The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. respectfully to call the attention of Weerckants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, .thc important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER — I 2 I O3LISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, ~4 , . %;.,1 vale, be read on that day by the thousands ,z,,f Manufacturers and others attending Th r E TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. ZrAn STANDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms tense respectable Inns in that town and the zacarerunding manufacturing district. EDIT lON is published at Half-past TIM, in time for the North Mails, containing the _MARKETS, and any news of importance that mmup arrive in the course of the morning. Ziyz Ranrpoot `2l - ESDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1848. PERFECT Godsend for our politico-economical - ;.:4 - ophers has been the potato rot of 1846. For 7:tat-ever has gone wrong with us, the universal plea - -sc,:firis visitation of Providence. If we ask, where • 412 c fulfilment of all th e ma gn ifi cen t p rom i ses NligAices were made to us at the outset of our free-trade , --cFecr; why it is that, instead of uni versa l prospe ..l4, we see only universal prostration; why our 5,c3.-poets are declining, our mills are standing idle, :,,.I)ouring population is only half employed, knkruptcy is staring our trading community in 7.1,11 - .ee; why we have a revenue deficient by seve roZ millions, and increased taxation becoming inevi tZle;—the answer comes trippingly fromthe tongue ear whatever political sage we address ourselves to, 7=4 as he speaks, he elevates his eyebrows as if in - SlAr.er wonder at our amazing obtuseness—" My , cetezz sirs, you quite forget that we have had a dis anthe potatoes, and been compelled to raise 4v,glit millions sterling for the support of the people • Ireland." Turn which way we may, this rotten 3idx .: 3loe argument is poked in our eyes at every step. t flocs duty, either as a plea of not guilty, or a plea :rditigation of their sentences for every conceivable 1320 t; of political impostors. We have just had placed before us the finding of a. Select Committee of the House of Commons, -n pointed to enquire into the causes of the recent mad present commercial distress, and especially into connexion with the working of the Bank Charter Act; and here, once more, we have the same into • 1e nuisance foisted upon us. The Report, - - en - ich has had the advantage of having been drawn arfoy our present most talented Chancellor of the >lLL:chequer, states that : There has been a general concurrence of opinion ,nngst the witnesses examined before your committee, tilet the primary cause of the distress was the deficient especially of the potato crop, in the year 1846, and eoessity of providing the means of payment in the 311mir 1847 for the unprecedented importations of various I:descriptions of food which took place in that year." So much for the " primary cause." We were 5.,...,ced suddenly, by a dispensation of Providence, to do precisely what the Free-trader had been telling that it was our interest to do permanently, viz.: import a large portion of- our food. We sent 4:mt some thirty millions of money into the markets 4E: to world to buy corn; and, as a nation, we are (40 - rer by so much of that thirty millions as we have z-..0t paid for in labour. The thing is palpable 4m,ough. The whole case may lie in a nutshell. e. are precisely in the position of the farmer who to the green grocer's for the vegetables he 421-kght to grow in his own garden; or, of the work man, who spends threepence a-week for shaving, 'Ellough he has a razor and soap at home. The linzeign grower of corn has not taken our manufac- Zter-ei goods in payment, at least in the first instance. Z.P.has taken a considerable portion of the value of -sr= im_ncrrts in specie ; and now let us see how the mse stands. e are poorer as a nation by, say half of the ,y millions which we have had to pay for food, Other half having been paid in labour. We 71:::we lost directly fifteen millions of our capital. 'What is that to set against the depreciation which 1.. w taken place in every description of property, =imitating, at the most moderate estimate, to two , :scr three hundred millions ? It does not more than the aggregate losses in foreign produce of in- Er.iclual merchants during the last twelve months. in itself such a sacrifice of the nation's capital would be utterly incapable of creating the mass of seeing which we see around us ; but•when we 3.3.6 k at that sacrifice in connexion with our existing system of currency, and, above all, when we turn 16s,ck the page of history thirty or forty years, and sottserve how, year after year, we lavished double this sum in war expenses and subsidies to foreign „.I.lowers, without creating anything like the present ate of commercial disorganization, the cause and effect stand out in bold relief, and must be palpa tic to every man not utterly infatuated with the pet tateory of the bullionists, or not dishonest enough to wish for a share of the periodical plunder which it affords the capitalist, at the expense of the in 4fristry and the enterprise of the nation. To pro 4eure the required supply of food for our people, we Tarted with that gold which we have declared would always be pledged with the bank as a se ,mrity for the circulation of the country ; and we iced ourselves in the position of a community without change. We had goods and property .sigh of all kinds to sell amongst ourselves, but One of us could give cash for his neighbour's five ouni note. We could not balance our transac -ons ; and we had therefore to set about getting tuck our gold from the foreigner to relieve our selves, or rather to unloose the knot with which 49:n. Robert Peel and the bullionists had tied up the - lands of the bank. How was this to be achieved ? Frieow was our gold to be got back ? How has it IV:Jen got back ? By an indiscriminate sacrifice of aiitish products in every market of the world; by poling thirty shillings in materials and labour for y sovereign we received. The failure of the potato crop was the "primary cause" of all the suffering we have had to go ILtmough during the past two years. True, most zmoz..llent philosophers ! Perhaps a few more pri m-zary causes might be discovered in the legislation ta4 the last six years. But what was the great, the main machinery which crushed us? When a man pushes his neighbour under a cart wheel he may be called the primary cause of his neighbour's loss of limb or life; but the wheel must be taken iato consideration. Admit, then, the potato rot as ithe primary cause of our commercial suffering, and , IA the currency measures of Sir Robert Peel be the Ttleel, and we have a tolerably fair solution of the thole question at issue. Of course the whole spirit of the Report is directed to the task of whitewashing the Currency Bills; and in their bungling effort to do so, the Ccmmittee has laud to cast about, on every side, for ad captandum :reasons for the distress of the country. They state Airat -- " Among other causes, the deficient supply of cotton, 'Ole diversion of capital from its ordinary employment in ztoimercial transactions to the construction of railroads, i Vie undue extension of credit , especially in our transactions with the East, and ec exaggerated expectations of enlarged 'W.Le., have been stated, by some of the witnesses, as hav jag contributed to the same result. *" Your committee see no reason to doubt that these -causes have in different degrees, in different parts of the :retry, produced the effect thus ascribed to them." Now, first, with respect to the deficient supply f o ;cotton, we ask,—ls cotton, at this moment, dea i r ? save we, at this moment, any deficiency of t ? No. We want orders and consumption for our roods; not the raw material. We want remunera tin* prices for those goods. We want those markets -which we have destroyed, and that commercial con foie:ace which has been shattered, in the effort to -prop up a system of currency, which one day drives ffie community to extravagant and mad speculation, and the next robs industry and well-directed and ;wudent enterprise of its fair reward. Again, with zaspect to our alleged unwise expenditure in rail ways, and our undue extension of credit in our Imansactions with the East—these are results, not We speculated and gave credit, because we aim a plethora of currency; because the Bank, in its .ping eagerness for profit, would discount -.thingany in the shape of a bill. The Bank led us into error ; pained the credit of ta l ic .nation; rushed, in its infatuation, to the very brink of insolvency, in order, it is shrewdly sus pected, to produce a colourable and fictitious prosperity, which might be pleaded as the pro duct of our free-trade policy, and as realizing those "exaggerated expectations of enlarged trade" which were held out to us ; and the Bank, in its effort to right itself, has produced the evil of which we coin plain. Yet the finding of this intelligent Commit tee is, that the Bank is to be left alone ! We are told, by one of the most thoroughgoing advocates of the present system, the London Times—and it is all the comfort we receive—that " the Bank has acquired more feeling of its tremendous responsi bility, and a truer discernment of its real and ulti mate interests. No change is necessary to control it in the exercise of its own enlightened discretion." A more impudent assumption was never placed upon record. It is, however, only an echo of the opinion of her Majesty's very wise Chancellor of the Ex chequer. DURING the debate, on Friday night, the Protec tionist leader, Lord George Bentinck again admi nistered merited castigation upon the Under Secre tary for the Colonies, poor Mr. Benjamin Hawes, and held his face to the grindstone, whilst he ex posed further delinquencies in the dispatch-sup pressing line. Not one only, but three important dispatches, from Colonial Governors, containing evidence which would have decided the question before the West India Committee, had been kept back ; neither produced to the Committee when sitting, nor referred to by Earl Grey in his state ment in the House of Lords. The case was evi dently felt by the Premier to be too flagrant to be treated in the ordinary ministerial way. The nail had been hit too hard on the head to be easily wriggled away from. The Premier, therefore, mounted the ancestral chair, wrapt himself in the robes of the Russell that " bled upon the scaffold," and stood for protection upon the honour and dignity of himself and his colleagues, betraying, however, in the act a portion of the innate littleness and nastiness of his mind, which is evinced in the following mean sneer directed against Lord George Bentinck "Now, I must say, generally," remarked his lordship, " with regard to these matters, quite apart from the con duct of my noble friend, and generally with regard to the conduct of men high in public office, that these mean frauds, these extremely dishonourable tricks, which the noble lord imputes to them, are not the faults and charac teristics of men who are high in public office in this coun try. (Cheers.) They are characteristics of men who are engaged in pursuits which the noble lord long followed. — (Cheers, answered by " Oh, oh.") The noble lord very greatly distinguished himself in deteeting a fraud of that nature with respect to the name or the age of a horse— , (great laughter, followed by loud cries of " Oh, oh")—in which he showed very great quickness of apprehension., (Renewed laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh !") But when the noble lord comes forward and imputes to a man of the character of my noble friend—(some cries of "Oh," which were immediately drowned in loud cheering)—when he imputes to a man of the character of Lord Grey—(renewed cheers)—fraudulent conduct, with a view of suppressing the truth, with the view of evading the disclosure of the truth, I say he totally misconceives the character of Lord Grey. (Much cheering.) lie totally misconceives the character of any man with whom I have been acquainted, of any party who has been in high office in this country for a long term of years, in throwing out those imputations, utterly unfounded as they are—(cries of " Oh, oh !" met by renewed cheers)—utterly unfounded as they are, I re peat again ; because to charge Lord Grey- with anything like fraud—with anything like meanness—is an imputation to which he, of almost all men, is the least liable. (Loud cheers.) I say it is true, generally, that no such charges can safely be preferred." The " mean frauds" referred to ; the " extremely dishonourable tricks," as we are glad to perceive Lord John Russell admit these suppressions of evidence to be, used not to belong to the conduct of " men high in office" in this country ;- and we trust that such men as Lord Grey are above their practice still. But the " mean frauds"' and " extremely dishonourable tricks" are practised by somebody, nevertheless, and obviously for a purpose. If Lord Grey's own hands are clean, as no' doubt they are, it is his duty to see that those of his subordinates in the Colonial Office—a suspected one, wherever the case of the West India Colonists is in question —are equally free from taint. With respect to the personally offensive part of the Premier's remarks, we leave him to writhe under the keen and polished weapon of Mr. D 'lsraeli : " I hardly know sir, whether I should deign to notice some of the observations of the noble lord. (Cheers from the opposite benches.) How one of his sneers against a noble pastime of this country may be estimated by hon. gentlemen in this house I stop not to inquire —(a laugh) ; but this I know from his own admission, that the pro ceedings of my noble friend, in the very case to which the noble lord referred, as on subsequent occasions in this house, proved of good service —(cheers) ; and I believe the same determined spirit of honesty- -(renewed cheers) —the same indefatigable spirit of investigation, the same courage that will not be cowed (hear, hear,) by any bravo, whatever may be his position—(loud cheering)—the same high spirit that will not be bullied either in the ring or on the treasury bench—(cheers)—the same acuteness, and the same courage, may be brought to bear with great effect in an investigation of the manner in which our colonial affairs are carried on. (Hear, and cheers.) I ask you to remember that that case in private life to which the noble lord the first Minister of the Crown referred with such excessive taste and such perfect temper—(loud cheers)—led to this consequence—that some of the gentle men of England. as great noblemen as any of the noble lord's colleagues, met together to express their gratitude to my noble friend for his conduct, and to thank him for having vindicated the purity of a pastime which has de generated with the spirit of the age. (Cheers and laughter.) And who, sir, was the chairman of that meeting ? His Grace the Duke of Bedford. (Loud and continued cheer ing.) But, because the Duke of Bedford is a steward of the Jockey Club, because he was the chairman of the meeting which did honour to my noble friend, and founded that contribution which my noble friend, unlike other public characters, refused,—(laughter, and loud cheering)—and handed to that club whose honest feeling he wished to improve, as he wishes to improve the moral tone and honest spirit of the Colonial-office--(laughter and cheers)—is the Duke of Bedford on these accounts disqualified for the office of a Privy Councillor ? (Hear, hear.) Does the noble lord the first Minister of the Crown shrink from his Grace of Bedford when any sub ject of importance, especially respecting the administra tion of our colonies, is concerned ? Does he never con descend to consult that man of great sagacity, experience, and honour ?—or, when he meets him, does he say— " Avaunt ! I and my colleagues are men of such high character that we cannot condescend to speak to a man who has been seen at Newmarket ? " (Laughter and cheers.) His Lordship will, by this time, agree with us that he had better have been quiet. The Chinese junk Keying will shortly be brought round to this port. Mr. Jackson has been chosen manager of the new bank in the Isle of Man, which is to be called " The Bank of Mona." The Baptist connexion are endeavouring to create an interest at Birkenhead. With this view they have taken the Craven-rooms as a meeting-house. We regret to hear that Mr. Sheridan Knowles is in a bad state of health. He accompanies Mr. Driver, of this town, in August next, to Madeira, to pass the winter. On Thursday, a little boy, named Dalim, was drowned in the canal through falling from a flat, of which his father was a boatman. Mr. Simpson will open the Theatre Royal on the 10th. of July, with the new play of "The Wife's Secret."' Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will appear. About three week's since Daniel M`Monniss, living with his parents in Prescot-row, was so severely burnt, his clothes having caught fire during his mother's absence, that he died in the Dispensary on Sunday week. The Mail says that legal proceedings have been taken against Mr. Henry Watson and Mr. Ravenscroft, to re cover the sum of £5OO from each, for having acted as Commissioners for Birkenhead without being duly quali fied. - - - - • TFIE NATIONAL CONFEDERATION.—Meetings have been held in several of the districts of the town last week, for the purpose of organizing ward committees, and afford ing a working staff in connexion with this excellent asso ciation. A deputation on Birkenhead Dock business, consisting of Baron Goldsmid, Mr. Bailey, jun., M.P., Mr. Laird, Mr. Pike, Mr. Cole, Mr. Maynard, and Mr. Waln, had an interview with the Commissioners of Woods and Fo rests on Friday. DERBY HOTEL.—We perceive that this commodious house, near the Zoological Gardens, has been taken by a new tenant, who appears determined to make the whole of his establishment available in the best possible way for the comfort and entertainment of his guests. Cotrwry VOTES.—Persons who are qualified to vote for county representatives may be usefully reminded, that from the 20th June to the 20th July is the period within which claims must be sent in to the overseers of the town ships in which their respective qualifications are situate. MANSLAUGHTER.—On Wednesday, an inquest was held, in Birkenhead, on the body of Thomas Evans. who was killed from a blow he received whilst fighting Joseph Sherlock, the principal, and Samuel Pownall, William Minshull, and William Sherlock, were committed by the coroner for manslaughter. On Thursday evening, some persons who had engaged a coach near St. George's Church were thrown down by the breaking of the pin which connects the carriage pole. The horse took fright, and plunged madly down Lord-street : he struck one or two lamps in his progress, but was stopped in Whitechapel without having injured any one. The District School, at Lane-End, in Waberthwaite, near Ravenglass, after having undergone a thorough repair, and been converted into a boys' and girls' school, was opened on Monday last, by Mr. and Mrs. Fenby, late of Chatham-street, Liverpool, who have been appointed to conduct the respective departments, and under whose able management the school is expected tQ9e tco, great *or ' tauce,—initehaven Herald, REV. F. CLOSE. THE NEW TRAINING COLLEGE AT CHELTENHAM. Before this comes into the hands of the greater part of our readers, the subject will have been explained by the Rev. Mr. Close himself to the friends assembled to meet him, at the breakfast announced for this morning at the Adelphi. But as mauy more of those interested in the subject of national education, through the instrumentality of our national church, may be expected to attend the meeting at the Concert-hall this evening, than could make it convenient to be preseni in the morning, we deem that a word or two may not be out of place in the meantime, were it only to account for the apparent anomaly of as:{ing Liverpool, already burdened with the weight of numerous, and some of them insufficiently sup ported, educational establishments herself, to contribute towards the erection of an additional one in Cheltenham. First of all, though Cheltenham happens to be the site, the operations are designed to be national, of the insti tution projected, at this moment, and for some time past, actually in operation, but still requiring something to wards its final "completion, by the Rev. Mr. Close. The two great educational bodies in the country,.are the National Society,. representing the Church, and the " Lords Committee of Council on Education," represent ing the country at large. The importance of training schools is felt and acknowledged ; and the Committee of Council are willing to give every encouragement to the establishment of such schools, and are most liberal in the amount of grants ready to be bestowed, when -the party making application for them is able to satisfy the condi , tions required by the Committee, in order to the perms nancy of the institution, and its efficiency towards pro moting the object for which it is designed. Besides the training schools in London; in connexion with the Na tional Society, and thus aided by government, there are but two other Diocesan Tiaining ehools, we believe, through the entire kingdom; established on a similar footing. This is manifestly insufficient for the increasing demands of the Church throughout the kingdom; especially when it is borne in mind, that these schools must ere long, from their superior excellence,enloy the monopoly of sup plying masters and mistresses for.the whole church. No master;, after a while, will, or ought to, have a chance of employment, but one trained in one of those accredited institutions. A series of circumstances, thatwill be detailed by Mr. Close at the meeting, led to the formation of a school by him in his own parish of Cheltenham,• of a something higher character, and on a somewhat'larger scale, designed to supplrmasters and mistresses to-the Church schools in the neighbourhood, or through the diocese. This led to the present effort, when the ministers - of the privy council held out the-hope of sanction and encouragement. A sum, however, of £12,000 was required forthe•erection of suit able buildings-, &c., &c., and an annual subscription list, of a specified amount, in order to the school being taken into connection by the committee of council. This latter is nearly complete, and, by means of the subscriptions already received, the schools are now partially in operation. During the lastyearMr.Close, with untiring perseverance, has succeeded in raising £6,000 ; the committee of conneil have promised £4,000 ; leaving the work-incomplete until £2,000 additional be forthcoming. Birmkrgham, Brighton, Bath, Bristol, Clifton ,Worcester. &c., &c:, have responded generously, and now the appeal is to be made to Liver pool, which has hitherto taken a lead, and' whose zeal has provoked many.. We have no doubt that the meeting will be well attended and we hope that, notuithstanding the pressure of the times, and the other numerous demands, a suitably generous response will be rendered to this appeal on behalf of an object so important. The Rev. Dr. MilsTeile takes the chair, which is in itself a sanction suffi cient to the objects of the meeting. We perceive that Mr. Close is also to preach in St. Barnabas' Church, Parliament-street, on- Wednesday evening, when, doubtless, he will be greeted' by a nu merous and attentive congregation. His efforte certainly deserve the amplest measure of success. THE LtriktOOL StiMit& LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY UNioN.—At the weekly mesting of the guardians on Wednesday, an important communication was read from the Poor-law Board in London,. that if the guardians should come to a clear and distinct resolution, it will be for the advantage of the ratepayers and the poor, that the West Derby union should be divided into two separate and independent unions, the one to comprise the townships of Toxteth-park, Allerton, Childwall, Garston, and Wavertree, and the other to comprise the remaining townships of the union, the board will be prepared to give effect to such a division ;: or suggesting, as another plan, the maintenance of-the union as now constituted, with the erection of a new workhouse in the north-east offroxteth... park. Discussion on the subject was deferred till -Wed nesday week. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The tender of the Rugby Iron Company for 1000 tons of iron railing was accepted.—The Chairman announced that a number of the members, according to the resolution of last week, had visited the new north docks, and he (the chairman) was directed to say everything was progressing very- satis factorily, and in a manner highly creditable to the engi neer. A report of the solicitor was read as to the- con struction of the New-Dock Act, with respect to payment of freight out of deposits, and the sale of warehoused -goods liable to freight. The solicitor was of opinion that freight might now be paid out of all deposits that may have been paid upwards- of fifteen days, and he wasalso of opinion that all goods deposited in the dock warehouses on account of freight, in respect of which the deposit was not paid, within ninety days, might, without reference to the time of the passing of the act, be legally sold after ten days' notice. The solicitor added that the only- legal gentleman whom he had consulted on this point thought differently, and he (the dock solicitor) therefore recom mended the committee to require an indemnity from parties applying far the benefit of the act. This course was ordered to be adopted, and counsel's opinion to be immediately taken on the construction of the act. Mt. Gladstone said in a great many cases the goods would not realize the amount-of the freight and charges. He had that morning abandoned a cargo of rice. HISTORIC SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening. a gmeeting was held in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institution, Shaw-street,. for- the purpose of forming an Historic So ciety of Lancashire and Cheshire. The attendance was both numerous and respectable ; and if the first meeting be a criterion, the society gives promise of being. emi nently successful.. A collection of curiosities was exhi bited, which were of an attractive character. Amongst these the following may be enumerated :—A view of. Great Crosby, from the west, on porcelain, dated 1716. (This method of painting views on porcelain was invented in Liverpool.) Au ancient seal of Liverpool, deposited by the Corporation ;. an object of great interest, bearing the initials J,O.N.S. A parchment deposited by. Mr. Eyes, of considerable antiquity, giving a bird's eye view and perspective of the parishes of Childwall, Wavertree, and Allerton. Mr, Moore deposited " The Moore Rental." There was a finely painted parchment of,the original grant of arms to the family of Ashton of Croston, dated 1588, deposited by Mr. Varty. Dr. Hume also contri buted a copy of a seal of the Lord High Admiral of Eng land about the reign of Henry VII. There were a series of rubbings from monumental brasses, chiefly from the county of Kent, which were intended toshow what might be effected in Lancashire and Cheshire._ The Mayor de posited a view of Liverpool, in oil,, dated 1616. Mr. Lierdman also contributed several of his original drawings of scenes in Liverpool. The chair was occupied by his Worship. the-Mayor. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. JUVENUE BIIRGLARS. — Three lads, the eldest of whom was not above twelve years old, were sent to prison, on Wednesday, for burglary—the elder for three months, the second for two months, and the,youngest, after a short confinement will be handed over to his parents. AN INIPOSSIBILITY.—A man was charged with violent condi - id, and with having used threatening language to a policeman. He indignantly denied the charge, and, ad dressing Mr. Hugh Hornby, who occupied the bench, said, " I am a special constable, sir, and it's impossible 1 could commit a breach of the peace MARINE STORE DEALERS.—On Wednesday a man. named Beaumont was sent to gaol for two months, for stealing a quantity of lead from the Workhouse ; and a marine-store dealer, named Robinson for one month, for receiving the lead, knowing it to have been improperly obtained, with an intimation. that his license would be withdrawn. BAREFACED ATTENIPT.—A person who was fined. by Mr. Rathbone on Friday, for permitting his dog to be at • large, laid down the amount of the penalty and hastily shuffled towards the door. He was, however, hailed most vociferously by Bootliby. the receiver of fines,, who dis covered that half the amount, a half-crown, was. bases The person recalled expressed a well-feigned astonish ment at the half-crown being bad, and unwillingly sup plied its place with a good one. STEALING PLUM PUDDING. — WiIIiam Lynch, a boy, not previously known to the police, was c h arge d w i t h having stolen a piece of plum p u ddi ng f rom t h e s h op o f an eating-housekeeper, named William . Sutton, in what street did not appear. Struck with the tempting display. he had, it appeared, thrust his hand through a windoW , pane and stolen the pudding. Mr. Sutton stated that this was the third time his window had b een b ro k en i n a simi lar way, within the last two and three weeks. The boy's fondness for an Englishman's favourite dish was rewarded by a month's confinement in gash A POLICE-OFFICER STABBED.—On Wednesday a sea faring man, named Thomas Fox, was charged a t th e Po lice-office with inflicting several wounds on P o li ce - o ffi cer 291, 0 - r n b i ny gthe officer on duty acla nearsp knife. On Wednesd a y m the Waterloo Dock, when the prisoner, without any provocation , rushed upon. him, and stabbed him several times in the neck and face. The prisoner was taken into custody. The officer was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he received every a ttention. The surgeon to the hospital desc r ib e d one of the wounds as dangerous, the vessels of the neck being separated. The prisoner, who said the officer first struckhim with a stick, was committed for trial at the assizes. SINGULAR CASE.—On Thursday a man, named Thos. Carr, was charged with an assault upon Mary Ann Vi ner , i who keeps a grocer's shop n Brownlow-hill. The pasties, it appeared, came from . Manchester, and had been cohabit ing together for the last nine or ten months, but latterly the defendant had behaved with cruelty to her, turnin g her out, on one occasion, into the street. Mr. Parkin son stated that the defendant was a notorious thief. The complainant admitted that they had both been tried at Manchester, but she allowed herself to be charged inno cently, in order to save him from ten years transporta tion ; she did not then know so much of his villany as she had done subsequently. Mr. Rushton ordered the pri soner to pay a fine of £5 for the assault, or in default to be imprisoned two months, also to find bail for . his future good behaviour, himself in £BO, and two sureties iii44o, er be further imprisoned four raoutla. THE STEAMER NIAGARA. T'd ALEXANDER RYRIE, ESQ., COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM 'PACKET COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIP" NIAGARA." ....... Sir,—We, the passengers on board the " Niagara," are unwilling to Separate from her and yourself on the termi nation of this, her first homeward voyage across the Atlantic, without expressing our high admiration of this magnificent ship, and our great satisfaction with the skill and urbanity which have characterised your conduct. Since the " Niagara" left America she has experienced but a few hours' fair wind, yet she accomplished the voyage within the shortest period on record, having been but teu days and a half from Boston to Liverpool. We earnestly hope that the vast enterprise in which your company are embarked may prosper. and be a source of national advantage to the tyro. great powers more im mediately connected in its prosperity, and of profit and lasting credit to its spirited proprietors. And now, with our best wishes for your health and hap piness, we have the honour to be, sir, your obedient ser vants, (Signed) - - . _ Malden, William Dbnnv, Lieut.. Col. J. W. Tetley,- J. R. Bulkley, Richard Roy noes,- Chas. Edmonstone, Thomas Cannon, Ward Cheney,. Bryan Robinson,, J. W. Clarke, Wm. Dinneford, E. J. Xanfi, Chas. N. Hubert,- Frederico Badiali,. John Stalker, James T. Fisher, Henry Adderley, Alexander Fielder, Elijah Hughes, Frederick Cunningham,. Edward Cachard James R. Jennings, M. Meyer, A. G. Sloo, J. M. Walker, E. N. Dickenson, Joshua Follansbee, A. M'Alpine, Nathan Rambo, James M. Wray, Samuel Gunn, R. Earle It. S. Lee, David Mason,f P. E. Fraderes, T. Lockhart, J.W.- Fraser, F. W. Fredontbal, Stephen Cave, COURT OF CHANCERY,- LINCOLN'S -INN, JUNE 24, lIIGGINSO3F V: SITAND. This was a renewed motionlbran injunction to restrain the Royal Bank of Liverpool from proceeding to make the plaintiff a bankrupt. It appeared from the bill and answer that the plaintiff had been a guarantee to the bank in question to cover two bills of .f. 30.000 each, ad vanceirtb the firm of Barton, Irlam, • and Higginson, the extensive- merchants at Liverpool :and also to protect further advances. Messrs. Barton-and Co. became bank rupts, and the bank then looked to `the plaintiff as surety for the Ann, and proceeded under - the act of parliament sth and 6th: Victoria, chap. 122, to Mike Min a bankrupt. Higginsonthen filed this bill to restrain the. defendants from so doing, alleging that the bank- had forfeited the guarantee by-not performing certain conditions they were bound to do; and also by having omitted to realise the value of sereral ships belonging to the firm. The motion was argued before his lordship last tern.h The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment, and said that all the allegations set up in the bill were frilly met by counter allegations in the answer. His lordship then went through the passages in the bill'and answer, and observed that the guarantee was given not only to cover the two- bills of £30,000 each, but also all: further advances to be-made by the bank to the firm.. Under these circumstances-the motion for an injunction must be refused with costs. WOODSIDE FERRY.—We believe that it ism the inten tion of the Woodside Commissioners to issue halfpenny ferry tickets, which will be purchasable by the.public in any quantities of not Itss than six. It is said that the contracts will remain as a present. This further decrease in the ferry charge win; no doubt, have the effect `of increasing the number of passengers - but we doubt if the money re ceived will equal that obtained on the rates hitherto charged. DEATH OF A. BOY WHILE BATHING.—Oh Friday evening, Michael Bellinger, a boy aged 14; who resided with his parents in Whittle-court, Shaw's:brow, and some other boys went to a pit near the Zoological Gardens, and stripped to bathe. One of them got into the water before deceased, and shortly after heard a shout that a boy was drowning. The other lad attempted to get hint out as quickly as possible, buts - before-he could do so deceased was drowned. SUICIDE UNDER INSANITY.—On Wednesday,- a man, named Benjamin irtiddard, was taken, in a --precarious state, to the Northern Hospital. He appeared to be in a state of insanity, and -remained delirious for some days. On Friday night, at eleven o'clock, he-was put to bed in a ward where there were other patients, and he was not observed by any cf those present until- between two and three o'clock, when. he was found suspended by a silk handkerchief from the head of one of the posts of the bed. POVERTY AND* RAHN.— Our police court is the daily scene of the truth of the axiom that povertyis the parent of crime, and perhaps this connection is-moeteevident in the cases which occur about the docks and - warehouses, where thefts of the most petty description are committed by women and children, apparently with the notion of appeasing the impatient calls of hunger: On-Friday, an Irish woman named Catherine Macdonald, . was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with having- stolen a small quantity of cotton from a lorry, as it was being loaded.. The policeman who took her into custody stated that on making his appearance no less than seventeen women ran off. The magistrates • dismissed her, with a caution. Several Irish girls • were brought up, on similar charges. An alphabetical list of 451 ships, giving the old and new tonnage, has-been exhibited in the Liverpool Under writers' Room. The result gives the amount of old ton nage as 192.951, against 22d,360 tons new, showing an increase of 33,409 tons, or more than 17 - per cent. addi tional dock and light dues, that the British shipowners have been subjected to since the alteration of the law in, 1836. It has always been understood that the late Mr.. Charles Wood, of Greenock, and Mr. E. F; Young e were the chief advocates for the introduction of this mischievous I measure, likely to become more onerous if ministers-sue- 1 ceed hi carrying the proposed Light Bill and Merchant- Seamen's Fund. Bill, which exact a levy of lse per ton for lights, and ls. per ton for the Seamen's Fund. BIRKENHEAa DOCK COMPLETION Bines.n--The Select Committee of the Commons met on Tuesday, fora the purpose, first of proceeding with the Transfer of Powers Bill, and secondly with the bill taking powers -to impose additional ratese—Mr. Webster, for the , promoters,. said the main question was upon theclauses,,and not upon the Preamble ; and when the Committee arrived at that stage, Mr. Pemberton ,•, as representing the Crown, might state his objections aLI. the nature of the words he wished to be inserted to protect the Crown. It was proposed to strike out the power intended to be given to the Crown to appoint a chairman, and the prevision consequent thereon, because the Crown was note now to find the money to complete the works ; and, instead, management clauses were introduced,. by which there would be thir teen trustees •under the. bill, of whom-the bondholders would appoint seven, the Birkenhead Commissioners four, and the Wallasey Commissioners two. : . The bill, in its present shape, was promoted conjointly. by the Commis sioners of Birkenhead and the bondholders.. Among other provisions, there was a clause ,introduced to em power the bondholders to raise a surnof £50,000, as pre ferential bonds, for the purpose of penning up the water so as to make the pool available. In the proposals made by the Board of Commissioners, .the Board of Works saw no security for the construction. of the- enter works, which it appeared might be abandoned ; and the latter body, as-at present advised, therefore refused to sanction them. —Mr. Pemberton said the completion of the outer works-had all along been the fist object of the Woods, and Forests. and the Dock Commissioners; but the bill,, as now altered,. was nothing less than a bill for the aban donment of those out er wor k s , The money authorised' to be raised for their completion was proposed, by a ma nuscript clause, to be made- available far deepening the pool, which was no part of the outer works. It was fur therproposed that the interest of her-Majesty, in right of her Crown,, should not be represented in the newly-con structed trust. The consent- of the Crown, therefore, would not be given to the, bill as altered. Mr. Baron Goldsmidt, on the part of the bondholders, did not object to the Crown being represented. The discussion was concluded by Mr. Laird consenting to an adjournment to Monday.—The Committee then proceeded "67itli, the Rating Bill, and after arguments pro and con.,, by Mr. Webster for the promoters, and Mr. Lloyd for the Rail way Company, the Committee decided that they were of opinion that " the preamble , of the Rating Bill is not preyed." THE ACCIDENT AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GAADENs.—The inquest on the body. of Richard Howard, the keeper who killed by the elephant, took place on Tuesday. Mr.. Liversedge said e—l-reside about three miles from Stock.. port. On Saturday morning last, my wife and myself were at the Zoological Gardens. On going into the house where the elephant was kept I saw. the deceased in the den with the elephant. He was cleaning it out with a besom. When he had swept one side of the den he told the elephant to move. It walked away. When, he had swept a little mere of the den be called upon the ele phant to move a second time. He then struck it with the tail of the broom and ran away. The elephant followed him, and caught him, and jammed him against the side of the den, and he fell down. I ran to the door and gave the alarm. Several parties came, and I then left the house. After the deceased fell down, the elephant appeared q u it e tractable. He was perfectly quiet before he was struck. The deceased only struck him once, but it was avery sharp blow on the trunk. I did not see the elephant place his foot on the deceased after the latter had fallen on the floor of the den.—Another keeper stated that Howard had beat the elephant the night before -very severely, and latterly had been in the habit of doing so.—The Coroner, . in summing up the case to the jury, said—Gentlemen, there can be no doubt whatever that the deceased has been killed by receiving a stroke from the tusks or the foot of the elephant, thereby causing injuries, and, almost immediately after, death. This cannot be called an acci dent, because it was evidently done on purpose—if I may so express myself—by an animal who, though not having reason, yet had instinct ; and instinct, we all know, is nearly allied to reason. Therefore, you must find that the keeper received certain injuries that produced his death. Gentlemen, the more I think of this case the more regret I feel—and regret that I cannot but express—that sci noble and so fine an animal should have been killed in the way this elephant has been. lam quite sure that the act was done with the best and kindest intentions upon the part of Mr. John Atkins, who has just been examined, and also on the part of his mother. I regret as much as any man that the lives of two men have been sacrificed : but when they themselves have provoked the elephant to do this, I think I will have a majority of the public of Liverpool with me when I repeat, that it was a great pity the animal should have been destroyed if he could have been preserved with safety to the public, and I think he could.—The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned the following verdict :—" We are of opinion that the deceased came by his death in consequence of having beaten the elephant unmercifully, thereby causing the animal, in Ws fury, to kill him." THE BEBINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND FLOWER SHOW AT ROCK FERRY. The exhibitions of this society continue annually to excite increased interest, both from the variety and beauty of the productions brought up, and the high respectability of the parties who attend,—including most of the distinguished families of the Wirral peninsula and many from the side of the Mersey. On this occasion it was difficultito decide whether the fair ladies in attend ance did not eclipse ite_bloom and loveliness the treasures of Flora that were displayed arouud them. The tent (though considered large some years ago) was much too circumscribed for the accommodation of the company, and we shall look for enlargement for the next show. The day was warm and splendid, and the steamboats con veying many of the parties to the spot were gaily decora ted with flags, ag were others conveying myriads to the Eastham Regatta—the whole giving our river a beautiful and interesting appearance. The principal features in the exhibition were the orehi daceous plants, of which there were some very fine speci mens ; a large collection of rare Coniferte, from Mr. Skirving ; the roses, the fuchsias, and the pelargoniums.. The stove and greenhouse plants were nothing remarkable as collections, but some individual specimens were very' fine. The miscellaneous eollections shown by the nur serymen were remarkably good, and were both larger and more numerous than before at any of our exhibitions. We have but room to give the names of the parties to whom first prizes were awarded in the several depart ments : PLANTS AND PI:OWENS. Fuchsias.—(Amateurs only).—(6), Harold Littledale, Esq., Ist prize ; do. do., (4,) J. T. Raynes, Esq. Pelargoniums. -Ist and 2nd prizes, H. Wynch, Esq. ; 2nd, H. Littledale, Esq.,—all fine specimens. Orchidacete.—lst, J. Johnson, Esq., of Runcorn ; 2nd, H. Wynch, Esq. Stove and Greenhouse Plants, (including Orchids.)- Ist, H. Wynch ; 2nd, Rev. J. Mainwaring. Calceolarias.—Rev. J. Mainwaring.- Verbenas.—Rev. J. Mainwaring. Cinerariae.—J. T. Raynes, Esq. Petunias.—W. Hall, Esq. - Cut Roses.—J. T. Raynes, Esq. Rases in 1 3 618.-Ist, H. Littledale,. ESq.,- (fine speci mens;) 2nd, H. Wynch, Esq. A device of great beauty was shown by , J. T. Raynes, Esq: FRUITS. -- - . Pine Applee o —Rev. J. Mainwaring. Peaches:-11. Wynch, Esq. Strawberrim —Rev. J. Mainwaring. Amongst the winners for vegetables were H. Little dalerEsq., Mr. likintris, Rev. J. Mainwwing ) and many other.• Messrs. Davies and Co. were successful in prizes as nurserymen, and showed fine specimens not for com petition. Mr. Skireing also contributed a large collection of fineplants and flowers, including a many varieties of coniferous plants. Messrs. Dickson and Mr. Kelloek also contributed much to the general collection. The show was altogether fine, and augurs great fature'success to the society. There was a band on the grounds, and the day's amusement was without alloy, saving the crowding:in the marquee. SUNDAY• SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY: The anniversary of" the various schools connected• with the established church- was held on Wednesday. - The children, tothe number of about 16,000, assembled shortly after ten o'clock, and walked in procession through Church-street, Lord-street, and Castle-street, to the area of the Exchange. The streets through which the 7 passed were thronged with spectators, and the neat and cleanly appearance of the children, with their orderly demeanour, was the these of general remark. Some very neat , flags, on which ware inscribed the names of the particular schools, were carried in the procession. The children of the Blue Coat School; who are such general favourites amongst our townspeople, took the lead. At the Town-hall the chil dren were joined by his Worship the Mayor, several mem bers of the Council, and a number of the local clergy, and also the corporate officials bearing the regalia. The procession then moved on to St. Peter's Church, where a sermon adapted to the occasion was preached by the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, from the sth chapter of St. Luke, and the sth verse And; Simon answering said unto them, Master, we have toiled all night and have taken nothing : nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net." The collection, which is usually . made on the occa sion, amounted , to £.554- The following statement will show the nuni•ber of children in attendance at the various schools : Sunday Daily, Addi- Infants Total. Schools.- tional. Boys•Gisls Ber Girls Boys Girls Boys. Girls Blue Coat Hospital, 250 ;, 100 .. .. .. 250 100 Female Orp. Asylum— . . 129 .. .. .. 1: . . .. 129 Old Church Hunter-street . St. James'. 170,- 150 10 10 .. 1 .. , 180 160 Welsn Charily 2301 110 .. .. I 72 50 302 160 Tiverton & Kirkdale.— 208' 145 20 6, 60 54 280, 205 Mill-lane 145 101 10 12; 38 47 1931 159 1 St. Mark's. 90 95 20 20 70 50 1801 165 I St. Andrew's St Paul's Edge-hill 1 . 1 104 90 263 212 St. Jude's . 176 .114 39 831 70 61' 285 208 St. Augustine's St. John Baptist's North Ch of England 240 193 110 140 100 110 450 443 South Ditto 123 ..139 100 73 160 90 383 304 St. Bride's.. . 1.7 .. St. Catherine's 70 91 2 7 88 76 160 174 St. Luke's.. St. Mary's, Kirkdale Bl ', 88 : 70 .. .. 166.1 158 Christ Church. 254 -200 86 98 86 70 3761 363 All Saints' Church .., .. 9) 94 .. .. 994 94 Mariners' St. Bartholomew's. St. Clements, Wind l6O 113 60 70 110 90 , 330, 27a St. Simon's l3O 100 20 164 150, 264 300 St. Barnahas" St. Silas' 185, 76 2 26 60, 40 220 141. St. Martin.An-Fields ll7. 86 50 60 60 60 237.206 St. Thomas's, Tox'th 221. 190 65 50, 159 111 445 351 St. John' a. l3O 120 80 50 .. 1.. 150. 170 W Derby Workhouse 125 93 .. .. 19 13 141 106 Liverpool-Industrial 490 376 .. .. 138 97 E3B 475, Total 5012 4831 1069 1123 2292 1850 8376 7810 THE Two REForm.A.TzoNs.—On Friday evening, a lec ture was, delivered in St. Mary'' National School,. Kirk dale, by Dr. Serjius Loewe, of the university of Dorpat, on tle first reformation under Luther, and last night a second:, lecture on the, recent reformation in Germany. The attendance was highly respectable, and the chair was taken-by the Rev. IL James, who introduced the _doctor in suitable terms.. The doctor drew in his opening re mark.s a truthful picture of the deadly effects produced by Popery, which he said could not be understood in its true character in this country, where it assumed an aspect which puts the unwary off his guard. The true features of aomanism could only be seen by visiting Roman Ca— tholic countries. such- as Spain, Italy, Poland, &c. He• then referred to •the causes which led to the reformation,, z v.., the state of things in- the 'church which became the more oppressive the longer it lasted ; the unlimited power - of the Popes;, the great wealth and extensive landed pos._ sessions of the clergy and monastic orders ; the endless imposts levied in the name of the church ; the,pride and , insolence, coupled with the grossest ignorance of the- clergy and the monks •;; their infamies, ,excesses, and crimes, &c. The lecturer then went en. to notice in. graphic terms many of the superstitions and impostures of the middle ages and the scenes of wickedness which, took place dining the-pontificate of Leo. X., whose char acter he set before his audience as drawn by a no, wish historian.. The impieties and frauds connected with the sale of indulgences were also narrated,, as proving sufficiently the gross venality,of Papal Rome.; ; ! these roused the indignation of Martin Luther,. whose mighty; spirit broke through the system and worked; its way with every new step to a greater degree of freedom and independence. The power of his, language- and ac tions produced an electrical effect on the who-le.. of- Ger many_and the civilized world. The• doctor then viodicated the character of Luther from the misrepresentations which have been urged against him, and placed in their true light the various occurrences which tocik place ere the reformers were freed from the trammels which Popery, had laid upon. them. In his second letter the doctor related the im portant events which have recently taken. place in the Roman Catholic Church on the. continent.. The lectures were listened to with earnest, attention. At the close, a vote of thanks moved by the Rev. D. James, and seconded by John. Walker, Esq., was. heartily accorded to the lee turer. TIDE. TABLE. DAYS. `MORN. ESWANO.I HORT. I HOLY DAYS ? LTC. June. h. in. h. in. ft. in. Tee-schii.... 27 732 87; 14- 6 Wednesday.2B 838 9 9 15, 4. Thursday .. 29, 937 19 2 16.11 Friday 30 10 28, 10 53 17, 11 Saturday .. 111 17 11 41 18 4 Sunday .... 2 ---- 03. 18 8 2d Sunday aft Trinity. Monday.... 3 ft 125,. 048 18 7 LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. iDirect. I Indirect.' Direct. Indirect. Australia .. .. Feb. 2 BlLima Bahia , • . May 6raranham.. .. .. 29 Barbadoea., .. • . 27 Mauritius .. .. .. 18 Bombay.... .. .. 12 Mobile • une 5 B. Ayres .. .. March Monte Video .. April 13 Calcutta .. .. May 3lNew Orleans .. June 5 C. G. Hope. .. April 8 New York ; .. .. 13 Charleston . .. June 10 Pernambuco.' .., May 13 China „ April 25 Rio Janeiro.; ... April 28 Demerara .. May 19 Savannah ..1 ... June 8 Havana - 31 St. Helena ..1 .. May 3 Jamaica .. May 22 alparaiso .. .. A ril 3 La Guavra „ .. .. 22iVera Cruz .. .. ay 29 METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY R. C. H. CHADBURN, 11, LORD-STREET. ATMOSPHERIC D r. 1 ;3 aily Direc- m s • Temperature) tion ;Fp ' O , in 'Humidity at Fall of ' l , '--,,, Pressure at shade by self- Noon. of Wind g' 't registering Difference of at • ~.. Nine Six thermometer, Wet and Dry Rain. Noon. - . - • - •= 7— L 1 a.m. p.m. Max. I Min. I bulb. 4 4 P 7 '- P In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. In. 21 30'20 3013 63 58 6 S.E. 67 55 21 3010 3012 67 58 4 N. 65 55 22 30'02 29 . 92 73 60 6 s.byw 72 58 23 2982 29'68 69 55 7 0•20 E.S.E. 69 54 24 2910 29'5,0 66 57 5 0'24 E. 64 56 25 65 58 26 30'05 . 30 , ' 7 S.E. Tfi WEATHER.- - 20th: bright —22nd : bright breez( strong breeze; nignt, heavy afternoon, bright —26th brill 44, showery. fright.-21st i morning, misty; s.-23rd; bright and clouded; rain.-25th : morning, clouded ; hut i afternon t clpuded i even- Jane 27, 1848. A tOrtrt iletos'. The new market at Lytham was opened on Saturday'. Several children were playing at the Rochdale Canal, last week, when one fell in and dragged in his brother. who had hold of his hand. They were both drowned. Several estates were sold at Chester last, Week, by Messrs. Churton, at amounts considerably above the valuation. This is a good sign of improvement. About one o'clock on Monday morning a fight took place in the Wal'gate, Wigan, which resulted in the death of a man named Peter Meadows, who is supposed to have been killed by being brutally kicked on the head. A fight took place at Runcorn last week between Sinnes Montgomery and Thomas Stanley, chain cable makers, which ended in the former's death. A verdict of man- , slaughter has been returned against Stanley, and against another man as abettor. EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF RYE GRASS.—ITI a field on Longton Marsh, Lancashire, belonging to Mr. J. dye, such has been the extraordinary yield of the same, that from two acres of ground, 24 large loads of hay have been taken, the acres in question being 74 yards to the rod ! THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT PRESTON.—We regret to find that three more persons (making seven) have perished by this sad calamity. The cause of the accident appears to have been, the negligence of the engineer in not properly supplying the boiler with water. At the' inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned. EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.—The return up to' Thesday last is of an unfavourable character, owing pro bably to the imperfect resumption of work after the Whitsuntide holydays. There were 882 fewer hands on full time, 502 fewer on short time, 1043 more out of em ployment. _ On Thursday week Sir Philip Egerton, Bart.. M.P., gave a-dinner to the Forest Troop•of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry,, the command of which he has lately relinquished to accept promotion in the regiment as Lieutenant-Col. ; Earl Grosvenor succeeding him as Captain of the Troop. The scene•of the festivity was the Red Lion Inn, at the rural village of Eaton, near Tarporlev. Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, has intimated that he can-see no sufficient ground to-commute the sen tence passed on Conolly and O'Brien, for the robbery of the Rev. Mi.. Gerrnon. It is said that the additional evidence adduced tends to show that the whole four parties—the two convicted at Chester of the Adlington murder, and the two convicted at Liverpool' of the rob bery of Mr. C-ermon—were closely connected ; that they were all, in fact; concerned in the robbery, and that they had been co-panthers in many daring outrages. FESTIVAL AT EEESTON CASTLE.—The annual festival, held on the romantic site of Beeston Castle, took place on Monday and Tuesday, in aid of the Widows and Or phans' Fund, in the Peckforton District of the Manches ter Unity of Odd Fellows. About 1500 were present on Monday, 600 of whom sat down to the tea-tables, which were arranged in a spacious tent erected for the occasion. The receipts realised about £l2O. John Tollemache, Esq., M.P., visited the happy party, and was received with those demonstrations of respect which so- kind a landlord and courteous a' gentleman justly enjoys among his tenantry ENCAMPMENT OVTILOOPS AT MANCEIESTER,.--AbOVel sight is to be seen near Manchester—a grand' military encampment on the old race-course at Kersal Moor. The camp will probahlY remain on the moor for the sum mer. It will consist of the entire strength of the 9th Regiment, and three companies of the 63rd. There has been no military encamptnent on Kersal Moor since 1812, when the Louth, Royal ;Buckinghamshire, and Stirling regiments of militia were concentrated on that ground. Tents have been sent down from the ordnance stores,- London ; but they will not be pitched until the arrival of the soldiers, who will immediately on reaching the moor proceed to make the camp: The annual meeting of the Salford Protestant Associa tion was held on Tuesday week, in the school -room', Hultne-street. The attendance was numerous. The chair was taken by the Rev. Hugh Stowell. From the report which was read, it appears that the association had distributed 24,000 tracts during the year, and that the booksof the society's library had been more read than in any preceding year. The- chairman addressed the meet--• tng, exhorting his audience to renewed exertions in behalf of Protestantism, The Rev: J. Currie believed the time -- was coming when all true Protestants of every denomina- tion would be driven together to contend as one man for the faith once deliVered te , the saints. When that time did come, should Protestantism itself be polled, he (Mr. Currie) :would venture to say that there was not a true Protestant either in Manchester or Salford who would not vote for the chairman (the Rev. H. Stowell) to be the; leader of the united body. Shortly afterwards the meet ing separated. ROSSALL ITALL SCHOOLS. LAYING:, THE FIRST STONE OF ARCHBISHOP SUMNER'd'' CHAPEL: On Tuesday last, the annual meeting of the supporter , - of the Roman Hall School was held at - that establishment/ near Fleetwood, and the customary distribution of prizes to the scholars was made. The Lord Bishop of Mall' chester arrived at the Poulton railway station by an early train, and was there met by the Rev. J. 0. Parr, vicar of , Preston,. and the Rev. J. Hull, vicar of Poulton, ver.. chair; man oft the Council and Bo ar d o f M anagem ent o s ft o h, - school, who accompanied him to R ossa ll Hall, short' distance at a distance from which a triumphal arc h o f flowers and ever greens had been constructed i n h ono ur of the occasion. There was also a similar arch ever the road leading from the hall to the chapel. The proceedings commenced at twelve o'clock, when a. procession was formed, in which the Bishop, the Masters and Prefects of the school, the clergy, present, the friends of the school, and the scholars joined, and proceeded to chapel,. Among the clergy and gentry present, besides those we have named, were the Rev. Dr. Woolley, head master of the school; the Rev.— Garbutt, the Bishop's chaplain , ;; the Revs. Canon Sharpe, Vincent Beechey, incumbent of Fleetwood : A-Rudd, curate of Fleetwood ; R. W. Russell, Thornton; R. B. Robinson, Lytham L. S-Nrsons, Kirkham ;. L. Wood, J. Absolarn, Preedy,. L. W. Jeffrey, S., .Fe. Page,. W. M. Farisb, W4* Hornby,. R. Hornby, T. Girdlestone, , 'J. Clowes, Mackreth, J. S. Master, W . .Birley, and others • with tio Reydi Esq.; R. Ormerod, Da Hornby, T. B. Addisoilr and J. Winstanley, Esqrs. Te-Dewne having been<sung,. a Latin oration was de livered by the senior prefect,- Mr. Sharpe; and a highly favourable report was then read by the Rev. A. Day* man, from the Examiners of the school. The names selected for prizes classics, 6th form,. Sharpe ; sth form, Wood; 4th form, Master and Allen; 4th form, lower division, .Haliburton ; 3rd form, Cooley; lower division, Mandell`; ,2nd form, Whyley ; lower division, Cobb ; first class, Pountney ; lower division, Baldwin.. The Hornby composition prize for a Latin essay,. and the prize for.. Latin poetry, and also the Hornby prize for Greek lambic trimeters, was awarded to Ward. In mathematics, Sharpe, Smethurst, Smith, Woodhouse, Luard, Cooley, Kerr, and Barber were the . prizemen. The report also awarded the following prizes :—French Class:: sixth form—first prize, Sharpe ; fifth form, C. Wood and Spencer; fourth form ' Broughton and Spencer; third form, Evans, Plumtre, and Smethurst ; second form, Darwin and Grierson.; first form, Irving, Broughton, and Holt second division, Barber,. Maue, and Hopkinson. German : Brown. The prizes having been delivered by his Lordship, with a complimentary address, _ _ The Bishop expressed the satisfaction he derived. fron2 that meeting, from the report which he had heard.of the high character of the school,. and from the good conduct 0 the scholars. The processionthen again formed, and movedon to the site of the new church, where, prayers having been offered, his lordship addressed the assembly around on the importance.oLthe work in which they were engaged ; and the Rev. St. Vincent Beechey then presented to the Bishop a handsome silver trowel, bearing a Latin inscrip tion, of which the following is a translation : 7 - " TO THE HONOUR OF TRH. BIESSED• AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY, AND IN ORDER THAT A PERPETUAL MEMORY MAY BR PRESERVED OF THE KINDNESS, COURTESY, AND WISDOM WITH WRIICH, THE MOST REVEREND FATHER IN GOD, JOHN BIRD SUMNER, LATELY BISHOP OF CHESTER, NOW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, PRESIDEDi OVER THE FORMATION AND ESTABLISHING OF ROSSALL COLLEGE, THE FIRST STONE OF A COLLEGIATE CHURCH, TO BE BUILT ON THIS. GROUND, WAS LAID BY THE RIGHT REVEREND I._sa LEE, D.D. LORD stsnor: - :or MANCHESTER). VISITOR OF THE COLLEGE, JUNE 20, A.D. 18 48 ." The foundation stone of the new building was Caen laid with the customary formalities, by his lordship,, and the procession returned to the chapel, where the annual meeting, over which the bishop presided, was hald. dine LIVERPOOL AND BRISTOIA.—In the five years en 1846, the rateable value of property in Liverpool proper increased 19 per cent. ; whilst that of its out-parishes analogous to Clifton increased 50 per cent. We inaY be permitted to add, from the same authentic source, that the total increase of rateable valuable property in the borough of Liverpool during the same period was nearly £lOO,OOO per annum, which is nearly equal to the rateable value of the whole of Bristol !!—Bristol Journal.. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, MANCITES' TER UNITY.—At the Annual Moveable Committee of this numerous body, held at Southampton in Whitso n' week, the o ffi ce of Deputy Grand M as t er o f the Order for the ensuing year was conferred upon Mr. Thos. Luffj of Murray-street, in this town,—an honour justly earned by his constant and unremitting a tte n ti on t o th e interes ts of the society in Liverpool. Mr. Richardson, of Cocker' mouth, was elected the Grand Master ; and Mr. Henry Ratcliffe, of Manchester, the Corresponding Secreterl* Several important alterations were made in the tending to improve and strengthen th e b as i s u p o n Whi les, cl i this institution, now numberin g its mem b ers by hunere% ru of thousands, stands. The next yearly committee Iv' assemble at Blackburn. ROMANTIC SUICIDE.—On Tuesday, an inquest 911 held at Tranmere, on view of th e b o dy o f a y o ung girl : aged 17, named Emily Kin g d on . It appeare d that th deceased had been keeping company with a young rea. ll for some time, contrary to her parents' wishes. On Fr!: day evening, whilst with the young man, she met her father, who requested her to go home, when she rePkZ she " would not part from her William." Her fa th er then left her, supposing that she h a d gone to her cousin 8• i In the morning, deceased returned home, and den alcr" her clothes, when her mothe r t o ld h er s h e w as " breaklei their hearts." On this she rushed out of the door e!„, went into a field, and was not seen alive again. A persv: passing through the field saw something floating on The when the body of the deceased was pulled 011 " The jury returned a,vrs4ct Qt: fcAnd drowned,