The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

to doul power In volv Vienna and M I with evil to he of such a it so( l'he im used, tt who h of Liv rood n tation v n of ( )ur fel to tim termed fitted t} )er to ( charged Mr. Evans—a, ch he (Mr. Evan ho complained that tt fore, we are to eon( pre can ci In subseq in no port or tow honourable and respeetabl nd there is no class alth, than her s of . the Council who 3d it to I 1 that ti r our c but any le who D and the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. from Bettina up in any other trade? -ery property there are a he present time a maker and other similar places ; and the Committee may just as legitimately make sails, or blocks, or bake as additional items of 11 their corporate manage- r cooper co town w - ould do well to what must be the result of tl of the principles which are no se of the Docl Com mittc which a becoming too common t the Present mom — e ;, with t ated from every platform Ind by every pen could vhat private enter n plish. Our Gas 'ies we with gas 'e from them - They are now gas They deal in lead piping and iron Our Railway Companies make th heir own )until is not .bave receivir a addition to ng off little plot ition of this system g( no need of t Ina we 1 have 11 do all for us ti in mind th must 1 rich a portion of the peasan try of Ireland have of late distinguished themselves. ban a pa ne bearing a family likeness is community of horrible anc id in the:pleas too frequently sanzuir hen we called upon to contemplate them, en ma we recently had occasion to do st perusing the reports of the Special Commis. can fully estimate the debasement zst whom the deeds of savages of a pool ympathy, when visited with punish the fate of their wretched victims i he immediate circle of their own desolated h We are tempted to 'aw attention to one case tried before the L libits a ferocity of crime c on ceivab s existing in any civilized count offence which the Thu code of Ireland visits with the penalty of death ; and, nt the same time ~ .. - a hardened want of decency and proper feeling_un- umstancc i which the crim nal was Placed, which, amor tion from every spectator. The case is that of JOhn Renihan, who was found guilty, on the loth instant, of the murder of a man named John M'Eniry, and brought up for judgment on the following day. The culprit is described as "a sturdy, athletic youth, about twenty years of age, well dressed, and appearing to belong to the better class of farm la- Item appear was one party who attacked I employed yot ore mor snybody who knows any thing of the actual 1 circumstances of newly-erected churches, will be clergymen are so badly provided t no man, who is not actuated by a sincere of proud families, - rather than Now well aware that the love of his holy calling, would be induces to devote himself to the church for the purpose of obtaining• that £l5O a year is ; - e stipends of the clergy of the I such an incumbeneN above the .hich W are springing up abouVus, and gill know that this stun, about equal to if a book-keeper or warehouseman, will not be a provision ' { for the unemployed younger milks." The writer in the large itt ler!v of d following state- S read ber of incumbents the rec meetinr n Association in that cit t him £5. The 'n is now in my I your enclosure, and thank you for it when I wanted SOME most opportunely, ju for, I may tell you, I had not B.—Extract of a note from a )s. in the hous iother el yman, of the parish, to a gentleman present : of incumbents is worthy of charitable con myself, have very little income through life. I should not say -year would not, could not, support. ors are blessed by the Almighty with Igth to discharge our ministry, all things a. Some, lit I and ()the 11; but when sickne to defray the npracticable of the of t I as tica rrive, what thea come, to a great extent, falls „caking in general, only having had a bare sufficiency in the days ur, were not able to lay something each year past, .., therefore, have no resources." Case C.—An incumbent of the parish applied, this end the clergy, of vigc had, to enable him to pay . his way till private propert his pew rents fall due Case D.—An incumbent of the parish. Wife and three or four children. Income only Xl5O per annum. Obliged to solicit his payments in advance. Am incumbent, income about £lOO. Wife Obliged to curtail his family expenditure, and quite unable to give adequate education to his child- and family Case I Curate salary £lOO. Wife and four child- Wife obliged'to perform house duties, from inability of a maid-servant harassed by a sn has borrowed a trifle from an .t his cliurch, at inte removed from Manchester ; furniture partly hired : occupy cottage, quite unable to pay current expenses, employing no servant, even during , his wife's con finements, and latterly obliged to accept a private sub- 1.--District clergyman : married. five children. destitute and overpopulated district. Income £lOO We think these facts sufficiently show how unjust are the imputations cast on the zealous supporters Established Church by the Mercury. Such tres, as we have above quoted, show that their s, instead of being overdone, have not been sufficiently strong. We do not deny that the reve nues of the church are not always made as pro ductive as they ought to be; and if the editor of the Mercury would aid in securing their better admi nistration and application, it would do more good than by casting stigmas on zealous friends of We shall take an early opportunity of noticing the efforts now making on this subject in Manchester and elsewhere, in which we now feel great interest. .NNUAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHERN HOSPITAL )mmittee and Friends o yesterday, in the Board- room of the Hospital, for the purpose of electing officer: and reporting upon the proceedings of the past year. Mr. J. B. Yates occupied the chair. The Secretary read the report. During the last twelve months there have been treated 2444 patients, of whom 1788 were Out, and 656 were In- patients. 1573 of the entire number were cases of externs violence, and 871 wen; medical and surgical cases of vari- :admitted from t' Ist Jam Ibex, 1847 sin the Hospital on l 62. e Ist January, temaining in the Hospital on Ist January, 1848 39 Of the 45 deaths which occurred as above,mentio on, being entirely hopeless from the beginning. If these cted, the rate of mortality will be reduce( explain that, although t 1. many of which it would have been desira to have ary spa A.fter_ )ttimittee for their zealous Jan. IS, 1848. IMPORTANT DEMONSTRATION IN BEHALF OF OUR WEST INDIAN COLONISTS. On Thursday last a most important meeting of the West India Association was held in Brook-street, Grosve nor-square, at which, besides a large number of the mem bers of the Association who were present, several mem bers of the committee of the Anti-Slavery Society, and other friends of that body attended. The speakers on be half of the colonist entered into a full explanation of the state of affairs from the period of the Emancipation Act to the present time, shewing most conclusively that, al• though they should have no fear of a competition on even terms, provided the slave trade could be effectually put down, it was utterly impossible that they could continue the cultivation of their estates under existing circurestan, ces ; and that the negro population of the West Indies,. for whose improvement the Anti-Slavery Society had ex. pressed so much anxiety, and who had at one period raised themselves materially in the social scb lapse into their semi-barbarism. The colonial speakers ale, must re Association in behalf of t of the Association to join them in an effort t) p 1 the planter and the free labourer in a position t themselves from the effects of comr)P+' cultivator eleven be iul to five per cent ble if they had pos: treated in the house. comum upon the offi services, they express their regret, that by the pressure of the times, they had failed in raising the £2OOO, announced in the last report as being required to enable them to erect the necessary additional buildings, and appeal strongly to the benevolence of the public for aid. The Rev. T. NOLAN then proceeded to move the re appointment of Mr. J. B. Yates, as President of the Institution ; and in the course of a very beautiful address paid' high and well-deserved compliment to that gentle man, for his untiring zeal in superintending and promot ing the interests of the Institution. Mr. YATES returned thanks in very feeling terms ; and expressed his great regret that the Institution was unable to . perfOrm efficiently the duties which were looked for from it. Two years had elapsed since the Board had seen the necessity, and determined upon the step, of enlarging the building as soon as funds could be collected for the far * defeated all 6( sistance from the g eir exertions. He still hoped for as :enerosity of his fellow-townsmen ; and especially from those who were engaged in business at the south end of the town. After urging upon the Committee the desirableness of appointing another president in his stead, on the ground that such an office should not appear to be monopolized by one individual, and stipulating that his acceptance of the office should only be for twelve months, he urged upon them the necessity of using active exertions to build additional rooms to the Hospital. The men's wards had been full during the whole of the past and although 1. occasionally two or year, the average having been 53 inmates it might be urged`that there had b is the two wards were in differ ent parts of the building, and it was desirable that they should be kept separate. It was impossible that they could go on when the proposed new docks at the south end of the town were formed • and it would be painful to have to turn away cases of the lamentable nature which presented themselves to such an Institution. . surer, Mr. John Cropper pointnr It of Mr. Platt, jun. as trE y of paying a handsome compli a. forthe effective services whi'h he n, at the same time that he energy of his son, to whom are of blame for the deficiency His exertions to raise who took the opportun4 ment to Mr. Platt had rend eulogized highly the zeal anc could not be imputed any shl shown in then balance-shee the leading members of nearly every congregation i town to urge for collections and subscriptions. falling-off was to be attributed solely to the badne the times. The Rev. Mr. CROOK, Roman Catholic priest of St. Patrick's, explained that he should have been very happy to have had a collection in his- own chapel, but under the unfcrtnnate circumstances in which his congregation had been placed, he could not call upon them for contribu tions. He had not been able even to have a collection for their own schools, which were nearly altoge Mrs. Dawson, sister of Sir Robert' Peel, and wife of Right Hon. George Dawson, died on Saturday, at Brigh ton. Mr. Dawson has held several prominent situations in the state, and is now Deputy Chairman of the Customs. The total shipments of port wines during the past year, as appears by the Custom-house return just received from Oporto, amounted to 30,624 pipes, of which were exported to Great Britain 23,354 pipes (being an increase of 2.299 pipes, as compared with. the preceding year) ; to Brazil, 2,762 pipes; to the United States, 2,118 pipes; and to other ports, 2,390 pipes. er sup- I Four banks in New V- - - 1 .(1 specie have st Mr. INGRAM moved the ap mrer for the present ); and con ind friends e both protect Lion with the slave The members of the Anti-Slavery Society on their part rejoiced in the admission made that the Negro character had been improved since the Act of Emancipation ; and regretted to notice the sombre tone in which the colonists had expressed themselves. " With respect to the observation made by the colonists, that their present exertions contrasted ill with their for mer, they would only assure their West India' friends that their exertions had been unremittingly employed in opposing the introduction of slave sugars into Great Britain. As well-known supporters of a Government ad vocating liberal views, they had nevertheless considered it to be their duty to oppose such introduction of slave sugars, and they had succeeded upon the first occasion in: defeating the' attempt ; but upon the second, on the. Sugar Bill of 1846, their opposition, although equally strong, had been less successful. Their memorials were in print, and in the Anti-Slavery Reporter the colonists , ould see that they had always endeavoured to exclude, r , rciwn sugarsyrom competition with those produced rpnresentative - 4 " ...Gs the iolonists not deserted their own interests upon the pass ing of the Bill of 1846, the event might have been different • out it assuredly appeared strange that the colonists should accuse the anti-slavery body of lukewarmness in their cause, when 26 out of 28 of their own represent _ Js,going over from the supposed colonial. interests, had voted with Lord J. Russell in favour of the introduction of slave su., gars. The West Indians had, it was said, now repudiated such representatives, and had called together large meetings in the coloniestoprotestagainst this unfortunate bill. They were sorry to hear that the bill had been passed too sud denly to allow of the opinion •in the colonies being first consulted, and more so to be informed of its direful results. It appeared to them. however_ that th.”. ---t. for hope, and the Anti-Slavery Society were willing to continue their sincere and honest opposition to the intro duction of slave sugar, and were, in fact, at present deli berating upon the subject. They would likewise gladly, see any reduction of duty upon free sugar, an object their West Indian friends seemed particularly to desire, and which appeared to them (the colonists) a matter of the -atest importance. To enn , a-- ' tney hoped that the good feeling that had so - emi=r e y u ch i aracterised this meet ing would henceforth continue unbroken between the " a 1 their hearty support, in could afford." colonistS 0 y way they, as men of principle A corn rnittee was then appointed to draw up a petition to Government in favour of a reduction of duty upon free ,bition . and of daring a a nefarious illation of ed for wisdom T have divided is have been a, for loving too W€ tisfied with the loats over the The flagrant of Poland, and by ore unheard of by tion ot C ion, and its gla- 'he glorious bur of midnight dal I of Italy, has I which, after centu- so brightly on the , d, and the deepest oted country. The om which was roll )een stemmed, and The Pope is either ppose the herculean loom again envelol ince so steadily to I _ now receding fror )ower of Austria liberty for Italy is is now the order st waning Inv of despotism. rtected by a treaty of neutrality, is about to have its hallowed sanctity invaded, as though the ruthless hands of aggres sion could not leave one spot of earth uncontami- again rest, Swiss nation nated by their grasp. The power of the Diet is to be destroyed, and, instead of being as hitherto a free legislative body, it is to be placed under the dominion of those states which have interfered in its affairs. It will be deprived of the capability of crushing and punishing rebellion, and, in fact, will be no longer governed by the suffrages of the people : the deliberative assembly will be a mock ery, destitute of reality, and only useful as the semblance of liberty. This result may, however, be prevented by the appearance of England in defence of Switzerland; and it is unlikely that our country will remain quiescent, while almost the last vestige of liberty in Europe is demolished. Whether, however, we shall have to engage in a war on the account of Switzerland or not, it seems, according to the present aspect of affairs, very probable that one will break out in the course of a the body to led, y tempo: ipiain o He referred to ti neous newspaper pars is of one of our con Albert cooper in th had dined recent occasion, whereas th s ought to have knoll r, tnat tner le of maste that there are only t a exerc cooper my -two I employed in the dock, only one of whom, the superintendent, has ever been a master Mr. Evans might have known, also, that cooper tit it 1 house k ware- 3MMIt ee are their own y principle 6f his f that the Dock C We recently brought the case of this body befor d we trust that, in opposition to th our readers that they Wave nothing on we shall be able to sh that, not only themselves, but the merchants and shipowners of the port, have much to complain of in the unjust exclusion with which the coopers are visited present, I must confine ourselves to giiing a detailed state ment of the extent of the business for which the latter body are deprived of all chance of competition : A LIST OF TE S DISCHARGED: IN Till DOCK FROM THE IST OF JANUARY TO THE 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1847,—(besides about fifty vessels reported in the river and not included, the name of the particu docks in which they subsequently discharged not being given in the Bill of Entry Hogsheads of Sugar 3743 Tierces Casks Barrels Cast of freed( e, has b dittci 6231 ditto 561 Suffar, packages ditto 6474 ' ditto 4995 Puncheons of Rum Hogsheads ditto Barrels ditto 5256 2483 1433 I Rum, 246 Pipes of Wine 286 Hogsheads of ditto 282 Wii Quarter casks, &c. 719 Puncheons, Molasses 3985 Hogsheads, ditto 1086 }Molasses, ditto Casks of Palm Oil 22711 Oil Casks of Olive Oil 919 J , Casks of Tallow 5886 Tallos Tierces of Rice 1151 Rice Brls. Turpentine, 13581 Turpentine, &c., ditto 13581 Rosin and Pitch { Barrels of Pork Tierces of Beef Barrels of Lard Barrels of Flour 3381 } Provisions, ditto 4165} 1769 Lard, 50,820 Four, 1769 350,820 Total packages.. 416,115 We are certain it could never be the intention of the legislature, in legalizing the dock warehouse system, to hand over to a public body a monopoly of so large a share of one of the most important trades of the port ; and, as little was it in the con. templation of the merchants of Liverpool that, whilst using the Committee's warehouses, they should be debarred the liberty of employing, in the securing of their own property, those master trades men in whose skill they had the greatest confidence, and, The rapid improvement which France has re- t the same time, be compelled to pay what cently made in her naval equipment, the extensive ever charges the Committee may choose to impose. system of aggrandisement which she has for some Every man is aware that cheapness is seldom the time steadily pursued, and the fact of herhaving at attribute of a public body's work, and that where Algiers, in the immediate neighbourhood of Gibral- there is no competition cheapness cannot be en tar, a large army, seem to be indications of her ex- forced from such body. pectation of a war with this country. We would, As bearing upon this question of monopoly by however, tender a word of advice to our neighbours a public body, we may notice a remark which fell on the other side of the Channel, to be careful how from the Chairman of the Dock Committee, at its they heedlessly rush into a war with our country, meeting'on Thursday last. After speaking of the re which will be scarcely less than exterminating to jection of the dock bill by the Council,and the con one or other of the belligerent powers. Suppose sequent difficulty in which the Committee were for a moment that France should be victorious, at placid as to the disposal of the large mass of ware what a cost of treasure and life would the conquest house and other property, which they had purchased be achieved ; and if, on the other hand, England as the site of the new docks to be formed at Wap should, as in former instances, be successful, the ping, the Chairman remarked—" There is another dismemberment of the French empire would be the important thing. We can appropriate these ware inevitable result. It is, indeed, a pitiable thing to houses" (which, according to Mr. Eyre Evans, are see an old man like Louis Philippe, dropping as it 105 in number) " free of rent." The Mercury were into the grave, spending his last days upon holds out this fact as a warning to the warehouse earth in efforts to embroil the two greatest nations owners of the danger, to their own property, of of the world, and in intrigues for power of which it is continued opposition to the increase of dock ware impossible he can ever enjoy the benefit. If, how- houses. We cannot conceive, however, that Mr. ever, a war should be the final issue of the present Bramley-Moore intended the remark which he commotions o f Europe, we cannot agree in the made to convey the threat, which the M ercur y pro bability of a Fr enc h i nvas i on , and should there- attributes to him. We believe that he would no fore, consider many of th e proposals for the defence more use any powers which the Dock Committee of the country as premature and unnecessary. It may have had unwittingly given to them, to oppress is scarcely to be credited th a t a t th e a d vance d age private individuals, or to coerce the judgment of at which the French monarch has arrived that he the public, than he would pick a pocket, or refuse would form such an extensive plan as the invasion payment of an honest debt. There has been no of our country, and still more unlikely that during trickery recorded in Mr. Bramley-Moore's admi the troubles which are sure to attend a regency nistration of dock affairs thus far ; and we are in France, the French people would wish to attempt perfectly certain that trickery is foreign to his cha the subjugation of England. And however much ratter. It is sufficiently alarming, however, to it may b e the desire of the French to do so, we are contemplate the mere possibility of a public body well aware that the most extensive preparations having the power of thus using property acquired would be needed to enable them even to transport by them, not with a view to make from it a fair their troops across the channel, and we should con- profit, but to oppress and injure individuals. For sider it quite time enough to prepare any special where is such a system to stop ? If the Dock defences when they commenced arrangements for an I Committee, because they have a number of ware attack, houses which they cannot at present pull down, The improbability of any attempt of the kind and convert into the use intended to be made of being made, derives additional strength from the them, may set up business as cheap warehousemen, act, that both the Directory and the conqueror of in opposition to private individuals, or, as is hinted, 31US In th to do, mected u, niter mooing it c h for WEniry hirr )t money ana arms, nself, who was con- They found him ; and, to stion of those fiends in human words o 'hape by whom the d who find eed of atrocity was perpetra- to show a rivalry in wiekeilness—the man s him says, Give me a blunderbuss to shoot him, as it was I that got him l' " The victim rged from his place of concealment and fled back to his family. and was dragged was dra beaten— family he back and beaten again. L,,, d " tinctly each successive blow the unhappy man re ceived, and the moaning that followed their inflic tion." We quote, now, the words of the judge, addressed to the convicted culprit : " The door is again opened, and some of the party en ter, and you are one of them. You call for a candle ; you oblige one of the inmates to hold it for you : you load a gun in the presence of the family ; you return with • the loaded gun to the scene in which you and your associates were perpetrating this outrage; shots are fired, and the party then retire. The unfortunate man is brought into the house; he is not yet dead, he breathes, but is sense less, and it is found that during the period in which he was subjected to this process of lingering torture his jaw was broken and his head fractured in two places. These were not sufficient to produce his instant death. His back is broken by a gun-shot wound, his hip is perforated by another, and in the course of a few hours he dies, pre senting a mangled corpse, any one of those injuries proved before us being sufficient to cause his death. When he was brought into the house, in the simple but expressive language of one of the witnesses, ' you could not know him.' Now what was the offence which this unfortunate man had committed to draw down upon himself and his family this cruel doom ? We give these again in the words of the judge, addressed to the culprit, in passing sentence of death : "Your stepfather, with whom you lived, was in posses sion of a farm adjoining that occupied by John M'Eniry. J. M'Eniry had a servant youth in his employment, a young person hardly past the age of boyhood. You im pounded one of his cattle, as the law allowed you, for trespassing on your stepfather's farm. This young lad went to you to beg the restoration of the cattle, and you gave up the cattle; but you did more. You, a - vigorous and athletic man, armed with a stick that might have been a weapon calculated to produce death, from some animosity you entertained against that boy, struck him a blow which felled him senseless to the earth ; and a man of your strength, who could so employ it against a person .of his youth and feebleness, might well be expected to have exercised it for the purpose of committing a worse crime. The master of the boy did what was his duty—he appealed to the law to protect his servant. He summoned you before the bench of magistrates. That was his offence against you. When you were dragging the man to his dwelling door, where you sealed the doom of death you had determined on committing, he asked you 'What have I done ?' and one of the party replied 'Remember the last court day.' Such was the cause for the perpetration of this dreadful murder." The above picture of the temper of an Irish " athletic youth," and of his evident inclination to sacrifice to his brutal passion a poor child, whose only apparent offence was his being the bearer of an entreaty for the release of his cattle from the pound, is bad enough. It shows at least the trifling value of human life in the estimation of these "finest pisantry" onthe earth. And the subsequently accomplished murder of poor M'Eniry proves that the protection, by law, of the life of a dependant is a crime whioh renders deliberate assassination, by a banded party, a venial transgression, if, indeed, it is not regarded as merit on the part of the assassin. But let us come to a consideration of the state of mind in which the convicted culprit received his sentence.. We give the scene in the words of the report, premising that the sentence was, that his execution should take place on the 11th February, one month being given him for preparation for eternity : " The prisoner heard the sentence with the most per fect coolness. On retiring from the dock he took a piece of bread from his pocket, and, laughing, said to the other prisoners, ' By Gor, boys, we must eat whilst we live at any rate.' !! ! Such," the Report adds, "is the revolt ing indifference with which these wretched men regard their awful situation." A strange state of mind it must be in which wretches like this are so callous—so apparently confident—that they can eat whilst they live, and have no fears of a hereafter. We shall no doubt learn that this young man—who, under better teaching, might have been an honest and a useful member of society—met his fate boldly, confident in the absolution given him by the priest. Perhaps he will deny to the last his guilt ; and appeal suc cessfully to the sympathies of the spectators of his fatal hour. But what an example will thus be set. Will there be one in a dozen, of those who see this young man ushered into eternity, who will not be perfectly aware that the man who professes to have prepared his soul for eternity , knows he is as crimi nal as the law has adjudged him to be, and that he leaves the world with a lie, uttered in the face of an avenging God, upon his soul ? OUR contemporary, the Mercury, whose hos tility to the established religion is so notorious that its arguments are utterly unworthy of notice, publishes, on Friday, a statement so disho nestly false that we cannot permit it to pass without notice. After speaking of the arguments used by the advocates of church extension as to spiritual destitution, the Mercury says : " This cant ought to be laid aside. It is, indeed, re sorted to by some who wish to proselytize the Dissenters from conscientious motives ; but, by far the greater num! THE COTTON IARKET YESTERDAY There has been a good attendance of the trade in our irket to-day, and a fine extent of business has been les, at the extreme prices of last week ; rather dearer, particularly in low Ame er's accounts had a tendency to make our market firm and steady, for although t ;tates continued fine ti)r picl are not at all reduced, we forivard for sonic time yet and the estimates of shall not have much of it crop, and that prices will rule comparatively low—good for this and other manufacturing counties—never ;s, plenty of cotton and cheap money will do us no ood in the absence of confidence and moderate credit, without which business will soon come to a " stand still." On Sunday morning, the body of a newborn male child was found in an entry at the back of the huusc N. 4, High-street, Everton, wrapped in a bundle. There were no marks of violence, and it appeared deceased had died from want of proper assistance after birth ST. JOHN'S• CHURCH, BIM Just Sunday week, sermons, in aid of the schools connected with this church, were preached by the Revds. Mr. Knox and Mr. Fielding Ould, when the sum of sum of £2B. 2s. was collected. READ Dr. Whateley, Archbishop of Dublin, one of the acutest reasoners of the day, says in his "thoughts," that " it is very doubtful, to say the least, whether the University of Oxford can be said to have ever passed any legal, that is, any real, censure on Dr. Hampden." • DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOeIETY.—We are happy to observe, from the advertisement elsewhere, that this valuable society, notwithstanding the pressure of the times, continues to receive a large share of public sup port. Its usetiilness during the recent immigration of Irish into the town cannot and ought not to be forgotten. THE WEATHER has, since our last, been very variable. The frost disappeared in the early part of the last week, and a milder, and sometimes almost vernal, temperature prevailed. Saturday was fine and sunny, until the evening, when there was a heavy and prolonged shower. Sunday was peculiarly fine, and drew many parties abroad who would othervtim have remained within doors. Early, yesterday morning. heavy rain fell, and continued until after daylight, when it became mingled with sleet and snow, which continued at intervals up to last night. The wet from above and the mud on the roads and streets rendered the day one of the most uncomfortable we have had this winter. ACCIDENT AT THE NEW DOCKS.—Yesterday, an. in quest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of James Mc. Quade. The deceased, who was thirty-six years of age, was a labourer, and employed at the new North Docks. On Thursday afternoon, deceased was en gaged in wheeling a barrow, containing a stone of about five hundred weight, along a balk, down into a 'hollow, about nine to ten feet, when he lost his hold, and fell from the balk down into the hollow, the stone falling upon him. A man went down immediately to his assist ance, and found his right leg nearly cut off by.the stone. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, when every at tention was paid to him ; but the fracture was a compound one, of which he died yesterday morning. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the police court, a female, named Catharine Nolan, and four men, Hart, Brannon, Dunlevie, and Murray, were charged by a man, named John Roughton, with having, in a house of ill-fame, in a court out of North-street, maltreated, violently assaulted, and robbed him of 4s. 9d. in money, and the greater part of his clothes, leaving him with scarcely the means of appearing in the street to give an alarm. Some police-officers were at length informed, and the prisoners were apprehended. After a long hear ing of the case, the girl was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, Murray to the same, and Dunlevie (on whose person some of the clothes were found) to two months, under the new act, which gives the magistrate a discretionary power of summary punishment in some cases of felony. _ THE MOUNTED POLICE IN TIIE SUBURBS.—We learn from a correspondent that it is to the exertions of Mr. Robert Neilson, of Halewood, that we are mainly in debted for the augmentation of the county force, by which that arrangement was rendered still more com plete, and also for the additional and valuable protection of this mounted patrol. As one of the county magis trates, Mr. Neilson moved a, resolution, at the petty sessions at Prescot, on Tuesday, far a temporary augmen tation of the county constabulary force—part of which were to be mounted, and the whole placed under the control of our efficient chief of police, Captain Wood ford. On Wednesday, Mr.. Neilson carried that resolu tion to the general sessions at Preston, where, by his judicious remarks an d e x pla na tion, he succeeded in re-. moving the opposition that had been raised to a somewhat similar resolution proposed by Mr. J. B. Yates. He then arranged with Captain Woodford for a supply of men, who had served in the Cavalry or Horse Artillery, bought the horses and accoutrements, and the following morning the men were mounted on duty, patrolling the whole districts from Garston to Bootle, within six or seven miles of Liverpool. The promptness with which this measure has been executed will add much to the effect which may be expected from the augmentation of such a force. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.—The inhabitants of Li verpool, and especially the lower classes, will regard with pleasure the important concession which the indefatigable member for St. Anne's Ward, Mr. Parker, has succeeded in winning from the Health Committee. We refer to the resolution of that Committee recommending the Council to adopt the public Act for establishing baths and wash houses, and to raise a sum not exceeding £25,000, for the purposes of the act, the Council paying the interest annual/fp or such portion of it as is not covered by the receipts of the baths and washhouses to be erected. There has been no step taken hitherto by the authorities so beneficial to the industrious working-classes, and so conducive to the improvement of the health of the town, as the erection of the existing baths ; and their perfect suc cess fully warrants the Council in erecting not one or two additional in the town but, if possible, one in each Ward. To the zealous exertions of Mr. Parker, we repeat, who has taken from their opening a lively interest in the management of these establishment, and_has constantly urged upon the - Council an extension of their number, the community are greatly indebted for the advantage which they are about to reap, in the spread of personal cleanliness and the improvement of the general health of the locality, which will result from increasing bathing faCilitiOt ported by voluntary contriourions. The CHAIRMAN at a subsequent stage of the nroceed ings remarked upon the general poverty of the Roman Catholic congregations as compared with those of Pro -4 -.forred for proof of this fact to the statistics .ished by Dr. Hume. moved to Messrs. M. Gregson and of Vauxhall Ward, pul Thanks were t W. Roberts for their services as to the Rev. Thomas Nolan for I valuable services as honorary cha _ n, and who had not only benefitted the institution by his eloquence, but also by the incessant attention which he bestowed upon it. Rev. Mr. Crook, whom he had met for the first time at the board, the principles upon which the office of chaplain was conducted. They had a service every Sunday afternoon, at which every patient who chose might attend. If they had any preference, however, for the ministrations of any other clergyman, such preference was on every occasion deferred to. • —_—____ Votes of th a nks to honorary medical officers, and to the house surgeons, for their invaluable services and attention, were next moved, after which Mr. AIKIN moved a similar vote to the Clorgy of the Church and the Dissenting Clergy, in the course of which he paid a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Rev. Mr. Parker, of St. Patrick's, whose life he considered was sacrificed in his zealous performance of his clerical duties. The committee was next appointed, after which a vote of thanks was ,dies, and a 51 ;wag appea with respect to the value to the institution of o. and clothes, A motion by Mr. GREGSON of an intended change in the constitution of the board of economy concluded the proceedings. Ld linen LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE WATER COMPANIES, THE ARBITRATORS' AWARD We are sorry that we could not obtain, last night, authentic particulars of this important decision, but we, however, learned that the award is in town. The exact amount we could not learn. We shall doubtless be able to publish it in a Second Edition. The Harrington Com pany, it is said, receive less than £350,000, and the Bootle over £200,000. This is all that. we could learn with any thing like certainty. These amounts are considerably less than the sums asked by the companies, who, we believe, urged their united claim to nearly a million, for the sale of their rights and interests, the claim for the Harrington being £570,000, and the Bootle £354,000. LONDON CORN MARKET ,-YESTERDAY At this day's market the supply of English Wheat was liberal, but the condition of the samples being affected by the weather, no progress could be made in sales, without sub mitting to a reduction of 2s, per qr. under the currency of last Monday. . . Foreign was in limited request, and must be quoted is. per quarter cheaper. Barrel Flour barely supported former rates. But few transactions were reported in Indian Corn, which might be bought on somewhat lower terms. The Barley trade assumed more steadiness, but the large arrivals checked any advance. _ . In the value of Beans, Peas, or Malt, there was no alteration. The Oat trade does not improve, and buyers had no difficulty in making their purchases at our previous currency. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY The beef trade, was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations of from 2d. to (in some instances) 4d. per 81b. At the close of business, a total clearance of the inferior breeds had not been effected : and we may observe that the highest general figure for the best Scots—though some were disposed of at 4s. 10d.—did not exceed 4s. Bd. per 81b. On the whole the mutton trade was firm, but far from brisk, at prices abaut_aqual_ta_those_Daid on. Monday last—the best old Downs selling at ss. 2d. to ss. 4d. per plb. Very few calves were on show ; vet the veal trade was in a very sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Prime small porkers were quite as dear. Otherwise the pork trade was heavy, at late rates. MONEY MARKET YESTERDAY The accounts received from Paris this morning, in the pri vateletters, still hold out the view that the Kin&os.health is in a very precarious state, which had the effect of depressing Con sols for the account to 86i. The feeling, hOweve.4.ia that the outstanding balances are rather against the "bears," which made the price rally to buyers at 87i, and the quotation is now 8713. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done from 871 to f 2,. the Three-and-a-Quarter per. Cents. 881, Bank Stock 1941 7, and Exchequer-bills 255. to 275. pm. CHILDREN BURNT.—An inquest was held yesterday, on the body of James Cliff, aged 7 years, who resided with his friends in Gay-street. On Wednesday last he was left in a room with two other children, and his clothes taking fire, he was so much burnt that he died on Satur day morning.—Same day on the body of William Grice, about 4 years of age, who lived with his parents in High Park-street. Five weeks ago his clothes took fire while he was with his little brother aged 5, and was burnt all over before the flames could be extinguished. Surgical aid was called, but he died on Sunday morning. COMMITMENT. —At the police -court yesterday, a man named William M`Cartney was charged with having ' broken into the shop of Mr. Henry Watson, clog-maker, in Brownlow-hill, and stolen therefrom a quantity of clogs, &c. At four o'clock on Saturday morning the prisoner was seen with a large bagful of something, and being questioned, gave such evasive and contradictory replies, that he was apprehended. It afterwards appeared that the shop had been locked on Friday night, and was found locked in the morning, but the articles were missed. The prisoner had obtained access by false or other keys. It appeared, too, that he had broken into another shop not one which he intended to enter, but another by mis_ take) and that he was well known to the police as an offender. He declined to say anything in his defence, and was committed. JOULE'S STONE ALE.—An agency for this long-cele obfrapt e a d l e a - l s e t ro b a o s t e e A n s o it p e i n s ed i o fi i n o i t L el i y v e s r p o p o e o ri l o b r y to M o r . o y L t i h t I n e s , that has hitherto been introduced into this town, there can be little doubt it will meet extensive patronage, A single trial will establish its excellence, - • id to hold securities sufficient iO; most deplorable want of proper management is evidenced in the fact that with an aggre gate circulation of 493,000 dollars, the amount of specie held amounts to only• 900 dollars ! of which one establish. ment holds 500. These banks—the Atlas, Franklin, James's, and Merchants' Banks—are aptly denominated " shinplaster " banks, in an expose of the New York nd highly I Herald. THE WRECK OF THE AVENGER. — Letters have received at the Admiralty, from Rear Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, dated Malta, Jan. 4, reporting the return of the any survivors from the wreck of her Majesty's late ship Avenger, and reporting that scarcely a vestige of that ill fated ship could be found on the rocks and islands adja cent to the scene of the wreck. No hopes are therefore entertained at the Admiralty of any lives being saved, excepting those of Lieut. Rooko and the three other- per.... sons — lauded from the Avenger's cutter on the Barbary OAK VALE FARM IRON WORKS. — The adjourned meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Boydell and Roper was held in Birmingham on Friday. The liabilities were nearly 1"250,000, of which only about £36,000 were un secured._ The securities were chiefly in mortgages held by the fate proprietors, Sir S. Glynn, Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Lyttelton. A resolut.on was passed, after a good deal of discussion, that the creditors should agree to take made 19s. in the pound, secured by the old firm, who are to . - -- resume the proprietorship o f , the premises. The capital invested by Messrs. Boydell and Roper amounted to £58,000, £33,000 of which sum was brought into the con cern within the last two years by Mr._Roper. . - COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTS.—On Saturday, a meeting of Pilots' Commissioners was held in the Town hall, the Mayor in the chair, for the purpose making certain requi site appointments. The first business was the filling-up of the vacancies occasioned by the deaths of Messrs. Robert Benson, R. Houghton, John Hall, and E. B. Lyon, as commissioners. Mr. Alexander Shand, Mr. Chas. Jenkins, Mr. John Aikin, and Mr. Alexander Han nay were appointed. The meeting then proceeded to elect four members of the Pilots' Committee. Messrs. John Archer, Joseph Williamson, Henry Jenkins, and Alex ander Shand were elected in the room of Messrs. A Smith. J. Pinder, and F. Shand, (resigned,) and R. Houghton (deceased). On the motion of Mr. J. Nelson Wood, a vote of thanks to the Mayor was passed, and the meeting terminated. CONCERT-HALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.—Yestgday evening, the first of a series of concerts was given at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, the vocalists being Miss Rainforth, Mr. Bishop, and Mr. Wetherbee, Mrs. Ross playing two airs on the chrystalopian. The first piece introduced the three vocalists in a trio from Handel —" The flocks shall leave the mountains,"—which was beautifully sung. Miss Rainforth was in fine voice, which accorded beautifully with the liquid tenor of Mr. Bishop. Mr. Wetherbee sang " The Wanderer" very well. His voice is good ; but his manner is awkward, and he has some provincialisms of language to get rid of. " Home, sweet home," antiquated as the song is, was charm ingly given by Miss Rainforth. The chrystalopian came fifth, and was very beautifully played. The instrument is better known as the musical glasses. Mr. Wetherbee :lid Miss Rainforth concluded the second part, the former by a song by Verdi, which we did not like, and the latter by " Love, dwell with me, '!_—a beautiful effort. The.. second part went off with equal satisfaction ; and we only.• regret that we cannot particularize. RADICALISM THE ANTAGONIST OF LIBERTY.—The Count de Montalembert, a peer of France, and a Roman, Catholic, in addressing the Chamber of Peers, on Satur day, thus alludes to this subject, and shows how truly a sincere papist can be deceived as to the true character of his church :—lt is liberty I wish, above all things, to defend. Religion has no :need of defence, it is. eternal ; property changes- hands, but it always exists and. defends itself; but what ends with a people is liberty— during long ages it disappeared. Take care, Radicalism will destroy liberty ; Radicalism is its antipodes, it is the exaggeration of despotism. Liberty is respect for roan Radicalism is contempt for man—contempt the-meat than any other to speak. In favour 6f liberty. I have been arrogant. I consider myself entitled more perhaps deemed exclusively devoted to religious liberty—but no, I am devoted to liberty of every description— to liberty in has been the to reproach myself with, it is that I have loved it too well. But Ido t d s o idol fullesto f m y not repent having done so — (hear, hear,)—and it:is because sense ! existence; (.A paprnodbiaftilon.) have Libertyanying I love it so ardently that I cannot bear to see it sullied. W OMB WELL'S MENAGERIE.__Tw;miiiaIQ collection n xhi t b h it e io c n h s ris t t o n4as whichho lidpa a y r s e , n as parents well n is now located in the new Haymarket, and affords one of ttakehkee most children t interestin d g ui exhibitions as a study, for the natu ra list. FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS.—The Morning, Chronicle, in noticing this corps, which app ear during the. ensuing• week at the Concert-hall, says : The great and, deserved success of the Boston troupe at the St. James' Theatre, known as the " Ethiopian Serenaders," has. caused. a host of imitators ; but we have not deemed it re ea quisite to take any notice of then, whether they rejoice in, the nemes of ' Lantum,' Ohio,' or ' New Orleans ; but the novelty of a female party of serenaders at the St, James's Assembly Rooms, ought not to be passed over in silence. It is a copy, but: a very clever one, of the ori ginal Ethiopians.' The seraphine player haa much talent, and the players on the banjos, tambourines, castanets, tri angle, &c., have also ability, and the ensemble is pleasing, especially in the instrumental pieces." DIED On the 16th instant, in Shaw -street, aged 66 years, SARAH, relict of the late JOSEPH WARHUBST, Esq., of this town. Yesterday, aged 56 years, the wife of Mr. ROBERT WALSH, Postoffice, Everton, much andjustly regretted by all who knew her. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JAN. 18, 1848. PRINTED AND pIIBLISHED EVERY TUES DAY MORNIN G, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, Rad LEONARD ADDISON, e 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. AGENTS, BIRKENHEAD ; TOCHLINTER, Chester-street ; LAW AND P I SENEY, Argyle-street; OSBORNE, Chester-street; and J. GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. Torras of Subscription for this paper :—OR credit, °me year,"l7s,; if paid in advance, if,s.