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THE STORMY SEA. BY THE LATE DAVID MACBETH MOIR _;ht bat was flitting, set, at her knitting, maiden, sitting keath her threshold tree ; ylight died before us, iper star shone o'er us, her tender clr•us— on the stormy sea 3ne that s set glowing, Dung flowers blowing; erflowing% of love to be, angel tones ascending, scene and season blending, the twi Warmly Sw•eetl} Earth, w T had the same low ending— " Jamie 's on the stormy sea .s remotely ringing, .vith that sweet voice singing; last red rays seein'd clinging ingly to tower and tree : Nearer as I came, and nearer, Finer rose the notes, and clearer; 0 ! 'twas Heaven itself to hear her— " Jamie's on the stormy sea!" I.IIC /13: Linen Blow, ye west winds! blandly hover O'er the bark that bears my lover; Gently blow, and bear hiW over To his own dear hom and me; For, w:ien night winds bend the willow, rsakis my lonel king of the foaming billow— " Jamie 's on the stormy sea ; , uld I but list, but linger, song, and near the singer, wooing Heaven to bring her JaMie from the stormy sea: !, while yet her lips did name me, th I sprang my heart o'ercame me— ieve no more, sweet—l am Jamie, Home returned to love and thee!" LITERATURE. REVIEW, &C Books, New Prints, Music, B,:c ew, may be left at Mr. C Mitchell's, Red- Fleet-street, London, addressed to the Editor VERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded ttention Booxs RECEIVED.—Church of England Quarterly Review— Blackwcod's Magazine—Dublin University Magazine—Popu lar Scripture Zoology—The Family Tutor, vol. 3—The Family Friend, vol. 6—Philosophers and Actresses—Essays and Speeches, by the Rev. Sydney Smith—Lewis Arundel, Parts I—The Protestant Magazine—The Bulwark—First f the Exhibition Commissioners—Chambera's Jour 'art cii.—The Home Companion, Part B—The Home Part 36—Hogg's Instructor—Observations on 20 and 2 Societies and Savings Banks—Familiar Things, :al Magazine, No. 7—Wonderf —Juvenile Magazine, Nos. G and 7—lll ustr ated Books, No. 7 NEW :V r sic.—" The Parting Hour." Song. By Mr. E. L. the composer of "Mary May." Liverpool: Hime n.—The Overland Mail Polka—Les Fleurs Polkas— ories o'er the sky D'Almaine and C y for J D.—Cocks's ion of the Holy Scriptures. A Letter to the Rev. Jos. Baylee, D.D. Liverpool : Kaye, nz, and Smythe e writer of this tract is evidently a man of , g and piety, and, if we mistake not, a re incumbent of eleven years' standing in the i. He opposes the theory of the verbal in n of the Scriptures, which was advocated Baylee in recent lectures at the Collegiate abstracts of which appeared in this paper. The point is one upon which the most learned and excellent men, of various Christ borougl by D Instil comer. nities, have long " agreed to differ.'' Attempt to Illustrate the Chronology of the Old Testament, by a Reference to the Year of Jubilee. By the Rev. G. B. Sandford, M.A., Incumbent Minshull, Cheshire. London : Ri- f - Church gtons of the acknowledged difficulties of Scrip iterpretation have reference to chronology, iarent discrepancies occur which puzzle the pious student, and afford a handle for the sceptic. The subject has engaged the attention of many most eminent men, including Sir Isaac Newton ; but in general their works are limited to the clerical scholar, as few general readers go beyond the dates Bible with marginal references. Mr. Sand little book, of 116 12mo pages, gives an ex account of the whole subject, and places it within the grasp of popular readers. The t is reduced to order by a well-arranged )logical table of the principal events recorded Old Testament. The table is also published Some ford's separately Trade. By Alexander Alison, Esq. London : Ridgway. This is a thick pamphlet, by a gentleman who has created some sensation from the originality of his views in his two works entitled " The Second Reformation." an " The Future, or. the Science of He turns out to be a - Glasgow iron merchant, of high standing and admitted abilities, now a candidate for a seat in Parliament. The principle of the pamphlet is, that the present so called Free Trade is in reality not so; that it is only an experiment, which, so far as it has gone, has succeeded. At the time that the reduction or abolition of duties was introduced, a Property and Income Tax was laid on ; and the arrangement having increased the revenue on the one hand, and added to the comforts of the people on the other, he argues that the principle should be followed out. He would do this without regard to reciprocity on the part of other nations, finding, as he says, that it tells beneficially on ourselves even without that. The abolition of duties of all kinds he would meet Ly a threefold tax on property, income, and wages ; and he gives a series of statistical tables, to show that the sum of these would more than meet the present exigencies of government. He expects also that the natural increase, through enhanced value of property and increased employment, as well as a more economical expenditure of the national funds, would in time still farther relieve the subject. After and fair statement of Mr. Alison's views, nct think it necessary to offer any opinion The Emigrant's Manual. Edinburgh : Chambers. The issue of this little work is not an effect of the present excitement, but a portion of the Messrs. Chambers's plan for general popular instruction. The part on Australia is merely a section of a more general volume, which has been compiled by an advocate who is well known in the walks of litera ture, and whose name is a guarantee for accuracy and value. The information contained in this part refers to four colonies in the island of New Holland, and one in that of Van Diemen's Land ; it is, there fore, general and uniform in its character. Those who require special information will not find much of it here ; but twenty or thirty years hence, when the furor has subsided or diminished, this will be read as an accurate description. Gold Colonies of Australia. By G. B. Earp, Esq. This little book, which is published as part of Routledge and Co.'s " Popular Library," gives an account of the Australian colonies, the , the duties of emigrants, &c. The wri ded in several of the colonies; he is the New Zealand; he was member of the Legislative Council in those islands ; and he dates at present from the Australian Gazette-office. It is evident, therefore, that he speaks much more from observation than mere compilers in England can be expected to (10. We cannot give extracts in general, but the follow ing demands quotation : rmerlN iandbook to The author's plan is to lay the country before his as it is,—to show him that it is a country resem i'..ngland in all but climate and poverty,--mapp e d o counties and districts similar to those of the country, these being to a considerable extent al ccupied ; that its constitution is completely Eli is also its society ;—so that in place of emigrating own lands, only to encounter all sorts of difficul is generally believed, the emigrant is only shifting ters from one portion of the empire to another, t the most prosperous portion—from a division of dire where he must beg of his brother man per , to labour for very inadequate hire, to another t where his brother man will beg of him to labour uple rate of remuneration, and where his labour r lead, and that in a brief space of time, if by prudence and intelligence, to an easy .—not perhaps the independence of great the independence of easy circumstances, ace him beyond caring for the patronage or -ny around him, instead of the humiliating a which he is often compelled to stoop •'n order to gain a precarious subsistence." Lp emp London Stewar ocate t xeneral Minim The Gold Regions of Australia.. By S. Morsmail London : Orr and Co. Mr. Morsman is another writer who speaks from experience acquired at the antipodes. This any one can tell on glancing at his little work, for there are parts of the portrait that could only be painted from life. The edition before us is the second. Of the first, no fewer than 3000 copies were sold in a month. A fact like this speaks more than any laboured eulogy. FASHIONS FOR JULY. (Front Le Follet) We must commence our present month's description of novelties by noticing the various bareges now so much in vogue. The first that presents itself for our inspection is the barege cristalloide, or double barege that is to say, two distinct materials united by threads; for example, a white barege is covered with green, or black under gro seille, &c. The appearance produced by these two shades is far more beautiful than the glaces, besides forming a more solid material, though a not less trans parent robe. Another novelty is the barege bresilien broche, in two colours, and checked. The checks are satin, and the broches wreaths of leaves cover the whole of the robe. Drab, sky-blue, and china rose, are the colours most sought after. The check takes from the fragility, whilst its lightness and transparency are preserved, rendering it a serviceable as well as a becoming material, for toilettes of the present season. Dresses of this description are trimmed with three or five flounces, according to the taste and figures of the wearers; sometimes one wide and one narrow alternately, may be seen. These flounces are edged with a drawn ribbon. The chesnut mousseline grenadine, with three Pompadour flounces, is a great favourite. The beautiful wreaths of flowers, which ser pentine over the robe, are broken at distances by untied bouquets, from which showers of small and delicate flowers fall, without the least confusion in colour or design. The undulated flounces have a triple wreath, fastened up at each scallop by a bow of ribbon with floating ends. This style is perfect in elegance and novelty, and is made in all colours. _ _ . The white ground foulard is a real innovation; it is a robe bayadere Pompadour, with the Watteau wreath. The foulard has hitherto had its place only among morn ing dresses ; but the introduction of new designs and styles in this material has opened a fresh channel for its use, and constitutes it an excellent robe for travelling or the sea side, being soft and flexible, yet firm. The skirts have four rows of bordering : the first consisting of six wreaths of roses, heartseases, daisies, &c., placed closely together at the bottom of the dress ; then a space succeeded by four rows ; then three, and two near the waist. Wreaths to match, but very small, ornament the body and sleeves. Speaking of the seaside, we are reminded of the beau tiful cachemires embroidered with coloured silks, with which most of the ladies of fashion have supplied them selves before quitting Paris. For it must not be forgotten that the air is fresher by the sea, or among the mountains. than in our great city ; for which reason the Indian cachemire embroidered with coloured silks, or the Persian shawl, the yellow silk embroidery of which is an excellent imitation of gold, is so much in request. Long barege shawls, with satin stripes, are beautifully light, and much worn. Summer dresses of white jaconot, with small bouquets of roses, of blue or lilac flowers, are exceedingly pretty made into peigncirs or skirts, with a caraco of the same material ; as negliges for the country, the skirts are trimmed with three or four flounces, scolloped with white, or the colour of the bouquets. Sometimes these flounces are headed with a very full scolloped garniture to match the trimming of the caraco, which is very open on the chest, showing the body of the dress, or a small white quilting waistcoat. A broad plain taffetas ribbon, to match the colour of the flowers on the robe, fixes the peignoir round the waist, and greatly adds to its elegance. A bow of the same fastens the caraco at the throat, and raises the sleeves in the front of the arm. Large bouil tonnes under-sleeves of clear white muslin. A ruche of Valenciennes, or collar in points, which is now much in vogue, completes this toilette. A small cap, composed of lace and muslin insertions, with bows and floating ends at each ear, strings of embroidered muslin edged with Valenciennes, accompanies these peignoirs. The redingotes of plain taffetas are much trimmed with a broad moire ribbon of the same shade, with a narrow satin stripe on each edge. This kind of trimming is sim ple, and much used for negliges. The Italian straws are the most beautiful ; and that country alone can furnish the golden tint which renders the Italian bonnets so be coming. They allow of great diversity in ornament : heart's-eases, water-lilies, hot h ouse and field flowers, may each be seen as trimmings . The insiie of the bon net is covered with the most beautiful mixture of small flowers : -the curtain and strings are of broad straw-co , loured taffetas. Nothing is more becoming, or gives a softer reflection, than crepe lisse; which for some time has been put on one side, but is now in general request. We have seen a very pretty capote of broad tucks, or bouillons, of white crepe lisse. At the edge of the bonnet, through each tuck, and under the curtain, is a pink taffetas ribbon. Broad pink strings, and cap of lisse, with narrow pink taffetas ribbon. This capote, although simple, is very elegant. Leghorn bonnets are also worn, with feathers or flowers ; when trimmed with a yellow rose, encircled in black lace at each ear, black lace and yellow rosebuds inside, and broad yellow strings, with open black edge, they are Tery distingue: uourne L9ndon he Gold Digg Murray )r to all the other three, both 1 , though sold at the same e in genera the plaintiff— THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1852: UNDER-PAID CLERGYMEN. A petition, of which the following is a copy, has been presented to the House of Commons : "The bumble petition of the two undersigned clergymen of the Established Church of England and Ireland, " Showeth that your petitioners, being the incumbents of the two respective and contiguous parishes of Kirkling ton and Stapleton, in the county of Cumberland, and the diocese of Carlisle, desire, with great respect, to approach your hon. house, and to solicit your kind and considerate attention to the case they thus have the honour to lay before you. That the two said parishes consist of an en tirely agricultural population, so very much scattered that there is scarcely anything in the shape of a village in either of them, a fact the more especially to be noticed, since clerical labour and superintendence are hereby so vastly increased ; a fact, too, the more easily and practi cally to be understood, when it is considered that the parish of Kirklington alone contains an area of at least twenty-seven square miles, being eleven miles by two and a-half, the church being pretty nearly in the centre, longi tudinally, whilst by the roads it is more than fourteen miles in a direct line, and with a population of 1,869 per sons; and the parish of Stapleton contains an area of seventeen square miles, being four and a-quarter miles by four, with a population of 1,119 persons. That your pe titioners, both married men with families, have now been ministers of the Established Church—the one twenty-five years, and the other thirty-one years, and thus have spent the best of their days and their strength in her service; and yet they have neither received at any time from her ample funds as much as £lOO per annum. That your pe titioners feel this a very hard case, since the incume for which they professionally labour is not only insufficient for the bare maintenance of a clergyman, but that it greatly impedes their ministerial usefulness, and deprives the poor of their parishes of much of that pecuniary and needful assistance which they might otherwise receive at their hands ' • that a feeling of degradation to the ministe rial o ffi ce is forced upon them, from the fact that they are unable to maintain that position in society which their calling seems to lay claim to, being positively worse re munerated for their services than the ordinary agents employed in the other learned professions, in trade, in commerce, or in manufacture ; and that it is an anomaly not allowed to exist amongst them ; whilst on the other hand our venerable and excellent Establishment is sup posed to bestow upon all her spiritual labourers an earthly competence whereby they may live in comfort, and serve her faithfully and without secular distraction or pursuit, according to the Divine rule, that ' the spiritual workman is worthy of his hire,' and that ' they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel.' That your petitioners do not wish it to be thought that they are the only per sons thus painfully suffering from inadequate incomes in this diocese, or in the Church generally ; for they are aware that there is a numerous, a respectable, and a hard working body of their clerical brethren similarly and un fortunately circumstanced, to whom, if an act of justice and benevolence similar to that for which they themselves here humbly pray were extended by your Honourable House, your petitioners would sincerely rejoice. That your petitioners respectfully and humbly beseech your Honourable House to take their condition into your seri ous consideration, and to be pleased to adopt such mea sures for their pecuniary relief and support as in your deliberate wisdom and kindness you may deem the most advisable. And your petitioners will ever humbly pray, &c." THE RETURNS FROM THE BOARD OF TRADE for the month ending on the sth of May were issued on Saturday week. As compared with the returns for the corresponding month of last year, there is a decrease of £112,079 in the declared value of exportations. The principal articles in which there has been a decrease are cotton manufactures, to the extent of £130,401; hardwares and cutlery,X2o,629; machinery, £23,921 ; metals, £13,441 ; and woollen ma nufactures, £25,699. The aggregate value of our exports during the first four months of 1852 has been £21,844,663, against £21,904,338 in the like period of 1851, showing a decrease of £59,675, which has occurred in the following order : Month ending Increase Decrease. X. February 5 March 5 .. April 5 .. May 5.. As compared, however, with the same period of 1850, there is an increase of £1,776,664. As regards imports there is nothing to call for particular remark. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—III'the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, an action was brought by the widow of an officer of the Austrian service, to recover compensation in damages for a breach of promise of mar ' "endant, an elderly gentleman, who ars a clerk in the Bank of England, with grown up children, into any promie. The Mr. and 613,274 had been and who pleaded plaintiff er en te ,eetable parent Mrs. H named married, first to a gentleman ied out, unfortunately for her, I habits, which led him into to be a man of mprovk ho ultimate :race o 1. Bcf I with Zvi CORRESPONDENCE. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE CLEVER,THOUGH NOT USEFUL MEMBER To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL ST.IIVDiRD. SlR,—Can you give a reason why Mr. Cardwell only voted in 14 divisions out of 126, during the last session of Parliament? A DOUBTFUL VOTER. [The reason we believe to be, that Mr. Cardwell does not wish to commit himself by a vote on any question which be can shirk. We know that he made friends of the Roman Catholics by not voting on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, and he may have avoided a vote on many more questions to please others of his motley friends.—En.L.S.] MAIL CONTRACT TO THE COAST OF AFRICA. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Seeing in the Albion of this day a leading article relative to the " Mail Contract to the Coast of Africa," wherein reference is made to the " Blue Book," to which I wish respectfully to call the attention of the editor of that paper, if he be speaking to facts—viz., " one peculiarity in these tenders isnoticeable, allthe parties" (including me,) " prefer iron to wood : the material condemned by the dock-yards is the favourite of private enterprise." This assertion I deny, my tender being "expressly" for wooden vessels. The least said the better about the unfortunate " Niger Expedition," for, I hope sincerely, such fatal results will not occur again. —I am, Sir, yours, r espectfully, JOHN CLARE, Jr s. 5, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, sth July, 1852. ALLEGED ORANGE PROCESSION ON THE 12TH JULY, To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—We, the undersigned, district masters of the Orange body in Liverpool, beg, through your columns, to assure the authorities and our friends that the report that it is the intention of the members to walk in public pro cession on Monday next. the 12th of July, is not true. The body have determined to concede to the wishes of the magistracy, and to make no demonstration whatever. W. WARD. D.M. Liverpool, sth July, 1852. J. HEGAN, D.M. RADICAL TEETOTAL MEETING. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STA2VD-4RI), SIR,—As an old member of the Sons of Temperance So ciety, allow me to express my regret at the conduct of those members of the Society of Friends who have so far forgot themselves as to call the meeting on Saturday evening, in favor of Cardwell and Ewart. The promoters of that meet ing well know that politics and religion are wisely excluded in a vast society of men of all shades of politics ; and the speakers at the meeting on Saturday must have felt in how ridiculous a position they stood in the eyes of the Teetotallers of Liverpool. Mr. Editor, would you believe it, there were not more than 300 people in every part of the Concert Hall on Saturday evening. I consider the at tendance quite sufficient to shew the estimation in which the teetotallers held those professing friends who make politics a primary consideration to total abstinence prin ciples.—Yours, Mr. Editor, A TEETOTALLER. P.S.—One of the speakers recommended that teetotal voters should not wait to ride in a cab to the poll, but go the first hour and record their votes. Remember this, voters for Mackenzie and Turner. THE REAL DESIGN OF THE SO-CALLED FREE-TRADERS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—May I request the insertion of the following extract from the Liverpool Journal, of the 25th of May, 1850 :—" Another Talk with the Tailors: When, there fore, all the manufacturers of a country call for a reduction of wages, the operatives are bound to comply, for in a diminished scale of remuneration lies their mutual salva tion." What think ye ? Can there be any doubt of the INTENTION to REDUCE WAGES ? A WORKING MAN. BEVERAGE FOR TEETOTALLERS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — The excellent deportment of the "Teetotallers," during their anniversary this week, has been such as to provoke me to inform them of an American receipt, which I have just seen, for making a very nice, and really harm less drink, namely, carbonated mead, which consists of half a gallon of water, 2 lbs. loaf sugar, 3 oz. tartaric acid, 1 oz. cream of tartar, I ox. Epsom salts, the albumen or white of an egg best up in a pint of water, thickened with a tablespoonful of flour, putting the whole into a brass pan, skimming it before it boils ; when a little cool, add + oz. essence of lemon, or essence of ginger. If then put into bottles for use, it will keep for any length of time in a cool place. When this mixture or decoction is to be used, let a tumbler of pure water be provided, into which stir about as much carbonate of soda as might be carried on sixpence ; then pour into it, from a bottle as above prepared, about a wine•glasaful : the whole to be drunk while it effervesces. Having to-day seen the receipt proved, by drinking a tumbler as above prepared, I can recommend carbonated mead as a fine teetotal beverage on particular occasions.—Yours. truly. Liverpool, 3d July, 1852. JAMES GILLESPIE. BIRKENHEAD AFFAIRS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—My attention has lately been called to a report of the proceedings of the Birkenhead Commissioners, by which I find they have laid township rates to the amount of 3s. in the pound ; which, together with the two poor rates, of 6d. each, will make our rates 4s. in the pound. What I am enabled to gather from the tone of their argu ments in support of such high rates is, that a considerable portion of the rates is required for the purpose of paying the interest on the bonded debt of the township. It is argued, and I think very fairly, that it is only justice to the bondholders that they should receive the interest upon their bonds ; upon this there cannot be two opinions ; but how is this to be brought about. with justice to the rate payers also ? It is said by one member of the board, that Birkenhead was, at the present moment, in a worse posi tion than he ever recollected it, during the last twenty three years of his residence in the township. To this I can bear ample testimony, lot only from my own obser vation, but from similar remarks I am daily in the habit of hearing from many of the tradesmen. In the face of this assertion, we find another member of the board con tending that " they were bound, in justice to the bond holders, until they were in a condition to pay the interest due on the bonds, to keep the rates up to this maximum ;" while another member maintained that " they were bound by every principle of honesty and fair play to pay the highest amount of interest they could raise by taxation." Although I am-perfectly willing to recognise the principle of moral obligation towards the bondholders, by which the Commissioners feel themselves bound to act, I at the same time differ with them as to the most equitable mode of raising the means. Had I been a member of the board, I should have felt it my duty, when an improvement rate 1 of eighteenpence was proposed, to have moved, as an amendment, " that the rate for the present year be six pence, and that the remainder be made up from the profits of the ferry," which, in the course of the Gas and Water Inquiry, at the Town Hall, in February, 1847, was stated by Mr. Brownrigg, the chairman of the Finance Commit tee, to have been £ll,OOO for the past year, and ought to be by this time considerably more, otherwise the ferry must be retrograding. The effect of a reduction of a shilling in the rate, would thus yield to the rate payer some bona fide advantage in the ferry. The occu pier of a house rated at £7O would be relieved to the amount of £3 10s., which would nearly pay his con tract at the ferry for three years. The £5O occupier would be relieved to the amount of two years' contract, and the £25 occupier to one year's contract, and which would better enable the owner of houses to maintain his present rental than the penny fare. It is neither fair to tax the present ratepayers on account of large sums of money borrowed before many of them came to reside in the town, for the purpose of permanent improvements, nor is it judicious, if they are desirous to encourage resi dents on this side of the water, to keep the rates up to their maximum. Most persons, before coming to reside in this, or any other town, inquire as to the amount of taxation to which they may be liable ; and if they find such taxation exorbitant, by comparison, it is generally an obstacle to their becoming residents. It may be said they do not pay their rates for nothing, that they have good roads and footpaths, that they have to a certain ex tent gaslights and police, advantages of sewers, a good market, a beautiful park, and so forth. All this may be very true, but at the same time they are called upon to pay double the amount necessary to secure all these ad. vantages. For instance, when they were laying the rates last year, a sewerage rate of 4d. in the pound was objected to by some member of the board, on the ground that a Id. rate was sufficient to meet the expense of the outlay upon the sewers ; so that out of the 4d. laid, 3d. must have been reserved to pay the interest on the bonded debt, or some other purpose ; and, upon a similar principle, this present year, sd. out of 6d. will be reserved for the same purpose. It cannot be supposed that a similar proportion is reserved from the other rates ; but it must be remembered that a few years ago we had double the present number of policemen, and likewise of gas-lamps, for every alternate lamp-post throughout the town has been divested of its lamp ; while at the same time it must be borne in mind that the light ing and watching rate was then no higher than at present. It must therefore be fair to conclude that a considerable portion of the last-mentioned rate must be applied to wards the payment of interest, or to some other purpose foreign to the lighting and watching. Now this, I con. tend, is not fair towards the present resident ratepayers. They have not the exclusive enjoyment of all the advan tages above-mentioned ; the surrounding districts, beyond the limits of this township, have all the same advantages without any of the liabilities to which the ratepayer is subject ; the same remark will apply to the ferry ; whether casual passengers or contractors, they pay no more than the ratepayer, who is liable for the bonded debt and its interest; and although this liability cannot of course be avoided, it can in some measure be alleviated, and that by fair and honest means. The question naturally arises then, what are the various sources from which the revenue of the town is derivable ? They are the improvement, the lighting and watching, and sewerage rates, the tolls and rents of the market and slaughter-houses, and the ,irectly to the purr pile( icpd_ nr hoi much ( ,t on the rates be o pay the inte osa they can bo crease money, sir ply because tilie7 have no tangible security to otter. It mut be admitted (kr it is well li4own) that the present A REAL WELSHMAN'S LETTER ON FREE TRADE MR. REDITOR Was you be so good as to brint This lettar, in big brint, and I was tell you about the BIG LOAF. I was a Welshman and did always shout for big loaf, and did come to this Down from wales; and did get work from Mr. Samel Holmes for labourer. He was give me Saturday Night money for wages and 1 did live at John Thomas, and did pay it him money for my ped and lodgin. I did puy my own loaf, butter, beacon, and I did puy every thing myself with my wages. and the loaf was very Tear in IS-17. I was save 20 bound 10 Billing and 6 hence, and was pane it to save her. to get married to my sweetheart. I was like Mr. Saml Holme for give me wages, but the people tell me he was a Tory & was rob the poor man of his LOAF. Work go slag—& the Clark tell me get another place till work come again. Mesdar Holmes give it me caritor, & I was see Want Place in Mercury window, and did get her for my caritor. They Masder did keep a bigger shop than all Liverpool and manier mens than any shop and was give all board & lodgin ; he was buy the loaf himself with the men wages. He was say to me he give £1 per month where he say was better than 5 sillin a week. & he would puy my LOAF & everything for me, and give me a ped to sleep for the rest of my wages. He was say I was be a respectable porter and must dress petter than Samel Holmes labourer, as 1 would take a goods to see the ladies. I did stop with him longer than Masdar Holmes, I did spend my £2O 103 6d I had saved when a loaf was Tear, and did lose £3O I should save, when loaf was cheap. For my master was say so in his speeges For Cardwel and Ewart, when he say poor man's Loaf is as Big again now for sillin. And when he was say Mackenzie and Turner, Sam Holmes, and Horsfall, want to Rob a poor Man of half his loaf, I was say where is my FIFTY POUNDS I should have in the Panc, with your Free trade? I was glad he was get blowed up with Kentish fire every time he spoke for Free Trade. Please put this in Grammar for me, & I was tell you that there is a young Man a Clerk as get £75 a year when work was good with merchant Littledale, Horsfall, John Tobin or somepody is only get wages £2O. Master take £55 to puy his Loaf and Bed. 1 was be so glad to get wages all to buy myself now. o DAVID JONES. Church-street, Liverpool, July 5, 1852. TO WELCHMEN, ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL. COUNTRYNi E 2 ,7, AND BROTHER ELECTORS.—The time is fast approaching when you will have an opportunity of signifying as to which class of politicians you will support at the election for this town. You have been addressed by good and pious ministers and respectable laymen from the stage of the Amphitheatre, Concert-hall, and other places, with reference to your vote. One class of politi cians has urged and impressed upon you to give your vote and interest in favour of Messrs. Cardwell and Ewart, because they are in favour of cheap bread and civil and religious liberty. Another class of politicians has ad dressed you, in the most serious and sober manner, and told you faithfully and earnestly of the shoals, the breakers, and the hidden rocks that are before you, if you steer in a certain course and make the clap-trap of free trade and cheap bread as your compass and pilot; and they ask you to give your vote and interest to two gentlemen, Turner and Mackenzie, who have pledged themselves to sustain and defend the Protestant religion,—which religion you profess, and which religion was handed to us by our forefathers, and for which religion some of them have suf fered persecution and even the stake. You have been en treated not to support with your votes a cunning and slip pery lawyer, who never made a promise without making a loop-hole to get out of it, and whose chief and primary solicitude to be returned as one of the members for the town is his ambition, and not your interest in temporal or spiritual matters. You have also been addressed through the medium of the press (the Liverpool Mercury), by one who calls him self "An Honest Welchman."—This gentleman seems very desirous to have a change of ministry, and has a great predilection in favour of Lord John Russell. I think you have heard of such a personage. Need I tell you, my countrymen, that Lord John Russell and his government issued the commission of enquiry into the state of education in Wales. Need I remind you of the Blue Book ? Have you so soon forgot the infamous misre presentations of the notorious Commissioner Symons, as to Welchmen and Welchwomenrs morality and habits, which he (Symons) represented as truth to the Committee of Council on Education. The egregious misrepresentations are now before us, and they are a disgrace to any civilised nation in the nineteenth century. The calumnies I refer to have been disseminated, and will be handed down to future generations;. and what will our children's children and other nations think of Welshmen in the nineteenth century ? Why, if they believe Symons's report, they will be under the impression that we bad advanced but a few degrees from barbarism. Will you lend your helping hand to" Honest Welchman" and his party to replace Lord John Russell in the office of prime minister ? I think not. And what of the Papal Aggression Bill ? Did Lord John Russell act as a true Protestant and first minister of England ought to have acted ? With reference to the bill referred to, did he not, after the said bill was framed, and while its merits and demerits were discussed in the House of Commons. allow the Popish party and their friends to expunge the very pith and the very vitality of the bill and hence it is but a dead letter. Have not the Papist hierarchy. and the Popish press laughed and ridi culed it, and put it at defiance ? And what has become of the said bill ? It is but very little better than being null and void. And these are the mighty acts of Lord John Russell. Now, my countrymen, I hope that you will dissipate from your minds all unfavourable reports which have been industriously circulated with reference to Messrs. Turner and Mackenzie. No doubt you respect the Welsh minis ters of this town. Some of them have harangued you in favour of Cardwell and Ewart. Good as they are, for whom I have the greatest regard, yet they are better and more conversant with theology and their bibles than they are with politics : and I do not apprehend that the asser tion I have made will give them umbrage. Vote for Turner and Mackenzie, and then by so doing you will signify that you are Protestants ; and thereby you will signify that you approve of the present Govern ment, who caused the late proclamation to be issued for the discontinuance of Popish processions and Popish arro gance.—l am, dear countrymen, yours faithfully, Liverpool, July 3, 1852. CAMBRIA. THE ARMY AND NAVY. WAIL-OFFICE, JUNE 25.-3 d Dragoon Guards : Lieut. E. H. Turton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Whitby, who retires ; Cornet J. Winterbottom (R. M.). to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Turton. 4th Dragoon Guards : Lieut. A. M. Robertson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williams, who retires ; Cornet R. Gunter to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Robertson. 11th Light Dragoons Lieut. F. H. Sykes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sandes, who retires. 10th Regiment of Foot : Assistant- Surgeon, J. A. Woodfreyes, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Jacob, de ceased. 11th Foot : Lieut. W. Goode to be Captain, by purchase, vice Couran, who retires ; Ensign J. Finch to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Goode. 25th Foot : Ensign F. K. Cox to he Lieut., by purchase, vice Potts, who retires. 35th Foot : Captain 0. N. Chatterton, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Bayly, who ex changes. 39th Foot :- Lieut. E. B. Maunsell, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieut., vice Hardinge, promoted to an unattached company, without purchase. 40th Foot: Major T. J. Valiant to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Stretton, who retires ; Captain A. Leslie to be Major, by purchase, vice Valiant ; Lieut. R. Hare to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leslie ; Ensign C. H. Hall to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Hare. 41st Foot :Lieut. H. W. Meredith to be Captain, by purchase, vice R. Stuart, who retires ; Ensign F. C. Bligh to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Meredith. 42nd Foot : D. Macpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase ; Ensign J. Drysdale to be Adjutant, vice Pitcairn, promoted. 55th Foot : Ensign W. Macdonnell to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Lloyd, deceased ; Gent. Cadet L. Birch, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macdonnell. 62d Foot : Ensign G. Gooch to be Lieut., by purchase, vice O'Donnell, who retires. 66th Foot : Ensign E. J. Storey to be Lieut., without purchase. 72d Foot : Ensign J. C. Stewart to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Andersen, who retires. 87th Foot ; Lieut. G. G.G. Munro, from half-pay Royal Canadian Regiment, to be Lieut., vice Maunsell, appointed to the 39th Foot. 93d Foot : Lieut. W. W. Carden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Goldie, who retires ; Ensign W. Turner to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Carden.-2d West India Regiment : Ensign L. R. C. Drouet to be Lieut, without purchase, vice Simmons. 3d West India Regiment : Lieut. H. Jones, from half-pay, 101st Foot, to be Lieut., vice Terry, appointed to tha 9th Foot; Lieut. H. Jones has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission.—St. Helena Regiment : Captain C. F. Henry, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Storey ' who exchanges ; Lieut. R. A. Loudon to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Henry, who retires ; Ensign W. H. Hole to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Loudon • H. Tayler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hoe.— Unattached : Lieut. G Horne, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain without purchase. ADMIRALTY, June 25.—Master's-Assistant, John R. Richards, to Ajax. Master's-Assistant, W. E. M`Grath, to Vulcan. Assistant-Surgeon W. T. Carr, to Impreg nable.—June 26 : J. Roberts, 2d Class Assistant Engineer, Fisgard G. 'Wilson, Acting Assistant Engineer, Vulcan. R. P. Blake and F. T.Elliott,3d Class Assistant Engineers, Horatio. R. J. Hay and T. Wilson, 3d Class Assistant Engineers, Blenheim. H. W. Elgar and J. J. Lovell, 3d Class Assistant Engineers, Fisgard. F. B. Youel, 2d Master, Trincomalee. Joseph R. Hawkes, let Timber converter, Woolwich-yard. W. Carr, 2d Timber-con. verter, 'Woolwich-yard. THE PLAGUE. - It is stated that much apprehension is felt at New Orleans of the approach of a new disease called the plague. and is now said to be prevailing in some of the West India Islands. A disease called by the same name has made its appearance in some parts of the west. It is said to be liKe the cholera, but more fatal. Whether it_isthe same , disease as that which goes by tilenarneof plague in the east is not stated. The ton Medical Journal alludes to the subject as follows :- " It Is certain, from the accounts received both here and in England, the true plague has been introduced into work of death has been really appalling. —will that dreadful 3 is reason to Niaderia, and t !ase ever tould it co Id the A tiy agitated continent is why it has not alread extensive with v Mediterranea never dead or dying, but situ period h for a ren hoped there .ike a f 4era Turkey."—New Yorh Tribunf, HORTICULTURE• CHILDWALL FLORAL AND HORTICLI/ TURAL EXHIBITION• ong aef ruddxee'sns rg e e E ti ow fifth tur T a h l e so posite the Abbey. This has always been a very fay", the place of resort, for nothing can surpass the besot,' f;: t beri surrounding scenery. The lovely vale of Childwall cw.! o pe eie t y a n t n o u o a k l p e l s a h c i e b o i exhibition o Thursdayn ofthe C l ahsitl,diwnatlhl ellfieeriltrip:, in richest verdure, spreads itself right and left of the L o d. upon which the flower show is held, and presents a_Tted, scape unrivalled in the county. As might be exPr o of the day being fine, thousands made their way to the I o r , show, and from the opening to the close, the tent and nerd rounding fields and gardens were thronged with e giat joyous multitude. After the exhibition WSS ClOSed no; was commenced on the green, and maintained wttofsr. vivacity whilst daylight lasted. At the reques t i ° tee °lr Rimmer, the proprietor of the Abbey, the cooly ,t,, p re; tamed the assistance of a posse of constables, Is'oress vented the congregation of nut-vendors and Bing e n ed,' stalls which upon former occasions have proved ROA o se ance. The floral display far exceeded any pr evious ci ao pi r o❑ in neighbourhood. The pelargoojunl, „ I ts OS perfectly gorgeous, and the general collection of Pi a "„( oh' much above the average. So great was the 4300". i rso jects for exhibition, that considerable inconverdeenbeit experienced by the committee in finding roots , °l. O OO display. The end of the tent was occupied by ani ni 3 100 stage, upon which were a very fine collection efitiPpeof sent by Thomas Dutton, Esq., and a large reisc el 0 501 0 ,1 collection by various contributors. There were als i felk capital standard peaches and nectarines in P t ,, s ' c btk fruited, sent by John Roskell, Esq., which were 133- r rzhf . s teer q saet : rte l ufa s airc t C rteos :poll: collections A a 14 , a p air mired. T e prizes were awarded as follows :—E- wa pn r bia7. A ; collection of exotic ferns ; and also the 3rd Pyl e " t be 0 , - . ci d f tzot w hceiroues a ant i e l sfxrso oohur H sfipbee a bfs l .leti l biar,. — ocniicksa ll o l :wil r iet . 6 cehcr grapesteet S i iyootenpnwpe;ehoorfrbeffoenareico"h":ol 0 3: ito:f fetes sevid 21'e st onh r ld i le k es ficent. /bo ,' h m o a u j s o e r, p A la p n h t e s i , ex co:s m is a t c in ra g n o t f ha ve: Charles Wilson, Esq., Beechly, Allerton --Jir e% d or: gardener. Ist prizes : for collection of stese;ol Iv ' t y .srp fi u n r e ea liP :P c7- : 1 ee:ild -:; :f manda cathartics, Stephanotis floribunda , P r- letie i ~,,n d e. ... d 0 ciosa, a6chetil: ee a no n iea d sr :a c s l f e ,o r ra o n d sd e i nnfdgolrreomnsepslqeocuniasmra. specimens r m odf . ppi F ize l ae r irgoo c ,:o lia ttra t o o ,l : 10 7 0: n pe ju la m rg s o , n a i n u d m f , or er 4 ic p a e ; lar fo g r on c i o a l m le s c . tion of gloxii";6P e ' -- Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow—Charles s P ineS soi f° ,:. l l l6o'l Ist prizes for basket of plants, single sp e eciul, e ! c - e llec' and collection of six fuchsias.' 2nd prize fo r r Th ize o s m f p o s r o 4 niE dn s den S e a r m . ue l l st li p . /10' gloxinias. ~ c,callSW at roses ; for erica (Cape Heath) ; and for c ur n leiattt of for 4 fancy pelargoniums. 3rd for basket e' m r i . bag''' . 12 cut roses ; and for rhubarb. Extra z e Iw- r pt . ; ties e . plants. , Oc o ee , James Molyneux, Esq.—Mr. Henryugu'a 0` y lot prizes for pineapple, cherries, carrots, s i l ts , , tof 2nd for lettuce, and for collection of dessert fru; li` J. R. Jeffreys, E3q.—Mr. Potter, gar dej ' e-. lo t Onions. 2ad for carrots. nss P 66 bag' V' Henryl37.—plellarr.gßonoibues3l.ls -- ; n i fp f s.. ' : f ti o a r ry Sharpies Esq prize for her A g te n ID pot, and 3rd for collection of stove an " e f ete' plants. , 0 eIP or John Roskell, Esq., Ha!ewood House-T,', na gardener. Extra first-class prizes for nes cw s „ J O tarines in pots, and 2nd for white grapes. 1 r Mr. Jesse Windward-Ist • 2nd •i/ r for pinks ; and for gooseberries. Robe- W-' P a Pic ti fmo r. specimen tl b oi yu e o r t see kp , right, Esq . , Mr. }Jeers, g , lot i l for potatoes. or' Chas, Mitchell, E N ., Mr. H o id en , 01'040 gooseberries, strawberries, cauliflowers, a3Pa peas ; 2nd for cabbage. 0 0 Mr. James Green—lst for cucumbers. A e George Deane, Esq„ Mr. Marley, gar -en t 0 potatoes, 2ad for fuchsia and for turnips. i ~i . ..1. .i' '00 Fglearonecaetklnaseho,n greenhouse u E efxso s ehr q . p , l a ll n I t r s . ; Cahill, 2nd for exotic ferns. i s b i i x te f d uc t h w si o as, v e e a ry tra nic f n e r ',' ,ro ll ti e e c b : iteovoo ' e, Mr. George Davies, 'Victoria Nurserl, s od 0 2nd prize for miscellaneous collection of 51 5 10 51111 ,10 house plants, amongst which specimens ni :lio pletor j miniatus, Gardenia pulchella, Echites n ob fend. or Hebeclinium imithinum, and a collection of pole goniums were worthy of especial notice. g r. 0 exhibited a wax model of his celebrated I' 00 _of SI stanleyana. A er l Thomas E. Moss, Esq., Mr. West, gal - 1140 1 V calceolarias and for peachs 2nd for o rchin; for - , for strawberries, and for Cauliflowers; ° lt- 'l f ' 11 10 5t 11 plant. sr We il James Jack, Esq_ M. M'Donald, Es ( V - If f P -2nd for greenhouse plant, for device, aln" -° for six calceolarias. ber o ' tOl Mr. John Molyneux-3rd prize for c neuna 1 ,,,,..10-,0, Thomas Dalton, Esq., Mr. Pratt, gardellortel'ar for orchidaceous plant, and for basket of c,u t „ies, 1,10 11 for basket of plants, for black grapes, ,_en d e c i o c - Pi ~ for orchidaceous plant ; extra prizes for ea° _Mg', and black grapes. Ii / ,.o .s e r ilor Robertson Gladstone, Esq.—Mr. Nir° ° ' - i g i ogil fors Ist prizes for four fancy pelargoniums, siallif- ort r f and for rhubarb. 2nd for collection or n l'i -n tree , fe g it barb and asparagus. Extra for stove Pl e i sisfer 0 0 ,ie , which h om so a m s e D n a e v w ies va a ri nd eti C e o s. „ n T u h rs e e y ry re ni c e ei n: os : ol, o r;;;;h: fine Th collections t o h f e p b l a a n n d t a andbo bouquets e p t e s l a vv ri:, o l . b a n p ; : b e l le :re Misses Rimmer. They were four in n e 11‘' very tastefully arranged, especially one 0' wild ; 0P 41 ,0 8' difficult task. 0. fo. .4 Mrs. Green, the celebrated wax fleuristet 0,05 gilt I ' s 0" street, was awarded an extra prize of the -- • r iag I elegant vase of flowers, which attracted ade 3 i 1 0 all the day. Th O rnas Si ailig o ll ; ‘e4 e Cottage prizes were awarded to , 1 for ll- ' for window plant ; to Thomas Makinson 2 3 1 for ' ~. tion of vegetables, and to Thomas Ireland, 1° Deaf tion of vegetables and for collection of hobteo3. Pe " 414 If' A fine dish of raspberries was shown b Y cons e lib Esq., which were rather unripe, an d were ff 1 000 disqualified. Altogether the show passed° b OPERATIONS FOR THE WE °. o ble Stove, Conservatory, ,kc.—Those Plantspitt done flowering for the season should beLd 0 341 started into fresh growth, in order that g" - e%" new wood may be obtained and; ripene d f° ,4 1 19 0 t .t be g ri-d ir cg Climbers require constant attention , c't h , e .; of l'Pr - il l7l/ .4' soon become confused and lose that beal l "„ge sP which neatness alone insures. The sro,-;tbe -e t he quired incessantly in the orchid-house ' 0 „„" s, f et of Lion of mealy-bug and other insect n uisatm j e o gg . 0 ; Flower Garden.—lt is a good pian t° e; 1 10 11 4; borders and pick out any of the self-soo,oo,j'Ars,lo biennials and perennials which are sure tS ti vPr o til l o ; fully where they are usually grown; these Sb k ° e pt il 0 0 .i ft 1 0 0 ferred to a reserve plot where they can t be d spring, and will then be found very useir - i ; a9 pw will give them a good stocky habit. 17 , - 0" should be immediately taken, and 3 is - take a few also from carnations nu —0 v s d ewo shallas TO act CO.! " Juan. are f . possession . of allth • ,c,i t sß h io e . flower show season is y ours over; the .00 1 44 , wa tte-'. t iro r should certainly do something in the not like t o give be slid r ot as in judges, quire nice • judgment. becausee facts w e can f rg:ier3.l° to rg' THE Banner on the ensuing 12 h the Orangemen h THE the Protestants pa T rt H o E f passed off without atveoviesuallyve,d7---'-nat to cr: tiol-olia• TofßUlsEterLsats :-- N " . " 1: u .---'-'7 ie : 111 ri uliderlirOCe ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1303-S--rhe Ilfter° 1 0 04 ai! lo t eri / 0 01 Ireland. i rib ° itll pi o f 141, ro f ROMAN street, Dublin.roe of OOP was the scene of a g don _,,bi Tuesday, on the occasion of the install, Arck• 00 Cullen ' in the dignity of Roman Catholic _,AO 0 ., Dublin. TV P- 1 P:0 1 , r , ...-49 11 g b .i e,g, THE MAYORALTY OF DITBL.••• A , il gt , w" corporat ion.,an unanimously elected AldereletbeeVlorlo I to fill the office of Lord Mayor }pr / c° a ~, The worthy Alderman is a Protestant, an servative,Ow but he • is better known Ici • the . . c tori "captivating LL whiskey." Cen ty • l ee , of si stl 'o l) i MR. DARGAN, the eminent Irish wile' con $O, l 0 etAa a rn n tl y st 0 oL i n fi :1.. eg Ulster, e ll r a , e r nj:t: o_f other athe e o r ,410990' r, : 00 ° : has placed in the hands of the comEn,itso.llll,4ll 50,10 t: andmembers of the Council of the Role' Al, W - 05 09 ,1 ' _ of some gentlemen selected by 10'40,, io 0 $ 120,000 for the purposes of an exhibition vpoblr.5100:00 tures of the three kingdoms to be held i n m ovl e j o lO t o tl tsi A GOOD DEAL OF SEDITIOUS E:(Cr:OP°,,-trirgir got up in Ireland on the subject of the re rec oti ( fra prlif against illegal processions. One of „Old, sn ro c a d specimens is a placard posted at Waterl°lo the ~PCO , IO in letters of a deep bloody hue, which O h % l ie P A L 3 ' r ei ti e e rt 4 ation . with the following preface :-- - ' I , 6 7eIt°, 1. 4 '0 0 letf; llg,In! Electors of the County of ;CiliutChnlre dept following bloody proclamation of the ~,,,„igt9 o f a ii, Government." It is evident that the t !' r r s ac e h o fi ti ,,,ef mined to strain to the utmost ti e fer,„t °, -. - ' ~el ' l4 EXTRAORDINARY WAGEtt•----- ' ,•,, 1 0 ' 11 oe e ee' 1 testant Government. Quovsque ana , " - • 0 ., OP r oefio ‘lr. o l %T e l r : :::::: 1 of one of the regiments quartered in t"', r fory i n Ob ri i has undertaken, f3r a bet of 5;50, te `.%, t" oci'li oi m nut o to s o t tfh e ae x li t m r t a lei o es r s d p- :at:0:m:: sf;e;ad.ttrs7nrokunnabreacct;:rciluotretio:tolloe:e: wheel-barrow twice round the barrack-1 up 01 1 0 i drinkroorn ; astagnudarotnolfiisbeheera;d t i f: e r w a ll q a . r t t ol of c 3.le ' smoke, during that time, a shone r i " within the space of an hour. more extraordinary when it iq - -und measures forty incl gill 811::< t "pa tw'ritlc - :ct. come off in a week R DENUNCIATIO.S Sunday last one of the I "A worna people Griffin, lit, then ha • 19, 1 ' ov Ir e6 A. nut' _ f her my cur the Son cu and seve t) rg a rcal q Y Vkl ii, A low rate of charge to the casual passenger, viz., one penny, was forced upon the commissioners under peculiar circumstances, and not their own choice ; but it must also be admitted that the parties who were the immediate cause of this reduction being forced upon the commissioners, having subsequently seen their error, or rather the error of their predecessors, very reasonably offered to retrace their steps, which they accordingly announced by adver tisements, and actually adopted during the space of one month, their example being followed by Tranmere Ferry. This gave ample opportunity for the commissioners to adopt the same course, which, however, they declined ; consequently they have taken upon themselves the respon sibility of whatever may be the ultimate result. I there fore contend it is very unfair towards the present rate payers that they should impose upon them the highest rates they are empowered to levy, while at the same time they are throwing away the opportunity of raising a reve nue from a legitimate and most available source, and one which would not press upon the great body of ratepayers. Every man must be aware that those residents who have occasion to cross the river every day, contract by the year or half year, and that, therefore, they would not be affected by whatever might be the charge to the casual passenger; while, should the legitimate charge of twopence be resumed, the casual passenger, who may have occasion to cross over either on business or pleasure, would not be deterred from doing so from the consideration of a penny. The only parties deterred from crossing would be a num ber of shoeless children and beggars, who now infest the boats and the town, to the annoyance of the respectable , inhabitants, and who only tend to increase our poor-rates, which a very few years since were only fourpence. but have now risen to a shilling. The majority of the ratepayers have not made themselves acquainted with the provisions of j our local acts of parliament, although they impose upon ' them heavy liabilities, and at the same time great advan tages, if judiciously administered. The Woodside Ferry Act provides that the profits of the ferry shall be applied in aid and reduction of the improvement rates of the township. When application was made to parliament to authorise the purchase of the ferry on behalf of the town. ship, T was present when the bill came before the com mittee of the House of Commons. I remember they inquired (very naturally) what advantage it would be to the ratepayers to become the proprietors of the ferry, see ing they would still have to pay for the crossing as before (a question which might be asked at the present day), and what equivalent could be offered to them for rendering themselves liable for so heavy a debt ? It was answered that the profits of the ferry were to be applied in aid of the rates, and that the profits were already so consider able that the rate then in course of collection would be the last improvement rate ever required to be levied. It is said there is generally some clap-trap made use of in the shape of what is termed a moral clause, in order to induce the Legislature to grant a Money Bill; however, this as sertion gained the bill, and what has been the result ? The act was obtained in 1842, just ten years since, and instead of the Improvement Rate being abolished, it has been increased, and, together with the other rates, is now at its maximum. By the Ferry Act the Commissioners obtained power to borrow money to the amount of £150,000, and in the following year a meeting of the Ratepayers was called, in order to prevail upon them to sanction another applica tion to Parliament by the Commissioners, for powers to borrow an additional £lOO,OOO for the purpose of forming a park, &c. It must be in the recollection of many still resident in the town, that at this meeting the same inge nious argument was resorted to, and the same promise held out to the ratepayers, viz., that the improvement rate then in course of collection would be the last ever required. Have they kept faith with the ratepayers, any more than with the bondholders ? Yet I contend that it has been in their power to do both. We may now inquire what are the objects for which a bonded debt of £400,000 has been incurred, and how has the money been applied ? This is a somewhat difficult question to solve. By the Woodside Ferry Act, which empowered the commissioners to pur chase the ferry from Mr. Price, they obtained powers to borrow on the security of the tolls of the ferry and the rates of the town (except only the sewerage rate) £150,000, which included £9,000 they had previously obtained powers to borrow. The purchase of the freehold from Mr. Price amounted to £44,000, which, together with al , unerpired lease, vested in a company called the " Wood ; side Ferry Company," their steam-boats and other stock , in-trade, amounted in all to £78,000. Why then was not the £44,000 paid to Mr. Price out of the money borrowed for that purpose, and the freehold conveyed to the township (in accordance with the provisions of the act of parlia • meet) The £34,000 was paid, we may presume, to the Old Woodside Ferry Company, for the boats, and the unex pired term of their lease, otherwise they would not have given up possession of the ferry and boats ; but what has become of the remainder of the amount borrowed ?—say £107,000. Could it have been legally applied to any other purpose than that specified in the act ? That is a question which I am not able to answer. In the year 1843, twelve Months after the Ferry Act was obtained, the commissioners again applied to parlia ment, and obtained further powers to borrow an addi tional sum of £lOO,OOO, for the purpose of purchasing land and laying out a park for public recreation, and also public baths. The baths for the benefit of the public, and the park for their recreation, form the moral clauses in this bill, which operate so powerfully on the minds of a parliamentary committee when money is sought for ; but where are the " baths and other conveniences for the inhabitants," mentioned in the preamble to the bill ? Surely £lOO,OOO was a sum more than doubly sufficient to carry out all that this act authorised, for the purchase of the park land would have been only about £17,000, even had it been paid for, which, however, ;was not the case ; for when the park had been laid out, some of the land sold, and several houses erected thereon, it was discovered that the parties having so purchased land, and built thereon, could not obtain a title to the land, because the commis sioners, not having completed their purchase, were not in a position to grant one. The park, it is true, has been laid out, and that most judiciously ; but the most promi nent features in the act, viz., the purchase of the land, and construction of the baths, not having been complied with, I am at a loss to conjecture as to what purposes the £lOO,OOO borrowed under this act has been applied. All that we practically know is, that we have to pay the inte rest every year, in the shape of maximum rates. Another act was obtained, during the same session, for the pur pose of forming a cemetery, and purchasing land for the same, but this act seems to have become a dead letter. In the year following (1844) another application was made to Parliament for the purchasing of the Monks' Ferry from the Railway Company, the purchase-money of which was £20,000, and powers were sought and obtained to borrow £50,000, in order to effect this purchase. The £50,000 has been borrowed, but the purchase has not been completed ; and, according to evidence produced in the court, at Birkenhead, a few months ago, five years' interest were due. What, then, has become of this £50,000 ? If such a state of things is to be continued, there is not the most remote probability of Birkenhead overcoming its difficulties ; but if the affairs of the town had been judiciously conducted, I maintain that the bond holders might have been receiving to this day 5 per cent. upon their bonds. In proof of this having been the ex pectation of the commissioners for several years past, I transcribe a passage from the report of their proceedings in November, 1845, where the chairman, after having stated " as a bold fact, that Birkenhead was the richest corporation in England," went on to say, " He would pledge his faith that, according to the statements which had been laid before him, the ferry receipts would be sufficient to pay the interest of the bonded debt of Birken head" ; and at the same meeting it was moved, that, in the intended application to Parliament for a new bill, " a clause be inserted, giving the commissioners power to apply out of the surplus revenue from the ferries, after discharging the interest on the bonded debt, a sum of money towards defraying the costs of maintaining the various public hospitals and warehouses necessary for the township." - I offer no comment, but would merely com pare the expectations and intentions of the commissioners of that day with the position of Birkenhead in the present. What means, then, have the commissioners of extricating the town from its present position ? The rates of the town being now at their maximum, there is no other means than that above referred to by the chairman of 1845, viz., the profits of the ferry ; but in order to render that effective, they must return to the fares of 1845 ; and what would be the probable result ? The revenue would be increased by £B,OOO or £lO,OOO, to which the resident ratepayers would not be called upon to contribute, as the contract would be always at his command. The aggre gate receipts from the ferry amounted last year to about £21,000, of which about £18,580 was received from casual passengers, while only about £2,060 was received from contractors, by which it will be seen that the ratepayers who are contractors contribute but a small proportion of the receipts the channel, then, through which the reve nue might be increased is the casual passengers. The ferry receipts in 1845, according to the chairman of the commissioners of that day, were about £21,000, and for the first six months of the following year upwards of £14,000, and the same rate of increase he said was going on. The charge for the contractor was the same as at present, and for the casual passenger twopence. If such was the amount received seven years ago, what might be expected after seven years' increase of the population on both sides of the water ? Agreeing, then, as I do, with the general doctrine adopted by the commissioners, that " we are bound in justice to the bondholders, and by every principle of honesty and fair play, to pay them the highest amount of interest we can raise by taxation," I, at the same time, maintain that the whole of the burden should not be thrown upon the shoulders of the ratepayers, who are willing to contribute a fair share, but should be equally distributed among those for whose convenience and accommodation an efficient ferry is maintained, and who partake of all the improvements effected at so great an outlay equally with the ratepayer. It may be said that the ferry is the only local fund the township possesses. It is not, therefore, unreasonable to assert that the cora missioners would be not only justified, but are morally bound to make its resources available to every purpose that would lighten the burden of the ratepayers ; and if its resources could not then be further extended, it would be desirable that further powers should be obtained in accordance with the proposed clause above referred to, " to apply out of its surplus revenue, after discharging the interest on the bonded debt, a sum of money annually towards defraying the costs of maintaining a public hos pital, and other institutions necessary for the township." By such means thousands would be contributing towards the maintenance of useful public institutions, while, at the same time, the individual contributions would be so small as to be almost imperceptible to the contributors. It will, probably, be said that I have been actuated by a view to my own advantage, in calling attention to the above proposals. This, in some degree, lam willing to admit would be the operation, but not wholly so ; for a little reflection may convince any one, that whatever arrangement can be made which can conduce to the ad vantages of one ferry must conduce also to the advantages of the other, and the same remark will apply to disad- WILL liabilit ,OUGI Birkeub .ead, July 18t,1852,