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

In Adi hour. Euro dvna! firm a her vast pol which a hi lions of the human race acknowledge her sway. - Her military, her naval and commercial power, are alike regarded as inca pable of being shaken. Yet, we repeat, never, with all this show of strength, was her positio❑ so ly dangerous as at present. '—d_ where do we perceive in that imminen We may he v Whence do we From republican attacks from without, or from rebels and traitors in our own land ? We fear danger from none of these. We are at this moment, if attacked, as capable of irselves against any, or all these, years ago, we stood alone against pe banded in arms against us. The danger which we• anticipate is from a totally different 'rom the torpor which, of late the nation's pulse. We fear less of the watchers on her n the treacherous calm in mind of the country has sunk. e that the time of danger has by our great bard as that eat country could stoop s of 'eakness ? '•s ad dang,, mainta hen, forty it in t tower 3 feet it I ffrft o Teat c s that es, and 1)1 eir rum which was pretext can became a c Corn Law ] his politic policy c a of .carr3 Tansfer of his rival or national energy of th we look as th ha#hard n . . cause of dan m amongst ti own part rs, has crept o which the We feel come, fc alone in r time, " When England to herself does not prove true." Let us examine our position calmly. Let us see how we have been approaching it—drifting nearer and nearer to the precipice —for the last twenty In the commencement of those 1829—the confidence of the 'utions and in the integrity of ;ts first shock. The Roman ion Bill was yielded to furious r, against the earnest protests loyal Protestant majority of the institutional party was shattered .trayal of their leaders; and the ruck the blow, fell beneath the first onslaught of their old enemies, the whips, aided by the popular ferment excited by the three days of July, without a hand being held out to save them. The discussion and final passing of the Reform Bill followed. Whig-radicalism pro .:ally to strengthen its power in the municipal reform acts and other po - and just then seemed destined, ingst, to hold in its hands the from its er twenty' nation in en received Catholic Emancipati clamour and to fi and pe d% 1 ,es to piece apostat s, who s ceeded energet country, pular measure for a generatio reins of power In the mean time, however, a new party had been forming, under the name of the Conservative party, headed by Sir Robert Peel, who had suc ceeded, by his effective opposition, to the minis- g round him new adherents and had been forgiven for past apostacy, although ed by a portion of his former sup elved an accession of talent, in the Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham; after one failure, succeeded at length in over throwing the Whigs, and in forming one of the most powerfully constituted administrations of he was not trust porters. He rec adhesion of e con( ,ely to be If that strong government needs capitulated. Scarcely were they . they commenced a series of more sweeping and compre vhig predecessors durst have st India question, upon which ministry had been ousted, was kted in of hensive than thei dreamt of. T 1 Lord John RI dealt Zvi*' on what are calle - d "liberal" principles, ction to the British planter diminished. was remodelled; and a mere figment of -,ction to the native artisan was left. A heavy r was dealt against the Canadas; and the the tarif ms of ation, was duped into submission by and income tax, which, amidst ted enthusiasm, was paid as a for, what was believed to be, a itions, which for years had been lie mind, and the creator of a :he trade and prosperity of the was one concession, however, Sir Robert Peel kept up a ce to the repeal of the corn however, which ustify his abandor h the potato rot ; Sir Robert Peel Df the Anti- on the path to his country's at . the same time that he once me n - doned to the rule of an ,went; and many welcomed an relying on the shifting It was said that incapacity T than the inclina- 1 was bett the ill. But we are dis a, stand-still and do-nothing to make the struggle is all that is required. When that struggle is made it will effect its object. We are — glad to observe that, in Liverpool at Ist this resolve to fight the battle of the Consti , proclaimed it of late - powerfully manife • fin our recent noble protests against ' 'pping interest and our the destruction of our i sugar growing colonies; and we are still more happy to observe that an organization for the struggle is being formed in the Constitutional Association of Liverpool, a report of whose meet ing of last week will be found in our columns, and of operations shadowed out in the able Mr. H. C. Chapman and the oth the o something on an ea speech of er gentlemen is efficacious y occasion. In the mean time, we Cannot refrain from drawing the attention of our readers to the eloquent address of Dr. Trench, who moved the first resolution, and the admirable exposition of the principles of theasso- .ed in our good old iown—which was given by We trust that the association invpr ni the s lioo !P archy and the •Const itution and every friend of good orde NING OF THE THEATRE ROY 'AL LAST This Theatre was opened last night for a short season, shen was produced " The Wife's Secret," an original drama, by G. W. Lovell, Esq., in which Mr. Charles Kean and Mrs. Kean, who are engaged for a short sea -.ared as Sir Walter and Lady Eveline Ayrnott, • which they have recently played with such eminent success in London. The performances were under the patronage of the Earl of Sefton, and filled in every part. And if we are to judge of the prospect of its continuing to draw from the bursts of applause which attended it throughout, it is likely to fill the house on every repeti tion. It is well put on the stage ; and several of the scenic effects are very fine. 1 , al)t, At this late hour ft is impossible to enter into any de- cannot, however, omit noticing the clever acting of Mrs Saville, Miss Frankland, and our old favourite Mr. Addison. The Maud of the first was inimitable. noral coura levellers an( and to ma A object to him demonstra- proposed repeal of the in at the last hour, T entertained not the sligh Such is also his Sugar I ;hese he fully expected to be 1; and thus to escape from lties of his position, and to laze of affairs into the hands a. And that ultimately this But the time has not yet sunk deeply enough in to warrant that crafty control of our case, and nary relief by his ordinary 3putation of some limb of bleeding to the point of a icing tone the stagnation of the vital ider this treat to the gre ess and einpire. It is once flours _ t we have submitted unresistingly to the shuttlecock of party that we attribute much of our present suffering. 'We bandied about as t empire, at once so sense . ery blow levelled against its pros iuced to the position of a helpless cd with narcotics, or sent to sleep patient, dru with chlorc rival quacks, in turns, aced him and blister him, purge him and galva lize him, cut off a limb or hack the trunk. The , nergy of the nation has sunk under repeated )etrayals ; and we seem to wait passively for the ast stroke which is to rid us of our long pro racted pain. Surely it is time at length to lay aside this insane submission to our tormentors. Surely it is within our power to do so. The last quivering of the insensate corpse will drive the vulture from his prey; and will not the resolute stirring of the not yet inanimate social frank be equally effective to the political vultures who are seeking to drain the vitals of this great people ? It must, The resolve s of paytie ,:ount of the IT 1), being extrernell ho coul I not enjoy all the ements of the town. The ood sewerage, I eventually n would district of West Derby satisfactory, the ratepayers !arnestly protested against t woposed by the Council for the p .hem to consult with a view to their reduction considerable length against the argument crease on those rates sr, and called upon He spoke at ,cing var counts of the Corp( expenditure of that body 1 and deductions of )nt the printed ac- the extravagant - and foolish mequal manner in which it . . rate-payers not to send men to the Council mere 4 :al purposes, but to elect business men who would their affairs and the economical expenditure of their He instanced Manchester as having accomplished re, and likely to do so, in economical local ex mnn.ffement. both as regarded sewerage, [an Liverpoc ion, following generally , y had good reason to alarming rates of which they com -5h compliment to Mr. Booker, who had gainst them. (Cheers.) . call for a decrease of tl plained. He paid a 1 Mr. PLumPTON, a representative of the ward, in moving the second resolution, to the effect that a memorial, founded upon the resolutions, should be presented to the Council, - ,bylthe mem bers for the ward, said that he heartily concurred in nearly all that had been stated by the previous speakers. 11Ir. DENTON, in seconding it, took occasion to chide the Chairman, rather severely, for his defence of the Council against the rate-payers of the ward. The motion was put and carried, as was also a hearty vote o 1 thanks to the Chairman, who explained some errors the speakers had fallen into. Thanks were then voted to Mr. Plumpton, who replied, and the meeting dispersed. On Saturday, Mr. Duke, governor of Dorset gaol, was elected by the magistrates to the governorship of the Borough Gaol, Liverpool. The list of candidates had previously been reduced to four ' viz. :—Mr. Duke, Mr. Parkinson, keeper of the Main Bridewell, Col. Martin, governor of Preston House of Correction, and Mr. Law rence, deputy-governor of Milibank Penitentiary. STEALING COTTON.—Two men,Wood (a warehouseman at the transit shed) and Richard Evans, a porter, were yesterday committed for trial charged with having pur loined a bag of cotton -pickings, the property of Messrs. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., from a shed on the quays. On Sunday morning, a woman, with a child in her arms, jumped off Blackfriars-bridge into the Thames. The body of the child has not been found ; but that of the woman has been discovered dreadfully mutilated, her head having in the fall caught a stone pier. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ly comr is rejected, but we have no doubt s "Loyal " wishes us to ask the rf that means are being taken for >y and other Sweeps, the horde of afest many of our thoroughfares ates that with the temptation of plaster images, and earthen ... Didaments, by s two chances to one. •sis of the division on the sug BSCRIFFION On Credit Libtrpool &tanbarb. ORNING, JULY 11, 1848 history has e occupic,s at the p whic and undaunted With a hand yen firm, •e continually enticing children to .e idle hope of winning at a game nd gentleman such a question at all events ought to furnish d every week to the office of the . e cannot account for its irregular he position en so singular and so dan- I are convulsing tre, which have overthrown ed anarchical republicanism tat Britain, in the estimation ind, sits, like an eagle in her she seems to hold s in every quarter of a globe, in YACHT RACE TO-DAY We perceive that the grand sailing match for a piece of plate value £5O, for yachts above thirty-five tons, given by the Royal Mersey Yacht Club, will take place to-day. The yachts are to start from New Brighton, and sail round " The Queen's Course." The following yachts have been entered Yacht. Tons Queen of the Ocean Owner's Name. Distinguish'g Flag. 49 Thos.Littledale,Esq. Blue. 55 W. C. &S. P. Hopes, Blue, white and Esqrs. blue vertical. 75 W. H. Woodhouse, Blue and white Esq. quartered. SO H. L. Jones, Esq. Blue,witnwhite Gondola Water Wyvern .... 44 J. E. Stopford, Esq. White r and red diagonal. 45 T. Birchall, Esq. Red,whitecross. R. Nayler, Esq. VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM The following are the entries inwards and outwards of the shipping employed in the trade of the United King dom, for the first five months of 1846, 1847, and 1848 • • iv respectiv inwards . -1846: 7,673 ships, 1,475,699 tons, of which and 973,245 tons were British.-1847: 10,156 snips, .i,wo,aio tons, or writer:, 0,518 ships and 1,224,884 tons were British.-1848: 8,146 ships, 1,659,082 tons, of which 5,272 ships and 1,177,556 tons were British. Outwards.-1846 :. 9,714 ships, 1,785,018 tons, of which 6,320 ships and 1,267,398 tons were British. -1847: 9,956 ships, 1,889,454 tons, of which 6,583 ships and 1,356,592 tons were British.-1848: 9,398 ships, 1,938.252 tons, of which 6,390 ships and 1,449,499 tons were British. SERIOUS FALLING OFF IN BRITISH PRODUCE AND THE EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. The Board of Irade returns exhibit a total falling off of the declared value of exports of British produce and manufactures for the five months, ended sth June, 1848, as compared with the same period in 1846, of £2,673,418 sterling, and of £2,868,946 as compared with 1847 ; the gross amount being to the sth June, 1846, £20,619,844 ; 1847, £20,815,372; and 1848, only £17,946,426. This, however, is by no means the worst feature of the case. The loss from depreciation of price in the foreign markets, failures of consignees, &c., will probably amount to double the difference in the declared values. The falling off in the month ended sth June, 1848, was from £4,745,986 in 1846, and £4,657,403 in 1847, to £3,535,394 in the current year. The items which have most materially decreased are cot ton manufactures, from £7,525,023 in 1846, to £6,895,063 in 1848 ; cotton yarn from £2,901,204 in 1846, to £1,836,467 in 1848. The falling off in this particular item might be attributed almost wholly to t' -"-turh- in our commerce with Germ .ne disturbance , were it not that there was a falling off of upwards of £BOO,OOO in our exports of yarn in the five months of 1847. Our exports of silk manufactures declined from £349,433 in 1846, and £404,502 in 1847, to £217,475 in 1848. Woollen manufactures declined from £2,445,443 in 1846, and £2,767,719 in 1847, to £2,021,836 in 1841 ; woollen yarn from £277,000 in 1846, and £342,849 in 1847, to £250,816 in 1848; hard from £898,232 in 1846, and £921,595 in and ca 1847, to £773,647 in 1848 ; copper and brass from £597,638 in 1846, and £752,962 in 1847, to £443,562 in 1848; tin Ware from £345,318 in 1846, to £312,845 in 1848 ; linen yarn from £351,730 in 1846, to £193,775 in 1848_; and Machinery from £450,764 in 1846, to £305 16 in 184 There is an increase under the heads of coals and culm, herrings, linen manufactures, iron and steel, unwrought tin, salt, soap, and refined sugar. The return, as a whole, )ry, the total falling off red with the month to Sultana Mr. - G. I he thought that ;elves over to Lc ipartimity atives of tl , and mac ry unsatislac in the last month of 1848, as corm the sth of June, 1846, being £1,210,592, against the falling off of £2,673,418 for the five months of the same NG 0 THE RAI 'HE IMPOSL I.S OF WEST DERBY ON AND OTHE G OF SANATORY In consequence of a requisition having been presented by about one hundred and fifty respectable municipal ratepayers of West Derby township to the H onorary Overseers of the poor oratory riles, and esr ially the pavin of the representa :ailed to the chair, ,cts of the nieetin .epared to hear any representatiotis they )uld convey them to the Council. He was !I" of the Health Committee, but he should ips in n n• all parties that they t to it, than hand them ter alluding to the water t evidence was vet to I that a suffi urnished—and he — seemed to think supply 'mild not be obtained from the locality—he expressed bis opi ion that he saw no way in which the ratepayers could be re .,ed from the rate —implained of, excepting, as he had fre ---,wing a part of the surplus of 'ted that the township did 6 C( by their re Ac I-1 a VII THE LIVERPOOL STANOiItD, THE 3vIILLOWNERS AT THEIR DIRTY WORK AGAIN Lae devices by which our very millocracy seek to put into their own pockets the hard earned wages of their poor operatives appear to be inexhaustible. One of these, described by the Manchester Courier, is so bare faced as to be almost incredible. It appears from our contemporary's statement that a firm in a manufacturing town near Manchester—the Courier gives the names— has recently posted a notice in their mill " that no odd coppers (I) will be paid to their workpcople ;" and have actually put the plan in operation, thus putting into their own pockets all odd sums earned under sixpence. These in a mill employing four or five hundred hands, each working piece work, and the majority most probably having " odd coppers" at the end of the sum of their week's wages, will amount to no trifle. At another large establishment the Courier informs us that — "A person going to this mill to learn to weave, is, after learn ing put to a pair of looms, and for the space of s months 3d. out of every Is. 4d. is stopped and goes into the master's pocket. Should the master consider the weaver not sufficiently perfect at the expiration of the eighteen months, he continues to take the 3d. for six months longer. The same practice is adopted with the dressers. In one or more mills at Staley bridge, every fresh spinner is compelled to work for twelve months at a penny per 1000 less than the spinner whom be supplants. At one mill in Ashton the • _a the master is so nice with the - fines, that he actually carries out a farthing fine." Do these men really think that such practices are ' Or if they fail to stir up their outraged work . COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YEsTEmitY (Before Mr. Commissioner Perry) IN RE 11. B. HIGGINSON. - IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE COURT Yesterday his Honour gave decision in'the above case, on an application to annul the fiat. As it will be seen, the whole case has arisen out of the affairs of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. His honour's decision excited the greatest interest in court, which was much crowded during the whole time the decision was being given. His HONOUR, in giving judgment, said this was an application made on behalf of Mr. Haynes Barrow Hig ginson, to annul the adjudication under a fiat sued out against him by Mr. John Myers, one of the registered public officers of the Royal Bank f Liverpool, for a debt due to that bank. The grounds of objection to the adju dication, which were argued by Mr. Deane on behalf of Mr. Higginson, were, that the act of bankruptcy was insufficient, because founded on an affidavit of debt made under the Ist and 2d Vic., c. 110, sec. 8, which section of that statute has, as he contends, been repealed by reason of its being inconsistent with the provisions of the sth and 6th Vic., c. 122. Secondly, that the affidavit of debt upon which the fiat issued was made by a public officer of the bank, though the provisions of the Joint Stock Banks Act do not warrant his taking such a proceeding, which can only be taken by a creditor of the debtor. Thirdly, that the debt sworn to in that affidavit was £5O and upwards, whereas it should have been £lOO and upwards, which is the lowest sum named in the Bth section of the Ist and 2nd Victoria, c. 110. Fourthly, that the petitioning creditor's debt was insuffi cient, being stated in Mr. Shand's affidavit to be £60,000 upon a promissory note, and £53,000 upon a guarantee, and the conditions of that guarantee not having been, as Mr. Deane contends, fully complied with by the bank, and so the bank not being entitled to enforce it, the affidavit _must be taken to have failed as to a part of the debt, and could not therefort support the fiat. And, fifthly, that the trading was insufficient, Mr. Higginson having ceased to trade from the time of sending a deed of dissolution of partnership in December, 1847, which dissolution was carried out into full effect by advertisement in the Gazette on the 17th of March in the present year. The case was fully argued before me on Friday last, by Mr. Deane, on behalf of Mr. Higginson, and by Mr. Lowndes, on the part of the Royal Bank, and two witnesses were exam ined. After Mr. Deane had concluded his opening ad dress, he applied to me to adjourn the case, in order that Sir Thomas Brancker's testi mon y, i n a matter connected with the wording of the guarantee might be obtained; but Sir Thomas Brancker's summons not having been applied for until about half an hour before the sit ting of the court, though the notice to dispute the ad judication was given three days' previously, and though the party summoning him knew that Sir Thomas Brancker was able to give evidence in the case, I did not consider his absence from Liverpool, under the circumstances, a ground for postponement. A further application was made that the case might be stopped, in order that the attendance of Mr. Chaffers, who had not been summoned, but who had the power, as was alleged, of supplying the evidence which might have been given by Sir Thomas Brancker, might be procured, but declined to issue a summons, and it was ascertained that Mr Chaf fers was unwilling to leave home, and it was stated in court that he was unwell. Being subsequently again pressed to sign a summons for Mr. Chaffers' attendance, I did so, intimating, however, that the notice was so short that it could not be followed by the issue of a war rant, even if Mr. Chaffers' indisposition had not been a sufficient excuse for non-attendance. Mr. Deane then made another application, that the registrar should be sent to Mr. Chaffers' house to take his evidence, or that I should myself attend there for that purpose. To this application I declined to assent; for though in some cases I have attended at "a bankrupt's residence, at his request, to take his surrender, when confined to the house by illness. I know no power which authorises a commissioner of this court, or one of its officers, thus to enter, unsolicited by the owner, the house of any person who may be summoned as a witness. I have thought it right thus to notice these several applications, and the result of them, before pro ceeding to examine the grounds of objection which were, as I have stated, five in number. The first is founded upon the argument that the provision of the statute under which the affidavit was filed, being inconsistent with those of the sth and 6th Victoria, c. 122, must be taken to have been repealed by the latter statute. I have had occasion to consider this objection long before the pre sent case was submitted to me for decision, and the con clusion at which I have arrived is, that there is not any such inconsistency. The two acts may, as it appears to me, both be considered in operation, and it is open to the creditor, either to file an affidavit of debt under the Ist and 2nd Vic., c. 110, s. 8. ; and on the 22nd day after service of the affidavit to take steps for the issuing of a fiat, on non-payment of the debt, or other non-compli ance on the part of a debtor, with the requisitions of the statute ; or he may, under the later act, summon the debtor to the court of bankruptcy, and on his failure to attend, or other non- com pliance wi th the provisions of that act, proceed to issue a fiat upon the acts of bankruptcy defined by the 13th, 14th, and 15th, sections of that act. Two cases have occurred before the Vice-Chancellor, Knight Bruce, one reported in Ist De Gex, 334. and the other very recently, but in neither of them was any decision given as to the constructive repeal of the Ist and 2d Viet., c. 110, sB. In the latter case the Vice-Chancellor is re ported to have declined to decide the point against the party suing out the fiat. Lord Denman, however, in the case of the Queen against Dunn. 16, Law Journal, s. 382, has said the statute Ist and 2d Vic., c. 110, s. 8, is not " repealed." The second objection, that the public officer of, a bank cannot file the affidavit of debt, which can only be filed by a crediter, is, I think, answered by the 9th section of the 7th Geo. 4th, c. 46, which not only author ises the banking company, in the name of their public officer, to commence, institute, or prosecute, all actions and suits, and all other proceedings at law or in equity, but also all petitions to found any commission of bank ruptcy, and this statute is extended to fiats in bankruptcy, by the 16th section of the Ist and 2d Willm. 4th, c. 56. Now by the law and practice of bankruptcy, the pe tition for a fiat must be supported by an affidavit of debt, and it would be of little avail to provide that such petition may be presented by the public officer without giving him the power to make the petition avail able by supporting it with the necessary affidavit, which power has, I think, been given by the word " prosecute." The same act, moreover, in an earlier section, the 4th, requires that the public officer shall be a member of the co-partnership, and so he is himself a creditor of the party against wnom he may proceed. The third objec tion, that the debt sworn to was £5O and upwards, where as it should have been £lOO and upwards, following the words of the Ist and 2nd Vic., c. 110,,5. 8, appears to me to fail, for this reason—that the necessity for depositing to the larger sum is to be found only in the case of the affidavit filed under that section. When the act of bank. ruptcy is once completed under that section, any creditor having a debt of £5O or upwards may sue out a fiat, even though he may not have been a party to the filing of the affidavit of debt under the Ist and 2nd Vic. ; and if any creditor, a stranger to the last-named proceeding, may obtain a fiat upon the smaller debt, I know no reason why the creditor who has filed the affidavit of debt under the Ist and 2nd Vic., for the purpose of making the act of bankruptcy, is to be called upon to depose to the larger sum in his affidavit for the fiat. The case of Mr. Higginson as to the fourth objectio 1 _ n is made, the argument, to depend upon the assumption that the Directors of the Royal Bank have not complied with the conditions upon which Mr. Higginson gave them the guarantee, but this objection has been, as it seems to me, wholy disposed of by the Lord Chancellor in his judgment, even should it eventually turn, as contended before me, but not put in evidence by reason of the absence of Sir Thos. Brancker, that the initials to the alterations in the letter of the 13th of March, 1846, were not in Mr. Higginson's hand writ ing ; though, as to this matter, it may be as well to notice the fact, that arguments were addressed by Mr. Higgin son's counsel to the Lord Chanceller, to prove that a sig nature, by enitials, is not a suffi c i en t s i gna t ure , I now come to the fifth and last objection, that Mr. Higginson had ceased to be a trader on the 17th of December, 1847, and that he had given notice of a dissolution of part nership to the Royal Bank on the 22nd of December; and that, therefore, were not justified in treating him as a trader on the 6th of May last, the date of Mr. Shand's affidavit. This objection would be well founded if the words of the eighth section of the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 110, are to be construed according to the argument of Mr. Dean, who interprets the words is such trade as afore said," as if they were, "is now engaged in business as a trader." But it is obvious that the act has no such re stricted meaning. If the trader be " a trader within the meaning of the laws now in force respecting bankrupts," the trading is sufficient to support a fiat, and it has long since been a settled point in the law of bankruptcy that a trader who becomes indebted, while such trader, may be made a bankrupt by his creditor to whom he is so indebted, upon an act of bankruptcy which shall have taken place atter he has ceased to trade. Indeed, the case of Bailie agaidst Grant, decided by the House of Lords, in 1832, has gone further than this, for it was then held that a person, not a trader, contracting a debt which he did not pay while he continued to trade, might be made a bankrUpt upon an act of bankruptcy committed after he had ceased to trade. All the groundp of objection, therefore, having failed according to ray view of the case, I must, notwith standing the hardship of the case, as it affects Mr. Haynes Barrow Higginson, a surety merely for his brother, con firm the adjudication which I had previously made. DEATH n DROWNING. — On Wednesday, as John Thomas, shipkeeper of the Challenge, lying in the Bruns wick Dock, was going on board, he slipped into the dock. He was taken out alive, but soon died. THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication, we have enjoyed a few fine sunny days, but the past week has, upon the whole, been chequered by showers, and some times prolonged rains, which have rather militated against the hay harvest. On Sunday. morning, a very heavy rain fell for several hours successively, flooding the roads and streets. The afternoon, however, was dry, with a fine breeze, and yesterday was, on the whole, fine. SUDDEN DEATH. —Yesterday, an inquest was held at the boroueh coroner's office, on view of the body of John Wilcock, aged 39. Deceased lived in Collingwood-street. On Friday night last he went into Preston-street, and there took lodgings with a woman with whom he coha bited. They went to bed, and at 11 in the morni ng he was found in a state of insensibility, in which he remained until four in the afternoon, when he died. The cause of death was disease of the heart and lunge. THEFT OF LINEN FRONT A SHOP.—At the Police -court, yesterday, four women, named Margaret Waters, Mary Smith, Mary A. Lynch, and Sarah Bowman, (two of them with infants in their arms,) were charged with hav ing gone in and about the shop of Mr. Lewis, draper, Great George-street, and carried off a piece of linen con taining 39 yards, valued at Qd. a yard. The article was at the door, tied by a strong cord, which was found to be cut. The prisoners were observed by several parties to make other attempts, and the piece was found upon one of them. They were all committed for trial. honest e to desperation and outrage, do they imagine that the people of England will stand quietly by and see every interest of the country—its ships, colonies, and com merce—wrecked one after the other to bolster up a sys tem so grasping and oppressive ? FURTHER ARRESTS OF THE SEDITIONISTS IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS. The government have shown still more determination to put an end to the Jacobin writings of the Dublin papers. It will be seen from paragraphs elsewhere that informa tions have been filed against several of the repeal leaders, and on Saturday and Sunday further arrests took place. On Saturday evening last, at half- past eight o'clock, Charles Gavan Duffy, the proprietor of the Nation news paper, when on his way home was arrested on sworn in formation for sedition, alleged to have been published in the paper of that day. This gentleman is by far the most influential and able of the sedition leaders. Mr. Duffy was brought to College-street Police-office, and the ma gistrate, Mr. Tyndall, was shortly after in attendance, be fore whom informations were sworn, and Mr. Duffy was infprmed that he was committed for trial at the ensuing commission, to be held on the Bth of August. Bail was offered, but the magistrate stated it was not in his power to take it. About half-past nine o'clock, Mr. Duffy left the Police office, in a covered car, for the gaol of Newgate, accom panied by the officer who arrested him, followed by an outside car with police. The Nation publishing office was entered by the police when it was known that Mr. Duffy was arrested, and all writings, documents, books of accounts, &c., and news papers, were carried off, and are retained by the police, in whose custody they are to remain, the magistrate declining to accede to the application for their restoration. The Police-office, while Mr. Duffy was there, was crowded. It is said that both he and Mr. Martin will be tried by a special commission, for the purpose of bringing them to a speedy trial. On Saturday night, Denis Hoban, printer of the Tn .. bune, was, subsequent to Mr. Duffy's committal, arrested and sent to Newgate for trial on the above date. On Sunday last, Richard Dalton Williams, of Mount pleasant Square, in the county of Dublin, and Kevin Izod O'Doherty, of Hamilton-row, in the city of Dublin, pro prietors of " the Irish Tribune " were brought up on sworn information before Mr. Tindall, the magistrate at College-street Police-office, for publishing certain sedi tious articles in the publications of the Ist and Bth July instant, and were committed for trial at the ensuing com mission, on the Bth August. Mr. Tyndall was asked to admit them to bail, but re fused. OUR IMPORTS FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1846, 1847, AND 1848. We have before us the " Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation ," for the month ended sth June, 1848, and the ve months ended the same date, which bring to our notice a few rather important facts as regards the consumption of the country of food and raw materials, compared with that for the same period in 1846 and 1847. In the articles which come into consumption free of duty, we can only be guided by the quantities imported. Thus we find that we imported of the following articles, in the first five months of the three years respectively, viz., in Bacon cwts Beef, salted, not corned... Pork, salted 313 63,012 21,810 27,601 54,742 85,107 70,452 54,234 61,925 Of articles of food upon which duties are levied, we consumed as follows, viz.:— Cheese Cocoa Coffee . 1846. 1847. 1848. cwt. 110,617 149,124 148,940 .lb. 1,392,611 1,589,310 1,342,700 . „ 15,073,757 16,804,614 16,169,878 Eggs Hams. cwt. 2,426 8,815 2,945 Sugar, unrefined, 2,057,531 2,473,155 2,455,979 Tea lb. 19,218,047 19,441,859 20,232,544 There is no evidence here - of a material diminution of consumption,. so far as the above articles are concerned: It must not be in erred, however, 'Hiatt - he comforts of our population have been the same in the three periods. We well know that our working population, in periods of distress, resort to tea and coffee as substitutes for more nourishing meals ; and hence the large quantities of those articles and of sugar in the past year. Cheese is also a substitute for better food ; and foreign bacon, hams, &c., for fresh meat. For similar reasons, we by no means regard an undiminished consumption of spirits as a sign of prosperity, although a Chancellor of the Exchequer parades this fact and an increase in the Excise as such a . The consumption of foreign corn we pass over as Lot affecting what is our main object, the bearing of these returns upon the question of the position of the country. The only important fact with respect to the import of foreign grain is the immense falling off in our receipts of Indian corn, from 1,649,516 qrs. in the five months of 1847 to 530,689 qrs. in 1848, and of Indian meal, from 561,048 cwt. in 1847 to 121,215 cwt. in 1648. The falling off of the imports of raw materials and articles used in manufactures is significant of the decline in the industrial energies of the country. We select a few of the Most important items. The import of indigo has fallen from 27,450 cwts. in the five months of 1846, to 9,610 cwts. in the same period of 1848; logwood from 13,137 tons in 1846, to 9,825 in 1848 ; madder from 47,429 cwts. in 1846, to 25,135 in 1848; madder roots from 89,121 cwts. in 1846, to 49,983 in 1848 ; raw silk from 2,336,355 lbs. in 1846, to 1,965,049 in 1848; sheep's and lambs' wool from 20,158,835 lbs. in 1846, to 15,772,128 in We pass over the articles of cotton wool,. in which *re is an increase, inasmuch as its supply is influenced 'y by the produce of the crops. Against this de ..se of the import of raw materials, we have to set down n increase in our imports of the silk manufacture . , thus - -e of our Indus to 130,073 in 1848, and other silk fabrics in the same proportion. With their wonted absence of fair dealing towards the nubile, the officials of the Board of Trade abstain from all mention of any other manufac tured articles, save those of silk and gloves. They tell us nothing about our imports of cotton goods, lace, hosiery, flannels, smallwares, watches and jewellery, cambrics, hats, boots and shoes, &c. ; or we doubtless would be enabled to show further the extent to which we are sup plying ourselveswith the cheap productions of the foreigner, whilst our unfortunate native artizans are starving in the streets, stripping of their furniture their once comfortable homes, or flying to the last loathed remedy, the poor support afforded by the Union Workhouse. The splendid exhibition of paintings in the Exhibition Rooms will positively close on Saturday next. On Sunday, 25th June, the Rev. T. Nolan preached two sermons at Hoylake Church, in aid of the Hoylake School funds; and on the Thursday preceding Mr. An drews gave a lecture on Astroromical Science, for the same purpose, when nearly £23 were added to the school STEALINC •At the Police-court, yester neon 01111 TACPIIII T ,orn Art charged with having taken possession of a cart, the pro perty of another party, and with breaking it up and selling it piecemeal. It appeared they had stolen it on the 23d of last month, backed it into a yard, and sold the wheels for .355. to a man in Dresden-street, who again sold' them for 50s. The cart was worth £l6. The pri soner Jameson was apprehended at the Menai Bridge. Both prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions. LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.—We are glad to find that there is a small increase in the Customs' receipts for the port of Liverpool, in the month just ended, compared with the corresponding period of 1847 ; but this arises chiefly from nearly £20,000 being recovered in foreign corn. The articles, sugar, tea, currants, and raisins, have afforded more revenue during the period referred to, but coffee, molasses, spirits, tobacco, wine and wool, have yielded less. The receipts on July 6th were nearly £40,000, principally on foreign sugar, the duty being re duced by the Sugar Act of 1846 nearly oue shilling and sixpence per hundred weight. THE NATIONAL GAMES OF AMERICA.—The weekly arrival of a steamer from America, and the commercial conn exions between this country and that great continent, having made Liverpool the residence of many genuine offsprings of Uncle Sam, a desire for the establishment of an American bowling club, the principal game of the country, has for some time existed, and it will be gratify ing to learn that its conduction has been committed to the management of Mr. Saunders, so long connected with the Cunard mail line of steamers from this port, whose experience augurs well for its success. The strangers who visit Liverpool during the present week will at least be pleased with the sight. The rooms in which the clnb is held, in Slater-street, are most handsomely fitted up. TRIAL TRIP.—On Thursday, a trial of the beautiful new iron steamer Cambria, constructed by Mr. John Laird, was made between this port and the Menai Strait. The vessel is the property of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, and is intended to ply between the latter port and Kingstown. The speed of the vessel was during the trip ascertained to be full seventeen miles an hour, and on this rate there will, no doubt, be a consider oeuamgh a s g h a e ie h a a t d a to strong o en b g y tide, she made Beaumaris in three hours and twenty consider able improvement when the machinery is in proper work ing order. She steers remar kabl y wel l , and is a very passengers. t p h le e a y sa i n e t te b r o ia at c f h o a r nael, and Al t h t minutes. During the voyage , Mr. L a i rd invited his friends to lunch in the cabin, where a substantial cold collation was laid out, THE WATER QUESTION TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, I have been asked whether the newspaper reports of what I have said in public on the water question are correct, and this inquiry was made with the avowed in tention of replying to my statements, on the first oppor tunity, in the Council. My answer is, that these reports are not incorrect, but at the same time, from their neces sary brevity, they give a very faint idea of what I really mean to convey to the public. I therefore propose to continue the subject, tiresome as I fear it has become to many, in a few letters. ICI have thought it right to allude in public to the proceedings in the Council, and have retorted on some of it 3 members for what they have said, I believe it will be admitted that such rebukes are not wholly uncalled for. In particular, I allude to the remarks of Mr. Earle ; and though I can laugh with others at his drollery, yet there are limits beyond which such remarks as he indulges in should not be allowed, and which are wholly inconsistent with the dignity of the Council-chamber. There are others who express anger because persons out of doors venture to express opinions differing from their own, but who, on their part, think they have a fair claim to make their opinions known, more especially when they are to be the paymasters. Again, I have alluded to Mr. Hawksley. I ask, who called forth these remarks, but Mr. H.'s own most in discreet friends—Mr. Earle, and others that might be named—who, in their attempts to exalt him, have dis paraged their own neighbours ? " Egregious coxcombs," " itinerant quacks," and other elegant expressions, ap pear in Mr. Earle's speeches, when speaking of Liverpool engineers. In one respect fortunately these expressions cannot apply to me, seeing I have been nearly 20 years a resident in Liverpool, during the greater part of which time I was frequently engaged with the machinery of one of our local waterworks. From my own personal knowledge of Mr. Hawksley, I entertain no other feeling than that of respect. I have also to remind Mr. Earle of his complimentary speeches respecting the Polytechnic Society—where, by the-bye, he was only a visitor ! If Mr. Earle does not acknowledge, I think our townsmen will, that they are indebted to the proceedings at this useful society for much important information and fresh light on the Ri vington scheme. And, moreover,' I tell Mr. Earle that while other associations are closely watching the financial concerns of the town, if I have any influence at the Poly technic Society, we will there keep a sharp eye on the amateur engineering in the Town-hall. With these few remarks I will proceed to the discussion of the great question we have in hand, and I trust we may pursue the controversy in future with the feeling that all parties have much to learn, and that we should therefore review each other's remarks with forbearance, both par ties, I believe, having one object in view, viz., the welfare of the town at large. It is of great importance that all parties should exactly understand their position, and have a clear view of some of the leading features of the controversy, and not have their attention diverted by minor points, which points have frequently been unduly magnified, and employed to ward off the blows that were aimed ai the really vital questions, reminding one of the manoeuvre said to have been practised by the French insurgents, who carried little children before them as a protection against the fire of the National Guards. _ First, then,—ln what position are the Town Council now placed with respect to the people of the town ? A small majority (if majority at all, for I feel that if each member had been solely guided by his own opinion on the question, a different result would have been seen) are in favour of the Rivington scheme, while nineteen twentieths at least of their constituents are against it. It may be argued that those who supported it had the ad vantage of being better informed upon its merits than the public at large. This is not the result of my own obser vation, for having bad opportunities of conversing with numerous parties both in and out of the Council, I have generally found a most marvellous ignorance on the sub ject, and this even extending to men in the Water Com mittee itself. Since, however, the Polytechnic Society took up the subject, a great light has been thrown on it, and all parties have suddenly become very learned upon it. The question of the water supply was originally brought before the public in a bad spirit. It was found that the town was in a most unhealthy state, and that the poor were badly supplied with water. This was an excellent handle, and the whole onus was thrown on the water companies ; who doubtless had not done all that was in their power, but to throw the whole blame on them was a mistake, as may now easily be shown. I will return to this elsewhere. The Corporation were principally in fault, and are now making noble efforts to atone for their for mer deficiencies. Bat in the water question their zeal carried them too far, and they overlooked many important considerations. The active movers in the question began by degrees to look only to one side, and then the whole of their pro ceedings leaned to that side, till they no doubt argued themselves into a belief of the correctness of their own views. The world are loud in their accusations of jobbing, and in attributing unworthy motives; I cannot join in this, as I see in the Water Committee men of high integrity and independent philanthropy. The unfortunate bias thus received may be traced in a variety of circumstances ; I drew attention to one that may be consulted by those interested, viz., the evidence before the local commissioners. In this will be seen a host of witnesses all brought forward to speak against the water companies, but in the cross-examination it was almost always reluctantly admitted, that the water would have been forthcoming, had the house owners provided proper means on their part ; but, notwithstanding all these efforts, the commissioners wound up their proceedings by stating their full conviction that an abundant supply might be obtained from the neighbourhood. The following is an extract from their report : " That on the question of quantity we see no reason to doubt that an abundant supply, for the wants of the present and future population, may be derived from the new red sandstone formation, whence the supply is at present derived." But the bias still remained, and although unexpected demands arose, the Council argued themselves into the conviction thai these must not hinder them. It was not at first the intention to purchase the interest in the water companies, but in this they were over-ruled ; thus before a sod was turned or a pipe cast for thb Rivington works, the water account has a debt of some £700,000, nearly the whole of which is for objects that will be useless the moment the Pike water is let on : provided always, the people will drink it when it does come ! And where have we any guarantee that no other unlooked-for outlay will be demanded. But as these things are done and cannot be undon% what shall we do next to avoid further loss. The example is before us,—let us read a lesson in the proceedings at New York. The people there were clamorous for water, but in one respect their case was different from ours, they really had very little water, and that little was very bad, some parts of the town were supplied by water carts. The authori ties were obliged to do something, they consequently took the best advice they could, and then submitted the whole question to the people ; this was done by a ballot in the several wards, the result of which was 17.330 in favour, and 5,963 against the prosecution of the celebrated Croton Water Works. What must now be the satisfaction of those who were then in power, and who can look back on the course they then pursued. Now where is it found that the cost, instead of 4,500,000 dollars, (the mean of the two esti mates for the Croton works,) has become 12,000,000, and that the water is found occasionally to be most unwhole some ' • while all must regret the loss, yet all must share the blame. . _ I must not be understood as recommending " vote by ballot," or constant " appeals to the:people,"—discrimin ation is necessary. But here is a question in which no fundamental principle is involved, where a man must feel that his conscience alone must be his guide ; this is a simple question of the social condition and domestic com fort of a community, in which each individual has daily experience to guide his opinion. Let this opinion be fairly expressed, and let us be guided by the result. If, as Mr. Holme says, the opposition is only the " cry of the few," the Rivington scheme will go on, and the Corporation will be free from responsibility. If, on the other hand, it is the cry of the many, that cry will soon be heard, for November is near at hand ; but how gladly would every friend to peace and good order decide the question in a less hostile manner. It may be said that the sense of the people was originally taken, this I think may be easily refuted, as I shall attempt to slow at another time. But as this letter is already too long, I must reserve till my next other arguments on this branch of the subject. JOHN GRANTHAM. P.S.—I am reported to have said, at the Music-hall, that Mr. M`Donald was the only practical man at the Corporation waterworks." Ido net think I said so, as I certainly did not mean it, as is evident from what fol lows. I think I said that he was the only man that had ventured to speak out on the subject now in dispute. THE SAFETY OF ST. SIMON'S CHURCH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD , - - SIR,-Mr. Woodruff, the excellent member of Scot land Ward, having in his place in Council, on Wednes day last, made some remarks which may lead the public to believe that the fabric of St. Simon's Church has been injured, or is in danger through the improvements now making by the London and North Western Railway Com: pany, T trust that you will allow the following letters to appear in your columns to satisfy the public mind on the subject, and oblige your obedient servant, JOHN WALKER, Churchwarden of St. Simon's. July 81h, 1818. Office, Lime-street Station, Liverpool 14th Tune, 1848. GENTLEMEN, —Understanding that some of the con gregation of Saint Simon's Church are apprehensive that the railway tunnel and works have made the foundations of the church insecure, I am happy (as engineer of the railway works) to inform you that the foundations of the church are quite secure; and I may remark, that whilst carrying on the railway works, I have discovered that the foundations of the church are upon hard rock, and more secure than public buildings frequently are. I am very sorry for the annoyance which our operations have occasionally been to the congregation of St. Simon's, but they will now be speedily completed.—l am, Gentle men, your very obedient servant, EDWARD WOODS. MES3RS. THE CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. SIMON'S CHURCH. [COPY.] Liverpool and North Western Railway Offices, Lime-street Station, Liverpool, June 29, 1848. DEAR SIR, --4 think if your architect, or any other gen tleman taking a prominent interest in St. §imon'a Church July 11, MIS. would now inspect the tunnel works, they would have no difficulty in reassuring the minds of those of the congre gation who may have felt some alarm at our operations hitherto. The substantial character of the works cannot but be satisfactory.—l am, dear Sir, yours truly, (Signed) H. BOOTH. A MOST IRREVERENT JOURNALIST. The London Times, of Wednesday, in describing the ceremony of the consecration of St. George's Roman Catholic Church, betrays a levity which, in the good old times, before Popery was compelled to demean itself with some show of humility, would have earned for him ex communication at the least, if not also the them-screws, or an embrace of the scavenger's daughter. The ceremo nies, he says,— " Commenced with a grand procession, composed of 2 arch bishops, 16 bishops, and 260 of the inferior clergy, the latter giving their spiritual superiors a pontifical reception at the entrance to the church. First in the procession came the Hon. A. Petrie, thurifer ; Dr. Ferguson, cross-bearer; the Hon, F. Stonor and Mr. W. Burke, accolites-. They were followed by boys in white vestments, who, with demure faces and hands clasped before them as if in devotion, paced slowly along towards the altar. Then came the priests, to the number of 260, some with books, which they appeared to read in with a a very sanctified air—others equally devout looking, and and moving in - the attitude of prayer; some carrying brazen vessels before them ; and all, or nearly all, covered with a black cloth cap, very much in the shape of that which carpenters and glaziers wear. (I) This part of the procession was quite re markable for the number of ugly faces it contained, an ugliness which, even under the circumstances, could hardlybe considered either picturesque or imposing." _ - The reference to the demure faces and hands clasped, " as if in devotion," is very shocking, as is the doubt implied of the devotion of the priests, in the assertion that they "appeared to read" in the books they carried. The comparison of the caps to those of carpenters and glaziers is very profane and irreverent; but the climaiL is the charge against them of ugliness? Why not for a spectacle intended to be picturesque or imposing—to" make us in love with the pomp and shew of Romish ceremonial —to attract our fair to the mummery and the confessional —have picked out of the ranks of their clergy a body not quite remarkable for the num b er of ugly faces it con tained ?" Perhaps however they were purposely intended to act as foils for their superiors; for we are told that,— _ "If the poor priests in their modest surplices and with their devotional humility of aspect looked preternaturally ugly, the superior clergy bore themselves with a port which was wonder fully imposing. Most of them were distinguished by the intellectual beauty of their expression, and all by their pic turesque attire, which, risinc , from the coarse white gowns of the Dominicans, culminated to the extreme point of magnifi cence in the jewelled mitres and the richly embroidered robes of the bishops, stiff with brocade and blazing with purple and gold." If this has been the object in view the poor " preter naturally ugly" fellows have been very cruelly abased. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY We have some demand for money stock this morning, but not, so far, to the extent reckoned upon. There is a fair regu lar market, but without any tendency to speculation, and the funds are steady, at about present prices, with occasional slight variations only. We quote Consols now at 87 to * for money and the opening, which are * above the first-reported prices of the morning. Reduced Threes, 87 to it. Three-and a-Quarter per Cents., 87* to f. Exchequer Bills, 495. to 435. , prem. Bank Stock, 192 to 4. Money continues remarkably easy, and some of the discount houses are so full, that not only have they issued circulars requiring all parties who have lodgments with them at 2* per cent. o n ca ll, t o t a k e b ac k their deposits, but they decline to name any lower terms on which they would be willing to continue or receive other deposits. LONDON CORN MARKET .-YESTERDAY The receipts of both English and foreign Wheat since this day se'nnight have been but moderate, and this morning's supply by land-carriage samples was far from large. The weather proving fine to-day, the trade ruled dull at the rates of Monday last. The receipts of foreign Barley have again been considerable, and many of the cargoes come to hand in very bad condition. Really sweet Barley can hardly be quoted lower, but other sorts could certainly be bought on easier terms. Our market is sparingly supplied with Oats of home growth, but any deficiency therein is amply made good by Or receipt of 35,000 qrs. from abroad during the past week. This article met a dull sale at a decline of 6d. to Is. per qr. Beans and Pease were in limited request, at barely previous rates. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The supply of good Beasts being small, the trade has rallied from the depression experienced on Friday ; and the prices of Monday last are in most instances pretty readily obtained. The number of Sheep and Lambs is about the same as of late; trade has rather imploved ; the demand, however is not very large. Trade is slow for Calves ; a choice one,however, makes fully 2d per Bibs more than on Friday. Pigs are a slow trade. Several begging imposters, with forged certificates, are going about the town, trying to raise contributions from the charitable. Yesterday the trial of Ernest Jones, one of the chartist chiefs, took place, and was proceeding when the expres 3 train left London last night. YARMOUTH.—The polling took place on Saturday- At the close the numbers were, Sanders, (Cons.) 414; Rumbold, (Whig) 384 ; Bagshaw, (Liberal) 300. The John Bull says that the Attorney-General bag been served with a writ in an action for penalties incurred by alleged bribery at the Horsham election, to the amount of ten thousand pounds. The project of the great " Irish Leagu e" - blown to the four winds of heaven, Mr. John O'Connell proving invulnerable to all attempts to wheedle him into a com promise with the war party, who must now carry on the business on their own responsibility, and trust to the clubs alone for the fulfilment of their designs. FATAL ACCIDENT.—OH Saturday morning, about four o'clock, Thomas Taylor, aged 36, a brushmaker in the employ of Mr. Hopkins, North Crescent, corner of Har rington-street, was in the act of coming down a jigger rope from the warehouse in Harrington-street, when the rope broke, and he fell into the street on his head, and fractured his skull. He died the same evening. It appears that the men were in the habit of being hoisted u p . te tby a lowered from the warehouse at all hours of the nigh means of this rope, and unknown to, and contrary to thq wish of Mr. Hopkins. EGREMONT FERRY.—Great improvements are going on at this ferry station. The landing-stage works better than before, and it is the best stage on the Mersey, (me" ing on an inclined plane,) whether as regards its construc tion or its dimensions. The locality is rather unfavone able for landing or embarking, as the tide recedes, at lout water, far down the shore. Nevertheless, this long tele scopic stage will shortly be so far extended and improve d that passengers may land or embark at the lowest tides without being conveyed in a small boat part of the way,' The old pier is being repaired and hei g hte n ed, an d to this will be attached an easy flight of steps, extending north ward, which will give additional facility for passenger s when the tide is up, as well as for the landing of carriages' goods, &c. Passengers may thus be landed at the satyr place at all times of tide. A new waiting room is 111 course of erection at the top of the slip on the north Side , and uniform architecturally with the engine -house (the machinery of which works the stage,) on the south side' Stables, coach-houses, &c., are also to be constructed' and an extensive yard and sheds for carriages and marke t carts. The hotel, close by, is a most extensive and we t ": furnished building, recently taken and conducted by Al' Halliday, formerly of the " Commercial Inn," Dale-stree t, in this town, a gentleman well known as in every sense fi polite and attentive host. Four boats are constantly Plii n ing, starting every half hour, including " The Queen ",/ Beauty," the " James Atherton," and the " Wallasey , e' all of them very smart and substantial craft. The spirit 4 , lessees of this ferry are, we think, worthy of the u tnaos. encouragement of the public, and we are glad to say that their exertions are already appreciated, the number of visiters to that part of Cheshire having greatly increas e ' during the last few weeks LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JULY 10. - The supply of Beasts and Sheep at our market to-daY,_ ll/3 0 1 been small, which has been sold at high prices. The supl3 l l,, ; Lambs good, which met with dull sale. Beef, fid. to 6 " . Mutton, 6d. to 63d.; Lamb, 53d. to 6d. per lb. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD- S'FflE____..--r• A ' •• a , Daily Direc tion Fall of c a i 'A, I - tumidity ~,, , oe n at I Wind 0 ,P 4 of ' ATMOSPHERIC Temperature Pressure at I shade by sel registering 'Diff erence o f Nine Six (thermometer Wet and Dry a.m. p.m. I Max. I MM. ; bulb. _lain. Noon• 4 In. In. Deg. 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