The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

Nov. 14, 184`-3 THE EAI, 7 ERPOOL STANDARD. ti r RICH AND ELEGANT FURS. PIANO-FORTES, favour of the said packets and tenders are upon this con- THE INTENDED HARBOUR AND DOCK IN accommodation as wet-docks for the shipping. and dis t] v. IRELAND, 92, BOLD -STREET, Liverpool, THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF PIANO- dition, that no such packet or tender shall be entitled to WALLASEY POOL. charge of merchandise of less bulk and more value. ti,e_eporoespectfully invites the Nobility and Ladies of FORTES IN ENGLAND AT the benefit thereof, or to any exception from the general The determination of the Birkenhead Commissioners The plan is susceptible of any extension that may be I ,,,Land its Vicinity to inspect his W. P. DREAPER'S MUSIC BAZAAR, bye-laws herein before contained, unless such packet or to apply forthwith to parliament for power to construct hereafter required,eitherouton BidstonMarsh,—the upper ttl e ti-'W AND SELECT STOCK OF FURS, 56, BOLD-STREET, tender shall comply with th e foll ow i ng reolation s so far an extensive harbour, and an immense dock immediately part of the land belonging to the corporation remaining every novelty now quite ready for the Season, an d comprises And at his extensive SHOW-ROOMS, 48, Wood-st r eet. as the same shall be applicable thereto : above it, on the site of Wallasey Pool, for the reception of unsold, and at their disposal either by sale to others, or Il l eeer ve itY Vet produced. Amongst the newest may be Piano-fortes lent on Hire, taken in Exchange, Repaired, Ist, — That while such packet or tender shall be at any vess e l s h one a ll p ar t s of th e ' wor ld, was (as'will be found as joining themselves in the general plan,—and the whole and Tuned, singly or by the year. of such piers, slip's, stai r s, or convenie nces , and not elsewhere) announced on Tuesday last, by Mr. William may be appropriated with advantage, as it is either on a whi c h T HE IMPROVED FUR CARDINAL, Good Second-hand Piano-fortes, from 6 Guineas upwards. in actual preparation to depart therefrom, any other Jackson, at a meeting of the members of that body. The dead level, or below the level of the Pool at high water. tormi_P,ossesses an elegance of appearance hitherto unac- EXPORT ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. steam or other ve sse l or b oa t may come a l ong the announcement was made as soon after the recent sale by The general result will be (it is anticipated) to make h _ Itsed in the Fur Trade. AN ASSORTMENT OF MUSIC AT HALF-PRICE. outer side of such packet o r tender, and freely land our corporation, to Mr. John Laird, (one of the corn- Liverpool the cheapest port to come to in the kingdom 44 drn e v e, l .C r ORINE is also an article in great request, ei x ,.sa . improved upon. ' NEW DURHAM MUSTARD, such packet or tende r , assi s t e d b y o ne o r more general plan of the intended works—for which surveys, repairs of vessels engine making, &c., &c., from the great e° 1 • wishes to impress upon the Public the fact, that ls. 6D. PER LB., stages between the pier, slip, stairs, or convenience, borings', and estimates were commenced in July last, and facilities afforded ' by this intended adjunct to the port. I.oll,instiiostiManufactured upon the Premises, under his In Pounds and Ralf-pounds, Lead Packages. THERE is no article manufactured more difficult to and the packet or tender ; [such stages to be pro- strictly continued up to the present time—could be coon. FURTH ER REM ARKS. 'MO4 Mark , and that having an Agent always in the vided, and on every occasion laid down, by or on pleted with sufficient accuracy to be laid before the pub- There is, we learn from the same authority, no feeling es he is enabled to produce the obtain genuine than MUSTARD, and as New has the part of the 'said Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- lie; and backed as it had previously been by the approval whatever entertained by the parties who have originated ° te le . NE ' WEST DESIGNS, now arrived, we call the attention of Families particularly gesses ;] and of one or more stages between the approval of the admiralty, it came upon the parties inte. and developed the plan submitted, to establish a port an- Id " first appearance, and also to purchase on the most to this article, as it possesses double the strength of the packet or tender, and the steam or other vessel or rested in the shipping and warehouse accommod a ti ons of tagonist to Liverpool itself • but, on the contrary , the Caageous terms ; consequently he can offer common Mustard, and has the pure flavour of the Mus- boat alongside;; Duch last-mentioned stages to be our port so unexpectedly, vet with such stamp of magni- consider the whole as an extension, called for by te reY dt sue, FURS tard Seed, which is so difficult to obtain. Sold only by similar to the said other stages, but to be provided, ficence and feasibility, as to startle some who se inte res t s quirements of the times, of the common port,—the parties lio n, . Prices as he fearlessly asserts will defy competi- HOLLIS, WALFORD, AND CO., and on every occasion laid down, by or on the part may be partially, though perhaps temporarily, injured by looking for no personal advantage beyond what that ex !, , ` At their Tea Establishments, le 4 1,TE ii of the packet or tender.] the innovation ; and to excite the deepest interest, and in tension may effect in the increase of our river trade, and befit win e . ATIONS and REPAIRS he flatters himself 2,80LD-STREET, 8r 8, DALE-STREET, Liverpool. 2d,—That the constables of the borough shall have free some instances the unqualified approbation, amongst a the consequent increased value of the general property on ofo 'oritinne to please, as they will be executed, as l ite W o e, on the Premises, by Workmen of the first BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. maintain good order under the last regulation. not fail to foresee in the accompiishment of the scheme by Mr. Laird will be under a comparative disadvantage, Ce t EA e., 4 London, expressly engaged for that purpose. At this Special Meeting of the Committee appointed by 3d,—That the stages to be provided by or on the part the commencement of a new era in the history of our as, from the intended plat], it will be situated considerably CLEANING MUFFS AND 80A5.... 2s. 6d. each. the Council of the Borough of Liverpool for the pur- of every such packet or tender shall be provided as port—giving large promise of an extensive and profitable in the back ground with reference to the dock. The ma. to li o at "'LUNG CAPES AND SHAWLS. 3s. 6d. each. poses hereinafter mentioned, holden in the Town-hall aforesaid, and the same shall be renewed and main- extension of the maritime and inland trade of our river, nagement, moreover, being vested in the Birkenhead ...... A tr, re'en Assortment of Gentlemen's Fur Coats, of the said borough, on Monday, the thirtieth day of tained from time to time to the satisfaction of the to be shared, however, as in justice perhaps it ought, by Commissioners, need, it is presumed,. excite no alarm, in . 4 tprv.es, Caps, and Travelling Bags, &c. October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and surveyor of the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur- our opposite neighbours. asmucb as they are eligible to office on the suffrages of the 2 2r , "did Assortment of Real Sable Tail Boas, at fort three gesses. 13. The speech of Mr. Jackson supplies a general outline of £lO householders, who will have the power of ejecting any IN: just finished. PRESENT, That every steam or other vessel or boat which shall the project; but the sensation which it has created has or all of them, on a showing of unfairness or misman age b------- GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE, Esquire, Chairman come alongside the said packet or tender, and take the induced us to obtain some interesting details from the ment. I krO RTANT TO MERCHANTS, BANKERS, &c. Richard Houghton, Esq. 1 John Holmes, Esq. benefit of the foregoing regulations for landing or receiving originators themselves, which will we trust be acceptable. One main consideration with regard to the under taking 1/ 1 , NEW INVENTION. The Mayor 1 Hugh Hornby, Esq. passengers, carriages, or goods, over any such packet or In submitting them we would not be understood to sub- is, that it will be accomplished without resorting to taxation ,av E I n James Aspinall, Esq. Henry Lawrence, Esq. tender, shall be subject to the general bye-laws, from 1 scribe to all the advantages expressed, for we believe some present or prospective. The whole of the works are in e ete ee vented a MACHINE for PAGING LEDGERS t' A Gu tt . , o ( 7,.description of BOOK in PLAIN PRINTED William Birkett, Esq. John Nelson Wood, Esq. inclusive to 11 inclusive, hereinbefore made, in like of them to be much too sanguine. Taken, in common tended to be constructed by the elected Commissioners of Sir Thomas Brancker, Knt. manner as if such steam or other vessel or boats had with others, somewhat unawares, we have not yet been Birkenhead, with funds raised on the credit of the under- Pile s i ' My charge is only SIXPENCE per 100 PAGES. THE Committee order and ordain that from such time landed or received such passengers, carriages, or goods, enabled to give each of them that due consideration which taking, and whatever rates are received beyond what is kipiredovention the greatest clearness and legibility are as the Bye-laws this day made shall take effect, all directly upon br from any of the said piers, slips, stairs, would enable us to arrive at a definite conclusion ; but we necessary to pay the interest of the loans, and whatever Iv, r eco a nd fraud entirely prevented. ,uVE ~,I bm end my SUPERFINE LARGE BLUE orders, rules, regulations, and bye-la ws concerning any of or conveniences, and had been placed immediately adjacent may state generally, as our present impression, that if the funds arise from property acquired and disposed of, will the matters to which the Bye-laws this day made in any- thereto. commissioners can make out such a case as is here repre- be applied in reducing the principal of the debt until the t i l li , e e pe r r OST, at the very Low Price of SEVEN SHIL- wise relate shall cease and be repealed. And the said GEO. H. LAWRENCE, Chairman. sented, and obtain the final approval of government, works are relieved from allincumbrances; the rate, if any T ,tpel . R EAM ; the Cheapest Paper ever offered in Committee ' do hereby order,' ordain, and make the fol- (who, through the Admiralty, are the legitimate conser- be necessary afterwards, will be required merely for main ii ,4e pi e ., t hel "reST RED SEALING WAX, the very best lowin g INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. vators of the navigation of the river,) all opposition—now taming the works. Should more property be acquired lili e e til at can be manufactured, at FOUR SHILLINGS ------ that the land is in reality sold, with unlimited privileges— than is necessary to discharge the debt, the surplus may ell n. ' The Alessag er o f Wednesday gives t h e f o ll ow i ng a cc t- were too late, and consequently futile,—however much 'le realized and applied to the annual charge of nminte ' tional information respecting the inundations : we may naturally have cherished a desire that our Corpo- nance, and the works will then become FREE OF ALI " The dyke of Boulbon has been broken through by the ration bad retained the matter in their own hands. What ' Rhone, near Aviguon. The waters have overflowed th e we subjoin, therefore, as to the advantages of the scheme road of Trebon, between Tarascon and Arles, and spread and the means of carrying it out, must be taken rather as over the plain. Several arches of the bridge of La Crau the alleged grounds upon which the commissioners pur are menaced, and the wooden bridge has given way. The gose to support their claim for the concurrence of parlia country is submerged. The right bank has hitherto been ment, than as our own unqualified opinions, some expo preserved by the energy of the inhabitants, who have sition of which will be found in another column. worked arduously at raising the dykes. Aranion, how- The idea of forming a dock, or a chain of docks in Wal ever, has suffered considerably. Another bridge on the lasey Pool, (which is immediately opposite the centre of Durance, that of Cadenet, has been carried away. A s Liverpool,) and of converting its banks, and the space be yet it is impossible to estimate the damage caused by the tween and such docks, to commercial and manufacturing overflowing of the waters. On every point the military purposes, has, from time to time, for many years past, been authorities have placed at the disposalof the engineers the entertained by various individuals, to whom it appeared greatest ' nossible number of soldiers for the most urgent peculiarly adapted by nature to such purposes, not o n ly labours." from the depth of tidal water it contains, but from the lowness of the contiguous land, and the facilities it p re - The Sun of Marseill es o f M on d ay says : " The account s o f th e i nun d at i ons are b ecome l ess seats for docks, but slight excavation being required. To alarmi ng . Th e waters are b eginning to subside. Avig- the late William Laird, Esq., father of Mr. John Laird, is due the credit of having pointed out in a practical man non has become a l mos t en ti re l y f ree f rom them, an d the mails to Lyons an d P ar i s h ave resumed their regular net, and invited public attention to, the value and adapta tion of that creek, which had lain neglected and profitless routes. Unfortu na t e ly, it i s to b e f eared that the heavy a rain which f e ll d ur i ng t h e whole of the day may again ab origine mundi. He was the first who occupied a part cause the rivers t o over fl ow. T he disasters have already of the southern bank, where, in 1824, he commenced ship been great. The b r id ge a t B e ll egarde, which formed the building, before there was a house to be seen in the neigh communication bet ween L angue d oc and Provence, has bourhood ; and thirteen years afterwards (1837,) he de been carried away. Th e b an k o f t h e Rhone between Ta- signed and published a plan of docks in the Pool, so well rascon and Arles has b urs t, th e p l a i ns of Beaucaire and considered and digested, that it has, after careful recent Arles are submerged, and the Toulouse and southern survey, been adopted, with but some slight differences in mails are obliged to pass through Avignon. On the Du- detail. • ranee the bridges of Cadenet and Rognonas are down. As the final plan has not yet been fully prepared, Mallemort is invaded by the waters. In reference to this we, this day, in order to gratify the curiosity of the public, misfortune, an interesting incid-nt is related. A woman, present to each of our readers a copy of that original de whose house was threatened with b e i ng was h e d down, was sign, from which they may form, taking the alterations taken at the moment with the pai ns o f c hild bi rt h . Her w e hall point out into account, a sufficiently accurate medical attendant, who was mayor of the town, had her idea (until we can furnish the precise plan,) of the position carefully placed in a cart, and accompanied her to a place and extent of the intended works. of safety ; but before this could be reached, she was safely It will be observed that two small outward basins are delivered of a boy. At the moment the new infant Moses defined near the margin of the sea-wall that is to cross the was brought into the world the house of his parents was mouth of the Pool, and that an oblong dock, with ware carried away by the current." houses, &c. is also marked out, a little to the southward cf them. These basins and dock are to be left out in the present plan, and this forms the only material alteration. In lieu of the two small basins, the inner" half-tide basin" or now, more properly, the Outer Harbour, will be extended eastward to the river wall, with an open entrance of 302 feet in width. The shipwrights' yards, graving docks, &c. will be retained, as also the general features of the plan interiorly,—the main or " monster" dock communi cated'with the harbour by double gates, or locks, extend ing eastward up the Pool, with a slight obtuse angle or elbow as far as the bridge at Poulton-cum-Seacombe, which lies about due east, by true bearing, from Seacombe Hotel. The sea-wall will extend from Woodside Slip to Seacombe Slip, with a very slight inclination inwards, t. the entrance, and in a straight line from each slip respect ively, the wall being nearly divided in two portions on each shore, and the longest on the Woodside shore. The ground has been all bored and surveyed, and it has been found that the foundations for the outer, and also for the dock walls are, contrary to preconceived opinion, extremely favourable : not a pile will have to be driven. The only places that are soft to a considerable depth are precisely those that are to be walled in, and very little excavation will be required. BYE-LAWS For regulating the use of the Piers, Slips, and Stairs, now erected or constructed, or hereafter to be erected or con structed, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, or by the Trustees of the Liver pool Docks ; and also for regulating the Vessels and Boats resorting to the said Piers, Slips, and Stairs re spectively :- I.—Steam-boats coming to or departing from any pier, basin, slip, S i -c. after sunset, to carry a sufficient light aloft and forward. That every master or person, having the command or charge of , any steam-vessel coming to or departing from any of the said piers, slips, or stairs, or any stage, barge, or other convenience connected or used therewith, after sunset and before sunrise, shall cause such vessel, when within two hundred and fifty yards from any such pier, slip, stairs, or convenience, to carry a sufficient light aloft and forward in some conspicuous place, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye-law. 2.—Steam-boats, in hazy weather, coming to or depart ing from any pier, basin, slip, Brc., to keep a sufficient bell ringing. That every master or person, having the command or charge of any steam-vessel coming to or departing from any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, in hazy weather, either by day or in the night, shall, at all times when such vessel shall be within two hundred and fifty yards of any such pier, slip, stairs, or convenience, cause a sufficient bell to be kept constantlysinging, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye-law. WILLIAM ACCOUNT SHAW, NT BOOK MAKER, PRINTER, and STATIONER, At h „ 20, CANNING-PLACE. le CI! SHOP, 24, EXCHANGE-STREET EAST. tI rin Clple of Numbering consecutively can be ap ytit: Iny purpose, Letters of Credit, Bank Notes. iti N t , Letter Books, &c., &c., as the greatest accuracy iiitsnrana Rotirt o . coh p - , " R ATION of the LONDON ASSURANCE, 'IPt Established A.D. 1720. t his 0,, viz. AS SURANCE.—Great advantages are offered ;I , tQeh• N oAL ABATEMENT Of premium after five years' -• t # l o l l . °,werfixed Rate without abatement. ' t tP ai 'll , SURANCE On every description of pro eluding rent. ')4r ie . ItGENT,—JAMES KENNEDY. nigh -street, with entrance els° at 5, Exchan g e-st. East LIVERPOOL 1 1,A ~n d 3 , Hamilton -street, BIRKENHEAD. fed 7'''oBpectuses and every information may be ,<:..l A ttendance daily at both offices. (4 4 Izsz LIVERPO OL FROM TEN TILL FIVE. R 111 ER S ' AND GENERAL FIRE AND 14 - rE INSURANCE INSTITUTION. - "TERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL, £500,000. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. RATES Practical men have given it as their opinion that th e walling in of the Pool, in place of obstructing the cleans ing tidal waters of the Mersey, will, by giving the current a more direct flow " through the neck of the bottle below,"—the grand reservoir or basin being the wide ex panse from South Birkenhead to Runcorn—will not only tend to keep the lower and more navigable part of the river quite as deep as it now is, but by a diversion in the set of the tides, will in all probability reduce, or entirely wash away, Pluckington Bank, and other obstructions on this side. The cost of the contemplated erections is stated to be about £300,000; but even taking into account all the facilities stated, this will, we conjecture, be found to be considerably under the mark. In first estimates we have generally found that one-half more, at least, may be al lowed—if not nearly double, before all contingencies can be met. The sum stated is, however, so small for the completion of the docks, and the quantity of land that will be made around them, that any per-centage over the amount stated is scarcely worthy of consideration. The projectors do not contemplate the taking of any land by compulsory process. They consider that they re quire none to carry out the plan stated, and will leave those whose contiguous land may hereafter come into re quisition to pursue the course most beneficial to them selves. All they require is about 1,000 yards for the for mation of a road. The fact here stated entirely removes the idea of any attempt to benefit immediate and indivi dual interests. 3.—Steam-boats coming to any basin, pier, Bcc., for landing passengers or cargo, to have preference, except, That every steam and other vessel and boat coming to any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, for the purpose of landing any passengers or cargo, shall be entitled to the preference of the landing-place until dis charged, (except as hereinafter provided with regard to the landing or receiving cattle at the slip,at the north end of George's Dock Parade, and at the slip called Seacombe Slip ;) and every master and other person, having the command or charge of any such steam or other vessel or boat, shall, without any, delay, complete the landing of the passengers and 'argo from such steam or other vessel or boat, anc shall immediately after such landing haul off the said steam or other vessel or boat to such a distance (not being less than twenty yards) from such pier, slip, stairs, or convenience, as to enable other vessels or boats to discharge their passengers or cargoes, under the pe nalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye law. We may state, that nine-tenths of the rate-paying and moneyed inhabitants of Birkenhead are mer chants or traders of Liverpool, and that the intended work may, therefore, be said to be almost a home or " family affair." Though we do not go, in our estimate, quite so far on this point, it cannot, we think, be denied that Bir kenhead has risen out of the wealth and proximity of `, the good old town,",:and if her rapidly rising bantling has grown in a few years from infancy to somewhat approach ing to manhood, we do not see why we should not, with a good grace, acknowledge the relationship, and laying down the necessary parental regulations, hold out the hand of fellowship and mutual good-will. We regard to the Admiralty, an unequivocal opinion has been expressed by them, as well as by many distin guished nautical men, that docks in the Pool will be not only a local, but a great national advantage. l ie t Of b HONORARY DIRECTORS. w t, r cxouftland, K.G. Viscount Torrington. arl arri Stamford and Viscount Campden. Ilgt o 3 4 cie • S Lord Rayleigh. of 44 dbroke Lord Feversham. I Lord Stanley, T seve nty-two other Members of Parliament and Ult broth Gentlemen. ' 4 9 r e °Priet-ry of this Company exceeds 1960 in N r• 1 1 i h el the re of Public Favour thi s Institution has obtained es4 er aPPreciation of its system by a numerous body 4,./ery e;` , k1 1 ,; 111 d of Life Insurance, of Deferred and Imme ll,eat l eoo,!ties, and of Endowments for Children, may w.il),,U3hed at this Office on terms as low as is con kL, security. t o Ind of Four per- Cent. is now in course of pay h'half.'"e sha re h o ld ers i n this office. A BONUS of 4 4er, the profits on LIFE POLICIES held by Sbare- Osi:," effected since the Ist January, 1843, will be i lh r 7 i kaa u s .":„end of every Five Years, by addition to the „; tet t , or by reduction of premium. In order to C ij 4 Ique bene fitof the first quinquennial division, Po qetrriiescl he effected before the Ist January, 1844. 1 1 )e fr, P rospectuses may be obtained at the Office, or hel,,,arded, post free, upon application. tiSrate®,re Department, Insurances are effected at the t, The usual Commission to Solicitors talar k t r eappointed in all the Princi THE MERCURYAND SARBATiiPROFANATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sir,—lt was one of the ancient aphorisms, that extra ordinary pretensions were a cloke for extraordinary hypocrisy ; so with the Mercury. On Friday last it ex pressed ifs horror at the Sabbath being " desecrated" in this town, by the letting-off of fire-works on the sth of November ! This assumed piety on the part of a print that has, in its columns, paid eulogistic tribute to de parted Atheism ! nay, still further, has never discovered the least impropriety or " desecration" in the Sunday meetings of O'Connell and his horde of incendiary priests, is nauseously d's,zusting ! How long can the religious public be duped into further countenance of this Jesuitical newspaper ?. The following are some additional interesting particu lars connected with the history of the Pool: 4.—Master not to remain at the slip at the north end of George's Parade for the purpose of landing or receiving cattle beyond a reasonable time, not ex ceeding ten minutes. That no master or other person, having the command or charge of any steam or other vessel or boat, shall per mit or suffer the same to remain at the slip at the north end of George's Dock Parade, or at the slip called the Seacombe Slip, for the purpose of landing cattle, or re ceiving cattle on board, for a space of time longer than shall be reasonably requisite, and not in any case exceed ing ten minutes, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye-law. s.—Masters of Steam-boats, plying beyone the limits of the port, not to ply or remain at any pier, Sc. longer than twenty minutes. That no master or other person, having the command In 1824, the late Mr. Wni. Laird purchased 50 acres of land from F. R. Price, Esq., and established his boiler and iron-ship building yard, in May of that year. This was the first effort made to reclaim that otherwise expanse of waste; and from this germ, comparatively minute and isolated, has sprung, as from the acorn the noble oak, (though much more rapidly,) those scions and shoots of commerce, that give promise of rising to stateliness and maturity. Shortly after this beginning, the Patent Slip and the copper-works of Messrs. Bibby and Co. (origi nally established by Messrs. Ormerod of Manchester, as a boiler-manufactory) were commenced, and steamers of large burthen have since been passing, from time to time, up the Pool, and a considerable coaling trade is now car ried on within it. If the scribe who perpetrates these anomalous railings, as well as those from Wigan, (!he learned " doctor,") are at a loss to know why the sth cf November is held in joyous remembrance by all true-hearted Protestants, let them be told that it is hailed as a deliverance from the fury and trammels of a pseudo-church, that would, at once and for ever, have dashed the cup of toleration to the ground ! and placed it out of the power of every Churchman, Scotch Presbyterian, Methodist, Calvinist, Bands', and Protestant Dissenter, to worship the God of their fathers according to their conscience and in peace and freedom ! Such a commemoration, then, is not merely a record of historical fact, but a just token of thankfulness to the Almighty for thus perpetuating real civil ann religious liberty, in contra-distinction to Popery ! Upon what plea, or tangible or honest grounds, certain classes of dissenters ever joined political issue with Papists—who would crush them to the earth had they the power, witness (the " Saxon" denunciations of the priest hood)—is for them to explain, as best they can, at a forth coming period. Hoping you will insert this, THE OUTER HARBOUR nil Towns in the i r - -' , wnere Agents are not appointed, persons 'e , and desirous of being appointed, may apply W. SHAW, Managing Director. This will comprise an area of thirty-seven acres, and it is considered wilt be of incalculable advantage from its being on the windward side of the river with reference to all our prevailing gales, and having a depth at low water of spring tides (the lowest water level) of 12 feet. Pro tected from westerly storms by the high land of Bidston, and also from its windward position having the advantage of smooth water, it will form a harbour of refuge in bad weather for vessels that have now to lie at anchor in the river. or charge of any team or of her vessel or boat, usually Mr. Laird and Sir John Tobin purchased in 1836 a losiderable tract of land in the Pool, from Mr. Price, irl had thP whnlp 11-inv./Ana sir.l 4L1..1 1111 11 1-1 COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1% . 1.0 . 35, CORNHILL, LONDON. Established in 1820. IN en „, li '4PORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMEY 41 10 1 ,......„ CA PITA L £600,000. I tb nis Royal Highness the Duke of h 4 be DIRECTORS. N a t t Alexand • Bart. I Sebastian G. M g 13,_ , et h' attin'°°' E sq . Archbd. Fred. '4 C ev, Esq, Wm. Henry Porter, Esq, oz , ox, t... to o r _' - 'bet• I Denzil I. Thomson, Esq. 'en, Esq. I Geo.H.Weatherhead,M.D Ma naging Director—E. Fernie, Esq. , .1...,. Actuary —J. Goddard, Esq. 'Yii 441tora--T. Gorton, Esq. D. Grove, Esq. (.144 --Septimus Wray, M.D., Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. employed in carryir g goods or passengers beyond the limits of the Port of Liverpool, shall permit such vessel or boat to ply, lie, or remain at any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, for the purpose of landing or receiving passengers, luggage, or goods, for a longer •• sue MUM eminent engineers or rue nay,—..vlessrs. Telford, Nimmo, and Stephenson,—who conjointly reported so favourably of its adaptations for commercial purposes, that the Liverpool Corporation came forward, and pur chased from the respective owners the marginal land be tween the Pool and Woodside, and also some portion of the land on the Seacombe shore. The following is an estimate of the expense of con structing docks, basins, &c., (according to the plan, by the late Mr. Laird, which we this day present to our readers,) at Wallasey Pool and Woodside Bank ; but, assuming its accuracy at the time, we may state that the expense of the engineering operations in the construction space of time than twenty minutes each voyage or trip, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this byelaw. Sussex —Vessels plying within the limits of the port not to remain at any slip, Sre. longer than five minutes after the arrival of another vessel. That in case any steam or other vessel or boat, not Amongst other advantages stated are the following : Facilitating the communication by railway from the dock side to London, Birmingham, the Potteries, and general manufacturing districts ; and all parts of Wales, Shropshire, &c. The Dublin mail (by accelerating the train as proposed, per Holyhead, and employing first class boats) may be brought this way, and delivered in Dublin in sixteen hours from London, and the passengers may step from the railway carriages on board the steamer. The north mails from the metropolis may also be delivered in Glasgow in 22 to 24 hours, by this way—say 61 hours f. orn London, and 16 to Glasgow. This can only be ac complished by having the railway to run down to the water's edge; and it may supercede the necessity of the expensive line of railway to Holyhead, and that north of Lancaster as well. To obtain this advantage, a tunnel is to be made under the town of Birkenhead, from the present station in Grange-lane to the margin of the docks. artinez,Esq t t-n, &c. ne usually employed in carrying goods or passen gers beyond the limits of the Port of Liverpool, shall happen to be lying at any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, for the purpose of receiving passengers, luggage, or goods on board, when any other steam or ICE FROM ST. HELENS St. Helens, Nov. 13, 1843 , P.S.—What has become of your correspondent " Lynx ?" He ought to persevere in a contest in which he has truth on his side. ous of such works has been much reduced by experience, and the application of improved machinery : ESTIMATE IN 183 V - ts. r essrs. Gl yn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. London 45!11,14-ibeleectors offer to th e P u bli c t wo mo d es 9 t f . In )0 hout the of a low Annual Premium—the other, /t,` Of a , nsurer to participate in the profits on pay the s ulgher rate. 26 7 ePitennial division in December, 1835, a:B . onus h P ~Rial tah upon the premiums paid was decla o r n e3 j„Pisurers on the high Scale, and at theisec lh 4 eela ''laion up to December, 1841, another Bonus A, - red• 14s. p er Cent. on the Pre kti,- pai d. = averaging £3O l (1 411 tleeg f and seven years effected at very re r),, r ate . or one e h le j: l rd of the Premiums on Insurances for the Whole I , 4, l; " hrmitted to remain unpaid f or th e fi rs t seven 15 then continued a s a p ermanent l oan if de ikireotis 11 1 tc i,Ping to any part of the world and (Itriaared at adequate premiums. oof Ci a •l'anY's Policies are purchased at their full l' al ° l l (l e4 l t Ta are paid in three months after satisfactory th t e ' Of i t ' ''''lertiT'e AghSt_ wit every information, will be given -44 ed ents. . . other vessel or boat shall arrive for the purpose of landing passengers, luggage, or goods, the master or other person having the charge or command of such first-mentioned The directors of the Isle of Man Joint Stock Bank, about which such extraordinary disclosures have recently been made, have all resigned their situations, and a meet ing of the shareholders was held on Saturday last, in con sequence. The directors state, that th e cause o f t h e i r resignation is the misconstruction placed on their actions and intentions by the shareholders. Sea-wall fronting river, extending from Woodside Pier to Seacombe Point, 1,700 running yards at £4O per yard Dock and basin walls, £3O per yard Excavations, 3,340,000 cubic yards, at 9d Paving, 484,000 square yards, at 2s. ... Locks, gates, graving docks, and extras £68,000 steamer or other . vessel or boat shall not permit the same to remain at such pier, slip, stairs, or convenience, for a longer space of time than five minutes after the arrival of the said last-mentioned vessel or boat, under the penalty of forty-shillings for each offence against this bye-law. 7.—And not to remain at any pier, Av. longer than 10,800 running yards, at 324,000 125,250 48,400 84,350 . , twenty minutes. That no master or other person, having the command or charge of any steam or other vessel or boat, not usually employed in carrying passengers, luggage, or goods be yond the Port of Liverpool, shall permit such vessel or boat to be or remain at any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, longer than such reasonable time (not exceeding twenty minutes) as shall be actually requisite for the purpose of taking on board passengers, luggage, and goods, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye-law. DEATH FROM A DOSE OF LAUDANUM.—On Thursday last, an inquest was held before Mr. Heyes, the county coroner, at the Seven Stars, in Eccleston, on view of the body of a child about nine months old, named Edward Evans. Deceased had been poorly for a short time, and the mother having a little laudanum in the house, which had been recommended to her husband by a druggist, she gave deceased six drops of it, thinking it would do him good. The child went to sleep soon after, and in about an hour awoke : he appeared dull and heavy, and worked his arm and leg a good deal backwards and forwards. He fell asleep again, and his mother put him in a cradle in a neighbour's house. In about half an hour the woman of the house came to tell deceased's mother that she be- lieved the child was dead. She went, and found it was so. Deceased had changed colour to between a blue and black. The verdict was, " Died by an overdose of lauda num, administered without any felonious intent " • but, as this was the second case of the ki n d w hi c h had been brought before Mr. Heyes within a week, the jury se verely reprimanded the mother. The Irish mail steam-ships, that have now to lie at the Sloyne, or in the river opposite George's Pier, will find constant accommodation, with ingress and egress at any hour ; and river steamers will be found with ample power and speed to convey their passengers to or from Liverpool. The grand objection to the running of the West India mail steam-ships—namely, secure harbour accommodation immediately on their arrival, will be removed ; and it is anticipated that the whole, or at least a large portion of them, will be appointed to run to and from the Mersey as the most eligible station by way of the Irish Channel that can be selected. £650,000 NSIONS OF DOC Wallasey Dock. Woodside Dock Half-tide Dock Entrance Basins, 73 acres, 6,000 yards frontage 21 „ 1,300 „ PI 31 ~ 2,000 „ if ADVANTAGES Land gained, at present covered ;tspring tides, available for ship and timber yards, ware houses, &c., 968,000 square yards, worth 21s B.—Master not to moor Steam• boat nearer to any basin, arc. than twenty yards, except whilst landing __ passengers. £1,016,400 1 special Additional value to adjoining land, belonging to the Corporation of Liverpool, 206 acres, suppose ss. per yard That no master or other person, having the command or charge of any steam or other vessel or boat, shall per. mit the same to lie or be moored nearer than twenty yards from any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, except whilst landing or taking on board passengers, lug gage, or goods, under the penalty of forty shillings for each offence against this bye-law. The ferry steamers plying regularly across the river, at the small charge of 2d.- a head, will make the new har bour much easier of access than the north or the south end of Liverpool, and more particularly the south. Numerous small craft that now lie on the shore at the mouth of the Pool,where many of them are left high and dry at low water, may be accommodated afloat in the outer harbour. The project of a steam life-boat, recently en tertained, and highly desirable to avert the calamities that may occur through the stranding of vessels on the out ward sand-banks or lee shores during gales, may be car ried out with much greater prospect of success, inasmuch as she may be kept in safety and readiness to proceed at any moment to the point of relief. At present, during the height of our heaviest gales, no such vessel could be put out from this side; and the opposite shore, even without a harbour, has for many years been found to be the most eligible and practicable in this respect, from its windwardness for the smaller life-boats employed,—as has been shown by the success of late years of the Magazines Life-boat, housed, and difficult of launching between Wallasey Pool and the Rock. The difference of the dis tance to be sailed or steamed between the Pool and Ma gazines, considering that, in such cases, Cheshire is a weather shore, with comparatively smooth water, is not, we think, worthy of notice. This item is a suggestion which we throw out ourselves ; but it is one irre spective of the opinions —many of them doubtful and others antagonist—as to the new docks, which we venture to advance on the broad and simple ground of humanity and general utility, whether as affecting one shore or the other. 240,000 £1,256,400 ARREST OF MR. GILMOUR.—It appears that, since the celebrated Mr. Gilmour, a gentleman well remembered in this locality, was released from gaol at Edinburgh, he has been retaken at Glasgow, and taken back on another charge. „ By order of Board. t u b t;Nß. FERNIE, the Managing Director , J oa 1 .0 0 d eph Coo COMMITTEE FOR. LIVERPOOL. Osl°B4ll He Esq . . St. James-stree t -a age ' a j L l lshaw, Esq. illi e ,„ ° "nson Esq. .. London-road. ~_ "4 G eddet;, Esq.. . Temple-place. rho MEDICAL REFEREE. k e Inas Blackburn, Esq., Camden-street. 44. 'ti „._ AGENTS. ORTHOUSE and HAIN a N, th. le-street 9.—Any Stearn-boat, 4.c. allowed to take the ground within twenty yards of any pier, slip, ke. the master or person in charge to forfeit, 8(c. COMMITMENTS.-At the Police-court, on Friday, a woman, named Mary Logan, was charged with stealing two pieces of flannel. Police-officer White said that on the previous day he had observed the prisoner carrying the articles, and suspecting all was not ri g ht, as k e d h er what she had got, and from her evasive answers took her into custody. The pieces were produced, and were iden tified by a shopman of Mr. Ingham, draper, Scotland.. road, as the property of that gentleman. There were in all 16 yards, worth about 9d. a yard. The prisoner, who said said she was a married woman, was committed for trial. Same day, an old woman, Susan M'Ardle, was charged by Mr. Tyrer, collector of tolls, with carrying off, on Thursday night, a basket from St. John's Market, containing about 221 b of butter. It appeared that a Mr. Nugent, residing in Commutation-row, had a stand in the m.rket, kept by his daughter, and that while the latter was talking to a customer the prisoner took up the basket and hastened off, but was suspected by Mr. Tyrer, and SCRIPTURE READERS.—On Sunday last, the Rev. J. Jones, preached a sermon at St. Andrew's Church, on the utility of employing competent persons to read the scrip tures to the working classes at their own residences. The collection amounted to £36. That if any steam or other vessel or boat shall be neg. ligently allowed to take the ground, or wilfully run aground, within the distance of twenty yards from any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, the master or other person having the command or charge of such steam or other vessel or boat shall forfeit and pay for each offence the sum of forty shillings. 10.—Steam-boats, &c. by wilful delay in loading or dis charging, obstructing or hindering any other Steam-boat, kc. master or other person in charge to forfeit, 8-c. That if, by wilful delay in the loading or discharg On Monday last the life of an infant six weeks old was unfortunately taken away by an over-dose of syrup of poppies incautiously administered by its mother. The parties resided at Runcorn. - CONVEYANCE OF TRANSPORTS.-At the Kirkdale ses sions, on Wednesday week, the magistrates oppointed Mr. William Sheldon the contractor for the conveyance of transports for the next year. DEE BANK COLLIERY. - In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Monday, upon the motion of Mr. Jervis, Q.C., the court granted rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff, at the late Chester assizes, in the cause '' Hanrner v. Eyton," should not be set aside, and a new trial had; or, why the damages should not be reduced to the sum of £1614 ; or, why there should not be a special case, embodying the facts ASSURANCE SUN -vRA,NCE SOCIETY. LONDON \V C R AB MANAGERS. i t tj, t , u ES P O LE, Esq., Chairman. h ow t -uuuNtE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman VrYlevA ° . 1 . 1 , ESC. 114 pn - fis Shaw Leferre. any steam or other vessel or boat, any other steam or other vessel or boat shall be obstructed ur hindered from loading or discharging at any of the said piers, slips, • E•.n" ; 11. hb e ii rie The Hon. Hugh Inds, , ,„„pst er 1 6J_Im., Esq. Charles Littledale, Esc having detained, The butter was stated to be worth about 20s. The prisoner, who was known as an old offender, was com mitted for trial. steam or Henry Littledale, Esq. Geo. Warde Norman, Esc Brice Pearse, Esq. plifek er - e ; ? Jr.sq 01. titt o ", Esq. 1,111:ell Esq t 4) Zorde, Esq. Charles Richard 14‘pi:1,11„..rlarnilton, Esq. Henry Rich, Esq. id 1 10 4 ' 41 1, Esq. Henry Stuart, Esq., ,•-•••• • l Akti gr e, Claude Geo. Thornton, Esq orok e, Esq. Geo. Smith Thornton, Esq. oiol4l\ JOSHUA MILNE, Actuary. deb ..I,,GERS for the SUN LIFE ASSURANCE at e Of T, I beg leave to acquaint the Public that . the N k of th; olicies for the who' .1 " Arsiti '8 Society, and are Y ‘. 3 01% 4 ' Px 4 ,, a tes may be b a d o f an y o f th e A gen t s f or OFFtc E. I kA , AGENTS. " I, { aICH.D. BOLD, 4, Exchange -street West HUSON,Royalßank buildings bd t er ms Owen Owens ol_r. R. Johnston,. Mr. Richard Beadlei , i'ecr,..icruert Duck. , 6/ essrs. J. Bl ac kb urne an d S on Man—Mp..r. m„„, WEST DERBYUNION.—A Statement has just been pub lished of the receipts and expenditure of the several hips (23 in number) comprised in the West Derby 3, for the three years ending March, 1843 ; prepared he purpose of showing what proportion of the amount d as " poor rates" has been actually expended for e of the poor, and sums paid for county oses,—together with some other sta- pier, basin, slip, THE INNER OAT OR HARBOUR The Inner Harbour or Dock, in its uninterrupted length from the Outer Harbour to the village of Poulton, will comprise a water surface, or float for vessels of all bur thens, of 130 acres. The total dock accommodation of Liverpool, supposing the Albert Dock to be completed, is 106.1 acres, according to the report of the Dock Sur veyor in September last. Adding to the space in the Cheshire dock (130 acres) that of the Outer Harbour (37), which, from its smoothness and depth, may fairly be con sidered as so much wet dock, we have 167 acres of float- stical inforr appears from this that the popu ,ue whole of the townships, which extend over .uerable breadth from (and including) Allerton on South, and Great and Little Crosbie on the North, ncreased from 53,058 in 1831 to 88,287 in 1841—or an of 35,292. During that period the only town ships that decreased in population were Thornton 30, Lunt 8, Little Crosbie, 20, and Ince Blundell s—all the increased very considerably—Toxteth Park 17,187. The average annual expenditure whole Townships for the three years in a most advanta- increas ing surface for shipping ! The dock, which will be of commodious width, will admit of a vast number of vessels proximate to the quays, as well as in the centre of ample space for their removal out and in, and from place to Place as may be required. It will be particularly adapt e d f, ti. .1 other bulky trades. Vessels rest having by no less tl for the poor in the previous to the Union in 1837 was £6213, and for the three years ending March 1842 £5224. The total receipts during the years 1840-1-2 were£55,659. The total amount for relief of the poor, s—not being for their ncrease .or .31e timber anc may readily discharge, and them. ave the timber rafted from these three ye The sides will be appropriated by the various owners of the propety, (who will be admitted to competition by pur chase without restraint on the manner of conducting their ' 4 at s ''ss• • Woodcock and Son, and M unty rate over that paid for the poor s was £4449; which in only three of usiness, or far as is consistent with security from fire or other da- ry to k 7r. J oh 1 1 0 4 : 1 't kr . Hider. •-..k • Remington )0 4 • Wign alt. Jennings and Mr. F. C. Hultt 0 44 er • r. Howson, and Mr. Ni d ° lie maintenance bus sitowing —and that to the amount think) that however the bridged. that exorbitant may deem )t only The gate; from the Inner Harbour to this immense Dock will be made sufficiently wide for the largest steamers float, or likely to be constructed ; and as the banks of )ol are extremely favourable to manufacturers con s expected that the Liverpool impost, t naloht to 1 on the increase ti ,te-payers. The at the end of the with wharfs, where will form t_`r•_ G. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. —As you are no dou LIVERPOOL bt awar in Council on Thursday, that a number of gei to inquire into the charge brought against Me Turner, and Co., by Mr. Corrie, an wish to know the result of the prod you annexed copies of resolutions a part of the proceedings. The evich when copied, will be sent I beg to seal s, which form n in the case desire, you may see i 1, if you have BROWIs TOWN DUES ssed by WILLu Brokers tier, whom we rye the , was the more must ever em knew him, that )ut for r. J. or conveniences, without three persons o .am vessel shall remain at or a any of the command or charge of such first-mentions nth veccel nr hnnt shall fnrfpit and nav fnr the sum of forty shillings. 11.—No Steam-boat to remain at an, stairs That no stf piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, withc threecornpeteni persons heir er or person .t least thereof laving the command or charge the following exceptions shall be made in favour of Steal" Vessels, being Packets employed in carrying the Post. office Mails, to and from Ireland, and of Steam Vessels Tenders upon such Packets, viz.: Ist,—Such packets and tender- nerore three- s depar quarters past five o'clock in the morning from any of the said piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, shall be allowed forty-five minutes previous thereto for receiving the mails, passengers . _ —Such pickets departing in the evening from any such piers, slips, stairs, or conveniences, shall be allowed to remain previous thereto, for reeeiving past six o'clock in - the ever g until five Minute Liverpool and be delivered on b, that the v from t ; providec fifteenth of October fifteenth of March to leenth of lelusive of the latter day, c larch, inclusive of the 1 riety of par- • , - - , ------ providing of suitable masters am AFFRAY WITH rOACHERS.-011 Saturday last, a per- of new schools, &c. An appeal i son was brought up at the County Police-office, charged Circuits for the supply, at the e with having been one of the parties who were poaching on the preserves of the Earl of Derby at Knowsley, and £20,000 of this latter sum. THE. WIDOW OF THE LATE CA who shot one of the watchers namedKenyon,who is ex . . OF THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP " S pected to die every hour It seems tt ing last, about five o'clock, three of Lord Derby were , watching the preserves at Knowsley, N choly loss of the West Inc spring of the present year, c the recollection of our reader 0 • .+7 •••••la.n aalcu 1/11C UL lriU ULU. - helpers, they all lay down in a hedge which they expected the poachers to pass. Shortly afterwards twelve or fifteen men were seen approaching. The keepers now jumped • . . . was her highly personally knew, and w h o lives of(This passengers and all charge of his own pr( now in custody) callid out, was immediately fired, which was returned by Kenyon, the only one of his party who had a gun. Five shots were then fired by the poachers, one of which took effect on Kenyon, the shot tearing open his bowels. He was assisted home, where he now lies in a state almost to preclude the possibility of recovery. The prisoner was " Go at them ! fate, in the very flower and pre deplorable from the circumstl balm his name in the memory he was one of the bravest and I ever trod a deck, and that wit risk in every case of his own several individuals, on perilot his aid as a daring swimmer, remanded mend of the Solm the first time a meridia I wants of supplying in some e degree t population in our manufact that the Wesleyans will be years, to establish at least t dition to those already in operation. In order to accom plish this object, it is calculated that an outlay, amount ing to not less than two hundred thousand pounds, will be required, in addition to the sums necessary for the annual maintenance of the schools, above the income that may be derived from the weekly payments of the children. Of the aggregate amount thus called for, by far the largest portion must be raised gradually and lo cally,-in order to the provision of suitable buildings, and the discharge of other unavoidable demands; but it is resolved that a sum of £35,000 sh - as a General Education Fund, to I thin the adred set raised to the COURSING MATCH AT ALTCAR.— run over Altcar on Wednesday last, between Mr. §v A. splendid r red dog Crosby, (own brother to Gambler,) and the cele brated bitch Lady Harkaway, the property of the well known Romish controversialist, Father Torn Maguire, sial weapons and entered, with his c into the more healthy pursuit of field heat Crosby took a lead of six yards, _____, turn. Father Tom's hitch then rushed in and killed : and I heat. again llt the made se t e h o e nd fir l s ie t a t t ur C nT s t b h y e a t m o n o k k in t g e a d lea e d a ll ° again got in, made two or three yrnint. ..,,-1 --- T In the first nds in Southa to me, v I remain, yours r ectfully vl I LLIA.III THE MAYORALTY AND TH The following Circular was add' BROWN, Esq., to the gentlemen whos , joined : " Chapel-street, 9th .2\ " SlR,—Referring you to the p., place at a meeting of the Town Council, am deputed to request your attendance to-rnorrov (Friday,) at Twelve o'clock, at the rooms of the Es India Association, with a view to the formation o Committee to inquire into, and report upon, the chr brought by the Collector of the Town Dues against Messrs. SANDS, TURNER., and Co. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, • (Signed) " WILLIAM BROWN, " Chairman of the Provisional Comte firm of " The Committee were composed of the following Vermeil, who attended in cousequence of the ahoy quest : W. BROWN, Chairman, and Chairman o _American Association. " R. DUCKWORTH, Chairman of the dia Association " C. S. PARKER, Chairman of the Association " T. B. HORSE West Ind Association L, Chairman of the " J. TODD NAYLOR, Chairman of t Association " J. MYERS, Chairman o sociation. " W. POTTER. " W. P. BUSHBY. " T. RIPLEY. " W. SMITH, (Isaac Lowe and " ROBERT DUDGEON. " ED. MOON " F. FOSTER, " T. BOLD. " JAS. BATBSON. " SAMUEL JOHNSTON " R. DIROM. Brazilian " EDWARD HUNT. " JOSIAS BOOKER. "The members of the town-council wilt, and attended, thought it desirable to retire before cussion took place, as they might be called upon to de upon the question in the Council. " The following gentlemen were summoned but did attend ; viz., Messrs. Charles Horsfall, Stephen Vert George Arbuthnot, Thomas Tobin, Arthur Thomps and Harold Littledale." "Messrs. SANDS, TURNER, and Co. " Chapel-street, Liverpool, 10th No. " Dear Sirs,—lt gives me great pleasur you the enclosed resolution, which w adopted by a meeting, held at the Eas this day, at which the gentlemen whose names t encit, were requested to attend ; and to prevent the possibili of its being said that it was a meeting of your friends, y will perceive that they are of all political parties—t, chairmen of the various associated bodies, and such oth gentlemen as it was supposed from their station in socie would render their opinions and decision unquestionabl " There is a mass of most important evidence, whi there is not time to-day to copy from the reporters' note but these, with other resolutions affecting the mode transacting business at the Town Dues Office, will be pr pared as soon as possible. " Permit me, personally, to offer you my congratulatio on the result of this inquiry, which to you has terminat so honourably. ,t India Char " Yours, faithfully, " WILLIAM BROWN, " Chaiaman of the Meeting. " P.S.—The members of the council who came to the meeting retired before the proceedings commenced, feeling that, as the subject might come before them in council, it would be better for them to absent themselves." ' The following is the resolution referred to in Mr Brown's note : " After the most careful and minute examination in the charge preferred against Messrs. Sands, Turner, a , Co., in the letter addressed to the Mayor, on the instant, by Mr. Corrie, receiver of the town dues, It was resolved unanimously, " That in the opinion of this meeting, ._ slightest ground to ju s tify the imputati, which is tempted to be cast upon those gentlemen. Resolved unanimously, "That no definition is procurable from the receiver G town dues by which to distinguish a bale tram a truss, of a case from a box, but that, on the contrary, in reply to the chairman, Mr. Ripley, and Mr. C. S. Parker, depute(' from this meeting for the purpose of ascertaining thr point, he replied that he was instructed by the Mayor ar Town-clerk to answer no questions. Resolved unanimously. " That, in order to prevent It is the bounden duty of the which, on the on • •a. of imputation who are acting in conformity with the daily practice of the Town Dues Office; and that, on the other hand, no parties may be subjected to higher charges ti are paid by their neiehboi son the "That Mr. Brow ii, the Chairman, do transmit a of these resolutions to the Mayor and each mewl- - Council." The following resolution was passed - committee on Monday (yesterday): That this meeting, having alre- Sands, Turner and Co. from t} t' *- M. _ tdy exor charffea I nem in 4r. Corrie's letter of 6th Nov., is unanin of opinion that Mr. Sands should withdraw his obj to being nominated as Mayor for the present year. (Signed) WILLIAM BROWN. Resolved,—That the chairman committee wait upon Mr. Sands tion. Chairman of the Meeting, nd members orthe (Signed) above resolu- WILLIAM BROWN, TOXTETH -PARK COMM ISS J. Heckle and Mr. A. Ryan were el missioners for • Toxteth-park, in Harbord and Mr. Joseph Harrison, wl )n Friday M EARLY CLOSING OF SHO drapers in this town have al the room of Mr. R business every evening at seven o'clock, commencinglO morrow NEW FORT.—A new fort is about t the shallows of Bootle Bay, which, enable us, with the present fort at t any unwelcome visito n finished, lock, to rec rance into the WILLIAMS.—A. rule rows, with a cross fire from right and WOOD PAVING.—" STEAD V. was obtained in the Bail Cour aside the verdict given at the late Liverpool assizes, on the ground of its being against the evidence. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.- The usual half-yearly meeting was held on Monday, at the company's offices, Eden. quay, James Ferrier, Esq., in the chair, when a full report of the proceedings of the com pany for the past half year was submitted to the propr tors. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per at was declared upon the profits for the past half year WESLEYAN EDUCATION SCHEME newspaper, as the organ of the West its number of_Wednesday 1 ticulars regarding the schet by her in so, 3a,