverpoolh o o r r s s e e s h horses e which f(o mrar. f he e e t mn, oi out enrtsi to sn: a h nh i d r a ed having. s o \ rn i e e r . ew horses from him for h un ti ng , an d f or the hire of these h Power. lie believed Mr. Power had bee n a b sent f rom that he had returned, he sent in his account. He was standing on Saturday last at the door of his hotel, when Mr. Power came up, and asked him if he owed him an account. Mr. Henderson replied " Yes." Here upon, Mr. Power called him a swindler and a scoundrel, and told him that he had sent bullies to him to extort money. Mr. Power Lad in his hand a horsewhip, which he brandished over Mr. Henderson, and with which he threatened to horsewhip him. He shouted and stormed so much as to collect a considerable crowd.—Cross-ex amined by Mr. Wardle: I did not send these men to de mand money from Mr. Power. I told my man that he sndl swindler adn not o s t strike me. I was not p ar ti cu l ar l y afraid of him; but I must take in the bill. lam not aware that my man went g;oulldiehorsewhip called m e a e m. wie di and kicked up a disturbance. Mr. Power t o ld me t h at he had lent me a horse in return f or t h e one that I lent scoundrel,him for day'sfora sa h i u d n h ti e n was afraid he would strike me. He does owe me an ac couot.—Mr. Rushton : Have you any other answer to this charge, Mr. Wardle ? This is very unjustifiable con duct, you know. It is not to be tolerated, that persons should be used thus. Mr. Power ought to have proceeded in quite another way.—Mr. Wardle: I understand Mr. Henderson's man went and insulted Mr. Power most grossly, in demanding an account which Mr. Power does riot acknowledge. Mr. Henderson: The account is owing. My man went with the account, and Mr. Power abused him arid kicked the account out of the door.—Mr. Rushton : We cannot inquire into the account. The conduct of the defendant appears to have been most un justifiable. The defendant said he bad been in the habit of hiring horses from Mr. Henderson. He had a horse from him, and paid him two guineas for it, though there was no meeting on that day. He did not owe him any money. or be would pay it if it were a thousand pounds. in sult him. Henderson had sent his man to abuse and him. Mr. Rushton said he must have a solemn pledge from Mr. Power that he would not again insult Mr. Hen derson. Mr. Power testified his readiness to apologise. Mr. Moss said, if Mr. Power would apologise, and pro uiise not to repeat the offence, Mr. Henderson wo would be satisfied. Mr. Power said, he was sorry tbrth i offencee for which he apologised, and would not rep eat i t.—Mr. Rushton : If you do, I will issue a warrant, and send you to gaol. NT EXTHAORDINARY.---We will give c n h p nu a bS p lini p c e litt a hy r s i n the ADvaarisgmm.-. „ to the th b e en f e o fi ll t o o w f i o n u g r u c n o i l q u l m iensa d in , e g r i t v i i s n e g . concern—My husband, John Smith, ab :iueordwtyinthafpArilmroomatyeetion, or the means of Support, arid as 11. me more than seven years ago, andieft me t swwrna i e d dih:td i mohni :i imodt g t s have since been heard of him, I intend to join in wedieek with another man at the first convenient oppor tunity, unless he, John Smith, sends me worth, that be Is still living.—MAßY ANN SMITH."