The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

° et. 7 1845. 4 1 , D OVER AND BRISfOL RAILWAY, IZN,T,INIJATION OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN "AY, FROM REIGATE TO BRISTOL. UPON THE NARROW GAUGE (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) Ca w , "al, £1,500,000, in 75,000 Shares of £2O each Deposit £2 2i. per Share, 11 it 11. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE ‘ 4 lght 1-1 • en?urable Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor ta rt , °. William M. Dawson, Parkstone Lodge, Poole, H et n or of the Manchester and Ruby Direct Railway „4 0 _ Edward Stafford Jerningham,. Director of the 4ett.c!!, and Nottingham Railway nat.'''. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Director of I ,loa 4 .. 18 ,t and West Junction Railway, and of the Brigh- Nwie trl Cheltenham Direct Railway I, l toa i t,_ r B• Johnston, Bart., Director of the Chep -11141'2 es of Dean, and Gloucester Railway thre”aeough Prospect Place House, Southampton, ".Or of t h '• •• m oth _ e Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and and Midland Railwa S.ir George Sartorious, y Director of the Direct ta:'..titte,, h _esn a __Eastern, and Western Junction Railway q t e q a l w eb a b, Bart., Director of the York and Lan kill Esq., M.P., Warwick 441, 0 14 er, Esq., Longfor House, Directors of the 904•ham,1.1 Bristol and ,IHughes, Esq., Gloucester, Birmingham V Tate, EN., Tewkesbury, Railway. ielle o r setPful the Mayor of Dover pip, ishtpful th Mayor of Bath gOlti li t l az tcher, Es e q., the May 13or of Devizes °ld Poole, E sq ., Town Councillors enry Payn, Esq., of Dover. 1, la ey "ward, E sq ., ,its, lo.• • Just Henry Alt, Enford, Wilts, Director of the 11 4 1, e ter, Southampton, and Poole Railway Iti be, t , s t . cks on Archibald, Esq., Rusland Hall, Lanca -11, wuirector of the South Staffordshire Railway Sor•Jatkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Di tShA_the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and Ea c h Railways 1 5 t°01 4 ,,, 'en Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liver- Leeds Direct Railway Ni n ue rsen, Esq., London, Director of the Tring, 1 41 1 Ag. and Basingstoke Railway 1/1 1 N e .. et °n, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Director of the Man ia), r and Wigan Railway 114_,J.k.scroft, Esq., The Willows, Bury, Director of )42.11erdshire Putteries, Liverpool, and Manchester 1 t i ) 4 lßailway ta l !/,,„!, s te, Esq., Headingley Hill, Leeds, Director of I. l4e l `'a c ,and York Railway '411 0 ,1 1 Zroyd, Esq, Westbourne Yorkshire, l're, Director of the East and West opittidlands and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds and 4 , 4 1 ta 4 t e ed Midland Junction A l t, i , ll, Esq., Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, War ,;,iietiteliaiDirector of the Reading, Guildford, and 4r ° o k B i . wHY ; ,.s" o _ aothhy, Esq., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, Na l a ; ef the South Union sa lgi .kaabb e tt Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Con r'•esanosre, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, Union , Railway I0 1 411 ) ;_iten, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bir ii'4oLichfield, and Manchester Railway All:testa rint'i n E d sv i A vi l o der a m t , a d n , he Wigan,e Liverpool, Directoro Preston,of the 117'tti ( ;: t h Union Junctic ' m Railways Po B_ewn, E sq ., T w i n ing Park, Worcestershire 01 1a n u il Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liver qe„ 7.,e Leeds Di rec t R a ilway g r !ell. Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of ONT. Eastern and Western Junction, and London ;:t t rt tegham Railways utteifield, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Di htlutrierhe Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway kiiii iv arand , ,, Eq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of the s'lts, el _ lailkenny and Cork and Waterford Railways Ot t,, Oph2 4 : e ßraddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton =t, r 7 _Tatham, Esq., Birkhenhead, Director of the Vi t T 4 ta ai ;ed Bit kenhead Railway, and of the North and gh,, alt-s Bank 1 4 1 tritr ° , , n , Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham ‹ctl a „' the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union s'lla4 l ; and the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction 141 4 b•Chitt on , E l i , Ere., Gower-street, Director of the Cen ah" 4 t Railway eerie c CamlB yen, Esq.Merchant,era Birmingham Conway ai „, _p "I! i tere„;ueet, Esq., Ccrk, Director of the Cork and ti ci Railway ,e. , t or e nrY Collis, Esq.. Handsworth, Staffordshire eI the Staffards'aire and Shropshire Junction ' tta, ta Cock 114, t Ni„ Bey, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director t a ,a s chester and Wigan Railway as 64 Warwick, Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the ',arwick, and Leamington Railway llTia a ,.; l lfford Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincoln ipta, 7,t a astern Countieslßailway ,a t l tti t awell, Esq., Alderman, Ince Hall, Wigan, the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool, and 3t ) ester Direct Railway 0 1 / 4 t'e Coap e , Esq., Goldhanger, Eescx, Director of ith'itila "cheater, Oxford, and Southampton n Junction 4 4 1 bPP etor 11 8brIl Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts tPam, 0 f the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole t ti eet Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, 1 1 1 - Y , No " the Fampoux and Hazebronck Railway ftltikittratg"d Davies, Esq., Waterhouse, Bradford, Ca rat e ,t for Wilts and Somerset t t t e, Dickers, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Che 'ltual;eetor of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and I t4ti te bl , ,Derby, and Manchester Railways allk,.thia,Vse.a, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staf -o,a.eht,;;,firector of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and 'II % 0 7 . Railway tiort:ntel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Vie w er, Esq., London, Director of the Exeter, er, and Weymouth Coast Railway E•q., Lockwood, Huddersfield `ltol 1 1 " 0 n, Esq., Merchaat, Lambeth i r ; 1 1 , lir . Evans Esq., Mayor of Carnarvan O i t t te, F-rskine, Eta., Mount-street, Grosvenor- Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the eqe t dv :tid Cheltenham Railway 1 4 4 th atri, a,,rcls. Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bir- Olqa, a _eel , field, and Manchester Railway ds, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool ra irect Railway Ed wards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, Birmingham, Nsa t! ,` Of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester iF •Gps s , is evils Evans. R.N., Headly Grove, Reigate Ot t Pa.,' EN" Merchant, Dover Nr of :Ferald, Esq., Charles-street , St. James' , Di -1111,,t p i le! London and , Nottingham Railway li t ic.,,teh e 'fitton, Erg., Wev . bri . dge, Surrey imtipar , Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the lo t iti'Vni, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway entdin, Esq , 5, Harley-street, Cavendish ilk e a , Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and VO Is P i ton Railway D Fraser, Esa., Gloucester-place, Portman Rail i tecto: of the Dorking, Brighton, and Arun -0 Wray 1,1,Y Prewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Susssx B . ll zgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Con k' se d 'o b are, Director of the Cork and Passage and Or i e . andon Railwas t io g be, Eastwell House, Magistr a te for Wilts 't4 41 , t 1 y o t : i b (l i:r, Esq., Saconie Park, Herts t adt _, , Charles-street, St. James's o ,.!!ek Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, i:s t ay the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction aia P ea • Giaborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the ITt 41 se' llt erdshire Junction, thelrby and Crewe, e • - e t r a st e e i r iw a a nd Lichfield, and the Leicester and Frith Y , s Esq., Merchant, Austin Friars, , t te,i,', 4 a lt r ri tio o f the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway I t Of Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, Di -1011,9 v i (the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, an ,‘,ll,,,,Ziliool_feV,and Southampton, and Cheltenham It Railways i'„Ph tl '` l ,.. Esq., Merchant, Leeds, Director of the '',„nire Railway 1 4 1 4 4 ) Z te, -1 1.. .t;5q., Potter Newton Mount, Leeds, Direc eads and York and Midland Junction Rail 04' ma 4l' E sq-, Hull, Director of the Hull and York Of q qid th e a a j , se., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Direc -444): •uirmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester i4h e lai es Via ei eet 4_ se, Chad House, Edgbastou, Director LPorat,7r and Tamworth Railway ;e4 ef i!ee tte .'_e a Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of N, 1 41;e4 It ie r , w nd Tamworth and South Staffordshire a Y : 8 k k ti ( 411‘ 11 a Hill, Esq., Beeston Hall, Leeds NZla" Scal:iLtscl., Temple, Director of the Notting tertlis, t e Staffordshire Railway Ikk4le ' S eu ,;_ l l., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Man :4l.4, ta ,Leanipton, and Oxford Junction, and the p i t ,..'els on ° l•head, and Pyrtdynllaen Railways R N., R.N. Birmingham I l Od , A ,t 4 th_ ett la, Esq., 'Worcester Park, Surrey, Di- Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton June- Wisbech, and Peterborough and unties Railway PhQl., Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park 1/41t iti t i le tt S I X Lamb, Esq., Ockham House, Sussex t of t., 8 Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle. Sussex, Lt e ,;" e Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction tt4,1 411 Ta t 'bet recto' EN. Potter-NewtonHall, Mayor of ttelttiPdf o l s r of the ' Leeds and York, anWakefield d ib oas t , Railways N t eet t inde wt hren, Knight, Hull, Director of the Sheffield, and South Staffordshire e l l Standish Hall, Lancashire, Director of 10 t 1 hen rtl, eh , 4 orley, Wigan, and North Union 011 t . nel aest waY, and of the Staffordshire Potteries, la ti at a h , B er and Liverpool Direct Railway. ts a i ta l L i t, 11„ 8 1* 3 5, Hyde Park Square, Director of t t ' l l.„al ca `,.! t u,lng, and Basingstoke Railway ISts',, ll u d ir - " z or ‘e, ..Esq., Mortimer -street, Cavendish chei ei the Tring, Reading, and Basing- YIN% t enham, Oxford, and Brighton Rail % 4 ,4 4 4 , Wept Moneypenny, Esq., Hole Park, Rolven ,...oore ' 4l Clj e r gtl eell Anne-street. Director of the Brigh ""hom Direct Railway James Joseph M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway J. Mee Mathew, F N ., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of the Woaesterahire, Derbyshire, and Staf fordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir aroeef North Buxton, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and lic;,..:ate Railway John George Norbury, Esq., Maneetter Ather stone, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Joseph Norton, Esq., Claytcn West, Huddersfield, Di rector of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the West Midland Railway Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Porchester-terrace, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junc tion Railway William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-terrace, Di rector of the Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, &c. Railway William Spooner, Esq., London, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Rail way Henry Scott, Esq., 17, Pall-mall S. E. Sichel, Esq., merchant, Bradford, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Hunton-hill, Erdington, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Turton, Esq., Bagden Lodge, Clayton West, Huddersfield William Tinker, Esq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Dover, Coroner for the Cinque Ports John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railway, of the Man chester and Wigan Railway, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Taylor, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Upfill, Esq., The Green, llerefordshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handswortb, Stafford shire, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Man chester Railway, and the Lyn, Wisbeach, and Peter borough Railway. Thomas Bolinan Upfill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway. Major White, Pall Mall, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway. Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3rd Light Dragoons, Maid . stone, Director of the Nottingham and South Stafford shire, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Rail ways. William Royden Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Di rector of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Rail way. Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Not tingham and South Staffordshire Railway. Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Staf fordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway. Robert William Watson. Esq., Dover. John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tonbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway. Sir William White, Director of the Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway. J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wilts, Captain 3rd Light Dragoons, Director of the Direct Western Railway. Lodge Murry Murry Prier, Esq , 12th Lancers, Coven ' try, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsons town Railway. Edward Knight, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway. - William Henry Skelton, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds. Charles William Reynolds, Esq.. Captain 16th Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway. Thomas Braman, E'q., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway. Richard Hrghes, Esq., Stafford, Director of the Stafford shire and Shropshire Junction Railway. Henry Wenman Newman, Esq., Thornbury Park, near Bristol, Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and Magistrate of Gloucester and Bristol. CONSULTING ENGINEER. ACTING ENGINEER. Edward James Maude, Esq., C.E. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. ; The Union Bank Brietol—Stuckey's Banking Company Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset Bank- ing Company Doter—Messrs. Latham and Co JOINT SOLICITORS. Edwin Smith. Esq., and Messrs. Lewis & Ford, London ; Edward Barges, Esq., Bristol. LOCAL SOLICITORS. G. F. Thomn.on, — Es4., Dover; Henry Gilbert, Esq., Devizes ; W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Merrick, Bradford and Trowbridge ; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, Bath. PARLIAMENARY AGENT. Cadwrillader F. Wadily, Etti SECRETARY. Charles Martin, Esq PHIS Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a Line in continuation of the South- Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Ports mouth, and Bristol ; and, by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Bir mingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the North of England. From its proximity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always ho the most accessible point of the English coast; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland towns of the United Kingdom must necessarily be regarded as a great national advantage. Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and tie vast numbers already resorting there both on business and pleasure will be immeasurably incrusted when the Railways of France, Bel4iurn, Holland, and Germany are fully brought into operation. In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having selected Dover as a Harbour of Refuge, and re commended the outlay thereon of £1,500,000, it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the country, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast. In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the naramount importance of a cheaper, more convenient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the promo ters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed Railway, which will form a portion of a Grand Trunk Line, completing the chain of railway communication upon the narrow guage between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and midland counties _ _ vv The line will commence at the terminus of the South- Eastern Railway at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odiham, to the Basingstoke Station, on the South-Western Railway. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trowbridge, and Brad ford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course through the Somertetshire Coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstcck into the heart of the Collieries, terminate in a junction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odiham, it will supply the ltailuay accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Surrey, Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their pro duce to the great hop fair at Weybill. By its junction with the contemplated 4. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway," it will afford to the in habitants of Reading, Oxford, and to the midland coun ties generally, the best and shortest route to the Conti nent, as well as to Worthing. Hastings, and Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accom modation and facilities for travelling which will be accom plished by this and the proposed Railway from Reading. By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and South ampton Railway further west, the present Line will con nect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet-station for the East and West Indies, &c.) to Gos port, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Chel tenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manches ter, and Liverpool, also with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and, in fact, with the whole of North and South Wales. At Basingstoke also this line will join the proposed London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dover and the south-eastern counties the populous and wealthy cities of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricul tural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, the ports of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. To Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns in the vicinity of its course, the benefits which this line will confer cannot be too highly estimated ; to the coal district sof Somersetahire it will open large and con-tant markets both in Bristol and to the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, providing a perfect line for telegraphic communi cation, and securing to them the whole of the trade be tween the south-east of England and the west and south of D eland, it seems difficult, considering the enormous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to con ceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the memorable parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the legislature for the first time admitted that principle of competition with ex isting interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhainpton Company for the protection and benefit of the public ; arid it is with no fear of the result that the promoters of the present undertaking in vite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established be , tween Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the nar row gunge than by the devious. course of the Great West- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ern, independently of all the advantages of the proposed Central Station at liurgerford Bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate and Dorking for which plans have been deposited by the South-Eastern Company)--- the country through which it passes does not present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any residen tial or ornamental property be interfered with except un der an imperative necessity. A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected lines that may be considered advantageous to the Shareholders. The Capital proposed to be raised is £1,500,000, in 75,000 Shares of £2O each, with a deposit of £2 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment. Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at £4 per cent. per annum upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of the Line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act has been obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will be ready for execution, and the Scrip issued immediately upon payment of the deposits. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Secre tary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's-inn place, only ; but no application will be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provi sional Committee, one of the solicitors to the Company, or a banker. Copies of the Prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Williams, Throg morton•street, Stock and Sharebrokers, London. On Thursday last, there was launched from the build ing-yard of Messrs. W. and A. Adamson, Wosodside, fine clipper brig, of 235 tons register, named the Equator, intended for the foreign trade. She was completely rig ged and coppered before launching. At Stockport, last week, two labourers were committed to the Knutsford House of Correction for three months, for having placed several large stones across the rails on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. The obstruc tion was fortunately discovered before a train came up. TOXTETH PARE.—The Poor-law Commissioners have declined for the present to separate Tosteth-park from the West Derby Union. They are, hewever, ready to in crease the number of guardians, to appoint a separate re lieving officer, and to give to the ratepayers the appoint ment of their officers. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A poor woman, named Platt, from Tvldesley, lost her life on Monday on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, at the Kenyon Station. She hid just arrived from Bolton, and on alighting from the train, attempted to cross the rails, withoot observing a train which was coming up in an opposite direction. Before she could cross, she was struck by the buffer of the en gine, and was so dreadfully injured that she died shortly afterwards. THEATRE ROYAL LIVER.—The leading attraction at this favourite theatre during the past week has been the revived drama of Don Ccesar de Bazan, which is got up with great splendour, and has been excellently played. On Friday and Saturday the Magic Mirror, a fairy bur lesque spectacle, was played, in which the burlesque pa rodies introduced by Mrs. Grattan were received with great applause. We observe that Mr. W. J. Hammond has transferred his valuable services from the lioyal to this establishment. ASSAULT.—Last week Mr. John Gough, gamekeeper and agent to Greene, Esq., of Spittle-hall, had a vio lent quarrel with Mr. Joseph Edwards, a small farmer at Poulton-cum-Spittle, holding a tenement under Mr. Greene. In the affray, Gough was stabbed repeatedly with a pikel, and the tussle concluded by the shaft being broken over his head. The agent received several dan gerous body wounds. The matter is being investigated by the magistrates. FACTORY INFORMATIONS.—At Haslinaden, on the 26th ult., Henry ltamsbottom, of Bridge Mill, was con victed in penalties of £1 and costs, for working his own child both in the forenoon and afternoon of the same day : also 10s. and costs, for not properly schooling the said child. James and Thomas Worsick, of Holden Wood Mill, were fined £6 and costs, for working six children in their dinner-hour. Lawrence Whitaker, of Holden Mill, was fined £3 and costs, for working three children in their dinner-hour. COMMUTATION OF TITHES FOR WOODCHITRCII.-011 Friday, John Job Rawlinson, Esq.. Assistant Tithe Com missioner, sat at Gough's Hotel, Woodside, for the pur pose of hearing all matters relative to the commutation of tithes for the parish of Woodchurch.—The following are the awards made by the referees for the different town ships :—Noctorum, £7O Gs. ; Woodchurch, £77 155.; Barnston, £l4B 125.; Oxton, £lO7 6s. 10d.; Peosby, £5l 10s. ; Arrow, £lOO 15s. ; Irby-in-Woodchurch, £93 16s ; Landican, £lll 195.; Thingwall, £53 18s. IMPORTANT TO BUTCIIERS.—The question of compel ling the wholesale butchers to kill at the establishment in Troubridge-street came before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Rathbone on Wednesday. One of the trustees of the aba'oir said there was room enough for all the wholesale butchers, but it appeared from the evidence of the market officers that the accommodation was insufficient. Mr. Seger, the barrister, contended, therefore, that the sum mons should be dismissed. Mr. Halton replied, and the bench are to give their decision this week. THE WATER INQUIRY.-011 Tu.sdav this inquiry was ' resumed. The witnesses consisted of Mr. Wslthew, the Chairnyin of the Houseowners' Guardim Society, Mr. George Wright, and five of the members of the foregoing society. They were upwards of two hours under examin ation, and at the close it was arranged that they should give further evidence on that day fortnight. Mr. James Reay, the secretary, and some of the members of the Li verpool guardian Society, will be examined on Tuesday next. The whole of the evidence will be published. WIRRALL ADJOURNED LICkNSING SESSIONS.—These sessions were held on Friday week, when the following licenses were granted :—Messrs. John Lodge, Argyle street; Hilton, Claughton-road ; John Halliday, Mar ket-street ; R. Fairclough, Chester-street; Thomas Jones, Grange-lane ; Thomas Jaggers, Hamilton-street ; Chitrles Hamilton, Market-street; and John Turner, St. Ann's-street. The future meetings of the magistrates for the western division of the hundred of Wirrall will be held at Birkenhead. THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.—The Lords of the Treasury have refused to return the overpaid duties paid on wines in bond between the 22d January and the Bth of April last, when the allowance for wastage was limited to packages of 100 gallons. The board have, however, transmitted to the collector and comptroller at this port, the copy of a minute, authorizing them in future, without applica:ion to the board, to make the allowance in cases where the deficiency beyond the recently-augmented scale does not exceed two per cent. on the ullage contents of each cask. DOCK COMMITTEE.—On Thursday, the weekly meet ing was held. The surveyor was ordered to pave the south-west quay of Brunswick dock. The sum of £5O was ordered to be paid to Messrs. S. and J. Holme, for having given up some land in the vicinity of the Fort. A boy was ordered to be employed at the office of the Prince's transit sheds, at a salary not exceeding £3O per annum. Authority was given to the superintendent to sweep the transit sheds whenever needed, and to hand over the proceeds of the sweepings to the treasurer of the dock estate. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—On the Ist November fourteen conservatives and two radicals retire. The fol lowing is a list of the retiring members, the radicals' names being printed in. italics : Everton Ward Mr. Francis Shand. Scotland Vauxhall St. Paul's .. Exchange „ John North. Castle-street „ St. Peter's ~ Pitt-street ~ ••• • • • ~ T. Robinson. Gt. George-st. „ Rodney-street ~ Abercromby „ Lime-street „ St. Anne's „ West Derby „.. „ James Plumpton. South Toxteth •• Ambrose Lace. North Toxteth „ . HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the weekly meeting on Thurs. day a memorial was read from several of the inhabitants of Castle-street, praying that Mr. Samuel Holme might not be permitted to encroach further on the carriage way with his palings in front of the new Branch Bank of Eng land, and that placards be not allowed to he pasted on the said palings. The subject was ordered to stand over until next week ; and, in the meantime, Mr. Holme was re quested to make application to the council to remove the coach-stand from Castle-street, during the t;me his build ings will be in the course of erection, a period probably of eighteen months or two years. The Grand Junction Ra lway Company applied for permission to drive a main sewer from the station at Wapping to the entrance of the Wapping tunnel, and to connect it with the main sewer belonging to the commissioners. The board agreed to do the work, and to charge the expense to the applicants. The board further agreed to report upon the propriety of making certain crossings in ;Greenland-street, in compli ance with the request of the Churchwardens of that dis trict. A letter was read from a Mr. John Wilson, of Clarence-street, stating that Helsby, in the employment of the commissioners, was in the habit of charging the poor men employed to mind the open sewers at night a half-crown each per week for having put them into their situations. Mr. Ashlin said that no such person as John Wilson could be found in Clarence-street, and the charge has since been found to have no foundation. n ex ceedingly neatly-printed share-list, containing the Manchester as well as the Liverpool prices, is, as will be seen on reference toour advertising columns, published daily by Mr. C. Willmer, whose exertions to give the latest prices with all possible dispatch is certainly deserv ing reward. By an advertisement in another part of our paper it will be seen that Mr. Chalk has lately replenished his coffee house, in St. John's-lane, and from his long experience as head waiter to Mr. Horne, Mersey-hotel, we feel confi dent he will give satisfaction to all who may visit his esta blishment. _ _ HATS.—It will be seen by an advertisement in our pa per of to-day, that Messrs. Bickerton and Satchell (for merly Bickerton and Son), who have long held a prece dence in the metropolis as manufacturers, have been ap pointed agents in Liverpool to Messrs. Johnson and Co., for their patent flexible hats, on a principle that entirely removes the pressure occasioned by the stiffness of ordi nary hats. N w ANTI-FRICTION METALS.—Galignani mentions the discovery of a new mixture of metals, called anti-fric tion, as a substitute for the use of brass in the various uses to which that metal has been hitherto applied in the manufacture of locomotive and other engines. From the statement of Messrs. Allcard, Buddicom and Co., who have made the locomotives for the Rouen and Paris and other railroads, it appears that this metal, although very much lower in price than brass, and attended with an economy of 75 per cent. in the use of oil during the work ing, is of a duration so far beyond that of brass as to be almost incredible. The metal referred to is Fenton's Pa tent Anti friction Metal, a British invention, as appears in our advertising columns. It was once said by a crabbed old bachelor, that all women were mysterious beings ; but could he have wit nessed the performance of the Mysterious lady, at Con gress Hall, he would, we doubt not, have exclaimed, " Many daughters have done mysteriously, but thou ex cellest them all!" What would the people of Salem in the days of witchcraft have said or done to a woman whose wonderful faculties would have enabled her to name articles that she saw not, and to name cards (with out seeing them) indiscriminately drawn from a pack ? The various perfcrmanFes are really most amusing and wonderful, and were witnessed last eveni ng , with infinite pleasure and gratification, by a very large and elegant company of ladies and gentlemen.—Boston Transcript.— This lady is on a visit to Liverpool. See adv. Intelligent as most certainly the community new are, comparatively with the state of society in former times, still there appears to have been one essential matter over looked in the search for intelligence and happiness. How often do medical men recommend exercise to their patients for Indigestion, Liver Complaints, Costiveness, Sick Head-aches, &c. Females leading an inactive life, and thousands of both sexes are, through their sundry avoca tions, debarred from that exercise in a pure atmosphere which is essential to health ; to all such, therefore, we would recommend the occaisonal use of that excellent Family Medicine, PRAMPTON'SPILL OF HEALTH, which, as a restorative, a gentle aperient, and a promoter of a healthy action of the system, stands unequalled in public estimation. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway. __ Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of £2O each in this Company, and I agree to accept the same or any smaller number which may be allotted to me, to pay the Deposit thereon, and execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re- Nuked. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full Occupation or Profession Residence Reference THE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. George Hudson. Esq., M.P. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. Donald Maclean, Esq., M.P. C. Allbusen, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne George Ashlin, Esq., London James Burt., jun., Esq., Manchester William Clayton, Esq., Preston T. R. Wilson France, E.'sq., Rawcliffe Hall, Lancashire John Hartley, Esq., Catte.al Hall, Settle Jon. Bayne, Esq., London Patrick Kilgour. Eq.. Woodside, Aberdeenshire William Nicol, Esq., Liverpool B. Oliveira, Esq., London Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester Charles Turner, Esq., Liverpool Charles Wardell, Esq., London W. A. S. Westoby, Esq., London Nicholas Wood, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ENGINEERS Robert Stephenson, E,q I T. C. Harrison. Esq, SOLICITORS Messrs. Burchell, Kilgour, and Parson, 47, Parliament- street, Wtstroinst( r Henry Toogood, Esq., 22. Parliament-street, Westminster Messrs. Rawstorne and Wilson, Preston. SECRETARY. W. IL Ingram, Esq. THE Directors have the satisfaction of announcing to the Shareholders that the Parliamentary Plans and Sections are in a state of great forwardness, and that ar rangements ate in progress for an active canvass of the Landowners, with a view to explain the object and course of the Line, and to secure their co-operation. By crdcr of the Board. W. H . ING RAM, Secretary. 22, Parliament-street, Westminster, 29th September, 1843. Zoral anTi Vrobiltrial BAIA. John Gladstone, Esq., of yasque, has presented a dona- tion of £lOO to the Caledonian Society of this town. Reporters were Lot admitted to the conference of Scot tish Delegates last week. The Conservatives have gained 123 votes for South Lancashire, in the Oldham, Wigan, Newton, and Bolton districts. The two water companies have come to an arrangement by which they divine the docks equally—one supplying the north docks and the other the south ones. CAtyrroN.—Two valuable gold watches were stolen during the past week from gentlemen while putting letters into the receiving -box at the Post-office. Our respected and venerable townsman, John Glad stone, Esq., of Fasque, it is said, purposes building in Hope Street, a philanthropic institution, which he intends to endow and present to the town. Mr. Christopher Bushell is about to retire from the representation of Abercromby Ward, in consequence of the precarious state of his health. He is now under the care of his physicians, at Leamington. The inhabitants of Sr. Helen's have resolved that a splendid portrait of the late Mr. Greenall shall be placed in the Town-hall, and that engravings of a portrait now in possession of the family shall he published. BIRKENHEAD CHURCH.--On Sunday morning week the Rev. A. Knox preached an eloquent sermon in behalf of the sufferers by the late calamitous fires at Quebec, after which the sum of £74 was collected. _ _ _ DFSPATCII —On Monday morning, Messrs. Kendall ar;d Co's ship The Duke, from Calcutta, was laying at anchor in the river. At high water, whieh was at 9 52 a.m. she docked ; and by six o'clock in the evening she had about fifty tons of her cargo discharged. There met on 'chanite last week five merchants from opposite quarters of the globe, all of whom bad visited England in consequence of di.pntes arising out of docu ments having been burnt in different fires. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.—The Marquis of Lans downe and the Earl of Clarendon paid a •isit ou Friday week, to William Jackson, Esq., at Birkenhead, for the purpose of inspecting the improvements now in progress. The men in the employ of Messrs. Milner and Son, fire proof box makers, Lord wreet, have presented those gen tlemen with a handsome silver snuff box and cigar case as tributes of esteem. _ _ . On Tuesday, police-officer 462, was reprimanded by Mr. Rushton, and ordered to pay all the expenses attend ing the arrest and imprisonment of a person named Fan ning, who was taken up erroneously on suspicion of steal ing a jacket in the Waterloo Dock. ROBDERY.—On Tuesday Jc.hn Bartlett, a respectable young man, was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial, charged with robbing Mr Kent, hosier, Bold-street, of a quantity of goods. The prisoner had only been in Mr. Kent's employ about three months. Great improvement. are about being made at the Rail way-station, Lime-street. It will be extended back to Hotham-street ; and'one tunnel will run direct from Edge hill to the north docks, and another to the new docks at the Herculaneum, which is to be commenced after the next session of Parliament. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.— According to a return just published, it appears that the number of illegitimate children born in Liverpool during the past twelve months, and whose births came to the knowledge of the proper authorities, amounted to 468, the average being nine a week. On Wednesday a collision took place on the Mersey, off the Magazines, between a Dumfries schooner, called John and Grace, and the Ellen Jackson, for Bonny. The sloop carried away her masts, rigging, sails, and boom, besides stoving in her bows, part of her bulwarks, and unshipping her rudder. On Tuesday last a very interesting ceremony took place in Higher Bebbington, on the occasion of laying the foundation-stone of a school, to be built for the use of the children of the village. The stone has been presented by Mr. Totnkinson. and the erection is to be paid for prin cipally by the inhabitants of Rock Ferry. The number of Bills of Entry sold or subscribed for in Liverpool, from 1834 to 1844, averaged about 600 annu ally, nearly 100 above the amount in London. The sums received for Bills of Entry in Liverpool, amounted last year to £3062 14s. 9d. ; in 1841 and 1843 the amount was the largest, namely, £3090. The new Theatre Royal, Manchester, was opened for the first time on Monday. There was an overflowing audience. and all went off well. The opening play was not, as might fairly heve been expected, one of Shak spere's, but Douglas Jerrold's Time Works Wonders. The opening address, written by Mr. Mark Barry, of London, was spoken by Mr. Wallack. On Tuesday, Mr. Rushton committed to prison, for thirty days, eight seamen belonging to the ship Hudders field, bound for Bonny, for refusing to do their duty after having engaged to work the ship. Mr. Rushton said this practice was becoming common in the merchant service, seamen got an advance, their notes cashed, and on being shipped for a long voyage they make out a complaint, but fortunately the law had provided a remedy. OVERFLOWING OF THE RIBBLE.—In consequence of the late heavy rains, a large tract of the low grounds near Preston was overflowed. An immense body of water rolled down the river, and swept away a temporary wooden bridge, and about £l5OO worth of timber, belong ing to Mr. Davis, of Preston, was carried off. A number of roots and stumps of trees, and sheaves of corn, were swimming down the current. PORTRAIT PAINTING.— II will be gratifying to the friends of Mr. T. C. Thompson, R.H.A., to learn that he has arrived, on a short visit, at 23, St. James's Road, where we were gratified by a sight of a very interesting though melancholy picture, by him, called " The Forlorn Hope," suggested by an affecting story from the pen of Mrs. S. C. Hall. The manner in which it tells the tale, and its execution as a work of art, will no doubt render it an attractive painting. We have also seen the bead of a clergyman, lately connected with Everton; also that of a voting lady,—both of which are exceedingly beautiful. Mr. T., we doubt not, would be happy to allow any re spectable person to view these works, and others upon which he is engaged. LONDON A anrinunces that decided upon apprOp*•. of £20,006 f6r ND BIRKENHEAD.—The London Times he Common Council of London have icing out of the coal duty the sum next 20 years, towards effecting eats within the ety," and much at their hands as who for the docks ig of £400,000, ' accumula ir town- furlher works and impro*M.. we must not 10 - ok for asp from'the Birkenhead Commission Et& in Wallasea-pool alone have the exper,l)• the full product of the citizens' twenty gei► tion, besides large sums for their new market, tt►. hall, and other buildings." PRES ENTATIONS.—The Licensed Victuallers of D• verpool, have presented Mr. Bryden, one of their ttes , tees, with his portrait, which that gentleman has caused to be placed in the committee-roam of the Ingtitution, in St. Anne-street.—On Saturday week the officers and workmen employed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company presented Mr. Richard Eaton the managing foreman of the locomotive department, with a token of respect consisting of the follovting articles,—a superior set of mathematical instruments, Tredgold's Treatise on the Steam Engine, and an improved ivory slide rule. A suitable inscription was on the articles, and they were presented at a supper at which 170 persons sat down. PUBLICAN'S AND BEERSELLERS' CASES.—On Friday one publican and five beersellers appeared before Mr. Rushton. Publican : James Hitchmough, Greenland street, was charged with selling ale at a quarter before two o'clock on Sunday morning week, and fined £2 4s. 6d. Beersellers : Edward Howarth, Naylor-street, was charged with selling ale at a quarter-past twelve on Sun day morning week, and fined £3 4s. 6d , being his second offence ; Joseph Tamplin, Addison-street, was charged with selling ale at ten minutes before one on Sunday morning week, and fined £1 4s. 6d.; Isabella-Yates, Limekiln-lane, was charged with having two men in her house, with beer before them, at fire minutes before 11 on Sunday morning week, and fined £2 4s. 6d. ; George Richardson, Leeds-street, was charged with having nine men in his house at twenty-five minutes before eleven o'clock on Sunday morning week, with ale before them, and fined 14s. 6d. ; James Howard, Park-road, was charged with permitting drunken persons to be in his house at twenty minutes before eight o'clock, on Sunday evening week, and fined £1 4s. 6d. THE MASSACHUSETTS STEAMER.—ThiS screw-auxili ary vessel arrived on Friday at this port from New York, which city she left on the 15th ult, and, from wharf to wharf, her passage may be put down at 17 days 11 hours. She had, the whole way, head winds and calms. She brought ten passengers. She is the first of a screw auxiliary line between this port and New York, and is 800 tons burthen, American measurement. 155 feet on deck, 178 feet from billet-head to taffrail, 33 feet beam, has engines of 280 horse-power, and is ship-rigged, with a few exceptions, the most striking being, that her top masts are fitted abaft the mast. The lower-masts are also unusually tall, and the funnel of unusual lowness, even in screw-steamers. 11er cabins are capacious, well fitted up, and ventilated in a new, most ingenious, and strikingly effective manner ; and she can accommodate forty passengers. Her screw is of a novel construction: it can be drawn completely out of the water at pleasure, by a most simple process, and placed in a perpendicular position against the stern ; and, in such circumstances the Massachusetts is, to all intents and purposes, a sail vessel. The screw works most powerfully, and ensures a speed, with sail, of twelve knots an hour. The sails and rigging abound in the most curious contrivances to ease the labour of reefing, shortening sail, &c.—per haps the first instance in which modern machinery has been carried aloft. All sail has been repeatedly set in twenty• five minutes. She has four life-boats ; and, what will be found the most extraordinary proof of American ingenuity yet known in ships, every seat, stool, &c., is a life-boat, made of iron with air-tight compartments, and adapted to swim, even with the weight of a man. Be tween quarter-deck and forecastle, both of which are rased to an unusual height, there are, frigate-fashion, between the deck itself and the top of the bulwarks, a kind of stages. SELECT VESTRY.—The Select Vestry met on Tuesday. A letter from Mr. Parker, the house-surgeon, was read, giving a gratifying account of the health of the children in the industrial school. A new dietary scale was recom mended by the Workhouse Committee, but its considera tion was postponed. Mr. Hart then read a correspond ence between himself and the honorary medical officers of the workhouse, relative to the dissection of dead bodies, and also the report of a committee who inquired into the matter. The report says :—" That in no case has a post mortem examination been made without the express con sent of the friends, or (since the Dudley case occurred) the governor. is cases where the friends could not be found. Your committee deem it right to add, as showing the cate of the medical officers on this point, that it has been their invariable point to abstain from a request for an examination when the slightest repugnance was manifested by the friends of the deceased. That since the 20th May last, there have been 120 deaths in the house, and only 35 examinations ; that, in the large majority of cases, no examination was wished for; that, in numerous instances such examination was objected to by the friends, or re fused by the governor, and, therefore, not made ; while, in every case of examination, there was some peculiarity, such as to render it necessary i❑ the judgment of the me dical board. That, in all cases, the post mortem exami nation have been made i❑ a proper manner, with most careful regard to the feelings of the inmates of the house, and of the friends of the deceased. That, in the deliber ate judgment of your committee, the course adopted by the governor, in complaining to the Workhouse Commit tee on this subject, and in his general procedure towards the honorary medical board, bas been marked by great in discretion and by a strange want of that respect to which the medical officers are so well entitled. After a full in vestigation of all the facts bearing on this matter, your committee Lave now to recommend that the governor be directed to grant the needful permission whenever it may be asked for, and that further, he he instructed cordially to co-operate with the Honorary Medical Board." The reading of these documents was followed by a long dis cussion, at the close of which the report of the sub-com mittee was adopted. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. The proceedings of tl - e Finance and Markets Commit tees comprised a reference for the in• Unctions of the Council, relative to the i.urchase of a piece of land on the west side of Gill -street, and of certain premises on the east side of Moor-place, such purchases being recom mended by the Markets Committee. They also comprised a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. James Stonehouse. superintendent of Gill-street Market, from £l2O to £l6O per annum. It was stated in the course of the debate on these sub jects that the market in Gill-street cost £lB,OOO, and last year produced a revenue of £690, and was likely to be more productive if the proposed purchase were carried out, as a passage could then be opened from Copperas hill to the market, which would induce the residents of Moor-place and St. Andrew-street to attend it. The purchase of the land and premises would cost £1582. Mr. Turner, Mr. Kaye, and Mr. Middleton, passed a warm eulogium on the 'merits of Mr. Stonehouse, who, they said, was a very valuaole officer, steady and attentive to his duties. _ . _ The subject was referred to the Finance Committee on financial considerations ; and the proposed increase of Mr. Stonehenge's salary stands over for a month, pur suant to the standing orders. Mr. HORSFALL said, the committee on Custom-house restrictions had received a communication too late to be inserted in the summons paper for to-day. but which they considered of sufficient importance to communicate to the Council, without waiting for a formal notice of it at the next meeting. It would be remembered, that in the last report of the Committee it was stated that there were two points upon which, up to that time, no definite decisions had been received. Those points were, with reference to the supply of bonded stores, and the work ing overhours. The Committee expressed a conviction, however, that the answers would be satisfactory ; and he was happy to say, that they were so. With reference to the s pply of bonded stores, the Commissioners had not only granted a full and ample allowance to larger vessels, but also to smaller ones, from which they had hitherto been altogether withheld. With respect to working overhours, in addition to the list of cases to which the privilege was hitherto limited, the Commissioners had not only granted the previlege in every special case of emer gency, but they had also declared, that the privilege would be granted without the necessity of a previous reference to the Board in London—(loud cries of hear. Mr. Tv RER was glad to see that an excellent superin tendent had been appointed for the Albert Dock. He wished to know when the officer for the general out-door department would be elected? Mr. MOORE replied that the consideration of the subject was postponed for a month. A memorial was lead from the Liverpool Guardian So ciety. stating that that society thiiught it desirable that the jurisdiction of the Borough Court of Liverpool should be extended to Walton-on-the-Hill, Wavertree, Toxtetb park, Garston, West Derby, Bootle, Wallasey, L scard, Higher and Lower Bebbington, &c. , fordebts not exceeding £2O. They prayed the Council to petition for this extension and for the Secretary of State to declare the borough gaol of Liverpool one of the gaols for the imprisonment of debtors under the new act. The memorial was referred to the Borough Court Committee.. ..,„...__ A memorial from the Wallasey Commissioners, which was strongly supported by Mr. North, relative to the want of accommodation at Prince's Pier, was referred to the Ferry Committee. A memorial from the inhabitants of Cleveland-square; praying for some improvements in the market and ap proaches thereto, was referred to the Market Committee, Mr. G. H. Lawrence stating that the Council were about to widen Park•lane, and that that would in some degree meet the wishes of the memorialists. Mr. CHALMERS then brought forward his motion for the appointment of a committee to consider the best mode of affording warm and cold salt water baths at reasonable charges for the inhabitants of Liverpool. He argued that the principle of the motion had already been admitted by the council, but that salt water was better than fresh as a preventative and cure of disease. His plan could be car ried out without interfering with the present shippint, ar rangements. He had been told that the tide flowed up to Manchester-street ; and if this were the case, the inhabi tants could enjoy salt water bathing in the very centre of the town. Mr. Tinne seconded the motion, and the sub ject was referred to the Health Committee. Mr. PARKER, in a forcible speech, moved that £5O be granted out of the surplus income as a prize for the best painting in the Liverpool Exhibition by a resident artist. The motion was eventually withdrawn, several members thinking that a more comprehensive plan might be devised. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE thought the best way to encou rage the fine arts was to throw the doors of the Institu tion wide open, to lower the price of admission, and to patronize a school of design at the Collegiate Institution. CORKESPONDE.NCE. EDITORIAL FAITHFULNESS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—What a fulsome flourish of trumpets tlp?re is in yesterday's Mercury under this egotistical title, while in the same column, in the account of the proceedings in a registration court, we are favoured with the number of Tories struck off, and of Liberal claims allowed ; but editorial faithfulness compelled the omission of the num ber of Liberals struck off, and of Tory claims allwed.- -s, &c. - I MYSELF I. ers. Deer). 001, Oct. 4, 1845 WALTON OMNIBUS TO TII EDITOR OF TR; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. — S " l l R ;Th M er a e y E I ask t t 1 h ) e e tx; r e e a' v ; e ,li n tn ti . 6 o :i f y o or rae lty t columns a animals in Liverpool If there be, I wouttl call their aso e i t e h t through tl fo g r h attention to the very shocking state of some of the horses in our Walton omnibus. There is generally one or two of them so raw, that it is quite painful to ride outside and witness their shrinking in agony from their harness. This has been represented to the proprietor more than once by the passengers, hut the nuisance is yet unabated. Should neither this society, nor the prudence of the pro prietor put a stop to this barbarity, active steps are about to be taken to establish an effective opposition on tbe road, which (such is the feeling against the persevered-in act of cruelty) would at once take the lead. I am, sir, yours obediently, H. T. A VISIT TO CREWE On Thursday morning last, a number of the share holders of the Grand Junction Railway, (to whom tickets of invitation had been sent by the Directors,) proceeded in a special train of thirteen first-class carriages to the beautiful, new, and rapidly-extending village of Crewe, to view the extensive works and buildings of the Company there, and afterwards to partake of a sumptuous colla tion provided for the occasion. The train from Liver pool arrived at the village shortly before 11 o'clock, the journey, (of 43 miles) having been performed in about an hour-and-three-quarters. Other parties from various localities arrived about the same time. The village dis played flags, and a band paraded the streets. The company, which included a number of ladies, alighted opposite the Works, the many la ge rooms of which they immediately proceeded to view, successively, admirable arrangments being made for that purpose. The workmen, to the number of about 500 and 600, were all busily engaged in their several departments in which, by a judicious division of labour, locomotive engines, railway carriages, waggons, wheels, &c., are constructed, from the comparatively rude materials, to the highest possible finish and adaptation. The noise of the heavier operations of forging. chisseling, rivetting, &c., together with the din of machinery in several of the rooms, was at first somewhat astounding to those who had not before visited them, but this soon wore off, and the whole were viewed with much interest and curiosity, especially the iron-cutting, planing, slotting, punching, and shaving machines, which are of the finest discription, and did their work with little or no manual aid, and with wonder ful power and precision. The officers of the Company politely explained every machine and its operation. the engine-room we observed several new locomotives, with separate expansive gearing, on a new and improved principle ; and it may be stated that no new and feasible improvement, in the construction of engines or carriages, for their better working, and safety of passe- gers, is sug gested or discovered, but it is here immediately carried out, at whatever expense, and fully tested. The works and machinery, (the latter driven by a fine engine of 25- horse power,) are in fine the most complete and extensive and concentrated, of any similar establishment in the world. We cannot within our present space enter into details, and most reluctantly postpone a full description until another occasion—after we have had the advantage of a less cursory inspection. Suffice it here to say that the buildings and yards, have been Icon'iderably en larged since our previous visit in Dec. 1643, (where a Grand Fete, which e reported, was given to the work men and their families,) and further enlargements are in contemplation as the traffic by rail increases. After lingering at the works for some time, the com pany walked up the village, and viewed the new Church and Schools, built and endowed by the Company. The Church is a remarkably neat and well-fitted edifice, in the Norman style, with a handsome tower. 11 will accom modate about 650 persons. The Schools are also com modious, and about 250 boys end girls are taught. There is a separate building adjacent, containing a News room, Lecture and Music-room, &c., for the working men which is well attended. The " new town" is laid nut in wide streets, and is chiefly composed of handsome double cottages, many of them detached and having gardens. At half-past one o'clock, the company. to the number of about 200. (including many ladies.) sat down to a sumptuous cold collation and w'n .s in one of the wag gon rooms, a fine well-lighted aoartment, n , aclr 100 feet long. and which was beautifully decorated with fes toons of drapery, numerous flags, devices, appr.'priate paintings, &c. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, presi,led, and amongst those present were several of our distinguished townsmen. After the loyal toasts, the CHAIRMAN, in proposing prosperity to the Company, said that those present would, he trusted, be satisfied, from what they had that day seen in the works, that the money had been well and prefitahly expended, and that on their return to Liverpool they could state that all was going on to their satisfaction. A. number of other brief addresses were made by the Chair man, and others, complimentary to the engineers, mana ger, and other officers of the works and the Company, to which eloquent replies were made by Mr. Trevithick end Mr. Norris, engineers, Captain Hoist], manager, Mr. Wordsell, and others, all of whom paid high compliments to the workmen under them for their industry and atten tion in carrying out the views of those over them, as well as for their good general conduct in the village. " The health and prosperity of the workpeople and their fami lies" was drunk with great enthusiasm, and feelingly re plied to by a gentleman on their behalf. In fine, the whole proceedings evinced the existence of a most kindly feeling between masters and men, and a desire by both to promote mutual interests, which was truly delightful to philanthropic minds, and was equally honourab'e to the employers and the employed. There was a good volun teer band, composed of the workmen of the establish ment, in the adjoining room, and they played at intervals choice airs. Towards the close of the repast the children of the schools were marshalled on each side of the room, and, neat and clean in their appearance, presented en in teresting sight. The gills sang a piece written for the oc casion, also hymns, &c., in a proficient and affecting manner. The health of the lady visitors, &c. was drunk with great enthusiasm, and the party broke up about three o'clock, and returned to Liverpool by a train provided for them half an hour afterwards, all highly delighted with the doings of the day. The children and others were af terwards served with pies in the banquetting room, and the workmen having a half-holiday given to them, a ball took place in the same room in the evening. The work men and their families, living under the company, num ber about 1,200, and a happier or more contented com munity, in so quiet a rural locality, we have never beheld. The village is yet scarcely five years old, and the site was before a comparative wilderness. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION The 15th anniversary of this society was celebrated at Liverpool, on Tuesday last. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, the attendance was not so numerous as usual. The shuw of pigs an bulls was excellent ; that of sheep limited. The oxen were huo, and displayed the finest points ; the horses were in great numbers, and exhibited the best breeding and highest qualities fur their respective uses. There were many very us.lul imple ments upon the ground, w hich attracted general ad miration. The turnips, mangel-wurzel, grasses, seeds, and fruit were of average merit. The Report of the Inspectors of Farms and Crops spoke in laudatory terms of the great improvements in agricultural sc'ence which were perceptible in the neigh bourhood ; draining having progressed to a great extent, and a judicious rotation of crops having become almost universal, Old fences had been levelled, old ditches filled up, and much land that before was waste and barren had latterly been brought into profitable cultiva tion. Flay grass was stated to have been unusually abundant, but the second crop of clover light. Wheat was considered to be under au average crop. The straw is reported to be abundant, but the yield worse than was ever known. The crops of barley and oats have generally been good, with an average yield, although much laid ; and the cultivation of beans is said to be on the increase; the crop good, but not yet gathered, owing to the wet. Potatoes had sbewn well for a good crop ; but the result is yet doubtful, as the rot is again prevailing. At the dinner, Lord Stanley presided, and was sup ported by Lord Lilford, J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., M.P., Samuel Taylor, Esq.. J. Foster, Juu., Esq., Foster, Esq., Richard Earle, Esq., Robert Neilson, Esq., J. S. Leigh, Esq., J. N. Shaw, Esq., Bartholomew Bretherton, Esq. In proposing prosperity to the Liverpool Agricultural Society, the Chairman recommended an union between that and the Manchester Agricultural Association, con sidering that such an amalgamation would be beneficial to both, and tend to extend more widely the benefits de rived from each. He4ongratutated the members on the excellent show of the day, and the improveme-t which was distinctly visible, and recommended persevering in dustry, study and activity in still farther developing the capabilities of the soil. Much had been done, but much more still remained to be effected by skill and exertion. The farmers were to remember that every year produced 300,000 additional mouths to feed, beyond the population of the preceding year; and it depended on the efforts of the agriculturists whether these should be fed with the food produced at home. lie believed himself, not that the capacities of the soil were infinite, but that they were infinitely larger than most people imagined ; and that this country was not only capable of providing for the existing population, but, with the application of science of pro viding for a much larger and increasing population. Mr. WILSON PATTEN, M.P. in returning thanks after his health had hem drunk spoke of the great improvements which these societies bad been the means of promoting in the county of Lancaster. He alluded particularly to the Leyland society, in which district there had been an improvement not sur-. passed if it were equalled, in the limits even of the Liverpool Agricultural Association. He agreed with his noble friend, that it was very desirable to have a large association in the county, as affording benefits which the noble lord had described; but, at the same time, those benefits were conveyed into smaller districts more by the establishment of small associations than if the larger bodies were left to spread those benefits, (Hear.) ror f 0 , a ate' p t 0 1 oa% ~,e t , 4e . Co'! e ttl fe l CO " tac