The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-06 00:00:00

• ,ay 6, 1846. - THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. --- tOtal anb probinrial P.tb.Y.S. The passengers by the packet-ship Savannah, on her workmanship not surpassed—if, indeed, equalled—by an y also r e co mmen d e d that the six present collectors should April voyage to Liverpool, have addressed a letter to Cap- ship on the line to which she belongs, whether hailing receive a salary of £2OO each, but that in consequence of so• tain Enoch Turley, expressing their sense of the kind at- from the out-ports of the United States, or the great me - the l ong an d f a ithf u l serv ices of Mr. Rawsthorne and Mr• dol e i S ocialist" Hall of Science," at Preston, has proved tention which they received during the pa-sage, from him tropolis itself of the Republic. She is double fastened Houghton, they should receive £3O additional, anti that "n g speculation , an d i s o ff ere d f o r sale. and from Mr. Howell, the chief mate, and speaking highly throughout, with hanging and dagger knees, &c. In the six new collectors should be paid as follows :—three A leht . „, thenee - "nitice with an extensive free delivery, has been of the qualities of the Savannah as a packet. model she is considered to combine all that modern at £175 each, and three at £l5O. There would be a col ,. ht at Mr. Blaylock's, Lower Tranmere. NFW LINE OF PACKETS TO BosToets—A new line of science can accomplish in a merchant vessel, and has lector for each ward. . , the proved herself a remarkably fast sailer. Mr. URQUHART explained the reasons for those recom oelsii. Proprietors, of the Liverpool packets from Phila. packets has been started between this port and Boston th r la nase given notice of a reduction of 5s per . ton on the first of which, called the Joshua Bates. in honour of The poop extends over nearly half the length of the mendarions . An inquiry had been made into the state of he Previous rates from Liverpool to Philadelphia. the head of the firm of Messrs. Baring Brothers, is now hull, and s he has also a spacious top-gallant forecastle , the assessments and the amounts received, and it was sicr a s , in the Trafalg a r Dock, and will sail the first fair wind, so that if o rated gangways,— removable in port —or a spar found there were an immense number of rates not paid. i b ro * -- sen Thursday morning, about two o'clock, a with a full complement of steerage passengers, who find deck, were thrown between—an addit i on w hi c h might There were 39,818 assessments, amounting to £100.826 I- soihs k,e out in the premises of Mr. Massey, turner, Sir t his route the shortest was to the Western States. On readily be made—she would become a little frigate , and ss. ;of these only 13,900 or £63,886 ss. were collected. hu b " s- buildings , s and £3OO worth of property, in the — afford a flush and extended promenade from stern to stern, From a statement made put by the treasurer, it was ascer- Thursday last, Captain Murdock, her commander, gave a is s tnis o: lathes and ' joners' t o ols, were destroyed. The dejeuner to his numerous friends, which was provided (in though, as it is, her deck room is spacious, the poop tained where the deficiency was. Of 20,411 assessments h s were not insured. his usual sumptuous style) by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo being 75 feet long. Immediately beneath it, and of the under £l3, only £578. or one in ninety, was collected. 'hitc h kat %ASE OF CRIME.—When Mr. Rushton took his Hotel. same length, are the cabins, and state-rooms h _arranged in Of 6253 assessments, from £l2 to £2O, only 2685 were . the usual modern and approved manner. The principal collected, leaving 3568 not paid. Of 5238 asses s ments theetani__7ednesday morning, there was not a single pri- THE FEMALE PENITENTIARY. 7 The !innnal meeting cabin, or "saloon ," is finished and fitted up in a corn- from £2O to £4O, 4460 only were paid, leaving 778 un natite:'_ custody on a charge of felony. Such a circurn- of the friends and subscribers to this Institution was held eft eh n .aa not before occurred within the memory the old- on Thursday evening, at the Charitable Institution, p : a A ratively plain, but 'tasteful and classical style. The Pllid• When this state of tow tings Was discovered, they I,u•ueial connected with the police establishment. Slater-street—A. C. Dunlop, Esq. in the chair. Joseph limes aridivided into upright single panels, between each came to the conclusion that i ould be adviseble to have of which are segmental pilasters, in imitation of white a collector in every ward, and that there should he a su- Abel L s ki '; l • l l HALL ESTATES.—We underetand that John King, Esq., the treasurer, read the accounts for the past marble, or porphry, with handsome capitals, having gilded perintendence over him, in such a way, that the collection 11 ! s h T,'lli, Eq., M. p., o f the well-known banking firm year. The balance in hand in April, 1844, was £254 7s 4d ; mouldings. The panels, and indeed the whole ground would be more diligently made. slest e ,'Pi Payne, and Smiths. has purchased from Sir amount since received for work done hy . the inmates, work, are •of a delicate light tint, approaching to white. A letter from Mr. John Walker, auditor, sughesting %r igid " , Fleetwood M.P. the Tolketh Hall Estates. The £389 18s Id ; arreat s of former subscriptions, £5 15s ; Tey are each surrounded bv a bevelled border or frame, an amalgamation between the collectors for the highway h„ erat i°o, we believe, was £3o,ooo.—Preston Chron. donations, £ 73; subscriptions for the year, £240 18s 6d ! of f' rich dark Hispaniola mah - ogany, affording an agreeable board and the collectors for the parish, was read, and re the;Ttt - makersof Bank legacy, anonymous, £25 ; ditto from . the Richard Ley- relief ; and present, as well as the pilla..ters. a polish ferred to this committee. loa h hhrisss Work Warrington , are out for an advance of land, E.e., £lOO. The total expenditure amounted to equal to that of a nobleman's carriage —the result, not of A letter from the Poor-law Commissioners, stating that in i ; c l: Since th e ' stri ke took lace the men have been £750 16s 9d; leaving a balance of £340 12s sd. W. H. varnish, but of burnishing, (if it may be so called.) after the mode hitherto adopted of disposing of the per centage L. Eden, one of the Secretaries, read the report which the C e r k e lY supported ' by their brethren of the union in numerous successive coats of fine paint. A neat white fund, was irregular and improp es was also referred to the T h "of England and other places. noticed the circumstance of a committee of clergymen cornice, gilded on two beeded mouldings, runs round the committee. and gentlemen having been formed in Lo n d on, headed by lie 4 contracts of Messrs. Barker, of West Derby; Mr. whole room, which is cheerfully lighted by . two large deck A letter . was read from Mr. Eckersley, superintendent- L rd Alo ntcashel for the purpose of obtaining an act of kod e h t i of Knotty Ash ; Mr. Porter of Mersey - street ; parliament ou to prevent trading in prostitution . An auxili- lights and also by stern windows of stained glass. The registrar, inclosing a d emand from Messr s. ' Morecro . ft an . d to -Ir . Bennet - of Sir ; 1 homas's-bUildings, amounting se h „ h , 1 . ary to this committee had been organised in Liverpool. furniture is of corresponding neatness. A long mahogany Son, for double rent, in consequence of the premises in the t rebl y 0 . h.e00, have been accepted for the erection of The number of reclaimed penitents this year had been table runs down the centre, with sofa seats, having move. Islington, occupied as the superintendent-registrar's church at Walton Bieck. able backs that may be thrown either to one side or the office, not - bein given up at the expiration of the notice b larger than usual, no fewer than 25 having been added to other, as occasion may require. Over the stern sofa, the given . Considerable conversation took place upon this t hit ly e e tmwrir LUNATIC A syetter.—The magistrates the former list, with the pleasing prospect of steady per- transomes are lined with rich polished mahogany. There point. It appeared that Mr. Eckersley wished . the vestry I°l'theruneeld'il to erect a new Lunatic Asylum in the severance in the paths of recitude and virtue. A number is also a fixture sofa across the stern, and a massive one •to pay this de.nand. The Law-Clerk explhmed that the Sechs. division in this county, they are now taking the of the former inmates of the institution had called on the at the other end,both with mahogany arms,and upholstered veetry only allowed Mr. Eckersley a certain sum for an tieeC r Y steps for carrying their determination into matron to express tbeir gratitude for the benefits they had (as are the seats) in black hair-cloth. o ffi ce—that they had nothing to do with the premises, and Or, he , received within its walls. L. P. was comfortably married The ladies' cabin , further forward, is about 20 feet in that they were not liable to any amount beyond the £25 Odd' h • ‘Valton, Ba tist m i n i ster , late of Lochwood, to a smith. and said she owed all the comfort she enjoyed length, in the same style, but with some additional em- a-year which was allowed. Mr. Bremner stated that. Mr. Lisaperafield, has accep P ted the invitation of the Particular to the institution. In the foitnight ending 4th July, four beilishment to please "the fair." The two apartments Eckersley had given notice to quit on the advice of the ttle LC:hutch, meetine in Pleasant -street, to become of the former inmates had called, two of them were re- communicate by a side door, and by a large moveable Finance Committee, who had completely misled him, and 'rntod' - ' rn tor, and entered upon his important duties on spectably married and were conducting themselves with ay.panel in the middle, which, when up, pressers a mirror therefore he ought not to be held responsible. Ultimately Aa. propriety ; the other two were living with their friends in to the saloon, and on the other side a beautiful piece of the question was referred to the Finance Committee for W hir ' FANCY SS BALL took place at Man- comfort and good . repute. Another, having .cond.ucted mahogany work, highly polished and veneered in radii investigation. herself for the period of one year to the satisfaction of b e e. ' 4 llh i l e t s d T . u d Dix' er when about 1100 individu- from a centre ornament. Here, too, there are handsome A letter was read from Mr. R. Ford, explanatory of his The !a t ickets e e g t , the person with whom she lived as servant. had been pre-e one guinea each, and thesofas, and chairs; and a circular table of elegant design, conduct in regard to the sale of bricks, (three lots of sauced with a gratuity of one guinea. M. W. had been FL" are in aid of the Puhlic Baths and Wash-houses. with a top of the finest feathered mahogany. which he had himself bought,) alluded to by Mr. John in the institution several years ago; had been since 47. Profits were about £3oo.The state-rooms, or dormitories, are on each side of Smith at the last general vestry. Mr. Ford's letter con twice married, and was now a widow, with a daughter those rooms, each alternate panel forming a door to one tained certificates from Mr. David Bellhouse, Mr. J. A. .. I " ll N ui t tg° • -- The business of the week amounts to about eghteen years of age. She kept a huckster's shop and of them. They are amongst the largest we have vet seen, Picton. Messrs. J. and R. Duckworth, Messrs. Furness trod q,,, ° 1 1 : tat £5 15 . s. to 1.:6 21. 6d., according to quantity supported herself and her daughter comfortably. A being about 81 feet long, by 6 between the fronts of the and Gilpin, and . Messrs . . Ingram and Clarke, to the effect s `hr rat `Y, exclusive of a cargo to go to an outport at the number of similar cases were enumerated. During the (two) bed-places and the vessel's side. These are painted that the bricks in question were t f bad quality, not fit li t rndcli sg e l . TheGrindlay arrived on Thursday from Plum- year there had been sixty applicants fur admission, of white. The bed curtains correspond, and the general to be used in the Workhouse, that then , at the sale, 4 " th e , a ! s 9d- It appears that the quantity to come whom forty-one had been refused, five did not return, fittings are all that can be desired. brought more than their value, and that, in consequence eis insignificant. and 41 had been taken into the probationary ward. The s , ts he _ The top-gallant forecastle is unusually roomy for a of Mr. Ford bidding, they brought more than they other- Vsisi n huchtvg FIRE IN SALFORD.—On Thursday average number in the house was 53. The total numuer vessel of the size , and affords ample space as the domicile wise would have done, or were worth. Mr. Bremner gave ' 4 18,g , a fire broke out in the extensive premises of admitted since the formation of the institution thirty- of the crew. The accommodations for steerage passen- notice that at the next vestry he would move a vote of t h ' i te, ' i ' li ps'eleigh and Sons, hat manufacturers, Green- four years ago had been 1,310. The committee regretted gets between decks are also superior, and we need scarcely confidence in Mr. Ford for his conduct in this matter, and ;he ) nr . It originated - in the finishing room, and that they were about to loose the invaluable services of add that, like the sister ships of the same line, the vessel that such disposition had the firm approval of the Board. t''os e e ngines were got to work, the flames, fanned by a Mrs. Crossley, the chief matron, who had resigned on is well found in every requisite. Some idea of the abund- Several gentlemen hoped Mr. Bremner would not pro ht owest wind, co•cmunicated with the main buildings, account of ill-health, after having held the situation ance of sea-stores provided may be derived from the fact pose such a motion. Mr. Blackburn said, that not being da vit 4 tion of which, together with the goods, were twenty-seven' years. The Rev. F. Parry moved the % "Yed,that on the arrival of the vessel at this port from Phila _ aware of the facts, he could not vote either one way or the i i „ .000 • The loss is estimated at between £9,000 and adoption of the report ; and in doing so alluded to the del phia, with 30 passengers, there were provisions enough, other. The Chairman thought it would require some ghe e h A considerable portion was insured. It is not sale of the land belonging to the institution, which now including live stock of the best quality, to have supplied consideration whether Mr. Ford's interest would not be 1 A N g" , the fire originated. left it wholly dependent upon its annual subscriptions, them and the crew all the way back. better consulted by allowing the matter to rest with the t he MODE OF ENTERING A SHIP'S CABIN.— and these, he was grieved to say, did not amount to £3OO The Saranak is command dby Captain Turley, a gen• publicity which would be given to these opinions. Rioonh " ghy, the captain of a flet, was brought before per annum. He did not think it was at all creditable to thwart of long experience in the trade, and whi se rotten- On the motion of Mr. BREMNER, a committee, con- Nii th , strates on Thursday on a charge of brine found such a community at Liverpool, that an institution like tion and urbanity to those who accompany him, have &hating of the churchwardens, overseers, and 'Messrs. ei l ta the streets the recedin evening The - officer that should be so inadequately supported. The Rev. J. been frequently attested by substantial tokens of their re- Houghton, Ferguson, and Bremner, were appointed to 4 1 that lie P g • ' Lister seconded the motion ; and the meeting was subse htehehh found the defendant lying on the ground, gard. watch the progrees of the Parochial Settlement Bill in quently addressed by the Rev. John Kelly, and other t hi keh et r i r :fltreet, endeavouring to tear up the - stones. Proliament, and to take such steps in amending certain ministers and gentlem en. . . de r st to him what he was doing , and be said, he was MEETING OF PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE clauses as they might think necessary. It was stated, on Leod ath get into his cabin. The of fi cer conceiving the CHURCHWARDEN ' S VISITATION.—The annual vista- IRON TRADE. the authority of Mr. Gray, that the bill, if carried, would V such ' would not be likely to gain access to his cabin tion for the Deanery of Warrington took place on Friday, entail on the parish of Liverpool an extra expense of 5.1' 1 4 1 ,ah extraordinary course of 'proceeding, lodged at St. Peter's Church, for the purpose of installing the On Thursday, a meetine of iron merchants and others £15,000 a-year. irn i 46duridewell. He was very much intoxicated, and recently elected churchwardens of the different parishes interested in the iron trade was held at the General Sales- The Vestry then adjourned. Its h , s't s found upon him. He was discharged on in office. After prayers had been said by the Rev. J. room. Oldhall-street, Edward Heath, Esq., in the chair. - se ,il)4:. of 2s 6d and costs. Headlom, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Hector Mr. John Radcliffe, solicitor, stated that the meeting had THE MERCANTILE LEVIATHAN (iF LlVER ttht b "T . — Yesterday morning week a new peal of Camp bell , from the 25th verse of the 20th chapter of St. been called by merchants connected with the Scotch pig . so, Luke Gospel—" Render therefore unto Ctesar the POOL—A TYPE OF THE METROPOLIS OF q 'pti (4 , , the cost of which was chiefly defrayed by sub- iron trade, for the purpose of considering the expediency THE NORTH. tei tl are s ' ' i cre opened in Peescot Church by a company things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are of adopting a system by which the absolute control of the froml,; t fte c i' a i , St . Peter's Church, Liverpool. The peal God's." At the conclusion of the sermon, the venerable iron of Glasgow shall be secured to the purchaser, and [That tbe spirit of the tradesmen of Liverpool is not Ohl '°r the Occasion was Grandeire Triples, which Archdeacon Rushton, of Manchester, addressed the transferable documents respecting the iron actually in 01, for newly elected churchwardens with respect to their duties. inferior to that of the metropolis itself, we have long e t 'it 2 0 , at 11 o'clock, and concluded in excellent existence be furnished to the holder. He had been desired , lON'.chick. The bells, which are pronounced to .. • .. He hoped that ere long such arrangements would be made, to state some of the objections to the .present mode or di e m, • known, althou h it has only until of late been graduellv h t hs, - e ,, ri t by judges, are from the noted foundry of wita tne assistance of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, transacting business in Scotch pig-iron. .Thisdeseription ying itself . g The recent improvements by Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, however, has in our opinion ih'st,,;'esh's of London. The tenor bell weighs about that each parish and chapelry would have the benefit of of property, unlike cotton or other articles._ which are official v i sitat i on. .He then . proceeded to notice the yeti-established a preeminence for Liverpool in this respect. k 4, k , ad is in the key F sharp. The churchwardens ware h ouse d . by third parties, who can transfer i n their and has drawn from a London contemporary the follow ihtster'PlinY of gentlemen celebrated the occasion by ous questions contained in the list of queries given to each books possession from party to party, the maker is both at which churchwarden, arid observed that with respect to the ruing acknowledgment—En. L. S. he at oaf dinner pritvided by Mr. Forshaw, original contractor to deliver and warehouseman in his brical questions which had of late more or less agitated (From the London Standard.) , e , , t,„ t h r Yal toasts were given, and passed o ff with the the c h urch , it was gratifying to remark that a majority of i i_ s et " 4 ", ony. The ringers were also provided withthe first buy er uon him endorsed from party to party, An extract from the Board of Trade's re net on the i i koe ii .' the same place. the most experienced end sober minded of the clergy en d the contract not being in its nature assignable cannot i l o ,a te n o cas i hire railroads is now going the round of . thehapers. were not the abettors of the Tractarian movement, but, d ug to show the extraordinary progress in size and th, t hoN ` l. ° l3 sE —An iron house, on the same pr i nciplebe enforced by any one bet the person with whom h is population made by Liverpool within the last dozen years. fir, formerly in general, the younger and less experienced ; and so lon t i h constructed , has just been completed . • 11; this was t h e case, there could be no fear for incumbentthe safety g made, or some one using his name with his ern-ant ; and its a S t e°Ck, of this town. On Wednesday last, it that consent he is not compelled to give except to his own But the people or Liverpool themselves seem to think that the history of one of their giant mercantile yt Peen.churc h . After a few remarks as to the lt os oeSe, d by several ladies arid gentlemen at Mr. ) the immediate assignee ; so that by the time the contract gets meths better indicates the arnezing advancement of the establish ithithe Premises, in Crompton-street. A lunch was d uty of _churchwardens attending the church services, h e into a third hand, . there is against the original . seller . no i North ;and as the prodigious pile of buildings, known as ili r ? t Of' sod the proceedings were enlivened by the pre- c re h c o o r m oh me a r o le t d o e m acl e w a a o rden to exam i ne , means of enforcing the contract ; and if the orihna o chrhpihn House , ) ' eclipses all others, and is just now estimate of his probable expend'. buyer were to authorise any subsequent assignee of the 'ft i Nth e eM . Swims' band, which played at intervals cure, for the forthcoming y e ar, and then to appeal to the la t 't y ""Y• This curious habitation occupies a space ' contract t o sue 0 . . r . .- i his na m e, still the action would be Rub- an object of greater wonderment than ever, owing to enormous additions lately made, they point with a naihral t oo 4B .e ght fi by I.: vestry for arate ; but he would recommend them alwahs to ject to all the equitable rights of the maker against the , , e h , et nrty-fi ur, and contains four apart it ise 'hely , di • • • • ' bear in mind tat they should obtain the money b M ore origi nal buyer —as, for where the e t was an justifiable • , ah e , ground nin..-roona, drawing-room, and two bed- instance , payin I) d exultation to it. London presents nothing o"i 'hi thethey spent it. With regard to the law affecting church by hill, and that bill dishonoured, the maker would have that can at all be considered a parallel. Our Everington's, o t tied floor. It is constructed of wrought rates, it was much to be regretted that it should still re ra . , h oink, several improvements have been introduced, a right ' to retain until the bill was paid. Again, there Swann and Edgar s, Hitchcock . and . . Rogers's, and othe r .. lions of like magnitude, dwarf into insignificance beside it main so undefined by the . legislature. In not i c i ng . the i i iih tll g l r t Olt inside of the iron has been so prepared as tomight be agreements between the original parties, of which in sire and architectural splendour, and also in variety of care which was required with respect to keeping the re -14 e Y e a „ if2fide of the rooms being papered in the or- the assignee knows nothing, giving rights of set-off, lien, exposed for le • for while it o ff ers everything to gisters of the church, the venerable Archdeacon alluded hhhae Scotia , ,The owner of the mansion is a lady resident and ot her . advantaes to the maker which he would have be ar ticles d th " ' • st named ,and in all to the General Registration A ct, which he condemned as found i n . e establishments tu , _ fo g m ss e , "ha, who intends to use it as her place of to enforcea g ain s t any p- , right others of a like nature, (but adapted more to the . general leading I to f sacrament f b aptismand to a •• to a neg . ec th e o yir et h It will be forwarded in a short time. and the could be put, but t hey original buyer. Many such cases .ey wants of the public,) it embraces every requirement for th e sie p ,wo,is such that any person furnished with a incestuous marriages, and observed that in some cases the are not required, as the advantages of the warehousing p etty directions will be competent to proceed with 'ju st ified in to allow Ch • clergyman mi ght be refusing , - system are so.many t aad so obvious ; whtoenapphiedtheanayi the manufacture of Cabinet Furniture. The premises in which the united avocations already b gt ke t 4° when it has reached its destinatian. than burial and to marry unbaptised per_ons, but he con - is oulky article, that is not y resort to I g mentioned are conducted, cover a space formerly occu sidered it would be wrong to refnse N .... m AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS, TunES. Christian burial to • veniences resultin from the nonsa lication of that • 'neon g PP pied by 11 houses, or nearly 10,000 square feet , yet such hi NI r * John Holmes in the chair. With regard to children whose parents only were blameable t e matter. in h system. is the inadequacy of this extraordinary area to acconorno th sr antra On this point lie exhorted the churchwardens to assist ti h si ti . raeces of three houses in Lambert-street, - h i • • Should the maker fail, the iron, having no ear mark, date the multitudes who swarm to it, that during the li t tee e ". to Mr. Williams, which are two ftet wide, the clergy in t eir endeavours to prevent improper mar- would pass to the assignees. Hence immense sums are whole of last week, though upwards of 140 clerks and fe- N 4, e lne h's being the width allowed by law Mr. lieges. Churchwardens were, properly,. church - "'et!' paid upon very doubtful eecurity. It ma p . be said that male attendants were incessantly assisting. crowds of ens ip,l:l).;°o-7 was requested to survey, reported that, as a ! monists, and he urged on them the necessity of giving their the holder has the remedy of demanding delivery against tomers bad to % "'bit • the Health Committee, he objected to all ca t - sanction and support to all schemes fhwbuilding or hnlarg- payment ; but each holder contemplatesa gain and re-sale be served. A sight . of the edifice would indeed well Oh so s ing churches in their respective parishes, and said that ei, !S hy os, and, of course, objected to anything that at a period of time which he cannot foresee, and, as there • . justify the un i versa l eagerness obtain i n-I,lel'i h e 'tate the use of such places as separate dwel- the creation of new parishes and the location of addi- are no yards, or responsible parties who will charge them _ j ust i fy of whatever advanges of economy or excellerce bol a a h w as, therefore , opp osed to allowin Mr. Wil- tienal clergymen in those districts could not fail to be at- selves with taking the delivery of the iron from him, he ie la °realer width tended with great benefit. In the performance of their mat be reaped by buyers. The building is wholly unique; hl,) NI 8 ., titan that allowed by law. Mr. must, at a serious expense and trouble, effect this himself, and though the fittings up are costly beyond all duties,pre they would find ample scope for thegreatest • 1 1, th e 'hi the cellar entrances on each side were ex- zeal, by agents at a distant port, which contemplates the en f' i n • and he trusted that on all occasions each of them would ecdent, there is nothing whatever about them dawdry or P ,i 'in ~ width, and thought it ought to be allowed. gagement of a yard for a longer time than he may require Meretricious. There is a happy combination of the sub s' 'til a " objecte d to Mr. Hodgson's proposition, but . act as the coadjutor of their clergyman , and assist him he • . ~ . ,- . n ; and even if he does take the iron away, lie will not be tfl'llti e ,,,:q befo re his endeavours for the spiritual welfare of his parishioners. stantial and the elegant, the gorgeous and the chaste, coming to a d ec i s i on , and this course able to furnish as responsible a party for the delivery of which a arentl leaves no room for further improvement ; 1 004 . '"ate • • ln conclusion, he begged them to support themselves and li i ttr , adopted , — An application from the Dock the iron to his buyer when he comes to sell it again. and the PP otw d'e y eit, as the soectat tr looks around him %Ott 4 ' for • • • • • • to recommend to the support of others the National So- Except, therefore, a system can be established which shad O t t % 4 th permission to lay aline of rails in Wappin • g' ciety, the Incorporated Church Building Society, the two from one c of the mid-galleries, adjoining the Basnett , eh . e railway along the docks , was considered of combine an economical organization for taking the deli- Vile :isle • - street entrance , is strikingly beautiful, no less for its firt h, hh , ttaece that a general survey of the board very, with sufficient standing, so as to give a good title to Haney than its classic and subdued harmony of keeping. cesan Training Schools, as most important and useful in b qh j , u , and text week a day will be fixed •for taking • - Th ethe property by transfer, it will suit every person to leave .. . The principal apartments are admirably suited to the liy 'et i nt .. . stitutions. various churchwardens then signed the ap It 0 coniqueratio.his money as well as the iron in the makers' hands. li ma d nh IN declaration, and the proceedings terminated.i • various purposes they are devoted to, and more resemble 4 ii ttth THE TOWM-HALL.—A timely discovery Not only does this induces most dangerous accumu atton themirroredsalons of the mansions of the old French If ' 4 ' ei,a few days since, at the Town -hall, an igno- Dom COMMITTEE, TnunsnAy.—The following mem- of fictitious capital in the makers' hands, but the latter, noblesse than anything we have in this country, especi 'ft pr o "'eh miht have led to fearful results• Duri o h stess of cleaning . . • ne hers were present :—Messrs. Moore, (chairman,) Sand- knowing that he will not be called for actual deliver y of ally anything of a mercantile character. All the riches of eh t ' Al e , -- Smith, Evans, Royden, Houghton, HOrefall, Chil- more iron than goes into consumption, bas oversold him- the looms of Persia seem revealed in the Silk-room. 1 6 i i he e :si was found to be completely rotten. The ton, Bold, Middleton, Wood, Molyneux. and Henderson. self (securing the advanced price) to three times more ex_ the and " far Carthay " contribute their costly pro -1 •rn s " sent for , and, • • it d —The tenders for the vacant ground at the Queen's Dock tent than he is able actually to deliver at any time. There i i : , f atal _, on 'examination. appeh re ducts to enrich the Shawl department, and the wonders ll'Ot i 4 1 h . arY•rot had found admission into the build- nowdelivery orders in the market which at any rno were declined.—lt was recommended that forty yards of are iron t of lace manufacture are exhausted in the illimitable as h ihr toadditional land be granted to Mr. Cato for shipbuilding ment, can claim three times more than is at present i e o eiti Portion of the timber in the floor of the sortment of that rich and delicate fabric. hin's e ke was literally gorse • and ah involuntary won- purposes, on condition that it should be given up, with- to be found in stock or is making at Glasgow ; but, at any Bin if we may judge by the influx of fair inquisitors, oth ti seed that o•hie lho ~ some fatal . no occur the Bonnet and Artificial Flower-rooms seem to create ii'li. `te tt 13, of public assembly at balls, dinners, &c, dock purposes.—A report from the Sub-Conenittee of tities, and thus defend eeir former buyers, who would not much astonishment, both from their great dimensions, se a li • b eams. Works stated that the the two graving docks at the north be prepared to meet in the market more iron than was h tailor ti h wile . on being touched, yielded a cloud of the endless diversity and novelty of the articles that li t , f 1 others exhibited a seemingly fair outside, . end would be ready sooner than any that could be made actually made, or likely to be made. The makers have it an d d.f h . . t rise from these to abound in the . m ; an yet, i t e hisi or .. i t h ti sie eo was vacant, the whole forming a rotten cy li n- of the town, andrecommendedproceed - in their power at any time to inundate the tnarget, and, in a central part me y any of the adjacent apartments. his surp proeress 1 quid jn tn "aiiitin had taken complete possession of ing with the present plan, as most likely to meet the wants if a fall takes place, they may actually go and bu y back increases at the lavish abundance of the stock , the taste )r tl, or ,ij j 0 . 5 position &c., and, singularly enough, a strange for graving dock accommodation. After some discussion, with the buyers' money their former . sales. At this mos employed in its arrangement, and the fitness of the mi hh NI Retation had off eneed— nature, as a face- the proceedings were confirmed, subject to a motion which ment, while pig•iron would, in proportion to the menu_ employed detail in carrying out the principle on which the ‘ i t t a eillor c '' a • ' ' m r H en d erson intends to bring forward on the subject factured article, be worth £7 per ton, the accumulation of the i , o ha.i , observed, making an effort to produce • whole of this complicated and unparalleled emporium is the ' p` s , er,:ils• Of course prompt measures were relative land being ppropriated for central gra- deliv _ to some a . ner d orders has pressed each other down to £4 10s., conducted.. . . ~, h ti og res et the edifice, and soap, if possible, the fur- d t h• d l fth delivery orders are repre ving doclt was decided, on a recommendation from an ye on . e-t ir on y h ese • A distinguishing peculiarity of Compton House is, that 044 .; sef decay . Workmen are now ergaged in the sub-committee, that a new dredging-machine, to work sented by iron actually in existence. In the manufacture d it aims at ministering alike to the wants of the • o tt 1 4• 444 it • - . at a depth of twenty-one feet, should be obtained, the cost iron which, from its nature, prevents such overs llings, no 1 1 ) 4 I tt ous , 8 apprehended that the dry-rot will be peer successfullyor the easant in its multitudinous merchandises • ii N g inlih e iy In fatal operation throughout this chaste of . which would be £ 4,000 . — It was decided that 4 per reaction at all has taken place. After stating the advan- P d h I thrift' h housekee sr is bein served • 'anw . i e t e . . p in g• . with the t h so h %e h wilding .—. journal.should b paid parties • • ofthe proposed I then proceeded to , cent. interest e to giving up posses- takes li t `h s oh ti," 4 SHIP S EA-KlNG.—This splendid vesselprepared to move sion of their land so as to enable the new dock works to that now the promoters . have come here most fastidious votaress of fashion will find the where -1 hkes,e they between this port and Belfast, and be proceeded with without inc •nvenience.—The marine resolutions carrying out practically the object for w hic h withal to sati•fy her judgment, or even her caprice, be it P 'l ,, /),, Iltr i4i B f ive trip she makes demonstrates more fully surveyor reported that six new buoys were required for the meeting was called, namely , to have warehousemen ap- as extravagant as it may, in another. The aristocracy of ottito l sh e l. She Is one of the fastest vessels afloat, the various stations, the old ones being worn out.—The pointed in Glasgow to take delivery of pig iron, and issue the surrouhding neighbourhood have been anon gst the 0; 41 4 4 ' 4 "V made the passage (156 miles) in eleven Harbour-masters' Committee reported, that with respect certificates for the deliver . y of it, s . o as to make such cer most eager visitors since the alterations have been effscted ; h' i t , i it l ihaO n arler, which considering the usual stiffness to damage done to the ship Hannibal, at Brunswick Dock, tificates es good a security in point of legality,. and as and while no stranger can go to Liverpool without seeing I Ds srseie n erv, is gr, at , goin The Sea King is 200 the owners ought to pay the amount, which was £1 sa . transferable as a ' London dock warrant, or a Liverpool the exterior of the establishment, which towers above all o t hei . Is ih her beam is 27 ' feet, g and she has a depth of —The sub-committee reported that the proprietors of the warehouse-keeper sacceptehl order. The promoters have, the surroundining buildings. the interior will give them h'h4" 4 ooj ee t. Her tonnage , of her boiler Leeds and Liverpool Canal had paid a second sum of however, this moment received acommunication from the notions of commercial enterprise they would never be able ft: g l i ti g slt4 e ns, and inclusive 700. She is fitted with a £28,000, on account of the junction with the docks. united body of . the trade, pledging themselves to carry to form in London. For the last twelve years Compton slep t lio e ,;" direct action engines. of 350 horse power, —A letter . from Mather and . Co., as to being . allowed out , . at a meeting t o . be called on Monday (yesterday) House lies been advancing to its present stupendous ex he s e "ar boilers, so constructed that should an greater facilities for discharging one of their vessels, a precisely the same objects sought for by the promoters of tent; but even those who most attentively watched its :ti!tfiii The to any of them, they can be worked sepa- subject which had not before been under the consideration this meeting. almost miraculous growth, were hardly prepared for the Neal:?, ( ler D h a n ddle wheels are 28 feet in diameter, and of the committee , was referred to the Harbour-master's In consequence of the proposed meeting on Monday overwh i •em ng importance to which it has now attained, 4 Itq h a 4 8 ,."' inches. The length of stroke is 6 feet Committee.—A letter from Messrs. Grant and Gilmour, ( yesterday ,) Mr. Radcliffe se ggested,thatthe meetingshould and which admits of no rivalry in the world. fl e ' l c i f4.", r e he fitted up most elegantly, in • richly polished claiming the admission of a vessel free of dock dues. owing adjourn to await the result of that meeting ; but Mr. to tl; 4, Ntil ' l 'ved with papier machee pannels, in th 'lb eB, ilk ‘ t I) ° ltnt gold,—ail boldly. • • beautifullyhand armunising. to some alleged expense , they had been put to on a former Budd was of opinion, that . the meeting should proceed to gentlemen present. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ASHTON itthe s anr,,,,, ed by the Sea King's coronets. The scenery was declined.—The Chairman stated, that notice having After considerable discussion, it was proposed by Mr. UNDER -LYNE.—AD.I OU RNED INQUEST. fisht Irs includ e • views of Blarney . Castle , the been given by Mr. Horsfall of a motion to give the sum of Budd, and seconded by Mr. Holmes, that a deputation be N. h i ! illa rn _ . s rich t 11 41 fl". " , the Dangles, Howth Lighthouse, and . £lO5 out of the Dock Trust to the New Northern ilos- appointed to communicate with the trade on the subject The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the sufferers hh•htst• , o l eal representetions of Neptune in his tri.. Niel, he begged to state in reference to it that they had no of the meeting, with power to call a meeting on another from this melancholy . accident was held on 'Wednesday to rni ' 5l r' she• he T • t • •i• i• • power to give money for the construction of a building, day; and that the following gentlemen op kip, ith ~ e• he ladies cabin, whic iis t istinct. for m the depute- last, at the commercial Hotel, in Ashton, before the co h n d S ubstantialthe berths dwell i, i ,rt i ; ./., ; roomy an and that an such expenditure would bean infringement lion :—II . 1r Edmund, Me, Heath, and Mr. Cowie• rollers for Lancashire and Cheshire. The juries for the of the meeting. with power to call a meeting on another day; and that the following gentlemen form the deputa tion :—Mr. Edmund, Mr. Heath, and Mr. Cowie. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the sufferers from this melancholy accident was held on Wednesday last, at the Commercial Hotel, in Ashton, before the co roners for Lancashire and Cheshire. The juries for the respective counties having been re-sworn, the, first witness called was .46114,:kiPillt:ne ve ssel is divided into five water-tight tvi th h ita and besides the usual number of boats ts e",tt t 7, o life-boat, combining safety and remark hiNeltsreverything that can tend to the comfort his fine vessel has been built expressly ,Nat i „ ' u l Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, of C-lasgow, 41 14 .4 " ed by C a pt a i n Head, ho has long been as a sailor and a gentleman. Y4l.4lt,ettitoy PATENTS FOR A P R IL , 1845. —(Abridr d tki l l. tip'', and Son's 'List x) —To Charles Pooley, of ti l de 41? :Medlock, cotton spinner, for improve kot, stainni:ln machines used in preparing to be spun t me - ; g .. c ,ntlon, wool, and other fibrous substan lealttl,""ltn March.--James Higgins, of Salford, ac e, et', and Thomas Schofield Whitworth, of the !ip,!:t r at. nieehinic, for certain improvements in ma eirkreParing, spinning, and doubling cotton. h "%ii,', 1 114,411 4 k and similar fibrous material. Sealed 2nd i'hi!`itl"tts `ewrance, of Liverpool, for certain im i arld btearn boilers, ai , d in the construction, com e e tn %tile( ) atilt anufacture of bearings, steps, and other tt i 4e N l i',l 4 ° l, l ' . s e n . l 4 o. ' s 6 f__ , stei .. tni- eng i nes and other machinery; of the act of parliament ; besides, it would appear that the institution in question was in a better condition than any of the other charities, and it 'was rather unfortunate that it should have been fixed upon. There was another mo tion of Mr. Middleton's with respect to a similar grant for the Southern and Toxteth Hospital. Both, however, were withdrawn after what the chairman had stated. The Chairman intimated that he thought the question ought more properly to come before the Common Council, and in that case it 'hould have his support. Some discussion took place relative to the mode to be adopted in the ap pointment of a person to fill the situation of superintend ent at the dock warehouses, the sub-committee not being yet in a condition to make a report on the sulAject. it was understood that a notice of a motion would be given that a committee of examination should be formed to make Mr. Mackworth, resident engineer, who deposed that the last two bodies found, Patrick Brady and John Offer ton, were found under the fourth arch of the viaduct, on the Ashton side. Mr. Gee was the engineer. There had been no alteration from the original contract. (The con tract and specification was then handed in and read by the coroner.) The work had been done in conformity with the terms of the contract, but he had several times to complain of the stones not being true. The mortar seemed to be of sufficient goodness. Richard Townsend sworn.—ls inspector of the works on the Ashton branch. Does not know of any alterations in the terms of the contract. Had to complain several times of the stones not being true. Has ordered come masonry to be taken up and altered, when he thought it improper or insecure. had passed the third reading on Wednesday evening. Nothing had occuged to render it necessary that the par liamentary committee should be called together. The committee then proceeded to the consideration of finan cial matters, and adjourned shortly afterwards. By Mr. Bagshaw, Solicitor to the Company.—There were four stones larger than the specifications. By Mr. Wilcox (on the part of the Messrs. Fowler). — There had not been sufficient truth in the stories, and he stopped the works until they were made right, but does think that the work was equally strong, or might be stronger, but not so good masonry. Mr. S. Holune. of Liverpool, stated that he had re. ceived an order from the coroner, in conjunction with Mr. Belhouse and Mr. Lee, of Manchester, to make an exa mination of the ground and works where the accident oc- curred, with the view to find out the cause of it. They had made a most careful inspection, and agreed in a re port, which he would read. He begged to state that Mr. Mackworth had afforded them every facility, not only for inspectivg the works, but also for examining the contracts and specifications. After describing the contracts and specifications, as to the nature and quality of the work re- quired, the report states, in reference to the " examina tion of the ruin.," that, " on descending to the abutment on the Duckinfield side, we first examined the stone springers, which we found correct and undisturbed. We then had a portion of the barking removed, which we H. Land of iuhric - ating the same. Sealed lib +l4 1 1 vt' 1 41' 1 ' 4 Hi!, • 1 Moore , 1 14 ~. pe,, ,of Bolton. e-,....00r5, engineer, for A tli s h 4t. 4 etb e"ts in machinery or apparatu. for clean ki'll• I It i " Oth or seeds, from smut or other t o t Nt) ,) atters , g rain 1, 4 41 fo r rilitii, Fri a comr_ru 'cation. Sealed 7th ittirp4,!, tcprtai....l.lCk Albert, f ' M ni nchester, Doctor of k th„"I teetiled",, I mnrovernent r' s in Coope manufacture of , r iti:r t ,re et ~t.h Aprd.—John ( Hadrian, of f Li- L 1 04' 1 , 1 '14; its-Ines-cross Middlesex, engineer, . or ', ll it i '„_ t li th l Pre arir g 'lee ens chairs, and twice!, 'lt4l,'i'll'i,ii- tivihtie;lt7hoefePLlsi v fCri railways. sP n ' Sealed 14th April. SllNO,a'r.t4.l4llractureerr° anguret—leman, for improve bei• g a communi riglir i te, ."1 of Ai ( * I l m J ; Ivers, of Preston, k it lit t tL' :4 1 . 4 1t e o 'ne• maker , for improvements in kp iv,. thiratus for preparing, roving, and slub- . N 11-- -b °,( ' alit' other fibrous suboances. Sealed qtr, (ttishthirnerand Hesse, of Back Piccadilly, ()' a ae* collar. THE PHILADELPHIA PACKET-SHIP " SARANAK." This vessel. (now lying in the Waterloo Dock,) is ano ther fine specimen of the dvanciment of naval architec ture, and the increase—if possible—of passenger comfort which " Brother. Jonathan" continues to develop in the new liners that frequent our poet. She was built by Mr. John Waln, of Philadelphia, and her spirited owners have spared no expense in her construction and equipments to secure safety, speed, and accommodation for voyagers, across the wide Atlantic. Her dimensions are Length over all. l6O feet Breadth of beam Depth of bold Burthen 830 tons She is of the best materials that America can supply, and put together with a degree of skill, and fidelity of THE SELECT VESTRY At the meeting, on Tuesday, the attendance was pretty numerous. The Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. It appeared that at the first meeting of the Workhouse Committee Mr. Ferguson was appointcd chairman, snd Mr. Bright deputy chairman. It was reported that Mr. Graham, assistant house-surgeon, had resigned, being ap pointed to the Lock Hospital. Mr. Bremner thought the salary of £5O too little. On this a conversation took place, in which it was stated that the sum was nut intended as salary, but that young men who bad finished their stu dies were willing to accept of t situation, to improve themselves, even without salary. Mr. Bremner propoed that the salary should be £lOO, but afterwards reduced that amount to £BO, and Mr. Blackburn seconded the motion. Mr. Mellor, seconded by Mr. Whitby, moved as an amendment that it remain as it was ; and this was carried by 10 to 9. The proceedings Lf the committee were confirmed. _ _ On the suggestion of Mr. Bremner; it was referred to the Building Committee whether a stable should be built at the Industrial Schools, for the accommodation of the horses of any of the vestry who might be called there on business. _ _ _ From the proceedings of the Schools' Committee, it ap peared that Ellen Rigby, Mary Pilkington, and Mary Rigby, had been appointed schoolmistresses—their sala ries to commence from the Ist of May, when the children would be removed from Low-hill to their new place of residence. _ _ . Mr. BREMNER said 134 girls and 200 boys were ready to be removed, but that it would be undesirable to rt•move the others, in consequence of their labouring under di sease. It was recommended in t h e proceedings of the Finance Committee that all the poor-rates under £2O should be collected quarterly, if not obtainable otherwise. It was found to consist of rubble stone, of a very poor descrip tion, and mixed with scobblings and some brickbats. These had been negligently thrown in, without being re gularly bedded, with a small portion of mortar, some of which has set, and a considerable portion of the barking was dry and loose." In reference to the supposed sinking of the ground from the former working of a coal mine in the immediate vicinity of the accident, the report states, that " had any subsidence of the ground occurred, it most necessarily have altefed the level of the gate and fence, together with the overflow of the weir, but they remain as before. We could not discover any crack or settlement whatever to lead us to the conclusion that the sinking or the ground had been the cause of the accident, and in ►his 00iion we were confirmed by Mr. Bradbury, of the Brad ford collieries, a gentleman of great experience as a miner. After a few more observations in confirmation of this opi. nion, the re proceed We ace decidedly of o nion, that the cause of the accident has been the collapse of one of the piers, from its improper and most insufficient construction ; in particular the piers were inadequate to sustain the weight placed vertically upon them. The pressure could only act upon the exterior casing, for the interior portion did not in the slightest degree contribute to their strength, and would not have borne their own weight if the external casing (of stone) had been removed from them. The want of binders also to connect the two sides of the piers together has been a most fatal error; and, painful as it is to us, we are compelled to state that. in our opinion, this accident would not have occurred bad the work been executed in a proper manner." Mr. Holme was then examined by Mr. Bagshaw, at some length, but without at all weakening his testimony. Several other witnesses were examined, but nothing material was elicited. Mr. Bagshaw and the other gentlemen connected with the railway held a short consultation as to calling any fur ther evidence to rebut that given by the gentlemen called in by the coroner, and decided on leaving the case in the hands of the court. At twenty minutes past eight o'clock the room was closed for the jury to deliberate, and at nine o'clock th-y returned the following verdict,—" Accidental death," accompanied by a strongly expressed opinion that the ac cident was attributable to the bad or insufficient quality of the materials used, the inferior workmanship, and the negligence of the company's servants ; and that the coro ner be requested to forward the minutes of the evidence taken before them to the Lords of the Treasury or Board of Trade, with a view to having the works inspected by a competent engineer, prior to the opening of the line to the public. RAILWAY INTELLIGEA Amongst the railway projects talked of is one to con nect Bristol with South Well, by means of a tunnel under the Severn! GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAIL WAY.—Mr. Rendel, the engineer, stated on Thursday, before the parliamentary committee on the Grea► Grimsby and Sheffield Railway, that when the proposed new dock at Great Grimsby was made, it would be a much better port than Hull, particularly for large steamers. The following Bills passed through Committee on Thursday—The Syston and Peterborough and the Bed ford and London ; the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth passed their preamble. The Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction are virtually through Committee, which is ad journed till the Bill is printed with the new clauses, when it will assemble to pass them pro-forma. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER R AILWAY PETITION. —The Standing Orders committee reported. on Wednes day, that, in the case of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway petition the standing order ought to be dispensed with, and that the parties should be permitted to proceed with their bill. The bill was afterwards ordered to be brought in by Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir Howard Douglas, and Viscount Sandon. MIDLAND RAILWAY ENGINES.—The Midland COM par)), have befa running an excellent new engine from Leicester to 11Witby during the last fortnight. The dis tance is exactly 20 miles. and with a load of 19 carriages, it has been accomplished iu 21 minutes ! This certainly is good work. The engine is of Leeds manufacture, and •y makers comparatively unknown. The company have two others of the same sort. ACCIDENT ON TILE NORTH UNION LINE."—On Wed nesday, an inquest was held at Preston, on view of the body of Leonard Eastham, a plate-layer on this line. Yesterday week, deceased came with a train bringing rubbish to fill up in a field in Preston, and while attempt ing to unhook the waggons, got entangled in the chain and fell, when one of the whee's went over his legs, and otherwise bruised him. The injuries were so severe that one leg had to be amputated, and he died on Wednesday. Verdict, " accidental death." PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY.—On Wednes day evening last, the directors of the Preston and Long ridge Railway completed en_arranaement with the provi- sional committee of the projected Preston, Clitheroe, and West-Riding Railway, for the sale of the former line to the latter company. The terms agreed upon are £35 7s. per share, exclusive of the recently-declared dividend, and a half of that sum as premium on each of the new £l2 shares created at the last general meeting. This sum will be paid in the scrip of the new company, or in cash, subject to a discount of £lO per cent. THE NEW (RAILWAY) TOWN OF SWINDON.—The church of St. Mark's, erected for the use of what may be properly termed the railway population of New Swin don, was consecrated a few days ago by the Bishop of Gl , mcester. At this " new " town, the Great Western Railway has its chief locomotive depot. Between 80 and 100 engines are constantly kept here ; and it is also in the workshops of this immense station that the locomotives, as well as the carriages, are manufactured. The popula tion, constantly increasing, was about 900 in July last. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—From a return ordered by the House of Commons' Select Committee on the Atmosphe ric Railway system, it appears that during 1844 there were 84 persons killed and 102 injured by railway accidents in the kingdom. It is curious, however, to observe how few, comparatively, of that number were passengers. Durine the first three months of this year there were, also, 22 persons killed and 17 injured by railway acci dents. Such, at least, are the cases reported to the Rail way Department of the Board of Trade. RAILWAYS FOR THE POTTERIES.—WC have the satis faction to announce that a inc of railway through this im portant district is now definitely arranged, and in a few days the entire scheme will be laid before the public. In this object we rejoice to learn they have been most suc cessful. The select committee met the provisional mana gers in town on Saturday last, and reported to the follow ing effect :—That, assisted in the most handsome manner by the chairman of the London and Birmingham Line, a company had been formed, to be called " The Churnet Valley, Potteries, and Trent Valley Junction Railway Company "—the capital, £2,250,000—f0r making the fol lowing lines and branches ;—A line from Colwirh by Stone to the Potteries. and thence through Harecastle by Congleton to Macclesfield; there to join the Manchester and Birmingham blanch, and so form the most direct line from London to Manchester. Then at or near Hare castle to have a branch from this line to Crewe, opening a communication with Liverpool. Birkenhead, Chester, and Holyhead. In addition to these, the Cburnet Line to be made from Macclesfield to Derby (giving up the continu ation from Uttoxeter to Tamworth), with a branch from this line to the Potteries, so as to open the best outlet to the east. By these means the Potteries will be the centre of several railways, giving every possible accommodation, and no doubt the trade of the district will be much in creased, and all classes benefited thereby. The rumour respecting the arrangement, though we do not pretend to vouch for its accuracy, is, that the capital of the company will be £2,250,000. To the Churnet Valley proprietors will be as , igned £1.200,000, to the Trent Valley proprie tors £300,000. to the Pottery proprietors £650,000, and to be reserved £lOO,OOO. The directors will consist of seven gentlemen connected with the ChurnetVallay Com pany, two with the Trent Valley Company, and six with the Pottery districts.—Staffordshire Advertieer. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—A general meeting of the proprietors was held on Thursday, at the Cotton Sales'-room, John Moss, Esq., in the chair. The Chair man said the present meeting was called solely for the purpose of making a quarterly dividend, and although the net money in band would enable the cow pany to pay more, tion of the usual Fum of £2 10s. per whole share, being at the sate of £lO per share per annum, payable on the 15th instant. The numerous schemes in which they were interested were under the consideration of Parliament, and be was sure the proprietors would agree with him that, such being the case, any observations of his then would be improper. In the line of conduct they were Of directors were of one opinion. He felt convinced that when they were able to lay before the proprietary all par ticulars, they would receive that approval which had, hi therto; attended their endeavours to promote the interests of the concern. One observe:ion he would make, namely, that he firmly believed the Grand Junction Railway would, at the close of this session of Parliament, retain the high position it had hitherto held, both as a safe in vestment for money, and also in the power of paying and maintaining its dividend. (Applause.) He concluded by moving the payment of the dividend. Dr. M'Culloch regretted that the differences between the company and the London and Birmingham lines had not been settled. He feared, from the rumours abroad there was no pros pect of a conclusion. The Chairman said no one regretted the differences wore than he did, and there was no one in the room more anxious than he was to procuie a settle ment. The last time that he and Mr. Glyn met in Bir mingham he was of opinion that every thing was in a fair train. Unfortunately they adjourned that meeting with out naming any day of meeting again, and the next move ment they heard of was that such measures had been un - dertaken as the Trent Valley, the Churnet Valley, and the Manchester purchase. Nothing had occurred since then. The Grand Junction were always open, and happy to receive any c. mmunication, but, at the present moment, he agreed with Dr. M'Culloch—he saw no prospect of a conclusion. The London and Birmingham had come down to our door, and it was now a matter for considera tion to make a line to London without being indebted en them. The Birminrihrtm and Oxford line would have been proposed before now, if it had not been out of defer ence to the London and Birmingham ; but when tbey came close to the Grand Junction in every direction, it hecanie necessary to try and get another outlet to Lon don. Some conversation took place relative to a new scheme being taken up by this company in conjunction with the Great Western company. Mr. Elias Mozley denied that the Grand Junction, as a company, was sup porting the Great Western line, and hoped that, ulti mately, the London and Birmingham company would come to a sense of what was due to the Lancashire pro prietary, and either hold out or accept the olive branch of peace. Mr. Lewin Mozley seconded the motion for de claring the dividend, which was passed unanimously, and the meeting adjourned. LETTER TO LORD SANDON The wide-extended prospect lies before us, But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it." In a brief letter addressed to your lordship last week, I did little more than suggest two Questions for your con sideration, viz., the strange confluence of new lights which has recently flooded the o;cl world of our political system, and the extraordinary conduct of a British mi nister, who seeks to bribe Irish rebels as his future allies, and declares his incompetence to put down an incipient insurgency by force of law, as it now exists, yet declines adding any stringency of the law to meet the necessity, while ke would affect to hope for additional support in a time of national peril from the revolutionary si•irit which has been chiefly generated by his indecision, and essen tially promoted by his political poltroonery. The distinguished Canning called Peel the " sublime of mediocrity", which was only anticipating the celebrity of the " great middleman" of Disraeli 's second philippic. But hew a man, who never appears to look or to legislate biond the circumstances of the day, can affect to lead a new order of statesmen, who belong to the class of " Perfectionists" of Brother Jonathan, bent on provi ding fur the future without learning anything from the paw . , and who adopt the Premier's measures as the means of the destruction of those very interests which they would profess to strengthen and consolidate—may remain a pro blem for after ages : but we defy any of the present con servative supporters of government to solve it, consis tently with their own credit. Were it possible for the recent majority of the Commons to represent the enlight ened principles of legislation in the kingdom, and such principles were at variance with the mass of public opi nion, it were then an error in government to force such legislation on the country, and persist in making laws for which the people were not prepared : but in that case it would be morally impossible for such a constellation of luminaries to agree only on the paltry endowment of a Popish college, and beyond that to start off from each 'other in mortal oppugnancy. Tin re is a peculiar tyranny in such legislation, which is neither characteristic of the c-hig (proper) nor the tory, but partakes rather of the obstinacy of ignorance and arrogance combined ; urging on a police having no defined purpose. or " fixity of te nure". The debates might indeed teach us that " lan guage is given to enable us to disguise our thoughts" : and were every whig and radical compelled to unmask, and confess his views and feelings in the support of that grant, the Tamworth Baronet would be stripped of his im posing mantle of statesmanship, and thrown back on the common level of the trading intellect of the community, for which alone nature and acquirement alike seem to have designed him. Leaving Sir R. Peel for a moment, I would ask your lordship whether, in the list of whips and radicals who supported the Ma!,nooth grant, you can find any man (with one or two exceptions) who is superior to the ave rage common-sense men of an English market town; or whether there is one in twenty who was elected on account of his possession of any distinguished knowledge a ~----judgm ent as a statesman, and who had studied governmental policy as a political science,—or, rather. if they were not almost invariably elected from their unscrupulous adop tion of those wild theories of change, in these evil-tem pered times, which would resolve the social compact into its original elements, and break up the very foundations of government? If such borrowed majority be in the right, in their estimate of results, the Premier himself must be wrong: if wrong, where is the moral obligation of the law so decided on ? There is another peculiarity, my lord, in the debates. The petitioners against the grant have been accused of bigotry! Rather a novel charge this against the advo ca C 3 of the right of private judgment in matters of reli gion, and the emancipators of the Bible from the thraldom of the Popish priesthood,—traders in the indulgences of sin in the living—in the redemption of them from venial sins, in purgatory, and in masses for the dead ! An appeal from the exclusive church, which refuses salvation to all without it pale, in a denunciation of the bigotry of the free scriptural faith of the British Protestant, whether conformist or non-conformist, is rather calculated to ex cite ridicule th +n to provoke argumentation. It mty be allowed to pass in latitudinarian whigs and radiclls, who, having little or no religion, can have no religious preju dices; though one m'ght wonder at some of their predi lections, were it not for the mysterious congeniality that is said to exist in extremes. The voice of the nation, my lord, has Disclaimed the boasted superiority of statesmanship in the melange of men and principles which has decided the Maynooth grant in the House of Commons—a medley of men and morals as suspicious in its present purposes as in its dis tant objects, and made up of views and designs inconsis tent as a rule of legislation, and conflicting with each other. I never recollect a speech made in the House of Com mons embodying more sophistry than that delivered by Sir R. Peel on Friday night last, and of sophistry without the ingenuity of subtlety,—espe c i a lly i n th at p ar t o f it which JiirPotod fn -e WUIVII :Jammu to awls= any future intention of endow ing the Roman Catholic clergy. It was that of a political Jesuit, who had neither the courage to shut the door on the subject, nor keep it open with a candid and steady hand, but leaving it on the jar, for the whig and radical rulers who are coming in his wake, a hungry band of reformers, justified in their hopes and projects by the levelling labours of the quasi conservative Premier, who has pioneered their direction in a revolutionary path which they had not courage to strike out for themselves. Of all the British ministers. whose history I can trace in ancient or modern timee, Sir R. Peel is the first who has chosen to talk about the " weak parts of the British Empire." Some short time ago he named Canada and Newfoundland as among our vulnerable points: hence the concessions made to rebels and levellers, to the dis gust of the true British party; and the result has only served to strengthen the revolutionary faction, arid stul tify and disarm the loyalty of the colonies,—so that the real " weakness" is of .Sir R. Peel's own creation. But look, my lord, at his language on the subject of Ireland, in which he admitted that before he strung his nerves to speak in a bold tone to the United States, he had " sent a conciliatory message to Ireland"! " Hurrah for Peel and Repeal!" said O'Connell: " this is a proud day for Ireland ! Peel confesses that we cannot be put down b 7 force, and that we are only to be won by conc ili at i on ! A proud day for the rebel indeed! for such conduct has more the appearance of entering into a treaty with him, than it is like the policy of a minister wielding the ener gies of England. Another " Cerberus is contracting for his sops.' It is not the object of twenty or thirty thousand pounds, my lord, or ten times the amount, with the people of England, could they effect any purpose for betterin! the condition of the two millions of Irish beggars and pau pers, and two mil:ions more of wretched farmers and cabineers, half living under the gripe of middlemen and the extortion of absentee landlords. If Sir R. Peel would look to these, instead of promoting the priestcraft which holds them in a degradation of bondage that has no equal on earth in suffering or duration, except God's maledic tion against the Jews,—then indeed he will find English men respond to his call. Let him direct the inclosure of the five millions of waste land, under one general govern ment inclosure act, with equal divisions among the peo ple, to whom they properly belong, as the ancient foc land Volk-land), contra-distinguished from boc-land, or that assigned in books and title-deeds. The presence of such an extent of land never turned by spade or plough, in a country where people are perishing by thousands once in three or four years, for the want of a few pota toes, is the disgrace of Europe and an anomaly in the civilised world. Or if the Premier must follow up whig principles, let him adopt some of the better portion of them, and enforce the maxim that " property has its duties as well as its rights,"—taxing the great absentee proprietors for the relief of the misery and destitution which their unnationality has created. Here is a plain road of duty for tory premiers, as well as whig peers and leviathan landowners. The west coast of Ireland has more noble harbours for commerce, or for war when ne cessary with the pugnacious United States, than all the rest of Europe put together. A packet from Galway would reach America before one from London got out of soundings ; and the island has more fine rivers, for its extent, than any country in the world. Where, then, is the " great difficulty of Ireland", but in the weakness of the weakest of ministers, who not only connives at the real cause of its miseries (the Popish creed), but is seek ing to promote it, while be is shrinking from his duty in grappling with the great master rebel, the Irish ogre of his imagination, who will now only add contempt of English rule to the former defiance of it, the Premier having lowered the standard " of the thousand years " before the green rag of the agitation of yesterday, and one not to be put down by force" !—a disgrace in lan guage England ought never to forget nor to forgive. Sir R. Peel has anticipated that the destinies of Eng land will be consigned to other hands, in the perils of the I trust that, in this r h- respec.. ae will prove a true prophet. God forbid that such a whitefeather as the Tamworth baronet should ever float in Downing-street, when the bla't of war is blown in our ears! He would have confessed, on a hundred different occasions in the late war, that Napoleon " could never be put down by force." He has taught us, even in peace, to fear such a maudlin rule as his, more than Pat in his monster meet ings, or Jonathan in his tarnation tantarums. One certain result, my lord, of these new discoveries in legislation—or Peel's patent way of giving security to Protestantism by endowing Popery—will be an increase in the anti-monarchical party in England, and the anti- English cabal in Ireland. The object of education in Maynooth is to give vigour and intensity to Roman Ca tholic principles : the more its means, the more its might to be wielded against its antagonist creed. The Protes tant Dissenters of England, exceeding the Irish adherents of the Pope in wealth, numbers, and intelligence, will have new and powerful arguments against a quasi Pro testant monarchy, dividing empire and exchanging en dowments with the Deputy Pope of Ireland. Such a position will be in dancer of being converted into a new National Protest against the monarchy itself, as an ex travasated power wrested from our constitutional sove reignty as a Protestant kingdom. To endure Popery as an affected friend, is but a short step from identification with it : the next is to embrace. We have had this il lustrated in the short history of Tractarianism—another ominous defection of the times. We live, my lord, in an age of strange infatuations. " It is the very error of the moon : She comes more near the earth than she was wont, And drives men mad." April 241 h, 1845 ALPHA EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—On Tuesday evening last, a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, for the purpose of representing to the shopkeepers of the township the advantages to be gained by the closing of their shops at seven o'clock in the evening. The night being rough the meeting was thinly attended. The Rev. Andrew Knox occupied the chair, and many respectable part:es were present. Resolutions were passed in ficcord ance with the object is view.