The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Owing to an unusual pressure of advertisements at a vory late hour, we are compelled to postpone the insertion of the address to the Rev. H. Carpenter. with the Rev gentleman's reply. We are requested by a respectable sh - pkeeper in Lord-street, to complain of the great neglect in watering that great thoroughfare. Yesterday notwithstanding the recent showers, the clouds of dust in Lord.street were most annoying and injurious to the valuable goods exposed In the various shops; and no attempt had been made by the authorities for three days to abate the nuisance. Ebt Liberpnol ,il)tanlari). TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1844 The important questions involved in the Wallasey Dock Bill are now attracting more attention than at first; and as the real nature of the scheme be comes more fully known, public opinion is setting in more strongly against it. We have used our humble endeavours to bring about this result, and to point out the dangerous consequences which threaten to result to the navigation of the river, whilst at the same time we have shewn that docks may he so constructed in Wallasey Pool as to in volve no such danger, and no material diminution of the tidal waters. The paramount consideration with us in regarding this scheme is the preservation of the river; and to any mode of carrying it out, which even threatens it with injury, it is our firm conviction that it is the bounden duty of the Dock Committee and the people of Liverpool to offer the most strenuous opposition. Since our last publication two meetings of the Dock Committee have been held, one the usual weekly meeting, and the other a special meeting, summoned for the purpose of receiving two impor tant documents, submitted for the information of the general body by the sub-committee appointed to conduct its parliamentary business. For the proceedings at those meetings we must refer the reader to the reports in our columns, and we now propose to offer a few remarks upon the documents in question. The first of these is a communication from the Chairman of the Dock Committee to the Lords Conservators of the River, entreating their Lord ships, before they give their final sanction to the plan of the proposed Wallasey Docks, to institute an impartial and rigid inquiry into the merits of the scheme, with a view of ascertaining the proba ble effects to he produced on the sea channels by the encroachments on the river, and the abstraction of so enormous a quantity of its tidal waters. This paper is clearly and most ably drawn up; and by unbiassed parties will be perused with the attention which it so justly deserves. No opinions of the writer are here obtruded on their lordships —no speculative guess-work of his hazarded but a plain statement of facts, founded on the evidence of eminent engineers, is submitted to their consi deration as a ground for further investigation. Not a word of fault was found with this document by any member of the committee. The letter of the Chairman was referred by the Lords Conservators to Captain Evans, with a Cam mand that he should report upon the evidence, and ascertain how far the statements which it contained were borne out by the testimony of the engineers examined before the Committee of the House of Commons. That report is the second of the docu ments produced on Friday before the Dock Com mittee; and we must say that any thing more lame and irrelevant never passed through our hands. So far from confining himself to the duty assigned to him—that of reporting or. the evidence—the gallant captain very coolly throws it overboard; washes his hands of the opinions of the eminent engineers examined and volunteers his own ! We beg pardon : the opinion of one witness he does condescend to notice—viz., that of Mr. Tomkinson. Messrs. Ren nie, Giles, Vignoles, Mylne, Probis, and several other eminent civil engineers have recorded their opinions against the closing and silting up of the Pool; and those opinions are cavalierly laid on the shelf as unworthy of Captain Evans's examination ; whilst that of Mr. Tomkinson—a very respectable gentleman no doubt, but who would himself be the last to put forward any claims to the possession of engineering knowledge—being opposed to the opinions of these gentlemen, is dragged forward as conclusive in favour of the scheme ! To corroborate this opinion, the captain whisks us away from Wallasey to the Bay of Fundy, and amuses us with a dissertation upon the tides in that remote quarter of the world, which is certainly as little germane to the question at issue, and the duty imposed upon him by the Lords Commissioners, as any thing that can be conceived. But we must examine a few of the captain's opinions, and compare them with those given in the evidence upon which he was to report. He says the Pool in its present state will silt up ; and in corroboration of that opinion produces the opinion of Mr. Tomkinson. Now what say the other witnesses—eminent engineers ? Mr. Vignoles says that such silting up will +tot take p!ace. " I think," he says, (page 205) " the operations are simi ar now to what they have been for many years, and the Pool will always he kept open by the periodical floods of the land water. The same causes that kept open the Mersey will also keep open Wallasey Pool." And more than that, he adds—" If you build a dam across it will decidedly silt up." Mr. Walker (page 297) gives similar evidence. He says, "if a dam is built across the Pool, there will be a considerable silting up ; there can be no doubt of that." We might quote more opinions of a similar character, upon which Captain Evans might have remarked had he been anxious to perform the duty required of him, or even that which he im posed upon himself, viz., that of giving " a simple statement of the facts of the case, and leaving their lordships to draw their own conclusions." We pass over what is said about the loss of the tidal waters being made up for by the increased velocity gained in the stream, as this position is well known by every sailor who enters our port to be a fallacy. Were it correct, the difficulty of docking ships would be greatly increased ; the banks up the river would be washed away more than ever, and the low lands flooded every tide. This is so clear that we will not waste words upon it. A walk along the shore from Dingle point to Garston would con vince any man, however disposed to be sceptical. There is no analogy at all, as imagined by Captain Evans, between the cases of the Bay of Fundy, or the Severn, and that of the River Mersey. The acting conservator holds, and no doubt de servedly holds, the rank of post captain in her Ma jesty's royal navy ; and we should certainly not ven ture to impugn any opinion which he might express upon purely naval matters. Of the best mode of manoeuvring a frigate, we might acknowledge him a competent judge ; but upon engineering questions, and even upon the subject of tides, we need scarcely uy that we attach much greater weigbt to the opinions of such men as Messrs. Walker, Vignoles, Page, and others. We contend, however, that, take it for what it is worth, the captain's report is damnatory, rather than otherwise, of the Birken head scheme. He says, for instance, " I consider the objection to the refuge basin for coasters to be well founded. It is a cud de sac exposed to the full force of the ebb tide, which rolls into it over the in- clined plane of Woodside Ferry pier, which from its low position renders the entrance to the basin diffi cult of access with a strong tide either way. The basin is also considered too small for the accomoda tion of the numerous coasters which now take refuge on the banks at the entrance of the pool." He fur ther recommends another basin to be formed on the south side of the pier. The objection, moreover, to the alteration of the sea-wall, as delineated on the amended plan, he considers to be well founded, and therefore recommends the original line as that to be adopted, to recede sixty yards in the centre in a con cave form. rulers, and calling for the interference of the ma gistracy ; and such representation, if in existence, ought to be made public, as the only evidence which can tend to convince the Watch Committee that their functions were not on this occasion un warrantably interfered with. Such a document can alone heal the unhappy jealousies now existing be• tween that body and the magistracy. T-- .CHE FUNDS : SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English secu rities remain steady at previous quotations, the business of the day having been exceedingly limited. Consols for the account leave off 984 to 4 ; Bank Stock, 199 to 200 ; Exchequer-bills, 68s. to 70s. pm. and 71s. to 735. pm. ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 984 to 99 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1014 to 102; Long Annuities, 124; and India Bonds, 925. to 945. pm. Spanish stock conti nues heavy under the influence of sales, the result of ope rations by the speculators, who have of late rather exten sively changed their accounts for the fall, the news from Madrid being favourable to such business. The Five per Cents. this afternoon closed 221 to 4 ; and the Three per Cents., 334 to 4. The other securities showed little or no alteration. Quotations were—Portuguese Con verted, 464 to 474 ; Peruvian, 27 to 28 ; Mexican, 354 to ; the Deferred, 154 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 614 to I ; the Five per Cents., 100-4 to ; Da nish, 88 to 89 ; Col om bi an , 134 to ; Chilian, 102 to 104; Buenos Ayres, 33 to 35 ; Brazilian, 804 to 814 i and Bel gian, 1034 to 1044. RICHARD HARBORD, ESQ.—At a meeting of the com mittee of the Toxteth-park Protestant Operative Associa tion, last month, the following resolution was unani mously adopted :—" That the thanks of this committee, on behalf of the association, be given to Richard Har bord, Esq., for his manly and uncompromising defence (in the Council Chamber of this borough on the Ist May) against the attacks which were attempted to be disdain r fully heaped upon a body of the most loyal and consititu tional men in her Majesty's dominions." It must be extremely gratifying to Mr. Harbord to receive such frequent testimonials of approbation of his conduct. He well deserves them all, and we should be glad to see some of his colleagues in the council follow his example for consistency and unflinching Protestantism. MR. FERRAND AND SIR JAMES GRAHAM. —The fol lowing complimentary notice of the remarks made in our last week's paper on Mr. Ferrand's pamphlet, entitled " The Great Mott Question," appeared as a leading arti cle in the London Times of Thursday fast. "The country is really more obliged to the provincial papers for the part which they take, and the spread into general notice and consideration which they effect, of all objects of public interest and national utility, than is generally observed. The conduct of the Home Secretary, and the system un happily adopted by his means, of forcing the cruel enact ments of the poor-law upon the country, have been stren uously—and we hope we may add, without the charge of vanity for our participation, most happily —exposed by the metropolitan press ; but still, conviction could not have been carried into the more remote parts of the realm with out the intelligent and able co-operation of the provincial press. Our columns this day afford a proof of the truth of the preceding remark. The Liverpool Standard and the Tyne Mercury, both papers conducted upon really patriotic principles, and with appropriate ability, have brought forward and presented to their readers the affair of Sir James Graham and Mr. Ferrand in the most useful manner; and from the tone thus taken up throughout the country, it is obvious that the matter cannot rest in its present state, but that there must be a revival of it. This is the brief summing up with which the spirited writer of the Liverpool Standard concludes :—" Few men would like to be placed in the same position in which Mr. Fer rand's pamphlet leaves Her Majesty's Home Secretary, Sir James Graham." MERCURIAL PUFFING AND UNFAIRNESS.—When the conductor of a newspaper descends to the arts of a quack, and obtrusively propounds to the world his own opinions of his own vast importance, we are inclined to suspect that he has some notion that his position is not quite so secure, or so high in public estimation, as it is wished to be. We are not, therefore, very much con cerned to observe, that our contemporary the Mercury has been driven, by the rapid progress in circulation and advertising which is now being made by ourselves and a contemporary, to resort to self-glorification, inasmuch as it shews that the world is beginning to entertain a proper appreciation of the rabid and feeble trash which distils from his pen, and is an admission of waning influence and prosperity. The Mercury might have puffed himself, however, without inflicting a deliberate injury upon the competitors whom it fears. He might have been honest, and, whilst giving a statement of his own eminent merits and amount of public support, have abstained from the meanness of fabricating data for the purpose of depreci ating that of others. The fabrication to which we refer is that of a tabular statement of the circulation, &c., of his contemporaries, purporting to be "corrected from the latest parliamentary returns, for six months ending Dec. 1843," in which two of our contemporaries who figured very low in those returns—at the bottom, in fact—have a number of stamps credited to them which never came into those returns, and which places one of them above ourselves in apparent circulation. It would have been more honest if the Mercury, when supplying data pro fessedly from parliamentary returns, had given those re turns as made, adding any explanation he chose, and not have given as an audyrntic statement a mere piece of patchwork. If the returns of parliament are worth any thing, as proving a paper's circulation, they ought to be given in an ungarbled form, in which alone they are honest and faithful witnesses. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have derived from an agricultural friend of much experience, who is a large cultivator in this neighbourhood, and who has re cently visited Kent, Sussex, Northampton, and most of the southern and midland counties, the following infor mation, on the accuracy of which our readers may rely : He states the bay crop is almost universally very light— generally, indeed not above one-fourth the usual yield; and that all spring-sown crops were suffering severely during the long continuance of dry weather. The rain that has since fallen has, however, done much good, but considerably more than what has yet fallen is required to redeem those that are retrievable. The wheat, in well cultivated land, is still looking well, and will, in all pro bability, be afa r average crop. The straw will, however, be light, though the grain will be of good quality. Oats, barley, beans and other spring•sown crops will, it is apprehended, be light, and under an ave rage . Th e h a y We have reason to believe th a t the reply to the now being cut, though light, is rather better than that of case submitted for the opinion of counsel, with 1826, which was also stinted by a long drought,—when respect to the legality or ille ga lity o f th e s tois 6 ystem of o doubt the price (now advanced nced to ls. ld. per stone h e r e ) rose the rains we have had have greatly Orangeism, as existing in Liverpool, will shortly be improved it; and farmers who have mowed what little made public. Much, however, as we are anx i ous hay-grass they had, (which they were o bli ge d to d o as i t had run to seed) are top-dressing with guano, or artificial for a satisfactory solution of this question, there is manures, so that they may force on the grass for a second and more abundant productio n i n goo d t i me, o f w hi ch one circumstance, connected with the proceedings they have little doubt with anything like fine weather in out of which the inquiry originated, which must not harvest time—the beginnin g and middle of August. Very for parties pr e p ar i ng i n t hi s way , there have been be permitted to remain any longer unexpl a i ne d . At large arrivals of guano within the last few days, at this and present, it is well known that the magistrates and other ports.—The crop of fruit may be considered the same in this neighbou r h oo d. Th e common sorts — pears, the Watch Committee are to so me ex t ent i n colli- apples, gooseberries, and currants—have not suffered from sion, with respect to the amount of control which the frosty air which was experienced last month, and this is each is entitled to hold over the proceedings attributed to their having set their fruit well before the frost set in—the early part of the spring having been ex and regulation of the police force. The Watch ceedingly favourable. The gardens, and, indeed, the Committee complain that the magistrates, be- whole face of the country have been much refreshened and fore proceeding, as on a recen t occas i on, to beautified h a b a y t a h u e c lha as t e r w a e i niL,vaeneed sen f u a c y c o e u s r s e i o d n w o i f t h slLo r w t e i r i s e institute enquiries into the cons tit u ti on o f the last few days, for a f or t n i g h t, w ill do much, if not all that s requisite,to Le o d u e g e i m t. th e general c ro p s th a t h ave su ff ered police force, and laying down rules for it s regula- theifromlong GUANO SALE : PROBABLE. SUPPLY OF GUANO.—A tion, should have consulted themselves, as the par mlairoguoaergoseosuotif, _ t s h f i i s ic f a ert i i m li v sl n n g g t i t ) r e t e i n cle a , dv jl e i r st ties to whom in ordinary cases the formation and a imported et from tised to take place at the General Sale-room, No. 1, control of the force is committed ; and the justice of Old hall-street, yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the attendance the complaint is in a great measure admitted. It a t th e a p po i n t e d ti me , o f d ea l ers an d country purchasers ' was the intention of the magistrates to have ulti- very c w r a o s wded. Thenumerous, respective cargoes large room were—first,beiti g that completely mately communicated with the Committee—when Henry (Messrs. J. T. and T. B. Bourne, bro the matter before them had been ripe, and the of- kers,) 300 tons ; second, the " John Jardine," (Mr. I. fending members of the force had been " quiet:y" 0. Bold, merchant and owner,) 1,000 tons ; and thi r d, the " Queen," (Mr. Duncan Gibb, owner,) 900 tons ; got rid of. Meanwhile, it was to remain a "police or, in all, about 2,200 tons. The first cargo was cata loued in of 5 and 10 tons alternatel, and the bid- secret," in the hands of the M a y or , t h e Stipendiary, dings for the lots first lot started at XS, and ended at £9 10s. the Town-Clerk, and Messrs. Whitty and Dowling. The reserved bid, however, was £lO, and no sale took place. Of the second cargo, two lots were knocked do wn The question which we want to h ave so l ve d i s t hi s : to Mr. Bold, and the rest was withdrawn ; reserve also from what source, and in what way, the subject ever £lO. The third, after a few biddings, was also with came before those authorities at all ? drawn, the reserve being stated a t £lO 10 s . ; so t h at no virtual sale took place of any of the quantities offered. The public have all along concluded, that some It was thought by some of those interested in the future representation was made to the Mayor, that the po- sales of the article, that this sale would to a certain extent determine the price throughout the present season, more lice force was in a state which rendered some alter- particularly as it is really in great demand, and the quan tity yet in the market is comparatively small in propor. ation necessary in the rules laid down for the ap tion. We are advised, however, by some well-informed pointment of its officers. Such a representation, individuals, that the price demanded on this occasion is we believe, was made, and the party making it was, not an absolute criterion from whi c h t o j u d ge on this point; that owners are naturally adverse to moderate we are informed, Mr. Rushton, our stipendiary. prices at auctions, as tending to the general lowering o f But on what information did Mr. Rushton move the market ; and th a t, as many vesse l s are yet expected, —th in the matter ? It could not be that he would take —some of them shortly at thi s an d ot h er ports probability is, that e re l ong l ess t h an t h e reserve in t this e such a step as that which he adopted, without some instance may be submitted to by private contract. It is stated, on the authority of a ship captain who was recent! there, that, in his calculation, there were not more than y about 200,000 tons of guano at Ichaboe ; strong evidence to produce of the necessity of such and as a rumour general that from 400 to 500 large vessels have already a course; and the public, and especially the Mayor gone, one, or will proceed, from various ports of this kingdom and the Watch Committee, are entitled to know what was that evidence. in search of the arti c l e , t h e w h o l e (i n t h at quarter at l east) be exhausted. We notice this only as affecting i ni m a m y e s di o a n te prices • for we have before us a list of nume thatglt could not emanate from the force itself ; for in o ro f u t s hi places, (published by Messrs. Carson and Kilgour, case, had any inspector or officer entertained town,? " where, if looked for, guano is most likely the opinion that there was anything dangerous or to be found." No fewer than 106 places - (coasts, islands, improper going on, it would have been reported to a esc d ) . , chiefly withi n , or near l y w i t hi n t h e trop i cs, i n east lnitude are notd, with remarks as to he the Head Constable, and cer tainty or p o probability of the e article being obtain able t in come naturally and promptly before the Watch each in more or less quantity. Some of these are, how- Committee, to whom he was bound to report. It zerg,aetryaisttoant amountthe almos fre t ght to mi a g preclusio on uently . Even could not be upon representations volunteered by rocks and islands in Australia are mentioned, and many are so questionably marked as to b e cons idered as but the Head Constable himself th a t Mr. Rushton merely conjectural depots. But about a dozen places are proceeded; for Mr. Whitty would have reported to I;e e in t it l r e kpacict there as positi ve ly a b ound i ng i n i t; an d if thi s the committe e , whose servant he was ; and we have will even should guano for an age or two to come, there be nonew deposits. The heard it stated that Mr. Whitty has denied that he following note is appended to the list :—" Guano will be found probably on a ll i s l ands of a volcanic nature, o f goo d was the inf ormant o f the stipendiary. quality, within 28 degrees to the north and 28 degrees to If it did not then come from these sources, Mr. the south of the equator; beyond those limits its proper- Rushton's authority must have originated in some ties are likely to be les s va l ua bl e. " W e shal l recur t o the subject next week, including some notice of most strong representation s made to him by a portion of successful results from the use of guano in this country. the public, expressive of want of confidence in the Only one cargo of Peruvian has latterly arrived, but se veral are dile. A c . ontract has bees made for som tonfri police force and in the Watch Committee, its can we believe) deliverable neat spring, at £6 per Can any thing be more conclusive than this, that the plans are crude, indigested and require further consideration ? We have first the deposited plans, with a sea-wall projecting in a straight line into the tide way. Then we have the corrected plan, as it passed the House of Commons, with a wall receding four hundred and fifty feet from the coasting dock to the entrance of the great tidal basin. And, finally, we have the opinion of the acting conserva tor of the river, declaring that by the carrying out of such amended (I) plans the docks will become a " wallet" for the reception of the mud of the river ! We next come to consider the proposed scouring of the tidal basin. Captain Evans remarks upon this part of the scheme—" the plan has never been tried, and, therefore, there can be no certainty as to its results ;" and gives it as his opinion that " the water sluiced out will be of very little use as a scour owing to its being so charged with silt." If this scouring fails, he adds, the projectors will then resort to dredging. Here again the captain slaugh ters the scheme as now before parliament, for the sluicing has been dwelt upon as its most valuable feature—a grand panacea for cleansing the tidal basin, deepening the river, and even acting upon the channel at the Victoria Bar, upon which it was to operate, like an electric shock, as soon as opened. Such was to be the effect according to the evidence of the Birkenhead engineers, examined before the parliamentary committee. The fallacy, however, of this argument as to the electrical effect upon Vic toria Bar may be tested by a walk to the first locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. When these are emptied, it will be seen that it takes a very con siderable period before the action of the water coming out of the sluices is felt at the short distance of a quarter of a mile. The Victoria Bar is twelve miles from the proposed sluices at Wallasey, and must of course be proportionally slowly effected by their opening. The engineers assign very different reasons to those of Captain Evans for the failure of the scour, and also add, that the most serious injury would result to the navigation. Mr. Vignoles says, (p. 206,) — "The experience of sluicing is, that for a certain distance it clears away and then runs up a bank The plan is novel, atlLnled with uncertainty, and think the probable risks, contingencies, and disad. vantages, are greater than the corresponding effect to be produced." He adds, (p. 207,) " When the walls are constructed, it will be scarcely practicable to keep that low water basin; at all events a bar will be formed at its mouth." If our limits permitted, we might quote columns to the same effect. What we have quoted already will suffice, we think, to satisfy any one that the sluicing is attended with danger to the navigation, and demands further in. vestigation before our river is exposed to its perilous effects. We cannot take our leave of Captain Evans without remarking how unnecessarily he has in this port attempted to reopen " the mud question," as _ _ connected with the cleansing of the Liverpool Docks, and how unfair it is to dwell upen " the willingness of the Birkenhead Commissioners to accept the Liverpool Dock mud, and to put it in the rear of the river wall, thus settling the difficult question of the mud." How would such an ac ceptance of the obliging offer of our neighbours settle the question ? When the rear of the Birken. head wall is filled up the question will be once more unsettled; and at all events, surely Captain Evans will find a more dignified and profitable oc- cupation for the Dock Trustees of Liverpool than that of assisting the Birkenhead Commissioners in he formation of their works, and the filling up of ;he rear of their walls. NEW COUNTY COURTS BILL. " A Bill (as amended by the Committee) for the more easy Recovery of small Debts and Demands in the County Courts of England, prepared and brought in by Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton," has been printed by order of the House of Commons. 'We have been fa voured with a copy for perusal, and as we conceive that its general effect will be highly beneficial in towns such as Liverpool, as affording a much greater protection to the public than now exists against unprincipled debtors, we supply some of the principal beads. The preamble states, that for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts, it is expedient that the former acts affecting certain towns and places to that effect should be amended, and that one rule and manner of proceeding for the recovery of such debts and demands should pre vail throughout England ; that as the ancient county court has jurisdiction only in actions where the debt is under , 103., and the proceedings in the county court are dilatory and expensive, it is expedient that the courts established under those acts, or such of them as ought to be Conti nued, should b e h erea f ter h olden under the provisions of this act, as branches of the county court. Her Majesty may order this act to be put in execution in any place in any county, except i n th e c i ty o f L on d on. Counties may be divided into districts for the purposes of the act, and the places of holding the courts fixed or altered from time to time; and courts now held for the recovery of small debts under former acts, may be ordered to be holden under this act, the proceedings under former acts to be in the meantime valid. The Lord Chancellor, or in this county the Ch ance ll or and Council of the Duchy, is to appoint. the jud ges , eac h o f whom shall be a set or barrister at law. The judges of the county court, as at present constituted, to be th e fi rs t j u d ges o f the courts respectively held as branches of the county court under this act, if willing to perform the duties ; but the appoint ment of the first judge of any such court not to be deemed an appointment to hold office within the meaning of the act of 6th Victoria, " For the amendment of the law of bankruptcy," so as to deprive him of any compensation under that act. The judge may appoint a deputy during illness or unavoidable absence, with the same powers. No judge is to practise as an attorney, but may as a con veyancer or solicitor in a court of equity. The Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury are to appoint treasu rers ; and the treasurers of the present county courts shall be entitled to be first treasurers of the same courts respec tively when holden as branches of the county court under this act, in every case in which a separate treasurer shall be appointed exclusively for such court. The clerks are to be attorneys, to be appointed or removed by her Ma. jesty, and to be paid by fees as provided by the act : as sistant clerks, if required, to be provided by the clerks, and paid out of their fees. The clerks, bailiffs, and offi cers of the present courts of request to continue in office; but if a clerk in one of the courts in the larger towns (in Schedule A) shall decline, the Commissioners may award such compensation as they may deem fit under the cir cumstances. The treasurer, clerk, and officers are to give security, and fees are to be taken according to the schedule annexed to the bill. The judges are to be paid salarjes instead of fees—not to exceed £BOO per annum. The salaries of judges of the courts of requests are not to be less than the average net amount of their receipts and the receipts of their predecessors during the last seven years, with such reasonable addition as the Commissioners of the Treasury shall think fit. Compensation to be given to persons whose emoluments will be diminished ; salaries may be substituted for fees, and fees to be accounted for to the treasurer. The treasurer is to provide a court house, by hire, purchase, or building; also prisons, or part of prisons, under the control of justices : the general fund for this and other purposes to be raised by a small sum to be required from plaintiffs on receiving summons on suit. The courts are to be held once at least every calendar month. The jurisdiction of the courts to extend to the sum of £l5 of debt or demand, and no demands to be split into two or more suits if the amount be above £l5, but a plaintiff may abandon the excess over that sum and proceed. Minors may sue for wages to that amount, and the act extends to the recovery of balances of partnership accounts under or to that amount. When the amount claimed exceeds £5, the plaintiff or defendant may require a jury, making, at the time of giving notice, jurors to deposit towards the expenses of such jur y ; th e to be from the list of persons qualified to serve as jurors in the Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius : no juryman to serve more than twice in one year. New trials may be moved for in the superior courts, on certain conditions. The court may award execution against either body or goods. Distresses to be within the provisions of 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 17. The most important clause is, we think, the 87th, as follows : " Yo person shall remain in custody under any warrant against the body under this act longer than twenty days for any sum not greater than twenty shillings, or longer than one day for every entire shilling contained in the sum mentioned in the warrant when such sum is greater than twenty shillings; and the term of imprisonment shall be in each case determined by the judge, not being less than twenty days, and shall be expressed in the warrant." The other clauses refer chiefly to the regulation of the courts, the responsibilities of their officers, gaolers, &c. The act does not affect the rights and privileges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Liverpool and Manchester are referred to in the schedule of towns which will come under its operation.—The Guardian Society of this town will, should it pass (of which there appears to be no doubt), find through it a desirable means of re straining the scandalous practices of unprincipled persons who plunge into debts to tradesmen on false pretences, without the view or the desire to liquidate them.—the present law affecting small debtors being quite inadequate to the proper punishment by imprisonment of such offen ders. Appended to the bill is a schedule of the fees to be paid to the judges, clerks, bailiffs, &c., at each step in procedure ; and these appear to be moderate. The Duke of Bridgewater's trustees are carrying out the swift packet trade on the Bridgewater canal, between Manchester and Altrincham, with a spirit of determina tion and liberality which cannot fail to give satisfaction to the travelling public. The trustees are intending to convey passengers between these two towns, a distance of about eight miles, at sixpence and fourpence respectively for first and second class passengers, in less than an hour, thus placing this easy mode of conveyance within the reach of all parties, and giving to the mercantile comrnu. pity a cheap and ready means of access to a delightful part of the country. In the annual examinations at Cambridge, which have just terminated, the names of three gentlemen, natives of this town, appear in the first class in three of the largest colleges,—namely, Mr. Lightfoot, of Trinity College, Mr. Willink, of St. John's, and Mr. Davies, of Corpus Christi. These gentlemen were all pupils of our Royal Institution school. In the general examination also at the London University, the first silver medal, and the second certificate of honour, were awarded, its his first year, to another pupil of the same school, Mr. J. Wood, son of A. Wood, Esq., of Rochdale ; many of his com petitors being students of three or four years' standing at that university. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—A lad, named John Owens, was placed at the bar of the Police-office, yesterday, at the instance of two gentlemen of the excise, having been found at the house 51, Pugh-street, in charge of an illicit still, then in full play, making whiskey. The lad, in ex planation, said he knew nothing whatever of the person who rented the house. A few days ago he was gazing through a shop window, when a mart came to him, arid asked him if he wanted employment; he replied in the affirmative, and was taken to the house where he was found, and received a shilling per day, which was regu larly paid each day, for carrying water, &c. He had no parents, and resided with his aunt in Paradise-place, Newhall-street. Mr. Rushton said he had no discretion in the matter—X3o, or three months' imprisonment. ENCOURAGEMENT OF YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a little boy, named Hunter, a shop lad with Mr. William Wood, a shoe dealer, was charged with stealing a pair of shoe s , th e property of his employer ; and a woman, named Catherine Vanston, with receiving the same, knowing them to have been stolen. The boy, on being severely beaten by his father, confessed to having been in the habit from time to time of taking shoes from his master's shop, and selling them to the fe male prisoner's husband for 4d. per pair. On searching the cellar of the female's husband, 26 pairs of shoes, all of which were deposed to by Mr. Woods as being his pro perty, were found. The husband, on the search being made, absconded. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the female, said she was but the agent of the husband. The prisoners were remanied. LIVERPOOL PE NITENTI ARY.—The annual report of this most humane and Christian establishment has just been published. The total number in the house during the year was 113, thirteen of whom were restored to their friends, or placed out at service, and forty-four left at their own suggestion, or were dismissed for disobedience of rules, and fifty-five were remaining in the house at the time of issuing the report. It appears that the expendi ture of the institution has for several years exceeded its income by upwards of £l5O per annum. This deficiency has been met by the sale of a plot of ground held by the committee, in the hope of being enabled to enlarge the es tablishment, but which it had become imperative to dis pose of. The debt has by this means been liquidated, and a balance of £252 7s. 4d. is left in the treasurer's bands towards the probable deficiency of the current year. THEATRE-ROYAL.—During the past week we have had several novelties brought forward at this theatre, the most taking of which has been the engagement of the celebrated cantatrice, Madame Dorus Gras ; Signor Salvi, from the Theatre Italien in Paris ; Miss Poole, and our talented townsman Mr. E. L. Hime,—the two latter of whom appeared on Friday evening in Midas and The Agreeable Surprise, and on Saturday evening in No Stepp No Sup per and Midas ; the former taking part in a miscellaneous concert, with Mr. Morley, the Misses Coveney, and Mr. W. J. Hammond. On both evenings there was a fashion able and crowded house, which must have gratified the lessees and performers, as the talent of the latter gratified the audience, Last night the performances were for the benefit of Mr. Webster, and the close of the season, upon the occasion of which an address was delivered by that gentleman. just l beenM O RTGAGED published S he 1 iP d l o P f 1 h rtG. e number A o f parliamentaryships sw h r o e i t l u y m or ha in s part mortgaged in the several ports of London, Liver pool, Newcastle, Sunderland, and Hull from 1835 to 1844. The number of Liverpool ships wholly or partly mortaged in 1835 was 43 ; in 1836, 46 ; in 1837, 102 ; in 1838, 38 ; in 1830, 37 ; in 1840, 67 ; in 1841, 67; in 1842, 84 ; in 1843, 58; when the aggregate tonnage was 16,851 tons. The ships mortgaged in this port are proportionately fewer in num ber than in most of the places named. In the year 184 1, when the shippi ng i n t eres t was i n a mos t depressed s ta te, the number of ships in Liverpool upon which mortgages l h a a n d d been wa s l 17 , effected in N s: w s n6a7st,lewh7i2ls,titnheLnounmdobleirit S , uannddei.rn mi,HiouvrletlrgpalngOne. Liverpool was wi D na u s r s i nBg, Sunderland;th t a h r e e ya r6 r e97 1 i9 8 13 4 3 i ill pwweichasewnthl Newcastle; wholly numbere yl2nor ini n Lpoan t r n .t Lon don, and 15 in Hull. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD BEIIINGTON tIORTICULTURA.I. SOCIETY, The first meeting of this society of the season, for the exhibition of plants, flowers, fruits, and vegetables, was held on Wednesday last, in the pleasure-ground of the Royal Rock Ferry Hotel, where a handsome new mar quee, 24 yards in length and twelve in breadth, was pitched for the occasion. The weather, though fine for We country, was in the early part of the day rather un favourable for visiters,—being showery and threatening further downfall ; but the attendance was, nevertheless, numerous and highly respectable —a great number of ladies and gentlemen reaching the ground in their own carriages. Amongst those present were C. Stanley, Esq. and lady, J. W. Hardman, Esq. and party, H. Winch, Esq. and lady, the Rev. I. Mainwaring and lady, the Rev. H. Wrench, Esq. and lady, J. Nelson Wood, Esq. and lady, Wm. Robinson, Esq. and lady, Thomas Aspinall, Esq. and lady, and C. Bullen, G. King, S. Vertue, G. J. Wainright, W. Dowson, J. Higginson, D. Cannon, R. Willis, J. Carter, P. Quirk, J. T. Rayner, &c., &c., Esqrs.. many of them with parties. The appearance of the exhibition was altogether beautiful, and the tent, which was decorated with flags, hung from the middle, was much admired. The gardens were also decorated with flags, and Mr. Parker's Cheltenham band was stationed in the adjoining bowling -green, and played a variety of popular airs. The company, when not engaged in admiring the treasures of Flora in the marquee, pro menaded in the winding walks, or chatted in the numerous arbours on the grounds,—which last have greatly im proved from the rapid growth of the shrubs, evergreens, &c., within the last few years. A fine view of the river with its shipping in panoramic motion, and of the town and the opposite shore is obtained from various points ; and the improvements in and round the hotel reflect the highest credit on the worthy hostess Mrs. King. The plants, flowers, &c. exhibited, were all excellent. We could not indeed find a single indifferent specimen ; and it were almost invidious to particularize, except with reference to a few of the rarest of their kinds. The pelargoniums (geraniums) were especially rich and beautiful. Amongst them (Ist prize) was "Joan of Arc," and " Beauty of Ware," both truly beauties, brought by Harold Littledale, Esq., who, it is not too much to say, has, in but a few years, become one of the most devoted and skilful florists and agriculturists in our neighbourhood. A fine gera neum was also sent by a cottager named Cottrell. Amongst the finer plants was the Cactus Specioussirni (prickly pear) (from S. Needham, Esq.); the Eupherbia Splendens (from the Rev Mr. Mainwaringl ; the Ox cidlum Flexuorum, and Azalia Indica, (Si r W. S tan l ey) ; the Ocudium Papilio (or butterfly plant) a parasite —very curious ; Azalia Literatii, &c. There w ere some fi ne roses. We also noticed a few good ericas, or Cape heaths. The baskets of plants and out flowers were ex tremely beautiful and admirably disposed. The basket of cut flowers from Sir W. Stanley's attracted much notice. Others of perhaps equal merit were sent by Miss Needham, W. Sharp, Esq., J. T. Raynes, Esq, H. Winch, Esq., and others. The pansies were many of them very large and perfect, particularly some sent by J. B. Amey, Esq. One good collection was rejected from being " gummed," contrary to the rules. We observed several superbly large and beautiful stocks—one in particular from W. Boyd, Esq., (scarlet) upwards of a foot high in the blossom. Miscellaneous collections of fine plants and flowers were sent by Messrs. Dickson, of Chester, and Mr. Whalley, of Liverpool. Amongst the former were some yellow (or lucifer) roses, and a pomegrante ; amongst the latter several good cplceolarius. These were not for competition. The fruits were on the whole very fine, particularly the black grapes, cherries, and melons. The asparagus was very large, as was the rhubarb. The samples of cucumbers, onions, pease, and cauliflower, were also well-grown and excellent. The following is a list of the awards PREMIER PRIZES. Best Orchidaceous Plant, Sir W. Stanley, Bart. ; Mr. Drewitt gardener. Best Stove Plant, Rev. J. Mainwaring; Mr. Stanton, gardener, Pelargonium—lst prize, H. Littledale, Esq. Fuchsia-Ist prize, G. J. Wainwright, Esq. Greenhouse Plants—lst prize, Sir W. Stanley. Best Pelargonium, H. Littledale, Esq. Best Fuchsia, G J. Wainwright. Best Greenhouse Plants -1, Sir W. Stanley; 2, Rev. J. Mainwaring. Best six Pelargoniums-1, H. Littledale, Esq. •2, IL Winch, Esq. Best fcur P e l argoniums —Sir Wm. Stanley; 2, H. Littledale, Esq. Best six Fuchsias -1, Sir Wm. Stanley; 2, J. T. Raynes, Esq. Best six Verbenas -1, H. Winch, Esq. ;2, P. Quirk, Esq. Best Roses—H. Winch, Esq. Best Rose-tree, in pot—H. Littledale, Esq. Best Cinerarias-1, H. Littledale, Esq. ; 2, J. T. Raynes, Esq. Best Calceolarias—Sir W. Stanley. Best basket of Plants-1, H. Winch, Esq.; 2, Sir W. Stanley. Best Cut Flowers-1. Sir W. Stanley; 2, W. Sharp, Esq. Best Device of Flowers—G. J. Wainwright, Esq. Best pan of twenty Pansies, distinct varieties—J. B. Amey, Esq Best pan of twelve Pansies, distinct varieties—Sir W. Stanley. FRUITS.—Best Black Grapes-1, W. Sharp, Esq.; 2, Ditto, Best White Grapes—Ditto. Best basket of Fruit—Rev. J, Mainwaring VEGETABLES. —Best brace of Cucumbers -1, G. V. Tanton, Esq. ;2, Ditto. Best brace of Cauliflowers -1, Sir W. Stanley ; 2, Welsh, Esq. Best brace of Cabbages—H Littledale, Esq. Best Lettuce— Welsh, Esq. Best Peas—H. Winch, Esq. Best Asparagus—Sir W. Stanley. Best Curled Parsley—Un known. Best Spring Onions—G V. Tanton, Esq. Best Car rots—Unknown. Best Turnips—W. Sharp, Esq. EXTRA PRIX ES.—liest basket of Flowers—l, J. T. Raynes, Esq.; 2, S. Needham, Esq. Best basket of Cut Flowers—Miss Greenham. Best collection of Heaths—G. J. Wainwright, Esq. Best Fuchsla—Rogersiana, Rev. J. Mainwaring. Best Stock W. Bird, Esq Best Cucumbers—Rev. R. M. Fielden. Best Rhubarb—H. Winch, Esq. Best Potatces—W. Sharp, Esq. Best Kidney Beans—Sir W. Stanley. Best Melon—Rev. J. Mainwaring. Be t Cherries—Sir W. Stanley. Best Greenhouse Plant—He ichrysum spectabills, Sir W. Stanley. Best Stove Plant—Gesnerii Cooperi, W. Sharp, Esq. COTTAGERS' PRIER.— Best Cherries—John 011erhead, of Bromboro'. The second meeting of the society, for the season, will take place on Friday, the 19th of July ; and the third, and last, on Wednesday, the 4th of September. Mr. Entwisle has already commenced his parliamentary duties on railway committees, being one of the members of the Committee of Selection on the North Wales Mi neral Railway Bill. CONFIRMATION.- As no accurate statement of the number of young persons confirmed by the Lord Bishop of Chester, in this town, has yet appeared, we furnish the following authorised account which has been furnished to us. It includes all the churches at which the bishop con firmed in this town. His lordship administered this sacred rite of the church also at Child wall, but we have not been able to obtain the number of persons confirmed. St. Michael's, Liverpool St. Martin's-in-the-Fields St. Jude's St. John the Baptist's, Toxteth park 649 St. George's, Everton 2,580 MORE FATAL ATTEMPTS TO DEFEAT " JUSTICE TO IRELAND."—We understand that a meeting was yesterday held of the leading reformers of this town, at the Reform Association office, to make arrangements for the reception of an expected deputation from Ireland, bound hither on an experimental cruize, for the purpose (if they can?) of rousing the people here to make such a demonstration against what the parties call " the injustice prosecution and sentence" of O'Connell and his co-conspirators, as shall " compel" the government to release them from " durance vile." We need scarcely say that they will find but a contemptible fraction of our population, (and those not natives) who will yield their soft sympathies in behalf of such cruelly encaged and patriotic champions of national disruption. INQUEST.—On Saturday, and, by adjournment, yester• day, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, borough coroner, touching the death of William Luke, clerk to Mr. Newton, fishmonger. It appeared that, on Friday week, deceased fell down a stair in a warehouse belonging to Messrs. Gordon, Stewart, and Co., in Great Charlotte street. He fell about fourteen feet, and his head was so much injured that a great deal of blood flowed from one of his ears. He was attended by Mr. Rogerson, surgeon, Gildart-street, and occasionally went abroad, but partial delirium became manifest on Thursday last. He went out on the following morning, and got home again about eleven o'clock, when he rapidly sank, and died about half past twelve. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence, to the effect that he died " from the effect of injuries received in the fall, and which were fol lowed by delirium tremens." We have received from Captain H. Maclean, late com mander of the ship Palestine, which vessel was burnt at sea on the 4th February, 1844, off the Mauritius, a list of the crew and copy of letter from the Colonial-office at the Cape of Good Hope, at which place Capt. Maclean arrived rived with 20 of his crew, the remainderhaving left the 2d day after the wreck in the cutter, who have safely an ived at the Isle of Bourbon. "Mr. Montagu presents his compliments to Capt. Maclean, and with reference to their conversation of this morning begs to inform him that the government is prepared to make such reasonable provision for the support of the ship-wrecked seamen brought by him to this colony as may be absolutely necessary, until they can obtain work, or the means be found for them to pro.. ceed to England.—Colonial-office, 24th February, 1844." Crew left at Cape—John Moore, carpenter; J. Basily, sailmaker ; J. Dickson, cook ; J. Collings, steward ; J. Carson, J. Shaw, W. Martin, George Grant, C. Griffiths, G. Spours, G. Thompson, J. Morris, R. Harrison, Wm. Jett, seamen. Arrived per Solway, with Captain Maclean, from Cape of Good Hope—D. Smith, second mate; J. Maclean, M. Maclean, ordinary seamen; S. Carson, IL Park, W. Fox, apprentices. Left in cutter—J. Moodie, mate ; J. Robertson, second mate ; J. Orr, boatswain ; G. Thompson, joiner; W. Clemens, J. Cooper, J. Mackay, C. Anderson, J. Buers, A. Foreman, J. Musson, seamen ; Geo. West, L. Waller, apprentices. be Police- CHARGE OF STEALING A £lOO NOTE. — office yesterday, a man who stated his name Atkinson, was placed at the bar on su t sP of Sarah Hey. lo t n t be f Edward n g stolen a bank note for £lOO, theprof wood, of Eldon-street. It .appeaPrrrecf Tilt in November, residence from Torboc tittaol commence 1842, prosecutri x was changing h street to Eldon-street, wberetesbiraws which she named respectively shopkeeping, and that the note was a t s he ab c ° a u p intended to embark. Agnes Robinson and Elizabeth IVlTherson, were assisting no te stolen was placed a drawe r in the house in El in the removal.Td he ol - s treet, and shortly aft er being de positedinformation of which, al along there w ith the n umber of missing, of the note, was immediately communi catedno- to the Commissioners of Police.—M r. John Francis Heat h, of the District Bank, stated that, on Saturday last, the pr isoner presented the note, along w ith two other n otes, on e . for £3O, and anoth er f or £4O, and wished to have gold in exchange. Prisoner was asked for his name and address, and he stated h is name to be Hood, and that be resided in Manchester. P r i soner was then 'told that payment of the £lOO note had been stopped, and a police officer was sent for, and he was given into custody.—At the Commissioner's office p r i soner stated that he had received the note in exchange at Doncaster. The note was indorsed " Henry Hood, 19, Sandon-street, Liverpool," at which place prisoner said he resided. A police-officer was dis= patched to Sandon-street, and when he returned stated that there was no suc h number in the street ; the building which would be 19, was one in process of erection. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. June 11, 1844. AMERICA. The packet ship Queen of the West has brought nal New York papers of the 21st ult., being five days later than our previous advices. We find some important news relatiye to the annexation of Texas question. It seems that Mr. President Tyler has officially an' flounced to the American Senate, that he has ordered fleet into the Gulf of Mexico, and also a large body of troops to the bord ers o f Texas. The National Intelh cencer (Washington paper) states that it learns from 5 private but reliable source, that an understanding , amounting to a stipulation, was had between the two go vernments, previous to the signing of the treaty,• and which was insisted upon as a sine qua non by T ex as, by which the executive of the United States bound this go' vernment to station on or near the Texas boundary line force of something like a thousand infantry and several hundred cavalry, and to maintain, in the Gulf of Mello; a naval force superior to any naval force that Mexico hal at her disposition. The announcement made to the Senate by the Presi dent seems to substantiate this statement, and it would appear clear that Mr. Tyler regards the annexation of Texas as an actual commencement of hostilities against Mexico. The denunciations against Mr. President Tyler by the press are somewhat significant. The New York Courier demands his immediate impeachment. The steam-ship Britannia reached Boston at an early hour on Saturday morning, the 18th ult. A late arrival of a vessel from Hayti, states that when off Aux Cayes she was boarded by a Haytien schooner of war and ordered to sea. She remained near the port for seven days, and during that time heard constant firms on shore. The captain learned that the government ha 15,000 troops near Aux Caves, and daily expected 10,000 more. That government had also obtained five brigs and five schooners of war, which were cruising off the post to cut off supplies. As to the late riots in Philadelphia, all seems pretty quiet. Railway shares seem to be all in all with our Ameri can friends just now. Exchange on England was at 1083 to 109. It will be seen from the advertisement, that the Great Western steamship will take her departure from this port for New Yo r k, on t h e 22nd inst. This being her first trip for the season. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL.—On Wednesday last, Lord Sandon presented ten petitions from various con gregations in this town, to the House of Commons, against this iniquitous bill. Upwards of 100 petitions were presented the same evening against the measure. GUIANA.—The revival of the project of a loan of £500,000 for immigration purposes has been revived. A bill to raise that large amount had been hurried through the local legislature in 24 hours, to the alarm of many of the colonists, wh o h a d reso l ve d to petition the British Parliament against it. The loan cannot come into ope ration before her Majesty has approved of it. ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM A VESSEL.—At the police court, a young man, named John Robinson, was charged with having been found on Saturday in the forecastle of the ship Norfolk, lying in the Prince's Dock,—when it was found that he had forced open one of the seamen's chests and had displaced a jacket and some other articles, to the value of about £3, with the evident view of carry ing them off. He was committed to the House of Cor rection for three months. THE APPROACHING ASSIZES.—We published last week the list of circuits chosen by the Judges fur the en suing Assizes. In the ordinary course of events the Cir cuits might be expected to commence about the middle of July or before ; but the Lord Chancellor, after a rather prolonged consultation with Sir Jaines Graham, has com municated to the Judges that it wovid be necessary to postpone their Circuits as their Lordships' assistance would be required in the hearing of the writ of error, in the case of the Queen against O'Connell and others. We perceive that in the 24th list of contributors to the National Society's Fund for the establishment of Schools in the manufacturing and mining districts, the congrega tion of St. Mark's Church, in this town, have set a laud able example to the other churches, in having contri buted through the Rev. B. A. Marshall, and Rev. George Gibbon, the sum of £204 Os. 10d. We have been requested to correct two errata in that list ; Mr. Joseph Cooper is put down as having subscribed £1 55., and Miss Crank £1 45., whereas the former generously gave £5, and the latter £4. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—We are sort) , that we cannot report:a ter mination of the misunderstanding between these boards. The proposal for an amalgamation made by Mr. Glyn was, we are told, instantly directed by the GrandlJunc tion directors, on the ground that it was inequitable. The Grand Junction company, they contended, paid, and would continue to pay, 10 per cent, upon their entire capital, whereas the Birmingham would henceforth not be able to pay more than 8 ; and, moreover, that the com petition which the Grand Junction had already encoun tered was only just beginning with the Birmingham. In the course of the week a memorial, strongly urging an amicable arrangement, was sent to iha Grand Junction board, but it met with very little respect, probably be cause, as is alleged, it was signed exclusively by parties detracthaving an tro interest value both w e a companies. re ata lo ss to d i WhscYovtehri s should had the return of th e aggregate average amount of pro missory notes payabl e on d eman d which were in circu lation in the United Ki ng d om f or the four weeks ending on the 25th ult. Th e f o ll ow i ng are the results, compared with the return f or th e orey i ous four week . ending nn the ~, BANK OF ENG LAND .—I n F r id ay n i ght ' s G aze tt e we 27th day of April :—The circulation of the Bank of Eng land bad decreased from £21,839,000 to £21,504,000, being a difference of £335,000 ; that of the private banks in England and Wales had deminished from £5,295,000 te , X5,142,000, the difference being £153,000; that of tie joint-stock banks in England and Wales had decreased from £3,752,000 to £3,680,000, being a difference of £72,000; that of the whole of the Scotch banks had in creased from £2,714,000 to £3,041,000, being a difference of £327,000 ; that of the bank of Ireland had increased from £3,625,000 to £3,663,000, being a difference of £38,000; that of all the other banks of Ireland had de creased from £2,357,000 to £2,241,000, being a difference £116,000, The aggregate amount of the circulation by the present return is £39,273,000, and by the previous one £39,585,000, being a diminution of 312,000, excluding the fractions under 1000. The bullion in possession of the Bank had diminished from £15,814,000 to £15,572,000, being a difference of £272,000. LIVEREOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUNE 10. We have had a moderate attendance of buyers at our market this morning, and the prices range from sid to bid for Beasts, and 61d to 7d for Sheep and Lambs. Number of Cattle 747, Sheep and Lambs 7286. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO E MARKET, JUNE 10. Potatoes, V , 9 01 b s. d. s. d. Hay, old 2ttb 0 8@ 1 0 Pink-eyes Cups Short-tops 1 11 2 0 Straw,Wheat. 0 3i— 0 4 Cattle Red Rogers .... 2 g- 3 6 Grass Manglewurzle .... 0 0— 0 0 Vetches TIDE TABLE. DAys. MRN. EVN. HEIGHT HOLYDAYS, RTC. -------- Tuesday 11 754 824 11 9 St. Barnabas. Wednes. 12 850 gl3 12 4 Trinity Term ends. Thurs... 13 936 957 13 1 Moon in Apogee 4h. m. Friday.. 14 10 18 10 35 13 16 Saturday 15 10 54 11 12 14 6 Sunday 16 11 30 11 45 15 0 2d Sunday after Trinity Monday 17 - 0 2 15 5 St. Alban. LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. Direct. L direct Direct. Indirect. Australia.. Feb. 22. Lima. Feb. 28. Bahia .... April 9. .. Maranham April 1. Barbadoes May g. Mauritius • • Mch. 10. Bombay May 1. Mobile May 1 2. B. Ayres .. Mar. 22 .. Monte Video. M. 20. Calcutta - April 20 N. Orleans C. G. Hope .. April 9 New York China .. Mar. 10 Rio Janeiro .. April 4. Demerara May 4. Savannah Havana .. .. May 10. St. Helena Jamaica .. „ 8. Valparaiso . Feb. 8. Laguira • • . • I 5. Vera Cruz LIVER. 'OOL INFIRMARY REPO 'RT, JUNE 8. DISCHARGED AD3 In-patients cured is 1 In-patients SS Relieved and at own request 6 Out-patients Made Out-patients o Casuals during the week.. g Irregular I Dead ITTED. w eas "n ure . r. Consulting Surgeons, MT. Forsh_!tv , r ,s a . The Padley. Apothecary, Mr. Georg Chaplain... ...... Th er and W. M'Gill, Esq rs. House Visiters, John Crop P... Mr . „Harries. m Cheane. House Surgeon • ... JAMES n ß d o M t D r . . DTar NORTH - ERN H [WEEKLY ADMITTED. DSPITAL, JUNE 8. REPORT.] DISCHARGED. Accidents l5 Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Cured IS Relieved and at own request 4 Attending as Out Patients. 9 --- I Irregular .............. 28 I Died 4 Remainingin the Hospital.. 60. Total Consulting Surgeon, William Gill, Esq. House Visiters, Charles Inman and J. P. Carter, Esq. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chap lain. Rey Wrn Hughes --House-Surgeon, Mr. Parker LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1844, PRINWED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At N 0.4, ST. GEORGE'S CRIISCENT,LIVERPOOL Orders and Adertisements are received by Messrs. Newton and Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-street Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lare ; Charles Barker. 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