The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

Oct. 8, 1844. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday, the usual monthly meeeting of the Council was held:at the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE.—THE CHESHIRE SALES. From the proceedings of the Finance Committee it ap peared that that committee had resolved not to comply with applications which had been made for longer leases of the Cheshire property than 75 years. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE having moved the confirmation of the proceedings, Mr. EVANS begged to call the attention of the Council to one point. He had not had any communication with the interested parties, and knew nothing of it but what he beard in the Council, which was this, as he apprehended the case, _thoaotivvhere they were to have the new docks at Cu the 4oc p k_cr , la it ys was also an object to have earehouses Now, while the parties would have Itaooss.ess:on of th e d ocks, he b e li eve d th e C ounc il meant egr thema more limited term on the quays. ; r * L ACE. --01 1 no. SY U. LAWRENCE.—Not' EVANS.—lsn't it so? ir. G. LAWRENCE.—Not exactly. N th Ir. yo,veeis believed that, on the quays of the docks, e parties w ere to b u i ld warehouser, which warehouses, as he apprehended, would revert at the end of 75 years to the Corporation. Mr. LACE. —Yes, certainly. Mr. EVANS said the quay was a most intimate part of the dock, and that to make a separation between the two would be a most anomalous thing. They might as well mortgage the mast of a ship to one and the hull to another. Mr. LACE said that Mr. Evans was under a mistake, and that it would be better to set him right at once, they were arguing about matters that did not exist. Mr. G. EL LAWRENCE said an application had been made on the part of certain persons, the object of which was, that the Corporation should alienate their interests in their property. It was not an application confined to the intended docks at Wallasey, but it had reference to the whole of the Cheshire purchases; and he conceived that they were perfectly justified in refusing such an applica tion. He believed that their present leasing system, which bad worked so long and so well in Liverpool, would be found equally beneficial in Cheshire ; and indeed they should be infringing their duty, and violating their act of parliament, were they to dispose of their freehold. If they were to accede to such an application, right and left, from parties in Cheshire, other pat ties in Liverpool would then be applicants for the frerho:d. The Council had not refused, where public purposes were concerned, such as for railways or churches, to alienate their freehold under the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury ; but he hoped they would be careful how they listened to wholesale ap plications (Stile present sort. Mr. Eve,ss said that, if it was a wholesale application, be quite agreed with what had fallen from Mr. Lawrence. lie would not give the purchasers one hour longer for an ything, except wh a t f orme d par t and parcel of the 4 .Telts, which had obt a i ne d P ar li am entary sanction ; but if they were asking the freehold of any inland or other pro perty, which was not, as it were, connected intimately with the docks, and could be really separated from them, he should be, equally with Mr. Lawrence, against the lt PP l ication. But if the proceedings of the Finance Com mittee were confirmed in their present form, he hoped hereafter that as much of the land as might be found ab solutely necessary for dock purposes might be excepted out of the resolution which declined to glee a longer term. Sir T. B RANCKER said the whole case was t hi s : —M r . Potter applied to know whether the Fin ince Committee toold grant a reversion of his pnrchase, and then Mr. 4 ' al labY made a similar application on behalf of other purchasers. The Council knew nothing about the plans of th e i r warehouses on the other side; but the answer of i_ committee was, that they could not recommend the "fled to grant the applicae;on. The reason why the Z'rornittee sold was,—because they knew, at the end of years that the property would be increased in value, 'Tot that it w ou ld revert t o th e C or p o ration, and they "Le old not part with the reversion : in fact, they could not without the consent of the Treasury. e ;„, Mr • Lace sa id th e case was no t in a state in which the w s entertained by Mr. Evans could be carried out, d oc ea k t :t . e nobody as yet knew the plans of the proposed when the plans became known, then would be the time the ee e for seeing whether it would be proper to make _ e pant. But at prgarnt the application was for a re • neon of the ve WS of the purchases from individuals. M ; re. • •H. LAWRENCS said it was a wholesale appli 71!'°,tt which ou g ht no t cer t a i n ly t o be complied with. Veeislature wo u ld t a k e car e that if the property were 1 !" , 1 red for public purpose. it should be granted out and out ; and it might be for the Council to consider the . : 3 1 ; le ' v ori when they se w th a t the plans of the gentlemen _ ° Birke n h ead ware more full, matured. He hoped it 7 old not be understood that the Council were actuated ?/' anything like a feeling of hostility—(" oh ! no.")— Zards the gentlemen on the other side of the water. It 3 / 4 _ eertaiely his opinion that the plans of those gent's a'"'n brought before Parliament were crude and ti e l l it t edr and. guided by the opinions of competent persons, A t ! ,‘ advantage, they offered cloy not eempen.ate kir e , file bitsly to be run by the ing up of Wallasey ;)" ise believed the Liverpool euthoritie• would have C ; " extremely slameebla, if they bad not interfered end ttftwd the neibility from their owe *boulders. He 1 4) Ped his (Sere end misgivings naight tarn out to be nevi and teat the projeete on the other side would be sue ▪ ul • Lye alas hope‘ this feeling would animate the ne , o ctip and that, while they wieheel to see airs • "011 lon oa the ether side of the Illetway, , they would take —r e of their own aide. There was no fear, if the Conn eil did its duty.—(l , lear.) esio f oeinion that, in the &i n it. aa AC Hotual was ° nes they were selling the Cheshire lon a for the pur Et no.- e of affording feeilities to Mr Laird and others to : trey °4 their hada in tit* lankier of bo and the : s truetion of vemeele. Bat, certainly, wilds the gala of 1, 1 1 4 land was twit mentioned, iv never was coneamplated the Ceueeil were selling it at the rate of IN. a yard It the instill; of d oc h e . Meer, bear.) Mr. G. H. rwreuee, as a mason of selling had observed that they "aught to eseonrege Hr. Laird and others Ca the carrying • of their trade ; and it came upon there lases thunder bolt, when they wore afterwards told is the Crxineil that the land had Willa p12T01114411, aid Set is a Vail open aptn ner either, fee tie purpose of mating docks. Ti. could not see twat the isetivideee who made the purchases had done so is tb• menace they ought as commissioners. - Why should the Coun c il, et why should any o f i ts eons mittem—eray the. Improvement Committees—if they con lernp:ate the eves:ion of *ay parlictlar striit's e d purchase leta4 for their private hermit, which '' . L had actu allyn been the ease with respect to the individuals on the other side of the water. As to the reversiessry saleof the property, be would not allow a single hour or day to pees beyond the 75 years ; and he hoped the Council would never unction any application of the kind. He deplored the sale from., the drat. It was-almost like taking off the h artri arm of the C orporat i on when the Cheshire property been parted with ; and if ever there was a measure which showed the foresight of the old Corporation, it was `nr,,Purchaee of that very property. (Hear.) he MATOR said it was, doubtless, the duty of the Council to protect the interests of the town. Mr. Pautessasked whether, in the contracts for the LLI-king of the l an din g st a ges, the Finance Committee made any arraagements with respect to the running °f boats from Birkenhead at all hours of the night? ✓ e x r , r ; • G. H. LAWRENCS replied that the subject of b il lng boats during the night-time had never been r° lit before the committee. The contract was made P ie e ,e tt eY °loch as before, asd it was in the bands of parties „"nota the fullest confidence might be reposed. The e lin - al e of working the stages, independent of the cost w t ercet was as follows :--the one at Seacombe-slip "Id Th be £4, and the other £525 per annum. e proceedings were confirmed. THU WATCH COMMITTEE.—A SCENE the proceedings proceedings of the Watch Committee, comprising cle,:ppoiritment of Assessors or the Lighting and of th s ,"ig Rates for 1844-5 ; the appointing of Collectors Per B o , 4 l l6og, Cleansing, and Fire-police Rates in the C o il" of Liverpool for 1844-5 ; and the appointment of nee ors of the Lighting and Fire-police Rates in the Pant Of the borough for 1844,5, having been read, INere• ASPINALL said that, before those proceedings m or .forifirincl, he wished to ask the Mayor by what au to (1 4 Y he had gi, en up the opinions of counsel, (relative lir„; a ngemen in the police, and the dispute between the for h Committee and the magistrates,) to Mr. Whitty th o . publication in the Journal of Saturday last, before teiC t e t o ; Pinions had ever been laid before the Watch Com- Th e a. n ot MAYOR said that he was unaware that they had ap h i• u een before the Watch Comnaitcee. He had been ae r " t le d to by one of the magistrates to have a copy . in- Ai r e in the Mercury; but he found, on inquiry, that con ginn tleworth, who had the documents in hispos3CL. gong home, and the next day he gave t hem m bitty. r• Co uncillor Asararnee rose and said, that if the % Vol' had pa id to t h e W atc h C omm itt e e that courtesy of other Mayors had done, and attended the meetings he '` )e Watch Committee, which be had never done yet, ti:°old bare found that the chairman and deputy-chair °l. that committee were appointed to confer with the Wafni-lolerk with respect to the case and opinions... The a f r i, ~Committee had shown every disposition to act in tie r manner ; neither an angry word had escaped, they -a ' any angry feeling been manifested by them ; co n - ,, e Yoislied to proceed amicably; to assert what they . light s ive d to he their rights; and if they were . not their R ef() , willingly to surrender them. On referring to the of the m Act, he found that, according to the constitution trts re j WHtch Commitee, in clause 16, the Alayor was Oleo Tember of that body—that he was neither chair orit "ePoty-chairman ; and therefore he had . no au tion. YZhktever to make use of the documents in ques t° )6 esides, there was another thing of which he had .41 4 - 7 .1 4111 in ; for he found according to the Mercury and wi th t , l that the magistrates had nothing whatever to do tra ct f"ese documents. Mr. Aspinall here read an e.x trates I.° T the Mercury, in which, he said the magis- Coon_l3!selaimed all connexion with the opinions l of th ey ' and after such a disclaimer, he knew not w afte r 8 "llid seek f or t h e op i n i ons . Ile wanted to know, them," a" Uh, a paragraph, what business they had with tietr a , as the m a y or h a d b e en the partisan of the ma show ` B2 ' he thought common courtesy had not been t o him (Isfi• Aspieall) in particular, as puty- Ala of the Waich 'Committee. tie thoughts t was TLe r Tit eme at ocion the rights of the committee. M r ort.--I am awry you think so. air! • A SetNALL (with warmth).—Don't interrupt me arik. _r_*.Nlcor..—Chair, chair. I am quite sure that if 07wheat individual had been attacked in this manner, it t 1 4 4 1. b* the duty of the Mayor to call Mr. Aspinall to t° Prote (H ear-) And I thi n k i t t h e d uty o f th e Council tiailytbct the chai r , w h ether Mr. Aspinall ' s charges b e e case or not. (H ear, hear.) I cannot help feel hit t lf h he CeitJae attack on the gentleman who fills the chair, Ihs 411Ittad notice of it, is certainly —, (the word bare was not supplied by the speaker); and I call on ‘ -e nocil to protect the Mayor. Mr. ASPINALL.—If Mr. Nicol will point out what I said of an offensive nature, I am the last man — The MAYOR.—I was very unwilling to interrupt Mr. Aspinall. I wished him to say all, and then I would have replied. All I said, when I interrupted him, was—" I am sorry you think so." He is the last gentleman to whom I should be discourteous. Mr. ASPINALL.—If I said anything offensive, I would make an apology. lam the last man, if wrong, to per severe in my error. I would be most unwilling to do so. Mr. NrcoL.—l am sure you would not say anything personally offensive; but when you called imperiously on the Mayor not to interrupt you I thought it right to in terf're. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ASPINALL.—I shall go on. If any mischief has arisen in this instance, it is in consequence of the Mayor's interference ; and if committees are to take documents into consideration, it is highly improper that, before ever the committees see them, they should be published and commented upon in the public press. I am willing the press should have every facility, and that the public should have every document ; but I don't think it right that the documents should be give❑ b.,fore we see them. There is not a single inernly,T of the Watch Committee who had the documents placed before him ; and it is extremely wrong that they should be commented upon and discussed by the newspapers before they come regularly to the com mittee. The MAYOR.—I can assure Mr. Aspinall that this is the first time I heard of the papers in question not hav ing been before the Watch Committee. Thev appeared to be public property, and their contents known to a number of individuals in the town, both councillors and magistrates. A magistrate, having heard of them, called o❑ me to show him the opinions of Mr. Williams and :Jr. Jervis. I accordingly sent for them; and I thought it was only right that the town at large should knew the opinions of those gentlemen—not only those of Mr. Williams and Mr. Jervis, but of the others also. If there was anything improper in giving them, I am responsible for that impropriety; but as to showing discourtesy to the Watch Committee I would be the last in the world to treat any person otherwise than in the most civil way possible. , Mr. A SPINA LL.-With due deference, the opinions of Messrs, Kelly, Cowling, and Cardwell, were laid before the Watch Committee, but what I complain of is, that the opinions of Messrs. Earle, Crompton, and Williams are given to the press. The MAYOR.—i. never interfered with the opinions of Earle and Crompton. I know nothing of these. Mr. ASPIN ALL.— The newspapers say they are in debted to you for them. If you like, I shall read the papers—(Loud cries of " No," and laughter.) The opinions are all copied. Mr. Crompton's is fully copied, so also are the opinions of Williams and Jervis. If the Mayor says he did not give them, I have nothing more to o bserve. The MAYOR.—Those of Jervis and Williams are the only opinions I know anything about. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE presumed the Mayor was sorry for what he had done, as the opinions had not been be fore the Watch Committee, and were not the property of either his Worship or the magistrates. Mr. HODGSON expressed a hope that Mr. Aspinall did not wish to inculpate the chief magistrate for doing any thing intentionally improper. Ile (Mr.Hodgson) thought the Mayor had been guilty of an act of indiscretion ; and he hoped the discussion would convey a salutary hint that, in future, papers were not to be surrendered before the proper time. Mr. ASPINALL expressed himself satisfied with the ex planations. The MAvon. said that, if he had had the slightest idea the opinions bad not been before the Watch Committee, he should not have allowed anybody to see them. Mr. J. LAWRENCE thought the Mayor's explanation must be satisfactory, and moved that the proceedings be confirmed. The motion was unanimously adopted. DOCK COMMITTEE.-INCREASE OF THE PORT. The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE moved their confirmation, and, in doing so, said that, as an erroneous impression was abroad that the receipts of the docks had been diminishing while the town-dues bad been increasing i❑ a large ratio, he wished to avail hio•self of the orportunity to state that, from the 24th of last June (the clots of the official year) to the 240 i of September there had been an increase of 57,349 tors, and an increase of receipts to the ansoent of £lO,lll 108 3d. over the corresponding period of last year. (Hear. hear.) Last year, the dock estate had a surplus of £76,000: thrs year the surplus would be much greater. (hear, hear.) Ir. G. H. LAWRENCE said the receipts of the town duns were going on pari passti with the receipts of the docks. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HonGeoN asked whether there was any intention on the part of the Dock "I rust to sur round the docks with a line of railway running from north to south, and thus to annihilate the distance from one end of the town to the ether? _ Mr. Mooka expressed his belief that a railroad would ha foreeed from the extreme north to the SK trouts south of the docks. at the expense of the dock truss. The proctedings were confirmed. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. a From the proceedings of the laduceion Committee it appeared that the average attendance at the Corporation lichaols for the past month tied 1141/11 950 chiblren. * memorial from certain parte, praying for c,mpensa tips' under the Improvement Act was referred to the im prominent Committee. Is reply ty) a queatiok from Mr. Turner, Tee ilaYoa stated that he had melrerializsd the Lords of the Treasury a fortn'tht ago, to permit the ststtte of Air. I - lustily:on to be placed in a certain position at the Custom , kouse, selected fur it by Mr. Gibson, but Ito haii not ail yet racsived a reply. The Council adjourned at 25 minutes to two o'clock‘ SELECT VESTRY PROCEBDINGS.-YUZSDAY. ?regent, Rev. lector Campbell, in the chair; Rev. YLector Brooks, end Messrs. Molvneux,Mchofield. Thorn ley, Groove, Mayor, Ferguson, Ford, Bennett, Cluy , Henderson, Blackburn, Hanel, William liender:on. Bremner, Kilshaw, Holmes. and the Vestry-clerk. The usual routine of reading the minutes of the last meeting and the different committees having been gone through, the 'Various reports of expenditure of in and out door poor were presented, by which it appeared that the number of out-door cases relieved was 091, being thirty tam loss than those of the same period last year ; and the number of paupers in the workhouse was 1,644, being twenty-two more then last year, which may be classed thus :—Aged and infirtn, employed, 199; aged, infirm, and sick, unable to work, s'2'; ; able-bodied, 315 ; and children, 584. A vote of thanks was passed to the British and Foreign Bible Society, though their secretnrics, Mr. Brandram and Mr. Browne, for their offer, which was accep t e d, gratui tously to supply the parish schools with Bibles and Testa ments. A number of tenders for fitting up the Industrial School with desks, &c., as per advertisement, were referred to the furnishing committee fir that building. The CHAIRMAN presented the following statementfrom the filth report of the Registrar-Ge neral : In Liverpool the registered Births in 1841 were 7,735 Deaths 7,5513 So that the Births only exceeded the Deaths by.... 179 In Manchester, in the same year, the regi*tert'd Births were D:atbs So that the Births exceeded the Deaths by .. If these returns were accurate, and this were the tverage relation of births to deaths, Liverpool would present the singular spectacle of a population nearly s7ationary from natural causes, and owing its increa•e principally to the immigration of labourers, and this, too, in a place where the marriages are very numerous: being 1 marriage to 67 persons, instead of 1 to 71, as in Manchester with Salford, and Ito 136, as in Birmingham. It is, however, highly probable that all the births were not registered in 1841, and th• returns for 1842 show a considerable excess of births over deaths. Still, however, the returns, as compared with those for the extra-Metropolitan parts of tim county of Surrey, show that if it was not for immigration, the increase . of the population of Liverpool would be trifling. The popu lation cf the extra-Metropolitan parts of Surrey was, in 1841, rather more than that of Liverpool, being 227,723 to 223,003; yet in 1841 the deaths in Surrey were 4256, the deaths in Liverpool 7.556, showing an excess of 3 300. Out of 14,450 boys under five years of age, 2,087 died in Liverpool ; out of 14,450 boys in Surrey, only 699 died in the same time; showing in Liverpool an excess of mor tality among boys under five of 1,388. By this immense mortality in Liverpool, the number of males living between the ages of ten and fifteen is reduced to 10,544, while that in Surrey is 13,226 ; but between the ages of twenty and thirty, when immigration takes place, the proportions change. The number of males in Liverpool between 20 and 30 years of age, are .... The number in Surrey Showing an excess in Liverpool of Sickness and death, however, do their accustomed work in the usual course of years, and so it is found that between the axes of 45 and 55, the number of males in Surrey is.. . While in Liverpool they are reduced to Showing an excess it. Surrey of.• .. ..... From the life tables grounded on the se returns com parative t expectation o the of Surrey life w children born— ay b observations, y e : ed. According out of 100,000 In Surrey 75.42 361:,2i live to 10 years old. London Liverpool, only In Surrey London.... Liverpool, only In Surrey 28 l3B live to 70 years old. London ..16,3-t4 Liverpo , d, only .. 8,373 Not much more thau half the number that attain that age in the Metropolis. Toe result of these calculations is, that the probable du ration of life in Surrey is 53 years; in the Metropolis, 40 years ; in Liverpool only seven or eigbt,—a result so very startling that it may need explanation. The probable duration of life means the age to wlalch it is an even chance a population will live. Thus, in Eng land, according to the tahles, 50,301 out of 100,000 horn, live to the age of 45 ; and 49,699 die before that ago is attained ; hence there are 50,301 chances in favour of at taining the age of 45, and 49,699 aga!nit that event.. chances therefore are nearly *yen Wf attaining, or not at taining, Out age or torty-five sad a half, which is the pru habit" duratiou of lib its iliagLand. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. If, therefore, the table No. 4, in p. 36 of the report ba inspected, it will be found that nut of 100,000 born in Li verpool, 52,198 would be living at fire years old, and 48,211 at ten years old ; the even chance, therefore, lies between those two ages of five and ten, and the probable duration of life, therefore, is estimated to be seven or eight. In Surrey, 52,060 are living at 50, and 48,386 at 55 ; the even chance, therefore, lies between the two ages, and is estimated at 53. The comparative mean duration or expectation of life, however, does not differ so enormously. It is 45 years in Surrey ; 37 years in the metropolis ; and 26 years in Li verpool. At 50, the expectation of lifein Surrey is 21 years; in Liverpool, only 16. If the cause of such excessive mortality be asked, it will probably be found to be the prevalence . of diseases ( f th e respiratory organs, and typhus fever. i Out of 3,852 re corded deaths of males in Liverpool, n 1841, 1,284 were from diseases of the respiratory organs, 713 from pthisis. Out of 2,922 deaths of males recorded in Manchester, 836 were from diseases of the respiratory organs, and 464 from pthisis. To preserve the proportion, the deaths in Man chester should have been 970 from respiratory diseases, and 540 from pthisis. In Lincolnshire, a marshy county, out of 3,871 record ed deaths, only 730 were from respiratory diseases, and 428 from pthisis; showing an excess, in Liverpool, of 550 and 285. The deaths from typhus, in Liverpool, were 402; in Manchester, 215. The mortality among infants is also enormous ; out of 100,000 born, 25,290 might be calculated to die under one year old, and more than half under ten years old. The deaths from convulsions seem to be very numerous. It may be said that these figures are erroneous, and they possibly may not be perfectly ac curate ; but if they are erroneous here, they are with equal probability erroneous in Surrey and the metropolis, and in the comparison the error in one place will counteract tho:e in the other. It may again be said that if the figures are accurate, the conclusions are erroneous ; but if this be the case, no correct conclusions can be drawn from life tables at all, and the calculations for benefit societies and the payment of life annuities cannot be depend e d upon. I t will also be said that the position of Liverpool is very pe culiar, and that its excessive mortality (if it really is ex cessive,) may be ascribed to causes not affecting the salu brity of its air. Let us hope that this is to a certain ex tent true, for it would not be very agreeable to believe and to say the truth is really credible, that the air should be so pestilentially unwholesome as its apparently exces sive mortality would seem to prove; and its position as a sea-port and a door of ingress and egress for labourers may help to swell the tables. The province of wisdom, however, is, not to suggest doubts as to the existence of probable evils, or ascribe them to causes beyond the reach of human control, but impartially to investigate the truth, and, if possible, discover and apply a remedy ; and the public authorities of this town are exercising a wise and humane discretion, by the abolition of cellars and the bet ter drainage of the town, wherever it can be properly drained. The question would be interlinin g to of the community, even on selfish grounds, and even if it were not the duty of the rich to look after the poor. From Mr. Chadwick's sanatory report it will appear, by the following table, that the excessive mortality of Liverpool is not confined to the labouring classes : GENERAL TOWNS. AVERAGE AGE AT DEATH. AVERAGE. Gentry. Tradesmen. Labourers. Bath .. Metropolitan Unions 44 21 22 22 Manchester.... Liverpool In this respect, therefore, all the inhabitants of this vast town are, strictly speaking, members one of another; the head cannot say to the feet 1 have no need of you, but if one member suffer, all the members stiffer with it: and as in the natural hotly there is in all it. parts a perfect sympathy, by which the healthy state of tht one preserves the other in ease and comfort, so in our body politic there ought to be, and will be in all wise members of it, a mu tual desire for each other's welfare. Th. following notice of motion was given for the next meeting by Mr. 13REmsEn, viz. :—" That a committee be appointed to take into coneidera'ion the propriety of pur chasing al* land in front of the Industrial ficlmol, and to cosier with R. Earle, Esq., the agent of Lord Derby. Mr. HENDERSON moved that the following informa tion he 'applied at the next meeting :—" The number of paid •ifiaws* attached to the workhouse in the years 1811, 1842, 1843, and 1844, from the 25th of Marci in each year ; also, the average number of paupers in the house during those periods. The board adjourned to the 15th instant. MIIETING OP THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. Wednesday evening, the molal monthly meeting of the Commissioners of Birkenhead rr>s held at the Town hall William Jackson, Esq., presided. It appeared from the proceedings of the Market Com mittee, that tilt extras to Pox, Henderson, and Co. for tht New Market, amount to £2,850 16a. over and above the original estimate. _ _ The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the receipt of a letter from Fox and Co., in which they stated that the delay in the construction of the New Market bad been occasioned by a want of decision on the part of the matket com mittee. He then deprecated the delay, and said that the inhabitants of the townships were absolutely obliged to bring provisions from the Liverpool markets, owing to their being unable to obtain them at that side of the water. Mr. M'l`ficor, defended the market committee, and *rid that they had used the moat strenuous exertions to communicate with Fox and Co., but that their letters were treated with contempt. Air. J. ; 4 ‘. JACICAON Shill, it 'Mild be one of the finest markets in the kingdom, and arked when it was likely to be opened ? Mr. WATSON hoped to hey. it completed by Christ mas. The delay, if injurious in one respect, ked, he said, been serviceahle in auolier, as it had afforded time for the bricks and walls to set. The uroceedingq were contlresed. The Ferry Committee reported, that the *rain of the ferry contiuned as pr Isperous as before gated, and that the receipts were on the increase. Mr. WOODS asked whether the accounts were regularly published ? The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative, and said that every ratepayer, on the payment of sixpence, was entitled to a copy. It would be gratifying to the public to know that the Commiesiorfers of Birkenbead were actually receiving more as a township from their ferry than Liverpool was from all its town dues, in prol:ertion to population and aa .essreent. Mr. M'Nicor , hoped they should not fall into the error of the Liverpool people with regard to their Gill street market, for he believed that that market would t N h , e it motion e if o i f v• M d r th . W at i o n o i n n s n , ir ee ea co no n t d ,r e it d bi b y y re shortly he to let in consequence of the high rents of the AP U r p :To re port of the receipts of the Woodside Ferry De read, and pared with the receipts of the cor res ponding corn month of this past year, Mr. J. S. JacKsom then read a statement to the effect, that the receipts at the ferries for the past month had ex ceeded those of the corresponding month of last year by £5OO. From the proceedings of the Finance Committee it ap peared, that ten additional policemen had been ordered for the township. A letter was read from certain ratepayers, requesting that George's-street and Taylor -street might be lit with gas. It was referred to the Watch Committee. Another letter was read from Mr. John D. Grayson, of Liverpool, suggesting that certain alterations might not be made in Ivy-street, to the ivjory of his property. It was referred. The CHAIRMAN said that, as they had gone through the business of tie evening, he wished to acquaint them that the Railway Commissioners contemplated the making of another approach to the docks and warehouses, be means of a tunnel under the town. Proper plans and sections would be submitted to the Commissioners for their approval, so far as the propcsed tunnel affected their property. It was intended to connect the Chester and Birkenhead Railways with the docks and warehouses, so that the railway would run the whole length of the road approachng to Wallasey, thereby communicating with the north and south ends of the townships. They were already aware, that a railway was contemplated—in fact, the company had been formed, to connect Manchester with Birkenhead, also Warrington and the port of Run corn ; steps had been taken to form a company to meet the Birkenhead line by means of Chester, Shrewsbury, and Welchpool, and thus to make a branch to the mineral district of Mold. so as to give coals to this and the adja cent cii,tricts. (Hear, hear.) All these plans would, he Rought, give railway communication to all parts of the kingdom, sufficient to satisfy the desires of a small town ship- like Birkenhead. (hear, hear.) But there was more yet to be done : it was in contemplation to make a canal from the upper end of Wallasey-pool, through Bidston-marsh, to the low lands skirting the river Dee, taking the water-level all the way, and joining the river Dee by means of lock-gates on the Flintsiiire side of th e Dee. By rorning the canal parallel to the great mineral district of Flintshire, they would confer a great boon, not only on Birkenhead, but on Liverpool, by being able to ship coal, so as to get them through the Wallasey dock without transhipment. (Hear, hear.) The board then adjourred to Thursday. MEDICAL SOCIETY. A numerous meeting of the members of the medical and surgical professions in this town was held on Wednes day, at 2 o'clock, in ;he Me.ical Institution, Mount Pleasant, for the purpose of taking into consideration the hill introduced into Parliament at the close of the last session by Sir James Graham " for the better regulation of medic"al practice throughout the United Kingdom." Dr. Jeffreys was unanimously placed in the chair. The venerable CHAIRMAN said, that havi ng b een an ardent pursuer of his profession for now more than half a century, it could not be supposed that he should feel ineifferent to anything that passed relative to its best interrsts. lie believed that regulation bill for the better regulaon of the profession might be passed, it would oat be found t o g i ve gee neral Fati&ctirn, but tint was co reason why the profes sion should rot attempt 1 . ..) implore their situation : an d for one Le iejoiced txceedirily tart Sir J. Graham had taken up the so4jert, aff . nrcLcg, us hr hsd, every cp;A)rtu nita- for its coilsiceraton. Ile was willing to believe, further, that the right hon. baronet would make su c h modifications as those I , rerent and other infl uen ti a l mem _ hers ought suggest. The way to carry thosa modifica tions was, not by being Tioleut upon them, but by the whole profes'icu being in harmony as to their recom mendation. (Heir, Lear.) Dr. FRECKIATON, F,11 . ..5,,.m0ved the first reso l u ti on, whieb exprp:issd grasitfieatm4 at 4 (2 mooting that ker Majesty's Mini;i.tfrs bad !ntr?ducial the hill n ose un d er ceesideratien. Thoy must all, ha remsrked, feel enzioue for the passing of some legal enactment which should have the effect of maintaining good order among the profes sion—of taking car, that the regularly educated practi tioner was properly treated, and at the same time re stricting and punishing quackery in all its branches. Legislation on this subject was, however, difficult, and the bill of Sir J. Graham was not faultless ; but he was not one of those who on that account would oppose it in toto. were pr reallyofession Should accept tho se parts of th e favourable, and as t o the other p il a e rt t s bh , il' i u ti g ie hh t it l e N th ' h , e and in a proper manner, point out to the Government the respects in which they were objectionable. (Hear.) Government, he was satisfied, had introduced the measure in good faith ; and if the whole body of the profession in England pointed out those parts which re quired amendment in a temperate manner, their repre sentations would nteet with the attention which the im portance of the subject demanded. The best plan would thereby be secured for rendering the profession respecta ble. _ _ . . Mr. BANNER seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Sir A. KNIGHT, M.D., moved, "that the provisions of the bill for insuring greater uniformity in the education, qualification, and registration of the profession are judi cious, and have been long called for." By showing a lisposition to approve of those parts of the bill cf which they really did approve, they would render their objec tions to those parts of which they did not approve much more efficient. He thought, moreover, that Sir James Graham had shown a disposition to act with great fairne ss towards the profession, and it was their duty to meet him in a corresponding spirit. (Hear.) If they did not, it was only reasonable to expect that Government would give the measure up in despair, if not disgust; and it was impossible for any one acquainted with the present anomalous condition of the profession not to regret that such an event should take place. The motion was seconded by Mr. Miashull, and adopted. Dr. SUTHERLAND, F.G.S., said there were one or two points in the bill in relation to which the temperate opinion of the profession was required to be stated, and if so stated, he had very little doubt it would meet with attention in the proper quarter. He then moved—" That this meeting deeply regrets that no restrictions upon irre gular practice should be provided by the bill, or in substi tution of measures more efficient in their operation than those contained in the acts proposed to be repealed, which acts, although they may not have been of sufficient power to remedy the evil, nevertheless secure the principle of the practice of uneducated persons being contrary to law." Mr. STUBBS seconded the motion, and it was adopted unanimously. A memorial to her Majesty's ministers, founded upon the resolutions, was then agreed to, and a committee ap pointed to watch the ministerial measure in its progress next session. With this the proceedings terminated. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS_ On Thursday a woman was taken to the workhouse in a car, but on opening the door of the vehicle she was found to be dead. Thomas Edwards, charged with having forged two Post office money orders, has been fully committed fur trial at the next assizes. On Wednesday, during the high wind, about 1 o'clock, a flat belonging to the Dock Trust capsized and sunk op posite the Queen's Dock Basin. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—The day for the laying of the first stone of these important works is now definitely fixed for Wednesday, the 23d instant, when Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., for South Cheshire, will officiate on the occasion. THE BIRKENHEAD CUP.—Mr. Bach, of Chester street, has lately finished a large chaste and elegant cup, made of china, to commemorate the passing of the Birken head Dock Bill, which will be used on the occasion of laying the foundation stone. Sidney Cowan, barrister, of Albiny, U.S., died on board the packet-ship, Ashburton, on the 10th ult., on his passage from New York to this port. His body was brought to Liverpool. PACIIT-IPIIP YORKSHIRE.—This splendid ship ar rived, on Thursday last, from New York, which city eke loft on the 16th ult., after a run of seventeen days, bring ing one day's later news than received by the steamer, which, however, is of no interest. On Thursday the service innounced in our last as a thanksgiving for the lat• abundant harvest, was held et Bt. ride'sChurch; and after the sermon from the Rev.J.H. Icteeart the elm of 153 was collected for the Female Orphan Asylum. Tint CODNCIL.—The last council of the municipal year will be held on Wednesday, the 30th instant, for the parpoaa of wiading up tM affaire, preparatory to the elec tion ow the Ist of November. A special council will, in all probsibilit;, be held, in the interim, to lay on the usual fire-police rate. DIGIRWAY ROBBERY, AT EVERTON.—At a late hour on Saturday night last, as an elderly gentlernrin, who re sides et Walton-en-the-bill, was going aloe itirerto-n, in the direction of has bowie, he was followed by two fitllovrs, who robbed him of two starer watches and about 1 is. in silver, arid then effected their escape. On Monday. the pr:ses in Mr. Boy's Fins Art Distri bution were drawn. The two principal rine, at 500 guineas etch, being the orienal pictures of the Trial of King Charles, by Fisk, and the Trial of the Sari cf Stiaiford, by the same artist, were won by a gentleman in Wales, and another at Liverpool. INatinsT.—On Saturday an inquest was held, before Mr. Curry. on Ni W of the body of Jobs Httchse, a joiner, who on the preceding day, fell from the top room to the lower floor of a new house in Lars-lane, Toxteth park, and thereby injured leis head ao wYertly that its only iury'ved the accident a few hours. 1 veolict to this effect was retuned. ACCIDINT AT A LANDING} PTAGll.—Abont nine o'clock, on Saturday rooming., a young man, named Mosses Seraeont, accidentally fell off one of thelanding stages into the ?rahlger sack. A rope was immediately thrown ent te him by memo of the workmen on the quay, and ha we., fortunately, reectieet frees kis perilous situa tion is the course of a few minutes. PAVING AND SHWILEAGN COMMISSIONZID.—At the usual tartly westing, Mr. henry Prelrnite presided. A Hoyle, of flags, which had been supplied be Icr. John Hoyle, were ordered to be rejeieted es est being onus' to the sample upon which the contract wise Permed. It wee stated thet lir. Moyle bed contended that a eirgo receives' hut is (ley previously were according te sweetie, though *feu wards he admitted that he lead net seen them at the ties he made the astortioe. The eolanoiesioneve axpreesed their severe reprehension of such voiscotdect. New POUCH STATION AT THE OLD SWAH.—A new building is row in coarse of erection at the OH Brea, which will be fitted up with euitahle sakes, &e., for more *Mini tly trassacting the police busing, connected with that district. It is a plait eialastantial structure, the front beieg of atone, and stands on the left aide of the high road, a little beyond the cattle market. One aide of the building is to be appropriated as an office for the su perintendent, and the other for the constable ; there will also be cells for prisoners, and ace:anmodation for a por tion of the constabulury. GUANO.—The arrivals of the past week have been, one vessel front Ichahoe and one from Mercury Island. The sales have been from 200 to 300 tons, chiefly at £6 2s. 6d., fifty tons of which were taken for export to the continent. Nothing doing for spring delivery : £6 per ton offered by buyers, and holders asking .f 6 55.: Peru. £lO to £lO 10s. Tne following vessels were loading at Messrs. Burnett, Raikham, and Co.'s wharf', at Ichaboe, on the 12th Au gust :—Brutus, Cowslip, Pere, Superb, Maid of Mona, Ellen, Monetaineer, Terris, Storm King, Kingston, Cru sader, Wellington, Columbine, and Hope. ILL TREATMENT or lIORSE.S.—On Tuesday, John Smith, driver of Mr. Sutton's cart, was sutnrnoned for twice striking his horse over the nose with the heavy end of his whip. Defendant said, he is a very wicked horse, and there is no doing any good with him. Mr. Rushton: Do you know what makes him wicked? It is your cruel treatment. Defendant : He has been the death of two men already. Mr. Rushton: And he will be the death of you if you do not LIFC him better. You must pay lOs and costs.—On the same day, Wm. Whitehead, George Peace, and Richard Gaskill, were severally adjudged to pay 24s 6d. for cruelty towards their horses. AN INSPECTOR ASSAULTED BY A POLICEMAN.—OR Wednesday night Acting Inspector Muir, in visiting his section, discovered that one of his men, named Rogers, was labouring under the influence of chink. He charged him with it, and t:11 him that, as he intended to report him, he had better go to one of the station-houses, and take the opinion of the keeper. He had hardly concluded this advice, when Rogers up with his stick and struck the Inspector a dreadful blow on the head. Muir fell, and was carried home, where he continues in a very dangerous state from the effect of the blow. A policeman was de sired to apprehend Rogers, but refused, on the ground that lie did not see the assault; and when the Superintendent searched for Rogers, he was nowhere to he found. He has absconded. NEW MAGISTRATES FOR CHESHIRE. —Since the change J. D. Case, Esq., has been obliged to make in re. moving to a distance from Birkenhead, in consequence of the works in progress connected with the new docks, the township has felt the want of a resident magistrate, and wo , dd have been touch more greviously inconvenienced but for the kind attendance of J. W. Harden and Henry Winch, Esqs., the former of whom has been most punctual in supplying the place so ably filled by Mr. Case, whose loss to the township is universally deplored. The multiplicity of business which now engages the police. court, will, no doubt, ere long, cal for the appointmert of a regular stipendiary. In the meantime, however, we are glad to hear that some influential parties are bestirring themselves to procure the insertion in the commission cf the peace -of the names of Win. Jackson, Wm. Potter, and J. Laird, Esqs. - DEATH BY DROWNING.— On Saturday last, Mrs. Huehes, the wife of the keeper of the Lighthouse, Hirre Island, came to Liverpool to purchase a winter's stock of provisions. She was a most fearless woman, and never hesitated to cross over to Cheshire with her horse and cart in any state of the weather. On this occasion she Was detained in town rather late ; and as the tide was making fast, Mr. Hughes concluded that she bad deter mined to remain in Cheshire. Such, however, was not her intention. With her horse and cart, laden with a sack of flour, three sheep, and other erricles, she boldly ven tured on the sands, a stiff breeze blowing at the time. She. bad evidently not proceeded far from shore, when she found that the tide had too far Advanced ; and evidence was seen in the track of the cart wheels of htr endeavour to return. The shore opposite is knely and desolate • hut some ladies, who lived inland, beard cries about e leven o'clock of "Murder!" " Ilelp ! help!" but deeming them to proceed from cottages in the vicinity, they took no es peci a l notice, and it would have been useless if they bad, ?or there is not a s'ing'e boat of any kind *don' this shore. Next day, the 1 ) 0 4 of Mrs. Il ußhes was found, her hands grasping the reins. The horse and sheep alto perished. BURGLARY AT WALTON.—Daring the night of Mon day, some thieves entered the house of Mr. Benn, Adfield Lodge, and stole a quantity of plated and other articles therefrom. On Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, the police officer on duty stopped a man named Thomas Woods, who was in possession of part of the stolen pro perty. He was taken into custody, and committed for trial, but another man who was in company with him, and also in possession of some part of the stolen property, dropped the articles, and fur the time esc a p e d. EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—OD Wednesday, Michael Lodge and Sarah Sr:,ith were brought up before the ma gistrates under the following circumstances :—lt ap peared that on the preceding evening the parties had been in company together at a public-house, when Lodge hay ing missed three sovereigns, gave the female in charge for stealing them, and she was taken to Bridewell. On their arrival at the station search was made for the money, when it was discovered in the lining of Lodge's hat. He was in a state of intoxication, and was immediately booked along with the other prisoner for being drunk. Lodge was tined five shillings : the female was discharged. ACCIDENT FROM A PADDLE-WHEEL.— About four o'clock, on Saturday afternoon lat, a seaman, en hoard the Skerryvore, tug-steamer, named Thomas Green, went down the paddle-wheel of that vessel to clear a rope which had got entangled with the machinery. While there, owing to the neglect of some person on board, the engine was started, and the unfortunate man was thrown, by one of the revolutions of the wheel, into the river, op posite the Prince's pierhead north. He, fortunately, re ceived only a small cut on the forehead from one of the floats, but it is almost miraculous that he escaped with an accident so trivial. He was got out of the water by the crew of the steamer, and sent to his residence in Bur lington -street. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT TRAFALGAR DOCK.—On the morning of Friday last, William Curran, a stevedore, re siding at 56, Stewart-street, who has been in a state of mental derangement for the last fortnight, leaped into the Trafalgar Dock, carrying a 561 b. weight in one of his hands, evidently for the purports of causing his death in as short a time as possible. Officer 511 was at the spot, immediately after the alarm had been raised, with a life buoy and a grapnel. The grapnel was thrown by a man, named John Madden, who, fortunately, succeeded in fastening it to part of Curran's clothes and keeping him on the surface of the water until he was taken into a small boat. He was then removed to the North Dock station, and, subsequently, to his residence in Stewart street, where his friends have - promised to take care of him for the future. TRIAL OF A NEW LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—On Mon day last the Liver, a new locomotive engine, built on an improved principle, by Mr. Thomas Pearson, of the Liver Foundry, Parliament-street, Liverpool, (and to be em ployed in the transit of coals from Wigan to Preston and Lancaster,) was tested, with thirty-one loaded wagons, averaging six tons each, (including wagons), up the incline from Wigan to the Boar's Head, and with thirty-five wagons up the Coppul incline, which she nerrormea, with apparent ease, at the low pressure of 701bs. to the inch ; thus accomplishing a feat which has hitherto not been found practicable by the most noted engines which have yet run on the North Union line. In the course of another fortnight, when all has worked smooth, there is not the slightest doubt but the Liver will take forty wagons, or about 250 tons, up the above incline, which is 1 in 100. Mr. Moss ' s NEW YACHT, THE ISABEL—The recent appearance, off the Prince's Parade, of a new and very beautiful yacht, schooner-rigged, and of a rakish trim, has excited considerable interest. This extremely hand some craft, the model of which might be advantageously adopted by yacht-builders, was a slaver, and during a calm, she was taken, off the coast of Africa, last year, by the boats of the SPY, after she had just received on hoard no fewer than 346 slaves. That a vessel of only 162 tons, new measurement, nod 150 old, could be made to accom modate so large a number of human beings, might at first view, appear incredible, had not a lengthened and melan choly experience convinced us that the unfortunate slaves were often packed on board ships of the kind with a cruel density almost equal to that so fatally experienced in the " black hole of Calcutta." As might naturally be sup posed from the trade for which she was so constructed, at Baltimore, in the year 1841, her sailing qualifications are of the highest order, her speed often extending to the rate of eleven, and sometimes twelve knots an hour. She hes been recently purchased by John Moss, jun., E:q., eldest eon of Mr. Moss, the banker, for a pleasure yacht ; and, since she has changed owners, she has been re-chri.- tened the Isabel. Within the last few - days she has been removed from the river in front of the Prince's Parade and laid up for the winter. Miss Kitits's CONC./LT.—We noticed favourably the very promising performance of this young pianists, at a concert given by the Mims Hamilton, a few months ago, at the Amphitheatre. At that time she possessed a power over her instrument, and a brilliancy and vigor of execu tion, which reflected great credit upon the unrivalled per former (Thalberg) under whom she had studied. Sines her first appearance she has visited France for the purpose of taking finishing lessons from her preceptor, and she now comes before • Liverpool audienc-, recommend/pi by that great artist, in a letter which we have had the plea sure of perusing, and which is most Hatt. ring to her ta lent and proficiency, as a " distinguished pisnista," a perfected performer upon the instrument to which sh' has devoted herself, and a pupil worthy of Thalberg, and not a little resembling him in style and finish. The an nouncement of the coileert, which she is about to give in the Royal Assombly Rooms, Greht George-street, will be found in our advertising columns, from which it will be seen that she is to be assisted 'oy Mr. John Parry, Mies Whitnall, and other musical tsarist ; and we confidently presitict that her appeal to the public of her native town will sot be profitless. We have been (avowed with an opportunity of hearing her play is private, and gladly essiassehis occasion d bearing testimony to lee great pro ficiency, and the vast progress that ails made during the sit weeks whieb she has recently stela antler the tuition of her eminent master. We may ad& that Miss Reels has steered for this concert es issersioest by the emiuent makes, ward, which we have never heard saspayeed fur tans, ma sot, that we isaveseimer, squalled. Ciii,RGIV OR STRILLIMIS Two Cattesasir.—At the Man ckaatas, Soronals Covert, yesterday week, • yobs "1"11. l iterr dots Device, wee cheerio! with etesstiag two children, use itscasel Mary Lamard, arid 10, and the other sin in gape, The *other of the children, it eett•ered, was the wife, by o earoad marriage, of FrestaitiPalland.e dole, is poultry, in kistgalre-etrietik, in thin town ; and eheut • week age the husbsad seat be tellfencheeter, with thechildren end the prieonere.'giving her 415 be endeavour CO bees dealieg in poultry they*. They lodged at ill sating-house in Tedd-street ; end en Thursday night week, while the moths, wee iatoliceted and asleep in best, the little girl left the house, taking with her two bundle. of apparel, which the prisoner had packed we. The prisoner eons after also let the house, taking with her £3 le. 6d. which the little girl had in keeping tor her mother, and which she took from the child's boeona before she wont. In the morning Mrs. Talland, she was addicted to drinking, went to Liverpool, told her low to her husband, mid they returned the Immo *genius ; and titer storching many lodging-lsouses, at last, on Saturday, found the prisoner sad the children in a lodging-louse in Back Turner-street. Tie. prisoner laid the conduct of Mrs. Talland. and her ill-treatment of the children, induced her to remove them for safety, for she had cursed and beaten the eldest, and would have overlain the youngest. She acid ithe had kept them both clean, and sat up the greeter part of Saturday night making a shirt for the baby. isle. Maude said, that what the prisoner's object eventually would have been in taking the two children away, and putting apparently so heavy a, burden on herself, was more than he could see; but the whole matter had been in a great measure occasioned by the drunken habits of the mother. He saw nothing wrong in the husband's conduct ; and for the moneys, his property, which the prisoner had abstracted, she must be committed for trial. DOCK COI/MITT/Si, Tit ITRSDAT.—Present, Metsra. Moore, Nicol, Barclay, Holmes, Middleton, Trotman, Evans, Boyden, Tobin, Kendall, and Sendbaclae--The Sub-committee of Works recommended that the 10.000 yards of laud on the west of the Brunswick Deck should be leased to Mr. Thomas Wilson for fourteen yearn—ch. committee to resume possession of the land at the end of seven years. provided twelve months previous notice h• given, and the rent to be as follows :—for the first three years Is., for the second three years Is. 3d., and for the remainder of the term Is. Gd. per square yard. Mr. Wilson to have the option of giving up poase,ision at any time on giving six months notice. Mr. Evans obected to the length of the lease, on the ground that the quays of the docks might be wanted much simper for other pur poses. Mr. Nicol said that the site selected for the pur pose was the least calculated f or the erection of warehouses in consequence of the bad f oun d at i on. C ons iderable con versation ensued, w hi c h en d e d i n M r. Kee prooene- that the rent should be Is. a yard for the first seven rears, and for the remainder of the term Is. 6d. Mr. Tobin seconded the motion. Mr. Evans argued that the rent Ives too low, and that, taking into account the price the committee paid for the land adjoining, to receive a per tentage of five per cent. they ought to get 2s. per square yard. Messrs. Nicol, SAndhach, Tobin, and others. ar gued that some allowance ought to be made to Mr. Wil son, in consequence of the inconvenience to which he had been put its removing. Mr. Barclay sail Mr. Wilson had taken the land at the north end on tile distinct under standing that he was to give up possession at any time upon receiving six months' notice. Mr. Evans asked if they considered the land worth Is. Gd. a yard. Mr. Nicol »aid he did. Mr. Evans.—Then that will he giving Mr. Wilsen £1760. Several members said that by the plans originally laid before parliament the shipbuilding yard s would not have been disturbed. Mr. Herley, the do, k surveyor, said about the half of Mr. Wilson's yard would have been required. Mr. Evans observed that, in order to put the matter on record, lie would move that the rent be ls. Gd. per yard. Mr. Barclay seconded the motion. The vn es were then taken, whets the mover and seconder were the only patties who voted for the amendment. Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. B,rc!ay, then moved that the recommendation of the committee should be carried ; but this amendment shared the fate of the first, the mover and seconder only voting in its favour. The sub-committee next recommended that the rent of the land occupied by Mr. Cato should be Is. Gd. per yard in future. Mr. Tobin moved that the rent should remain at Is. as at present, but, if Mr. Cato wished a leas, that he should have one on the terms upon which that to Mr. Wilson had been granted. Mr. Hoyden aecouded the motion ; but, on a division, it wee lost--the mover and seconder, Mr. Kendall. end Mr. Trottnan, bring the only pPrees who voted for it. leter was read frm the Trinity Board' statin A g that orders had beet given o to place a buoy on the 'projection of the Middle Patch. A lertttr was read from the agent to Messrs. Kanworthy and Co., complain. ing of sparks from the engine chitneey at Albert Dock. It was referred to 141 r. llart?ey, who said the evil could easily be remedied. A capstan was nrclerrd to he bilsemi on the north side of the Salthouse link. Psettli 4f j on was given to the Dock Surveyor to let the Prinits's Doak dry during the nett •p to to repair the Wei, mot the committee adjourgod. PUBLIC BATHS.—On Saturday afternoon, the 21st tat., the Frederick-street baths in this town were visited by the Right Rev. Dr. Bloomfield, Bishop of London. His lordship was shown over the establishment by Mr. Clarke, the superintendent, and he expressed himself in terms of high approbation of the arrangements, as well as of the institution itself. His lordship is very desirous to have similar baths introduced into the poor districts of the metropolis. . BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—On Friday evening, c meeting of the influential inhabitants of Birkenhead, including se veral of the Con; tnisFioners, was held in the Town-hall. The object of the meeting was to form a committee, to co operate with the Dock Commissioners, to provide mesas for the enjoyment of the inhabitants on the day of laying the foundation stone of the docks. The meeting was opened by Mr. Potter taking the chair, after which Mr. , e , allaby read the advertisement calling the meeting, which he said he had ordered to be printed at the desire of the Dock Commissioners, who were anxious that all the inhabitants should enjoy themselves on the interest ing occasion. The chairmen then stated that it was his first appearance at a public meeting since he became a re sident among them ; he understood that the senior mem ber of the county would lay the foundation stone of the docks, which, when finished, would be the means of greatly increasing the prosperity of the township.—Mr. Laird then moved " That a committee be appointed, consisting of the following gentlemen—Messrs. John Walker, M. N. Rayner, William Craven, Henry Cole, H. Williams, jun., T. B. Golborne, M. Turner, Wm. Green, and John Turnkinson, with rower to add to their number, to co operate with the Dock Commissioners of Birkenhead."— Mr. 'Wallaby said it was desirable that everybody who had men under them should give them advice and assist ance, so as to enable the commissioners to make proper discrimination, in order that not only the men who could attend a public dinner, but also their wives and families should have the means of enjoying themselves. The funds would not come from the Dock Estate ; they would be raised by voluntary subscriptions (we understand that £l3OO has been already subscribed).-,-Mr. Hind then moved a vote of thanks to Mr Potter for his conduct in the chair, saying that he was happy to see that he had become a resident among them.—Mr. Appleton seconded the motion, and said that if they roasted 20 oxen and 100 sheep, he did not think they wonld be enough, for the comnis , ioners had determined that every one should en joy himself on that occasion.—Mr. Potter briefly returned thanks, and the meeting separated.—The day's rejoicing will, we understand, conclude with a splendid display of fireworks, and a bonfire on a large scale will blaze during the evening. GENERAL MISCELLANY. ' The Lord Mayor of London takes the chair to-morrow at a public meeting in London to obtain the early closing of shops in the metropolis. A young man named Edwards was committed on Mon day for having poisoned a young woman in Bethnal-green, London, with whom be cohabited. Danby's fine painting of the Opening of the Sixth Seal fell to the lot of F. Edwaids, Esq., a solicitor, of London, at the Art Unhn balloting on Monday. A st:•am-boiler exploded at the Islington Mill, James street, Oldfield-road, Manchester, on Wednesday, and killed one man, and wounded several others seriously. On Saturday night week two young men were drowned by the ursetting of a b , at at PenAroke. BAPTISM or A CONVERTED JENVESS.—The interesting ceremony of baptisine a Jewess took place on Friday af ternoon, at St. M , iry's Church, Cheltenham. The convert was a Miss Wolfsberg, of that town. LODGERS NOT ENTITLED TO TOTE AT ELECTIONS.— Mr. D. C. Moylan decided, on Wednesday, at the Mary lehone revision, that lodgers are not entitled to vote, as certain rooms do not form a building. On Wednesday list, the Town Council of Chester elected Mr. John Hostage, by the casting vote of the mayor, coroner for that city, in the place of the late Mr. Faithful Thomas. PARLIAMENTARY, LEGAL, AND MERCANTILE PAR LANCE.—A "Bill" in Parliament is "carried" or " lost ;" in law proceedings it is either " found " or "thrown out;" in mercantile affairs either " honoured" or (01 word of fear!) "dishonoured." WOODEN PAVEMENT.—On Saurday last it was agreed to unanimously, at a vestry held in the per's!' of St. MBrylehone, that part of the wooden pavement in the void perieb should be removed, and that a granite pave ment -should INt substituted. Income TAX.—We ans enabled to announce, upon au thority, esys the Hones Adrerti.er, that Sir Robert Peel purposes las take off the Income Tax, but to continue the Property Tax ; how long is not stated, as, of course, it will depend ascii the exigency of the public service. Tire SPILA Knit OF THE HOUSIS OF CODIASONS A BRANT. RR !—On Friday, the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, M.P., qualified to vote ►or the city of London as a part ner in the brewbouse of Mcasrs. Whitbread and Co. Well might Napoleon declare ast we are a maim' et traders Neve REGULATION AT ETON.—A stories has just been issued by Dr. Plawtrey, the head Major of Eton College, that, atter Easter next, he will act admit to the school any hoy who shall have completed his fourteenth year. There has been a great increase in the number of ache, lars eluring the last ten months. PIDESTAIA NUM.—MC iong projected foot-race of 100 yares brtween iLibincin and Slams, came off at Ham mersmith, on Monday, when the tattvtr bast his amino_ nee._ be , *boot two .yards.—On Wednesday week, a roan from Bristol walked frr a wager from Tosslaal to Kil leagh, s distance of more than wren statute miles, in four winatss lees than one hour. A FATAL IXDULGENCI.—A. fiw days age, at Perth, a young toy was sent hosing from the market by hie grand mother, with a bottle containing whiekey, made free with it on his wey, and got so istexicated that he had to be carried to his mother s holstein a orate of insenstibility. Ha was put to bed, sad appeared to sleep sessmily until next morning, whin, as endeavouring to waken him, he was found to be speechless from lock-jaw. He expired in the course of the day. FATAL taITWILICK.— A melancholy sh;pwreck ore curved on Sunday stfterooon of Yarmouth, about ten dieteet fro= the coast. A large foreign schooner, with g white ball painted on her bases, was atiddealy to capsize in a gels of wind, end dieappear about a mile outride she erosional:rite She bad signefa bf distrait fly. int, and was apparmstly running for the land wheal the catastrophe happened, and it is feared that every soul on board met with a watery grave. 141/aDIIIII %RAZ 1101,017GFIEIIIDON. --- On Saturday evening last, about half-past six o'clock, as Mt. William lnehbold, fawner, of Low Dunstarth, was termini home fvosa Borougshridge market, he was twice shot at by a mat who had concealed himself behind a dung-heap, The contents of the hest Owe, were lodged in the back of Mr. Inchbold, sad those of the world dreadfully shattered his aide. He was afterwards tetrad and cone rayed home, where he lingered in great agony until Mon. day, when he expired. A reward of £2O has been offered for the apprehension of the murderer, who has absconded. FATAL ACCIDINT AT PLYIIOUTII.-0111.1onday after. notion, the 30th of September, s parts. consisting of Mr. Fowler, eabineemsker, and his wife, Mr. KnOWlaa, shoe, maker, Mite Ryder, and Mrs. Morgan, whom husband is a mason, all from Plymouth, hired a boat, and after a short sail, they unfortunately on nearing Redding-point, Mount-Edgscombe, kept tee close to the shore : the boat struck on a sunken rock, capsized, and all on board perished. There was no boatman in her, but the weather I was very mild, and the sails not set ; and it is supposed that the timidity of the women induced the two men, who were rowing to go too near the point, off which are a number of dangerous rocks. The bodies were found shortly after in very shallow water, and the boat was close by, bottom up. SezeM-BOAT PROPELLER.—Mr. Fairbairn has recently patented some improvements in machinery used for pro pelling vessels by steam. This invention consists in the application of an internal toothed wheel fixed on the main or crank shaft of the engine of a vessel, when such vessel is to be driven by screw propellers, is which case it is necessary that the number of revolutions of the propeller shaft should be considerably increased beyond the number of revolutions of the main or driving shaft. The drawing shows the elevation of an engine of the same construction as the land engine, in which the Deem is above the cylin der, and is provided wiqt a connecting rod, crank shaft, and fly wheel, which latter forms an internal wheel, in the teeth of which work the teeth of an external wheel or pinion keyed on the end of the screw propeller shaft. The object of using an internal wheel is said to be—firstly, that such arrangement admits of a much larger driving wheel being employed, and also that the propeller shaft can be got much nearer the bottom of the vessel ; and, secondly, that the power transmitted from the driving wheel to the driven is received in a greater number of parts, that is to say, there is a greater number of teeth of the driven wheel in contact with the driver than would be the case if the wheel of the propeller shaft was driven by an external instead of internal wheel. DREADFUL EXPLOSION.-IMMENSE Loss Or LIFE. —A mcst deplorable accident occurred on Saturday after noon at Haswell, about seven miles from Durham, when ninety-five lives were sacrificed. About six o'clock the colliery exploded, at which time there were about 130 men and boys at work. Up to seven o'clock on Sunday evening nearly 90 bodies had been brought up t ) the pit's mouth, and no hope was entertained at first that one would be found alive. Tee pit, though essentially one, is divided into separate workings, called respectively the Big-pit and the Little-pit. The explosion took place in the latter. The number of men and boys usually em ployed in this part is about one hundred, and when the explosion took place there were rin-ty-nine down—ninety. five of whom have perished. The other four would also, without doubt, have suffered had not the course of the explosive current been intercepted by some waggons laden with coals, in what is called a " rolley" way—a railway which is used for the purpose of conveying the coals to the bottom of the shaft to he drawn to bank. The four men who escaped were at the end of these waggons nearer to the shaft. They saw the flames approaching, having the appearance of forked lightning, when it fortunately struck tee waggons referred to. The horse attached to them was killed, and thrown compleZely over in the form of a so merset, falling on his back. The first appearance of the fatal oceatuutp once shaft,t e rc e id h e s a u r s o i r se c from a mass o f ru bbi s h an d f ou l a i r when et th e e man stationed at the pit's mouth at pit had fired, and imme diately afterwards gave the alarm. The intellreence st read through the village with the rapidity of lightning, and in a few minutes brought the relatives of those who were down to the pit's mouth, in all the agonies cif dreed ful ahtleipation. Assistance was immediately procured, arid every exertion made to ascertain the exact extent of the calamity, and to render any assistance to any who might have 'heaped or survived. However, with the ex teplimes stated, not one aurvives of all who were down. Tee works of the 131upit ere separated from the ether male by doors; so that bed the explosive muscat not been ekeekei or diesipeted, as etatwd, the probability is teeet ;t would have sawed the Blgeelt, and those who were ere it'—upwards of Ioo—would hays been added to the iseasitel red ing me eft Ps. ire ke 00g our )0 4 rbe Of ari a 219► n o ) the that beer' Pine' vi Is, yre-