The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, '—We regret as much as our corres• cation of the course which was In the first place, there is the eding, in which the Chairman of sfuliv interfered to put .ndment. In the next voldbit any discussion atthPir Their pioeeeding,s ' resolutions, and the ntlemen who are to move and second -4 in committee. Mr. Ewbank was a ' which the proceedings of the ' Further, the custom , ed in justification a discussion mittee 1 y for'iorty years can be plea( conauet in refusing - to mil, as chairman, merely wed to be the unanimous it with acclamation, and by 'We may mention that Mr ake in asserting that thi 'fo " A. Churchman.' clown a member prof place, the rules of the I member of such of the soc Certain I room f SDAI WE receive borate our report munication. direr went of al alluded t geared in the dealt out conduct on that of 'yards of twenty but for what ar this day. When I saN, the repOrt out effect, for the u would have been quit the fact that the R passion. _ _ _ can 1 on t the pt Tn ant and thi it cont had no wish unnE enemi s by ll; )f religion are n to hav rday. My r verbatim re] feel that this that any infl, have been pect. Thf meeting during the " scene That gentleman cannot be dilection to either of the rev that his report is a full am compared with mir it, except that I As to 0 I no communication with ject, or Home. report; of regard for ti W. W. Ewbank land, I sl as to the difference have mitt ver in it you and the pt - under the circumstance Birkenhead, Oct. 21 THE Orang, in the hour of d s in defer of bet Will be found were not =dent, c give two or thrE s of ti ertion that hat I was the hearts of all well dispased and loyal men ; and yet it is currently stated, and universally believed, that that very man has received a contribution of £lO from your Excellency towards building a chapel, where, in all pro bability, he will promuigate with impunity the same doc trines to his flock. " 6.—As another proof of the correctness of the state ment, it need only be said that it was given in evidence on the late trials for treason that a priest named Fitzgerald told the police officer, Trant, that he would place him under his protection if he and his men would surrender the Queen's arms to the rebel party. —As a further proof, we would remind your Excel that a certain priest named Mackey acted as an am- bassador between the rebels and ' the Executive Govern ment ;' and, although he knew where the rebels lay hid, he was allowed to screen them with impunity. This is in strange contrast to the course pursued towards a lady named Miss Power, who is reported to have been arrested and imprisoned for giving her own nephew a shelter under her rod As a conclusive proof of the correctnes add that th id speakers of treason given ispected persons, at all events I on suspicion, even if, as the Solicitor d to have said, there was not sufficient their conviction ; but when the Protes tant public found that not one single priest was ever impri soned on suspicion, they could not help feeling that blame rested on the officials of your Excellency for partiality towards that class of men. Nor could they conceive it at more pi sion of the your Excellency , ected of treasonable _designs, it rnment, nit to mention the above, would, like c General is repor have rung out their signals to the rebel party to muster without the knowledge, if not sanction, of the priests who officiate therein We leave, without further comment, the above r the anoloaists of the Irish zovernment to reply WE give m our advertisino• columns a report of the committee appointed by the Select Vestry for the equitable rating of the town, and for deciding upon the propriety of making the Dock and Cor porate Estates contribute their quota 10 the public e and convincing docu ment; and does great credit to the gentlemen by It is a valuat whom it has been drawn up Apropos to this question, our attention has been drawn to the case of Bristol, as a probable com petitor with Liverpool for the commerce of the western world. The docks of that port, it is well known, have recently passed into the hands of the Bristol Corporation, who seem disposed to make strenuous efforts to invite commerce, by cheapening the accommodation afforded. The following pas sage from the " Renort and Recommendations of the Dock Commit& .e" of Bristol, just issued, settles well, as to what we have to fear the question prett ithat quarter heard t " We have ... ~at the Dock Committee will shortly be ready to lay its Report, relating to the proposed reduc tions in the dock dues, before the Town Council, arid that it will probably contemplate a variation from the recommendation of the Dock Transfer Committee, by which the Irish and coasting trade will remain on the s before suggested ; namely, one cennfic 4...“..; Fr frs b.l chrlr;r.alr• wuNtAonri and the rates to be reduced to about the level of those of Liverpool. The postponement of the reduction of the Irish and coasting tonnage rates from sixpence to four pence, would enable the committee to accomplish this thereby affording a still further relief from the excessive local taxation in the foreign trade of the port. " We refrain from expressing any opinion on the policy hare surmised, until the subject has been brought before the Council, which we understand will be before the end of the present month, and probably the reduc tions will take effect before the 9th of November next!' When we be r in mind that the coasting trade and look to our manufacturing dis- here is free, ed with any similar source of con sumption which Bristol has at its back, we have no doubt as to our docks being able to pay their just quota to the burthens of the locality without de tracting from the advantages of the port as a resort for the shipping of the world. Bristol, it will be seen, does not anticipate being below us in her port dues, but only "about the level of Liverpool." We are increasing our trade at present, and re ducing our rates from time to time. Probably before Bristol has got to "about our level," we shall be at a lower level still. tricts, as corn pool &tae-irb. HORNING, OCT. 24, 1848 rday the following letter from ingon Monday even- gest manner corro it. We had no com- with any person t of the meeting the repor column we give a full state- id and done - on the occasion .eport would have ap lay, and was, we be publication, but with.- y the swee with such profusion DOL STANDARD ngaged by you to !ollegiate lnstitu- .om me a justification of my ,n experience of up- reporter to the public press )een to give impartial reports where when charged with W. W. Ewbank, I ever the charge i and the position in which I stand, n your contemporary, the Mail, of ter, to tion 1 er wish nor in I regret tha' to my themse of her M assaults of rebels, addre to his Excellency, L oined their prayers to were convicted tun - ate men .now lyi law. Of this memo: acknowledgment from contains the following " In reply, I have to regret that the persons w to that document shoul( into a petitic imputation upon the imparti by the Executive Government Not a word of thanks for their enduring truth and faithfulness, by the aid of which insurrection had been awed, and the majesty of the law vindi cated ! Whiggery was ever ungrateful, when the hour of emergency had passed by; cringing and fawning in adversity, and insolent in prosperity. The Orange Protestants in their memorial had said something which grated upon the vanity of the Lord. Lieutenant; and the opportunity was eagerly seized upon to administer to the loyal portion of the people of Ireland " a heavy blow and a great discouragement." As a rejoinder to this insult, the body have pub lished their vineicatory statement—a document which the Irish government will find it not easy to dispose of with a mere official reproof. The para graph, they state, at which they conceive offence to have been taken, is the following, containing one of their reasons for wishing the life of Smith O'Brien to be spared : " That the feeling is very general amongst all classes of Protestants that several Roman Catholic priests and bishops, whose rwnes we believe to be well known to the government, were leaders of the disaffected party, and that these men have not been prosecuted by the authori ties, while Smith O'Brien has been singled out, and the strongest measures adopted to bring him to justice " Of the facts thug put forth, they conceive that the necessity of advancing they are now under proof. In the first place they refer to the unani mous opinion which prevailed amongst the Pro testant press of Great Britain, and the complaint uttered " by all classes of Protestants," without the slightest attempt at contradiction, that corre spondence implicating a portion of the priesthood in the designs of the rebellious party, was found in Mr. Smith O'Brien's portmanteau, and sup pressed by the government. They proceed :- 2 Catholic priests and bishops F,' it may be impor shop named Maginn, had sent letters and which body was and ' disaffected body,' Id property seized for the ted party !atholic " 2.—ln proof that It 4 were leaders of the disa tant to and a large number of I subscriptions to `the Iri forcibly broken up'as a seditious and its papers, documents, me reason. " 3.—An additio n the following fact, that two priests, named Bermingham and Kenyon, were suspended by their own bishop for writing letters which were so excessively seditious that their diocesan condemned them in the strongest possible language. " 4.—As another proof, it was stated publicly in the papers that warrants were issued against two priests, named O'Malley and Meehan, and that one of them was in cus tody for a few hours, and released at the intercession of Dr. Murray. And whether the above statement be true to the letter or not (and if not true it was rather strange that neither the priests nor the diocesan, all whose cha racters were involved, contradicted it), it is certain that these rev. gentlemen were ' leaders of the disaffected party —As another proof, it was universally known that a priest, named Hughes, wrote a letter, which appeared in the public papers, of so violent and sanguinary a cha racter as to cause a feeling of horror and indignation in rev. gentleman, I in the portion of an be said on that point able to the suppression of was pale with dard, ani lv to t first, there rade before the public'an gymen, knowing that the o argue that they ought to rifest any of those feelings g tl;e following ce that the reporter was .ile rejoiced in Iluded to by one of the con- found, although it imust have been ad no foundation in fact, for on Thurs- s that no reporter could have actually took place, as ally talking at once, but all I had, which I did, )ruing. I inclose you will be found exactly to dail, and I do a complete a al this ( convey to you his Excellency's o have affixed their signatures bought fit to introduce n of mercy a groundless iistration of justice TO BE THE ONLY LEGAL TENDER VALUE MONEY OR MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE, aver to the above charge— zn exerted to induce me to s this in the possession of the I do not think, as a reporter, I , e fairness I had a right to ex ther reporter present at the ' as it has been designated. 'cused of any peculiar pre ,d gentlemen. He asserts Tint ball moves on; and shortly it will become f what passed. Let it be an avalanche. London and North-Western Railway It will fully corroborate more detailed. shares were yesterday sold in Liverpool at £99 through the influence of per share, Midlands at £65 ; and how much lower 'o conceal or alter any they are to fall, under our present circumstances, as ever was penned. no one seems to know. The drop, bear in mind, tev. Dr. on the sub- is not caused by any increased doubts in the public .ave I spoken to him stone of the Sailors' mind as to the dividend-paying power of these par what I penned of the titular undertakings, or of railways generally. We placed in the hands of the have had no new revelations on the subject ; and nd having received your ap- • the fact, that the market for every other commodity d done my duty. My feelings is similarly depressed, goes far to prove that there greater than for the Rev. is something absolutely rotten at the root of affairs. gymen of the Church of Eng- uestion as one for this commu d them with equal respect, and We suggest the q, h has arisen between them, I nity now seriously to consider, whether the evil is, ination to take any part what- not in the want of confidence entertained by the lye been obliged to trouble public in the stability of railway investments, as iccasion with matter of a values interchangeable with commodities, or in A I hope it will be excused yours truly, their stability as productive of profit upon outlay J. GRIFFITH. of capital, but is attributable to the hazard which all speculative investments are subjected by our present monetary laws. land, having proved We can state, as an undoubted fact, that all iger faithful subjects thinking men in this community are turning their ‘ved tender of their thoughts in this direction. It is admitted on every . throne against the hand that some change is imperative, in order to ~sed last week a memorial admit of the trader and the merchant putting forth Clarendon; in which they his usual energies with any degree of safety. those of the juries, by whom Money is just now abundant, if gauged by the r mercy towards the unfor- ordinary standard—the amount of gold in the under the sentence of the coffers of the Bank. Discounts are easily procur al they have received an able upon good paper, at light rates. But business Ir. Corry Connellan, *hich men fear the repetition of the action of the screw. - 9. harsh reproof : They see in their path an engine, which may, by the action of an hour, render abortive and ruinous their best-devised plans and enterprizes. And they refrain, naturally, from exposing themselves to its tyrannical pressure. The question has been put repeatedly, and taunt ingly, by the Bullionists to those who oppose their system—" What have you to propose in its stead ?" We have been asked to afford something tangible to fight against. We shall do so now, by bringing before the public the first of a series of papers emanating from an association, whose labours, upon a subject which a large portion of our mer cantile body seem most unaccountably disinclined to take the trouble to acquaint themselves with, are deserving of all praise. The document we give entire : " TRACT NO. 1, OF THE LIVERPOOL CUR RENCY REFORM ASSOCIATION. " Convertible Paper Currency based upon Capital. " The principle advocated by this association is— " THE ISSUE OF MONEY BY GOVERNMENT ON CONSOLS, " The entire fabric of commerce rests upon the index of account, whether that be a pound, a dollar, a franc, or any other denomination. " In our commercial system we have taken the pound as the index of value. _ _ "In - all countries, especially in this, there are fixed charges and debts, which render it necessary, that what ever be the lapse of time, equivalents shall be paid for equivalents—that value shall be given for value. This involves the necessity of maintaining the pound at a cer tain purchasing power from year to year, and, in the case of national debts, from century to century, in order that neither debtor nor creditor may be over-paid nor under paid. To effect this, the pound of account, or the pound of the ledger, which is merely a register of the pound of the till, must be mixed. " For the purpose of fixing this pound of account at a certain purchasing power, it is necessary to have it a fixed portion of a fixed amount of accumulated capital or la bour, so that the whole being exchangeable for an equi valent, the part shall be exchangeable for an equivalent; the graduation shall measure its equivalent, as the aggre gate would measure its equivalent, and the graduation will thus not only measure the aggregate, but will mea sure equivalents, as the yard, the graduation, will not only measure the aggregate, the circumference of the earth, but will measure lengths in commodities. TILE BRITISH FUNDED PROPERTY A STANDARD Of " The largest aggregate amount of accumulated capital or labour is to be found in the British funded property. The property being an ascertained, recognised, and un unquestioned amount, the graduation becomes an ascer tained, recognised, and unquestioned amount also, and a pound a measure of value, as the yard a measure of length. The property is the standard of value as the circumference of the earth is the standard of length. " To give the standard of value a fixity, and the mea sure of value a uniformity, that great desideratum, it will be necessary, instead of allowing Consols to fluctu ate, according to the present standard of gold, to fix them at par, and test by this standard the value of all commo dities, including gold. " Having fixed a measure of value, it becomes necessary to provide a which shall be symbolical, valueless, and portable. " Symbolical, or the representative of a value deposited, —the certificate of capital, either owned by or entrusted to the holder of such money. " Of no intrinsic value :—For being only a Medium of Exchange of one value for another, it is useless to bring into the transaction a third value or money of intrinsic VIII LIVERPOOL STANDARD. value, like Gold. It is not necessary before a yard of cloth be exchanged for a bushel of wheat, that this ex change must be deferred until apiece of gold, in value equal, first, to the cloth, and secondly, to the wheat, be found, and if not forthcoming, that the exchange is not to take place. " And portable, for personal convenience. "This money to be issued on a system which shall se cure abundance without the possibility of excess,—so as not by excess to raise prices, nor by deficiency unnaturally to depress them, irrespective of the fluctuations of sup ply and demand. This may be effected by GOVERNMENT ISSUING LEGAL TENDER OR BANK NOTES ON THE DEPOSIT OF CONSOLS' CERTIFICATE, such certificate, when filed, ceasing to bear interest, as the interest-bearing or fructifying power is transferred to the Laval Tender or Bank Notes now in the hands of the capitalists. " Excess of supply would be prevented by the holders of Bank Notes returning them to the Mint for Consols, when more profitable investment could not be met with. Thus the excess would be withdrawn from circulation, and the owner again become a recipient of Three per Cent. from the Consolidated Fund ; and thus would be prevented those exti eme:fluctuations which entail such enormous losses on ne of panic Convertibility would thus_ become; not as at present, exchange of a Bank_Note into a metallic ceracate, M. piece of gold, which, however, cannot possibly he pro duced, if required ; but the exchange of a Bank Note for a ConSols' certificate, or a certificate that a certain amount of capital has been deposited, and into which productive capital it can at any moment be converted." We believe we are rather premature in giving publicity to this document, inasmuch as the Asso ciation are about publishing their manifesto, in _ which their views are stated a little more in detail. The importance of the present crisis, however, felt by every man engaged in business, and by our labouring masses, has led us to break through any punctilio which might otherwise have restrained us. We give in unhesitatingly our adhesion to the principles contained in the tract. These we shall hold ourselves prepared to defend. The details of the plan we may oppose or support, as we may consider fit. But the principles are the main thing CHARGE been brought against us, of 3sentation," by the Rev. Wm. Withers Evrbank in a letter published in the Courier of Wednesday last, and which we reprint for fairness sake in another column, The very paper in which the letter in question appears con tains a copy of the report taken accurately from the STANDARD of last week, sheaving at least that in the judgment of the editor of that journal there waD al misrepr neither any material inaccuracy nor important omission in the account of the proceedings fur nished by us to the public. We are free to admit that we were reluctant to give needless publicity to the distressing scene that occurred upon Mr. Ewbank's pertinacious refusal to bow to the autho rity of the chair, and the manifested wish of the entire meeting, with scarcely an exception ; and we were simple enough to believe, that by pursuing the course we did—that is to say, by dwelling as little as possible on the surprising line of conduct persevered in by Mr.- Ewbank, and all the unseem liness occasioned by it, and by passing on with as little notice as possible to subsequent proceedings, which were marked with especial solemnity and edification, after the Chairman had been called back to the chair, we repeat, we did think that by pursuing this course we had entitled ourselves to Mr. Ewbank's gratitude and approval, upon his more calm consideration subsequently on the whole matter. As sincere well-wishers and supporters, to the best of our power, of the cause, we seriously regret the tone he has taken throughout his letter; and from our own impression of the transaction, and what we have heard from other competent and impartial witnesses, we are bound to admire Mr. Ewbank's adroitness rather than his candour, in the attempt to fasten upon the Chairman the re sponsibility of what he truly calls " one of the most disgraceful scenes of confusion ever witnessed among men calling themselves Christians."' The dissolution of the meeting was but for a moment, when, after the passing of the first resolution, the Chairman, finding Mr. Ewbank insensible either to authority or remonstrance, and despairing, in con sequence, of seeing order restored, vacated the chair. On Mr. Ewbank's departure, he was imme diately, and with acclamation, recalled to it,. and the deputation was listened to afterwards with the utmost attention. These are the facts of the case; upon these must the public decide, since we are unable to discover in what respect we have given, as charged by Mr. Ewbank, " a completely untrue version of the whole affair." It is not for us to comment upon the tone of personal and bitter invective adopted towards the Chairman throughout this letter, which we are told was softened down and curtailed by the editor of the Courier, or it would have been still more un seemly and unchristian. No man knows better than Mr. Ewbank himself, that if the Chairman were " willing to wound," he is neither "afraid nor unable to strike." All took place in the presence of more than two thousand witnesses, who testified a very unequivocal approval of the conduct of their Chairman, upon a sudden emergency, which re quired to be dealt with peremptorily and at once. His character and conduct are for many years before the public now, and we are sure he maintains a higher ground with a dignified silence, than by descending into the arena of such a letter as this, to which, most painfully, we have been necessitated to recur. Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff will appear this evening at the Theatre-Royal, in Sheridan Knowles's celebrated play of tLe Hunchb dr. These exquisite performers will take parts in other pieces on every evening during the week. We are requested to state that the Mr. Atkinson, the barrister, described in yesterday's Albion, as having been committed last week for contempt by Mr. Moylan, the judge of the Westminster County Court, is not Mr. Tin dal Atkinson, who practises at these sessions. COURT OF PASSAGE.—A Court of Passage was held yesterday, before Charles Cromi tcn, Esq., assessor, for the trial of civil causes. The cause paper comprised three special arguments, two demurrers, and seventy issues. The cases tried yesterday were unimportant. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT TRANMERE.—On Saturday, R. Folkes, a labourer, about 16 years of age, was brought before the magistrates at Birkenhead, charged by Mr. Dix, of Tranmere, with highway robbery. Mr. Dix, it appeared, was going home on Friday night when he was met by the prisoner, who demanded from him 55., threat ening in case of refusal to take his life. He also knocked the hat off Mr. Dix's head, and ran away with it, but was pursued and captured. COMMITMENTS FROM THE POLICE-COURT, YESTER DAY.—Mary Cavanagh, charged by James Eilworth, with robbing him of 4s. in Wilbraham-street, was sent to gaol for three months.— George Daly, a boy, was charged with having broken into an unoccupied house in Peel-street, Everton, and stealing therefrom, a quantity of lead piping, taps, a floating ball for a cistern, a small bell, &c., was committed for one month.—Daniel Hooper, a seaman, for smuggling from a vessel five pints of rum, was (in de fault of payment of a fine of 205.), committed for seven days.—A young man, (name unknown,) was charged with having in his possession a large bunch of skeleton keys, and with having offered two small pieces of gold, (not coins,) for sale to Mr. Cowan, dealer in precious wares, who refused to purchase on the ground that possession was not accounted for. Through Mr. Cowan the prisoner was taken into custody. As no owner could be imme diately . found for the gold, the prisoner was dealt with for having false keys in his possession—by being sent to gaol for three months. He stated that he had come from Staffordshire, and he was not known to the police here. Mr. Rushton complimented Mr. Cowan. STALING A TARPAULlN.—Yesterday, at the police court, a young man, named George Leech, was charged with having stolen a tarpaulin, or oil-cloth for covering a cart. It appeared that Mr. Potter, of Pall-mall, was the owner of the article. On Friday night, four such cloths ere left in a yard in Hood-street, and one of them, worth about £3, was missed on the following morning. On Sa turday night the prisoner was observed passing along Whitechapel, with an oil-cloth on his back, and, being apprehended, it was found to be the missing article. It was identified in court by certain marks, and the prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. Mr. Rushton, in asking the prisoner what he had to say to the charge, cau tioned him that he need not say any thing unless he thought proper ; that what he did say might be I ead against him at his trial, but that he must remember that no promise or threat that might have been held out to him, relative to what he might say would avail him on his trial. This appears to be explanatory of some new act, affecting the confession of prisoners. The prisoner, after this caution, merely stated that he had not been on the premises in Hood. street. THE SILVER CRADLE.—This piece of plate, which is to be given to Mrs. Horsfall, (the Ip.dy of our highly re spected chief magistrate, T. B. Horsfall, Esq.,) and which is curious as, in its presentation, it will revive a very ancient civic custom, while it will express the high sense which the donors entertain of his Worship, as a Mayor and a man—is now on view at the shop of Mr. Mayer, the Manufacturer, in Lord-street, and will there remain for public inspection until Friday next. It is a truly elegant and massive article, designed with classical taste, and executed in the first style of workmanship. In general outline it resembles the shell or scroll-shaped cars in which sea-nymphs have sometimes been represented, as careering "o'er the unfathomed deep." The sides are richly chased, with, in the centre (within a circle) the parents fondling with their infant, and an angel on each side watching over them. Over the head part which ter minates the scroll, and is higher than the curve at the foot, there is a beautiful figure of Britannia, seated, ; over the foot is placed the " Liver," with extended wings. The stand, or pedestal, is enriched with figures of Dol phins and other emblems nautical and commercial.—The cradle will be presented on Saturday next at 141 Werellip'e residence, Mill Baltic, West Derby, A HINT TO OUR WATER COMMITTEE, AS TO THE PROBABLE RESULT OF DEEP BORINGS IN THE RED SANDSTONE. The Manchester Guardian of Saturday contains an account of a visit paid by the Mayor of Manchester and several Aldermen and members of the Corporation to some new water works, recently constructed by the Man chester and Salford Company at Gorton, in order to pro cure an increased supply of the element, pending the construction of the works of the new scheme, by which the town is to be supplied with surface water brought from the Derbyshire hills. Our contemporary says— "After inspecting the reservoir, they visited the chief object of attraction—the splendid new and powerful Cornish engine, which has just been put down by the company, and which was set to work to exhibit its great capabilities in pumping up a vast volume of the water obtained by sinking in the red sand stone to a depth of seventy yards. The water is stored by means of galleries from the main shaft, which serve as internal and subterranean reservoirs. The volume of water thus raised by this engine is estimated to be equal to about two million gallons per day—a quantity considerably exceeding the expec tations of the company themselves, and securing, to an absolute certainty, a moderate supply of water for Manchester until the new scheme of the corporation is in operation. The water was tasted, and its quality•considered very satisfactory." Our contemporary concludes his description by stating that— " After spending a very pleasant afternoon, the party re turned to Manchester, very well satisfied with the state of the works, and the good supply of water from the red rock, secured by means of the deep borings, and raised by the company's new and powerful engine, which was found to do what, in Cornwall, is called " its duty," very satisfactorily," If Manchester, by the mere sinking of an additional shaft of seventy yards in depth, and the erection of an efficient engine, has thus been enabled to add two million gallons per day to the supply available for its inhabi tants, it is not at all improbable that Liverpool might do the same. At all events, we would suggest to some of the members of the Health Committee or of the Council, accompanied by one or more scientific men, to visit these works, inspect the natute of the strata, and obtain what information they can from the company's talented engineer, Mr. Bateman. Perhaps it may be found out at last that we are going from home for a commodity which we possess in abundance beneath our own feet. DISGUSTING LEVITY OF TIIE IRISH CONVICTS The Cork Examiner gives the following account of some of the precious young gentlemen, who were to have performed the gigantic task of severing their country from its connexion with the mightiest empire in the world, and defeating an army and navy, which, together have stood against the combined power of Europe "A correspondent, a clergyman of the diocese of Waterford, who was lately admitted to an interview with Mr. Meagher in Clonmel gaol, states that this noble young patriot appeared as cheerful and buoyant as in the days of his boyhood. As an instance of the lightheartedness apparent among the state prisoners in general, be mentions that he saw M‘Manus and Leyne amusing themselves by playing at marbles in the gaol yard!" _ _ _ _ . Such conduct, indecent—we beg pardon, " lighthearted " —as it is in men with the prospect of the gallows, or of an ignominious exile before their eyes, is in uerfect keep ing. Mountebanks in the beginning, who can wonder at the resort to " marbles in the gaol yard ? " THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION ST. PAUL'6 WARD The contest in St. Paul's Ward at the approaching municipal election is likely to be rather a severe one, but we confidently expect that the electors will not allow themselves to be deprived of' the valuable and exnerienced services of Mr. Briscoe. It is worth while to notice the candid maaner in which that gentleman in his address declares himself to be "an advocate for rating the • whole of the Dock and such portion , of the Corporate Estate as may be compatible with the varied interests of this im portant Borough." His opponent, however, Mr. M`Guf fie, says in words that may mean anything, that be feels "it lithe duty of every elector- to give the aid of his hum— ble endeavours to effect such an equalization of our local taxes, as will tend to alleviate the burdens under which the ratepayers have for some time laboured." If Mr. M' Guffie votes against the rating of the Dock and Corporate estates no elector can accuse him of having broken. his word. MEETING. OF THE ELE( TORS OF ABER- CROMBIE N Last night a numerous meeting of the electors of this ward was held at Mr. Danson's inn, in Mul berry-street, for the purpose of introducing to them Mr. W. Earle, who had accepted of an invitation nu merously signed, to become a candidate. Mr. John Pinch was called to the chair, and stated the object to be, to hear Mr. Earle express his opinions. He, Mr. Earle, had before represented St. Anne's ward, but as the chairman of his committee and most of the members had become dispersed, so that he would not likely be renominated, he had accepted of an invitation numerously signed to come forward for this ward, and would explain, his opinions cn the principal topics that now pressed upon the attention of the electors.—Mr. Earle stated it was not for him to state his qualificationsibut for them to judge ofhim by his past conduct in the council. As he had stated in his address he would not canvass for a vote, though he should be proud of obtaining their suffrages. He courted interrogatory, and should not equivocate in his replies, as some parties did who placed their opinions upon swivels, so that they might turn them either way. He and other friends, including Mr. Hornby, thought, with respect to the rating question, that the docks ought to be rated, and also parts of the corporate estate ; and he hoped that the Select Vestry, the Dock Trustees, and the Council, would come to an arrangement that would pre vent the heavy cost of legal proceedings, and benefit the town. He agreed also that all local rates should be equalised, and that the utmost economy and retrench ment should be observed in the local expenditure. But there had been a false economy pursued,, es pecially in sewerage, in which a bad system has been worked ; but an efficient one was now in operation. Some questions were put to Mr. Earle on the water ques tion, to which he replied that an abundant supply of the best water from the Pike would not increase the present rates, and that after the works were completed, and the town became more populous, the rates would be reduced. To the objection that the scheme had been too much pre cipitated at a time when the town was so much depressed, he stated that the Act required the Corporation to purchase the land, and within a given time, and had also compelled them to purchase the old works at a most exorbitant price, though they were left in a very disgraceful state, but he did not think any borough-rate would be required, though the interest of the money to be borrowed would be required to complete the works,' which would be done at the estimate—X4Bo,ooo—while, in the end, the vast profits of the old companies would be saved. He blamed the press for misrepresentations, to forward their own business. — Mr. Danson proposed a motion to the effect that the electors of the ward were satisfied with the exposition given by Mr. Earle of his opinions,, and promised to fur ther his election as their representative." He entered into, a long exposition of Mr. Earle's and hisown proceedings in the Council over many years, and. dwelt at great length on the water question, on which he said ignorant opinions had gone abroad. The committee had given every point of the question their most careful consideration, yet their exertions for the good of the town bad been misrepresented, and themselves traduced. He fully expected that for his conscientious opinions on this point, he should be thrown out of Lime-street Ward. He eulogised Mr. Earle throughout, for his straight forward and manly conduct in the Council, and also for . his extreme industry in committees, &c.—Mr. See se conded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. — Mr. Earle appropriately returned thanks. A committee, headed by Mr. Finch as chairman, was then elected, and the meeting separated. SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.—The Bishop of Chester is to make his first appearance in this part of his diocese next Sunday, when he preaches in the Church for the Blind, in aid of the funds'of that excellent institution, which, we regret to hear, is suffering greatly from the pressure of the times. It is expected that there will be a very fashionable attendance. We hear that the Mayor and Corporation will attend, and that the Countess of Sefton and other ladies are to receive the contributions. The bishop is. said to be a very eloquent preacher. Loss OF THE PEEL'S ONE.—lntelligence has been re ceived of the total loss of The Peel's One, Capt. Lickiss, on the 18th of September, near Cape North, Cape Breton Island, and also six of the crew. This vessel, it appears, left Hull on the 19th of August, for Richebucto, and at the time of the occurence she had on board eight passen gers, besides the crew of the schooner Balarea, of St. John's, N.B. Twenty-three persons escaped with their lives, but the other six were drowned. DISCOVERY OF A GANG OF COINERS.-011 Saturday, Andrew Gaynor, Betsy Gaynor, Patrick M'Cormick, and Catherine Whelan were brought up, having been found with a mould for casting counterfeit shillings in their possession, in a cellar occupied by the prisoners, in Hornby-street. On a search, in a small crevice in a coal vault, the officers found a plaster mould for casting shillings of the reign of George 111., four counterfeit shillings newly made, and a parcel of met a l wra pp e d i n a dirty cloth. In the cellar itself they found a file, plaster of paris, and a melting-spoon. The man Gaynor, it was I stated, had been before the court a few days before for passing a base shilling, and acquitted ; and both of the female prisoners, it appears, nave been previously tried for a similar offence. Mr. Rushton ordered the Case to be submitted to the law-officers of the Crown. ROBBERY OF A PRISONER'S WIFE.—On Saturday Ann Johnson, a respectable-looking young woman, was char ged with having obtained a quantity of groceries from Mrs. Maria Grant, by means of a forged letter. The husband of the prosecutrix was tried at the late Sessions for his connexion with a robbery of flour, and is now un der sentence in the Borough Gaol. On Friday, it appeared, the prisoner called . 11 Mrs. Grant, and pretending that she had been in prison, presentcd a note purporting to be from Mr. Grant, asking for a variety of articles. These were furnished to the amount of 3s. 6d., and the prisoner was entrusted to carry them to the gaol. The moment she had gone Mrs. Grant began to suspect the genuineness of the letter, and despatched a messenger to watch the prisoner's movements. She proceeded direct with the goods to her own house in Standish-street, and was th er e given into custody. A difficulcy in regard to the prose cution here presented itself, as the prisoner could not without a writ of habeas corpus be called up to deny the authorship of the letter which had been produced. Some attempt, however, it appeared, had been made to cm. promise the (deuce 4nd the pri soner w 4 ,1 cufichgrged, PROPOSED MOVEMENT TO RESTORE coNFr- DENCE IN SHARE PROPERTY. We referred in our last to the very proper steps taken by the London and Northwestern Railway board, of pre paring for their shareholders and the public a full and in telligible statement of the precise position of their affairs. We learn from a Scottish contemporary that the example is about to be followed by one of the leading Scotch lines ; and we have little doubt that it will be followed by all honest boards of directors. In addition, however, to these voluntary measures for dissipating the exaggerated fears entertained of the stability of railway property, we observe with pleasure the formation of an association of gentlemen connected with joint-stock property generally, " for the purpose of obtaining statements similar to those referred to, and of impressing upon boards the necessity of postponing the construction of new works, and curtail ing to the utmost the demand upon shareholders for fur ther calls ;" and we believe we may state confidently that a similar association is at present being formed in our own town. We cannot impress too strongly upon our readers the importance of this movement; and especially of the latter of its objects being firmly insisted upon. It is clearly im possible that we can continue paying from two to three millions sterling per month for calls upon new lines, or for branches and extensions of old lines, without a farther frightful depreciation of the aggregate capital sunk in these undertakings. The commercial and trading com munities are just now reduced to deal from hand to mouth with ready money ; and may almost be said to have reached a state of barter. An incalculable amount of the currency' of the country, composed of Bills of Exchange and other commercial paper, by the aid of which we were enabled two years ago to project suc'.l vast additions to our railway facilities, without seriously interfering with the ordinary transactions of business, has been swept away from us. The enormous structure of credit—the inverted sugar loaf—has given way ; and the small golden end of the cone represents the limit to which which we must restrict our transactions. We may amuse ourselves by talking of doubts created by unintelligible statements of accounts ; of the effect of decreased traffic and dividends upon our great lines; of panics and other matters. But it is palp able that, with produce in the hands of merchants-, which they cannot convert into money ; with mills working half time, and our industrious classes restricting both• their production and their consumption, further calls cannot be met, and the construction of new works for the present must be suspended, or restricted to the utmost. This should be one of the first steps. The next should be a rigid examination of the prospects of those new un dertakings which are in such a stage of advancement that they cannot be conveniently laid aside, with a view to a revision of the original estimates and to the enforcement of the utmost possible economy of construction. As to those which are not yet commenced they should be aban doned at once. Such a reexamination as we propose will, we feel confident, elicit the fact that the traffic evidence, upon which , the bulk of the new lines , were sanctioned is as preposterously exaggerated as it well could have been ; that engineers, lawyers, directors, and secretaries were at the time of their projection in the wildest state of hallu cination as to the value of their respective bantlings ; and that where magnificent lines at from £20,000 to £30,000 per mile were Imagined to be justified, there is not a pro spect of traffic sufficient to pay upon a tramway of £2,000 to £3,000 per - mile. We have had a little experience since that time. We have seen that the expansiveness of traffic has its limit`; that people do not travel merely be cause there is a railway but because they have business to travel about. It may be very convenient to owners of mines, or producers of various commodities, that they should be furnished with the best modes of transit to markets or ports of shipment y. but shareholders must look out for themselves. If such lines will not pay, they ought not to be made at all, or should be cut down to the scale of ex pense in formation at which they are likely to , be remu nerative. We cannot coincide altogether with those who recom mend, as a mode of keeping up high dividends, an in crease of the rate of fares, or a diminution of the facili ties for locomotion at present held out to the public to any serious extent. such a course would be unfair to the community at large, and a breach of faith with the legislature,, who have granted to railway compa nies what is virtually as complete a monopoly as if it had been enacted that we should travel by no other mode of conveyance. To this extent, however, we would go. The number - of express trains might be de creased—a measure which would, perhaps, operate to diminish the frightful accidents which have recently occurred. There is no positive need that all the world should fly in the pursuit of their various avocations: It might be also advisable that second and third class-pas sengers should only travel at a speed proportionate to the fares they , pay. This would put a stop to that shirking of the expense of locomotion, which is practised by gentlemen who find it economical to ride in, third-class carriages, and at the same time render it unnecessary for companies to throw discomforts and inconveniences in the way of the poor man, in order to drive others, who can well afford the ex pense, into the superior carriages. To effect this object it would only be necessary to have separate trains for each class ; and the time spent upon the whole journey by the inferior trains need not be much lengthened, because they could be arranged to run through, instead of, as at pre sent, having long stoppages at some particular point on the way, where they are sought to be seduced into a supe rior train by seeing precedence given to it, whilst, to enable them to go forward by.that in which they started, they have to kick their heels for a couple of hours at some desolate station. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) The Federal Gazette of Zurich publishes letters from Arona to. the 15th. which state that Charles Albert:is marching on Milan, with 100,000 men ; 30,000 are to march on Piacenza. _ _ _ PARIS, SUNDAY, 6 30 P.M. Paris continues generally tranquil. A review of part of the National Guard, the Garde Mobile, and some regi ments of the line, by General Changarnier, took place to day in the Place Carrousel. It was observed on the occa sion that the cry of " Vive la Republique !" was heard here and there among the line, but the National Guard was silent and cold. Cries of " Down with Cavaignac !" were heard from among the crowd which were present. on the occasion. LONDON MONEY MARKET.-YESTERDAY The , English funds have given way per cent., but rather from the influence of sales for time than money, and without any addition of importance to our previous foreign advices. It must be admitted, however, that much anxiety is felt concern ing the state of affairs in Germany. Consols from 84i to have dropped to 84 to Exchequer Bills are 375. to 405. prem. Bank Stock has been marked 184. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 832 to 84. The value of Mexican stock is supported at 191 to Portu guese Four per Cents. have declined from 224 to 224. The Five per Cents. are 68. Spanish Three per Cents., 22, Dutch Four per Cents., 68i to A moderate business is doing in foreign bonds, but it cannot be said that the market is active. LONDON SHARE MARKET..7,YESTERDAY The share market is more depressed than ever. At one time London and North-Western stock was called 5 discount to par ; Great Westerns, sellers, at 22 discount ; and the £l7 share of this line have been done at 51 discount ; which is at the rate of more than discount per cent. ; Old North British, sellers, at 11 per share. We are•more than panic stricken in shares. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. A moderate supply of English Wheat was readily cleared off this morning at prices fully equal to those of last week, and a rather extensive business was transacted in foreign at full prices. The Flour trade was firm. Choice Barley was rather dearer, being scarce. Oats were a better sale, but no improve ment can be quoted in value. Beans and Peas much the same as last week. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY We have a very large supply of beasts to-day, and the wea ther exceedingly unfavourable for slaughtering; the dead markets are also, very full. Choice Scots pretty readily make 45., but a great many second-rate beasts cannot be sold. The number of Sheep is not large, but the demand is so very limited, that prices are lower, except for a few choicest downs. There are not many good Calves on offer; late quotations are fully maintained. SOUTHWARK WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET YESTERDAY. The very wet weather the last three weeks has done consi derable injury to the Potato crop in Yorkshire and Scotland, and has also prevented shipping to any extent for the London market. The arrivals from the Continent are extensive, being upwards of 1,500 tons since our last report, all of which have met a ready sale. The following are to-day's prices: York shire Regents, 50s. to 1405.; Wisbeach Regents, 100 s. to lios. ; Scotch Regents, 100 s. to 1205.; Scotch Reds, 70s. to 908.; French Whites, 858. ; to 955. ; Belgian Whites, 80s. to 908. Mr. Whiteside's retaining fee in the case of Mr. Smith O'Brien was £5OO. The Hibernia sailed from Liverpool for Boston and Halifax on Saturday, taking a number of passengers, and the usual American mails on board. A PRIZE TO Sin R. PEEL.—At the Blackburn agricul tural meeting, last week, a silver medal was awarded to Sir R. Peel for his estates in Oswaldtwistle, as the owner, not being the occupier, who has laid down the greatest number of rods of stone or tile drains in the best manner. ATTEMPTAT ASSASTlNATlON.—Yesterday,whasta gen tleman, named Tyler, who arrived at Swansea on the pre vious evening, was walking on the sands, attended by his domestic, he suddenly pounced on the man whilst he was gazing at some distant object, and inflicted a serious gash near his neck with a knife. The gentleman is now under strict surveillance, and labours, it seems, under an aberra tion of intellect. — Cambrian. SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND SIR J. W. HOGG. A letter from Sir J. W. Hogg appears in yesterday's Times, in answer to that of Sir Charles Napier, the purport of which we give elsewhere. Sir James Hogg says that Sir Charles Napier's share of the prize-money will not fall far short of the sum there stated. He will have as his portion of the Scinde prize-money one-eighth of a spoil estimated at above half a million. "It is impossible," adds Sir James Hogg, " that it could have been meant that the money had been actually paid, it being matter of notoriety that no distribution had actually taken place." If the facts should turn out to be, as we presume, that it was in the perfect knowledge of every man who heard the expressions fall from Mr. Baillie that he was speaking of the Scinde prize-money, and equally so that the prize money had not been distributed, it is a straining of terms indeed to accuse either" the speaker or his informant of " malignant falsehood . At the very utmost the " ma lignant falsehood" just means that Mr. Baillie stated in the house, upon the authority of Sir James Hogg, that the distribution of the Scinde prize-money had taken place, when, in effect, it had not as yet been so distributed. Now, really, there is nothing in such a state of facts to call for all this blood and thunder, and giving of the lie. Sir Charles Napier has worn the sagum so long that he cannot reconcile hillitielf to the peaceful Wag 0 the costume et peace. Oct. 24, 1111. LATEST FROM NEW YORK ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA, The North American Royal Mail steam-ship America, Captain John Leitch, arrived in the river last night at eight o'clock, having left New York on the 11th instants and Halifax on the 14th. She has brought 94 passengers. The Cambria steam-ship arrived at Boston on the 6th instant, but her news had little or no effect on the Nee' York markets. The steam-ship Herman, from South ampton, reached New York on the 4th. The intelligence that Mr. Corcoran had raised six millions dollars by the sale of United States six per cent. stock had a very good effect on the New York Stock Ex change, and sensibly relieved the market. The New York Herald of the 11th says :—" We have made earnest inquiries about the condition and prospects of the Sea Island crop of cotton south. The result of our information is that there is a present prospect of a fair crop, but no more than that. In other words, the last few weeks have wrought a great change. The raing on the coast below were very heavy until about the middle of August. They were heaviest in Camden, less so in Glynn, and generally the downfall decreased corning more towards the north. The succession of the intensely hot days following close upon these rains, or some other cause, has caused some appearance of rust, particularly in those regions where the rains were heaviest. These remarks are more particularly applicable to the main land. On the Sea Islands, so far as we can learn, the crop has generally done rather better than on the main. From the interior of Georgia we have some ac counts of rust, and there, too, though the prospect is still a tolerable one, the very bright promise exhibited font weeks since has been clouded." Dates from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 20th ultimo ,. state that Santa Anna was at that place, and it was thought he was preparing to return to Mexico. The Whigs seem to be getting large majorities in most of the states. M. Van Buren seems now to have a better chance for the presidency. The yellow fever has disappeared from . New Orleans. Everything was quiet at Venezuela. In New Grenada, all was going on prosperously. The Presidential election was going on, and General Lopes had a large majority of the votes. Advices from California to the 4th July state-that the American troops stationed at Fort La Pay were attacked a short time before by about 200 Senorians, and the former were obliged to fall back on the fortification. Robberies were frequent on the road from Los Angelos to San Fran cisco. The bands of the robbers were made up of Ame rican deserters and Indians, and were so formidable that the troops were sent out to hunt them. A man found two pieces of virgin gold near Francisco, California; worth 52,000. Accounts from the city of Mexico state that the country is now tranquil, and that Herrera's government was Pro gressing finely. The recent gale at the Brazos was more severe than has been reported, and the island was, at list accounts, seven feet under water. The inhabitants were forced to seek refuge in the ships and transports then 02 the river. An insurrection has taken place at Tobascef and a battle was hourly expected` between 400 of tb insurgents and 600 of the Government troops. Advices from Yucatan [no date] state that a battle hal t been- fought between the whites and Indians, in which' the American company that recently went from Nel l Orleans, was engaged. Six of the American officers are reported to have been killed. The result of the battle 10 not stated. _ From , Guatemala, accounts had been , received to the sth ult: From Izabal, the capital, they write that the revolution had been effected, and that the power of Car; rera had disappeared before the coalition against him, and that Guatemala, after so many years of inactivity, will once again have a legislative parliamentary assembly. The let ter from thence is very confased and vague in its terms' therefore we cannot say when this change was to go into operation. LIST OF•PASSENGERS.—Prom New York: Mr. Good. band and lady, Miss Goodband, Mr. Wmh Logie and lady, Mr. J—K. West and lady, Mr. Wm. Jackson, lady , and two children, Miss Jackson, Miss H. Jackson, Mr. James Laughton, lady, child; and female servant , Woodward, Miss Asbery, Miss Dewhurst, Mrs. Davis , Dr. Ropewett, lady, and child, Captain Buchanan, R.A. Messrs. Pickersgill, Charles Grugen, Ahrenfeldt, B. C. Henderson, WM. Hollingsworth, ark, John , McCordr L. Smith, James Imrie, John J. Chapin. Athbury, John Lawry, F. Barton, F. W. Vigett, L. A. Cochran, James Taylor, Paubernon, J. Wilson, H. Holthanson, F. A. Focks, 'Fistar, Th'emas Cochran, Thom McClune, J. Mk Cameron, G. Lietze, J. M. Strongt James M. Mercer, Thomas M. Wood, McAndrevit Marsh, Huason, Thomas Burage, Wm. Burage, Jos• Dunn, R. F. Maitland, Wm. Nicol, Truamann,-Adana Edgar, J. T. Bryan, Behrens, Thomas Morris, T. C. Bray, Kenizon, Robert Christie, Jennings, J. J. Gan' theaw, A. Park, Liegnette, Andre Bulteaw, Hentnen" , R. H. Dillon, M McGarrin. From Halifax : Major Robinson and lady, Captain Henderson and lady, Mrs' Kilvington, infant, and female servant, Messrs. J. Croft Coffond, Peter Smith. NEW YORK, Tuesday, Oct. 10-6 p: There was no material change in the stock market to-Pay' The tendency of prices is still downward, and there appears to be little disposition to operate. Pennsylvania s's advanced per cent..; Reading railroad There has been a moderate demand fer exchange for re' mittance by this packet, at rates ruling at the departure of the previous steamer. Prime bills on London we quote at 9to 91 per cent. premium ; on Paris, sf. 26 to 525 ; Amsterdam, 40 to 40i ; Hamburg, 35i to 332 ,• Bremen, 74 to 794. The Flour market was feeble to-day, while sales were Made to a fair extent, including chiefly this State, common Ger.esee, Michigan, and Oswego brands, at about the closing rates of yesterday, with the exception of some lots of mixed brands, which sold at 6lc. to 12ic. lower than previous rates. There was considerable Wheat offering, and fair sales were made of Ohio at steady priOs. Corn was pretty.freely offered, and the market was rather heavy, and sales were made at a slight de cline for round. Meal was scarce and firm. There was no change in Rye. Oats were somewhat firmer. There was no change of moment in , provisions. Sugars continued steadYo with small sales. The Cotton market continues languid. AstiES.—Sales of about 100 bbls. were made, including pet' , at 36 12i to 36 18i and pearls, at 36 113 i to 36 25. BREADSTUFFS.—FIour: The sales for the day footed a about 6,000 to 7,000 bbls. in separate lots, among which well 1,000 bbls. Genesee, on private terms ; 1,000, do., this State, a: 35 50; 7co, do, common mixed brands, were made - a; .S 5 ; and some lots of Ohio were sold at .85 47. Sales made Mills, at t t 1 1 7 % 7 . 1. 5 to Wheat: 6,000 do.,Sla eoshoifo 1,000 bushels Brooklyn ground were made at .85 50. Southey: remained about the same with small sales of Petersburgh Citl„ 6,000 b sold ushels, 1180. ; Genesee, ne se d e o , terior Chicago, sold at 103 c. ; 5,000 do., Upper Lakes, do., at low' Corn: The sales footed up about 40,000 bushels, including round yellow, at 75 c. • 4,000 do. good mixed at 67 c. • 1,000 Ile yellow, at 71 c. ; 7,000 do. mixed, at 66 c. ; and 4,000 do. hig ,, _l mixed, at the same price. Some other lots were include' within the above range of prices. Meal: Sales of 50 bbls. New Jersey were made at 33 ; and 100 do. Southern whit ( ' were made at 83 12i. Rye: Sales.. of 5,000 to 6,000 bushei° were made at 69 c. Oats:. Sales of two or three cargoes..wer e made at 34i c. to 35 c. The quantity of flour,. wheat, corn, and barley, left at tide; water during the 4th week in September, in the years 1847 and 1848, was as follows Wheat, bush. Corn, bush. Bar:ey,bu' 69,355 150,274 51.8 09 199,094 105,289 87, 131 ~-• - - Increase.... 36,145 Inc. 129,759 Dec. 44,985 Inc. 35, 639 The aggregate quantity of the same articles left at tide-wate r ' from the commencement of navigation to the 30th of Septenr her, inclusive, was as.follows :-- Flour, bbls. Wheat, bush 1847 2,695,782 2.825,674 1848 1,575,781 1,479,611 Flour, bbls .. 90,629 126;773 Corn,bush. Barley,bt 5,161,766 37 4,1 P 2,012,297 284,476 Decrease.. 1,120,001 1,346,063 3,152,469 89, 63 1 By reducing the wheat to flour, the quantity of the-latter le3 at tide-water this year, compared with the corresponding pen of last year, shows . a decrease equal to 1,389,213 barrels of dolt; COTTON.—The market continues languid, with sales of bales. Fair uplands are worth 61 c., and middlings 6kc. FREIGHTS.—Corn in bulk was engaged for Liverpool at Bu t Flour was engaged to the extent of 4,000 to 5,000 barrels,_ s i 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. To Ireland seine engagements to a dire' port were reported at 12d. for corn in bulk. ORLEANS, NEW with sales of 3(03 bales. We quote fair Louisiana at s A c e d OCT. 8, 1848.—Cotton continues steaS' Flour is rather dull. Illinois and Ohio is held at 6500 bushels of corn at previous prices. The provision mar is dull, and no sales of moment have transpired. The u , crop of sugar has made its appearance. o 10 0 BUFFALO, OCT. 10.—Receipts si nce our l a st : Flour, barrels; ur wheat, 50,000 bushels; corn, 10,000 bushels. r`" 5 was dull and nominal at 84 ; the demand for wheats a, active, sales reaching 20,000 b us h e l s . Ohi o a t 93 c . Corn V o " steady, with sales of 5,000 b us h e l s , a t 50 c . Freights by capit a t e Albany were advancing, and the tendency is still upward. quote flour 65 to 67c. ; wheat, 18 to 20c. ; and corn, 16 to 1 8 % ; ALBANY, OCT. 10.—Receipts by canal: Flour 16,200 barrels, wheat, 13,00 bushels; corn, 22,700 bushels; barley, a 19 ,0 bushels. Flour was dull and drooping ; we quote the v , common brands at 535 25 to ,s 5 50. Sales 20.000 bushels • .c; at 32i to 33c. ley at 72 to 74c. ; oats are steady, with sales of iO,OOO bushel DEATH OF THE HON. AND REV. DR. WELLESLEIr.": We regret to learn that, on Saturday morning last, tie Hon. and Rev. Dr. Wellesley, rector of Bishopwearmoutl and one of the prebends of Durham Cathedral, breath his last, at an advanced age, at his residence, in the lege, Durham. The deceased dignitary was a brothev e his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and has held his Pr e ; bendal stall, which was a very lucrative one, for ma p years. He has been gradually sinking for many mm 3l ' s ; 4 but his decease was expedited by a fall which he el 1 3; rienced in his room on Thursday night. His death lamented deeply by every one in the vicinity of his rid dence. His charities were extensive, and his mild 01 ,4 conciliatory demeanour won the respect and a ffection. i n all classes of the community. His stall will not be 05 up, but the funds accruing to it will lapse, under a rece,',:t act of parliament, to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , l v cathedral purposes and the augmentation of small Among the families placed in mourning by the me l .l choly event are those of the Duke of Wellington, 7 ( 1 Cadogan, Lord Chelsea, the Marquis of Douro, and L' o Ravensworth. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, OCT. 24, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIN / P By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE of 53 Grove street, As LEONARD ADDISON , of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4. ST. Goonex's CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL , . t os Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. Newton e et; Co., Warwick-square; Barker and White Fleet-str,eto Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell,Chancery-lane ; Charles Barr o p• Birchin-lane; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; •;1 0 o• den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mitchell, 8, Red CO , ro• court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, n ee hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mincing -1 flee' at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Coruhill ; Chapter Cin,ee, house, Paternoster-row; North and South American , etroei house, Threadneedle-street; Parsons, 9, Ave-Mat,al e ier• London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin • INP' c i l ea' Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, Market-street , blial,.;o' ter; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, Booksellers, Wgyisti ton ; Clarke, Pilot-o ffi ce, Preston; and Wright and,.. 1, Herald-offiquar e ce, Birmingham ; Harthill and Salmond Prince's-s, Buchanan-street, Glasow. Ati° BI_RKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Cheste g r-street ; LAvr o il• PINENEY, Argyle-street; OSBORNE, Chester-stree t ; GRIFFITH, Hamilton -street. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. 20 8. Ix ADVANCE ~ 18s. Orr CUNT „ ~,o It TREAT i second App Tins p stanl MASTE R W. Sir 1 TO-MORI " The Kincr HAYSTE6. V andenheff. In prepare fir. and ~,Prices of A 'Fit, is- 6d. Doors to ; Will commet R 0 Sole Less CIRQE Tins r and To e rtainments gramme : M V°Mt, Adolphe tan," dress changing ac Moiselle 6 VoWee by l by Alsdlle 1 by Mesdo m . An intervt An E ques , pearance in The Human Cul, A. Niel appear in di leaping over - -The Danc Cheval de Sylph and t Marie Anato by the entire The Perfoi the evening Young Auric 1)o(irs to b Tnence at Ha in Roe-stree' The Pricef Second Prig Is. 6d. ; Sid( Second Pric Boxes have 1 The Secon Part, which dren under' from the cor . The Box-o in the After! CONCE A G fri lIS El and the Admission _,'-' o ors to ope P E A IN additi GORGEC THE CARNI` TWO II a faithful poi The Co Itnd in the E, UNRIVAL kdrnission, I OLD Pi THE A; of LIV] Childre Se La Ju `D R l By Per M R. GR this it ill his Room, A SOC 'T HE FII the Cu] k , hair to be O'clock preci feature of th Quarterly ,sctth (lon ro re la petive Club-house Octob b., 11 •B N.B.—The 'titET to above. B UPERIO IEt°BINE . gained c o t n ilY. but f - tniUnity, ,°r Infants, .211tritious. delicious cuE 411 1 for maki ROBINSON "teen) ed for . 811 Pper, and, iloo(l for chile by the facult extant. Sold by all town and col &era at 25., purveyors to BY HER THE P '4,30 al lq i tual o r w ial t a ' crn n tla t e r n o rt d i,e u , fkditiralty, t 9into He iraHy. A DVA.NTAC co • Its Simplic IN Dorabilit, 41:111, trouble-: etalicability ° nth or Re: .." The aimi `le i s of the F. 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