The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

Feb. 11, 1R45. Tim?, LIVERPOOL STANDARD "...., _ , • .. 1- --0 0fal aub Vrabinttal gelus. THE NORTHERN MAILS To BIRKENHEAD.—through THE QUEEN'S ARMS, OXTON.-11 , 1r. and Mrs. Hughes, of 425,520 tons, or 64 per cent. on the the exertions of Mr. W. M`Millen of this town, the in- the host and hostess of this establishment entertained _____e a e____. habitants of Birkenhead will now have the delivery of the about fifty of their friends, on Tuesday last, to a most work there is not a single additional At Mrs. 1. I be done in '44 more than '34, and vet w ii: -r•am's conservatory at Bootle there is a mail from Glasgow and Dumfries expedited by eight sumptuous dinner and excellent wales. The chair was pointed, But he held in his hand an I f. a r i e n ea, from 16 to 17 feet high, a nd 20 ya r d s i n eire um .. hours. Though they are delivered here in the morning, ably filled by li obert Hiscocke, E-q. ; the vice-chair by of. C us toms which fettered very much e nce, with upwards of 4000 flower buds on it at the they were not delivered there until the evening. By the Mr. T. Bart', A number of the most respectable gen- Dort. He alluded to the Pet of ceses i present time, new arrangement the letters will be despatched to Birken- tlemen of the township were present. and the chairman perm itt e d to discharge in what were to in proposing " The town and trade of Oxton," facetious! Early on Sunday morning week, the house of Mr. Wain- head at noon. weight. of Maguire street, was entered by thieves, who THE COTTON DUTY.—On Friday, a meeting of the remarked on the extraordin a ry rise of the place. which, average time allowed for a vessel to he Y Tke council were probably ;not aware from being only a few years back a barren hill, with here customs was not more than six houri stole several articles of wearing apparel, and the sum of cotton brokers of the town was held to take into consi and there a humble cottage, had now become a beautiful might perhaps be very well, if they cop £25 n sovereiges, which was abstracted from a tea-caddy deration the propriety of acceding to the request of the on the sideboard. township, studded with sines, in the chastest style of aro r.,, wasbe di t echareed for two or three extra I deputation from Manchester, that two of their body chitecture, the residences of some of the first mercharits John Dugdale, Esq. the wealthy cotton-printer of should accompany them to Sir It. Peel, respecting the in the kingdom,and an object of ictures ue beaut to Manchester, has lately become the 'purchaser of the Cra- taking off the duty on cotton. A resolution to this ef surrounding country. Many excellent songs songs were y the ! e It rue there were invidious distincti . landif a packet intnovdeor entered hoenrs w t h h i e i e Ipeot therat port, she e lm col thorne Estate, in the north riding of Yorkshire. The fact was moved, and an amendment was put, that it wasregular sung and toasts . proposed, and the evening was through- miffed .. .- • Again, price is £75,450, comprising the baronial manor of Cra- out of their province to interfere. This was carried by a thorne, and 2,200 acres. large mejorhy. out spent in the most harmonious and agreeable manner. d paeseee arid he detained for ope MOUS ~_ , NOBLE CONDUCT.—On Saturday a boy belonging to DISPENSARIES MEETING.—On Friday the annual SELECT VESTRY, TC:ESDAY.— For the week ending the river, she would be permitted to diecher s I be becalmed six - kg 25th January the number of paupers in the house was but let an English vessel in the Prince's Dock fell into the water, meeting of the subscribers and friends of this valuable and, after having sunk twice was observed by a sailor of institution was held in the Boad-room, Fenwick-st. 1,856 at an expense of Is lOad per head ;at the same be put i a nt v o es C e ork, and kept there weeks d the Juven Pe its, named San ' tendar, who, at the risk of The Rev. Cyrus Mona rea the report, w lic detailed •ll drh time . last year the number was 1,898, who cost is 'ld per no redress whatever. and she would tie his life, jumped overboard and rescued the youth. the year's proceedings, and dwelt upon the necessity of nead, being 42 paupers , less, 31(1per head, and £2l 15s 3d discharge in over hours. This was ; in money more. Ihe number of out-door cases relieved (Hear, hear.) He was not putting an le Two thieves, named Halewood and Bostock, have been supporting the charity. The average cost for each patient committed for trial at the next Chester assizes, ' for having at the Bristol dispensary is 10s. 6d., at Hull 35., at Leeds during the past fortnight was 7,319, being 261 less, and this matter, but he was putting a case robbed the Postoffice at Red Bull, Lawton on Sunday 35., at London 2s. 4d., at Birmingham 6s. 3d.,. at Man- £4 Is 6(.1 in money less than the same period in 1811. centiv occurred, where a vessel was he The weekly sick repo r t exhibits the following particulars, putting into Cork, came into port, an( the 20th ult., while the family was at church.' They ob- cheater 2s. 10d., at Sheffield 4s. 5d., at Liverpool one viz., total sick in the, house 400, which may be classed mission to land in over hours. And wl tamed about £32 in money, and a quantity of jewellery. shilling and eighlpenee !—The financial statement, which UESDAY EVENING was read by Mr. M'Gregor, showed an increase in the thus-38 Fever Hospital; 7 small-pox ;91 men's medical, collector, the comptroller, and the inspr surgical, and lock wards ;93 women's medical, surgical, cretiorar power. Now, with referenc CONCERTS.—The attendants at donations and legacies of £l,BOO over those of last year. other Y vessels which were allowed these concerts increase, and we find that there is no lack The increase in the subscriptions on the past, as corn of talent, for the b and 1 k d war i l i 19 . lying-in ward . ; 6 optharmic ward ;38 and : are fully determined to carry pared with the previous year, was trifling—only 3s. 6d. ; them out with s P pirit. Sir Edward Cult attended on and the amount collected at the churches lase year, only oys,7 gir s sick nursery • 56itch wards ;12 old men's only Argument that was pretended to Tuesday evening wards 40 in other parts of the building, Butmight whatbe di d danger the t e o n s t t h o e m r s e v d e n n 400. Mr. Francis Owen, clerk in the Treasurer's office,. allowed. with all he hei;danad nd expressed himself highly gratified exceeded the previous year by £5 IN. Id. The debt on saw. the charity had, however, been reduced from £1,796 to was appointed collector of taxes in the room of Mr. tically allowed those i discharge in over vessels, n many.ours, of v FIRE IN T HE B IRKENHEAD TOWN-HALL. —About £617. The receipts for the year were £4,142 2s. Bd., Thomas Ellerton, dismissed• di on hoard, to noon yesterday week,. flames were observed rising from the espenditure £2,962 17s. The number of patients Dm( COMMITTEE, TR u RSDAY.—Advertisements werepermissionwhole nf herto a ea r e vessel o d i l l a t d y e p n ai w d i . t the floor of the building surveyor's office, Town-hall. A ordered to be inserted in the newspapers, offering api e visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine a n in o e t d o t nl t y b he so much afraid of the merchant putti portion of the floor was taken up, and the fire extin- was (North and South) 13.296; the number who received naium of £2OO fo r the b es t and £lOO for the second-best the palm oil that they would not let h guished. It was found that some of the beams had become advice and medicine at the .two branches (North and model of a landing stage for George's Pier. Mr. Wood a wi l th ike thewho . ignited near heated. th e hearth stone, which h a d become over- South), was 25,638, making, together, a total of stated to the committee what had occurred at the meeting 38,934.—The Chairman strongly commended the exec- of the Birkenhead commissioners on Tuesday, and during LlVE the conversation it was stated that Mr. .iackson had not faHnedainr,g-awnaditaerlasuteklaet)heltcowniapsl RPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY. The annualmeet_ tions of the committee, which were beyond all praise, and log of this society was held ort Thursday last, in the e t a h s e e. Cu A sto eh m n - r h t o t u im se e d e e) of duty from the Custom-house. He we len . on-rooms, Mr. Pringle, president, in the chair. From chatty which was read by the secretary, it appeared charity had suffered from the withdrawal of the £4OO and had sent to Mr. Randall on this important subject. It the the reason y why it had not been paid fir( upwards contributed by the parish, at the request of the was decided to contribute £5O per annum towards that the number of members had increased to 1,700, and Poor-law Commissioners; and this rendered additional expense of maintaining a life-boat at Southport, and such time to attend to i during the past year the committee exertion necessary,to make up the difference.—Mr. Jas. to be withdrawn if it should appear at any time hereafter The . young man i . n t— th t e he o re ffi a c r e e r s e n p ni li e ed t — ba ': have issued 30 circulars. containing upwards of 300 cases of actual or at- that the boat is not kept in a state of efficiency. It was tempted fraud—a number unprecedented since the rata- Mulleneux said there had been but three church suttee- paid six . or , seven . months ago ;" and he tions during the year, and alluded to religious meetings ordered that in future 10s. per day should be paid to the standing d r d n i e ti l o n n c a r l ert h s a e n o d f tihne the ede office nfth f e e ' blishm t of the society. Mr. Thomas Barre, builder, at which large sums were collected for foreign missions, masters, and 7s. 6d. to each of the crew of the life-boats, Mount e -Pleasant, was aepointed president aner Mr. James Mr. Horsfall then proceeded ,Denton,&c., and yet misery and disease were left to pine unre- on . exercising days, or upon days of actual service, the 5 .syhteaaadnrdsa.nl'n' painter, Kensington ' • 1 . dat tl • usualvotes of thanks were guineas given annually as a retaining fee also to be conti- invidious distinctions which existed beta suing year. , vice-president, for the en- ove their own door.—The London relative to contraband tobacc then passed, and the Rev. Rector Brooks was unanimously *rued; 30s. were ordered to be given to the master and STRANGERS' FRIEND Co m ... TV.—Tbe annual meeting re-elected president for the ensuing year. 20s. to each of the men of the Hoylake life-boat, for their h oar d v esse l s , & c., an d concluded by si of the friends of this useful charity was held on Monday. meri'orious conduct in saving the crew of the Manchester. time u that . those grievances should be rear Michael Ashton, Esq., presided. From the resort it Hp:" Nisei PRESBYTERIAN Cuuri . otr.--The Preshotery of The keeper of the Crosby light-house reported the ser- motion. peered ^MIN seconded themott . Mr. BIRRETT was unwilling to say ant peered that the number of cases visited arid relieved for Lancashire met, on Thursday, in the Commercial Hall, vices rendered by the crew of the Formby life-boat to the .. militate against the present governmen the year ending the 31st December last, was 1,700, inclu- Gloucester street, for the induction of the Rev. Vernon M. Antelles, from Valparaiso, on shore on the Mad Wharf. White, A. 8., late of Donughmore, Ireland, to the pas- thought the only way to fre t any thing no ding 445 widows, and comprising about 7,000 individuals. Six vessels were reported as lying up in Trafalgar Dock, tonal charge of the congregation at present meeting in the bulent, restless, and verging amost on ,bAetlraerrger proportion than usual of persons who had seen and it was ordered that the extra rent should be charged treason. (Loud laughter.) So long as! , days was amongst the applicants. The total re- above place. Among the ministers present were the Rev. upon them. The unemployed vessels in the Salthouse and paid. they would get nothing but kin ceints, including the balance for 1843, were £BO2 10s. sd, J. Gardner,. of Woodside, the Rev. J. R. Welsh, and the Do . ck . were to be removed into the Albert Dock as soon laughter.) He suggested to Mr. Horsfal and the exuendPure £537 12s. 2(1., leaving a balance i- Rev. Donald Fergusson. The hall was well filled by a as it is opened, to make more room for the working ships. the matter by petition before the . £264 lBs. 3d.. half of which sum, Dec. of however, has highly-respectable and deeply-attentive audience. The A letter from the Secretary of State, requesting certain bringing - Rev. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, preached the introductory ' mons. and, without going cap in hand to I since that time been distributed. information as to the port and harbour of Liverpool, was sermon, and took for his text the fourteenth and fifteenth complaining of the board of customs, an , PAVING AND SENVERAGE.—At the meeting on Thurs- verses of the eleventh chapter of Hosea. The Rev. Mr. Ras from e , d . to the M . arine Surveyor. A letter - read f day, it appeared that another case had been submitted toM ier` ilson, stating that he had looked over the draft of ble a s , on them. ai T MOORE suppor t e d the motion, an Munro, of Manchester, offered up the installation nraver, 11r. Russell, barrister, as to the• • ' the lease left in his office, to the terms of which he could . ' . . Mr. pow p e r W,of the ura commis_ is - and was followed by the Rev. Mr. Weir, of Belfast, who time for Liverpool to speak out—Liverpc Blotters to grant permission tonot agree; he therefore declined ' taking the land offered delivered the charge to the minister and the address to led more to the revenue than Scotland to him et the west side of the Brunswick Dock, and, con- Connect a service pipe • with the main about to be laid in to the people. After prayer by the last-mentioned minis-tozether. 'Dublin -street for the Il prevention of fire. It was the opi-ter, and the singing of a hymn, the service closed at sequently, would have to give up the shipbuilding depart- The motion was unanimously carried, e nion of Mr. Russ e , that the commissioners could grant k meat of his business altogether. Some conversation en three o'clock. In connexion with the proceedings a din- members were appointed as a special cc the .provided the c ommunication ner took place in the evening, at the Adelphi Hotel. The suea, when the matter was ultimately referred to the purpose : Messrs. Horefall. Aikin, Moe entirely permission . Sub-committee of Works, as was also a letter from James party consisted of about sixty : A. C. Dunlop, Esq., pre and the water r r their own control, or that of their wsarrsevanetpst, sided and the vice-chairs were occupied by James Adam,Hornby, Hodgson, and Tyree. turi w ie n d on except in ceses of fi e Hodgson and Co. A letter from Mr. Thomas Court, that such permissionut requesting that the master of the life-boat would telegraph , and E-q , and K. Macauley, Esq The following amongst BIRKENHEAD of the act. The board accordinglycarrying the, allow e d the connexion Revs. Dr. Cooke and J. Weir. of Belfast. the Rey. 3 R Marine Subcommittee. highly-respectable and deeply-attentive audience. The Rev. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, preached the introductory sermon, and took for his text the fourteenth and fifteenth verses of the eleventh chapter of Hosea. The Rev. Mr. Munro, of Manchester, offered up the installation prayer, and was followed by the Rev. Mr. Weir, of Belfast, who delivered the charge to the minister and the address to the people. After prayer by the last-mentioned nsinis ter, and the singing of a hymn, the service closed at three o'clock. In connexion with the proceedings a din ner took place in the evening, at the Adelphi Hotel. The party consisted of about sixty : A. C. Dunlop, Esq., pre sided and the vice-chairs were occupied by James Adam, E-q , and K. Mdcauley, Esq. The following amongst other gentlemen were present on the occasion :—The Revs. Dr. Cooke and J. Weir, of Belfast, the Revs. J. R. Welsh, D. Fergusson, and J. Gardner, Dr. M`Ctilloch, Mr. D. Macartnev, Mr. J. Thomson, Mr. W. Miller, Mr. J. Bingham, &c. Several excellent speeches were delivered, and the evening was speent in the m 0 ,4 agree able manner. On Friday evening, a public Aoiree was held at the Commercial-hall, Gloucester -street, and was attended by upwards of 800 ladies and gentlemen. The chair was occupied on the occasion by the Rev. V. M. White, who opened the main business of the evening with a brief explanatory address. Speeches were then delivered by the Rev. Mr. Welsh, the Rev. Mr. Gardner, the Rev. Mr. Fergusson, arid Dr. Cooke. The Doctor spoke for upwards of an hour and a half, in a strain of impassioned eloquence. His principal topics were Ireland, the cause of missions in that country, and the duty of Protestants at the present crisis. He interspersed his address with a variety of exceedingly well-told anecdotes, which con vulsed the audience with laughter. The company, after having spent a social and intellectual evening, separated about half-past ten o'clock. • ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE SANDS.—On Monday last, as Hodgson 's Osersands coach was proceeding over the sands to Lancaster, and on fording the main channel, following the guide, the wheels suddenly sunk, and every effort to get them out was unavailing. Tire passengers, of which the vehicle was full inside and out, were thus placed in an alarming position, but providentially they all contrived by some means or other, to escape with their lives to Kents Bank. The horses being cut from the traces, were: also saved. The coach lay in the sends till Thursday morning, when it floated with the tide up to wards Holme Islaed, whence a boat was dispatched, and the vehicle was towed in safely to Kent's Bank. It is not much the worse, though of course the linings, cush ions, &c., are pretty well spoiled. Striclne.—On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of William Mayman, aged 36, the proprietor of the sign of the Bear public- !rouse, opposite the Zoological Gardens. The deceased on Tuesday last took a dose of arsenic, and immediately afterwards told his wife that he hadours t aken Mr a h potien and wou ld not live more than t wo . . sent sore s Ma yman instantly gave him an em e ti c , an d s urgeon, but h e d ied in about two hours after ward. Ir readers that, about fi ve years ago, the deceased was the m an who resat, about child from a bear, which had made its escape from the Zoological Gardens, and which, failing in its attempt to get at the child, rushed fiercely upon Mr. Klayman and injured him seriously on various vests of the body. Ever since, the deceased had been subject to fits and on Tuesday week had eleven fits in succession. Creanue or CONSPIRACY. —On Tuesday. before the Grand Jury, a bill of indictment was preferred against Thomas Jones, coal dealer and bilfdiscounter, (late agent for Charles Scarirbrick, Esq.,) 54 Vauxhall-read, for con sPiring with Thomas Downey, labourer, to defraud 'Messrs. Taylerire, Walmsley, arid Co., and Messrs. Jen kinson and Kl'Dowell. coal merchants. A true bill was found, and Jones was immediately apprehended ; the fol_ lowing day he was held to bail to appear at the next ses sions to answer the charge in two sureties of £lOO each, himself in £2OO. Downey was brought up to plead, he now being confined in the Borough Gaol for debt. He endeavoured to obtain his discharge through the Iniolvent Debtors' Court, but was opposed by Messrs., -Talleure, Walrosley, and Co and sent back for twelve naonths the commissioner saying it was one of the clearest , Downs cases of fr au d before hi , on a sma l l scale, that ever came ne m, as clearl y being merely a too l in the hands of sel. J oil s b the y shown and st ate d b y the priaoner'scoun at same time h e must have participated in the s, ut to what extort, it was not for him to say. ASSAULT ON A GAMEKEEPER.— three men, Jones, Anglesey, and Edwards were brought before the sitting magistrates of Birkenhead charged with an aggravated assault on Thomas Seddon,game keeper to Mr. T. Perry, of Spittle. Jt appeared that the prisoners were well known as poachers, and entertained an id will to the complainant. On the night of the 27th ult., the prisoners and he were in the Rose and Crown public-house, Bebbington, and complainant obtained in formation that they would waylay and assault him. About eleven o'c'ock he set out on his way home, and had but got to the outskirts of the village when the pri soners Jones and Edward came up and struck him, one with his fist, and the other with a stick. He was severely injured in the face, a wound passing through the cheek. They ran eff, but were afterwards apprehended by war rant. lbe evidence aeanist Anglesey was not sufficient to implicate him in the assault, and he was discharged with a caution. Jones and Edwards were requiredto find sureties for twelve months —or be committed to gaol for one month. _ THE FLOUR TRADE. --A public meeting of the flour dealers and bakers was held ou Tuesday last to consider the intended alteration s in the trade Proposed by the merchants at their meeting held 23d January last, and i t i h s e o to determine as to the necessity of an alteration in Joshua etystem of tare on barrel flour, as at present allowed. Henshaw, Esq., presided. After some discussion it was resolved, —That this meeting pledge themselves to theresist any attempts of the merchants and millers to sell would sacks with flour, being convinced that such a system operate Injuriously lo the dealers, and be attended with considerable loss and inconvenience to the trade i general; that the various tares of 16, 18, and 201bs fn at present allowed by the nierchants and broker; for Arne' kart barrels, are considered irregular aid unjust ; that, in future, this meeting pledge themselves to accept onlY the usual custom-house tare of 201bs. each barrel. The ad's meeting of the merchants was held on Thrsday, and the reaolutions will be fount in our adyer tiaing columns. The mo dificatic . in on the original propo sition as there stated was occasioned by the Irish millers not_ being unanimous in the desire to carry it out. Peououreo AIATCH AT UPTON.— to I, ghitzomalch took place at Upton yesterday week, in afield Sir W. M. Upton Bart., in the occupation oflinrg Joseph Broster the competitors being from Upton, Wood-. pourrdch, competitors Frank by, Noctorum, Landican, and the Firs tl . e give the prize s in rotation according to value: First acres: Ist, to John Morris (servant to W. Web- WI% Esq. Upton), a medal ; 2d, Andrew Bell, (Mr. Webster's servant), 155.. and 3d, to D.Botr h'm If . owner, Ios. Second ,and • Ist, •James I-osueng. I (a ! m e- 1 1 Neilson Es ) 4:1 10s . • de-ig- Poole), '4l ;(13(1, vv. ei a ; 2d, Thomae Burnett, (Mr. John Land, showing the different cities arid places, each scri ~ th, William Sh . rke, (IV. Neilson, Esq.) 17s. 6d. ; Dated by a number, they were then examined in , .._ ~. a map of the Holy arrett, (Mr. Webster. jour,) 158. ; sth, ~ r. Webster' 12 6 ) 6'h Prince J. Princ e (M tural geography —one of the boys poiltli t n i tf out irbVert'anfid• George Mach) 10s. ; ' 7 js•i•; , . C. , (M.,r• •' cular Place after the others had given _e . . ~_ fie 6d. ; B th . , J. Clark th, J. Brown, (Mr. Jackson) is• standing corrected by them if lie made a mistake : u Clarke' (Mr. We Neilson) ss, The judges part of Mr. Cleree's system is to elates viva voce into an expressed great astonishment at the greet improvements interesting sketch of som e porti on of Scripture, (or some in Wirral( within the I t f plouuhing was done ' years. The whole of the exposition of rtaturat hie. . .ory, or the like, a . ) nd til stop in in a sup and other pro ' as few wrior manner. Sir E. Cast his narration when a neme re- a particwar fact is requisite, prietors were present. Alter the match, the a p ealing to the children te fill it up. which, on this o,.ca cotnPany, to the number of about 50, dined at the Eagle sio P n, they did with scarcely a pause. lbe nitwits next and Crown day . Upton—Mr. Marshall in the chair --and the questioned each ether as to what texts commenced with a passed off to the great satisfaction of all present. given letter, and the replies were prompt, and frequently On Wednesday morning last, the Rev. Steele Dickson, included several texts beginning with the same letter. who has for sotne time been ministerin g to the Irish Pres. Some of r bytera the smaller children (almost mere infante) su i prised the audience by their re carat, amusing and singing, t . re _ n congregation assembling in the Corn Exchange, Manchester, was inducted to the l of cen g pastora ch arge that whole ~ehurLeg,a_tion The ceremony took place in the Scot c h the arms, hands,.&c., keepin g time tr , ) , their own singing. eu Peter's- square, when a sermon was by the R e ees in arithmetic were. preached " Old Enland is my Native Land, was well sung, as v. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast. The same evening; were many other dittles. Exert,. at half- Cooke, six o'clock, Corn . a public meeting was held in the also sung, including addition, subtraction, ntultip!ication, -exchange, at which Dr. Cooke, tree Rev, I. Weir, of the number of per.ce it. so many shillings, or tractions, Belfast, the d this was dime ev,tri a rapidity and precision Liverpo I - at . D. Ferguson and V. M. White, of that wand ati , , ~ large, _5 , , were Present. The attendance was not ver y th a t w(:n !d b y a me mime R tt1. ,, ) keei:!-r. Ile r , estory or The chair `vas taken by the Rev. Steele Dickso n , Enelend in verse. flout) the reign id William the Coqueror Ity.the %hole. The teachers Rev,h . after a...few introductory remarks, called upon the to that of Victoria, "as sung 1 0 _,v M. White to address the meeting. He Was fol- in traning sung a leeee called '.,• Church and Queen, ' and weal by the Rev ro, of m .6. D. Ferguson, of Liverpool, A Mun- were loudly cheered. The children were th ri examined , includioz zones and climates, animals of wiiornazhi.ester, 1. Weir, and Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, all • in natural jests con, dolly ter' interesting addresses on variou s sub- a n d th e i r e c onomy, &c. A lit •le boy recited . an . excellent itbro_„; ected with the progress of religion at home and piece o n th e ammei se ry of t e elitlllllB 8 examination, pitch to the master, called '' The those"toisasnido particularly directed attention to the case of •and four children suog c a i p irk , suitably and musically tipn of adoptlilaries' who. having announced their inten- Better Land." Mr. Prived of theaigr the free-chum l; principles, bad been de- plied. lie then, usual on such occasions, related a tale b he impre-sod both upon the chit- Scotl and. The Heneeting-houses, &c., by the church of convey;ng a morealhsLk,athe text of which was " Hold to able length on the Dr. Cooke spoke at some consider- gethsr," and in w • and showin 1 deice made a deco impression on _so o r of Protestantism in Ireland, dreg and their per r eets the advantages of following the Co me iti showing . r the difficulties that had to be over- precept. Hia fat he y a _ Population. Tl using sound religious principles among the all present, and he was !outlay cheered. The whole then "cl oak. le meeting terminated shortly before ten sung the " Evening ripen," and were dismissed with a blessing at a quarter to nine o'clock. INQUESTS.—On Wednesday, Margaret Hughes, aged six months, who resided in a court in Rose-place, was found dead in bed on Tuesday morning. Mr. Eccleston, surgeon, was of opinion, after a post mortem examination, that death had been eau& d through asphyxia, brought on most probably, from having been overlain.—On the body of Henry Briggs, a labourer, who was at work about seven o'clock on the previous evening on board of the flat Betty, lying in the river, when, after lowering a atone into the hold, he walked to the side of the flat, and, it is supposed, fell in. His body was picked up the following morning between one and two o'clock.—On the same day, on the body of Thomas Starrett, aged 75, an inmate of the work houte. On the 24th of December last the deceased was removed from the cripple to the medical ward, in conse quence of a complaint he made of a lump in his side, which he said was very painful, but he was able to follow his employment of picking oakum. On Monday morning, after rising, be complained of being much worse, and par took of some breakfast, and went to bed. In two hours afterwards be called out for assistance, a surgeon was sent for, arid he died shortly afterwards. The deceased, who had been a night watchman at the new building, Kirk dale, said he bad been thrown upon some stones by two persons, who came to take some wood away. A post v mortem examination was made by the house surgeon, Mr. Radcliffe, who believed that the deceased died from aneurism of the aorta, which might have been produced from either external violence or natural causes.—Verdicts accordinely. On Saturday five inquests were held. Four of them had reference to alarmingly sudden deaths. The first was on George Johns, of Norfolk-street, who had been confined to his bed for three days from the ef fects ofdrink, and during that time had scarcely been sober for five minutes together. He was a very heavy drinker during the whole of his lifetime, and there was no doubt in the mind of his physician that his habits of in toxication had produced apoplexy, which resulted in his sudden death. The second was on John Kearns, an el derly man, who fell down in Whitechapel, and died in about five minutes afterwards. Apoplexy, the result of natural causes, produced his dissolution. The th;rd was on Bridget Martin, a servant in the employ of Mr. Ed ward Marks, tailor and draper, who, while in the act of putting some of Mr. Mark's children to bed, on Friday night, fell on the fiber, and died instantaneously. The fourth was on John Dixon, who, on going to his work, apparently in his usual health, on Saturday morning; dropped on the ground, and died before assistance could be obtained. The fifth and last was on a new-hem male child, who was round in St. Anthony's Chapel -yard, on Friday evening, wrapped in a napkin, and fastened in a small box. Mr. Woods, surgeon, was of opinion that it had been still-born. Verdicts, in accordance with the evidence, were returned in the several cases. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOUTH INFANT SCHOOL —The annual examinatiOn of the infants bdonging to the Chun h of England South School, Cornwallis -street, took place OD Thursday evening, in the lower t. ch oo !roc) m , which was crowded to excess, so anxious were the parents of the little ones, and many strangers, to hear the proceedings. The infants. about. 250 in number, marched to their places in the gallery at one end singing cheerfully. They were all neatly clothed, appeared to take great pride and de light in the proceedings, and to be affiictirmately attached to their master, Mr. Win. Clarke, a gentleman who has also superintendence of the other infant echonls attached to the katahli•hment in this and other districts in South Lancashire. and who has been eminently successful not only in cultivating the infant mind, but in traini,g teachers for other localities. There were present, bes;tles the rela tives of the children, a consideraoie number of ladies am' gent' -icemen resid..nt in t►,e town, and a ftw from places at a considerable distance, mho take an interest in the most itnproved systfrns of infant eduelition. Tnprp also a number of infant and Sunday schools far and A r.Tonilinson. organist of St . John's Church, Egre rnont, presided at the piano, and accompanied the children when singing hymns. avpropriate stings, &e. They Were • . 1r116 , 11. ki n - clueing Loth Testaments,) nod the promptitude and accu racy of their replies, which evinced a strength of memory at so tender an age, excited astonishment and admi ration. Scriptural sulfj• et after subject was then given by one of the little scholars, and carried n by others alter nately, in all its principal details,,forning a complete ex nsif ion o r t h e passage. By means of o cently occurred, where a vessel was becalmed, and, after putting into Cork, came into port, and was refused per mission to land in over hours. And why? Because the collector, the comptroller, and the inspector, I-ad no dis cretionary power. Now, with reference to the packets and other vessels which were allowed the privilege, the only argument that was pretended to be used was this, that there might be danger to the revenue if it were not allowed. But what did the customs do ? They systema tically allowed those vessels, many of wkich had tobacco on hoard, to discharge in over hours, while they refused a like permission to a vessel laden with a palm oil, and w ith the whole of her cargo duty paid. They seemed to he so much afraid of the merchant putting a puncheon of the palm oil that they would not let her be discharged. (Hear, and a laugh.) It was not only of a deficiency of landing-waiters that he complained; there was a defici ency generally in the Custom-house department, and be would mention a case. A short time ago he had a return of duty from the Custom-house. He went down to know the reason why it bad not been paid five months' before. The young man in the office replied—" really we hadn't time to attend to it—there are some that should havebeen paid six or seven months ago ;" and he added, notwith standing the increase of the trade of the port, we have not had an additional hand in the office for the last twenty years." Mr. Horsfall then proceeded to notice several invidious distinctions which existed between this port and London relative to contraband tobacco by seamen on board vessels, &c., and concluded by saying it was high time that those grievances should be removed. Mr. A TKIN seconded the motion. A remarkable feature in the composition of this new system of bridge-building is, the combination of cast and of malleable iron, in such a manner that the cast iron is applied where the resistance to compression is wanted, and the malleable iron is applied where resistance to ten sion is required. The combination of the two kinds of iron is so Managed as to neutralise the effects of expan sion and contraction caused by the variation of tempera ture in the atmosphere. Another peculiarity in this new system of construction, and which differs essentially from the common arched suspension bridges, is. that it exerts no lateral strain upon the piers, from which there results a considerable eco nomy in their construction ; there are no expensive abut ments required, all the pressure being in a vertical direc tion. Mr. BIRKETT was unwilling to say anything that might militate against the present government, hut he really thought the only way to get any thing now was to be tur bulent, restless, and verging almost on the borders of treason. (Loud laughter.) So long as people acted lov and paid. they would get nothing but kirks. (Continued laughter.) He suggested to Mr. Horefall the propriety of bringing the matter by petition before the House of COM. mons. and, without going cap in hand to them any longer, complaining of the board of custotas, and turning the ta bles on them. In the design which we have seen, the bridge is of suf ficient elevation to allow a free passage, at any point, from one pier to the other, for a vessel of five hundred tons bombe!), with top-gallant -masts and royal-masts up; and, with these masts struck, a vessel of nine hundred tons could pass : but the elevation can always be made to suite the situation for which a bridge may be required and whatever the span may be. The aspect of the bridge would be light and elegant, without denoting weakness. The quantity of material, both stone and iron, required fur irs construction being less tban that for any other sys tem, in proportion to the relative strength of the bridge, the expenses of construction must also be less. Mr. MOORE supported the motion, and thought it high time for Liverpool to speak out—Liverpool that contribu ted more to the revenue than Scotland and Ireland put tozether. The motion was unanimously carried, and the following members were appointed as a special comarti , tee, for the purpose : Messrs. Hort.fall, Aikin, Moore, Nicol, Hugh Hornby, Hodgson, and Tyter. The author of this project, Mr. William Stewart, has already given proofs of his professional abilities. We should like to find the scientific men of our town investi gate the merit; of this project, and forward it, if it me , ts thuir approval; for we should be proud to see the first bridge of the kind erected in our neighbourhood, either at Runcorn or from Liverpool to the Cheshire shore, for either of which positions it appears to us to be p-rfectly suitable, and, from its inflexibility, peculiarly adapted for the passage of a railway. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS On Tuesday the monthly meeting of this body was held at the Town Hall. W. Jackson, presided. It appeared from the proceedings of the Improvement Committee. that a proposition had been received from Mr. Wm. Jackson, to the effect that he would build a handsome Gothic Church, of red sand -stone, on or near the site of Mr. Sudlow's house, at the too end of the park, if the Commissioners would at once sell the land on which the house ranch, and lot 23. The subject was considered by the Committee, and it was resolved that part of lot No. 24, as marked on the plan, and the whole of lot 23, be sold to Mr. Jackson, at 7s. per yard, on condition of his erecting a church subject to the approval of the general board. /MOM.. ..i.t.r.SONOMIVIIMPV.VO.7IGRZ.I•E• LIVERPOOL FEBRUARY SESSIONS The Chairman of the Committee having reported that it was thought desirable by many inhal,itants of the town ship to establish a first-class public school, on the same general principles as the Liverpool C , llegiate Institution, provided a suitable piece of land in the vicinity of the new Park be obtained on reaponable terms, it was resolved, that in the opinion of the Committee such an institution would be of essential benefit to the township, and tend to increase the value of their property, more particularly in the Par-k, and on and near Flaylmck-hill. The General Board were recommended to offer for the purpose, three acres of land belonging to the township, situated on the west side of the Park, bounded on the north by Bidston road, on the east by Park-road West, on the west by a 12- yard street, and on the sou'll by other land, as per Dian, on a lease for 1.000 years, at a reserved rent of £5O per annum, on condition that the sum of £7,000 be expended on the proposed building within four years from this date, and that the elevation be approved b) the Commissioners, and the building be perpetually dedicated to the educa tional ptirposes beforementioned, and that there be a right of re-entering, on behalf of the Commissioners, in the event of a breach of conditions and covenants. The following sentences have been passed t corder, in addition to those given in our last:— Ten years' transportation.—Jane Barrox, John Birch all, Rohert Birchall„lames Maddok, Thomas Harris, Henry Quayle, and Charles Daniels. Seven years.—Mary A. Burton. Twelve months' imprisonment.—George Brown. It was resolved by the Committee,—" That two acres of land, on the site defined in the plan, be granted for the term of 500 years, for the establishment of an hospital, at the rent -05 per annum, with conditions to insure the con tinued dedication of the land to that purpose. and subject to an elevation to be approved by the Commissioners. The clauses relating to the landing stages and flights of stairs at St. George's Pier, in the Liverpool Dock Act of last year, and the measure of the Liverpool Dock Trus tees, proposed to be authorised by the bill for the ensuing year, instead of the measure defined in the clauses first tnenticned, having been considered by the committee, it was resolved to recommend the Commissioners to oppose the repeal of those clauses, as well as of any enactment by wh;ch passengers, &c., might be taxed on the Liverpool side of the river for transit across the same. The Chairman and Mr. John Laird were appointed a parliamentary committee to watch such proceedings of the ensuing session as may affect the interests of the township. The CHAIRMAN, after alluding to the importance of these subjects, said they had been invited to see several models of proposed landing stages, hnt he considered them all useless for the purpose intended, except the plan laid down in the act of parliament, which they (the Bir kenhead Commissioners) did not want to see at all deviated from, unless something far superior to what had already been exhibited were brought out. The act of parliament plan, as the committee we re a d v i se d, was qu i te prac ti ca bl e , would be less expensive to the Dock Trust, and would be far more useful to the public; and the committee recom mended the board to oppose any alteration from the clause unless some better plan be substituted ; but they also re commended that the Dock Estate be met in such a way as would be most beneficial to the public at large. With re'pect to the Collegiate Institution, a favourite scheme of Mr. Laird's, several gentlemen had come liberally foruard, to found the proposed building which was con sidered necessary as the Liverpool Collegiate was at such a distance from the Saint George's Pier that the difficulty of getting backwards and forwards prevented many chil dren from being educated there in the way that it was thought desirable. He believed the whole of these insti tutions would be available before two years were at an end, and that after the next session of parliament the foundations would be laid, and the buildings in a state of great forwardness in the spring. Mr. BENTHAM said he would have been much better pleased if they had been taking steps to educate those who could not educate themselves. The CHAIRMAN said that if he were the owner of the hind he should have no hesita,tion in letting the parties have it on the terms proposed, feeling that, with the quantity of land at the back, he should, in the end, be no loser. With respect to educ.ting the lower orders, they had had enough of that in Liverpool. Whatever might be the opinion of the commissioners, he thought every man should contribute liberally to educate the poor in the way he deemed best; and he hoped all sects and parties would follow out the liberal intentions of parties in Birkenhead, who had generously subscribed for the education of the lower order exclusively. A school was about to be erected at the north end. It would be used on the Sundays as a temporary church, and it would be placed in the hands of trustees for the benefit of the lower orders. • There was another school about to be erected, but it was intended to add this school to the Collegiate, for the purpose of edu cating the lower orders at a fixed charge of three guineas per annum. He himself was going to erect another school, or rather to enlarge the present schools, and a fourth school was also in progress. lie thought the township had taken most liberal views of the wants of the lower orders, seeing that there would be five schools devoted to the education of the poor before the present year was at an' end, independent of the Collegiate. Mr. Woon said the Liverpool Dock Committee had no intention of imposing any additional tax, and that they were as anxious as men could be to supply the requisite landing stages. It was quite impracticable to adopt the parliamentary plan, without encroaching on the river; and with' a view to meet the wishes of all parties, the Liverpool Dock Committee agreed on Saturday to offer a handsome reward for the necessary plan. The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Ilartley, when the clause in the act of parliament had been submitted to him, ap proved of it, and stated that it could be carried out in nine months. He was rejoiced to hear that the Dock Corn miltee. were about to advertise for plans. But who were to decide on those plans? Vas it Mr. Hartley, or was it the public ? _ by the Re- Ten months.—Jas. Williams (once whipped, and Wm Johnson. Nine monilig.—Sarah Payne and Margaret Roberts. Seven months.—Mary Jones. Six months.—John Fitzgerald (twice whipped), Charles Frederick Medhurst, and Elizabeth Cu!ler. Four inwalks.-- John Flint. Ann !Morgan. Mary A. Henry, Mary Curry, Thos. Edmund, John Welsh (twice whipped), and John Murphy (twice whipped, and last three weeks solitary). Mr. WOOD said the Birkenhead Board and every one interested in the matter would be consulted before an) decision was arrived at. Three tnonthe.--AValter Blount, Jas. M`Kenna, Thos. John Sothern (last three weeks solitary), arid Janet Ben nett. The proceedings of the Improvement Committee were then confirmed, with the understanding that the Birken head Board would at any time meet the Liverpool Dock Committee on flais subject in the most amicable manner. The ferry receipts for the p rev i ous mont h h a d b een £1,480, bring an increase of £422 on the corresponding month of 1844. The CH AIRMAN said it was a remarkable fact that although the contracts had been reduced 50 per cent., the receipts had been increased exactly in the same ratio-50 per cent. He thought the sooner the ferryage was reduced to a penny a head, the larger would be the amount of money received. In reply to a question from Mr. WOOD, the CHAIRMAN said the bonded debt of the Commissioners was £230,000, at four per cent. It was then agreed that the board should forward a me morial to the Postmaster-General. praying for th 3 arrival of another London mail in the evening at Birkenhead, and that Birkenhead might be made the centre of the surround ing district. Two month:.—Ellen Hamilton Six weeks.—Ellen Owens (last 10 days solitary), Wm. Ryder (once whipped), and William Clark (last six days solitary). Five weeks.—Elizabeth Dunlop and Michael Burns, Three treekB.—Jane One wee k. —Bernard Murray. Aequilted.—Rob;rt Shannon, Bridget Healey, John M`Gowan, Ann Jones, William Green, Joseph Turner. John White, Ann Kelly, Martin Ingle, and Thomas Cubbin. Na bill.—Mary Byrom. Trial deferred.—John Griffiths. There re-main 12 or 14 prisoners who have not recei, ed sentence, the Recorder being yesterday engaged with appeal cases. One o'clock to-day is the time ap pointed for disposing of them. SPECULATION IN RAILWAY SHARES, (From the City Article Friday's Times.) Among the parties interested in new railways what oc curred in the debate of last night on the subject has en gaged very general attention. Previously to any decisions by the Board of Trade, a word of caution was thrown out under this head, that they should be made public in such a manner as to leave no suspicion that disclosures had been made, by which one sat of speculators might take advantage of another set, and the bona fide holders, or those intending to become so, sustain a positive injury. The mode adopted by the Beard of Trade, in publishing their decisions in the Gazette, would appear to have been perfectly suited to that purpose; but as the fact has be come known to the dealers in railway shares, which may be verified also by a reference to the current quotations of the market, that bargair s to a large extent have been made in the new railways shortly previous to the decisions upon them, and in a manner to reap the benefit of those decision•, it is assumed at the Stock Exchange, as we have already hinted, that the secret must have transpired. The reproach of these transactions does not, however, necessarily fall on those members of the Board of Trade who have taken a part in the decisions in question. The ingenuity of speculators, where such large profits are in volved, might prove an overmatch for the utmost circum• spection they could use. Hence it has become necessary that the caution hitherto exercised should be hecreased, and that no person whatever, except the members of the B• ard, should know, until the hours of bnsin , •ss at the Stock Exchange are over, what the announcement is to be in the Gazette of that evening. Another question, not of less interest than that just de scribed, connected with the Board of Trade, is, the de gree in which their decisions are likely to influence those of parliament itself, when the respec►ive bills are intro• duced. From the well-known character of some of the members of the Board for judgment as well as in'regrity, it is to he inferred that their decisions. especially when they proceed to give the reasons which have guided them, must have considerable weight ; but it is not deemed the less essential that more time should be obtained, agree able to the suggestions thrown out by Lord Howick, for bringing in railway bills, placed under the-e peculiar cir cumstances. Such is the excitement at present amo"g the speculators in railway shares, that bargains are made in them at the coffee-houses and other places of resort in the city, long after the conclusion of business at the Stock Exchange. The appearance of the Gazelle is impatiently looked for, and its contents eagerly perused. This form of the pre vailing mania is beyond the reach, of course, of all cau tion or control. and as all concerned have access to the important information sbuglA exactly at the same time, this is a matter of secondary consequence. It is only those who are upon the spot, and witness its violence and the general excitement springing out of it, t oth within and without the Pails of the Stock Exchange, who can form an idea of the perilous task undertaken by the Board of Trade in puting forth these decisions, and which are the fuel for this fire. Not only London, but Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and other large provincial towns, are establishing places of resort for dealing in tailway shares; and the whole country is thus in danger of be coming one scene of gambling and speculation in these undertakings, to the injury of all regular business, and the probable derangement of the money market, which has maintained for several months past such remarkable steadiness. INIQUITOUS OPERATION OF THE AMENDED (!) NEW POOR-LAW. The following startling case illustrative of the oppres sive hearing of the union system upon the cuff. ring poor of England, was brought by Mr. Wakley before the at. tention of the House of Commons on Wednesday last. We quote it entire : " I will state what came under my own observation on Saturday last. It is not an unique rase—it is a general one. A labouring man of good charact?r, only 26 years of age, was in a state of extreme destitut'on. He lived in the parish of Ruislip. I understand that six weeks be fore he died he had been living at lurr, in Buckingham shire. His wife was ill, and a small expense was in curred in their maintenance during about thr , e weeks, and they were thr-atened to be passed home as paupers. To avoid this the husband borrowed a horse and cart and removed his wife to the old workhouse. I saw the furni ture in the room they had taken—it was not worth 2s. ; it was a scene of miserable destitution. The parochial au thorities of her carted them from the place to the village of Ruislip, saying at the workhouse, . Here are the par ties, I have carted them home to von.' They were then allowed to go to their lodgings. The poor rr , an being ill and out of work said at last to h's wife, ' You must go to the relieving-officer and ask for relief. I must have sus tenance. I must have relief. or I shall die.' See what transpired in consequence of the s'ze of your unions. That woman, starved into a state of extreme feebleness, left her home and her husband without a farthing, and _ secure so long as the poor are so unjustly treated ? Do you call this a system of Conservatism ? Is it not pregnant with danger to you every moment of your lives? Do you believe that the millions of England can be satisfied with this?" Can any thing be described more horrible than the tor ture thus inflict;;,d upon this devoted woman? A walk of 21 miles in the depth of winter—this would be a pe nance hard enough to submit to for the paltry dole of 35., to preserve. for a day or two only, the life of a dying husband. Yet this is not the worst. It requires us to look at the agonising details of the story, to enable us to gather the full amount of misery inflicted. First, we have the walk of five miles to the relieving officer; then, the sickening of the heart, when told that she must go to the doctor • next, the disappointment c ause d b y th e informa tion that even lie could not relieve without visiting her cottage; then the " hope deferred," as she waited that visit by her sick husband's side ; the torturing effect of the doctor's " You are starving !" ac^.ompanied by the announcement that she most bear his certificate of this fact to the overseer at Hillingdeti—five miles and back again ; and after all ber labour and endurance, mental and bodily, this beneficent law only gave her an order upon a grocer at Ruislip. for just what articles its unde viating rules prescribed as necessary, for all sorts of eon stitutions, and under all sorts of emergencies! Who could have blamed this poor being if sl-e bad robbed on her journey, or had been hurried to the commission of suicide, as preferable to the continued endurance of fa tigue and suffering beyond her woman's strength? Yet this law is supported by a Conservative admiuistiation ! TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS At the monthly meeting of the council on Wednesday the Mayor took the chair. Since the last meeting, a long sword, with a red han dle, tipped with silver, had been lived immediately behind the Mayor's seat, and under the clock. Underneath there was the following inscription, in gold letters, enca sed in an antique gilt frame :—" This sword of state, car ried before his excellency Sir William Norris, of Spe.ke, in his embassy to the Great Mogul, was given as a me morial of his respect to the corpora ion, Anno Domini 1702. John Cocksbott, Mayor." This novel fixture ex cited the attention, and, to some extent, the amazement of most of the members. The proceedings of the Finance Committee, which were confirmed, contained a recommendation from the Town- Clerk that Mr. Topping, be chief clerk, at a salary of £4OO per annum ; Mr. Duffield, second clerk, at £3OO ; Mr. Venn, at £`2so; Mr. Jameson, principal clerk as prosecuting solicitor, at £250 ; and Mr. Tyson, as cashier, &c., at £2OO. With this establishment the Town-Clerk expected to be able to perform the necessary duties of his office. It appeared that prior to the death of the late Town-Clerk the annual expenses of his department amounted to £4,852, and that according to the proposed arrangements now the annual cost of the same department would be £4,526. showing an annual saving to the bo rough fund of £326. The salary of Mr. Parry, in the surveyor's office, was increased from £lOO to £l5O per annum The Watch Committee recommended the appointment of Mr. Dowling as Head Constable. at a salary of £650, and of three superintendents, at £2OO per annum each, and the increase of the salary of Mr. Cowan, the head. constable's chief clerk, from £lOO t 1 £l5O, which were agreed to. Some remarks were made by several members as to the filthy state of the streets, which Mr. Hodgson said the Watch Committee were doing all they could to remedy. _ After the reading of the proceedings of the Courts of Law Committee, Mr. Aikin asked whether the Concert Hail, which be understood would be of little or no use, could Iv t be converted into a daily Police Court. Mr. LLOYD said that when the committee found that the Philharmonic Society were about to build a new Con cert Hall, he was authorised to wait on them, and in the course of the interview he showed that, by the erection of galleries, the concert room at St. George's Hall could be made to accommodate 1200 people. Therefore the com mittee had not lost sight of the subject. The proceedings were then confirmed. The proceedings of the Markets Committee, comprising recomn.endations for the increase of Mr. Luya's salary. as superintendent of St. James's Market, from £l7O to to £2OO per annum ; the increase of the salary of the su• perintendent of St. Martin's Market. from £l6O to £2OO per annum ; and the appointment of Mr. Isaac Hutchin son, as superintendent of St. Martin's Market, having been read, Mr. ASPINA LL moved their confirmation, and he said he held in his hand a plan of the new lig Market, which, when completed, would be the means of doing away with the peat annoyattce of having pigs drive:, through the streets of the town on the Sabbath Day. The proceedings were confirmed, except the salaries, which stand over until next meeting. Mr. AsriNALL then brought for 7 ward a motion for the rescinding a resolution of the council containing the ap pointment of Mr. Abbott. as clerk to the clerk of com mittees, so far as that resolution permitted him to engage in other business than that connected with such appoint. ment. Mr. Aspinall said he brought forward the motion in order to assimilate all the clerks of officers of the cor poration to those employed in the Town- Clerk's depart. ment, who were expressly prohibited, by a resolution of the council, from engaging in any other business. Mr. Abbott, it aupeered, had a salary of £250 per annum. Mr. Aspinall then, in a very clear and succinct mariner. enforced his motion, which was seconded by Mr. James Brancker, and carried unanimously. The resolution calling the attention of the Town-Hall Committee to the defective ventilation of the Town- Ilall, was also carried. CUSTOMS RESTRICTIONS AT LIVKRPOOI. Mr. 11 ottsF AL t. --- subru otion— " That a ,pecial committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the unnecessary restrictions imposed upozi the t , ade of this port by the Board of Customs, and the Insufficiency of the cm•toms' establishment for the grow. 'tr wants of V— ---t 5.. port. After stating that he brought for ward this motion in the presence of gentlemen who had vsiolyendravouredto have the restrictions removed, Mr. H. said he would guard hire self f; orn being supposed to cast any reflections on the heads of the Custom-house department of Liverpool, for it would be impossible to find men, di. vested of all discretionary power, who would enforce ob noxious► regulations wi h greater courtesy than they did rernaps tne most substantial grievance they bad in Liver pool was the great deficiency of landing-waiters. The enuneil would hardly believe, that in 1845 we had no more landing-waiters than we had nine or ten years ago—that, in fat-t, no additional ones had been appointed here since April, 1835, It was true, about t w e n ty-t wo , landing-wai ters were then appointed, and the board stated the object of their appointment —to meet the expected increase of the ton and the opening of the China trade. But these twenty-two landing-waiters had been taken from other legitimate duties and appropriated to the weighing of tea in the warehouses—so that, in fact, we had not now, in actual service, fur quay duties more than fifty landing waiters at the outside. (floor, hear.) Was it to be won dered. then, that we had 40. 50, 60, or 70 sail of vessels waiting for landing-waiters! The coun2il would hardly believe that last aum:ner them were 131 vessels waiting for landing waiters. Of these, 40.0 r 50 were in dscharg ing berths, On the 18th of July last year, there were 101 vessels waiting for landing-waiters, and about 60 of those were in discharging berths. Without troubling the coun cil with intervening dates, he would just state that on the 17th of last month there were 71 vessels waiting for landing waiters, and of these 16 were in discharging berths. If the trade of the port required it, as it unques tionably did, why should they not have landing-waiters appointed at proper salaries, and not have the discharge of the duties committed to men on £4O a year? Was it to be wondered at that we had complaints of the want of dock accommodation in Liverpool? Why, if we had twice the extent of dock accommodation that we possessed at present, of what avail would it he without additional landing waiters were appointed ; for the foundation of the grievance was the want of landing waiters, and if we had a suf f icient number of them ; the docks would do a fourth more work than they did at present. (11,-ar, hear.) Ile would just allude for a moment, as one reas on , w h y t h e grievance should be remedied, to the great increase of re venue which government derived from this port since 1834. The revenue derived from Liverpool alone in 1834 was £3,846,306, and now, in 1844, notwithstanding the great reduction in the tariff, the receipts of the past year were £4,487,683, showing an increase of revenue to the extent of £641,377. (Hear') But there was a fairer cri• terion to go by than even this, and that was the tonnage of the vessels. He would throw out all vessels in ballast, all coasters, and confine himself to the tonnage, which re quired landing-waiters. The tonna i e in 1834 was 676,985 tons; in 1844, it was 1,102,505 tons, showing an increase 4425,520 tons, or 64 per rent. on the work regnirra to be done in '44 more than '34, and yet with this incre3se of work there is not a single additional lindinz-water ap pointed. But he held in hand an o'er of the Board of Customs which fettered very much the trade of thr! ° PP 6 norr. He alluded to the list of cases where vessels were " nrri. 'tted t - 1: yroject permit, o discharge in what were termed over hours. TFe council were probably :not awnre that the usual or average time allowed for a vessel to he discharged by the toms was not more than six hours a-day ; and this might perhaps be very well, if they could get permission to be discharged for two or three extra hours by payment. It was true there were invidious distinctions. For iry.'aice if a packet entered the port, she might be permitte' land in over hours. - er was not per- peditious pass:lye. and lie detained for twelve hours in the river, she would be permitted to discharge in over hours; but let a vessel be becalmed six weeks at sea ; let her be put into Cork, and kept there ten days, she could get no redress whatever, and she would not be permitted to discharge in over (Hear, hear.) He was not I his was a great injustice have frc NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE ago at proposed sin ed, probsbly, to arrest the prosecution of t About the same epoch, another Project of equal daring was proposed by Mr. Telford, of engineering celebrity, and which consisted of a suspension bridge, one thousand feet span, for crossing the Mersey at Runcorn ferry. That laid aside, probably until the trial was of smaller dimensions, then in progress rid when that work was achieved, time was project. _was. made of a brid I o;•ex!cution and with him passed away his project of the bridg, Runcorn. We remark that the great oscillation which takes place in suspensirn chain bridges of great span, during high winds, and the consequent premature destruction thereof, be impor mired for that other similar bridges of equal or greater magnitude will in future be constructed ; hence arises a want of some new mode of construction for bridges of great span. These reflections have been suggested to us, by the in spection of a new project, which has lately come under cur notice, namely, that of a bridge uniting, it is said, all the advantages of the suspension system fur the extent of span, and the advantages of the arched system for its in flexibility and permanent stability. This new project is represented to us to possess, from its mode of construc tion, all the advantages of the suspension or chain bridges, as to their extent of span; but in reality, this new system begins where the old system ends; the greatest span ever proposed, as far as our knowledge extends, was that by Mr. Telford for the bridge at Runcorn, one thousand feet span ; whereas, by the new combination, which we have minutely inspected, we are given to understand, an arch of two thousand feet span may be safely constructed with every rational prospect of success; and the lucid calculations which accompany the design and sections, incline us to believe that it may far exceed even that gigantic stretch. Many years I with no food, to go ►o the relieving-officer of Hillingdon. e, in the depth of winter. She the condition swer?—and In her c What was t ed in con!on re toad me afterwards that he had with t►-- ' doctor, ar 'Go tort order tor relief, you shall have it. walked from Hillingdon to Uxbridge to see the doctor. He promised to go to her cottage, and between t welre and one o'clock she returned home without any hope, and with neither money nor food. In a few minutes aitt r ;tb walked the medical gentleman. His observation was ' starving ; you are in want of the necessaries r - , ter—' They are in want of uece,.sn, !s.' S'he hay already walked I mile The poor woman You are of life.' 110 to do? k Jive mil, to the relieving-officer Eigain; and then *wl.at does she receive? Money was not given to her. She had not the opportunity of purchasing what she wanted; but she bad an order given to her for 3s, which she was to serve on a grocer of Ruislip. *' observe, she has walked 21 miles in the de, ....ter, with he r h us b an d, s h e f eare d , d y i ng at h ome, she herself k_s • t.N of w use to express my feeling; but that is what we have the folly, or the weakness, or the cruelty to call furnishing re lief to the destitute poor in our process of legislation. Is this state of things to continue? That pcor man in the state he was in, with his constitution broken, merely bruised a cern on one of his toes and lock jiw came on, of which he died. Is this system to continue, and do the wealthy people of England believe that their lives and HEART-RENDING ACCIDENTS , (From the Glasgow Constitutional.) On the afternoon of Tuesday last, one of those calami ties which, from one cause or another, form a melancholy epoch in many a rural hamlet throughout Scotland, took place at the clachan of Mooryhaugh, or Gutters, a place about a mile west from the Shotts Kirk. It appears that no fewer than eight boys, (the children of six different families,) left this little hamlet towards the evening of Tuesday, for the purpose of sliding and amusing them selves on Duntillan Loch, or reservoir, and of this num ber not one returned to tell the tidings of their sudden fate. Conjecture, therefore, as to the immediate cause of this affecting accident is ail that can be known. as only one mu►, in the neighbourhood of the loch saw them, and that was about dusk of the evening ; they were all merry then ; but on looking out some time afterwards, the whole group had disappeared—whither he knew not. The boys had not teturred home, and the anxious parents naturally began to inquire of one another what was become of them, but no one could give a satisfactory reply. Duntillan Loch was spoken of through the day by some of the boys, and two of them were known to have gone in quest of heather to make brooms. The loch was soon reached by the whole population of the place, and there by its verge was found the collected heather, but no one to claim it. The cries of the poor distracted mothers now became per fectly heart-rending. Not an eye in the hamlet was closed in sleep that night; but the wailings were deep and loud. On Wednesday morning the whole country side was col lected at Duntillan Loch : search was made, and the eight dead bodies were got lying together beneath the fatal spot where the ice had given way. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On the same day of the above accident, there men were killed in a pit at Lang ridge, near Whithurn. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning last, a man and a boy were kilted at Itosehalt, by the breaking of the tow while they were descending to their work. TOWN COUNCIL CIVILITIES At a meeting of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Town Council on Wednesday, one of the members (Mr. Harle) brought on ti,e following motion—" That the Right Worshipful the Mayor for the time being, be respectfully requested to invite to the usual dinners at the taverns in the town, all the members of the Council, without reference to party or personal feelings." When Mr. Harle was about to proceed the Town Clerk was appealed to as to whether the motion was in order, when he said, I have referred to the order in Council, and find that the Mayor for the time being, is required to give two dinners on a large scale, one on the Queen's birth-d a y, an d t h e o th er at t h e Sum mer Assizes, besides one in the barge on Ascension-day, and two balls at the Assembly Rooms, with tea and re freshments, but no supper,—(laughter)—but there is no attempt to control the Mayor as to whom he may invite. The motion implies, that the Mayor be respectfully re quested by the Council to invite such and such parties. 1 cannot say the Council are not at liberty to do so if they please, but it would be rather bard to impose such a re striction. Mr. Philipson—l entertain a decided opinion that this is not a motion that can be decided in this meeting, nor is it a lezilimale question for the Council to discuss. A person comes here, and -7... Mr. [lade —lf Mr. PhiUpson will be less the partizan of the Mayor, and will listen patiently to me a few mi nutes. I will answer his objection ; and I will give him this assurance that I shall not utter one syllable that can be offensive to any individual. Mr. wish to state, that neither Mr. Hark, nor any other individual, have any right to charge me with being a partizan of the mayor. (Hear, hear.) I stand upon my opinion that this is a matter which cannot be disetpsed in this council, and I put it to Mr. liarle, whe ther it would not be better to withdraw his motion at once. Mr. liarle.—The mayor must settle that question. I am not inclined to withdraw it. This sort of fireaway conversation was carried on for some time, when Mr. Harle was at last allowed to state his erievanee, which appeared to have been that he him self was not invited to the civic dinners, and for the ocnis sion of which he said the mayor was influ-need by party feelings. It seems the mayor has £l,OOO a year allow ance, and has been accustomed to give, during the year, three dinners at taverns. The Mayor said—l will take the opportunity of making one or two remarks, as it is a matter personal to myself, notwithstanding the motion has not been seconded. Mr. Ilarle has been pleas-d to accuse me of being actuated by personal and party feeling in sending out my invitations, I think the company at the Assembly Rooms would show that I was not influenced by party feelings in that instance. (Laughter, and " hear. hfar. ') And that it was not per sonal feeling in Mr. Harle's et:4e must be evident from the fact that he was one of those who congratulated me on my election. The very first d yof my fill . ng this office I was told that Mr. [Tarte would not leave a card. Mr. flarle (in ao elevated tone)—lti a lie. - (Great sen sation, in the midst of which) Mr. Alexander George Gray rose and said, they could not proceed till that expression was retracted. Mr. Haile, with even greater vehemence than before— I say its a lie, and it was some cozening knave who said it. Mr. Gray—This language cannot he allowed here.— r. Hart,. must retract that word. (Great confusion.) The Mayor continued—l was told so by several indi viduils. ( Hear, hear). And as to my critiing Mr. Hanle in the street, it is pure imagination. There is no man with whom I would more readily shake hands, than Mr. Hanle. (Hear, hear, arid laughter.) But when I was told that a gentleman did not intend to leave his card, and when that was borne out by the fact of a card not having been left, I was obliged to credit the statement, and I did not think it necessary to send an invitation under such circumstances. Wi:h respect to Mr. Gibson's card, one was left, rr at least a card thqt I understood was from him, was left previous to the dinner, or I certainly would not have invited him. With respect to Mr. Crawhall, in consequence of circumstances, which it was not necessary to mention. having imputed something to him, of which I have had since reason to believe he was not guilty, I thought it my duty, having done Mr. Crawhall wrong, to make all the reparation in my power, and I accordingly sent him an invitation, though he had not left his card. (II ear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. Crawhall—May I ask what imputation you made against me ? (Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes," and some confusion.) • I certainly would like to know upon what point any imputation has been cast upon me. The Mayor—No, no. The matter won't bear explana tion. (Hear, h-ar, and general laughter.) Mr. Hark.— I am sorry you should have listened:to and acted upon such information as you did, but the thing is now past, and I am willing to shake hands with you if you say the cut was n•rt intended. The - Mayor repea'cd his former assertion, and Mr. H arta went up to him, and they shook hands amidst laughter mingled with applause. Mr. Crawhall said, I am extremely sorry to press the question, but I should wish to know why my name has beet. mixed up in this matter? Something has been said about an imputation. but it was not very clear, and I should like to know what any one can charge me with in the roaster? Mr. Jm,tice Nichol (we believe).—l think Mr. Craw hall ought to be satisfied. The Mayor has admitted his error, and the thing should eo no farther. Mr. John Nichol.—l move that Mr. Crawhall and the Mayor shake hands after this. Mr. Crawhall.—lf any mat acknowledges he has done me wrong on any point, and says he is sorry for it, I am quite willing to accept his apology, though I confess I don't know, in this case, what it is all ab o ut. (Laughter.) Mr. Crawhall and the Mayor then shook hand!! ; and the interesting conversation dropped.