The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

FOREIGN COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. I The Austrian Government has j us t d ec id e d on esta blishing a line of telegraphs from Vienna to Trieste, a dis tance of rather more than 120 English miles. THE CHOLERA.—News has been received from Persia that the cholera was still raging and sweeping off thou sands. The deaths had greatly exceeded the worst year of the plague. More than 100,000 have been destroyed. It is said to be making its way gradually towards Europe by the roads which the caravans travel. The coloured citizens of Cincinnatti held a public meet ing on the 2nd ultimo, and passed resolutions eulogistic of the late Thomas Clarkson, and regretting his death. They also resolved to wear mourning for thirty days, and recommended pastors of their churches to deliver dis courses appropriate to the occasion.. PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS AT JERUSALEM.—In the correspondence of the current num ber of the Jewish Intelligencer, we find the following statement :—" The Jews at Jerusalem are greatly alarmed at the progress of Christianity, which is secretly spread ing amongst them, almost from house to house ; they therefore use all the means in their power to stop it. Se cret tribunals are formed, whose business it is to search after those who read Christian books, or w h o v i s i t our houses. Not satisfied with that, they have recently issued two excommunications against the missionaries, against the hos?ital, and against all who are in connection ARRIVAL OF THE CA.MBRIA. Tlie steam-ship Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived at Liverpool, on Wednesday, bringing the New York mails of the 31st ult., Boston of the Ist, and Halifax of the 3rd instant. There is no matter for special note in the pro ceedfins of the American Congress. Congress has been occupied chiefly with the discussion of the President's message with regard to the Mexican war. The debates were extremely sharp. The duty recommended upon tea and coffee would not be imposed it was believed. It is satisfactory to announce that the shipments of corn and lour to England are in no way slackening. A large num ber of vessels were still loading at New York, for Liver pool and London ; at New Orleans, too, there was great activity, and f re i g ht s ru l e enormous ly high, so muc h so as to make ship own i ng " f or t une ma king," as the Yankees say. Late accounts received from the armies of the left and centre had been received. We take from the papers the following :—General Taylor luis returned from Saltillo, which was all in the quiet possession of the troops under General Worth. No demonstration had been made against him, though at a distance of only thirty miles the scouts of General Worth had discovered about 3,000 cavalry, said to ll:Are been sent from Potosi. General Wool has been ordertd by General Taylor to occupy the town of Parras. The inhabitants made no opposition to General - Wool, but The feature of the co l on i a l news i s a military move it were prepared to receive hi m p eacea bl y . Hi s troops are enjoying excellent health, and are i n th e hi g h est state of the south of New Zeal an d. Th e scene of action was the bush in the neighbou r h oo d o f t h e H utt R i ver, and its ob occupy a .discipline. It was underst oo d th a t G enera l T aylor would sect the capture of th e re b e l c hi e f R ang i heata. The expe • y the ports and towns u p on th e li ne o f operations to Tampico. He would himself shortly take up the line dition deserves to be called a successful one, the chief hav of march upon Vi c t or i a , w h ere rumour says Santa Anna inn dodged his pu rsuers f rom one log-fort to another, till has 10,000 choice troops. his knot of followers was dispersed, and himself driven General Tayl or was t o move, i n columns on the Bth into the open country. A party of natives were then l a id , 9th, and 10th i ns t an t, f or Vi ctor i a, w i th a b out 1,500 men., on the scent, and the troops returned to their quarter" Victoria is equi-clistant from Monterey and Tampico, and Cape of Good H o p e papers announce t h e it wasi.supposed that Gener a l Taylor would make that vein of copper a t th e O range Ri ver Mi ne. place his head quar t ers . THE CROPS IN C ANADA .—E x t rac t o f a l etter dated Toronto, December 12, 1846 :—" Business has been ver y No furthe r d emonstrat i on would be made towards San dull this fall, partly owing to the very grea t quant i ty o f Luis Poto s i un til f urther orders from our Government. General T a yl or h a d i mpr i soned the Alcalde of Monterey rain, which has rend ere d th e b ac k roa d s a l most i mpassable, and partly owing t o th e l ow pr i ces t h e merchants and and hig - son, and served valiente hombres for furnishi ng millers hdve been giving for produce, which has made all ....t.- ..,...,,, ~_ _, , • , _ . , with us c opening of a money: and horses to deserters from tti American army nuah and will snomy nave under his command 2000 men. k,o, lonel Riley was at Monte Moreles with about 1000 men General. Pillow was to mnvo 1-n 44.- 5241. with 1000 men General Worth was at Saltillo, Le finest wheat is only from buslel Of vino. weignt, and good spring wheat is selling in London for 2s. 2d. ; India corn I saw offered for is. 6d. per 601 b. ; pork is selling at frnm Inq t., 19. I am, and l am • ...Lorla, u „ sue lain. told Year -.. beef was offered for• pe 4s. MU ; per 100113. the Santa Anna has sent out a detachment of 2000 men to other day in Hamilton Market ; fine turkeys are from destroy:' , . the water tanks between Saltillo and San Luis Potosi. U Is. Gd. to 2s. ea c h ; geese —l saw two very large ones sold The . for 2s. 6d. the co u pl e i n B rant f or d t hi s week. Butter is nited States b r i g o f war S omers h as b een tota ll y lost off Green I s l e ,about sd. to 6d. p er lb. P otatoes, ow i ng to the failure of Vera Cruz, _ Thirty seven of her crew, the crop, are hi g h ; th ey are now sel li ng here for 3s. 2d. even ' ' the bushel; in London they were sellintr. when T xv . Q sent off to Montreal, and I suppo: [t rnnoli of it itra tha • thq.priees were so low that no one would d by any means hold." It is said that accoun to the effect that the previoup offer of media s from Mexico 1: Isell who been received •awn his I The Cork 1 alt of the new tariff has ,er mentions the total di ltinuance ipping was felt at all the port from London to St. John's wrecked near St. John's c Brunswf 21st of I hat the Irish Society have only raised £2,000 II fund of and And 1,000 for the spiritual ;envies ut from Li/ tow upwards of 160 prisoners i n E nn iskillen • - • - n in September last. The Cambria's advices on x at influence on the n ht 3, all advanced. and fie immense from all fl Accoupt; from ests of lArbachanol The r ' , ranch Chambers v person orf Monday last. 'I THE LIVERPOOL STANI)ARD. Wi IFI GZlN=atitmmm FEVER AND DYSENTEBY.—The insufficiency of the UNIWERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS supply of food is beginning already to produce, amongst the poorer classes of the peasantry, the results which OXFORD, JAN. 14.—1 n a congregation held this day, might naturally be expected--namely, disease and death. being the 'first day of Lent Term the following degrees Fever and dysentery, accordingly, in some parts of the were conferred :—Masters of Arts: Rev. M. E. C. Wal country, are becoming prevalent, and carrying off their cott, Exeter college; Thomas Leslie, Balliol college ; victims rapidly. :In the centre of Clonmany parish, we are E. E. Garbett, Rev. J; T. Pigott, Rev. R. F. Wood, infornied, the mortality has for some time past averaged and Richard Ley, Brazennose college ,• Herman L. Prior, from five to six per day. Even in this city, which has Trinity college ; the Rev. H. Mansel, Fellow of St. John's long been proverbial for healthiness, funeral processions College.—. Bachelors of Arts : Harry Wright, Magdalen are of frequent occurrence • and we believe the same re- hall, Grand Compoundei; J. W. Taft, St. Edmund-hall. mark holds good with reg,anl to most of the towns in the The-Morning Post announces another victim. The surrounding district .—Derry Sentinel. SURRENDER OF M URDERERS FROM S TARVATI Rev. Francis John Lain g , 8.A., o f Queen ' s College, ON.— C am b r i dge. - On the 15th A ugus t, 18 45, a man named James 31-nrphy The Rev. Charles Perry, MA., minister of the district was horribly murdered at a place called Lisheens, within church of St. Paul, Cambridge, has been appointed to the five miles of Bantry. The principal in the murder was a Bishopric of Melbourn, about to be erected in Australia man named William Downing, the leader of a powerful Felix. faction in this count r y. Si nce t h en the police were most The Chancellor of the Diocese has conferred on the desirous to arrest him and others, who were abettors in Rev. Henry Carpenter, 8.A., the respected minister of the crime, and though night after night they traversed the St. Michael's, in this town, a token of his kindness and hills, and a large reward was offered, they did not succeed, regard, by appointing him to the office of surrogate, tice. Downing and his guilty associates having been sheltered The Rev. William Cruttenden Cruttenden, M.A., Mi and protected by his murderous adherents throughout the' nister of Macclesfield, has been appointed by the Right country. However, on 12th December last, James T. Hon. Lord Stanley, of Alderley, to the Rectory of Al- Flynn, one of the. parties charged, gave himself up to C arley, Cheshire, vacant on the resignation of the Rev. head constable Grant, stating that he could not suffer Charles Girdlestone. hunger any longer, as those who heretofore fed him were DR. Hof Dr. correspondent of the London Times without food themselves. On the same day James D. asks how, if Dr. Hook be sincere in his professed abhor- Flynn surrendered, giving as his reason the inability of rence of Popery, he can, when to draw near to Rome is the people longer to assist him. On the 15th ult. John only to enhance her power, advertise a cheap tract with M`Carthy, a third party charged, surrendered himself, some such title as-this—"jn the Sacrament there is a true and on the 24th, the principal, William Downing, came sacrifice." Was it not the denial of this monstrous doc in. He had -been an athletic man, but his frame was so trine, he asks, and the glorious defence of the simple truth shattered and his countenance so haggard, that he was —Christ died once for all—that caused the life-blood of not recognised until he gave his name. He said he sup- the martyrs to be poured out ? And if so, how can we posed he would be hung, but even that were preferable to justify any man, calling himself a Protestant, who thinks the horrid death which awaited him if he remained at large lightly of a truth so dearly bought, who can tamper with any longer.—Cork Constitution.. it, y fritter it away by nice distinctions or mstical subtle • GREAT MEE TING IN D UBLIN .—Th e meet i ng of Ir i s h ties of any kind, by which the name of the thing is left, peers, commoners, and landowners, convened by the pro- but the substance of the truth destroyed ? If a real sacri ductive employment committee, took place at Dublin, on flee be once admitted, why should we halt between two Thursday, for the purpose of "considering the present _.._:....,____ . . presence must follow, and a change of and who cares by what 'name it be loctrine is believed ? FUTURE COURSE OF DR. HOOK.—A correspondent of the Oxford Herald says:—" Dr. Hook has written to a distinguished member of the Hebdomadal Board to ac knowledge the pain with which he now beholds the part taken by him against the Heads of Houses, with regard to the most prominent incidents of the controversy which has furnished an excuse for secession. He no longer tr" - s of ' usurped authority,' or of the ' unhappy determina tion of the Hebdomadal Board to censure Mr. Newman ;' he can, at length, see that he was wrong, and confess it. With his own hand he has torn down ' his colours from LI. r the elements too called, so that the. confin TANT. He will issue no more adverse manifestoes, but will henceforth fight with the University." On Mond NOBLE THANKOFFERING.—At the meeting of the Lichfield Diocesan Church Building Society, last week„ the bishop 'of that diocese (who has just given £lOOO to the good effect society)s of related thefollowing anecdote, sh ow i ng t h e , A- • pal Lie u.tar occasion to send his foreman 500 sovereigns in a bag, to Pay his workpeople. The men came to know of this, and a.plot was laid between some of them to waylay the fore man, rob him, and throw him into 'th e cana l. O ne rsf -- . . warning to the intended victim, and the diabolical plot was frustrated. Mr. Minton, in gratitude for this pro vidential escape, although not what the world calls 11, Lue ow soverens, wine, to have been the priceof blood, to the Church Extension Society. BIRKENHEAD NEW COLLEGE.—The site of this in tended building has been fixed. It is to be in Slaty-lane, in Claughton, about midway between Oxton new Clcurph and Mr Le conclusion of j diately ludo I to Shave been I back before alarming state of the country, and the measures which may be necessary to meet the crisis—such meeting to be • 41.- social concution of this country, and all extraneous topics and party politics to be strictly excluded." The chair was taken by the Marquis of Ormonde. The Marquis of Sligo, Lord Farnham, Lord Cloncurry, and ten other . - .rash peers were present. Mr. Daniel O'Connell, Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Frederick ShaW, and twenty-three other members of the House of Commons, likewise at tended, as did also great numbers of the principal land owners from every district in Ireland. Several resolutions and carried unanimously ; but their length precludes us from giving them They propose the form- of the navigation laws and the imporeduties j on corn and declare it advis a bl e that permission should be gin molasses in br and distilleries. The system of public works, introduced by the labour rate act, is condeinned, and a claim is made that the bur den imposed by them shall fall on the empire at large, not noon Irplaml _ _ _ ".• • DESTITUTION IN IRELAND company is about to come before the pub _. Aablishment, having for its obj ec t th e ex t ens i on promotion of the fisheries of Ireland. Th e ca pit a l i s Lars. ‘500,000, in £lO shares ; deposit, ls. per share. " political lic for e ' I for want ( 111 was dull and stale, but not quite'so ur asual—the rent amounting to £ll9 9s .ay' I ti Ime from the islands of ran, where rotten s the Mayo Constitution " Mr. Atkinsiin, co - roner, held an inquest at Rathiskin, on the body of. Henry Doherty. Dr. Neilson deposed thit the body was reduced to a skeleton, and the stomach com pletely empty. Some of the jurors who were examined deposed that they themselves, since the failure of the )aramount t ms post, in instal . limes, at this awf u l cr i s i s , t h e general 4 rand Lodge of Ulster is postponed from nne time in April, of which due notice w ill 9th instant members. " 5. Patrick Barrett, at lii M`Donne s out begging the Liu. laumy, wiimung or rune perso ns , were s i nce t h e he country failure of the potato crop, li v i ng on one meal of thin gruel le w in the day, and that for many days they had no food at all. " 6. Matthew Temple, at Crossrnolins, on Sunday, the , ns made of Cio from Birminf,rh __„p guns importe, - ; one at Aughnacloy, a fem.., ..1 her father when trying his new purchase ; Addletown, d and another at Carrickmacross. Slid. Good Mid. 10th inst. Fair. , stated by Lord Berna r d, son t o th e E ar l of 7. J „ hii Gre, , 102 11 •] if Bandon, at a.meeting in Dublin on Thursday, is of painfhl ,4 " 94. 10 to 10i 10i 102 11 to ill We have been intOrmed that a poor man, at - weight. He said that the Protestant Dean of Cloyne and Freight to Liverpool gd. square ; n i far ti ßalla, aft . z . h .. aying been reduced to the greatest deg oss informed him thatfive thousand.persons had already d to leave his home to beg, leaving his perished of famine, along the south-western coast, since rni 2 w as -4,00Y,5 - 04 is the basis of the New York opera the beginning September. wife, a n teehie o old t 'w e oman, behind him. In a few days after formed. The Lord Bishop of Ripon has, we fear, professed Eons. The Southern estimates vary from 1,800,000 to his i departure r i me of the ne c lgrou d %weto the on The Cork Constitution describes the apprehension in lying wretchedthelitter himself unequal sin g ly to meet the difficulties in which 2,000,000, The New York Price Current of the 30th Cork city of a man who was driving a cow that evident or hovel in the old corner, w proceedings of the last few years at LeFds instant gives the following statistics : did not belong to him. On being stopped and iuterrowoman, and of her arms the Receipts of crop at all the ports since— gated, be fired a pistol at the watchman ; and on being and face mangled and eaten by the rats. The wretched involved reiron o le , , c o hu o r p c i h so , or a a n l d b h ol a i s oh d th eci a de oo d invitingconference. '-`^' Ist of SeTtoll?er, ' £,959 last yr - secured and searched, his pockets were found to contain a creature died in a short time after." • . the Exp. to qt,Bnt 244,709 '-'-7. anti about twenty cartridges, together with P wrobsair I abr —A meeting of the secede rs . " in Dublin, on IF- 1 - gl: Mro quote ihi;\; mount to 16,500 I standing New Orleins and Mobil Florida and Uplands - ' 000 bales, for Ord. mother at One fad vicinity, as well as for Liverpool and the suburbs on thi side - the water. 'lan, ^at Farrandeelin, on the same day TRACTARIAN AND EPISCOPAL MOVEMENT.—The Rev. Mr. Macmullen has left England for Rome to join the Rev. J. H. Newman, in that city. He is accomp mied by other members of the university who have not enn- 32,357 agst 581,059 last yr., and 708,475 yr bef 240,948 n 1,119 have his with a Exj). to Frktice POLITICAL FACTS AND RUMOURS view to extensive meisure& of protection and defence. Besides the case of St. Saviour's Church, and the Rev. Mr. Ward, (not the professed Romanist of that name,) Dr. Hook himself has among his curates the late editor of the Oxford Magazine who, a year or two back, was mixed up with Mr. Rawlinsou, of Exeter College, O x f or d, in designating the English ' Reformation the so-called Reformation. We fear much that these facts, added to that of the Rev. Mr. Cox, a young clergyman of Leeds, having also gone over to the Romish communion within these five weeks, prove that the bishop has but too good reasons for the course he is said to be about to adopt.—, Church and State Gazette. A CATHEDRAL FOR MANCHESTER.—The lnral nanara round cotton to Li !-3d for square, and for Flour or turpentine. ss. 3d. Trn YOUNG IitELANDER ls. 7d. per bushel of 56 l-1;; , LAIC 4,ATCLU 11.35M1711,1011 was 'ie..— .1' ea- .6 ir Joshua Walmsley had an interview with the Right leg in bulk is. 6d, to nesday evening, for the purpose of forming an association, Hon. T. Milner Gibson, on Monday, at the office of the to be called the Irish Confederation, with a view of pro- Board of Trade. moting a repeal of the legislative union between Great On Tuesday Sir M. J. Cholmeley, the whig candidate, '`-in and Ireland. The chair was taken by Mr. Shea was returned for North Lincolnshire, in the room of 1 Mr. Smith O'Brien addressed the meetinz at r ..... 1 A7T-1-.. 4.- t , i rxr t 1 re opened by the King in 13! ,e royal speech commenced Lain ny aireamg the attention of the Chambers to the dis tresses of a part of the people, and expressing a hope that " by the Om maintenance of order, by the liberty and some length. Sevetal resolutions were proposed and car. ried, and the meeting separated shortly after 12 o'clock. THE WORKHOUSE AT SKIBBEREEN.—The following On Monday Capt. Rushout, a staunch Protestant, wal returned unopposed for East Worcestershire, in the root of the late Mr. Barneby.' s efficiently ing the zeal of private charity," the trials may be mitiga ted. The.marriage of the Duke de Montpensier is allu ded to as " a fresh pledge of those good and intimate relations which have so long subsisted between France and Spain, and the maintenance of which is desirable for the. prosperity, as for the reciprocal security, of the two states." He expresses a hope that the affairs of La data will be soon settled, announces the conclusion of a treaty of navigation_with Russia, and refers to the incorporation of Cracow as an " unexpected event." The revenue has continued to improve, and the great public works are to be " completed with the perseverance.which the interests of the country 'command, and with the prudence indis pensable to the maintenance of public credit." Mt- TII • _PITI 1 L• are in the house this day 1,169 inmates, of Whom 332 are either affected by fever or dysentery. Deaths from Octo ber 10, 1846, to January ith instant, 266 ; same period last year being 10, and the preceding year 11. And of the remaining number so many are either aged, infirm, or too young for work, as to have rendered it lately necessary to employ labourers from without to do some of the ordinary duties of the house. In various townselhe people have plundered the provision shops. MR. O'CONNELL'S LAST.—The ,proceedings of Con ciliation-hall, on Monday last, would have been unusually tame, but for a sudden fillip given them by Mr. O'Con nell, in alluding to the magnificent subscriptions of the English people for the relief of the distressed Irish. " They are offering," quoth the agitator, " bribes to effect The Right Hon. Charles Watkins William Wynn, M.P. for Montgomeryshire, is now the oldest memhpr in A, House of Commons. He was born in 1775, and has been in parliament during the last 50 years. At the meeting of the committee of the Central Agri cultural Society, on Tuesday, it was resolved that a de putation should wait upon the Premier, to represent to him the impolicy and injustice of the malt tax. A number of parties managed to be present at Lord Lincoln's meeting, on Tuesday, by forged tickets, perpe -ated, the Manchester Courier says, by employees of the uu, uiwc, reuerreu to LLC project or a came dral for Manchester. 'lt is said that such a building, to do credit to the town, cannot be completed under one hundred thousand pounds, and it is proposed that, a t pre sent, not • more than the hancel, the, two transepts, and the tower (uniting the nave and chancel, the two transepts) be attempted, and these, with ten bells, would cost fifty thousand pounds. This sum it is proposed to raise . by one hundred individuals cont r ib u ti ng £5OO each, and sub . .. defunct, (?) Anti-corn-law League.. PONTEFRACT.—The Daily News announces Mr. Mar.; tin, the well-known barrister of the northern circuit, as a candidate for the representation of Pontefract. The learned gentleman is a Liberal. scriptions in smaller sums, for the erection of the nave, might - be collected, whilst the other parts of the cathedral were being erected. The site proposed is the high ground at Cheetwood, rather towards Broughton. The Manches ter Courier says :—• We apprehend that, for a work of 'naguitude, these suggestions are on a reduced scale worthy of such a see as Y 'hest/ induce them to become Protestants ; and, he would ask, could the fienda of h—ll invent anything more horrible than this ?" We need hardly remark, that the premises of Mr. O'Connell, as his inference is out : rageous. There are persons both in Ireland and England who, after feeding the people, think it their duty to take French. They are, all of them, exceedingly fervent in regard to the distresses of Ireland, but seem to forget that the necessities in their own immediate neighbourhood, or that of the provinces, are nearly as severe. The Chamber of Deputies mpt A.- - • - - kJ. vuuuig r.artuey oxn it n and his Edinburgh sup porters have formally dissolved connexion with each other, the cause of separation being Sir . CulLing's refusal to oppose Sunday travelling. lane, ,er, -for the extent of country over which its jurisdiction will extend, and entbracine Manchpqfp,. T ham, Ashton-und The Chesto: Chronicle says, that the in Eaton family has _greatly diminished in Chi reat Britain—One con the to rifles. Tuesday, aft( mittee. .44.1.1.4115 s belong to Lservative party, and were returned by large m - ajo- The Chamber of Peers held a short sitting on which it retired into its standing com- adva . ni of the opportunity to set before them - the refohned religion. There is nothing would be required to be raised truths of the has been done by Romanist; themselves, a thousand times, in every age and clime, since their creed was adopted. m the first instance large sums (say to the £70,000 or X 100,000,) for the purpose of buil cel, two transepts, and a tower. mint in There are two chief corn it in vigorous action in the Irish metro ntral committee for all Ireland, and the me i for the exclusive relief of the city. Large being subscribed to both. To the metropolitan, ' secretary has subscribed £lOO. in addition to FOR IRELAND poits— tropoli the chief the central; and the Hibernian• bank a sum o: Nearly £7OO have been lodged within a few days Two medals have been struck at the Frenel cOihmemortttion of ti buted to the rel One is to be in ;enerosity with which the French f the sufferers from the floods of in the mint, and the contri the Loirt other is to be distributed to the persons who distinguished themselvei by their activity in rendering assistance to those who required it. THE DESPATCHES RELATIVE RIAGES.-1 Chambers the officni. of the Spanish- marriages TO-THE SPANISH MAR_ 9n Tuesday M. Guizot presented to the French s relating to the questions hey are of extreme length, avers. In and have known, as the a Id nothing to what - s6s already the best-informed journals of London and Paris rect. The Time. say; 'e been in the main cor- leave upon roe mine is, that, although as long as Lord Aberdeen remained in office, the French Government ab stained from the direct pursuit of an object incompatible with the good understanding of the two countries, yet, on the change of government in the beginning of last July, M. Guizot t was ready. if not efteer_ to ennvert the v.rie.t nuain.uu ci a rennency In Lord Palmerston to favour the Coburg prince into a pretext for the direct demand of the hand of the Infanta or even the Queen for the Duke of 3lontpensier. Lord Palmerston, on the other hand, ap nparct to luivo vazipa ciPareal CUM, IM promote the cause .of that prince, to whom France was most strongly opposed, or to resist the pretensions of France iu favour of ti prince of the House of Orleans, when they - were seriously put forward. The consequence was, an easy and a'complete triumph to the Cabinet of th e Tuile- tnerston's . presence at t portunit long and ardently d es i re d by th e Ki ng o f t ie French." .In one of the despatches M. Guizot accuses Lord Palmerston of garbling. Lord Palmerston is stated to have quoted from one of M. Guizot's despatches words respecting an alleged desire on the part of the Spanish Court for a Coburg alliance which did not appear in it. Doubtless his lordship will be prepared to explain this matter satisfactorily at the proper time. SPAIN Madrid papers of the 6th have arrived. Senor Olozaga is not the only Deputy who has been prevented by the illegal acts of the Isturitz Ministry from taking his seat in the Chamber. Senor Gomez de la Serna, who was elected for Orense, has been refused his passport by the Spanish Ministers, because as Minister of Justice in 1843, he countersigned the protest of Espartero, issued on board the Betis. - The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 6th. SWITZFRLA.ND. Accounts from Switzerland state that the insurgents of Morat have been defeated by the government troops of F riburg, and that, taking advantage of this victory, the government troops on the Bth marched on . 11.forat, the h ed-quartUrs of the insurrecti on . S evera l arres t s h ave taken Plaed in Frihitra• hv nraar of The Kit* and Queen of the Belgians left Paris for Mussels oa:ThursdaT. REPORTED DEATH oi. DONIZETTI.^TIIC Roman Ad wertiser, of January 2, in a note to an article on an opera of this eminent composer states, " we have just learned that Donizetti is no more. Criminal Procceqings have been instituted against .c priest in the Duchy of Brunswick for m ister a divorce a rineido, pronounced by the -, .en two of his parishioners, both of the Roman ( fusing to civil Court, bet Roman communion Th e f ew copies of the London Punbh, landed at Vienna on the Ist instant, by extraordinary permission, were of cliallY demanded back. The number in question eon f the sovereigns of Russia, tains - a rather rude caricature ( Prussia, and Au4iia. It is a curiou.s fact, 'says one of our contemporaries, that the order of; Elizabeth the Catholic, which has just been conferred by the Queen of Spain on Baron Anselme de Rothschild; of 'Frankfort was founded in honour of the expubiT? of 1.14 e Moon and Jewe. at different banks, to the credit of the " Central." W An active spirit of benevolence among the gentry is nowhere and liberality not very conspicuous. one remarkable exception. Mr. • Waite, view, has offered £lOOO to the relief of Galway. By the last official return we find that the number of labour , employed on public works, in the - • _- /0Q 911 There is, however Joyce, of Mer.'• )ur province, it Is. per di close of December, was £120,000 per week must be disbursed from the public treasury,,to afford relief to Irish labour. Yet this em. ployment, though afforded on so vast a scale, seems to DESTITUTION IN FERMANAGH.—The effects of famine and destitution in Fermanagh arc becoming more appa rent every day. The poor-house is literally crammed, containing at present 1,200 inmates, and the renewed and are mac Le every wee it impossible that such numbers as are crammed' into it, can be located there Without producing ultimately the most disastrous consequences, which must result, (if additional accommodation be not provided), eventually in the outbreak of fever; and other cos Ma families, who not long since lived comfortable and where th may receive temporary assistance streets are daily crowded with the begging poor, and the strong athletic youth, whose squalid and famished looks show that the ravages of famine and distress are making inroads in every part of the country. True, many means of employment have been devised, and numbers are ob taining work, but whose wages are barely able to afford one meal in the day to their families. But, independently of all this, robbery, on an extensive scale, is going on, and in man some of the Detrator AN " IRISIi PARTY."—An Irish party, for the protec tion of Irish interests, has been virtually constituted. We refer to the declaration of Irish peers and representatives, subscribed by seventy-eight of the highest names in the land, including those of no fewer than forty-six peers, by whom the preliminary step in this matter has been taken. The list comprises the names of noblemen and gentlemen of all parties. To borrow the words of the Freeman, " Itatltdown; and Farnham, and Waterford, and O'Neill, and Caledon, • move in glorious harness with Sligo, and Arran, Shannon, Headfort, and Cremorne.'.' These no blemen and gentlemen have pledged themselves to united action. in rPferPTICP to nil Triat mpg:moron not ovolneivc.lo political, Which may be produced during the coming ses sion. It is not, of course, to be supposed, that any of them will forego their political opinions on any question ; but that they will, all, make their politics a secondary consideration to the peculiar interests of their common country, and keep them in the back ground until the grand object of bringing all classes in Ireland safely over the present crisis, is achieved. " To this extent, no more," does the present union . go. We cannot deny our sym pathy and praise to such a procedure. We should suspect and dread a union of Irishmen for the obtainment of any boon for Ireland, inconsistent with the general prosperity and coherence of the empire;. but we sincerely believe such design is ,entertained by the niXiority of the now constitute the "Irish purty." . We say the ma, for we find in the list the names of the O'Counclls O'Brien, Maher, and one or two more, who will doubt less, if permitted, insinuate the poison of their politics into the porches of such cars as may he unguarded enough to imbibe it. • There must , be a vigilant watch dgainst any surprise of this sort, and, so, we have no fear of the issue."--BeVait New*. Leiter. if Lord Robert Grosvenor comes forward for 11~iddlesex, Sir W. M. Stanley will be brought forward for the city of Chester. Lerous mee -grieulturists was held in London, on Tuesday, on the subject of the Duke of Richmond's_ testimonial, at which a committee was fomie he formation of an institution for the benefit of doe ntation of Colonel Baillie will retire from the Honiton at the next election, and Sir J. W. Hog b , at present M. P. for Beverley, and chairman to th India-Company,. is likely to offer himself as a car for the Conservative interest. REPRESENTATION OF BATH. — Lord Ashley h to become a candidate on the understanding that porters will pay his expenses f., .1" .1. vs This they hive. elieerfull list is circulating. Little doubt can exist of Lord Ashley's election, as a requisition was signed by an absolute majo rity of the electors. RECONCILIATION Conserv - ative party, and mox aides-de 7 cain_p. have been ex the I of I eill, T. t at New York exe 3. Cot on, corn, flour ntinued 1 - ILL lie regard to the'reunion as us% iimbled on deceased Cambria to the 4th ultimo, from Liverpool, received at New York on the 19th, being more favourable than had been anticipated, the demand their s( became animated, and 5,000 to 6,000 bales were immedi- meeting ately taken at an advance of fully per pound. During Februar - the market continued active, and a be rhyq further a'd received total sales from ti the pee' THE ORANGE INS Alicia exists for every one to I) ztock, 04, to Havro lc swat. Cnor FRANCI Died of starvation." also held seven other inquests, of which, pace, we cannot give the horrifying particu ,es and places of residence of the victims of my" • are as follow. In each case, after a medical man, and other witnesses, , urned a verdict 3f "Died of starvation . " 1. - Mary:Loftus, at Millala, on Monday, the 4th inst. "2. Thomas Tully, on Wednesday, the 6th inst. One the children of the poor man died a few days previously Grehan, at Lisglinan, on Thursday, the 4th at Ballycastle, on Saturday, th The Duke of Wellington is undc one of lemselves wr view. Sir F:Trench and Mr. Bonham are both spoken of as being busy at work, day by day, in attempts to allay the animosities and close the breaches which the conflicts At a meeting of Mr. liright's election committee, at Manchester, on Thursday, Mr. Wilson, the chairman, stated that 5,526 _ voters had pledged themselves to vote ht afterwards addr Lord the meeting, commenting on the speecn and the proceedings passed off with much spirit.--The hon. T. M. Gibson is expected to meet his committee and the electors genera' eight or ten days. BRAVO 7- lan, in about a meeting of the Edinburgh Anti-Corn-Law Association, it was agreed to dissolve the body, and to divide the balance in hand being raised for Messrs. Cobden and Bright. By the bye, we have not lately seen any announcement of the state of the Cobden fund. We take great interest in this affair, because we are curious to see the amount of gullibility of which the English people are capable. The fact is, we suppose, that the " Committee " are ashamed any longer to advertise the £70,000 odd, and are waitin_g to see, if they cannot raise it to £BO,OOO, before they abin commit L. : , ...vial. , lA/ at: puuut: eye. yv e tear that our pour friend Cobden has but a very small chance of pocketing the £lOO,OOO originally intended to be presented to him for his gallant attempt to ruin his country. LORD LINCOLN AT MANCHESTER. - Lord Lincoln visited Manchester on Tuesday, to explain his political views to the constituency, or, at all events, to those who are seeking to secure his selection. as_ one of the repre sentatives of that borough. His reception was a very gratifying one, and some efforts on the part of the adher ents of Mr. Bright to cause a disturbance, and also to get up a cheer for-Mr. Bright on the Exchange when Lord Lincoln passed through, completely failed. The noble lord has not declared himself a can did a t e ; and will not decide until the requisition from the electors is presented to him. In the course of a very long address which he delivered in the Corn Exchange on Tut ing, the Noble Lord, in reply to the cl bat be was a " sudden" convert to free trade, said that almost all the present statesmen and legislators had been converted to the same faith. He would not repeal the malt tax, .but would see what. could b to tea duties, whit!" )f the peoplt me more to the'busitu He is 'favourable to the prinei and he thinks it would be to pay .the Romish cl a ten-hours bill ; ant wise, and just, He is opposed to blank, to repeal the existin point fed corn. gacy and prgbate dutit attendance in the House of Lord this confession, the.mecting, which is &urge, pte,seu a vote of connuence rn ins lorasnip, and her 20th and the gentleman in his =nil year. 1 determined to pursue their eallvg.s, of the constituency on derstood that the only objection on the part of :the .Pre his behalf. inter to their :their youth. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, Mr. Saunders, the secretary of the Great Western Rail way, was presented with a piece of plate, on Wednesday, by the shareholders. OXFORD AND BIRMINGHA M RAILWAY.—It is under stood that the holders of about seven-eighths of the shares have declared in favour of the offer of the London and North-Western Company. Mr. M'Connell, of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, has been appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the London and North-Western Railway, in the room of Mr. Edward Bury, who has resigned. The proposed lease of the Exeter and Crediton to the Bristol and Exeter has been rejected, by a majority of two to one of the shareholders against the recommendation of the directors. The works of the Chester and Birkenhead Riilway, from Grange-lane to the Docks, are proceeding with great vigour. Upwards of 500 men are employed upon them ; the line is expected to be opened in seven months. A NEiv RAILWAY.—The Eastern Counties Railway Company are about erecting large works at Stratford, com prising almost a new town. We learn that no fewer than 300 houses are to be at once erected, at a cost of £200,000. It is also contemplated to erect a church at the same spot, and provide other institutions for the moral welfare of the inhabitants. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—At the ap proaching half-yearly meeting, resolutions will be sub mitted for a conditional - contract between the Lancaster and Carlisle, the London and North-Western, and Cale donian Railway Companies, and the Scottish Central, for a lease to the three former companies, of the Scottish Cen tral and its branches. ELY AND PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY. — This important extension of the Eastern Counties Railway was opened on Thursday for passenger trains. This line branches off about a mile below the Ely station, and passes Chittisham, Manea, March, and Whittlesea, running on to the North Western Railway at Peterborough, its entire length being thirty miles. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING RAILWAY. —The mayor of Preston performed the ceremony of cutting the first sod of this railway yesterday, (Monday.) The corporation and shareholders, with their friends, walked in procession from the Town-hall to the place se lected, which is about half-a-mile from Preston. After the ceremony, the party partook of a cold collation at the Bull Hotel. FINE ARTS AT THE RAILWAY STATIONS.—A corres pondent of the Athenekurn, Felix Summerly, has addressed a well-penned letter to Mr. Philip Hardwick,.R.A., archi tect of the Londo n an d North Western Railway, submit ting plan for decorating the stations . with paintings, &c. thus Tendering them a number of National Galleries. He proposes that when, but when nnlv lino v• satal, VV 11,11 uiuy, a Ilne pay cent., any surplus should be appropriated in this manner. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 2,730 miles of railway, was £134,816, thus accounted f0r:—£71,873 for the conveyance of passengers only, £33,441 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £30,502 for passengers -nods together 't r tively apportioned :en per .er, :espec , being an increase o - f £16,898 over the corresponding week .of last year, when the mileage was about 1,920. DUTCH RHENISH . RAILWAY.—The traffic account on this line, for the last quarter, exhibits a great and pro- ceipts were respectively £3,8531 . 45. Id. and £4,045 os. 3d.; in November, £3,059 17s. 2d. and £3,380 4s. 4d. ; in December, £2,864 6s. 10d. and £3,357 2s. 10. During► the first week of January, 1846, the traffic produced £5BO 18s. Gd., and during the same period of 1847, £7OB 155., which shows that the progressive increase of December last still continues and augments. FATAL ACCIDENT.-Ort Monday, a man named Robert Green. who had been engaged that day as a labourer ov new Park, where there are ; fronting the the Liverpool. and Bury Railway, at Elton, was run over eastward, in one lofty block of stuccoed buildings, five by a waggon which he was driving, and received a severe large houses, called Kenyon-place." These will form laceration of the leg, which caused his death soon after the new Theological College of Birkenhead. The Bishop wards. He was employed to drive the waggons along part of the diocese takes it under his own particular charge. of the line ; and as there were a number of points at the His lordship has nominated to. the responsible office of spot where the accident occurred, it is supposed that he Principal, the Rev. Joseph Baylee, the indefatigable in- was tripped up by some of the rails, and fell under the cumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead. Several wheels of his waggon. of the leading gentlemen of Birkenhead have handsomely The Stour Valley passed last week into the hands of the London and North-Western. The terms are two-thirds If London and North-Western dividend, to commence onened - ; the London and North-W es t ern •. - nresent line and coraeforward and gu case. th c4III,MIU Lue rent of tne premises, in , by any misadventure, find that of which here is little f appo.aio, aireauy. tms is to be peculiarly a Theological College—a sort of Ministerial Training School. Its students will be the agents for the Parochial Aid Associ additional branches ; 4 per cent. to be paid on calls tilll . the guarantee comes into operation. Certain shareholders, who are not _identified with the canal nronrietary or the y organize Lead and its London and North-Western, murmur ilissaiis j factiou7 They say, even supposing the present London and North- Western continue paying 10 per cent. and the guarantee commence instanter, it would not raise the Stour Valley shares to more than 41 premium. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAi. - This immense g eiti, spirit, ana notwithstanding its being the depth of winter, the work is fast progressing. There can b e littl e doubt but a por tion of the line extending from Liverpool to Upholland will be opened in the early part of next summer. A por tion of the cutting of the line near to Aighfield House, the property of J. H. Blundell, Esq., in the township of Pemberton, affords a splendid specimen of the wonderful freaks of nature, by the exposure of a dislocation of the coal measures, called by the miners a fault, whereby the continuity of the coal mines is broken, and one portion, or several parts thereof, thrown down to a depth of many fathoms below the natural range of coal on the opposite side of the fault. FOUR RAILS ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN. —The London and North Western opened its annual campaign by taking the carrying business into its own hands, and now are about to lay down.four lines of rails on their important line. The decision was made by a,r ,. as it is possible to so, withou 'or an Act a iament sition from the landowners, as far as Watford, certain, is likely to occur and no time will be lost in completing the four lines to Tring—where the great necessity for them begins. They will be of immense value to the stream* of traffic likely to be poured in from the counties of Hertford, Bedford, Buckingham, a n d O x f or d. Th e t unne l s are to be doubled. What an instance this ready decision affords of the vitality of private enterprise.—Railway Chronicle. A new point of railway law was - decided on Thursday in the Court of Exchequer —to wit, that the secretary of a company provisionally registered, if he be also a promoter of it, cannot sue any of the members of the provisional committee for arrears of salary, although his appointment was regularly made by a formal resolution signed by one of the defendants as chairman of a meeting ; and althouel a finance commit'-^ +" whom the plaintiff' - ' • see, to s claim, among :red for consideration, actually reported a te. The case in which this decision was Wilson v. Lord Curzon," and the grounds —" The appointment of the plaintiff _ _ been one of the hers, was refer certain sr pronounced is of it are as follows having promoters of the scheme, did , not confer on him a right to sue those who signed it in their individual capacity. He only acted, as it were, under the authority.of the promo ters themselves, and the plaintiff might be said to have appointed himself. To himself, therefore, he should go for payment of his salary, if any was due." LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We are much pleased to find that there is every prospect of the disputes between the directors of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction , Company being speedily settled. The Newcastle . section of the board having come to the conclusion that the affairs of the company could not proceed satisfactorily under the existing disunion, as- sisted in getting up a requisition from the shareholders, for a special general meeting for the purpose of reducing the number of directors (that being the only legal course open to them,) and their temporary reduction will he ef le second of next ,ort of the share- ley receive ties wlio ioolithe step alluded to, with a view to injure them in the estimation of the shareholders. The attacks to which we allude have been circulated, and have also appeared in Herapath's Journal, and are signed " a Shareholder ;" and, we believe, they must emanate from the party who indulged in the same disgraceful and un gentleinanlv course on former occasions. The proceed- nuwever, are 11UL luteiy to misgume but must recoil on the party under whose sanction they appear. The Manchester section of the board has also issued a cirqular, apparently for the purpose of producin a similar effect. This circular is signed by seven di rectors. who hold amongst them eleven hundred and eighty-four shares, whilst the interest of th e N ewcas tle s ection of the board consists of fo ur th ousand eight hun dred and sixty-one shares, a,satisfactory pledge that their own interests are bound up with those of the shareholders generally. Out of the seven, directors of the Manchester section, some of them, we understand, occupied their seats at the board for nearly' six months after the amal gamation of the two companies, without having paid their • Newcastle Journal. rieposits THE BENCH AND THE BAR NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATES.--On Monday, George Loch, Esq., of Old Hall, Worsley, qualified as a magis trate of this county ; and on Wednesday, Alderman Kay, who has twice filled the chair of chief magistrate of Man chester, and Robert H. Norreys, Esti., of Davyhulme Hall, near Manchester, similarly qualified. NEW POLICE MAGISTRATE. — Mr. T. J. Arnold, of the Northern Circuit, and Revising Barrister of the city of London, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Bingham, of Worship-street, on the removal of the latter gentleman to Marlborough-street, where a vacancy has been occa sioned by the resignation of Mr. Maltby. In the Court of Chancery, on Monday, it was announced that an amicable arrangement had b een come to i n th e ease of Mrs. North, that would render any further inter ference of the court unnecessary. It will be recollected that the point in\ olved in this case is whether Mrs. North is entitled to the custody of her own children, she having em braced the Roman Catholi c f a ith , an d h er - husband `laving, as alleged, died a Protestant. CIIANCEUY OF LANCASOIitE.—We are glad to per- ce iVe that the chancery court ior WeCounty palatine, under the able judieal superintendence of the present vice-chancellor, is non• becoming a court of importance. A court was held at Preston on Saturday week. One of the causes, which related to the will of Mr. Peter Lomax, stituted„at the latter c;;:i of August last ; and although it ho "werc. the testater'i next of kin and heir at laW, his report n, obtained inttime to get the ►arses set down and finan Lac./ U raay. We shown turns( that It a suit ant be thus deposited within a period of Live mouths,-it will be, a„great.ind.ura-u , tent for suitors to resort to it. There ought to nount of PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—On Friday, the congrega tion assembling at St. Bartholomew's Church, in this town, presented their respected pastor, the Rev. George Dover, with u piece of plate and a purse, of the value of £lOO, as a testimonial of the high esteem and respect with which his labours have been viewed. The presenta _ Cro§ton o -room, Naylor-street, Mr. After a few remarks, he ure:ieu me rev. Ited him with th !rifleman in suitable terms, and pre splendid testimonial, in the name of Lae congregation. Atr. mver,in returning thanks, found how inadequate the power of language was to give utter ance to his- feelings. He said 'he was embarrassed, be cause he thought it necessary to do what he would have gladly avoided, which was, to speak of himself—not to show, indeed, that he deserved, or was entitled to, any such mark of their est and affection, but to justify a review c Christian Ministry in its relationship to God, to Jest Christ, and to the church of Christ, and said he had en deavoured to fulfil this important trust to the best of his power, while he confessed how tar Ins efforts tell short, not only of the standard set up in Holy Scripture, but a l so of what his o wn desires would have led him to do. He spoke of the valuable position of the Church of England for the purpose of teaching divine truth, and after men- tinting that the difficulties with which St. Bartholomew's Church had to contend on account of the locality of its situation, had been overcome. he rimpliirh.l the blessing of Heaven on the congregation and members of their families. The remainder of th, all the ceedings gave the highest satistiOntOali-presents COURT AND FASHION. The Queen and Royal family returned to Windsor, on Thursday, from Claremont. Lord and Lady Stanleyand family arrived in St. James's= square, on Thursday, from Knowsley. 'The'Earl of Aberdeen, accompanied by the Hon. Ar thur Gordon, has artived at Drayton Manor, on a visit to Sir R. Peel. The late Marchioness of Westminster has left the whole of her personal estate, valued at £16,000, to her youngest son, Lord Robert Grosvenor. Mr. Dyce has been commissioned to paint, on the walls of the staircase of Osborne House, in fresco, on a large scale, anitistorical, or rather poetical, subject,--rNeptune yielding to Britannia the sovereignty of the seas." The finished study for the picture has been submitted to the Queen and Prince Albert, who have expressed their satis faction by ordering its immediate execution. Prince George of Cambridge has been a visitor at Sir William Stanley's since Friday week. On Saturday week the worthy baronet's hounds met at the hall. The field was attended by his Royal Highness and other of the noble magnates of the land, who are partaking of that friendly hospitality for which Hooton Hall is so justly celebrated, at this season of the year. On Sunday his Royal Highness attended Divine service at Easthani parish chiirch, accompanied by Lords Duncannon and Francis - Gordon. On Monday the royal and noble ,party had a grand battue .amongst the pheasants, hares, slid rabbits of the viell-sthe.ked ures.rveG of V." .t. flootou and The Lion. Miss Lister, .eldest. daughter Lord Ribblesdale, ann the late Lady 'John nd consequently step-daughter of the Premier, laurice Drummond, third son of Mr. Charles the opulent banker, and .nephew of the 41111 1.., ELOPIZIEN young Indy left the hum uardian in town, and (Weeded to France, whither they were lulu,- ced by the Messrs. Drummond, and brought lie marriage had taken place. The lady is ill Jan. 19, 1841. LOCAL MEETINGS. HEALTH OF Towws.—On Tuesday evening last, a meeting was held at the School Room, in Moorfields,lto hear an address from the Rev. H. H. Hig,gins, M.A.,/in connexion with the above subject. Sir Arnold Knight was called to the chair, and several gentlemen, who take a lively interest in the sanatory measures for the improve ment of the town, were present. MEETING OF BREWERS. --On Saturday a meeting of brewers was held at the Wellington Hotel, Dale-street, to consider the propriety of raising the price of ale. The' meeting was attended by upwards of forty brewers, and was adjourned until Wednesday, when, we understand, the price will be raised, as it has been in other parts of the provinces, to 6s. per barrel, in consequence of the rise in the price. of malt. BREAD ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was held at the. Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Thursday evening, by the promoters of a scheme for establishing an association, the object of which is to reduce the present high price of the staple food of man. The doors were thrown open at seven o'clock, and in a few minutes the room was crowded to excess with working men, principally those who are employed in the erection of the new docks. Mr. James Birrel was called to the chair, and a set of rules, in force in a similar association in Paisley, was read ; the princi pal feature in these was, that the association were to pur chase flour and appoint a baker, who was to act as a ser vant of the committee. HEALTH OF TOWNS' ASSOCIATION.—The monthly meeting of the committee was held in the Clarendon rooms on Wednesday, Mr. Blackburn in the chair. , The treasurer announced the receipt of a number of new sub scriptions and donations, among which was one of £lO from William Laird, Esq., of Bi r k en h ea d , accompanied with a lette r expressive of the strong interest he felt in the operations of the society, and a hope that a branch association might be established at Birkenhead. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this body, on Thursday, the following gentlemen were present : Messrs. Nicol (in the chair,) Molyneux, Middleton, Wood, Horsfall, Mann, Aikin, Tobin, Kendall, Bold, Sandbach, and Lockett.—The width of the six new north graving docks was fixed as follows : 'two to be seventy feet wide, two sixty feet, and two forty-five feet.—The Dock Sur veyor reported that he intended to lay the sills of the pro posed graving dock gates three-and-a-half feet below the level of the Old Dock, the sills of the inner dock gates six feet, and the sills of the outer dock gates six feet six inches below the level of the Old Dock : the sills of the Prince's Dock, being five feet eleven inches below the level of the Old Dock. It was ordered that provision should be made at the north outer basin for introducing a gate seventy feet wide, in the event of the docks being ex tended hereafter to the north, the expense to do so at present, being only estimated at £2OO, whereas, if not done now, a far greater sum will be required if the gate should be found necessary at sonic future day. The exact situa tion of the gate was left for future consideration. Mr. Mann made a suggestion as to providing shipbuild ing accommodation near the proposed site of the gate.— It was proposed that the double-road bridge at the south entrance of the Prince's Dock was completed on the 27th of December, and thrown open to the public. The old bridge occupied two minutes, and required ninety-six turns turns of the handle, in opening and shutting ; the new bridge can be closed and opened in one minute, and ouly requires forty cn tne nandle.—it was reported that Gower -street was filled up, levelled, and completed Iccnrding to the act of Parliament.—lt was decided to --a the claim of 1:4 15s. against the New Brighton ,an-packet Company, for damage done by one of their steamers to the • river wall stage opposite the King's Dock. The Company resisted the claim on the ground that the steamer was towing a vessel which was in charge of a pilot.—lt was resolved that double gates, to open the same way, should be placed at the en trance of the north dock No. B.—The marine surveyor reported, that during the past year 3728 vessels had passed inwards through the rock channel, and 3953 outwards, making a total of 7681 against 7910 in 1845. Through the Victoria and Northern channels, 13,354 vessels had passed inwards ' and 14,096 ou t war d s, making a total of 27,450 against 28,861 in 1845, being a decrease in the traffic, including both channels ' of 1640.—1 t was resolved that the printing fo r th e Albert - Dock Warehouses should be given to Mr. R. H. Sherlock.—The Harbour Masters' Sub-committee reported that they could not recommend any increase in the salary (30s. a week), of the master of Toxteth Dock.—A letter was read from the Dock Solicitor •ti reply to a • e^nin - Munch." '-a,W, and _ lab._ Jl, ',— Blundell. The solicitor held that the Dock Committee could compel every master porter to charge according to the rates fixed by them, or dismiss him from hiS office, and that the Committee possessed full power to make what regulations they chose as to the porterage on the dock quays.—A letter from Bibby and Son, as to Elias Owen, a master porter, was referred to a sub-committee. —A letter from William Wilson and Co., requesting to be allowed the priority of a berth for the Havre steamer, was referred to the Harbour Masters' Sub-committee. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual meeting on Tuesday, the clerk read the minutes, from which it appeared that on the 4th of January the number in the Workhouse was 1318, the cost of whose maintenance was 2s. 6W. per week •, and. in the previous week th ere were 1316, at a cost of 2s. 80. per week. Th e re li e f g i ven for the week ending the Ist January was 4341 cases, •at a cost of £527 3s. 10d. ; and compared with the, same period last year, the number was 1116, and the cost £l6l more, cal culatinc, bread at the additi o n a l va l ue o f £2B 12s. 6d., and. at £70 . 15., or £259 13s. 6d. more than for the corre sponding week of last year. On the Bth January, the number. of cases was 4497, relieved with £46 10s. 10d. ; and compared with the same period last year, the number was 1217, and £165 7s. Id. more, or; calculating bread and soup, £268 Ils. Bd. more than at the same period last year.' The number of cases relieved during the last six days formed a ,*and 'total of 29,417 - parsons. It was -1 -^ had contracted to supply id, was desirous of relinquishinz ;hard, w his contract ; as owing to the gre a t a d vance i n th e • flour, and the immense, and unexpected influx of Irish paupers, he was losing by it. The subject was fully dis cussed, the vestry eventually resolving not to interfere in the matter. After the medical report had been received, the Rev. Rector Brooks drew the attention of the vestry to the state of the Industrial Schools, of which he gave a highly favourable account. A letter was received from Mr. S. M. Phillips, secretary to Lord John Russell, stating that the Government had no power to check the immigration of the Irish into Liverpool. Some of. the vestry suggested that a petition be sent to Parliament, praying for a Poor-law for Ireland as most likely to meet the exigencies of the case ; and one of the vestry suggested that the Irish paupers should be sent by the cheap train, and set down at all the large towns between Liverpool " relieving Liverpool from the and London, as a means of burthen of supporting them PICTURE FRAMES BY MACHINERY (From the Art-Union.) The ultimate desideratum in the popularisation of art is to bring it as an educational ratans to the hearths of abodes humbler than those under the roofs of which it has hitherto found a restinglplace. It is not necessary to say that in this case pictures are out of the question : we would here speak of prints, of their multiplication, and of the best method of rendering them available. Our own social state owes little, as yet, to art • there is room for, and now a happily the means of, vast and beneficial amount of " in debtedness." We have cheap editions of good books, and we desire cheap editions of good pictures. We claim the merit of the broad and steady advocacy of this principle, the fruit of which is fast maturing ; and it is with such view that we give monthly to our readers a transcript of some pro_ duction more or less valuable, and the value of which shall be henceforth greater ; but such engravings have been de prived of an opportunity of effectively " d o i ng th e i r spi riting" from the circumstance of their being nnframed, because the cost of a frame will be at least five or six times that of the print. Towards the framing of prints • - - me invention we are about to notice effects, we uo nope, the n r i e e st in in ve t n h t i i s ol l i o i n s g t te a sid o e f ra lv t i e r d . object. Bietfe ; and the res u lt at N' is a really good and ornam en t a l f rame at the he arriveselowes lowest prie (eiptpence per foot) at which the m eanest wooden shelter in which a work.of art ever found refuge can be manufactured. This is as usual, effected by machinery. A n y o f the common ' forms, technically called ogee, ova:), bevel, hollow, &c., can be enriched with the most delicate work similar to engine-turning, or by relieved arabesques of any design. The principle is new, as applied to manufactur e of this kind ; it is simply to pass any length of frame unde r a ro ll er i n w hi c h i s cu t the de- sew incises, is turned out of a rough cast of gun metal, and is driven by a steam-engine. The wood which is passed under it is necessarily soft, say the best pine, and receives at any length the impress of the most delicate tracery which can be engraved on the metal. The advantages of this are sufficiently apparent ; but there are yet others which may be mentioned. - The wood comes from the ma chinery ready for gilding, or complete as an imitation of ebony or Florentinebronze, and also in colours, an d hav ing preserved on the surface the design in all its sharp ness, which would be deteriorated by the ordinary method process is a patent, and so of whitening and sizing. The recent that. the extent of the operations is by no means, developed, although the inventor will apply it to the ma nufacture of frames for pictures of all sizes. For many years there has been no improvement in the manufacture of frames ; at least, none to render an acceptable frame accessible to limited means. The want has been a source Of complaint, when so many of the most beautiful produc tions of the burin are no longer very costly. An outcry may be raised by those employed in the manufacture ac cording to the old method ; but under the auspices of the genius temporis, it is the good of the many we must advo cate ' • and considering the cheapneSs of good p r i n t s , o f that class likely to come into the possession of the middle classes, this discovery is very apposite to the time. The results of this machinery will soon be, if it be not at this moment, such as to enable him who buys a print for a shilling to place it in a worthy frame for another shil ling, or very little more. And when we speak of a shilling print, let no one suppose that we allude to an inferior work : some admirable productions of art may now be at tained for that sum ; may we not refer to those which ap peariiin the Present number of our journal, and those which The conseVience will be, 'ere long, that framed printd will occupy walls that are now either bare or covered with hijurious o r unmeaning papers ; and that fine examples of art will instruct the dwellers in houses where eXpensive luxuries cannot enter.- We consider that to produce good. and ch.— " - --ond only in importance to produc- inmes log prints good and cheap 'V We understand that the Messrs. Keys, of ri2; Bold street, have purchased the sole right of sale for Lanca shire for the aboye frames from the patentee, Mr. Biele feld, of London. 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