The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

Lrds of 0 Mr. eet. lUTIT, r Seven will be. e town. erpool. good. esirous ;TANT mid be- rANT sWeeo minted MEET, )MS, for a 01. To• mt this• eman,- atreet, ill con isisting [-room, ;hbour- ms and Et, and d to all with a d being he con 3onage, rences lISLEY, who a Firm him le Re 7actice. )e fully active !apable CARER, eceive lums of rate of hitsug- tIN G, tion of I •wide, Black- HAR erpool, On of of the TEN rG the oad. e seen, to the ,! Com- Ite 10th Lily in ['ERA to the ailway Liver d sold C 4 •• • • r he Tu of the in Re with :ries of :ed the to In- -erpool v and 11 des- I well. wining ;e and es and ofessor [iirlow, !ling," odern, in this disfac le first oblems iumer iionary minable being ! l ed by TAKER AND cc One Maude Public ations, s. 6d. or, an LDING, .essons, ed in a led and m. By , Great bl Geo istory," kis esta its sale place in or, (the , educa lame is npts to e, have , I Books to DOCK :o.,Ave' -In f-Yearly former r, price on Sale, INTER r 1i um 1. alter- ITERA- English Y Speci tndsome rolumes 2 ;, is sold' •ed sub- ect of ved sys out their )1. The munera lication. ,arnestly F.ngland, merica, ich Map breadth. Hernia- M AN to Maps, th a view it of the n enter the most istructed S. )001, No. ...mairr Q Feb. 9, 1847. AN ACCOUNT OF THE FUNDS ENTRUSTED TO THE ST. JUDE'S COMMITTEE TO MITIGATE THE DISTRESSES IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. R. s. d. The Right Hon. Lord Geo. Bentinck, The 'distribution left to the discretiort of the Committee, who have remitted RlOO to the fond for the `distress in Scotland, per Rev. Dr. M'Cleod Glasgow 3OO 0 0 Collection at St. George's, Everton, per Rev. W. W. rwhank llB 2 2 . Collection at St. Cle- Intent's, , Windsor, Per Rev. F. Parry, of which £34 188 , 6 d is remitted to Scot land lO4 18 6 Mr. Ed. Crupper lOO 0 0 'P rom one who signs " In answer to Mr. NPNeile's ApPeal) 400 Mr. Saml. Martin, per 0 0 Mr. W. Jones lOO 0 0 A Friend, ner Mr. l iV. T. Keightty--,tlo for the Scotch 100 0 0 Collection at St Bride's per Rev. D. D. Stewart Collection at St. Ann's, Stanley, per Rev. Thos. Gardner Messrs. Milner & Son 50 0 o Mess. s. Townley and Whitehead 5O 0 0 Mr. Jno.." Pennington 50 0 Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne 5O '0 0 From a Gentleman whe withholds his name, but says " He would have pre ferred that the &shop, the Rectors Of Liverpool, or the Mryor had addres sed the inhabitants of the town, and trusts that this may yet take p ate" SO 0 0 Collected by Rev. T. Harrison, StaffOrd, transmitted perßev. H. APNeile T he nloi , tY Of Collec tion at St.:Michael' s, Toxtelh-park, per Rev. Win. Ifesketh 45 0 0 Mr. Chas. Badnitig 50 0 0 Two-thirds Collection St. Silas's,-per Rev. J. Cordeaux Lady Taylor, per Rev. M`Neile. .30 0 0 Mr, NV T. 'Keightley 30 0 0 •Jones 25 0 0 Me..Saml. Woods 25 0 0 Mr.•Jno. Marriott Mt. Jno - .Thernecroft, ..._COngleton Air. Thos. F. Bennett 25 0 11 the Durham Relief COmmittee 25 0 I ollecredl•iMissWard 21 1 :Mr: and -Airs. R. W. r6star Mr:Thos. Froste Mr.' . Frost 2O 0 Mr. (Us. Armstrong 20 0 Mr..Wra. Gregson 20 0 Mr, RObt.Bickersteth 20 0 Mr. Geo. H. Lawrence 20 0 " In ahyincus, per Rev. eile 1.141 - W. Leake 1r" . J cet_. H., per Mr . J. 117ii_North stowkiabriel, Chep- M'N'eile Rev. H. :Illetisj.o.„..rt.Th_llvioiesh. France, 20 0_ 1. J. Duncan 2O 0 •`. • noenry Menzies 2O ' 0 • Messrs. Woudball and Jones Collected by the Itcr. E. Gladstone, Nor wich Sums under 20s l5 15 Mr. Jno. Grantham l5 0 Collected by the Rev. C. R. Flint, Bits thorpe Rectory 'Collected by a Roman Catholic lady, trans mitted through a Magistrate of Che shire, with the in- Junction that the same be distributed through a Protes tant minister, and not a tholic p Roman Ca- it •0 b ad riest nev. H. M`Neile and u ly TV'. Thos. Carlisle Z r. John Carlisle Edward Jones Jr. Geo. Langtry lO -0 .0 Vr. Thos. Forsyth & Mrs. Webster . 0 0 John Campbell._ 'lO 0 0 r. Thos. Green Cllr. John Hooper, Shermanbury, Sus sex, with a large Assortment of new clothing for the wives of poor cler xymen front MrS. • Hooper, followed by a similar gift front Mrs. Challen, Shes manbury Park Mr. Edwd. Batty Mr. Wm. Banning Mr. John Eden .lO .0 O Mr. C. W N. lO 0 01 Mr. Geo. Wood lO .4 01 Mr. Ad am Hodgson lO .0 01 Mr. Daniel Campbell. 'lO •0 0 Mr. Robert Formby lO - 0 0 A Fr iend lO .0 0 H. APN Mrs.Boulton,perßev. eile 10 ,0 ~ENCookson, per Do. 10 0 'Vs A. Marriott, tatiga, per Rev. jll.l`pNeile lO 0 0 ba n , YOUI4.4IUS u, for Scotland 10 0 0 "rg• Lake, Cab - in, M a " Co esa ' Pl att,tnel Ham- Mr. a lly Co lO '0 0 iter R4 . ,..Ramsden, Per. ll. M'Neile 10 0 .0 Scotch P Per R ev r e,lbyterian s Mr. s tewa . rt. m'Neile 10 0 Children the r 6 xd.rejation 8%E.41111:,. . 34unan, per Mr 7 .0 Ih 7 0 -• J. Hubback 5 0 dtniral Bell John Rigby 'flits J. Corrie .gitid 5 .0 Madlle. Brioland Itev. Ellis Ashton 5 0 •Aliss Marriott . **-* 5 .0 -Mr. Chas. E. per Rev. H.l%l`Neile 5 .0 E. F., per Do 5 ft his Eliz. Corrie R. s. d. Miss Colquitt, per Rev. H. M`Neile 5 0 0 M. H., per D 0... 5 0 0 Mr. T. Ashby, per Do. 5 0 0 Rev.J.Waring,perDo. 5 0 0 Mr.Saml. Richardson, per Do. 5 0 0 Mrs. Mallerey, per Miss Crowder Mr. Sherlock W. H. Mr. Henry Menzies, • for Scotland Mrs. Wareing, Orms- 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 kirk , A Friend, per Miss Hodgson 5 0 0 A Friend, for Scotland 5 0 0 Miss Kais Nlr.W.White,London 5 0 0 Mr. E. G. Deane Mr. Edwin Leece Mrs. Rarker & family 5 0 0 Mr. Edw. Kelley, per Rev. H. M'Neite Anonymons,perDitto 5 0 0 Mr. and ➢lrs. Rebert Williams 5 0 0 Mr. Glazebrook 5 0 0 Messrs. J.& E. Littler 5 0 0 Mr. Gillies Mr. T. Pogtlethwaite 5 0 0 Zitto, per Miss Crow der NTrs. MoTyneux 5 0 0 Mrs. Akpinall 5 0 0 Mr. Ilder 5 0 0 Mr. lhler, jun Mr. Daniel Mather Mr. John Dickinson 5 0 0 5 0 0 Mr. Roberts Anonymous, per Rev. H. M'Neile 5 0 0 Major R Axford Mrs. Kyffin 5 0 0 The Misses Leather 5 0 0 Mr.C.W.H.Pickering 5 0 0 J. M., per Mr. Keight ley 5 0 0 Two friends, per Do 5 0 0 H., per Rev. D. An- deison Collected by Mrs. San- 5 0 0 ders Mr. Tennant Mr. Jno. Atkinson Mr. Thos. Gore, Wa- 4 4 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 vertree Rev. R. D. Thomas and Lady, Rock Ferry A. L. Collected by the Rev. 3 0 0 Conno - r Miss lossman and '8 0 0 3 .0 0 215 2 2 10 0 2 10 0 2]o 0 Friends Mr. Jno. Milne Rev. J. Power Mrs. Brodriek , Hemp sail Stubbs 2 5 0 Miss Hodgson Mr. W. Sherwood 2 2 0 Mfr. Rimmer 2 2 0 Mr. Henry Chapman 2 2 0 !Mr. E. A. Wallingford 2 2 0 Mr. AT. N. Skerrett 2 2 0 IMr. 'Geo. Holden 2 2 0 IMr. I. Paton Mr.. Nichols .Mr. B. HibbertTaylor ;1 1 ,11ss Ward Mr. Bennett ilVtr. J. HuOhes ,Mr. W. Whitfield_..... Mr. Thns. Wignan Mr. Dowdall ..... %tr. Jas. Steele Mr. Tyrer Mr.. J. E. - Rowe A. B.'C. A. H. Bulteel H. • "Mr. altr ...4 'Mr. J S . J. e Banning Mrs. Banning Miss Gillie Mrs. Fairelough Miss Ellen Jackson Miss Walthew, Pem broke place Mr. Henry Halton Mrs. Ellis Ashton, Huyton . A. J. F. Mr. D. Buchanan— M. W. Miss Crowder IA _Friend, per Miss Locker - - A Friend Money found, per C. Coteswortb. Mrs. .and Master S. Hornby Collected by Master S. Maynard Aalonypiou, per Rev. 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 15 0 -1 10 0 1 10 0 1 7 0 1 5 0 ,1 3 0 1 2 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 ' H. )I'Neile.. Mr. Gilbert Kerr . J. W. Just Mr. Finlay, an Ameri can gold coin, eagle Mr. Samuel Gath.... Rev. J. Campbell, ' Portsmouth Sannlel Jowett Mr. Rob. M. Clay Miss Falcon, Wor kinFton ,- per Liver pool Standard .... 1 0 0 E. F.. per Ditto 1 0 0 Mr. D. Headlam Mr. J. L. Palethorpe. 1 0 0 Mr. J, D.Walker, jun. 1 0 0 Mr. Greenstreet 1 0 0 Miss Cloves T. H., Orniskirk Mrs. Irving. Plumdon 1 0 0 M iss Carruthe rs, War manhie 1 0 0 Miss Wilson Mr. Todd Two Friends .1. and C. F.... Miss Wainwright A Merchant's Clerk 1 0 0 Name wanting P., per R. W. Preston 1 0 0 T. W 1 0 0 Mrs. Cross 1 0 0 Mr. Copeland .Mr. E. Akroyd 1 0 0 Misses Cross 1 0 0 Mr. J. Q. Rowett 1 0 0 Mr. Swift 1 0 0 Miss Lister 1 0 0 Mr. Swift 1 0 0 'Zitto 1 0 0 Mr. Hightield 1 0 0 Miss Butter E. F 1 0 0 Miss Whittington— 1 0 0 Anonymous, per Rev H. M`Neile... .1 0 0 W.G.I 0 0 Mr. Jno. Malley 1 0 0 Mr. R. W. Tyler 1 0 0 Rev. D. Anderson 1 0 0 J. S. per Ditto 1 0 0 Mr. lE. Greatrix 0 0 iMr. F. Lyon Mr...D. J. Lyon 1 0 0 Collected by Master Frederick banning. 1 0 .0 Mr: G: C. Crofts Miss Molyneux 1 0 0 .Mrs. Raitray 1 , 0 0 A Friend 1 0 0 Miss Ho rafall 1 0 0 Ntiss 'Ft Horsfall _l 0 0 0 The Co n t r ib ut i ons of 0, a few Working Men, O , Members of the Congregation - 019 '0 42867 0 .4 .4 4 : 4 c above List of Contributions will be followed Commit tee TWlji.„,_ an Account of the Grants made by- this 4-aw amount to £277314€. lid. leavings Balance in hand " , Y....03 ss. sd. H. JNO. WEBSTER, Hon. Treasurer. '3lll4itiord-street, 8 IAFe b.CHRIS. 1 13Z . LL, Hon. Secretary. • ' 4 I3SS IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND. A a „ 4,-.IPUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants. of - "nary;7o B4 ao 7 . 1, held in the Music-hall, Bold-street, the 29th It 'GEORGE GRANT, Esq., in the Chair , Ira moved by DUNCAN Gills, Esq., and seconded by .......„/LtikAt WATSON. Esq., ii,, , k;,pailat•the calamity and extreme destitution of .the com -cl"saries of life, with which it bath pleased Divine Pro ce 4-, visit the Inhabitants of the Highlands and Islands ill Are ° 6 . l4 ?l, Calls for our wannest sympathy; and, strongly eenj o "! o, with, a de e p . sense of gratitude for the many . blesaings a 'efi and recognising it as one of the first of Chrispan du illkfferil.eek to , minister to the necessities, and to relieve the e tfour, fellow-creatures, this Meeting, determines to ste_ps for the carrying out &this object. tue e . by A. C. DUNLOP, Esq., seconded by JAMES STITT, 41 24 d, t il n," Oire -at while this Meeting is impressed with a strong ~,‘0 relieve the great distress the[ eisting, they at the same ~."u!nt'itost emphatically disclaim idea of attempting any "Vetorilat can absolve;cither the Government or the local pro- Ney f rom adopting such remedial measures as the emer kovequires. itt by JOHN Caow, Esq., seconded by W. TARGET, hvi.ot 8 e following Gentlemen be appointed a Committee 1 11..„. ; wer to add to their -member) for the purpose of raising 141 °T.18 and earrying.ent the foregoing Resolutions:- - GEORGE GRANT, Esq., Chairman. O N /4 - 2 0 , DEPUTY..CHAIRMEN: ..top 7 - ARMSTRONG, Esq., and A. C. DU N UP , Esq, CHARLES M'IVER, Esq„ Secretary. • JOHN CLOW, Esq., Treasurer. Pro.. A mount already Advertised .... £2485 9s. 9d. leig.rtin of-the Col- r. Cowan t ), ) o at the Unita- J D . I%l'll4llrd° tdie "iaPel Para- William Garrow oh n e istre et ' 10 0 0 o,Alexander Thomson qs rl , - slitieY,ses. ............ .. - 25 0 ()Thomas Anderson .* 5 0 0 *t oo , Howard • Grey- Robt. Lamont (second) 5 0 0 h Get,' Castle, per James ll'Arthur 11"41 r,"rant... 0 0 Alex. ll'Gregor 2O 0 %.,;-_allrion & Son 25 0 OJ. \V. hurclough whis.'o,ll Gladstone. 2g) 0 OG. i no on WC • John Pearson 1 o 0 1 0 0 \15.,4114-Arid 20 0 ()Isaac Tyson h e Me n an dtr o h 2O 0 0 Gouldivc Fraser e D r avies... , 0 0 o o t i Il e ne% , , . .... 20 0 0 1 W. C. 1 0 0 ,11., Browne, 84 11,,.. uoVgle 1 0 0 a • 20 0 0 Robert Crawford .... R. Grindley 10 4 . • • ........... 10 10 o , v. Grindlay, jun.. Janies Iluchanan 10 10 OjWm Bell lO 0 ---......1,1!). Logan . . : • • •. 10 0 TRobert Shaw 1 0 0 rr,h., Inas JefireYs 10 0 0 Sundries 1 0 0 , 41 : 1 1, 11 1 h ) ald Kelso •100 0 A few Chelsea Pen- IV, j -.arbour .. •• • • 10 0 0 $ ioners 0 18 6 k 4l ..* ........ 5 0 01E. F., ner the standard 010 0 o'll. ,I,,,Palii, . : ... 5 0 OiJobn Hill • `Y? NI. AiosB, ; :.. 5 0 OPr, Roche , ojo Q MR. C. SMITH'S B A L L • WILL be held at the ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms, Great George-street, This EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 9th instant. Tickets, including Refreshments—Double, 10s. 6d.: Gentle men's, is. 6d. ; Ladies, ss. To he had of Mr. SMITH, 42, South Castle-street, or any of the Music Sel!ers. THE SECOND PRINCE LLEWELYN BUILDING SOCIETY. Shares, 124:11; Monthly Subscriptions, 1 Os. per Share. Present Entrance Fee, 2s. 6d. per Share. No Redemption Fees. TO BE ENROLLED AGREEABLY TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT, AND CONDUCTED ACCORDING TO THE MOST APPROVED RULES OF MANAGEMENT. ?TIHE FIRST GENERAL MEETING for ELEC TION of -OFFICERS, and PAYMENT of SUBSCRIP TIONS, will be held at the BRUNSWICK HOTEL, Hanover street, on TUESDAY EVENING, March 2, 1847, at Half-past Seven o'clock; and the General Meetings of the Society will afterwards continue to be held at the same place, on the even ing of the first Tuesday in every calendar month. Meetings will be held at the Brunswick Hotel every Tuesday Evening, until the first General Meeting, to enrol members, form rules, &c. Prospectuses, or any farther information may be obtained at such meetings; or on application to . Y. A. LLOYD, Secretary, pro. tem., 144, Mount-pleasant. LIVERPOOL 'GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) CAPITAL .e 100,000; in 10,000 'SHARES of .t . lO each. DEPOSIT. 10e. per Share. No Shareholder liable beyond the amount of his Shares. LIST OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Mr. John Finch, Jun., Sir Thomas's-buildings. „ Jas. Reddecliffe Jeffery, Church-street. „ Adam Pringle, Bold-street. „ George Woods, Ditto. „ Jelm - Rogers, St. James's-street. , E. C. Hindley, Bold-street. ;, Thomas Urquhart, Ditto. ~ John Daniel. Lord-street. , William Medley, Whitechapel. „ F. L. Hansburg, Church-street. • Thomas Morris, Lord=street. ~ William Okell, Paradise-street. „ Charles Gillham, Lord-street. „ John B. Johnson, Scotland-road. „ Thomas Bailey, Aigburth. „ Henry Denson, Cook-street. „ Edward Tuton, Lord-street. „ Ellis Wilde, Sparling,-street. .„ Henry Laffer, Lord-street. „ Walter Bostock, Paradise-street. , „ William Bolderston, St. James's-place. With power to add to their number. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. John Finch, Jun. E. C. Hindley. James R. Jeffery. John Rogers. Adam Pringle. John Daniel. George Woods. ENGINEER—John Cox, Esq., C.E. BANKERS—The Rovarßank of Liverpool. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff. SECRETARY—Mr. Macdonald. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Pritt, Venables, and Co. This Company is formed to secure a better supply of Gas within the Borough of Liverpool, and - on lower terms than that charged by the existing Companies. The Public of Liverpool will be aware that a Company under the same title, and consisting chiefly of the same individuals, went to Parliament in the year 1844, and again in 1843, with a view to securing an Act for Incorporating such Company to carry out the same objects. It is only necessary here to state, that while that Company had, in their Bill of 1845, fixed a maximum price of 4s. per •1000 cubic feet, against a'then selling price by the existing Companies 'Of 6s.—reduced by them to si. almost at the moment of the meeting of Parliament—the Parliamentary Committee, after hearing the evidence of this Company, and also thatof the existing Companies, hound the existing Companies, on their own offer, to reduce their price to 4s. 6d., notwithstanding that the evidence previously offered by themselves showed that they were selling Gas at a ruinous price" at ss. per 1000 cubic feet, and that - no price less than 55. sd. could save them from actual loss on the then consump. tion. It is scarcely necessary to state, that the promoters of the Guardian Gas Company - were in - no way consenting parties to such a settlement of the-question, since its obvious result must 'be, and has been, to perpetuate a higher price - -of Gas to the community-of Liverpool than would produce a fair dividend on the really needful-amount of capital. One of the existing Companies proceeds to Parliament in the present Session for power to raise additional -capital, and also to borrow money on the security of their works to meet the increasing demand for Gas ; but it musthe.remembered, that for every pound so raised or borrowed, the community of Li verpool. as consumers of Gas, will have to pay-a high dividend, which thus bids fair, if strong efforts be not made to resist it, 'to become a tax-in perpetuity. The object of this Company is to furnish Gas to the commu pity at a price -which will enable every householder, of whatever degree in life; to use it ; . and having received the best engineer ing advice, they proceed for a price not exceeding 38. Bd. per 1000 cubic feet, against the suns of 4s. 6d. now charged by the existing Coinpanies ;'the - dividend on capital not to exceed 7A per cent. As the consumption increases beyond the limited quantity now estimated by them, the price - of -Gas will be still further reduced. It niay be also stated, that from the great increase of late years in the population of Liverpool,--an increase far beyond that of any other town in the kingdom within a similar space of time,—there is• ample room for - a third Company, without in any way interfering•with the fair interests of the existing Companies. - All requisite preliminary steps have been taken to enable the Company to prosecute their Bills in the approaching Session. A large proportion of - the Shares being already taken, the Share List -will remain t -, r-n for only a limited time ; and those parties who were Shareholders in the old Guardian Gas Com pany will have a preferetA*2 in the allotment. Applications for Shares. in the form annexed, to be made to the SECRETARY, at the Office of the Company, Prince's-build ings, corner of North Jan-street and. Harrington-street, Li verpool. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAR ES. TO THE MANAGING COMMITTFE OF THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN OAS COMPANY. Gentlemen,— . l request you to allot me Shares of £lO each in the above Company ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamen tary Contract, Subscribers' Agreement, and all other legal do cuments, when required. Dated the day of _ 1847. Name in fall . Profession or Trade. Residence. CORNS AND BUNIONS, THE ANTI-CALLOSITY, or Celebrated R uss i an Corn and Bunion Plaster, the invention of an eminent Surgeon, of high celebrity in the Russian Army. It is a well known fact, that the natives of Russia suffer more severely from Corns and Bunions than any other people on earth, particularly the lower class, who frequently from neglect become absolute cripples. A certain remedy &a* which has never been presented to the. Public before. By the use of this excellent Platter, im mediate benefit will be found; and in a short time a RADICAL CURE—not by the general mode of drawing-ant the Corn, and frequently cuttine (WHICH IS ALWAYS ATTENDED WITH EXTREME DANGER), but by gradually dispersing the hard or soft Corn, and entirely removing those painful throbbings so severely felt at every change of weather. BUNIONS.—The great inconvenience and excruciating pain attending these excrescences will be rendered perfectly easy, if not entirely eradicated, and so reduced as to remove the un sightly appearances they make on the feet. All callous excres cences, whatever part of the foot they may be 'on, are removed in time by wearing a piece of this Plaster, which need be changed only once in seven or eight days. Servants who are compelled to .stand in hot kitchens with stone floors, will find a sovereign-remedy for those pains they experience in the feet ; and to thousands of individuals whose existence depends on walking, this remedy will prove an ines timable blessing. Sold in boxes at I3W. for Corns .; and 2s. for Bunions by J. SANGER, the Proprietor's Agent, 150,' Oxford-street, Lon don; and .by Messrs. Carter, Johnson, Jones, McGufifie, Priestley, Rawle, Roberts, Ross and Nightingale, Scholefield, Troughton, Wagstaff, Liverpool ; and all respectable medicine venders throughout the country. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS. Although the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have been greatly blamed for the measures they have felt it necessary to adopt, it turns out that- they have rather fallen short of, than ex ceeded, their duty. Some letters .which have recently appeared, in in two of the morning papers, have shown that g advantage*l d Whig intended to 3eredoucetoilleL has already gained a very consi derable The see of Durham was £BOOO. •When it was offere d m X 1 9;{100 per annum to Com missioners gave Lim the to Dr. 'Maltby, the them a portion, or the o pti on, of either handing over to whole, of the ,estat es, merely re serving to himself a clear £BOOO per 1 rt ing the whole property in his own hands,; oarnodf paying a supposed, surplus of £ll,OOO a y ear. He at a o nce embraced the latter plan, and in so doing he acted witli great worldly wisdom. Large fines, for leases of val nitble coal-mines, have ' been constantly accruing ever since. Rumour is a notorious liar,—and therefore.we do not give credit to the stories-which have been flying about, of as much as £lB.OOO paid in one sum, for the renewal of a lease, &c. However, there is no doubt whatever, that his lordship had an excellent bargain. 'nisi" GRAIN MAIMETS.—The returns from all parts of Ireland, received in Dublin on Saturday, show de cided fall in all kinds of grain, which appears to be unani mouslF attributed to the measures adopted by Govern ment for facilitating the-introduction into this country of corn and other breadstuffs. At the last Athlone market prime wheat sold at 395., being a reduction of 12s. per barrel within one fortnight. At Sligo the speculators have taken the alarm, and on Saturday last more oats and oatmeal were offered for sale than had been offered for several months past. The stock of flour in that town is estimated al 15,000 barrels ; -the price is' reduced fully ss. per barrel, and all the cheaper breadstuffs have declined in proportion. Indian corn, and Indian corn-meal have fallen ss. per ton in Belfast. The Waterford market note states that wheat has receded fully ss. per barrel since the announcement of Lord J. Russell's plans, and a similar reaction, attributable to the same cause, has taken place .at Newry, Londonderry, and several other leading mar kets. An announceme - at of a second Prince Llewellyn Society appears amongst our advertisements. The beautiful model of the Anatornical Venus still con tinues .on view, and attracts a large share of public atten tion.—See advt. The ball given by Mr. C. Smith, of South Castle-street, having given such general satisfaction to his friendS, he has made arrangements for a second one, which, as will be seen by advertisement, takes place this evening. WHOLESALE. SL A UGHTERING.--OH Tuesday, the Messrs, Boustead, of Carlisle, bought up for converting into mutton no less than 118 sheep, which were slaught ered and sent off rig the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway for sale in the London market. We have seen a beautiful little hat made for the great general, Tom Thumb, by our neighl►our, Mr. D: C. Kin near, the style, quality, and workmanebip of which reflect great credit an his taste and skill. It is the smallest hat ever made, and, we understand, fits the general remark ably well. MORNING CONCERT BY TIIR ETHIOPEAN SERENADERS. —At the express request of a number of persons who have been delighted by their unique representations of negro life and melody, these able minstrels have been requesed to give a second grand morning concert at the Royal Assembly Room, in Great George-street, on Friday next, which will be found advertised elsewhere. We believe this is the last occasion on which an opportunity will be o ff or o i l of bearing them in Liverpool, 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 • 0 1 0 0 Tht! LIVERPOOL STANDAR& HEALTH AND MORTALITY OF ENGLAND. The Register General's quarterly return of the health and mortality of England, for the quarter ending the 31st of December, has just been published ; and as it must be a question of considerable interest at the present season of scarcity to know the effect of the deficiency of food, and the badness of its quality, on which the greater portion of our working people have been recently fed, we subjoin a condensation of the document, in so far as it relates to our own Districts. These quarterly returns are obtained from 115 districts in the Kingdom, which are sub-divided into 576 sub-districts. Thirty-four of the districts are in the Metropolis, and the remaining 81 comprise, with some agricultural districts, the principal Towns and Cities in England. And these are made from an area of ground which, according to the census of 1841, contained 6,579,693 souls. The return commences by stating, that in the first quarter of 1846, in consequence of the mildness of the weather, the rate of mortality was lower than it had been in any of the corresponding quarters of the pre vious 8 years. To this pleasing fact, however, the districts of Sunderland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Carlisle were striking exceptions. In the second quarter, (ending the 30th of June,) the mortality was a little above the average : and diseases began to be prevalent in June, which raised the mortality in the third quarter to the ex traordinary amount of 9655 above the average of that sea son. During this time, as can well be remembered, there was an epidemic of Diarrhoea, and what is called English Cholera. From that time the average number of deaths has been increasing. Although the abstract returns for the whole of England have not yet been made out, yet from the present returns it may be calculated that there were 106, - 000 deaths in the September quarter which, after correction for increase of population, is 20.000 above the average. In the December quarter there were 110,000, which is 15,000 above the average. The whole deaths registered in England and Wales during the fol lowing years were : - in 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 And from the returns given in the quarterly table, it may be adduced that the deaths in 1845 were about . And in 1846 406,000 thus showing an increase in the year 1846 over 1845 of 54,000 deaths; and nearly the whole of this increase took place during the last two quarters of the year. The in creased mortality in London gives but a faint idea of the number of deaths which have occurred in the other large towns in the kingdom. Thus the deaths in the London district during the December quarter of 1845 and 1846 respectively, were 11,695 and 13,033 ; whilst in Liverpool and West Derby the increase between these correspond ing quarters of the different years was 1,191. The num bers for the December quarter, 1845, being, 2,655, whilst for the same quarter in 1846, there were 3,846. In Black burn the mortality has nearly doubled in the latter quar ter. The proportions stand thus :—ln the December quarter of 1845 there were 435 deaths, and in that of 1846 they amounted to 853. In Preston deaths have occurred in about the same proportion, the numbers being 552, and 968. In Bury tlie numbers were 437 and 717. In Wigan the increase hag not been so great, the numbers being 402,675. In Prescot, 290 and 510. In Manchester, Sal ford, and Charlton, the increase bears the same propor tion, the numbers being 2,555 and 4,029. In accounting for this increase,- the return states that though the cold in the December quarter of 1846 must have been fatal to many lives, still it was not the chief cause. The mean temperature of the quarter at Green wich was 44° 2. which is 1° 9 below the temperature of the corresponding in 1845, and 1° 3 below the average of the quarter f0r.25 years, but 1 0 8 above the temperature of the last quarter of 1844. The Registrar of Saint George, Manchester, after stating that the great number of deaths in his district (406) may be partly accounted for by the prevalence of measels and typhus, says :—" The population of the district is to a great extent composed of the lower order of Irish, who live and lodge together in the same house. In one part of the district, called An gel Meadow,' it is not uncommon to find 20 or 30 Persons living in one house, where there is not accommodation for one-third of that number, especially if health is to be the least considered. During the last two or three months, large numbers of the poor from Ireland have crowded themselves into the district, droves of them ram bling about the streets seeking lodgings, and no doubt being exposed to the severe and inclement weather. Many of the poor creatures have died from cold, producing fevers and other diseases. Owing to the great increase of . mortality during the last few weeks, I instituted inquiries as to the length of time deceased had been in England, and found in very many cases they .had been only a few weeks. The poverty and destitution of the district at present is very great. The houses are badly ventilated, and the odour arising from so many persons huddled to gether in a confined apartment must have a very injuri ous effect. It cannot be surprising that while such a state of things exists the mortality should be great." The same thing has been noticed in Liverpool. The Registrar of St. Thomas says :—" A considerable portion of the increase (of deaths) arisesfrom the great influx of the poor from Ireland, most of whom are quite desti; tute when they arrive. Some have been only a few weeks, and others a few days in the town previous to their death." The " high price of provisions," " Depression in trade," and'" Distress," are referred to by the Regis trars of Stockport and Little Bolton, as causes of the high mortality in December last. The . failure of the potato crop and the dearness of provisions left the poor very - ill able to provide the additional clothing and firing required by the severity of the weather and their suffer ings,must have been aggravated while their earnings were at the same time diminished. However, no mention is made of the potato disease having per se had any direct connection.with the mortality. No doubt large quantities of the potato in a partially diseased state were consumed by the poor, but still it does not appear that its use even in this state has been productive of any spe6ific disease ; nor does it appear to have any appreciable connection with the disorders of the 'bowels and fever which grew preva lent about the time that the last crops came into use. The return next directs attention to the difference in the mortality in different places in the same years, and says that the population of Manchester, Salford, and Chorlton, in 1841, was 356,372. The deaths in the De cember quarter of 1845 were 2555, and in the same quarter of 1846 they increased to 4029 ; whilst in 1841 the population of Anglesea was 38,105 ; the deaths being, in 1845, no more than 163, and in 1846 they were 206 — thus, after allowing for increase of population, the inha bitants of Manchester, &c., were probably 10 times as numerous as the inhabitants of Anglesea ; the mortality was 15 times as great in 1845, and 20 times as great in 1846. The same may be said of all -the manufacturing districts as compared with the agricultural. It is found from the returns of the seven years, 1838 to 1844, that the mortality of Liverpool and Manchester, and the worst part of other towns, has nearly doubled the mortality of tolerably salubrious districts ; and it is here seen that while the mortality of the latter districts was raised 50 or 70per cent., the ordinary but unnatural and frightful mor tality of the dense districts was raised from 70 to 100 per cent. in 1846 over whatit was in 1845. Opinions differ as to what fraction of :the suffering and death in the manufac turing districts is to be attributed to the want of water or of sewerage—crowded lodgings, narrow and ill cleansed streets, badly ventilated workshops—the destitution of skilful medical advice—the neglect of children, doses of opium and overflowings of quackery—the nuisance of slaughter-houses and rank churchyards ; but a large amount of the misery may be fairly set down to the want of proper sanatory regulations. Liverpool we hope, how ever, to see soon exempted from this disgrace. As the following notes on the nature of the disease prevalent in the several districts of Liverpool may not be uninteresting to our readers, we twill-close this condensation with giving a few extracts : St. Martin's.—Typhus, diarrhoea, and dysentery have been the prevailing diseases. Deaths for the quarter, b 92. Great Howard-street.--Bronchitis and dysentery pre valent. Deaths, 382—much above the average. Thomas.—Deaths, 340. Died of bronchitis, 76 ; George. — Diarrhoea, L ue e .s a_ e s , a D ;t a . d — r r2h P l h t a t; s po i n s jue un an nrin d aotiiii d c y aA se sa n yni te du ry m. have been diarrhoea, 71 ; phthisis, 25 ; fever, 17. themoMss ;M:prevalent and fatal. Deaths, 483—including 186 at phthisis have been most prevalent. Deaths, 169. /thogton.—Phthisis, pneumonia, bronchitis, and diarr hoea. Deaths, 372. In West Derby, Lithertand, Crosby, and Toxteth Park, the same class of diseases have been prevalent. In West Derby alone a return has been made for decline, of which 40 persons have died in that district. PROPORTION OF IMPORTED IRISH CRIME IN LIVERPOOL. In estimating the cost to this town of the present dis organised state of Ireland, its ignorance, and the absence of a proper provision for its poor, we must not look merely at the amount of temporary relief administered. In many other ways Irish misery presses upon the re sources of the'British people. An examination of the re port of Mr. R. E. Highton, Governor of the Liverpool Borough Prison, showing the state of crime during the last year, affords ,e startling proof of the extent t o w hi c h we are burthened by the offences of our invnigrant Irish population, In 1846, Mr Highton finds a decrease of 20 of the felons born in Liverpool, and an increase of 148 of those born elsewhere, on a total number of 577 committed 'in the years 1842-3. Of this increase 17 persons were born in Lancashire ; 27 came from other English counties ; 13 came from Scotland, and 83, or fifty-six per cent. of the whole,, were from Ireland. Of the increase of the total committals for all offences, which was last year 1303 over the number in 1842-3-185 were born in Liverpool; 143 in other parts of Lancashire ; 268 in othey English coun ties, and 654, or 431 per cent., in Ireland. We have no doubt the statistics of crime in other ports accessible from Ireland, and in our manufacturing towns, would exhibit similar results ; thus spewing the origin of a very serious charge, imposed upon us in the shape of cost of prosecu tions and of prison maintenance. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A .STOCKBROKER.-Mr. Henry Lanauze, the eminent stockbroker of College green, Dublin, was charged at College-street police-office by Mr. R. B. Clayton, for having fraudulently obtained a transfer of £9,000, which was invested in Government stock, and for having drawn that sum out of the funds, aed applied the same to his own use. It , appeared that Mr. Clayton's father died in 1845, leaving this sum, toge ther with large estates, for certain uses mentioned in his will. Mr. Lanauze was his broker, and he informed Mr. Clayton that the stock should be transferred in his*(La nauze's) name, and by these means succeeded in getting the money into his own hand, The Pagistrates decided All b eading the case for trial. tfIE 'CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. We rejoice to he that an adjourned Meeting of the Friends of the Pastoral Aid Society will be held on Fri.. day evening next, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson street. The Rev. H. M'Neile in the chair. We have been asked to direct attention to the Advertisement in our columns this day, we can do no better than by stat ing that the grants made for the support of Curates and Scripture Readers in Liverpool, amount to £l,lOO per annum, and inserting the following deeply interesting extract, from one of the occasional papers published by the Society, showing what it has been the honoured in strument of effecting in the parish of Whalley, near Blackburn The parish is about twenty miles by thirty in extent, and containing, seven years' ago, when the Auxiliary to that Society was formed in that parish, 110,000 inhabitants : " At the time of the Reformation, the population of the parish of Whalley could not exceed 6,000. Therg was then a church for every 400 inhabitants ; i. e., 15 in all. In 1801 the population had increased to 49,000. During this long interval one ruinated church had been restored by the father of the present vicar, and one addi tional church built in 1788. Thus the year 1835 saw 17 churches for 100,000 inhabitants, or one church on the average to every 6,000. The close of the year 1835 enumerates 33 churches, and six newly constituted eccle siastical districts, in which churches are about to be built." " In each of these' places there is at least one public ser vice on each Lord's day, where formerly they could not ' hear,' for they were ' without a preacher ; and none could ' preach,' because none could be ' sent.' School room services and Pastoral-aid grants may fairly lay claim to seven of the 16 new churches ; for without them as originators and pioneers, it is doubtful if one of them had at this moment, in the present decade, raised its heaven-directing spire." " The present staff of clergy in this parish is 53, in active duty." " The next subject of inquiry that suggests itself is, how are all these additional clergy, so recently brought together in this one locality, maintained ? The profes sional income of the clergy of this parish in 1835 was, as nearly as can be ascertained from official returns, £3 , 059 per annum ; in 1845 it is at least £7,231, exhibiting an increase of £4,172, or 136 per cent." " Of all the charitable sources of professional aid and income, the Church Pastoral-Aid Society stands pre eminent, and calls forth our most grateful acknowledge ments. In 1841 its grants to this parish were 14 in num ber, and its pecuniary aid £986. In the year 1845 it still enumerates 11 grants, at an expenditure of £990. From this source alone, therefore, the parish derives one-fourth part of its increased clerical income ; and the fact is eli cited, that this Society , supported by voluntary contribu tions, brings to the sp iritual aid of this extensive district, through its eleemosynary channel £290 per annum, more than the whole arrangements of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have effected for it under the head of aug mentation of benefices, and £l9O a year more than the important Act of Sir Robert Peel does in constituting new parishes, or ecclesiastical districts. Comparing the amount of the Society's grants with the aggregate amount of clerical income, we arrive at the additional fact that the Church Pastoral-Aid Society furnishes nearly a Seventh part of the whole income of the Established Church in this locality. Nor ought it to be overlooked that this pa rish, since it became connected with this Society, has drawn from its funds no less a sum than £6,200 ; only a sixth of which has the Whalley Branch Association been able to return in testimony of its gratitude. CHARITY OF THE IRISH IN FOREIGN COUN TRIES TO THEIR DISTRESSED . FELLOW COUNTRYMEN AT HOME. It is an amiable feature in the Irish character, that in comparative prosperity the claims of their less affluent relations are rarely forgotten. In the Times of last week the following statement is given bearing upon this subject;, " It has generally been understood that the Irish emi grants to the United States have always remitted very fully of their hard earnings to their relatives at home, but most persons will be surprised to hear the extent of this liberality. A few days since,' says our correspondent, ' I called upon the different houses in New York who are in the daily practice of giving small draughts on Ireland, from ,five dollars upwards, and requested from them an accurate statement of the amount they had thus remitted for Irish labourers, male and female, within the last 60 days, and also for the entire year of 1846. Here is the result Total amount received in New York from Irish labourers, male and female, during the months of Novem ber and December, 1846, 5'175,000, or equal to £35,000 sterling; ditto for the year 1846, 4'808,000, or £161,600 sterling. These remittances are understood to average £3 to £4 each draught, and they are sent to all parts of Ireland, and by every packet.' " From year to year," adds our correspondent, " they go on increasing with the increase of emigration, and they prove most conclusively that when Irishmen are afforded the opportunity of mak ing and saving money, they are industrious and thrifty. I wish these facts could be given to the world, to show the rich what the poor have done for suffering Ireland, and especially that the Irish landlords might be made aware of what their former tenants are doing for their present ones.' " Any one, who has occasionally been in the habit of visiting the money order office in Liverpool, cannot fail to have been struck with the number of Irish labourers and others applying for orders for their friends at home; and it is a well authenticated fact, which perhaps does eot speak much in favor of the character of the swarms of Irish now infesting Qui streets, and subsisting upon the rates from industrious tradesmen, and still less in proof of their real destitution, that this very class are daily remitting money home, through this channel, for investment in the saving banks, or to their companions in mendicancy. ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH. The appointment to the incumbency of this church is at length made, in the selection, by the trustees, of the Rev. Herbert Jones, curate of St. Church, Andrew's , and fourth son of the Rev. John Jones, th e respected in cumbent. We, with others, should have been pleased to have heard of the appointment of an older clergyman to succeed Dr. Tattershall, but bearing in mind the small amount of the stipend, we do not wonder that such a one has not been obtained. The trustees have had an arduous and delinte task to perform, and when we reflect upon their matured judgment and respectability, we feel persuaded that they have made the best appointment that was with in their reach; aud, viewing the case in this light, we are sorry to hear complaints from the congregation of the course the trustees have taken. Under existing circum strnces, the appointment being made, surely it will be better to abide patiently, and hope for the best. Though several members of the congregation expressed themselves willing to contribute towards increasing the stipend, we are not aware that the subject was brought before the trustees in any tangible shape. - The,position for the Rev. Herbert Jones will, of course, be a new one, and no doubt he will feel his great responsibility in having the sole charge of the flock ; he will, therefore, need every encouragement and support, and much may depend upon the congregation, under God, how far his spiritual labomai among them may turn to good account. We hear he NMI! not leave St. Andrew's Church without being deeply re gretted by the congregation to whom, in various ways, he has so much attached himself. He is a young gentleman devoted to the " work of the ministry," and is possessed of very promising talents. Many of our readers may re member, from our announcement a few weeks since, that he bore away the Narissian prize at Cambridge ;—the subject of the essay (which we have heard pronounced, as it must necessarily have been, a very able one,) being " If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." INCREASE OF CRIME IN LIVERPOOL. The learned Recorder in his speech at the opening of the session last week, very forcibly alluded to the melan choly fact that crime was on the increase in Liverpool. That crime, taken in the gross, has been, of late years, on the increase cannot be denied ; but still we are inclined to think that the offences are of a lighter and less cul pable nature than what we have been used to heretofore. In this opinion we are borne out by a very valuable, use ful, and accurate return for the year 1846, made by Mr. Parkinson, of the Main Bridewell. From these returns it appears that in the year 1844, the number of persons brought before the magistrates were 15,284 ; in 1845, 16,743 ; and in 1846, 18,171, showing an increase in the year 1846, over 1845, of 1428 cases; and over 1844 of 2887 cases. Of those brought up in 1846, there were for indulgence in the vicious habit of intemperance 6392, of whom 3226 paid the fines imposed on them—the amount of which was £844 7s. 6d. • and 3166 did not, the amount of whose fi ne: if paid, would have been £825. Of assau l ts there were 1219 cases, for which £6OO were pa id b y 489 persons , and 730 went to•prison, for fines to the amount of £1455. For resisting, 122 persons, of whom 60 paid fines to the amount of £4B. Fighting and quarrelling— a crime which usually originates in that of drunkenness— has been most prolific, there being no fewer during the past year than 404 cases, 214 of whom paid fines, amounting to £B7 15s. Sixty-two went to prison for fines to the amount of £76. There has been a great number " brought up" for the commission of another and most dangerous offence—that of throwing missiles. For this 149 persons were charged, and fined to the amount of £75 12s. 6d, of which £25 ss. was paid by 60 persons, being a balance of £5O 7s. 6d. unpaid by 89 individuals. For playing at pitch and toss there has been only one who was fined in 15s. Of indecent exposure there have been, we are happy to say, but 7 cases ; and of using obscene language 20. Of smuggling tobacco there have been 124 cases, on which fines were imposed to,the amount of £4750, of which only £l9O were paid, spirits, 27 fines, g paid. Detaining I.2leavl6ingla3sb,aloafncNevhoifei£4l only £27 Sm u vs g .e g re lin seamen's register tickets, only one case ; and conveying spirits into prison, the same number. The fines in each of these cases were not paid. There are many insignificant returns which we have not noticed ; but it appears from the gross returns of Mr. Parkinson, that 18,171 persons have been " brought up" during the past year, on whom fines, to the amount of £10,308 Ils. 51d. have been imposed—£l924 10s. 44d. of which has been paid by the parties, leaving a balance of £838415. Id. unpaid. In addition to this, £352 3s. 44d. is to be added for miscellaneous fines ; and £lOO for a smuggling fine. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. — The annual meet ing of this most useful institution took place on Thursday evening, at the offices, Commerce-court, when the usual routine business was transacted, and the officers for the present year appointed. Mr. J. R. Jeffery, of Church street, was elected president, and Mr. Crossley, of South Castle-street, vice-president. The celebration of the anniversary is fixed to take place at Eastwood's Royal Hotel, on Friday next, when the president of the past year, Mr. Denton, will preside. His worship the Mayor, as also the ToNin-clerk, have already accepted invitations to (line with the society on the occasion. Mr. Rowland Hill will honour the meeting with his presence. Lord Sandon, M.P., and Mr. William. Brown, M.P„ are in, vited, hut their replies have not yet been received, SECOND 14,'D1 rioN. Standard Office, One o'lcock. Meeting of the Select Vestry, This Day. The meeting of the Select Vestry this day was nume rously attended. Mr. Austin, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, having to detail the working of the plan put in operation to prevent impositions upon the parish by the Irish poor. The Re* Rector Brooks took the chair. _ The proceedings of the last meeting having been read, the Vestry-clerk stated, that the cost of the relief to the ordinary poor, for the week past, as being for 1276 pau pers, at 2s. 71d. per head, and the cost of ten officers, at Bs. Otd. per head. The weekly payments and receipts were then read, after which the Vestry-clerk stated the amount of relief administered to the casual poor, in the week ending the 6th of February; and in the preceding week. We shall take the previous week first. The relief giien was—On Monday, to 23,022 persons ; Tuesday, 26,334 ; Wednesday, 24,315 ; Thursday, 24,912 ; Friday, 25,901: Saturday, 2.3,909. In all, 148,393 persons re lieved, at a cost of £4Ol 19s. 51d. In the week ending 6th instant, under the new regulation introduced by Mr. Austin, the number of persons relieved was—On Monday, 23,439 ; Tuesday, 6188 ; Wednesday, 5939 ; Thursday, 5678 ; Friday, 6268 ; Saturday, 8037. In all, 55,549 re lieved, at an expense of £327 14s. 91. It was explained, that on the (Monday) the regulation was not in operation ; and that the above statement includes the permanent and sick Irish relief. The number of Irish vagrants or immi grants, exclusively, Mr. Austin 'fated to be on Monday, the last day of the old system, .22,348 ; Tuesday, 4,996; Wednesday, 4,969 ; Thursday, 5,392 ; Friday, 6,040 ; Saturday, 6;628 ;—in all, 50,373 of casual Irish, exclusive of sick, relieved at an expense of £162 13s: 61d. The number relieved on Monday cost £45 17s. 11d. ; and had the same amount been spent every day during the week, the cost would have been £275 7s. 41d., there having been an arrival of 5,000 persons during the week. The actual saving, therefore, is put down at £ll2 9s. 3d. per week ; and Mr. Austin stated that there was still a great amount of deception carried on, which would have to be met in another way. _ The Vestry then proceeded to the appointment of offi cers, including a Schoolmistress and some Teachers, and to receive and accept the resignation of retiring parties. In a discussion which ensued, Mr. Austin suggested that, as difficulties sometimes arose where a man and his wife wore appointed to situations and one of them died, whilst the Vestry would desire to fill up the situations again by a man and wife, it would save the Vestry the trouble of having to apply for au order to the Poor Law Commis sioners to remove the survivor, if such appointments were in future made for the joint lives of the per Ams appointed by which, on the death of either, the offices of both, would be at once vacant. • The Vestry-Clerk read the minutes of the Irish' s Relief Committee, at which an application from the .Health Committee to the Vestry to provide accommodation to the dispossessed occupants of cellars was refused, on the suggestion of Mr. Austin, in order that the operations of the vestry to relieve the Irish vagrant cases should not be interrupted. The comthittee reported that they had visi ted the places pointed out as convenient for setting the vagrants to work, and approved of premises of Mr. Hors ley, and two other places. It was decided by the com mittee that additional accommodation for fever patients should be provided. . A report from Mr. Austin was then read with respect to the contract for bread from Mr. Blanchard, which stated, that from the terms of the contract the vestry might legally release Mr. Blanchard, if they thought that insisting upon it would involve ruinous consequences to the contractor ; but under the present circumstances be did not think they would be justified in releasing him. A letter from Mr. Blanchard, addressed to Mr. Earle, was read, complaining of the position in which he had been placed, by his contract being extended to the sup plying the casual Irish, who were not either Liverpool poor or relieved in the Workhouse. He objected also that the parish, when wheat was lower than at present, had bought for themselves, and had again come upon him to supply, them when the price was I Is. 6d. per bushel. Mr. Austin having explained that he was not aware of the Vestry having purchased for themselves, which might break the contract, and the subject was referred back to him for reconsideration. The Vestry then proceeded to the appointment of a person to fill up a vacant collector ship. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The Court of Directors of the Bank of England met on Thursday afternoon, and adjourned, without having or dered any increase in the rate of discount, as was fully expected in some quarters. It appears that many of the directors are averse to further restrictive measures, and do not expect that the bank will decide upon further raising 'the rate of interest at present. One great drawback to the export of the precious metal is, the high rate of premium now charged. ' The apprehension of approaching tightness in the money market, however, still continues to depress commercial activity, which is further affected by the diminution of foreign exports and of consumption at home, caused by the existing high prices of provisions. Some dissatisfac tion exists amongst the commercial classes, both here and elsewhere, in consequence of the impression, which has been excited by the wording of Lord John Russell's an nouncement of his Irish measures, that the amount re quired, or a portion of it, for the relief of distress in that country, will be taken directly from the ordinary revenue of the year, thus putting an end to all prospect of reduc tion in the tea duties, &c. ; and a memorial has been pre sented to Government on the subject. It is argued that the funds for this purpose, a great part of which are to be repaid in course of years, ought to he raised by way of a loan similarly repayable. It does, indeed, seem hard that the present generation should be called upon to furnish a large sum of money, the benefit of the repayment of which will accrue to their successors. The Ministerial intentions upon the subject are looked for with some anxiety. Our cotton market this week has not maintained the slight improvement, noticed in our last, as having been caused by the arrival of the Patrick Henry from New York. The sales made up to Friday were 27,040 hales, of which 7800 American and 600 Egyptian were taken by speculators, and 850 American, 600 Surat, and 120 Egyp tian were for export, leaving 17,070 for the trade. The market closed heavily, with prices Id. per lb. lower, fair cotton being quoted by the Brokers' committee a t 61d. for Bowed, 70. for Mobile, and net. for Mobile. The arrivals for the week were only 14,977 bales. The stock on hand is now reduced to 449,510 bales, against 867,440 bales at the same period last year. By the packet-ship Yorkshire, which arrived on Friday night, we have advices from New York to the 16th inst. A portion of her news will be found in another columns The financial operations of the Government to meet the expenses of the Mexican war, by the issue of transferable notes of 50 and 100 dollars each, bearing 6 per cent. in terest, to be receivable for duties and secured by the pro ceeds of sales of the public lands, appears to have met with favour in the monetary and commercial circles in the United States; and is expected to operate favourably upon the exchange with this country. A good deal of animation had prevailed in the cotton market since the sailing of the packet of the Ist ult. ; and an advance had been realised of from Ito t cent per lb. Freights to Liverpool, however, were less active, the last rates being 5-16 d. to tel. per lb. for square bales. From New Orleans the dates are to the sth ult., at which time the markets for breadstuffs and cotton had given way, and freights had fallen. The rates to Liver pool were for cotton Id. per lb., flour ss. per barrel, and corn 151 d. per bushel. ' The leading grain markets throughout the kingdom continue to manifest a downward tendency, although every effort has been made to sustain prices. he demand for Ireland has abated ; and farmers in that country are bringing forward stocks much larger than it was thought were on hand. The farmers in the corn districts of Great Britain, satisfied that prices have attained their maximum, are pouring in their supplies in similar abund ance • whilst it is now certain that a vast quantity must speedily reach from America and European ports. As a proof of the stocks which farmers have hitherto had avail able, and which are now coming forward, we give the fol lowing statement of the arrivals at Wakefield market for the months of January, 1846 and 7 : Year. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Jan. 1846. 37,102 25,645 6,616 4.832 1,860 Jan. 1847. 99,647 20,580 18,702 12,314 1,843 The yearly statement of Messrs. Aylwin, Doss, and Co., of Mirzapore, (" the Manchester of India,") for 1845-6, received by the last arrivals, gives us a compare. tive statement of the trade of Bengal, for the last and preceding twelve months. The new tariff, which came into operation on the Ist of June, 1845, by which in creased duties were authorised to be levied on several de scriptions of imported goods, has had the effect of dimi nishing imports, except in the articles of cotton, yarn, and cloths, whilst it must have, at the same time, disap pointed the expectations of an increase of revenue to be derived from its operation. The import of woollens has declined in the year from 221 lees to little more than 10 lacs ; of metals from 99 lacs to 57 lees; and of wines and Spirits, from 211 lacs to 15 lacs. The general reduttion in imports amounts to nearly a million and a half ster ling; the to al number during the past year having been 62,000,000 r. against 76,900,000 r. in 1144-5. sere is, however, one item of import in which a singulat'increase has been observable—namely, English salt, no less than 18,500 tons of the finest description having been intro duced,—a circumstance which has interfered with the Indian revenue by retarding the sale of the native salt manufactured for Government, and of which the quantity in store is understood to exceed 300,000 tons, valued at three millions sterling. On the other hand, the general results of the export trade exhibit a favourable aspect, the total amount being 104,000,000 r., which shows an increase over the preceding year of 11 lacs. Indeed, the exports of the country have gone on increasing since 1835 until they have nearly doubled. The most remarkable increase has been in the a rticle of sugar, the export having risen from 2,83 9 ,000 r. to 17,893,000 r. In opium, indigo, raw silk, rice, saltpetre, and hides, the increase has also. been considerable. The export of raw cotton shows an opposite course, and has been steadily diminishing year by year during the last 12 years ; the value of the exports, which in 1836, the last year of prosperity, was 38 lacs of rupees, having now fallen as low as 9 , lacs. The export of cotton piece goods to Great Britain, which once gave activity to 100.000 looms, has also rapidly diminished, and is now nearly ex tinct. With regard to the supply of cotton twist to the presidency of Bengal, Messrs. Aylwiu contend that the British manufacturer would find on advantage in con signing his goods direct to Mirzapore,. via Calcutta, in stead of sending them to an agent at Calcutta for sale, ~y, ~; . since the Mirzapore merchants or brokers are always the buyers ; and as they have to proceed down to Calcutta, a distance of 500 miles, to make their purchases, expense and delay would be saved by sending the article at once to the market of consumption. The Swan River News mentions further discoveries of minerals in Western Australia. Traces of a mine of cop-' per or lead, indications of coal, and specimens of ore, sup posed to be of tin or platina, have presented themselves, and, according to the letter writers of the district, have created the usual "excitement." This is an encouraging fact at the present moment, when it is all but universally acknowledged that emigration on an extensive scale is the only certain resource to rid us of a large portion of the evils, with which the industrial interests of this country and of Ireland are surrounded. DR. ALFRED SMEE ON THE POTATOE PLANT' AND ITS DISEASE. The last number of the New Quarterly Review, just published, contains an excellent analysis of a work on the potatoe plant, its uses and properties, together with the cause of the present malady, by Alfred Smee, F.R.S., surgeon to the Bank of England, from which, as the subject is a most interesting one at the present moment, we shall take the liberty of borrowing a few facts. The wrilar describes the potatoe as chiefly valuable from the fac hat it is the only article of diet which contains in itself all which is requisite for the support of man. It contains carbon for the lungs, nitrogen for the muscles, • phosphorus and iron for the blood, lime for the bones, with hydrogen, sulphur, and, in fact, all the elements required for nutrition; and these at a cheaper rate than they can be derived from any other article of food. Front • some experiments made in Glasgow, it was found that 61b. per diem of potatoes alone were amply sufficient for the support of a man ; and therefore, at the ordinary price of the root, led. per day wou ld b e th e cost o f li ving, which is robably the lowest at which a human being could be d. Anotb a valuable property of the root is the fact, that for the I , ur and space required for its. cultivation, it affords - .-at e alimentary matter than any other plant whatev( r. The ground has but to be dug, the seed planted. ?a hed up, gathered, and the crop is at once fit for cut.. an, purposes. "In practice," says Mr. Smee, " ever) man with an acre of land can, by means of the potatoe, support himself and fatuity; and, instead of re quiring anything from without, may live independently , , and careleg's of all surrounding creatu r es an d objects. , - But from this very property has arisen the danger of de pendence upon the root as the sole or chief support of a• people. " A nation of potatoe-eaters does not feel those relations and dependencies which bin 4 other societies together." * * " The relations between the labourer and the farmer, the miller and the baker, do not exist ; and, in the end, each man is in his own person king, magistrate, and subject, not caring for the assistance nor fearing the displeasure of any other human being." We - have here the source of the evils existing in Ireland plainly traced. Ireland is a nation of potatoe-eaters ; and a single year's failure of a crop, which cannot be preserved or stored up for such an emergency, precipi tates such a nation into the jaws of famine. The precise time at which the present disease in pota toes first appeared, is not very clearly ascertained. In . this country it was first pointed out by Dr. Bell Salter, in the Gardeners' Chronicle, in August, 1845. There - can be no doubt, however, of its partial existence in the- - preceding year. It was even then prevalent in Europe. A German writer, Von Martius, states in a very scarce treatise, that the disease has existed in Germany since the year 1830, and that in November of the year 1841, • Dr. Zuchcariani wrote a paper upon the disease, which was read in the Royal Bavarian Academy of Arts. In 1840 the malady spread rapidly through the Bavarian Palatinate, which caused inquiry ; and on the 27th of February, the mischief was considered so serious that Government issued an order for the Academy to inquire into the malady —a task which was undertaken by Mar tins, whose conclusions are considered imperfect, owing to the fact that he confined his observations to the state of the tubers. Mr. Smee, however, has paid attention to the plant as a whole. His conclusion -is, that the disease is mortification or gangrene, commencing - - - - netimes in the leaf and being propagated down th, sta , and at other times commencing at the root and dean Ing up wards. Sometimes it attacks the base of est k, cut ting off the nourishment from the upper pta which accounts for the sudden perishing of the aboveground portions of the plants, whole fields of which have been known to wither up in a few hours. The gangrene of the potatoe itself is of two descriptions, moist and dry. In the moist gangrene it is fou, d t tat the cells contain a very small quantity of starch ; and in the advanced stage these cells break up into a brownish material, and starch globules are found floating about in a fluid among broken- ' down cells and spiral vessels. In the dry gangrene (gan grena sieca) the potatoe retains its outer form ; but on cutting it open, an irregular cavity will often be found in the centre,, taking the form of an imperfect X. To form this cavity the mass of the potatoe has shrivelled up, and presents either a white or brown appearance. The matter left is found to consist of starch globules. The ultra result, in both descriptions of disease, seems to be the complete disorganisation of the cellular formation of the interior of the root. The Reviewer states that he has ascertained from starch-makers, that they are unable to procure one-half the usual quantity of starch from da maged potatoes —a fact which shews the fallacy of analyses of potatoes, the result of such analyses being generally to shew that they are almost converted into starch. The causes of this disease have been variously attempt ed to be accounted for. Mr. Smee himself has entered upon an inquiry into the subject, upon a principle which appears to us well caMuLated. to elicit the truth. The death of a vegetable, he says, is referable to causes simi lar to those which occasion the death of a human being ; and he has pursued the same mode of conducting the inquiry as to the causes of destruction of the potatoe. Man is influenced by temperature, light, electricity, ba- • rometric pressure, hygrometric state of the atmosphere, the action of new material as food, morbid poisons, air • for respiration, parasites drawing nourishment from the body, &c. ; but he maintains that to none of the influ ences parallel to these the origin of the disease is attribu table, although some are found to hasten its progress. The disease is rife upon all descriptions of soil, with all degrees of moisture and all sorts of manure. He finds, however, that the plant is freeest from disease when grown upon unmanured soil, manure causing it to assume a very succulent and cellular character. The fungi found upon the potatoe have been said by some to be the cause of its destruction ; but Mr. Smee proves that it is only an auxi liary, which comes on after death has ensued. The real source of the disease he finds to be a small insect, the apins yastator, which is to be found feeding, either alone or in company with others, on the under surface of the leaves. The colour of this is various. In early life it is nearly transparent ; later it is of an olive colour ; at other times it is grass green ; and at a later period of a reddish colour. The insect fastens itself by a peculiar apparatus upon the leaves, and derives its nourishment by sucking the juices. It comes upon the potatoe plant in a winged state, and propagates with amazing rapidity, until a whole field or district is destroyed, when the whole take wing agria in a vast cloud, and fly to some new locality. Dr. Smee has observed them to settle upon his own person in - the streets of London. Lest this latter statement should appear incredible, the reviewer gives an extract from the letter of a friend cor roborating it. The writer says, that being in the midland counties from the middle to the end of September, he was much annoyed by small flies settling upon him ; and on rcaling a notice of the work, and being shewn the ahis, he recognised the sp ec i es o f i nsec t b y w hi c h h e had been tormented. The sane insects have been noticed in many other potatoe districts throughout the country. Dr. Smee finds that the destroyer does not confine it self to the potatoe plant. The turnip is similarly affected to the potatoe in many parts of the country ; the carrot is also affected ; there is scarcely any winter spinach left ; and even the horse-radish, which is at present coming to, the London market, is- extensively diseased. The insect is also found preying upon Indian corn and wheat, but not to such an extent as upon other roots. The visitation of the aphides and other insects is not a novelty in the history of the world. Our author refers to the Bth chapter of Exodus, in which we are told of the Egyptians being plagued with an immense multiplication , of lice. The same chapter states that the land was cor rupted by reason of a swarm of flies. In the Book of Joel an account is given of the effect of this excessive increase of insects—" For a nation has come up upon my land, strong and without number" ; and " the field is wasted, the land mourneth ; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, arid the oil languisheth." In the 2nd chapter of the same book, a fearful description is given of another insect plague, where they are spoken of as the army of the Lord, strong to execute his word. Similar' visitations are recorded in modern history. In 1785 France was ravaged by the grub of the cockchafer. In 1688 the hedges and trees in the county of Galway, Ireland, were denuded of their leaves by cockchafers, and at midsummer the country wore the appearance of the depth of winter. The visitations of locusts have been often recorded, both in Holy Writ and in history, ancient and modern ; and Gilbert White states, that in the sultry season of 1783, his honeysuckles, which were one week most beautiful, became in the next completely loathsome, being enveloped in a viscous substance, and loaded with black aphides, or smother-flies. The reviewer considers that the strongest proof that the destruction is attributable to these insects, is the fact that not only are they universally found upon the diseased potatoe plant, but upon all plants similarly affected. That there is any remedy within human reach, he does not be lieve. The insects, however, he says, are kept within bounds by ladybirds, larva of the gauzewing hymenop teri, earwigs, some species of a,caii, spiders, and soft-bill birds, which should therefore be protected. In the mean time, it is desirable to isolate the crops which are liable to be affected by the malady. The wheat plant in the North of England is coming up everywhere most vigorously. The frost does not seem to have done it any injury. Its powers of resisting cold are almost equal to its powers of resisting heat, and the plant has grown and improved in colour under the snow. CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.—A patent has been obtained by Messrs. W. G. and W. Taylor, for an invention to be applied to all furnaces constructed in the ordinary manner with open ash-pits, for effecting a more perfect coinbustion of the inflammable gases and unconsumed carbon. It con sists, first, in the application of an exhausting and blowing apparatus ; and, secondly, in a pe c uli a r distribution or ar rangement of the smoke flues, so as to be adapted to the operation of such apparatus. A fan, or blower, is applied . to the flue just before the entrance to the chimney, to, arrest the smoke and unconsumed gases, and force them. hrough a flue, leading therefrom, and opening on, to the dead plate at or near the front of the fire bars. By this means the whole is passed over the incandesce n t f ue l where it is consumed, instead of passing up the chimney , unconsumed.