The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sln,—Passing along Hanover-strcet, a few mon i ago, at an early hour, 1 picked up the enclosed letter close to the Branch Bank. It seems to contain some wholesome truths; sod you are at liberty to make use of it, only it may be desirable to suppress the names of the writer, and the gentleman to wlrim it is add:et:seri. It has evidently been dropped from the pocket urough negligence, or per haps iu "whisking out the wipe." !am, Si:, your's obediently. YH ELIAI O'BOTHEIIEM. Clarence Dock, Ott. 18, 1841. DEAR Wiae,—l had intended to call upon you to have a little serious talk. but you are so confounded peppery and Belt-trilled, that it may save us a blew-up if I write instead of talk. lam glad that you are ca;iiie home again, safe and sound, and, as I am told, a better and a wiser matt. You will be surprised when I tell you that we hav'nt had a decent row in council since you went upon the grand tour to kiss the Pope's toe; and the town has been remark ably and most unfortunately quiet during your absence. I know that on are a well-meaaing fellow, but a good deal troubled with bile, and Dr. F. says that politics teaze you so terribly that you had bett-r keep yourself cool—if you can !—and abstain from such things; but as you are aware that I am a bit of a fatalist, you will credit me when I add that I don't believe you can keep out of such messes, and that your enjoyment is like old fighting Tom Pictons, who was never so happy as when he was in a storm of grape and canister. Discretion may be the better sort of valour, but you hav'nt learnt that lesson yet. 1 see (just what I ex pected) that you have scarcely lighted on this orb, w their you always graced, before your arrival is announced on the walls, in the shape of a placard, addressed' to some vulgar electors in an unknown part of the town, and in a locality where you always place the wind between it and your own mobility. What the deuce made you go there, after sitting for the aristocratic wand of Abercromb3 ? It is all nonsense calling yourself a leveller," and such like names, which nobody else would have designated you, and whica nobody believed when your were so foolish as to utter it. Why, you are a gem of the first water,—related to nobility,— your very name declares it, and a more lordly fellow does not exist! And if you wanted to tilt your lance, what in the name of figs did you the ose Parker for? tie is not a banker, nor a merchant. but a plain straight-forward tradesman ; and there will be no honour, when the Pope hears you have beaten a brewrr, for beat him you will— that's a fact. But don't mistake me. Parker possesses some old Yorkshire blood in him, quite as good as yours. His grandfather was not a tinker ; and .it-would be quite as wise of you not to link upon him as a snob, because I can assure you that his quartering.; are much more ancient and respectable than your own. You might try Abercromby again if you chose. Never wind such old proverbs as "better known than trusted," "beware of broken backed horses,'&c." Go at Abercromby slap up, and either win it like a man, or go to Caliphornia till you're wanted. Rest assured that the council will die of atrophy if you are not there. Why the reporters hav'nt 41c1 good thing to amuse us with since you paid your f.:50, and made your coeiq if it is only for the fun of the thing, you ought to be in. There wants something to counterbalance the pun- - demos gravity of poor Barclay, who is fast going the way of all (whig) aldermen ; and- it is rather hard upon Sir Thomas that he has nobody to help him to crack a joke; and it is quite shameful to let David Hodgson have it all his own gait. By the way, how strong Hodgson is at Everton. Ile is booked for life there, and you may make up your mind that you'll have to meet him at Philippi. and he's not like you—a shadow. But now, attend Will, don't make a fool of yourself the next time you get into council, by telling fibs and saying that you're "a leveller." Does John, the footman, breakfast with you ? Do you clap Josef h, the coachman, inside the carriage, and you, on a wet night, handle the ribbiins? Dirt Betty, the chamber maid, dine in the parlotir when Lord Burlington was your go st ? And if you met Lord Sefton in the street, and one of your future constituents who bakes loaves at Higgins's ceurt, Circus-street, cause op just at that moment, which of the two would you first shake hands with ? Poo, poo don't talk such stuff, 1 say, cinch only makes you ridicu lous. And then again. "I'm a terrier!" How absurd If you had told the Pope when you kissed his toe that you were a terrier and a leveller, depend upon it that one of his Swiss guards would have shaken his cock-tail feathers at you, and showed you the hack dOor of the vatican. Be aides, snappish dogs are not wanted in council, as old Billy Thornhill can tell you. Thornhill is a devoted friend of yours, and will leap out of his skin to see you back again. I fancy the old man has looked thin and downcast sinceyou left; but he will smoke two or three extra pipes of tobacco a day, and doub:e his potations for joy, when he can fight again under your shadow. But don't be so hard upon him, for theugh he does'nt speak such good grammar, be's a de cent fellow, and would beat you any day in Scotland Ward. And do'nt use such familiar epithets as " George' when you're on your pins. It does'nt sound well in public, for "George," us you contemptuously designate him, is a gentleman as well as von, and is likely enough to lice to call you to "order. Yen see. Will, the public has a good memory, and they hav'nt Corgi t the beating you received in Abercromby Ward, nor that you had, at last, to creep into council through the loop holes of the aldermanship—a sad and biting comment on your own principles and opi nions. lam glad, however, that in vonr addr es you talk big, anti disdain canvassing, &c. Tliat's the ticket, be as sured. It might do well enough ten years back to canvass the greasy voters, and write fine sentences about reform, and. liberality, and economy, and all that sort of humbug with which we used to gull the fella's; but it wo'nt do now. "The people" have tried us all, one after the other, and it makes ones heart bleed to see such patriots as Hat h bene and Bolton, and Shiel cum mulls aliis driven about from pillar to post, without a ward to shelter their hapless heads; and even you, with all your travelled magnificence -the most finished liberal—the best tempered of the lot, and: who has bidden as high for popularity as any of them, absolutely driven, to the melancholy necessity of coming Out for an unknown region, %here cambric handkerchiefs aod Eau de Cologne are drugs; and *here it would be death or extirpation at the Wellington Roi ms if they knew you had been seen in. You have run at Newmarket you have figured at Ascot, but now "The high metthd racer's a hack on the road." I am, dear Will, yours, &c., * a * Aqua-street, October 14, 1844. INCORPORATION OF WALLASEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Feeling assured that the following observations on the proposition for ari act of parliament for the im provement and general government of the parish of Wal lasey, if inserted in your widely-circulated paper, will be read in the quarter I wish them to be, you sill oblige me if you can find room for them in your next publication. I have long been of opinion that if such a proposition were brought forwards in an open and a candid manner, at a public meeting of the parish, and a committee nomi nated at that meeting, empowered to draw up the heads of a bill, fairly and liberally, the ratepayers and others interested in the parish would be satisfied, and the ulti mate success of the measure ensured. The report submitted to the meeting on Thursday last, I, with the majority, consider to be exceedingly defective in many particulars. In the first place, the rating qualification is too high : it should be £25 or £3O. In the second place, in the highway clause, the com missioners should take power to purchase lands, with the consent of the owners, tor the purp)se of forming three or four parallel lines of roads, to run north and south through the parish. In the third place, power should be taken to purchase existing ferries, as well as to establish new ones when wanted; so that making the proposition appear a matter of business likely to be protective to the ratepayer, as well as profitable to the parish, the present opposition to the measure would cease. In the fourth and most important place, the landowners, instead of proposing to borrow money (say £15,000), the interest to be paid by the ratepayers, should come forward with that sum or more if necessary, stipulate to pay the expenses of obtaining the act, and set it fairly in opera tion, before calling upon the latter to bear a burden they cannot at present support. The ratepayers have a right to some consideration on the part of the landowners, as the value of land will be very considerably increased by the act. It some such stipulations as above were to be entered into and brought forward at the adjourned meeting, or declared beforehand, I feel confid not the opposition to having the act at all would be got over, and that all par ties would come to an amicable agreement on a measure which would, if properly carried out, tend greatly to the prosperity of the parish of Wallasey. Tbe following statistical information, relative to the three townships forming the parish of Wallasey, for the year 1841, may be of use ; and I may observe, that the rates since that period have con&iderably increased : Arcata Popu- Poor ti'way County Assess. Townships. Acres. Houses. Wiwi. Rate. Rate. Rate. Texes. Poulton cum- 646 353 2146 £175 £205 £B6 £6lO Seacombe JJJ Liscard.... 841 406 - 2873 285 233 85 1034 Wallasey .. 1789 172 942 148 176 55 136 I remain, your obedient servant, A RATEPAYER OF THE PARISH. Liscard, 19th October, 1844. SHIPBUI LDING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sm,—Seeing your town is the principal mart of our na tional commerce throughout the world, permit me, as oc casion may present, to solicit a corner in your useful pa per, in diffusing some general remarks on the principles of shipbuilding, thereby to create an inquiry as to the de fective nature, both in theory and practice, of our com mercial navy. Nothing but being a well-wisher to the prosperity of my country could induce me to this task, seeing I shall have to contend against a hydra of many heads. In this ou m r e d c lo n f is extensive improvement in all branches of art and mechanism, would be natural in concluding that shipbuilding, a' s n t o p extent and equal in import. acce to any other branch would be first in ad vance ; but it is unfortunate ;o c r ie ls , country, that realities in improvement too frequently prevailer there never was a day in which producelcalri: counterfeits, and and systems t i e n m n s o andbra branch - roneous theories have more have they taken such a deep hold, or been of attended si with such direful consequences, as in that Many visionaries have started up who, by di ng . argu ments and specious reasonings, have introduced rai principles and innovations into this otherwise receding e art, and none more so than by that less than futile, that ruinous opinion of supposing that an artificial floating body, acted on by different elements, should have its form regulated by that of a living animal ; and the only reason assigned is that a fish sports in its own element with ease and rapidity. If this reasoning is of force suffi cient to establish a principle, in opposition to nature's laws, on the same parity of reasoning the form of a bird may answer as well, yea better, train is greater similarity to the winds acting, and rapidity of flight. Then let me ask those men who have di awn so many to their opinion, the reasrns on which those destructive principles are by them established? Natimlists inform us that fishes, like birds, perform their functions of speed through an inflat ing instinct acting on ani:nal nature, under the guidance of a superior power, the machinery of which is far beyond human ken; whereas a ship being an artificial body, sup ported by the density of an element inimical, and to which it cannot Tie reconciled—an element always in motion to relieve it from its inanimate . and pondor*us burthen— which inanimate mass is propelled through the obstruction of another element acting on expanded canvass, and that at a considerable distance from the point of action, or the vessel's displacement. Why, then,, will men fetch their opinions from such discordant incongruities, when com mon observation, and a few prac.ical experiments, would ma'•:e them wiser? The neglect of these necessary re searches blinds them to the true principles of floating bodies. _ _ _ The first maxim with wise and judicious men is to im ! prove on the works of others, or by drawing solid infor mation from the experience of practical men, ever an ad ; vozate for system, yet this at times must give way to na tural or practical genius; for it is an established fact, that our best formed merchant veseels, qualified for every pur pose—vessels that sit on the water, light or load, as if in their own element, possessing the seaman's confidence as to their safety under every circumstance, are built by men of practical knowledge, whose only science is a common understanding to discern between a good or a had quality, and apply them with truth to the best advantage,—who in theory cannot give a why or a wherefore as a cause that their vessels excel. In this one thing they are confident, which is, that the only place for a ship's cargo is round the centre of her capacity ; and experience has taught them that this point should ever be at or near her half . length, which alone can relieve the vessel from labouring or straining in a sea. Having thus briefly shown that the natural position for the main transverse bection (dead flat) should be at or near the vessel's half-len g th, it remains for me in my next to demonstrate its principles, seeing it would occupy too much of your columns for one inser tion. I shall therefore conclude by giving some useful information. First, a very easy method whereby may be known the safety-weight that may be put into any vessel, whatever may be her form. Take the length of the keel, as by the old measurement, from ehich deduct three fifths of the main breadth, which sum multiply by the ex treme breadth ; then take the depth of the hold at the side of the keelson, to the under side of the deck in mid ships at the fore part of the main hatch, deducting from the throat of the floor the thickness of the ceiling; also take the distance from the middle line at the lower part of the deck, to the roundest part of the bulge, allowing only the thickness of the ceiling ; add these two depths toge ther, the half of which becomes the multiplier as the depth in the hold ; the whole sum divided by 94 will show the vessel's burthen in tons. In my last some observationswere made as to the breadth of vessels, and as something like a standard may be of use to young men entering on ship-drawing, a scale for breadth, depth, draught of water, and length and height of wing transom, may be acceptable. Take a piece of cartridge paper, 42 inches in length by 10 inches wide, at one inch from the lower edge •' run in pencil a line 36 inches in length, as a base line ; below this run in two others, a quar.e ter of an inch apart ; divide the space between the base line and first, into quarters of inches, being 144 parts or feet ; run up. through the paper perpendiculars at every fifth quarter, as 5, 10. 5, 20, &c.; set up on the perpendi cular at 45, from the base line 5 as the half-length of the wing transom, also 9+ as the draught of water from the rabbet of the keel, 10i the height of the wing transom, 12 as the depth from the rabbet of the keel to the rlaosheer, and 16 as the main breadth, viz. 45 feet the vessel's length at her load line, 54 feet the half-length of the wing transom, 91 feet as draught of water at the stern post from the rabbet of the keel, 10-1 fee t the height of the wing transom from the rabbet, 12 feet as the depth in midship from the rabbet of the keel to the olansbeer, and 16 feet as the extreme breadth. Also, set up on the perpendicu lar of 144, as the half-length of the wing transome 11 feet, lBi feet as the draught of water at the rabbet of the stern post, 21+ feet as the height of the wing transom, 2:11 feet as the depth in midships from the rabbet of the keel to the gunwale, and 321 feet as the extreme breadth ; .through their correspondent spots, from 45 to 144, run straight lines, which will give the necessary information at any given length on the scale, being calculated for every ves sel, small and large, to set by the stern one foot. Exam ple ; suppose a vessel about to be built of about 285 tons old measurement, the nearest length at her load line would be 102 feet; run up on your scale at this length a perpen dicular, when it will show, 9 feet for the half-length of the wing transom, 141 feet from the rabbet of the keel at the stern post as the draught of water, giving at the stem 13i feet, 16 feet 8 inches as the height of the wing transom, and 19 feet es the depth from the rabbet of the keel to the gunwale in midships, thus showing a scale embracing all those properties from a 50 ton vessel to a ship of 700 tons ; and if necessary the scale may be extended to any size ship.—l am, sir, &c. JOHN COCK. Pembroke Dock, 12th Oct. 1844. SELECT VESTRY.-TUESDAY. The usual reading of the minutes of the last meeting and of the various committees, by the Secretary, having been gone through, he presented the report of the ex penditure of in and out-door poor, by which it appeared there were, for the week ending sth October, 1,650 paupers in the house, who cost ls. 1 lid. per head, — amount, £159 16s. 10d.; for the corresponding week of last year the number was 1,657, at an expense of Is. 7d. per head, and £l3l ss. 24. in money. The out-door cases relieved during the last fortnight were 6,573, athounting to £738 2s. 2d., which were 82 cases and £ll 14s. 10d. in money less than at the same time last year. The sick-list showed an increase of four fever cases and two of smallpox more than last week ; whilst the opthalmic report is about the same as it then was, and there are only five patients at present in the house afflicted with that complaint. Considerable time of the Board was taken up discuss ing an extra bill of £790 15s. brought in by the con tractors for the industrial School, the settlement of which, however, was deferred, until an engagement bad been entered into with them to leave the questiou of the quantity of bricks used on the building to the decision of some competent person The return, as moved for by Mr. A. Henderson, was presented, and was as follows : Average number of paupers in the house, from March, 1841, to March, 1842, was 1,778, during which time there were 16 paid officers. Average number from March, 1842, to March, 1843, 1,943, and 26 paid officers. Average number from March, 1943, to March, 1944, 1,758, and 28 paid officers. Average number from March, 1844, to the present time, 1,654, and 29 paid officers. Mr. BREMNER postponed, until the next meeting, his motion for the appointment of a committee to take into consideration the propriety of purchasing the land in front of the Industrial School. Mr. THoIiaNELY moved for the following, viz., a re turn of the names, duties, and salaries, of all the paid officers in the Parish-offices for the years 1841, 42, 43, and 44 ; for 1841 ending the 25th March 1842, and so on in each year successively, and for the current year from the 25th March to the Ist October. Contracts were enters 1 into with Messrs. John Mack arell and Sons, for the fitting up the Industrial School with desks, platforms, &c., according to plans and spe cifications, for the sum of £358 ; and with Mr. Holgate, for the cooking apparatus, for the sum of £B4. The Board adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock. PROPOSED COMMISSIONERS FOR WALLASEY PARISH. On Thur-day last, a public meeting of the ratepayers and landowners of the parish of Wallasey was held at the King's Arms Inn, in Wallasey, to consider the heads of a proposed bill —to be applied for to parliament if approved—for the or pose of electing a Board of Commissioners to govern and improve the township. The attendance •was very numerous, including ratepayers, and owners of land in the parish, from Liverpool and elsewhere. The Rev. Dr. BYRTH, who occupied the chair, said, in effect, that he came not so much to advocate or recommend the pro posed measure, as to hear it demonstrated and explained by those who had given it t eir attention, and hoped the subject would be discussed without allowing temper or prejudice to interfere. He then read the report, which was afterwards ex plained in detail by the next speaker. H. WINCH, Esq., said that for some time past many indivi duals in the parish had been of opinion that its local govern ment was net adequate to the altered state of affairs, and thought that great advantages would accrue from the election of a Board of Commissioners, with pow. r to carry out improve ments, and protect the rights of the public. The leading 'fea tures of the scheme were the el. ction of Commissioners, with powers similar to those of the Commissioners of Birkenhead ; and the establishment of a more efficient police force, there being now, by the Constabulary Act, nly one constable for the whole parish. It was proposed that the Commissioners shou d have power to light and sewer such parts of the palish as re• quired it,And to raise a rate for that purpose from such portion only as should he benefitted : also power to take on lease ferry, or ferries, the working of which would be a vantageous to the parish—without, however, interfering with the right of existing ferry companies. From the advantages deriv. dby Birkenhead from their fe ry, he thought such a measure would be considered unobjectionable. It was also proposed hereafter to erect a pub lic market. the period of its erection to be left to the Commis sioners. The rate proposed to be called for would not be (as rumoured) 4s. 60. in the pound, but Is. 6d. only, unless with the content of two-thirds of the ratepayers; and at pres.nt the surveyors of highways had power to lay a rate of 10d. in the year. His only object in taking any part in the propose 1 mea sure was to benefit the inhabitants at large. _ Major FLETCHER designated the measure as one got up in secret, and total y uncalled for. The Rev. - MAINWARING, of Brombro, proposed (in effect, the adoption of the Report, which was seconded by,Mi.. MEA DOWS. . Mr. BANNER moved as an amendment that the subject be postponed for twelve months. Mr. U. HILL seconded the amendment. Sir EDWARD CUST strongly objected to the measure, as inap plicable to the rural district of the township of Wallasey. He had no objection to its being applied to the more populous townships, provided the inhabitants thought proper to adopt it, but as to its being extended to the township of Wallasey. he at once told them the measure should have every opposition he could give it, both to Parliament and out of it. The Hon. Batt. suggested the propriety of uniting Poulton and Seacombe with the township of Birkenhead, as, he said, the fact of the new docks being about to be made rendered such a proceeding ad visable (cheers and hear). Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. RAWLINS, and Mr. H. T. LITTLEDALL spoke in favour of the measure. After which, Mr FORD pro posed as another amendment, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed until that day fortnight. This was adopted by the meeting, after which the as'embly separated. - - Her Majesty has appointed Monday next for the open ing of the new Royal Exchange, London. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS. R. S. Stantley, Esq., collector of excise for Newcastle and neighbourhood, has been promoted to take charge of the collection of excise at Liverpool. DINNER AT THE TOWN-HALL.—The Mayor will give the last of his civic banquets, at the Town-ball, on the 31st instant. EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, Henry Carnall, travel ler to Mr. Harrison, of Sir Thomas'-buildings, absconded with about £6O, and has not since been heard of. He is a young man, about twenty-nine years of age, and of good address. • THE COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the Town Coun cil has been convened for Wednesday next, to determine upon the laying of the annual fire-police:rate, and to con sider a communication made to the mayor urging the council to close the public markets at an earlier hour. AMERICAN PACKETS.—A new line of packets, consist. ing of the St. George, (1,000 tons,) Pacific, (800 tons,) and Seymour. (1,000 tons,) is about to be established bt tween New York and this port. The St. George was to sail on the Bth instant. On Thursday an elegant and impressive sermon a-a i preached by the Rev. G. B. Bloomfield, M A., Canon of Chester, in behalf of the Liverpool branch of the so ciety for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts ; after which £25 was collected. At a numerous meeting of the electors of St. Paul's Ward on Thursday night, it was unanimously resolved to bring forward Robert Broadhurst Hil , , Esq., as the Con servative candidate for that ward at the ensuing municipal election, in the place of Joshua Edwards, Esq., who has declined again to come forward. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK-A branch of this banking company is about to be opened at Birkenhead, ►and having already been purchased for the erection of a bank. Another banking company, also in connexion with Liverpool, is about to open a branch in this im proving township. Sr. PETER'S WARD.—At a meeting of the radicals in this ward on Thursday, it was determined to bring for ward Mr. Thomas Bolton to contest this ward. Mr. R. S. Henderson is the conservative candicLte, and is too deservedly popular to allow the slightest fear of his re election. NEW MAGISTRATFS FOP. BIRKENREAD.—A letter from the Earl of Stamford and Warrington to Mr. Charles H. Watson, of Birkenhead, announces' that William Jackson and William Potter, Esqrs. have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the commission of the peace for the county palatine of Chester. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—OR Tuesday week, a workman, named Tynan, fell from the top of a building now in course of erection by Mr. Headon, of Birkenhead. He was taken to the infirmary, where he died on Saturday last from the injuries. The inquest was held on Friday, and a verdict returned of " accidental • death." CHRISTENING FESTIVITY.—On Tuesday a select party assembled at Willow-bank, the residence of Richard Maspratt, Esq., to celebrate the birth of a son and 'heir. The ceremony of christening, which was performed at Newton Church, derived ,no ordinary interest from the presence of Professor Justus Liebig, who was one of the sponsors. ATTEMPT TO ROB.—On Saturday, an athletic fellow, named Walsh, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having attempted to rob Mr. Ellis Jones, sur geon, of Islington, of his watch, as the later was crossing London-road the previous evening, on his return from a professional visit. The prisoner was sentenced to impri sonment for three months. • FRAUD BY A CAR. DRIVER.—On Thursday Mr. Evan Williams, car-owner, preferred a charge against John Hughes, late a car-driver in his employ, for embezzling the sum of 10s. 6LI. It appeared the prisoner bad taken the bill to the gentlemen who hired the car, reuived the money, and appropriated it to his own use. He was com mitted for trial. The Earl of Ilchester, who was one of the committee of the Upper House of the Birkenhead Dock bill, visited Birkenhead on Monday, and after inspecting the various public works in progress there, lunched with W. Potter, Esq. He was accompanied by his son, Lord Stavordale, and both the noble lords expressed themselves greatly pleased with what they had seen. ANOTHER FATAL COLLISION.—The Elizabeth, Cap tain Brown, arrived at this port on Wednesday, from St. John's, New Brunswick, reports having been in collision with the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, said to have been from the coast of Morocco, on the 12th instant off the Fawcett-rock. The schooner immediately sank, but, with the exception of the cook, the crew were saved.— The only passenger on board was also saved. The wea ther was rough and dirty at the time. BEER• SELLERS FIN ED.—At the Police-court, on Fri day. several beer-sellers appeared to answer summonses for infractions of the local act regulating their trade, and chiefly for selling after the prescribed hour at night, en tertaining drunken and disorderly persons, or both offen ces combined. Ann Onion was for the former offence fined 20s. and costs. John Connor, of Downe street, for selling at one o'clock in the morninz was fined 40i. and costs. The defendant had since May, 1843. been fined to the amount in all of £3l lie. 6d. ; and it was ordered tnat his securities should be proceeded against for the present penalty. RORDERILS.—On Saturday, at• the Police court, Benj. Powell was committed for trial, charged with having stolen a bolt of vanvas, the property of Messrs. Marriott and Co. On the same day, Margaret Hughes and John Bain were also committed, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of earthenware from Cleveland-square Market,. Same day, two abandoned females, named Catherine Gal lagher and Mary Robinson, were similarly dealt with— the-former for having robbed James Stang of £ll and his watch, and the latter for having robbed Thomas Hall of £9. Another female, named Susan Shields. and a man named George Chadwick, were committed for trial on a charge of robbing Moses Kincaid, cook of the ship Bel mont, of £9. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.-011 Friday, Elizabeth Gurnell was charged before Mr. Rushton with concealing the birth of her male child. The prisoner, who is a cripple, being suspected, denied that she had been de livered, but a surgical examination afterwards took place, which confirmed the fact. A search was made, and the body of a full grown male infant was found hidden in the cellar, and the surgeon, Mr. Nottage, gave it as his opinion that it had died of congestion of the brain, pro duced by a blow on the head. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Died of congestion of the brain, but in what manner it was produced there was no evidence." Mr. Rushton considered the case a strong one, and remanded the prisoner for a day. BONDING IN MANCHESTER.—We believe we'rnay now say that all that depends upon either the corporation of Manchester, or the authorities of the custom-house here, to prepare for the introduction of bending into Man chester, has been done, and that every thing is now in a state readiness to commence immediately. We under stand that several buildings have been licensed as bonding warehouses ; and, the corporation have adopted a tariff of town dues upon the various commodities to be bonded, and also fixed a rate to be paid to them by the owners of bonding warehouses ; from which sources a fund will be raised for the purpose of defraying the salaries and ex penses of the staff of customs officers, all of whom are now at their posts at the custom-house in Mosley-street. We have not heard of any goods 13,ine, as yet, actually bonded, but believe that notice has been given of a quan tity of wine, on its way hither, for that purpose. -31 an chest er Gun , dian. On Wednesday the beautiful and costly diving appara tus, which has been provided by the public spirited direc tors of the Steam-tug Company, was put into requisition for the recovery of a large piece of copper, weighing be tween two and three hundred weight, which fell into the Prince's Dock while being conveyed on board Messrs. Royden and Kendall's ship The Duke, about to sail for Calcutta. Every eff rt to recover the copper by means of the ordieary grappling irons had been tried in vain. The first man who descended by means of the apparatus ascertained its situation, but could not succeed in mak ing it fast to the rope lowered for the purpose. The se cond having had more experience quickly effected the ob ject, and the prize was hauled up, greatly to the admira tion of the large crowd of persons who had been attracted to the spot by the novelty of the operation. The appara tus was worked on hoard the vessel, under the skilful superintendence of Mr. Arthur, the manager of •the Steam-tug Company. DINNER AT GI.EAVE3 HOTEL, WOOngll7.—lt will he seen by an advertisement in another column, that a dinner will be given on Wednesday next, the day of laying of the foundation stone of the new docks, at this commoulous hotel. The room in which the dinner will be held is exceedingly well adapted for the affair, a d the preparations are on such a scale as bid lair to be surpassed by none. There c , nbe no doubt. but that it will be well attended for the general satisfaction affairs of nis kind have hitherto given, and the ae , rnwledged talent of the worthy host as a c- serer are sure to secure the Patronage of those who enjoy a good dinner. R OBOERY OF COFFEE.—The warehouse ofMr. Chesney. grocer, Commutation-row, was broken into on Monday night last, and a large quantity of coffee stolen. The thieves effected an en trance by means of a ladder, which was :eft upon the premises. The ladder was ides tified as that taken from Finch-street, by two men, who were seen walking with it in the dir ctinn of Mr. Chesney's shop. Fart of the coffee was fc and afterwards in the possession of two men in B ck Leeds-street. When seen by the officer they dropped the coffee and e• caped. Daniel Jones and Samuel Albertson, the men seen in I ossession of the ladder, were taken int. - ) custody. DIRECTORY OF TILE TOWNSHIP OF BIRKENHEAD.—If one circumstance more than another ten's to shew the rapid increase and importance of Birk nhead, it is the announcement, in our pamphlet of this day, that a " DIRECTORY" of the township, will shortly be ready for publication, by Mr James Law, the en terprising bookseller, of Waterloo Buildings, in that town. That such a work should already be in requisition sufficiently indicative of the great interest taken in the progress and prospects of that thriving locality; and from what we know of the publisher, we entertain no doubt but the informati•.n it will contain will be at once copious and correct. The great public works going on, and the accumulation of property and varied interests in the town and neighbourhood will render this book a most desirable medium, in its outer pages, for advertisements of Insurance Agents. Prospectuses of Hotel proprietors, and announcements of the professional and trading communities generally. OPENING DINNER AT THE CEOSS KEYS, REGENT STREET.— On Thursday evening weak, a number of gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at the above inn, which was got up in a s yle that conferred great credit upon the worthy host and hostess. The chair was very ably filled by Mr. Skane, of the Rotunda Inn, who cont. ibuted greatly to the harmony of the evening; and if the general good feeling that prevailed be taken as an earnest of the future, it augurs well for the prospects of Mr. Unsworth. The first toast of the evening was "The Queen." which was followed by "Prince Albert and the Royal Family," " The Town and Trade of . Liverpool," &c., which were drunk with three ti m es th ree . The wii es were of exce ent quality. After the healths of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, the worthy Host and Hostess, and several of the gentlemen present had been drunk, and very appropriately responded to. the company separated, highly gratified with the attention paid to them by their much respected host, Mr. Unsworth. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, a young lad named Henry Parry went with two others into an old house in George's -street to procure some chips. Ina few minutes the other boss came out, the deceased remaining in the building, and just is they arrived in the street a crash was heard as of falling bricks. &c. A search was immediately commenced, and the deceased was found lying underneath the rubbish. a large beam having fallen on his chest. He was quite dead. THE MANCHESTER REGISTRATION.—The labours of the revising barristers for this division of the county are closed, and the following is the result, as far as the Man chester polling-district is concerned : Objections by con servatives, 550: struck of the list, 404. Objections by the leaguers, 1,355; struck off, 215. Gain upon objec tions to conservatives, 189. New claims by conservatives, 1,015: allowed, 756. New claims by leaguers, 1,898; al lowed, 1,189. Leaguers rain upon new clainls, 433. De duct from this number 189 gained by conservatives on ob jections, makes a total loss to conservatives of 244. CAUTION TO BADGE PORTERS.—Durhig the hearing of a case on Thursday, it was stated by a car driver, that porters at the pier -heads were in the habit of receiving threepence from car drivers for getting them a fare, and it appearing in the case then before the magistrate that a disturbance had arisen in consequence of a porter wishing to take the luggage of a passenger to a car, from the dri ver of which he bad received the usual fee, Mr. Rushton directed Mr. Dowling to make inquiries into the matter, and stated his determination to take away tha license from all porters found so acting. BIGAMY.—On Tuesday a labouring man, named Wil liam Thomas, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having married a second wife, his first being still a'ive. J. Worthington, a packer, residing at Deans gate, Manchester, deposed that he saw him married at a register-office in that town on the sth June, 1840, to a female of the name of Alicia Henrietta Cummins, who was still alive, and that on the 4th of last August he was again [Larded to Jane Clarkson, a widow, at Holy Trinity Church, St. Anne-street, Liverpool. The prisoner, who, when taken into custody, treated the charge with levity, had nothing to urge in this defence, and was fully com mitted for trial. LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. The general monthly m , eting of this society was held in the Lecture hall of the Royal Institution, on Monday evening last, but owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, it was rather thinly attended. Mr. John Rosson read his second paper " On the propriety of preferring the pointed (commonly called the Gothic) style, in the erection of ec clesiastical buildings." It was listened to with great at tention, arid towards its close Mr. Rosson threw out the idea that it would be well, if possible to convert the shadow into the substance, by inducing the various bo dies of freemasons throughout Europe to become nuclei for a great architectutal and s,ciemific institute, where youth of all countries could be instructed in the arts and linked together in brotherhood. CAPTURE OF TWO OF TFIE " LONDON SWELL MOB," IN MANCHESTER.-011 Saturday week, a man named Wood, and a boy named Williams, were taken before the magistrates in Manchester, on suspicion of having robbed the pockets of several parties in that town,—Lieutenant Fielding, of the 70th regiment, of three or four sovereigns, at the Railway Station, and Mr. H. Knowles, roanufac turer, of his pocket-bbok, containing £4lO in notes, which he had just received at the Branch Bank of England. They were remanded until a future day, being sus pected, or at least one of them, to be a London thief.— Yesterday week, two others, James Batty and William Ware, were brought up on a similar charge. Ware was supposed to be the brother of the boy Williams. It was stated that the prisoners were well 1, nown in Liverpool, and had been patrolling the banks there. These prisoners were, from the suspicion attached to them by the evidence adduced relative to the same robberies, also remanded. ACCIDENT IN LUMBER-STEP-BT.—On Tuesday, a very serious accident occurred in Lumber-street, owing to the incautiousness of the persons employed at Cliff's marine stare, by which the life of a young woman named Mar gret Johnson, has been placed in imminent danger. It appears that about one o'clock she was passing up Lum ber -street, when the rope by which they were hoisting up a heavy bag of hair :o the second story of Cliffs store gave way, and the bag fell'upon her, knocked her down, and produced a compound fracture of her thigh, and ge neral injury about her head arid the upper part of her person. She was almost immediately removed to the Northern Hospital. It appears that while the bag was being hoisted it got jammed against the upper part of one of the windows—that the man, who should have guided it, was elsewhere about the concern—that the strain snapped the rope in two, and that there was no person in the street to warn the passers-by of the danger. It is strange that the numerous accidents daily occurring pro duce so little effect. A DISHONEST CAR-DRIVER.—On Wednesday, at the Police-court, Mr. Brown, attorney, preferred an infor mation against John Ashton, driver of a car. It ap peared that the complainant had occasion to send a poor sailor to London by railway, and sent a person with him, to whom he gavp two sovereigns and six shillin-4s to pay the fare. The defendant was engaged in Harrington street. When they alighted, the messenger gave him a shilling, but he demanded sixpence more. The messen ger then gave him what he supposed was another shilling, and received sixpence in change, but afterwards disco vered that he had only one sovereien left, and that he must have given the other instead of a shilling. He af terwards went in search of the defendant, and found he had not been at home for some time. Defendant was af terwards seen coming out of a public-house, an-i, when questioned on the matter, said he must have given the sovereign to his fatheralong with the other money. The fare being but one shilling, Mr. Rushton ordered defen dant to pay 20s. anti costs, and return the sixpence, and suspended his license—not to be restored until the com plainant applied, and not perhaps then. IMPUDENT ROBBERY, AND QUICK DETECTION. On Tuesday afternoon, a truss of woollen goods and a box were delivered at the shop of Miss Evans, woollen draper, Great George-square. The parties in the shop being busy, the truss was left in the street, under the window, and near the door. In a few minutes some men were seen by parties outside rolling the truss across the street. They left it at the corner of Pitt-street, and then one of them engaged a car, into which it was placed, and the driver was ordered to drive to Vauxhall-road. Two men got into the car with the truss, and a third sat upon the box. When the car reached Tithebarn-street, of ficers Lloyd and Sale saw it, and knowing the character of the inmates, suspected all was not right. When it had reached Leeds-street, Lloyd stopped it ; but before that one of the men in th-• car, seeing they were followed, jumped through the window and escaped. The other turned out to be John Murray, a notorious thief, sod the man on the box was Joseph Little, an equally notorious character. The bale of goods was, of course, found in the car, and the two prisoners, who were brought up on Wednesday befoie Mr. Rushton, were committed to take their trial. PAUPERS HAVE LARGE STOMACIIS.—John Webb, a pauper in the Workhouse, wcs brought up on Wednes day, charged by Mr. Galloway with refusing to work, at the Workhouse, on Tuesday. Mr. Rushton : Did he give no reason ? Galloway ; Yes, he said he had not got enough of dinner. Mr. lowndes, Vestry-clerk ; There has lately been an alteration in the diet. Mr. Rushton : What is the diet? Galloway: He bad two pounds of what is called "scouse," meat and bread. The prisoner had nothing to say. Mr. Rushton : This is one of the most scandalous things that can well be conceived. There arc hundreds of honest labouring men in Liverpool who cannot get one pound of such food—some of them no food at all. Galloway ; He evidently wished to excite the rest to some outrage. Mr. Rushton: You must go to the House of Correction, and be kept to hard labour for 42 days. Mr. Evans. (governor of the Workhouse,) said the class of men to which the prisoner belonged had been eating five or six pounds of scouse to dinner, and the doctors, thinking this too much, bad reduced it. This was the first week of the new diet. Mr. Rushton : Why did you give so much ? it was a waste of the public funds. Mr. Evans: It was ; but it is now CHARGE AGAINST A PROCESS-SERVER. On Tuesday Mr. Pa'grave, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Rushton to prefer a complaint against one of the officers of the court, of the name of Dutton, for having served the Captain of the Coquette with a summons intended for Captain Nor rey, of the Catherine, and with having subsequently pro ceeded to enforce a warrant against the latter captain. It appeared that the summons had been issued against Cap. Norrey for not keeping the proper watch at night on the deck of his vessel. To prove the charge against the ,:fficer James Miller, master of the William and Agnes, of Dun bar, was called ; and he deposed that the summons against the Captain of The Catherine had been served upon the captain of the 'Coquette, with whose name he was unac quainted. Dutton, in his defence, distinctly stated that he had served Captain Norrey, whom he described as one of the youngest Scotch captains be had ever seen in com mand of a ship, and That he knew him perfectly well, so that was the third time be had occasion to serve him with a summons. He bad tapped him on the shoulder and said, " Here's another summons for you ;" immediately upon which Captain Norry observed to a by-stander that that was the third time he had been similarly served. Mr. Rushton said he was quite satisfied the service had been correctly performed, and that he should enforce the warrant. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Saturday no less than nine inquests were held before the Borough Cproner. 'the first was on the body of Margaret Johnson, 29 years of age, who was killed by the falling of a bale of cotton, at Cliffe's marine store, Lumber-street ; on Tuesday last. The jury laid a deodand of on the rope.—The second was on the body of Robt. M'Clellan, of Lawrence -street, who committed suicide by suspending himself from a corner of the room by n comforter tied round his neck. Deceased laboured under the impression that he should come to want, although he was in comfortable circum stances.—The third was on the body of Richard Nickson, one of the inn.ates of the Lunatic Asylum, Brownlow hill, who strangled himself.—The fourth was on John Rimmer, 38 years of age, employed at the brewery be longing to Mr. Halsall Segar, and who, on Wednesday night last, fractured his leg by falling on the flags.— The fifth was on James Burgess, a young man, aged 18, of Freemason's-row, who had some powder and squibs in his possession on the 30th ultimo, and whose clothes caught fire and burned him severely, in consequence of a spark from one of the squibs having ignited some of the powder in his pocket. He lingered until Sunday morning last, when he expired,—The sixth was on William Edis bury, who died of rupture of the heart, arising from oreanic disease.—The seventh was on Leonard Moore, a child ten weeks old, who died from suffocation, arising from his having been overlain by his parents in bed. — The eighth was on Sarah Talbot, of Milk-street, who died of apoplexy on the floor of her own premises.—The ninth and last inquest was on Henry Dogtooth a child twelve months old, who was burned to death, accidentally, inßose-hill.—Verdicts accordant with the evidence were returned in the several cases. DREADFUL COLLISION AND Loss OF LIFE.—At nine p.m., on the night of Saturday last, the ship Elizabeth, Captain Brown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, came in contact with the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, from the coast of Morocco, and bound for Liverpool, about twenty-five miles to the westward of Cape Clear. The Elizabeth struck the Emma just abaft the fore-rigging, carried away both her masts. and reduced her to a com plete wreck in the course of a few seconds The crew with the utrno•t difficulty got over the bows of the Elizabeth, with the exception of the cook, who was un fortunately drowned. Mr. Bibby, jun., of the firm of Mt sere. Bibby and Sons, of this town, the owners of the Emma, was a passenger on board that vessel, and was amongst the number of persons saved. Shortly after the collision, the Emma went down. The crew arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday morning by the Elizabeth. The starboard bow of the Elizabeth was stove in by the col lision, and she lost her jib-boom and topgallant-mast, and sustained other damage. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the weekly meeting Mr. John Holmes presided. A represen tation was read relative to the disgraceful state of the bot tom part of Church-street, and it was ordered to be re paired. Mr. Samuel Holme applied to the board for leave to block up George-street, in which he had buildings erecting. After a rather long arid disconnected conversa tion, the matter (so far as the reporter could learn) rested where it was.—A complaint was made by Messrs. Bond, that the condensing water of Macfie's works, Temple street, occasioned a nuisance. Ordered to be referred and reported upon.—Mr. Robertson Gladstone supported an application to prevent the conversion of a building in Seel-street into a slaughter-house. A conversation en sued, and ultimately it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the magistrates.—Mr. Tinne asked the board to permit the surveyor to make a return of the number of sewers completed within the year.—A letter was read from Mr. Hoyle, of Huslingden, complaining of what had ap peared in the papers relative to his contract for the sup plying of flags, and stating that he (Mr. Hoyle) distinctly said it was on the authority of his foreman that he stated the flags were equal to sample. SMOCKING CASE 01 , STABBING.—On Monday evening last, a man of the name of John Knowles was stabbed with a sharp in,trument, supposed to be a penknife, in Johnson-street in this town, from the effects of which he has been still lingering in so dangerous a state that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. It appears that, about eight o'clock on the evening in question, Knowles and a man, named Milligan, were standing in' Johnson -street, when a dispute arose between them, in the course of which Knowles lifted his hand and gave him a blow. Milligan immediately drew a sbarp instru ment from his pocket, and plunged it into Knowles's breast, i❑ the region of the heart, made his escape through Hatton-garden. Police-officer 195 had Knowles con veyed t.) Vauxhall Bridewell, where he was visited by Mr. Simpson, surgeon, by whose orders he was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he still remains. The wound, which is of small dimensions, bled little externally ; but internally it is fe .red there has been hemorrhage to a considerable extent. It is also feared that the sharp instrument must have incised the pericardium. The miscreant who committed the diabolical act has since been apprehended and remanded. SALE OF GUANO.—On Wednesday last 180 tons of gu ano, announced to be the best African, received by the Chimaera, were offered for sale in lots of five and ten tons, at Messrs. Priestley's Baltic-buildiugs. The at tendance was numerous, the present state and prospects of the trade being such as to invest•every sale of this com modity now with considerable interest in the eyes of the dealers. Mr. Priestley, before commencing the sale, read an analysis of the guano by an eminent London chy mist, which went to show that the article was of the very best description. Some conversation arose in conse quence of a gentleman in the room asking the auctioneer if he would guarantee that the whole cargo was equal to sample, as it had several times been found that guano deteriorated in quality, or that guano of a different qua lity was substituted atter the first few tons were removed from the vessel. The auctioneer seemed at,first unwilling to give the required guarantee ; but at last undertook to do so, and the first lot, of five tons, was put up. The hicblings were not very animated, and after some delay, the lot was knocked down for £5 12s. 6d. The next lot, 4 , f ten tons, was not sold in conseauence of the price of fered being under the former, and the whole of the re 'raining lots were withdrawn, there being no probability of the reserved price being realized. A small lot of da maged weighing about seven tons, was sold, we under stand, at £2 7s. Ed. the ton. THE OUTPENSIONERS.—On Wednesday morning, the last day of the present year's exercises, the companies were again inspected by Col. Falkner, K.H., inspecting field-officer, on the ground at Everton. The Colonel was received with the usual honours, and a number of move ments were then performed in columns, squares, &c., which received additional interest from the firing in squares, line, end by divisions, the men having been sup. plied with a portion of blank cartridge for the purpose. The proceedings were wound up by advancing in order, halting, and saluting. Col. Falkner then delivered a short address to the men. He observed that it was with pride and pleasure he spoke to them on that occasion, as he was most anxious to add his meed of praise to that which had already been so justly bestowed upon them by the Major-General of the district ; he concluded by say ing that they were not less distinguished fo r th e i r soldier -I:ke appearance than for the manner in which they had gone through their exercises on that day. The band, atnoenting to sixteen in number, was formed entirely from among,t the pensioners, and they acquitted them selves in excellent style, performing several pie ces o f , tional and other music, both going to and returning from the ground ; we understand they now practice regularly at the barracks every Tuesday. The six days' exercise having been completed, the companies were marched down to the barracks, where they delivered in their arms and clothing. DECREASE. OF DRUNKENNESS AND Curate IN LI VERPOOL.—Mr. William Parkinson, keeper of the main bridewell, has prepared a comparative return for the three years of the number of prisoners brought before the ma gistrates on each Monday, for drunkenness, commencing Sept. 1, 1841, and ending 31st August, 1844. From this we find that great good has resulted from the introduction into the New Improvement Act of the clause prohibiting public-houses from opening between the hours of twelve on Saturday night and one on Sunday. In 1841-2. the total number of prisoners charged with drunkenness was 7,602; of these 3,129 were brought before the magistrates on Mondays, 852 were taken into custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday night:, 1,412 between twelve p.m. on Saturdays and one p.m. on Sundays, and 856 after that till Monday. In 1842-3, the total number of prisoners charged with drunkenness was only 7,023, 2,397 of whom were brought up on Mondays, 796 having been given into custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, and only 813 after that up t. - ) Sunday noon. In 1843.4, the total number of charges of drunkenness was 7,044; 2,386 prisoners were brought up on Mondays, only 793 of w hi c h had been taken into custody between Saturday ni g ht an d Sunday noon. From the above it will be seen that there was a decrease during the first year of the operation of the new act, of 599 prisoners apprehended duri ng th e h ours the public-houses were closed, and in 1313, a decrease of 619; and also a total decrease of cases of drunkenness on Mondays, in 1842. of 732, and in 1813. of 743. In the other days there is a slight increase, which, of course, might be expected with the increase of the town, in 18-12. of 153 cases, and in 18-13 of 185, leaving, however, a total decrease in cases of drunkenness generally, 0'579 of 1842, and 558 in 18-13. We are glad also to find that a decrease of drunkenness has been accompanied by a decrease in crime generally. In 1841 the total number of prisoners brought before the borough magistrates was 18,666 ; in 1842, 16,331 ; and in 1843, 15,816; showing a decrease in 1842 of 2,335 ; and in 1843 of 2,850. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee of Works recommended that the rent of the land occu pied by Mr. Cato should be Is. 6d. per square yard of after the 3rd of April next, and that a lease should be granted to hirn,on the same terms as to time as the land offered to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr. Royden, moved that the rent should only be Is per yard for the first seven years, and is. 6d. per yard for the re mainder of the lease. Upon a division, the recommenda tion of the Sub committee was carried. It was agreed to let Messrs. George Forrester and Co. 8400 square yards of land to the north of Sandhill's,lane, at the annual rent of Is. per square yard, for a term of 21 years, but the final settlement of the point was deferred until the exact site could be ascertained.—The Marine Sub-com mittee recommended that Mr. Hugh Evans, son of the late Mr. Evans, should be appointed superintendent of the telegraph stations at Angle.sca and Puffin. island. Some objections basing been mentioned, the subject was deferred, in order to afford time for inquiry. —Twenty five pounds were voted out of the charitable fund to John Hughes, telegraphic keeper on Hilbre Island. to assist in replacing his winter stock of provisions which he lost en the occasion when his wife was unfortunately drowred is crossing from the main land to the island. It was also ordered that a boat should be provided for the use of the keeper of Hilbrie island.—The following resolution, on the recommendation of the Sub-committee, was passed, the chairman and Mr. Tobin being the only parties who voted against it, "That when a vessel is going to dis charge to a berth, according to the terms of the resolution into one of the transit sheds, such vessel t ,t e twe b ra e s%l en titled ea : Of t h t o h t e 20 i hth first June, e turn,n , r)rior to which i sagnoyinvgestsoeld discharge eberthed, ordinary way."—A letter from Messrs. Humble and Mil fcreerreardset ft „ ir o a tm s o t i‘t o ihee a s s r r o su. a b d rici a loo t mm t tnyteoeerrtniolofennNavdnodorfck.tsol.i.la acknowledging d g as the receipt of the resolution of last week, offering, upon certain conditions, to allow themthe use of 10,0 00 square yards of land, rent free, for eighteen months. In their letter Messrs. Vernon sat:dtthhieitrgdur,,oatsuinleadynautwttitiseiherendiomratphor.sespilTlavillliettoyy for them to comply with the terms of the resolution. They objected, first, to pay the expenses of removing m ;l. it na t t e ni e dn for the consideration with which Mr. Chaloner ; second, to relinquish . their present yaril d eofk y omrs beentreated, but added that if they had o c e provided ludotnolo.fn u Alos fr . lastf completely. for i t in he w m when the eighteen their eae t hiynroikhntpeat proposal six rtpxahol the Committee againstmonths present, tOO o d n expired,great e a therefore, a sacrifice. c r they fi e w t .h o e u ym l d mast u e the reading of that letter, I have no hesitation in propos ing Nicol make that motion. It would save Messrs. Vernon and Co., be rescinded. Mr.Trotman.— Esntvoapr betterirsoteTcth Evans—They e than at io second e t t h o h e n a d t t tipper t li h e e r m e h s a o o n t l I disagreeable task of getting up in Council, and moving that that part of the proceedings of the Dock Committee be not confirmed. The motion was carried unanimously. —A letter from Messrs. Neile and Crawford, was referred to the solicitor.—lt having been reported that the con• Thursday, s M ag v a r e a d . s himt o applicable fe a r m ao r r e m se t ‘ lNicol—Aftera t v h k t e r o e. tract with the new Gas and Coke company had expired on the Ist instant, the mutter was referred to the liar. Oct. 22, 1844. Dour Masters' Sub-committee, and a letter from ' M'Donald, agent to the Bude Light Company, " Is ferred to the Sub-committee of Works. EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—The shopkeer il l b! Ormskirk commenced closing their shops on FridaYt 11th instant, with the exception of about half a d 4,, and at a meeting of tha committee,. held in the I °,; t : hall, on Wednesday evening, a d e p u t at i on was aPPt to visit those persons who did no t c l os e their P c ei when they a:1 agreed to close at 8 o'clock, with one ception. SERMONS.—On Sunday last, two sermons is. g e t e ;, preached im the Parish (hunch of O rms ki r k, by theo J. E. White, one of the Secretaries of the Church ' sionary Society, after which co ll ec ti ons w ere vi a tio amounting to £l4 12s. 4d. And a mi ss i on ary ffi e , e bet was held in the Town-ball, on M on d a y even i n g last' the Rev. J. E. White and several of the neighb'i le t clergy addressed the meeti ng , an d a collection was,B•dol wards made, when upwards of £lO w a s rece i v ed to the funds of the above society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTE 3 WT- ; 0 ., FRIDAY RO6l Very few present, and very sombre countenancts• ,ttS were made to lay a cool hundred at evens o n •• F o g" ' o f fe rci , field for the Cambridgeshire ; 10 to I bar one cu rr ently f r 101 to 8 taken twice yesterday on Cur e; do u bl e that to-“' the Altered One. 10 to 1 agst Alarm (taken) 33 1 -- Black Prince (taken) 33 I Fitzallan (taken) 50 1 -- Connaught Hanger (tk freely) GREAT QUOIT MATCH FOR TWO HUNDRED SoFERV I d ( k4O The return match between the Glasgow players, and ole and Rigby, of Shrewsbury, came off at the latter t wul e ro o nesday afternoon. The betting, however, was greatly 03 411$ being; Scotland, three to one freely offered. and ley; 'AO The game was sixty. one. At the commenceme n t the Slirflito men counted nine, whe their opponents scored two; u " 1 00 disparity of numbers did not continue l o n g , the :`c0."011 gradually crept up, counting four almost every end, and vl twenty-eight. The pitching was beautiful throughout. RAILWAY INTALLIGEA CE. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RA1LW .4 , 1 ;; . 1. At a special meeting of th e Edi n b urgh and Glasgow "h 5, way, held at Glasgo w , on T ues d ay last. it was agreed t"„i. the Company should su b scr ib e £ lOO,OOO towards t h e fA, tat stock of the p ro p ose d Gl asgow, Dum f r i es, and ki‘ lisle Railway Company. MIDLAND RAtewAir.--The Midland Railway re' pany have taken a lease of the Sheffield, Ashton-un';',i Line, and Manchester Railway. The adoption of t plan, in connexion with the extension o f th e S w inton 11 ':„. via Doncaster into Lincolnshire, will op en a direct e° il munication with the whole of Lancashire.—Doca s Gazette. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILW AY .—BRA,- rj o , TO BOROUGHBRIDGE, KNARESBROUGH, HARIWG, A t Iit RIPON, AND RICHMON D .—A special mee ti n g °` Great North of England Railway Company, which,, ,r , numerously attended by shareholders, was held at v,,' o liogton, on Tuesday last, when a seri es o f resolat u i c were unanimously adopted, authorizing th e Director s take all steps necessary for the formation of branch ways to the above places. The required capital was e : r ei mated at £300,000, which is to be raised i n 10,000 ,s of £3O each. SNAP FELLS.—Shap Fells, so well known and dr eB :o by travellers, is at present like an ant bed—all alive " naveys," employed in forming the Lancaster and %,,r, lisle Railway. These industriou s b u t some times . 01 , pleasant neighbours, have built themselves a long d dwellings of the turf and heather, which i s denceril lie ted Regent. street, and they have nearly also comil e ft Queen's-square. The next batch of man s i ons we 10 , 1 'ut is to be called the Quadrant, so that the west end or s' oo metropolis will soon be outrivalled by New inndoor the mountains of Shap. BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHEIIIIRE , - t be T[ON.—The Railway Magazine gives the follewing 06 t he route of this line. It will start from Bebbington Chester and Birkenhead line, not far f rom thelt r ,7 o o, head terminus of that railway, p r o cee di ng towards El to it will meet the bran c h fr om Ch es t er, which ! i ll ,. that place forms a junction with the Ch es t er and 10 ,0 head line. From the j unc ti on at Elt on th e line t` l ; o f passes on to Frodsham and Preston Brook, crossing r ne the . Grand Junction Railway, where, also, a station posed ; thence it proceeds to Manchester, via Altringe,%e, sending forth hence a branch to Stockport. The tp therefore, takes a route as direct as the Mersey per— from Birkenhead to Manchester. e GLASGOW JUNCTION R AILWAY . --A tiOf A plan is -- 8 1 0 matured, under this name, for a short line of railwaY' connect the termini of all the important existing Ille,to of communication, both by land and water, which re d ' s from this city as a common centre. The scheme rest tiles one which has already been adopted, under some, e y e p similar circumstances in Manchester, and we have ° , 6 , , told it can be carried ieto execution here at a con -10 'r, lively moderate expense, and without any serious ir , , t i % 6 ftrence with existing right or private properties. „g plan is to form a tunnel, having its northern terminus.,:, some convenient point at. the north of the city, prob. lo l near the Cut of Junction Canal, into which the traffic the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and of the Gad v j kirk and other mineral railways, and of th e Forth Clyde and Menkland Canals, can be poured, an d the goods, minerals, and . passengers, carried down 'to Lbe harbour of Glasgow, and also across the Ayrshire aas Greenock Railways.—Constitutional. The late Mr. Thomas Brueton, of Bilston, after leavia numerous legacies to his relatives, £5OO to the WeskV ° Chapel at Bilston, and considerable sums to various chcil: pels belonging to the " Primitive Alettaodists,” has rected that the residue of his property, a h ch it is s o li; posed will amount to upwards of £20,000, shall be en t ! B : divided between the British and Foreign Bible So- telai.,, i th , Wesleyan Missionary Society, the Londjn Society, the Wolverham ton Dispensary, the Birmiti!_':e, General Hospital, the Queen's Hospital, Binning , and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Edgbaston• , THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.—In pursuance of p - o d notice, given a few days ago, the occupiers, friends, t he supporters of field garden allotments, together with,bet members of the Bingley Cricket Club, dined tog e ' le y, last Friday evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bing 0 , About twelve months ago, the allotment system l'i ss r eS trodueed into this parish. A fi e ld pf a b ou t fifteen 0 0 0 in extent, the property of Mrs. Walker Ferranti , of given by that lady for the purpose of ascertaining h ovi tbe the allotment system would prove serviceable t° t ,ee poorer inhabitants of the parisn, on condition that nfte ea continued to receive the accustomed rent. These , c a acres were divided into 59 allotments, the rent being Ils, which were appropriated to 59 persons, eß n aci operatives engaged in the worsted mills in BingleY, e , - id the neighbourhood. The rent and various taxes on the fifteen acres amount to about £4O, and cra e Pfoel them to about £6O, making the sum total expended r oe whilst the crop produced amounts in value, at a mod e t he calculation, to between £4OO and £5OO. During. ft r whole of the present summer and autumn, these tl o d nine men and their families have been provided with g b iliC vegetables, many of whom are keeping two pigs, ° J eo ts there still remains growing on nearly every allota',. o ll good winter crop of potatoes. The day being excee"%ae fine, numbers of persons came to Bingley from the $ 0 rounding townships, to see for themselves the adca li t he of the allotment system, as well as to partake 0 f IV general joy which prevailed on every hand. ShortlY ; ir e eleven in the morning, Mrs. Walker Ferrand , fe d •D'lsraeli, and a party of ladies, accompanied by m o rl, John Manners, Mr. D'lsraeli, and Mr. W. B. Fer rs w il 6 proceeded to the cricket-ground which is about a e s' from Bingley, on the road to Bradford, where the 01 hers of the crick e t c l u b an d t h e i r friends were eni °l ,o' themselves. The scene was gratifying in the highes t r o d', sible degree. Lord John Manners, in the most P e 0; humoured and unaffected manner, joined in a gen e a nd cricket. The occupiers of the garden allotment s 0 their friends, headed by a band of music, arrived o n ground about noon; and, after remaining there , 3 f iellt hours, returned in procession to the Odd Fellows Bingley, to dine together. The chair was taken „00 Busfield Ferrand, Esq., M.P., who was support e ` his right by Loid John Manners, M.P., the 1 1 °%r 0 Rev. Philip Savile, the Rev.'J. Beaumont, incumbeoll St. Mary's, Leeds ; and on his left sat B. D'lsraeli , %,0 1 , M.P., &c. The cloth having been removed, the, v e ,ig, toasts were given, aft:r which the assembly was adu r ,pot", by the chairman and others. Lord John Manners toe t at considerable length on the advantages of the all' l , 4 eb e system, in connection with spade cultivation. Ilet°' o o'"i the time was not far distant when this great truth r o e' , .be felt and acted upon, that the peasant who had h' t he a stake in the hedge was a better member of so ciety he who merely worked f or anot h er .—M r . D'l s rae o da verted to the phrase " Y oung E ng l an d," w hich h first been given to him and his friends in deris' o9 ', v ert, which now, h e b e li eve d, b roug ht tidi ngs o f h ope t° city, vill age , an d h am l e t, i n tk e ki ng d om . Ths t .,lof; had been asked wh a t th e y wan t e d.. "W e wan t," s "„re ' "in the first place, to impre s s on soc i e ty, that th' t ro; such a thing as duty. We want to put an end to flee tb, litical and social exclusiveness which we b e lieve teu` t perv e bane of this country. V v here there i s exc l u sivene -., ! ) , cannot be sympathy ; where there is no symea t ' ) so t ; hold no spciety can be safe. That i s w hat w e e rts e l i ; perhaps we want much more ; that is [enough at O d e to communicate to the public. We do not ear e „,el; ; e t politics, or to say that we can remedy every have our opinion on great public subjects, and a llfo,' if these are brought out in the senate, we will, with t eta i e ness, and with Moderation, express those opini ol l3og they be true they will be adopted. (Cheers.) are profoundly impressed with this conviction , t7, - a lt not so much by law as by manners, that we rnn' t . es aY ie , the influence of manners and not law, to remedy the grievances and much of the injury of oUr,r, Pr e (Cheers.) We have little hope for this country ees bet;, as that spirit of faction, which has by circumst 3nc ee rs , h o raised, and which has been rampant of late Y. ir e ' D e fostered and encouraged. We believe that thesPould arrived when the course of that factious spirit 0 F ur 4, stayed, and we know no more practicable , _,7 1 ° , 7 course, any that poseesses success more spt-' , "t 4e re throwing ourselves in the breach. It is nothine ee we ep O each other in our private ch am b er , t o mo urnwh l :i fire, et, reading the newspapers in our slippers over lir ° be e s, the ill effects of faction on th e peop l e —that 03 °J a ittly evidence of our philosophic spirit, it is not, in ou r 104 a testimony of our civic courage. Therefore 0° come among you to m ee t you an d congratulate d,rts, what you have done, an d s ti mu l a t e y ou to future e_p at el_r se to encourage you by th e express i on of our sYrlid tltf e o public men,_ who are ready at all times to tlP,' 4° t, opinions which we profess on this solemn we believe them to be sound, virtuous, and t' proceedings terminated about eight o'clock. !I. Oct. AR4 p . 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