The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE SAL. WE being Y of Coo sale Dealers at and SILK GOO offer of . Mr. iov off the cost, for C a: , TICE that a DIVIDEND paid at our Office on and a NOTICE TO CREDITOR u r en dr( id-street 4, OLD H J. JO-!, tion to Begs to call Public sterling Stock of Fabric whole is arranged in 155 1 Lot 1 comprises 2W 2 15 Boxes of French Attie ascription )85 Parisian DRAISSEPr--- GIVE N( I AIM'S Sale ; t B larfest a lilted SILKS of eve 3 28 Cases of Plain and Fancy RIBBONS• 4 15 Bales White Cotton and other HOSIERI 5 770 Pieces of Horrock's LONG CLOTH- 6 2120 PRINTED - DRESSES—Is. 9d. each. 7 1 Cases of SHAWLS—some very superb. 8 I Pieces ORLEANS CLOTH-41d. per yard. The rem fining Lots contain IRISII LINENS, SHEET ING, F4ANNEL, MERINOES, CHUSAN PEKINS, GINGHAMS, NEEDLE WORK COLLARS, &c., &c. The Sale o( z these immense Lots commenced L A S I T MONDAY, at JONES', 4, OLD HAYMARKET. and being in good condi- P.S.—lt is calculated that on an_average a reduction of nearly two-thirds will be made tion offers a fair remuneration to purchasers WILLIAM PITT, WHOLESALE PAPER DEALER STATIONER, No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL, HAVING received the appointment of Agent for the Sale of WALKDEN'S INKS and INK POW RS, manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIPS, (la VALK, DZN, DARBY, and Txaav , )No. 5, Shoe-lane, don, begs to acquaint the Trade in general that they ca be supplied with every description, in large or small q ntities , on the same terms as from the Manufactory in Lo on. W. PITT embraces the present opport ity to thank his Friends and the Public for the very liberal support he has received since his commencement in business, and begs to immure them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the con fidence of all who may be pleased to honour bins with their "'wage. 'at- I% .=-Merchants and Shipping Orders particulariy•at- Leaded to, 'and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed miikll,Papers and Stationery for Expor tation. 'Account Books Ruled and Bound to any pattern, and on the most approved principles. THE AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE. (From the Times,) Whew It was announced some time ago, b the ordinary neentbly listssof patents granted, that Mr Henson had • vepted a machine capable of conveyinc , despatchesin wagers through the air, the genera['' . and irn ressi , some moody and enthusiastic rojejt u o r r r w P as aoout to ex.. the produce of his day dreams. e . a th dr s rs is m it a l y t , ru t t h h er n t o fore, be somewhat surprised to learn th at visionary scheme, but a design of very scientific conception, carefully and perseveringly wrought out. It would perhaps be too much to affirm (what yet we cannot deny ) that the machine in its present state will certainly succeed; but the boat which can be said is, that th e to fully removed the difficulties whichinhvaevnehrithhtas most skil •rto debarred ossthursession of the long coveted faculty of flight, and . de its eventual, perhaps early, attainment a matter of little less than certaint Y. want former attempts of this kind have failed through' the source of power whose energy bore a sufficiently MO ratio to the weight of the requisite machinery. Could this source of power have been found, there was ingenuity enOugh to turn it to the desired account. Mr. Henson, in overcoming this difficulty, has first divided it. To set a m a_ chips ageing, and • ! _...:._ g, a bring it up to a given velocity, is one Lim an g; to maintain that velocity against opposing forces, is 0 . .. Now, is the case before us the power necessary for st tie S ight. is much greater than that required for maintaining site night. Mr. Henson. therefore, starts his atrial car ruige by means of an apparatus which he does. n notd carry with him, and then embarks only th e smaller powertaheo l r i i g g b i n t e a r i in achinery, which are su ffi cient for keeping up velocity. . _ Bat even this happy device would not have succeeded if the inventor had not also effected an extraordinary reduction la the weight of his steam-engine. Our engineering readers Tri,ll be somewhat suurprised to learn that the engine of 20 eee, ' power now in preparation for the aerial carriage weighs wnh its condenser and requisite water but 6001 b. To the +Ailed effect of these different branches of this important making in vention must we attribute our present prospect o 00Lpeths in the air. we Proceed no w to describe the ma chine itself, and its node of fright. Its car, enclosed on all steani-engi sides, and ne, n is cotainsus ing the Passengers, managers, burden, and pended to the middle of a fraraework, which is so constructed adle combine great strength with extreme lightness, and is cowered with any woven texture which is moderately light and close. This main frame or expanded surface, which is 150 feet long by 30 feet wide, serves in the m s and ost important respects as wings ;: yet it is perfectly jointles w .vtDratory motion. .Lt advances through the air with one of its long sides foremost and a little elevated. To the middle of the other long side is joined the tail, of 50 feet in length, he4eath which is the rudder. These important appendages efeCtualiy control the flight as to the elevation and direction, and arc governed by cords proceeding from the car. Situated at the back edge of the main frame are two sets o f f vanes or I"PeUers• of 20 feet in diameter, driven y he steam entehave already said that the velocity o f its f the machine i 3 imPutedat its starting. This is being made : during the descent the cOver t°4ollCend an inclined plane cover big ofthe wings is reefed, but before the machine reaches the bottom that covering is rapidly spread : by this time the ye ity acquired by the descent is so great that the resistance Pr aced by the oblique impact of the sloping under surface °filo wings on the air is sufficient to sustain the entire weight of the machine, just as brisk as wind upholds a kite. But while the pneumatic resistance thus procured by the velociiy • prevents the falling of t he carriage, it opposes also its forward aller ht. To overcome this hitte r and sm resistance is the eo of the steam-engine. The chief peculiarities of this important member of the are the respective constructions of its boiler and der. Th e former consists of hollow in v e rted truncated cotes, arranged above and around the furn ord' ace • th square ey are *boat SO in number , and large enough to aff 100 feet of evaporating surface, of which half is expd' m al todiating heat. The condenser is• an assemblage ofl pipes :Lased to the stream of air produced by the flight' of the lee. It is found to produce a vacuu of from 51b. / 0 lib- to the sqpare inch. The steam e mployed s - in twO 411 1 114ers, and is cut off at one-fourth of the • stroke. Our • datinee,„_ ring residers will be able to gather from these particu sant that the steam-engine is of about twenty horse.powee, sePPourhag the evaporating power of the boiler to be equal, foot int foot, to that of the locomotive steam-engine. Less certain is the determination of the resistance to be ~come, Mechanical science is notoriously defective in all tblit. t'e*te.s to the oblique impact •of solids and fluids, and ili Wirtieetarly so on the points involved in this subject. Ex r Septa do not supply.the-.lack 'of sounci theorr; for, not - their ppose. been to ascertain the effects of large * al tainact to the neglect of t he *rifler ones here con- Lettlelit, the objects, of the experimenters (Robins, lint. , c) have always required the to of the rag tince In the direction of the moving body, to the .. Of that which is perpendicular to that direction =totheir effects are so intimately connected that one wisfibetbe determined without first knoviing the other; -and Otthat which is to be first known—viz., that which supports th• vehicle—we have no information on which the smallest relhoefratn be ' placed. Mr. Hen son, we understand, has iernaed hia.conclasions from the best observations he could 1116"1 the night of birds, and we think he has done wisely. Wean informed, however, that the resources of mechanical rt r m ils bo no means exhausted by the present construction ahlawir"".lll2lll's engine ' and that recent inventions are avail s:- welter . w"""` its power may be doubled with little increase ..,,... Thu sales of the sustaining surface will be, we understand, riot iesw than 4500 square feet; the weight to be sustained, issileibig the carriage and its total burden, is estimated at 3000 lb. The load is said to be considerably less per square foot titan that of many birds. It may assist the conceptions rif *sr non-mechanical readers to add that the general ap pearance of the machine is that of a gigantic bird with stationery wings; that the mechanical principles concerned its ire support are strongly exemplified in the case of a kite MPS glat its progress is maintained by an application of =lke that which propels a steam - boat. In the ope _,___o( mature, particularly in the flight of birds, will be * s ib .laßr 'tithing illustrations of the principles on which Tiatarhes dd proce Willitirftr in —IIIIIY, be th e e e ina . mediate issue ,of the resen t at -44.. =ink it isimpossible not to award to the inventor .a,,_,_er#it due to the removal of the great difficulties Mr......., _rya_ nattiest° defeated all similar inventions ; nor do 21krisT, that in following out the path he has opened, Como j' be.. Willi eventually be obtained : whether that sue be delayed ail__Tish, early and entire, or whether it will pasiadie resisitten:eual, depends on the facts as to oblique lek haisitver , hi , which-have yet to be ascertained. It 1 0 7 tud cieerfoitene- to consider in the spirit of careful int ssoeld, m ad pantican, which will be the changes, commercia , 11"61 ,Will noccesam EF the possession of this new-born ybring about. PLAresta or IN - Intimenes.—The following is the title 0.. the bill that has just bee n i n t ro d uce d into the House of C o mmons :—" An Act to repeal part of an Act of the 10th George 11., to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the 12th Queen Anne, entitled , nds, Sturdy 4 An Act for reduc in g the relating to Rogues, Vagaho Beggar ti, and Vagrants, into one Act of Parliament, and for the more ef f ec tual punishing such Hoguei, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, an d vagrants, and sending th em w i t h er t h e y ought to b e asist, - as senates to Comm on a ~,a i yers of ' Interludes,' and to make other provisions in lieu thereof." The bill stands for eenond reading on Wednesday, the sth April. Celeecit RATiss.—The London 7'imes has the following observations on the subject of Sir H. J. Fust's decision in the Braintree church-rate case :—" It seems to us, looking , that although an assessment at the question abstractedl levied by a minority upon a y majority is certainly anomalous asid inconsistent with our general practice and received motions, yet at the same time, in the present state of our ouelesiastical code, the impotence of its mandates, and the feebleness of its penalties, the common law of England would be disposed to regard such an assessment as legal. AU the text-books as uniformly agree in defining the powers 0 ( cis h war dens to impose rates for repairing churches 1* requiring the separation of the churches. They enjoin, indeed, that ' the majority of those that appear shall bind tips porta , ' h •' but then they add—' If none appear, the church and not wardens alone may make the rate , because they, tist parishioners, are to . be cited and punished, in defect of 3 Thus we have it laid down repairs.' ( I Bac. Abrid., 3° l ) the • —first, that it is the duty o parishioners to keep the Perish church in repair; 'second,.that it is the wardens to mete rates, together with the parphioners assembled in the church ; third, lit b e a rgu ed wauts th e that if the parisbioneres dseolvneos.t attend, Now. the we 'wardens may make the rates by . th M alto think, that from these premises it mig not gether unsuccessfully, that when a churc absolutely going to ruin for want of repairand the ntaigejtY of the parishioners refuse to subscribe towards defraying tll! elan of that reparation—then the wardens may m ak e , t a • • rata with the concurrence of the minority prese o n .. And. although we know perfectly well how little we igh t ought to be attached to the obiter dicta of Judges, stil l we oeanot help thinking that this opinion would be viewed favourably by some, and those not the least learned, on the 1 )**0. Chief Justice Tindal, when delivering the judgmen t of the Court in Error in the rst Braintree case , exp ressly said—' The repair of the fabric fi of the church is a duty which the parishioners may be compelled to perform; the law is imperative upon them absolutely that they do repair the okarch ; not binding them in a qualified manner, lo that they may repair or not, as they think tit.' The decision, then , of Sir N. Fast is in accordance with the only precedent known to the Ecclesiastical Courts, with the dictum of Sit N. Tie A. with the spirit of the common law. But that it will stand unquestioned, or unassailed, we neither hope nor expect. That it may be brought before the Queen's Bench or the Privy Council is our most hearty desirie; for no time should be lost in establishing a general, intelligible, and efficient rule as to the obligation by which all people of all. parishes are bound to maintain their churches in a decent and seemly state of repair. parlianiottatp prdrrrbitiffs of Lt t SIIOUiII DOUSE OF COMMON lONLL public business proceeded with was the committee sum of X,110,U00 was moved for civil Mr. W complained of the expense of embassies, which, as compared with that incurred by the United States for the same purpose, Was enormous. - He thought it was disgraceful to the nobility of this country that they would not consent to represent their Sovereign in a foreign state without being so very largely remunerated. Sir G. CLERK instanced the embassy of the Earl of Wilton to the King of Saxony when conveying to his Majesty the order of the Garter, as being a case of disinterestedness such as the hon. member wished for. lie received no recompense, and it was but reasonable that the expenses of the journey should be defrayed. Lord PALMERSTON charged the Government which pre ceded that of Lord Melbourne with having left this question unsettled, and Sir R. PEEL retorted the charge upon the whigs, not only with respect to this but to their questions also. The right hon. baronet intimated to the house that the Government was now endeavouring to settle the dispute, and would, as soon as practicable, communicate all requisite information upon the subject to the house. Sir R. PEEL said that the vote before the house was not an estimate, but an account of sums expended under a dis cretionary power given to the Government, which they had exercised so prudently that they had expended £15,000 less than the sum allowed them. Captain BERNAL objected to the item of expense under the head of conveyance of the Bishop of Jerusalem to the coast of Syria, -which was larger than the expense of con ve y. ing Lord Ashb ur t on t o an d from America. After some discussion the original vote was affirmed by a majority of 112 to 37. In reply to a question from Mr. EWART, The Earl of Lincoln said that no steps had been taken to throw Richmond Park open to the public more than- it had hitherto been. It was open to foot ,passengers, the great mass of whom went down there in steamers, but carriage parties were still obliged to obtain the permission of tbe;ran ger to drive in the park. The only royal - parks which were not fully open to-the public wero Richmond and Kew Arks, and these were kept up at a very trilling expense. Mr. AGt.toNav complained that the public should be at all excluded, when the parks were not pretended to be kept private for the use of her Majesty. It could in fact be kept only for the exclusi we benefit of the deputy ranger. Mr.' HAWES said he was aware that applications had been made...for permission to ride in the parks, and that Lord Sid mouth had granted that permission, He knew that he had done so in a great many instances. In reply to a question from Mr. WILLIAMS, The Earl of LINCOLN said he expected the new houses of Parliament would be so far completed that the House of Lords would be accommodated in two years. On the vote for £17,350 for salaries and expenses of the officers of both Houses of Parliament. Mr. HUME moved that the vote should be reduced by the sum of £23,000 on the ground that the House of Commons had a right to know the scale upon which salaries were given to the officers of the House of Lords. The house divided, and the original motion was carried by a majority of 135 to 47. Upon the vote for the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Com mission, Mr. Hume objected, and said that those expenses should be paid out of the property of the Church. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the property of theChnrch was not increased by this commission. Parliament merely under took to regulate it. NF'. HUME persevered in his objection, but on a division the yote was carried by a majority of 140 to 33. • A debate arose on the vote of 56,500 for the expenses of the poor law commission, Captain Psciter.r. contended for the integrity of the Gilbert unions, and Mr. FEILRAND con demned' the assistant poor law commissioners, insisting that it was absolute swindling that they should be taking the pub lic money without attending to their duties, as they ought to do. He denounced the poor law as cruel, tyrannous, and calculated to excite the poorer classes to insurrection. Sir C. NAPIER. said he felt convinced that monomania was on the increase, and whenever the hon. gentleman touched upon Keighley union he instantly went off stark staring mad —(much laughter). He moved that the chairman should re port progress and ask leave to sit again. The motion was agreed to, and th e H ouse resume d . The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were seve rally read a third time and passed. Lord CAMPBELL read the resolutions which it was his in tention to move on Friday, in reference to the Church of Scotland, which will be found in our report of the debate. They were ordered to be printed, and circulated amongst the peers before Friday. Some bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--TUESDAY In answer to a question from Dr. BOWRING, Mr. GLADSTONE admitted the necessity of adopting some measures to prevent the overloading of steam-vessels on the Thames. There was at present a committee sitting upon a collateral subject, and he would direct the attention of that committee to the matter. Sir J. GRAHAM announced his intention of postponing the whole of the Factory Dill until after Easter. In reply to a question from Lord R. GROSVENOR, Dr. NicnoLL intimated that the saving under the Eccle siaatical Courts Bill would be greater than had at first been supposed, and entered into some statements in support of his assertion. In reply to a question from Sir G. GREY Sir R. PEEL said that th e Q ueen and chiefs of Otaheite, in surrendering themselves to the protection of France, had stipulated for the protection of the missionaries, to which the French admiral had acceded. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved, in pursuance of notice, for a select committee to inquire into the allegations contained in various petitions complaining of the conduct of the magis tracy during the disturbances which prevailed during last August in the north' of England. He could not bring him= self to believe that he was addressing an impartial tribunal, for he knew that the benches of that house were covered with justices of the peace. He had, however, an - important duty to perform, and he would go through that duty to the best of his ability. The hon. gentleman gave a sketch of the occur• rences antecedent to the outbreak, and then detailed the facts set forth by each of the petitioners, imputing to the ma gistrates by whom they had been committed the grossest ig norance of law, combined with great cruelty arid oppression. In some instances bail had been refused altogether, while in another six bail in the sum of £lOO each were required, the magistrate declaring that he would not take any persons as bail who were of the same political principles as the prisoner.• In one case an unoffending old man was shot in his own yard, in a part of the town where there was no riot, and only three soldiers and no other parties within view. Ile was deli berately aimed at by one of the soldiers, and had since then been unable to support his family. The hon. gentleman said that the people would look with the utmost anxiety to the decision of the house that night, and believing that he had made out a strong case, he hoped the committee of inquiry would be granted. General JOHNSON seconded the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that it would be perfectly useless to grant the inquiry, for the house had no means whatever of affording redress. With respect to the refusal of bail, if the cases could be proved as represented by the hon. member, the courts of law were open and would award heavy damages. They were the proper tribunals to afford redress, and to those courts the petitioners should have applied if they felt themselves aggrieved. It was to be deeply deplored that the necessity should have arisen for calling out the military, but he could 'not believe the state ment as to shooting the man in his own yard at Halifax. If, hoviever, he were to admit it to be true, it was still a case for a jury, and the offending party was amenable, even to the extent of his life, to the law. The hon. and learned gentle man then dwelt upon the means which had been resorted to for the purpose of exciting the people, until at l eng th th e coun try was brought to th verge of a civil war ; and deeply regretted that this motion should have been made while the parties who had brought the north of England into that con dition were yet to be submitted to the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench for their violation of the law. ,It was assumed by the chartists that if they committed no actual violence, they were not violating the law, but although the mildest form of prosecution had been adopted towards them, lie had no hesitation in saying that parties thus engaged in stopping employment by threats and intimidation, for the purpose of changing the law of the land, ire guilty of high treason. In one instance, a bill of high treason had been found, but, the Government was unwilling to pursu e it. Th er e could be no question but that a very general combina tion prevailed throughout the north, and a great deal of the severity resorted to by the magistrates might be attributed to the fact that they supposed they were dealing with the crime of high treason. In conclusion, he expressed his con fident opinion that if' it were possible to bring any charge whatever against the Government, it could only be that they had been too lenient in the prosecution of the offenders during the recent disturbances. Lord F. EGERTON remarked upon the circumstance (un precedented in foimer times of riot and disturbance), that the pe ople in-Laiaeashliss-shOwed everreitapersittort to rerAln f ro m outrage and bloodshed ; and which, therefore, would u regret if the military force had b een unnecessar il y resorted deeptedto. In-the riot which took place at Preston, how ever, there was no alternative, for a small force, together with the magistrates, were placed in the mos t i mm i nen t d an ger h e efore fire-arms were resorted to. m r ..pAKINGTON defended the magistrates of Dudley from made against them by some of the p e titi oners . charge e ht the motion before the house a very bad return to thec hh m agistracy who had acted with so much pro m ptit u d e a tilh n ee cid t ecision in restoring the peace of the country, when it w as so alarmingly endangered. Mr. FIBLDEN said these disturbances never would have taken place had it not been for the passing of the new poor l aw . While these disturbances were going forward, he was called upon, but he asked the workmen what they wanted? They replied that they wanted twelve hours' wages fdr ten hours' work. He thought the request reasonable, and at once conceded IL He told the magistrates that if his work men would not protect him, he did riot require the protec tion of the magistrates or the military. He was not annoyed during all the scenes which subsequently took place around' him. He should support the motion of Mr. Du.ico,rnbe. Mr. CLIVE and Mr. W. PATTEN defended the conduct of the magistrates, who had generally conducted themselves with the greatest forbearance and discretion, under • the perilous circumstances in which the north of England was placed at the tnne. Mr. G. W. Woon defended the conduct of the Manches ter district magistrates not only as to the bail, but also as to the treatment of the prisoners, which was as lenient as the crowded state of the prison would admit. Ile would vote in favour of Mr. Duncombe's motion, in order to shoW that he was not afraid of inquiry, although he by no means thought that the hon. member had made out a case for in-, quirt'—(a laugh.) Cot. ROLLESTON, as chairman of the quarter sessions at Nottingham, replied to the charges made against those ma gistrates by Mr. Duncombe. Capt. By.RxELEy . said, from what he bad heard, he believed the magistrates had not exceeded their duty, but still he had heard no- answer to his hon. friend's motion thi an inquiry, and should therefore support it. • Mr. BUOTHERTON said he had listened most attentively to the debate, and he must say that he could not support tbe„motion. In his opinion the conduct of the magistrates of Manchester was most praiseworthy, and he believed they h a d done everything which could be done under the circum- stances. Lord Ivcc ~ '►'RE said • that although the magistrates fell t they had acted long fide excitement by means of the ho had been at-- s of the part J. GrtAtts4 said that the speech of Jy decided by the Court of Riwen's trates in the Dudley case had acted under an erro neous notion of the law, but as they had acted with a proper the ma 1: intention to preserve the publii orneut, the court. refused to-grant de was di V had noted illegally the ru The fullest invest it paying; (he costs. 0 place, and lie could not see what further uiquiry it was necessary to institute. He feared there was some truth in the observation of Sir C. Napier on the prc- Lad therefore taken vious evening, that monomania was on the increase. The gallant officer before him (Capt. Pechell) was haunted by the Gilbert unions, while the hon. member near him (Mr. Per rand) was haunted by an assistant poor law commissioner, and beheld Mr. Mott and the union of Keighiey always be fore bird: with the utmost horror. The hon. member for Finsbury had his monomania also, and took it for granted that the judges were dkerMined not to act justly—that the magistrates were all monsters:---that - juries were all wrong in their decisions—and that the chartists were the very cm bleMs of the purest innocence, utterly incapable of doing any thing whatever contrary to propriety. (Laughter.) "Mr. MuNTz said that he had nothing to say in favour of the petitioners, whOse - conduct and proceedings he did not approve of ; but if it. were not for the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, he would haVe supported the mo tion. As, however, the decision of the Queen's Bench had shewn the magistrates the illegality of their conduct, he could not see the necessity of the motion. Mr. DuNcomnE, in reply, said he. might be labouring under monomania, but ha believed it was a monomania shared in . by every individual out of the house — (laug hter ) — a t a ll events by those in the -manufacturing districts. The house then divided, and the motion of Mr. Duncombe was negatived by a majority of 196 to 32. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. W. R. COPELAND (AN MONDAY EVENING next, the 3d April, when will 1. , be acted the celebrated Mclo-dramatic PA of FOUNDLING OF TII.-FOREST. After which, the laughab Burletta of THE WANDERIN MINSTREL To conclude with t lebrated Farce of HIGH LIFE ,OW STAIRS. __ Tickets - th be had of Mr. W. R. COPELAND, No. 23. Boughton-street, and of Mi. COOPER, at the Box-otlide the Theatre, where places may be taken from Eleven tc Three. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's . Edition . of the LivERrOoL STANDARD has now obtained amonyst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its: proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertiieMents before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country mann- facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interes Under these encouraging circumstances, icc trust to receive an increased measure of support front the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those,clo . sses,who have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to . the interests committed to their care. Ebt ii.tberpoot gPtanlarl3. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1843 We endeavoured in our last, (in reply to some ob servations of the Manchester Guardian,) to separate the operation of the corn-law of last session from that of the law which preceded it, in order to arrive at the fair mode of arguing the question as between a fixed duty and that modification of the principle. of a sliding scale which we.have now established. Although, thus far, imperfections are admitted to have been displayed in the working of the present• bill, we maintained that sufficient indications had been given that those im perfections were, to a considerable extent, temporary, and influenced by peculiar circumstances ; and that the only fair comparison which can be inStltated tween this measureand a fixed duty.rmtst be by taking the former. 'not as it workediduriug'ito.,first season, before its. Provisions and. tendencies were understood, but as, from indications already . it may be -ex pected to , work. hereafter.. .Upcin-..this principle we now propose entering upon such comparison. And, first, let us see what will be the operation of afrxecl The -Gutzi•dian says , . thpt tau Olt • " Under a fixed duty, this temptation" (to operate -suddenly and rashly in foreign markets, with a view more to the saving of duty than to legitimately ac quired profit) " would never exist at all. As soon as apprehensions began to be entertained of'a l‘ate harvest and a deficient produce from the growing _crop, import and the paYment of duty .would 'immediately com mence; but there would_ be no sudden and .reckless purchases of majions pf quarters at once—no clearing out of the stocks in the nearer conti nen t a l ports, at i almost any prices, n the hope of avoiding the payment of duty. Such purcha'ses would be prevented by the absolitte certainty that any corn, so purchased, would have to come . into. competition with that which would be bought with greater prudence in more distant mar kets, and introduced at the same rate of duty. The purchases would therefore be made gr.adually, and the imports would continue steadily throughout the year, precisely as the imports of wheat were a few years ago made from Ireland to England, and as consignments are now made from Essex and Sussex to London." This is of course the Guardian's supposition—aid no more—of what would be the operation of a fixed duty. We have already admitted the probable cessa tion, under such a duty, of large speculative purchases at the period of harvest ; and claimed the same fea ture, as belonging to the present law. We shall equally, under this law, have no " sudden and reckless purchases of millions of quarters at once ;" no "clear ing of the stocks in the nearer continental markets, at almost any prices ;" and for these reasons. The hope of avoiding the duty—" the temptation," (the Guar dian has himself admitted)—" is decreased," quite sufficiently to interpose an effectual barrier against such insane operations. Combinations of capital can no longer succeed in running up prices, from one end of the se - ale to the other, in the course of a couple of months; mid titne their speculations so accurately that —whilst the'ascending average operates to bold back supplies, as stringently as the ports were blocked up, and the descending average forms a trap to catch the unwary—a week or a fortnight's space is the utmost that is left for the fortunate gentlemen of Mark-lane to make their harvest ! This kind of thing, even the imperfect operation of the present law has demon strated, cannot be done. The stringency with which supplies were held back under the old law does not exist in,loctice:Aqer , the present. . Where the scale slides by a shillinkAta; time, an urgent demand, and the offer of a ilittliCi;eibove:the average price, will bring the foreign .artiele into .consumption, except when the averages are advancing with extraordinary rapidity. The miller who wants wheat, for mixing purposes say, will, if his need be urgent, buy, and re lease his purchase, at the price and duty of this week, rather than wait for, the lower duty of next, accom panied, as that lower duty will be, with increased price of the bonded article. That voracity—if we may use the term—of the consumer, which so materially aids the speculator's operations, will thus he appeased by the admission of supply according to the pressure for it. And whilst this is the case, the fall of the average and the rise of the duty will not be so rapid as to make failure . in the timing of the importation so disastrous, and price, therefor', in the foreign market, an object so disregarded. We doubt much if the average can, except on extraordinary years; be forced up much' beyond the •Bs. or Gs. point; and it Will'alwayS, as last year, remain, for sevvrat feeeks, within a few shillings, (ascending and 'descending,) of the lowest point,—thus giving facilities for the introduction of purchases " bought .with greater prudence in more distant mar— kets," which must operate against headlong ,purchases in the nearer Under a fixed duty, the Guardian save; that "pur chases would he made gradually, and the importations 'would continue steadily throughout the year, precisely as the imports of wheat were a few years ayo made from Ireland, and as consignments are nolo made from 'Essex and Sussex to London." We maintain, in re ply, that, if undue speculation can be kept under, im portaiion will also continue throlghout the year, under.. the operation of the present law; for this, in fact, has Ito the error of ref Ilammator t treat to some extent been the case under the law of 1828. The period at which corn was imported is not to he Last determined b. yr the period at which it prtic year, upwards of one million quarter into consnn of quarters on in one week; and near 'ere brought two millions within one ?flout h ; but the purchase and Iportation of this two million quarters extended over Under a fixed duty, the Guardian con- tinues, the importations will be made "as consignments are nw made from Essex and Sussex to London." They will be made whenever there is .a pros pect of their being profitably made; and, when there is none, they will cease ! This is the extreme of the attainable " regularity." When wheat is, at Ham burg or any other foreign port, offering,. at a price at which it becomes an object of profitable speculation for the British market, it will be seized upon as a remit tance to this country ; and it is just as absurd to sup pose that this will always be the case under a fixed duty as that it will not, to a greater extent, become so under the present law. Of the two, indeed, we much question whether the present does not possess advantages over a fixed duty in this respect, if honestly worked. We are told—and experience seems to confirm the truth of the assertion —that, it being only the surplus produce of other countries which comes into the British market, the nett price attainable here contributes greatly to its va lue . abroad. At the present moment this is the case. 'The continental prices are within a few shillings of our own, minus ,the duty ; and a slight advance of the averages would let in supplies. 'Well, such being the case, is not foreign wheat now quite as legitimate a materiel of remittance as it would be under a fixed duty, with the market to the same extent below the im mediately remunerative point ? We may want a sup ply before harvest, or as the result of its failure ; and if so, importation must result favourably, and payment of 'duties commence as soon as the duty and cost price together are less , than the price in our market. On the other hand, if no supply is required, there is 14tle chance of the importer's Position being worse'under the present law thaa' it Woutd be under a fixed duty— the glut, Which would, in all probability, ex i st i n t h e latter case, being quite as complete 'an estoppal to the profitable operations of the foreign merchant as a pro hibitory, duty; and scarcely so soon got rid of. In fact, at the present moment, if the high duty of 20s. can be said to have any direct operati o n, i t i s to pre vent glut, and to preserve something like buoyancy of tone in the market, rather .than to prohibit those mo derate importations which are the most likely to be regularly made; for the merchant can assure himself that, though • his imporsations are not at. the present moment profitably admissible into consumption, the revival of demand will be at once met by such a re laxation in the scale as to allow it to be fed from them sparingly, without the risk of being choked by an - over supply. Just so We have forborne enterin at all into the agricul tural part of the question, confining ourselves solely to its bearing upon the mercantile community. Our sentiments, we trust, are, at the least, intelligible to our contemporary. We anticipate from the wo r ki ng of the present bill sufficient regularity, and absence of the gross defects of the old law, to serve all the legiti, mate purposes of the merchant, and at the same time to protect the consumer, on the one hand, from ex treme high prices and violent fluctuations, and the far mer from the consequences of glutted markets. 'When experience has shewn its inability to ensure these advan, tages, the Guardian will not find us backwaid in con fessing the fact, and seeking for a better system ; but even then we shall seek for such system without anti cipating from it anything at all approaching to perfec tion of operation, or the realisation of one-tenth of thoSe visionary advantages which, though 'insisted upon by the more reckless advocates of change, the good sense of the Guardian, we are sure, scouts as absurdities. We hope to be able in. our next to announce the arrangements for the approaching anniversary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, fixed for Sunday, April 23d. The Rev. W. Sinclair, of Leeds, and Rev. J . Burnet, of Macclesfield, are expected to form part of the' deputation. The speech of the former gentleman, at Leeds, will be read with much interest. It will be • • found elsewhere. • LOCAL NEW.S. Mr. Wm. WrenslA Senr. has green appointed .organistat St Silas Church in the room of Mr. C. Wilberforce who has accepted a similar duty at St. llainabas' Church. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BlLL.—This bill was read a third time in the House of Commons on Monday, and passed. , - er . L to be committ e d. • • On Monday, in the House of Commons, the Liverpool Docks il B y i r l a a d n d a second n t d i e m r e t o , n a n C d a o r r r d yinCompany Bill were Ll V ER• THEATRE.—It will be seen that Mr. Copeland's benefit takes place on Mcnday next, when a variety of pleas ing performances will be produced. - - BRAII AM'S CONCERT.—Mr. Brallarn's last concert took place last night, at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George street. It was well attended, and the veteran was in " fine song." - . SHIP LAUNCH.—To-morrow (aturday) will be launched, from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. P. Cato, south-west corner• of the Brunswick Dock, a fine vessel of about 410 tons register. The Right H. Sir 'Henry Hardinge gave a grand dinner on Monday to a few of the most distinguished officers, and amongst the party We notice the name of our useful and gallant member Sir Howard Douglas. • THE J'ERUSALEM ENDOWMENT FUND. —On Sunday evening last, at St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, after a sermon by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, the SUM of £l5 was collected' in aid of the fund for establishing a Protestant bishopric at Jerusalem. PRINCE ALBERT'S LEVEE. — Amongst those who were present at this Levee, held on Wednesday, we no ti ce d the names of both our excellent members, and that of Lieut. Col. Douglas, who was presented, on his return from India, by his father. THE GREAT WESTERN.—This noble vessel, which was appointed to leave New York on the 16th inst., had not ar rived when we went to press, but the late succession of eas terly winds will necessarily have detained her a little: The New York packet of the Ist instant has not yet arrived. • THE WRIT OF RIGHT.--The Manchester Guardian says, that the reason why Sir Thomas Potter was not present when this unusual case was called for, 'on Saturday, was, that Sir Thomas supposed he would not be wanted before Monday morning. Lieutenant 11I'Claverty, of the.Phlegethon, iron steamer, and Lieutenant Tudor, of the Pluto, have been promoted to the rank of Commanders. ' Lieutenant Hall, of the Nemesis, has not, from some regulation of the service, yet received his promotion ; he will, however, be made a Commander also. CONSERVATISM IN MiNCIIESTER.—We perceive, from an advertisement in the Manchester papers, that a new con servative paper, with the title of the Manchester Herald, will be commenced in that town in the course of the ensuing month. We heartily wish it success in its wide sphere for nuefulne'ss. Si'. NICHOLAS'S CM/Reif SCHOOLI.—HI S worship the Mayor has invited Mr. liaro►. Park and Mr. Justice Colt man, together with the High Sheriff and other official per sonages, to accompany him to St. Nicholas's Church, on Sunday morning next, whither his worship goesto attend the Anniversary School Sermon. • r. SALE pF CARRIAG!.CS.-,-It will be seen by the add. that Messrs. Lucas's annual sale of carriages takes place on Wednesday next. It is expected that there will be nearly 300 lots, offered for public competition. Those who intend to start a vehicle for the summer months cannot do better than be present at the biddings, as there will no doubt be—as its all large sales—bargains ordinary and extraordinary. ' -- =The Rev . - Robert Robert Davies , .preadied. , his farewell sermon to the Welsh portion of ibistongregation on Siihdaf. list, at 'St. David's Church, .itt this testa. The sermon, being a beautiful piece of composition, as well as an amanita and clear exhibition of scriptural truths, was .listened .to throughout wills the most profoknd attention.. We are glad' to hear that the rev. gentleman teas consented, at the unani mous request of the congregation,lto.publiskit; , • WESLEYAN CENTENARY PICTURE.—This picture has been angraved. The print will be out in a few-days. We saw yesterday a proof before let% s er at Mr. Linnecar's, and can pronounce it to be a fine work of art. The figures are well placed, and the attitudes easy. The likenessesare very good. There is not in it the 'usual stiffness perceivable in pictures of this description. Thu light is finely introduced, and the wlible has a broad effect. . . PROTESTANT lACTURES.--We perceive from an advertise ment in. the London papers that a course of twelve le,ltures is to he commenced on the 12th of next mouth, at Bedford' Chapel, Bloomsbury, London, on " Protestant truth'; 'as rnaintidaed . by the Church of England." The Rev. Mull M`Neile delivers the sixth lecture, and the subject is "Vfie faithful veaching of God's Word a test of a• true church . '" as se.: forth in the 19th article. I.'he Revs. A. R. C. Dallas,.% It. J. 11 i'Glice, C.J. Goodhart, and C.J. Yorke, are amongst the preachers. 'Wick PASSACE.—The Shakspearp of this port, Captain George Henderson, left the bar at New Orleans on the 18th February, and arrived off this port on Sunday last, Making 'the passage' in 36 days, of which she was nine days from Cape Clear, having contend ) with. She b r in gs ' the latest accoun t s f rom N ew had nothi ng b ut s t r ong easterly winds to Orledns, either by steam er siding vessel; and, of several 'crack American ships which sailed 10 or 15 days before her, only lane,artived at this port on the same day, the others beine still out. expression to the f ea tur es , 1 , Thy: Tomer.,--A line head. of h a ir, "the inestimable gift of the geaces," : f rom its influence in giving due effect and i has been universally s ou g ht a fter. No article for this purpo se h as ever b ee n favoured with such distinguished patronage as" Rowi.AND's MACASSAR OIL," the reputation o f w hi c h, f or it s b eau tifying and restorative qualities, has been proinulgated in all ranks of fashion and elegance, which the high encomiums and testimonials of its value amply corroborate;{; in dreS•sing the hair, and arranging it into any desired form of curl or other decorative forma tion, the addition of the oil is essential —it preserves the eeithire hi the heated atmosphere of the ball room, and pre vents the relaxing effects of &nap, or violent e; , :eteke.—See advt. The calendar of prisoners for trial at these assizes is un preccdently heavy. The number is now above 230, and it is to be feared will be still further augmented before the grand jury will have terminated their labours. COJIMITMENTS.—A. young woman, servant to Mr. T I • MT , ' • 'lnner, traversing MR. AND MISS VANDENROF/P.—The Worcester Journal of Wednesday makes the following observations with refer ence to the performatick: of this gentleman and lady on tl occ )n of their performing when taking their benefit in that town on the - Fr night previou The performar Lore's- Sac has been totally obscured, the portrait of a fah( by Mr. - Vandenhoff, in its, several phases of quiet domestic hanpiness, of tortured excitemet h'iVas idea- I imbecility ; nor of mautirtil and generous girl, hi self to him and his overwhelmin misfortunes with a strength of affection and magnanimity of SOUL worthy of the proudest virgins of ancient Rome. Many a bright eye became suffused with tears at this beautiful, though painful, delinegtion of domestic sorrows, cheered by affection; and we ourselves felt a moistening—; but here let us close our hurried sketch ; for, as Buiwer has' well and truly said, writing, after all, is but a cold and course interpreter of thought. 1 - low much of the imagination— how much of the intellect—evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words.!. Man made language, and God genius ! Our readers should themselves have witnessed what we have so imperfectly attempted to describe." EXTRAORDINARY PIIVINOMENON.—When the Anne l3rid son which arrived in this port from Valparaiso last week, - after a quick passage' of St days, was off the River Plate, on her homeward voyage, the captain and crew suffered. the greatest inconvenience from the state of the atmosphere, which for two days was so fetid and oppressive - as to make. it difficult to breathe; and, we regret to say, that the effects of their expOsure to this unwholesome air did net cease when the atmosphere became pure, but continued to be felt duiing the remiiitider of the voyage, many of the crew having been ill from tblit time until their arrival in this port, and some of them beiiif still much indisposed. Nothing was seen or heard which could enable the captain or crew to account for this unhealthy and oppressive state of the atmosphere ; but the probability is that the fetid smell arose from a submarine discharge of gas or vapour, a phenomenon which has fre quently ticapinpanied earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and which Nip doubt, gave rise to the innumerable stories preserved in *history and tradition, in prose and verse, re specting the exhalations from Lake Avernus, near Naples, and from the Dead Sea. The classical scholar will at once call to mind Virgil's.fine description of this phenomenon as to the. Lake Avernus, and we see that Lord Francis Egerton, who visited the shores of the Dead Sea last year, does not altogethet,tiiscredit the opinion, that the exhalations, from the sea are Aillinjurious to life. We feel little doubt that the painful. Sensations experienced on board the Anne, were produced by some sudden discharge of Mephitic gas under the' waters of the ocean, at the point which this vessel was then .BASE COIN.—At the Police-court, yesterday, no felVer . than three - i3int cases came before Mr. Rushton, who sent to the Crown Court for Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Minty in order that he might hear them, and give his advice as to the commitment or discharge of the pri#oners. .A poor looking woman, with a childin her arms, was first brought up. She had gone into a shop in Paradise -street, and bought a yard of brown calico for two-pence, for' which she tendered a shit, ling, which proved to be bad. When_ apprehended, a good sixpence was found upon .her. As there 'was no other evi;. of importance, and as th e Mi n t, it appears, do not prosecute for a single piece of money unless a strong presumption that party uttered it knowing it to be bad,—she Was discharged. Thomas Ford and Willia m Wilson were next brought np. The first had been apprehended `as a suspicious character. and gave a wrong address. His casual residence was after wards found to be in Addison-street and there the other pri senerwas found in bed. A coat belonging to the other pri soner was- there found, also, underneath the bed some sand paper, plaister of Paris, two files, two pieces of white-Metal, &c. Within a chimney ornament in the room' rented by Ford, and in which the other prisoner sometimes slept was found a glove containing 4 base shillings. The pri4o ner Ford had previously been convicted' of uttering base coin, and then gave the same name. They were both re remanded, that further evidence might, if possible be pro cured.—Two women, Ellen Nowland and Catharine Elliot were newt brought up. The first had tendered a bad shil hug at a 13,iblic house, • and- on its b e i ng . d e t ecte d b roug h t the other prisoner from whom she had received it: The evidence was not conclusive against them, and they were discharged. EvouTort TOWNSHIP.—A meeting of the ratepayers was held yesterday for the purpose of transacting the annual business of the township. Mr. Wilson Ledger,,one of the. overseers, presented a printed summary of the accounts of the township, and also a summary of the accounts of the sur veyor of the highways. By the former it appeared that the . amount of poor- ra t es co lle cte d was £2,038 lls. 2d., and the expenditure £1,769 17s. 6d., leaving a balance due of £263 13s. Bd. ; by the latter, the amount of highway-rstes collected was £1,996 75. load., expenditure £2,375 15s. 14, balance due to the surveyor £379 Bs . . Mr. Ledger then called the attention of the meeting to the great increase of the population of Everton, and said' that in consequence of the increased and laborious parochial duties that had for some time past devolved upon the stipendiary officers, they had. been actually - under the necessity of employing a -clerk ; at their own expense, for upwards of two years, to assist them ; and contended that it was quite unreasonable that their respective salaries, which had been fixed many years since, by one of the most numerous meetings ever held in the town ship, should be thus diminished, even as their laborious du ties multiplied. lie should therefore propose that Mr. Charles Georgeson; the assistant, who had hitherto been paid out of the pockets of the stipendiary officers, should be appointed by the township as a collector and office-clerk, with a salary of £BO per annum ; and even then their united salaries would not exceed the sum paid seven years ago, since which time the township had nearly doubled itself in population, and the time of the officers was so much occupied in out-door business in consequence of the great number of small houses recently built, the tenants of wh!ch were perpetually changing their residence, that, without the assistance of a clerk, it was ut terly impossible for the assistant overseer and the rate-col. lector to deVote sufficient time to the duties of the office, and to answer the numerous questions daily required of them. lie regretted the unavoidable absence of his colleague, Mr., Ledson, but was glad to inform the meeting that he was au= thorized by that gentleman to say he perfectly concurred in the opinions he had expressed. The motion was then put freni the chair, and carried unanimously.. Mr. Shaw laid before the meeting a copy of the Fire Prevention Bill, with the resolution adopted by the rate-payers of Toxteth-park. Mr. - Thomas Taylor was then appointed printer for the en suing year. After a few desultory remarks, the meeting agreed to a similar resolution, and, after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman, separated.—See adverlisement. UNION -HALL, LONDON.---On Tuesday, " the Duke of. Normandy" was brought up before the magistrate charged, with assault. Accounts have been received from GuadalonPe to the 31st ult. The number of persons who have perished by the earthquake amounts to between 5 and 6000. The council of the Anti-Corn-law League have, it is said, given the manager of Drury-lane Theatre .t*. - iOO for the use of the theatre during the five Wednesdays .41. Lent, making a rent of .ClOO for cuch night. In some partsNf Rutland the sheep are suffering consider ably from a (eve,/ in the f ee t ; t h e loss, however, is chiefly amongst the lambs, the fever, it is supposed, being conveyed to them in the milk. Flay..-L-Orl Saturday morning last, a fire took place at • Shaweross Mill, East-street, Manchester. The damage is estimated at from £1,500 to £l,BOO. The property was in sured. FATAL ACCIDENT. —On. Tuesday night, Mr. P. C. Cos greve, a young gentleman, aged 21,--a-pupil of. King's College, London, was killed by a fall from his horse on the Great Western road, near the town of Old Brentford. We are glad to hear better accounts from Worcester re specting the staple (glove) trade of that city, and also from ltedditeh, Studley, and Alcester, where the needle and fish hook branches were brisk, the manufacturers having large orders, and the workpeople being fully employed. Mr. W. A. Grint, a midshipman, whose case we reported a-few days since, and who was brought before the magistrate at one of the London 'Police-'offices, for a very curious rob bery, at Lady Playters, has been committed for trial. li e had been acquainted with her ladyship for many years. LONSDALE, MARCH 28.—The fight betwixt Goldie a Langan came off this day, about a mile from Sedbergh, In Yorkshire. The magistrates of West moreland and Lancashire, assisted by the police and the constables, drove, them out of those cauuties, and t h ey con sequently fought on the b or d ers of Yorkshire. After a hard fight for two hours and ,three minutes, the shades of evening coming on, the battle was drawn, both men being severely punishes.). COMMITTAL ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. --011 Thursday, a man employed in the Town of Wexford steamer, named Thomas Pender, was committed to the county prison, on a charge of manslaughter alleged to have taken place five years back. ' It appears that after a pugilistic rencontre at the period mentioned, his antagonist came by his death by the punishment lie received from the aforesaid individual.— Wexford paper. A BLIND WOMAN DISTINGDISHING COLOURS.—A poor woman, the wife of a weaver at Cambusbarron,-in Scotland, who had for' many years totally lost her sight, was accus tomed to employ herself in winding the woof of her husband!s well, as well as that of others; and that which appears the more singular was,' that without any difficulty she readily discriminated between the different colours used in the wor sted which passed through her hands; so that in this respect the loss of vision seemed to cause her but little inconveni ence. RAILWAY CoLustem—On Monday night the down train to Leeds came in collision, near Rotherham, with the engine of the Sheffield train. So tremendous was the shock that the heavy iron crank by width the mail carriage was attached to the Leeds carriages was snapped, as if by magic, the Leeds carriages and , mails being pitched completely off the rails, and to a considerable distance. The pasSengers were suddenly roused by the crash, and at once made the best of their way to terra firma: Mr. Feargus O'Connor has informed us that so close was the engine of the Sheffield train to where he sat, that he could without bending forward put his hand upon it, while the head of it was all but in the carriage of his Royal flightless Prince George of Cambridge. The steps of the carriage- were-tanactff, and the buffers-of-the mail-shattered.- -Leeds Paper. SEDUCTION.—At the Beaumaris assizes on Thursday, an action of this kind was brought. It appeared that the de fendant, who was a farmer, had seduced the plaintiff's daughter, whom he had been courting 'for some time, after the custom of the country—namely, in bed. The plaintiff's counsel said, the custom of the country, to which he had Winded, might in fact be regarded as one of its regular in ititutions ; and though it might be a' very daneerou s one for the .female, because it gave the man an opportunity'for se duction, it redounded to . the moralitylof the country that the cases were rare in which a father had to seek redress from a jury, the suitor seldom being base enough to take ad vantage of the confidence reposed, in him. . It unfortunately was otherwise in the present .instance, for the defendant had taken the advantage and effected 'her 'seduction. His lord ship, in summing up, made some strong remarks on this disgraceful custom, and the jury found for the plaintiff-- damages, £2 2s, Less OF LIFE 117 SniewnEetc.—On :Sunday night a melancholy shipwreck occurred within a short distance of the river at Montrose: to the John and Elizabeth, a fine brig belonging to that port, Which, with every person on board, was totally lost. Soon 'afterwards, however, on the ebbing of the tide she broke away, and was carried out of the har bour amongst the breakers,' where she struck -violently. Unhappily the gale increased, when no aid-could be rendered either to the ship or her crew. ' The consequenCe NHS, in a few hours she totally disappeared, and'all on board perished. They Were six in number-4he master, Mr. Erskine,. three seamen, and two boys. Near the same spot en the previous Hight (Saturd'ay) called Oscar, Captain Anderson, from Christiansand, met with a similar fate. She was at t re a c b k o e n d t On the north side of' the harbour, and s hortly went to pieces : the crew we re ' s a ve d . O n Monday morning last. rli o'clock, the lif e -b oa t men at N ort h Shields e alar med by th e cry o f a s hi p i n distress off thew harbour. At length, after several hours' delay, the boatme n at South Shields were induced by the perilous situation of the ship, which was afterwitds found to he the Electra, belonging to ito'crlock in Newcastle, to dr iif over the life-boat to Whitby sands, ~tiblintribaerfit)wreo reached where she was lyi ' , a distance of several miles, which was effected by the aid horses and a huge numbe r of seamen. I I theO li afternoon,reachingt,h t e h t s , p h o o t s , twwh;iicshl launched, e r e ( t 1 many yards from the beach it filled h the crew the crew. .had to swim ashore. About this time thebrig got into the long-boat, and pushed awayfrom the vessel, which could be seen to be in a sinking state, and in less than three minutes afterwards she went down headforemost. The crew kept their boat before the wind and sea, which had the effect of preventing her from tilling, and she was carried sate by the tide on to the sands. -street, was .yesterday committed at the pc t fog• trial at the sessions, ;e of stealing some copper nioney, a handkerchief, and a bro'Zch, the 'pro perty of her master, and which were found. in her box. Amongst the copper was an American titled. A man named Kirby was committed on a charge et stealing: a horse-collar and gearings frem the stable of Mi chael Cole, cart-owner, Frederick-street. APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR AND MATRON TO THE WORKHOUSE.—At the meeting of the Select Vestry on Tuesday, the vacancies in the Liverpool Workhouse, occa sioned by the retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Dowdall, were filled up. The successful candidates were Mr. - and Mrs. Evans, of the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, who had fifteen votes, the number of vestrymen present being 24, and the remaining votes being divided between two other parties. There were altogether forty-seven applicants. Of these nine were selected for more particular investiga tion, and the Rev. Rector Brooks, Mr. Raymond Houghton-, and Mr. Paton. were appointed a deputation to inspect the various establishments in different parts of England to which the applicants (with the exception of one belonging to Liverpool) had been attached. The result was a further re duction of the number to three, and a vote, issuing as we have stated. The annual meeting of the members belonging to the Friendly Society of the flatmen employed on the Mersey'and • 'men Navigation, recently took place at Runcorn. Upwards of four hundred persons, incluaing watermen, their wives and friends, sat down to tea in a large and commodious room belonging to theirrespected employers. There was an ample supply of,good roast beef, &c., to which full justice was done. The funds of the society p resente d an encouraging appear ance; after i 5 sick members had been liberally provided for during the, year, and, the expenses of seven funerals dis charged, there remained in the hands of- the treasurer the sum of £435. 15s. 61d. The appearance and whole behaviour of this respectable body of men were highly creditable. The evening was spent in a cheerful and fiiendly manner, and not without profit to all assembled. Several clergymen attended and addressed the meeting, inculcating sound Christian prin ciples, to be evidenced by corresponding Christian practice. DREAPER'S PIANO-FORTE BAZAAR.—A few publications. ago we noticed the improvements that had lately taken place in this town 1 n many of the shops in the leading thorough fares, our remarks on that occasion referred to the exterior, we now have the pleasure of drawing attention to an interior. which we seldom—indeed we may say never—have seen sur passed for taste and elegance. We allude to the Piano=forte Bazaar, opened by Mr. Dreaper, in the shop lately occupied by Mr. Pringle, in Bold-street. Round the walls are ranged a serieo of casts of many of the celebrated statues of anti quity and modern times. These are well set off by a beauti ful paper, which harmonizes well with the style of the other fittings-up. At the extremity of the saloon is a large and costly glass, which reflects the interior, giving it .appargn i tly still greater depth. Down the sides and between the pillars that support the further end of the bazaar, piano -fortes, of all descriptions, by the first makers, are arranged. In fact, this establishment has so handsome an appearance, that all who inspect it cannot fail to approve of the mode in which it is hid out anctdecorated. , t THE lurj s , WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The market (or he governmeet securities was a shade better to-day, and Exchequer-bills, as well as Consols, were the -turn higher; while ludia Bonds showed.the reaction the other way. CO sols for Money, and the account closed W to 7 c ; Exchequer bills, 625. to . 61s. p rem i um ; N ew Three-and-a-Ball per . Cents., 1021:to ; India . Bands, 68s. to 70s. premium ; Bank Stock, 185 to 186, for the opening in April. Some fluctua tion occurred in the Peninsular stocks, occasioned, it would principally appear, from the preparation the jobberi are making for the coming account. The advices from Madrid are also against an advance for the present. However, coin_ pared with the closing quotations of yesterday, there is not much alteration to notice; the difference between those and the prices at the termination of business to-day not proving more than a fall of about 1 per cent., if quite so much. There was a flat market for Colombian, but Mexican was firm. Spanish Actives finally closed Vito ; ditto, New, 321 to ri f ; Portuguese Converted, 40/ to 411 . ; Mexican 301 to /; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55& to 561 ; ditto, Five per Cents., 1021 to k ; Danish, 861 to' 87; Colombian, 254 to 26; Brazilian, 78+ to 791; and Belgian, 1041 to 1051. Bolanos mining scrip was V j • Real del Monte unregistered, ; Loan Notes, 130; 'United Mexican, 2a. THEATRE.—Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles MatheWs have been fulfilling a short engagement here during the week, draWing very good houses. On Wednesday, " LondOn Assurance" was produced, which will be repeated this even inc for Madame's benefit. It was put on the stage in Mr. Harnmond's usual good style and attention to effect. Mr. Farren and Mr. Charles Mathews played their original cha racters, Madame Vestris assuming that of Lady Gay. Spanker. Mr. Farren's Sir Haricourt Courtly is a finished performance ; it is in every sense of the word—artistic. When lie comes before the audience it is forgotten that he only acting. Mr. W.'J. Hammond appeared as Meddle, and frequently elicited bursts of laughter. It is one of the best things he hair done this season ; he made quite a hit in Mr. Addison's Max Harkaway was replete With that jovial, frank heartedness and free spirit that characteriies the English squire. Grace Harkaway was a charming perfor mance. Mr King's Charles Courtly was gentlemanly ; he played it well. The comedy appeared to give very general satisfaction. We may pronounce it as well played through out. " John Joneti," " Patter Versus Clatter," and other favourite little farces have been represented. On Monday next Mr. Strickland, Madame Celeste, and Mr. Webster make their appearance. We perceive that Mr. Hargreaves' Opera is announced for Easter Monday. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of. John Yates, a child of 16 month s o ld. O n T uesday the mother of the de ceased, who lived in Dackinfield-street, was preparing for washing, and had poured a panful of hot water into a wash ing mug (or pan-mug), to begin. She had occasion to go to the cellar for some cold water, leaving the deceased and his sister, who is only three years old. The pan-mug was on the floor. As soon as she got into the cellar, she heard her daughter call out that the deceased had fallen into It, and ran up and found him in it. She instantly took him out, and saw that he was severely scalded over the face, breast, and arms. She called a neighbour, who applied some oil and lime-water. A surgeon was called' directly, who used such means as he considered proper ; but the deceased died the same evening, after eight h ours ' su ff er i ng. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."—Same day, on view of the body of Ann Murray. Deceased was a prisoner in the Borough Gaol, to which, after trial for felony, she had been committed in April 1842, for twelve months. On the 17th instant she was sent to the hospital, by order of the surgeon, she being labouring under general debility, an d every attention was paid to h er . She had bad a tumour in the neck for some time previously, and, though it had then nearly healed, it reopened, and the abeess, reaching the tre heia, caused her death. Verdict, " Died by th e v i s i tat i on 'of God." NELSONIAN RENfINISCENCES.—We have already noticed the amusing and interesting work by Lieutenant Parsons, It.N., called Nerionian.Reminiscence s , in which the gallant officer has drawn a picture of Lord Nelson, under whom he served, which places the hero in the most remarkable points of view. It is with great pleasure we announce that Lieut. Parsons has, through our noble representative Lord Sandon, presented a copy to her Majesty' the Queen, who has been graciously pleased to accept the same. The following is a copy of the acknowledgment of the receipt of the book, writ ten. by command of the Queen : it is addressed to Lord Sandon : • `..` St. James's Palace, March 24, 1643. "My Lord,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 18th inst., accompanied with a book written by a naval officer who served under Lord Nelson, which I have not failed to submit to the Queen, and which her Majesty was most graciously pleased to accept, and has directed me to express her Majesty's sense of that officer's -attention on this occasion. I have the honour to remain your lordship's most obedient humble servant. "The Lord Viscount Sandon. "H WHEATLEY." - ' Lord Sandon, himself, in communicating Sir Henry Wheatley's letter to Lieut. Parsons, says,—" For myself, I may say, that I have read your Reminiscences with great interest and entertainment. They give me a very vivid pic ture of heroic times." The Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Roden, the Earl of Errol, and other noblemen, have, in letters to the gallant author, used similar expressions of warm approbation. BIRKENHEAD PROTEST ANT O PERATIVE A SSOCIATION. -OR Tuesday evening last, the usual monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Operative Society for the maintenance and dif fusion of the principles of the Church of England, was held in the School Room, Market-place, Birkenhead. The room was crowded to excess, •and many were nnable to obtain ad mittance. The business of the evening commenced with prayer from the Rev. A. Knox, after Which the chairman of the society, the' Rev. J. Baylee, entered into a brief history of the Cliristian Church, proving from Scripture that, as founded by Christ and his Apostles, it was exactly.the same in principle, practice, aad Church - Government as that of the Church of England ; and •that the Church of Rome was a false and idolatrous church, having introduced many novelties totally unknown to ancient Christians. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the •Rev. J. Connor, and Mr. J. Meredith, in very effective speeches; the latter, in the course of his observations, produced many relics, &c. which parties who had left the Church of Rome. and become Protestants had given up to him. At the conclusion of the meeting the Rev. Chairman complimented the Roman Catholics, many of whom were in the room, on the particular attention they had afforded to the different speakers, and the good order they had' maintained.. . . PrmatArtmors.tc Cosrcenra--,This society's third concert was given on Monday evening, at .the usual place of assem bly, the Collegiate Institution. The hall presented a splendid' appearance, from the circumstance of the company appearing in full dress costume. We imagine that upwards of 1100 persons must have been present. - Mr. 11. F. Aldridge led; Mr. William Sudlow presided at the organ, Mr. J. Z. Herr man directed. The principal vocal performers were•Mrits , Birch, Mr. Machin, and,Mr. Walton. The first part com menced with selections from The Creation. The magnificent chorus of "The Marvellous Work." was well executed, and a tine effect was produced by the united power of instruments and voices. It was encored. Miss Birch sang " With ver dure clad," with great chasteness, sweetness, and expression. Miss Birch has made rapid strides in her profession since we r last had the pleasure of hearing her. Her tones are full and round, arid replete with power and sweetness. The second part commenced with one of Beethoven's symphonies, which, if the first and last movements had been given only, would have been quite enough, and more even tha n many would have liked. It occupied thirty-five minutes, and the audience an peared delighted—when it wa s over. • Miss Birch sa ng " Farewell ye limpid streams," with consummate sweetness and taste. It was a gem, —every note was a real pearl that fell from her lips. Miss Birch may take a position in the very foremOst ranks as a concert singer. , The star of the evening was decidedly Miss Christiana Weller, who played ohe of Listz'S Recitals,' the subject from Puritani, treated in six,different ways.. We cannot say that we are one of those who admire the sound and fury of the Thalbcrg and Listz school. It may be the musi c th ey an d t h e i r disciples play is very fine, and that it . can be played at all may be wonderful, but it is certainly more' surprising than pleasing. Miss Wel ler is one of the most promising players we have heard ; her execution' is! brilliant ; her A nger i ng fi rm an d rapid, and her `touch nervous : as all good players should, she plays from the' wrist; she executes rapid and complicated Passages with- Out much appatent exertion. After the first few bari of the prela4n, it was evident,front the grace and ease Miss 'Weller displayed upon being seated at the instrument that She }mei', well what she was about, and that there was no pretenCe s no as suMption of superiority, but that she was really a mistress of her art,'and could complete what she undertakes. In filet, Miss Weller is a very fine,—we 'may go so far as tn'say„ tingnished'player, and while John Bull is running after 'airy body with a foreign name, it will he a stain upon his taste if Miss , Wellet , does not, in the opinion of the public, stand amongst the, best players of her time. The other portions of the concert were well executed, and consisted of Anthem.—" /Tear My Prayer"—Misses Birch and Aldridge Keitt. Rec. & lie layeth the beams"—Mr. Machin Haider: Chorale.—" obe Gracious" (St. Paul) • • Mende!holm. Daett.—" Qual Anelante."—Misses Birch & Stott MareeHo. Chorus.— " 0 God wh en t h ou appearest " Mozart Trio.-- 0 Jesu! 0 pastor bonus." —Miss Birch, Miss M. Swain, and Mr. Walton . ... --" Hallelujah" '—Mount of Olive Finale.—Chorus The concert did no t conclude till long after eleven DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING The mud weekly meeting of the Dock Committee 9171%1'6Etr! hen the following members were presoit.ol(4. yesterday , ~.eputv-chairman,) Holt, Holmes, Sraitiv,,_ neux, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Shand; Middleton, Ail' lll * ley, and Evans. In the absence of the Chairman. Mr. Sind_ t i who is in London on business connected with the hill for , assimilation of the dock rates on foreign and British ces3e :hair w•as taken by • A 11,BEDT . DOCK. The SECItETAnv repotted that the contract for the es-- 0 tion of Alb3rt Dock, had, since the last meeting, bee" ex-- cuted by 'tile contractor. UNCORN RECEIPT b between the l'hc r , ceipfs.or t:ues tuncorn for the moot. lie 25111 February and the 25th March, were reported toil £43 155. Bd. being on 172 vessels, measuring 8172 10,15; an of showing an incr e ase of £9 o ver th e correspon ding quarter last year . • ADDITIONAL LANDING WAITERW-IluTs. fAI The SgCRETARY read a letter from the Inspector- the of the Customs calling the attention of the Committee to necessity foram additional supply of landing waiters' 11uts. The letter stated that in consequence of the late large arr'"l, 'of ships, much delay and inconvenience bad been ex perielic e ` and many complaints made, by officers of the customs, r" ) ! . the want of huts on the south station. Duringithe gency, several landing waiters had been obliged to sit " 1 to the quay, under temporary canvass awning, to enable them discharge the vessels under their charge. The letter eO,O eluded with a suggestion that twelve more huts s hould u , O procured by the Dock Committee, and placed in'reserve, that at all times when they, were required they might be Ow" available. Mr. BOLD said that six additional hnti bad been ordered late em,uel, three months ago ; and be enquired whether they had beep Made ? The Sccarmur replied in the affirmative. The CHAIRMAN expressed hi s a pp ro bati on of the siigge s tion for thes_e_woposed hats being kept in reserve. Mr. EVA*4' observed that it might be years b er° L e there was 01 . 4 same need of them which there had lat e " been. The CHAIRMAN.—I hope it will not. Mr. EVANS, i n con ti nua ti on , said that at all events tw e r e was a large number in addition to the present stock• thought six would be sufficient in the first instance. Mr. AIKIN me n ti one d th a t th e l arge arr i va l s of ves sel spread over a fortnight : in one week the tonnage amount e : to 122,000 tons, and i n th e o th er t o 85,000 t ons , making "' t total of 207,000 tons i n o ne f o rt n i g ht. Th e ave r ag e amou nt for the same period was 60;000 tons. the Mr. FIoLMEs added that the receipts on tonnage by Dock Committee had been greater on that occasion than L' a ever been known before during the same period. Mr. BOLD asked what was the cost of a hut? The SECRETARY.—A bout £4O each. or- It was then resol ve d th a t th e suggest i on of the Inspect General should be adopted, and twelve additional bute,P t°- vided. COMPLAINT AGAINST A DOCKMASTRit. ,A letter from Messrs. Strong and Reid, renewing their eomplaint against the, master of George's-dock. which tl!! Harbour Master's SUb . -Committee have already im' est i l e gated, and'pronounced groundless,. was ordered to lie on I , 1 table. THE DILL NOW iEFORE PARLIAMENT. The SECRETARY' read a letter from Mr. Sands, Chairnl3l of the Committee, dated .London, March ,29th ; which stat e ' s that everything with regard to the bill now before parliaMer .e was going on s ati s f ac t or il y . H e b a d state d , i n writing, t . 1 . 1,1 objects of it t o th e B oar d o f T ra d e and the Adm i ra lty, a`i he was in hopes that it would pass without opposition. ~f r . Mr. EVANS s a id th ere was a l ong art i c l e i n ' t h e Mercanl•i, Gazelle against it. M r . Ch apman ( we b e li eve ) to ld him ,! 1. observing thavihe Committee were not going to have all th ei own way. He h a d l o ok e d over it himself but only cur sory Manner, as it was very long. Mr. SuA4.—That is one thing in our favour. Mr. EVAN:Fs:Iid that-one of the arguments put forth in tb 6 i t article referred to w as , th a t althoughhe committee seell';` to be acting for local purposes, yet they were acting, furtivel' in a general wa y—th at t h ey were, i n f act, acting for the whole empire. There were other arguments of the sort. The CHAIRMAN said the charge was most unjust and un founded. Mr. EVANS continued to say that the article wax writte ll t in a spirit of jealousy to the Pock Committee. The no prominent of its argum en t s was , th at t h e D oc k Commit tee were accomplishing general objects in a furtive manner. The CIIAIRMAN.—It is a very unjust charge. FLEETWOOD PIER DILL. The SECRETARY called the attention of the corn to this bill, now b e f ore par li ament; which proposes to e11a,,4r" 4d. a ton upon a ll vesse l s go i ng there; and the Solic"", suggested that a petition should be presented,eOrPe lljnb the promoters, if vesse l s came within the range of the Liv e ' pool lights; to p a y a p or ti on o f t h e Ch arges t h ereo f . " After some discussion, it was unan i mous l y reso l ve d the; petition 'should he p resen t e d .against the' bill generally , an active oppositio n . i ns tit u t e d aga i nst i t. After some financi a l b us i ness h a d b een transacted, the committee' separated. committee MEETING OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF WEST DERBY TOWNSHIP. • Yesterday morning, at - nine o'clock, a general vestry Lue ef ... : ing of the township of West Derby was held in the Conic''s sinners -ro oms , H arper - street, L ow -hill, for the purpos e!) ( making out a list o f . p ersons fi t an d proper to serve t he le , pective offices of O verseers o f t h e Poor, and Surveyor o' , the t . O Highways, for the en su i ng year, to pass the accounts, and eil transact the other annu a l b us i ness. T he meeting was 'v . , numerous and somewh a t b o i s t erous, a strong feeling ha vu ' been evinced by the majority against Mr. Dolling, the ass ist ' aht overseer, collector, &c. l of Mr. SWINTON B OULT was called to th e chair, and t business commenced by th e c l er k reading the proceedings 'id the last meetin g , i n w hi c h t h e only statement that a ppear k to us do be remark a bl e , was thatsome of the township ho °,. had been fraudulently abstracted, and that a reward of had been offered for their recovery. Mr. THOMAS SMITH, after alluding to, the two prine i l', 3 ia l, objects of the M ee ti ng, remar k ed that the proceedings 0 I.dit,,, meeting a short ti me ago, j ust read, were .a net artfully 1. lal ..: to ensnare the ra t e - payers, b ut, luckily, the inten d e d . ar _.. rangements could not be carried out by l aw . Th e most yei ; portant object now b e f ore them was the selection of lit an d is t, proper persons to se r v e .as overseers, and he trusted a 0 , would be submitt e d, f rom which men would be returned w 1 ' the would honestly and fearles s ly discharge their duty t° -As. rato-payers. As m a tt ers h ad hitherto li - een managed it I'a impossible for any• rate-payer to see the ledger and exare i i; e : the accounts. H e hi mself had found it irnpessible, and a . b challen,red any rate-payer to state wheth er h e had been e ° 7, 6 : bled to do so. [Mr. Smith here proceeded to make S° 11 : e • Charges against the assistant overseer, entering into sea particulars in language so strong, that we must, in the e r x t e l l , e , vise of our own discretion, decline to publish them. i! the' course of severa t lspeeches by the same gentleman during ,; meeting, be repeated these and other charges, declaring 1 ;: o , 'readiness to provesbem, and challenging the accused O v ' t ,. was not present) and his principal colleague to prose,a . u o :: his threat of suing him for defamation , so that lie,inight " 4 , an opportunity of so doing.] The CHAI RMAN rose •t o or d er. There were spee'''. ;,-_ .oei the` jects:bef ore th e M eet i ng, and lie did not consider that as the , personal refle c ti ons cou ld b e entertained, paiticularly a parties were not present. Mr. SM ITH sa id t h ey ought to have been present, 1: 1 ,! proceeded to specify his charges against the individual,S ic l t i question, complaining, in effect, that the manner in " l i e • the rates were laid and collected was unjust and partiaL a to' concluded a string .of accusations by pledging hirnse':_ iah , Prove what he had stated if the onportunity were given ",,,, anti urging the meeting to choose honest men as overseel3, who would look to the interests of the rate-payers, and e ea n l a: We them to see the ledger and accounts. He was h ear with repeated shouts of applause. ' er The nomination of fit persons as overseers was then rvea: ceeded'with, and the' following six were successively ° lir. and seconded :—Mr. Thomas Smith, Mr. Joseph Heap , Peter Youd, Mr. creme, Mr. Charnock, and Mr. Wil la , n thar . Mr. SAll'rn said he wou ld serve only on conditisaa, r Mr. He a p, i n w h ose i ntegr i ty and firmness he could dePeo a : were elected his brother overseer. The CHAIRMAN the n p u t t h e quest i on which two of those nominated should stand at the head of the list. ' l Mr. DONNISON moved that Mr. Smith and Mr. ou should stand first. Mr. SMITH said be had .already served as overseer , ail !. though Mr. Yo u d was, no doubt, an honest man , he was Kg ,ther too good-natured for who (id. S;) to act lone who !would rather have a man who did nothing than ,„ in :would do m!schief. lie would be glad to join Mr. Il e " •the office; An ame n d ment was then moved, that Mr.' Smith and Heap be first on the list. , 1 t he The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, and afterwart s rity , motion, and the former was carried by a very large ru 3 j ° , the The CHAIRMAN said the next business was to Pa s ' highway accounts. h. Mr. S MITH said, that before proceedi ng w ith them, ~ive propositioh to submit. The rate-payers had power tc hTtlr Instructions where the paiish , books should - be kept. bere erto they.had been kept in Mr. Dollincr's back parlour , t t ad iicoess could not be had to them. (Mr. Smith here r e ': lie some particulars of the treatment he! had received :wh w e 'i l i e ll went there to examine them, in presence of a witness , . or ity causedced considerable excitement in the meeting, the .1 3 ,0. , wm applauded the speaker.) He proposed a rese time_ otinonth, ewsausbcjaercrit,etwi h u i T e la h n , i ll o tl t r is s i o y ne o a t l h te e r c a ff ti e o c n t: or rather all -"That patli depositedh oAokmriillaniantirnytghoitsfootthfiiheecetynship be henceforth Peri:flail' veyor of the highNvays? or' rdi 5 a c ‘v c n et s ln ti t l s en of re M ad r ;b J y es w s h e ie W h in it vv a a pperatril e e hat the surveyor had paid for the various services °,,, the year 11,276, leaving a balance due to the batik of £ 43 „ l * (Vs', amount received less the expenditure. The Pe" ' sou bursements :of the year, deducting the balance state v ras amounts paid on account of the late surveyor (A; s t' ra tes £2,329. A s t atement of the amounts collected on t"' by Mr. Hodson was also read. Ito TT i'r On the moti on o f M r. F REME, seconded by Mr. "'A the accounts were passed unanimously. of t he Mr. FREME th en not i ce d i n high terms the services spd auditors, Messrs. Webbe, Willan, Youd, and Ke o Y ° ' Nl!' Moved that the thanks of the meeting be given 0 0 .' 1. 0 0 1 ' TAYLOR seconded the motion, and it was carried piously. ' a 0 1 ' I, ba af Mr. TAYE.onliext moved that Mr. 'Winward,m.• ° yor - 1 , ready given proofs of his ability and attention as sur ve l t e 9t''' high ways, should be appointed to the office (under T h i s of the act) at a salary of £lO5 a-year. siC ti 1 This being seconded, Mr. LYNCH moved and Mr . ,.. C t i ; ' : o l )- p ie o c i o n x t i e d d. d 'an 'amendment, that Mr. Andrew Lam ° - t e- h . ' : wn- Mr. Frew said that after the efficient wanner i ll! Aer iegt sle a e- Mr. •Winward hail discharged his duties, and e°' exP too, that he had given up his former siteatioa in the. Oa; ration of a permenancy, to seek to discharge him in, ~..sio wary a manner, without any charge being ,preferred '"s' him, was as once op I and discreditable. Mr. HARDY folio o n th e same side. - the amendmenead in. tto the meeting. ban . A g'' ; Mr. French explained. ' The Chairman put the amendment and but one • h od t o i i held up f or i t. The motion was then put and decla r e belt unanimbusly carried. : s cair; r the hIP: of ' 1 was then agreed that the Surveyor 0.: -- ra te - rates should elect 4 collectors to be paid a the ! per cent. i f ited• e tty The auditors of :the•past year were then reapl t ) , , es i i , p 00 Mr. SMITH stated that the meeting of magisrr L k sessions would take place on the Gth proximo , ta , r o a a - tt e le' appoiniinents, and ritivlsed some of the rate-paYer a . • ~,l i -a: hilt another and not, the true list ithould ,be Put ear' •nioved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which W as ~, by! acclamatio. rated h . e CHAIRMAN n returned thanks, and the meeting F,eP He Considered spirT) tAN 0 TII E R E SUSPCTED MON OM ANIAC.—On f 01 " rang. uyen Mr. Jardine (with whom was M r ' 'l.:2' or ~ o c l taking his s ea t u p on ' t li e b enc h , at B ow - s treet, a req er emi 3 jl t, ,r e klng middle-a ge d man , w h o gave ida name as .„, beau I4 I Y, was put 'forward t o th e ba r , c harged with havwgri found drunk iri the lobby of the House of Coinnlannd precedin g n i g ht, between eleven and twelve attempting to force his way into the members' wa",—,:sell, ~ ; It appeared that be was looking for Lord John ba" whose el ec li on f or t h e c i ty h e had been active. , 0 0 large car v i ng k n if e i n hi s poc k et. H e wa s order r ' gOod bail.