The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

To CORRESPONDENTS We do not think that the Councillor addressed by " A Voice from Everton" is worth so much powder and scot as our correspondent has expended on him. We hawk at higher game. _ Our correspondent " D. R." will perceive that quite sufficient of our space is occupied with the subject of which his letter treats. We may, perhaps, be more fortunate next week. The "Ode to Jenny Lind" is clever and pointed, but the writer probably scarcely expected us to publish it. "A Correspondent, who takes great interest in the passages of the American steamers," wishes us to notice that, according to his calculations, the Europa on her last outward voyage occupied above eleven days, and not ten and-a-half as stated by a contemporary. We are unable to give any definite reply to "A Churchman." We quite agree with a London journal, that "a serious peril now evidently threatens the Church. She has got among her ranks a large number of concealed enemies, who are pervert. ing her children to the service of Rome, her deadliest foe. All this is visible and unquestionable. But what are her rulers doing to avert this danger, or to rid her of these ene mies ? If we had fifty Baptist Noels, not honestly withdraw ing, but traitorously remaining in the Church, in order, in her pulpits, to preach dissent, would no steps be taken to eject them from their posts? Now, as it plainly appears, we have not this, but a far greater danger, in a totally opposite direction. Is the energy and decision which would certainly be shown to get rid of Dissenting churchmen, altogether wanting, and not even thought of, when the danger arises not from Dissenting hut from Romanising churchmen ?" tf)t Etberpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 3, 1850 GREAT BRI`TAIN and the neighbouring Republic of France presented, last week, spectacles most strikingly illustrative of the difference in the cha racter of the two nations, as well as of their insti tutions. In Great Britain we had the spectacle of a constitutional Sovereign proceeding, with her consort and her children, to enjoy a few weeks of relaxation amidst the fresh breezes and the splendid scenery of the north, visiting, on her route, a few of the seats of her distinguished subjects, and affording to the inhabitants of one or two of the towns which own her sway opportunities of testi fying their respectful loyalty. No pomps, no parade of military escort, attend the royal cortege; no formal preparations for display, no exuberant demonstrations of welcome, are met with along the route. The spectacle, as it passes on, greeted by the respectful regards of knots of loving subjects assembled at every spot where a sight of the Sovereign can be obtained, is not that of a royal progress, such as distinguished former reigns, but rather that of a noble family proceeding on a drive of pleasure in tl Of their own attached fir , 'nted with English unostentatiously hundred millions of hum empire upon course is in mona strongly does it ass its people to the live ! It is in Er would believe that thus along the Queen of a England the at and of an 1 sets in his ; and ho which they lin the last Ind two years warded off aggression from abroad, whilst European m2intainec ity at home . throes of revolution, and throne. , were crumbling to the dust. We may have occasionally or- - - Chartism, the cry for speculat:- but attar form of g hearts of t society was beavin and dynasties agitatior led suffra and for nd to our mixed v rooted in the 1 by ti raving of ogues or sapped by the nsidious attacks of Under that by and that form tional for lift property, than cture,—the dart which Great Brita of government we feel tha ty, and securi ier natio Turn we for the companion contrast to the s . , and blind negl ec t .. sents—to the neighbouring R e p u bli c o f F rance. .leer infatuation In that country a Pr es id en t h as jus t b een ma ki ng can prevent this obj ec t b e i ng accompl i shed. The a tour amongst the pe o pl e over w h om h e ru l es, and great drawback against the intr o d uc ti on o f th e ex of whom he w as, a f ew mon th s ago, t h e d eli b erate cellent coal of thi s di s t r i ct i nto fore i gn ports is its choice. Louis Napoleon, lately a proscribed adven- small size, occasioned by the improper mode of its turer, now wields the powers and apes the magni- shipment. Frequently we observe adve r ti semen t s ficence of a long line of ki ngs . L ou i s Philippe, his in the New Y or k papers o f cargoes of " Liverpool • . —.„;.-,vmpnt of pre-eminent station, Orrel coal afloat" to be sold, in which it is expressly ears stated that the a r ti c l e i s i mporte d of large size„' " for .., r n his old age once more family use." This is a hint which we ought not to -orpse within a British neglect. It shows us plainly that the leading ob bted to England fo r jection to the coal o f thi s di s t r i ct i s i ts b e i ng broken we, in his matur the potent monarch, an driven into e, tomb, and will shortly ba - inn a Bras Still more stran, Strange rni by frequent tra ns hip men t. _,,,tity of human — affairs ! ...ild insane people ! Wh a t are We are glad to h ear th a t th e comm i ttee have —,umstances whi c h h ave mar k e d th e progress chosen Mr. 'Willi am L a i r d as t h e i r secretary, for of Louis Napol eon amongs t hi s su bj ects, — for suc carrying out the o bj ec t s w hi c h t h ey propose. A h m we call them ? Th e p om p ous pageantry o f royalty more proper selectio n th ey cou ld not h ave made. attend his every step. Triumphal arches, reviews, demonstrations of military power, and the slavish THE proceedings at the Peace Congress just adulation of a p eop l e , crouc hi ng d own apparently held at Fra n kf or t, an d w hi c h have excited the merited ridicule o f nine out of t en o f th e sens ibl e for the chains of a b so l u t e power to b e r i veted on their necks, meet him as he nroceeds in his ovation. and practical portion of mankind, have, at the Here and there may h e b ear d, i n d ee d , t h e murmur same time, contrib u t e d t o d eve l ops fully the of diseon+—' is of a few gentlemen, whom a career ,6sful agitation bad raised to occupy a however, apparent Prominent position i n th e wor ld' s eye. That In to a yoke which half a dozen crotchetty "Friends" should have those republican made themsel ves r idi cu l ous b y attempting to 'lishment of which th e y persuade us that th e m ill en i um h a d arr i ved, and - , that nations were about to get rid of their passions, although those passions in individuals remain unsubdued as ever, might have been passed over It has seen as characteristic. That a few enthusiasts of the nto be voted to their Socialist school should fancy, that by casting away . travagant than was the sword and the bayonet, turning their navies into freight-bearing vessels, and dismissing their soldiery to their original avocations of tailors and expression shoemakers, wea vers an d till ers o f the soil, mankind ...gonism with that should be converted at once into a happy family, id which promise ulti- was equally possible. But that men practically t their mercy. acquainted with the world, and, what is more, ' -,t in France entrusted with a share in the government of this ; w h et h er i t great country, should entertain so wild a notion, ,e power upon L ou i s was scarcely to b e b e li eve d . The man who, French; the accession half a dozen years ago, would have ventured to Jranch of the Bourbon predict the presence of the violent demagogue, iment of a republic, to be Richard Cobden, at such a trumpery farce as this -shy and confusion. Frankfort affair, would have been laughed at as fit only for a lunatic asylum. For some time past, the public have been opening their eyes to the feebleness of character and incapability as legislators of a number of gentlemen of this class—of the Walmsleys, the Kershaws, et id genus mime. Not one of them, with the exception of their leader, Mr. Cobden, has ever succeeded in making even a respectable figure in parliament ; not one of them has originated any measure, chalked out any new line of policy, or played any more important part than that of the humblest hanger-on of the Ministry. Out of the house, a few have occasionally loomed large at obscure gatherings of crack-brained Radicals, promised largely of intended efforts at retrench ment, of new reform bills, and the like; but in the house we have always observed them mum as mice, eating their words with exemplary meekness, and obeying the beck of the whipper-in impassively. With the exception of one or two shams of refrac tory conduct on the part of Mr. Cobden, no master could have a set of better trained and properly subdued animals than Lord John Russell has pos sessed in the nominees of the Anti-corn-law League "Tie National Confede- the cir the lc s of the shallown of sum ultra or r for a return to anarchy - and con ... .• to convc eh eld - that people univers subject at all, was _ _r. Cobden. His has been a fall indeed; for something was expected from the man whose energetic efforts converted the great Conservative leader, and carried the repeal of the corn laws. We anticipated for him at least an under -secretaryship, a stool in the Board of Trade, or something of the kind ; but what Ministry could be connected with him after his Frankfort exhibition ? For the rest, however— the small fry, the Kershaws, Heyworths, Duncufts, and others--we feel no such pity. Like the frog in the fable, they have simply blown themselves up in a vain endeavour to be great. The sooner they return to their original avocations, and become content to shine only before astonished tea parties and soirees in the provinces, the better for their own peace of mind. are hea y sorry for The Rev. George Dover, incumbent of St. Barnabas, has been oppointed a surrogate for granting probates, &c., to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Rev. Robert :Davies. The Jouriial announces that Messrs. Gage and Gream were released from Newgate without paying the fees which amounted to £4B. They declined to pay, and Mr. Cope declining to detain them, they stepped out into liberty— sadder and wiser men. The fr ends of the Rev. D. James, F.S.A., Incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale, Lancashire, have presented him with a purse of fifty guineas, as the best mode of offer ing thei r congratulations on the occasion of his receiving from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the degree of " Master of Arts," a mark of literary distinction which the land of his birth and education had not the power to confer. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The usual monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday, when a resolution of the committee on customs' regulations, &c., on the dif ferent modes of measuring vessels for light and tonnage dues, was confirmed. The communications comprised letters from the Colonial-office on steam to Australia, the Treasury on goods in transit, and the site of the Post office, and Mr. Leone Levi on an international commer cial code, with several others not of particular interest. Mr. Macfie's motion on the subject of the coal trade was postponed. it; ind amongst tt thr institute pen} atens, ulti ma fought at ti in calmly allow a dotat President on allowed hick they had con aring tl been fettered by restrictions which render personally dangerous the mately to render How long thi lmll not he pt to predict in confe to power of one or of family; or the re-estate preceded permanent form of ( beloved by all elasse accident of ar leg to lay before c us specimen of logic lay in the colu on Thi tc Porary, the Lit Our liarvest this year will average ; but it is a que gerieral positi states of societ.r. titutions exi. t, and ac 'eteign n France, a .ucture which the shatter in ruin readers the following ting, which appeared f a Free-tra . de con- , in all probability, be below )stion as to how far this will thecountry. The price of 5 auvanced from 365. 11d. on the 4th of May to )n the 27th instant, and it may be taken for —. 4- —nue further advance is probable ; but as a ---- ny feels little interest in the price of mever cheap, be has no means of payment, so the wand for their 1 from the ineretlsecide: le to pay an advanced Ning that attention to their external conifer bug Id at the the yield ; so that he has greater means to expend in the execution of improvements, which will, of course, tend further to benefit the position of the labourer." We really scarcely know what to do Nzith this, or whether the variety of doctrines which it enun ciates are Protectionist, Free-trade, or Nondescript. First, " A man without a penny feels little interest in the price of bread, for which. hoWever cheap, he has no means of payment." Good Protectionist doctrine! A Spitalfields weaver depri ve d o f employ ment by theinundation of our markets with the silks of F France "feels little int eres t i n th e pr i ce o f b read, " which is caviare to him when he has not a penny in his pocket. Our co n t emporary draws a very fanny conclusion from the premises quoted above, and proceeds, "So the working c l asses, f rom t h e increased demand for their labour, are now able to pay an advanced rate for theirfood with out withdraw ing that attention to their external comfort, which is producing such a steady business in all depart ments of our home trade." The logic of this pas sage is inexplicable, unless the Timees is ready to admit that the advanced price of grain has created the " increased demand for labour " and " the steady business in all departments of the borne trade." The conclusion is irresistibly comic, coming from such a so urce . "Th e l a b ourer being able to pay an increased price for his bread"—in other words, receiving better wages, which the farmer, we presume, will have to allow the farmer receives an increased price for his produce in a greater proportion than the diminution of the yield." Not proven, a Scotch jury would say. The farmer used to receive an increased price nearly in proportion t o th e di m i nut i on of h i s yield ; but this was under Protection. If we understand Free trade at all, one of its objects, which it has suc ceeded pretty well in effecting, was to prevent this. The last portion of our contemporary's speculations is glorious,—" So that he has greater means to ex- ent sub' tricts in the ne stence of the monarchy itself pend in the execution of improvements, which will, of course, tend further to benefit the position of the labourer." Ergo, a deficient harvest, pro ducing higher prices of grain, is a boon to the farmer; and extended improvements, which in crease production and should lower prices, tend to benefit the labourer. Happy farmer and happy labourer ! Short crop or abundant crop, cheap bread or dear bread, ye are benefited either way ! We are happy to observe that a movement is at length in progress to agitate the carrying out prac tically the plans proposed by Mr. William Laird, for increasing the coal trade of this port. Cer tainly we should have desired to see the first step in this movement made by the Dock Committee of Liverpool, who is as much interested in the subject as any other body can be. It is perfectly clear, as we sheaved in noticing recently Mr. William Laird's pamphlet, that a large incrrase of revenue would accrue to the dock estate, as well as to the shipping of the port. by proper facilities being afforded to this trade. Public bodies, however, are proverbially slow to adopt suggestions not emanating from themselves; and the prompt attention given by the coal-owners of this district to Mr. Laird's sugges tions, argues strongly in favour of their confidence in their own ability to compete with the owners of the northern and Welsh coal beds, provided proper facilities for shipping the article in a marketable condition are afforded. It will be seen, from the advertisement in another column, that a meeting of the coal proprietors of the district was held at Wigan on Friday last, attended by a number of the most influential mem bers of the trade, at which it was resolved to form an association for the purpose of furthering the provision of the accommodation recommended by Mr. Laird. Amongst the parties named as mem bers of the committee are some influential hclders of stock in the railways, likely in future to afford the route for coal coming to our docks. The lines, whose interests we may presume them to represent, and to be desirous of promoting, may therefore be considered as willing to do their part in advancing works so beneficial. We cannot conceive that the Dock Committee can hesitate to meet their views. Indeed, to suspect them of such hesitation, would, we think, be an insult to their understandings. Whatever policy is calculated to bring an increase of traffic to the port must tend to increase the re venue of the Dock Committee : and enable them, at the same time, to relieve the merchant and the shipowner of the charges to which they are at cted. The great causes of the growth of Liverpool, thus far, have been the fact that, whilst this port has had 'ts back to the great consuming and exporting dis ,ighbourhood of our northern manu facturing towns, we have been provided, at the same time, with the means of giving our outward-bound shipping ample and easy procurable heavy freight, from our proximity to the Cheshire salt mines and iron ; slate, and other mineral productions of Wales. The pottery district has also afforded a valuable aid. In coal freights, however, we have been de ficient, owing to the breakage and delay arising from our incomplete and badly devised regulations for the shipment of that description of cargo. It is clear that we have the means within our reach of removing the most serious impediment to the growth of the trade, by the adoption of the system now in full practice on the Tyne and Wear, and in Wales. The Railways and Canal, now brought in communi cation with our docks, are all capable of affording a high level mode of shipping coal, without break age, on board vessels in our principal docks; and notb;ng but 61- - ' - nnii 1 Time at of York on Saturday, She is expec d to make —lsabella Coyle, a devout Baccha nalian of the frail sex, was yesterday brought up at the Police-court on the charge of drunkenness. When taken to bridewell she cleverly feigned the pangs of labour, and an inspector hastened off for a doctor, who on his arrival discovered that the only ailment under which she was suffering was a wish to escape the penalty of the law. SUICIDE.—At an early hour yesterday morning, John Berry, a flatman, was found suspended by the neck from the roof of his own cabin. The boat was lying in the canal. At a late hour on the previous night he I. conversation with a friend, who did not then perceive anything extraordinary in his manner, nor was he intoxi cated. It appeared, however, from the statement of an other friend, that some months since deceased was struck on the head by the handle of a winch, since which period he had at times been affected in that part. SUDDEN DEATH ON THE LANDING•STAGE.—About noon on Saturday a shocking occurrence took place on the landing stage. A middle-aged female named Chancty, who had been residing on the Cheshire side of the Mer sey for the benefit of her health, was returning in the charge of her husband and her brother, to her home in Jordan-street, when, just as the party bad landed from the ferry- boat, and were about crossing the landing stage, Mrs. Chancey sank to the floor insensible. Upon raising her she was a corpse. COUNCIL MEETING.—Among the business at the monthly meeting to-morrow is the report of the library committee—a recommendation to purchase more than six acres of land adjoining the Newsham-house estate—a motion by Mr. Councillor Henderson for a return of the costs of getting the Rivington Pike scheme through Parliament this session, and a motion by Mr. Alderman Turner to rescind the resolution passed at the last Coun cil Meeting, by which, the recommendation of the Watch Committee to pay to Mr. Towerson the salary of £2OO per annum as divisional superintendent of the police force was not confirmed. SINGULAR PHENOMENON.—To the Editor of the Scottish Press.—Edinburgh, 22nd August, IBso.—Sir,-- The present is eel tainly an age of wonders, and science of every kind is:rapidly progressing. Astronomical science, in particular, seems to advance with monstrous strides. I observe that a Mr. Henry Marcus, of Liverpool, a great astronomer undoubtedly ; but who has not hitherto appeared before the public as such—under the sanction of the directors of the Caledonian Railway Company, has advertised an excursion from Edinburgh and Glasgow to London and back, on which occasion he gives the "choice of six or sixteen CLEAR days in London—a phenomenon hitherto unheard of. The merit of such a meteorlogist as Mr. Marcus, who has the weather so completely under his control, ought not to go unnoticed and unrewarded.— I am, &C., OBSERVATOR. SCENERY OF AMERICA.—In these days we have no occasion to travel very far in order to make ourselves ac quainted with the wonders of the world ; and we can enjoy the principal advantage of peregrination without encountering those dangers which are always attendant upon the pursuit of geographical knowledge. Our adver tising columns draw attention to another of these colossal paintings, representir the Falls of Niagara, the scenery of the Prairies, the natural Bridge of Virginia, Mount Vernon, the residence of Washington, and other points o f a tt rac ti on i n A mer i ca . From all we have heard, for the exhibition is not yet open, we believe the representation is most correct, and that we have, in fact, a mirror of the most beautiful and magnificent scenery of the new world. This product of industry and artistic labour occupies no less than 30,000 feet of canvass, and depicts a vast extent of country. The Cave of Kentucky cannot fail to be interesting, not only on account of the many traditions connected with its his tory, but as the place visited by the favourite Scotch vocalist Wilson shortly before his lamented death. The proprietor of the " mirror," who arrived in this country by the Canada, on Monday last, has brought five of the eyeless fish found in the streams of the cave, and we be lieve they are designed as a present to her Majesty. THE CAB DRIVERS' STRIKE.—An unusualappearance of desolation was presented yesterday morning in the vicinity of St. George's Church, and at the other parts of the town where the eye has been accustomed to meet a throng of heckney coaches, guarded by drivers and cads, eager to attract the notice of a " fare," owing to the strike of the cab proprietors throughout the town, in opposition to the Town Council, who had determined to bring into operation a reduced scale of charges. Placards were posted on the walls, addressed to the public, stating the inability of the carowners to comply with the new regu lations, and intimating their determination to discontinue their business in preference to pursuing it at unremune rative charges. During the day knots of " jarvies" might be seen sauntering about evidently quite out of the, element. One of the fraternity, mounted on a miserable Rosinante, rode along through the principal streets : appended to his back was a label, inscribed with the sig nificant monosyllable " one ;" presuming that the rider identified himself with the steed, the pair furnished a wretched specimen of the centaur; the human portion being much superior, however, to the equine. This " frightful example" was followed by a crowd of juveniles, who entered into the joke with great spirit, to Fletcher's stables in Cook-street, where a meeting of the proprietors was held. The Town Council seem determined to carry out their regulations to the letter, and have instructed the police to lay informations in all cases where cars or coaches may be found loitering about the streets (in other places than on the stands) plying for hire. At present, however. this precaution would seem to be unnecessary, as not a shadow of a car is to be seen out of doors. The proprietors show an equal degree of determination, and declare that they cannot serve the public on the conditions imposed. Were these put in force, the fare from the Exchange to Aintree, for instance, five miles, will be three shillings and sixpence; but this is equal to ten miles, as the return journey may be reckoned unproductive. This fare would render the proprietor liable to a certain charge for post-horse duty also. The passengers by the Cambria must have suffered, though innocently, from the strike, as, when the steamer landed her passengers, there was , waa from Wavertree. not a single car on the pier. Du r i ng th e w h ole of yester day we only saw one ear in any of the streets and that 'SHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " CHEAPNESS." THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE CAR PROPRIE- TORS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Cheapness, when once imperially recognized, will extend itself through all the ramifications of society: as I showed in my letter last week, it knows no exceptions— the pattern so approved will be imitated. Locally there is no deficiency of proof that such will be the case; aye, that such is the case ! We need not study placards, stare at shop windows, or analyse newspaper ad vertisements, to show that " cheapness" has induced a vicious feeling, and threatens to become, even in towns, a giant monster ! a crying grievance ! ! Our own Town Council will furnish us (curiously enough) with adequate illustrations ! Fur a considerable time the Birkenhead Ferry has been worked at a losing rate; new boats have been purchased ; at every Council meeting some active member has mouthed out " this way to Birkenhead, one penny each," until at last the public found that they were " paying the piper," and lustily protested against " this wanton waste of PUBLIC MONEY !" It is likely enough they would have bled a private individual to the death, but they shrug their shoulders at the bare idea of them selves "keeping the steam up" at such a rate. They promoters of this municipal cheapness received three protests, derided the cowardice of the public, con fessed that they had been losers in the race of cheap fer ries, and promised to get out of " the fix" as soon as they could. Not content with this, they are now about to try another experiment But this time it is not with "pub lic money," (very cunning certainly;) it is to be still a passenger conveyance, wheels only substituted for paddles and blood for steam ! They think the carowners are too well paid for their services, and they will reduce them something more than one-half of their fares ! The proprietors have offered a compromise ; so far it has not been accepted. They dis tinctly state that they cannot pay their expenses by the new rates, and, consequently, if they are enforced, they must withdraw in a body from the trade ! Here then is proof that this " cheapness" has become a giant monster and a crying crievance ! Now, sir, why have the Council thus interfered ? The carowners of Liverpool have of late (as every one must have seen) greatly improved their vehicles, must have been at great expense in doing so, and suffer considerably from the competition of cheap otnnibusses. Of all times then one would suppose that this is the worst one that could be selected for such a reduction of fares. The public do not seem to be to blame in this matter; the Council has taken upon itself to dictate thus nicely the charges which shall be made. I don't know what power the Council has to make these arrangements, but the morality of that power is pernicious. The province of the Council I should take to be the formation of such a system of rates as would protect the public from imposition, leaving to a bartering public and a relentless competition the power of reduc tion ! The effect of this fractional table which the Council has adopted will be (as the owners in their address very justly say) to deteriorate the character of the drivers, (I presume by reduced wages,) and to establish an inferior set of horses and conveyances. I would add, it will encourage "sharp practic e s," th e re t en ti on o f l ost parcels, cruelty to horses, by quick driving and long days, to make them pay expenses, extortion from strangers, and many other mat ters, which will, I fear, be soon felt to be a much greater nuisance than the existing, or, I suppose, I must say, the last book of rates. But I protest with all my might against this "curse of cheapness." Already the car drivers are threatened that they must submit to work harder for less wages; horses must do more work for leer money than will purchase what they eat and destroy. The effect of all which will be, saddlers, horse shoers, coach builders, blacksmiths, provender dealers, farmers, who send hay and straw to the market, horse dealers, wheelwrights, all must be content with less nay for, perhaps, more wor'• -- for a car which it ms work. This is making business loathsome and life a burden, and I see no reason why such a system should be forced on those who spurn the bare idea of the hardship which its execution involves, and who rather than be a party to it at all, have determined on locking up their horses and cars, (with all the attendant inconveniences and expense.) :caner will be every one working n to the lowest price for and remain inactive, in the operation of a decree evidently at variance with feelings of human sympathy, opposed to the just principle of protection to invested capital • . aus uy ally uemana oy toe puonc, and haying its origin (although sanctioned by the Council) in the inge nious breasts of two or three members of our local parlia ment. Ido hope that with this a stop will be put to the " progress" of such contemptible, mean regulations. I am, sir, yours, &c. A PROTECTIONIST. August 31st, 1850. The steam-ship Asia sailed f being her first trip to that port the shortest passage on record A NEW " DODGE." THE LIVERPOOL - POST-OFFICE AND ITS IN TERNAL ECONOMY. We last week offered some remarks on the subject of the inefficiency of the Liverpool Post-office. That the postal arrangements, as regards this town, are unsatisfac tory and inadequate, will not, we presume, be disputed by any one ; but that the authorities at St. Martin's-le- Grand adopt most unlikely means of securing to the pub lic greater accommodation, by co-operation on the part of its subordinates in the provinces, is another point which cannot be questioned. It is proverbial that no govern ment servants are so disgracefully underpaid as the clerks of the post-office, and it is marvellous that the merchants of this and other large commercial towns, do not see how impolitic it is to allow such a state of things to continue. Their apathy is, moreover, no less censurable than unac countable, for no respectable merchant, we are sure, would deem it wisdom to circumscribe, so as to be below the means of respectable existence, the pay of his imme diate servants; yet the clerks of the Post-office are to all intents and purposes equally their servants, to whom they entrust - enormous amounts of money, and innumerable documents of great value; and yet as a body their condi tion is anything but what it ought to be. We have long been convinced of the rottenness of the system which obtains in the Post-office, and affects espe cially the Post-office of this town; and having determined on again bringing before the public the importance of the subject, we have made some inquiries ; and what do we learn ? Why, that instead of improvement, things are gradually becoming worse, and we think it high time that all parsons who are interested should bestir them selves (and who is not ?) in the clerks of our own Post office being amply paid—paid to be honest, like other servants of the Government, who, be it understood (if not honest) would not pilfer the private property of the public, like Post-office clerks, but the revenue of the Government. This difference in the species of pro perty to be stolen, would seem to be taken into serious consideration by the Postal authorities; and if it be so, it behoves every individual who entrusts his property to the custody of the Post-office, to inquire who is the promoter of such a system. Since the appearance of our last article on this subject, a poor clerk in our Post office died within twenty seven hours of his quitting the office through illness, and the expenses of his interment have been liberally paid by his fellow-clerks. As to what occasioned his death, whether through being only half-fed or over-worked, we have nothing to say ; but in his place a clerk will be appointed at sixty pounds per annum ; and as it is a new regulation as regards the Liverpool Post office at least, for all new clerks to receive but that sum, instead of as formerly, and until lately, seventy pounds per annum, it is very plain that should fatal sickness, or more liberal employment await a few more of those who remain in the service, Mr. Rowland Hill, or whoever has suggested and carried out this beggarly improvement will hug himself under the idea that for every remove by death or otherwise, he saves to the post-office £lO per annum : and what will be the state of the case in a few, very few years hence ? Why, that in place of there being between forty and fifty clerks at one grade of salary, viz„ £7O per annum, there will be that number at £6O per annum, with scarcely the remotest chance of advancement. Under such a state of things what class of persons do the public imagine the post-office will be filled with. Certainly not with men whose integrity of character, much less whose abilities, would procure for them employment in any other service. But we "lave merely adverted to the clerks of the lower class; there is higher -ame that our remarks '-- 1- -- Is it known P he 'l, of T ' apply to. _ wtL merchant ti. some of the principal and most active and zealous of the clerks in the Liverpool post-office, who have been in the service from fifteen to twenty years, do not, including even the annual contributions from the public, receive above £lBO per annum ; that no one individual in that establishment (except the post-master himse' hope, receives at least six times as much,) is liberal government more than £l7O per annun of those ancient 0-- it, who, we paid by the and one ervants, now in the sere and yellow leaf, is serving, we understand, his thirtieth year ! Let any one of our readers consider these facts, and then let him wonder, (if he can,) that amongst this valuable body .of men there are more than one who feel themselves for gotten and uncared for. We hope then, that some of the leading men in Liver pool will feel it their duty, if not as philanthropists, yet as wise men, guarding their own property, to remonstrate, not wit° the postmaster-general. w:lo, it would seem, is overruled by Mr. Hill, but with the Treasury, on this all imrortant subject. A LESSON ON THE EFFECTS OF GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIONS. About eight or nine years ago, a eatastrN at the little village of Omagh, wl ' e occurred h is worthy of being mentior •••-• • /S., yaIG LUC CA, plosive force of gunpowder, when ignited under the same circumstances which would occur in case of an accident at the Wallasey Magazines. The circumstances, as related to us by an eye witness, whose name we could give if re quired. were as follows :—ln the village or town in ques tion, the only party licensed to keep and sell gunpowder was an elderly man named James Love, a highly respect.. able tradesman, who was considered, however, a little dis ordered in his intellect, although harmless to all extent himself. He was in consequence strictly watched by his family ; and, through fear of his attempting suicide, every implement of self-destruction was kept carefully out of his reach. The premises in which he carried on business and resided with his family, was of the usual description found in country places • a front shop, with house and a range of o ffi ces , stable, & c.,Z behind, amongst which was a kind of hut, provided only with a roof of thatch, in which he locked up his stock of gunpowder, which probably never exceeded 50 or 60 lbs. weight. On the day of the unfortunate occurrence he was last observed by his daughter going out by the back door, of which nothing was thought at the time ; but shortly afterwards a viorent explosion was felt, attended with great devasta tion and severe injury to several members of his family, and others in the neighbourhood. The powder hut was literally blown into the air; and our informant, who was at some distance off, with a narrow river between him and the spot where the explosion occurred, describes hearing first a booming sound, accompanied by a violent shock, andon looking round seeing the air hbove literally darkened with a cloud of flying materials, which, on falling, strewed the ground to a distance of from a hundred to a hundred and fifty yards on every side. The walls of the buildings nearest to the hut were laid completely prostrate, and those of the adjacent houses seriously damaged. Scarcely a piece of glass in the place was left entire. Of a row of excellent built brick houses in the vicinity, the walls pre viously close to each other though not party walls, were wrenched from their perpendicular, until, in some in stances, six or eight inches of space were left between each house. It was concluded that the unfortunate man had deliberately entered the powder but with a view to effect self-destruction, by igniting the powder in the keg with a lucifer match. His body when found was literally smashed to atoms, scarcely a bone remaining in it above a couple of inches long. Such was the work of a man of distempered intellect, and the effect of the explosive force of 59 to 60 lbs. of gunpowder, not increased by com pression ; merely in fact producing a vacuum and not a detonation. What might not then be the effect of the explosion of from 600 or 800 tons, the quantity usually stored in our magazines, and how easily it might be brought about by the act of a madman, by ordinary carele.-- or by lightning ! ...ness, IMPROVEMENT OF THE TOWN.—III consequence of the offers by the Council of £5O for the most approved plan and £25 for the second best, for the improvement of the town and its approaches, sixteen of such plans have been deposited at the Town-hall. After the decision of the committee the plans will be open for the inspection of the public. INCREASE OF SPECIE DEPOSITED IN BANKS.—The New York Tribune of the 20th ult., just received, noticing the increase of specie in the city banks and the sub-trea sury, and the prospect of further arrivals at an early period, remarks upon the certainty of the fact that they will shortly have " an embara..:- " .6sing surplus," and that the same increase is going on in France and England. In New York the increase has been since January up to June $6,665,376 ; in France, $28,872,500 ; and in Eng land $10,089,544. Deducting a small decrease at New Orleans, the aggregate increase is 444,837,593. The re ceipts from California at the mint of the United States and the branch at New Orleans is estimated at 424,850,000. SHIPBUILDING IN LIVERPOOL. Mr. Chalinor is building a first-class vessel of 640 tons, to be launched in January next ; Mr. Clarke one of 800 tons, also to be launched in January ; Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., one of 690 tons, to be launched in September ; Messrs. Ver non and Sons a lightship of 200 tons ; Mr. Thos. Royden one of 294 tons, to be launched in January ; and Mr. Steel one of 530 tons, to be launched in October; making six vessels, of 3154 tons burthen. Of these two or three are being constructed on what is termed " builders' ac count," and the remainder under contract. The vessels launched this year, up to the present time, show a total of 2474 tons, and during the whole of last year only 2374 tons were launched.—The Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Council to inquire into the present state of this important trade, have reported that the present depressed state of the shipbuilding trade in Liverpool is to be attri buted to the following circumstances :—The want of suf ficiently commodious yards, affording proper space for the storing ol timber, &c. The highness of the rents in com. parison with those of the outports. The fact that leases are ..ut granted, and that the tenants have no security for ~y out!ay they may find it desirable to make in theim rovement of the yards. The absence of private graving ocks attached to the yards. Great loss has been sustained y the removal of Messrs. Wilson and other builders from Ile north end of the town, and in this loss the engineers ave largely participated. These removals have reduced number of engineers employed in marine work about on reptli ; and the various trades, including many.arti zans, . of course, suffered in the same proportion. Private graving-docks would afford facilities for the repair of vessels at considerable saving of expense, and they would also give the advantage of superintendence over the men. We believe the plan to be submitted to. the Council in order to remedy the evils complained of and encourage the shipbuilding trade will be as follows :—That yards be made immediately north of Sandon Graving-docks and eastward of the new steam dock. That graving -docks be attached to each yard. That there be sufficient water space to launch the vessels without risk. That cranes and other necessar ) appliances be provided for the adjustment of boilers, masts, and heavy rigging. It is estimated that there is room for fourteen large-sized yards, and they should r in cast and west, so that each would be a protec tion to the other from exposure to the winds. This plan, we have ni eoubt, will meet with the approval of the shipbuilding tr tele generally ; and it has given the greatest satisfaction to all who have inspected it. The inquiry showed that the south end of the town, being pre-occupied by the timber trade, is altogether inadequate for ship building purposes ; and that if we are to foster this im portant element of our local and maritime prosperity it must be by affording ample-and liberal acornmodation at the north. Sit ij,!ol A FEW PLAIN' WORDS TO THE retENMERS OF THE ROSCOE CLUB. A ig4i,Hbe. ks ( 3 : ir D eicni n i f s t e i w oi s Ai:l trVllltTlsoo ) o, T ... HIS EVENING, gafhAeelCaNd:ayliAt: even o are invited to attend. the occasion, and t. plain the present PosiP and tion no • w Pendi .etween the Town Council a and Car Pr • et - ors. - 4cre been LYON , rtheqeue:ttleer to lU ta. o : n e o! s` thdee :17,e:sbiectr-05A.4:11,1,1° GENTLEMEN,—You are, I understand, about to meet to consider, among other things, the_propriety of " an immediate dissolution of the club." That things should have come to this pass with you, will, I am sure, be a source of regret to many; but the complete failure of the club, as a popular institution, leaves no alternative but that it should be immediately wound up, whatever else may arise in its place. Your meeting on next Wednes day, (to-morrow,) therefore, being to consider the means of act.omplishing this object, permit me, as an old member and friend, to express my notions on the subject in this form, as it will be inconvenient for me to attend the meeting, even were my right to do so less questionable than it fortunately is. The main consideration to which your attention must be directed is, undoubtedly, the present financial state of the institution. By the last report of your council, it appears that there was, on the 31st December, a debt due to sundry persons (tradesmen, &c.) of £1,422 A balance due the treasurer, nominally, but really, I believe, or for the most part, the bank 392 And lent money due sundry members..... CatholicT h cIGENIGB' e L f. A nhe TEST INTELL In tin o g re u n is c h y e , d nAPII. • attending the-------",—, NO, 1r nAi • LONDON, PO:- HOO FS ' FUNERAL OF LOUIS P— t the ELECTRIC TELEG---- Claremont and the avenues leading, to it,whe they At half-past nine mass was performed in ' fa , the public were not admitted. After its Plj a ke de coffin was brought out, supported by the ~,.,0 0- ,, G BFara e irpr n lee erals Handelot, Bert " ist P" er° 4l Frenchmen ceremony. t , c o ah o tm k \evne place ycb at mi dAeg et this o. n i v ; An : ) e i : r e : ; C g tit i ce,: me vptb the croe r 1 bonnes, and Count Friant. The chief inoor,nntA Count de Paris, and Dukes de Nemours 0na.:;40, _bridge at 45 minutes past 11. Alon reir nehxiheifbmiteuduntehrse and d op u s p at Esher, Wal t° — l;gte lgi ~n,a i r ri. o f and Prince de Joinville. The processicronthe W ; from Claremont most profound marks o f if d w n e r r i e ne, c w l t o h se a d m , and the be A ll t s a o n f tehaerltylihffeoreour i t or _ e_E c j ail s to . T o F n rhee t n h ec e xh ro u te .. goufe of ebnn, t ah t n h d e a e c x: a et v haw a .ea l r c r a duf d se e mpo , nfa l i nl n eo cl aoni u r r ipedernicnrisbgnoegirf:::,o_l;:tte3;b:or: oti;t: entrance to the chapel, the coffin was •°,fclito it witnessed the ceremony from a small oli t e iv - bid persons were allowed admission. The 19! .iebotiisii placed in the chapel, a solemn mass vca',,, c 'io°' the interment took place. The vault o'ool, sealed, and the cortege returned to Cl °1 Making a total of. If to this be added, for deficiency of income since the above date, for rent now due and incumbent, &c., &c £1,909 The present total liabilities will be £2,500 To meet this, since the share scheme has been knocked on the head, you have of available assets, only the furni ture, library books, and stock of provisions, &c., on hand ; and estimating that, if these were brought to the hammer, they would fetch £5OO, which is probably the outside they would realize, there will remain unprovided for a balance of £2,000. This, I am quite sure, is as favourable a view of your position as the facts warrant. The practical question, therefore, for you to determine, is, " How is this to be met ?" It is useless now enquiring how this debt was incurred. It is sufficient that it has been incurred, and must be paid. It is worse than useless to talk, as some have done, and are still weakly in the habit of doing, about the youth and inexperience of the members of the Council. Were the fact as alleged, the fault would still rest with the general body of the members whose choice they were. But the fact is not so; not at all so. The members of the council were,and are, intellectually the elite of the club. An individual or two might possibly he replaced by better men ; but, taking the body as a whole, I do not believe that a more efficient council than your present —one more intelligent, more self-sacrificing, more anxious for the real interests of the club could be found. The fault does not rest with them. They have done de best they could ; nor do I think it scarcely too much to say (and though it is now long since I ceased to be a member of the club, I have watched their proceedings with much interest), that they have done the best that could be done with tie means at their disposal. The results under their hands contrast most favourably for them, with those in similar undertakings in this town, and elsewhere, under the hands of men against whom such futile charges would not be breathed. It were therefore worse than useless to cast imputations of incompetence and inexperience upon them. Such imputations would simply be unjust; they would excite bad feeling, divert the attention, obscure the iluhrmant carwri erre.o4,, f ere; r d ad PARIS, THURSDAY.—The des i re f o t" ds/ , o ft the constitution appears to be pret,r,'iier e i r,i o .3 councils generally. The Nepaulese Aviere.eos., received by the -Preside n t on Friday jeltil' ef .tt te t, that the Swiss Go v e rnmen t has derriVvetiotleSPod from France of some S w i ss r efugees. r i osi' o tris AUSTRIA, VIENNA, 28TH ULT.--"ll le ,rof;Gree e Count•Nesselrode, was with the EreP i , e 4 o o.s ol Prince Schwarenberg a t Ischl. The Bavaria were expected there. 110 c e bes t DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES , Vies 10 tie to n 01 ULT.—The Stadtholders of the Duc h a tb9 s ., proclamation, calling on all men and P A r er arms to join the army, as the father's"' force at its disposal for its defence. f Priestess, y s o tO ß : L . EAMINGTON STAKES.—KermingtonF,lt!ALll'o!':" TATT ; to ' to 5tV 16 to 1 ; Langton, 18 to 1. ,bo^' I; GREAT ST. LEGER E Voltigeu P•ttsfor.,• tu ~ v ven on Voltigeur ; ge • OP :6 . _ . !e P. s;HTI L oRpE AT --- h a T Hn E aA NS9TptiocßAlEp;.TF_TesrltirtiiolinGii,:: sincerely that all such will be avoided ; that you will meet together as sensible, practical, and earnest men, and address yourselves to the real question, " How is this debt to be provided fo r an d th e Cl u b h onoura bl y wound ,f, -t.ol?1;t4):-;.—John Day s lot: Hipp 3~ to LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKErV up ?" For I trust that no one who is or has been a me ~. „ CLOSING PRICES Or tlic ['tie° ,to will dream of allowing it to close in any other than an honourable way. I now address every one who has taken practice' et little doing, a Railway ma , si ' b u s ' t !aeemsrol i at present P /i rs ces oft t are ° 1 advant norary or fife members I put out of V the question alto gether. It were a deep disgrace to those who have bene fited by the club were these gentlemen to suffer for their generous assistance and countenance of the undertaking. I speak to the ordinary members alone; and to each I would soy, " Jou are more or less accountable forthis debt. "-••••••••& auulig; trie of York and North Midland, which is the c those lines. Consols, per Cents Mexicans Londe Mi. 2 • 4 ibr ee :t "' Account , 96i; cash, 961, • --1). t° ' Pi—Exchequer Bills, L, rre l.! Ag. a K., To a certain extent, this debt was incurred actually in • it Preenroi, p your behalf. Pay in now your just proportion, and the Counties, 6:4—Great Northern, s rero j 61—Leeds Stock, 42, 44 ; fifths, 9, 81 di/ 17• whole will be liquidated with ease." si, 4/ die—York and North Midland, ' To those, more especially, who were members during the early career of the club, in Bold.streot_ G ri" A NCHESTER CL( six months of starting, the first £6OO of debt was incurred, Leeds Stock ....•• 0 and, let me add, incurred mainly, if not altogether, in West Riding Union .. .............. : . prefer e ... consequence of the excessive lowness of the charges for viands, whereof the frequenters of the refreshment rooms Dover's Four , ............... .....!„ had undoubtedly the advantage; to them I say, " There koin t l . o shares d ................ ~ . 2 . . 8 ; pv" Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.....,.:.., London quaff is a double claim on you. You have demonstrably con- Great or No a rtge r rn s ' 131 3. _.,. 4. 3 sumed a great portion of this money. Y.., did ~.,f ~ aaequateiy ror what you a'e and drank. In fairness you ought now to refund the amount you then saved. And __ _yssTPja o o . in pressing this claim upon you, I apply to you only the LONDON CORN MARKET•' ofere. n g CA fo same rule to which I subject myself. It is now nearly Wheat : larger quantities land saMP'V a rve st 'rted'let two years and a half since I ceased to be a member of the and favourable state of the weather for suPP a r , 1/ 1 ; Y club. I was for only one quarter in it; but during that trade, and Monday's rates not g enera t ;,„ log oi ot 00 time, I saved from 2a. to 3d. a day on my dinner, corn- dealt in with caution, and prices ra ', t, at _ t ices paring the club prices with those of any place of equal andcontinueed good : Barley . in fatr a r n e e cl . a t i a ts Y fine ir l: c !i p s ,, To A t_ cheaper ; little d style in the town. Since, then, experience has shown that tl Oldli-o;:e—rs,-1-6ii—DlG, of 3, If nese prices were really too low, I, for one, am pre pared to refund to the extent at least of these savings, as soon as I am assured that the money will be applied to the payment of the debt, and n o t r i s k e d b y f ur th er pers i stance Ctrs. lish Wheat English in a scheme whi c h h as c l ear l y never h a d an adequate basis. „ Barle y Will not you do the same F Oats This is one ground of responsibility for the debt. It is „ Malt the only one that I feel applies to myself, since I have so „ Flour „ long ceased to be a member, and since I neve r was on the Foreign - s Bewl council, and never had, either actually or by implication, Irish Malt " a voice in any election or a t any genera l meeting of the club. There are, I am persuaded, few members whose r 411 % 4il' re' COND NOTICE. is. pe l ior I cif( ' responsibility is not much wider than this ; few who are At the close of the market Wheat wa s , 0 1 1 5 lio li ged', pe not, either in fact or by implication, committed to general Less new offered than on Monday 13 '7a pil e " co; e , froill proceedings of the club which have resulted in increasing and in some cases 2s. lower. Good. es l itt er cil lizb erv lt t the debt. Upon the majority, therefore, there must be more in demand than new, and P riC in a ,tDer, 00 1 '! . f SO far deeper claims ; and as one practical conclusion for your spring corn is dearer. Oats 6d. an d a lso r r , irng.r . meeting on Wednesday, therefore, I would suggest, that 9 . l,Tir t t e eli ,e h a igt;er. • Barley and Beans der,od all who leave been or are now ordinary members of the " n is a slight r s e=io i n s , . thousghpemrilers still d I ' club be called upon to pay, towards the liquidation of the for best town made. debt, sums proportionate to their length of membership. The length of membership may be taken to afford as fair a criterion as can be attained of the value each hai , derived fr- h White Wheat ~ Red ARRIVALS 8162 scks 50 I ndian Weather very fine' .505 n, LONDON PRODUCE MARK O t stiff 'lOO • ar 7 Fareign : Several parcels SOld t 13,e0 to s o 6' cei ,or. _„ i f e ,ft Havannah in bond at 235. to 245. per t': t it 5 1 P• . ssr o 'ieri,e a trom the institution ; hence the propriety of mak- much wanted. Brown, grocery 1 " 1 " - t o°lo '11". -- l' ing it the principle upon which the assessment should be cwt.—Coffee: Quiet, but lower rates not s bort i odc a ll ei founded. 455. 6d. to 46s.—Tea: Dealt in with d' e " c l a r nt s ol i ttle o if cas es o tton,,,o l o o t Then, as to the amounts to be apportioned to the not accepted. Public sales will some several terms of membership, would not ss. for each Several parcels sold, and M. , w t,C sto l.- 1 ,0 4 c 1 0, ., ro lit e e r ß ate ng l i ) l i l it lOs ric t e o s n 1 quarter be adequate to the end in view ? Of course, parties would not be limited to this amount ; they could 2 ° 6 , 3 E 8 mils. ti 3 elivpripß during . the Ft, f a i . r, .0, • , give as rillinh , mnra 413 fitnt• ...1.....,.....] 11 I' • l o s il o 6 L l . 3 „ ... er T ' allo"l : t Wete:er' ..' y p....aeu ; nor would 1, In cases I ,6l9ciaTiasiyearl'm' aTkeiThrul, r s 'i ; OW 05it' of real inability, object to receive less. The average New Y.C. at 375. 6d, to 378.9 d. on the Pv ...---- vi 0 would probably exceed this sum, and if so the debt would --- /41 1 'd s sl be amply provided for. SHIPPIN G ' e Triestej„e a° A° The execution of this plan would involve a personal can- Eliza and Gregorias, from this port a". Alic e 01° 3 ' . ust , city 5 vacs. For this purpose no one could be better qualified Isabella, hence at Jamaica, 2d Aug, ' New J o. o rt than your present excellent secretary ; and I have no Ewing, 31st July; Jane,..ZuleikaLa% 27th ~,. 4 5 P doubt that all the creditors of the club' would concur in Minerva, hence at St. Jago de uilui i a t PT, for ' , William Hutt, hence at Laguayra, ~...0 1 fr ° ` alto sing sufficient time for its being carried out. Precursor and Reoina, sailed from i'" _,_ _ t; I have hitherto argued upon the assumption that the J u l y. ' iqth Ja`keil' iii u t ..., I, .- ' t ; s:ca, f u te: n re nd o d p ;: ali, :::: liability of the members would be at once acknowledged. Reindeer, from this port, at Beyra nerno , nth 4 6 ' l ' ll° I should be most unwilling to believe in the invalidity of Alice and Haviland, hence at i , rt, Ist , isr e this assumption. It is quite possible there may be a doubt dence, 6th July. as to their legal liability. I pretend not to judge of that. Ido not interpret the law of England upon the subject; Vessels • g froM E a g la 'ne• 10 °, 04 0 . s b i e st l ei a cn c it : l e y ar e Ganges, haenidn Richard A I interpret only the law of honour, the law of conscience, submitted to from 14 to 20 days clu~ i .....fro.- ria _ 5 . 8 , the law of God. And I will not believe that there are EAST INDlA.—Sailed for Liverpooo , en. Fro itiro too, Phoenix sailed fro a m rn A v n in tii a for f: r i a 's n ti ßtt .y. ing o i:::: ce: v` Iti many among the two thousand persons who have partici pated in the benefits of this association who will repudiate Cestus, John Graham, CarV a el w ia ici r , 0 a' spil l); their liability for some proportion of the debt honestly in- Calcutta—William Carey, w r Jo" re ° D f t, isb, 0 10 , curred in their behalf. Straitened as may be the means Pe. ' c a l l d e e u s ita, July 13M—The Ann Melhu► f r oul„ , o it 44 e , of not a few, Ido have faith in their virtue to this extent. ginald Heber, and the Zion's HoP e ' b doclou ell' ill e • being I can appreciate the repudiation by an individual member been aground in the river, and w ut ba cl " of his liability for the entire debt. There is a basis of posed not damaged. The• Devon P justice in this. But I have never yet met with one who the master sick. did not acknowledge himself morally bound for some fair proportion of it ; and hence I have ventured freely to suggest the only plan which has occurred to myself as at once jusr, practicable, likely to approve itself to the honourable feelings of the members in general, and com mensurate with the end to be attained. On commencing this letter I intended to propound a scheme which, if carried out, would have the effect of realising more for the present property of the club than could be got for it if brought to auction piecemeal ; but, having already trespassed too far on the space at my dis posal, this must be deferred for a subsequent communi cation. In the meantime, let the worst view of the case be provided for, and any improvement upon it will be all the more acceptable when it comes. Z. will ia L lile o r.d r eo d mn C a, La n r u f ". on and suite left .. ee : n Deshler : ri c :O s t t slll. : 4 9 l( ! ert' ; 'd : l'l s A tevall' the county of he Pr ° fer t° gii I,:astle, the seat of the r Earl of Erne , . i i be le be From Friday to Tuesday the noble earl wi , 0 ,,, / en jo , of the Marquis of Londonderry at Gallen .` f o lle f '.o sn' county of Antrim ; and on the Wednesdn:,,, ici ~,.011 , 4 pays his promised vis►t to Belfast, viler i. O . 0 r eo c o r , until Friday, when his Excellency will btegoillee time the guest 'of Lord Londonderry at of pt ' the noble Marquis's residence in the c'41,1,3 on 0 This will complete the tour to the n ortn , ,', 1 , 0 . O f P d day week Lord Clarendon will arrive in Puu rro ge 50 1 f ) ,,, MARRIAGE IN HIGH Lire•---Tne c liarri et il ib w of Grace the Duke of Manchester with lkliss . i.e j ( la 5 , ~ Dobbs, one of the beautiful and accomPllsu col t ie, of Mr. Conway R. Dobbs, of Castle .001),,bes,.?'Stli e ip l o p; Antrim, was solemnised on Wednesday, " ra t ie cor l '' I t ' ) in the parish church of Kilroot and TeTPrewive'llife:fol presence of a select circle of friends ann 0 ;0 I , l , c ot! ie , lovely bride, whose grace and beautY „ ber: 0 1( admiration, was accompanied to the altar:11110 .Peciotei sisters and by Miss Bainbridge, Miss Blew 'l-1 0 tecl 1/1 0 11 the Misses Stewart, and Miss A. Verner:ceiebretvol, after the ceremony the happy event wa' ito ble 1 .0 ° D ie splendid dejeuner at Castle Dobbs, the hosP uo ve , o n ~ of the bride's father, at which were presenti.` 1 11 !' c i l lig; hundred of the gentry of the neighbourKouto l'sv,rsce bridegrcom and his fair bride proceeanc,' , or 0 P Castle. previous to their leaving "Ireland ' seat, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdonshire. Mr. Grundy's purchases at the King of Holland's sale of pictures will shortly arrive in Liverpool. CORPSE FOUND.—On Sunday morning the body of a woman was found floating in the river opposite the Bruns wick Dock. It was picked up and conveyed to the dead house, where it awaits the coroner's inquest. Frederick Jerome, who behaved so gallantly on the occasion of the burning of the Ocean Monarch, received, on Saturday, twenty-five guineas from the Liverpool Humane Society. He preferred the money to the gold medal of the society. CHILD, EXPOSURE.—A man named Phillips, living at 50, Essex-street, Toxteth-park, on Sunday morning found the body of a female child wrapped in a black stuff apron, and enclosed in a bag. It was lying in Warwick-street. The face and head of the infant were much bruised. Two years ago, at the Liverpool assizes, there were 188. civil cases to be disposed of. This summer there were only 66. Now that debts under £5O are recoverable in the county court no doubt the number will be still further diminished. METEOROLO GICAL RELRD'S G101,17t0p4 BY MR. C. H. CHADBUIIN, 71, ATM pailY' 0 IN It' 2 A 00 3 Of A Temperature . . t Esll vin.', in Humidity 9 1 t . 0 Pressure at slaideby self- I%ic____lol_—_l. t. of 40. 0 i registering Difference pint' e • g''' Nine six L thermometer Wet and pry ... , ;t 1 Te a.m. i P.m . Mai.Tillii. bulb . ------ - "I ,61, ---------- ny s.r WI In. I In. Deg .I Deg. Deg. 0 %** .s e .53 • l - i 4" II • 3'o 27, 29.94 29.71 64-'1 53 * 4 0- 0° 01: * '' AO 26 39.09 30.11 GS 154 7 0,14 ri.ll. dl 29 30.14 30.15 65 i 52 6 if,' 1 30 30.26 30.27 66 153 1 1 0 ,04 IN' . " / 31 30.24 30.26 70 160 ' ' or. - - 'o' 1 I . 5 4 1 ‘0 , 2 30.36 39.31 1 -- _--- ---- ;„,1 11 9 1„1d , .,t1t vi 2 - th, heavy rain, s ua — lls ; 28th, bright , on.„ - a oly- - cIOP bright, p.m. clouded, l night rain ; 30tn, ti ghtl 000, clear ; 31st, iight rain, cloudy lst. ..,../ 2d, morning clouded, day brilliant. ____ ____----- ____ ________ LIVERPOOL: 3. 05.• _, k TUESDAY, SEPT. it__ so, PRINTED AND 1"13131,11t0,105 0 e:l4, EVERY TUESDAY 1161 Grove' t e r e I , j By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE of 13. rford _str roi „ f , I LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, (7 1.64 ..„,.... 10 6f' 0 AS At N.. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CitESCo•-, ... e et ; ..„ t i BIRKENHEAD: TODHVNTBR, CheSttr4;ieVittc' PINKNEY, Argyle-street; OstioaNS, L'" GRIFFITH, HaDlillOD.BlTeet. Since the adjournment of the Liverpool County Court,, which resumes its sittings to-day, there have been no less than 500 cases entered for trial. Five are under the new act for sums not exceeding £5O. All cases under L 5 will be taken first. On Saturday a number of men engaged in connecting some gas mains in Richmond-row, by inhaling the noxious vapour which escaped from the aperture, were completely overpowered, and some time elapsed before they recovered sensibility. However, porter and other stimulants were administered, and after a time the men were brought round. . VENTILATION oF - Roams.—ln these days of thirsting for pure air, it is a matter of some surprise that some pub lic-houses are not thoroughly ventilated and we are happy to see an example has been set by Mr. Whiteman, of the Brunswick Hotel, whose spacious room for meetings, sales of land, &c., has not only been ventilated effectually and invisibly, but renovated in style of elegance. It is now admirably adapted to its intended purposes. The Liverpool Gas Company have, as usual ever since those great reductions of puce which were to ruin them, announced a dividend of five per cent. for the last half year, being the highest allowed them by their own Act of Parliament.—The Builder.—[Our contemporary might have made his, case still stronger, for the company last half year not only divided five per cent., but carried half per cent. to make up a preceding half-year's ficiancy.l ANNUALsu t TIT,:TpION. wes. I ON CSIM:' Pied -+ II; 4tG ..,14 1010 t ' it 2 Qt ;., 5r,„ Bto 1 1'111,41 111 tA r k , t I i tit p.'ll it.°N4