The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD INVESTMENT.-A DECIDED BNRGAIN. T o be SOLD, a neat compact VILLA, situate in the neighbourhood of Seaforth, containing Drawing-room, VTe.akfast Parlour, Kitchen, and Scullery', on the Ground Floor, " good Bed rooms, excellent Coach-house and Stable for ...ow° horses, Flower and Kitchen Garden, and every . convenience ,! a tenteel Family, and may be entered upon immediately. ne House and Land occupy .upwards of 1000 yards, and the loriner liaving been built without regard to cost, for the private r e LuPation of the owner, is furnished with a substantial!ty d '° ll l bestowed on modern property. Under the peculiar purcrumstances, it will be Sold'a decided bargain. -e3OO of the tn a ch as Money may, if required, remain on Mortgage, and ,Y be liquidated by 13,91odiral payments. ittPplY to n' • Chapel-walks, South Castle -.reet H. PLANT, OTo E v II tNVERS, SPFRIT MERCHANTS, AND OTHERS. -. L ,„2ALE, the EQUITY of REDEMPTION of Thes "MqIOLD PREMISES, situate in Sawney Pge;street. h a _ e Premises, to which is attached a Wine and Spirit License, we ir recently undergone considerable improvements, and ar . e a rranged for tarrying on a first Tate Retail Trade. This propertydensely has considerable advantages, having a fronteze to two uensely populated streets. The Vault is extremely lofty, corn- Inodion s , and wellrventilated, with excellent Cellaring, of easy access. To Parties desirous of conducting a bustling Counter Trade this is a good opportunity, which may be immediately commenced 'upon a trifling outlay being expendedin decoration and fittings. A pply to Jos ti. SPENCER, Surveyor and Land Agent, 7, Y t o - n - square, Liverpool. Eia be Let. TO'CHEMISTS, GROCERS, AND OTHERS. 0 be LET, with immediate Possession, a HOUSE A and SHOP, in Bootle- lane, Kirkdale. Rent £34. ..PPly to Messrs. WASON and GREENSTREET, Solicitors, 4, B arrington -street, Liverpool. TO be LET, several HOUSES, •at Bootle, &c., in first-rate situations, fitted up with every convenience, and being beyond the Parliamentary Boundary, are subject to very moderate rates and taxes. "AP* to THOMAS WYLIE, Surveyor, 3, Barned's-buildings, 'Castle -street. EGREMONT, CHESHIRE. TO be LET, Rent £2B a HOUSE, pleasantly situ thes Ilted, No. 1, Victoria-road, having a commanding view of frsm the Clarence Dock to Formby, containing Two 74 01 1 rs and Five Bed-rooms, Kitchen, and a plentiful sappy NoPeing and Rain Water on the Premises. Rent .e3O. Key, 10 7, lower down. Bold 'street inquire of Mr, RICHARD DODD, 33, Bold- ` TO be LET, arid entered 'upon the 3st of October, by te HOUSE on the North side Prince's Park, now occupied coma' ev• W. J. Conybeare, who is leaving Liverpcol. It Kitch e n very good Drawing, Dining, and Breakfast-rooms, corn s• &c., with Eight Lodging and Dressing-rooms, and t ry: the s a 11v7 vi Mersey, ew overan the the hills Park and the neighbouring corn- Mr. d beyond. r. MILNER, at the Lodge, or o mmucic, it Ho v use Agent, M Pleasant-street. get» 11tibTfratton5. Just published, pp. 224, price Is. 6d., ON the CURE of CATARACT, with a PRACTICAL (cont i n S ental and BritishIJAIAIARY of the BEST MODES of OPERATING, .) Curry ßy HUGH NEILL, eon to the Liverpool Eye and Ear Infirmary. Liv e „„ , DEUS NOBIS 11./EC OTIA FECIT. • to— • Pc , ol : DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON, (late GRAPEL,) : Jour; CHURCHILL; and all Booksellers. B L ACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, No. CCCXCII., for June. Price 2s. 6d. to disarm the Chartists. IL—Stod ;tart and Angling. lll.—The Caxtons.—Fart 111. IV.— Vtiesses at Truth. V.—Life in the " Far West."—Part I. g;Lombardy and the Italian War. VlL—The Inca and his F rench Medley. VlM—Sentiments and Symbols qf the Republic. IX.—Anierican feeling tow arils England. b ILLIAM BLACKWOOD and SONS, 45, George-street, E c u i r gh, and 37, Paternoster -row, London. Sold by EVANS and PL R , "IN, BEIGHTON and 'LAUGHTON, W. WEBB, GEORGE ' L IP, and the other BoOksellers, Livcrpool. ittgal Rottrto. ILLIAM MULL - having absented himself from tenon ray g -• en ice, I saidß GIVE NOTICE, that any de it iPulPloying the 'Apprentice, after this Caution, will With according to Law. Ara 291 h, 1848. THOMAS DOWNWARD, Tailor, Szc., 20, Tarlton-street. JOHN FEGAN'S ASSIGNMENT. TUE Creditors who have executed a Deed of ;11Assignment made by JOHN FEGAN. Grocer, late of :st-street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, may re dle a First and Final DIVIDEND on their respective debts, sti Wednesday next, the 31st instant. on application at my pofe, between the hours of 'Fen and Twelve; and all Persons t. e cting or refusing to execute the sa id D ee d a ft er t hi s ice will be excluded all benefit to arise therefrom. EDWARD ROBERTS, Accountant. C ommerce -court, Lord-street, 24, May lB4B. • BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. A PONY having been found wandering in London road, within this Borough, on the 23rd instant, has been IMPOUNDED in the Common Pound, Rose-hill. New, Notice is hereby given, that unless the above Animal is previously claimed, and the expenses paid, it will be SOLD at the Common Pound, Rose-hill, at One o'clock, on the 6th proxs imo, according to the statute in that case made and provided. Dated the 30th day of May, 1848. THOMAS KISSACK, Pound-keeper. AT REDUCED PRICES. T. WALKER'S WINDOW BLIND MANUFACTORY, 135, TG7IITECHAPEL, Opposite Great Charlotte-street. ESTABLISHED 1813, BY FRANCIS PINNEY. IN STOCK, 2000 VENETIAN-SHADE BLINDS. ,ER WIRE 4.1. ND ALL OTHER BLINDS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. LONDON CHAIR WAREHOUSE. %serve that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. SERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy b a __ a . gainst Rheumatism,. Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum liel? Sold by_ the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 7, Lo -14 s_ Sold Paternoster-row, London; and by all Vedors of edicirie. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. ofl'h_i.e astonishing success which has crowned the application c a .!! 18 external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable t ,,,,Zes, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired_ eve n rai e n ye in r f oth ri the least relief, and this after the ablest advice a. d att!r !limns had•completely failed, most justly entitles it to the . T V , on of the afflicted. t„'n, Is excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, isu.n,savte ti`rtl with the least danger or inconvenience; . htmdreds first rienced its happy and salutary effects since . it was S ~i ntr°; d u ced; and such are the properties of this invaluable . 4.e.fic that persons labouring under the most distressing the`,llnatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered i n ' coY incapable of assisting' themselves, have been relieved a fe w Au x hours. °r , i gBt many whi c h are b e i ng d a il y rece i ve d are the follow testalonics Well-stree, Criptegate. t and R . 'h e :i have been several weeks confined to t my bed_by G out pain ..,,rnatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from__ _ prove a 8 helpless as an infant: not even a finger coulg e l . die nl ttin f lout he situation I was informed by !n_y I iniA t oridant he had applied all the usual . remedies, and that is Port remain months in my deplorable situation. mtveb n otelY your remedy was made known to me, or I might itatpeizf n fo tnoiv y tl7 confined to my bed. After a close apPY' my troublesome companion began to dis -440 t,' "I a Week I was capable of walking about my ro e on i i, another week's perseverance in the use of your Md - yon e,nabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack, lierv a " Marie to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient D. W. STONE. ---• gf R ......, , . IforteN's Hotel. Strand, i l n 8 s t t h to ~( 1, ! i. h ave hitherto had a prejudice ag ainst h A a u v g in u g Bt r ' ec lB4 ou 6 r . se uff__,ee.rtised medicines, but as I have for years been a severe liev4. l from Lumbago, as well as . Sciatica, and having tried Nva, ri of the most eminent Physicians of London . and . _Paris, I ` Se r a d oeed by a friend to make a trial of your liquid, called 'h Ip4s-4,,,"t's Loiion." I think it in oTatitude due to you to say the - than an hour from the time 6 l applied the Lotion, 1 . felt efteeltoost pleasant and indescribable relief. The immediate 1 1 , 1 0 s to produce a short but tranquil and . most refreshing hov, it el, from which I awoke to enjoy that which was, from _ o i ni ts irisY? the greatest happiness —perfect quietude and freed , . t , al o. The number of poor souls that suffer as I have is ° ,,ne t ' a - : e, arid if the publication ot this testimony can induce got li v -c e.ePt of the salvation you offer, I shall feel that I have ed in v With many thanks, I am yours, HENRI VI LLENNEVE. %„ 14, Belmont place, Wandsworth -road, Oct. 26, 1844. in 4 1' - 1 feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer the Ott pains from g eiatica or severe Rheumatic affection in beingtrilyQe:::-Jpoiiirtetatiaonnd.sl'"deprived ofrest, I was persuaded to ,an uuye t e p thr l°ll " enA r °cation - to say that after , 1 -igh t wo ye.irs shave restored to my e • a rsua e l 1 ealth • and, al t4'' Sir, gr'stefu'lle y yours. EDWARD NOYES. passed, I have no return the disorder. Sol d , ,cistr,,e,. uy Pendlebury, Russell•street ; Titherington, Oxford : •ou l it._ tiogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Ne N,;!'q, Parker -street ; Gen ard Oldhall-street ; Parkinson, roa d, '....totiand-road; Neal ; 8 S i c l o n tp c n c i t tinad rac ..,,C li i7pson, Scotland- Bold-street , rtritel)Posite St, Martin 1,0 Vauxhall.-road; ho li, corner /„Yrier.,,,,.„„ _of Dale -street and Haymarket ; Smith, Great Veto jm,ide. eaat Geeor2 Vv." i'''q r Vcx, Vox -street ; Gillard, Rkhmon . d-r . ow • Lows tf, Gr rg L o e.p y.o ace n- ; road ; Parry, Christian-s ' treet•, Prj ur rice, ,T ayertrea Priestley, Lord -street; F.,puth lay 30, 184 S. Co be Oolb. k Pre" t, E of 4, a nd itiuted ests of 1, TO eleven Chat" VS" [ Ming or th e 7ellen t Weir ;ASX TAG" CAlt iISA' )), the ; Four' Ditto , e Fes large , P. H o! ttpG F n. 4, ;FL Juno gliton" ,ggiOT 0 11t- been rriafi, e ' s ' I ; other ye wed once' r - F, Of in be d 11 3.01)e pare d . irs , 011 Ntold ; ;r Di' j a pe, )f yerf dre lic y arpre- as 1C by , D e b a, 'e t 00 10 1 ' 40 ),;., p• c, ~* ao by , r of 7 f, 00 b An° it so lo tsTre tbe the 15 e the 24 i aPP"- , er poo l ' or pfor 4- / AN CS Vl O5 TS. iib ern! ,st tiOZ 1 °,20 is i ll * 0w co t ' It ? _ t . cc e _ t , c cen t ' V Ce°' cent, c en t. c cent, c5 O s tag' ee ° o l ) riligarM 130 r e". serP °°l. TO BE SOLD FOR £6OO. A, Row of FOUR very neat Free h o ld COTTAGE HOUSES, with Gardens to the Front, all well-tenanted, s ituated in the outskirts of the Town, yielding the annual rent ° f 4 '56. Price -t'6oo, or will be Sold in two lots, price .4'300 each pair. For particulars, apply to JOHN WHITE, 19, Clayton-square. TTA DECIDED BARGAIN FOR €2,100. O be SOLD, Freehold of Inheritance, a wry' desirable Lot of PROPERTY, consisting of Fi ft een of the pest built HOUSES in Live r pool, erected with all the recent Improvements, and all well tenanted, at moderate rents, situate 1 11 one of the most improving thoroughfares, yielding the An nual Rent of €179. Price £2,1 00. For further particulars apply to JOHN WHITE, 19, Clayton square. TA A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR .€495. CO be SOLD, F ree h o ld o f I n h er it a n ce , Three very „ neat COTTAGES, situate about two miles from the Ex ' nk'e, and occupied by respectable tenants. Each Cottage 'Contains a Front Cellar; Parlour, Kitchen, and Scullery, on the !ratw floor, and two B e d rooms a b ove , w ith a n e at laid out tl(!er Garden in Front, producing the yearly Rent of £45. Puce '495, or will be Sold Sep a rate for 4 , 163 each. For particulars apply to JOHN WHITE, 19, Clayton-square. ......._____ V I A a n tell. TEMPORARY DUTY. AUT CLERGYMAN, in Priests' Orders, and of some years' standing, is desirous of obtaining TEMPORARY Y, or a PERMANENT CURACY. Sentiments Evange lical, and can furnish Testimonials. . ... Address A. 8., Box B 160, Post-o ffi ce, Liverpool. 7.M.M3: AN EDUCATIONAL HOME. ADECIDEDLY comfortable and highly-respectable HOME is offered to any YOUNG LADY seeking such ac commodation. To an Orphan or other whose improvement requires more than usual attention, this offers peculiar advan tages. Daily Pupils are not received, and the number is strictly limited. Address, R. K., 2, Upper Priory, Birmingham. MATRON WANTED. rrio Guardians of the West Derby Union are desir ous of APPOINTING a MATRON to the FEVER HOS PITAL of the said Union, at a Salary of 14s. per week. with Board and Lodging. The Person appointed must be able to Write and Keep Accounts, and possess a knowledge of House keeping. Applications, with Testimonials, to be sent tome on or before TUESDAY, the 6th of June next. By order of the Board, WILLIAM CLEAVER, Clerk. 7, Claytent-nuare, May 25, 1848. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to receive LOANS of MONEY to a LIMITED AMOUNT, on the Security of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of FIVE POUNDS per Centum per Annum Interest, for periods of either Three, Five, or Seven Years. All letters to be addressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esquire, Treasurer of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, October 21, 1847. LOANS OF MONEY. BOROUGH' OF LIVERPOOL. THE CORPORATION of LIVERPOOL are willing to receive LOANS, in Sums of ndt less than FIVE HUN DRED POUNDS, for Three, Five, or Seven Years, bearing Interest at the rate of FIVE POUNDS PER CENTUM PER ANNUM, on Security of the Revenue and Rates authorized to be received and levied under the provisions of the " Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act, 1847," and an Act passed in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Improvement of the Sewerage and Drainage of the Borough of Liverpool, anti for making further provisions for the Sanatory Regulations of the said Borough." The Interest will be paid Half-yearly, on the Ist of January and Ist of July. All letters to be addressed to the undersigned, or to CAPES ASI-ILIN, Esq., Treasurer, Public Offices, Cornwallis-street, Liverpool. By order, SHUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk. Town-Hall, 18th February, 1848. LOANS OF MONEY, BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE CORPORATION of LIVERPOOL are willing to receive LOAN'S, to a limited amount, for Three, Five, or Seven Years, bearing Interest at the rate of Five Pounds per Cent= per Annum, on security of the several SEWER RATES in and for the respective Districts of the Parish of Liverpool, the Townships of Everton and Kirkdale, and of so much of the Township of West Derby and of the Extra-parochial Place of Toxteth-park, respectively, as are within the said Borough, authorized to be made and levied under the provisions of an Act passed in the ninth and tenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Improvement of the Sewerage and Drainage of the Borough of Liverpool, and for making further provisions for the Sanatory Regulation of the said Borough." The Interest will be paid Half-Yearly, on the first of January and the first of July. All Letters to be;ddressed to the undersigned, or to CAPES Asti LIN, Esq., Treasurer, Public Offices, Cornwallis-street, Liverpool. By order, WM. SHUITLEWORTH, Town Clerk Towlt Hall,l3th May, 1848. TO THE BOOKSELLERS AND BOOKBINDERS OF LIVERPOOL rPHE'COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL LIBRARY will receive TENDERS for the supply of BOOKS and BOOKBINDING for the ensuing Year. The amounts will be paid in cash monthly. The Tenders for Books must specify the Discount which will be taken off the Publithing Price of Genuine Editions in Boards or Cloth. The Stly of Bookbinding required may be known by applying to the Librarian, to whom all Tenders are to be delivered on or before A T M DAY, the Sth June. By order of the President, JOHN PERRIS, Librarian. Lise;pool Library, Bold-street, 25th May, 1848. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. TO FARMERS, SCAVENGERS, AND OTHER PERSONS DISPOSED TO TENDER FOR THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF CLEANSING THE STREET'S WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. TENDERS FOR CLEANSING STREETS. THE HEALTH 66/sEffitort;YoUNClL are ready to receive TENDERS, for a period of Three or Five Years, for SWEEPING and CLEANSING . the STREETS throughout the BOROUGH. Printed Specifications of the Work to be done with Forms of Tender.- may be obtained at the Town Clerk's Public Offices, Cornwallis-street, Liverpool, any day, between the hours of Ten A..m. and Four P.M., and no Tender will be accepted un less made upon one of such Printed Forms. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Chairman of the Health Committee, and endorsed "Tender for Cleansing the Streets," must be left at the above Office, on or before the 31st day of Ma'', 1848. WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk. Public Offices, No. 2, Cornwallis-street. NOTICE. FEES GREATLY REDUCED. POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO DAYS, BEING OBLIGED TO LEAVE FOR LONDON TO-MORROW, THE 31sT INSTANT. Instantaneous and Effectual Cure for Corns, Bunions, Callo sitie., Nails groteng into the Flesh, and every Disorder of the Feet, without Cutting, or causing the slightest pain. viONSIEVR LEVI, fr m Paris, and No. :3, IV.I Conduit-street, Regent-street, London, begs most .respect fully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Li .verpool and its vicinity, that he will POSITIVELY leave Li verpool To-morrow, the 31st instant; an immediate application to him is therefore necessary. Mr. L. may be consulted Tuts DAY and TO-MORROW, from 10 till 5 in the afternoon, at his Residence, No. 34, BOLD-STREET, Liverpool. Mous. L. (who has no professonal connexion with any Person whatever) begs to-submit the following Testimonials : ,From Wni. Wilson, Esq. This is to certify that Mr. Levi has extracted my Corns, with out giving me ally-pain. W.M. WILSON, Aigburth, near Liverpool. 2Gth April, 1848. From Alexander Thomson, Esq. . . Mr. Levi has this day operated on Mrs. Thomson's feet, in my presence, to extract corns, which he has done without pain and to satisfaction. A. THOMSON, 25, Hamilton-square, Birkenhead. Liverpool, 7th April, 1848. From J. Peters, Esq., Holt Hill. Mr. Levi has this day , extracten several bad corns from my feet, without any pain. J. PETERS. Liverpool, 27t%: March, 1848. From Thos. Robinson, Esq. I certify that Mr. Levi nas extracted several corns from my feet, without causing me the least pain in the operation. THOS. ROBINSON, Sandford-house, Bootle, near Liverpool. 31st March, 1818. From Mervyn Richardson. Esq. I have much pleasure in certifying that Mr. Levi extracted several corns out cf my feet eighteen months since, and upon a thorough examination, I find there is not the least sign of any others having taken their places, and I have been p er f ec tl y free from pain in consequence. MERVYN RICHARDSON, Rock Ferry, near Liverpool. January 26, 1848. From James Plumpton, Esq. I certify that Mons. Levi removed a very troublesome corn from my foot two years ago, which has not returned. I had also extracted this day, a soft corn between the toes, with equal skill and without the least pain. JAMES PLUMPTON, Low-hill House, Liverpool. January 22, 1848. From the Rev. J. Fearon. With confidence and great pleasure I certify that Mr. Levi extracted several Corns of long standing from my feet, with great skill and no pain, in the month of May, 1846 and they have not returned; therefore, I recommend all my friends to apply to him. J. FEARON. Bootle, near Liverpool, December 21, 1847. From R. .Sleele, Esq. Mr. )Levi has this day operatea upon a corn under my great toe-nail with the greatest skill, and in a short period of titn.e The corn has been under my nail a long time, which caused it to grow into the flesh, and thereby inflammation was incurred ; but I am happy to state Mr. Levi has cured my toe entirely, and I can walk now with the greatest ease. I can, therefore, recommend my friends who are suffering from the same , cause to pay a visit to Mr. Levi. R. STEELS. 17, Russell-street, Liverpool, March 6th, 1846. Mr. Levi has this day extracted my corn without ,giving me any pain. R. T. DUARTE. 9, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool,loth Jan., 1848. I certify that Mr. Levi has extracted several corns from my foot without giving any pain. W. W. FALLS. 25, Washington-street, Liverpool, 19th Jan., 1848. From the Most Rev. his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Armagh. I certify that Mr. Levi extracted the corns which were in my feet without giving me any pain. JOHN G. ARMAGH. 30, Charles-street, St. James's-square, August 8, 1843. From his Grace the Duke of Leeds. I consider that Mr. Levi is a very clever operator for corns, as he has extracted several very painful for me this morning, without the smallest pain. LEEDS. From his Grace the Duke of Cleveland. I certify that Mr. Levi has completely cured my corns. CLEVELAND. From the Most Noble the Marquis of Thomond. I certify that Mr. Levi has extractea corns from me six years ago, and that I suffered no inconvenience since. 41, Belgrave-square, May 16th, 1844. THOMOND. From the Right Hon. toe Earl of Stamford and Warrington. I certify that Mr. Levi has extracted my corns with skill. and without pain. STAMFORD AND WARRINGTON. 88, Hill street, Berkeley-square, May 21, 1841. From the Right lion. the present Earl of Caleclon. I certify that Mr. Levi has extracted several corns from my feet without giving me the slightest pain, and in a few minutes. July 18. ALEXANDER, Coldstream Guards. From the Most Noble the Marquis of Lothian. I certify that Mr. Levi. has extracted several corns from my feet, without giving any pain. LOTHIAN. From the Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne. Mr. N. Levi extracted a corn from me with perfect facility and success. LANSDOWNE. From the Most Noble peMarquis of Douglas. I certify to the skill of Mr. Levi. August 8, 1816. DOUGLAS AND CLYDESDALE. From the Right lion. the Earl of home. I certify that Mr. Leviextracted corns from my feet four years ago, which have not returned, HOME. London, May 18, 1836. In addition to the above authenticated Testimonials, and to many thousand more in Monsieur Levi's possession, he can confidently give reference to the first Medical Practitioners of the highest standing in the Metropolis, and also to the Physi cians in Ordinary to her Majesty the Queen, by favouring hire With a call at his Residence, No. 34, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. OFFLEY, WEBBER, FORRESTER, and Co. beg to announce to the Inhabitants of Liverpool that, in con sequence of the Conspiracy PROVED against the majority of the WINE TRADE of this Town to prevent the SALE of their (Messrs. OFFLEY and Co.'s) WINES, they have taken COUNTING HOUSES, IN LANCASTER-BUILDINGS, which they intend Opening to the Public for the supply of every kind of FOREIGN WINE, at Prices far below the Rate at which such Wices are usually supplied. Messrs. OFFLEY and Co. have also to announce the arrival of a Parcel of fine SHERRIES, LISBONS, BUCELLAS, and CARCAVELLOS, in the wood; as well as Samples of HOCKS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES, 1410 SELLE, &c., which they will be prepared to offer for Sale on the Ist July next ; as likewise Sample Pipes of their splendid PORTS of the Vintages of 1834, 1840, 1843, 1844, and 1846. 18, Chapel-street, Liverpool, 24th May, 1848. EACOME DAWBARN, (late Dan , nAnN•and Soic,) LI TAILOR, ROBE and HABIT-MAKER, 110, Boan- STREET, Liverpool, is happy to announce that his Establish ment is now replete with every Novelty in TROUSERINGS and VESTINGS, suitable for Summer Wear, to which he res pectfully invites inspection. He also begs to direct general attention to the plan upon which his business is conducted, namely, very Moderate Prices for prompt Cash Payments. SEACOME DAWBARN, TAILOR and DRAPER, has great satisfaction in stating, that, amongst his nume rous Novelties for TROUSERS and WAISTCOATS, he enabled to submit a new Article, term , d the FLAXEN ARUNDELIAS, which are of the most chaste and delicate colourings, and will be found eminently suited for that 1 urpose, especially for Foreign Wear, being of great strength, and per fectly fast in colour. The New FLAXEN ARUNDELIAS only to be obtained at 110, BOLD-STREET, Liverpool. SEACOME DAWBARN, ARMY AND NAVY CLOTHIER, has much pleasure in informing the Public, that he has completed his arrangements with Messrs. Nicola., Court Tailors, London, who will henceforth furnish him monthly with a participation in the use of every FASHION ABLE MATERIAL consumed by them both in TROUSER INGS and VESTINGS, thereby ensuring to his Patrons end Friends always a succession of Novelties. NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN visiting Liver pool, are earnestly solicited to inspect the Premises of 110, BOLD-STREET, where will be found every Article con nected with GENTLEMEN'S ATTIRE, also NICOLL'S cele brated REGISTERED PALETOT, of LLAMA CLOTH, as well as the LOUNGING, FISHING, or YACHTING JACKET, made in the REGISTERED SHAPE, which are very unique. SEACOME DAWBARN solicits particular attention to the D'ETE PALETOT and JACKET. only weighing a few ounces, which will be found imperviable to a Shower, as well as a pro tector against the Mist. NICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT, OF LLAMA • CLOTH. EACOME DAWBARN, CLERICAL ROBE k,) MAKER, 110, BOLD-STREET, is the SOLE AGENT for Liverpool and the adjoining Neighbourhood for the LLAMA CLOTH PALETOTS. Any Colour and all Sizes, price 28., , or, Lined with Silk, .t'2. 12s. 6d. Also, the LLAMA CLOTH JACKETS, both in PLAIN AND FANCY COLOURS, for YACHTING, FISHING, or LOUNGING, price Ms. and 425. The celebrated D'ETE PALETOT and JACKET, a beautiful Article for Summer Wear, price One Guinea. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. FAIRBANKS' WEIGHING MACHINES with or without POOLEY'S NEW PATENTED IMPROVEMENTS, adapted for Shops, Wharfs, Roads, and Railwa j s. HENRY POOLEY AND SON, 27, MANCIIESTER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, CONTINUE ' , HE SOLE MAKERS UNDER THE PATENT. Some of their advantages are -I.—Economy in Price; to the extent of from 25 to 40 per cent. _ H.—Economy in Time and Labour ;—only the one hun dredth part of the weights is required to be lifted; one-half of the time occupied in weighing is entirely saved. 111,—Economy in Space ;—they have only one Platform or Scale; no fixtures are required for suspension; no room is oc cupied by weights. IV.—Economy in Annual Expense ;—they require less pe riodical adjustment ; the centres are detached from their bearings, and of course exempt from wear, except at the mo ment of ascertaining the weight. As a Weigh-bridge for weiaing Wagons on common roads, azd for Trucks or Wagons on Railways, this Machine is pe culiarly . adapted. It may be fixed, if required, in a pit only fifteen inches deep; it occupies only half the usual space in the office; it is more exact in its indications than any •of the old kinds of Weigh-bridges. The celebrity of FAIRBANKS' MACHINES, OF POOLE'S , MANUFACTURE _ _ has induced many Navin; a professed and specious resemblance, at a low price. To guard the Public from imposi tion, and the invention from losing its high standing by the hands of incompetent makers, THE TRUE MACHINE IS NOW OFFERED AT PRICES FULLY AS LOW AS THE IMITATION, Thus placing it within the reach of every Trader. MESSRS. I'OOLEY AND SON _ _ . _ are Makers to the Hon. Board of Ordnance, and by special appointment to the London and North-Western, the Midland, and other leading Railway Companies. Ironmongers and the Trade supplied on liberal terms. GREAT FIRE IN MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER ; ENTIRELY CONSUMING A LARGE SQUARE OF WARE- HOUSES, OFFICES, AND SHOPS. IN the last great Fire in George-street, Manchester, nine large Houses had their Books burned in . Iron Safes, Closets N%ith Iron Doors, Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) Safes, &c. &c. &c. ; and again on the above recent occasion, a great number of parties have suffered the same calamity. The only Safe which brought its contents uninjured out of the burning mass being the one alluded to below. " Manchester, August 13a, 1847. " GENTLEMEN,—In the late Fire in Market-street, which entirely gutted the entire block of buildings of which ma Ware house formed part, I have sincere pleasure in informing you that my books, together with a quantity of valuable papers, watches, &c., were preserved uninjured in one of your Fire. resisting Safes, which I strongly recommend to the public. " I am your obedient servant, "THOMAS HAIGH, Woollen Merchant, " New Brown-street and Market-street. " Messrs. Milner and Son." The outside of this Safe was partially melted: the contents inside unsinged, being steamed (boiled instead of burned) by the evaporatin g principle of the Safe. N ear to i t a large Wrought Iron Fireproof (?) chambered Safe, f u ll o f valua bl e Books and Documents before the Fire, was found to contain nothing but tinder and ashes after it ! In the numerous accidental Fires and experimental tests which Milners' Safes have been exposed to —every description of ,Safe in use—Fireproof (so called) or otherwise have been burnt out beside them, confirming the recommendation of the -scientific and practical authorities who have tested them, and the Patentees' during seven years active working of their patent, on a rapidly extending scale, have spared no pains nor cost in effecting improvements, by which they are enabled to pledge themselves at all times to supply the most complete and secure depositories for Books, Docnments, and Valuables • in_ eluding the strongest Wrought - iron S af es , Closets , and Doors in the World. lined with their nnenualled Fire-resisting Cham bers. Out of upwards of 20.000 of their Sates in use amongst the Manufacturing and Commercial Houses of Great Britain— the class best aide to appreciate their value—numerous cases of exposure to accidental fire have occurred, from which Thomas Milner and Son select the following as instances, in which they are of opinion that no other Safe than their own would have preserved its contents unhurnt. Fire at Mr. J. Blackaller's Ship and Chandlery Store, Spar ling-street, Liverpool; a strong and fierc Fire; Safe most severely burnt outside • contents unsinged. Ive at Messrs. J. and W. Walkers', the extensive builders, Birkenhead; buildings entirely gutted, everything burnt in them, including the contents of large Iron Safe and drawers, staixling besides Milners'; the contents of Milners' uninjured, and in use now. Fire at Messrs. Garniss and Co.'s, Park-lane; a very strong fire; again the contents of Milners' Safe the only thing saved on the premises. Ere at Plimsaul Brothers', of Plymouth; a very extensive and destructive fire; a large Iron Safe covered with brickwork with double Iron doors burnt out; Milners' entirely preserving its contents. Fire in Queen-street, Glasgow; a great number of Safes and Closets burnt out; no books saved throughout the buildings excepting Messrs. S. R. and Thomas Browns', in Milners Safe. Milners' Fire-resisting Safes, Chests, and Boxes, suitable for all classes of Buildings, impregnable Locks and Cash Boxes, at the Works, 50A, Lord-street and Cable-street, and Show oom, 15, South John-street, Liverpool. ?Al LIVERPOOL STANDARDu A seam of excellent coal has been discovered near the Dardanelles, and will be extremely useful for the supply of steamers navigating the Levant or the Black Sea. It is the fundamental rule of all great reformations,jhat the things to be amended must be brought back to their beginnings. THE ORIENTAL DIVAN.—This hotel is the multum in parvo of a London house—replete with every convenience for the stranger and the resident. The viands and all the etceteras are of undeniable qualities. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.--The performances at this Theatre, during the past week, have been of a most at tractive character; and the spirited management is, we observe, preparing fresh novelties. REPEAL OF,THE UNION.—A people without occupation, leaders without honesty, labour without capital, turbu lence without controul, rashness without foresight, and without common sense. GAMBLING.—This vice has been practised by the most civiliied and enlightened people, as well as by the most barbarous and ignorant. The coronetted legislator of the foremost nation in refinement has been known to sacrifice a princely income to this passion. No station is free from its degrading influence. The brutal bull-baiter, and the most profound thinker have alike met ruin in its vortex. An instance of the latter occurred in the case of an author of European celebrity, who, in one of his works, said " The gamester, is he dies a martyr to his pursuit, is doubly ruined : he adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act of suicide renounces earth to forfeit heaven !" The man who wrote that sentence was himself a gambler, and ultimately a suicide ! Such is the result of this de moralizing habit, commenced perhaps in a state of dissi pated ennui, and continued through a vitiated state of the digestive organs, entailing a morose, peevish, and discon. tented state of mind, the whole of which might have been prevented by the occasional use of that mild aperient, Frampton's Pill of Health. ORIGIN OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — Upwards of sixty years ago, (or, in 1787-89), when Arthur Young was travelling in France, he met with a Monsieur Lomond, " a very ingenious and inventing mechanic," who had made a remarkable discovery in electricity. " You write two or three words on a paper," says You , :g : " betakes it with him into a room, and turns a machine enclosed in a cylindrical case, at the top of which is an electrometer, a small, fine, pith ball ; a wire connects with a similar cy. linder and electrometer in a distant apartment; and his wife by remarking the corresponding motions of the ball, writes down the words they indicate; from which it ap pears he has formed an alphabet of motions. As the length of the wire makes no difference in the effect, a cor respondence might be carried on at any distance. What ever the use may be, the invention is beautiful." This discovery, however, lay unnoticed until about three years since; though the apparatus was designed to effect the same end as the electric telegraph, by means very similar. —The London Telegraph. CHARGE OF MUTINY AND PIRACY AGAINST SIX OF THE CREW OF A VESSEL TRADING TO AFRICA. At the Police-court yesterday, a good deal of interest and curiosity was excited by the coming on of a case in which six seamen who had formed the greater part of the crew of the barque " Cora," on a recent voyage to the coast of Africa from this port, stood charged by the own ers of the vessel, Messrs. Harrison and Co., with certain acts of mutiny and piracy. The prisoners names were James Farrell, (mate), John Rigby, Thomas Coults, Jas. Baine, Robert Goodchild, and Antonio Baranico, (or Ba vazico)—seamen, coopers, and carpenter of the ship. Mr. Rogerson, solicitor, opened the case for the owners, and stated that the prisoners were charged with running away with the Cora, and breaking into the cargo. Two of the prisoners (coopers) were defended' by Mr. Yates, and the mate by Mr. Snowball. The principal witness called for the complainants was Mr. Blundell, the surgeon of the vessel. He said the Cora left Liverpool for Benin on the 19th of August, 1847, and arrived out on the 29th September, Captain Gillespie was in command of the ship out, but died on board after his arrival. Witness left the vessel for three weeks, but accompanied the agent, Mr. Henry, to Fernan dezpo, and was absent three weeks. He was on board of her again on the 10th of November, and Mr. Henry, who was also there, said before him and others, " I leave the vessel in charge of the mate, Mr. Farrell, (one of the prisoners,) and Captain Dawson will come on board to morrow and take her over the bar." When Mr. Henry left Farrell, he said that Captain Gillespie had told him before his death that he had been poisoned by Captain Dawson. The mate then said he would go in search of a man-of-war in order to obtain a redress of grievances. Henry told Henry Jones, oneof the crew, that if Farrell did not go up the river with the ship, and take charge of the Maria Louisa (atender used by the agents) hewould tie hitn. The Cora went to sea on the 9th, in the evening. Wit ness remonstrated with the mate for doing so—alluding to the insurance; but the mate said that he had looked into the insurance, and that he (witness) had better not interfere, as there were parties on board who would do him injury if he did. The ship did not proceed far. Next morning, Captain Dawson came within hail in a boat to take the vessel over the bar, but the mate told the croo-boys to tell him to keep away. Dawson did not get on board, and they went to sea. Dawson went back, and returned in a cutter, and tired 9 guns. The barque also 'fired, but as witness heard, to leeward. On the morning of the 12th, the Maria Louisa schooner came in sight, and pursued the barque three or four days, but could not come up with her. On the morning of the 16th, H. M. steamer Grappler came up, and after communicating with the schooner, hoarded the Cora. The lieut. in command called the mate, the second mate, and witness to the quarter deck, and read the articles over to the crew, tell ing them to return to their duty. Some of them refused. The mate did not refuse, but wished them to return, say ing he was in search of a man-of-war to obtain a redress of grievances. The lieutenant reasoned with them. The men then stated they had been used very badly on the river by Captain Dawson. A chest containing 20 guns, part of the cargo, was opened, and the men loaded them ; the mate and carpenter loaded them with coopers' rivets and powder from a barrel that was broached, and was part of the cargo. A swivel was loaded in the same way. - Some machettes (a kind of sword knife) were also taken —5 or 6.—When the schooner came up, Carpenter said he would set fire to the magazine and blow her up before they should be taken.—The mate said the same thing. On the previous day, the carpenter said when in sight of the man-of-war, that those who would not assist to defend the barque, must die. Morgan and Jones were since dead ; both dissented from the mate's opinion. - Witness made memorandums of these transactions himself. Cross-examined by Mr. Snowball.—l heard that Dawson had flogged a man who afterwards died. From the 4th November to 10th December 1 was absent with the schooner, during the time Captain Gillespie and two men died, and no surgeon was on board, no fresh meat on board. Nearly the whole of crew were afflicted with the scurvy. No lime juice fit to use left. When we left the greater part of the crew were knocked up, nine down ill at one time, and not more than three well at a time, the climate more than anything else was the cause. I saw one man flogged, and the steward was flogged by Henry himself. Had broken a porter bottle on the cap tain's head. The captain had flogged him with a rope before the bottle was used. Henry threatened the crew what he would do with them when he got into the river. He told them once or twice that he would see their back bones. Re-examined by Mr. Yates.—l know the coopers • they were cutting rivets to put into the guns. Baine orWh:itb) ? —I saw only Baine cutting the rivet heads off. Whitby was in a low, weak state, from debility, and would not have been so, if they had had good and fresh provision 3. One Thomas also died. Antonio was been flogged by the agent, on hoard the Cora, in the river, after the Cora re turned. He was flogged with a cat. He is in a very bad state. I never heard before of an agent degrading himself by going on board and flogging the men. Baine did not put the cut rivets into the guns. They might have been cut by command of the mate, who had command of the ship. Several other witnesses were examined, and it appeared that Antonio, who was ill at the hospital, could not be brought, if indeed he will be proceeded against. The prisoner Whitby was discharged to be taken as a witness hereafter, he having had nothing to do with the affair, as the doctor said he was ill of fever in the bed all the time. The second mate is also to be brought up, if he can be found, as a witness. Mr. Snowball made some remarks on the cruel conduct of threats pursued towards the men by Henry, the agent, and Dawson, and contended that there was no case of felony against any of the accused. They had been left far six weeks nearly, all ill, without proper provisions, lime juice, or surgical attendance. Mr. Yates also made some strong remarks. Mr. Rushton adjourned the further hearing until to-day at one o'clock. We learn that soon after the transactions stated transpired, Captain Dawson himself died, on the coast. FREE TRADE AND REDUCED WAGES OF SHIP WRIGHTS. The Newcastle Journal states that " Several extensive ship-builders, at Sunderland, have given notice to their ship-wrights that next week they intend to reduce the wages of their artisans from twenty-four to twenty shil lings a week. Some time ago the wages of these work men were twenty-seven to thirty shillings per week, so that the proposed reduction will be to the extent of more than thirty per cent. since the grand boon of free trade was given as a blessing to the working classes." This is at least significant as to the opinion of the ship builders of the Tyne, as to the effect which will be pro duced upon their trade by the proposed last nail in their coffin—the Repeal of the Navigation Laws. But we have a further fact for the consideration of our readers. It will be recollect that at the meeting on Friday week, the evidence of Mr. Josiah Wilson, of Sunderland, was referred to, in which he asserted that ships could be built better and cheaper than in the perts of the Baltic, and stated that he had built in Sunderland a ship for £7 per ton,. whereas the price in Prussia is £lO per ton. We find, however, from the speech of an able witness, Matthew Popplewell, Esq., surveyor for Lloyd's, that these cheap shipbuilders in the Tyne, notwithstanding. their reduction of wages, are not driving a very roaring trade. He says, at a meeting held last week in Sunder land, " It is a fact that at this moment in Newcastle and Shields, Newcastle being the third port in the kingdom, with forty docks and slipways on the banks of the Tyne, there is not to be found such a thing as an order for a single ship." Of course it is anticipated that the coal and coasting trade will in future be carried on in the cheap vessels, allowed to be purchased from the Swedes and the Danes. With respect to the carrying trade between these ports and Europe, the same gentleman furnishes us with the following startling evidence : " He remembered on one occasion being in Dublin, when a very intelligent Norwegian captain had his ship lying at the quay, and being curious, as every man ought to be, know at what rate he navigated the vessel—it was just at the time when Mr. Huskisson proposed tha laws for creating reciprocity treaties—he went on board the vessel and inquired particularly as to the feeding of the crew, the rate of freight, wages, price of the ship, &c. He found that such a ship could be built for two-thirds the price of a British one, and the outfit with the exception of the iron, was about the same rate. Take it in the gross, as about two-thirds the price of a British ship. When he told them the wages the men had for the voyage from Norway to Dublin, and back to Norway, he would hardly be believed. In the first place they had to load the ship without a lumper, navigate her to Dublin quay, discharge the vessel without a Jumper again, heave in the ballast without the assistance of a ballast heaver, navigate her back to Norway again—and for what thought they ? For considerably less than our sailors have for a voyage from here to Lon don. Fifty shillings was their wages, Now, he would be glad to know how the families of our sailors could sub sist during the voyage from Norway to Dublin, and back to Norway, on fifty shillings." Certainly the British sailor can as little subsist upon such wages as these, as the shipowner, with either a British or a foreign crew, can compete in freight with a vessel built for two-thirds the price of his own. CHANGE OF OPINION.-ITe that never changed any of his opinions never corrected any of his mistakes ; and he who never was wise enough to find out any mistakes in himself will not be charitable enough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in others.—Dr. Whichcote. TRUE, NO DOUBT.—" Father," said a juvenile apothe cary, to his learned dad,' "what's the reason they don't use pestles .in battle ?" "Pestles, my son, what should they do with pestles in battle ?" " Why, the Wellington despatches say the mortars did great execution, and I can't see how, without pestles." " Pound away, my son, and don't puzzle me with your questions." Mortars and pestles do a great deal of damage, without being used on the field of battle. TURKEYS.—We may state, with regard to the much disputed name of the turkey, which is a Mexican bird, that the author suggests that, as the wattle of the bird, when angry, turns from red to a turquoise blue, the latter may have something to do with it. He is of opinion, moreover, that the turkey was . not known in England previous to the reign of Edward IV., seeing that it didaot figure at the enthronisation of George Neville, Archbishop of York ; and certainly, if it were not there, it was .be cause it was not procurable. The articles at that famous passage of gastronomic daring reckoned by hundreds and thousands; and we can assure Dr. Musgrave that, had' the guests of his predecessors lived to the present year, and remained at table the whole time, there would have been more than enough of remains wherewith to furnish forth the modern banquets of contemporary enthronisations. Among the lesser meats were four hundred roasted swans, and Lord Willoughby, unhappy man, had to carve them. We have no doubt that he died of it.— Church of Eng land Quarterly Review. FREE •LABOUR IN THE COLONIES. On Saturday a very numerously attended meeting of merchants, bankers, and others, of the city of London, anxious to uphold the system of free labour in the British colonial possessions, and to prevent this country from be coming dependent for its supply of sugar and coffee upon the extension of cultivation by means of slavery and the slave trade, was held in the large upper room of the Lon don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The spacious room was crowded and Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P. was called on to preside. Among the movers and seconders of the res Au tions were Mr. S. Gurney, Mr. W. Cotton, Sir E. N. Buxton, Sir H. Sykes Thornton, Mr. Alderman Thomp son, Mr. Masterman, Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., Mr. J. Gurney Hoare, Sir C. Price, and Mr. C. Barclay. Mr. Bright, M.P., addressed the meeting amidst great inter ruption, and contended that sugar like every thing else should be brought under the operation of free trade. The first resolution was to the effect that, " whilst it is desirable to obtain an abundant and cheap supply of sugar and coffee, the system of free labour which had been ob tained at so great a sacrifice ought to be maintained." The other resolutions which were carried unanimously were the following : " That it appears from the evidence of the Select Com mittee on Sugar and Coffee Planting appointed by the House of Commons in February last, and from the pub lished despatches of the governors of Her Majesty's tropical possessions, that the competit'on consequent upon the act of 1846, between the forced and unrequited labour of slaws in Cuba an:. Brazil, and the paid labour of our emancipated negroes ' has already brought the British colonies, which had been previously struggling with the difficulties of their new position, to the brink of ruin, and endangered the existence of those civil and religious institutions on which the future welfare and progress of their inhabitants depend." " That the inhuman traffic in slaves, which in the years 1844 and 1845 had been more effectually checked than at any antecedent period, has—according to the evidence given before the committee by Lord Palmerston, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—actually doubled in amount dnring the last two years." " That to stimulate, on the other hand the demand for slaves in Cuba and Brazil, by enhancing the value of the products of their labour, and on the other hand to make a show of checking the supply of slaves from Africa to those countries by armed intervention, is en inconsistency which impugns either the honesty or the common sense of the people of this country, and renders their policy a matter of suspicion to foreign powers." "That unless the Sugar Duties Act of 1846 . be prompt ly and materially altered it is manifest that the production of the British possessions will greatly decline—that we shall speedily become dependent for our supplies of Sugar upon slave-trading countries, and that the consumer must pay an increased price, at least until additional slaves can be transported from Africa to extend cultivation in Cuba and Brazil. "'That the interests and honour of the British empire are alike concerned in averting the destruction of the agriculture and trade of the colonies, and in securing the full success of the great experiment of emancipation ; the failure of which would indefinitely postpone the abo lition of slavery throughout the world." " That this meeting, while it would most strongly de precate any system of immigration which might lead to a renewal of the African slave trade by a payment in money or otherwise for a supply of labourers from that continent, and while it would be opposed to any enactment in the colonies which may be incomp ,tible with freedom and the act of emancipation, is nevertheless of opinion that, in order to enable the British colonies to compete successfully with the slave-trading countries, it is highly desirable that her Majesty's government should give prompt encourage ment to the introduction of suitable free labourers under proper supervision ; that just relations should be main tained between employer and labourer to secure to both the benefits of freedom and industry; and that every local improvement' which can tend to reduce the cost of pro duction should be prompted by generous assistance on the part of the mother country." Here are a few facts from the speech delivered by Mr. Samuel Gurney : " Since 1846 a great change had taken place on the sub ject of the slave-trade. Up to that time the slave-trade had been checked by the British and other governments ; and the Brazils and Spain, not by treaty, but by acts, would have abandoned the traffic if their sugar had been admitted to this country at that time. The government of this country had thrown away, then, a goldn opportu nity, but not, he hoped, so completely as not to be able to get it hack. He would read them a few statistics of the slave-trade in recent years. In 1845 the number of slaves that crossed the Atlantic was estimated at 45,000. In 1847 the number was 60,000, by official reports, but by private and well-authenticated accounts it was 70.000. He would wish them to consider well what the slave-trade really was. He would mention one or two cases, by way of elucidation. One of our admirals, within the present month, had written to his government that he had a slaver in tow of 60 tons burden, with 317 individuals on board. The system of packing those individuals was such as to make them almost a solid mass of human corruption. Some few remained alive. He knew cases in which nine out of ten of the per sons composing cargoes of slaves died on the voyage. If such vessels of 60 tons were employed to transport the 60,000 slaves in 1847, the meeting might form some calcu lation as to the amount of deaths. He only told half the evils of the slave-trade when he mentioned the horrors and deaths during the Atlantic voyage. What if he told them of the wars and cruelties excercised in Africa — of the ruin committed in that country to get possession of those unfortunate individuals—if he told them all they would see that for every 70,000 exported from Africa an equal number had been destroyed. He believed that the consfy vcn se of the African slave trade, as now carried on, was at least 1,000 deaths a-day." PURIFICATION OF WATER. At the Polytechnic Society's adjourned meeting last night, which is further reported elsewhe.e, Mr. DIGNAN, of the Chronicle-office, read an interesting paper on the filtering or purification of water, and its great advantages in a sanatory point of view. Various schemes had been devised from time to time to attain this desideratum. The liquid generally issued from a considerable depth from the surface, and in going down it passed through va rious soils, and to free it from the impurities thus accu mulated was the object of the new patent filter. Many filters had been contrived, but all were liable to objection. The new filter offered many advantages, and the lecturer ably described its form and principle, which he illustrated by figures. By this contrivance, the noxious ingredients in the water was got rid of. The filter pre sented an unpassable barrier to carbonate of lime, mag nesia, &c., which rendered the water hard ; but was especially effective where water had been kept in l ea d en cisterns, or passed through leaden pipes, which pregnate it with carbonate of lead, most inimicable to health. This stone filter, in the opinion of Dr. Brett, would separate this noxious ingredient. It also rendered the water delightfully cool. The filter had been tested by the Lords of the Admiralty, who have introduced it into the ships of the Navy. The filter erected at Staf ford House for the Duchess of Sutherland, purified 1000 gallons of water daily, and has been four years in con stant and satisfactory operation. The invention has also been introduced at Windsor Castle, and many of th e i mansions of the nobility. One advantag9 is . the cylindric shape of the filter, so that the impurities, instead of clinging to the stone, as in other forms of filters, fall to the bottom of the reservoir, and the tank only requires cleansing out twice in the course of a few years. The advantage of a self-ccting filter of this kind was invaluable at sea. To the brewer, dyer, distiller, and others, requiring a copious supply of pure water, it was equally available and efficient. In fine, it was at once an economical invention, applicable for culinary as well as other purposes. This stone filter possessed useful and sanatory advantages. Mr. SPENCER, after a few remarks on the construction of the filter, stated that he considered it the best that he knew of. BANKING ACT.—A Liverpool paper tells us that the Commons committee have decided in favour of Sir 11. Peel's Bank Act of 1844, by a majority of one. We fancy that this must be an error—or that it reckons an absent opponent of that act .as a voter. We believe that the actual majority, present, was two: but three of the sup porters of the act were cabinet ministers! However, as we have said, we trust that the evidence and report will let us know these facts with certainty. The triumph, we i must believe, is with the opponents of the Bank Act of 1844. For the government begsn by racking the com mittee with a proportion of two-thirds to one-third ; and yet, when the vote is taken, out of 26 or 27 members—if all had been preseat—there woull have been a majority of no more than a single vote l—llerald of yesterday. BARBAROUS MURDER OF Two MEN.—Between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock on the night of Saturday, a shocking murder was perpetrated in the town of Lurgan, by a fellow naked Fitzpatrick. We learn that on that day there had been a meeting of " Tommy Downshire's men" at Shane-hill, from which eight of the party had been returning, and having reached Lurgan they went into a public-house, where they stopped a short time. Upon coming out they were met by Fitzpatrick, who came up to a man named Henderson, one of the party, and asked for something to drink, which was refused. Some few words ensued, when Fitzpatrick ran at Henderson, and stabbed him through the heart with a butcher's knife, which he had borrowed in the morning for the purpose of skinning a horse. This stab was so desperate that the unfortunate individual died immediately. At this time a brother of the deceased ran up to the spot, in order to se parate them both, and not knowing what occurred, think ing that deceased was merely knocked down, he made use of some expressions to Fitzpatrick (we ought to mention that this Fitzpatrick is a very bad character, commonly called a knacker,) whereupon the deadly knife was again called into operation, and with almost instantaneous effect—the second 19rother having been also stabbed, from the effects of which he only lived till next morning.— Armagh Guardian. FLIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE.--The decision on the " Derby"- race, which took place at Epsom on Wednes day, at three o'clock, was made known (through London) on the Liverpool Exchange, at ten minutes past four; earlier than some on the very margin of the race-course would have l.eard PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the Physical wants shculd be remedied ti:rouol the Moral, or the Moral through the Physical, has been a question which has occupied the attention of Philosophers and philan thropists for centuries. Without attempting to decide the 'question, there can be no doubt that win n the Physi cal condition is impaired it demands the first attention. For instance; a person whilst suffering from an acute at tack. of (tout would be unable to appreciate the sublimest lessons of philosophy, even though enunciated by the divine Plato. How much more welcome to the sufferer would be a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, so efficacious in eradicating this distressing malady. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. A very general feeling of satisfaction hasbecn expressed to-day on 'Change, in consequence of the determination displayed by the Irish government, in carrying into effect the sentence passed upon Mr. Mitchel, which may, doubt-, less, be received as an earnest that the measure for the security of her Majesty's crown and government, may be looked upon in future as too serious a weapon in the hands of the preservers of peace and order to be lightly or mis chievously tampered with. And the advices from Ham burgh, which annouce that dispatches have been forwarded to General Wrangel to withdraw his forces from Jutland with as little delay as possible, are of a nature calculated to inspire us with a confident hope for a speedy reestab lishment of peace in the north of Europe, as this act will at once put an end to the only instance in those parts of intern .tional interference ; and one reason which is given in the general brokers' circular, for the downward ten dency of the cotton market, i. e. the disorganized state of affairs on the continent, will be partially removed. Consols have ranged pretty nearly the same as last week, and on Tuesday reached 84a. on Saturday were done at 84k to k, and closed at 84k to. We have no change whatever to report in SHARES to day. The market during the week has been unusually quiet, the business of each day having been very limited, and without any fluctuation in prices. London .Stock closes this evening 131 to 3; Midland, 104 to 6. A call has depressed the London quarter shares to 11 2 pm. The calls already advertised for June are £1,500,000. Our CORN market has been steady since Friday for every other article of the trade except Indian Corn and Corn Meal, which are again both considerably dearer to day, holders asking rambling prices, owing to stocks here and elsewhere being much reduced, and the demand for Ireland still continuing on a most extensive scale. Our importations of this article are also light, prices having. until lately been proportionately low ; and allowing time for the intelligence of the rise to operate upon shipments from America, some weeks must elapse before the market can be again fully supplied. Our arrivals from the 23rd up to this day, have been—of Indian corn, 343 qrs. ; Indian Meal, nil ; whilst we have exported to Ireland during the same period, the large amount of 10,654 qrs. of Indian Corn, and 5,647 barrels of Corn Meal. Our advices from Waterford state that the consumption of Indian Corn very - much exceeds the arrivals, and that prices have advanced 4s. per barrel ; stocks are getting low, and into few hands; and, as the millers and dealers are still only buying from hand to mouth, it is probable that higher terms will be demanded, unless large supplies are brought in immedi ately. From Cork we have received similar accounts, complaining of the exhausted state of the stocks, and the smallness of the arrivals, the entries for the week not ex ceeding 4200 qrs. We may here allude to an experiment about to be made by a gentleman from Wisconsin, on the grounds belonging to Prince Albert, at Windsor, for the production of Indian Corn in England, full particulars of which are given elsewhere. He is confident of success, and the result may be looked forward to as likely to effect a change in the nature of the productions of the Bri tish agriculturist. Generally, the Wheat trade in Eng land is tolerably steady, and in Ireland a little in the ad vance. The weather is still favourable for the growing crops, particularly in this district, the thunder this morn ing having propitiated a refreshing fall of rain, which was repeated in the course of the day. Since Thursday last there has been less desire shown to purchase sugars. The few parcels that have been dis posed of realised steady prices. The sales comprise -200 hhds. West India, 500 bags Bengal, and 150 cases Foreign kinds, besides a cargo of Pernams, the price of which is not to transpire. Molasses continue to be in fair request. Rum is rather more in demand, holders having given way in prices. Rice is more sought after, and 1000 bags were sold at full prices ; there are several in quiries for the article for shipment to Ireland. In Tea holders generally are firm : Congous of the blackish leaf kinds are rather dearer, and fine is becoming very scarce : other kinds are steady. Saltpetre,' from the late reduction in price, is attracting more attention. Nitrate is in fair demand, at 12s. 6d. to 12s. 9d.— Owing to the partial holiday this week in the London markets, transactions have been rather limited ; but in the value of produce there is scarcely any alteration, ex cept in one or two instances, in which a further slight ad vance has taken place. THE CorroN MARKET for the last few days has dis- - played great irregularity. On Tuesday it was much de pressed, but on Wednesday reached the lowest point. On Thursday and Friday en improvement took place; but prices of most descriptions had given way N. per lb. on the week. There has been more animation both To- DAY and Saturday, and although prices cannot be quoted highee, yet every thing offering is more sileable at previ ous quotations; indeed very ordinary to middling qualities of American arc not so easy to be bought as last week. The import has been heavy, and will continue to be so for several weeks with a fair wind from the west. Sales 6,000 bales, 500 only on speculation. This week's transactions in the AMERICAN PROVI SION Trade have been somewhat limited in extent; and although Lard still continues to attract most attention, operations have been a little curtailed by importers demanding higher prices. At Tuesday's public sale 384 tierces, 2716 barrels, and 910 kegs were offered, of which 295 tierces, 1809 barrels, and 753 kegs, were sold. Some little improvement may be noted in the inferior descrip tions, in consequence of the better qualities being with drawn. Fine parcels of Beef are selling at late rates ; but the value of ordinary is slightly depreciated. A slow business doing in Pork. The same remark applies fo Bacon, partly, however, in anticipation of the large sales advertised for to-day. Fine New Hams, in salt, are still wanted ; and Shoulders have realised. top quotations ; old, of both articles, unsaleable. In Cheese we have nothing new to report. Prices current are as follows : Chee.,e—(duty paid)—Fine, 48s to 528 per cwt. ; middling, 43s to 465; ordinary, 33s to 425. Beef—U.S., (free)—Prime mess, per tree. 30413.. 83s to 02s ed ; ordinary, Ws to 83s, old 60s to tBs; extra, India, family, &c., 97$ t 6 105 s; ditto, per half-barrel, 30s to 35s;—mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 50s to 56s ; ordinary, 40s to 4; s, out 36s to 40s ; prime, 34s to 365. Pork—. (free)—Prime mess, per barrel, 20010., 55s to 70s, old 48s to 5Cs •' prime, 40s to 455, old 35s to 408; mess, family mess, &c., 52s to 60s, old 44s to 525. Bacon—(free)—Fastern, 50s to 54s ; Western, I7s to 525; :::houlders, .per cwt, 258 to 28s, old 22s to 265. Hams—dried, per cwt. (duty-paid), old 20s to 30s ; in salt (free) 32s to 4Es; old 25s to 325. Lard (free)—Fine, in kegs and barrels, per cwt, 42s to 45s ; good, in ditto ditto, 39s to 41s ; ordinary to middling, 278 ed to 38s; inferior, and grease, 28s to 355. Butfer—Grenf; (free) 40s to 455. Pilot Biscuit, per cwt. (duty paid), 15s to 208. There is a tolerable demand for the best brands of Waterford and Carrick Burma, at prices this day (landed in Liverpool) 90s. to 925. for the former, and 90s. for the latter. Cork Dry, Thirds, 82s. • Bacon (landed), Long Middles, free from bone, new, 565. to 603. ' - Short M,ddles, new, 58s. to 60s. Fine Keg Lard, 545. to 565. Advices from Waterford report a good supply of Butter, with a decline in the market there of from 2s. to 4s. per cwt. The demand for Scotch Pig IRON during the past week Las been very limited, but prices remain firm at 445. to 453., at Glasgow—cash. There has been little or nothing done in the Wool, Market this week, but as stocks are not exceedingly large, there is not any material change in prices to report : —lmports for the week—Foreign : From Oporto, 13; America, 3 ; Venice, 5; Gibraltar, 21; Total, 42—Previ ously, 29,183.—Scotch 7;—Previously, 5,698: Total, 5,705. Since our last report, there have been no wholesale operation in the general TIMBER Trade, of any moment ; there has been no arrival from British America, and only two parcels of Pitch Pine from the United States, which have not yet been sold. Of Colonial Woods, at the auc tion sales on Friday, some Quebec Yellow Pine was sold at 141 d, and 75 Logs Miranochi Pine at 14d per foot ; 50 Logs Birch, at 14d per foot ; and 18 Logs of Quebec Oak, at 191-d per foot. A parcel of St. John Hackmatack Sleepers, 9 x 10 x 5, were sold at 3s 8d each ; and 577 Quebec, 9 x 9 x 41, at 2s 10$ each, with 5,538 Triangular Sleepers, at 101 d to lld each. Two parcels of Archangel Deals were sold at £l6 per standard ; 500 Railway Sleep ers, 9 x 10 x 5, at 3s 6tl; and 485 9 x 9 x 9,41 t 4s 5d each. 12 Logs Pilch Pine were sold a t 24d, and 22 Logs, at 20Ld per foot, and a few Planks, at 3-111 per foot of 2 inches. — Of Furniture Woods, the sales consist of a cargo of Cuba Mahogany, at from 4d to lid per for foot, or at 6d 21-32 purposes, foot; 45 r Logsfoo t average Honduras; 3 Mahogany, 3d 5-16ths per foot • 41 Logs, better sizes and .79ahaggLy at, for sdSh7ipl6ptinlig s per quality per Bathurst, at sdi 5-16ths per foot; and 39 logs from the Spanish Main, of a similar quality to Honduras wood, at 411 per foot, 92 logs Havana cedar at 4d 7-16ths per foot ' • 88 planks Bahia rosewood at £7 6s p er t on , and 21 planks Rio zebra-wood at £5 His 8d per ton. 111 logs pencil cedar were sold at 141:1 to 18d per foot. 15. tons of black ebony were sold at £9 per ton, and 35 piezes of letter-wood at from lid to 34-d per lb—the other various parcels did not find purchasers. Last Thursday, by auc tion, about 21 M. of Quebec standard Staves, were sold peremptorily at from £3O to £3G per standard M., some light W. 0. puncheon staves at £lO 10s, some red and W. 0., middling quality, at £B, some ash puncheon at £7 ss, some very inferior Nova Scotia ash at 555. and some very light oak puncheon at £4 per M. A parcel of United States wine pine at £l3, and another at £l2 per M. The Bank returns for the week ending the 20th inst. state the amount of notes in circulation at £18,095,400, being a decrease of £2a1,870; and the stock of bullion in both departments £13,379,219, showing an increase of £289,613, when compared with the preceding return. The suspension of the firm of Messrs. Roberts, Mit chell, and Co., in the East India trade, was announced in London on Friday. The liabilities of the house are stated at about £74,000, of which the amount of accept ances is only £16,000. The estimate of assets shows a total of £85,000, but it is feared that this depends in a great degree upon the fulfihnent of the anticipation ex— pressed by Carr, Tagore, and Co. of Calcutta (from. whose stoppage the present event has arisen), as to the result of their liquidation. The accounts of the Bank of France for the week ending the 25th instant ere less unfavourable than those hitherto • presented, although they do not show any very important alterations. Letters from Hamburgh of the 23d instant, mention, that, owing to the increasing stagnation of business, em ployment or money becomes daily more difficult. Under these circumstance; StOckS shouted a tendency to rise, but at the same time the insecure state of Europe prevented. any considerable investments. On the day preceding these advices, tide Hamburgh contingent had marched to, join the Pe-u sans in Schleswig, only, as it was expected and hoped, Ttietly to march back again. From St. Petersburgh the advices are to the 17th of Nay. The rate of exchange was 3410. to 35kd. With regard to the Fchleswig-Hulstein question, a general im pression prevailed that it would soon be brought to a peel& termination. The Belgian advices report the adoption by the Senate of the laws connected with the manufacture of beetroot sugar, and the general introduction of the warrant system. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dickens are at present on a Nita at Seaforth-hall, the hospitable mansion of James Mus.. pratt, Esq.