The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

PLAN OF BIRKENHEAD. We have the pleasure to announce that we shall be • enabled to present to our readers, GRATIS, with our publication of the Bth October, (the day pre vious to that appointed for the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Wallasey Docks) an elaborate PLAN OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BIRKENEIEAD, comprising the whole of the streets, built or projected, the parks of Claughton and Clifton, the new Docks, and the property as laid out for building under the new improvement act, distinguishing the plots belonging to the va rious owners, corrected up to the latest period, and noting the sites for the present and intended churches and other public buildings. This plan, which is beautifully executed, will be struck of on fine paper, and, when framed, will form an inte resting and valuable picture, which ought to be possessed by every one interested in the prosperity of this rising locality. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Licensed Pilot" has requested us to state, that at the time when the collision took place between the Iron Duke and the brig Parama, the former was not, as we stated, in charge of a pilot The government steamers are allowed to pass to and from the port without a licensed pilot. We have received a letter from •` A Member of St. Thomas's Church, Toxteth Park," complaining, in strong terms, of the dese cration of the Sabbath by the gang of teetotallers in that neigh bourhood on Sunday last. He states that a number of stalls were erected for the sale of various goods, to the disgrace of a Protestant town, and to the great pain of the clergy who officiate at the churches in that neighbourhood. Surely such a scene ought not to have been suffered by the authorities, unless we are to become at once a nation of infidels. The Manchester letter from our correspondent had not arrived when we were compelled to go to press. Ebt Ztberpool TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 24, 1844 The statistical account, which we furnished a few weeks ago, of the quantity of steam-power, employed at present in the merchant and post office service of this country, which might, in case of hostilities with any foreign power, be converted into vessels of war, has called, as it was well calculated to do, the se rious attention of government and the public to so important a feature of our national resources. En quiries have been instituted, by authority, in this and, we believe, in other ports, which have fully substantiated the data we had given ; and viewing, together with the existing large amount of our steam marine, the rapidity with which the art, the industry, and the wealth of this nation could multi ply it, if required, the impresssion has struck home to every British heart nay, has gone abroad throughout Europe—that, tranquilly as England has reclined upon her strength for years past, amid the undisguised mutterings of hostility from en vious and ambitious rivals, it has been from no fear of her ability to bear the issue of a contest with one, or all. The conviction has gone abroad, that, against hostility from abroad, this country is im pregnable; that upon her own native element she is able at any moment to encounter and defeat the world in arms; and we may venture to hope, with confidence, that, so long as she occupies her present proud position, there will be few nations willing to jeopardise the peace of Europe by tempting her just indignation—few so hardy as to stir the sleeping Lion. A proud refkczion this to the lover of his country, and scarcely a less welcome one to the lover of hu manity. But the thought will present itself—nay, it ought to present itself, and demand the most so lemn consideration—in what direction are the vast resources of this favoured land to be wielded ? How is England to acquit herself, in the eyes of her Almighty Creator, of the vast responsibilities, min gled with the blessings, which he has been pleased to lay upon her shoulders ? Glance for a moment at her position, to enable us to weigh the amount of these responsibilities. From a barbaric nation, placed on the furthest confines of civilisation—the Ultima Thule of ancient Europe—this little island has advanced to the rank of the first power in the world, in wealth, in civilisation, in liberty, in commerce, and in arms. We have built up the mightiest and the richest colonial empire the world ever saw. Our fleets are in every sea : our name is respected, or feared, on every shore. Nor are we even permitted, however willing we might be, to remain stationary in our present greatness—to say to the throbbing materials of that greatness, "here is a limit beyond which ye may not press." The very necessities of our position compel us to go forward. Within the last three years we have brought within the sphere of our in fluence and command, rich territories, for one tithe of the extent and wealth of which the whole civilized world would have been, in other days, at arms; and the preservation of our conquests, menaced, as they must inevitably be, by the jealousies of those Semi- Barbaric powers, upon whose dark sway the light of civilization will stream through and thus render further conquests imperative, and almost unavoid able. Mighty then, as England is now, she must be mightier, or she must fall ; and that fall must shake the world. Her responsibilities therefore are manifold and almost inconceivable in vastness. By a wise use of her powers, what benefits may she not ; shower upon mankind; by a misuse of them, which will bring down her own ruin, what desola tion she must spread abroad amongst nations — what a fatal blow will be struck against the progress of civilization and, more important still, of christi anity The satisfactory working out of a destiny so im portant; the wielding aright of powers so vast, held in sacred trust for the welfare of mankind,—for who shall dare to say that a nation, so wondrously lifted up, is not an especial agent in the hands of an over ruling God ?—is surely a charge such as no states man—no minister of Great Britain, or of any other land, had ever committed to his care; and which should he directed by considerations far removed from the mere party motives upon which the policy of governments is ordinarily based. On the one hand, the external resources of such a nation should be wielded for the advancement of the permanent interests, temporal and eternal, of the whole human race. Whilst a selfish aggrandizement of our own people should be shunned, we must guard against yielding to the over-timidity, which would tempt us to arrest that progress of our arms and our com merce, which seems designed, as an instrument in a hand mightier than ours, to be the means of carrying the blessings of civilization and christianity into lands now sunk in ignorance and superstition. On the other hand, and above all, as the source of all of which we are happily enabled to boast, the in • ternal security of such a nation should be guarded with a jealous, an anxious, an unrem,tting care. External power, we must bear in mind, is incompa tible with internal weakness. No great nation ever yet fell, whose vitality had not previously been sap ped from within. The page of history is replete with warnings of this important fact, that, to be .ex ternally strong, an empire must contain a happy, a contented, and a virtuous people, proof alike against the seductions of the traitor, the inflammatory ap peals of the demagogue, and the evil promptings of their own human nature, or necessities. Hence, a really wise government would sedulously devote it self to the removal of every cause, immediate or re mote, which tends to alienate the affections of the masses from the governing power, to set their feel ings in antagonism to the security of property, or to produce, in any degree, or by any agency, a feeling of dissatisfaction with the institutions of their country. We beg earnestly to impress this latter view of the subject upon the Government of Sir Robert Peel. Granted that much has been done by the wealthy of our land for their poorer fellow-countrymen — much to improve their social:position, & to bind their sym pathies to the possessors of property—much to pro mote their comfort, to encourage virtuous habits, to give independence of thought and feeling,—to the Government nevertheless it is left to take the lead in these good works, and by a wise and benefi cent policy to set an example of which, depend upon it, once let this nation witness the results; and it will not be slow to follow. We must pause here. The subject, which we have on ly glanced at imperfectly, is worthy of far more space and careful consideration than we are able to bestow upon it in the limited space of a news paper article. It calls, too, for better handling than it can possibly receive from an advocate so unworthy as ourselves. We have little time, and less inclination, to pro long a controversy with a Conservative contempo rary, who appears resolved to shut his eyes to a correct idea of the position in which he stands. There are a few portions, however, of the attack upcm ourselves, of which the Courier thought proper to. deliver hi mse lf on Wednesday last, instead o f givi▪ ng an i n t e lli g ibl e ex pl ana tion of his conduct, whi▪ ch we must briefly notice. We had remarked, in the article which has called forth this reply, upon the want of modesty displayed by our contemporary in setting his opinion—the opinion of a person unlearned in the law—against those of three eminent counsel, where the question . at issue was the interpretation to be put upon a clause or clauses in an act of parliament. To this he offers the following str .nge rejoinder : "We may just ask where was our contemporary's ' modesty,' in setting his op!nion, and maintaining it, we suppose, as stoutly as he,was able, against the decision of Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell ? Surely these noblemen are as much entitled to the designation of three eminent lawyers' as Messrs. Kelly, Cowling, and Cardwell! Yet the Standard seems never to have sus pected them of infalhbilitY, nor to have dreamed that he was committing a breach of modesty in commenting, as lie did in no measured terms, upon their judgment in the case of Mr. O'Connell." In the first place, we must take leave to inform our contemporary that we never set our opinion against the decision of Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, upon the legal portions of the ques tion at issue before them; and that, therefore, the ohiections which we took to that decision were per fectly compatible with modesty. And if even we had impugned the legal correctness of that decision, —and we do now doubt its correctness, although our contemporary seems well disposed to defend it, —we had quite sufficient authority on our side to warrant us against a charge of presumption. It would not have been (as in this case of Rushton v. Kelly and others) our own opinion against those of Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell; but the almost unanimous opinions of the English and Irish Judges—men of all shades of politics, and large experience in criminal law—with a Lord Chancellor and an ex- 1 ord Chancellor, both also of similarly extensive experience, against the opinions of a Whig Judge and two Whig ex-Chancellors, one of whom never drew an indictment in all his expe rience ! There could be little presumption on our part in impugning the legality of the decision of the minority here, with such an overwhelming 1 weight of authority on our side. The Courier is unfortunate in this attempt to vindicate his modesty at our expense; but he is still more so in his endeavour to defend his consis tency, in proscribing, or rather upholding Mr. Rushton's proscription of, the Orange body : " We have never," he says " disapproved of the prin ciples of Orangeism, nor of Orange Societies, nor do we now disapprove of them. We yield to none in admira tion of their general loyalty, peaceableness, and efficiency in the discharge of all the duties of wood citizens. But what we say is. that a police force ought as far as possible to be an impartial body, and that for this purpose it is desirable that its members should be kept separate from political associations of every description." Strange conclusion ! Our contemporary admires the " general loyalty " of Orangemen ; their " peaceableness and efficiency in the discharge of all the duties of good citizens ; but "—oh that awk ward word " but " ' how many a fine sentiment it has marred !—" but" these " loyal," " peaceable," " efficient men in the discharge of all the duties of good citizens," are unfit to discharge the duties of a common policeman ! Their being members of the Orange Order has not, in the Courier's estima tion, diminished their good qualities; has not un fitted them for the discharge of "all the duties of good citizens" ; yet a fanciful theory is . laid down, by which the possession of the very qualities re quired for the office of a guardian of the public peace is to constitute a disqualification in its pos sessor ! How can any man reconcile with common sense such logic as this ? The Courier " yields to none in admiration of Orangeism and Orange Societie3" • and yet it is singular with what scrupulous care he classes them, throughout his recent lucubrations, with Ribbonism. The whole world knows with what motive the same classification has been adopted by the originators of this crusade against poor and loyal men. It was to give a seeming impartiality to their proceedings—a fictitious justice. The Mercury and her radical friends would thrust out from the enjoyment of one of the privileges of Englishmen the members of a body known to be politically opposed to the party of which they are themselves adherents ; and to give a show of fairness to this proceeding—to tempt unthinking people to hold up their hands and exclaim, with Shylock, " Most righteous judgment ! a second Daniel ! "—they include in their ban the members of an illegal and atrocious conspiracy, whom they know at the time that the hands of the magistrates cannot reach, because no man dare tempt the law by confessing himself a Ribbontnan. That the Courier can he duped by so shallow an artifice, we do not think ; and we cannot, therefore, place any great reliance in his professions of respect for Orangemen, when, with a knowledge of their principles, their " loyalty, peaceableness, and effi ciency in the discharge of all the duties of good citizens," he persists in thus holding them up to the public eye in insulting and degrading associa tion with a band of felons and assassins. Our contemporary can scarcely justify conduct like this. The difficulty of procuring well qualified men for the purposes of watching and guarding life and pro perty, combining at the same time the requisite education and, what is also essential, sufficient bo dily_energies, has long been felt in this and in other towns. At the. present moment; we believe, owing to the increased prosperity of tbe country and the demand for adult labour, few men, compared with the number in former years, offer themselves to our Watch Committee, possessed in a proper degree of these two qualifications. Hence it has become an object of important inquiry, by what means can the authorities proceed in order to make the most of the materials at their disposal ? By what means can they proceed to give increased development to the mental and physical powers of the members of our police force? With respect to the mode of developing the for mer, little difference of opinion can exist. Where the elements of education are deficient, adult c.asses might readily be formed under proper superintend ence. We apprehend, however, that the necessity for such a course will not in a great degree be found to exist, as the Watch Committee will ecarcely ap point men lilt possessing an adequate knowledge of the ordinary branches of education. In one point, however, we are satisfied that, not only our own, but every police force, is susceptible of much mental enlightenment. It would save much of the time of the magistrates, and prevent many heartburnings, if members of those forces were properly informed of the extent of their powers, and the duties to which they ought legally to confine them. For this purpose the institution of a weekly lecture, in which something beyond the mere regulations of the Watch Committee and the Head Constable might he con veyed to these men—something of the main out lines of the law, as applicable to their office—would be highly beneficial to themselves, and tend to increase their efficiency and, at the same time, teach them to confine their zeal, or their valour, within legitimate bounds. - - With respect to the kind of bodily training to be applied, some differences of opinion may exist; but of one thing, we are confident, that a proper and effective kind has not yet been applied. The bodily requirements of a policeman are strength and ac tivity; power of endurance, and capacity of calling the physical energies into operation in emergency. The latter qualification the monotonous every day employments of the members of the force are not, of themselves, calculated to create, or to improve, if pre-existent ; and we will venture to say that the kind of drilling, at present extensively adopted by our Head Constable, will never produce it suffi ciently. What material benefit is it to the public that the shambling ungainly men, who compose a portion of our police, (mingled, however, with many of a very different stamp) can " right about face," and even march with something like the military precision of the awkward squad of a militia regi ment ? They have never to march in single or double file to catch a thief; and, although, some knowledge of military manoeuvring may be occa sionally serviceable—in cases of riot or popular dis turbances—such military training should not be exclusively resorted to. A course of exercising is required which will invigorate the entire muscular system, which will induce combined strength and activity. Military exercising will never do this to the extent required. We would suggest to the authorities the resort to a course of training and exercise for the members of the police force, at stated hours, similar to that adopted in the gymnasium by Mons. Huguenin and others, and which is beginning to be consider ed, as it ought to be, an important part of duca tion, even f or th e upper classes of society. A pro perly constructed gymnasium, th of which that of M. Huguenin would furnish use would delidcould certainly tend easily be health, it provided ; and, whil s t it s much to the improvement o f th v ei o r u as surely, by increasing their physical powers,' would as ld , the whole force more capable of discharging efF,.. ciently their duties to the public. It must be borne in mind that the class, from which members of the force are principally taken is one in whom that amount of energy, of which the human frame is ca pable, is rarely found developed. Thk effect of in sufficient or improper food, in youth, frequently saps in them the vigour which ought to exist in manhood ; and if strength is gained, at all, it is rarely combined with activity. The nature of the employments, to which the Ittve been accustomed, will often be found to have developed one portion of the muscles at the expense of others; and men, vi gorous enough for the station and life to which they were born, are thus unfitted for a pursuit which, above most others, requires perfectly matured powers. Nothing, experience has shewn, can with greater certainty and facility correct these evils than such a course of training and exercise as that to. which we have pointed. For one portion of the force, especially, this train ing is most urgently required. We refer to the fire police, from whose members gre at physical energy and great activity is called for, not on l y to make them efficient, but to secure them from acci dents and the loss of life so frequent in their dan gerous calling. How many of those fearful calami ties, which this town has. witnessed in cases of fire, might have been averted, had the poor victims been possessed of greater readiness of bodily action, to enable them to rescue themselves from the sudden emergency of peril which overtook them, we will not attempt to say. We are confident, however, and reflection will convince any of our readers, who have witnessed the peculiar nature of the employ ments of the fire police, that a previous training, calculated to call into action the bodily powers and activity required in those employments, would have greatly diminished the number of accidents which have resulted. For the sake of these men, alone, —a most deserving body, who have shewn how little they regard life in the anxiety to do their duty— the experiment ought to be tried ; and we beg re spectfully to impress its necessity upon the authori ties of the town. We beg to call the attention of the Conservative burgesses of Liverpool to the necessity of prompt exertions, and especially of attention to the approach ing municipal registration, in order to snatch from the Whig-Radical party a chance, upon which they are just now felicitating themselves, of ejecting from the municipal body some of the best and most staunch Conservatives ever enrolled amongst its members, or presented for the approbation of the various constituencies. A list of these will surely be sufficient to stir up the energies of their friends, and of every friend of good local government. The retiring members are : ALDERMEN. T. B. Barclay, R. Thos. Bulley, R. Jas. Lawrence, C. Sir Thos. Brancker, C. W. P. Freme, R. Thos, Holt, R. Jas. Moon, R. Eyre Evans, R. COUNCILLORS. Thos. Shaw, C. Isaac Holmes, C. Wm. Preston, R. J. Edwards, C. Henry Homes, Whig. John Holmes, Whig. R. S. Henderson, C. Jas. Aspinall, C. G. G. Hornby, C. Henry Lawrence, C. Robertson Gladstone, C. J. B. Lloyd, C. Jas. Parker, C. J. S. Leigh, C. S. L. Trotman, C. A. Smith, Jun., C. The Conservative portion of this list contains men who deserve hard fighting for; and we are satisfied their claims upon us will not be lost sight of. To the canvassers in all the wards we say, therefore, be up and active. The question at issue between the Magistrates and the Watch Committee, with respect to their respective powers, has, since our last, assumed a somewhat altered position; yet, one not at all less favourable to our own views than that which we remarked upon in our last. A case has been laid, under the direction of the magistrates themselves, before Mr. Crompton, Assessor of this Borough,— has been stated therefore, we have every reason to conclude, to the perfect satisfaction of Mr. Rushton; and although we might reasonably cavil at the selec tion of a lawyer, connected by his office with the bench, to pronounce an opinion upon a question where the pr:vileges of the bench "are concerned. We are sufficiently satisfied, however, with the high character and standing of Mr. Crompton, to receive hislopinion as one honestly pronounced upon the facts as laid before him. Another case has been sub mitted to Mr. Earle, Queen's Counsel, a gentleman who, upon a recent occasion was selected to supply the place of the Attorney-General in an important criminal prosecution, and is totally unconnected with any party within the Borough. Mr. Crompton gives his opinion in favor of the position, as to the law, taken by Mr. Rushton; but expresses great hesitation, founded as he states upon the high reputation of the learned gentlemen who have differed from him ; and we may remind our readers that this hesitating opinion is one given upon a case prepared by the Magistrates themselves. Mr. Earle on the other hand, is clear, in favour of the view taken by Messrs. Kelly, Cowling, and Cardwell. The authorities, therefore, stand as fol lows, for and against :—we adopt our previous mode of stating it— The opinions of Mr. Edwd. Rushton, Mr. Crompton, (hesitating). v. those of Mr. Kelly, Q.C. Mr. Earle, Q.C. Mr. Cowling, Mr. Cardwell. Whilst expressing our 'gratification at this ad ditional confirmation of our opinions, we take the opportunity of congratulating the authorities of the Orange order, Mr. Harbord and his noble and illustrious colleague, upon the evidence which these opinions show of the perfect legality of the body which they ornament; and, at the same time, of thanking them, in the name of the poor men who have been selected as the objects of unmerited punishment, upon the manly and Christian stand which has been made in their behalf. THE FUNDS. SATURDAY NlGHT.—Consols were firm at a slight advance, notwithstanding that business was li mited. The last quotation for money stood at 904 to ; and for the account 994 to 100. Bank Stock closed 2u3 to 208 ; Exchequer Bills 74s to 76s premium ; India Stock, 284 to 283 ; and India Bonds, 93s to 95s premium. In the foreign house there was not rnuc:r activity. Mexi can further improved a shade on the appearance of the advertisement announcing the payment of the April divi dend on the Ist of next month. Although no remittances have come to hand, the agents, it is understood, make up the necessary amount on the authority of their letters from New Orleans. The Actives left off this afternoon • 37 to s ; and the Deferred 154 to 16. The other stocks showed little alteration. Spanish Five per Cents. closed 234 to s ; the Three per Cents. 344 to I; Portuguese 46 to 47 ; Peruvian 244 to 254 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 621. to 3 ; the Five per Cents. Mg. to -1 ; Colom bian 141 to 4 ; Buenos Ayres :).6 to 37 ; Brazilian 88 to 89 ; and Belgian 103 to 104. FEDERALISM AND THE NATION NEWSPAPER.—The Nation of Saturday devotes a long article to the subject of federalism. " A French war " it says " might bring on a war with Ireland, in which Ireland would be crushed. Let us pause to deny the fact. We tell the Times, that it we wished to try that issue, we could in six months of legal exertions secure the means of Ireland's liberty against double the army that could be paraded by Eng land." The Nation then proceeds at great length, to argue that three separate Cabinets could work harmoni ously together, even though their politics and parties might differ, but admits the possibility of a rupture be tween the Congress and one of the local parliaments— " the Irish f.)r example ; " and then, very coolly adds the Nation, " of course, separation would ensue, and the two countries might become kindly and useful allies." This candid admission of the ultimate designs of the Re pealers is entitled to the praise of every honest politician. " Forewarned is forearmed." " We confess," says the Nation, in conclusion, "There are difficulties, and many of our wisest men think that a separation and hearty alliance should be the policy of the two islands. A vast majority seek such a connexion as exists between Norway and Sweden—with two Parliaments, two armies, two Cabinets, and one King —in fact, an easy and guaranteed alliance. Others , like Mr. Porte r and 'Mr. Crawford, believe that federalism is the interest of both parties, and would, therefore, be the best to adopt, and the surest to continue. Mr. O'Con nell is prepared to welcome it. We, too, will hail the concession of Irish supremacy in Ireland, and will give this plan a fair trial. If, after a fair trial, it be found not our interest —if Ireland's frame grow too large, and her spirit too wise, and haughty, and self-relying, to submit its foreign policy to a mixed congress, and share its strength with another nation, then, we trust, the federal ists will go with us and vindicate for Ireland the right to her own navy, her treaties, and ambassadors, as they now desire to secure to her internal independence." SUGGITT'S SPIRIT NIGHT LAMP.—By an advertise ment in another column, it will be seen that Messrs. J. Darcy and Co., of the Goree Piazzas, have been appointed agents for this useful article. The e simplicity of this lamp, and its economy—for it can be kept continually burning at a cost of not more than one penny per week — are sufficient to secure its general adoption. In appear ance the lamp is handsome, and it possesses one great advantage over others in the regularity of the height of the light, which can be done at will. It will entirely ob . *late the use of rush-lights or floating lamps. THE LIVERPOOL SFANDABD. THE MERSEY YACHT CLUB-CLOSING TRIP OF THE SEASON. On Saturday last, the closing trip of this highly-promising club` for the yachts already equipped, took place, and the fine appearance of the vessels formed a new and interest ing feature in our estuary and outward channel. The Commodore hoisted his flag on board of the Mermaid, and, accompanied by several friends, started from the Royal Rock Ferry at about half-past ten o'clock. Several of the yachts also got under weigh at the same time from the Rock, and the whole (each with several gentlemen on board) assembled lower down the river, and at half-past eleven—the commodore taking the lead—proceeded down the Formby Channel. The day in the early part was the Channel North-w wehstiehLtihgehyt somewhat hazy, with the wind about E.N.E. They soon passed the Bell Buoy, an d, w ith a flowing sheet, steered to s r l etrned l ), a Innearing breeze t he sprang Horse up, and several of the yachts lay to for a short time to take in a reef, others continuing to carry all sail, and the whole so manoeuvring as to keep well together in the rear of the commodore. They numbered six in all namely, the Mermaid, 25 tons (the commodore's) ; the Leander, 31 ; the Seagull, 31 ; the Ileynard, 15 ; the Edith, 10 ; and the Jane 12. The Osprey, 45 tons, and Elizabeth, 20, would have been present, but had previously been laid up for the season. The Psyche, 60, belonging to B. H. Jones, Esq.—a beautiful craft, though not yet of the club—however, joined " the fleet" outside, in compliment, making eight crack vessels. In beating up the Horse Channel with a stiffish breeze, the larger and more pow erful vessels got a head—the Leander, in particular, show ing great adaptation for turning to windward. Good seamanship was evinced throughout, and the trip was altogether delightful. The sight of the gallant little ves sels, with their towering sails, stooping to the breeze, and dashing along in friendly convoy, was exceedingly exhila rating ; but we shall manage these matters still more im posingly in a year or two, when we fully expect to muster a fleet of thirty or forty clippers. The respective parties on board of each yacht enjoyed themselves to the top of their bent, and lunch ; dinner and tea were regularly pre pared and served on board. The joke and the song went round, and as one neared another, the word of recognition and friendship was treely passed. We did not expect so many vessels to turn out at this advanced period of the season—when most of the yachts were laid up; and the muster on the occasion affords a gratifying proof of the rapidly growing popularity of the club. On board of the Seagull, two gentlemen who played the cornopean enli vened the day's proceedings with an occasional air on that favourite instrument. On the next occasion the whole of the amateur band to which they are attached will be in attendance. The sight of the yachts coming up the river in the evening, " homeward bound," was at once novel and interesting. Most of them afterwards anchored in the Sloyne, and reciprocated hospitalities, one vessel's crew end party visiting another. The commodore (J. Grindrod, Esq,) handed round to his visitors the handsome silver cup he bad recently won at the Fleetwood Regatta, not forgetting to fill it with sparkling wine ; and Mr. Hazlehurst, owner of the Leander, who afterwards came on board, brought " a shot from the locker" to replenish it. The cabin accommodations of the larger yachts are all that could be wished both for neatness and comfort, and we need scarcely say that on board the Mermaid " Success to the Mersey Yacht Club" was cordially drunk by the guests. Most of the company landed in Cheshire, and returned to the town by nine o'clock, after a day of unmingled enjoyment and gratification. We should not omit to state, that the smallest of the "fleet" that turned out was a fine new vessel, built (we believe on speculation) by Mr. Edwards, boat-builder. She fully proved herself one of the fleetest amongst them of her class, keeping well up at times with even the largest. We may add in con clusion, that we have learned that leave has been granted to prefix the word " Royal" to the club, and its style and title will hereafter be — "THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB." CORRESPONDENCE. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPBUILDING TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sts, — As your great commercial paper is always anxious to promote improvements in science which tend to the welfare or safety of mankind, I shall feel obliged to you by your insertion of the following remarks on the con struction of ships. As regards the present mode of shipbuilding, there is a difference of opinion as respects the strength arising from a different connection of pieces, on which subject I beg to offer the following remarks : In the first place, as regards the framing. The timbers are sided and then moulded, and these several pieces are fastened by bolts, called frames or ribs ; these frames reach from the keel to the gunwale, or top of the vessel ; now the names of the different pieces of these frames are, the floor timber (A), first futtock (B), second futtock (C), third futtock (D), and toptitnber ; and it is upon the butting and compiling of these several pieces that a great portion of the strength of the ship depends. The present mode of cutting these is to cut a piece out of the end of each timber, nearly half the thickness for a cross chock (F), and these cross chocks are put over the ends of these buts. which is the very opposite to strength, as the buts of these timbers should meet each other, and befitted with a cut of a saw. If put together after this manner, the middle section of the ship would form a stronger arch against the external pressure of the fluid, as the strength of a bridge is proportionate to the size of the stones. Poops and topgallant forecastles are also of great injury to vessels, for they are so lofty over the real height of the ship that they make her labour very much in heavy wea ther ; and, besides, the vessel is always crank, and obliged to carry extra ballast to keep her upright, or stiff, under canvass. They are also great wind haunts. Ships were never intended from the first to have them ; but man, trying to surpass the laivs of proportion, becomes the victim of his own folly ; and I have not the least doubt b t that many vessels are lost by these incumbrances. Ships should be made as compact as possible, so as to blend strength, capacity, and velocity. The proportions of vessels should be as follows :—Three times the breadth and three-quarters the breadth, for the main length from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the maul stern-post. The depth should be two-thirds of the main breadth. This depth should be from the rabbit of the keel to the under part of the main or upper deck. These proportions would make her carry a fair cargo, shift with out ballast, and insure her safety very much. I am, sir, yours respectfully, ROBERT TALBOT, Ship-builder. Liverpool, September 20th, 1844. IQ 5 \'/ MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The honorary secretary of this club has received letters from Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Wilton, the Marquis of Anglesey, and other noblemen and gentlemen, consenting to become honorary members of the club. The note of Sir Robert Peel is chafacterised by his usual graceful language. THE " MERCURY" OUT OF HIS WITS ! !—OUT contem porary of Friday publishes the following nzorceau: " Why does the Liverpool Mercury say that Liverpool is the ' capital of the world's railways ? Do you give it up? Because it finds the " capital" for the railways." This may be capital wit, if we could only find it out. We have gone overit again and again, in the hope ofextracting the point, but with as little success as if we searched fora needle in a bundleofhay, or, more appropriately, for a midge's wing in a basket of cha f f. Not only are we brought to a pause to discover the wit of the riddle, but even the slightest scintillation of reason, and it is positively cruel in the Mercury, from whom so much is expected, not to have put his conceit in doggerels (we shall not strain his abili ties to the stretch of verse,) so that we might not have been wholly puzzled and disappointed at the same time ; for if he could furnish us with no reason, he might have condescended to supply us with a little rhyme. If he means that Liverpool supplies all the capital for the rail ways we must take leave to differ from his " say," and inform him that the men of capital in other towns and places will consider the assumption a capital offence. The late senior editor of the Mercury, who was a man of con siderable acquirements, and withal fond of a juke, used to say of puns, that " the worse, the better ;" by way of excuse for his own horrid perpetrations in that " high" ' department of literature. His successors appear to enter tain the same opinion as regards the world of conundrums, " the further-fetched and the more stupid and inexplica ble the better." Will the Mercury please to tell us what he really means, for we would not for a great deal lose a single intellectual ray from so brilliant a luminary. THE WORKHOUSE.—We understand that the Rev. S. Cragg will shortly relinquish his clerical duties at the Workhouse to his successor, the Rev. Mr. Bannistre, who has already been introduced amongst his charge. Mr. Cragg will in future officiate at Harborough Magna, Warwickshire, to which preferment he was appointed prior to his resignation of the chaplaincy of the Work house. In expressing our regret at Mr. Cragg's depar ture, we cannot avoid mentioning that a day or two since a very well-written and gratifying address was unexpec tedly delivered to him, signed by the inmates of the Workhouse, expressive of their sorrow at his removal, and of their gratitude for his affectionate and persevering labours amongst them, and for the benefits which they had derived from his instructive addresses and patient attentions. The letter affords abundant evidence that the rev. gentleman has not laboured in vain, in the discharge of those incessant and frequently irksome duties which he was called upon to fulfil. The paupers have suffered, we fear, an irreparable loss, unless his successor be a gentleman of more than ordinary zeal and faithfulness. Although Mr. Cragg has not obtained the very question able prize of hearing " all men speak well of him," lie yet carries away with him many pleasing assurances that his services are duly appreciated by those best able to form a proper estimate of their value ; for we may add that Mr. Cragg has received, during his three years' so journ at the Workhouse, numerous testimonies of his ministerial efficiency, which we should certainly have made public had we Mr. Cragg's permission to do so, Ii SELF-SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS. It . will.pe;https be known to some of our readers that Mr. John Minter Morgan, a gentleman, we understand, of independent fortune, has for some years past been en deavouring in the metropolis to raise the necessary funds for the commencement of what he terms "Self-supporting Institutions." His object is, by means of -an entire re-- form, or reconstruction, of the fabric of society, to re move the evils inseparable from the present system, (particularly as affecting the working classes,) by religious, moral, and industrial training in rural establishments of so many families and individuals as can be drawn together for that purpose, and induced as one common family to re trieve themselves from the destitution, vices, temptations, !and other evils of crowded cities and communities, and work together for the common good on that principle of equality of rights, privileges, and rewards, which he ima gines to be the most conducive to human happiness, and the most in accordance with the intent and purport of the Christian religion. It may also be known that he has been countenanced by some distinguished clergymen, and that a prospectus to obtain shareholders for one " model" institution has been drawn up at Exeter-hall, from which it appears that, with an outlay of about £60,000, such an establishment, capable of accommodating, employing, and supporting 300 poor families, averaging four each, may be fairiy put to the test—that £4,000 a year might be thus realised—and that a petition from him was, in March last, presented to parliament, representing his scheme, and praying that in the Inclosure Bills now in progress provi3ions may be made for eligible portions of land, for such purpose. Mr. Morgan, in furtherance of his object, has com menced a tour through the provinces, and is now in this town. We had the pleasure of visiting him at his private lodgings, on Friday evening, to hear his explanations. The meeting was preliminary, wflearned, to a public one. Mr. Morgan entered into a long exposition of his plan, which he illustrated by a large transparent painting of a community located under it, and which certainly repre sented a pleasing landscape, with a quadrangle of cottages and public buildings, a large farm, gardens, and addenda, and groups of well-clad individuals, young and old, in the wooded foreground, with cheerful countenances—a pic ture, indeed, of happiness, the realization of which were " devoutly to be wished." Although the theory was pleasing, startling objections were raised by some of those present as to the possibility, in the complicated state of modern society, of bringing it into practice. We may briefly state, that it appeared to us to be precisely the " social system", so long and unsuccessfully advocated and attempted by Robert Owen and his followers; but, we must pointedly impress, with this great and redeeming difference, that the author, (who admits it to be a modifi cation of a preconception,) in place of exhibiting a care lessness or a scJrn of religion, makes religious education and moral training the basis and hope upon which he relies for success— , his motto being, ", Love God with all thy soul, and thy neighbour as thyself ;" and, in reference to the happiness that might be enjoyed under such a system, " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.' In his printed explanation he states : Competition, a principle at all times hostile to the best inter ests of Religion and Humanity, becomes more Meuse with the progress of machinery, which, although rapidly advancing the wealth of the nation, reduces the value of labour, and thus, misdirected, inflicts upon the people poverty, demoralisation, and increasing misery. A complete Model Institution, discard ing competiti.,n, once established, a new and more happy era of Christianity will commence. . . . We much question the practicability of this doctrine of non-competition ; for competition is, to our thinking, only another word for that superior exertion. mental or physical, or both, which produces superior articles or works, and is the main promoter of excellence. It would be all very well if mankind could be induced, on a large scale, to with draw from their present modes of subsistence (fluctuating and uncertain as they are) ; renJunce all further hazaid in the grand lottery of the noisy world, and betake them selves to secluded valleys or mountains, there to live in quadrangles of given size ; submit themselves to strict discipline and reciprocating employment for the general good of the whole, without a desire to amass extraordi nary wealth, or to yearn after extraordinary distinctions. This might do for those who have long been destitute or unfortunate: such might there find a happy asylum ; but while men's minds are so differently constituted as they are, this cannot take place to such an extent as to amelio rate the general family of mankind. The liberty of intel lect would be bated down ; ambitious spirits would arise demanding greater rewards for superior skill or talent, and all would again revert to the present struggle for life, competency, or fortune. The clever man may, it is said, indeed, withdraw himself from the institution and exert his talents elsewhere. If so, these establishments would resolve themselves into mere seminaries or colleges of education and industry. They seem to be best, if not ex clusively, suited for an isolated rural population, who might cultivate waste lands to advantage,and by a division or reciprocation of labour in the various handicrafts supply each other with the common necessaries of life; but com petition being excluded, they could never become either wealthy or great. For commercial or maritime pursuits; for the purposes of science, in mining, engineering, &c., or for the promotion of commerce—without which civilized countries must retrogade and savage countries remain in slalu quo—they would be totally inapplicable. A Milton, a Newton, a Cook, a Brunell, or a Stephenson, could scarcely be expected to confine himself within the walls of such a settlement. There are other objections arising from the variety of religions, politics, general government, &c., which form an inseparable barrier against their adoption. The thing is impossible without an entire change in the whole system of our internal polity. Flow would the taxes be collected from persons who thus lived in common occupation of ranges of cottages, and pos sessed no individual property ? How would they exercise the franchise ?or would any of them be qualified ? e could dilate on the subject, but we consider it unneces sary to say more. MR. CHARLES KEMBLE'S READINGS FROM SHAKESPEARE. his of wsafcaoi nhsr O det!, cul n i imun T e wiseaui coursetsbae a e stls Tuesday ocu d , rfl a eaoa y uwi onnd l fddai readingsesLtnd, this excited n. dic front enhTo m e en, m :breaoeis i teae n hp,tc e salat n iaki knsi t yieent oseaonsprc:evet Collegiatel interest, trryc abilityt n, gave tv which theewona a i sl numerous s havet i fi t r u stbti and eo d cl ‘ rtoßomeothe s a Dramatic Reader, but also from that of the leading cha racter of the piece (Romeo) having been the chief d'oeuvre of his career as an actor. The expectations of the audi ence were not deceived. Considering the advanced pe riod of life of the recitor, and the consequent want of that fire and vigor which distinguished his more youthful im personations, the various characters were beautifully pour' rayed, and the whole given in thebest and purest taste. Mr. Kemble was greeted, on his entrance, with acclama tions ; and throughout theevening , in the mosteffective por tions of the play, was loudly applauded. On Friday evening, the First Part of King Henry IV. was given, with a happy union of force with comic humour, every character, from the fiery Hotspur to the "inimitable Jack Falstaff," being nature itself, a little tamed down, it is true, stripp e d of the rant and glitter of the stage , but still — nature. At the conclusion of the reading, Mr. Ke mble retir ed amidst loud plaudits, due, we are sure not more to the talent dis playedjhan to the private character which this last:of the distinguished race of the Kembles has carried from the stage unsullied into private life. The reading for thi s evening will be the tragedy of Julius Caesar. SOLUTION OF A KNOTTY POINT.—A contemporary of Saturday remarks that " the dispute now raging between some of the local papers, relative to th e right of the magistrates to dismiss Orangemen from the police office," (Query, force ?)" is a very simple one. The point appears to us to be this :—Were the parties re ferred to found in fiaurante delicto?" It is a pity surely that any parties should go to law to decide a question so easy of solution. It may be remarked, however, that our contemporary does not inform us what he means by Orangemen being found in flagrante delicto." We pre sume he means being caught in the act of doing something very heinous; but whether that something very heinous consisted in drinking The glorious, pious, and immortal memory," swallowing the Pope alive, or some other enormity, we cannot for the life of us make out. Will our contemporary inform the Town-clerk, the Watch Committee, the Magistrates, the Lawyers, and our hum ble selves, what he means by the Orangemen in the police force being " caught in flagrante delicto." CURIOUS MOVEMENT IN THE DUBLIN CORPORA TION.—A special meeting of the Dublin Corporation is fixed for to-morrow, (Wednesday,) at which Mr. O'Con nell and the whole body of the town council, it is ex pected, will be present, for the purpose of taking into consideration the following notice of moion, which has been placed on the books by Dr. Maunsell, one of the leading conservatives :—" That a humble address be pre sented to the Queen, praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to bold her court, and to summon an imperial parliament to meet at least once in every three years in her loyal city of Dublin ; also , that she will re commend to the consideration of parliament the propriety of making such provisions as shall secure that the same shall be done in future times." The motion will receive the unqualified support of Alderman Butt, and the whole, if not all, the conservative section of the town council— and will probably meet with no great opposition from derman O'Connell and the repeaters. T he question in worth very serious consideration, rious Al volved in the motion is not, perhaps , consideration, but any immediate movement which is likely to combine the two antagonist parties must be re garded as indicative of a modified state of feeling with respect to the agitation which now distracts the country. IMPROVEMENT OF TIIE LITURGY ! — TheMercury of last week has the following morceau in his notices to cor respondents, under the head of " Improvement of the Liturgy :" " We have for some time bad in reserve the letter of A Sincere Friend to the Church. advising that the Sunday service of the Church ,honld be rendered somewhat shorter, and, ther e f ore, m ore acceptable to thousands, especially of the you ng ; not, however, by omitting any thing that is said in the s erv i ce, ex cept the repetitions; it is too beautiful to be mutilated ; but he thinks it unnecessary t o pray three distinct times for the Qu e en (late:y this was done tour times) in a forenoon, or to recite the Lord's Prayer five times, to use two distinct but similar creeds, or to repeat the " Gloria" so very frequently as at present. If the prayers were always concluded within the hour, the offering up of the Lord's Prayer being the most solemn act of the ser vice, and if the sermon were limited to half an hour, he con ceives that such a space of time at one meeting would be ample for all the purpases of public devotion and edification, and he expr esses his better that the Church would receive a large acces sion of adherents. If we have room some day, we will give his letter at length." more tthe acceptable psalms to mightt h o b u e - We would suggest to this wiseacre, as hi s next f eat i n t h e i m proving line, an improvement o f th e Old an d N ew pTestaments,Gos pels might be to c urender down intohem o"ne ; sands, especially of the youn g ." P er h aps t h e f our Gos condensed, for instance, " Holy, holy, ' holy Lord God of sabaoth" might be sh or t ene d into " Holy God of libaoth." and other po r ti ons o f t h e sacre d v olume con siderably simplified. Having executed this great work. he might proceed t o th e s till more difficult one of improv ing the Liverpool Mercury, after which any one, or all of the labours of Hercules would be child's play to him. Sept. 24, 1844. BRAZIL. The following very important intelligence being part of a letter to a commercial house in this town, was posted in the Underwriters'Rooms here on Friday. It explains the statement previously alluded to in the London papers: " Bahia, July 30. "The latest dates from Rio are to the 17th instant. The packet had been detained in consequence of a nevr treaty, the ratification of which is to be sent on by her. It is Also reported that Monte Video is again to be a pro vince of the Brazils, she having-solicited the protection of the, empire under the guarantee of Great Britain and France. It is evident that there are preparations made for sending troops to the river Plate." Ibe packet is now overdue about three weeks, and as it is asserted that she was detained at Rio for the ex change of the ratifications, her non-arrival gives some colour to the report. We believe, however, says the Herald of yesterday, that we will be found right in pre suming that no treaty conferring any special privilege on our commerce in the ports of Brazil is to be expected, and that the basis of any arrangement will be merely to ' place us on the footing of the most favoured nations. Thomas Forsaveth, Esq., has been appointed Recorder of Cork. The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, vicar of Bradford, has reached home, after a voyage across the Atlantic and sojourn in the United States of some months' duration. LAUNCH.—On Thursday next, at eleven o'clock, a new steam-boat, belonging to the Steam Tug Company, will be launched from Mr. Royden's ship-building yard, Baffin-street. HORTICULTURAL CURIOSITY.—There is now in the garden of Henry Ashton, Esq., Woolton•wood, an apple tree of the peach kind, a part of which is in full bloom, while the other part bear's a quantity of delicious ripe fruit. VISIT OF LOUIS PHILIPPE TO ENGLAND.—We under stand that their Majesties and the Royal Family will remove to the Palace of St. Cloud about the 25th, and that the King, after seeing his family installed, will go to Eu, from which place he will proceed to England. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—The half yearly general irkenhe a m d ee ß ti a n i g i, o ,a f y the proprietors ietors in the Chester to was have been held yesterday, bei ng one of the days name d i n the act of parliament ; and i n pursuance of t h e no tice several proprietors assembled i n t h e d i rector ' s-room, over the office in James'-street. Mr. Willi am Jackson pre sided; and the only business done c ons i ste d i n the adop tion of a motion for adjournment till the 30th o f J anuar y' announced next. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which would leave Bo,ton and Halifax on the 16th and 18th instant, may be expected here towards the end of the week. The Great Western, which would leave New York on the 20th, will be due in the following week.—[The Albion, from which the above is taken, is incorrect as to the Great Western. That noble vessel would leave New York on the 14th instant, and may be expected here on Saturday. Indeed, it is a subject of speculation whether she or the Hibernia will arrive first.] GENERAL ToM THUMB.—This small spec;men of the human kind and yet great phenomenon, gave his first levees yesterday at the Liver Theatre, to numerous and delighted audiences. The public are infinitely self-de . . ceived with respect to the size and conformation of the general. We have b: en accustomed to associate with the idea of such beings as himself, something dwarfish and repugnant. Geoffry Hudson, the favourite of Queen Hen rietta, wasa small man Cu: short; and most of the species are inelegant in shape and appearance. Our friend Tom has none of these characteristics. He is (as the bills say, and they are, as far as we can estimate, right) but twenty-five inches high—and as perfectly formed as many of the men of larger species that we see every day. He is somewhat infantine in face, and marvellously active. He runs up and down the table, ranged along the pit of the theatre, with an alacrity worthy of any of the " children of a larger growth" who disport in the same atmosphere. At the conclusion of the performances, he saluted (price one shilling) a number of the rising generation, and not a few ladies of a certain age, who appeared delighted with the treat, as no doubt was Torn himself. We may add that his carriage, a perfect gem, was exhibited yesterday in all our public thorough fares, drawn by two ponies, with a coachman and tiger unapproachable in littleness, and excited, wherever it was seen, the surprise and admiration of beholders. SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE.—The gallant General and his heroic Lady are expected in Liverpool this week, on their return from Ireland ; and on Thursday next, our wor:hy Chief Magistrate will entertain the distinguished officer at a dinner at the Town-ball, a select party being invited to meet him on the occasion ; on the following day, the General and his Lady, we believe, will be the guests of his Worship at Elms-wood. Invitations to the dinner on Thursday evening have been forwarded to Lord Stanley, Earl Sefton, Lord Francis Egerton, J. Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., Edward Mitchell, and Major Pot tinger, of the 6th Regiment of Foot, now in Chester, both of whom have served in India with Sir Robert. FIGURES IN STONE, ILLUSTRATIVE OF "THE COT TAR'S SATURDAY NIGHT."—We invite our readers, and all the admirers of sculpture, to an inspection of the splendid group of nine figures, in stone, from the chisel of the celebrated Mr. Anderson, illustrative of Burns's beautiful, domestic, and affecting poem, of "The Cottar's Saturday Night." The figures are admirably and cha racteristically finished, even to minuteness of detail; and the whole are calculated, in an eminent degree, to exhibit the " masonic" skill of the artist, and his just apprecia tion of the fine and natural conception of the bard of Scot land,—an admirable likeness'of whom, as " the neighbour lad" is happily introduced. We shall notice this im pressive work of art—which must have cost great and per severing labour, united to no common stuck of genius— more fully hereafter. Meantime, we can but wish Mr. Anderson every success. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A SON OF THE LATE POET CAMPBELL.—A commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened on Saturday, at the Ship Inn, Waltham Ab bey, before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and a special jury of sixteen gentlemen of the county of Essex, of whom Mr. J. Colvin was foreman, to inquire as to the state of mind of Mr. Thomas Telford Campb 1 1 , aged 40, only son of the late poet Mr. Thomas Campbell. The commission was taken out at the instance of the trustees, under the will of a relative, from which the subject of the commis sion derives an annuity. The inquiry was rendered ne cessary by the demise of his father, under whose will be, however, takes no property. After the jury had been sworn, and the proceedings were about to commence, Mr. Campbell, having expressed a wish to be present, walked in the court, & took his seat by the side of the learned ccm! missioner. He is about 5 feet 5 inches in height, dark . complexion, very good humoured countenance, with a stout, robust, muscular frame. He throughout paid the greatest attention to the proceedings, and evinced no symptoms of a disordered intellect. The counsel for the commission, which was unopposed, stated, in his open ing address, that Mr. Thomas Telford Campbell was perfectly harmless, but had several singular delusions. One was, that Chinn's lozenges, which he bad formerly ' taken had got into his bones and destroyed his constitu tion ; and he had some time since accustomed himself to • lie down in the sun in the forest, in order, as he said, to evaporate Chinn's lozenges out of his bones, and eradi cate the diseases they had engendered. He took occasio nal dislike to some of the inmates at Dr. Allen's, at whose asylum he abode, and had been known to attack some, when, as he said, they got into his way in the passage, although on such occasions there was plenty of room for him, and he would afterwards say he thought he ought to thrash them well. He had exhibited some extraordinary conduct to the tailor who worked for the establishment , and to the slaughterman who killed the beasts, &c., for the use of the inmates ; in the latter case he had eaten part of the brains of an ox which had been just killed ; he would have them warm from the head, without being cooked, and ate them without any bread. After the evidence had been gone through and Mr. Campbell had put several questions to the witnesses the jury after consultation of about an hour announced, that although two jurors objected to give a verdict at variance with the medical testimony, yet that ]4 jurors out of the 16 were of opinion that Mr. Campbell was of sound mind. A verdict was accordingly recorded, "That Mr. Thorne°, Telford Campbell was of sou n d m i n d." M r . C am pbell throughout conducted himself with the greatest urbanity' coolness, and composure; indeed, no one could have sup' i:osed that he had been an inmate of a lunatic asylum, or that his intent cts had been impaired. • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, SEPTEMR R 24.—Wind Fast, moderate. ARRIVED.—Lydia, Horsman, from Palermo—Spread Eagl e ' Paulet, from Cardiff—Swan, Cole, from Oban—and Fly, Call a " cher, from Tobermory. SAILED.—Doris, Kraeft, and Die Krone, Althater, for Stet —lntegrity. Griffiths, for - --B;Tuda, Reed, for Montreal"' Sarah Bell, Bell, for Laguira—and Chase, Vernon, for Lisborl• Gnalier, Edward , , from London, at Pernambuco for Bombe' w‘ A ti nn, losßsroidfstopmast London, ditto, and would proceed to ?$‘ raiha, to load for Liverpool Ann, Holt, hence at ditto, and would proceed to Paraiba Invincible, Newman; Iceni, Byron ; Wm. Russell, Br u, " and Reliance, hence at ditto Coeur de Lion, Kenn -ill, from Calcutta, off Kinsale Priscilla,'l'avl. r,lrom Pernambuco, off Waterford; sailed 1 2t/1 . August. The Placid, CaN'vey, sailed 7th, and the Jersey and Archimedes, 10th August, all for Liverpool On 2:st A"_?.., in lat. 12 N, long. 30 W, passed a ship supposed to be the Col in. bus, hence to Pernambuco e ster' Heywood, Symonds, frcm Old Calabar, at this port, Y day ; sailed 3d June, and from Fernando Po 15th. Lett at L . , rt rence Cove the Adonis, Hamilton, from Cahoon ; Warrior' Wlntosh, discharging, and Brilliant, Cowan, about to s ail Ichaboe. On 4th August, off Grand Sestros, spokethe io 1i n e ; 4 9,4 etta, hence to Bonny. On 26th August, in lat. 39 N, W, spoke the C riton. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPV, I !; SEPTEMBrt E. ' s t r i c t Court, o 11 24, Thomas Mahony and Co., (audit) 25, William Welkin Bailey, (audit) 1 26, Henry Christmas Walt u, (audit). Ditto, 1. 27, William Lynn, (audit) 27, John Whitley, (audit) 27, Thomas lligginson, (proof and div.) Ditto,Ditto,oo. 111 1 1 30, John Higham, (Ist) Oct 2, Thos. Hinderwell Thompson. (prf. & div.) 2, Stephen Meredith, (prf. & div. ( Dist. Court, Manchester, 0 Theodore Frederick Clark, (prf. & final Div.) Ditto, .3 3, Adam Patterson, (Ist).. District Court, .11 5, Joseph Crisp, ( special) Mr. Fairclough% Ditto,DDtt ----- LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 23. with We have had a large show of Cattle at market to -day. A to good attendance of customers. sfd ; and Lamb 6d. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1844. 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