The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. A correspondent suggests that as the Leaguers are constantly croaking without prouncing the slightest effect, they may not be inappropriately termed " Corncrakes." " Crito" ought to be better informed than to imagine that the conductors of a respecZabie newspaper would put the question contained in his letter on anonymous authority. Ely RiberDool -(-,t,tanZlarb. TUESDAY 310 RA ING, MAY 21, 1844. With an election for this important division of the county impending over our heads—one too in the decision of which we feel that important results are bound up, we dare not, for the love we bear Conservatism, express all the sorrow—all the dismay —with which we have been compelled to view the recent vote upon the Factory question. Had Sir Robert Peel wished to damp most effectually the enthusiasm of his supporters in this locality; had he wished to deter them from the exercise of that energy which the present crisis demands; he could scarcely have taken a course more directly calculated to bring about such a consummation, and to con vince them that there is no principle connected with the maintenance of his government for which it is worth the while of Conservatism to contend, than the course which he has taken upon this subject, and some other questions recently before Parlia- We know that the result of the dogged op position to the humane views of Lord Ashley has fallen upon the hearts of the true friends of Conser vative interests in this district with chilling and al most paralyzing effect; and that, were passion to be allowed to have its sway—were the crisis of our country's fate less bound up in the result of this contest, less momentous than it is—there would scarcely be found a hand to struggle, a voice to pro test or to animate, a heart to care whether, so far as the election for South Lancashire is concerned, we return for this county a friend or an opponent of a ministry, which constantly compels us to ask our selves—" Why do we support—what is our interest in, a government which is day by day yielding up some cherished principle for which we have battled in times past, and upon the faith of upholding which we have placed them in a position to disappoint and betray us ?" It is a cruel position in which we find ourselves. As Conservatives we long to support the ministry of Sir Robert Peel, and to be able to look up with affection and confidence to the members of that ministry. We cannot, unfortunately, do the latter ; but most earnestly we must urge upon the friends of the constitution in this district to let no feeling of distrust and disappointment, which late events may have excited, operate to depress their exertions in this contest. Let them remember that it is not the cause of a ministry which has now to be decided, but the permanence of all that, as Englishmen, we hold sacred and dear, which has to be defended against the assaults of Revolution. It is not a ver dict for or against Sir Robert Peel, or Sir James Graham, which we have to record ; but we have a declaration to make before the country of our resolution to defend the rights of industry and the security of property, which are menaced by heavy blows from without, and by faithlessness from within. Doubly fatal, in the present condition of Conserva tism, must be any fainting now. Defeat, for this important county, would not only give an impetus to the machinations of our opponents, which it would be difficult indeed to withstand, but it might even enable a ministry which worships expediency, whilst it plays fast and loose with principles and pledges, to justify before the world the adoption of that very destructive policy which, as Conservatives, we seek to avoid. For the gratification of a pettish feeling against the men, we may drive them prema turely to those measures, which our own fears whis per they are prepared to concede, upon the first se vere pressure which assails them. ment. The Conservatives of South Lancashire will not, we trust, take this rash, suicidal course. No—they will throw aside their present apathy, and bury their present jealousies; and rallying to the support of those principles to which they are pledged by all the ties of consistency and honour, they will beat down the faction which is endeavouring to override them. No Anti-Corn-law League—no seditious confedera tion of greedy milloerats—must be permitted to hold the key of the representation of Conservative South Lancashire. All our readers must be aware that the Commis sioners of Birkenhead are now before Parliament, endeavouring to obtain an act empowering them to construct docks and warehouses on the Cheshire shore. So long as the matter was in the hands of a knot of land specubtors we did not apprehend that Liverpool had much cause to fear the competition ; but according to the evidence tendered before the committee of the Commons, coupled with the asser tion that the capital has been subscribed to carry out the project, we think that the interests of several parties may be seriously affected ; and it behoves them to be on the look out, lest such powers and privileges be conceded as may really endanger the paramount interests of Liverpool. The apathy shewn, not only by the Town Council, the railway companies, and the warehouse proprietors, but also by the holders of property of all descriptions in Li verpool, strikes us with surpri-e ; and judging from the spirit, the daring, and the ability which is direct ing the measure in question, hacked as they appear to be, by capitalists in London, we deem it our duty to direct the attention of all parties to the probable effects of docks in Cheshire upon the various inter ests connected with this town, in order that our local rulers may be awake to the dangers with which those interests are now threatened. It is all well enough to say that the whole matter is a mere bubble, got up by interested land specula tors ; and that Cheshire docks cannot, in the face of the Liverpool docks, with their large revenue, produce a return for the capital invested. This may, and probably will be the case. But it must be recollected that if docks be made in Wallasey Pool, and warehouses be there erected to the extent of 1600,000, as contemplated, it will be better for the directors of such an establishment to receive even the smallest return than none at all ; and the conse quences may be, that as trade will go where it can be done the cheapest, dock rates and warehouse rents here must fall to the competing point, and our public trusts be thus placed in what a certain would be member of Parliament calls " a very akkard city ashon." It is perfectly clear to us that ulterior mea sures of a sweeping description are intended, which will not only affect the whole of the leasehold of the Corporation, the bondholders of the two estates, and the trading community generally, but will operate upon the two great railway companies connected with Liverpool in a way which they do not expect. Dust may be thrown in the eyes of the people of Liverpool by the declaration that no rivalry is in tended, and that docks at Birkenhead are only to receive the overflowings of Liverpool Liverpool has long been a divided house on the subject of dock accommodation, and the unfortunate opposition of some members of the Dock Committee to the bill now before Parliament, while it has materially strengthened the hands of their antagonists, has weakened the Dock Committee in their application to the legislature ; and although there is little doubt that the dock bill will be carried, the differences to 1 .. . . e a "~ which we allude have been in every way a misfortune. It is useless to conceal what everybody knows, namely, that the Cheshire members are aided by the members of the manufacturing districts in depriving this town of all the advantages which she has so long possessed ; that there exists in Manchester and other places an unworthy jealousy of Liverpool, and that parliamentary applicants find willing listeners when they develop any plan which can invade the interests of this town. The chairman of our finance committee has a vast responsibility on his shoulders at this moment; and we wish that his ability to grapple with the various important subjects now affecting the welfare of the corporate estate, may be equal to his desire to do what is right. Let docks and warehouses be fairly in operation on the Cheshire shore, on land, too, taken out of the estuary of the Pool, and without cost, and a material difference in the amount of fines for the renewal of leases will soon be perceptible. Can the members of our Councii for one moment be so infatuated as to sup pose that the town dues can be permanently levied in another county without continual contests ? They may get up in their places and assert that Liverpool possesses as good a claim to town dues from Hoy lake to Warrington Bridge as any nobleman does to his entailed estate. But such assertions are now secretly laughed at by men on the opposite shore, aye, and by many on this side too, and as soon as there is a sufficiency of capital expended at Birken head to justify the cost of a struggle, let the Corpo ration of Liverpool be aware that they will need to buckle on their armour and throw away the scabbard- But another question presents itself, and of perhaps greater importance than any which we have glanced at. Mr. Rendell has stated that abstract ing the water of Wallasey Pool, which now forms part of the scouring power of the river, will not do the slightest harm to the navigation of the harbour; and that building a sea-wall from Woodside to Sea combe will not be detrimental to the Liverpool Docks. Now it appears from the evidence, that a great number of the most eminent engineers are of a contrary opinion ; and they declare that by the abstraction of the water, and the projection of this sea-wall, the current will be diverted, and thus will cause a silting up of the entrances of the Liver pool docks. On this point we do not presume to offer an opinion ; but we do say, that when men of high reputation and great experience pledge their reputation that such will be the practical effect of the contemplated schemes, it is high time for every man in Liverpool to bestir himself, as any increase of banks at our dock entrances would be most fatal to the town. That the Birkenhead bill will pass the Commons there can be no doubt, because the Committee are decidedly favourable to its promoters. It has, how ever, to go through another ordeal, where a com mittee sits in a legislative capacity, and where the members have no political battery brought to bear upon them ; and it may there be successfully op posed, or, at least, the interests of Liverpool may be protected. Why does not the Corporation insist upon the insertion of a clause in the bill making the payment of town-dues for ever one of its admitted enactments ? The question could never then be agitated, and so the prosperity of Birkenhead would be made to contribute to the prosperity of Liverpool. Every pound of cotton - docked and warehoused at Birkenhead will be sold, not at Birkenhead, but on our Exchange ; and the very resistance of town dues has an unfavourable effect, and in principle would be unjust. But we again tell the Corporation that in less time than they expect, that resistance will be attempted. And as there is such difference of opinion on the probable effect of building a sea wall across Wallasey Pool, let the Corporation insist upon a clause in the bill making it imperative upon the Birkenhead Comthissioners to remove and carry away all additional silt that may be deposited on the Liverpool shore through the projection of their works in the tideway. _ _ These two clauses will only be fair, and if the parties now seeking their bill are influenced by the desire to advantage themselves without injuring their neighbours, they will cheerfully consent to their in troduction, and it will test the sincerity of their for mer professions. The whole of this subject is fraught with the deepest interest to all classes of the community, and we commend it to the careful and prompt conside ration not only of our great public bodies, hut of every owner of property in the town. In another month vigilance will be unnecessary, FOR IT WILL BE TOO LATE! Really the House of Commons appears just now to be taking extraordinary pains to lower its stand ing in the eyes of the world, as a grave and delibe rative assembly. Two months ago it decided, by a majority, after a long debate, that ten working hours per day was a sufficient amount of labour to be exacted from the women and young persons in our factories; and on Monday, after another long debate, it decided the reverse by an overwhelming majority. And when the public had just got over the shock, and men who had been accustomed to revere the character of the British House of Com mons were beginning to be able to look one another in the face without blushing or laughing, our very grave senators, during the discussion of a subject so important as the Customs' Duties' Bill, break out into an exhibition of the comic line of performance which is perfectly irresistible, the prime minister himself taking the leading buffo part, in a style that would enrapture pit, boxes, or gallery, in any house in or out of London. The new duty to be levied upon confectionary was the subject under discussion ; and Mr. Alderman Humphery asked "What was the reason that the duty on plums was to be altered ?" whilst Mr. War burton maintained that it was to protect the plum growing constituency of the honourable baronet, the member for East Kent. Sir Robert Peel, in reply, expressed himself not much surprised at the obser vations of the worthy baronet and ex Lord Mayor, " for he" (the said ex-dignitary) " was no doubt so encouraged by his extraordinary success in discus sing, last year, the duties upon turbots and lobster sauce, that it was no matter of astonishment to find him now standing forward as the advocate and de fender of the great plum-pudding interest." Of course the house was in convulsions of laughter at the refined and classical drollery of the reply, and perfectly reconciled with the proposed new duty upon plums. But the amusing performance was not to conclude here. Sir Robert Peel and the ex-Mayor were not to bear away between them the comic wreath. Mr. John Bright, M.P. for the cathedral city of Dur ham, discovered that there might be a more ridicu lous character than even that of " advocate and de fender of the great plum-pudding interest ;" and in continently presented himself in that of " advocate and defender" of the small canary interest ! This bright specimen of a legislator contended that — "There was another question affecting the county of Kent besides the apple and plum question—he meant the duty i upon canary s e e d s . (Shouts of laughter.) It was a Qti n u u e t s eq o u n e , stion certainly—(more laughter, and cries of )—he was speaking to the question. Canary seeds were confectionary. (Renewed laughter and cries of ' Question.') Well, he would only say that peculiar care seemed to be taken of Kentish interests. Amazing discovery, or rather, discoveries, for which the eleetors of Durham have infinite reason THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to be proud of their sagacious representative Let it never be forgotten that there is another question besides the sugar and plum question,—that there is the canary seed question, " a minute question," cer tainly, and therefore eminently fitted for John Bright to champion ! Remember, moreover, that " canary seeds are confectionary !!" Seriously, after such a display as the above, which extended infinitely longer than we have given it, we shall begin to think that our reformed house is not greatly more to be admired, for its tastes and mode of conducting its proceedings, than the House of Representatives of our republican brother over the water. The amusements of that assembly vary a little in their character certainly ; but as to the point of respectability we have only to determine between the bowie knife and harlequin's wand,—tragedy and broad farce. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English se curities maintain much firmness, although little business was transacted to. day, in consequence of the early closing of the market. Consols for money and the account lett off 991 to s ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 98-1 ; To ree-and a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to a ; New Three-and a• Half per Cents., 104- to 1- ; Long Annuities, 12 7.16; Exchequer Bills, 68s. to 70s. premium; Bank Stock, 1911 to 1922; and India Stock, 285 to 287. In the foreign market the prices of speculative stocks were rather lower, and there was but a small amount of business done in any description. Spanish Three per Cents. closed at 34i to 35 ; the Five per Cents. 231 to 24 ; Portuguese, 46 to 47; Peruvian, 281 to 292; Mexican, 351 to a ; the Deferred, 15a to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 60a to i; the Five per Cents., 1002 to t ; Danish, 88 to 89 ; Columbian, 14.4 to 1 ; Chilian, 102 to 10-1; Buenos Ayres, 34 to 36 ; Brazilian, 801 to 811; and Belgian, 103 to 104. A WORD OR Two IN SEASON.—The polling days for the election in the Southern Division will be Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun week. Many conservatives in Li verpool and the neighbourhood, we know, are in the habit of making excursions during this particular seek. Let their duty prove superior to their pleasures. Every man may, if he will, record his vote before noon on Mon day. If he value the cause, let him not neglect to do this. THE TEN HOURS' CLAUSE.—Amongst the members who voted with Lord Ashley on the 13th instant, in the House of Commons, in favour of the ten hours' clause, we find the following :—Lord Sandon, Sir H. Douglas, J. Brotherton, W. Ewart, W. B. Ferrand, and J. Tolle mache, Lord F. Egerton paired off in favour of the clause. The following were amongst the members who voted against it :—E. Cardwell, J. E. Denison, W. T. Egerton, T. M. Gibson, T. Greene, J. W. Patten, Lord Stanley, T. Thornely, and F. Tollemache. PROTESTANT INTEGRITY.—The Dublin Protestant Operative Association recently called the attention of the Bishop of Exeter to the draft of a bill, making it penal for the publishers of newspapers, or such other publica tions, to ascribe to Roman Catholic dignitaries the title which properly belong to the Church of Ireland, or to de signate Roman Catholic places of worship by the names belonging to the church. The Secretary of the Associa tion has received the following reply, dated the 15th inst., from his lordship. " I have received your letter, and the paper enclosed in it. I highly honour the principles therein setforth, and heartily wish that the legislature would sanction them by a correspondent law." THE LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN.—At a meeting of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association, on Thursday last, the following resolution was passed amidst loud cheers. " That we hold it as a most fearful sign of the times that in Protestant England, heretofore the land of freedom, men should be visited with exclusion from the police force because connected with the loyal Orange body—that we trust the Protestants of Liverpool may unite as one man against this fearful aggression on their liberties, and that the best thanks of this meeting are due to Richard Harbord, Esq., for the firm stand that he has made in this business, and that an address on the subject be adopted." AN IMPORTANT RADICAL MISTAKE.—The Liverpool Journal of the 11th instant, in giving a list of free traders, enumerated Mr. Weld Blundell, of Ince Blundell Hall, as a gentleman likely to support Mr. Brown in the approach ing contest for South Lancashire. Mr. Blundell, how ever, refuses to place himself in the ranks of the free tra ders, and has addressed a letter to the Journal of Satur day last, from which we make the following extract :—" I approve of the moderate protection proposed by the late ministry, and a fixed duty on foreign corn ; but lam op posed to an immediate and total repeal of existing pro tective laws, and still more to the manner in which the Anti-Corn Law League have sought to establish their doctrines." ACCIDENT AT SEACOMBE SLIP. —PRAISEWORTHY ACT OF A PASSENGER.—AS art elderly gentleman was running hastily down the Seacombe slip to catch the last boat yesterday evening, he unfortunately tripped over the chain of the tram-road and was precipitated into the river. The tide was running strongly up the river at the time, and the death of the unfortunate man appeared to be ine vitable, when a young gentleman, without hesitation, plunged in, and with considerable difficulty saved him, at the imminent risk of his own life, he himself being so exhausted by the effort, that on landing he was completely prostrated. At the late hour at which we write, we are unable to mention the name of the brave adventurer to save the life of a fellow-creature ; but we shall make further inquiries. As the occurrence is re ported to us, a better claim to the notice of the Humane Society has v.ldom presented itself. FUNERAL OF THE LATE HON, RICHARD BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, M.P.—The interment of the mortal re mains of this respected and lamented gentleman took place, on Thursday last, at Skelmersdale, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. As we have previously noticed, the body had been removed to Latham Hall, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale, prior to the funeral. About ten o'clock on Thursday morning the mournful procession left the hall for Skelmersdale parish church, about three miles distant, in the following order :—First mourning coach, containing the Rev. Mr. Battersby, Dr. Lax, Mr. Robert Boyer, and Mr. E. Boyer ; the hearse came next ' • and then the second mourning coach, in which were Lord Skelmersdale, Mrs. R. Bootle Wilbraham, Mrs. A. Las celles, and Sir Richard Brooke, Bart.; third mourning coach, containing Lord Stanley, Sir Brook Taylor, Mr. Farington, and Mr. Warburton ; and in the fourth mourning coach were Mr. Arthur Brooke, Mr. Brooke, Mr. Hutton, and the Hen. Arthur Lascelles. In the rear were the private carriages of Lord Skelm.-Tsdale and many of the local gentry and clergy. It was after eleven when the funeral cortege reached the church, and the coffin was then borne into the sacred building, preceded by the Rev. Mr. Battersby, domestic chaplain to Lord Skelmersdale, who officiated as minister. The solemn service for the burial of the dead was impressively read by the rev. gentleman, and the customary sad offices being discharged, the circle of relatives returned to Latham. It was the urgent wish of Mrs. Wilbraham to attend the obsequies. THE WRATHER.—With the exception of a very slight shower or two, we have not in these districts been fa voured with any rain for several weeks ; and we regret to add that since Wednesday last the air has been uncom monly chilly (in the shade) during the day, and frosty durina the night, to the injury of some portions of the growing vegetation, and the retarding of the growth of others. On Friday night and Saturday morning in parti cular, the cold was unusually severe for the season, so much so that thin ice was formed in exposed and high stations. The wind has for some days blown rather freshly, and varying from north to about north-east. The early potatoes in exposed land, in some neighbouring localities, have to a great extent been cut off—the young plant being exceeding susceptible of the killing effect of frost. Some farmers who sowed deep, have been more fortunate, as theirs have scarcely yet appeared above ground ; and we have seen several sheltered fields that do not appear to have suffered at all, so that the damage is as yet by no means general. The wheats still look remarkably healthy, thick on the ground, and well coloured. The fruit trees are apparently little injured, if at all, and still give pro mise of an abundant crop. The grass also looks well, but without a seasonable supply of rain and warmth, the crop of hay will scarcely be an average one. Up to the time we write, (Monday evening) there is no appearance of a speedy change, but the wind has veered a little to the westward of north. A few points more westing and all would probably be right. Our markets were well sup plied with vegetables on Saturday. New potatoes (yet very small) were at sd. to 6d. a pound • Irish cabbages at Id. a head. We are glad to state that at midnight a very favourable change took place, and as we were going to press the rain descended in copious showers. INTERESTING EXHIBITION AT THE PORTICO, NEW INGTON.—We were much gratified by an inspection, on Saturday, of the ecclesiastical tablets, by Mr. Daggets, of Bolton, embodying the Decalogue, the Apostles Creed, and the Lord's Prayer, beautifully and elaborately exe cuted, in pure Anglo-Saxon text, with richly foliated and illuminated capitals. They were taken from extremely scarce and valuable manuscripts of the early and middle ages, and were so much admired at Bolton, where they were shown privately, that, at the request of a great num ber of clergy, antiquarians and others, who felt assured that the public had but to see them to be highly gratified by the purity and antiquity of their style, and the exqui site character of their execution, the artist was induced to exhibit them for the first time publicly in this town. They are painted on a smooth ground representing vellum ; the estsetvarxexitreoytinlsylceutttewr. thoseith all the nicety and sharpness of the finest engraving; the col ours o f th e ornamen t a l p or tions are quatrefoil—will e a m n y e din b ornament—evensacrede ar th e writings tee Norman rn e ms timepaenc inspection. The whole, though ancient, is sufficiently legible, and the keeping througho u t so admirably sustained as to form an ensemble at once impressive and unique. The well informed antiquarian will readily admit the fidelity of the work, and be enabled to pronounce the dates. The tail pieces (filling up the broken lines) are very fine, resem bling, indeed, the finest enamel. At the top of one of the tablets there is a curious device, within a figure like a shield, taken from the Athanasian Creed, and which may, in fact, be said to be the creed itself reduced to a mathe matical problem. These tablets, which are within oak frames, were painted for Hallywell Church, near Bolton ; and now that we have several new churches in the town, and others that are being improved or enlarged, we think similar tablets (which may be varied in the date of the cha racters) would form a decided and striking improvement on the usual lettering, &c. of the Decalogue, Creed, &c. over the communion table. BRITISH AND FOR SIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SO CIETY.-EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS. The fifth anniversary meeting of this society was held on Friday last, in the great room, Exeter Hall, which was crowded in every part by a highly-respectable audience, the majority of whom (as usual) were ladies. On the platform were the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Sir George Stephen, John Bright, Esq., M.P., Joseph Sturge, Esq., Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., Samuel Gurney, Esq., George Thompson, Rev. Dr. Bunting, &c., &c. It had been announced that the chair would be taken on the occasion by Lord Brougham. At the last hour, how ever, having probably had some intimations that a row was in the wind, his lordship pleaded other engagements, and the chair was ultimately taken, and very ably filled, by Samuel Gurney, Esq. We may mention, by the bye, as a proof of the high character of the meeting, which, as we have said, was in great part composed of ladies, that Lord Brougham's letter, pleading the duties of his office, as one of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, as his ground of absence, was received by hisses ! The report, &c., having been gone through, and the first resolution mo ve d b y th e Bishop of Norwich, and has sh e o r e os a a tol duly seconded, the demon of discord presented himself in the solemn person of George Thompson, quack in general, and quack, for this occasion, in particular, to th Anti bagrsulyueeteta'aepsdai Honest of andco course r sme o ; d e f s t r a G s a e o u r e g i e l `a` as roseh he was about to bite the philanthropic hands which had dandled him from his obscure cubhood until he could go a n s d t er bawledf o rfarsommuscoh many in fact, y pl a t platforms, r s m h s e , master;—forasmuch, the cloak of ultra-humanity in and to exhibitan and o a lhyi objectself as i s thmeoadvocate getting. of a Georgebod y whose was about to play off the League against the Anti-Slavery Society ; and rose, of course, " with considerable pain," and, perhaps, shame, to propose an amendment! George Thompson, nursed, fostered, fed, and inflated into his present dimensions by the praise and the money of Quaker sentimentalism, at last striking at his benefactors ! Eheu! And what was the amendment in question ? It was, awdwCwlahai:trsnrihlctie'hna- beg ' ~a hoona e nudw s thi speaking in the jargon of the philosophers, to the effect that it was not desirable, even if the. cause of slavery could be put down thereby, to continue our present, or any, discriminating duties upon foreign sugars. It was not right to discriminate between sugar which was the pro duce of free labour, and sugar which was the produce of the lash and the goad. Modern philanthropy and liberal ism had discovered that slave sugar was cheaper and as sweet as free labour sugar ; that it could lap treacle, for every dozen pounds of which a human being had been degraded by the thong, and for every hogshead of which an African had died, with as great a relish as if it was " warranted" from the shop of a free labour quaker ; and honest George was presented as the apostle of the dis covery ! It was very costly to put down slavery, by pay ing dearer for your sugar. Humanity should cost nothing. George's own, indeed, had been profitable rather than costly. And, besides, " discriminating duties could only be maintained by an appeal to government, and a resqrt to force (!)" ; and the freedom of the negro ought only to be brought about by moral means—by the circulation of I tracts, the publication of anti-slavery reporters, and the rearing and feeding of more George Thompson's. The league advocate, therefore, proposed that to reconcile " the honest differences of opinion which prevail among the friends of that (the anti-slavery) cause on the subject of discriminating duties on the slave and free produce," the sweet-toothed public should be allowed to go without restriction to the cheapest markets for sugar, treacle, &c., be it a slave market or a free market! his amendment was of course seconded. In fact it had been a preconcerted movement. The scruples of the society stood in the way of our trade with Brazil, and better dissolve the society itself, withdraw its mission aries, and burn its tracts, than refuse to the millocracy of Manchester the privilege of exchanging calico for slave labour sugar. By a suggestion, however, of the commit tee, the amendment was withdrawn, and business pro ceeded, until at length Daniel O'Connell rose, and in the I course of a long address, expressed very forcibly and I clearly the grounds of his decided protest against the Free Trade philosophy of Thompson. He " hoped that the society would never be a pro-slavery society, either in England or anywhere else; and that though other mar kets should be open to slave trade sugar, England never will." He then proceeded to apply the knout most heartily to the shoulders of brother Jonathan, not only on account of his encouragement to slavery in general, but also on account of his present movement with regard to the annexation of Texas, and concluded with au eloquent appeal to Englishmen and to the British Government, to stand forward to prevent such an enormity. The remarks of Daniel called up Mr. John Bright, who considered that he had spoken too harshly of America : " Here we saw the horrors of slavery at a dis tance," whilst Americans, who were charged with tolerat ing them, only saw them perpetrating them under their own noses! He approved of the amendment of his friend Thompson because he found that many parties in the country refused to take part with the exertions of the Committee, on the ground of their objection to discrimi nating duties as a part of the machinery used to put down slavery. Friend Bright, in the course of a very silly speech, received with considerable disapprobation, was at length called to order by Mr. Scoble, after which, The CHAIRMAN said, before he put the resolution he hoped, as Mr. Bright had dilated upon matters not con tained in it, he might be allowed to say a few words. It was his (the chairman's) firm conviction that, if the differ rential duties proposed were not adopted, and if the sugars of Brazil, Cuba, and other slave-labour countries were admitted on equal terms to the market of this country, it would be produced by the lash, and the lash alone. (Cheers.) He was certain it would be the means of con suming the sinews and lives of the unhappy slaves of those colonies, and those lives would only be replaced by a traffic in slaves from the coast of Africa. (Hear, hear.) That admits of no dispute ' • and he was astonished at the as sertions and inconsistent declamation of his two friends, Messrs. Thompson and Bright. Mr. THOMPSON rose to order. He had withdrawn his amendment on the understanding that his proposition was not to be canvassed. (Cries of " Order, chair.") He had not been dealt fairly with ; for it had been dis- He called upon the chairman t o adhere to the strict line of M c u s r s . e ß d u b x t y o 0 1‘ , I a r . n d O n ' o C w o n t n h e e l l e , h a b i y r in S a i n r w G a e s o e rg n e ph ter S i t n e gu e p n o , n b i t y . his duty. Terms had not been kept with him ; and he should now move the amendment that he had previously withdrawn. (Great confusion.) Mr. O'CONNELL denied that he had violated any pledge; for he was not aware that any had been given. Mr. TnostrsoN.—You have misrepresented me; and I shall reply to you, even if there are only twenty persons left in the room. (Renewed uproar.) Mr. O'CONNELL repeated that he had only spoken his own individual sentiments, and they had been ably replied to by Mr. Bright. Where was the necessity for further discussion? Mr. THOMPSON again rose amidst great co )fusion and uproar, and insisted that his amendment should be put to the meeting, He complained of the chairman designating his speech as " inconsistent declamation." A long and angry conversation, carried on amidst the most indescribable uproar, and confusion, followed, and at length it was put an end to by The CHAIRMAN declaring his intention to put Mr. Thompson's amendment to the meeting. A show of hands was then taken, and upon it the chairman declared the amendment to be carried. The announcement was received with loud cheers. A. resolution condemnatory of the present system of African emigration having been put and carried, Mr. ELIJAH WRIGHT, Of Boston, took occasion to defend his countrymen from the attack of Mr. O'Connell. Mr. O'Coiereeta. said be had been evidently misunder stood by Mr. Wright. His censure was upon the Ame rican slaveholders and those who countenanced slave holding in America, and he thought he bad made a distinction between them and the abolitionist party in America. The abolitionist in America was to be highly esteemed, because he took part against the prejudices of his countrymen, and against their supposed interest (cheers). On the motion of Mr. G. CARLISLE, a Dissenting minister, seconded by Mr, SCOBLE, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman for his kindness i n p re s idin g , , which was briefly acknowledged, and the meeting separated. FIRST GRAND FETE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —Last evening the first Gala night of the season at these beautiful gardens drew together a very numerous and respectable assemblage to witness the novelties which Mr. Atkins and his talented assistants have provided for the season. Notwithstanding the long prevalence of dry weather, the gardens were in fine order and splendidly lighted throughout, with ground glass chandaliers. The excellent band of Mr. Parker was stationed upon the green and played a variety of airs during the evening. Close by, a Tower had been erected as the starting point of the Centrifugal Railway, surmounted by a large Bude light which threw a grateful radiance over the gay scene below. Adjoining the lake a very tastefully designed building has been erected as a saloon for refreshments, in which confectionary of all descriptions, and excellent coffee and sandwiches, &c., were provided for the visit ors. The stands in front of the Lake arc very commodi ously fitted up; and the whole arrangements, in fact, display a disposition on the part of the proprietors to pro vide for the comfort of the visitors which is highly commendable and entitle them to the hearty support of the pleasure-loving community. In the centre of the space surrounding the Lake, which is usually devoted to the spectacle, fireworks, &c., was erected a Hindoo Tem ple, with neighbouring buildings of the Hindoo character, forming with the background a stupendous panoramic model, all fresco, of the caverns, subterraneous palaces and far famed excavatedtemples of Ellora, and caves of Ky las. At each side was placed a gigantic elephant. from which a.succession of fireworks was discharged, andwhich served as screens for the parties engaged in the management of the gorgeous scene presented. At about half-past nine the company congregated to this part of the gardens, and the display was commenced by a discharge of rockets and simultaneous fires, in red, blue, green, &c., from within, which exhibited in a splendid coup d'ceuil the whole scene for a few minutes, after which it was enveloped in dark ness, for the better display of the works which, gliding from the temples upon the surface of the lake, discharged themselves in some most beautiful devices. At the con clusion the central temple opened slowly, and a colossal figure of a Hindoo God floated out, surrounded by fire works, which exploded in a succession of most beautiful fires, and concluded the evening's amusements. From the late hour at which we write, and the pressure upon our time and space, we feel that we have very insufficiently described this unique display. No description, however, could do it adequate justice ; and we must urge upon all our readers to pay the gardens a visit, and judge and ad mire for themselves. If the specimen of a Hindoo festi val be anything like this mimic scene, the world has hitherto much underrated it. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCII.—We are requested to call attention to an advertisement calling a meeting on this subject. EXTRACTS FROM PUNCH IN LIVERPOOL. ELECTION PLACARDS.—Punch begs to offer his ser vices in this line to the two candidates for this division. The only one as yet issued, and which must have excited the admiration of all observers, is of his composition. The motto is exquisitely simple, being, " VOTE FOR BROWN, PEACE, AND PLENTY !! " a most taking invitation, which ought to convince any body of the particular advantage of Brown over any other colour. if this, however, were not seductive, the wood cut, in which a figure of Mercury is represented, blowing his own trumpet, and getting browned by the smoke of a factory, whilst he pours, in return for the kindness, a heap of dollars down the chimney, together with other figures of ships, corn, reapers, bales of goods, &c., intro. duced to shew that free trade is to bring all these com modities into the locker of the said Brown, must clinch the matter. Punch has a number of other designs ready, amongst which are the following— " Vote for Brown Bread, And Plenty of Workhouses for the Farmers! Or, another of well-known efficaceousness, viz., " Ships. (A 1, Americans,) Colonies, (destroyed,) And Commerce, (with the Returns in Pensylvanian Bonds.)" FASHIONABLE MOVEM ENTS.—On Friday last, Punch, accompanied by his brother, Mr. Chichester Punch, and a numerous suite, crossed the river to inspect Jackson city and the works going on in the neighbourhood. On arriving at George's Pierhead, one of the steam-boats be longing to the commissioners of Birkenhead was in attend ance, with their legal functionary, to receive the distin guished party. During the passage, Punch feeling his nose cold, ordered a cigar and a light; but was informed by an amphibious officer on board, in the dress of a police man, that no smoking was allowed unless by the chimney, which was privileged to smoke when it liked. Having landed, Punch was received by a number of the com missioners, who pointed out to him the various land speculations in which they were engaged in the neighbour hood of Wallasey Pool ; but Punch observed that the land looked very like mud. Before leaving, the freedom of the city was presented to him by one of the commis sioners, neatly enclosed in a patent coal box, and enve loped in a number of the proof sheets of a pamphlet de scriptive of the city and the new docks. On his return to town Punch came by way of Birkenhead ; and was much rejoiced by reading a card presented to him by his friend Lord Seymour Willoughby, that on board his boats cigars were allowed and no policemen. AUTHENTIC CONTRADICTION.—Punch is requested by the Anti-Monopoly Association to give the most de cided contradiction to the report that they have ever in vited either Mr. Charles Freeman or General Tom Thumb to come forward on the free-trade interest, or that these celebrated Americans refused the honour. The former, it is well known, after he has " licked all the Britishers," purposes becoming a candidate for the presidency of the United States, and the General is about to pay a visit, by invitation, to his holiness the Pope. AN AWKWARD DISAGREEMENT.—A singularly in opportune disagreement has just occurred, between the clouds and the water-carts employed by the Watch and Scavenging Committee. The former, seduced it is sup posed by the new moon, had promised faithfully to drench the streets for a fortnight, in order to allow the latter to avail themselves of the cheap train to visit their friends in London. Notwithstanding such promise, however, and after having made some tantalizing preparatory displays, they have hitherto kept themselves aloof ; and the only clouds to be met with are the clouds of dust, which have taken advantage of the occasion to make a kick up in the streets. Yesterday, being saint Monday, they were to be met with, not drunk certainly, (for being very fortunately water drinkers, there was no water to be got at, as the plugs were all secured,) but very disorderly, annoying the passengers in all directions, and even intruding themselves into respectable shops and houses. At present there is no appearance of their settling, or being put down by the proper authorities ; and we suggest that, during the ab sence of the carts and the obstinacy of the substitutes which had been engaged, the police might be supplied with wa tering pans, and for once do something towards paying for their clothes, by clearing the streets and enabling decent people to pass along without being blinded or choaked. A CARD.—The figure of Britannia upon the Town hall is much surprised that the League candidate, Mr. Brown, has not yet paid her the same compliment that was extended to her by Mr. Entwisle, and allowed her an opportunity of hearing a public declaration of his opinions upon things in general. She is the more particularly anxious for such an opportunity as, although she has known him personally for many years, she never had an idea that, as is now reported every day in her hearing by a number of " the lads," that he is a greater orator than Demosthenes, Cicero, Pitt, or Burke. She shall be very unhappy until she hears him. CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.—OH Sunday last the following sums were collected at the respective churches mentioned, in aid of the valuable and extensive missionary labours performed by this Godlike society : s. d. St. Andrew's, Renshaw-street St. Augustine's, Shaw-street . . St. Bride's, Percy-street St. Barnabas', Parliament-street .. Christ Church St. Clement's, Windsor St. David's ' St. George's, Everton .. .. 97 10 0 Evorton Chapel .. St. John's St. Jude's St. John the Baptist St. James's, Parliament-street St. Luke's St. Mary's, Edge-bill St. Mary's, Kirkdale 14 0 0 Mariners' Church St. Mark's.. St. Silas', Pembroke-place Trinity, St. Anne-street 12 9 0 West Derby Christ Church, Waterloo l2 8 0 Wallasey Church Wavertree Chapel . ASSAULT IN THE THEATRE.—On Saturday a tall young man of gentlemanly exterior, who it is said ho'ds a situation in a merchant's office, appeared at the Police Court to answer a charge of assault preferred against him be another young man of small stature, Mr. Emanuel Moss. The complainant, who had his arm in a sling, and appeared faint, said that on Tuesday evening last he went to the Theatre-Royal and took a seat in the pit. Shortly after the defendant and another young man took their places near him and began to hiss the principal per formers. Complainant turned round and said they were annoying the audience and ought to be turned out. The defendant thereupon kicked the complainant down the stairs, cut his hat with a stick, and struck him on the shoulders and right hand so severely that he had been in pain ever since. Had he not been assisted by the by standers, he believed he should have been killed. To ques tions by Mr. Rushton, complainant said that Mr. and Mrs. Kean were performing at the time, and that the only provocation he gave was that stated. Thomas Carter checktaker at the pit door, heard that two gentlemen were annoying the audience, and went in and called defendant and his friend to order for laughing and making a noise. He afterwards saw defendant strike and kick Mr. Moss. Other witnesses said they saw the assault.—The defend ant said Mr. Moss had grossly insulted him and his friend when they were simply making their remarks on the per formance in an under tone. Mr. Moss said to him, for instance, " You d—d blackguard you ought to be kicked out"; and he not only used this insulting language but he sprung at him and tore his shirt. The defendant admitted that he was very much excited at the time. Mr. Rush ton said that a person going into a theatre had a right, if he pleased, to express, in a proper manner, his approbation or disapprobation of the performance, but he had no right to do so in a way to annoy the audience. The defendant was not half the size of the complainant, and had be haved ill. He must pay £3 or be imprisoned two months. The fine was paid and the defendant discharged. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The table given below shows that the saving of time between London and Dublin, by the intended Chester and Holyhead way, is only one hour and a half as compared with the present route, which is now so much improved in conse quence of the steam-boats between Liverpool and Dublin being so well constructed as to perform the passage in eight hours and a half. Independent of which, the fare, it will be perceived, by the present route, will be at least one pound less than by the new railway; and in the summer months it will be from thirty to thirty five shillings less, owing to the competition amongst the steam-boats between Liverpool and Dublin, which must always exist, in consequence of the great num ber required in the conveyance of goods and cattle. —By the new route via Chester and Holyhead, the dis tance is five miles more than by the present route via Li verpool. It is now currently reported, that competent parties are prepared to satisfy the Government that the mails can, without any difficulty, be conveyed by the pre sent route, namely, Liverpool, within the time required as proposed by Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Com mons, namely, thirty hours, without making any new rail way whatever. LONDON AND DUBLIN: PIESENT ROUTS. Hours. Miles. Fares. From London 10, a.m. ; arrive at 4i " 2 X 1 12 6 Birmingham 23, p.m Arrive at Liverpool 63. p.m 4 98 1 7 6 Arrive at Dublin 3, a.m B} 122 1 0 0 17 332 4 0 0 INTENDED ROUTS. Leave London 10, a.m. and arrive 1 4} 112 112 6 at Birmingham 2i, p.m Arrive at Chester 51, p.m , 3 } 75 1 2 0 Arrive at Holyhead 9}, p.m _ 3 90 1 5 6 Arrive at Dublin 1 i a.m 4} 60 1 0 0 15i 337 5 0 0 Saving in Crne ................ Losing in distance 5 Ts . Liverpool forst to .atupbaslin,eiungtehres,sualtlime2rs.m6odn.tfhosr 1 0 0 Losing in money Tux FREE ,CHURCH.—The assembly of the Free Church met on Thursday, in Edinburgh. There were about 4,000 persons present. Mr. H. Grey, of St. Mary's Free Church, Edinburgh, was unanimously chosen Mo a. e r e l : 0. N.B.—Fares t k a . : s s r s . e . s t o fro i derator. • THE CONVICT BARBER.—Great exertions are being made to procure some amelioration in the sentence of transportation for life passed on this convict. It is re ported Mr. Wilkins 119 s had an interview with Sir James Graham on the subject, and that the transportation has been postponed for a month. 21, 1844. THE DIVISIONS ON THE FACTORY QUESTION• On the 18th of March last 181 members of the House of Commons, including tellers, voted for Lord Ashley's amendment, defining the word " night," as used in the Factory Regulations Bill, to mean the period between six o'clock in the evening and six in the following morn ing, which, in effect, amounted to a clause of ten working hours per day. This division gave his lordship a majority of nine votes. For the ten hours' clause proposed on the 13th of May—a more direct clause, but with a similar tendency to the former-47 additional members (absent from the house on the 18th of March) recorded their votes, of which 11 were conservatives, and the remainder liberals. Amongst them we notice W. B. Fcrrand, B. D'lsraeli, W. Ewart, Lord R. Grosvenor, Gen. Johnson, T. B. Macaulay, O'Connell M. and M. J.. and Right Hon. R. L. Shiel. If all those members, therefore, who voted with Lord Ashley on the 18ti of March, had acted with a regard to consistency on the 13th of May, the numbers in favour of the ten hours' clause would have been 228. Four of this number are accounted for by pairing, and one (Mr. H. H. Lindsay) by illness. But 62 members, having voted with Lord Ashley on the 18th of March, either absented themselves from the house, or " ratted," on the 13th of May. Of these, 46 are conser vatives. The 10 following are those who" ratted ": Sir J. Chetwode (Buckingham), M. Gore (Barnstaple), A. Hope (Maidstone), H. G. Knight (N. Nottingham), Hon. J. P. Maxwell (Cavan Co.), J. Trotter (West Sur rey), G. C. Legh (N. Cheshire), D. Barclay (Sunder land), D. R. Ross (Belfast). It is wor thy o f remar k that the bulk of the 62 are county members, who have no doubt had the threat of corn-law repeal held before their eyes as the price of their humanity. The next object will be to explain how the Government minority was changed into an overwhelming majority. On the 18th of March, the Government had 172 members with them (tellers included), and were outvoted by 9. Of these 172, 21 (11 of them being conservatives) were, from various causes, missing on the night of the 13th of May. Deducting these 21 from the 172 who voted on the side of the Government in the main division on the 18th of March, the remainder is 151. But the votes on the side of the Government on the 13th of May amounted to 299 (tellers included), so that 148 fresh votes have to be ac counted for. Of this 148 no less than 110 are conserva tives. In this list those who ratted appear again, and, as before, the bulk of the names are those of representatives of counties, or parties connected with the land. " Thus," remarks the London Standard, from whom we have condensed this statement, " by the aid of the above 148 members, 110 of whom call themselves tories' or' conservatives,' and by the deserting and ratting of the 62 members whose names have also been recorded, the votes of all those hon, members, who, on the recent occasion, stood faithful to the pledges they had given on the 18th of March, in favour of the ten hours' limitation of factory labour, and also the votes of the 47 hon. mem bers who subsequently came to their assistance, have been rendered of no avail, and the House of Commons has been made to stultify itself before the country a - d the world. A more unsparing application of the ministerial whip' was never made, and the writhings under the infliction, we understand, have been perfectly ludicrous." The Rev. J. B. Phillips, M.A., late of All Souls Col lege, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Manchester to the incumbency of St. Andrew's Man— chester. MR. ENTWISLE AT BOLTON.—Yesterday Mr. Eutwisle met a large number of electors at the large room of the Swan Inn, in Bolton. Wm. Hulton, Esq., of Hulton. Park, took the chair. It was intended that in the after noon he should attend at Bury, but the meeting in that town was postponed until Wednesday. BENEFIT SOCIETIES.—The bill about to be introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to Savings Banks, it is considered, will materially affect the funds of benefit societies ; and, we understand, that a committee of delegates has been appointed in this town for the purpose of adopting measures to prevent the interference of the intended enactment with the funds of such societies. A deputation from the West India Association ~ f Liver pool, on the subject of the proposed changes in the sugar duties and coffee duties, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The deputation consisted of Lord Sandon, Mr. J. Moss, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Francis Shand, Mr. Thomas Murray, Mr. W. R. Sandbach, and Mr. W. P. Bushby. FUNERAL or THE LATE HON. R. BOOTLE WILBRA HAM.—Lord Stanley and the Hon. Col: Wilbraham left town on Wednesday morning for Lancashire, to attend the funeral of the late lamented R. B. Wilbraham, M.P. for South Lancashire, whose remains were interred on Thursday, in the family vault of Lord Skelmersdale. Lurd Stanley returned to town on Friday. SALT TRADE.—A large trade in salt has just been created on the joint lines at Derby, where scarcely any existed before. Salt, which used to sell at 355. a ton, a price almost prohibitory for agricultural purposes, is now delivered in Derbyshire, by the North Midland Bailway, at 17s. a ton, and is extensively used as a fertilizer, peculiarly suited to the soil of the country.--Leicester Journal. THE WALLASEY DOCKS.--A company bas been form ed at Birkenhead, with the capital of £600,000, for the purpose of building warehouses, wharfs, and quays on the margin of the proposed Wallasey Docks, within two years after the passing of the bill. The gentlemen of Birken— head, who have purchased land from the Corporation of Liverpool, have given undertakings to dispose of their land to this company at the price that they paid for it. KILMARNOCK. The League " utensil." the Hon. Mr. Bouverie, is candidate for the vacant representation of Kilmarnock ; he is appropriately opposed by Henry Vincent, the Chartist. The former was accompanied and introduced by Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr. James Campbell, of Craigie. He throws out repeal of the corn laws, vote by ballot, extension of the suffrage, and all the usual baits. Vincent, however, as much excels him in the magnificence of his promises as in talent. MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS.—Lord Talbot is to have the Garter vacant by the death of the late Earl of Lonsdale. Lord Granville Somerset has a seat in the Ca binet, retaining his present appointment of Chancellor of the Duehv of Lancaster. Sir Thomas Freemantle suc ceeds Sir Henry Hardinge as Secretary of War, without a seat in the Cabinet. John Young, Esq., M.P., for the county of Cavan, and one of the Lords of the Treasury, succeeds Sir Thomas Freemantle as Secretary to the Treasury.—Morning Herald of yesterday. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.—With an infatuation diffi cult to be accounted for, the pitmen in this district still continue to refrain from labour, and rnendicity on the part of their wives and children is daily becoming more preva lent. What benefit the men expect to derive from their perverseness we are altogether at a loss to conjecture.. Already is the inevitable result of their obstinacy becom ing apparent. At Thornely, we understand, upwards of 60 " navies," or excavators, have gone to work in the pit, thankful, we have no doubt, to exchange their preca rious earnings of 125., 145., or 16s. a-week, for a cer tainty during the whole year, and with much less labour, of 245. a-week.—Durham Advertiser. MEETING OF SHOPKEEPERS ' ASSISTANTS. —On Wednesday morning, at six o'clock, a meeting of shop keepers' assistants took place in Toxteth•hall for the pur pose of appointing four district committees to co-operate with the general committee. Mr. Flower was called to the chair, and in an eloquent address urged the evils of long tours and the necessity for the individual and col lective exertions of the assistants, in order to effect a change. Mr. Scholefield moved a resolution condemna tory of the late system, as injurious not only to assistants, but to employers, and even customers. This was se conded by Mr. Mirams, and unanimously carried. The four district committees were then named and appointed, and the meeting separated. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY• 7 We are glad to learn the preamble of this bill was proved on Wednesday last, and on Thursday the committee went through all the clauses, and the bill will be reported im mediately after the holidays. The traffic for goods and passengers on this important line was proved to be quite independent of any other line, and will pay a good divi dend ; but when the extension of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and North British Railways are completed, and the Fifeshire Line, in connection with the Burntisland Pier is formed, this Railway (the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton) will prove th , key of communication, and afford facilities to the connecting lines, which must be highly beneficial to their own proprietors. After all the diffi culties they have had to contend with, arising from at tempts to annihilate this concern, we are glad to find the shareholders are likely to he repaid for all their anxieties. The packet-ship Liverpool arrived on Sunday, at mid night, having lett New York on the 22nd April. She has had light easterly winds the whole of her voyage, with the exception of the last few days, when she experienced gale from the north-east. She passed a large number of inward-bound vessels in the channel. She brings thirty four cabin passengers, of which the following is a list : Mr. John Mortimer, lady, two children, and servant, Miss A. E. Mortimer, Mr. John H. Mortimer, Mr. Noel J. Becar, Miss Dometille and Miss Adele Becar, Mr. George R. Lewis and lady, Mrs. Austin, three chil dren, and servant, Mr. C. S. Benedict, Mr. J. M. Mil bank, Col. J. Watson Webb, Mr. Edward S. Renwick, Dr. Lucius Hyde, Mr. William Paton, Mr. W. Fairman, Mr. Thos. Whitaker, Mr. Robt. J. Chisolm, Mr. W. A. 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