The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. unpalatable to them, that they have been frequently observed to throw their rations overboard as soon as received. They propose instead, as the weekly allowance, 311bs. bread, s:llbs. oatmeal or flour, peas or barley; *lb. of dried fish, I.lb of rice, ?oz. coffee, 2oz. tea, and *lb. of sugar ,— a di e tary ob viously more fitted for semi -invalids, such as the majority of the passengers from Ireland. These additional comforts would come cheap to the emi grant, as they would be supplied by the ship at the prices out of bond. It is, however, against the penal clauses of the bill, which they denounce as most oppressive and to a considerable extent nugatory, and those for providing an additional superintendence of the emigrants, whilst on the voyage, by the appoint ment of an officer for the purpose, that they object most strongly, as calculated, by raising the cost of transport to our colonies, to divert the stream of emigration altogether to the ports of the United States. At present the prestige is in favour of the latter country, and nine-tenths of the passengers proceeding to the Canadas are only induced to go there by the great saving of expense, which, for a family consisting of a male. and female adult, four children from a year old to fourteen years, and one in arms, was, in May last year, to British America, about £l6 against £3B 10s. to the United States. The power of a superintendent of passengers, ap pointed by government—(increase of patronage, as usual, seems to form a portion of this as of all Whig measures)—and with his duties and powers laid down by the Privy Council, would interfere injuriously with the authority of the captain, and endanger the discipline of the ship; and by the captains and owners of United States vessels, which carry out the bulk of our emigrants, would not be submitted to at all. And if it be made compulsory that a surgeon should be taken out, or that the superintendent should be of the medical profession,unexampled difficulties would be created. Last year the Colonial Land and Emigration Com missioners report on this subject as follows : " The rate at which people were proceeding was such, that at least 622 surgeons would have been required in the first six months. Nor would they all have been required at a few large towns where a considerable supply of surgeons might be more reasonably hoped for; but some of them must have been found, without delay, at each of the various ports and creeks of England, Ireland, and Scotland, from which emigrants may happen to pro ceed ; and in some cases where the condition could not be fulfilled, the consequence would have been, that poor people who had come from great distances to a strange port, and had parted with all their means, would have found the master of the ship unable to give them the passage for which they had contracted. * * * We doubt whether any 'measure whatever would have been efficient, except some one which either directly or indi rectly compelled the great majority of the emigrants altogether to relinquish their purpose."—Blue Book, p. 36. • The most important cons id era ti on , however, just now, is the question of expense. Dare the govern ment, or ought they, on the ground of last year's increase of mortality, proved to have been of casual occurrence, and to have been produced by causes totally or mainly unconnected with the accommo dation of the emigrants on board, make such alter ations of the present system as may impose a bar to emigration at all ? The season for Canada is just setting in. Within a few weeks time our dock quays will be crowded with Irish families, en route to these settlements—with poor sickly and half famished wretches, who have left their little hold ings, and, having converted their all into cash, will probably find that they have barely sufficient to pay the expenses of a voyage, under the present arrangements. Are we to arrest these people, now rendered homeless and houseless, in their passage by our ill-considered interference ? Are we to re ceive them in our workhouses, to become a further charge upon our already overburthened ratepayers, or to pass them back to Ireland to die in ditches or upon the highways ? The question is a serious one : and it v ,vould well become her majesty's minis. ters to pause and to listen to the suggestions of practical men before incurring so fearful a respon sibility. can state, from our own observation to sicknt iarresC 'terally hal entirely without bet, t flitet g prod Isequently pre remedy whiel could, on depostnny luting medium (to be lel of stock they deposit; a have no other powers IA Acates, and issue their r nl4olance self here, is a more rigid and strict before going on hoard, of the condition and state of provision for such a voyage of these poor wretches, thus mercilessly cast off by their natural protectors. The Irish landlords, not the British shipowners, are the parties to be coerced into hu manity. But it must not be supposed that the shipowner is opposed to all legislation . • the contrary, ie in the of the body held in this also re:issueceriii d into circulat re national bOndkolde calm, receive a circ equivalent to th ent should Bch certi- ie is willing, at the meeting as shown same medium, some points to go even b eyon d t h e views of the " If we t a k e three per cent. consols at par, and all other government stock at the same ratio, we should thus form framers of the governm en t bill . For instance a basis for a do mest i c currency that would contract an d Labouchere proposes that eac h a d ult passenger Mr. expand according to the .circumstances of the times, and shall be allowed 12 feet of space ; and that two by this self-adjustment would preclude the po.sibility of c hildren between the ages of one year and fourteen any great fluctuation in the value of money or in commo- shall be counted as equal to one adult. T dities beyond that necess ar il y and legitimately arising he ship owners, however, offer 14 feet for each ad u lt, th e from the relation between suppl y and demand. On this system, when money became scarce, and exceeded three American allowance. In the dietary laid down for per cent.,. the certificates would fl ow i nto this National the emigrants, th e s hi powners are b oth more liberal Bank, and the currency be extended to the relief of our than the government, and display more practical commerce, while in periods of prosperity, when money is abundant, the certificates would be again withd rawn, and acquain tance with the wants and habits of the pas the circulation proportionably contract e d. Th us our sengers. The clause in Mr. Labouchere's bill money would be regulated according to the circumstances allows 3111.5. of beef and pork, and 3 1 2 1b5. of bread of the times, instead of being, as by the present system, or biscuit per week ; and, in addition, 61bs. of withdrawn when most required, and forced into circulation The ship when there is no legitimate demand ; thereby creating bread, biscuit, flour, oatmeal. and rice. alternate extremes of excitement and depression in the owners object that beef or pork is generally totally prices of every description of property, to the ultimate unsuited for the consumption of the•clais of which ruin of the produce-grower, the merchant, and-the manu- emigrants are principally composed, NVllo.have been facturer, and the vast multitudes dependent on them for unaccustomed to such food ; and that biscuit i ao ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, The foundation stone of a new church r about to be erected in Great Nelson-street North, and' to be dedicated to All Saints, was laid yesterday at half-past twelve o'clock, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks. senior rector of this parish. The ground upon which the building is to be placed, and which is situated on the north side of the street, was crowded to excess, principally by the Sunday scholars of the district, and by the working classes, who manifested much interest in the proceedings, and con ducted themselves with praiseworthy decorum. Amongst the company present, we noticed the Revds. Jonathan Brooks, Henry Marlen, (incumbent of the district,) D. James, Dr. Hume, W. M. Falloon, and R. Davies ; S. Staniforth, E. Molyneux, H. Banner, A. H. Holme, Esqrs. The Church of All Saints is intended to be built in the early English or pointed style, having a tower and spire 120 feet high at the south-east angle next Great Homer street, the opposite, or south-west corner, being occupied by a smaller square tower, which contains one of the staircases to the gallery. Between the towers is a large and lofty gable, forming a principal feature in the design, having a deeply recessed arch, with lancet window richly moulded. There are two porches below these windows, one on each side, for giving access to the ground floor. The sides of the Church, being hid by the surrounding buildings, are to be built with brickwork and stone dressings. The interior of the Church will present a bold and handsome appearance, although the character of the whole building is plain. The length inside is 70 feet, width 50 feet, and height at the eaves 27 feet, and 50 feet at the ridge. There are galleries on the end and sides. The roof is to be open, covered with boarding under the slates, and the whole stained and varnished to imitate the dark oak. The whole of the ground floor will be free, containing 600 sittings, and the galleries 400: part of the latter to be let. The arrangements of the seat, pulpit, &c. are as usual, but particular attention seems to have been paid to the warming and ventilating of the building, a matter of no small importance where so many of the poorer classes are to be assembled. The architect is Mr. Arthur Holme ; the builders are Messrs. Duckworth, Nuttal, and Burroughs. The cost is estimated at £4,100, exclusive of the land. The ceremony commenced by the Rev. Ineumbent giving out the 100 Psalm, which was sung by the child ren and the crowd in a style highly creditable. EDMUND MOLYNEUX, Esq., then presented the silver trowel to the Rector, and in doing so observed that he was very glad to see so large an assembly collected together on so interesting an occasion. It was no less gratifying to him to observe the great and increasing desire manifested by the people of this country to attend the services of our Church, and particularly in the district of All Saints. The object for which they had assembled was to witness the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a building to be for ever dedicated to the service of Almighty God—that ceremony was to be performed by the esteemed Rector of this parish, who after a long fife dedi.mted to the benefit of his fellow-creatures, wt.s at all times ready to do all in his power to promote the spiritual welfare of his fellow-townsmen. His object in thus ad dressing the few words be had, was to present the Rev. Rector with the trowel he held in his hand, and in doing so he might be allowed to express an earnest nope that he may live long to witness the Messings of his exertions to the town generally, and to the district of All Saints in particular. TO CORRESPONDENTS the means of sustaining life. Besides this, when money becomes scarce, the n a ti ona l expen dit ure wou ld b e greatly We have received several remo ns t rances aga i nst perm i ssion ranted for the publication of Paddy Kelly's Budget. relieved in the amount of interest on stock so deposited, - - authorities will take immediate steps to prevent interest not being paid during the time the certificates _F so great a nuisance. were in the National Bank." ''hided to by " F. H. W." would be We have quoted at so great a length that we being We ho the col re think the i very likely to cannot give even a brief notice of the arguments with which Mr. Watson rebuts the few objections which might be urged against his proposition. We must therefore refer our readers to the pamphlet itself, HER Majesty's Ch ance ll or o f t h e E xchequer perusal.which is well worthy of their attenti ve , gines, no doubt, that, by the device of a corn -, he has shelved for the present session all There is a certain class of legal pettifoggers and discussion in Parliament, and all legislation upon, other seedy professionals, who swarm in our public the important question of the currency. That thoroughfares and infest our smaller towns and question, however, must and will force its way villages, in whose upturned and hungry-looking amongst the inquiring portion of the commercial visages, as they snuff the air in search of a coming classes; for to no other source than to the operation job, you may read legibly imprinted the imploring of our present currency laws neither to the opera- query of a certain Scottish official of the olden Lion of our f r e e t ra d e po li cy, per se, to potato rots, time—" Wha wants me ?" Th e poor b e i ngs f eel to excessive rail way i nvestments, nor to excess i ve themselves growing rusty for wan t o f use ; an d s importati ons o f f oo d— can the pract i cal commerc i al snatch eagerly at any small ma tt er w hi c h o ff ers to a (- -.^e the disaster and h avoc w hi c h h ave recen tl y assist them to keep their h an d s i n . H er M a j esty ' s - - 1- ion of the commercial world. Whig Ministers appear j us t now t o b e an i mate d with the craving spirit of the pettifogging and To no other source, except to a currency regulated upon principles ad verse t o th e sa f e t y o f commerc i a l seedy persons in question ; a n d, i n th e i r eagerness operations, ca n we t race th ese a l ternat i ons o f mo- to be doing business, are rea dy t o l eg i s l ate upon any subject, and more especially ready to t r y th e i r netary glut and scarc it y , w hi c h at one t i me en h ance ingenuity upon thos e w hi c h th ey un d erstan d t h e the price of all c ommo diti es , an d encourage th e erection of vast fabrics of paper credit; and then, least. A member has but to put a question in the suddenly, and without warning, prostrate those house, or to furniah an exparte case of grievance, fabrics, destroy all confidence between commercial and the assurance glides trippingly from the tongue nen, and, depreciating the,value of all public secu- of some member of the administration, that " the rifles, foreign produce and merchandise, and the attention of her majesty's government has already products of the national industry, prohibit the been drawn to the subject, and that a measure will merchant and the speculator from converting the be introduced in the course of the session." stocks which they hold, except at prices absolutely We had last year to deplore the existence of a very high rate of mortality amongst that portion of our population w h o were d r i ven to emigrate to our North American Colonies. Of 106,000 men, women, and children, who left the various p or t s o f 1 Great Britain and Ireland for British America, it is computed, on government authority, that 6100 died on the voyage, 4100 on their arrival, 5200 in the hospitals, and 1900 in the towns to which they pro ceeded—in all, 17 per cent of the whole number. This was melancholy enough ; but that it could excite the least surprise in the mind of any man who had an opportunity of observing the condition of the majority of the poor beings thus expatriating themselves—flying from famine and disease in their own land, to seek health and food and the reward due to ind ustry in a strange country,—weutterly deny. Yet it has aflorded a sufficient excuse for the Colo nial-office to originate a measure—the Passengers' Act Amendment Bill—by which the whole onus of the increased rate of mortality, observed last year, is laid at the door of the British shipowner; and regulations are proposed, the stringency and' costli ness of which, not to mention their impracticability, threaten to put a stop altogether to voluntary emi gration to our colonial possessions, in British Ibt Eibtrpooi gptanbarb TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 29, 1848 man tr pervaded e ruinous Amongst the various propositions broached for the correction of the admitted evils of the system, and the efforts of practical writers to trace its operation in producing periodical monetary crises, a pamphlet, just published byMr. William Watson, entitled, "New System of Currency, . . which panic is rendered iMpossible," contains soine posi tions, clearly and forcibly stated, which are calcu lated to arrest the attention even of those—and there are but too many such amongst the educated commercial classes—who are in the habit of turning away from the subject of the currency as from one which is too abstruse and full of mysterious diffi culties for practical men of business to grapple with. Mr. Watson goes at once to the root of the Enhject—an explanation of the relative meaning of the terms capital and money. The former he lays down as the accumulated excess of the produce of labour, skill, or enterprise, which its owner has to exchange for the accumulated excess of his neigh bour, or of the foreigner. Money, on the other hand, is only the artificial medium by which such accumulation is exchang . ed; and ought'at all times to bear the same just relation to the value of one day's labour, or a given quantity of accumulated labour. Such equability of value, however, he contends, is not the characteristic of our present gold standard, inasmuch . as the supply of such money does not keep pace with the increasing accumulation of the commodities which it has to ilains his position by the fol- In addition, moreover, to the deplorable igno- rance, oh the part of the government, of the subject upon which Mr. Labouchere has volunteered to legislate, the conclusions upon which his proposed bill is founded, as to the share of blame attributa ble to the shipowner, and the defects of the ex isting law, are, in the teeth of evidence in their own possession, furnished by their own commissioners and other authorities at home and in the colonies. Thus, in enclosing a report of the Land and Emi gration Commissioners, forwarded on the Ist De cember last by Earl Grey to the Governor-General of Canada, and characterised by his lordship as a "very able document," his lordship states, with respect to the emigration of the past year, that " It would have been practically impossible, and that if possible it would have been inhuman and unjust, to have interfered by any exercise of the authority of the Legislature or of the Executive Government, to detain at home the multitudes, who, during the past year, have endeavoured to escape from mispry anal ' resent and he e r•••• • • N/111 amocL y dim bLarvaLum, ny ing from Ireland to America ; and also that the ion of so large a number of persons who had 31y suffered so severely from the consequences of itation with which it had pleased Providence to g, inevitably led to the breaking out of disease, mild not llp nreventoil r__ hat vis lowing striking illusi our present:monetary system, let A have :tarter of wheat, B on ox. and C a piece of rigst_ them they have three sovereigns. ,t to f Litate their interchange, the ov lly legal representatives of each ssing in their accumula- non, interchanging with each Other at their original value, until the wheat, cloth, and oxen, have increased one hundred fold ; but the gold has; not been augmented. At self in possession of the gold, calls A, finding B and C to 'Ulu their' account according to the final agree ged to sell mt ; in con§tt rid A, beink. .nce of which they are only holder of the gold, is the onl Dbtains possession of the entire lar result, in 13 and C tha _ " Let us z the p' I in a ruined c pn to r labour of acc:ninulation to produce a sim: ich A assumes to sympathise, and inforu .• oral periodical pani wins our systein is with thi been our mistin few years ! - of such a in pro nt as well tis. the past panics which it has tune to have experienced within the last and how inevitably these panics are the result metary syste wealth. "We ha, —a system by which the most e in the world are ruined by their very decided that' gold shall be our money, and that no man shall legally' buy or sell without first ex changing his capital into the: commodity called gold, and process of accumulation, we, by good im of exchange or currency, by credit during the entire process we are Dr bills of each. sentat, ber of .tbe un interest it is tc rein e between the capital our and the ,con_2pgratively stationary have decided shall be its repre- LT in the hands of a limited num class "of the community, whose tal to the original amount ,Ore fully, we need only note the pro. Our annual accumulation of capital at the lowest estimate exeeeds fifty millions, without taking into account the accumulation of other count while the increase of the commodity gold, which we d is to represent the capital, d cess for a f not amount to mo re th an in annually, including the progress of the , so that in four years we have in England ..sed our capital to the extent of two hundred millions, without any increase of its representative gold beyond the two millions distributed over the whole world, leaving one hundred and ninety-eight millions to be com • ~- o ,, stained by credit and bills of exchange which - : and the first occurrence half a mill whole world alone incre have no legal existeni that destroys commercial confidence brings the entii "ital accumulated during this period down to the posi at the commencement, the increase of o 2 insignificant to be taken into eonsidera-- ft is a panic, which panic must continue ;ally so long as capital outstrips its repre ind the more itrdustrious and the more eople are, the more frequent must be the tion that it was gold being tc lion. The r€ There are few who will venture to deny the per fect truth of this view of the operation of our system, especially after the experience which we have just had of the result of the extension of our engagements to pay in gold for the foreign bread stuffs which we have been compelled to import — the violent contraction of the prices of every com modity of value, and the widely-spread ruin which has been precipitated upon our commercial and industrions classes. But we must give the writer's views as to what ought to be the basis of such a is would prevent the recurrence Of these perioas of crisis : currency IA then, tc I value , umulated uniform fixed t amount of accumulated take this amount that has none of the objectionable fluctuations to which a commo dity as subject, and being an amount that has the same relation to all parties interested would form a perfectly just standard, and must continue always to retain this uniform relation that cannot be disturbed by anything to the smalles We t capital Tim about t elude, the no: !nd to d trophe confer the greatest A po value to money, and ti , an evil pr the emigrants to the inhabitants of the colonies to which they flocked. The latter have, however, in this respect, only suffered in common with Liverpool and various other places in Great Britain, to which the natives of Ireland have brought the fever which raged in that country."— Blue Book, p. 28. That the appalling mortality which has: taken place may be regarded as only a temporaryy, inflic tion is abundantly proved by a return for the five years ended 1846, contained in the same Blue Book, page 52, in which a large emigration is sbiArn to have been conducted, under the existing laiv, both "healthily and prosperously," the deaths on board not having exceeded half per cent. or five in 1000. It is shown, also, (page 33) that whereas the German emigrants last year arrived in the colonies healthy, there having been no fever in Germany, and the mortality was only slight in vessels from the more healthy British and Irish ports, the disease 'in ves sels from Liverpool and Cork, where the fever pro duced by the famine was most extensive, was uni formly severe and fatal. And it is even 'shown that there were instances of vessels from Cork, carrying military pensioners, well fed and under the care of their own surgeons, in which the pas sengers suffered quite as much as other emigrants from the same locality. In short, the ordinary arrangements were sufficient for vessels sailing from healthy ports, whilst the best arrangements were futile, if they sailed from infected ports. The fol lowing extract of a letter from Dr. Douglas a gen tleman who has had great opportunities of observing the condition of the emigrants on their arrival in Canada, is conclusive as to the cause of the high rate of mortality observed : " All the Cork and Liverpool passengers, he t_lf. • never sa ra ble wre k: 22. 3: We have the authority, too, of a highly respect able Liverpool firm, extensively engaged in the passenger trade, for saying that— " The great mortality last year did not occur amongst the ordinary class of emigrants, viz., those who pay their .ve means to provide suit- usivilvio that unfortunate 1.4 proprietors. Thousands of this class Ali for this port and various season We repeat, there is ample room for active and useful exertion and judicious legislation, without rushing upon the evils which we have pointed out. Let government adopt the views of the shipowner, more liberal than their own and more practical, as to the space allowed each emigrant on ship-board, and the dietary to be provided for them; and, above all, let every passenger, before embarking, undergo strict medical examination to test his fitness to undergo the hardships of the voyage. This is the utmost we can do with safety. Anything fur ther, by which the cost of transit to our colonies will be increased, can only tend to keep at home, in a condition of hopeless pauperism, a population who might, by industry and enterprise, raise them selves to Comfort and competence in a new country. An eventful week has passed over our heads. A dynasty has been swept away ; and its founder—the Nestor of monarchs—whom but yesterday we saw intriguing for thrones for his family, is now an outcast from his king dom ; and, perhaps, by this time is indebted to shelter and protection from his rebellious subjects to that very Britain which sheltered the obscurity of his earlier days. We give at length a detail of the strange occurrences of the week, so far as they have yet reached us in a connected shape. AS to their result, and a possible influence in disturbing the peace of Europe, it would be premature now to speculate. Unfortunately, we fear that they must be productive of one result, little less disastrous to Europe than war itself; viz. :—the adoption, by the great powers, of that armed attitude which so effectually pro strates the industry, and checks the commerce of their people, by the increase and prosperity of which the true interests of mankind are alone effectually promoted. The meeting held on Thursday last, to petition Parlia- _ . .. sa s , are went against the m ons t rous B u d get o f h er M a j esty ' s y .• dead from starvation and w an t b e f ore embarking, Ministers; must exercise an important influence over the and the least bowel complaint, which is sure to come with decision of the Legislature, if the calm, manly, and digni change of food, finishes them without a struggle. I w people so indifferent to life. They would con- fled protest of the first commercial community in the inue in the same berth with a dead person, until the empire is allowed to have its due weight. Seldom have seamen or captain dragged out the corpse with boat hooks." A n d aga i n , "It h as b een sa id, b y p eop l e not in- we attended a meeting in this or any other town the pro hooks." formed on the subject, th a t th e f r i g htf u l mor t a li ty an d ceedings of which were conducted with greater decorum ; sickness was caused by the over-crowded state of the and never did we attend one in which the feelings of those passenger -vessels. and the want of proper food and medi- present were characterized by deeper earnestness and cal attendance. Now, however much these miiht have unanimity, and wh i c h was i n every respect so worthy of mitigated the evil, it could be easily p rove d tha it was being regarded as conveying the sentiments and the deter not caused by their want. Th e th ousan d s of • German emigrants who arrived this year, all came in good health, mined resolve of the, classes of which it was composed. and they were more crowded in consequence of their Of the matter and manner of the various speeches ad greater quantity of baggage. The transports Blenheim dressed to the meeting we need say little ; for they are and Maria Somes, with pensioners and their families from above all praise of ours, and not only reflect infinite credit Cork, were just as sickly as other vessels, yet these had plenty of room i n we ll- ven til a ted v e sse l s , goo d st a ff s u r- upon the speakers, b u t upon our town i tself which can geons, and were regu l ar ly s upplied with good wholesome produce such me n amongs t i ts sons. We may refer, food, animal an d vege t a bl e , d a ily. Th e di sease was i n however, particularly, to th e man ly an d e l oquen t, an d a t all cases brou g ht on b oar d th e ve ss e l s •( no t genera t e d the same time busi ness -lik e speec h es o f hi s wors hi p th e there), and it found fit subjects in the half-starved raise- Mayor, Mr. Hugh Hornby, and Mr. Robertson Glad :Aches who c omposed the mass.' - M r . P er l ey , stone, which will be ar a com p ar i son w ith — a ye, and even _.,oe intelligence and zeal are favourably known to Lord shame, by their strict and undeviating pertinence to the Grey, also concurs in chiefly attributing -c the greatly in- question in hand—some of the more pretentious displays of the more practised orators of the House of Commons the emigrants fatigues itself. Such ability, thus drawn from the shad, g" - -, ), which it is ordinarily concealed ; such 4 ^ - ` -• rity of thought extemnd-s--- [e under _ . us, as they did to Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and must suggest to the community at large, the question,—why, in this great commercial country, every step of whose policy affects, for good or evil, not only our own commer cial and industrial interests, but those of the whole world are men possessing them in such a large measure per , --' - . - tea .to remain in a private station, whilst demagogues and cks occupy the seats which they ought to fill, a n d strut and fret their little hour upon a stage which they were never meant and never fitted to occupy. A constituency which should voluntarily select any one of these gentlemen as its representative in Parlianipnt would do itselt immortal honour. Not the least gratifying feature of the meeting, and or calculated to add largely to the weight of the petition, of men of both shades of politics, is the onded by Mr. Harold Littledale been s As the Teprec: sentative of one . of the most important interests in - the port, and himself one of the leviathans of the commercial world, the name and sanction of Mr. Littledale to such a document avouches that the voice which has gone forth from amongst us is not the petty and querulous whisper of petty men, but the voice of the wealth and the enter prise of Liverpool uniting with the cry of her depressed industry and her outraged sense of justice. We beg to remind our readers that the Archbishop of Canterbury elect will consecrate the new church in Prince's Park, on Thursday next. At the police-court yesterday a man named John Lucas was sent to the sessions charged by John Farrell with breaking into his house while he was at chapel on Sunday evening, and attempting to rob it. Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P. for the University of Dublin, passed through this town yesterday on his way to London, where he is to take his seat in the House of Commons this evening. We understand the honourable gentleman attended divine service at Christ Church in the forenoon. ST. SIMON'SNEW CHURCH.—This church will be con secrated to-morrow (Wednesday), at three o'clock, when a sermon in aid of the building fund will be preached by his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury elect. In the evening a sermon will be preached by the Rev. T. Nolan, for the same object. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ELECT."--On Sunday morning last, his Grace preached a sermon in Christ Church, Flookersbrook, Chester, after which a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of conducting public worship. In the afternoon, his Grace went to hold a confirmation in the Parish Church of Tattenhall, The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS then addressed the as sembly nearly as follows :—I beg leave to assure you, sir, that I feel a great gratification in being present on this occasion, assembled as we are to lay tne foundation stone of whet I trust and believe will be a real blessing to this neighbourhood. Sir, I feel obliged to you for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to allude to my services. There is nothing which gives me greater plea sure than to see the extension of God's Word over this country, more especially in this parish, and to see the erection of buildings dedicated to the worship of God amongst the great mass of the population. I need not say that in this country the great body of the population has far out grown the extent of accommodation provided for them by the Church. Sufficient attention was not paid to this subject, and the consequence was that for some years the increase of Churches stood still; but the eyes of all have been opened, and the finances of all have been used to provide for these wants. In this country there was no part where this want was more felt than in the ma nufacturing districts, and in our great commercial towns. The respected Prelate who has lately been elevated to another sphere of labour—when he first came to reside amongst us, could not but be struck with this want, nor did he fail to do all which lay in his power to make provision for it. His lord ship has acted for a great length of time as president of a society called the Diocesan Church Building Society, and during the time he has presided over this diocese has con secrated bOween 230 and 240 churches in connection with the established religion of this country—a much greater number than has ever been consecrated by any other pre late. lam one among those who keenly feel the loss of such a bishop, and I will take this opportunity of express ing my regret at the removal of his lordship ; but I believe and hope that what will be our loss will be the church's gain, I believe the untiring zeal, patient discrimination, and the more than usual kindliness of disposition and con ciliatory temper which he enjoys, qualifies at all times, but more especially at this time, its possessor for the high sta tion his lordship is called upon to fill ; I believe his carry ing these qualifications along with him will be the means of using aright the power and authority with which he has been entrusted by the Sovereign, and that he will rule the church with that discretion we shall have reason to rejoice at. His lordship, seeing the wants of the diocese, imme diately took active measures to supply it; and it will be in your recollection that immediately after he came amongst us he established a society, called the Diocesan Church ißuilding Society. It is with an honest feeling of pride that this town of Liverpool, without any hope of a compensatory return to itself, supplied a large portion of the funds of that society. Its success has been most eminent, and many churches have been erected by its means, particularly in the large town of Manchester. It would be doing injustice to Manchester, however, not to notice what had been done in that town in behalf of the object. They had raised there upwards of £lO,OOO for new churches. Before that, the dearth of church accom modation was much greater than amongst us, but it hai now been in a great measure supplied. From Manchester we must come to our own town. You ( Mr. Molyneux) took the lead in this great object—you and your co-as sistant, Mr. Groves, as treasurers of the society, have set a noble example by which wealth may be applied for the benefit of others by the hundreds. God grant that others who may be placed in similar circumstances may have the zeal to go and do likewise. We raised £20,000 with the intention of building four new churches. You know that • this experiment has been most successful. The churches have been built—are open—and are now filled. So far from there being any want of inclination on the part of the people to fill them, the churches are so crowded that they want enlarging. The success of the plan has been so great that we have been induced to es tablish a second society for the purpose of building four more churches in districts three of which have no place of worship whatever. These contain a large mass of people who may literally be said to be without government in the world. For the first of these churches the Rev. Mr. Connor, aided by some members of his congregation, not of the higher classes, have raised no less than £4,000 to wards the erection of St. Simon's Church. Most gladly have we voted £2,000 towards that object. That church is now open and will be consecrated in a short time. We have now arrived at this point, that we are now about to lay the foundation stone of a new church here, and soon do we hope to see it opened and attended by the population of this neighbourhood ; but that is not all—there is a church building, and it will soon be opened, at the sole cost and ex pense of our present worthy chief magistrate. That church will be a lasting memorial of the advantages derived from an earthly father, and of the pious zeal the sons have manifested in behalf of their fellow-men. In a few weeks more, 1 hope we shall be able to open, in connexion with the established church of this country, a church that was to be built to be occupied by members of the Church of Scotland, and hone in the course of_a few weeks more we shall have the pleasure of opening this building ; but still our work is not yet complete. We have , districts in the .•. the neighbouring districts of Bevington and Vauxhall— about which you have seen such a lamentable statement in the local newspapers—in these two districts there are must so and were well re- the expression, we found great succ( ceived whereever we went, and we had raised between £13,000 and £14,000, when the present disastrous panic took place in our commercial affairs. That is an event which I am sure we all rezrot_ hat T nns-tm,4- •vvniita tut wuru, EMU ueneving mat tne time is not tar distant when we shall see a favourable change in the pre sent aspect of affairs, and that there will be no difficulty in raising the necessary funds for those two churches. 1 say that we have been encouraged in this ex by the provisions of an act of parliament, passed some time ago, by which enactment a sum 01 £l5O a-year is granted as an income to all churches built in destitute neighbourhoods. Now this is . a very great assis irevious to this act passing, we raise dity a standard I some other Lasis o. Can we d e relation to t we not inquire ,Ihich by the Liverpool Church Missionary Building Society, for which about £13,000 have been subscribed, though the society resolved originally to collect, if possible, £20,000 for the erection of four churches for the four new districts in Liverpool, for which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have provided an endowment of £l5O per annum, respectively. £2,000 was contributed by the society towards St. Simon's Church. A third will soon be commenced for Bevington district, and we hope sincerely that funds will promptly be provided for a fourth church, in Vauxhall district, which requires one as much, or more, than any other, as the extraordinary statistics furnished by Dr. Hume abundantly testify. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. LATEST PARTICULARS. The young men in the Military University of Paris, to the number of 600, have joined the provisional govern ment. Paris, Saturday Night. _ - The excitement continues but has taken a more favoura ble turn. The measures of the Provisional Government are producing vast excitement. This morning the red riband was universal. The tricolour of the first revolution has replaced it. The Communists were said to intend attacking the Government. They are now stated to have " adhered" to it, but maintaining a watching attitude. The chalking on the walls " Plus des Bourbons" has given place to " Plus de Royaute." The Union Monarchique (newspaper) has dropped the second word of its title. All " Royal arms," or other emblems of Royalty, have been taken down or defaced. Still there are people who take it into their heads that the Count de Paris or the Due de Bordeaux have a chance ! Prince Louis Napoleon's name begins to be mentioned, and I have heard one cry of " Vive l'Empereur !" 20.000 of the very finest young men of Paris were enrolled this day as National Guards mobiles. Their appearance was truly inspirating. They have passed through the city singing the Marseillaise. Regiments of the line are arriving in Paris to replace those which had disbanded. The Chamber of Peers has been abolished by a pro clamation, and the Chamber of Deputies diss6lved, the republic being declared complete, and the people advised to hold their hostile attitudes till the establishment of their rights and the re-election of the Chamber of Deputies. For the purpose of the election of the cham ber, all citizens who have attained their majority are de clared electors ; and also considered to be enrolled as National Guards. A curious accident happened on Friday. The toll house of the " Pont Louis Philippe " having been set on fire, about one o'clock, the flames caught the joints where the chains of the bridge are connected with the wood work, they gave way, and the platform was precipitated into the Seine. The shock was tremendous, and several passengers who were crossing the bridge at the fatal mo ment were submerged and finished. The dreadful catastrophe which took place near the Hotel of Foreign Affairs resulted in the death of 52 in dividuals. The Commerce announces that all the departments are " following the sublime movement at Paris." Rouen, especially, has joined the revolution heart and soul, and 3000 inhabitants of that city and Havre, with a copious supply of arms and provisions, arrived in the capital on Friday morning by the Rouen railway, and took an active part in the melee. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 28. Orders were received from the Admiralty last night to send all available steamers to the French ports as soon as Possible. The Monarch and Iberia have just left for Havre and Cherbourg, and the Hindostan, of 1800 tons, will soon follow. The Saumarez arrived at eight a.m., with 86 passengers, amongst whom is Lafitte. Havre isfull of English, who are in a very excited state. Railway com munication between Paris and Rouen is much interrupted. Some fighting had taken place at Rouen, and a bridge had been destroyed. The English are flying from Paris to the outports in great consternation : they are much interrupted in doing so. More steamers will be dispatched as soon as they can begot in readiness. 1 I have just heard that the Duchess of Montpensier is among the passengers in the Saumarez. Nothing is known in London respecting the probable route of the ex-King Louis Philippe. An unauthenti cated rumour of his death in Belgium prevails ; but it is believed that the Government expect his arrival at Ports mouth, it being understood that he has embarked at Tre port. He had not gone to Normandy. Baroness James Rothschild and her youthful family ar rived at Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild's resi dence, in Piccadilly, on Saturday, from Paris, and have subsequently removed to Mivart's Hotel. The baroness removed from Paris under the utmost consternation, and the excitement of the family can be imagined when we state that they had no clothing even on reaching London but what had been secured in the towels of their chambers• END OF THE KAFFIR WAR. Cape papers to the 30th December state, that Pato and other Chiefs had surrendered unconditionally to the British officers—that a great meeting had taken place with the Gaiba chiefs and Sir Harry Smith, and that all further hostilities had been suspended. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was a moderate supply of English Wheat, which met a slow sale at the currency of this day week. The arrivals of foreign are liberal, and the turn in price in favour of buyers. Barrel Flour without change. Indian Corn met rather more inquiry at former prices. Fine Chevalier Barley sold steadily at late rates, but secondary sorts is. lower. Malt dull. Peas 2s. to 35., and Beans is. cheaper. We have received during the week a good supply of Irish Oats, but the quantity of foreign and English has become more moderate. The extent of business transacted was only on a limited scale, but factors generally refused to make any further concession to buyers. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY The excitement on the Stock Exchange has been very little diminished. The business has, however, been less extensive than on Saturday ; the violent fluctuations on that and the pre vious day induced a great number of the speculators to leave nothing open in the evening, as they could make no calculation respecting the future. A little more caution, has, therefore, been used this morning, and the extreme prices of Consols have been 81 and 83, the latest quotation being 812 to 821. Prices have not been made closer than about one-half per cent. The price for money has ranged from 81i to 83. The Three per Cents- Reduced have been done from 81i to 21, the Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. 82i ; the Exchequer-bills advertised have been done from ss. to 18s., and the June bills from ss. to 15s. pm. Bank Stock 191 5, and India 230. The decline in the prices above noted may be considered the effect of the reaction frortil.the country. Quarter before t hree, Consols fo r account 80 THE FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM Yesterday afternoon, the general annual meeting of the members and friends of this excellent institution was held n a t u t ro h e e r A o u s s y l a u n m d , r i e n s p lk e l c y t r a t b l e l ; sat as e o e n t f r In The attendancec occasions H. Wynch, Esq., presided. Mr. HARMOOD BANNER, the treasurer and secretary, read the report. That document set forth that little va riety attached itself to the proceedings of charitable in stitutions when they were once fully established ; but an infant society like that in behalf of which they had met, be came an object of more anxiety and interest. The insti tution had not yet arrived at maturity ; but it had pro gressed rapidly since its commencement in 1840. In 1841, when it was in Stanhope-street, they had but nineteen children ; in 1842, 42 ; in 1843, 47 ; in 1844, (when the present asylum was built,) 60 ; in 1845, 73 ; in 1846, 84 ; in 1847, 100; and at present, (1848,) 126 orphans. They were all in health, and very few deaths had occurred since the opening of the institution. The same system of good management and economy, and the same teaching of the inmates by Miss Davies, (the matron,) and Miss Sandars, the mistress, had been steadily pursued. They had yet room for twenty-four children more ; and they had ad mitted sixteen within the last two months. Still, in order to increase the utility of the institution, they should re quire additional funds ; and amidst the commercial de- pression which had affected all classes, it became a ques tion how this was to be obtained. A Christian com munity, however, ought never to despair ; and there were many parties in the town and neighbourhood on whom fortune had showered her favours, who had not yet I to the support of the asylum He then read a statement of tne accounts, nom which it appeared that the receipts for the past year were £1,238 13s. 6d., in cluding £954 of subscriptions £27 for needlework done by the children, donations, £49, church collection, £lO6, a legacy, £lO, &c. The expendi' necessaries, including s a l ar i es, wages, me di c i nes , & c . ' £1,230 13s. 6d., lea v i ng a b a l ance in the b an k i n f avour o f the institution of £BB ll s . 2d . for all -.ture had been, CHARGE OF CHILD MURDEF —On Saturday, a verdict of wilful murder was returned at the coroner's court against Mrs. Elizabeth Grier, living in Islington-gardens, Islington, for the murder of a new born child. The sur the infant's neck, which ig a cord round it. )e removed to Etppearec 3roduced well as the building of the church. I ought, ' however, Th e prisoner, as soon as she is a.— • at the same time to state, that we are not indebted to th e Ki r kd ale, to await her trial at the assizes. government or the state, or to any other class of people THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.—On the motion, on for thi s , b u t t o th e c h ur ch itself. We supply from the Friday, in the Commons, for £1,100,000 for the Kaffir richer p or ti on o f th e c h urc h the means of endo w i ng t h e war Mr. Hume move d an am endment involving the expe poorer. I am happy to say this, because I have some- dielicy of a reduction in the national expenditure. times h ear d it sa id that a state church is—not a Christian Amongst those who voted in the minority of 59, for the one I was go i ng t o sa y ; but r hope we are a church built amendment, were J. Bright, J. Brotherton, W. Brown, upon the a p os tles a nd prophets, and that we shall con- R. C o bden, W. Ewart, A. Henry, Col. Sibthorp, R. A, tinue to be a pure branch of Christ's holy Cathro;,. rhicknesse, Col. Thompson, G. Thompson, T. Thorn e l y , C , I onfAt j - nurch. Having saw, ..is U. _,, o e. . 0 a p o l og i se an d Si r .Walmsley. for detaining you so long. I shall now proceed to th e SUDDEN DEATH. -On Thursday last , Elizabeth work of the day, which is to lay this stone, and I humbly Bonny, the wife of George Bonny , a labourer residing and since re ly p ra y for the blessing of God upon our ex- i n N a sh Grove, was passing through Burlington ertions, th a t h e w ill bring, to a successful issue, thi s wor k s t ree t, w h en s he suddenly fell down. Two men, who which is now to be raised to his honour and glory. happened to be passing, kindly took her to Dr. Hyams's, The cases of coins, &c.. were then placed in the cavity, who was not at home. They then took her to Mr. Lu under the place where the foundation stone was laid, vas's, surgeon, in the same street, where she instantly covered with a plate, on which the following was en. died. Her husband had only left her in the street a short graved :—" The foundation stone of this church, to be time before, and she then appeared to be in good health called All Saints, was laid on the 28th February, 1848, and spirits. by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, M.A. The church is ELECTION OF SURGEON TO THE NORTH DISPENSARY. built out of the funds of the Liverpool Church B u ildi n g —The election of an honorary surgeon to the North Dis- Society. Chairmen of the committee : Rev. J. Brooks, pensary (rendered vacant by the retirement of Mr. Rad- M.A., and Rev. A. Campbell, M.A., Rectors of Liver- cliffe) , took place yesterday. Charles Booth, Esq. pre pool. Treasurers : B. Molyneux, Esq., :and Charles sided. Thomas Booth, Es q ., p ro p os ed , and Mr. Mather Groves, Esq. Secretary : Rev. James North, M.A. In- seconded, Mr. Ewing Whittle. Mr. Harmood Banner cumhent : Rev. Henry ,Marlen. Architect : Arthur next nominated, and Mr. Harrison seconded, Mr. Alan- Hill Holmes, Esq. son. Mr. George Armstrong proposed, and the Rev. J. The national anthem, " Lord of heaven, and earth,. Reid seconded, Mr. D. Paterson.—The voting continued and sea," was then sung, and the rev. incumbent, having with much spirit until, two o'clock. 218 governors at offered up an impressive prayer, the crowd gave three tended to vote on the occcasion. At the close of the poll cheers, and the proceedings terminated. a scrutiny took place, after which the voting was announced A tea-party, numeronsly attended, in celebration, of to he as fol,lows :—Mr. Whittle 99, Mr. Alanson 55, Mr. the interesting event, took place in the evening. Paterson 34, Mr.. Whittle was of course declared duly The church of All Saints Is the second+builtor. assiste4 elected., 4211 le Chancellor of th e E xc h equer h as received de , an anonymous correspondent, being stamp duty e v i l! Da contrary to the wish of th e wr it er ." Th e amoun t vi paid into the receipt of the Exchequer. THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The Express, ship, sailed on Sund a y f rom S ou th ampton, for Hay e ;1 11° the purpose of bringing over any English residents, tba may be anxious to lea v e F rance ,— report states tb' bo le purpose of bringing over Louis Philippe ; this la , em' ever, improbable, as his ex-Majesty would doubtle ss bark in a French steamer. ds On Saturday a meetin g o f th e i n h a bit ants o f Lee oe° held at the Court-house o f th a t t own , f or the purP pro' expressing their opposition to th e i ncrease o f taxatio%, of posed by Lord John Russ e ll i n hi s recent i ntro duetleog' the Ministerial budget t o P ar li ament. The raego'°,! which was numerously attend e d, was ca ll e d b y the i og (Mr. F. Carbutt), in co m pli ance w i t h a requ i s i t i o n, 05 , was signed in the course of a few hours by 250 perr ii ro l POPULAR FEELING UNSTABLE.—At an ear ly b 0 Thursday, M. Thiers wa s summone d t o th e P a l a ce dertake the task of fo rm i ng a government which 0". had abandoned the night before. He passed throug 4 pli barricaded s t ree t s w i t h a l acr i ty, promising t h e rjoi reform ; though already on the precedinc , day narrowly escaped f rom an a tt ac k o f the mot i on his P by jumping over a low wall in the Champs Elys6ese AMERICA: By the royal mail steam-ship Acadia ; olio' Stone, which arri v ed i n th e M ersey on Friday, 0,,,,t05 night, we have ad v i ces f rom N ew Y ork to the 11th, to the 12th, and Halifax to the 15th instant, resPec" The Acadia brought about £9OOO specie on freight. ro t , intelligence by this arr i va l i s total l y devo id of-rote 110,i; The Ten Regiments Bill was un d ec id e d . We ha,,erp,Ot" thing new from Mexico. It was repor t e d th a t ss,uvce were waiting at San Luis f or t ransm i ss i on to Vera 01; and thence to England. There were rumours of tended attack on Saltill o by a b o d y of 10,000 Nte,orl troops. From Canada we l earn t h at the electionostet,ere completed, with the e xce pti on o f two or three Pro, returns. The parliament had been summoned to a ss for despatch of b us i ness on the 25th instant.Attire` fire had taken place at Toronto, consuming twenty houses. NEW STEAM YACHT. —Lord oroug 0 New borough, t. P near Carnar von , h as given orders for a new iron is 11 240 tons, to have auxiliary steam-power, with 0 , 1 ° ,1 nearly twenty d a y s ' coals. She is of a fine in°`',figill'; to be fully r i gge d as a two-masted schooner. Her f" , will be low p ressure, and oscillating applied direct tc'efsi screw-shaft, to avoid th e unp l easant noise usual in t ! /icc,: steamers from the sp urw h ee l s. She is designed Pncei' Grantham, of Liverp oo l, w h o h as had great experlFle vessels propelled by th e screw . We trust Lor d L e o' borough's example will be f o ll owe d b y other gen t" a d as such works not o n ly s ti mu l ate improvements iai,s',o-1111 vessels generally, but p ar ti cu l ar l y i n one branc"tool' viz., in iron ships, t o b e propelled by auxiliary power, a description of vessel by which, if we 113 ,tioP not, the greater p or ti on o f our tra d e w i th distan t is to be carried on in future.—Nautical Standard. eh oi) Tux WEATHER.—During th e l as t t en d ays , w 'Or had, in these di s t r i c t s , muc h w i n d an d wet, w i th ()coal! / c gleams of sunshine. Th e ra i n an d wind togeOte certainly not favourable t o th e young w h ea t s ; have not suffered much as yet, and, though P a da ys ( i beaten down, still lo o k we ll an d h ea l t h y . O n Sul to experienced a severe g a l e f rom th e W.S.W . whie ng in a heavy sea upon ou r ou t war d b an k s , and dui? o at' height of successive squ a ll s , ra th er a l arme d the o , o o' , of all slenderly-built domi c iles i n t own , an d th o se F el substantial buildings in the country—particular 5 elevated sites. We are glad to say, th a t, we have, in pil heard of no disasters, from th e s e squa lls, to our 5 70, and that, on shore, no damage worth noticing a p / 5 caused by these gales. Yesterday was a peculiar 'd day for the season Land field and garden labours are 5) on with alacrity. The atmosphe re t o - n i g ht (Mona r: rather too encouraging for vegetation, we m a y hs'i e „ r e " nipping frosts"—so precari ou s i s our climate—bevo ,lt' regularly warm temperature can_be ex p ec t e d . Th e of our town is, on the whole, decidedly improvir ) .°P,; though many parties are y e t comp l a i n i ng of " ailments, including rheumatism.--We learn that th e ts ‘ 3 of Sunday, (alluded t o ) was muc h felt in various 0f , 1. A this island, a n d p ar ti cu l ar l y i n the south of Englavoict Folkestone the wind blew stronger, and the sea w as 00 11 ; e heavier than has b een k nown i n t h e Ch anne l for , years. The Folkestone pier was much damaged'. o tP, sea swept clear over even the lighth ouse . Ships dr. offing were seen during the day scudding under bal l raef; We cannot but compliment the roan the; __S of our outward channel s on the f 3 buoysthougl , l la t n h d e a a r r k e s"be set &c., are with a res o well dangers" appointedthe liagnluiit:losll:sel tamed, that even small coasters were seen from of: e rushing safely to our port, notwithstanding I ° ll ' at" s , apparently perilous " leagues" of foaming breaker s c/ ju liE, , , banks on either side of them, and close by. The pr°lo l7 ;`, of the buoys and other sea -marks are highly v a ; 0 . 1 4 during spindrifts, (or haze from the tops of N V3.e e r gales,) and in general during fogs —to which last s v not, however, very often subject. arid co _ --_,-- TELEGRAPH OFFICE, F EBRUARY 28• f jo , Wind at Holyhead, W., moderate gale, at 7 a.m. and 1, a. Ditto, W., strong breeze, at 5 p.m. • r _ue , Off Holyhead, at 7 3() a.m, No. 786, ' Shakspeare, barq p Po , 65, Adirondack, ship; No. 3671, Edward Boustead t sP,,' fir` tai-amn.,;shNipo: a 3 t 62 1 8 0 , aEsmth,erh,asvheipn, not t t r ele a g .m ra . p ; h N ed o. w 3 h 4 e l l 2 .e d fr o o o oo l, Or 2467, Wanderer, barque, at 12 15 p.m. telegraphed f to . ~. 4 $ bay; No. 3896, Araminta, ship, at 1 30 p.m. Off the Port, at 5 45 p.m., 1 ship, 2 barques, 1 b 1 3:: schooners. _49 1 lED 011 the 22nd instant, after D a long . and severe illness , ir, years, MARGARET, wife of Mr. JAMES SPENC O '' keeper, Bute -street, Everton -e,o" THE STEEPLE CUAsE.—Parties visiting the, steePj e oil f e , should,not by any means omit calling at the Orienta' lo o2 17, Clayton-sq uare , f as hi ona bl e restaurant and supper oilys#: Scale of charge : Soups of a ll ki n d s s i xpence each;_,ol o l , from one to seven o'clock ; joi n t s t o cu t f rom, w i t h s,!"ytiP' i l cheese, is. fid. ; dinner fro m ditt o , 10d. ; sma ll stew'. Opt etceteras, Bd. ; dinner ditto, Is. Id. ; sma ll chop, 84' iof ditto, Is. 2d. ; tarts and puddings, 4d. each ; half-Pl i of 01P, Amontillado sherry Is., pint 25., quart 4s. • half-01, 1 cl ,r, old port is., pint 25., quart 4s. ; ondon oysters' recel' Ad: I d Is. 4d. per score, or 7s. per barrel; an ordinary eveq;cl o yerl one, two, three, four, and five o'clock, ls. each, cheese 1 ,,., e o i , chops, steaks, kidneys, Welsh rarebits, poached eggs, °`'pl e ,o 6 ; night for supper ; cup of coffee 4d., with cigar 6d., r0 4 ,/,,,ic . , Irish and Scotch whisky. Two splendid billiara o i 10,,,L , ', Smoking room up stairs.—Opinions of the LiverP° A rielit' "The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for fotlitr lowness of charges."—Albion. "It consolidates the revs. Ziib t of the proprietor as a caterer for the public."—Mail'o..--r i ,... ble to all classes : the wines areofundeniablequalit%ta, "The fashionable restaurant, Clayton-square,—a '„ r si fitted up in the orie n t a l style, possessing very super>/ modation."—Albion. t..._ .____ Feb. 29,1845, THE NEW DOCK BILL.-LOCAL YESTERDAY. The preliminary enquiry with regard to this,,- 1 0 held yesterday, before Jam es Ab ernet h y, Esq., „,u• the Sessions House. Aft er th e surveyingo tneetriS, stated the course he would p ursue , M r. Talbott, • rl (with whom w as Mr. Worthington, the dock opened the case for the promoters. He said that P e a ut part of the bill which came properly within the Se ° ,,V such an inquiry a s th e p resen t was the 23rd clauset.,"oo related to the purchase of th e l an d a t t h e north end the Earl of De r by. All the rest were me re ma tters consideration of a committee of the House of Cor o v;„itb: and if there was a case a t a ll w h ere such an inquiry have been dispensed with entirely, it was the presnt' b o cause all these ne w wor k s were to b e constr uereuoi.,• plan which was to be approved of by the Lords Colo t y sioners of the Admiralty, as well as by Mr. Evarlet„ r o , conservator of the River M erse y. M r. T a lb ot th . ceeded to remark on the inutility of such inqute'o that, because the whole matter had to be g o n e into a l p before the committee of the House of Commons. . r the late inquiry i n t o th e W ater W or k s 13e' proof of the remark. _of Mr. Snowball appe are d t o oppose the bill on betTep, the warehouse keepers, th e mas t er coopers, an d P °r Mr. Waln for the Birkenhead Dock Commissionere'd Mr. Hull for Mr. Eyre Evans and other gentleme o, o respect to that part of the bill which relates to the b or t, ing of dock wa re h ouses roun d the dock quay of the P° Mr. Hartley and his son were then examined by e s TALBOT at considerable length with reference to the !' tent and cost of the proposed works at the north end; was stated that the exte n t o f th e r i ver wall was to he,''V yards, inside which sea wall it is intended that the Te docks are to be for me d, t oget h er w i th a float of 45 which is to be used for the purpose of water storag e 'ar, surrounding which there are to be plots of gro o e yards, sheds, and such o th er l an d accommodation we be required. The entrance to this dock will ( a s nor/ b y posed) be through one of th e h a lf-tid e basins whica connected with the present new North Docks, and .4 01 into the float. Thi s i s an a l terat i on i n the plan. ,104 has been made in c o nsequence o f t h e B oar d of Ore"; having expressed a d es i re t o h ave the new fort, eeneot• course of constructi on , erecte d north of the PrNir works, so as to form a p ro t ect i on for the whole of the' ev ping. The plan, as originally designed, had trances to these docks through the proposed eetoi , The cost of the whol e o f th ese wor k s was estilnew £340,000 ; that is t o sa y, b as i n, £ 34,233 ; 041, £59,268 ; large float, £45,182 • river wall, £l l2 ' sewers, £8,500 ; formation ' of land. £80,144 ; ~,, £340,000. 1. O il Alderman Moore, Mr. R an ki n , an d Mr. Soldt.,.Arr then examined at conside ra bl e l engt h as to the 070 bility of the plan proposed fo r th e accommodat i on of timber trade, and all of these g e n tl emen conel ll 7, the pronouncing the north end to b e th e on l y place I'oll vicinity of Liverpool, and the plan proposed as thfL o c• one yet advanced, capable of affording the requiel", commodation for this fast increasing branch of 0 0 . 1 . ,a6e merce. Alderman M oore s t a t e d i n his evidence, r t Yc was fully borne out in that st a t emen t b y Mr. Smitgt in six years the saving to the trade, in carriage, pop" po „ce i &c. would nea r ly cover th e w h o l e expenditure IFL.IIOI to be incurred i n th e cons t ruct i on of these d o e being estimated at no less than £60,000 a-year. Mr. SNOWBALL, on the part of the Master CooPer s ob ,7 1 Master Porters, was p rocee di ng to cross-exam i ne ee y o u these witnesses, with the view of shewing that theer a f t of warehouses round the dock quays would prove a po' serious injury to the master tradesmen who were or connected with these docks, without producing a O , l responding public good, when he w as i n t errupte d a ( t he Surveying Officer, who stated th a t th e interest sY Master Coopers and Porters should be brought b o fore A Legislature, where he was su re every attention wow paid to them. Mr. WALN and Mr. Hum. also cross-examine d respective witnesses. After which the Court &IP" sine die. LiVERXOOL TUESDAY, FEB. 29, 1848.. 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