The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot inform " A Member" *when Mr. Charles Kemble will deliver his readings at the Mechanics' Institution. The lectures at the Collegiate Institution are invariably advertised in all the Liverpool papers; but. for some reason whin we ca , inot explain, the announcements of a similar description at the Mechanics' are confined almost exclusively to the Radical press. A Correspondent most pathetically deplores the great danger passengers are exposed to, where our great areas. Ranelagh pace :or instance, and chief thoroughfares, are intersected by ether streets, inconsequence • f the rapid or furious dririn , of lit ed carriages; more especia ly during the evenings of winter &c., before the lamps are available. And when our streets are lighted up,—he observes.—it is no easy task to keep safe from the fearful perils alluded to. The letter from Orniskirk in cm* next. The young lady who christened the George Canning Plot Boat yesterday week was Miss Bullen and not Miss - Banne,*, as we erroneously stated. We know mining whatever of the party alluded to by " A Churchman." "An Assistant" and " Beaver" who address us on the subject of a I holiday or half holiday along with the closing of the. shops on the day of the laying of the foundation stone on Wednesday next should really have forwarded us their communications earlier. We should have cordially seconded their views. At present see can only wish them well. Such an era in the history of this loc. - dity would have warranted a little sacrifice on the part of theiremp!oyers, many of whom, would, no doubt, like well enough to enjoy the scene them selves. i.tbervoci &itanDarD. TUESDAY 11101:AING, OCT. 22, 1844 In another column we have offered a . few remarks upon the subject of the approaching . Municipal Election ; and find that, in doing the same, a con temporary of Saturday, the Journal, has thought proper to raise an objection against the eligibility of a gentleman, whose name is mentioned for the office of Mayor for the ensuing year. We refer to Mr. James Lawrence. It seems that, by section 49 of the Municipal Act, it is provided " that on the 9th of November in every year the council of the borough shall elect, out of the aldermen or councillors of such borough, a fit person to be the Mayor of such borough." Mr. Lawrence happens to be amongst the number of aldermen whose period of office expires on that day; and the Journal, somewhat too hastily jumps to the conclusion tha►, as such, being no longer one of " the councillors or aldermen" he is legally in capacitated for election to the- Mayoralty. For the satisfaction however, of our contemporary, and the council, we beg to intimate that this very point has already been raised before the Court of Queen's Bench, and twice decided in favour of the eligibility of a retiring alderman under similar circumstances. In the first of these the Queen v. Muddy, to be found in the 18th volume of the Law Journal Reports, it was decided that.an outgoing alderman may be duly elected mayor at the quarterly meeting on the 9th of November; and that his election is not voided by two outgoing aldermen having voted for him, such outgoing aldermen continuing members of the council until new ones are elected, which election takes place after the election of mayor. In the second case the Queen v. Stanley Lord Denman, C.J. thus confirmed his former decision : In the caseofihe Queen v. Stanley, Mr. Maddy, although an retiring alderman, was still an alderman, and as such one of the council, and eli2ible as mayor; and the election of mayor being the first thing to be done at the quarterly Meeting on the 9th of November, was rightly elected mayor. Being mayor end so, ex-officio, member of the council, he was cempetent to give any _ vote for which he was not expressly disqualified; but any member of the council, who is en out,toing alderman, is expressly dis qualified from voting in the election of the new alderman. 141 r. Muddy wa an our-going alderman, and subject to this disqualification. Ile could not, therefore, vote originally for Stanley's motion. If he could not vote .originally for him, the case never arose in which he would have a casting vote for the time as mayor. It follows, therefore, that Stanley was not dely So much then for the legal part of the question ; and now that we have had so prominently brought be fore us the" consideration of Mr. Lawrence's claims to the office, to which his friends are wishful to raise' him, we may, however much we should have pre ferred leaiing the selection in the hands of the council, take the opportunity of saying a few words. Mr. Lawrence has been a member of the Watch Committee since the year 1836. He has sat as its chairman for three years past; and the activity, firmness and impartiality which he has ever dis played in the discharge of his onerous duties cannot be sufficiently admired.. In cases of fire, especially, he has always been amongst the first at his post, . and his services have _been incalculable and most praiseworthy. He is a member too of the markets committee and the highway board, upon which, as in every department of the public service to which he has devoted himself, his attention has been most tmwearying and most useful. We know no greater compliment that could be paid to the tradesmen of the town—no appointment more likely to give universal satisfaction—than -Mr. Lawrence's elevation to the office of chief magistrate. The crisis in the affairs of Ireland appears now about to arrive which all sensible men have long ago anticipated. The arch agitator, Daniel, has thought proper to make a Jim Crow movement ; to jump round from Repeal to the senseless and ricketty crotchet called federalism; to defer the ex pression of the craving of Ireland's masses for nationalists, and to become the fawning slave of a a new Whig alliance. But in attempting this, he has a little mistaken his powers. The pirouette of the old imposter appears destined to be a solo per formance; for alas, "young Ireland" refuses to dance at his prompting, or to be dragged in the mire of his selfish and tortuous policy. The split already has betrayed itself, in a letter addressed to O'Connell by Mr. Duffy, of the Nation, one of his recent companions in prison; and we may with certainty discover from the tone of the writer, which is firm and yet - respectful, that the slippery agitator has now very different materials to work upon from those which, in times past, he has moulded to his will :—that, in fact, he has instilled principles and awakened hopes in the breasts of those earnest and ardent men, who may be regarded as the young blood of Ireland, which will not be suppressed or postponed at his mere and selfish caprice. These men have learnt to contemplate the reality of national' independence, which O'Connell, in his anxiety to mystify the eyes of the British people, has inured even himself to view as.something too shadowy and unsubstantial for accomplishment. Whilst he has been making the cry of Repeal a convenient lure for the pence, and shillings of• his .ignorant fellow countrymen, they have been preparing in earnest fOr its achievement. Whilst he has prated of moral force as his only weapon, they have looked forward to far other, more direct and holder means of ...working Jut their objects; and they will no longer submit to' be duped by the timid and plausible speciounesses with which their former leader has ,been in the habit of gulling and bewildering the mind of. confiding Ireland. We may now, at length, as the result of this movement, expect to see a little ~ light thrown upon the subject of Repeal. We shall :know at least what it means, and how the more . daring and earnest of its advocates expect it to be carried. • ' W perfectly agree with the objections urged by Mr. Duffy to the adoption of the principle of Federalism in place of Repeal. There can be no half-way house, no compromise in such a question as this. 'Utterly delusive as we believe to be the expectations of the Irish people, of advantage to be derived from a local and indepedent legislature, we look upon the present project of a federal parliament as a mere mockery, and its proposal as a paltry subterfuge to enable a def eated bully to back out of a position which he feels to be dangerou s , and to en able him during the remainder of his unruly career to pocket the money wrung from his wretched fellow countrymen, without perilling what is dearer to him than any earthly object—the safety o f hi s precious person. But it will not do, Daniel. You must go on now with your eager and excited allies, or abdicate at once 1 We are happy to have it in our power to thank Ole Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on behalf of the public, for the satisfactory Iregulation of their fares, which they have now an nounced to come into operation on the 2nd Novem ber. I,Ve could have wished indeed to see the first class fare reduced a little lower still ;—say to 5 , . 6d. each way, with the return ticket at nine shillings; but we must not be unreasonable. The principle is conceded that a necessity exists for this, and other old lines of railway, to come down from the extravagant rates hitherto imposed upon travellers. to a scale consistent at once with the convenience of the public and a fair remuneration for the enter prise of proprietors. Experience is daily spewing that the abundant capital now directing itself to the formation of these undertakings will eventually crush attempted monopolies ; and with this fact ad mitted by the chairman of the Liverpool and Man . chester Company, in announcing their new regula tions, we may be assured that they will see the ne cessity of further concession whenever circumstances arise to call for them. A contemporary, we observe, who has moved in this question of low fares in common with ourselves, endeavours in his last publication to depreciate the value of the boon now accorded by a complaint of alleged insufficiency of accommodation in the new carriages of the second class trains: We can only say, for ourselves, that we have used them and can see no reasonable ground for the complaint urged. They are quite roomy enough for passengers of ordinary dimensions. We have seldom been more amused than by the lame attempt of. the Mercury to fabricate a political grievance, out of our reTrarks upon the question now at issue between the Works Committee of the Dock Trust and the warehouse owners. 'rhe poor gentleman has been well prompted, doubtless ; but unfortunately the prompters have not succeeded in driving, if they intended doing sn, the real facts of the matter into his stolid intellect. He is as deci dedly abroad as if he had just arrived from Kam skatcha to start in his career of local journalism. It is almost a folly to notice such trash as the Mercury delivers himself of on this occasion; but unfortunately he fibs a little in his facts, and there fore we must set him right, for the sake of the nu 7 merous wiseacres who imbibe his wisdom in the Cellars and taps where he finds his extensive circula tion (. 1 ). Our wise contemporary urges, in excuse for Messrs. Evans and Aiken, who have certainly managed their business very astutely, that the ware houses round the Albert Dock have, " in compliance with the suggestions of Mr. Stewart"—a compliance scarcely to haVe been expected from such all-suffi cient authorities—been built in detached blocks ; that some five feet have been taken to widen the quay of the Salthouse Dock, and, ergo, the Works Committee were justified in taking the space, thus given up, from the quays of the Albert Dock, and converting it into warehouse accommodation. This plea may stand for what it is worth. But when our contemporary states that only " about one-fourth of the space under the warehouses" has been appro priated " to the stowage of heavy goods," or, in other words, to warehousing purposes instead of quay room, he states that which, in his own polite vocabulary, he •Nould fill up by a very significant line, thus : but what we shall only term such an erroneous statement as we firmly believe he would not make, if he had ever inspected the ware houses in question, and knew what he was talking about. A walk round the Albert Dock works would convince him that he is wrong, and, of course, he will acknowledge that he is so—some day far distant. Vain men, like our friend of the Mer cury, take time before they confess that they are in fallible. Another statement in the . Mercury's article con vinces us that he is innocent of any knowledge of the subject which has drawn from him his remarks. He says that " if the warehouse owners go to law with the dock trustees"—a proceeding which he is striving to bring about, and which we should be sorry to witness, as we are satisfied that is is un necessary—" the result can only be either the com plete stoppage of thJ works, with the loss of all the money expended upon them, or their demolition and erection on a different plan." Poor gentleman ! He may just as well tell us that tearing a leaf, and that a blank one, out of that elementary work to which he has apparently confined his studies, and which is familiarly called "The Horn Book," would have, as its awful result, " either the complete stop- page of the works" of the pedagogue, with the loss of all the birch expended upon his unhappy subject, or the 6 ` demolition" of the alphabet and its " erec tion on a different plan." There is no more diffi culty in making the works in question what they were intended to be, and what the act of Parliament contemplated, than there would be in reducing our contemporary's " high-lows" into slippers. It would really be a treat if the Mercury would confine his remarks to matters which he under stands. A treatise upon peg 7 tops or tee,-totems from his pen might send us to sleep with some com fort ; but the serious business of the world he ought certainly to leave alone. A correspondence appears in our paper this day between Mr. John Moss, the chairman of the Grand Junction Railway, Mr. Geo. Carr Glynn, the chairman of the London and Birmingham Railway, and Mr. Ormsby Gore, on the part of the provi sional committee of a proposed line of railway be tween Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, which in volves a question so important in its results to the interests of the shareholders of the two great lines that we cannot resist the opportunity which it af fords us of addressing to the respective hoards a few words of advice. But first let us endeavour briefly to place the subject a little more clearly before our readers than a hasty perusal of the lengthy and somewhat disjointed document published may perhaps do. One of the principal causes of the collision which took place recently between these two hoards, and excited such alarm in the minds of their constitu encies, was a disagreement between them with re spect to the line, and the mode of formation, of this Shrewsbury and Wolvekhampton Railway. The Grand Junction directors, who had stirred in the matter only at the earnest solicitation of a party in Shrewsbury, wanted the communication with that town to be made from Stafford, having ascertained that " as regards the North (Manchester and York shire for instance), no point on their line further south than Stafford could be considered as offering any considerable accommodation; whilst, as regards London and the East, they found that the Trent Valley Railway would shorten the road to London nine miles, besides giving a direct communication with Derbyshire and the East." Such a line was accordingly determined upon, a subscription list filled up, and preparations made for going to Parlia ment. At this point sprang up the rival Shrews bury and Wolverhampton scheme, which was warmly espoused by the London and Birmingham hoard, jealous apparenly of the leaning of the Grand Junction Board to the adoption of the Trent Valley line ' • and a serious disagreement between them en sued, which was however terminated, or thought to be terminated, by an arrangement entered into on the 3d of JJuly lass, in which the course of the two companies, as to the support to be given to any proposed new -lines, was laid down. The following was the stipu lation with respect to. the Shrewsbury scheme, by which it will be .seen that the choice of the line to he formed, viz., from Wolverhampton instead of Stafford, was conceded by the Grand Junction, reserving to themselves, however, its formation.— "The London and Birmingham Board is prepared, with the concurrence of their Shropshire party (which they will use their best endeavours to obtain) to withdraw from the guarantee towards the Shrews bury line, the Grand Junction, with the concur rence of their Stafford shareholders, undertaking to make a line to Wolverhampton, and guarantee four per cent, on the capital, and an equal division of future profits ; the Shrewsbury Birmingham share holders (under the same condition as the Stafford and Shrew-bury) having an option of half the capi tal, the Grand Junction Company having a lease in perpetuity, and working the line a manner conve nient to that part of the country." This stipulation certainly appears plain enough, and was accepted at the time as perfectly satisfactory to all parties. Misconstruction, however, will break in where powerful parties, mutually jealous, are at tempted to be bound together by any mere form of words. Misconstruction has broken in, each party to the contract accusing the other of having evaded its spirit, and meaning, and neglecting to - ulfil its provisions. The Shrewsbury party claim the right themselves "to make the line," leasing it when made to the Grand Junction Company, and repu diate having ever agreed to the interpretation which the i l s a t tt t e h r e p L u o t n n d p o o n n an t h d e B stipulation m B above quoted display, to say the least of it, no great inclination to bring their allies to reason and amity. The results it is Evet ton 'Thomas 'haw Thomas Show ,Isaac Holmes Scotland 'lsaac Holmes Vauxhall IWm. Preston (R) PLAN OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS. This day fortnight, the sth of November, we intend to present to the purchasers of the STANDARD a beautifully-executed PLAN of the whole Line of DOCKS belonging to our noble and increasing Port. This Plan will not only exhibit the Docks already constructed but will also denote the Albert and those at the north and south ends of the town . now in course of formation, showing the present boundaries of the land and the contemplated im provements. This will, we believe, be the first Plan ever published embracing the present and intended Docks. . Along with the Plan will be given a mass of Statis tical Information connected with . the subject, showing-. the astonishing capabilities of our Dock accommodation. not difficult to foresee ;—a parliamentary contest wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of the money of the shareholders, with no real and practical ad vantage to either of the parties or the public, and, finally, the alienation of two .powerful companies, whose true interests lie in the same direction, and can be best advanced by mutual friendship. We must confess that a careful perusal of the whole correspondence, as now published, has con vinced us that the course pursued by the Grand Junction Directors has been straightforward, and actuated by a desire to fulfil their portion of the agreement, whilst that of the other parties cannot he so characterized. The tone of the letters of Mr. Moss, on th e p art o f t h e f ormer, i s b etter t h a n that of the chairman of the London and Birmingham, who writes in a style too cavalier to lead to that amicable and equitable termination of the quarrel which is so desirable for the interests of all parties. We trust that the good sense of Mr. Glyn and of his colleagues in the Birmingham Board will convince them that a different tone should he adopted, and the candid and pacific bearing of the Grand Junction Directors met in a ki n d re d s pi r it. There is no difnculty, by a mutual effort, in extricating themselves from their present position of antagonism, and every rea son why that effort should be made at once. MUNICI PA L ELECTION. The following , s a list of th the Ist of November next, dates, so far as is at present h e Gmneillors who retire on and also a list of the candi- MOM] :-- CANDIDATES. Conservativesd Reformers, Ward Retiring Members, THE lAVEAPOOL S r NDABD. St. ?ant's lioshna Edwards I Rob. B. Hill Exchange (Henry Holmes (12) C. S. Middleton . . Castle-st. IJolm - H,lmes (It) iNoopposition 'John Holmes \ , .. St. Peter's 11.,. S. Itender,on R.S. Henderson Thomas Bolton Pitt-street James Aspinall James Aspinall G . George b. G. IlornbyG. G. llornby !No opposition Rodney-st. H. Lawrence IJn. Pemberton ,Wm. Lassell Abercromby.lll. Gladstone iJosias Booker Lime street J. B. Lloyd St. Ann's J. Parker IJ. B Lloyd 1 J. Parker William Earle West Derby J. S. Leigh 1.1. S. Leigh f S. Toxteth S. L. Trotnan IIL L Jones jR. V. Yates N. Toxteth A. Smith Wm. Mann iGeo. Holt Upon the respective merits of the above list of candi dates our remarks must this we* be, of necessity, very brief, our spaee being more than usually confined. The number of new names brought forward will be our only plea for at all referring to the subject, in the absence of the space which.wonld be required to do it full justice, In South Toxteth Ward, Mr. R. L. Jones comes forward in the Conservative interest, in the place of me. S. L. Trotman, who retires from the council. A more unex ceptionable candidate could not have been selected. Mr. Wm. Mann, (of the firm of Stringer and Mann,) a mer chant of high standing, and a sound Conservative, repla ces Mr. Alexander Smith in North Toxteth. Aber cromby Ward, from which we regret to find that Mr. Robertson Gladstone retires will find a candidate either in Mr. Josias Booker, or it.: old and well-tried represen tative, Mr. Procter. Mr. C. S. Middleton, an excellent Conservative, and active member of the Dock Commit tee comes forward for Exchange Ward, from which Mr. Henry Holmes retires. It is probable that Mr. Middle ton's seat will not be opposed. A valuable candidate. who will be most influentially supported, has presented himself for Rodney-street Ward, in the person of Mr. John Pemberton. We trust that every true friend to the constitution will rally to his as sistance and carry him triumphantly We must not only win the battle here, but win it decisively. St. Paul's Ward has suffered a severe deprivation by the retirement of its excellent Conservative member, Mr. Joshua Edwards, over which the Radical Journal of Saturday exults, whist it misrepresents the motives of such retirement. We are happy to, know that Mr. Ed wards carries with him the hearty approbation by his constituents of his conduct whilst their representative, and their regret at the less of his services, expressed at a meeting held on the 15 Of August last, and presented to him by Mr. J. Briscoe, the chairman of such meeting. We find, however, that his place will be efficiently filled up, a gentleman eminently calculated to represent the Ward, Mr. R. B. Hill ha'ing consented to offer himself. In Scotland Ward the retiring member, Mr. Isaac Holmes, has been induced again to offer himself. The Radicals nominate Mr. James Brancker, who, in tthe palmy days of Radicalism, would ❑ot enter into the coun cil. It is little more than a vexatious opposition, as we believe Mr. Brancker is not even desirous to succeed. Our contemporary of the Courier said that Mr. Holmes supported Mr. Thornhill last year; he certainly did no thing of the sort • he had declared he would not interfere in eny of the elections; nor did he that year. He was desirous to retire, but was persuaded to offer himself. There is a large Conservative majority in the Wald, and there is no doubt of Mr. Holmes bring returned. INCREASED COMMERCIAL AND INDUS TRIAL PROSPERITY OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. The gratifying state of the national revenue for the last.few quarters, and especially the increase of the pro ductiveness of those portions of it which are usually con sidered as the test of the national progress, have prepared most people for the conclusion that Great Britain, under Conservative auspices and financial management, has already attained a greatly improved and an improving social position. Compare tier now with herself three years ago, and what a change is manifest ! She was then an enfeebled and well-nigh exhausted patient, prostrate under the united effects of bleeding and blistering, sudo rific and purgative. She has since gone through the stages of rallying, slow convalescence, and recovery ; and may now be said, in a social and financial point of view, to have almost attained the condition of ri.bust health. The results shewn by some statistical data just now before us will be sufficient to prove this beyond the possibility of cavil. And first we take a few of the prinCipal of - our imports. In the year ending the sth &pt. 1843, we exported of " Cotton manufactures," under which head are exclu sively meant manufactures of cotton, in a perfected state, to the amount 0f.... Iu the corresponding year of 1844 the i amount under this item had reached .... £12,792,034 thus chewing an increase of upwards of two millions sterling. Our exports of cotton yarn during the same period had sustained a trifling decrease, thus furnishing another satisfactory evidence that the increased activity of our commerce has taken a direction by which the na qonal industry is benefitted, and not exclusively capital and machinery. The exports of the article " Earthen ware," •in the year ending sth Sept. 1843, were to the amount of .. _ .£405,134. In the corresponding year of 1844, the exports . under the same head were sheaving an increase of a hundred and twenty thousand pounds, also in an article exclusively of handicraft pro duction. Under the head of " Hardware and Cutlery," we ex ported in 1843 to the amount of and in the present year of £1,438,298, shewing a difference in favour of the present year of nearly three hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The amount of exported " Linen manufactures" in 1843 was and in 1844 £2,111,821, sheaving an increase this year of two hundred and fifty thousana pounds. In the article of " Metals," embracing iron and steel, copper, bras, and tin, we exported in the year ending sth Sept. 1543, to the amount of ' £3,405,568,. and in the same period ended sth Sept. 1844, £4,136,984, shewing an increase in the present year of upwards of seven hundred and thirty thousand pounds. In the same way our exports of " Silk manufactures" have increased by a hundred th usand pounds; our ex ports of raw " Wool " nearly that ; our exports of " Woollen Yarn" one hundred and forty thousand ; whilst our exported " - Woollen _Manufactures" have in creased (gore a million and a-half, or from, in 1843 £4,574,212, to, in 1844 £6,152,880. . . 'We have here, certainly, the proof of a vast increase of mercantile and manufacturing activity; and yet it does not exhibit anything like the full amount of the nation's accession of prosperity. Whilst our export trade has been increasing, the home demand has re ceived a still greater impulse, shewing, on the part of the industrious masses, an increased power of consump tion, accompanied of course, as a natural and inseparable feature of such a position, by a large accession of social comfort and enjoyment. WEST INDIES.—The Teviot, West Indian Steamer, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, bring the third time she has arrived lat that port the very day she was due. The Teviot left Demerara on the 19th ult., Jamaica on the 23rd, Barbadocs on the 24th, and Fayal on the 12th inst. The papers by her which have come to hand donut contain any news of importance. After twelve trials in smooth water of 11. M.'steamship Rattler, fitted up with Mr. Smith's screw propeller, the average speed gained was 114 statute miles per hour. The Rattler is 688 tons, and 200 horse power ; and her sister ship the Prometheus, similar to her in every respect with the exception of having paddle-wheels. only reached 84 knots an hour. The Rattler has got her masts on board, and is to be fitted for sea immediately ; and in consequence of her success, the Admiralty have given orders for six other steam-ships, of a large class, to be forthwith constructed on the same principle. RAILWAY FOR THE POTTERIES.—A meeting to con sider the plans proposed for affording railway communica tion to the Potteries took place on Friday at Stoke-upon- Trent. The secretary to the Grand Junction Railway Company proposed a line to start from Stoke, pass through Etruria, leaving Hanley to the right and New castle to the left. The grand point was to get a line to Liverpool. The line would pass Stoke and Stow to Stafford. The Chai rman o f th e Ch es t er an d Bi r kenhead Company (Mr. W. J ac k son ) said, they were prepared to co-operate in formin g a li ne f rom B ir k en h ea d through the Potteries to Rugby, and this the meeting approved of. The latter fine will pass from Trent Valley Railroad to Birkenhead, through the Potteries and the valley of the Weaver, joining the Cheshire Junction Railway at Freda ham, and will, it is said, lessen the distance from London to Birkenhead about twelve miles. 'Jas. Brancker Wm. Preston GRAND FESTIVAL AT BIRKENHEAD. To-morrow being the day appointed for the laying the fouridationstone of the first of the intended new docks, at Birkenhead, the day will not only be one memorable in the annals of that rising township, but, judging from the extent and liberality of the preparations, one of the most splendid and, (should the weather be fine,) (gratifying " do merits," that have yet taken place in this neighbourhood. No expense or exertion, or ingenuity, has been spared to give it an eclat worthy of great and novel exertion, and for the last week hundreds of workmen and others have - been busily employed in fitting up and embellishing the various places that will be the respective scenes of the for malities and the suhsequ•mt festivities and amusements. The morning will be ushered in by the ringing of hells and the firing of cannon from the neighbouring heights, and also from the shore. The ferry steamers, vessels in the river, and particularly those on the other side, will be gaily decorated ; and flags and banners will be displayed in profusion from the dock-works along the shore, the public buildings, the -inns, and houses, and shops, and works of private individuals. At eleven o'clock, a Procession will be formed at the Town Ilan to consist of the several benefit and other societies, the Commi ss i oners o f th e t own , an d eentleawn of both sides of the Mersey, workmen, &c. We are in formed that in all it is expected that upwards of 6000 persons will join in the procession, besides equestrians, and vast numbers in vehicles. The following is the Programme : High Constable and four Mounted Officers. Four Trumpeters, on Horseback. Man in Armonr. Fire Eneines. Firemen and Fire t'olice. Military Band, Colours Printingress. , and Pe pons employed in the Parks - - (upwards of ,Ooo.) Band. .Masons. Band. Good Samaritan Te:lt of Itechabites. Band. United Order of Odl-Fellows. Band. Grand United Order of Catholic Brethren. Bands. Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, (Eight Lodges.) Band. Foresters. Military Band. National Colours. Shipwrights and Iron Ship-builders. Chelsea Pensioners. Master Tradesmen. • Gentlemen. Commissioners of Birkenhead. Carriages. Gentlemen on Horseback. Carters. Police. THE FOLLOWING 13 PROCESSIONAL ROUTE :- From the Town-hall roun 1 flamilton-square, down Hamilton treet; along Church-street, Abbey-street, Cne , ter-s reet, down Ivy-street, Granze- lane, Hamilton-street, to Conway-street; along Conway-street, Cavendish street, down the Corporation road. and Canning-street, to the Road leading to the Shore, at the Wood-side Slip. The Procession to start at half-past eleven o'clock precisely. The accommodations for the parties more immediately concerned iu laving the foundation stone are on as exten sive a scale as the circumstances will admit. Platforms will be erected round the site, on the shore, a short dis tance to the northward of the upper part of the Woodside Ferry slip. Amongst the distinguiAed persons who have signified their intention to he present are the following : The Earl of Essex, Lord Bateman, Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., of Hooton, and party ; Hon. Loyd Kenyon, M.P., and a great number of other noblemen and mem bers of parliament. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone will he per formed by Sir Philip Egerton, M.P. The trowel will be pre sented by vr. Rendell, the engineer of the Birkenhead Docks. The trowel was designed and made by Mr. Joseph Mayer of Lord Street, and does him much credit. alike for the beautiful classic fe: ling about it, and the daring innovation mode on the old angular shape of the usual trowel. The form of it is that of the Greek helm or paddle—on the blade or flat part of which is chased in alto-relievo, Terra. the' Goddess of Earth—and Neptune, God of the Sea—in the act of calling into existence Commerce and Navigation—which are strikingly pourtrayed by a lovely undraped female, crowned with an antique Proa. with her arms folded across her bosom site affectionately holds in her right hand a The God and Goddess arrayed in their appropriate symbols the trident and dolphin, turreted coronet and Cornucopia, with their hi. ads a little inclined, are looking approvingly on the beautiful being of their creation. The handle is composed of a dolphin, which, fr3m the curved form it assumes, gives the whole an elegant and unique appearance worthy the acknowledged taste of the designer. Above 'the figures is engraved, in classic letters, the following inscription --" Presented to Sir flap de Malpas Grey Egerton, Baronet, M.P, on his laying the r'oundation-stone of the Birkenhead Docks, XXIII day of October. M.DCCC.XLIV., in the VII year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria." And on the back of the trowel the names of the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, with those of the engineer and solicitor. The whole is sur rounded by that beautiful Greek border, emblematie of the waves, so often seen on the early Etruscan vases. The grandest of the entertainments will be the public dingier, and afterwards the ball, both of which will take place at the railway station buildings, Grange Lane, the first in the large shed at the terminus, and the latter in the carriage -room adjoining The dis play here will be magnificent. The DINING Room or Bainfuetting Hall, is about 140 feet in length by 40 in width, and of ample height. The coup d' cell on entering is extremely iml odn• , The walls are covered with crimson, yellow, and blue drapery. The recesses are decorated with evergreens and large ornamental flowers, and the whole of the principels and frame work of the roof are similarly adorned so as to resemble a shrubbery that has taken leave of its parent earth and mounted into mid air. From the beams are. suspended hand some richly gilt gas chandeliers es central lights. There are four rows of tables, the two outer ones united at top and bottom by being continued in the form of a semicircle. The refreshments will be provided by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel. The following is an outline of the'bill of fare. fin Tureens of Turtle. 10 Dishes of Capon Oyster 40 Dishes of Fish. I Sauce. 30 Haunches of Venison. 12 Dishes of Fins of Turtle 26 Necks of Venison. Ragout. 20 Turkeys, boiled. fa Dishes of Game. 20 Turkeys. roasted. 30 Dishes of Prauns and Lob -20 Game Pies, ster Sallad. 26 Entres. 29 Cold Entres. 6 Saddles Mutton. 60 Jellies and Creams. 10 St, wed Rumps Beef. 30 Tarts. 12 Hams, ornamented. 3, Pud ings. 20 Tongues. ornamented. 100 D shes Vegetables; Champagne, Sherri•, Port, Hock, and Madeira Wines, It is reported that about 50u gentlemen will sit dawn to the feast The BALL -BOOM, of about the same size as the Dining-room, is, if possible, still rno , e u ique and beautiful. This is semi• circularly recessed at one side, and in the centre there is a foun tain spouting a large jet of water to a height of 8 or 10 feet from a circular basin. forming a beautiful rockery of curious fossil and other stones, and sea-shells, thickly planted betwee❑ with evei green plants, sea-mosses, images of tritons. Bx. —the whole presenting a classical and cooling effect. The Pall-room itself is lined with coloured drapery in a manner somewhat similar to the other large room, but with the roof als hung with the same materials to a great height, so < s to resemble an immense Turkish tent. The whole is lighted by an immense gas chandelier of tour circles of lights, in the centre of the room, and also by minor lateral chat.delieri. The Countess of Essex, Lady Amelia Capel, Lady Grey Egerton, and many other noble ladies have intimated their intention to attend. '1 he celebrated toast-master, Mr. Topic, of London, has been en gaged for the dinner, and as vocalists the equally pcpular Mr. J olin Parry, Mr. Wilson, and Mr, Fitzgerald. It is gratifying to s: ate that besides the grand entertainment for the elite just noticed, there are to be others on a sinalhr scale in various parts of the town. A substantial trt at to the working classes connected with the works will be given, while at the same time the poor are not to be forgotten. A supper and ball are to be given at the Town-hall, by Mr. Jack son, to the clerks and other official gentlemen in the service. of the commissioners and their friends. A dinner will be F. erved at Mr. Gleave's, Adelphi Hotel, close to Wt od , ide Ferry, and from which and the terrace gardens in front is a fine view of he river, the works 87. e. Mr. Tomkinson, the contractor for the dock works, will give a dinner to nearly s,m of his workmen, who will be regaled with roast and boiled beef. baked and boiled plum-pudding, and a plentiful supply of Ilindley's XX ale, at Mr. Willoughby's, of the Birkenhead Hotel. The room for their accommodation was erected specially by Mr. Tomkinson. in the yard near the Bowling Green opp ate to the entrance of the hotel; and !s of very large size, and very commodious. It is splendidly decorated v ith festoons, evergreens, foliage, and flags of all nations. The whole will be splendidly illuminated by gas chandeliers. We may here state, as an interesting feature in the records of the proceed ngs, that the ship -carpenters of this port, yesterday addressed a written communication to Mr. Tomkinson, in which they stated that they did not consciter themselves merely ship carpenters of Liverpool, but of the Mersey generally; that it is their intent on to j in the Birken head procession with their flags and ensignia, and that they wished, in respect to Mr. T., to be permitted to escort him from his house to the place of meeting. To this request, we un derstand, Mr. Tomkinson cheerfully acceded. Not the least gratifying circumstance is, that the poor of the township are not forgotten on this occasion. The families of the in digent will have distribnted amongst them rations of beef and bread, the former in pieces of 4 to 8 lbs., according to their respective num bers and necessities. We have authority to state that the Paragraph in the Albion of yesterday, relating to the Head Constable did not originate with the Watch Committee. A Sub committee has been appointed to inquire into the present efficiency of the Police-force generally, and until their report is made, nothing whatever can be known as to the possible result. The following is a copy of the appoint ment of the Sub-committee. Resolved,—That a Sub-committee be appointed to enquire into the present state of the Police force, as to its efficiency, and whe ther tue Printed Rules and Regulations are fully carried out. Resolved also,—That the Sub-committee be requested to report the result of their investigation to a future meeting of this Com mittee. WHAT IS POMMY DOING ?—SOTHe documents have just come into our hands,—having been picked up in the streets, where they had been dropped, no doubt, by some careless member of the faithful,—which throw a little light upon the dark workings of that body, and especially upon the mode in which they possess themselves of the edifices of the English estaolishment. These docu ments ale a printed circular, signed by a party who styles himself a " missionary apostolic," reciting that an opportunity now exists of purchasing in Cornwall, " a fine roomy church, with arched roof, recently built in the Norman Gothic style, with School-rooms, and Rectory hou-e, the whole surrounded with an area, and well walled in." It is stated that this proparty can be bought for £lOOO, although worth double the money—a lamentable fact if true. But how, it will be said, is the money to be . raised ? An accompanying collecting card informs us collectors are to form a circle of subscribers amongst their friends, and for every penny they receive they are to put spin -bole into one of the squares of the cross—a truly respectful mode of treating that sacred emblem ! When they have received a shilling they are to hand it over to two very respectable parties, whose names appear on the reverse side of the card, Those who fill a second card are to receive " a handsome copy of the Catholic Choralist," as a reward for their exertions. But, the concluding intimation of the worthy " Missionary Apos tolic" is a truly melancholy specimen of what Romish credulity remains even in the present day. His poor dupes are told that " to draw down the blessing of God on this ini.sion, and on all concerned in its formation, each subscriber is earnestly requested to recite every day a de vout Pater and Ave. In return the holy mass will be celebrated for them on every Sunday and holiday during the course of their lifetimo, and—after their de.zth" lilmark is superfluous. INTENDED SAILORS' HOME. It will no doubt he in the recollection of our readers that for some years pas! the project of establishing a sailors' home, for the dcm ciliary use, at a cheap rate, of the less fortunate portion of our seamen, and their pro tection from the impositions practised upon them, has been contemplated by our philanthropic townsmen; but that, though the proposition was generally approved, "several obstacles to its formation presented themselves, amongst which not the least was the want of a suitable scite, near the docks, for an adequate building. We have now, however, the gratification to announce that the latter difficulty, and others of minor amount, have. happily, been removed ;—the Town Council having liberally grantd a suitable piece of land ; and the plan proposed by the first orieinatore,--•namely, the providing of poor seamen with lodgings only.—having, on maturer consideration, been extended, so as to embrace not only a comfortable home and board for the hardy tars, but a registry, a savings bank, a library, a school for apprentices, and the means of moral, religious, and general instraction for all, — addenda which will render the it.stitution not only more useful in its operations, but stamp it with a degree of respectability which could not otherwise be attained. We further rejoice to state that a - public meeting, (as an nounced in another column,) called by the Mayor, and at which his worship will preside. will take place on Friday next, for the purpose of fortylrding the arrangements, and at which we anticipate a fill attendance of our townsmen. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Rev,. tlugh Messrs. Gladstone. Bathbone, and many others; will advocate the claims of " Poor Jack." The temptations and frauds with which our gallant tars in this town, es in other large ports. are beset on their arrival from sea, are so notorious that it were almost superfluous to endeavour to enumerate them. Naturally of a generous and jovial disposition, their first resort, after the fatigues of a long voyage, is almost invariably the " grog-shop" ; where, in the excited ebullition of their spirits, they are prone" to treat all around them, parting Kith heir hard-got gains with a reckless prodigality which has obtained them the reputation of " earning their money like horses, and spending it like asses." This haprovidt , nce is not, however, the greatest evil of their position. Dissolute characters, of both sexes, em phatically denominated " men-hunters," are continurlly lying in wait about the docks for their prey, and poor sailors are marked out as their ready victims. Precisely in proportion to the amount of Money poor Jack has in his possession, (and which, over a glasq, he is readily induced to show or to divulee,) is the amount of cunning and dexterity employed by these wretches to secure it. He is treated, or persuaded to drink at his own expense, until his senses become bewildered; and every ingenuity is exercised to strip him. Cheating slop-dealers, or their scouts, arc at his heels from the moment the anchor is let go in the river, or the ship got into dock. Goods of the most worthless description are pressed upon him, at extortionate prices ; but, perhaps, the crowning mischief is the extortion of low lodging-house or paltry tavern • keepers, who wile him to their immoral haunts, and spee dily relieve him, by inducements to lavish expenditure and exorbitant charges, of his cash, after which the chances are, that his decent clothing is pledged, and he is hurled adrift ragged and penny!ess, deprived too of the means of rem e ine his vocation...-for what captain will receive a man who has not a proper stock. of apparel ? Add ro all this the allurements of abandoned females, who often contrive dexterously to rob the seaman of the whole earnings of hie voyoge "at one fell swoop," and darting off, are rarely seen again. This proves proves Jack to be an inconsiderate character, no doubt, but he ought not, therefore, be the too easy prey of the vices of others; and the proposed institution ap pears to be well-calculated . to shield him from many of the dangers by which he is beset, to induce him to be more wary and circumspect: and, finally, to elevate him in the scale of humanity, by implanting a proper degree of self-pride, and moral feeling. The intention of the founders is to make him a wiser and a better man, and to throw around him the shield of protection, of which he stands so greatly in need." In addition to the other benefits of the proposed institu tion, and which wll, we presume, include the teaching of the mathematical theory of navigation, we would suggest that the use of the globes, and of the quadrant and sex atif.should he introduced, and that charts of the most fre quented seas and coasts should be provided. It may not, too, be premature to suggest the gradual formation of a Museum and Model Room, to which many of the men. (who are in the habit of bringing home curiosities, and disposing of them for a mere trifle) might be induced to contribute, and this would soon form an interesting col lection. And we have known not a few poor • sailors who are ingenious in making models of - vessels of.a new or peculiar construction, from which practical improve ments in hulls, sails, &c., might possibly be derived. Lectures on ship-building, and . on general navigation might afterwards be superadded; and would he a source of edification and entertainment during the win er nights, keeping the inmates rationally engaged at " Home," in place of squandering their money and their time in the noisy tavern, or the low concert-rooms attached, where thee are liable to fa 1 in o demoriizing associations. That all our seamen who have no reel homes to resort to, will, in the first. instance, take advantage of the insti tution we are not so sangui7:e as to expect ; for obdurate habits in some and prejudices in others must be over come ; but it is to be hoped that if even a considerable portion of the class become inma'es on its opening, others will soon be induced to follow their example, and the cha racter of the whole will eventually become intellectually elevated. Captains will always select the most intelligent end Well-behaved seamen they can find, and no • one who receives a certificate of good condu,t from the institution wed long want a ship. 'And as to the individual advanta g,:,s, a' manor a - Oath 'who can keep a ship's course at sea has chances of promotion that do do not fall to the lot of those who have not that knowledge of their profession. One instance in point will suffice. A feW years ago it was reported in the New York papers, that a fine and value ably laden ship belonging to Salem, and which had lost both captain and mate by sickness on a distant voyage, was safely carried to her port of destination by a young man of but eigteen years of age, one of the crew, who, to his honour, though poor, had applied himself to the study of navigation ; and he was duly appointed to the command by - his employers. We had prepared some other suggestions for adoption by the founders of this excellent institution, but they will keep until our next. We are glad to have it in our power to announce tha the late Mrs. Bury, of Moss -street, left by her will cer tain property the proceeds of which she directed to be di vided equally between four most excellent charities, namely—The Church Pastoral Aid Society—The Infir mary—The Blue Coat Hospital—and the Strangers' Friend Society ; and that in consequence each of these Institutions has lately received the handsome sum of £l2s,'duty free, through the hands of Mr. John Hicks and Mr. Thomas Branch, the executors. FARMING MACHINERY.—This being the age for im provement, our landed proprietors are determined if possible to keep pace with our wealthy millocracy in the improvement of machinery for every description of farin ing operations. In the neighbourhood of Llangollen, on a farm held by a late townsman of our own, may be seen, gorse and hay cutting, kibbling oats, brans, &c., &c., and °burning, all in operation at the same time; or the thrash ing and winnowing of grain, and the straining of potatoes, chaff, corn, &c., sufficient for the food of twenty cows and six horses, for a day and night. In the first operations, 200 quarts of milk are churned in an hour, and as much hay, gorse, and grain kibbled during ithe time of churn ing as will supply eight horses three days; and by the latter, eighteen measures of grain thrashed and winnowed ready for market. IRON SHIP BUILDING COMPANY.—At thelast quarterly meeting of the iron roasters in Staffordshire, it was pro posed by Mr. Thorneycroft that a Company should be formed for the purpose of bringing Iron Sailing Ships into more general use, to overcome the prejudice which at present existed against them. Iron Steam Vessels were thoroughly established and required no 'assistance, but in consequence of several defective sailing vessels having been built this branch had not made any progress. Mr. Thorneycroft also recommended that the proposed Com pany should not themselves build the vessels but contract with the existing builders to construct them from the plans and under the superintendence of a first-rate En gineer. This proposition met with the warmest approba tion of the meeting, and Mr. Thorneycroft last week ' visited Liverpool for the purpose of ascertaining the state of public opinion ; and, in company with Mr. Grantham, waited on the Mayor, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and other influential men. He everywhere met with the greatest encouragement to proceed with the undertaking. It was also proposed that the same Company should, if found necessary, adopt measures for insuring all Iron Vessels built under the inspection of their Engineer. The steam-ship Great Britain, aecording to the Bristol Mirror, is to be released -from her long confinement on the 26:h inst. ADULTERATION OF BEER.—lt.is said that an extensive increase of drugs used in the adulteration of beer has taken place in an ale and porter brewery of considerable standing, and that it will be heaid of at the next meeting of the Commissioners of Excise. PICTORIAL SueeLEtal:NT.—Our friends across the water have stirred up the members of the broad sheet to accomplish wonders which were never even contemplated before. Our neighbour of the Mail has announced that he will present with his publication of Saturday next a stamped pictorial supplemeut , representing viers of the chief occurrences which will take place at Birkenhead to. morrow. From the talented artists engaged by our contemporary we expect to see very correct and graphic illustrations of the animating scenes. PAINTING. BY THE OLD MASTERS.—We lately visited Mr Wilson's collection exhibiting at Lacey's rooms, and, as we pro mised in our last, proceed to notice what appeared to us most choice and beauifol. The unfortunate Queen of France, " Marie Antoine , by Greuze, is a lovely arid exquisitely coloured picture, highly interesting historically and as a work of art. " The Salutation cf the Virgin." by Luciri, is one of those gorgeously coloured and wonderfully finished paintings, that display I. perfectisu the grand characteristics of the Flo rentine school. The heads of the Angel anti Madonna are types of ideal beauty. " The Hawking Patty, by Wouvernians, is a charming composition, and remarkable for the argentine tone so desirable in that master's works. Among the ' • landsc a p es, " we particularly noticed a grand classical one by Hughtenburg, and others of great merit by Salvator Rosa, Hobbenza, Ruysdael, and Berghe2n. There are also some very fine " Holy Families" by the great Italian painters, particularly one by Baroccio which is remarkable for its sweet expression. The " Care witnessing mm en players." by Murillo, is a rich-toned specimen and full of to cl u iog r tuhhntairreryde.nus readers oarwTaltabh t bl o eeoe :cavoyaia an cient wi cha racter. Las• ly, there is a picture by Roepel, which, for' beauty 1 and harmony of colour and the most extraordinary transparence and finish, we have never seen equalled. Many others of the hundred paintings on view deserve a special notice, but our limits prevent our saying more than that we were highly gra tified themselvesby t h the f inspection , thi s opportunity and r recommend Awn-GREASE HATS. — The use of these hats mast-headur asero o f f t h a e ship Courier sstationed j o e ft e o d . j u g general; and time has proved that they are all the ady hv i mperv ious eeartdi , se w m gallasey pr n oe n ao o sl n . a cued the them e surrounding r r o to u n d b t e n BtoißbKeEtaNkHeßnAfrro.—MEach morrow will be presented with a lithographed view of Bit ken midway between Woodiide and Seacombe.. is BsupposedOF Oct. 22, 1844 LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS. The October sessions of the pence for the borough of Liverpool commenced in the Crown Court at the Sessions house, shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning, before GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., Recorder. The calendar contained the names of 116 prisoners for trials on charges of felony, and seven for misdemeanours, making a total of 123: Of there only eight are recur: ed as being able to read and write well, 41 can read and write imperfectly, 31 ran read imperfectly, while the very large proportion of 43 have never been taught either. The following gentlemen were sworn the Grand Jury : Robert Crosbie, Esq., of North John-street, merchant; William Anthony, of Hope-street, timber-merchant; Joseph Brice, of Bedford -street, corn-merchant;' Samuel Beckwith, of Tower-garden, hide broker ; James Brebner, of Water -street, merchant; Robinson Duckworth, of Canning-street, merchant ; Abraham Gartsitle, of North John-street, wool broker; Edward Jones, of Exchange-buildings, merchant; William Logan, of Bath -street, anchorsmith ; Edward Langdale, of Shaw -street, timber-merchant; John Woolfall ulleneux, of Brougham-terrace, rec tifier ; William Maxwell, of Union-court, wine -merchant; Thomas Mather, of Drury-lane, corn-merchant; ' John Mather, of Mount-pleasant, merchant; John Pemberton, of Fenwick-street, merchant; William Rotherham, of Exchange-street East, merchant ; John Daniel, of Thornley, Hore-street, merchant; Joseph Ridgway, of South Chapel-street, cotton broker; Robert Taylor Woodward, of Irwell-street, merchant; Isaac Worthington, of Percy-street, cotton-broker. The Le :rned itsconosa, in deliver.ng his charge to the Grand Jury, spoke as follows:—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: —lt appears from the del ositions before me that there are 123 prisoners to take their trials at this Court. It is satisfactory, however, to observe that large as that number is, it is less than the number of committals in the corresponding period of last year, which amounted to 136. In disposing of these cases, gen tlemen, it must be our duty so to enforce the law as most effect ually to restrain and prevent the future commission of crime. It is a reproach to the administration of justice when offences go unpunished : it is a still deeper reproach to confound inno cence with guilt. Under these sentiments, gentlemen, you will have to institute a preliminary investigation into every case: you will call for the witnesses before you you will hear the evidence : you weigh it and judge whether it is such as, in the absence of defence, ought to wet rant a conviction of the individual accused. Where you find it is of a satisfactory and conclusive nature, it will be your duly to find the bill; but where, in eny case, the evidence is not of that desetiption, that does not bring home the charge to the party accused, it will be your duty to stop at once all proceedings by throwing out the bill. Gentlemen, the eases are in general of a slight and ordi nary character, and do not seem to require fro:: me any re marks for the guidance of gentlemen of such intelligence as I have now the honour of addressing. There are some offences however, the frequent recurrence of which seem to call for ex emplary punishment. I allude more particularly to the offences of stealing from shops and stealing from the person, which you will find constitute a large portion of the cases in the calendar. I will take this opportunity of correcting a misapprehension which, from applications made to me, I know to prevail, that when a sentence of transportation is accompanied by a recom mendation to the Penetentlary, it is supposed that the convict will not be sent out of this country. That, gentlemen, is a mis take. It is seldom, now, that a sentence of transportation is not carried into effect by the sending of the party out of this country. When the recommendation to a Pentitentiary is acted upon, the Penitentiary is only the portal to a penal colony ; the party must look forward to pass a long period, if not his whole life, in toil and in labour in a distant country. It is, therefore, gentlemen, always a sentence fearful to undergo, and which always calls for great deliberation in imposing it. I mention this because many parties are under the impression that it is not always carried into effect by sending the convict out of the country. Gentlemen, I shall not trouble you with any further observations, or detain you from those duties which I am afraid will occupy you some time. The Jury then retired to their room ; and shortly afterwards the trials commenced. The cases during the entire day were of minor interest, and all of them have been previously noticed in this paper. COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTERDAY. The Court of Passage for the borough of Liverpool was he'd yesterday, before Charles Crompton, Esq., assessor. The cause list contained 57 issues ; but there were no writs of trial from any of the superior courts. The cases were principally for the recovery of small debts,—a few, how ever, involved considerable amounts,—in addition to which there were several on promises, three cases of trespass, and one on the case. Undefended causes were taken first ; and of the others, the following are the most im portant that occurred during the day RECOVERY OF AN - ATTORNEY'S BILL. MASON V. GILLELAND.—TiIis was an action to recover £32 14s. Od., for work and labour done by the plaintiff, Mr. Mason, a solicitor in this town, for the defendant, Robert Gilleland, who carries on the busines of a paviour. The work was done in a professional capacity during 1843 and a portion of the present year. A verdict was returned in favour of the plaintiff's claim. ALLEGED ILLEGAL DISTRAINT. SWIFBURNE V. 'WILLIAMS AND OTHERS.—This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an al leged illegal distraik or the plaintiff's goods by the de fendants. The damages were laid in the thelaration at £2O. Mr. Rardshay appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. James for the defendants. On the part of the plaintiff, who is Mrs. Nancy Swinburne, it appeared that she has a family. for whose support she follows the occupation of a schoolmistress. On the 27th of July last,. she resided with her brother, Win. Henry Parkinson, in Devonshire street, on which day a distress was levied upon his goods for £2 7s. Cid.—rent of a house .he had previously occu pied in Mann-street, and for which Messrs. Williams and Jones, two of the defendants, are the agents. The allegation was that the-bailiff, in-executing the distress, had taken property belonging to the plaintiff;—evidence to prove which was given by several witie ser. For the defendants it was contended, first, that the plaintiff bad no property on the premises; and as to the defendant Williams, the assessor intimated that there was no evi dence to shut' that he had authorised the seizure. After a long investigation, a verdict was eventually taken by consent for the plaintiff, as regarded Jones; and for the defendant, in the case of Williams.—Damages, £lO. The Greyhound, the last of the coaches between Lon don arid Birmingham, ceased running on Saturday, the sth of October. This has been the only coach between London and Birmingham for some years past. The London Times is advocating the conversion of the Fleet Prison into one of the public bath establishments for the metropolis. The buitdiog is to be disposed of to day by tender, by order of the Woods and Forests. Mr. H. V. Lewis, (live of St. Mary's Kirkdale,) has been appointed to the situation of organist to Christ Church, where he will have the instruction of a choir of boys. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, OCTOBER 21.—Wind Northerly and variable. ARRlVED.—Philopontis, Bell, from Bombay—Royal William, , from Bahia—Enchantress, Phillips, from St John, N.B. --Java, Pic ering: He en, Hnnter, and Evening Star, Green, from Quebec—Edith, Welsh, from Rotterdam—Ocean —, from Antwerp—Haabet, Johns, from Whange roc —Brodrina, Novigard, from Gothenburg—and Clitus, Padden, for Monte Video. SAILED.—Fanny, Lennes, for Swinemunde—Atalanta, Shep ley, for Leghorn—Cornish Diamond, ]base, for Genoa—Ellen Wood, Crosbie, for Nass,u—Lewis Charles, Wallis, for Lisbon— Volo, Churchward, for C• nstantinople—Cheshire, King, for Barbadoes—Rosalind, Gate, for Berbice —Lydia, Jones, for Antigua—Aeolus, Grace, for Azores—Regalia, Aftlex, and Blake, Sharpe, for Cape Good Hope—Ann, Johnstone. for Maranham —Britannia, Smith. for St. Andrew's, N.B.—Flora M•Donald, Martell f r St. John, N.B.—lsabella, Grey, for Sincapore— Crown, Fletcher, fot Mobile—' rin mph, Fla-sel, for Alexandria— Medina, James, for Sincapore—Veloce, Bell, for Shanghel— Vesper, Bellany, for Malta—Lily, Stevenson, for Newtound.and —Minerva, Yarrow. for Ilambro . —Alert, Ord, for Demerara— na. n a te n r d , P a rt x t: te e:s p o e n ; G fo r r e A i k p e a , la f c o h r i Apalachicola—Star, h P a u tr g e b y e : c fo b r aff lt o i y o , Janeiro—Emerald, Leighton, for New Orleans—Albion, Stud holtn, for Beirout—Mount C , :arles, Frost, for Lisbon Germania, for Welstipool. Creamore, Shapley, from Torbay, at Newfoundland Hermes. Donough, for Buenos Ayres, has put back, one of her crew having attempted to set her on fire off Holyhead Themis, Brown, from St. John. N.B. at this prrt ; sailed 2nd instant, in company with the John Bentley, and Robert, both fur Liverpool. On 13th instant, spoke the Mountaineer, steer ing East. On lath. while lying to in a gale from N.W. was struck by a sea, which to k the man at the wheel (Edward Hag gett) overboard. On 24th, at noon, saw the Ilibernia, (steamer) for Halifax, off the Saltees. Diadem, from Valparaiso to Swansea, was spoken 22nd Sept. in lat. 23, long. 36. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, OCTOBER 21. Wind at Holyhead, West, gentle breeze in the morning N.N.E. light airs at noon. Off Holyhead, No. 1462, Cambridge, Ship, at S a.m. from New York ; Columbus, Ship, at 2 p.m. for New York. Off Point Lynas, at 7 30 a.m, has a pilot, No. 489, Antil!a, Brig, from -. Off the port, at 4 p.m. 2 ships, r barque, 1 brig, and 1 schooner. . DIED. On the 14th instant, et his residence, in Dundrnrn, county Wicklow, I reland, in the 4;th year of his age, Mr. JAM'S LEESON, of ter a li tigeting illness of 12 years duration, which he bore with Christian foltltude at.d resignation : he is sincerely and deservedly regretted by a large circle of relatives and fiends. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, OcT. 21. V. ith a very free importation of Butter, during the past week , from all parts cf Irela d ; we have to notice, a consumptive de mand to such an extent, as stilt to keep stocks very low. Prices are not higher; but the inclination is decidedly upward. Some fine S - Aithern Butters have brought 565. There is no material change in the urrency of pickled Butter. The demand at the moment inconsiderable. Indian Peef gos ; p r i me M es s 753 to 82s 6d per tierce. Prime Mess Pork 68s to 725 6d per barrel; stocks very high. and prices likely to be upheld for some time. 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