The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

Irrwa. ge " A Member C. 3pillPsu The lion an MOM r already ?lative to cei ats lave bees 1 skilled in I( icies which crept into I. hliNeile on Monday night last to the lat THE LIVER 'STANDARD )ARD Me circulation of the ST now greater than that of 1 , 11 Conservat journ'al in Live 'd, of any rrcrrincial The high respecta has always been acknowledged. Protestant paper in' ~gl~tnd bility of its re our advertisements reased nem !red per cent, ET): Ettlerpoot - Otiutharti. Yearly In TUESDAY 9RNLVG, IPRIL 20, 1847 WE have more than once referred to the fact, now established beyond 'all dispute, that our ex stuffs are not destined creased exports of manufactured 'ere assure by the plies draught ;udden 1- and 1( )ump to upon de had been is sta !re der twined in private two bef execute or before kr I on the And agair to be paid for I and o Trade ler produce, as we Tines. The ci Saturday qiiitains the adti the furiherfact that other countries in I to the c e and m necessities t 'eceived per tit ireful review of t of the two countries r of an ev I taken *. Up to within a c I marl .ted by the ban ev would be ; and we now have less authority than the article in that journal on n in question, with t onlv Great Britain but expect to be sub rates of ex- s, whenever their n into dependence upon Ame- . Remarking upon ia, the writer 'says : dvices from the various to trace anything that e slightest degree the rdinary demand for our ly lessened supply of I to this side, it would r the belief that an im- lay or two r, it appeared that the F many leading houses scary purchases until sites. Under was made for all if the natural relation Lee in operation, a fur all probability, have s the result of which is orders to ship gold con lore are many purchasers ved by one party writing a of the packet, " who cannot leans or ability to sell ex- Irish and other agents I bankers, and been ne tnd he adds, " I never not of regular drawers) O7regard to the probability of the demand for s keeping steady pace for the future with our tion of American produce, there certainly seems g ground for confidence. The sub-treasury still s m operation, and though its effects are probably interest under ire can be no question t acts y not a consideration so nlant as the obvious circumstance that it is against may be ( r many parties from engage otherwise enter. The total nrinr thin law in filo hand s on the Ist of last month, )0 sterling, but it is . seen .rably increased if the letirg their 23,000,000 )an. ,T 1 I for our goods, rnany nay be regarded as luxuries, can grow up as md as imperatively as that which, under the of famine, has been raised on this side for pro- 1,,0t e anticipations are most and that the calculations of our theorists wants from the United barter of the proceeds of lv of kmerica can nwer • agricuttunsts of the Western or the g :orrect not a tes would 1 industi "zed. brims' s of the Union are precisely the parties who pense with our manufactured The can most easily, d _ products, which to them are useless luxuries nrse woollens and cottons of native manufacture Ifficient for them. Our own fine mus lins, our printed goods and our broad cloths are articles which would neither accord with their no tions of comfort or enjoyment. Our gold is the object at which they will ever aim ; and that gold will be expended in the improved cultivation of their soil, in the exchange of the log hut for more substantial erections, in the perfecting of agricul tural implements, until all their resources developed, we shall find that they will he in a position to swamp. with the produce of their fertile prairies the agriculture of every country burthened like our selves. and with the disadvantages of worn-out and are amply artificial Upon this point the writer in the Times is very expliei amount of bread-stuffs which it will be in the power of the United States to supply will be almost unlimited, is more strongly announced than ever, coupled with a state- ust tend to produce a rate of exchange against that country which it is ill-prepared to meet, and thus to ness felt here during the last three or ding her monetary prospects. That upplies to Europe will not speedily terminate is certain by calculations as to the fall which the price of produce and rate of profit to stimulate exporta- which he unc this ci 'iarice is foreseen by American own by the fact that not only a large increase of sowing and planting intended during that establishments for kiln-drying, hitherto retarded the exportation nt of which I now completed, and in operation to a Cincinnati it is calculated that from if of last season's crop, both of wheat ill remains in the hands of producers, an at other places, the prospects of ex- .re remarkable. venlig; of the PI In Philadelphi, msylN ania canals f prod Lc'e have been beyond any existing le in several la - rge corn: io hope is entertained we than Our prospects of n-e, it will be seen, in 1 tliffrOnlyquestions, consequently v sent out pay f It i; ei hove that the British farmer him of competition, the e l'hose .v however, for all these circumstances, we are com pelledto express the opinion of a large body of the Health Committee is disappointing public expectation. We are ready to give that committee ing the health of our population, and the whole- . someness of the town. In their efforts to provide them to be sincere, as we have hinted upon. In the more humble details of their work it is that we principally complain of their Ind it is precisely to that portion of such k that their a present, n ought, in a c The scavenging, the emptying of ash-pits and cess-pools, and other similar matters, have been lamentably short of th( Iciency with which t ought to have been pressed on, at a period wine; fever is seriously on the increase, and may be s the season ad an the fatality of its operatior these particulars, after the nieessit, attention has been entre nd it cert tors et Lot very consolatory to contem have formed their conclusions the _effect of Free Trade measures from their ope ion upon prices during a period of famine, and it rivals in production unprepared to enter test, will, it is too certain, be doomed acy have miscalculated their position, )rdeal to pass through, far more trying von the wined e, it is not to be expected that a body, )nerous duties to discharge which are ipon• the Health Committee, can be There Xs in—tl in complete effectiveness - - - ider which they labour at th very attempted - .rovement upon the p ast, the public expect too ,nuch from them at first. No allowance is made for inexperience—for the time required to .organise a staff of• officers, or the opportunities requisite to enable thoie officers to . arrive. at a knowledge of the difficulties with which they. have to grapple, and the evils which they have to remove. Making a large and very charitable allowance, THE LIVEMPOOL STANDARD. PROTECTION TO THE CURRENCY, Glasgow, 17th April, 1847. 1 IRS OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT, .011;Mmt A RUN THROUGH THE - COTT ON MANUFAC- TURING DISTRICTS, It is seldom that a visitor entering Manchester, or any of the Cotton Manufacturing towns and villages in the district., feels inclined to complain of the absence of the dense mantle of smoke, which ordinarily envelopes them. Yet such is the feeling now created by the sight of tall chimneys, from which no smoke issues, and of the many windowed factories, within which there is no sound of the shuttle and the spinning frame. Sad tales they suggest to the mind of the poverty and suffering, which this sus pension of the operations of induStry is causing—of the cottages once the abode of decent competence, which are now being denuded of their scanty furniture, the saving of years—of the blanket, or the Sunday coat stripped off and transmuted into bread for the mother's or the child rens' necessities. The very stillness of the streets as you pass along them is depressing. No crush—no crowd thronging from the factory gate to their meals or their rest. Here and there, only you meet some half-famished opera tive, or a group of them, with want staring out of their sunken eyes and cheeks, creeping feebly to the soup kit chens or the club rooms, from which the bulk of the once busy population draw the trifle upon which they contrive to keep body and soul together, the few . hands that are working—many of them on short time—contributing to the support of those totally stopped. In Manchester itself, the central magazine for the industry of the entire district, you cannot fail to be struck with the almost total want of that bustling activity—the jostling of printers' and bleachers' carts in its streets—the throng of vans loading and unloading—which used to pervade its market days, and indeed its other days. The manufacturers and spinners who frequent its exchange wear anxiety in their very faces ; and well they may, for upon their mingled feeling and prudence in the present crisis hang the for tunes and the very existence of thousands. From what we have been enabled to learn in the course of a somewhat hurried run through the district, last week, we do not find any strong grounds for hope, that an early return to active operations can be looked for. The state of the Market for the raw material, the prospect of high prices and short supply, confirmed by the accounts by the last mail steamer, together with the absence of foreign demand, and the inability of the manufacturing population themselves to consume threatens, indeed, to make the working of short time more extensively resorted to, and to bring about in many cases a total stoppage, as more profitable to the manufacturer than partial working. Already many establishments are contemplating the adoption of such a course ; and are only prevented by the consciousness of the sufferings which it must involve to the working classes. and the danger to the public peace GENTLEMEN. — The most headstrong' Free-trader must now feel, and begin to see, that the untaxed import of fo reign labour is _ detrimental, not only to the agricultural body in England and the colonists (and, indirectly through them, to all other classes), but also directly to every inte rest of the empire, through causing a vast diminution of the currency by the removal to other countries of our pre- cious metals. It ig true that famine in Ireland is the ostensible cause of part of the evils this country now labours under, but it is taken the suicidal course of depressing home employment, and encouraging foreign, is the cause of that want of con fidence which will prevent England rising superior to the present distress without a most serious interference with the currency. 1" - -o _nere is nt. doubt that England is better situated to carry out Free-trade than any country in the world, and if other countries would reciprocate, the advantage wonld be ours IN EVERY CASE; for even the circumstances of 1-bra n•mtivoa of ITinancfan worn Tint on rlorrradorl ast not tr. be lowered by British competition. Enilishmen -would therefore. ALL be Free-traders as a matter of theory ; but what is about to be shown to be even England's expe rience of free imports without reciprocity, which, in bitter irony, is called Free-trade, ("in me convertite fer- —that it matters not whether the cause of imports into England, disproportioned to our exports, be famine or Free-trade, the direful effects are the sanie. Ist. We have a reduction of employment to the people of England to very nearly the whole amount we pay for foreign labour. 2nd. A reduction of England's ability to manufacture, through the superstructure of our currency being brought down by the removal of gold, its basis. 3rd. We suffer from the gain to our rivals in manufac tures being exactly equivalent to our loss, a better stock of the precious metals giving an increased power to manu facture to foreign countries (so that in fact the less gold England has to part with the better.) To these general eir..cts miglit be added the p articular one as regards the United States, that our new laws will turn a proportion of the cotton land into wheat and In dian corn, thus, by diminishing its quantity, raising the price of cotton to the English millowner. Such being the experience of England, what would the Canadas be under Free-trade ? So that, whether this reaches you convened at Montreal for your first session under Lord Elgin, or finds you sent in what we used to call British or protective principles at a general election. I feel it equally important by the pre sent steamer to let you know the exact position of things in this country. I particularly desire to guard you.ag,ainst being deceived, by the stu f f now being written by some of the London newspapers, into the idea that Free-trade has little or nothing to do with our present degraded state in this country. You - will observe that I have been cautious in not charging Free-trade with getting us into this state (though I believe Sir R. Peel's 1842 measures have much to do with it), and that my charge against Free-trade is, that under it no elasticity or confidence exists to get us out of the scrape. I may, however, state my firm conviction, that the evils arising from the potatoe rot are nothing compared with those which (in the absence of a potatoe rat) would have flown froth the price of wheat being lowered one-half, not by an increased quantity of o own growth, but by foreign importations, for which we had to pay gold. Our hor trade would now be froinv through the ordeal and to property, which must arise from additional thou sands being thrown altogether out of employment. In Stockport, where since October last the working has been, two days a week, a meeting of the Masters was held on Friday, at which the question was discussed whether the time should be further reduced to three days a week, or the mills should stop altogether for a month. No conclu sion however was come to, an adjournment to Wednesday next, (to-morrow,) being carried, in order to allow the, hands time to choose between the two evils. The condi arc _ going of a general bankruptcy, unconsoled even by the prospect +lint nftpv +lwo vetting they pan lives nnalnw tion of 16,000 workers is involved in that town alone ;- and, whatever be the result, increased suffering is inevi table. In Ashton and Staleybridge a further suspension is in prospect ; and here the working classes are already sunk to the lowest state of want and weakness, many of them scarcely having strength sufficient to get through their reduced weekly labour, and t 6 crawl at the close of the day to their miserable homes. Bolton, Blackburn, Preston, and other towns, are in like case, both employers and employed being equally sufferers, the former carrying on their concerns at a loss of capital, r-id the latter work ing for wages barely sufficient to pay the rent of_their cot tages and get half bread. It is needless to say that them tail tradesman shares largely in_ the suffering thus created. Le Undue: and cruel competition of untaxed foreign labour this n coliniry are in no degree caused by the conduct of the Bank•of England, but entirely by the want of confi dence caused by Sir Robert Peel's Free-trade measures. This is incontrovertibly a bullion, and not a Bank of England, panic ; and one which will convulse the mo- Lombard-strest To be sure we have not as yet got a bullion panic in the shape of a run upon the bank, and this shows the bank's innocence of the cause of the suction of gold ; but we have a bullion panic in the higher and less equivocal sense of a run on the country for gold, and from the en , during cause that it• is the most profitable and disposable property foreigners can take abroad. I have said that Sir Rob:rt Peel's Free-trace measures will render a depreciation of the currency inevitable. I do not believe that the Bank of England will be able to sell Government securities, so as to prepare for the payment of the July dividends, unless Parliament, before it rises, passes a no less sweeping measure than MAKING In those districts (principally the manufacturing vil lages and isolated works) where the practice too much prevails of • compelling each operauNe w ueetniiu vim tenant of a cottage owned by his employer, the wages received in many cases barely cover the rent, which is deducted from his earnings. Complaints of the stern exaction of rent in these localities are too common. As an additional tax, the operative,_ although working only SILVER SHILLINGS A LEGAL TENDER TO ANY AMOUNT, ............... , . half time, and deprived of the food requisite to enable him to support nature, is expected to contribute, and does contribute, a portion of his earnings towards the maintenance of those totally unemployed. The condition of the latter may be judged of when we state that two AND,7ALLOWING THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND Al; OTHER BANKS TO ISSUE (confined by Sir Robert Peel's and sixpence :a week the extent of relief affo: each family from this source. regulations) ONE POUND As a natural result of the severe deprivation to be found in the manufacturing districts, fever is becoming rife amongst the working population. In Manchester it has been found necessary to hire a factory in Long Millgate, formerly worked by Messrs. Clegg and Norris, for the reception of patients. A more unfortunate selection as to locality could scarcely have been made, the situation being low, in- the heart of a dense population, and close in• aea o upon the filthy waters of the river Irk. As the summer advances, it is greatly to be feared that an awful spread of disease and mortality will result, not only here, but throughout the manufacturing districts. To add to the .1 " misery of the population, .the tide of immigration of Lt beggars and paupers from Ireland continues to increase, ['his would, by raising gold to a market price, place the foreign trade on the same foot' draws nn fral of the dep - reciation of the silver currency It will soon become evident that gold cannot be had except at a premium, and then will come the run on the Bank of England, not from shippers only, but also by parties to hoard for the premium. Such are the direct and legitimate consequences of Sir Robert Peel's departure from the principle of protection to British labour at home and abroad. I believe that he has undermined the prosperity, and contagion abits to promote the spreaC struck a fatal blow at the integrity of the empire Even the National debt of England will 1 only so much waste paper if we pc suicidal course, for it is secured onl the empire, from which we have tak fonfid to be and their filtl and suffering. Altogether the picture presented in these once hives of industry is most distressing ; and the most sanguine dare not flatter himself with the prospect of any speedy im provement. The question appears to be, not how soon business may be expected to take a turn fur the better, but how long the manufacturer and the spinner will be enabled, without ruin to themselves, to give work at all In r.nnnlatinn whn lnnk nn to them for bread. silt in our present v by the industry of n away the ability to perform peculiar duties and bear peculiar burdens, by the removal of all its peculiar privileges. One shudders to think of the individual misery which will be inflicted on the population here, if we persist in viewing the currency and Free-trade as two questions in stead of one, as in reality they are—a fact that you know well, froin the cruel experience of Canadian industry, when the Legislature of the State of New York stopped specie payments iu 1837. And begging you not to suppose for a moment that I am less the irreconcileable opponent of class interests than you knew me when I had the honour to represent the metropolis in the first parliament of United Canada, I remain, 'Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, ISAAC BUCHANAN. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT. We last week made a passing allusion to the handsome parishioners of Prescot, on the reverend gentleman's re moval to Bootle, but our space would not admit of the rev. gentleman's reply, the substance of which we now give as nearly as we could report it : " My dear Sir,—Let me offer you and the many kind friends around me, my sincere, grateful, and warmest thanks for the very handsome present you have just offered to my acceptance, and for the (too partial, I am afraid) opinion you have expressed of my ministry among you. It is no easy matter to clothe with language the very simplest emotions of the heart, when those emotions are the offspring of gratitude and affection. At some period or other, no doubt, you have all experienced this difficulty ; and therefore, if I should fail to convey to you e impress: upon me, I am relieved by the cheering conviction, t you can well conceive what I would exnmss if tho I , CAUTION TO CAR DRlVERS.—Yesterday, at the Police court, Birkenhead, a car driver named Jamgs Darbvshire was fined 205., or in default to be imprisoned 7 days , for' left the tongue at liberty. f o o f r y y o o ur ur g l i i f b t e s rality and ki being drunk while driving his car. L -On slat- ' - last, was launched from the that I have IT _..relay , building-yard of Peter Cato and Co., a beautiful yacht, of 34 tons, 0.M., and 25 tons N.M. She is called the Echo, and was christened by the first and amiable daugh ter of John Miller, Esq., of Everton. We believe the yacht is on sale. As it is, I can only thank you dness. Believe me, the value is not a little enhanced by the recollection n..454;111/4 claim anon you for such a demon- stration of . you; esteem and, generous feeling towards me. I did, indeed, humbly endeavour to fulfil the sacred obli gations incumbent upon me, as one of those to whom the oversight of you in the Lord was committed ; but I am conscious that I might have risen to a higher standard—l might W:*b ffreater dilitreupp and faithfulness have sought IRISH IMMIGRATION INTO LIVERPOOL AND EMIGRATION FROM OUR PORT. As the immigration into Liverpool of the population of Ireland is becoming increasingly interesting to those rate payers who are burthened with their support, and to the country at large, whose charity is taxed with their habits of mendicity, we have considered it our duty to endeavour to arrive at as correct statistical details as is possible of the number which have reached our shores during the pre sent year, and the proportion, of which we have been re lieved by their subsequent emigration to the United States and Canada. By the kind assistance of the head consta le of T rt ref- _averpool, Mr. Dowling, by whom a corre. has been kept since the 13th of January last, when the evil became pressingly apparent, we are enabled to give the following statement ; Arrivals. From 13th to end of January Estimate from commencement to 13th Jan February _ _ 2,062 1,022 1,413 1,012 1,000 1,299 1,513 Women. Children. 14,517 8,783 860 3,804 620 2,220 1,484 1,671 2,155 554 3,704 423 2,313 538 2,797 361 1,858 338 1,787 5,171 3003 Grand total, from January Ist To Ist Apr.l Faom Ist April to this date 138,528 29,201 persons, 13,948 ~ Total since commencement of year 43,149 ~ of which we may set down 40,400 as natives of Ireland, leaving 3149 as the emigration from this country and Scotland, and 98,528 persons as the number remaining in Liverpool in a state Of pauperism or mendi canc y, wait ing' for vessels to emigrate, or gone into the interior of the country. Undoubtedly a large portion of the last quoted number (98,528) are intending to emigrate, and are only kept emigrant vessels went out it Tuesday and the following days, up to yesterday. and nearly the whole of those load-. ot be far wrong in calculating ing are _ _ that the number thus waiting is z since the 11th, or 17,500 person the large number f 80,000 perso counted itr. equal to the arrivals This will still leave It is remarked that the class of persons recently arriv ing have been principally composed of the_ middle. and _ _ tion of the sexes and of children for the last seven days, to shew the valuable sort of population which we are losing, and America and Canada gaining. Thus the men. arrived from the 11th to the 18th were 9326 ; the women, 5171 ; and the children, 3003—the first outnumbering the two latter. Such emigrants must be generally the young and the able, not the mere outscourings of a famishing country. It would be an interesting object of inquiry, if it could be ascertained, what amount of bullion is withdrawn from the country by such parties. Of course, we can only be allowed a guess ; and we shall, perhaps, not be far wrong if we set down as the lowest average sum for each male emigrant at £lO. In many. cases it must be much higher. Taking five-eighths of the whole number gone to he males,. we have thus £250,000 in gold to be added to the exports, which constitute the Ban of England's ascer- .wealthy mendicants who swarm in our streets, it would be hard to say. ITION OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND We have already called attention to an admission by a very eminent authority on Free Trade -the London Time there is little hope existing that our imports of bread stuffs admission, with the fact staring us in the face that specie is rapidly leaving the country; that the coffers of the Bank of England are rapidly being drained of bullion, notwithstanding the efforts made to repress speculation by the rise of the rate of interest to five per cent, and the caution—even at that price--with which the Bank is dealing with the commercial world in its selection of paper for discount. The Times of yesterday, remarking upon the position of that establishment, says,— de stat turns of the Bank of England published to.4l r ay_ took me parties by surprise, in the - fact 6f the notes and bullion now held in the banking department having diminished to 43,463,628 (being a reduction during the week of .4'927,842), while their the total dejosits nd hence the efts holding of accommodation from the public has been fhr more than counteracted by advances to the Government." The question, however, with us is not whether the Bank of England has acted prudently, but whether that establishment, under the existing state of affairs, possesses any power to pro tect either its own shareholders or the public. Our imports must be paid for in something valuable-- *, tact. metals. . „in the precious . There is no alternative bet w ee n that course and an action upon - the currency, which some parties will regard as n declaration of insolvency. We know not nue; but we that drain. how long the drain upon us for bullion may Cont know well the small amount of our power to mee . And it will be wise in Government, the bank, well-informed correspondent, Mr. Isaac Buchanan, the late Vice-president of the Board of Trade, in Canada, in which some most valuable hints will be found. Mr. Buchanan, we may re mark, is no theorist ; has no class interests to serve, and it may be remembered that, in our own paper and in other publica tions, he pointed distinctly, when the Free-trade measures of Sir Robert Peel's administration were in agitation, to the coming of the very crisis under which we are now labouring. TO CORR WDENTS Lon of his 1e ill find that the re not likely to receive at present any been fo] well int :sqlbsc xold "alai to approach, in ;y of prompt sed upon the appears that the staff . . 3 perform duties, which the public are no lon - ler allowed to interfere with themselves, must be upon too limited a scale. ness in a matter so essential as the prompt removal of refuse matter from the dwell ings of our population is sad waste of the life and health of that population, and of the money of the public as well. Putting oat of view the loss of valuable members of the higher and middle ranks, the cost of the orphanage and widowhood of our poor would amply pay for a double exertion, and even for a double expense, in this department of the Health Committee's duties. Another point we must refer to, in which, al though the Select Vestry are the parties offending, their medical We refer to the position of our temporary fever hospitals. The top of Mount-pleasant may be a fitting place enough for the one, if the inhabitants of the neighbourhood choose to tolerate the dan gerous nuisance created. But, for the North end, the selection is most preposterous. The Messrs. Horsley's shed (the property, we believe of Mr. William Earle) is located in one of the great ar teries in the town—Grot Howard-street. Every passenger between the Ninth end of the town and its centre, must pass close to its windows, from which fever will be streaming instead of the guano, which is being removed to make room for the human masses of decaying matter. The hearse and the hospital sedan will jostle lieautifully with the cotton lorry and the coal waggon the crowded omnibu and the chaise, the cab, and the whitechapel. The newly landed vagrant from the sister country can step up from the Clarence Dock ; and the dingy trappings of a pau per funeral will sadly and solemnly intimate to him the fate which is in store for him in the locality, to which he has resorted in search of the solid food and the health which he has found it vain to seek in his own desolate land. Health Committee will think of the onerous responsibility imposed upon them before they sanction this locality, as a permanent Hospital We trust the for the cure of fever. It may do for its spread. It may do to strike alarm into tilt hearts of visitors to our town, and to drive respectable hous from the neighbourhood of a Skibbereen will but it do as a proper and satisfactory sanitory arrangement WE have been so long accustomed to look upon our Police Force as the most efficient of its kind which the country could boast of, for the important ends for which such bodies are organized, namely, the prevention of crime and the detection of crimi nals, that we can hardly persuade ourselves that for these purposes it has latterly become sadl: a,ct staring us in the face that numerous assaults and robberies of the most aggravated kind have recently been committed in our streets. with impunity, we regret that we can come to no other conclusion than this ; that there is something wrong ; something in the system of police management which calls for amendment in the government of the force. We are not disposed to place implicit reliance on all the information which has been communicated to us on this most important subject, but if a tithe of what we have heard is correct, it is high time that the Watch Committee instituted an investigation as to the deficient Yet with th present working of the force.. Many of the oldest and most trustworthy officers declare that the force is now by no means so efficient as it ought to be. The 11 7 orthy Recorder in a charge which .he re cently made to the Grand Jury, declared himself altogether unable to account for the great increase of crime which had taken place since August 1845. Had that gentleman been aware that at that period great changes were effected in the government and organization of the police force (of the nature of which we are not fully cognizant, but we are given to understand that they have produced a had effect on the efficiency of the force), the mystery would, it is said, have been solved. We trust we have said enough to stimulate enquiry on this subject, and if the committee find that injudicious changes have been made in the performance of the police duties, we feel well assured that these will be promptly remedied. THE REV. W. WITHERS EWDANE.—This eloquent mi nister of the Gospel preached a sermon, on Sunday last, to his congregation, at St. George's Church, Everton, on behalf of the Liverpool DiSpensaries, taking his text from the Bth chapter of St. Matthew, and the latter part of the 17th verse : " Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." He drew an affecting picture of the poor, struggling with sickness and disease; and appealed to his wealthy auditors to bestow their aid,• liberally, in -support of an institution which had exhausted its funds in giving assistance to the largely-increased number of sick and destitute inhabitants of the town. The collection amounted to the handsome sum of £4O. _ We perceive that a course of eight lectures, on prophetic subjects, is now being delivered in St. Anne's Church, Aigburth, each Friday evening. The first of the course was delivered on Friday evening last, by the Rev. Andrew Knox, on "The use and importance of Pronhecy." The " The second Advent of our Lord." Then comes "The First Resurrection," on which occasion the Rev. Wm. Pollock will preach. The Rev. Andrew M'Conkey takes that en the ith May. on " The Millennial Kingdom." We Rev. Fieldingld takes " The future Resiniation and Conversion of the Jews," on Mayl4. " The General Resurrection and General Judgment " is to be the sub ject for the 21st May, by the Rev. Joseph Baylee. The Rev. Hugh M`Neile will preach that on the 28th May, having for his subject "The Object of the present Dis pensation. The Rev. Wm. Falloon closes the course on the 4th June, on the "Duty of Christians in the prospect the wreck of. the packet-ship Rochester, on Blackwater Bank, and the arrival of the crew and passengers at Wex ford. Yesterday morning 250 of the emigrants on board were brought to Liverpool by the Town of Wexford steamer, and by the smite arrix;al came a letter, addressed by the mayor of Wexford, Mr. Robert Cardiff, to the mayor of Liverpool, in.which the former functionary in - 3ther of the Mersey that he bad " would please to ha led people ZS 11 , 11,1 Vll.lO any nnt.. : , -- have the case remanded till Monday, in order that the annfairt of 111 a ...cent cl.nnl.l Pnine forward to speak as to his character and station on board LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—On Sunday last, after a sermon ' - i t - 5 ' '''' ---B .' by the Rev. W. M. Falloon, the sum of £25 Gs. 3d. was the present and eternal welfare of yourselves and your collected in St. John's Church, in aid of the funds of this fellow-parishioners. Many things, lam sure, I have left excellent charity ; and, on the same day, the sum of undone, which I might, I ought to have done ; I may £42 18s. 9d. was collected at St. Mary's Church, Edge- add, there were doubtless some things done which had been better left undone ; and at the utmost, taking the hill, after a sermon for the same charity by the Rev. W. H. M`Grath. . most favourable review of my ministry among you, I can DEATti FROM, SCALDING.-011 Tuesday, John Jones, only say of it, I have simply done that which it was m y aged three-and-a-half ears and who resided with his duty to do. Still, though there is much in the review of g renta in Plasterer's C our t Ra street ran out of the p my residence among you which demands personal humi a, y-, liation on my part, there is, on the other hand , much Yard into the house, and accidentally upset a pah of hot that is cheering and delightful to me in the retrospec t. ater that had just been lifted from the fire. He fell down, and was so severely scalded that he died on Satur - Our connection has been one of uninterrupted h a r mon y An unkind word from any individual in the p a r ish I e day mornin_g. last, a • not recollect ever having r eceived. I have had a cordial On Tue4day LARG,E DEPARTU s RE ht w OF as VESSELS witnessed i n ou FR O r river Uß PO which RT.— welcome in your houses. I 'have proved your readiness ig to co-operate in whatever designs we r e considered belle& is rarely to• be seen. In one tide no less than 128 yes eels, of which 45 were coasters, and the remainder bound vial for the inhabitants of the tow n, a n d ,this is not the to foreign ports, went out to sea, a few towed beyond.the first nor .the second occasion on whic h I have ha d to rock point, but the bulk with all canvas set and a splendid acknowledge your kindness and liberality towards me. wind. The scene was one of lively interest—indeed of great beauty. Many of- the vessels were American, and It is not, indeed, the good opinion of t his• people that is the primary object of the Christian minister's solicitude ; others of large class. —no, that is ever the smile of his own conscience, the EXTINGUISHING FIRES.—The method of extinguish- approbation of the Master whom he serves,—his reward ing fires which was introduced some time ago into Liver pool by Mr. M'Donald, of the Harrington Water Works, desire that he cherishes, that he may live in the heaMs appears likely to be. adopted in all the large towns and affections and prayers . of his Hoek.Your affectionate u I throughout the contry. xperiments have been tried in regard. it has been my happy lot to possess in no scanty We have noticed elsewhere m E _ _ _ • measure, and I assure you it has often .cheered me and .dandiester and Glasgow which have clearly demonstrateu -- 04 .. . the superiority of this method over the old system. In dispelled .many - a rising cloud of anxiety and sorrow. Liverpool the insurance rates are about to be - lowered Much of . the comfort of a minister's residence among you, I attribute to the firm and abiding attachment I considerably, solely in consequence of the greater security afforded to property by the introduction of this system. have witnessed in Prescot, to our beloved church and her services. Often have I been Struck, and I hope bone- No greater boon could be conferred on this great fitted, by the order, decorum, and solemnity that I have commercial community than the certainty of an alMost observed in your noble sanctuary. Long may you be total exemption from those calamitous conflagrations distinguished for this becoming attention to the service which have been productive of so much loss and injury to of the Most High ; Your attachment to the church of the town at large. Mr. M'Donald gives it as his opinion Which you are members I have witnessed on many occa tha in less than twelve months, if due. energy be exer sions ; but there is one fact which proclaims indisputably cised, the whole arrangements may be comrtion pletof the ed whitownch will render . . . hi your for our rational Zion, and that is, that amid all fire-proof. When this is accomplished, we have no donbt the convulsions which have recently shaken our church, amid all. the defections of false brethren from her pale, but a fuither reduction of insurance rates will - be made, you have stood fast and unmoved in your attachment to and Liverpool, instead of being considered as the most combustible' own in the world, will be famed - Only . for her her : indeed; the theological strifes and controversies which have agitated the minds of our countrymen with scientific methods of conquering the devouring element. so baneful an effect; have- n ever reached you: there was &yard-Gm:4Q AT BIRKENTIEAD.—On Saturday last, the first case of this offence since the. opening of the Birken- no element of. attraction to draw them hither :.we have dwelt in unity, peace, and concord. I should, however, head DoCks, came before Wm. Jacks on, Esq., at. the Police-court, in that township. It appeared that police- be wanting in candour, and forgetful of that command officer Jackson; No. 5, saw the prisoner, George which bids us render honour to who Watson, ralonour is due; if I proceeding along the quay, with a jar in his hand; upon did not avow what is my conscientious conviction, that questioning him concerning' its contents, he (fiat prisoner) your stability and enlightened preference for the church stated that he was mate of Lord Warden, which had of Your fathers has been strengthened and confirmed by ale just arrived from Kingston, Ireland, i ' that the iar con- the faithful preaching of those doctrines, so lucidly and tamed whiskey, upon which the poll afti-er took him plainly set forth in her nrticles, liturgy, ant Sn lnna u.nerind by emir esteemed Vicar. . ~ . into cugtolly. '' The jar contained alittle short o i t a gallon °`-' 1""g . Puuvu L'Y 3 ult. - ~,: v...., ,, • ~•*-• • =., ...., -- of very strong liquor, worth about 16s. per g O lon ; for cessors in the pastoraloversight of you, I especially coin which he no permit. The magistrate told thq prisoner mend the recollection of your zeal for , and attachment that he had made himself liable to a penalty! of £l.OO. to, the church of which they are ministers. They will The prisoner stated that he was a perfect stran*r in PO- find in it an element of much encouragement in the pro kenhead,.and was never in Ireland previously ; he - did not secution of their work of faith and labour of lo; and 1--- 0.-- ---- .1,..4-., ,-,.... il.c. nrtMe. and begged t o Tay God_speekthem, and give them to see of the fruit of their work; as I have seen. And what shall I say more ? From my heart I thank you for all your sympathy, kind- Phis was ~ranted'on I ness, and generosity. It is impossible that the remem in £5O. nnii brance of them should ever be effaced. May God bless two sureties in £25 each. No bail appearing, tie was on you .", your ....i.. , :z, r- , .... i...,.....v., ...... ~,.... .... Monday brought before the magistrates, when lie was townsmen ! And now, brethren, let me commend you to discharged. Mr. Jackson reprimanded him very severely, God, and to the word of his grace ; which is able to build telling him that he was a disgrace to the ship; and that you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them he (the magistrate) was determined to clear the town of which are sanctified. Fare ye well ! " Birkenhead of smuggling, and make it as pure as the We are glad to hear that arrangements arc being made other side of the water. . COMMITMENTS. to enlarge Bootle Church, so as to afford increased ac -At the Police-court yesterday, a girl, connnodationfor 500 persons (350 of which will be -free the and unappropriated). The building at present is so un -I.l"taNl'haitthern sightly, that the trustees will doubtless improve the este sn e a s m s i e o d ns Em fo ra r e s r t a e t a t l l ng fir f o r w o • l i l l i , t w ie a r s eni co p m io m ye it r t s e , d m f e o s r sr t s and Bak'er, of Oxford-street, an empty tin cash=box. It *p- riot appearance,. En we cordially congratulate tbe residents geared doubtless improve peared that she was in a state of intoxication when she cotn mitted the act.—Two men. Thomas Roydon and James Mason, of this rising place on the prospect of a change which we were also committed for trial, on a charge of having carried oft' trust may end in a spiro or steeple, as well as to give a a large sample of cotton from a warehouse near the quays, much increased ;Accommodation, now lispeily so, tilttch without leave of the owners. needed. . ~d cha they now are, without lugga - ge,• money, and , and we presume the mayor of Wexford thinks the ratepayers of Liverpool are bound, in " justice it'd charity." to find them in every thing needful, and send them forward to the new country which they were seeking! It is really singular what powers of face these Irish people have. We are already keeping as many of of course, provisions their poor as they can get sent over to our port, and we arc now coolly told, that, as a matter of "justice," for- Dth (!) we must pay the CO! DEATH OF MR.Vv'M. NIGHTIN _ HE CHRONICLE _ We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr. 3 Nightingale, one of the proprietors of the Liier- He expired, -at his z about. midnight, a 'roniele silence, in Sydney- Friday last, in his nd year, after t endurance of an asthmatic corn- plaint, under whiCh he had laboured for many months. The deceased had been connect ed with the press during nearly the whole of his existence ; and his demise, at so early a period of life, is sincerely lamented by all his brethren of the " broad-sheet," by whom (of all parties in politics) he was well known, from his amiable and obliging disposition, and his modest demeanour, and singleness of purpose. His uncle, Mr. Harrop (we find), was the pro prietor of the first newspaper published in anchester, the Volunteer, which was given up some years ago. Mr. was not what may be properly termed a man ; but lie was possessed of considerable na- ditingat " literary" t ural talent and a spirit of great perseverance in prose cuting out-door business—a quality, perhaps, equally as valuable in the working of a provincial paper at least, as scholastic attainments. We believe that Mr. Nightingale, although attached to a Whig paper, was a sincere friend of the Established Church. In the deserved eulogy of a contemporary, he was—" as a companion, cordial, frank, and gentlemanly ; as a friend, sincere, warm-hearted, and generous. Ile was the architect of his own fortune, and his guileless nature left him without an enemy in the world." He has left behind him a son of active habits and pleasing address, who will, we trust, supply to his surviving partner, so far as possible, the loss which he has sustained, auth which he will undoubtedly feel for a long time to come. from here " I do not believe that the Bank of England will be able to sell Government securities, so as to prepare for the payment of the July dividends, unless Parliament, before it rises, passes a no less sweeping measure than MAKING SILVER SHILLINGS A LEGAL TENDER TO ANY AMOUNT, AND ALLOWING THE BANK OF ENGLAND, AND ALL OTHER BANKS, TO ISSUE (confined by Sir 'Robert Peel's regulations) ONE POUND NOTISS. "This would, by raising gold to a market price, place the foreign trade on the same tootin as the hothe trade, which depreciation of the silver ctirrency. " It.will soon become evident that gold cannot be had exee at a premium, and then will come the run on the Bank of Eng land, not from shippers only, but also by parties to hoard for the " Such are the direct and legitimate consequences of Sir Robert Peel's departure from the principle of protectio n to British labour at home and abroad.", In confirmation of Mr. Buchanan's views, as to the difficulty in which the Bank of England feels itself, we may state that a report was rife on 'Change yesterday, communicated from Lon don, which even more strongly stated the same views than he has done iu the quotation above. Jenny Lind arrived in London on Saturday The case of Moziey v. Alston—the broad and narrow gauge cas e—was before the Lord Chancellor on Wednesday, being an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor. On Friday, William Simpkins, aged 34, a breaksnian in the w e - '-ti• "way tunnel, was by some means run over by , appin rim., train which he was taking down. The waggons were thrown off the line, in the opinion of the witnesses, by passing over the deceased. SMUGGLING SPIRITS.—At the Police-r"•- -- ' man, named Joseph Bowman, was char o ! gallon and three pints of whiskey, from ged with removing one without an excise license. The case being proved:;wWre quired to pay the mitigated penalty of 25, and in default, was committed to gaol for three months. r I RE.—Last mot, about half-past eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. Kennedy,-linen draper, Crown-chambers, Redcross-street. The fire-engines were soon in the vicinity of the spot, but were withdrawn, their services not being required. In this case it was extremely fortunate that Mr. Baty, wine and spirit merchant, to whom the greatest wise the premises on fire, which are far from the street, might not have been discovered; ail his servants rendered invalua- ble aid MRS. HILES'S CONCERT. -It will be seen by an advertise ment in our first page that this now distinguished vocalist takes a Concert on Tuesday evening next. We have had on more than one occasion reason to commend h i g hl y the sin g in g of Mrs. Hiles. She has a power of voice which for compass and execution is barely surpassed by the first vocalists of the land, while at the same time she - inteciduces• a . distretiOil of feeling, a pleasing and powerful emphasis that gives to the piece an effect that is truly desirable. The worshipful the Mayor is the patron of this concert, and we trust that a talented townswoman will receive that patronage that is usually tended to talented strangers IRISH BEGGARS streets, th n .goi he practice of Irishmen beg Ting in our illy possessed of property, has recently b on to consideridile extent. Wsteillay,'a well-dress ed young man, from Ireland, who had been found begging, was brought before Mr. Rushton. :There were found upon him three one-pound notes, and two pounds, - fifteen shillings, and some small change in silver, &c. It appears that he purposed to emigrate to America; and it may be some slight palliation to state that. 'ernment have restricted rs across the Atlantic to first-class. conveyance of • sound packet- ps sseng€ ships. ti amount of the passage-money is now higher than usual ; and that those who come from Ireland to take ship, and Are provided with only a moderate sum, may find it necessary in upon their little capital. Still it is decidedly wrong that our over-burthened town should be taxed so heavily by extra-parochical mendicants. CAsF. COLLISION.—THE GIPSEY Lushington delivered judgment in this case (which was argued in February last), in the Admiralty Court, on Friday last. The suit was brought by the owners of a vessel called the Highlander, against the owners of the Gipsey King, for damages in conse quence of collision. The Trinity Masters baying heard the case, were of opinion that the Gipsey King was to blame, and ;„ frho, pnrirnrryd. It was said that she had not to eri April 20, t 847. PIANO-FORTE, HARP ; & MUSIC WAREHOUSE. 57, CHURCH4T REST. ESSRS. HIME and SON have the pleasure of J.V.L throwing open to their Friends and the Pubiic, a • NEW, SPACIOUS, AND ELEGANT PIANO-FORTE SALOON, Filled with Instruments of the finest Makers, of all forms and sizes, from the FULL GRAND to the PICCOLO COTTAGE, By JOHN BROADWOOD and SONS, COLLARD and COLLARD, ALLISON and ALLISON, TOMKISON, ND OTHER CELEBRATED MAKERS, MUSIC received Twice a Week from London. PIANO-FORTES AND HARPS LENT OUT TO HIRE, TUNED, REPAIRED, OR TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. SONS GIVEN IN WRITING, 800-k:1ai151.6: ARITHMETIC MENTAL CALCULATION. SHORT-HAND, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, READING, SPELLING, & HOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTS, BY MR. AND MRS. TROAIPSON, AT THEIR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT No. 8, 'SLAYTON-SQUARE. MR. THOMPSON, who has been established at ISta.-8, Clayton-square, upwards of seventeen years, sole Inventor and Head Teacher of a new and super Writing, enables bad writers to acquire a fr and counnandit system of style of Penmanship, in a few , easy Lessoru of one hour cacti, private, or in class. Mk. THOMPSON teaches the useful art of Book-keeping by Double Entry. His Lessons contain the principles and par. titular rules now used in the mercantile houses in Liverpool. Commercial Arithmetic, Mental Calculation, and Short-hand taught in a few Lessons. For Cards of Terms apply as above. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION AND BOARD. LADIES residing at a distance from Liverpool have an op, )ortnnity of acquiring Mr. THOMPSON'S fashionable style o Writing - and short Method of Mental Calculation intwo or three weeks, Mrs. T. having Made arrangements to Board a few Ladies with her own family. For additional Branches of Education Ladies are received by the Quarter. Lessons on the Piano-forte by the first Master in Liverpool. For Terms address, post-paid, to Mrs. TnomPSON, as above SILVE=R PLATING ESTABLISHMENT 6, CASES-STREET, CLAYTON .SQUARE, Opposite Vetoria Baths. WORN-OUT PLATED ARTICLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION RE-PLATED EQUAL TO NEW, AT ABOUT ONE-FOURTH THEIR ORIGINAL COST. ° In Aro•ent F and s 1 Every article ; a Table to Albata Plate and Nickle Solid White Metals. rticlewpairtran2 2. ; tledstokeep Tea-spoons from Ditto.4 its colour THE ABOVE ARTICLES, MANUFACTURED BY GILBERT AND CO STAND THE TEST OP AQUAFORTIS. y description. N.B.—References to Hotels and- Families, whose articles have been several years in use, and given the utmost satisfac tion. GILBERT and CO. are prepared to undertake the supply of large contracts for Hotels, Steam Vessels, the Army, or the Trade, on the shortest notice. LATEST INTE I, I.IGENM (By EXPRES3 LONDON CORN MARKET The arrivals of all kinds of Grair market last week, especially tho YESTERDAY a of home produce up to our ,selot Barley, Oats, Beans, imports of Foreign Barley and Oat; were on an extensive scale; those of all other articles being trifling in the extreme, even allowing for an importation of 4450 quarters of 'Wheat. The receipts of English Wheat fresh up from Kent were moderate. Those from Essex, Cambridge. &c., small. The stands being scantily supplied with samples, arising from a good clearance being effected on Friday lasi, and the attendance of buyers, several of whom were from France, large ; the Eng lish Wheat trade was very brisk, at an improvement in the quota tions obtained on Monday last, of from ss. to 6s. per qr., and at which all the samples were disposed of. The t ransactions in Eng- quarters, or, at least, a moiety of the supply of that - . article brought forward. The whole of the reported arrivals of foreign Wheat were taken afloat last week for Havre; however, we had a very limited quantity on offer to-day: For hon gumption a moderate business was doing, while for port to cl of, at an improvement 300 quarters were dispose v 3s. ner auarter. A 1 doubtless, have been co more liberal scale. I foreign Barley last wee nCluded had the"'supplies been on cotwithstanding the large arrival of ar!ptl supply on sale this morn- ck, moved off briskly, at I s. to 2s. above With ➢salt we were rather scantily sup• ing was by no means goo being very short of sto last Monday's prices. plied, yet the demand wa no alteration to notice. , at Oats came in from abroad last awing to the (j Although upwardsc In prices we have, the trade was active, parcelaof Eng!iqi brought forward sold t. high rates. in the demand, at Is. per quarter more money. There was only a moderate inquii y for Peas ; yet they were mostly held at higher rates. Indian Corn, for arrival, was Is. to 2s. per 9 , la rt ' r higher. The Flour trade was firm, and some of the millers would not sell except at higher rates* A most important feature has WrevaileCi " in the Corn n- mar l '. this morning. Th e p urc h ases on and Belgian accou n t have been immensely Nearly all the stands were, in fact, cleared off. The price of Wheat was fully Gs. per quarter in advance of the rates of last Monday; Oats are Is. to 2s. ner se from the. m( seen for many years past. For a season at least this extraor dinary advance must have an influence on the operations of Vie Court of Directors of the Bank of Dagland. - The steamer which leaves Liverpool to-morrow for the United States takes out some amount of specie again, blit there is rea son to believe that as hies s. Rothschild and one or two other firms have received a largFamount in bullion from the conti nent, within thelast few days, there has been application made to t/ aem by exporters or coin, rather than to t t lie b ß u an t % e of sp E ec l e land. The latter,. it s is ai s u ta d t e ep to h a a a deg g ape . d r h p o rice y than usual. i a nao t lit i e s d m bz y thetir induce m them to ship it to America and foreign parts on their own account. Under any circumstances the receipt of this money must afford present relief, and it would be scarcely of any use for the Bank to be a buyer at a premium, when the whole might oe wriest plan seems t 4 their own arrangements rather an increased demand for Stock to-morrow have realised 864- to 87. an Consols for transfer far May aak tri R7k• The Rediked Three per Cent Annuities have been 85 to and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 87k to 87i. Th e value of Exchequer-bills has been Is. premium to 2s. discount. East India stock is at 245. • I ill 111iLL lIIC Lentil ,Lnit. tat 1,‘,. ••• ••••• authorised pilot on board, and that lie was responsible, and nest filo emanore Tha Sleritiont 1 - innnened in the Clyde, between Is, including the Gips( her at the time. TI King, being in tow of - a steamer tog( learned doctor wee of opinion that the collision by the fault or default of the pilot ; that the Gipsey King was ofili, , .;ed to employ such licensed pilot, and that the o not liable. He said he should take the saw - did in the cases of the Agricola and the Farr no order as to cc On Sun , lay morniu e of Lower Norworo wp MURDERS AT NORWOOD, SI7RRIVi P iuhnbitauts Of the e uiet vill ihio;UTAC;—;-;nsternation, in consequence of a frightful mu der committed by a . young man, named John young, aged «•er maker, who des and infant, and afterwards committed suicide-. Some of the police constables hearing cries of murder from the house where he end his family lived, went up, and saw Young - at the threshbold, with a table knife in his hand, smeared with gore. On seeing them, he rushed up stairs to the first floor, and when the_ofticers entered they found the lifeless body of Mrs, Young Young ; but before they reached himhedre7tlie . knife acrosshis throat, inflicting a wound of which he died soon afterwards. In anotherroom they then found the iifeless body of his infant, .•,_ On a tTO, with its throat .cut. The victims were still warm, but all medical aid was of no avail. Upon enquiry, it turned Out that the perpetrator had previously laboured under aberra tion of mind, and was under the care of his friends at Hack. ney. The poor wife had her hands much cut, most probably in .enticaryonring to WO herself tram her husband's grasp, LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL ---- - - ----- --.--. - ----- THE CIVIL WAR IN PORT:VGA-L.—We have Lisbon news to the 10th instant. Count Tojal, on the part of the Queen and the Government, had called on Sir Hamilton Seymour and Ad miral Parker, who had placed the British squadron At the Queen's orders and promised that the men w oul d land imme diately she desired it to protect. her. The immediate cause of the demand was the tardiness. of the Queen's generals on the Alemtejo. Mo ne y was not forthcoming energy , and the Queen's' troops and generals were ever y w here a t a stand-still.. Very little more was displayed by the insurgents, and it appeared nearly evident thatof tli two Portuguese parties neither could St oi►ity of a Spanish armed inteTven: Lion had been in. and the prompt action of our resuleob authorities was the consequence, as it was probable that Dona , Maria might solicit the aid of troops from Spain. The state 0 ' the money market was dn;' poss •eastn Lisbon notes had risen to n•se. The discount on Bank 0 ; 3er cent. The dearth of bre!!t! was equiv.* , dispiriting, the price of wheat of the first qual!f) being 247 shillings per Enghsh quarter. Distress had set In? and some measures were taken for the relief of the Poor. , The - French Cf‘-' ' Peers have rejected, by a majority 'O7 t - 'fishing a line of steam-shins of K to 7, the project for esl between Havre and New York The governor of Nova Scotia, in a despatch to Lord Grey, dated the Ist April, shows the futility of many of the hopes held out to emigrants to that colony. He presses earne s tly on his lordship the necessity of discouraging all pauper emigra tion, and says, "There is no demand for unskilled labour IP any part of the province, and the means of remunerating' agricultural labour of any kipd are greatly diminished. FA treme privation and misery would, therefore, necessarily be the lot of those who should c ome hi t h er w ith out t h e mean s 0 f , subsistence for at least two y ears ." Th e di s t ress occas i o ne d throughout the- province, and especially at Cape Breton, in consequence of the failure of the potato and grain crops, PHILHARMONIC CONCERT—LAST NIGHT. The second undress concert of the season was held ladt nisl o at the Collegiate Institution, when a miscellaneous seleetion of music was performed, chiefly instrumental, in which ova` nciuded Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. _This was the fli t really very finely played witb ... Miss Stott next WI: prettily the Rondo from Donizetti's I)on Pasquale, Wive ; 4s received with 4. encore. The•overture to Don GiovarlP` closed the first part. Aliendelsohn liartholdy's " La Grotte Fln^ the acond part, and was ver a Cavatina from Mercant . _ Parsons nes, sweetly, and was re with her tine voice Vvarded with an encore more fully develomd and a litth •dung I .ock of Air. Art ,ce an Aria from ti of land from Nercandante's credi completed a At and Parsons excelled i Andranico The overture !ry delightful evening's entertainmet . istit utian. was filled with a most respecta, Ou Friday, Mr rent Valley Railv Brassy, the principal contractor for tp traversed the line from Rugby to Staff° with a party of . friend MARRIED On the 2nd i Cricl►tdn; Mr... 1 Chapel, by the Rev. PI; baker, Toxteth-park, to I%;:ie Mr. Matti: art i fa rn er, Durdriesshire LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1847. 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