The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. correspondent attributes the defeat of Mr. Bourne in West Derby Ward to the industrious misrepresentations circulated that he was opposed to the rating of the dock and corporate estates, whilst he was in favour of the same. We perceive that the Mail fe:l into the error. " Old Seaman" is very indignant at the friends of Mr. lit`Guffie " carrying through the streets our national flag as a the' ' of distress, union down." The parties, our correspon dentstates, were intoxicated, and disgraced themselves, but rtot the union-jack. We are really at a loss to answer our "Render's" inquiry as to What are our best works to consult to acquire a thorough un derstanding of the currency. What our present currency is, can be learnt from a perusal of the article. " Banking." in " rs'Culloch'sCoeimereial Dictionary." Our correspondent, however, should look only, in reading thia article, for the de tails and principles of our present system, and remember that it is imbued with bullionist views. The antidote is a careful examination of the results of that system ; the 'llia c= fluctuation of commodities; the speculation and the em barrassment which have attened it. He might read, as an wltidote, Mr. Taylor's work on the currency, Mr. Gray's re cently published "Lectures on the Nature and Uses of Mo ney." Aladdin's "Letters on the Currency," in Douglas Jer reid's Magazine," and a work, we believe published by Siropkin, Marshall, and C 0.," "The Nat onal Distress; its fraanciai origin and remedy." A correspondent of high standing and great experience says,— " From an experience of more than twenty years in the con duct of many of the largest public meetings in London, I am enabled to soy that the weight of authority is wholly against nr. Evrbank's claim. I have seen Mr. George Finch, at Ic.`xeter Hall, and Lord Ashley, at Freemasons' Hall and at Willis's Rooms, summarily suppress attempts at discussion, exactly resembling that of Mr. Ewbank. The ground taken by these experienced presidents was, in each case, This is net a meeting for discussion or controversy; it is a meeting uxowedly meant merely to enable certain speakers, selected by the committee, to develops and expatiate upon the objects nod operations of the society. If controversy is allowed to enter, charity will at once fly away. Therefore no dissentient weaker can be heard. Our answer to all objectors is, at meetings like the present, it is always understood that the proceedings are wholly regulated by the committee."' Jut answer to an inquiry that has been made of us, as to the number of Irish clergymen officiating in and about Liverpool, we have examined the clergy list for 1848, and find that in the 'parish of Liverpool, and the surrounding ones of Sefton, Walton, and Childwall, there is a total of 63 incumbents and 31, curates. Of these 12 incumbents and 5 curates are Irish. But why should such inquiry be made? Are the words a mockery which we read on the title page of our Book of Common Prayer, "The United Church of England and Ire land?" The lines with " J. F." attached shall appear next week. 'We cannot answer the question of " A Churchman." We have received innumerable letters in reply to the abuse heaped upon a number of the clergy of this town by several local Journals bnt the characters of the reverend gentlemen roinire no vindication. • We received yesterday a letter from Dr. Quail, strongly urging ens owners and masters of emigrant ships to provide for every ship a competent medical gentleman, and to remunerate him suitably. The Doctor says :—" As sufficient is given for freight of emigrants to enable owners and masters to pay medical men at least 3s. 6d. per head on each emigrant. Ilich is a third of 10s. 6d. paid by the Government Emigra tion Commissioners in London on each emigrant sent to Australia, an American passage averaging one month, the Doctor is entitled to a third for his labour and time." Ebt iLlberporti Otanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 7, 1848. TnE Mayoralty of our excellent Chief Magis trate, Mr. Thomas Berry Horsfall, will terminate on Thursday next ; and we cannot suffer him to descend from his elevated position, and to return to the more constant enjoyment of his domestic lot, without tendering him our sincere congratula tions, and those of a great majority of his fellow townsmen, upon the mode in which he has dis charged the arduous duties imposed upon him. Horsfall's year of office has been cast in a troublous period. We have been visited by great political, commercial, and social difficulties. Under the influence of the one every class of the com munity, and every branch of industry, have been called upon to suffer; and under the influence of the other, aided by the machinations of incendiary agitators, we were at one time threatened with serious danger to property and life. Amidst this complication of sources of anxiety, his worship bore himself throughout with dignity, firmness, onsiderate judgment, and impartiality. To his 'exertions and prudence, along with these of his 'brother magistrates, and to the ready zeal with Erich they were responded to by the loyal portion of our population, we owed, in all probability, our escape from dangers, the extent of which have never been fully made known. Mr Horsfall entered upon his duties with a de clared determination to regard himself as the repre sentative of no party ; to be the Mayor of all the ::olvrt. He has eminently succeeded in carrying out his resolve. His impartiality has been perfect in cvery respect. To any measure, or any movement, having for its object the good of his fellow-towns uen, and the community at large, he has freely lent his countenance and active aid, as is evinced by his readiness at all times to call and to preside over - -public meetings, at which the opinions of this great commercial people could be expressed and brought to bear upon the Legislature. As the most impor tant of these we may instance the 'meetings upon the question of the Navigation Laws and the Sugar Duties, at both of which his impartial bearing, his perfect courtesy, and his firmness in resisting the slightest attempt at disorder, were acknowledged by all parties. Besides these, however, are nume nrous other meetings at which he has presided—the Early Closing Association, the Tradesmens' Asso ciation, the Church Missionary Society, the Gospel Propagation Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and others,—to all of which his kind coun tenance, independent of his individual liberality, 'has been productive of advantage. That personal liberality has not been the least iominent feature of his worship's mayoralty. He has been rarely appealed to in vain for any worthy object ; and to all so appealing to him, as indeed to all who have had occasion to address him on any subject, he has been found invarably kind and easy of approach. His hospitality has been profuse, and dealt out without any party bias; and its accepta- Ineness-has been infinitely increased by his worship's constant display of that tact so invaluable in a host the tact which enables every guest to feel him . :self at home, in good humour alike with his enter tainer, his fellow-guests and himself. Few more 'agreeable chairmen have ever presided over. the 'hospitalities of our Town Hall. _ We can assure Mr. Horsfall, with sincerity, that 'he will carry with him to the retirement of his own happy home, which during the year of his mayor --alty has been blessed with an additional source of a parent's happiness, the goodwill and affection of an classes of his fellow townsmen. We cannot flatter him, however, with the hope that they will be content to yield him'up permanently. There is a strong feeling abroad that one who has served • his fellow-townsmen so efficiently in a compara tively limited sphere of action, is capable also of serving them in a more extended sphere. In a -word, we look to see Mr. Horsfall called to repre limit in Parliament this community, with whose iseterests, institutions and feelings he is so perfectly conversant. The time has come, it is thought, for awing aside those petty jealousies which have here 'ore intervened to prevent the member for Liver pool being a resident merchant of the town, and sent us a begging for the honour and countenance of some professional politician, or hanger on of party. Common sense bids us, in these times of political tergiversation, to stay at home, and to gr.-e our confidence only to one whom we know, who has been tried and not found wanting, either in talent or in honesty. Such a man we possess in the retiring Mayor—Mr. Thos. Berry Horsfall. BEFORE proceeding to reply in detail to the Manchester Guardian's remarks upon our last week's article in defence of the Liverpool currency &theme, we have to thank him for the admission that it was, "on the whole, a fair and temperate ./.1.-tlcle." We wish to argue a question so impor tant in no other spirit than that which our con temporary admits we have displayed thus far. Our object is not at all to triumph as controver sialists. We wish only, in any argument which - we may have with the Guardian, to furnish to him and the public an opportunity of weighing dispas sicmately the merits of the system proposed by the Currency Reform Association, as compared with that system to whose operation, we firmly believe, the present depressed condition of the commerce 15.714 industry of the country is mainly attributable. Butwe will here take the opportunity of correcting the error which our contemporary has committed, doubtless inadvertently, when he styles the plan of the association a " scheme of inconvertible paper curren cy?' The paper money they propose will be based upon, and convertible into, consols, and unless he be • prepared to assert that these securities rossess no value, he must admit that the proposed paper will mot be inconvertible. It would appear as if the - powerful sway which gold seems to exercise over the minds of its votaries renders them unable to perceive the possibility of paper being convertib'e Into anything save this precious metal. The Guardian seems to be either unable or dis clined, in hi s o bj ec ti on s to the currency we 7illvocate, to regard it through any other than a Monist medium. His first paragraph is an in -stance of extreme confusion of mind, arising from this source. He says : "it will probably be recollected that the association tr i fle,- as the basis of their standard of value, the funded A e bt owing by the British goyernment, the price of which. =cording to their scheme, is to remain always at par, and , if its real exchangeable value was always the z• me THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COPY. Aigburth, 3rd November, 1848. REV. AND DEAR SIR,—Mr. Inman has just informed me, to my very great satisfaction, that you do not insist on an acknowledgement of your right in this matter, as a preliminary to our reconciliation and Christian intercourse, but that you are willing to refer that to subsequent dis cussion by competent tribunals. This being the case let us meet as brethren, and, in such a conference, I will gladly and readily repeat to you what I have already said in full committee, of my sincere regret at having been induced to use words which ought not to have been used under any provocation, and which were calculated to inflict a wound not designed by the speaker of them.—l am, reverend .and dear sir, yours truly, HUGH M'NEILE. Rev. W. Withers Ewbank. COPY. Everton, 4th Nov., 1848 REV. AND DEAR SIR,—I am quite willing, as I always have been, on the supposition that it could be done fairly, to refer the question of right to some competent tribunal. I stated, therefore, to our mutual friend, Mr, Inman, and I conclude that he communicated to you, that the resolu tions sanctioned by yourself, which, while they pronounce no opinion on my right to speak, distinctly assert your right to prevent me, placed us in unequal positions. I am, therefore, to understand that, in the event of refer ence, those resolutions, against which I protest as most unjust, are to be distinctly excluded from any case to be submitted to referees. Such being the case I have much pleasure in saying, that I am quite satisfied with the latter portion of your note, and, dismissing from my mind every painful feeling which late events may have caused, I am quite ready to meet you on our former terms of Christian intercourse.—l am, reverend and dear sir, yours faithfully, WM. WITHERS EWBANK. Rev. Dr. M`Neile. COPY. Everton, 4th Nov. 1848: REv. AND DEAR Stn.,—Mr. Tnman made no mention to me of the resolutions of the committee, nor did I even think of them, when I wrote you a hurried note last night. I have never had any idea that there could be a bona fide reference of the matter, because I do not see where a tri bunal, on all hands acknowledged to be final, is to be found. When Mr. Inman and Mr. Barker told me that you no longer required an acknowledgment of your right to speak, as a preliminary to our reconciliation, but that you were willing it should be referred, I wrote what I di], not with any distinct notion that there could be an actual reference, but simply to set the question of right in abey ance. You supposed that Mr. Inman had mentioned the reso'utions to me, and, 'therefore, you appeared to have conch lered my note defective in making no allusion to them ; but Mr. Inman appears to have thought that they had nothing to do with the matter immediately in hand, and, therefore, did not mention them to me. I never thought of them, nor do I think now that any reference to them is called for as a preliminary. They are the resolutions of the committee, not mine : though it is true I gave my opinion at a meeting of gentlemen, (not a committee,) that they ought not to be suppressed,—that no unauthorised meeting ought to suppress what a com mittee had resolved. As an expression of the deliberate judgment of a majo rity of our committee, I cannot agree with you in calling them " most unjust." My feeling is that unless we yield to a majority, we can have neither unity nor peace. I wrote to say so to the secretaries, before I knew hcw the committee would decide; and had the' dechion of the committee been, that you had an " undoubted rig] t" to speak, I would long since have publicly acknowledged my mistake in preventing you. They decided that I had a right to prevent you, but you did not deem yourself bound by that decision ; and now you require, that I should agree with you in allowing them to go for nothing in a reference. am content to do so ; and, should this explanation of how this matter stands be satisfactory to you, we may now leave all matters of difference.—l am, reverend and dear sir, your's truly, HUGH M`NEILE. Rev. W. 'Withers Ewbank. COPY. Everton, 4th Nov. 1818. REV. AND DEAR SIR,—As you state, in your rote of this morning. that you are content to allow the resolutions to go for nothing in a reference, should that reference be made, I am quite satisfied, and shall be most happy to sume our friendly and Christian intercourse.-1 am, reverend and dear sir, your's faithfully, WM. WITHERS EWBA,NK. Rev. Dr. M'Areile. THE LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The general monthly meeting of this society took place yesterday evening, at the Royal Institution, the Presi dent in the chair. The attendance was pretty numerous. After the usual preliminary business, Mr. B. SMITH read' an excellent paper, descriptive of his " Plan to effect a settlement of the dispute of the Gtiages" on railways, which was listened to with great attention, and received with much applause. The subject is of so much national importance, as regards travelling and the transit of goods, that we find we cannot, on the eve of our present publication, command sufficient time or space to do it justice; and for the satisfaction of the public, as well as the lecturer, we shall refrain from en tering into particulars until our next publication, when we shall furnish either the whole, or a comprehensive con densation, with extracts. Mr. J. GARDNER gave a description of " Rishton's Improved Sheet, for greenhouses, skylights, &c. and ven tilating sash windows for shop fronts," which was much appreciated. Mr. MPONALD read a paper, " On the best- mode of applying water for the purpose of extinguishing fires." Mr. FORREST exhibited a Patent Basin Tap, the inven tion of Messrs. Knight and Nimmo, plumbers, of this town. It is of a simple and ingenious description. He said that great complaints were made of the tap now in use causing either an overflow or waste of water; but as this tap could not be left open these accidents- could not occur. LONDON UNIVERSITY.—At the examination for the de g ree of Bachelor of Arts, our talented young townsman, Robt. G. Williams, son of Mr. Williams, Basnett-street, passed as first-class man. ST. SAVIOUR'S ScnooLs.—On Sunday last, after a sermon by the Rev. W. G. Warre, the sum of £3O was collected at St. Saviour's Church, on behalf of the schools in connexion with the church. COMMITMENTS AT' THE POLICE -COURT, YESTERDAY. —John Williams and George Jones, for stealing clothes in Ashton-street, OR Saturday,—trial.—James Morton, for attempting to pick pockets in a sale-room, in Park lane, was committed for three months.—Bridget O'Don nell and Mary Collins, for stealing meat in St. John's Market, on Saturday,—two months.—Jane Smith, charged. by John Mathews with robbing him of LB 6d., in Poyn ton-street, was sent for trial.—Elizabeth Harrison, charged by Edward Jones ' _with stealinl, a harCkarcLief, in Vaux hall-road, on Saturday, was sent for trial,—Mary Ann Jones, charged by John Crook with robbing him of a half-crown,—three months.—Eliza Heaney, charged with fllnnk, and robbing Thos. Brown of a purse and a • r-q"art-gardens, on Saturday, was sent to gaol for 1,, ~ ., : ..Iths.—John Williams and John Jones, charged with stealing a coat, worth 305.,,fr0m behind the parlour door of the house in Sagnall-street, inhabited by Mr. John Welsh, master mariner, on Sunday afternoon, were committed for trial.—Richard Kendrick, charged with having in his possession a quantity of gas-piping, and brass-fittings, the property of the Gas Company, and for the possession of which he could not account, was committed for three months. ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD.—None of our readers who are acquainted with the scriptural teaching and the painstaking ministerial devotedness manifested so long and with such affectionate solicitude by the Rev. A. Knox, the estimable incumbent of this church, will be surprised to hear 'that the whole, of the solemn service appointed by the church for the fifth of November was used on Sunday last for the benefit of the numerous. and attentive congregation. The reverend gentleman deli vered in the morning an admirable and faithful sermon from the words, " Earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints," in which he himself complied with all zeal and energy with the Apostles' precept, and pointed out to his hearers the many ways in which they might profitably do the same. In the evening the pulpit was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Parr, who ably followed up the subject by a remarkably powerful sermon (which we should rejoice to see published) from the words, " Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The latter reverend gentleman has been recently appointed to the curacy of the district, on the removal of the Rev. Mr. Handcock, and though young in years, is able to open up the Scriptures, and the history of our country in con nexion therewith, with all the unction and fullness of an aged and experienced divine. We have rarely heard a sermon which embraced such a body of divinity, and de livered withal, with much simplicity and with becoming solemnity and earnestness. We shall be much mistaken if this gentleman does not take a high place as a de voted minister and preacher, and he is most deserving of some worthy effort being made to retain his talents and services for this neighbourhood. He pourtrayed in fervid language the " liberty" enjoyed by the believing Christian—showed how, in its varied characteristics, it is offered in all the ordinances, prayers, and articles of the Church of England to every member of her communion, and how, on the other hand, it is denied to the follower s of the Church of Rome both in this world and the world to come—and improved the subject by showing its appli cation to the day alluded to, and to the times in which we live. The reverend gentleman denounced in eloquett terms the intended endowment of the Romish priesthood, and exhorted the Protestant public to do their parts to prevent the commission of that daring impiety. Thi sermon evidently made a very strong impression on the congregation; and we are sure that the abilities of the preacher are eminently calculated to effect the very great, est blessings for any church and district with which he way become connected. THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB. as measured in commodities, and in the command over la boar, might ppssibly furnish something like a standard. But it is perfectly notorious that the. value of the funds, as measured in commodities and labour, has fluctuated exceedingly. At one time the market price of £lOO, in three per cent. consols was as low as £57, even in a cur rency depreciated some 20 or 25 per eent. At another time, it was worth a hundred golden sovereigns. In one case, the proposed standard would have given us a pound worth less than ten shillings ; in the other, it would have given a pound worth fully twenty shillings. A very pretty standard that would have been, certainly." Our contemporary appears wishful to alarm us by quoting the extreme and violent oscilations which form a part of the bullionists' system, but he need not have gone so far back for his illustration, as so recently as October last year exchequer bills were not convertible ; it rests with him to prove whether this arose from a depreciation in the go vernment securities, or from an appreciation of the gold. WE HOLD THAT IT WAS AN APPRECIA TION OF THE GOLD. The object of the association is to obtain a steady value for money by a uniform rate of interest, and, at the same time, a safe and adequate supply of the medium of exchange; and this, they contend, may be secured by making consols convertible into, legal tender at par, or at such rate as may be con sidered the least disturbing to existing prices. The only difficulty under which the Guardian seems to labour with respect to a currency based upon the value of the national debt, as applicable to our qrdinary transactions with foreign countries, is its liability to fluctuation with the price of Consols. We have already said enough, however, to show that no such fluctuation would take place. But we had better let him put his own case : "A Liverpool merchant," he says, " who has credit at New York, or who can procure an undertaking from others who have credit., to accept his bill drawn in that city, goes into the market there to buy corn, or flour, or cotton, and proposes to pay for it with his bill on London. Before any man will part with his merchandise on such terms, he will be satisfied what it will eventually produce him. At the present time, he knows that it will yield him, for each sterling pound expressed in it, a golden so vereign of a given weight and fineness, with the value of which he is very well acquainted; and therefore, if the price of his cotton, corn, or flour is satisfactory, he feels no hesitation about the value of the proceeds of the bill when paid. But let the Liverpool merchant go into the New York market with a bill payable in three-per-cent. consols,—or what is precisely the same thing, in a cur rency the value of which is determined by the value of the three-per-cents,—and what will the owner of the merchandise say to him ? He would very likely say,--` I have no confidence in your funds. I have recently wit nessed the most violent fluctuations in the value of French rentes and of Austrian metalliques ; and I know that English three-per-cents have been sometimes worth less than ten shillings in the pound. Bring megold or silver, or give me a bill payable in gold or silver, and then 1 will sell you my merchandise; but I will not sell it for a bill the real value of which is uncertain.' It would be quite useless to tell him in reply that he would receive so many paper ` pounds.' He would require to know what each pound would net at New York : and feeling no confidence on that head, he would either refuse to sell, or demand such terms as, in his judgment, woull indemnify him for the risk he incurred." We are still of opinion that if we can only esta blish a well regulated system of domestic exchanges, we may safely leave the foreign exchanges to take care of themselves ; and we feel sure that they would fluctuate much less than they do at present. But, should the Guardian still disagree with us on this point,we would ask him whether Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and other countries circumstanced as those are, have ever experienced any difficulty in obtain ing every description of merchandise from every' part of the world, though their paper money is totally inconvertible ? Nay, did Great Britain her self, find it difficult to obtain all the supplies of produce, and all the food she required, during the period of the Bank Restriction Act, merely because the hank-notes were then inconvertible ? The reasoning of the Guardian clearly implies that, whenever bank-notes cease to command gold, fo reigners will cease to trade with us, though the instances just mentioned are evidences to the con trary. The fact is, that his error, and that of the bullionists in general, arises from the vulgar preju dice that gold is the only thing that possesses value; but the association are desirous to bring this pre cious metal down to its place as a commodity, and a commodity only. Feeling satisfied of its total unfitness as a measure of value, because of the instability of its own value, which depends upon the quantity that may happen, at any given time, to he in the country, they think it a very great evil that the national commerce and industry should he paralised, merely by the accidental circumstance of a few boxes of bullion being, at a particular time, on the wrong side of the Atlantic. This part of the argument the Guardian shirks ; he says much as to the possible depreciation in the value of Consols, but is silent upon the actually extreme fluctuations which are constantly taking place in the value of gold. Our contemporary repeats his allusions to the depreciation of French assignats—that respecting the paper money of. Buenos Ayres he seems to give up as untenable ;—and in reply to our remark that these were inconvertible, exclaims, " What ! no solid ' basis of convertibility in the French assignats ? Why, everybody knows that they were issued on the security of church lands, and of the confiscated estates of the emigrant nobles." We are rather surprised that the Guardian should be so badly informed upon the point as to reiterate with evident self-complacency what "every body knows," or should know, to be incorrect. The case is, that the first issue of assignats by the consti tuted assembly, in 1790, of about £2,500,000, was based upon public lands, but these assignats were received back by the government in taxes, and in payment of the confiscated estates. It was the sub sequent and excessive issues, without any basis, or provision for their withdrawal, that became depre ciated and worthless. The ignorance of these facts may be the chief cause of the bullionists prejudice against a paper currency. It should be borne in mind that all depreciated money has originated in the fraudulent expedients resorted to by Govern ments in their necessities, and that n paper money based upon sound principle, has never yet been adopted by any nation. There is one thing of which we have to complain in the mode in which the Guardian argues this question. He persists in assuming facts, as proved, which he has never even attempted to prove ; treats, as certain to occur under the proposed scheme, conditions which have constantly occurred under, and are the most mischievous characteristics of our present system. We really wish that he would deal, a little less in such assumptions, and give us a little more of proof and argument. WHEN we first heard the announcement that Mr. Eyre Evans, confident of his ejection from the Council Chamber, was about to give to the world his notions on dock matters, in the form of a letter or a parriphlet, we trembled for the Dock Chair man, the committee, and all concerned. We are enabled once more to breathe freely. The pro mised document has appeared in the form of a letter in the Albion; and there has been no explo sion. The Custom-house, the Docks, and the Dock Warehouses, stand precisely where they were ; and the Mersey shows no symptoms of being on fire. In fact, we have read over the production half a dozen times, only to ask ourselves the ques tion every time we reached its conclusion, what on earth could have induced the worthy gentleman to think that there existed any necessity for his trou bling himself to write a letter at all. Mr. Eyre Evans seems to labour under the delu sion that our Dock affairs cannot possibly go on without his interference. He states it to be "a duty owing to the community, from whom he is officially about to part company" to offer them a few observations; and reminds his readers of the way in which " he and several others, the latter amongst the most distinguished citizens of the town, exerted themselves for the last thirteen years in both official and private capacities." We could have spared him the exertions in question, and the trouble of reminding us of them. Their result has been two of the most complete failures ever perpe trated either in the Dock Committee or the Coun cil; the erection of those extravagant structures, the Dock warehouses, which Mr. Evans assured us were to pay ten to twelve and a half per cent., and which return a miserable fraction upon the outlay, which we are afraid to mention, and the Gill-street Market, which pays nothing at all. We shall some of these days, no doubt, have a proper debtor and creditor account of the result of these pet schemes of Nlr. Evans and his friends " the most distin guished citizens of this town," which we imagine will reconcile us to the official parting of company which he seems to regard as so calamitous. The burthen of the letter before us is a complaint with respect to the agreement come to by the Dock Committee and the Earl of Derby, for the land on the North Shore, which he conceives to be an improvident one, and the terms of which ought to have been left to be settled by a jury ; and another, that the Dock Committee have acted unwisely in providing to such an extent for the increase of traffic, which they expect to accrue to the port. Under the bargain referred to, he states that " the lion's share of the property" is conceded to the Earl; and, from the increase of dock accommoda tion which the committee are providing, he sees nothing, he anticipates nothing, but ruin and bank ruptcy to the estate. Unfortunately for his consis tency and truth, however, this bargain is by no means one from which the Earl is to reap the lion's share ; and his complaint, that the price of the shore has not been left to a jury, and the Earl included amongst the parties embraced by the compulsory clauses of the act, is neutralised by the fact that a similar purchase of a thousand lineal yards of strand was made by himself from the same nobleman, without even the insertion of his name in the Act of Parliament. The Dock Committee, in this purchase, wisely departed from the established rule of past years—viz., that of making the land first, and buying it afterwards, at from 20s. to 255. per yard. They required the site for the purpose of depositing upon it the soil from the docks now in course of formation ; and they will get, as the result of the plan they have adopted, a magnificent reach of land, for dock purposes, at a rate cheaper than that of any former addition made to the estate. With respect to his fear that the committee are going too fast, he affords us an admission which complet, 1 . 7 upsets his whole case. The interest on the debt and expenses, he says, will, when the pro posed works be completed, reach £250,000 to £300,000 per annum, " an appalling sum to those of us who remember the gross income of the Dock Estate being under £50,000 per annum." When we remember, however, that the income in question has already reached £250,000 per annum, and has increased in even tho present year of depression, we need be under little alarm that the further increase, during the eighteen years that we have allowed for completing the entire docks proposed, will not be amply sufficient to meet all the charges upon them, and allow of room for reduction of the rates as well. WE publish the following letter with the very greatest pleasure. not because we suppose that the malicious and shameful libels on the Irish clergy will be felt by that excellent and laborious body of men, but because we are glad to find that more than one English clergyman has been bold enough to protest publicly against the unfounded allega tions levelled in such a wholesale manner against their Irish brethren. The character of Mr. Parry will add much to his earnest protest, and without further preface we present his letter to our readers. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Six, — Unaccustomed and unwilling as I am to obtrude myself on the public attention in the columns of a news paper, I cannot refrain from entering my earnest protest, as an English clergyman, against the ungenerous, the unjust, the unworthy treatment, to which my Irish breth ren in the ministry in this town have been recently sub jected. lam filled with feelings of sorrow and of shame when I reflect that the men thus assailed are men of whom, if we regard their mental endowments and attain ments, any town, any country, any church, might be justly proud, and for whom, if we consider their piety, their zeal, and their devotedness in their Master's work and service, any town, any country, any church, might well be thankful. Were my beloved brethren mere men of the world, they might be in some danger of self-complacency from this source, if the language of the poet be the language of truth,— " Envy does merit, as its shade, pursue, But, like the shadow, proves the substance true." Were they men of the worll, they might regard with contempt the unsparing and unmerited hostility of which they are the objects. But they are Christian men, and they will, therefore, pity and " pray for those who des pitefully use them," consoled, in some measure, by the reflection that there are many amongst their English b-ethren, who, like myself, deeply and affectionately sym. pathise with them ;—consoled in a far higher degree by the recollection that their blessed Master went " through evil" as well as " good report" before them, and that " the disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord." I am, Sir, faithfully yours, FREDERICK PARRY. 20, Falkner-square, Nov. 4, 1848. In connection with this subject, we may allude here to a reply we have made to a correspondent, and mention that in this and the three adjoining parishe; there are eighty-seven officiating clergy men, and of these only seventeen belong to the Irish Church. WE hear of same difficulties, which are said to stand in the way of a harmonious action amongst the Conservative body in the Council, upon the subject of the approaching election for the mayor alty. It was by a majority, not only of the Con servatives, but of all classes in the town, fully understood that, after the postponement of his claims last year, in favor of those of our present respected Chief Magistrate, the election of Mr. Bramley-Moore on the present occasion was almost a matter of course. Up to within a very few days past we heard of no settled purpose to disturb that arrangement by any opposition; and hoped that time sufficient had elapsed to allow of the subsidence of party heats, and of a candid ac knowledgement being accorded to services of a very high order, conferred by Mr. Bramley-Moore, at the expense of great personal exertion, upon the Commerce and the Institutions of the Town. In this anticipation, we fear we are doomed to be disappointed ; and that a section of the Conserva tive party are disposed to push their views, as to the rating question, to the extreme point of mak ing it the turning point of fitness for the civic chair, putting out of sight all those other import ant questions of constitutional principle, upon which they have for years gone hand in hand with the Dock Chairman, and are even regardless on the score of personal fitness. It is to be re gretted that such a course should be pursued—a course which must tend greatly to bring us back beneath that Whig domination, from the effects of which, its extravagance and jobbing, its Georges's Halls and Albert Warehouses, .we are now paying so fearful a penalty. It is an instance of that same. fatal spirit, which broke up the great political party in our own town, and in the country : which ended in handing over a share in the representation of once Conservative Liverpool to a Liberal, and in fasten— ing, as an incubus on the country's energies,,a Russell Administration. _ _ We would entreat of our Conservative friends to reflect upon the course which they are about to pursue, and to regard with jealousy and suspicion the seductive voice with which they are tempted— the voice of a party which never fawned upon and flattered loyal constitutional men, except to draw them under their feet, and trample upon and deride them. Let them remember the fable of the horse, who submitted to be bridled and mounted, in order to be revenged upon an enemy, and has remained that rider's slave ever since. The report of an account having been received at Lloyd's of the lose of the emigrant ship Thetis is incor rect. ROBBERY IN DIIBLIN.—At the Police-court yesterday, a young man named James Biffin charged another named James Wilkinson with having recently robbed him, at his lodgings in Dublin, of £3O in cash, a watch, and a quantity of clothes, with which he came to England. He was ordered to be sent to Dublin, to be de 11t with by the authorities there. STEALING BUTTER FROM A MARKET WOMAN.—A woman named Catherine Nicholson, was yesterday charged at the police-court with having stolen from the stall, in St. John's Market, of Catharine Howard (of Ormskirk), 12 pounds of butter, value, Is. per pound. She was observed, pursued and captured in Market-street by a police-officer. The prisoner was sent for trial at the sessions. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CAR-DRIVER.—At the police court yesterday, a car-driver named Thomas Robinson, was charged with having retained from his employer the sum of 10s. 6d., which he had received for a fare on Sun day evening. The prisoner said he was so drunk that he knew not what had become of the money, which he must either have lost or was robbed of. He was remanded for further enquiry. BONFIRES.—AII or most of our readers know the origin of bonfires. But though bonfires are sometimes dangerous, they have, on many occasions, been of great service in preserving life and property, as in the following instance : It is now forty-two years since the ship Bellona, Captain W. Lace, bound to this port from Africa, with a valuable cargo, was overtaken by a storm on making the land, which increased as night came on, accompanied with sleet and rain. It soon became as dark as pitch. The pilot would not listen to the remonstrances of the captain, and the consequence was the ship struck, and soon became a wreck, on one of the banks near the village of Wallasey. At this time, they could not see the Bidston light, but occasionally seeing the reflection of the bonfires on Bid ston-hill, the captain and crew took to the boats, and pulled in that direction for several hours. The sailors became so exhausted that they were about to lay down their oars in despair, but the captain assuring them he could then distinctly see the bonfires, animated the crew, and another hour's tug brought them to the shore. The men, on reaching terra firma, near the Magazines, could scarcely be restrained, and vowed they would every sth of November have a bonfire that would blaze as high as the mainmast of their unfortunate ship, as they must have all perished but for the Cheshire boys commemorating the memorable day. The pilot was discharged for his head strong conduct, RECONCILIATION BETWEEN DR. M'NEILE AND ME REV. W. W. EWBANK. -ADDI TIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. We are rejoiced to find that through the kind exertions of Mr. Inman, a cordial reconciliation has taken place be tween these reverend gentlemen, who, on Saturday, had a most affectionate personal meeting. The following cor respondence is extremely gratifying, and' we publish it with much pleasure : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Everton, Nov. 6, 1848. DEAR SlR,—Will you be good enough to insert the enclosed correspondence in your next paper ?—I am, dear sir, your faithful servant, W, WITHERS EWBANK. DINNER ON CLOSING THE SEASON, AND PRESENTATION : OF PLATE TO THE COMMODORE. Yesterday evening, a number of the members of our i Royal Mersey Yacht Club, assembled at the Club-rooms, Duke-street, to partake of a dinner as a conclusion to the season of this year, and, more especially, to present to their esteemed Commodore a testimonial of their respect for his gallant and humane conduct in saving, by the admirable working of his yacht " The Ocean Queen," the lives of many of the unfortunate parties on board of the Ocean Monarch, recently destroyed by fire on the coast of Wales. The large Club-room was splendidly decorated with appropriate national and other flags, and nautical em blems, and enriched by a variety of beautiful models as well as of ships, paintings, yachts, and craft of every degree. The apartment, (which is spacious and elegant,) was splendidly lighted with gas from the central dome, and the appearance of the whole was most lively and unique. There was present an excellent company of Glee Singers, who sang appropriate songs on each toast being given, and contributed largely to the enjoyment of the evening. On the right side of the room were fixed on the wall Marryatt's flags, designated " In honour of the Commodore." Over the fire-place was placed Mr. Melling's original painting of the Queen of the Ocean sailing to the rescue of the burning Ocean Monarch. Surmounted by the British Jack, and over the Royal Arms in carving, were the Union Jack and the Cross of St. George. On one side of these was the Blue Ensign of the R.M.Y.C., with its device. At the bottom of the room was a huge flag, " The Royal Arms of England." The tables consisted of two long lengths, with a cross table at the top. They were handsomely decorated with fancy confectionery—ornamented swith nautical and national flags ; and a number of valuable pieces of plate, which had been prizes of the club, were also displayed. Between sixty and seventy gentlemen sat down at the festive board, including many of the most respectable gentlemen of the mercantile, shipping, trading, and agricultural interests of this port and its neigbour hood. The dinner and wines were provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, a veritable king of caterers, who on this occasion outdid all his for mer exertions to gratify even the most fastidious palates. The viands were, in fine, varied and delicious, the dessert superb, and the wines, &c., of the finest pos sible potency and flavour. The Earl of Sefton was unanimously called to the chair, and performed the duties of the somewhat onerous office with the greatest felicity and effect. He was supported on his right by T. Littledale, Esq., the Commodore, Edw. Cardwell, Esq., M.P., Admiral Grenfell, Captain Froes, Captain Lisboa, J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., &c. On his left, by Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., Sir Thos. Birch, M.P., Captain Ward, Edward Watson Lloyd, Esq., Commodore of the Royal Dee Yacht Club, and others. The Vice chairs were occupied by Fletcher, Esq., Capt. Beaver, of the Club, and H. Melling, Esq., the Hon. Secretary. Amongst those present were Messrs. Councillors Par ker, Aspinall, Tobin, Alderman Molyneux, H. Littledale, W. W. Perry, W. Nevitt, Edward Littledale, N. D. Bold, ft. A. Mould, S. P. Hope, Benjamin H. Jones, Thomas Birchall, James Holme, John Woodhouse, H. Bridston, George Folliott, (of Chester,) Frederick Peel, R. M'Lean, Samuel Bright, Esqrs., &e., &c. The present for the Commodore consisted of a beautiful and massive gold snuff-box, 41 inches in length by 3A inches in width, and upwards of 1 inch in depth. In the centre of the lid, engraved on the gold, is a representation, copied from the much-admired oil painting, by H. Mel ling, Esq., of the burning of the Ocean Monarch, at the time of her greatest danger, with the gallant little yacht making up to her succour under a heavy press of canvas, and bounding over the then stormy sea. This scene is enclosed, or surrounded, by deeply-embossed scrollwork, raised in alto-relievo, and in foliated devices. Within an embayment, or recess, at the top of the picture, is en graved the crest of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club—the Crown and Anchor, surmounted by the Liver. On the bottom, and in the centre, is engraved a striking likeness of a " prow," or ancient sailing ship, also surrounded by scroll-work, and protected by a raised rim or edge of gold, upon which the box rests when placed upon or moved along a table. The sides of the box are sectionally of an ogee form, and are enriched with engraving and scroll work. In the centre of the front there is beautifully en graved the coat of arms of T. Littledale, Esq. The inside of the lid bears the following inscription, beautifully en graved in Roman capitals. " PRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB TO THEIR COMMODORE, THOMAS LITTLEDALE, ESQ., AS A MEIVDDRIAL OF THEIR ADMIRATION OF THE GALLANTRY AND HUMANITY HE DISPLAYED ON BOARD HIS YACHT 'QUEEN OF THE OCEAN,' IN SAVING, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF GREAT DIFFICULTY, THE LIVES OF THIRTY-TWO OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP 'OCEAN MONARCH,' OF BOSTON, DESTROYED BY FIRE IN ABERGELE BAY, ON THURSDAY, THE. XXIV. OF AUGUST, MDCCCXL37III." On the cloth being removed, the toasts proceeded as follows : The CHAIRMAN rose and said,—l call upon all loyal men to drink the health of " Her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster, our Royal Patroness." (Drunk with all loyal honours.) Air—" The National Anthem." The CHAIRMAN again rose and said,—Gentlemen, T will make another appeal to your loyalty on behalf of a lady who is illustrious as much for her birth as for her charity, generosity, and benevolence to all who belong to this world. Gentlemen, I give you—" Our Queen Dow ager, and may God bless her." (Cheers.) Air—" Sleep, gentle lady." When silence was restored, the CHAIRMAN rose and gave—" Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." (Applause.) Glee—" What shall he have that killed the deer ?" The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen the next toast is the "Army and Navy." (Cheers.) Without the army and navy I don't know what we should do, ev( n with the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. (Cheers.) But w'silst we have an army and navy in which we may feel an honest and justly-placed pride, still I feel that we are as much honoured in ranking amongst our members, and amongst our guests to night, men who have done the " state some service," and who have been an honour to that same army and navy—gentlemen, I allude to Captain Warre and Lieutenant Lord, R.N.—(Loud cheers.)—Air, " Rula Britannia." Capt. VV ARRE then rose to return thanks for the honour conferred upon him and his brother of the navy. He did not fear of the army and navy doing its duty—as longs as they hal such examples :before them, and that of their worthy Commodore, who in a small vessel saved the lives of so many of his fellow beings. (Loud cheer 3.) Lieutenant LORD also returned thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon him. He could only re echo the sentiments which had been uttered by Captain Warre. with regard to their Commodore. It was one of the most humane and most heroic acts which he had ever known to be performed by a seaman possessed of so small a craft. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN again rose and said he would propose the health of " The Members of the Southern Division of of the County." He looked upon the Royal Mersey Yacht Club as one of the institutions of the country, and' the institutions of this-country derived their pros perity from the laws by which it was governed. Con nected with the laws were their representatives whom they trusted in the assemblage of the country. There fore it was that he proposed for their consideration the health of the Legislature of England, and more par ticularly that of the members for this county—(cheers)— one of whom, who was present, was a townsmanarif Li verpool, and whom he (the Chairman) trusted would always long remain amongst them as their representative in the Imperial Parliament. (Loud cheers.) Air—" As the moments roll." Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., then rose to respond, and said, that as a member for this large and influential county, he felt proud in being called upon to respond to such a toast as that which had been proposed by their honored and noble chairman. He also felt proud in having his name connected with such a sentiment as that which had been given from the chair, connected as it was with all that was good and great, rich and intellectual in this great and influential county—(cheers) —many of whom he had the honour of addressing that evening. It must be acknow ledged that the voice of the people should be heard in the great council of the nation, and in accordance with that voice, he had the honour of being elected to the high office which he then held. He, however, was more than gratified—he was delighted—in being able- to Join their noble chairman in presenting this tribute of respect to their gallant Commodore—a tribute of respect and ad miration which be assuredly deserved. (Hear, hear, and applause.) He (Mr. Brown) was not a nautical man, but he understood from all with whom he had conversed, that it was mainly owing to the formation, discipline, and order of such a club as the Riyl Mersey Yacht Club, that the gallant crew of i IL, - t : t • •!1 of the Ocean," under their more than gallant coil modore, were so well able to do their duty, and thereby save the unfor tunate sufferers, which they did. (Cheers.) Again thank ing them for the honour conferred upon him and his colleague, he begged to retire. The CHAIRMAN again rose and said that after the very flattering manner in which the health of the County Members was received, he was induced to propose to their notice another toast of the same nature, which was the health of the Members of the Borough. (Cheers.) They (the electors) were fortunate enough in having both their worthy members selected, he might say, from amongst themselves—they were both natives of the town ; and, therefore, would, no doubt, take a greater interest in the affairs of the town than if they were strangers. (Cheers.) He would, without further preface, give them the health of "Our Borough Members." (Drunk with applause.) Song—" Our ship's in port, our anchor s cast." SIR THOS. BIRCH then rose and said that in acknow ledging the compliment he felt the necessity of not tres passing upon their time one moment longer than would suffice to return his sincere thanks for the honour which had been conferred upon himself and colleague. He could assure them that on no occasion could that com pliment have been more acceptable to him than on the present. When they called to their remembrance the event which this evening was intended to commemorate, they could not but feel that great exertions had been made to save the lives of a number of human beings who must otherwise have perished, and such being the case, they must feel with him that this indeed was one of the noblest moments of a Christian's life. (Loud cheers.) H ) did feel a peculiar ph' a ure in the position which he had the honour to hold amongst amongst them ; and he hoped that the close connexion which he then held with them would never be dissevered. He should cease now were it not that he was happy to have the opportunity of congra tulating their gallant Commodore on the events which had called the present happy meeting together. He did not, however, mean to congratulate him on the melancholy loss of the Ocean Monarch •, tut he did congratulate both him and the members of the Mersey Yacht Club on the fact, that although the commodore was merely out for Nov. 7,184 S. pleasure, still he was able to work for he humanity and welfare of the people. (Prolonged 'cheers.) After sonic, further observations, the Hon. Baronet concluded, Mr. CARDWELL rose, amidst loud applause, which li3 ing subsided, he proceeded to say, that af t er the eloquent speech of his excellent friend, who had done justice to the toast which they had received in more than complimentart terms, he felt that nothing was left for him to do ho return them thanks—his heartfelt thanks in the fewee t d , words possible. and retire ; yet he felt sure they wow, bear with him for a few moments also, if he endeavoure d to do justice to his feelings on this occasion, and to exPrew his gratitude for the kind reception which they had give n to the toast which had just been drunk. (Hear, hear*) They were all met on an occasion of peculiar intern for they were met to congratulate an old friend forhali n b rendered service of the most useful because of the me", Christian kind to his fellow-men, under circumstanT which required the higher attributes of the hear t ' humanity, Christianity, compassion for the sufferings ° others; love for man to be cultivated to the utmost per" fection. (Cheers.) It was this compassion—this courag e —this humanity, this love for our fellow-men which con" stitutes the main characteristic of the nationality Englishmen—(hear, hear)—and they believed that 1 ' was this characteristic of love, humanity, honor' courage, and compassion which had been the means (, p i achieving the great commercial and national prosperitY c" this great and important empire.—(Cheers.) It was i°: deed an excellent trait in the character of the club, tb s. whilst their commodore was out on a pleasure excursion' nevertheless he should be so well equipped as to be a to render such active assistance to the unfortunate o', ferers. These same qualities, he felt convinced, wou l d , under God, eventually renew, and raise to prosperity I I I: country to be celebrated amongst the nations of t world.—(Loud cheers, amidst which Mr. C. resumed bi' seat.) The next toast was the " Mayor and Corporations red sponded to by Alderman Bramley Moore, in a neat al 3 " elegant speech. The CHAIRMAN then, in suitable terms, proposed th e health of " The Commodore"— _ Air—" When the stormy winds do blow." (Acknowledged with enthusiastic applause.) The CHAIRMAN then presented the beautiful snuffbox' which is before described, the presentation being hailed with loud applause. The COMMODORE, in an appropriate speech, an d w ith much feeling, returned thanks for the compliment; The COMMODORE proposed the health of the noble Chairman, in highly complimentary terms, which was re ceived with the loudest applause. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the compliment. He felt exceedingly proud of the R. M. Y. C. He thea entered into some facetious remarks on his own e xploits. as a yachtman, stating that he had himself had a yacht of 6 tons that had navigated under Battersea Bridge. (Laughter.) His boat was a wholesome vessel; and though she was none of the swiftest, she was one of the safest: He rejoiced that, thoug h th Mersey had not by himself, as by others, been de emed very suitable for yachting, what the club had done p roved that it was so, and if it were now and then attend with danger, there was the more merit in vanquishing IL They could not at times carry sky-scrapers and inom l „ rakers, but the excellence of their craft enabled the' always to get safely home to their wives and families He concluded by proposing the health of those distill; guished foreigners, who had shown such feeling tovnlr e f their fellow-creatures on the direful day, the eyents4, which had called the club together—he alluded to k. t miral Grenfell, Capt. Lisboa, Capt. Froes. and, be 0 1 , / u' e add with equal honour, the Prince de Joinville. P . 4 deprecated that unkindly national feeling sometilli expressed between foreign nations, for here wes t . instance, and a fortunate one, in which foreigners (islc some had taught us, would eat us up if they cotn„' shewed the kindest sympathy, and encountered t u` greatest perils to save the lives of their fellow-creatures, without regard to the country to which they belong' He proposed their health with as heartfelt feeling as 01 were his own countrymen. (Tremendous cheers, an " one cheer more.") ki Admiral GRENFELL (with whom also stood up LAW - t! Lisboa) replied in feeling and manly terms.. Next to t, ll O reflection that they had assisted in saving lives, was pleasing and agreeable manner in which their services "' e s been acknowledged. He alluded to the gallant conchl es of the yacht and her crew, and of the Prince of W a steamer, without whose encouraging presence the Affotl would not have accomplished much. Mr. BIRCHALL, owner of the beautiful Ya c . , " Vision," and the popular mayor of Preston, then 1 3 7: posed " The Officers of the Club," which was ackn o "' leclged by Mr. FLETCHER. The following song was here sung by Mr. Fletcher , th e cup-bearer : I'm laid up, I'm laid up in the Birkenhead dock ; I've stow'd snug away every rope, sail, a id ; I'm stripp'd to agauntline, I've dowsed my burgee— I'm laid up, and dismantled, and gone by the lee. And yet I can tell you, my Lord, we've some reason To be proud of the figure we've cut the last season ; 'Tis something to bag the two Queen's Cups, you'll grant Me' In Naylor's "Sultana" and Jones's " Bacchante." Then the •` Vision" of fireball has realised "Tin," And Hope did not " Drift," when he went in to win ; About Rodgett's " Enigma" there's been no mistake, And 7e:icy's wee "Ranger" came home wide awake. Tien Rushton and Preston had many a tilt, 't he one as a " Hebe," the other a "Jilt;" /f Though perhaps, by my faith, we'd have " Jilted" the Tube, If Moss had not married, and parted frcm " Phocb,." - Old Melling, our See., has fa'len rather to leeward— Though he shone in his "Gem," he took -flight with Yds FIO Bird;" And our Barrister learned, a Hero might wander, If he'd only "showa-pluck," and come out in "Leander." But o'er all these fair prizes, and honours so glorious, The "Queen of the Ocean" stands proudly victorious; So fill up your glasses, a bumper once more, — "To the health of our gallant and brave COMMODORE." The health of the Ex-Commodore, Dr. Grindrod, wa g ; then proposed by the COMMODORE in highly con3Pll - terms, and was received with the greatest ell' thusias m . MR. JONATHAN GRINDROD returned thanks in bis brother's behalf. Mr. THOS. Moss-proposed the Royal Yacht Clubs o, England, which was acknowledged by Commodore V.• Lloyd, of the R. D..Y. C., who concluded by singing , first-rate style, and with very great effect, a facetious tical ballad. After one or two othe r t oas t s , th e mee ti ng b ro ke l l' after a very delightful evening. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) The French Assembly passed on Saturday the Const i " tution by 739 against 30. Shouts of " Vive la Repo" lique" followed ; and a day is now to be appointed L" celebrate the event. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. ,„re The operations in Public Securities have presented no few",e of importance this morning. Consols opened atBs4 to 86, ila :e been done at 86 and 85i, and are now quoted 851 The PVe for money has been exactly the same as for account. te r Three per Cents. Reduced 84- 1 1 to 84k; the Three-and-a-C/ 11 °i. per Cents., 85i to 85i ; Bank Stock, 169 ; and India Stock, 2 ' l e Exchequer-bills have scarcely been so firm; those for being now quoted 35 6, and those for March 40 to 36, and In Bonds, 40 to 37 pm. - LONDON SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The share market is heavy. at about Saturday's quotatioll and complaints are made of an absence of bona fide operat e The tendency is said to be towards a fall, notwithstanding, tj, promising statements of railway accounts. North Stano;,; : shire are about 7. dis. North British Thirds, 3i per sh y' Eastern Counties 6 per Cent., buyers at premium. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY The supply of English this morning, by land carriage . s impl eg from the near counties, being short, factors were enabled„f obtain is. per quarter advance upon the quotations of M 0 17( last ; the rates of that day could not be exceeded for - foreigib, o which supplies:are again liberal. The quantity of Barley r , sale was larger than of late, and prices gave way ls. per quar te t, Oats were in moderate supply, and prices well maintained, 0 „t in some instances, rather exceeded. Beans and Peas with" alteration. Flour without any quotable variation in value. SMITHFIELD 'CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.. There is to-day a considerable f a lli n g off in the supPLY„t, Beasts. The morning being favourable, there is a good A 81b• tendance of buyers, and prices h ave a d van ced fully 2d. per c a In a few instances, 48. 2d. h a s bee n given for some cho.lo_ Scots. The number of Sheep is smaller, and a large proport i of it consists of those left over from Monday last and foreign is The supply of fresh Sheen from our own grazing districts_.,; very small, and these make quite 2d. per 81bs. more M0n,2, 0 but middling qualities are with difficulty disposed 9f• r re better. Trade utvery i f s e , w ho C w a e l v v e e r s , on offer, consequen tly prices METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET KOSPHERIC • Temperature in ,Humidity al shade by self- Noon. Pressure at registering Diffe rence 01 thermometer Wet and Dr Nine Six a.m. p.m. Max. 1 Min. peg. I peg. 48 44 49 44 51 44 47 36 43 36 I 3 29'60 29'60 29'79 29'56 29'74 29'61 29'65 29'77 29'63 29'78 5 tt C 3 9, 4 5, rd? PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN BIRKENHEAD MARKET, SEPT. 23. s. a. s. d. s. d. S. O sato 0 7 Gooseberries, qt. • 0 to 0 O 4 0 7 Strawberries 0 0— 0 O 6 0 7 ,RandWCurrants 0 0— 0 O 0— 0 0 Black Ditto 0 0— 0 O 64 0 7 Filberts, per lb 1 0— 1 O 7 0 9 ;Peas.... 7p , Peck 0 0— 0 O 9 011 Grapes, per lb 0 6 0 O 0— 0 0 Fowls, q). Couple 2 6 3 O 8— 0 9 Ducks 2 8— 0 O 2 0 *Turkeys.... each 3 6 5 0 5 0 8 Geese, entry fed 4 0— 6 O 2 6 0 Partridges,vbrce 2 6 0 O 0— 0 0 'Plovers 0 0— 0 O 8 0 0 ,Grouse 1 0— 1 1 ,Black Game 5 0 O 9 1 0 Pheasants 6 0— 0 8 0 0 0 Hares...... each 2 6 2 1 0— 1 3 Pigeons,vcouple 1 6 0 O 0 0 0 Rabbits 2 0 0 Beef Mutton Veal Lamb, per lb Fresh Pork Bacon Hams Salmon Soles Cod Fish Turbott Haddocks Whiting Lobsters Fresh Butter Salt ditto Eggs.. . 70 120 Potatoes, Peck Damsons, wqt . .. 1:i. lb. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET—YESTERDAY . We have had a smaller supply of stock at our market to' ds ...f, than for some weeks past, and the quality generally We ttO lk which met with dull sale. Beef, 4d. to 50. per lb.; Mu sd. to 60. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, NOV. 7, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT Of EVERY TUESDAY MORNI By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, 5 LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No, 4, ST. GILOBEIB'S CRESCENT, LITgErCPIr• Direc tion of Wind at Noon. I, T ti ,n all 1 of entr days d of four Com Lion. PILS BRI to the SC tory hc Lew N 9 l SHAR and th to any Intel paid b, Shares paid. TO '1 AV : for thi best th tend to and as Novt T"' Now in Admin land, C Pathan als o i n Admin ♦DV." Its Si Its Dor anY tro I%Potta,' " Th 4 tiei of " In want June 21 "We sailor, A 1 pure for culi Copie teferenc obtainer N( BC THE RE RI of or Cast!' 24Z---- 1 or E 2 or Sc 3orV I 4 or So 6 or E: 6 Or Cs 7 Or sa 8 or pi 9 or Gi 1 0 or R, II or Al 2 or Li 13 or Sa 14 Or Nv 15 Or co 1 6 or Nc Tire Shun exhi M. 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