The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

Etbrrpool tantlarti. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1848. TZTAT the agitation carried on for the last dozen Tezree for that fantastic scheme, known as " the People's Charter," is a movement which has for a nal objects anarchy and spoliation, will be ac inowledged by most persons, who are not them selves mixed up in its advocacy. Hence, we have -ever found that, in periods when the industrial 'portion of our population are in the enjoyment of - - prosperity, Chartism hides its diminished head ; and its frothy declaimers bawl to empty benches. The respectable portion of our .working classes shrink from contact with leaders. whose honesty they distrust, and of whose objects they have an indistinct conception ; and even the less con siderate mob, composed of idle youths and dis solute and dissatisfied people of more mature age, .refuse to listen to the wild and unsatisfactory theories which they offer as the substantial agency by which their social and political condition is to 'be bettered. Hence, at such periods, we are led to regard the agitation in question as at the worst a nuisance, too contemptible for the notice of the Legislature or of the public, whom it annoys with its brawling and absurdity. In the present state of things, however, with R,epublican principles spreading their destructive in luence over the Continent of Europe, and with Irish disaffection meeting us at home, Chartism has added, and is adding largely to the other difficul ties of the country, It possesses an extensive organization, and leaders sufficiently disposed to be energetic in mischiee; and unfortunately the icondition of our working classes, the mass of whom are unemployed and suffering extreme pri vation, is providing those leaders with materials to operate upon. Hungry men do not ordinarily res.son very closely. Men who find themselves, from no fault of their own, de trop in the midst of a community, of which they have been amongst tine most effective and useful members, do not very rigidly scrutinise the characters or the motives of . those who seek to persuade them that the cause of their isolation and suffering is to be found in the term of the institutions under which they are go verned. Any change is readily welcomed when those urged to rush to it feel, or even fancy, that - their condition cannot he worsened ; and, where such is the state of things amidst which it has to work, the most ordinarily contemptible agitation becomes dangerous. In addition, Chartism has recently found a potent ally in Repeal; and, thus backed by the turbulent Irish portion of our popu lation, is assuming just now a rather bold front. It leaders boast openly of their numbers; and 45re now threatening an effort of physical force, -.which is to overthrow the institutions of the "country, and establish in their stead a form of -government which must be Republican in all except the name. The Ministry have, wisely we think, determined to suppress the first overt act of the body to effect their objects,—the armed procession which was, yesterday. to march from Kennington Common to Westminster, to present the Chartist petition to the House of Commons. Such a procession, or any .demonstration of physical force attendant upon the -presentation of a petition, was clearly unconsti tutional; and it needed not the raking up of any -obsolete statute two centuries old to prove it so. It was a demonstration to overawe the deliberations -of the Legislature. It was designed to substitute the will of the mob of London, reinforced by a few irresponsible delegates from other towns, for the opinions of the constituencies of the whole empire, as represented by the 658 members whom they have returned to Parliament to legislate for them. The introduction, moreover, of such a procession into the heart of the metropolis, and into the neig bourhood of the public offices, attended as it would have been by some ten or twenty thousand of the thieves of London, eager to create an occasion for plunder, could not be otherwise than dangerous to the public peace and to the security of property; and possibly, whilst we write, some disturbances may even have resulted from the steps taken for its suppression. Such suppression, however, was clearly a duty of the Government ; a measure of protection to the Legislature from mob dictation, which is in accordance with the whole spirit of the daritish constitution. But we would not have that government or parliament to imagine that, having, successfully, 'eve trust, asserted the supremacy of the law over brute force, they have removed the source from which the evil anticipated might have arisen. Chartism, we repeat, is in itself contemptible. We doubt if one in a hundred of the men and unruly lads, who were to meet yesterday on Kennington Common, and proceed to dictate a constitution for this great empire, know what it means. It is not Chartism, however, which has to be got rid of, 'either by legislative concession or by the executive power, but the feeling existing in the minds of a large mass of the people, which leads them to tolerate and listen to its brawling absurdity. It cannot be concealed that there is a large amount of discontent smouldering in the breasts of the working classes throughout Great Britain, and only waiting for some master mind, or some unfor tunate mischance, to cause it to burst into a flame. At present this feeling is directing itself towards the removal of local and class grievances. In our own town, for instance, it is mooting, and very lastly, an alteration of our porterage system, and a mitigation or removal of the monopoly of our dock trustees ; and in other towns, it is directed against a reduction of wages and oppressive trade regula tions. But it is fast assuming the character of a .rooted conviction in the popular mind that the con dition of the operative is too little cared for, either by the classes above them or by the legislature. The operative masses feel that every recent change in the policy of the country has failed to raise their condition ; that even the boasted free trade system has lamentably failed in producing the re sults which were promised from it; that the scale of remuneration for the labourer and the artisan is year by year being decreased, and that year by year some item is being withdrawn from the comforts which they formerly enjoyed. In every direction they see the screw of capital and competition ap plied ; profits cut down until there is no room for the skilled workman to live ; the minor branches of trade monopolized by the leviathan houses—the wholesale dealer becoming a retailer—and, in every 'direction, the intermediate profits, upon which thousands of industrious families lived reputably and in comfort, being either absorbed or destroyed altogether. The merchant and the manufacturer no longer distributes his patronage amongst some dozen of his humbler fellow traders. He is sup plied by contract with everything he wants, too often by desperate adventurers, at prices which neither leave room for fair wage for the workman nor a legitimately acquired profit to the parties themselves. Our public bodies and our railway . .and other companies are all supplied on this sys tem, and are rapidly becoming traders and manu facturers as well. Is it to he wondered at, under such circum stances, the working classes are becoming dissatis fied with their position, and hopeless with respect to the prospects which are before them ? Is it to be wondered at that they are fast becoming food for the Agitator and the Demagogue, when even the classes immediately above them—their former employers—are only able to see a chance of being rendered able to live by reduction of expenditure in every direction, and by an extensive remission or change in our system of taxation ? And it would not at all surprise us if both these classes should at no distant date be compelled to unite their strength in an imperative demand for such a change in the management of the affairs of the country as will be obviously wanted by both, un less some providential accident occurs to restore a snore healthy state of things. Nay, it would scarcely be wondered at if such demand were to be for a change in the constitution of the legislature itself; for it is really difficult to see how a con tindation of the paltry trifling, and the contemp tuous insult, with which thus far the parliament of 1848 has dealt with the universal distress of the nation—the recklessness with which it has wasted the public time upon Jew Bills and Irish debates, in the regulation of its own kitchen affairs and other foolery, whilst commerce has been suspended aud industry starving ; and its refusal to listen to the almost unanimous demand of the trading classes for an equalization of taxation, whilst the public burthens are kept up at their maximum— con lead to any other result. UNDER ordinary circumstances, the course •-nnursued by the Chairman of the Water Committee, 5.4 r. Ambrose Lace, at the last Council meeting, st postponing the confirmation of that part of their report which recommended the immediate prosecu tion of the Rivington Pike scheme, was the most judicious one which could have been adopted. A tried and able servant, formerly of the Harrington Company, but at present of the Corporation— Mr. Macdonald—bad reported that the Harrington Works alone were capable of producing 3,000,000 gallons per day, instead of the two companies con jointly producing something under 3,000,000 gallons as represented by Mr. Hawksley; and that with the entire resources now in the hands of the Corporation. they will be enabled to give an ample daily supply of water for all the inhabitants, besides having a sufficient quantity always available for the suppression of fires and other public pur poses. Such a startling difference of opinion being thus shown to exist between Mr. Hawksley and Mr. Macdonald, it was only prudent, before pro ceeding to an immense outlay of the public money, for the Council and the public as well to have a further opportunity of examining the testimony of the two gentlemen who thus differed so widely, and their comparative claims to confidence, on the score of their experience of the locality and the opportunities which they have respectively enjoyed of forming just conclusions. With respect to one of the Works in question— the Harrington—the opportunities possessed by ' Mr. Macdonald are kno wn t o m o st of the C ounc il. That gentleman undertook the management of those Works about three years ago; and by the , improved arrangeme n t s a n d in cre a se d liber a lity 1 which he was enabled to brimg into action, he succeeded in removing much of difficulties, as to scarcity of water, about which so much complaint had previously been made. And we believe we, are justified in saying that one of the most impor. , tant of those difficulties—the want of a ready' supply of water in cases of fire—has not been felt during the last two years. In many instances, a plentiful supply has been thrown on direct from the mains; and in one case such a supply was afforded for three weeks consecutively, and, we he-• lieve, could have been kept up without difficulty. Of the capability, then, of the Harrington Works, past, present and prospective, Mr. Macdonald must be allowed to have a fair knowledge; and there can be no doubt that he has availed himself of opportunities sufficient to enable him to acquire an idea of the capabilities of the Bootle and Green Lane. What may have been Mr. Hawksley's oppor tunities we do not know. They must, however, have been brief and imperfect as compared with those of Mr. Macdonald. We must bear in mind, too, that, in his capacity as the retained engineer of a body seeking to buy the existing Water Works at the lowest price, and also to carry out a vast scheme of their own, Mr. Hawksley would approach the subject of their capabilities and con sequent value with a hostile bias on his mind. Moreover, we have his opinions as promulgated by him at a time when he was not retained to depre ciate the character of the existing Works, or to carry out an extensive new scheme, but was rather disposed to advocate the opposite side of the question—the sufficiency of the present Works, and the absence of any necessity for an extended and costly scheme. Mr. Booker, on Wednesday last, very appropriately directed the attention of the Council to two letters which appeared in the co lumns of a contemporary in August, 1844. It will only be necessary for us, however, to quote from one of them, viz.:— " With respect to the alleged inability of the two exist ing Liverpool Companies to afford the supply of water required for public purposes, and to the enormous outlay these Companies would have to encounter in providing the requisite means, I entirely differ from Mr. Simpson. I believe indeed that the Liverpool and Harrington Com pany alone now uselessly pumps through its escape valves a much greater quantity of water than would be required for both these purposes, and that either one or both t 1 companies might at a cost of £20,000 accomplish every object contemplated by the Commissioners, and afford to the whole body of consumers a continuous service besides. Nor only could the existing water companies construct all the necessary works for very much less money than Mr. Simpson asserts to be requisite, but could also apply those waters for many public and private purposes of the utmost importance to the town and trade of Li- 4 verpool, for which they can never beeome available while in the hands of the Commissioners." The conversion has certainly been a somewhat violent one. Upon personal grounds we should be unwilling: to believe that either of the gentlemen could be biassed either one way or the other. It may be worth while, however, to observe that Mr. Mac donald is now perfectly disinterested in maintaining his opinions as to the sufficiency of the existing Water Works. He is now a trusted servant of . the Corporation; and strong convictions of the public interest can alone have turged him to take a course which may be of injurious result to himself. Mr. Hawksley, on the other hand, has a direct interest in the promotion as rapidly as possible of the Pike scheme; and although we should be sorry to be, lieve that either the prospect of greater salary or commission could influence the opinions of a pro fessional man of his standing, yet engineers are only men after all. But there is a further reason why we are thank ful to Mr. Lace for having given to the Council breathing time, with respect to the decision of this question. The present, we contend, is not an ordi nary period, nor are we surrounded by ordinary circumstances. The ratepayers of Liverpool, from whose pockets the large expenditure into which we are invited to run, will have to be drawn, arc pressed down with burthens which they cannot sustain ; and there are few who can see any pros pects of material improrovement. It may be said that the Council can borrow money. They will do so just now, however, at a high rate of inte rest; and on every ground we think it most desir able that a pause of a year or two in the carrying out of the Rivington scheme should be conceded. THE PORTERAGE SYSTEM OF LIVERPOOL. We are happy io observe that a committee of the council . has now been appoinied, "to inquire into the! present system of porterage, and to report thereon to the ; Council." This step argues o desire to he informed; and I we augur good from it, because, from what we have ob served, it does not seem Char the Council, as a body, are perfectly acquainted with the extent of the evil'attendant upon the system. We bad intended to have remarked at length upon the startling facts, which fell from some of the speakers at the meeting yesterday week of the working porters, held in the Music-hall, as well as upon some evidence which we have gathered, as to the injurious working of the system, from some of our merchants, as well as from intelligent practi cal men amongst the body of master psrters. We forbear doing so now, however. We conceive it to be the most useful course, we can adopt as a journalist, to urge upon the various bodies most interested to elect efficient and well-informed deputations to wait upon the Committee of the Council, and to state boldly to them their grievancies and their views as to remedial measures. The working porters, especially, we would urge to select intelligent and rational men from their body—men who can tell a plain straightforward tale without being led into ex travagances and idle declamation; and we trust that the committee selected for the inquiry will take care that such men may he enabled to speak their minds freely, without the fear of being compromised with their employers. A MISREPRESENTATION. The "Thinking Man" of the Albion of yesterday at tempts to be witty on the subject of the address to the Queen from the Liverpool Corporation. He says,— "I agree with its loyalty, but object in lobo to its language, its tautology, and its impiety. Take the following paragraph, for instance Under regal government, and by means of our free institutions, we enjoy, by the blessing of Divine Pro vidence, regulated by liberty, the highest degree of individual and social freedom, and that security for life and property which is the foundation of prosperous labour and of our national wealth.' What do our Christians par excellence mean by talking of the blessing of Divine Providence regulated by liberty ?' Ma foil gentleman, but this is flat blasphemy, and no mistake. Divine Providence regulated by the municipal corporation of Liverpool ! This beats Rosseau, Voltaire, Gib bon, and Hume, at a canter—no mistake, if you please; I did not say by a canter." This is really " too bad." First, a gross perversion is made use of, and then comment is proceeded with as if the writer had been guilty of no misrepresentation. There is no such expression in the address as "regulated by liberty." The words in the original address. which we have seen, are as follow, " Under regal government, and by means of our free institutions, we enjoy, by the bless ing of Divine Providence, regulated liberty, the highest degree of individual and social freedom, and that security for life and property which is the foundation of prosperous labour, and of our national wealth." An unintentional mistake may sometimes be made by the omission of a word, but to make an addition to a sentence, implies almost an attempt wilfully to mislead. Our contem porary imputes no slight guilt to the framers of the ad dress ; and having made such charges on no better foun dation than the most glaring perversion, he owes to those whom he has calumniated the most abject apology. Some time since Robert O'Hoskew, aged 63, went into the Infirmary, in consequence of having broken his leg: He got well a few weeks ago, but had a fall in the house, by which he struck his head against a table, and sustained a small scalp wound. Upon this erysipelas set in, of which he died on Sunday. Amongst the minority of 24, on Friday, against the bill for the better security of the crown and government, we find Sir J. Walinsiey and Dr. Bowring. Sir Joshua is certainly determined to go the whole hog with the Radicals,—even William Ewart WB3 a,shamed to vote with him on this occesiog. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FERGUS, THE CHARTIST, AND HIS VERACITY. Demagogueism is a trade, and a lucrative one, as many lave discovered before Fergus O'Connor hit upon his land scheme. It is, therefore, our duty to inquire occa sionally whether such traders are in possession of the ne cessary amount of capital to warrant the public in placing confidence in them. Of course, when we speak of capital as possessed by demagogues, we do not refer to money. We want only sincerity and truth in such characters. We can allow them to be deficient in money and brains, but not in honesty. Mr. Fergus O'Connor was very opportunely put upon his trial, in the House of Commons, on Friday night. wth respect to his nossession of that same virtue — honesty. He had said, in a debate upon the character of the proposed Chartist procession of yesterday, " I beg the noble lord and the right hon. gentleman to be satisfied that the parties who are getting up this demonstration are not getting it up with any view to endanger the peace of the country, or to violate the law of the land." He would not on any account countenance the procession if he thought that a breach of the peace could ensue. He was a loyal man, attached to the institutions of the country, and, in fact, a paragon of peace—a perfect quaker in po litics. The hon. gentleman, however, was unpleasantly reminded that be bad attended a meeting in Cripplegate on yesterday week, of parties who called themselves " the Irish Confederate and Democratic Society." and at that meeting had delivered himself of a speech, which was taken down by a respectable professional man present, by whom a copy was handed to Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., who subsea:lend) , laid it before government. We give the version of the speech, as reported to the house by the honourable alderman : " Mr. O'Connor said that he had just come from th? House of Commons, where he had left them discussing the Jew Relief Bill ; that it was a base Par;tament ; that it was of no use of petitioning and praying any longer ; that they must do as the Americans did—shake off the yoke; that it was better to die on the scaffold than to perish from starvation • that the people of Ireland would not be satisfied with a repeal of the union—they must hare an independent republic; that moral force was suffi cient to put don n physical force ; that he hoped the meeting would remember the 10th of April ; that it would be a glorious day ; that he was for fair play to the Catholic priesthood, inas much as they were much better able than the Protestant to assist them (the Democratic Society); that they, ought at once to do awag with all titles. ax the breech had done; and that they must put down Royalty, for it teas too great an expense to the country." The worthy agitator of course denied the correctness of the report ! He had ever been an anti-republican, and " had published article after article against the republican form of government." And further, he stated that "he was not for repeal, but for separation." Of course, the separation of Ireland from her allegiance to the British Crown can be accomplished without the slightest infringe. ment of loyalty, or breach of law and order ! " He never did enrol himself as a member of any repeal as sociation. He had joined an association of the late Mr. O'Con nell, as an Irish volunteer, arid paid his guinea to buy a musket and knapsack. (Laughter.) " Most peaceable individual! His bail should certainly have been accepted for the good conduct of his fellow pro cessionists. Mr. Morgan O'Connell, however, assured the house that the story of the guinea, the musket, and the knapsack was a piece of sheer fiction, which we can well believe. We cannot think that it is necessarLfor us to caution any of our Liverpool readers against having anything to do with a gentleman like this Mr. Fergus O'Connor. But to one suggestion of his, made in another place—viz., in the Chartist Convention—we must direct attention. This trader upon the credulity of the working masses is reported to have said that " The people were drawing out the money from the savings banks in Ireland as fast as they could. There was .e25,C00,000 in the savings banks, and a run upon them in England would be more dangerous to the Government than any kind of attack to which they can be exposed. (Loud cheers.) " Anything more mischievous than such a run of the people upon the Savings' Banks cannot be conceived—anything more calculated to prolong the present prostration of commerce and industry. No doubt if the hon. member were asked what the people were to do with the money so withdrawn, he would say " invest it in my land scheme ;" and should any poor fool be duped into acting upon the advice, his money would be little trouble to him for the future. He might " run" upon Fergus for some time before he got it. WEST DERBY UNION.-ANNUAL ELECTION OF GUARDIANS. Yesterday was the last day for delivering in the voting papers for the election of the Poor Law Guardians for West Derby Union. There were smart contests in three of the Townships, and considerable interest was attached to the proceedings in those localities. We subjoin the results in the contested wards:— EVERTON. TOXTETEI PARK. Richard Shaw.... 366 Thomas Lloyd .... 11371 Mr. Edwards ....191 Wtn. Mountfield.. 1261 ~Taylor. l9l J. Appleby llBB ' }selected. Rd. Miller M. Jones Jno. Sheppard W. R. Jones.. Jas. Semple . Geo. Haworth WEST DICKEY. Thomas Roberts.... 793 John Peers Thos. Jeffries R. M. Beckwith In Everton Township it will be observed that there was a tie between two of the candidates, and the Poor Law Commissioners have been apprised of this circumstance, and asked what steps require to be taken in consequence, in the event of the scrutiny which is now taking place giving the same result. In West Derby Township the three gentlemen elected are all conservatives, and the result of the election has given very general satisfaction. Mr. John Sheppard is the only conservative guardian elected for Toxteth-park, and as he has ever been inde fatigable in the discharge of his onerous duties as Chair man of the Board for six years, and as a member for eight years, we are extremely gratified to find that he will still be able to give to the Union the benefit of his intelligence and practical information. We understand that Mr. Sheppard attended last year upwards of fifty meetings of the Board, and his conduct as chairman has always been characterised by the greatest urbanity and most exemplary patience. We hope to see him once mtire in the same position. THE IRISH MEMBERS NOT MEMBERS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM. Although members of a united parliament, the present representatives of Irish constituencies appear to have a very imperfect idea of the nature of their position and the duties which devolve upon them. With all the intellect of which these gentlemen boast as the peculiar character istic of Irishmen, they appear unable, or unwilling, to grasp the merits of any question which can be called a national one. Their attention and sympathies never travel beyond Ireland ; but in all questions directly affect .ing that country they claim, not the defere nce which is due as being naturally a little conversant w ith their own affairs, but a sort of right to deal with them exclus ively. t F i o o For i s an English regarded s e r v k e t f t speako presumption upon an; and lrish to voteues a.ainst a majority of Irish members upon such a questi on is ground su ffi cient to establish a gr ievance upon. The unanimity which the gentlemen in question re cently displayed in imposing a property and inco me t ax u pon us will be in the recollection of most of our readers, as well as the fervour with which they rejected the honour of a similar visitation for themselves. On many other questions we have observed a similar feeling displayed of perfect willingness to impose burthens upon England, and a very contrary disposition when their own affairs are to be interfered with; but the first time we remember to have had it openly claimed that Irish members have the exclusive right to deal with Irish questions was on Friday evening, in the course of the debate on the Landlord and Tenant Bill. The measure in question, which is a minis terial one, of course, has been met by an almost universal protest from the Irish members of both sections. It con tains too little of the appropriation principle for the demo cratic section, and too little for the landlord section. The ordinary course would be to endeavour to make some thing out of it in committee, or else to withdraw it alto gether. But a committee of the whole house might pos sibly regard the question involved in such a measure in an English light, and with English feelings; and it is, there fore, at the solicitation of Irish members, to be referred to a select committee, where Sir W. Somerville tells us that it " may be considered fairly and fully by a nu m b er o f Irish gentlemen ?" O f course, English gentlemen are quiteincompetent to deal with such a question. We should not have adverted to this subject but that we conceive it nec e s sary to inform the Irish members, of all sections of politics, that legislation on Irish matters can no longer be allowed to be conducted in this style. Great Britain is deeply interested in the settlement and removal of the social evils of Ireland. She cannot re main indifferent, as she is accused of bei ng , so l ong as it is upon her keeping that the pauperism which those evils create are thrown. The question at issue between the landlords of Ireland i.nd their tenantry and the poor is peculiarly of interest to the people of this country. It may be a difficult question to settle, and the intricacies to be unravelled may at present be familiar only to Irish men. With patience, however, we presume they may be mastered by English minds; andwhenthe full light of day is once thrown upon the evil it will be in a fair way to be removed. It has been hushed!up long enough. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet. ing held on the 7th instant, Captain William Soutter, late master of the Bidston, of Liverpool, was examined, and found duly qualified for a first-class master's certificate. STEALING A WATCH.—At the Police-court yesterday, Margaret Roberts, Catharine Roberts, and Sarah Walker, women of abandoned character, were sent for trial at the assizes, for stealing a watch: from a man in the street. On Wednesday, Mr. Daniel Neilson was re-elected chairman of the Stock Exchange in this town, and Mr. James Mill was appointed vice-chairman. The committee was very much changed. LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND DOCK WAREHOUSES.--Mr. Abernethy, the surveying-officer appointed under the Preliminary Inquiries Act, sent to take evidence on the Liverpool Dock Bill, has reported in favour of warehouses round the existing docks, and against granting immediate powers to proceed with the proposed new docks. With regard to the proposed purchase of land from the Earl of Derby, Mr. Abernethy is of opinion that, as compulsory powers are taken in the bill as regards all other owners of land, the public interest requires that the clause referring to the purchase from Lord Derby should be compulsory Lac?, GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. The unprecedented fall in the value of nearly every de scription of marketable property since our last is most dispiriting. We had become familiarised with the daily reports of European changes and disasters ; but the Chartist and Repeal movement, although ample precau tions have been taken by Government and the various local authorities to prevent any breach of the peace. has produced a temporary panic which may only be dispelled by the failure of the intended demonstration. Rails have suffered to an alarming extent, as will be seen by our quotations. Cotton was cheaper to-day than ever previously known in Liverpool, Fair Boweds selling at 4d. per lb. Consols, which have been down to 80 dur ing the week, took a slight advance on Saturday to 80i to 801, and closed to-day at 80i to 1. Gold continues to flow into the country, and the Bank of England is placed in the unpleasant position of an unwilling purcha ser of an unprofitable commodity. Insurances were effected on Friday at Lloyd's and the insurance offices to the amount of about £200,000 for gold imperials or half imperials en route or advised to be shipped from St. Pe tersburg. There has been a greater amount of stock sacrificed, and a more considerable fall in shares, during the last than in any previous week. The sales in London have been im mense, chiefly on country account, and our market has been freely supplied with stock of all kinds all week, but without the pressure of stock felt in London. On Satur day, in London. this pressure was very great, and there were not buyers for one-tenth of the stock offered, and almost any bid being taken. This was said to arise from the alarm in the country excited by exaggerated state ments of the intended meeting to-day. The fall in the principal stock since this day week has been,—in London stock, from 125 to 119 ; shares, 2to 1 par ; Midland stock, 97 to 91 ; shares, 61 to 8 dis. ; Eastern Counties, 134. to la ; London and Brighton, 29 to 261 ; South- Eastern and Dover, 221 to MI. A telegraphic dispatch from London yesterday afternoon, of the failure of the Kennington Common meeting, caused the market here to close decidedly firmer, and many selling orders were with drawn. I The CorroN MARKET has been in a very drooping and languishing condition to-day ; sales only 2,500 Bales, at * below the quotations of Friday last. By the Packet's accounts we have plenty of Cotton on the way, and our manufacturers have a guarantee that we shall have cheap Cotton as well as cheap Corn, but the question is, how cheap ? We throw this out if supply and demand are solely to regulate it ; we say it may go lower than ever it did, and then comes the question can America afford to `keep it or send it at such ruinous prices. We are not in a situation to hold it for them, and if they send it in it must go at the market value of the day, to the ruin of our heavy advancers-we hope to the restitution of our Commerce to a sound and healthy condition. The COLONIAL MARKETS remain very quiet and prices continue to decline. The sales in Sugar to-day are 250 hogsheads B. P. to the grocers.-No inquiry for Mo lasses.-Rum-very flat ; buyers operate with much cau tion ; the tendency of price is downwards.-Coffee is still very much depressed ; holders are anxious sellers, and would accept further reduced rates, but the trade are not, in the present state of affairs, disposed to increase their I stock.-There is no life in the Tea market; the few sales that have been made are in favour of the buyers : common Congous may be quoted 4d. per lb. lower.-There con tinues a brisk demand for Saltpetre ; 600 bags 5 8 re fraction fetched 355. per cwt.: there are also several inquiries for the article to arrive ; 325. is freely of fered.-Dyewoods continue to be in .very limited request. -Regarding the indigo sales in this town, on Thursday, Messrs. Laing and Bruxner report that "the whole went off rather better than might have been expected under existing circumstances. The total quantity amounted to 542 chests, viz., 440 Bengal, of which about 130 were sold at 3d to 4d under our last February rates; the remainder consisted of Kurtiah, chiefly bought in at full prices."- The London markets appear every week more depressed. Importers spew an increasing desire to realise, and the dealers, aware of this, have been most reluctant pur chasers, though goods have been offered them at a decline of Is. 6d. to 2s. per cwt. The TIMBER TRADE here is at present very dull, very little business having been done for the last week, except by auction. The sales took place on the 6th and 7th inst., they were well and respectably attended, and the business done was fully equal to expectation. 1008 logs Quebec Pine sold at from 12d. to 15d. per foot, 184 logs Quebec Red Pine at 18id. to 19d. per foot, 162 logs Quebec Oak at from 194 d. to 221 d. per foot, 27 logs Elm at 17d- per foot, and 48 logs Ash at lld to Ind. per foot, 5645 pieces Que bec Deals and Battens, sold at from 48 ss. to-410 per standard, by private. A cargo of St. John Pine, of fair quality, averaging 19 inches, has been sold off the quay at 174 d., with Stowage Deals at lid. per foot of two inches.-In Furniture and Fancy, Woods there has been an active business, though the,meeting had a remarkable character in having no buyers whatever for the Continent, and for many months the demand from Ireland has nearly ceased. Of Honduras Mahogany 201,915 feet, sale measurement, were sold at from 3(1. to 121 d. per foot, St. Do mingo 301 logs sold at from 34d. to 2s. lid. per foot, City St. Domingo 440 logs were sold at from 4.1 d. to 2s. 9d. per foot, Cuba Mahogany 378 logs were sold at from 44d. to 35. lid per foot.-Satinwood: City St. Domingo. The small import of middling quality just received was sold at 81d. per foot. A few tons small Bahama Yellow Wood was sold at-. 44 per ton.- Cedars: Havana. Owing to the entire fallingoff in the demand for export, 29 logs only were sold at from 41d. to 6d. per foot, as in size. Pencil, of middling quality only, was offered, and 90 logs were sold at 18d. per foot-Bird-Eyed Maple: 64 Planks, fresh, were sold at from 41d. to sd. per foot, exhaust ing the stock here.-Rosewood: 82 Planks fresh Rio were sold at .416 16s. 8". per ton, average, and 61 Planks refuse at .4'9 155. per ton average. Two parcels Bahia were sold together, 236 Planks at the respective averages of .47 10s. and .48 7s. per ton.-Zebra wood could only be sold to moderate extent, say 13 Planks at .4 7 per ton.-Lignumvitte : 150 tons Sicily St. Domingo were sold for shipment at .48 158. , per ton. A few tons Cuba were sold at .45 per ton.-Coeuswood : The parcels offered at auction were withdrawn, but in the past week 36 tons Cuba were sold at 47 2s 6d. per ton.-Partridgewood : 40 tons were so'd at £3 10s. per ton.-Tulipwood : 2 tons good quality were sold at .420 per ton.-Black Ebony : African Billet Wood was sold at 412 per ton.-Lwneewood spars: Fresh imports, say 841, were sold at from 35. to ss. 3(1. ,each, and 466 Spars, not fresh, and inferior, at from Is. 4d. to 3s. each. The Scotch Pig Igor; market continues in the same de pressed state. Large parcels, intended for shipment to the Continent, have been forced upon the market in Glasgow. Prices are very nominal, but may be quoted 40s. to 41s. for No. 1 at Glasgow. There has been nothing stirring in the Coax trade since Friday, if we except Indian corn, that being the only article in which much business has been transacted, and prices have suffered no further depression. The English and Irish markets are rather drooping . than otherwise : but, at the same time, we have no serious difference to report in prices. The weather, although wet has prepon derated, has not produced any unfavourable results ; and the cold winds at present prevailing may be regarded as a seasonable check to vegetation, fears having been enter tained previously of premature luxuriance. The total arrivals since last market day have been 3,116 qrs. wheat, 290 qrs. barley, 300 qrs. malt, 4,230 qrs. oats, 2,400 qrs. beans, 2,960 qrs. Indian corn, 1,620 loads oatmeal, 1,830 sacks flour; and the only imports of any amount have been 1,400 qrs. Indian corn, and 970 brls. corn meal, to Ireland. We learn from Preston that that port is quite alive with extraordinary importations of grain from Ire land. There has been little doing in the lursit PROVISION TRADE since our last. The few shipments of New But ter which have come in from Waterford, Cork, and Limer ick, excite little attention, and sales progress very slowly ; quotations for old Butter are in a great measure nominal. Bacon and Lard in limited request, the latter article lower in price. The following are current prices in Liverpool to-day :- Butter:-Waterford, 100 s. ® 104 s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 88s. 9 89s. ; Belfast, 88s. ® 925.; Ballymoney and Coleraine, 86s. ® 89s. ; Banbridge, 84s. @ 88s. ; Newry and Dundalk, 80s. ® 828. ; Dublin, Carlow, 84s. ® 88s. ; Sligo, 80s. ® 86s. ' • Londonderry, 82s. @ 86s. Bacon .-Long Middles, free from bone, new, 568.* 605.; Short Middles, 58s. e 605.; American, 405. to 545. Lard :-Fine Keg, 60s. @ 665.-Arrivals in the week ending April 18th :-Butter, 2394 Firkins, 723 Crocks; Bacon, 76 Bales; Hams, 10 Hhds. ; Lard, 5 Kegs. AMERICAN Beef maintains former quotations, and it is in good demand; the highest prices have been obtained for best qualities, of which late imports have entirely consisted. Prime Mess Pork is still scarce and much wanted : Strips are also inquired for, but inferior quali ties only are in the market. The demand for Bacon has improved, and prices have considerably advanced for Western. The dealers have no stocks, as they are generally impressed with the belief that the article will be lower, and this in the face of a great deficiency of Irish in the London Market, and improved rates realising there for American. Hams and Shoulders are scarce, and have sustained full prices. There has been a reduction in the inferior and soft qualities of Larctof fully ss. per cent. ; hut firm quality, in kegs, has supported late rates. Of Cheese the stock is small in compass, and consequently top prices are obtainable. Cheese-Fine, 48s to 50s per cwt. (duty paid) ; middling , 42s to 465; ordinary, 39s to 41s. Beef,-1.1.5.-Prime Mess, per' tree. 3041 b. (free), 85s to 92s 6 d; ordinary, 76s to 83s, old 60s to 68s; extra, India, family, &c., 97s to 1055; ditto, per half bar rel, 30s to 35s ; -Mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 50s to 565; ordinary, 40s to 40s, old 36s to 40s; - prime, 34s to 365. Pork-U.S.- Prime Mess, 608 to 755, old 485 to 56s per barrel, 2001 b., (free) ; prime, 405 to 458, old 38s to 40s; mess, family mess, &c., 58s to 665, old 4Es to 525. Bacon-Eastern, 50s to 568 (free); wes tern, 46s to 50s ; shoulders, old, 22s to 26s per cwt. Hams- Dried, old, (duty paid,) 20s to 505 per cwt. ; in salt, (free,) 38s to 455, old 26s to 355: Lard-Fine, in kegs, (free,) 468 to 50s per cwt.; fine, in barrels, 438 to 455; ordinary to middling, 40s to 425; inferior, and grease, 358 to 38s. Butter-Fine, none; Canada, none; grease, (free,) 405 to 45s per cwt. Soda Biscuit, (duty paid,) 30s to 35s per cwt. Pilot Biscuit, (duty paid,) 15s to 208 per cwt. Apples, (duty paid,) 20s to 308 per barrel.- Imports from 23d March to sth April :-Cheese, 66 casks, 1232 boxes; Beef, 335 tierces, 36 barrels ; Pork , 357 barrels; Bacon, 1528 cwts. ; Hams, 53 casks, 12 loose ; Lard, 2675 barrels, 4567 kegs, 1 case. Most of the commercial advices from the continent contain announcements of disasters. At Berlin several banking-houses have failed, amongst whom are Messrs. Veit, Brothers, and Co., A. Busse, and Co., and L. B. Cohn. At Breslau, Messrs. Schreiber and Co., are men tioned, and at Cadiz Mr. F. A. Conte, also a banker. At Hamburgh the feeling on 'Change is of the gloomiest kind. From Vienna the accounts are of a similar charac ter. The drain of specie having been kept up by the con - start sale of stocks in the Vienna market for foreign ac count, a decree had been issued prohibiting its export. Meanwhile ducats had risen 24 to 26 premium, stocks and shares having at the same time experienced a rapid de cline. Accounts from Paris mention a rumour that M. Achille Fould, of the firm of Fould, Oppenheim and Co., was about to assume the office of finance minister. The Paris and Lyons Railway are said to have completed the sale of all the Rentes which they held (and which were purchased at 82), and the knowledge of this circumstance as the stock has been sent on the market at intervals dur ing the last fortnight-had some influence in imparting a comparative firmness to the stock-market. The Bank of Discount at Brussels, although in active operation, has, it appears, not satisfied general expectation, and it is com plained that the administrations have hitherto not af forded its customers the extent of assistance which the 'circumstances of the period warrant. The Amsterdam act:muds state that business on the Bourse was better. The Frankfort report mentions that business 'was ex tremely dull. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 37t., the Five per Cents. 53f. Summary of American commercial intelligence : The prices of cotton at the departure of the Herrmann, on the 21st inst., ruled a per cent. per lb. below those current at the time of making up our market for the Hi bernia March 7. Si nce th en th e C am b r i a ' s very unfa voura'l advises have materially depressed the market, and a further decline of 3 to 4 of a cent. was immediately submitted to, sa that the range is now 4 to 4 lower than at that date. The transactions for the past three days have been to a fair extent, averaging nearly 1,500 bales per day, without any further change in prices, thlugh yesterday the market was rather quiet. The receipts of cotton at all the shipping ports are 1,535,549 bales, against 1,395.376 to the same dates last year; an increase this season of 140,173 bales. The total foreign export this year is 223.313 bales more than last—say 49,540 increase to Great Britain, 89,375 increase to France, 41,301 increase to the north of Europe, and 43,097 increase to other foreign forts. The shipments from southern to northern ports are 888 bales more this season than last ; and there is a decrease in stock of 14,425 bales. Price of cotton at New Orleans :—middling fair, 74 and ; fair 74. The market for Western Flour has continued very heavy, and, although the stock is believed to be reduced to 40,000 or 50.000 barrels, yet, such has been the reluc tance to purchase. except for the supply of immediate wants, in view of the opening of river navigation, that Prices have not been sustained. The market for wheat was a little easier for the buyer. The iron market was not very active, but prices of all descriptions were well supported. Freights to Liverpool and London were without change. We have to report sales of bills on London at 84 to 94 per cent. premium. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) MEETING AT KENNINGTON COMMON. From an early hour yesterday the neighbourhood of Kennington-common had every appearance of some ap proaching event, and straggling groups of individuals assembled, discussing what would be the probable result of the meeting. The shops remained unopened, and the windows of the Horns Tavern were closely shut up, which gave rise to a rumour that it was in the occupation of the military; but it is not likely that there was any truth in the report. At half-past ten there were, perhaps, from 30,000 to 40,009 persons present. About this time, a procession, which was formed in Peckham-fields, and consisting of the Chartists of that district, arrived, beaded by a man carrying a large tri-colour flag, the colours being arranged like those of the French republic. In this procession, there might have been about nine hundred individuals; and when they arrived at the Common two of the leaders suggested, as the readiest means by which they could enter the Common, that a portion of the railing surrounding it should be pulled down. This was no sooner hinted at than down the railing came, some half-dozen cost ermongers per f orm i ng t h e f ea t, to t h e great exultation of the mob around, and amid the cries of " How about the police." A procession of the shoe-makers and boot-closers of Finsbury now arrived. by the London-road, and formed into ranks on the south side of the Common. Mr, Commissioner Mayne arrived on horseback about this time, and throughout the morning numbers of gen tlemen, mounted, were reconnoitering. At eleven o'clock it was announced, with some cheers, that the great procession, in which the delegates to the National Convention were, was in sight, and a ge,neral rush to meet it took place. When it arrived at the com mon some delay took place, but at last the procession was arrived. It proceeded with the usual chartist banners, inscribed with chartist mottoes, and poles surmounted with caps of liberty. The Irish confederates were present, and the convention appeared in vans with Feargus O'Connor in front. A van carried the national petition, and a banner announced that it bore 5,106,847 signatures. At this time 100,000 persons were present, of whom about a third were Chartists. At the centre of the Common, an inspector of police stepped up to Mr. O'Connor, and told him he was wanted before the Com missioner of Police, but he soon returned, being only required to guarantee that no breach of the peqce should take place. Mr. O'Connor then addressed the assemblage, as did one or two others, and a motion was carried 4igainst Sir George Grey's bill. The five huge bundles comprising the petition and its signatures were then deposited in five cabs, and conveyed, in the charge of the executive committee, to the House of Commons. The cars were dismantled of their trap pings, and removed to a neighbouring stable. The vast assembly then quietly dispersed, and in half an hour there were not a hundred people left on the Common. MONEY MARKET-YEST E RDAY, Consols remain as on Saturdpy, steady, 801 to for money and account, from which it m a y be gathered in how small account the Chartist demonstration is held on the Stock Ex change. We quote Reduced Threes, 79 to 4, Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents, 0 to 4, Exchequer Bills, 38s. to 425. prem. SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The Share market is rather better to-day. Country orders are not selling orders, and the jobbers are evidently short of stock. One-half the members are absent, either as " specials " or otherwise: consequently, very little business is doing. Prices are a shade better than Saturday's quotations. North Westerns, 122 ; North Staffords, dis. LONDON Co ttiso MARK ET.—YESTERDAY. In consequence of the Chartist demonstration, our market was very thinly attended this morning, and the samples were mostly withdrawn at an early hour of the day. Prices of all articles must be quoted nominally the same as on Friday last, when it was necessary to force sales in order to clear vessels; rather lower rates had to be submitted to. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Trade is brisk, at an advance of fully 2(1. per Bibs., indeed a few choice Scots have reached 4s. Bd. From Holland, we have about 360; Scotland, 200 ; and Norfolk and Suffolk, 1,800. The number of Sheep is again very limited; they are readily dispo sed of at advanced prices. Shorn Sheep are more in demand, making from 4s. ll)d. to ss. 2d. A few good Lambs make a high price. Choice young ones realise about 7s. Good Calves are scarce, and quickly sokt, at rather m ore money. There are nearly 700 Sheep and 25 Call es from H o ll an d . ' We have a pretty firm supply of pigs ; trade remains about the same. THE LIVERPOOL APRIL SESSIONS. These sessions opened yesterday, at the Crown Court, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The ca lendar contained the names of 110 prisoners charged with felony, and 21 charged with misdemeanour. It appeared by the list, that of these 49 could read and write imper fectly ; 10 could read and write well ; 22 cou ld rea d imper fectly ; and 50 could neither read nor write ; so that none of them could read and write superiorly. The names of the Grand Jury being called over; the same being duly sworn in, and the usual proclamation against vice being read, the clerk read the list as follows, constituting the Grand Jury : John Barnes Brancker, broker, Exchange Alley North, foreman; Michael Bousfield, cotton broker, Rumford -street. William Bates, merchant, North John-street. Fdward Cox, broker, Chapel-street. Christopher James Corbally, merchant, Fenwick-stroet. John Irving Currie, merchant, North John-street. Samuel Dutton, merchant, Water-street. William Rathbone Duncan, merchant, Catharine-street. James Dalglish, merchant, Harrington-street. Daniel Jones Fynney, corn merchant, Fenwick-street. William Charles Fosbury, merchant, Tithebarn-street. Thomas Brittain Forwood, merchant, Mathew-street. Thomas Forsyth, stock and share broker, Exchange-Ml.l(lLnp. John Hare, corn merchant, George Dock-gates. Samuel Kearsley, cotton broker, Exchange-street East. George Kendall, merchant, 6, Old Church-street. William Jeffery Lockett, merchant Islington. John Rigley Macrae, cotton broker, Tithebarn-street. Thomas Dune Moore, merchant, Duke-street. William Thompson Mann, broker, Dale-street. James Mulleneux, rectifier, Dale-street. The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury. said that there Was not much to call for particular remark in the cases that would be submitted to their consideration. There was, however, one case in the calendar (No. 26,) which would require their attention. It was one in which a party was charged with having corruptly and feloniously received from another party certain money or reward, on pretence of helping another to the possession of a watch, which the prisoner had before feloniously stolen. Perhaps the government had been more successful in putting down negotiations or frauds of this kind, than of any kind of analogous offence. If a person received a sum of money to assist in recovering a watch or other article he was undoubtedly guilty of felony. The learned gentleman explained the charge in another shape, as a guidance to the jury. There was another case of a party stealing a Large sum of money from a public-house, he having gone in on pretence of obtaining change for a piece of gold, and thereby being enabled to seize and run off with the coin produced, in offering the change. The cases gene rally were, however, very simple, and they would find no difficulty with them. Many bad characters—thanks to the vigilance of the magistrates and the police—bad been removed from the country, and others were by preventive measures kept in check. The cases at the present ses sions were, in fact, more in number than in amount of delinquency ; and the number itself was not so great as within the same period in 1846. This was a gratifying fact, as it showed that, notwithstanding the severity and pressure of the times, the people generally were well dis posed. The severity to which he alluded had been in creased by the political commotions on the continent of Europe, and it would be much aggravated; if popular disorder should break out in this country. It was a mat ter of congratulation to the well disposed of the town, that the preservation of the public peace was not so much owing to the preventive measures taken against any corn_ motion, as to the good and loyal disposition of the inhabitants. He might venture to say that throughout England there was no body of persons better disposed than the people of Liverpool, and lie hoped they would wisely continue in the same state of feeling and attach ment to the laws, and the same disposition to preserve the peace which they had hitherto evinced. Let it be borne in mind that though the law sanctioned large assemblages of the people for purposes of amuse ment or recreation, all great assemblages calculated to excite alarm or terror were always decided by unlawful ; and the magistrates were bound to put them down. If the people had grievances to be redressed , their compl a i n t s should be made peaceably and constitutionally. He did not apprehend any disturbance in Liverpool, but it was neccessary that the town should be on its guard. He felt sure that the authorities here held that opinion, and he confidently trusted they would meet with the support of the general body of the people. This address (of which we have given but the outlines,) •was listened to with respectful attention in the crowded court, and, at its conclusion, the Grand Jury retired to their duties. Several true bills were in a short time re turned, and the trials proceeded. PROPERTY.-Mr. White, who has so long and credit ably conducted the business of an estate agent in Great Homer-street, has removed to Clayton-square. The great amount of property he has ever at eommand always reders his establishment one of the most desirable for honse about to invest. April 11, 1545. THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL SOCIEII. toot , The monthly meetin g of thi s i n t eres ti ng soviet,'g place last night a t th e i r room i n t h e Cl aren d on Buildi!l.: and was num erous ly a tt en d e d : Mr. Henry. LeStneel, barrow in the chair. There were many beautiful sP mews of plants produced, all in full and beautiful bloom: for competition. The fi nes t o f t h ese was , i n o ur 0 0 11 / 1 Maxillaria Har r i son i a , a b eauti f ul orch i deous plant, Iflo ig ggi received the s oc i e ty' s pr i ze , b ut the follow i ng i s 3 the plants as they stood upon the table ; Boronia serrulata and Pimelia rosea, fro mMessis. of the Wavertree Nursery. Vi r s• Pultntea subumbellata, from C. Bardswell, Esq. , vertree; shown by Mr. North. Maxillaria Harrisonia, from H. Sharpies, Esq., Os'Toll Croft ; very fine; shown by Mr. Richardson k to the 10s. prize was awarded. Cytissus racemosus ; a ver y fi ne p l an t , f rom H. which, Esq., Seacombe ; shown by Mr. Young. BOP Azalia indica va r . A po ll o , f rom J. Gladstone , Olive Mount ; by Mr. Brown. Ijl Burchelia capensis, from C. Wilson, Esq., Alle ' Mr. Thomas. A handsome Au r i cu l a an d P o l yanthus. from • p 8 Ellames, Esq., Allerton ; shown by Mr. Wilson. Ag ni The discussion on th e most a d v i sa b le or best s n ,," e s and approved mode o f b eat i ng h ort i cultural strut, -ret was resumed. Se vera l gent l emen very a b ly deuT-0 their opinions, which (all the better for the aequ ir l e ss e of truth) were s omew h a t con fli ct i ng; but, never tbe all worthy of the serious consideration of those intere st in the study of th e b est p l ans of heating f orc i ng s t r ucture 3' conversation thi s n i g ht was chiefly c onfined to tbe t g consideration of the Polm a i se s y s t em , as opposed to °lir, systems of a less modern date. The speakers were ix. Isaac Davies, of W avertree; M r. Richardson, of 03sca 0 Croft, and M r . S weeney , o f E astham, and the resu lt w that Polmaise, as it h a d b een tr i e d i n the ne i g hb o urhoo d, of Liverpool, had been a total failure. It was agre c i d, however, that a portion of th e ma t ter i n di scuss i on 511°`,Igai for the sake of expl ana ti on , b e resumed for a s h or t t' on the next evening of meeting. DESTRUCTION OF ST. MATTHIAS'S CHUR C H BY FIRE. Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, smoke, 3 th. 111 soon afterwards, fl ames were seen to issue frog' , windows and r oo f o f S t . M atth i as ' s Church, in 11)„ h . lane, a little to the northward of the Borough Gaol. alarm was instantly given, but so rapid was the ec li bustion that, thou g h th e eng i nes came up as speedily „, possible, the interior was i n a s h ort t i me ent i re ly sumed. The bare walls are all that are lett standing. building is a neat modern structure, of Grecian desigi chiefly of brick, w ith s t one f ac i ngs and cornices. It sr been purchased by th e Li verpool and Bury Railway C°eif pany, who, as thei r li ne ( upon arches) is ionnedist ilt il contiguous, purposed t o p u ll i t d own, and have b vr, another church in lieu of it in the neighbourhood. I d Johnston, inspector of police, was one of the first of l e force who reached the sp o t, an d fi n di ng the wil°ll flat tenor in flames, s en t t o t h e N orth Dock Station, 'ff. which four engines were quickly brought up. ut others arrived soon after from the Fire Station,„„, Temple-court, and the whole were soon in active °T og tion, under Mr. Hewitt, of the fire-brigade, and officers, including Superintendents Towerson and Hide. There was, however, no chance of saving any Of r ` o li of the woodwork. The wind was blowing rather,' t he from the south-east, and drove the flames throng,' o x windows on the north side (six in number) so dose ti r, s 4 Emma Ann-street that the inhabitants had to escaPe' r ;et the whole row of hous es an d courts forming the s t i s % would have been burnt d own b ut f or the firemen directri the water pipes against th em . Th e front window s se the nearly all broken by the h ea t, an d t h e pa i nt on t he Lill y was blistered off, and some of the woodwork much td t maged. The supply of wa t er was cop i ous. It i s n° it known how the fire originated, but it is probable th , l ot , had smouldered for many h ours b efore it burst, the There were several b o y s i n t h e school-room benea th church at the time the fire began to be furious above th esr , but they were rescued by some persons who went 8 0 40 4 ried them out. Th e fi re did not last above three qu a s ch of an hour. The amount of loss in materials we W e learned. In all the large t owns i n t h e W est R i d i ng o f Y o rkshire,cor° the authorities are adopting energetic measunes for s o ,' ring the public peace, and generally people come for g e t • with great readiness to be sworn in as special cons° w og The magistrates of Leeds have issued an address in v ' l e s. well-disposed persons to enroll themselves as consta b and on Saturday a considerable number responded t 0 °iv invitation, and took upon themselves the office. „at, REPELLING RIOTERS.—At th e S ou th war k police-r.,, ea . on Saturday, Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker at nington, asked th e s itti ng mag i strate whet h er in ca:io; mob attacked his prop er ty, h e wou ld b e j ust ifi e d in u t he fire-arms to protect it. The applicant said that o u ,, e lle Monday previous, a pawnbroker's-shop, at Camber to had been broken i n t o an d ro bb e d o f upwar d s of , 1 , 1 N o o by a chartist mo b. Th e mag i strate sa i d h e would is recommend the use of fire-arms, unless driven to th, e an d resource by the mob b rea ki ng : i n t o hi s d we lli ng -bouse,4 o , plundering it. If they merely threw stones at the 9 ,,j r dows, weapons of a dangerous nature should not be u as the innocent might be the victims. THE WEATHER.—During the last ten days the o at, ther has been unusually changeable, and on SundaY f the yesterday remarkably cold for the advanced period e_ t til spring. On Sund a y wee k t h e thermometer s tood I . l 'olo sun, just before the thunder storm, at 91, and at 67 0 , 1 irs i l shade. On Sund a y l as t, w i t h a k een sout h-east • the air was so cold as to approach to the freezinga le: Yesterday morning ice was observed on poole,,e- 0 1 ; vated sites of the thickness o f a s i x p ence . 1 ;etell however, only in situations wh er e th e c old 0 01 : wind could impinge won the water. There is derable quantity of snow on the upper parts o f the _ oa mountains. The early potatoes in this IleighbOUrnriy 100 P in some little danger, but the growing crops geu e r,,ar• tree - a& healthy. We had little or no " March dusti n g On Saturday a numerous and influential ott" n n o e b ct l e e d m w en it , h m l e r m el b at e , r d s , w of as pa h r e l l i d am in en c t o , m a m nd itt g e e e n . t r i o e o nl in el li,,,o.: , asot scant te tou oaarseetiourisCitehmminboignntd by y b L e wa s gusson, Mr. Oliver D. Grace, M.P., and Mr. A. ° ` ).- re‘ Adair, M.P., who had been appointed at a previ9us4s, lirninary meeting to prepare the necessary resolutioused The object was, by a strong declaration, to give inec e a ria confidence to the Executive Government in hello.'" t hat, to discourage the recent seditious proceedings ° I i s of country. Amongst those present were—the 11farqu hr e °r° " Downshire, the Marquis of Aber corn , Lord 13urtow0 the Earl of Charlemont, Lord Devon, Lord of Lord Newry, Lorn Jocelyn, Lord Bernardo 'Li e u % Ver' Erne, Lord Castlereagh, Sir E. M`Naghton Sir v' n, gr• ner, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, Mr. ' lVW se qat urrei Napier, Mr. Grogan, Mr Augustus Stafford, M,. - ' s, Martin, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. John IteYn t . e nchf Dunne, the Hon. Mr. Maxwell, Mr. Fitzstephen , t hat Sir Percy Nugent. Mr. John O'Connell declert.!ilegi° the agitation for repeal did not involve any want 0! ", t he ante to the sovereign, and Mr. Reynolds objectect,'„ o rs , proceedings as calculated to prejudice the case of l e ,, ,,`„ t iort O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchell, but with the e% of these objections, the proceedings were unanimous / . 0 0 GRAND VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT A..10g, ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS.—On Thursday er ru a boil l recherchee entertainment was provided in tut o tles, rooms, at which the artistes engaged were Mre,.,." 00 5 01 " land, Mrs. H. Beale (piano-forte), Mr. J. Z. Il er rarrfl (violin), Mr. Haddock (violincella), and Mr. John as efe the celebrated buffo. The evening unfortunately vf c oo o —that is to say it poured as if the heavens u vula er down—a fact whi c h d ou btl ess p reven t e d ma ny frcu n Ave: taking of a treat which they had promised then, l :ioxitu, As it was, howe ver , th e rooms were moderately 6 " u e oee a fashionable a udi ence . M rs . S un d erlan d wa s rn moa n'; lent voice, and sang very sweetly Baffe's song, " ° c o W i t Heart," a ballad, "J eane tt e you ' re go i ng away to be" country." In the second p ar t th e songs a ll o tteu rg 1 , 6 were, " I'll remem b er t h ee, " and ‘ , Oh, green ° se " fe r 11 Groves," a delightful ballad by Stephenson• ifolv encores were called for, an d th e w h o l e were bea u jjerf f ; sung. The instru men t a li sts , M rs. Beale, M r ' bat°, mann, and Mr. Haddock, elicited unqualified alli rg in their various performances. As usual, howere r i is re; ever he is present, John Parry took off the lion's s, ;.; 11 1 , 4 notice; his new son g . " C ro t c h e t C ro t c h e t," and tu torical romance, "King Alfred, the Old WOrse.4 Cakes," being received with vocife ra ti on s of aPe..,-,<!'? METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STA r 3 ATMOSPHERIC ~,..4 V „ Pit . '" ;1 Temperature Daily lion _,, a Fall O f d in Humidity at Pressure at shade by self- Noon. Win registering of Pt Nine Six thermometer Dry Wet Rain. S °°ll. a.m. p.m. Max. Alin. bulb. bulb. ' ' " .iz p:. . .5 7 :2 .—• In. 1 In. Deg. Deg. Deg. Dem. In. , n , svc?'" o 4 o 4 30'13 30'09 58 50 56 52 . 5 ,,,..":0" l '4 1 5, 29'98 ' 2917 52 44 52 50 o'2B s", / .01 -',:}, ,5 7 6, 29'72 29'73 50 43 50 47 ' o'o6 N'i,yS : 4 13 4 71 29'61 29'47 49 38 148 45 W ' r ;n• i 5 31 81 29'52 47 38 I 45 41 ' .n . '' ' ov. OW 10. 29'38 29'28 44 40 -- IS. cot ) Llit s II : THE WEATHER.—ApriI 4th: bright ; breeze- 5t ewer % gt ous fall of rain-6th : bright; evening; heavY s". 001 1- bright ; occasionally clo u d e d-Bth : ditto ; slight ' bright, and fair-10th: bright; slight shower. IPPING INTELLIGENCE• te• 11 5ie. dero ;ri • e d MONDAY, APRIL 10.—Wind South, Eno . j a nnesou , r( lt. ARRlVED. — Tri d ent, King ; Leonidas, Con.nerl /col 4, M`Kay ; Branden, Drew; and Manaslam, Orleans—Handelaars, Zeman, Rotterdam. re ,__Col9l l , SAlLED.—Alexandria, Ordernan, for Bulimic ) . 5 St I .e s F.ddes, Lisbon—Samuel, M`Lean, Narva—Cadanyoole;, lc r Rotterdam—Rapid, Cuthbertson, and St. Georg. e l i s , Ne'reteri, foundland—lranhoe, Edwards, and Georgiao ll t : —Lyra, Bell, Elsinore—Sir James Kempt, IVl7.doni fi 'retr burg—Jacoba Maria, Kramer, Randezders — . B _bio , Quebec—Resolution, Owens, Cronstadt—glum Rio Grande—United States, Swanton, Boston. 0 1 esterdlte i r, lc ° The Duke of Cornwall (st) was spoken early 3' f r ad to tt.- ing, off Arklow, with a barque in tow, with loss c!_4641 had been on the Arklow Banks. The steamer int er her to Waterford. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Arno. 10, 2 8 t rou rite , Off Holyhead, inward bound, at 2 p.m., tbe ra • and Eliza KiHick, barque. 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