The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

'Co CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to postpone our Plan of the Liverpool Docks for about a fortnight. In a paragraph in our last paper noticing the great success of the " Rat ler." which !s proiellea by Mr. F. P. Smith's patent screw, we. by mistake, at ,led her i,urthc•ii to he 664 tans, in stead of 888 tons. The dfference in - the dimensions of the ship gives a silt more f , vourable result in relation to her steam-powr.r.:ire foil eNtent of which we c rrectly furniShed. We have been r , (*:]c ted to state on authority that the meeting convened last week " for the purpose of resetting All Saints' Church from the grasp of Popery," was not sai.ctioned, or in any way anthorisezt by the officiating minister. %\hen we saw the placard, we never for a moment suiroosed such was the case; but as many persons are impressed with the idea that it w,:s. it is as welt ti set them iight. Although we have condensed as witch as possible the important meetings held here - during the past week, we ore com;,-elled to forego for the present the publication or much interesting matter. triit TUESDAY 11.10RMNG, OCT; 29, 1814 In another part of our paper we have presented to our readers an abstract of the corporation ac counts for the year, and added to it, for the conve nient reference of those who wish to compare the income and expenditure - of . the present with those of the past vear, a similar ahstract for 1843. We here take the liberty of directing attention to, and explaining a few of the items of these ; and at the carne time of congratulating our fellow-towns men upon the results which they spew. It must be an object of great satisfaction to the community to observe the increase .which has this year taken place in the ordinary income of our cor poration. In 1843 the total amount at the credit side of its accounts was 1,122,230 Os. 6d., whilst this year it is £132,072 Os. 21J., chewing an excess in favour of the present year of nearly £lO,OOO. And this, a very cursory glance at. the comparative statement which we have given will chew to have arisen precisely in that branch of our local revenue which indicates the progress of the commerce of our port, viz. in that of " town due,," the amount of whch was last year £63.364 15s. 7d., and which has risen this year to £73,132 15s. 4da making an in el ease of, in round numbers, £lO,OOO on the year. A gratifying increase is also to he noted in the "fines on leases." and, particularly, in the particular item of " fines in lieu of ground rent on leases," which exhibits the progress of the demand for the • unoccupied land of the corporation for building pur poses, and shows this year a surplus, over the amount of the same item last year, .of £l,OOO. The other items on this side of the account, it will be seen, pretty nearly balance those of last year. With these gratifying facts presented to them, it may naturally create surprise in the minds of the public to find on the debtor side of the account a decreased surplus carried forward,as compared with that of last year; and the conalusion will perhaps be formed that the ordinary exp?mliture is increas ing in an ilotal ratio with 11w receipts. We are enabled, ho‘tever, to assure them that this is not the case, and to chew that such increase of the former is more apparent and casual than real and perma nent. Thus, under the head of " law and parlia mentary expenses," we find. an amount of £BO5O set down for the present year, against. £4861 for 1843. It must he borne in mind, however, that the Council have had this year a more than ordinary amount of business before Parliament ; and there is certainly little chance of this item being an average of years to come. Again, the expense of the police force this year is put down at £17.668, against £13,347 last year. Hut there was a diminutior last year, 1101 - D £16,989 in the previous year, which shows that this is a fluctuating item. In fact, the amino arm:alit into the accounts under this head ' represents rite gross cost of the entire force, less the various amounts contributed towards it by the Dock Trustees, the Parish, and the Out-townships; and is thus influenced by the satisfactory, or unsatisfactory state of the rate-collectors' books, and their pay mews to the ]borough fund. It must be explained, however, in addition, that the numbers of the police force this year have been augmented, in order to provide for the more efficient watching of the ware house property of the port. The " Lighting. Cleansing, anti Fire-police," -has increased about £ISA this year, in part fur the reasons given for - the increase of the last item.- and, no doubt, in part frotn.she_ increase of new streets in the nut-town ships, which cannot as yet have- been made to con tribute for the cost of their lighting and 'security. The kelt, winch has told most, howeVer, upon the diminished amount of the surplus, is the in creased payment made this year on account of "county expenses,"—viz., £ll,OOO, instead of 4000 paid last year; or an excess of £7OOO, a large por tion of Which might hate been carried to "extra ordinary account" or to Borough copile. We may remark, in explanaiian, that the exact amount of the County's claim upon the estate of the Corpora ti6ri has not as yet been settled, and is at present under . arbitration. It may' probably amount to befwen fiveand six thousand pounds wr annum ; and the Finance Committee, under the circumstances of their flourishing condition, and for other wise rea sons, no doubt, have preferred a temporary over payment to the County to an under-payment which would increase, only apparently however, the sur plus at their disposal. Upon the whole then, the -financial results of the present year must be con sidered highly satisfactory; and viewed in conjunc tion with the circumstances at which we have glanced above, promises to be even more so in years to come. But another,- and the most important feature in these accounts, is presented in the " General State ment cf the Financial Affairs of the Corporation," ' to Which we direct the especial attention of our reade.:'s. This noble estate owes a bonded debt of £1,137,106. Oh Bd., after paying the i n t erest o f which, it prides and supports the public build ings of the town, contributes largely to the ruaintenanc,4l its police, its watching, cleansing, haliting ; its churches, cemeteries, public walks and gardens; its courts of law, and gaols; its schools and charities; and is able to boast of a yearly surplus over and above its ordinary expenditure. But the statement to which . 7e refer holds out to us assured prospects , of abilities and usefulness to come, infinitely greater than any which have already been experienced. The interest of the bonded debt of the estate, at present 4 per cent; is now in gradual course of reduction to 3 per cent, per annum, by which operation, when conipleied, a large accession of nett laconic will he derived. A portion of the unproductive property of the - estate—Wallasey Pool—has this year been sole, of the purchase-money of which the sum of £3lL'9lB Sc. Id. is now at interest at 5 per cent. — property of the corporation at the north shore La' !wen disposed of to the Dock Trustees of Liver pool, the purchase-money of which, £254,830 ss. Bd, is at interast, at 31- per cent. From these sources, we may calculate, in the year to come, upon an in-, crease in the "ordinary income" of the corporate estate, of no less than TWENTY-FOUE THOUSANDS PER ANNUM, applicable to purposes of public ima provernent, or to the gradual liquidation of its bonded debt I Or looking further still, to the pay ment of these and other. sales and oldigations due, the debt of the estate will, after no long course of years. bse reduced by the amount of the present balance of £665,573 195..10d., and the proceeds of the sale of the land referred to in the note. appended to die statement, now valued at £42,500. Ira other word,this estate, held for the benefit of the borough of Liverpool, with a rerenue vastly increased in pro ductiveness, will only have to provide fOr the interest Or A DEBT .DIMINISHED. BY, UPWARDS OF SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Is it possible to estimate sufficiently the import ance of such a consummation ? Or can such a state of things, as we hadte here humbly endeavoured . to bring clearly before our readers and the public of Liverpool, be paralleled else Where in the United Kingdo m t We submit that it can not; and, a!- thou g h much of the credit of our present position • ty be fairly attributed to the wise foresight of " the rotten Corporation" —save the mark !—of former days, which providently accummulated, ,despite of the WOUld-be-wise, Property which has since been found Fo valuably available for the increase of the revenue of the estate, a just meed of admiration and gratitude is fairly due to the sagacity and prudent care of the presen t Finance Committee. Bodies o f men may perhaps be found, who deal in larger anti more ma;{ nificent measures; m orefictshy chancell ors may pre side over the exchequer, and regulate the finances of other towns or empires; hut we are satisfied —fully satisfied—with those who hav e, through this state- Meat of the result of their honesty and prudence, enabled us to challenge surrounding localities to produce i a result equally satisfactory. In the name of the present generation of our fellow-tou:nsmetaa in the n ame o f f u t ure genera tions who will be pri vileged to enjoy the full amount of the benefits now in prospect, we thank the members of the present Finance Committee. It would be ungenerous in us were we conclude our gratifying task without expre'ssing our sense of the ability with which these accounts have been_ prepared by Mr. Wybergh, the treasurer, and his efficient clerk, Mr. Neilson. Their lucid arrange ment has rendered our own labour lighter ; and must be infinitely satisfactory to the Committee, the result of whose labours they record, as well as to the public. We have only room for a single sentence, which is applicable to the constituencies of every ward, at the municipal elections on Friday. We ask them to look at the present position of the affairs of the borough, which we have elsewhere referred to,• and to say if it is not 'sufficiently satisfactory to warrant their confidence in the present constitution of the Council. Let them•cornpare, too, the calm business like tone of its p,esent proceedings with the strife of past years ; and say, whether the former ought to be interrupted by such pettifogging attempts. to in troduce disorder as those which are now being made. RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD CONSTABLE. From what appeared in the columns of our local journals last week, a, well as from rumours abroad, our readers must have been prepared to learn on an early occasion, either that Mr. Miller had resigned, or that he had so far accommodated his opinions to the practice hitherto pur• sued by the Watch Committee, that some mutual al range ment would be come to, so as to avert the necessity and inconvenience of a change. Of the latter alternative he did not avail himself, and being thrown upon the former, Mr. Miller, on &Viand y last, tendered his resignation. which was accepted, with a lib-ral allowance, in the sha. e of salary to a given day, in consideration of the domestic expenses which he incurred in removing with his family from Glasgow. Of the peculiar circumstances that have led to his retirement from the ,erviee of the hormgh, we ate in pos,ession of some particulars ; but d-tsils, as the matter now stands are untteeess,ry,espeeia!ly as the busi ness will be gone into at tile Council meeting to-morrow. The following is a copy of Mu. Miller's letter of re s'griation Liverpool, 26M Oct. 1841 GENTLEMEN.—I begleare to resign into your hands tiositna• !ion to which you did me tbe honour , o appOint me last March. On accepting that appoi tment I resigned an office which I had held, not only with the generai approhrtion of the public an-bo ra:es. but of the citizens of Glasgow. for nearly eight years; and its coming to Liverpool I subjected myself to great domes tic expense and inconvenience; but finding* that I cannot any longer satisfy either you or myself, I deem it due to the public and my own sense of rigit, to challenge the worst conse quences. rather than continue in an office the duties of which t can r.o longer fulfil with salislaclon to mysc f. In retiring I hope to leave behind no unkind feeling : I entertain none. I am, Gentlemen, yours very respectfully, (•,igned) H. MILLER. On receipt of this communication, the foliow , ng ter.olo tion w:is agreed to by the Committee ; and a copy of it transmit ell to Mr. Miller by the Secretary : Resolved —That. this resignation be accepted. and that, in con siberation of the heavy expenditure to which Mr. Miller has been subjected, in removing and etablis lug his family in Li ve pool, it be recommendeii to the Council to alow him his sa lary up to the •::7th February next, on which day in the - present year his app •i tment took place. To blr. Henry Miller. LANDSEER'S PICTURE OF "SHOEING." We have seldom been more (Tenanted than by an in spection of this chef d'oeuvre of Landseer's art, which is now on private view for a few clays at the rooms of Mr. Grundy, in' Chnrch-street ; and we regret much that our limits wilt compel us to be brief in our notice of it. The subject of tl , e painting is a simole one, and one peculiarly suited for the artists peculiar powers,—the interior of a smithy. Tire figures are liinittd to four, unless a black bird may be included.—the horse, a fine animal, in the act of being shod; the smith enraged in placing the shoe; a donkey tethered to an anvil, and a line bloodhound in' the left corner of the foreground. These are given with a truthfulness and beauty; both of design and colouring, which we have never seen equalled. The sleek skin of the horse is especially, and we may even say wonderfully painted; an the txqinste rooming of the tody is so well brought out, as almost to stand out from the as. The whole details of the picture—the mina ire—are wrought with wonderful ifft ct. The tool-box on the floor in the foreground is in itself a perfect picture. The "red horde'' to the right of the foreground is also managed with wonderful effect. The anvil, too, is a hoe piece of painting, as is the forge and its parap ernalia. The floor of the smithy, strewed with n , (;) pairioL,s and cooled sparks of. iron, is a perfect illusion—so real, so exquisite) , fi.ushe(.l throughout. Airo.etuer, a pidnii;,;, so titre of its class, by this r r any other mat r, ritv, r came under our eye, and it ought to be seen by every connoisseur. This painting, which was the 'treat at:rttc'inn at t!,e Royal Academy exhibition, was presented by the rrtst to Jacob Fleteher, Esq., one of the earliest ct his paitons, the. horse being-rtrawn from one in that gentlen.,,o's pus sesson. Her Majesty, Vi.e iintler.itanti. was sit struck with its nierit, dining her private view of the paintiogs itt the exhibition, tiii.t she ex . pressed a wish to be its pos sessor, and thi, suns of -180 i guineas has been aferedtir it t.o go ..Abro-id. The terms, however, of he gi,t v) its pre-ent possessor prevented either of these offers bei:ig gratified. We node! stand that it is to be engraved by Lewis, the engraver of Landseet's celebrated painting of "8..it0 . Abbey in the olden time,'' pr:)nably the only man who can do justice to its peculiar excellencies. • UNITED STATES.—By tHe packet ship, Patrick Henry which arrived yesterday, we have received New York papers to the ith instaht, being three dais later than the advices previously received. The intelligence is unim plivant. The Caledonia arrived at Benton on _the 3d instant. We shad, in all probabd.ty, receive in the course of this morning, our despa ches by the ost'in steamer. ALGIERS.—A letter from this place, dated the 20th inqant, state , .—" I have only time to inform you, Chit the Governer-General received at tvvo o'clock the impor tant infuriation that the Kabyles hail risen en masse, arid that several hitherto friendly tribes hid declared against France. Three steam-boats have been ordered to be ant ready to convey troops. The steam-packet ready to convey dispatches for France has also been or dered to re-land the dispatches, and to prepare to receive troops and ammunition." THE FUNDS. SATURDAY NIGHT.—At the Stock-Ex change to-day busims; was nut of any gr, , at itnpor:aoce, and prices were rather flat, Cons ds for money leaving cif 991 to 3, end for the account, 99}, to 100. Bank tottlt closed 202 to 204 ; India Stock, 2b6 to 288 ; Exch,'quer bills, to 735. premium ; Three per Cents Reduced,. 99 to "k i New Three-anif-a-Quarter per Cents., 1011 to 102! Long Annuities, 12 1-16; and India Kinds, 9d to 92. In the foreign market there was not touch doing. Portuguese was firm at the advanced rate ot 52? . , to 531 Spanish scarcely supported opemng Five per Cents. leaving off 23g- to -1, and the Three per Cents., 311 to -ft; Peruvian closed 24?,- to 25e ; Mexican, 31 to a the Deferred, 154 to Dutclt Two-and-a-Lialt per . Cei,t;., 621 to 63 ; the Five per Ce n t s ., 98/ t o i ; Da nitl,.BB to 89 ; Chitian,lol to 103 ; Colurnlyan, 1I to a • Buenos Ayres, 36 to 37 ; Brazilian, 85 to 86; Belgian: 193 to 104 ; Austrian, 114 to 116. Some time between nine and terio'clock on Sunday evening cone thieves entered the Cotton Sales.rnoni m the Excln,nze-buddimts by cutting through the door and shooting the lock. Fortunately they did not obtain any booty. - - The North Lancashire Steam Packet Company held their halt-yearly meeting at Fice.twooLl on Monday. A dividend was declared of 2 per cent., to be paid on the 29th, out of the clear profits of the vessels, after provid ing fOr the reserve fund. TUE GREAT . BRITAIN STBALI-SIIIP.--Tbis noble ves srliS at length released from her protracted. confieeteent in the float. The necessary alterations in the upper lock leading from Cumberland Basin inta the tLatng havi been made, she was on t'riday evening, between six and seven o'clock, removed front her mooriteis on the sea-banks, and proceeded majestically down the floating harbour to the entrance of the lock, whcreshe remained for the night, and on Saturday morning at, seven o'clock she was brought safely throuell the lock into Cumberland Basin, where she will remain for a few days to have the screw affixed, &e. It is then intendedehat she all , 11 oak one or two trial trips, after which she will proceed to London. BIIEACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At the Court of Passage, on Wednesday, Ann Depledge sought to re covtr from Mr. Duncan •Campl3,ll the sum of £l9 19a. for a breach of promise of marriage. It eppeared, from the evidence, that Miss Depledee lives with Mr. Lucas, eating-house -keeper, Bath-,treet, who is her relation. The defendant, Mr. Campbell, is a cartowner; He is forty years old, and a widower, with several children. Some time since he declared himself attached to Miss Dtpledge, who is about seventeen years old. It was agreed that she was to be sent to school for a year, and he would, at the expiration of that time, marry her. The girl was sent to a school in Yorkshiie, but the defendant broke his promise and married another woman. The jury found. for the plaintiff: damages, £l9 19s. DR- • EXTENDED SUPPLY OF WATER.—Last week, a tweet ing was held at Manchester, in order to secure a much 'neer supply of water for the town than can at present be had. Among other plans, Mr. Bateman's seemed to hate the decided preference, and a resolution ives adopted that en Art of Parliament should he applied for to carry it into effect. He (Mr. Bateman) proposes to procure a supply from the Swineshaw Hills, to the east of St dy bridee, about tea miles from Manchester, and six from Gorton ; to erect impounding reservoirs there (at a level of about 400 feet above the higher part of Manchester); and to convey it thence in pipes, either to Gorton or direct to Manchester, as shall hereafter be judged most expedient. The supply will be obtained from the Area of 3,700 acres, producing 7,700,000 gallons per day. The cost is estimated at £96,000. DESPERATE BURGLARY.—On Saturday teght week, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, the dwell ing_hense cf Mr. Thomas Worthington, at Muncetter, near Atherstone, SS arwickshire, was broken into by a gang of ruffians. wearing black masks, and their persons-, otherwise disguised by black linen, which they wore over their cleaves. The house is in a very lonely spot, and a eonshlrrahle distance from any other dwelling. It ecetus the bursars commenced their operations by cutting a hole in the front floor. This awoke the inmates, and Mr. Worthingto n an d his niece proceeded to the door, and, thoueh the old gentleman i , eighty-nine years old he '. made a gallant reiistan ce . They wr..t at length, how ever, overpowered; and the h ouse was r.insaked. A reward of XlOO has been offered far the apprehension of the burglars. INCOME AND EXPENDITti From the A WITH A COMPARATIVE STATEME ORDINARY EXPENDITURE. To general interest account,l for balance of interest to! this date... To Cash Paid for Annuities .. s. d. 39395 12 4 866 0 0 Mayoes al!owarice and penes . Salaries for tie year Stipends to rectors and 2000 0 0 2305 14 4 sisters of Parish Church . Subscriptions and gratuities Geoeral law and parliitneo-' tary expenses— Additional for last yearl Present year .. Town-clerk's deprtmeot,; less fees..... . Clerk of Corrrnittees' ditto .1 &trveyor's drpartrne.A freasurtes ditto 140 4 6 304 4 .0 District Building Surveyors'l ditto Weights and Measures. ditto Leave Lookers' ditto. . On 'account of Town-hail &c.) ......... Town-h.ll. establishment] (nett) cessions-house est tblish 4nent Ditto Rep irs Judges' St. George's Churt:li esta blishment, I ss pew rents. St Luke's Ditto ditto.. St. Ditto St. Martin's Ditto ditto.. St. Thomis's Ditto ditto.. Rates under Paving and Sewerage Act - . . Taxis and Leys Expenses of Corporation Schools .. On account of Rooms Ditto insurance from fire .. Public Walks and Gardens, leis amount received forj keys On account of Slaughter- houses Ditto Police•offic,s, Ditto Black Rock Ligllthou , e Ditto Custom-house ( Re-' pairs) Ditto Corporation Houses (Ditto) Ge eral Disbursements .... Expenditure under Wallasey Embankment Act Total Ordinary Expenditure ADDITIONAL UNDER TIIF. MUNICIPAL 011PORA TIONS AND OTFIER ACTS. To Cash Paid. Cons!abulary Force and Po lice Expenses Lighting, Cleansing, & Fire Folic- . . Stipendiary Magistrate's Sa- Lay Municipaland Parliamentary Election. Court of Requests Conlervancy of the River Merst•y Accumulating Fund On account of unclaimed Goods detained by thr Pol.cC Force.... Tot4l under these heads. 1136 8 2 C 914 1 3 1647 8 5 120 i 10 •8 1270 19 1007 12 0 Ba•augh Fund Payments. Establi4m.ent of the Buro' Gaol Repairs of Ditto Pn•secutions at Assizes Sessions Coroner's Inquisitions County Expenses Paid or►'account of New Goo! To Balance, brine surplu.• income over Ordinary Ex perditnre carried t o ordinary Account Total Ordinary Expentli turd both vear4 593 13 0 863 12 7 346 7 11 334 17 6 1263 3 3 401 6 1 91) 7 2 699 8 2 801 16 2 632 II 11 610 1 2 634 18 4 491 19 10 5581 G 7 1545 JO 3 ,1.79839 7 17668 14 1 3525 4 9 104701 9 7i 6979 19 2 1456 10 3 5G50 5 9 1592 8.5 11000 0 0 74954 2 74 13347 9 2 2065 17 8 95690 8 Oi 1291 7 0 13072 0 21' 8923 3 9 930 14 3 5250 18 9 1577 ,3 8 4000 0 0 10 3 3 5847 16 122230 8 6 EXTRAORDINARY PAYMENTS, FROM IST SEPTEMBER, 1813, to 31ST AUGUST, 1814. s. d. To Cash paid in liquidation of Bands, with money borrowed under the provisions of the NI unicipa! Act , f 1838 To Do. out of Borough Fruid To Do. under the provisions of theßorough Fund Act of 1810 To Do. Subscriptions and Gratuities Iniprov men . s. . :,„ New Assize Courts . „ General I mpr,vements „ Landing Vessels & Moveable Piers 4374 6 01 „ Estate, B;rkenhead New River-craft Dock .. New Market, Gilt-street New Gaol. „ •. 9424 13 0 New Observatory • l4lB 9 61 „ New Washhouses and Baths .. 428 2(1 „ New.Saltpetre Sheds 2166 7 9 „ New Tobacco Warehouse llll 17 3 . ~ St. James's Market „ Balance due from Arthur Heywood and Sons . ~ Balance in hands of Treasurer 4Bl 7 1 £16 , 1725 17 8 GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL DR. £ s. d. 1843. Aug. 31.—T0 amount of Bonds out , this day: 1844. Ant. 31.—T0 amount or additional Bonds issued to pay off old Bonds and other purposes £ll6B. *7 11 8 lgti. Aug. 31. To nrrears of Interest due this day Balance for purchai-e of Birkenhead Ferry 1112 - 6 10 „ , land the site of the Ft» t 13925 0 0 Probable :mount of Parliamentary ex penses, to date Probable claim on ar , count of County Rates to June last, disput,d &lance in favour of Borough Fund N6le.—ln addition to Asset: enumerated per Contra, the Corporation hold Land valued at .£42,500.. £6B 87-1 13 1 7 -- SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, &c.—rile concerts and literary anti smentific recreations, - for the working &asses, (which have been so Fuccm-sful for s.-rue winters past.) will commence for mo. se-.son, mrSaiurilay next, at the Nelson Assembly ROMs., His Worship the Mayor has .gracious!y giv en his patronage t i these rational amuse ments and, should his other engagements purenit, it is; wt. understand, his intention to take the chair. Miss Whitnail, at the requnt cf the eominiitee, will, in the handsomest manner, give 11 , -r valuable services on the casion. Mr. ityalls, Mr. Armstror g, and Mr. Crank, will also be present. Mr. G. V. Lewis will preside at the f:iano-forte. The prices of admission are extremely mo derate, and the proxeds will go towards the fund for building the Northern Mechanics' Institution. ExTENSINE ROBBERY FROM THE PEnsoN.—Eliztbeth 1 3 ,ters, and Margaret Cummings, young womyn, were yesterday charged at the Police-court with robbing a cat ,le-dealer, named Charles Hamilton, of the sum of 4;101. The complainant said that. he ha -I come with cattle from 'retold, and had, on Saturday night, been drinking in Lwan's, near the Clarence Dock. Ou coming out he found the prisoners at the door, and they persuaded him to go with th,m. A young man, a rdation from the same pat of Ireland, was with him, and wished him not to go— taking his nurse from him to, take care of, but which he returned without opening it, and he (complainant) put it safely into his inside waistcoat pocket. lie afterwards went with one of the prisoners--the other brig at hand— anWshe eventually -g.tt hold 'ol the purse anti ran away, leavin; him no chance of pursuit.—The young man al luded to was sent ifor, and corroborated the testimony so far—also identifying the prisoners. Both had before been committed, and they were sent for. trial. N.nhing had been heard of the money. PUBLIC WASH-HOUSES AND BATHS, - At a time when the iiesirableness of providing institutions like the above, for advancing the cleanliness of the working classes in great towns is being so strongly urged, it may be interest ing to know the avull working Of those recently estab lished in the borough of Liverpcol. From the Corpora tion Accounts of toe past year, just published, we find that the tail worki,,g expenses of the Liverpool new wash-hou , es and baths for the twelve months ended 31st August, 1844, including salaries of keepers. wages of firemin, coals, gas, water, &c., were £373 Is. 10d. The receipts fur the use of the same were £3lO 7s. Od., leav ing a balance to the debit bide of the account of only J.:62 14s. 10d. We are informed, however, that the receipts are steadily increasing; . and, bearing in mind that the institution is new, there is every probability, and indeed a certainty, that when the poorer classes beg n to experience the undoubted benefits of its use, it will be come a self-remunerating one. Such a result of an ex periment, decided at the time of its first being proposed, ought to be an encouragement for its adopton here on a larger scale, and its trial in other towns. THE LIVERPOOL S TANDARD Al)gw..t 31, 1844. 1342 9 ik 240 0 0 79i 16 0 140 4 9 240 0 0 24 13 4 66 10 1 104 1 2 1271 1 9i 1255 9 11 1300 0 0 918 12 8 8.10 8 11 218 1 0 371 1 1 ZE OF THE Iccount just inibl r.NT ADDED THE YEAR P period last year. X B. d . 35365 4. 3 907 1 3 2000 0 0 6475 6 4 15 3 2 I 323 16 0 I I 4861 18 1 11 1161 16 2 876 17 1 294 7 11 218 19 7 1335 11 11 400 6 11 333 13 7 661 4 6 L 867 9 01 610 9 6 525 8 5 626 5 3 531 17 9 5551 7 10 1.115 3 9 1325 10 4 146 6 0 I, 608 9 9 616 3 1 210 0 0 95 13 4 1 3 2 74 18 9 1581 10 10 1638 7 9 1720 4 4 1300 0 0 1000 12 7 839 17 4 1784 10 7 371 1 1 26 17 0 CORPORATE ESTATE OF LIVER fished by the Treasurer; OF THE INCOME AND EXPEND RECEDING. ORDINARY INCOME. By Cash received for Town Duties, less returns and tarries Anchorage .... Nett Town Duties and An chorage received at Run corn Fines on Leases for 75 years Ditto renewals of Leases .. Ditto in lieu of ground rent, on the above Nett Receipts from Markets John's ...£5936 0 5 Fish Mark 4.. 1118 G 10 Pedlats'Market 451 18 8 Jaines'.... 1714 17 () St. Martin's.. 947 19 5 Gill -street.— 811 11 11 Fowls:All-square 500 16 4 Cieveiantl-scir. 375 4 4 Idington Mrkt 14 8 9 Pig Market .. 63 13 3 St. James's Weighing Ma chine 11,91341 1 5 Les; expenses4,9lB 18 101 Nett receipts fur New Hay mlrlicts Geound Rents from Lessee: Rent from Tenants at Will. New Tobacco Warehoun (nett) Old Tubiceo Warehouse .. Rent of aitia,(nett) On account of Estate No ti Shore (nett) • Ditto Salthotke Dock .... Ditto Wapping' (nett)...... Ditto Birkenhead (nett) Weighing Machine, Old, Haymarket Chain Cable Trial Machine (nett) • • Arrears of Town Duties Total On hoary Rerunue ADDITIONAL UNDER THEI MUNICIPAL CORPORA TIONS AND OTHER, ACTS. By Cash. Nett Receipts from the Ma giArates' Clerks Sale, of Unclaimed Good, detained by - the Folic.= Force Fines upon Summary Con victions and Sessions Pe nalties . Fine for declining to serve office Total Ordinary income both year 5........ Iro August 31, 1844. X s. d. 73129 14 1 861 16 0 2002 0 4 7532 8 0 13229 3 10 1957 8 1 132072 0 2? POOL, EXTRAORDINARY RECEIPTS, FROM IST SEPTEMBER, 1813, TO 31ST AUGUST, 18-14. S. d. 1291 7 0 By Balance brought forward By Balance in bands of Treahurer, brought from last yew's account B Balance inintinis of fleyood and Sons, 924 5 2 ... _...........__ __ .__. broueht from last pear's acc(:unt . Received on Bond, and applied in payment of old Bond Debt - 83454 2 2 Received on account of Estate, Salliouse Dock 2OOOO 0 0 Receiv4i on acct. of Nlaenzines at Li, ,, card ~ Sale ot Ch vr Church Advo tr 2 5 3 sons ~ ~ stock of 'Wine 172 8 8 lucume Tax It it £164726 17 8 FFAIRS OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. CR. X s. d. 1814. Aug. 31.—8 y amount of Bonds dis charged this year IMO 15 0 By arnonot ut Bonds out standing this day 113711'6,19 8 1844. Aug. 31. By Balance in han , l3 of Treasurer .. 1:116847 14 8 481 7 1 „ in ban k of Ileyyituod and Sons, less alumni! r, c?,iv,.t/ to pay off Bonds 44665 16 0 By amount due fur Watch Rate and Arrears 6248 19 3 Arrears or Rent 3355 12 9 from Court of Requests Tru,tees of St. .la,.es's Cemetery 9083 0 0 - Trustees of Woodside & Hoylake Road . 200 0 0 Trustees -of DO,k Estate, for balance of purchase of Salthouse Dock Estate and North Shore Estate Purchaser, of Wallavy Pool Estate 313948 8 1 Purchasers of Queen's Arms Hotel and sundry property 27450 3 0 Premises purchased or improvements, and not y,t told £659874 13 1 DttATII BY BURNING.—An invest ,ea l held day, belere Mr. Cwry, touer.ing the clea , h of Peter Row. linsen, a child of two and a lall yra , s old, who lived with his parents in Back Falkner-street, Windsor. On Thu, day evening deceased was much burnt by upsetting a jl , g of hot water from a table. lie died the following day. Verdict accordingly. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TH 1 7 . DOCKS ---Yesterday, about mid-day, as a tnan named William Sloane, ab.:ut tif y years of age, and who was generally employed n a.-nrtn:g timber, was passing a lorry discharging cotton under the crane at the South side of the Union Dock, a bale, Which the carter was moving with his hook, fell upon id, fr , rri the top of the lead, and crushed him so dreadfully that he never again spoke, and it is supposf7d he died almost in. stantly. The deceased has left a wife, but no child. The inquest will be held this day. BEGGA.P.S.—Mr. Gray, of the Parish-office, appeared yestzTday at the Police-court, to hear the informations preferred before Mr. Rushton, against bet‘ieen twenty and thirty persons who had been apprehended for hogging, and receivin the magistrate's direct:ons respecting them. Amongst them were many poor cr:•atures, young and old, including destitute females with infant children, and others who had been deserted by their husbands. Some t,f them consented to be pasSed to their parishes; relief was or dered for others, and a few were discharged With a strong caution.. STEALING A WATCH.- - Vestereav, at the Police-court, a woman named Margaret Hewitt was charged by Edward James, a wafehotsetnan, with stealing his watch. Com plainant said that at two o'clock that morning (yesterday,) he had gOue to a house with the prisoner, who there seized his watch, cut the guard, and, throwing the article under the bed, endeavoured to make off. He got hold of her, and held her, until, hivirig the alarm, a constable came, and took her into custody. The watch (stated to be worth £7 75.) was not found; but a hole was observed in the floor, near the spot where it had been thrown. The pri soner was committed for trial. We understand that Messrs. Seeley and Co., the Lon don puWishers, have in the press an important and seasonable letter on the rumoured conces9ions to Popery in Ireland, addressed to Sir Robert Peel, by a eleigyrnan of this diocese. CASH-BOX FOR THE KING OF ASHANTEB.—We have seen, at iklesrs. Chubb anal Sons', of St. Paui's Church yard, a very elegant cash-box, Which they have just com pyted for the King of Asliatitee. It is made of solid silver, and weighs two hundred and seventy-six onrufts. the size being seventeen inches long. twelve inches w!de• and seven inches deep. The ornaments and eh-.sing. consisting chiefly of lions, tigers, and e le h hivits'h , -ads, deigned by Mr. T. Sharp, are of the richest d•dr•eritdion; aid the box, which is intended to hold his Nink.sty's gild-dust, is secured by one of the detector locks, nor.ng a mass vs gold key. —Morning Chronicle. :TURE OF Same period lam. year. X. 8. J. 63364 15 7 790 11 6 1686 4 3 8161 18 0 10745 14 4 950 2 1 6174 3 2 400.12 0 1685 601 10527 1 7 4082 0 1 277 10 0 209 3 10 2675 1' 01 497 1 3 2918 3 6 2751 2 5 176 11 3 53 16 11 2 10 0 118067 1 8 615 13 1 3507 13 9 50 0 122230 8 6 7045 2 6 264 2 3 923 11 5 10204 11 8 4054 15 9 82 10 0 217 11 411 3128 10 200 12 3 315-1 14 3 ; 2060 9 8 162 0 7 151 13 2 128365 15 . 91 696 13 7 12 5 11 2917 2 11 50 0 0 DEATH OF THE TOWN CLERK. We have this day the painful task of announcing to our readers the death of Richard Radcliffe, Esq., Town Clerk of this borou4h, which took place at Leamington, about half-past eleven o'clock on the nighi. of Friday last. For some months past the health of this universally esteemed gentleman, and excellent public officer, ha I been in an uta atisf ietory state; and he was urged by his family and tai nds t:• endeavour to recruit himself, by a temporary absence fr •rn the labours and cares of his 11104 responsi ble office. It was not, however, until about three weeks ago that he was induced, at the instance, mainly, of everal leading members of the various committees; who feared for the effect of the incessant pressure of bus:ness upon his then shattered frame, to co rop' v with this recree:l; and he proceeded, accompanied by Mrs. Radcliffe and his son, to Leamington. Since his arrival there, his health has continued with a slight and treacherous intermission, to decline, so rapidly es to excite the serious alaroi of his friends; and it was rumoured a'mut on Saturday, that death had terminated his labours in this world. Tne run= our, liosever, though unfortunately it has since proved too correct, was at that period supposiCtious, and had arisen apparently from his having had en attack of para lysis about four days previously, which partially deprived him of the use of his left t.; , 4.1e:, and ClT3ed the nrst ap preheni•ions to b 4! e., lertained by his physicians. Nttite - e,ou4 and anxious enquiries were made at the Town Hall durMA , the day ; and the accounts given led his friends ti expect that the post on Sunday. or Monday morning at furthest, would bring an account of the melancholy event; and on Sunday it was aceordingly,communic 'led to the Mayor and to the members of his family at home that be had ceased to live. Mr. Radcliffe was the son of Mr. John Radcliffe, enrages in the Customs ; and was educated at the school of the Rev. Mr. Fe anon, then situated in Mount-pleasant, in this town. He served his clerkship to the late Me. Joshua Lace, (fathsr of Mr. Ambrose Laos; of the firm of Ltess, Myers, R)ege, and Roscoe,) by whom he was, highly valued and esteemed, and who predicted, when he had only served the first three years of his clerkship, his fete-e eittinence in his profession. As an i stance of the esteem of Mr. Lie for the lamented deceased; we may mention that after Mr. R. had been for some time in prac tise, he presented him with a handsome service of plate. In 1813 he commenced business on his own account, and was for many yeas at the head of the eminent firm of Radcliffe and Duncan; and, in 1835, he was appointed Town clerk and Clerk of the Peace, at a salary of ze2,o';o per annum, which offices he held up to his death, a period - of eight years, with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. He presided. during the whole of that time, over one of t;;e subordinate courts, where numberless complicated coetstions came continually before him. His decisions on each were always considered sound, and given with remarkable judgment and perspicuity, and there never was a case tried before him which was after wards sent for adjudication elsewhere. The records of the Town-hall contain many testitnonies'from the judges of the land, as well as from the- most eminent counsel of the day, respecting his abilities as a lawyer, and his saga city arid foresight as a man of business. Io his early youth Mr Radcliffe's politics were of the conservative school, as were those of his father. He was an ardent supporter of the late George Canning in all his contests in Livetpool ; and although, during the agitation for the Reform Bill, and previously, he entertained liberal views (as it is well kown did many conservatives) with respect to the necessity , f this and other ameliorating measures, he never identified himself with the whig party, and, indeed, always disclaimed any change from the °pi niolut of his early days. Considerations of politics, how ever, never entered into the perfcrwsnce of his public duties ; and he succeeded in the very difficult task of - performing them to the satisfaction of both parties, and cf winning the confidence of all. By the death of Mr. Radcliffe the borough of Liver pool has su s tained a loss which will he deplored by men of all parties, as well upon private as upon public grounds. There_are few who have had the pleasure of enjoying his sod. tv in his private circle, who can readily forget his amiable and engaaing character ; and none with whom he has ever been brought in contact in the course of hi , pro fessional career who will not readily acknowledee the cle mess of intellect and judgment, mingled with deep legal knowledge, which on every occasion he displayed. Ner were opportueities wanting to test any of these qualities, especially since his entrance upon the arduous duties of Town Clerk and professional adviser to the Bench. In all the multifarious, and some of them in tricate, qnestions which have been presented to him in these capacities, a general correctness and soundriesa of information and judgment have characterised his decisions. which have stamped him as a lawyer of the highest order, and an authority upon whose opinion no individual or public body need fear to act with implicit cenfidence. Mr. Radcliffe .vas married ti Miss Mary Anne Havton, (the daughter of the late Mr. John Wytort,) be whom he had five sons anti tsvo daughters. Mrs. Rodcl:ffe, the two daughters and four of the sons, are Lett to mourn the loss of one of the best of huSbands.and mo-t affectionate of fathers, in which they will receive the heartfelt sym pathy of this community. A most important question now arises, and unfortunately toe, with respect to the party to he appointed to fill the • ffi held so efficiently by Mr. Radcliffe. Upon this object we should have hesitatel to offer any suggestions or even rem irks ; but a contemporary has given to the public the names of three gentlemen, as aspirants to that position, which crenmstanee releases us from arty difficulty upon the score of delicacy at least. The names in question ive those of Mr. A mbrcse Lace, Mr. John North, Mr. &antleworth, and Mr. John Buck Lloyd. All these gentlemen possess in every respect unexeept imitable claims t t the office, but they are evidently mentioned without authority as we know that neither of the two first has en tertaitwd the slightest idea of offering himself to the Council ; and we i are reminded, moreover, that n ac enrdance with the resolution of the Council two years ago, adopted on the recommendation of the paid officers' Com mitt,e, it is extremely probable that the duties performed by the tate Tow's Clerk will, for the future, be apportio :ed betwsen two distinct officers, the one performing the duttes which belong to the uffice of Town Clerk, and the other that of the Clerk of Peace. The saary recom mended for the former of these two offices is £2,000 per annum. That for the latter remains to be filled up by the Council; hot will scarcely, we believe, be one-hall that of the Town Clerk, though the gentleman appointed as ill not be debarred from traitsacing other business. Toe same committee also recommends the appointment of at, additional officer, who shall perform the duties ot Cleft: of the Council and Prosecuting Solicitor, with a salary of £l,OOO per annum. Of course we are not at present advised how far these arrangement s will he adopted by the council. Presuming, however,ge r, will in a great measure be carried out, a cot:asters, tat Mr. Shut tleworth, the present most tfficient that tm they y e feelingexisting at present in influeetiat dsputy, is likely to be strongly supported for the cffice of Po:co-clerk, with the duties of which he ronst be intimately toorainted. Mr. J. B. Lloyd, we believe, will offer him. „It as Clerk of the Peace; and, from that gentleman's know n business habits, and his long experience in the du ties of the office, during his connexion with the late Mr. Thomas Foster, anti since that period, we cannot conceive that arty more eltaible seleetion can he made. We gladly leave the matter, however, to the unbiassed decision of the council. Sterol the above was written, and at too late an hour to ruble us to make• inquiry into its truth, a report has reached us that Mr Peter Wright is a candidate for one or other of the vacant offices. Mr. Wright is a man in all respects qualified for office, and his claims are ant itlsd 70 every rote-Listatioo. lie stands high —very high—in the profession, and has devoted gratuitously his time and talents to the puhlic service fir a considerable period. - - - MARRIAGE' LAWS-PROCLAMATION. WIIEREAS,—We having issued a proclamation, on Tuesday. October 31st, 1843, (that br.ng the festival d,y . of Ilailow-eve,) for increasing the numbrr of marriages:in the borough of Li'ver!-nol, and the said proclamation hat ing the desired effect of remedying, in a grz - it measure, thL, local grievance, it has res- , lved, by a court ofin yno y, that the stand thit - same and be evendrd 11 ailow-eve, Tliursil , iy, 0 tober 31st, in th present year of our Lord one thousand eight hundrod and forty-four. Be it therefore enacted, that we shall have rraly, on l i Hallow-eve, Thursday, October 31st, 1841, 20,000 Ilal- low-eve cakes, with a wedding ring in each ! The t.itgs to be numbered, and regulations to be ob ser%ed, as st all appear in tile following clauses :- Ist. That' 20,000 wedding rings be, placed in a corres ponding number of caked ; the rings to be numbered as high as 10,000, leaving two rings of each number. No t , ir , e rings will be alike, yet every ring will have its match therefore, ob , tree the number, for no matter how separated "in the world's crowd" your eqteel nurnix•r number may be. circumstances will not fail to bring your equity to light! 2d. That it be optional with the finder of any ring to publish the number, for the sake (if finding its correspond ing one. `3{l. - That, in case fathers or mothers 'find one of the rings, they are to hand it over to the oldest member of the family tenvirried, whose property it lawfully becomes. 4ih. Thit the Hallow-eve Cakes be cut and distributed in alt eircks of society by those who are not candidates for marrimony. sth, and last, regulates the price of the Cakes to be as follows : that is to say, 6d., Is., Is. 25., 2s. 6d., and 35.. for the convenience of large and _small families. Given under our hand and seal this 20th October, in the eighth year of the reign of:NEY hler3Ml{o aj esty Queen Victori a . FE THERS, 126, St. James'-street, and 20, Berry-street. Securities have been entered into guaranteeing that the rings will he legibly numbered, two of each number,end ing at 10,000. The i'ublie are informed, that our syStem of-business is the lowest possible prices, combined with an immense variety.. A deputation from , the Grand Junction Railway includ ing Mr. Robertson Gl!ulstone and CapWn Huish, had an interview on Friday with the Earl of Dalhousie. Mr. Balfour, the bedle at the Coroners's office, has b en dismissed trout his office, in consequence of his in temperate habits. THE FASHIONS.—We in hare gre a t pl easure i n di rec ti ng the attention of our fair readers t o th e numerous an nouncements another column of the splendid assort ,,,..ents of elegant and fashionable Millinery, Dresses, New Goods, Flowers, Feathers, &c., combining the newest and in( st approved designs, fur the approaching winter, and selected with the greatest care by our nvirchandes-de niodfs. Where all is so beautiful in colour, fabric, and norm, it were invidious to particularize; but we cannot d less than invite an inspection of the fine stocks in Bold-street, Duke -street, Lord-street, and St. Anne street- Amongst the general lot we observe exclusive apartments of velvet, satin, and straw bonnets. Oct. 29, 1844. LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS-YESTERDAY• FELONI . JUSLY RECEIVING TOBACCO. - - lin , Joseph Johnston (44j and Joseph Jones (27 0 11 ° L1 ,., able to read and write, and both belonging to the Je wi s h persuasion, were charged with having feloniously rece ived 150 lbs. weight of tobacco, the property of John R ic hard e , perry Sherlock , ofJ James B row n and n a s n O d lbs. h ersweightweollf knowingtob tobacco, t he sani, t h e pro to have been stol e n. The prosecuVon was conducted b y Mr. Blair, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Jatne.s. _ The circumstances of -the loss of the tobacco from tn: prosecutors warehouse appeared in this paper at the tit 0 The day afterwards it. was conveyed in a coach b.; the t ; , prisoners, with whom was William Phillips, below, to the house cf Elias Barnett, a cigar manuf,,ctorebr; where it was. received by him. Toejury found bath prisoners guilty. • Elias Burnell 000 was also indicted for felornot.. receiving, and, after a long trial, he was found gu IV; The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Blair, and " 1 prison , r wao. defended by Mr. Atkinson. sl William Phillips (31) was next indicted for feloniousl y receiving. H e was defended by Mr. JAMES. The Pul, found a verdict of Not Guilty ; and the Recorder directe d him to be discharged. Tie iiT , c9RP&R in . ;.`'.51;:1 - !Cll!ence on Jolu!s!one,f Johes, Barnett, told theta they had been convict=':!, ° o two distinct receivirs of stolen prop•trty, Ittinwing, l ,",f have been stolen. This was a m.:.st serious offence. "";:, had brought disgrace , not only upon themselves, but thlir persuasion. He i was happy to fled, however, tha t !hough all of them were Jews, none of them were ril t f i v f,! of this town, because among this community the l; here had always born a high character for integrit y• had soiled and tarnished, not only their own reputa!il but that of their people, for which they ought to mention they were capable of feelinz. shame. Jones and PM stone appeared to have been more - immediately c oneec e with the thieves, , for the felony was c'onmitted bct",, e3 the Saturday night and Monday m orn i ng , an d on Monday they had received it. As to them, therefore ,b , ) : should pass a heavier sentence than upc n B arne tt. 1- ',„ learned Recorder then direct-d Jo nes an d Johnstone to be impri t s o o n n e ed iw a r n e d e k x e c p la t im to e, i i ia l i o .d ur l i a l b y o , H fo a r v t wbm m m ea ell in n ;i t tl e l . 'l s i:s have towiw: h r t ae:eni hard small aartttdi: erllat.i c oh3 h auu i ,t l r rf, r il :u d nat ilne(n)ohfdaafjviteli justice, care of them." e we m lv e e r c e: l : l '.; as e ed r six The RECORDER said that WAS a lamentab le fact, bill not alter the eircums , anees with regard to the punish' before committing the offence. As to Barnett he must THROWING A GLASS IN THE AMPHITHEATRE• Tluangs Roberts (25), was indic.ed for a misdemeano lr in throwing a glass from and out of the gallery of IP Amphitheatre upon the stage, where certain pet sons wet? :hen and there standing. Mr. Paget prosecuted, anti Mr. Blair defended. The principal witness was a boy, named Samuel Broa i d' ley, who was in the gallery of th e A mp hith ea t re o n the evening of the 9th in'tsnt during the perfirmanre of " Ella Rosenberg." Mrs. Copelnid and Mr. Mo6t,iia 6 were performing in the last act when the Oars in questi . or was thrown upon the stage by the pri soner , who, /Tilt several other parties, hnd been drinking spirits. Mr;: 1 Copeland, in her cross-examin a ti on . s t ate d t h at s he . 01 7, not think the glass was thrown with an i ntent i on to bar' t'er. and that her impression was th It it was an auideo.t. Toe jury stopped the case. The Recorder stated that I° all such cases the punishment was two years' imprson merit, and it would most assuredly ha inflicted if t l ' ! parties were found guilty. A v e rdi c t o f acqu i tt al then taken, and the delendant was discharged. DISCHARGE OF THE PETTY JURY. At the end of the last ease, which was for obtaining some stays under false pretences, the RECORDER Pc, charged the Petty Jury in these words : —I h ave t o tilt, you, gentlemen, for your most patient attention. 1 11 ; sorry to have trespass e d s o l ong upon your t i ne . 10u have rendered most valuable assistance to the admi „ is tro i ; Lion of justice; i n doi ng th e b us i ness o f t hi s sess i ons Yv have, in lier, done the business of two sessions. The foreman, (Mr. Thomas Cross. of Berry-strent,', wine dealer,) replied—Mr. R ecor d er , on b e h a lf a niV5- 11 and my brother jurymen, I beg to return you our sinc ,l : s thanks for our merciful discharge. (Loud laughter, in which the Recorder heartily joined. ) At the rising of the Court two appeal cases remained t° be disposed of. THE CHASE,. n Wm. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS WILL IdnET Friday, Nov. 1 Monday. Nov. 4 Wednesday, Nov. 6 Saturday, Nov. 9 .. Cnoacrt EXTE Nsrox.—Upwards of £G,OOO have been subscribed for the purpose of building additional churches in Bristol. The Standard stairs that ter Majesty has confer red the G,rter vacant by the death of the Dake of Gratt,n/ on Earl Po,vis. • LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—We nre htppv to leant that Mr. Lever (" Hairy Liirrequer") intends tO OP a M the coming year with a new serial work. We untlerAatl u scene is laid in the South of Ireland, in the latter oft of the last century. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—One gentleman in Birkenhead is reported to have de rred £200,000 by land specula:ions , £lOO,OOO of which he cleated in on,. (lat. !! Another is said to have netted £BO,OOO by sinaliar speculations. -- Railway Magazine. DEATHSBYDROwNlFG.—OnSiiturdayTheobaldSio l° 9 magistratewentoofuCt to ahe fi N nr a d le w ri rc a unfortunately the boat upset, and they all tart a and sort, grave.—Kerry Post. Pexrlxo WITH FIRE.—On Wednesday week, T 1 NO () ' fatherE a s t ti n a. l :a Ci. r t i d men, - little boys were playing at ktllittg pigs in a barn. at u l; mock, near Cheltenham, when the one who mimicked for Matcher proceeded to singe the other, and lit a match, by which the straw in the barn ignited, and 01 _ , place was soon in - a blaze. The boys ran away, being t" • frightened to give an alarm ; and, the wind fanning dames, they - communicated to some stacks of hay a n , corn, and property to the amount of £BOO wits destroy eu. THE SCREW PROPELLER.—A Trial took place 'i n Thursday with the Wilberf o r c e steamer w ith rad , ' , wheth, and the Ratter with M r . S m ith' s screw propel!' r ; The former vesst 1 has always teen c.tsidertd the taste :,- boat on the dyer names. arid very recently made I"" journey from London to Havre in twenty hosts; ; ont; withstanding, on the recent trial, in forty. minutes th, Rattler was at least a cable and a ha f ahead. Tb" Wilberforc • has engines of 285 horse power with a t°' 1 1 :1 rice of 600, whilst the Rattler is 880 tons burden, a ll has only 200 horse power. • ;„ HACKIN'S-HEY SCHOOLS.—By an advertisement another part of our paper, oar readera will notice that °L e sermons are to be preached in St. Paul's Church, be 0 ,%, re-petted minister of that church, to commemorate t he niessirigs of the late abundant harvest. A f eacii scrol a collection will be made as a thauk-offering, to aPPl.' e t i • in aid of the schools in Hiiekin's-hey. We re g ret to that the funds of these schools ar,i in a very critical stat e , in consequence of an accumul ,ted debt of near:y :C 2 u, The schools tire eery advantageously situated, and t` ) s rtuinhei of children amounts to about 300. Mr, the - friends of scriptural education will come fervi" l t Haerally to the aid of the committee, these imporEs° schools must be abandoned.. • LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, OcT. We have had a heavy supply of Cattle at market to-day fly ereatez , t portion of second-rate and inferior quality which 'il with dull ipzle. Anything good ea 4 erly sought after at a W: 0 13 price for this time of th e year. t ee f 4 id t o 54, ; :Ju t ' to Lild. LIVERPOOL COTTON NIA TIKET, OCT. 2S. „ A very fair and rathe r i mprov i ng ex t en t o f b us i ness donT i el 'or market today; tire saes are ; bales with a tlecriair firme • tone. Holders nevertheless are willing sellers at 0 9 market prices. flee. ais some .enquiry for export as we ll spe-u!ation. Sti IPPING INTELLIGENCE. ,MONDAY. °crown. 2g.—Wind E.S.E. moderate. AruHvEn--Pa7rick Henry. Delano, from New York. t o, SAIL 1,1).--B1 ish - Queen. Healey, for St..lohn, N.B —NI ' r ,e/ Thomas, for Lisbon—Ocean Queen, Von Ze:ean, for le10.!1(i'0,, Sophia, Witter, tor Christiana—Ni a, Eden, for Africa- -1 1,0 1 Itooge, for shanghae—Opriesmingen. Larren, for Christi Its' —and liaabet, Lai sen, lor Tonsherg. • Six. Bainbridge, from St. John, N.B. et Cove lints Tot. Oct. 27.—The G. eat Britain (iron steatn , • l .,oo': got out of dock, and into the Cumb. : rland ' Basin, this ater' all well. 0. or 14 Cove. Oct. 25.--The George Ramsey, from LiverP o „ Montreal. has put in here after being out 44 days, Wi l r, O D D split, loss of sails, and rigging, tko. damaged, bore up I , ' t jotO fforn long. 4 , after trying for four days, making for tt• N.B. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, OcTama 28. Wine, at Holyhead. E F , .E. geetle breeze at 9a m. s,st 7' Off Holyhead, inward boOnd, No. 1.9)-i, Georgia a, 13 ' a ni. (mini. ~i-,iv Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, No. 1,840, ,-- Ship, at 9 a.m., and S. 08", Maid of Athens, Sc. at 9 a•ra' 0 1 No further coinmunicat!on Lr fog. LIVERPOOL : TUESDNY, OCTOBER 29, 1811• PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY moitNi fJOSHUA FLETCHER Lt E, o 53,Grove-streets ,c /IY and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-str eet. iNo. 4, :ST. 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