The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

PLAN OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS. This dail fortnight, the sth of Yorember, we intend to present to the purchasers of the . i TANDARD a beautifully executed PLAN of the whole Line of DUCKS belonging to our noble and increasing Port. This Plan will not only exhibit the Docks already constructed but will also denote the Albert arid those at the north and south ends of the town now course of formation, showing the present boundaries of the land and the contemplated im provements. This will, we believe, be the first Plan ever published embracing the present and intended Docks. Along with the Plan will be given a mass of Statis tical Information connected with the subject, showing the astonishing capabilities of our Dock' accommodotioL TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot inform " A Member" sihen Mr. Charles Ramble will deliver his readings et the Mechanics' Institution. The lectures at the Collegiate Institution are invariably advertised in all the Liverpool papers; bur. for sonic season whic!i we cativot explain, the announcements of a similar description at the Mechanics' are confined almost exclusively to the Radical press. A correspondent most pathetically deplores the great danger passengers are exposed to, where our great areas, Ranelagh pace for inFtlnce, and chief thoroughf , ,res. are intersected by other streets. in consequence f the rapid or furious driring of hired carriages; more especia ly during the evenings of winter &c., bofdre the lamps are available. And when our streets are ight.Al up,—he ohserves.—it is no easy task to keep safe from the fearful perils alluded to. The letter from Ormski,k in nr next. The young lady who christened the Georce Canning Plot Boat yesterday week was Miss Bullen and not Miss }Urine:, as we erroneously stltcd. We know nothing whatever of the party alluded to by " A Churchman." " An Assistant" and " Beaver" who address us on the subject of a holiday or half holiday along with the closing of the shops on the day of the laying of the foundation stone on Wane:lday next should really have forwarded us their communications earlier. We should have cordially seconded their views. At present we can only wish them well. Such an era in the history of this locility would have warranted a little sacrifice on the part of their emp!oyers, many of whom, would, no doubt, like w ell en,ugh to enjoy the scene them selves. Cbt Rib - envoi .AtanDar.b TUESDAY MO 1?A /NG, OCT. 22, 1844. In another column we have offered a few remarks upon the subject of the approaching Municipal Election ; and find that, in doing the same, a con temporary of Saturday, the Journal, has thought proper to raise an objection against the eligibility of a gentleman, whose name is mentioned for the office of Mayor for the ensuing year. We refer to Mr. James Lawrence. It seems that, by section 49 of the Municipal Act, it is provided " that on the 9th of November in every year the council of the borough shall elect, out of the aldermen or councillors of such korough, a fit person to he the Mayor of such borough." Mr. Lawrence happens to he amongst the number of aldermen whose period of office 'expires on that day; and the Journal, somewhat too hastily jumps to the conclusion that, as -such, being no longer one of "the councillors or aldermen" he is legally in capacitated for election to the Mayoralty. For the satisfaction however, of our contemporary, and the council, we beg to intimate that this very point has alriady been raised before the Court of Queen's Bench, and twice decided in favour of the eligibility of a retiring alderman under similar circumstances. In the first of these the Queen v. Muddy, to he found in the 18th volume of the Law Journal Reports, it was decided that an outgoing alderman may be duly elected mayor at the quarterly meeting on the 9th of Novembere and that his election is not voided by two outgoing aldermen having, voted for him, such Outgoing aldermen continuing members of the council until new ones are elected, which election takes place after the election of mayor. In the second case the Queen v. Stanley Lord Denman, C.J. thus confirmed his former decision : In the case of the clue•-n a. Stanley, M r.Maddy, although an retiring alderman, was still an alderman, and as such one of the connril, and elLible as mayor; anti the election of mayor heitg the first thing to be done at the quarterly meeting on the 9th of November, Wai rightly elected mayor. Being mayor and so, ex-officio, member of the council, he was competent to give any vote for which he was not expressly disqualified; but any member of the council, who is an out-going alderman, is expressly dis qualified froth voting in the election of the new' alderman. Mr. Maddy wa s,tll an ow-going alderman, and subject to this disqualification. lie could not, therefore, vote originally for Stanley's motion. if ho could not vote originally for him, the else never arose in Which he would have a casting vote for the time as mayor. It follows, therefore, that Stanley seas not duly elected." So much then for the legal part of the question ; and now that we have had so prominently brought be fore us the coUsideration of Mr. Lawrence's claims to the office, to which .his friends are wishful to raise him, we may, however much we should have pre. ferred leaving the selection in the hands of the council, take the opportunity of saying a few words. Mr. Lawrence has been a member of the Watch Committee since the year 1836. •He has sat as its chairman for three years past; and the activity, firmness and impartiality which he has ever dis played in the discharge of his onerous duties cannot be sufficiently admired. In cases of fire, especially, he has always been amongst the first at his post, and his services have been incalculable and most praiseworthy. He is a member too of the markets committee Enfl the highway board, upon which, as in every department of the public service to which he has devoted himself, his attention has been most unwearying and most useful. We know no greater compliment that could be paid to the tradesmen of the town—no appointment more likely to give universal satisfaction—than Mr. Lawrence's elevation to the office of chief magistrate. The crisis in the affairs of Ireland appears now about to arrive which all sensible, men have long ago anticipated. The arch agitator, Daniel, has thought proper to make a Jim Crow movement; to jump round from Repeal to the senseless and ricketty crotchet called federalism ; to defer the ex pression of the craving of Ireland's masses for nationalists, and to become the fawning slave of a a new Whig alliance. But in attempting this, he . has a little mistaken his powers. The pirouette of the old imposter appears destined to be a solo per formance for alas, " young Ireland" refuses to dance at his prompting, or to be dragged in the mire of his selfish and tortuous policy. The split already has betrayed itself, in a letter addressed to O'Connell by Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, one of his recent companions in prison; and we may with certainty discover from -the tone of the writer, which is firm and yet respectful, that the slippery • agitator has now very different materials to work upon from those which, in times past, be has moulded to his will :—that, in fact, he has instilled principles and awakened hopes in the breasts of those earnest and ardent men,-who may be regarded as the young blood of Ireland, which will not be suppressed or postponed at his mere and selfish caprice. These men have learnt to contemplate the reality of national independence, which O'Connell, in his anxiety to mystify the eyes of the 'British people, has inured even himself to view as something too shadowy and 'unsubstantial for accomplishment. Whilst he has been making the cry of Repeal a convenient lure for the pence, and :shillings of his ignorant fellow countrymen, they have been preparing in earnest for its achievement. Whilst he has prated of moral force as his only weapon, they have looked forward _ to far other, more direct and holder means of working alit their objects; and they will no longer submit to be duped by the timid and plausible speciounesses with which their former leader has been in the habit of gulling and bewildering the mind of confiding Ireland. We may now, at length, as the result of this movement, expect to see a little light thrown upon the subject of Repeal. We•shall know at least what it means, and how the more daring and earnest of its advocates expect it to be carried. \V perfectly agree with the objections urged by Mr. Duffy to the adoption of the .principle of Federalism in place of Repeal. There can be no half-way house, no compromise in such a question as this. Utterly delusive as we believe to be the expectation s of the Irish people, of advantage to be derived from a local and indepedent legislature, we look upon the present project of a federal parliament • as a mere mockery, and its proposal as a paltry subterfuge to enable a defeated bully to back out of a position which he feels to be dangerous, and to en able him during the remainder of his unruly career to pocket the money wrung from his wretched fellow countrymen, without perillin g wh. t is dearer to him than any earthly object—the safety of his precious person. But it will not do, Daniel. y ou must go on now with your eager and excited allies, or abdicate at once I --- We are happy to have it in our power to thank the Directors of the Liverpool and Manc hester Railway on behalf of the public, for tile satisfactory regulation of their fares, which thy have now an ' flounced to come into operation on the 2nd Novem ber. We could have wished indeed to see the first class fare reduced a little lower ;—say to 54. 6d: each way, with the return ticket at nine shillings; but we must not be unreasonable. The principle .is conceded that a necessity exists for this, and other old lines of railway; to come down from the extravagant rates hitherto imposed upon travellers, to a scale consistent at once with the convenience of the - public and a fair remuneration for the enter prise of proprietors. Experience is daily shelving that the abundant capital now directing itself to the formation of these undertakings will eventually crush attempted monopolies ; and with this fact ad mitted by the chait man of the Liverpool and Man chester Company, 'in announcing their new regula tions, we may be assured that they will see the ne cessity of further concession whenever circumstances arise to call for them. A contemporary, we observe, who has moved in this question of !ow fares in common with ourselves, endeaVonrs in his last publication to depreciate the value of the boon now accordd by a complaint of alleged insufficiency of accommodation in the new carriages of the second class trains. We can only say, for ourselves, that we have used them and can see no reasonable. ground for the complaint urged. They are quite roomy enough for passengers of ordinary dimensions. We have seldom been more amused than by the lame attempt of the Mercury to fabricate a political grievance, out of our remarks upon the question now at issue between the Works Committee of the Dock Trust and the warehouse owners. The poor gentleman has been well prompted, doubtless ; but unfortunately;the prompters have not succeeded in driving, if they intended doing so, the real facts of the matter into his stolid intellect. He is as deci dedly abroad as if he had just arrived from Kain skatcha to start in his career of local journalism. It is almost a folly to notice such trash as the Mercurydeliyers himself of on this occasion ; but unfortunately he fibs a little in his facts, and there fore we must set him right, for the sake of the nu merous wiseacres who imbibe his wisdoin in the cellars and taps where he finds his extensive circula tion(.'). Our wise contemporary urges, in excuse for Messrs. Evans and Aiken, who have certainly managed their business very astutely, that the ware houses round the Albert Dock have, " in compliance with the suggestions of Mr. Stewart"—a compliance scarcely to have been expected from such all-suffi cient authorities—been built in detached blocks ; that some five feet have been taken to widen the quay of the Salthouse Dock, and, ergo, the Works Committee were justified in taking- the space, thus given up, from the quays of the Albert Dock, and - converting it into warehouse accommodation. This plea may stand for what it is worth. But when our contemporary states that only "about one-fourth of the space under the warehouses" has been appro priated " to the stowage of heavy goods," or, in other words, to warehousing purposes instead of quay room, he states that - which, in his own polite vocabulary, he ',would fill up by a very significant line, thus : , but what we shall only term such an erroneous statement as we firmly believe he would not make, if he had ever inspected the ware houses in question, and knew what he was talking about. A walk round the Albert Dock works would convince him that he is wrong, and, of course, he will acknowledge that he is so—some day far distant. Vain tnen like our friend of the Mer cury, take time before they confess that they are in fallible. Another statement in the Mercury's article con vinces us that he is innocent of any knowledge of the subject which has drawn from him his remarks. He says that " if the_ warehouse owners go to law with the dock trusteca"—a proceeding which he is striving to bring about, and which we should be sorry to witness, as we are satisfied that is is un necessary—" the result can only be either the com plete stoppage of tho works, with the loss of all the money expended upon them, or their demolition and erection on a different plan." Poor gentleman He may just as well tel: us that tearing a leaf, and that 'a blank one, out of that. elementary work to which he has apparently confined his studieS, and which is familiarly called "The Horn Book," would have, as its awful result, " either the complete stop page of the works" of the pedagogue, with the loss of all the birch expended upon his unhappy subject, or the " demolition". of the alphabet End its " erec tion on a different plan." There is no more diffi culty in making the works in question what they were intended to be, and what the act of Parliament contemplated, than there would be in reducing our contemporary's " high-lows" into slippers. It would really be a treat if the Mercury would confine his remarks to matters which he under stands. A treatise upon peg-tops or tet-totums from his pen might send us to sleep with some com fort; but the serious business of the world he ought certainly to leave alone. A correspondence appears in our paper this day between Mr. John Moss, the chairman of the Grand Junction Railway, Mr. Geo. Carr Glynn, the chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, and Mr. Ormsby Gore, on the part of the provi sional committee of a proposed line of railway be tween Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, which in volves a question so important in its results to the interests of the shareholders of the two great lines that we cannot resist the opportunity which it af fords us of addressing to the respective boards a few words of advice. But first let us endeavour briefly to place the subject a little more clearly before our readers than a hasty perusal of the lengthy and somewhat disjointed document published may perhaps do. One of the principal causes of the collision which took place recently between these two boards, and excited such alarm in the minds of their constitu encies, was a disagreement between them with re spect to the line, and the mode of formation, of this Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton Railway. The Grand Junction directors, who had stirred in the matter only at the earnest solicitation of a party in Shrewsbury, wanted the communication with that town to be made from Stafford, having ascertained that " as regards the North (Manchester and York shire for instance), no point on their line further south than Stafford could he considered as offering any considerable accommodation; whilst, as regards London and the East, they found. that the Trent Valley Railway would shorten the road to London nine miles, besides giving a direct communication with Derbyshire and the East." Such a line was accordingly determined upon, a subscription list filled up, and preparations made for going to Parlia ment. At this point sprang up the rival Shrews bury and Wolverhampton scheme, which was warmly espoused by the London and Birmingham board, jealous apparen ly of the !caning of the Grand Junction Board to the adoption of the Trent Valley line ' • and a serious disagreement between them en sued, which was however terminated, or thought to be terminated, by an arrangement entered into on the 3d of July in which the course of the two companies, as to the support to be given to any proposed new lines, was laid down. The following was the stipu lation with respect to the Shrewsbury scheme, by which it will be seen that the choice of the line to be formed, viz., from Wolverhampton instead of Stafford, was conceded by the Grand Junction, reserving to themselves, however, its formation.— " The London and Birmingham Board is prepared, with the concurrence of their Shropshire party (which they will use their best endeavours to obtain) to withdraw from the guarantee towards the Shrews bury line, the Grand Junction, with the concur. ience of their Stafford shareholders, undertaking to make a line to Wolverhampton, and guarantee four per cent. on the capital, and an equal division of future profits; the Shrewsbury Birmingham share holders (under the same condition as the Stafford and Shrew -bury) having an option of half the capi tal, the Grand Junction Company having a lease in perpetuity, and working the line a manner conve nient to that part of the country." This stipulation certainly appears plain enough, and was accepted at the time as perfectly satisfactory to all parties. Misconstruction, however, will break in where powerful parties, mutually jealous, are at tempted to be bound together by any mere form of words. Misconstruction has broken in, each party to the contract accusing the other of having evaded its spirit, and meaning, and neglecting to ulfil its provisions. The Shrewsbury party claim the right the»2selves "to make the line," leasing it when made to the Grand Junction Company, and repu diate having ever agreed to the interpretation which the latter put npon the stipulation above quoted ; twoh sayilst the th e least Londo n o f it , no and re Birminghamat inclination Board t d o i s b p r l i a n y g , their allies.to reason and amity. The results it is The following , s a list of th , the Ist of November next, dates, so far as is at present h Ward. Retiring Members, Everton Scotland Vauxhall St. Paul's F.xch an ge Castle-st. St. Peter's Pitt-street G . George Rodney-st. Abercromby, Lime street St. Ann's West Derby S. Toxteth N. Toxteth !Thomas Shaw Isaac Holmes 'Jas. Brancker 'Wm. Preston R0b.13. ti ill C. S. Middleton, No oppoiltion ..Tohn Holmes R.S. il'endersrm Thomas Bolton James Aspinall - G. G. llornhy ,No opposition Jo. Pemberton ,Wm. Lassell ,Josias Booker B Lloyd IJ. Parker !William Earle IJ. S. Leigh 'R. L Jones R. V. Yates Wm. Mann ;Geo. bolt 'Thomas l'irtsv Isaac Holmes Wrn. Preston (R) Joshu i Edwards Henry Holmes (R) John - H. - Ames (R) R. S. Tiender,ini James Aspinall G. flornhy H. Lawrence R. Gladstone ,J. 9. Lloyd I.j. Parker S. Leigh S. 1.. Trotinan A. Smith Upon the respective merits of the above list of candi dates our remarks must this weak be, of necessity, very brief, our spaee being more than usually coefiued. The number of new names brought forward will be our only plea for at alt referring to. the subject, in the absence of the space which would be required to do it full justice, In South Tosteth Ward, Mr. R. L. Jones comes forward in the Conservative interest, in the place of Mr. S. L. Trotman, who retires from the council. A more unex ceptionable candidate could not have been selected. Mr. Wm. Mann, (of the firm of Stringer and Mann,) a mer chant of high standing, and a sound Conservative, repla ces Mr. Alexander Smith in North Toxteth. Aber cromby Ward, from which we regret to fiad that Mr. Robertson Gladstone retires will find a candidate either in Mr. Josias Booker, or it: old and well-tried represen tative, Mr. Procter. Mr. C. S. Middleton, an excellent ConserVative, and active member of the Dock Commit tee comes forward for Exchange Ward, from which Mr. Henry Holmes retires. It is probable that Mr. Middle ton's seat will not be opposed. • - A valuable candidate. who will be most influentially supported, has presented himself for Rodney-street Ward, in the person of Mr. John Pemberton. We trust that every true friend to the constitution will rally to-his as sistance and carry him triumphantly. We must not only win the battle here, but win it decisively. • ' St. Paul's Ward has suffered a severe deprivation by the retirement of its exctPent Conservative member, Mr. Joshua Edwards, over which the Radical Journal of Saturday exults, wh Ist it misrepresents the motives of such retirement. We are happy to know that Mr. Ed wards carries with him the hearty approbation by his constituents of his conduct whilst their representative, and their regret at the loss of his services,.ext.ressed at a meeting held on the 15 of August last, and presented to him by Mr. J. Briscoe, the chairman of such meeting. We find, however, that his place will be efficiently filled up, a gentleman eminently calculated to represent the Ward, Mr. R. B. Hill ha.ing consented to offer himself. In Scotland Ward the retiring member, Mr. Isaac Holmes, has been induced again to offer himself. The Radicals nominate Mr. James Braricker, who, in tthe palmy days of Radicalism, would not enter into the coun cil. It is little more than a vexatious opposition, as we believe Mr. Braneker is not even desirous to succeed. Our contemporary of the Courier said that Mr. Holmes supported Mr. Thornhill last year ; he certainly - did no thing of the sort • he had declared he would not interfere in any of the elections ; nor did he that year. He was desirous to retire, but was persuaded to offer himself. There is a large CenFervative majority in the Wald, and there is no doubt of Mr. Holmes being returned. INCREASED COMMERCIAL AND INDUS TRIAL PROSPERITY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. The gratifying state of the national revenue for the last few quarters, and especially the increase of the pro ductiveness of those portions of it which are usually con sidered as the test of the national progress, have prepared most people for the conclusion that Great Britain, under Conservative auspices and financial management, has already attained a greatly improved and an improving social position. Compare her now with herself three years ago, and what a change is manifest ! She was then an enfeebled and well-nigh exhausted patient, prostrate under the united effects of bleeding and blistering, sudo rific and purgative. She has since gone through the stages of rallying, slow convalescence, and recovery ; and may now be said, in a social and financial point of view, to have almost attained the condition of r , bust health. The results shown by some statistical data just now before us will be sufficient to prove this beyond the possibility of cavil. And first we take a few of the principal of our imports. In the year ending the sth Sept. 1843, we exported of " Cotton manufactures," under which head are exclu sively meant manufactures of cotton, in a polected state, to the amount of £10,702,438 In the corresponding year of 1844 the amount under this item had reached .... £12,792,034 thus sheaving an increase of upwards of two millions sterling. Our exports of cotton yarn during the same period had sustained a trifling decrease, thus furnishing another satisfactory evidence that the increased activity of our commerce has taken a direction by which the na 4.ional industry is henefittcd, and not exclusively capital and machinery. The exports of the article " Earthen ware," in the year ending sth Sept. 1843, were to the amount of In the corresponding year of 1844, the exports . . _.., under the same head were showing an increase of a hundred and twenty thousand pounds, also in an article exclusively of handicraft pro.: duction. Under the head of " Hardware and Cutlery," we ex ported in 1843 to the amount of £1,099,766, and in the present year of £1,438,295, shewing a difference in favour of the present year of nearly three hundred and fifty fir:rescind pounds. The amount of exported " Linen manufactures" in 1843 was and in 1844. shewing an increase this year of two hundred and fifty thOUSffila pounds. In the article of" Metals," emtracing iron and steel, copper, brass, and tin, we exported in the year ending sth Sept. 1843, to the amount of 13,405,5(18, and in the sane period ended sth Sept. 1844, £4,136,984, shewing an increase in the present year of upwards of seven hundred andthirty thousand pounds. In the same way our exports of " Silk manufactures" have increased by. a hundred th usand pounds ; our ex ports of raw " Wool " nearly that ; our exports of " Woollen Yarn" one hundred and forty thousand ; whilst our exported " Woollen manufactures" have in creased abore a million and a-half, or from, in 1843 to,in 1844 £6,152,880. . . We have here, certainly, the proof of a vast increase of mercantile and manufacturing activity ; and yet it does not exhibit anything like the full amount of the nation's accession of prosperity. Whilst our export trade has been increasing, the home demand has re ceived a still greater iinpu:se, spewing, on the part of the industrious masses, an increased power of consump tion, accompanied of course, as a natural and inseparable feature of such a position, by a large accession of social comfort and enjoyment. WEST INDIES. —The Teviot, West Indian Steamer, arrived at Sr uthamirtori on Sunday, bring the third time, she has arrived rat that port the very day she was due. The Teviot lett Demerara cn the 19th ult., Jamaica on the 23rd, Barbadoes en the 24th, and Fayal on the 12th inst. The papers by her which have come to hand do not contain any news of importance. After twelve trials in smooth water of 11. M. steamship Rattler, fitted up %lid; Mr. Smith's screw propeller, the average speed gained was 11A statute miles per hour. The Rattler is 688 tons, and 200 horse power; and her sister ship the Prometheus, similar to her in every respect with the exception of having paddle-wheels, only reached 81 knots an hour. The Rattler has got her masts on board, cod is to be fitted for sea immediately; and in consequence of her success, the Admiralty have given orders fur six other steam-ships, of a large class, to be forthwith constructed on the same principle. RAILWAY FOR THE POTTERIES.—A meeting to con sider the plans proposed for affording railway communica tion to th e P o tt er i es t oo k pl ace on F r iday at Stoke-upon. Treat. The secretary to the Grand Junction Railway Company proposed a line to start from Stoke, pass through Etruria, leaving Hanley to the right and New castle to the left. The grand point was to get a line to Liverpool. The line would pass Stoke and Stow to Stafford. The Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Company (Mr. W. Jackson) said, they were prepared to co-operate in forming a line from Birkenhead through the Potteries to Rugby, and this the meeting approved of. The latter line will pass from Trent Valley Railroad to Birkenhead, through the Potteries - and the valley of the Weaver, joining the Cheshire Junction Railway at Frods ham. and will, it is said, lessen the distance from London to Birkenhead about twelve miles. THE LIVERPOOL SrANIIABD. not difficult to foresee ;—a parliamentary contes t wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of the money of the shareholders, with no real and practical ad vantage to either of the parties or the public, and, finally, the alienation of two powerful companies, whose true interests lie in the same direction, and can be best advanced by mutual friendship. We must confess that a careful perusal of the whole correspondence, as now published, has con vinced us that the. course pursued by the Grand Junction Directors has been straightforward, and actuated by a desire to fulfil their portion of,the agreement, ,whilst that of the other parties cannot be so characterized. The tone of the letters of Mr. Moss, on the part of the former, is better than that of the chairman of the London and Birmingham, who writes in a style too cavalier to lead to that amicable and equitable termination of the quarrel which is so d es i ra bl e f or t h e i nteres t s o f all parties. We trust that the good sense of Nir. Glyn and of his colleagues in the Birmingham Board will convince them that a different t one should he adopted, and the candid and pacific bearing of the Grand Junction Directors met in a kindred spirit. Thereis no difficulty, by a mutual effort, in extricating themselves from their present position of antagonism, and every rea son why that effort should he made at once. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. e Connelllora who retire on mid also a list of the candi- 110Wil CANDIDATES. Conservatives., Reformers. GRAND FESTIVAL AT BIRKENHtAD. To-morrow being the day appointed for the laying the foundationstone of the first of the intended new docks, at Birkenhead, the day .will not only. be one memorable in the annals of that rising township, bur; judging from the - extent and liberality of the preparations. one of the most splendid and, (should the weather be fine,) ;ratifying " do nients," that have yet taken place in this neighbourhood. No expense or exertion, or ingenuity, has been spared to give it an eclat worthy of the great and novel occasion, and for the last week hundreds of workmen and others have been busily employed in fitting up and embellishing the various places that will be the resirective scenes of the for malities and the subsequent festivities and amusements. The morning -will be ushered in by the ringing of hells and the firing of cannon frnrn the neighbourinz heights, and also from the shore. The ferry steamers, vessels in the river, and particularly those on the ocher side, will be gaily decorated ; and flags and banners will be displayed in profusion from the dock-wOrks "along the shore, the public buildings, the inns, and houses, and shops, and works of private individuals. At eleven o'clock, a Procession will be formed at the Town Hall to consist of the several benefit and other societies, the Commissioners of the town, and eentlemen of both sides of the Mersey, workmen, &c. We are in formed that in all it is expected that upwards of 6090 persons will join in the pr , cession, besides equestrians, and vast numbers in vehicles. The following is the Programme : High Constable and four Mounted Officers. Four Trumpeters, on Horseback. Man in Armour. Fire En.:ines. - Firemen and Fire Police. Printing Press. Military Band, Colours, and Pet- ons employed in the Parks (upwards of 1000.) Band. Masons. Band. Good Samaritan Tent of Rechabites. Band. United Order of Odd-Fellows. Band. Grand United Order of Catholic Brethren. Bands. Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, (Eight Lodges.) Band. Foresters. Military Band. National Colours. Shipwrights and Iron Ship-builders. Chelsea Pensioners. Master Tradesmen. Gentlemen. Commissioners of. Birkenhead. Carriages. Gentlemen on Horseback. Carters. Police. THE FOLLOWING 13 PROCF,SSIWZAL ROUTE:- From the Town-hall r ion 1 Hamilton-square, down Hamilton treet ; along Church--treet. Abney-strt , et, Cne,tcr-s - reet, down Ivy-street, Grange-lane, Hamilton-street, to Con way-street ; along Conway-street, Cavendish street, down the Corporation road, and Canning-street, to the Road leading to the Shore, at the Wood-side Slip. The Procession to start at half-past eleven o'clock precisely. The accommodations for the parties more immediately concerned in laying the foundation stone are on as ext,n sive a scale as the circumstances will admit. Platforms will be erected round the site, on the shore, a shott dis tance to the northward of the upper part of the Woodside Ferry slip. Amongst the distinguished persons who have signified their intention to he present are the following : The Earl of Essex, Lord Bateman, Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., of Hooton, and party; Hon. Loyd Kenyon, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and 'mem bers of parliament. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone will be per. formed by Sir Philip Egerton,' M.P. The trowel will be pre sented by. Vr. Rendell, the engineer of the Birkenhead Docks. The trowel was designed and made by Mr. Joseph Mayer of Lord Street. and does him ,much credit, alike for the beautiful classic fe !ling about it, and the daring innovation made on the old angular shape of the usual trowel. The form of it is that of the Greek helm or paddle —on the blade or flat part of which is chased in alto-rel. vo, Terra, the Goddess of Earth—and Neptune, God of the Sea—in the act of calling into existence Commerce and Navigation—which are strikingly ponitrayed by a lovely undraped female, crowned with an antique Proa. with her arms folded across her bosom she affectionately holds in her right hand a clavurn. The God and Goddess arrayed in their appropriate symbols the trident and dolphin, turreted coronet and Cornucopia, with their heads a little inclined, are looking approvingly on the beautiful being of their creation. The handle is composed of a dolphin, which, from the curved form it te , sumes, gives the whole an elegant and unique appearance worthy the acknowledged taste of the designer. Above the : figures is engraved. in classic letters, the following inscription —" Presented to Sir Philip de Matpas Grey Egerton, Baronet, M.P , on his laying the Foundation-stave of the Birkenhead D,eks, XXIII day of October. M.DCCC.XLIV., in the VII year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria." And on the back of the trowel the names of the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, with those of the engineer and solicitor. The whole is sur rounded by that beautiful Greek border, emblematie of the waves, so often ,een on the early Etruscan vases. The grandest of the entertainments will be the public dinner, and afterwards the ball, both of which will take place at the railway station buildings, Grange Lane, the first in the large shed at the terminus, and the latter in the carriage-room adjoining The dis play here will be magnificent. The DINING Roost or Banquetting Hall, is about 140 feet in length by 40 in width, and of ample height. The coup d' cell un entering is extremely imposing. The walls ate covered with crimson, yellow, and blue drapery. The recesses are decorated with evergreens and large ornamental flowers, and the whole of the principals and frame a . m.?, of the roof are similarly adorned so as: to resemble a shrubbery that has taken leave of its parent earth and mounted into mid air. From the beams are suspended hand some richly gilt gas chandeliers ins central lights. There are four rows of tables, the two outer ones united at top and bottom by being continued in the form of a semicircle. The refreshments will be provided by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel. The following is an outline of the bill of fare. 61 Tureens of Turtle. I 10 Dishes of Capon Oyster 40 Dishes of Fish. Sauce. as Haunches of Venison. 12 Dishes of Fins of Turtle 26 Necks of Venison. Ragout. 20 Turkeys, boiled. so Dishes of Game. 2') '1 urkeys, roasted. 30 Dishes of Prauns and Lob. 29 Game Pies, seer Sallad. 26 Entres. 20 Cold Hares. 6 Saddles Mutton. 60 Jellies and Creams. ... . lu St wed Rumps Reef. 30 Tarts. 12 Hams, ornamented. 3 Pud 20 Tongues, ornamented. 100 Dahes Vegetables. Champagne, Sherry, Port, Hock, and Madeira Wines. . . It is repotted that about 500 gentlemen will sit down to the feast. The BALL-Boom, of about the same size as the Dining-room, is, if possible, still more u Rine and beautiful. This is semi circularly recessed at one side, and in the centre there is a foun tain spouting a large jet of water to a height of 8 or 10 feet from a circular basin, forming a beautiful rockery of curious fossil and other stones, and seashells, thickly planted between with evergreen plants, sea-mos,es, images of tritons. &c. —the whole presenting a classical and cooling effect. The hall room itself is lined with coloured drapery in a manner somewhat similar to the other large room, but with the roof als., hung with the same materials to a great height, so as to resemble an immense Turkish tent. The whole is lighted by an immense gas chandelier of four circles of lights, in the centre of the room, and also by minor lateral chandeliers. The Countess of Essex, Lady Amelia Capel, Lady Grey Egerton, and many other noble ladies have intimated their intention to attend. '1 he celebrated toast-master, Mr. Toole, of London, has been en gaged for the dinner, and as vocalists the equally popular Mr. John Parry, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Fitzgerald. It is gratifying to state that besides the grand entertainment for the elite just noticed, there are to be others on a smaller scale in various parts of the town. A substantial treat to the working classes connected with the works will be given, while at the same time the poor are not to be forgotten. A supper and ball are to he given at the Town-hall, by Mr. Jack son, to the clerks and other official gentlemen in the service of the commissioners and their friends. A dinner will be ,erved at Mr. (heave's, Adelphi Hotel. close to W , :odside Ferry, and from which and the terrace gardens in front is a fine view of ‘he river, the works tea. Mr. Tomkinson, the contractor for the dock works, will give a dinner to nearly 5 M of his workmen, who will be regaled with roast and boiled beef, baked i+nd boiled plum-pudding, and a plentiful supply of Hindley's XX ale, at 31r. Willoughby's, or the Birkenhead Hotel. The room for their accommodation was erected specially by Mr. Tomkinson. in the yard near the Bowling Green opp ~ite to the entrance of the hotel; and :s cf very large - size, and very commodious. It is splendidly decorated with festoons. evergreens, foliage, and flags of all nations. The whole will be splendidly illuminated by gas chandeliers. We may here state, as an interesting feature in the records of the proceed ngs, that the ship-carpenters of this port. yesterday addressed a written communication to Mr. Tomkinson, in which they stated that they did not consider themselves merely ship carpenters of Liverpool, but of the Mersey generally; that it is their intent on to j in the 3irken head procession with their flags and ensignia, and that they wished, in respect to Mr. T., to be permitte to escort him from his house to the place of meeting. To this request, we un derstand, Mr. Tomkinson cheerfully acceded. Not the least gratifying circumstance is, that the poor of the township are not forgotten on 'this occasion. The families of the in digent will have distributed amongst hem rations of beef cud bread, the former in pieces of 4 to 8 lbs., according to their respective num bers and necessities. We have authority to state that the Paragraph in the Albion of yesterday, relating to the Head Constable did not originate with the Watch Committee. A Sub committee has been appointed to inquire into the present efficiency of the Police-force generally, and until then• report is made, nothing whatever can be known as to the possible result. The following is a copy of the appoint ment of the Sub-committee. Rcsolced,—That a Sub-committee be appointed to enquire into the present state of the Police•force, as to its efficiency, and whe ther the Printed itules and Regulations are fully carried out. Resolved also,—That the Sub-committce be requested to report the result of their investigation to a future meeting of this Com mittee. WHAT is POPERY DOING ?—Some documents have just come into our h inds,—having been picked up in the streets, where they had been dropped, no doubt, by some careless member of the faithful,—which throw a little. light norm the dark workings of that body, and especially upon the mode in which they possess themselves of the edifices of the English estrolishment. These docu ments are a printed circular, signed by a party who styles himself a " missionary apostolic," reciting that an opportunity now exists of purchasing in Cornwall, " a fine roomy church, with 'arched roof, recently built in the Norman Gothic style, with Schooljooms, and Rectory hou,o, the whole surrounded with an area, and well walled in." It is stated that this property can be bought for £lOOO, although worth diuble tae money—a lamentable fact if true. But how, it will be said, is the money to be raised ? An accompanying collecting cad informs us collectors are to form a circle of subscribers amongst their friends, and for every penny they receive they are to put a pin-bole into one of the squares of the cross—a truly respectful mode of treating that sacred emtlem ! When they have received a shilling they are to hand it over to two very respectable parties, whose names appear on the reverse side of the card, Those who fill a second card are to receive " a handsome copy of the Catholic Choralist," as a reward for their exertions. But, the concluding intimation of the worthy " Missionary Apos tolic "is a truly melancholy specimen of what Romish credulity remains even in the present day. His poor dupes are told that " to draw down the blessing of God on this mi-sion, and on all concerned in its formation, each subscriber is earnestly requested to recite every day a de ♦out Pater and Ave. In return the holy mass will be celebrated for them on every Sunday and holiday during the course of their lifeline', and—after their death I Remark is superfluous. INTENDED SAILORS' ROME. It will no doubt he in the recollection of our readers Vial for some years past the project of establishing a sailors' home, for the domiciliary use, at a cheap rate, of the less fortunate portion of our seamen, and their pro tection from the impositions practised upon them; has been contemplated by on: philanthnvic townsmen; but th it, though the proposition was. generally approved, several obstacles to its formation presented themselves, amongst which not the least was the want of a suitable seize, near the docks, for an adequate building. We have now, however, tLie gratification to announce that the latter difficulty, and others of minor amount, have, happily, been removed ;—the Town Council having liberally granted A suitable piece of land • and the plan proposed by the first originators,--ncmely, the providing of poor seamen with lodgings only,—having, on inaturer consideration, been extended, FO at to embrace not only a comfortable home and board for the hardy tars, but a registry, a savings bank, a library, a school for apprentices, and the means of moral, religious, and general instruction for all, — addenda which wilt render the Listitution not only more useful in its operations, but stamp it with a degree of respectability which could not otherwise be attained. We further rejoice to state that a public meeting, (as an• nounced in another coluMn,) called by the Mayor, and at which his worship will preside, will take place on Friday next, fur the purpose of forwarding the arrangements, and at which we anticipate a full attendance of our townsmen. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Rev. Hugh M'Neile, Messrs. Gladstone, liathhone, and many ethers, will advocate the claims of " Poor Jack." The temptations and frauds with which our gallant tars in this town, es in other large hors. are beset on their arrival from sea, are so notorious that it were almost superfluous to endeavour to enumerate them. Naturally of a generous and jovial disposition, their first resort,. after the fatigues of a long voyage, is almost invariably the " grog-shop" ; where, in the excited ebullition of their spirits, they are prone to treat all around them, rafting with heir bard-got gains with a reckless prodigality which has obtained them the reputation of " earning their money like horses, and spending' it like asses. ' This ionnovidence is not, however, the greatest evil of their position. Dissolute characters, of both sexes, em phatically denominated " men-hunters," are continually lying in wait about the docks for their prey, and poor sailors are marked out as their ready victims. Precisely in proportion to the amount of money poor Jack has in his possession, (and which, over a glass, he is readily induced to show or to divulge,) is the amount of eunnirg and dexterity employed by these wretches to secure it. He ris treated, or persuaded to drink at his own expense, until his senses become bewildered ; and every ingenuity is exercised to strip him. Cheating slop-dealers, or their scouts, arc at his heels from the moment the anchor is let go in the river, or the ship got into dock. Goods of the most worthless description are pressed upon him, at extortionate prices ; but, perhaps, the crowning mischief is the extortion of low lodging-house or paltry tavern • keepers, who wile him to their immoral haunts, and spee dily re:ieve him, by inducements to lavish expenditure and exorbitant charges, of his cash, after which the chances i are, that his decent clothing is pledged, and he is turned adrift ragged and pennyless, deprived too of the means of resuming his vocation—for what captain will receive a man who has not a proper stock of apparel ? Add to all this the allurements of abandoned females, who often contrive dexterously to rob the seaman of the whole earnines of his voyoge "at one nit swoop," and darting off, are rarely seen again. This proves Jack to be an inconsiderate -character, no donut, but he ought not, therefore, be the too easy prey of the vices of others; and the proposed institution ap pears to be well-calculated to shield him from many of the (tamers by which he is beset, to induce him to be ' more wary and circumspect ; and, finally, to elevate him in the scale of humanity, by implanting a proper degree of self-pride, and moral feeling. The intention of the founders hi to make him a wiser and a better man, and to throw around hial the shield of protection, of which he stands so greatly in need." In addition to the other benefits of the proposed institu tion, and which will, we presume, include the teaching of the mathematical theory of navigation, we would suggest that the use of the globes, and of the quadrant and sex ant'should be introduced, and that charts of the most fre quented seas and coasts should be provided. It may not, too, be premature to suggest the gradual formation of a Museum and Model Room; to which many of the men (who are in the habit of bringing home curiosities, and disposing of them for a mere trifle) might be induced to contribute, and this would soon form an intsrssting col lection. And we have known not a few poor s who are ingenious in making models of vessels of a new or . peculiar construction, from which praetical improve ments in hulls, sails, &c., might possibly be derived. Lectures on strip-building, and on general navigation might afterwards be soperadded, and would lie a source of edification and entertainment during the winter nights, keeping the inmates rationally engaged at " Home," in place of squandering - their money and their time in the noisy tavern, or the low concert-rooms attached, where they are liable : to fall into demoralizing associations. That all our seamen who have no real homes to resort to, wilh in the first instance, take advantage of the insti tution we are not so sanguine as to eapect ; for obdurate habits in some and prejudices in others must he over come ; hut it is to be hoped that if even a considerable portion of the class become inmates on its opening, others will soon be induced to follow their example, and the cha racter of the whole will eventually become intellectually elevated. Captains will always select the most intelligent and well-behaved seamen they can find, and no one who receives a certificate of good conduct from the institution need long want a ship. And as to the individual advanta ges, a man or a youth who can keep a ship's course at eta . has chances of promotion thit do do not tall to the lot of . those who have not that knowledge of their profession. One instance in point will suffice: A few years ago it was reported in the New York papers, that a tine and value ably laden ship belonging to Salem, and which had lost both captain and mate by sickness on a distant voyage, was safely carried to her port of destination by a young man of but eigtecn years of age, one of the crew, who, to his honour, though poor, had applied himself to the study of navieation ; and he was duly appointed to the command by his employers. We had prepared some other suggestions for adoption by the founders of this excellent institution, but they will keep until our next. We are glad to have it in our power to announce tha the late Mrs. Bair, of Moss-street, left by her will cer tain property the proceeds of which she directed to be di vided equally between four most excellent charities, namely—The Church Pastoral Aid Society—The Inlir mary—The Blue Coat Hospital—and the SA - atnzers' Friend Society ; and that in consequence each of these Insiitutions has lately received the handsome sum of £125, duly free, through the hands of Mr. John Hicks and Mr. Thomas Branch, the executors. FARMING MACHINERY.—This being the age for im provement, our landed proprietors are determined if possible to keep pace with our wealthy milloeracy in the improvement of machinery for every description or farm ing operations. in the neighbourhood of Llangollen, on a farm held by a late townsman of our own, may he seen, gorse and hay cutting, kibbling oats, brans, &c., &c., and churning, , 11 in operation at the same time; or the thrash ing and winnowing orgiain, and the straining of potatoes,_ chaff, corn, &c., sufficient fur the food of twenty cows and six horses, for a day and night. In the first operations, 200 quarts of milk are chained in an hour, and as much hay, gorse, and grain kibbled during ithe time of churn ing as will supply eight horvs three days; and by the latter, eighteen measures of grain thrashed and winnowed ready for market. IRON Sine BuILDING COMPANY.—At thelast quarterly meeting of the iron masters in Staffordshire, it was pro posed by Mr. Thorneyetoft that a Company should be formed for the purpose of bringing Iron Sailing Ships into more general use, to overcome that prejudice which at. present•existed against them. Iron Steam Vessels were thoroughly established and tequired no assistance, hut in consequence of several defective sailing vessels having been built this blanch had not made any progress. Mr. Thornaycrolt also. recommended that the Froposed Com pany should not themselves build the vessels but contract with the existing builders to construct them from the plans and under the superintendence of a -first-rate En gineer. This proposition met with the warmest approba tion of the meeting, and Mr. Thorneycroft last week visited Lit erpool fur the purpose of ascertaining the state of public opinion ; and, in company with Mr. Grantham, wafted on the Mayor, Mr. Robettsou Gladstone, and other influential men. He - everywhere met with the greatest encouragement to proceed with the undertaking. It was also proposed that the . saute Com, any should, if found necessary, adoPt measures for insuring all Iron Vessels built under the inspection of their Ergineer. The steam-ship Great Britain, according to the Bristol Mirior, is to be released from her long confinement on the 26 h inst. ___. _.... _ ........ 'Anil I.TERATION OF BEER.—It is said that an extensive increase -of drugs used in . the adulteration of beer has token place in an ale and porter brewery of considerable standing, and that it will be heard of at the next meeting of the CrimmissiOners of Escise. • - Birkenhead to. i contemporary PtccoatAL SoPPLESINNT.—Our friends across the water have stirred up the members of the broad sheet to accomplish wonders Al hich were never even _ contemp l a t e d before. Our neighbour of the Mail has announced that he will present with his publication of Saturday 'next a stamped pictorial suppleme nt representing' views engaged p l a ce b 5' a our L Bir o , f , o t i t , chid . F i o ., c ,i cir t re he n ta ce l s en N t v e h d i C a h rti ‘ s v t i s l l e t i a wu ke we expect to seo very correct and graphic' illustrations of the animating - scenes. PAINTINGS' BY Trl2 OLD -51ASTLIFts.—We lately visited M r Wilson's collection exhibiting at L ac.i y 's rooms, and, as we-pro niisecl in our last, proceed to not ice what a pp eare d to us most choice and butiu intl. The unfortunate Q ueen cf France, " Maria Antoinette," by Grer ize . is a lovel y and exquisitely coloured picture, hi g hly interesting histi.nically and as a wor k of art. - The ts:aintation of the Virgin." by Luciri, is one of those gorgeously coloured and wonderfully finished paintings, that display i, perfecti :a the grand characteristics of the Flo rentine school. The heads of ihe Angel and'M adonna are types of ideal beauty. " The Hawking Panty, by Wouvermuns, is a charming composition. and remarkable for the argentine tone so desirable in that master's works. Among the" landscapeQ," we particularly noticed a grand classical one by Hughtenbu'rg, and Viers of great merit by Salvator ROSfl, Llobberna, Ruysdael,' and 13erglem. There arc also some very fine " Holy Families" by the great Italian painters, particularly one by Baroccio which is remarkable for its sweet expression. The " Card playeta," by Murillo, is a rich-toned specimen and. full of cha racter. Lasly, there is a picture by Roepel, which, for beauty and harmony of colour and the most extraordinary transparence and finish, we have never seen equalled. Many others of the hundred paintings on view deserve a special notice, but our limits prevent our saying more than that we were highly gra tified by the insp e c tion, and recommend our readers to avail themselves of this opportunity of witnessing the results of an cient a: t. , __ _ „,--- ANTI-GRZASE HATS.—The use of these hats are now becom ing general; and time has proved that they are all the ad vertisements announce them to be,—light, durable, and impervious to grease. VIEW OF BI RICENH KA e.—Each purchaser of the Courier of to morrow wili be presented with a lithographed view of Birken head, Wallasey Pool, and the surrounding country. The ♦iew is supposed to be taken from the mast-head of a ship stationed midway between Woodside and Seaconibe.. Oct. 22, 1844. LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS. Liverpool The 0c toberses commenced sion in s ot the et Crownhe e ° sl h n osf before house, shortly after ten o'clock yesterday mnin, j . c GILBERT H ENDERSON, Esq., Recorder. Thecae nuo peace Court fr contained the names of 116 prisoners for trials on charges, of felony, and seven for misdemeanours, to 123. Of these only eight are recur ed as being able., read and write well, 41 can read and write im Pe.-ectly, ;50,, ran read imperfectly, while the very large proportion I 43 have never been taught either. The following gentlemen were sworrrthe Grand Jury a t th the b o s r Robert Crosbie, Esq., -of North John -street, merchant; William Anthony, of Hope-street, timber-merchant; Joseph Brice, of Bedford-street, corn-merchant; Samuel Beckwith, of Tower-garden, hide-broker ; James Breimer, of Water -street, merchant; Robinson Duckworth, of Canning-street, merchant; Woo , Abraham Gartzide, of North John-street, • broker; Edward Jones, of Exchange-buildings, merchant; William Logan, of Bath -street, anchorsmilh ; Edward Langdale, of Shaw-street, timber-merchant; o• John Woolfall Mulleneux, of Brougham-terrace, re c' ; William Maxwell, of Union-court, wine-merchant; Thomas Mather, of Drury-lane, corn-merchant; , making a total ot John Mather, of Mount-pleasant, merchant ; John Pemberton,. of Fenwick-street, merchant; William Rotherham, of Exchange -street East, merchant; John Daniel, of Thornley, Hope-street, merchant ; Joseph Ridgway, of South Chapel-street, cotton' broker; Robert Taylor Woodward, of Irwell-street, merchant; Isaac Worthington, of Percy-street, cotton-broker. The Le'rned REcortirma, in deli, ering his charge to w h e Grand Jury, spoke as follows :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jac _lt appears from the de i ,o s iti ons b e f ore me th at th ere are I prisoners to take their trials at this Court. It is tatisfactorri; however, to observe that large as that num b er i s , it i s less the t the number of committals in the correspon di ng per i o d of year, which amounted to 136. In disposing of these cases, gen tlemen, it must be our duty so to enforce th e l aw as mo st etre't , ually to restrain and prevent the future commission of crime . It is a reproach to the administration of justice when offe nce ! go unpunished : it is a still deeper reproach to confound ion% cence with guilt. Under these senti men t s , gen tl emen , you . have to institute a prelimi n a r y i nves ti ga ti on i nto ever y case: you will call for the w it nesses b e f ore you : you will hea r the evidence : you v ill weigh it : and judge whether it is such as' in the absence of defence, ought to warrant a conviction of the individual accused. Where you find it is of a satisfactory an conclusive nature, it w ill b e your duly to find the bill but where, in any case, the evidence is not of that description, that does not bring home the charge to the party accused, it will be your duty to stop at once all proceedings by throwing out the bill. Gentlemen. the eases are in general of a slight and ordi nary character, and do not seem to require fro, / me any re marks for the guidance of gentlemen of such intelligence as hive now the honour of addressing. The re are some offences however, the frequent recurrence of which seem to call for ea emplary punishment. I allude more particularly to the offenoe 9 of stealing from shops and stealing from the person, which Yon will find constitute a large portion of the cases in The calendar. I will take this opportunity of correcting a misapprehensi on which, from applications made to me, I know to prevail. th at when a sentence of transportation is accompanied by a recol.n: mendation to the Penetentiary, it is supposed that the convic t will not he sent out of this country. That, gentlemen, is a mis take. take. It is seldom, now, that a sentence of transportation !' not carried into effect by the sending of the party out of till country. When the recommendation to a Pentitentiary is acteo e upon, the Penitentiary is only the portal to a penal colony; rh party must look forward to pas s a l ong p er i o d, if net hi s who le life, in toil and in labour in a distant country. It is, therefor e : gentlemen, always a sentence fearful to undergo, and which always calls for great deliberation in imposing it I menticn this because many parties are under the impression that it Is not always carried into effect by sending the convict out of the country. Gentlemen, T shall not trouble you with any furthq observations, or detain you from those duties which lam alts , • viul occupy you some time.. The Grand Jury then retired to their room ; and shortly afterwards the trials commenced. The cases during the entire day were of minor interest, and all of them hav e been previously noticed in this paper. COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY. The Court of Passage for the borough of Liverpool Wa g held yesterday, before Charles Crompton, Esq., assessor . The cause list contained 57 issues; but there were no writs of trial trom apy of the superior courts. The cases were principally for the recovery of small debts,—a few, boor: ever, involved considerable a m o un t s ,—i n a ddi t i on to w hic h there were several on promises, three cases of trespass' and one on the case. Unc!efended causes were taken first; and of the others,' the following are the most portant that occurred during the day : RECOVERY OF AN ATTORNEY'S BILL. MASON v. GILLELAND.—This was an action tarecaver £32 14s. Od., for work and labour done by the plaibtift; Mr. MaFon, a solicitor in this town, for the defendant , Robert Gilleland, who carries on the busine:.s of a paviour• The work was done in a professional capacity during 184 3 , and a portion of the present y e ar . A ver di ct was re turned in favour of the plaintiff's claim. • ALLEGED ILLEGAL DIS-TRAINT.' SWIFBURNE V. WILLIAMS AND OTHF.ILS.—This Was an action to recover compensation in damages fur an al leged illegal distraint of the plaintiff's goods by the de fendants. The damages. were laid in the-.declaration at £20.. Mr. Ralnshay appeared for the -plaintiff; Mr' James for the defendants. On the part of the plaintiff , who is Mrs. Nancy Swinburne, it appeared that she has a family. for whose support she follows the occupation of a schoolmistress. On the 27th of July last, she resided with her brother, Wm. Henry Parkinson. in Devt,nshire street, on which day a distress was levied upon his goods for £2 7s. Gd.—rent of a house he had previously occu pied in Mann-street, and for which Messrs. Williams and Jones, two of the defendants, are the agents. The allegation was that the bailiff, in executing the distress, had taken propetty belonging to the plaintiff;—evidence to prove which was given by several Witte se For the defendants it was contended, first, that the plaintiff had no ptoper;y on the premises; and as to the defendant Williams, the assessor intimated that there was no evi dence to shew that he had authorised the seizure. After a long investigation, a verdict was eventually taken by consent for the plaintiff, as regarded Jones; and for the defendant, in the case of Williams.—Damages, £lO. The Greyhound, the last of the coaches between Lon the don and Birmingham, ceased r unni n g o n Ssturday, sth of October. This has been the only coach between London and Birmingham for some years past. The London Times is advocating the conversion of the Fleet Prison into one of the public bath fstablishineot s for the metropolis. The'buildingis to be disposed of to day by tend; r, by order of the Woods and Forests. Mr. lA. V. Lewis, (live of S-t. Mary's Kirkdaie,) has been appointed to the situation of organist to Chris t Church, where he will hUve the i ns t ruc tio n o f a choir 0i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21.—Wind Northerly and va iable. AnnivEn..—Philopontis, Bell, from Bombay—lioyal Williara , from Bahia—Enchantress, Phillips, float St John, N —.Java. Pic ering: He en, flouter, and Evening Star. Gre e ' l from Quebec—Edith, Welsh, from Rotterdam—Ocean, from A utwerp—liaabet, Johns, from Whangeroe--Brodri n :' ; Novigard, front Gothenburg—and Clitus, Padden, for M° ll ` Video. Sn 'I. E Fanny. Lennes, for Swinemunde—Atalanta, she,; ley, for Leghorn—Cornish Diamond. Boase, for Gtnoa—El'',... i Wood, Crosbie, for Nassau—Lewis Charles. Wallis. for LisbOn, Volo, Churchward, for C nstantinople—Cheshire, King, , ° ,, r Barbadoes—Hosalind, Gate, for Berbice —Lydia, Jones, Antigua—Aeolus, Grace, for Azores—llegaLa,Alliex, and Blai`; Sharpe, for Cape Good Hope—Ann, Johnstone. for Marantla,T —Britannia, Smith, for St Andrew's, N.B.—Fiora M•Dona'": Mori (11 f r St. John, N.B.—lsal.ella, Grey. f,:r Sincapore, Crown, Fletcher, for Mobile— riumph, Ha-sel, for Alexandria Medina, James, for Sincripore—Veloce, Bell, for Sharighe l- :i Vesper, Bellany, for Malta—,Lily, Stevenson. for Newround: an —Minerva, i arrow. for Flambro'—Alert, Ord, for Deinerar.l,; Covenanter, Patterson, for Apalachicola—Star, P ug h e , for I' d , Janeiro—Emerald, Leighton, for New Orleans—Albion, Stir holm, for 13eirout—Mount C arles. Frost, for Lisbon Gerrna ia, , and Antelope, Greilke, for Danzic—Chatley,Chaney'- for Welshpool. Creamore, Shapley, from Torbay, at Newfoundland e of Ilerroc,s. Donough, for B uenos Ayres, has put back. 0 0- her crew having attempted to set her on fire ott Holyhead , 20 ,1 Themis, Brown, fr om S t. John. N.B. at this pet; sailedhetll instant, in company with the John Bentley, and Ilobert , e f,r Liverpool. On II:th instant , spoke the Mountaineer, s' e wa ,s ing East. On Isth. while tying to in a gale from NAV' g• struck by a sea, which t o k th e man at th e w h ee l ( Ed wa rd i „ o gat) overboarti. On 2;th, at noon , saw the Hibernia, (steal"' for Halifax. off the Settees. Sept' Diadem, from Valp iraiso t o S wansea, was spo k en 2 2 n d -. in lat. 23, long. 36. TELEGRA.PII OFFICE, OcroaEa 21. Wind at Holyhead, West, gentle breeze in the morni l4 N.N.E. light airs at noon. Off Holyhead, No. 1462, Cambridge, Ship, at s a.m. Win • York ; 'Columbus, Ship, at 02a for Ne w York. co, p• A "" Off Point Lynas, 7 m. has a pilot, No. 489, I' rir„ from d Off the port, at 4 p.m. 2 ships, 1 harrine, 1 brig, a ° schooner. DIED. On the 14th instant, n t hi s res id ence, in Dundrnnt• co Wicklcw, I reland, in the 4;th year of his age, Mr. LEESON, of ter a li nge; irg illneEs of 12 years duration. c olt he bore wi!li Christian fort a+-d resigna•ion :he is sin c a 'o. l and deservedly regre tt e d b y a large circle of relatives LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, OCT. Ic , ith a very, free importation of Butter. doing the r V t . 7, (le: frorr al parts of Irela d ; we have to notice, a consuintA t l y ice' nand to such an extent. as stil; to keei; stacks very low. .;orn e l are not higher; hnt the inclination is decide:tly upward• fine S , :uthern Butters have brou;;lit sfs. There is no n' t t tO: change in the urrency of pickled Butter. .` "rhe demand ~ to moment inconsiderable. Indian reef vs; prime Messb .; arrelj 82s 6d per tierce. Prime Mess Pork 68s to 7•2 s 6d per tin t stocks veiy high, and prices likely to be upheld for setn e fo r Bacon is held at full prices, hut no very great enquirY article. 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