The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1534 *airs by Auction. l IIRNSIVE STOCK OF CART HORSES, LORRIES, •OATS, CARTS, GEAR. &c. THE THE PROPERTY OF RTOWNERS DECLINING BUSINESS. T 0.,,,,,, By essrs. LUCAS and CO., ' '"Rnow,(Wedne M sday.) the 31st instant, at Twelve o'clock, tSt their Renository, Great Charlotte-street, Liverpool, LEVEN CART HORSES, Two Lorries, Two tee loats, Three Spring Carts, Two Waterside Carts, Fir n Sets of Gear. t o rh iv e above are the Property of Messrs. John and William >pe, e, Who are declining the Carting Business. 11 Three Horses, Two Lorries, Gear, &c., Pr A oerty of a Cartowner. he.sPlenMd Black Cart Horse; also Twenty Cart, Van, and ' n ese Horses, Lorries, Floats. Gear, &c. On view prior to the Sale. STOon ---.L-IN-TRADE OF A STATIONER AND BOOK SELLER, 44, LIME-STREET. Zy BY Mr. R. WINSTANLEY, of Basnett-street, ' 4IIO W (Wednesday), the Stst instant, and following PrllEdays, at Eleven o'clock each day. genuine STOCK-IN-TRADE of a firm t ag° declining business, comprising a recent Sllection of kid ma y, Ruled Account Books, Writing, Dressing , C ard, oney Cases, Pocket Books, Memorandurp Books, In , Il a i' n utnds, Pencil Cases, a Variety of Drawing Materials, lion. a n,l Coloured Prints, Framed and Unframed, School , - , ony and Cyphering Books, Maps and Charts on po p s and Unmounted; together with an Assortment of Al l ,"'ar Works, including favourite Poems, Divinity, and c ellaneous Literature, Bibles Church Services, and Oe t ni „,n, many of them elezantly , bound ; a handsome 6$ I. oo '.i,es Rosewood Cottage Piano-forte, Mahogany Circular a bl, and a few other Articles of Household Furniture. prior to Sale. 04 ' By Mr BROWN, • F RIDAY next, the 2nd of . June, at Eleven o'clock, at his Rooms, 101, Park-lane, Quantity of FORFEITED PLEDGES, being 2nd J ,property Pledged in the respective months prior to the ne, 1853, with the E dward rs,Asher It obe n, South Castle-street ; Byfoid, Dale-street ttr t : Hayes. Kent-street ; Escott Richards, Parliament brok 3 htnes Gillaird, Brownlow-hill ; John Woodru ff , Pelll - and Scotland-road ; Eugene Gregson. Copperas -1:11d, .Caleb Smuce, Highfield-street; Richard Washington, ltell-Street ; Thos. Armor, Rezent-street; Escottßichards, tre - 'treet ; William Cowpe, Mill-street ; Thomas Roberton, li.,,aiploward-street ; Archibald D. Roberton, Vanxball-road; Deu;art Marrs, St. James-street ; James L. Hutchinson, Cop 11t' 4 i 11 ; John Downey, Warren-street ; Janaes Fairhurst, 14,,nne-street ; Alfred Tunstall, London-road ; Smith and Vuend, Soho-street ; Lewis Heyman, Whitechapel ; John ,Pencer, Rich mond-row ; Henry G. Syred, Park-lane; and Powell, Scotland-road. 1 TILE DIRECTION OF THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL VA T THE LATE GEORGE BARNES, D ECEASED. 'UABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, PRICE-STREET, BIRKENHEAD. 0 4 1 , By F. and J. HODGSON, th II I3IISDAY next, the Ist day of June, at Seven o'clock in ifr k , i Evening at the Craren-rooms, in Chester-street ly , denhead, n the county of Chester (unless previous 4 1 , 12.05 ed of by Private Treaty), subject to condit ions then and there produced, and in one or more Lots as may be a greed upon,LL those Four lESSUAGES, with the Areas Leh i before, and the Yards, Gardens, and Conveniences 844 Pd the same, situate in and fronting to Price-street, in kenhead aforesaid, 'and numbered respectively 6,7, and 8, util e same Street, andl, in Chapel-street. 4,1,1 e Tenure is Freehold of Inheritance. fi l ire Premises are most compact, in thorough repair, and 1104..Oncupied by respectable t-nants ; and, as Dwelling litu,;!, they possess the advantages of a south-west aspect, a to lon which cannot be interfered with, a close proximity th e ,Milton-square, and being within five minutes' walk of T h rvo_otiside Ferry. kit h : rroperty presents a very eligible investment for small 'elsgt,S Trust and other Moneys, and yields, at a low rental, A n Aar annum. ukt v ' t rlirther information may be had of Mr. JOREPH v aiSo Estate Azent, 1, Price-street, Bi r k e nhead, who will Ao. "OW the Property ; or of Mr. D E ARDEN, Solicitor,. Itr eet , t.arktcross Chambers, Birkenhead, and 34, Castle iverpoel. Zo be *olts tr 'krt. rit `SALE, a Dark Clresmit MARE, 6 Fears e *et% .Ig, hands high ; good hack and hunter.—To b _ ne*George Hotel, Dale-street. s trbe LET FunNissED,-snitable for a genteel 4 4e, Famil, a Church nil ' oderate-sized HOUSE, No. 2, Ed g e-lane, ~.:....„,.'Edge -11,11 . TO'be SOLD or LET,.a comfortable FAMIL Y Si HORSE with 'ood Garden, - Coachbouse, and Stable , lic eo ed at Fairfield," two miles from the Exchange. The . r"letlation consists .m, Eight good Bed-rooms, Bath-room, Kitchens, 1 . 0 ,„. 1 Y , Dairy, Store-rooms, and every other convenience. * 1 0 ,,,` inrther particulars apply 10 CHAS. ComswouTH, 21, "er-buildlngs. IN'be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, a compact ab out ESTATE , about '6 ve miles from Liverpool, containing ti,uts acres of LAND. One DFITO, about four miles from 1 (4 1.1)01 , with 10 acres of LAND. One DITTO, at West .j te V. Cheshire, with 8 acres of LAND. One DITTO, at 314 r- Cheshire, with 4 Acres of LAND. A splendid oat 1V W , near Walton, wit 6,000 yards of LAND One West Derby, with h 10,00'1 yards of LAND.. One to w "-", at Mosley-vale, with 7,00 0 yards of LAND. With ands of Thirty large HOUSES in the town. be SOLD-or :LET, 2-splendid MANSION, A t ,. three miles soc.th of the Liverpool Exchange, contin- Three Entertaining.rooms, Ten Bed-rooms, Dressing ' ( loin 1%4 & c. Sic., witk Two Acres of Land, in Pleasure Ground be.larden. Also, an excellent Dets.lhed FAMILY RESI- LaCE, o pposite Richmond-hill, West Derby, containing . FlveE n f er taining-rooms, Eight Bedrooms, and Good Garden, Vie&c.llo be LET, : an excellent HOUSE, with t , Coach-house, Stable, and Garden, in Deane-street. ito-lane in s om. One e of the pr DITTO, incipal Prince's-thop ark roughfares. With . a few splendid BPS 14VPIY to Wm. WILLIms, Estate Agent, 3, Hackin's-bey , Itanela.t-street A Liverpool n • "Manta ANTED, a good TENOR SINGER, for St, ~, a rr Anne's Churh.—Applications, stating fitness and ' 1( 11 expected to be c made on or before FRIDAY next, the 4 ne, addressed J. K., J3ox-D 90, Postotfice. ANTED to PURCHASE, with or without a ' 4 st of House, about an Acre of LAND , at th e n o rth or north. 15 the town.—Address, with tenure, situa tion, and price, Hour, 25, South John-street. , IVERPOOL DOCKS.-LOANS OF MONEY. ,tit itb - -The COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS . do t.o,k ‘ ';',.,BY GIVE NOTICE. that they are willing to receive 4 rt " 0 of MONEY, on the security of the Bonds of the telii:lees of the Liverpool Docks. at the rate per li e rl Per Annum Interest, for periods of either three, five, 1, 1 14: ‘ ," years, at the option of Lenders. Interest payable f e arlY.—Ali offers to be addressed to GEO. V. TANTON, 'treasurer to the Liverpool Docks, Dock Office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Office, Liverpool, 4th May, 1854. 1 1° THE BOOKSELLERS AND BOOK BINDERS OF LIVERPOOL.—The Committee of the ,lJp r ia oo l Library are ready to receive TENDERS for the "010 ` 4 -. 17 -Of BOOKS and BOOKBINDING. The orders for l i h e ° l3 l 4 are given on the second Saturday of each month, , and l alet 3° lis ace required to be delivered at the Library not tr 6. than the following Wednesday morning. The monthly uhieVl, 41 from .4'30 to £4O, and the Tenders must state the ht that will be taken off the Publishing Price. 'Dm:. stile of Bokbinding reqired ma be ascertaied, by to the Librarian. The u y accounts are paid mon n th y._ ' e rt niust be sent in previous to THURSDAY, the Bth sae lo ll_ w ext. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept est Tender. By order of the President. JOHN PERRI., Librarian. ~.s .: rPool Library, Bold-street, May 20th, 1854. • N 'IN PERSONS DROWNED.—An excnr,sion boat, con -I.4bo'ng 17 persons, principally .masons, bricklayers, and k oti a ti rers . employed in the building of a fort near Yar- W e u, ni the Isle of Wight, was capsized last Sunday Owing to a squabble as to whose turn it was to 4 t th out of a jar of beer on board, two or three reac hed 61p he jar at once, and the boat upsetting , onl y ten were and these got drunk on land shortly afterwards. let e l l s OF PARLIAMENT. —Only 14 public acts haye i 0,,, ved the royal assent in the present - sess ion, now sit tlik° nearly f our months. Fewer acts are expected to be 11 - " in this than in former years. '• SET-mous, BLASE, of the Guards, now in the East, th e fSir Ed. Seymour Blane, Bart., has been sued f 7 Tt al uotint of a bill (£500) which he accepte d for his Mr. Pottinger, son of Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart. bearsaii4 that Mr. Pottinger had betted very heavily,, S VttbO St. sririolv.—The Princess Cataneo S p inosa, o who perished on board the Ercolano, was a victim rise nyvn superstition ; she refused to leave Genoa f on a Minn,, ..thinking the day unlucky, and being one c o o,. tle fl t, l e ) ' 4l shareholders in the steamboat cornupry,. ifad t he t a ker to be detainedrtill thp folloni g proper tune, she could not have blot jeOhno left at the p s'Alia in t night. e NE „POPE he O F ROME.—Louis Napoleon's cousin, Ga i nes Lucien Bonaparte, second son of the Prince de 4 0 ,;u 0 , bas taken orders, and donned priestly vestments, `,thieh it is in: `erred he is intended by the Emperor A future candidate for the Papal . throne. i9,1? 1 7 .11 1, A RRIE D.--Prince Frederick of Scheswig Holstein 4vurg, elder brother of Prince Christian, presump hi: he to the Danish Crown, was legally separated..., froThme te re l life, a Princess of ficho,umburg Lippe, in 1 le l'ert l , l eparties having, however, met at Ni e, , th B e old pro -4reet.°l "On revient se; premiers amours' .worked its 4 4,7' and the loving couple were re-married, with all ne hrY religious observances, on the 7th inst. Th 4 . 4l ,ktb e Limerick Chronicle states that Father eobald h e has sustained another shock of paralysis, and that 4 4e a nte of his health is now such a s to cause his friends d e• epest anxiety . TAx (NO .2) BILL. The Income Tax (No. 2) uich e xte passing through the House of_ Commons, is 114tii riding the double income tax as. 2d. in the pound) /1 ... the 6th of April next after the ratification of a '1 1 % 1 ? ve treaty of peace." If that should be before 1859, 'et ` ll ° ll the double tax 00_ g is to c,eas.e, the Income Tax k ty last sessions is to revive. o tXD DIVORCE OF THE EMPEROR and FMPRESS tOti " 4 /IcE.—l have already contradicted, from very 1,4 n, a uthority. the rumour which was .current g th e at the n,' 4 el,`, e ,,, r°r contemplated a dissolution of his m Zot e ~,""Press. My allusion to the rumour. was , pernaps, ).'lla' a gue than was necessary, even with el,lry possible La ,oration for the delicacy of the subject. This Ni t - • s " c urrent, for there are some me mbers of the Legiti a- te it arty who spare neither money nor pains to proP as ' 11(1 in several of the foreign journPalsist is alluded i' vl ug gained much credit in ,Paris. thel itself, d al 11 most peremptory manner, the nunour contradict the statement of its having gain ed considerable ,-`l'. t 111 t h is capital. Nothing whatever h as occurred to (1 even the suposition that there is any ground for h,v)) a divorce on political grounds, and still . le . ss for t•Qh tl u.g that the hope of direct issue k'kili s ?rennistance would affect the union of the . _4 15 7 had dinainisnei! , It t he e d personages alluded to. As to the question f r t r obability or - improbability . of there being.difecnot th 1 , 11 1 4„ 1 . 11 the imperial marriage, I will only say Mereti;!ucation has been made, either private or official, event is improbable ; and that, on the contrary, - i,this moment a strong rumour in the Court 11 4 , 4 e the Empress is likely soon to gratify the hopes i4 t : a L'lPeror, and disappoint those of the persons who ge.,:s - eal. or , fancied interest in his leaving no direct Faris correspondence of the Globe. TO CORRESPONDENTS. GLAURABAN.—The perforation of postage labels was adopted after an arangement had been made with the inventor for his remuneration by the Government. C::?- We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. BOORS, &c., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. COLOGNE CHORAL UNION. TWO CONCERTS, On the Ist and 2d of June, AT THE PHILHARMONIC-HALL. "The effect of these Eighty Voices Is nothing less than mar vellous. They surpass anything that has ever been previously heard in this country." See Londo Advertisement.n Times,lsth May, 1854. Kiberpool taitbarb. TU_ESDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1854. THE WAR. THE most important event which has yet taken place since the commencement of the war, is the protocol which has been signed, at Vienna, by the representatives of the Four Powers, recognising the treaty between England, France, and Turkey, for active interposition in defence of the latter State; and also recognising the separate treaty between Austria and Prussia, for the united action of the German Powers against the aggressions of Russia on the territorial settlement of Europe. If any reliance can be placed on the sincerity of Austria and Prussia in this matter, and of this there are still some doubts, owing to the evident leaning of the King of PRUSSIA towards Russian counsels, it should, at least, have the good effect of convincing the Emperor NICHOLAS that he has no dependence but on his own resources, that he may look in vain for an ally, and that, consequently, in continuing the contest, he has the whole of the rest of Europe leagued against him. If he is at all amenable to reason, this conviction may have far more influence upon him than the bombardment of Odessa, wkich has been craftily converted into a Russian victory, the destruction of Sevastopol, which is by no means improbable, -or even the capture of the more important fortress of Cronstadt. These would be comparatively minor losses, had he Austria and Prussia to fall back - upon ; but, with the German Powers in league with England and France, his position must be every day becoming more dangerous, while the heavy losses to his own subjects, from the stoppage of their commerce and the capture of so many of Their vessels, may lead to insurrectionary movements, and so preci pitate the denouement—his death or abdication. That'the war is by no means popular in Russia, is shown by the recent attack on Count NESSELRODE in the streets of St. Petersburg, and this is not surprising, when it is remembered that the people are the greatest sufferers, without any possible object to gain, not even the phantom of military glory, which has often led the French to victory or death. It is also said that the Emperor NionorAs is alone in his warlike aspirations, the •other members of his family being opposed to his views, but that, having once taken the rash step through a mistaken 'notion of the influence of the , English Premier, he knows not how to recede, and pursues his rash course in a kind of frantic despe ration. The only solution, therefore, of the diffi culty is his abdication, leaving the task of withdrawal from the contest to his successor, who might do so with honour,"having never sanctioned its commencement. There is also some talk of the abdication of the King of PRUSSIA, whose near relationship to the Empress of RUSSIA has ren- Zered his conduct so suspicious ; and this would solve another difficulty, as the , popular feeling in Prussit is hostile to Russia, and would be grati fled by cordially joining with the Western Powers. THE OATHS BILL. THE unrighteous attempt of Lord JOHN Errs- SELL to break down the barriers by which the legislature has at least the nominal character of Christian, received a special defeat on Thursday, =in the very house where he -made most sure of suc cess. It will be remembered that when, in 1847, Lord Joror RUSSELL was returned for the City of London in company with Mr. ROTHSCHILD, he made one of those rash promises which have ever been his great failing, that he would use every exertion to remove the obstruction to his colleague taking his seat in Parliament. This promise he has ,since apparently fulfilled, 'though it is not believed that he ever had either sincerity or ear nestness in the matter ; but, while the measure has :usually passed the -Commons with a large majority, it has been invariably defeated in the House :of Lords. This session, however, he resolved on a different course, and instead ofopenly declaring his intention to admit the Jews to Parliament, he endeavoured to compass the same end by what can only be styled a shuffle. Any allusion to the Jews was carefully omitted from the bill, which professed to be simply a modification of the form of oath; and while •the exclusion of the words 4 '.on the true faith of a Christian" would admit those who b e lieved Christianity to be an imposture, the abo lition of the restrictions imposed on Romanist members by the Emancipation Act of 1829 would, it was believed, enlist a ne w class of voters iu favour of the measure. Alas ! for the tortuous policy of Whiggery. The engineer was hoist with his own petard ; for the very alteration which was relied upon as a means of success was the chief, if not the sole cause of the failure. The Protestant spirit of the house was aroused at this insidious attempt to remove any part of the restrictions on Romanist sincerity, and the majority who might have admitted the Jews on their own account refused to make them a stepping-stone for the far worse foes of Christianity, whose religion and whose loyalty is Slavish obedience to the decrees of apostate Rome. Even Mr. DISRAELI, who had voted for every former bill upon the not very intelligible ground of the obligations which the whole human family were under to the Jewish people, as the medium of Divine revelation, would not consent to the Roman is& being favoured by a side wind, and therefore opposed the bill—a course in which he was followed by the Radical member for Birmingham. It will be observed that Ministers were defeated by a very small majority—a convincing proof that the rejec tion of the bill was owing solely to the fear of abolishing the Oath of Supremacy, which formally protests against the jurisdiction of the Bi Both hop been of , Rome, the pretension to which abandoned. The prominent ministerial supporter of the bill was the CHANCELLOR of th is instructive to witness the degradatione icahndthiet ExcilEgt io E :h ; first step in political apostac eventually lead. Mr. GLADSTONE was one among foremost advo cates of Conservatism in politics and Churchman ship in religion, and for which he obtained inp the distinguished position of representative meat for the University of Oxford. What a . rlia s he now ? The colleague of Radicals, and II fid 1 els, and Romanists, and the unblushing advocate of a mea sure avowedly designed to open the doors of the House ofComnaons to unconvertedJews,andcovertly btendedtoremove the onlyrestriction imposed by the EmlneipatiQniket of 1829 again§t Romanist assaults on the National Church. For the share which he took in passing that very measure, the University of Oxford ignominiously rejected the late Sir R. PEEL ; and Mr. GLADSTONE, having more deserved it, will as certainly experience the same fate, or that nursery of the Church must have sadly degenerated from its former consistent patriotism. It is, however, a melancholy subject, for we cannot forget the high position which Mr. GLADSTONE once held, and the bright promise which he gave of becoming one of England's ablest statesmen. But ambition, by which sin fell the angels, has lured him to his destruction ; and he is now an object for pity rather than anger—a warning to promising young men not to desert principle for the sake of place. Both our own representatives voted against the bill ; but we may direct attention to the able speech of Mr. LIDDELL, in which, avowing his own support to the act of 1829, he declared that he would not consent to any alteration of it. The legislature had then entered into a solemn com pact, in which a particular form of oath was adopted, in order to reconcile the people of Eng land to the measure ; and he accused Lord JOHN RUSSELL of great political rashness and impru dence in attempting to disturb it. He assured the House that the people of England, and espe cially the great community which he represented, were most sensitive upon this subject, and averse to any alteration being made in the form of oath, an assurance in which he is fully borne out by the great majority of his constitaeuts. Mr. NAPIER also ably opposed the bill, and said the Jews themselves would not consent to obtain the advan tage sought at the price of breaking through those great barriers which defended the country against the pretensions of a foreign power. He then " asked them whether that very day, which commemorated the ascension of our Lord, was not an occasion to remind them of the solemn sanction received by the Christian faith. If Christ were risen indeed, and was really and truly the King of Kings and Lord of Lords ; if the Christian religion was essentially a religion of faith ; if He had sent what was His true and only vicar, the Holy Ghost, to breathe the life of faith and light of heaven into His church, he said he would stand fast with England in that liberty with which He had made His people free, and by that simple and solemn confession of true Christian faith, which neither in that house,' nor out of it, he would ever willingly allow any man to corrupt or 'deny, and which he Jield to be the promise of the life that is, and is to-come." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND - GENE El AL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. objection sometimes raised to the payment of Church-rates upon pretended scruples of conscience, that it is useless to discuss it ; but we may remark that the scheme proposed would be a direct rob bery of the Church, in order to benefit the owners of property to be relieved, who acquired their pro perty subject to the payment of this, as well as o other rates. What is really wanted is rather an alleviation of the law, so that - so obviously neces sary a demand may not be subject to the decision of Radical vestries, with the only alternative of an appeal to the Ecclesiastical Courts. Unfortunately there are many men who would not pay their debts but for the obligation of law; and it is the same selfish feeling which dictates their opposition to Church-rates, however they may disguise it. The Church of England, as by law established, is osten sibly and practically the Poor Man's Church ; its blessings, like those of its great founder, are offered without money and without price ; the Christian instruction of the poor is a duty which is owing by every subject of the State ; and, therefore, to refuse this small amount of aid, the least oppressive of all taxes, is virtually to close our churches against all but those who are able and willing to pay for the accommodation. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-THE COMING ELECTION. THE election of eight Commissioners of Birken head—seven in the room of those who go out by rotation, and one to fill a vacancy caused by resig nation—is appointed for Tuesday next, and it is confidently expected will take place without the excitement of a contest. It will be remembered that last year the township was divided into two parties, which, under the respective titles of Blue and Red, carried on the contest with a zeal which was worthy of a more intelligible cause. The chief object then to be gained was a majority for the appointment of Dock Trustees, and the Blue party was triumphant. The use which was made of this victory was the conclusion of a contract with Messrs. BRASSET and Co., for the completion of the dock works, which have since been pro ceeded with. Reflection, however, has since led to the conviction that something more is required of a Board of Commissioners than the carrying out of one object, however desirable, and that victory may be purchased too dearly if it lead to the exclusion, from the governing body, of those men who are best qualified for the management of public affairs. There was, in reality, no question of party polities involved, for each list contained the names of Conservatives and Radicals ; but unfortunately the contest led to disunion and differences between men having but one common interest, and which are always inimical to the prosperity of a community. This conviction it is hoped will operate on the present occasion, to avoid a repetition of 'the evil; and that, with a sole regard to their fitness for the office, those men will be proposed for Commissioners who will promote 'the welfare of the township, without reference to party feelings. In order to accom plish this object, a meeting of some of the most influential inhabitants was held on Thursday last, and though some alteration may be made in 'the list of candidates, which was then agreed to, there is no doubt that the selection will be submitted to the ratepayers, and carried without the tur moil of a contest. Birkenhead is now on the eve of a great improvement, and it will be the duty of the Commissioners to render all its advantages available, without descending to petty squabbles on personal matters. It is not this or that per soa's property to be benefited, but the interests of the whole community ; and if this be done 'in fair, impartial spirit, the office of Commissioner will be elevated in social importance,.and Birken head will yet realise the enthusiastic hopes which were indulged in some years since. In treating of this question, it is folly to suppose that there is any rivalry with the town of Liverpool. Every advance in Birkenhead must be participated in a great degree on this side of the Mersey ; and while Liverpool has every available foot of ground occupied, and obliged -to extend far into the suburbs to find habitations for her numerous and still increasing population, every advance made in Birkenhead is affording additional accommodation, equally accessible, and more so by the commo dious ferry-boats, than by the numerous vehicles which ply between Liverpool and the surrounding • hamlets in Lancashire. Birkenhead has ample space for many more houses in close proximity to the ferries ; but the land is afflicted with an incubus of mortgage, which has paralysed all building operations, and may perhaps some day call for an Encumbered Estate Act, to restore it to vitality. At all events, the Commissioners should bear in mind that they ought to have but one object—the good of the township ; and, should this be steadily kept in view, they will have cause to rejoice that Blue and Red have been fused into an Imperial Purple. THE IRISH BRIGADE. IT was a great disgrace-to the legislature , of Great Britain, when, during' the administration of Lord MELBOURNE, a body of Romanist members was allowed, by its peculiar position, to control the proceedings of the House of ,Commons ; but it may be questionable whether the course now pursued by 'that unscrupulous faction is not equally degrading to the dignified position which a British House of Legislature ought to hold. It will be remembered that on more than one occasion the, House of Commons has, notwithstanding the oppo sition of the Ministry, declared by a large majority its determination to inquire into the practices of conventual institutions; and yet, despite -this plairi expression of the popular will by its constitutional representatives, the peculiar forms of parliamentary proceedings have enabled this knot of Irish Roman jets to succeed in their , opposition ; and . the mover has been compelled' 'to withdraw his measure, through the practical difficulty of carrying it into effect against such, hostility. The functions of the 'House of Commons are, by this means, virtually -abrogated, and the popular will, is in reality a nullity, when ministerial sanction is afforded to factious opponents, to enable them to set it at _naught. A similar course was pursued on Wed nesday last, on the motion for the second-reading of the Bill introduced by Mr. I.ViurEsinE, in order to prevent women who had professed themselves nuns from executing 'deeds or other instruments for the disposal of property in favour of ,the con ventual establishments of which they had become members, the debate on which had been adjourned from as far back as the sth of April. Here the tactics pursued were by long and frequent speeches to-occupy the time until, by the inexorable rules of the House, the debate had to be again adjourned to a distant day for the same game to be repeated, until finally the bill, will be defeated, although there be a majority of Parliament in its favour. It would seem that the especial object Of the Irish Brigade is, by untiring obstructiveness, to oppose every measure affecting Romanist tyranny and superstition which has not the advantage of minis terial support; so that every attempt on the part of our Protestant representatives, though possess ing a numerical majority, is of.no avail against this unscrupulous opposition. It Should serve to open the eyes of the people to the folly which was perpe trated -in 1829, when, through rash confidence in Romanists' professions of honour and honesty, the door was opened to their admission to legislative privileges. It was vainly thought that they would be bound by the obligations of an oath so carefully worded, but bitter experience has proved that they are amenable to no obligations of conscience, however solemnly imposed ; and yet Lord JOHN RUSSELL 'has the foolhardiness, by his new Oaths Bill, to attempt tto remove some portion of those restrictions which may still be considered binding by the few Romanists who are gentlemen. ABOLITION OF CHURCH-RATES. IT is so seldom that we can find anything to approve in the conduct of the ministerial leader in the House of Commons, that we gladly seize the opportunity afforded by the discussion on Tuesday last. A Motion was niade for a Bill to abolish all Church-rates, without encumbering the question by any proposal for a substitute, and it received the support of pseudo-Churchmen, with the usual array of Radicals, Dissenters, and Infidels, of which, unfortunately, the legislature has far too large a proportion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, however, to his credit, opposed the scheme upon the intelligible principle that churches were national structures, and ought to be maintained by the nation ; and also, because he thought that any concessions made to feelings hostile to the Church were hot likely to be satisfied by surrendering Church-rates. What shall we say, however, of the heir of the house of Derby, who, with great professions of zeal for the Church, thought the amount in question too small to be made a bone of contention, and willing, there fore, to leave the maintenance of national structures to voluntary aid, voted for the abolition of Church rates P When his father was called upon to assume the most responsible office in the State, he avowed that the sole object he had in view was, in the beautiful language of the liturgy, "the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions ;" but the son must have sadly degene rated from the principles of the father, if he seeks to accomplish his end by destroying the only means of religious instruction afforded for the poor, leaving it to the uncertainty, or rather certain failure of the voluntary principle. To the credit of Churchmen, they have been unceasing in their exertions, and munificent in their contributions, for the foundation of our churches; and yet this is adduced as a reason why the public should be saved from the paltry amount of 'rate required to maintain the structures requisite for national wor ship. There is something so utterly absurd in the LIVERPOOL rarp R OVEMENTS. Tun sub-committee appointed to investigate the subject of improvements rendered necessary in the streets and leading thoroughfares of the - town, by the increased and still rapidly increasing traffic of the port, have presented their report to the genel.al committee appointed at the town's meeting held in June last ; and, with consistent propiety, the report has been printed, and widely dis tributed. Whether its recommendations are fully carried into effect, or are only partially adopted, the report is a valuable public document, 'and bears creditable testimony to the zeal and judgment by which the parties preparing it have been actuated ; while in a scarcely less eminent degree does it redound to the honour of the com munity that a committee so popularly .constituted as the one referred to, should possess and exercise the •nerve re quisite to look a subject of such magnitude and novelty boldly in the face. That the recommendations of the committee should, in every instance, be the very best that could be suggested, is more than could reasonably have been hoped for ; and that its plans should meet with universal approbation was more than even the most sanguine of its supporters could dream of. Independently of such draw backs as are to be met with in individual or sectional disap probation, the report possesses one redeeming qualification which should establish for it the cordial sympathy of the inhabitants of Liverpool. it recognises the importance of a complete system of thoroughfares, by which the traffic of the town can be carried on without conflict between what may be termed the longitudinal and transverse cur rents ; and that those conduits of traffic shall be so ar ranged as to admit of a ready fusion of their respective currents without disorder, and that these may be allowed to glide along with the smallest possible impediment, be yond the difficulties imposed by the natural peculiarities of the locality ; while these difficulties it recommends to be reduced to their minimum extent, by widening and straightening the streets, and so accommodating their levels to each other as to constitute the easiest means of convey ing the east and west traffic, without interruption to that existing between the north and south. Oue chief point of value in the report is its advocacy of whatever is done being done on a general principle, and with an eye to a uniform plan. The report contains sug gestions for twenty-eight separate improvement, v ery many of them consisting of the widening and straightening of leading streets, which, in .their original construction, have seemingly been built as whim or accident dictated, and the necessity for these improvements could easily have been avoided, if general street lines had been adopted and enforced. This will be more readily understood by a reference to the proposed improvement of Church street, the whole south side of which from Paradise-street to Hanover-street, the committee recommend to be taken down and thrown back so far as to bring the new frontage into a line w ith the north - east corner of St. Peter's Church ; thus giving Church street the same width as Lord-st ree t. Again, in reference to Bold-street, which is on all ha n d s admittedly too nsr• row for its traffic and Importance, the committee suggest the demolition of the whole of its north side from end to end, and throwing back the line of buildings so far as to make them occupy the site of the Arcade. While devoting much care to the present condition and future susceptibi lities of the localities named, the committee have by no means confined their attention, or limited their observa tions to them, but have extended their researches into all the districts of the town. The report embraces valuable suggestions for improving the means of communication by reconstructing the lines of streets, or opening up new lines of approach from the north and from the south ends of the town, including Great Howard-street, Vauxhall road, Tithebarn-street, the formation of a new street in continuation of St. Anne-street and Cazneau-street to Scotland-road, considerably widening both the streets named; improved lines of communication between Tox teth-park and Kensington ; between St. James's-street, Park-lane, and Castle-street ; widening and improving Hanover-street, Paradise-street, and Whitechapel ; im proving :the connexion between Williamson-square, and Dale-street by widening the existing lines and extending them by a new street through Temple-court to Moorfields; and by a modified recommendation of Mr. Sumner's plan for the connexion of Dale-street with St. George's Hall. These may be taken as indications of the fearless spirit in which the committee have contemplated the task committed to their care ; they involve, no doubt, the certainty of great outlay and the sacrifice • of much valuable property, but also include the certainty of vastly increasing the public convenience, and by such means improving the aggregate and ultimate value of the public property. "If (says the committee) the whole of the improvements suggested in this report be adopted, the additional area gained to the public use (exclusive of the alterations around St. George's-hall, and the new routes from Dale street to Great Howard-street) amounts to nearly 335,000 square yards ; of which 61,000 square yards are within the parish of Liverpool, and for the most part built over. The remaining 274,000 square yards consist in a great measure of vacant land. Your committee conceive that the first-named quantity of land may be obtained for an outlay of £450,000 to £600,000, and the latter quantity at a cost of £340,000 to £520,000; making a total outlay of from £790,000 to £1,000,000, besides the cost of con struction." That these recommendations will be entirely adopted, and fully carried out, is scarcely to be looked for ; but their value to the community is not to be estimated by the ' extent to which they may be carried out—that will be found also in a great degree in the importance of connected system and general plan which the report enforces in terms more eloquent than words or arguments could convey. We have here the startling fact, that, omitting system and proceeding at a sort of random pace, the con dition of the town has become so intricate and impracticable, that it will require £1,000,000 to be expended in order to put us in a position which we ought never to have been out of. Such a fact speaks trumpet-tongued, calling loudly for cautious deliberation ere adopting any resolu tion; but, having adopted a carefully digested plan, let that be adhered to with rigour and carried out with spirit, even although only piecemeal in its mode of execution. STAMPS ON FOREIGN BILLS. 'THE proposition of the CHANCELLOR of the Excitre,u ER to impose a stamp duty on all Foreign Bills of Exchange, negotiated in this country, has led to a remonstrance against it from the Merchants and Bankers of the Me tropolis. They state, as their grounds of objection, that .it is a violation of the doctrines of Free Trade policy, which profess to remove all restrictions from commerce ; that the proposition would involve a wasteful expenditure of time, and impose a gratuitous risk through the penalty which must attach to the incautious use of the wrong stamp ; that neither the partial correction of the evil resulting from the ncrasional fabrication of falsely dated bills, nor the revenue to be derived from the proposed tax, can justify its imposition; and that while the expected revenue is too trifling to be of any importance, the pro posed tax would seriously discourage the Banking and Exchange business. These objections are entitled to serious consideration, not only for their intrinsic merit, but for the position and character of the objectors ; and it will be difficult for the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to offer any tangible defence of his proposition in the face of them. The sole evil which was sought to be remedied —for any advantage to the Revenue is quite out of the question—was the liability to great losses by innocent holders of ostensible Foreign Bills of Exchange, owing to their having been fraudulently made in this country, and therefore, subject to a stamp, while they purported to have been drawn abroad, and were, therefore, on undamped paper. The remedy is by no means difficult—for it is only necessary to declare that in every such case the fraud should be punished by a penalty on the person committing it, while the liability to pay shall remain so that no end in vitiating the instrument will be gained, the innocent, holder will be protected, and the rights of the Revenue will, as far as possible, be vindicated. There is, however, a strong fancy in "administrative talent" to magnify difficulties and load the Statute Book with complicated enactments. The simplicity of a penny stamp has answered very well for receipts, but the sliding scale applied to the varying amounts of Bills of Exchange would be an evil for which no shadow of reason has yet been shown to justify its imposition. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the attempt will be resisted, and thaf any legislation on Bill Stamps will be confined to the point which we have suggested, and which a recent decision in , a court of law has shown to be imperatively necessary. LIVERPOOL PHILOMATIfIC SOCIETY. Tux annual dinner of this highly-respectable and flourishing society, which is now, we believe, in the 32d year of its existence, took place on Saturday, at that favourite spot, Eastham. William Rowett, Esq., president of the society, occupied the chair; W. Marshall, Esq., officiated as vice-chairman. The attendance of the mem bers and their friends was numerous. Among the former we observed Mr. Councillor Pictou, Mr. Councillor M`Nicoll, Arnold Baruchson, Esq., F. F. Bloxam, Esq., Watbanke B. Barber, Esq., Alfred H. Cowie, Esq., James Dowie, Esq., Fred. Frodsham Esq., John R, Gaskell, Esq., George Holmes, Esq., V. B. Marshall, Esq., It. A. Payne, Esq., C. E. Rawlins, jtm., Esq., Alexander Sleigh, Esq., Thomas Sleigh, Esq., F. A. Tamplin, Esq., Dr. Wilkin, &c., &c. Among the visitors we noticed James H. Butler, Esq., Dr. Decker, Robert Frodsham, Esq., &c. The dinner was served in the usual style of abundance and elegance for which the Ferry Hotel has acquired a just celebrity, and included a liberal supply of the delicacies of the season. After the cloth had been withdrawn, the chairman gave, in succession, the usual loyal and consti tutional toa prefacing each with a few appropriate and judicious remarks. The toasts were drunk with enthusi asm, which was loudly expressed in response to "Success to Her Majesty's Forces by Sea and Land." The Vice-Chairman gave, "The Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool," in doing which he adverted to the general good feeling displayed by the corporation as a body, and by its members individually, towards societies, which, like the Philomathic, had for their objects the mental culture , and improvement of the community. Mr. M`Nicoll replied to the toast, and, in a few happy remarks, acknowledged the compliment paid to the Mayor And Corporation. The Chairman next proposed the toa4 of the evening "Success to the Liverpool Philomathie Society," mid with it he connected the name of Mr. Payne, the treasurer. In a few well-chosen observations, Mr. Rowett dilated on the benefits such a society was calculated to bestow on its members, and expressed the gratification he had indivi dually received by a participation in its pursuits, and in the enjoyment of its fellowshipa fellowship which, be was glad to say, included the names of many gentlemen well known in Liverpool for the amiability of their cha racter, and celebrated for their literary and scientific attainments. The toast was drunk with loud cheers. Mr. Payne, in reply, expressed the high gratification he experienced in attending the ordinary meetings of the society—a gratification in no way obscured or diminished by the interchange of friendly and social hilarity, which invariably characterised their annual celebrations. At these, as in the present instance, gathered together in proximity to the beautiful arrangements of natural scenery, enhanced by the appliances of art, they were en abled to mingle healthful recreation with mirth, and to taste of social pleasure combined with rural freedom, and the bracing stimulus of fresh air. He next adverted to the pecuniary condition of the society, which he was happy the balance being on the right side, and to say was good, on the increase. In point of membership, too, he was glad to know, so far from experiencing diminution of sup port, it was on the increase ; and to know further, that its members were imbued with the right Spirit for in suring its success. This was attested in the regularity of their attendance, and the interest they took in its meet ings. In conclusion, he expressed the great pleasure he had always felt in the good fellowship of its members, and thanked the company for the honour they had conferred on him in - connecting his name with the success of the society. The Chairman gave as the next toast, " The Literary and other learned societies of Liverpool," observing that it was the sincere wish of the Philomathic Society to pro mote their success, and cultivate their friendship. The toast was drunk with loud applause. The Chairman said the next toast on the list was, " The progress of the people in literature, art, and science," and with the toast he begged to connect the name of Mr. Councillor Picton, a gentleman to whose public•spirited exertions the inhabitants of Liverpool were deeply in debted, particularly with respect to the Free Library and Museum. The toast was drunk with musical honours. Mr. Picton,ia reply, begged to thank thechairman for the kind manner in which his name had been connected with the toast, and to the company for the warm reception it had met with. In reference to the progress made by the people in literature, art, and science, he considered that that opinion was now extending which refused to acknowledge that the mere communication of abstract science and hard dry facts could be esteemed progress in knowledge, Something beyond this it was admitted was now necessary, and many i n di v id ua l s of high intelligence and active benevolence deemed it desirable to take example from our neigh ' hours across the channel, and mingle amusement to some extent, at least, with the severer studies. He alluded at, considerable length, and in eloquent terms, to the advan tages which all classes must derive from becoming fa miliarised with the beauties of nature. This he illustrated by a comparison of the limited and low associations con nected with the primrose, by Peter Ball, as that is nar rated by Wordsworth, who says The primrose by the river's brim A yellow primrose W/46 to him, And it was nothing more, contrasting that with the elevating sentiments and ennobling strains of the inspired Ayrshire ploughman. He showed that by elevating the sentiments of the people, and engaging the feelings of the working classes, a more extended sympathy would be established among all grades of the community, to the destruction of that sordid view which regards man merely as the spinner of miles of cotton yarn and the fabricator of acres of calico. Mr. Barruchson, in a long statistical speech, in which he showed the advantages each of the two nations would derive from friendly intercourse, gave as a toast "The French and English alliance." The vice-chairman proposed " the visitors." The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and tastefully acknowledged by Mr. Butler. Saveral other toasts followed, including " The town and trade of Liverpool." The hilarity and good fellowship of the meeting were greatly promoted by the singing of several songs which were beautifully executed, and after spending a happy evening the party broke up, much pleased with the eve ning's entertainment. SALE OF THE TAILEUR. A numerous company was attracted to the office of Messrs. Cunard, Munu and Co., ship brokers, yesterday, in consequence of an announcement that the wreck of the Tayleur, as she now lies off Lambay Island, would be offered for sale by auction. The conditions of sale stated that the owners did not guarantee to the purchasers any right to the goods, treasure, or effects that might be on j board the ship. This gave rise to considerable discussion, which was followed by the reading of an agreement be tween the consignees of the ship and Mr. Shannon, of Dublin, in which the latter undertakes to raise the cargo, casks, provisions, &c.,on receiving as salvage 50 per cent. on the value of the property recovered. The agreement stated that Mr. Shannon was to commence operations as soon as the weather was favourable, and recover the cargo as quickly as possible. It appears that some of the cargo has already been raised by Mr. Shannon under the terms of the agreement. No time was fixed for the completion of Mr. Shannon's contract, and it was urged that the exist ence of the agreement was an obstacle in the way of pur chasing the ship, as there might be ditfictilty in raising her while the agreement remained in force. One gentleman was of opinion that, in the event of the vessel being sold, according to the conditions which had been read, the pur chaser would have uncontrolled power over the vessel, and would not be bound to recognise the agreement with Mr. Shannon. The brokers then invited the gentlemen to hid for the Tayleur, according to the conditions which had been read, upon which much laughter was caused by a gentleman shouting out, " I'll give you £5 for her, for its all she is worth." The sum of £lOO was the next bid, and this was quickly followed by a third bid of £l2O. The bidding continued tolerably brisk until it got up to the sum of ±3OO, when it began to lag. The brokers here stated that there was no reserve whatever, but that the vessel must be sold, let the bidding be ever so low. They farther stated that the cordage, canvass, chains, and cables alone were estimated at considerably more than the pre sent bidding, as the ship was now lying. The vessel was ultimately knocked down to Messrs. Dutton and Nephew, of this town, for £lBO. It was the opinion of several pre sent that the purchasers have made a capital bargain, as there is reason to believe that the vessel can be raised. The Tayleur was a new ship of upwards of 2,000 tons bur then, and was built at Warrington. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. LIVERPOOL PHILIIA.RMONIC SOCIETY.— The fourth subscription concert for the season took place on Tuesday evening. The attendance was large and fashionable, although scarcely so numerous as that which graced the preceding subscription concert. The programme included a variety of classical music, selected with much judgment from the works of the most celebrated musical composers, and comprised scenas and arias from the operas of Mozart, Beethoven, Meyerbeer, and Rossini ; from Spohr and Proch ; besides a judicious sprinkling of the charming madrigal. The novelty of the evening was the debut, in Liverpool. of Madlle. Sedlatzek, a soprano singer, new to the English public, who made her first appearance in London during the present season, and who has met with a very flattering reception by the London cognoscenti, and has been favourably spoken of by the London press. Madlle. Sedlatzek is of prepossessing appearance and deportment, her action being at once graceful and lady like ; her voice is of excellent quality, although not equal in power, range, or perfectness of organization to that with which Madame Clara Novell°, the last soprano singer of distinguished eminence we had here, has been gifted, still it is a charming organ, and she uses it with the skill of an accamphshed artiste. Her style is eminently dramatic, and she seemed in many instances to feel the hampering influences of constraint by which a concert singer is beset, and appeared almost desirous of bursting the fetters of etiquette and launching out with that abandon and fervour which confer its principal charm upon operatic music, a feeling in perfect unison with most of the pieces she sang. In the cavatina from " Robert le Diable," which served as her introduction, she sang charmingly, and with such a graceful ease as created a powerful feeling in her favour, and at once put her and the audience on the best of terms with each other. Her triumph, however, and it was the triumph of the evening, was her delightful musical and dramatic rendering of the famous love-letter scene with Figaro in the Opera of "11 Barbiere di Seviglia." This admirable ductt was sustained by her and Signor Belletti with much histrionic success ; the netir?te with which Sedlatzek invested the part of Rosina was pleasing and delicate, while her musical intonation was sweet and expressive. The more equivocal and seriocomic part of Figaro was rendered with a buffo hilarity and unscrupulous readiness by Signor Belleti in such a manner as to increase his already high claims upon public attention, and 'to prove highly gratifying to his audience, as was well testified in the unanimous and hearty encore which greeted the piece at its termination, and which was again loudly repeated at the conclusion of its second performance.— Signor Belletti, who has before appeared in this hall, was well received, and at his entrance was welcomed with the greeting (Inc to an old friend. The first piece he sang was the beautiful recitative and air from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro " " Vedth mentre io sospiro," which he sung with much taste and fine expression, characteristics which he displayed in all his performances. His voice is one of great power, very considerable compass, and in his use of it he exhibits the graces and culture of a highly-trained musician; the only drawback to his perfect success being a deficiency of that liquid melody of tone which, when in perfection, constitutes the charm and fascination of a tenor voice. The style of vocalisation and the wide range of dramatic power evinced by Signor Belletti give earnest of how great an acquisition he would be in opera. One word in his ear, however. Shakspeare advises, and wisely advisee. that no liberty shall be allowed to be taken with the text of a play; would the Signor permit us to apply the caution to his attentive consideration, substituting, in his case, the word " programme" for " play ?" The au dience gets puzzled, and may perchance get displeased when they find one piece promised and another performed. A feature of this concert, which was at once new, interest ing, and satisfactory, was the introduction of a trio Meditation on a Prelude by Bach, arranged for the violin, piano -forte, and organ—Gounod—and on this occasion performed, with much delicacy and finish, by Messrs. Thomas, Toms, and Hirst. The instrumentation was true and telling, the audience testifying their appreciation of the piece and the performance by a warm and general encore. In the course of the evening Mr. Streather per formed a fantasia on airs from "Mole in Egitto" as a solo on the harp, in which he displayed rapid and good execu tion. The choral members of the society had not a great deal to do, but the little set down for them was well gone through. In the delightful madrigal, " When all alone my pretty love was playing," they sung with charming effect, and were rewarded by a unanimous and hearty en core. The concert was conducted by Mr. J. Z. Herrmann with his usual good taste and skill, and his efforts were well seconded by Messrs. Hirst and Toms, who presided respectively at the organ and piano -forte. THE THEATRE ROYAL, as noticed in our last publica tion, opened for a brief season on Monday last, and has continued open during the week; the attraction being; the admirable performances of Mr. Wright, who has ap peared several times, in one or two of his favourite cha racters, conspicuous among which has been his repeated and capital representation of " Paul Pry." As Billy Lackaday, lie has also convulsed the audiences assembled in considerable numbers to witness the display of his peculiar talents. He has likewise afforded great delight by his racy and spirited performances of Mr. Bobtail, John Grutnley, and some other minor characters. In this brief enumeration of his performances, it would be wrong to omit his excellent delineation of the character of Mr. Simmons, in the drama of " The Spitalfields Weaver." In this he was earnest and effective. The character is that of a blunt, but honest tradesman, who, secure in the rectitude of his purpose, minis the tricks and arts by which conventional propriety is made to con taminate the workings 'of genuine and unsuspecting virtue. The piece was well put upon the stage, and Mr. Wright's performance elicited well-merited approbation. As a comedian, Mr. Wright is entitled to occupy high ground; his histrionic humour is natural, rich, and flow ing. Completely at home upon the stage and master of its effects, there is an ease and freedom about his imper sonations which render them charming in a high degree, his comedy never descending to buffoonery, although many of his characters touch so nearly ou its borders that his avoiding such degradation shows 'him to be possessed of taste and judgment, leagued with tact and nice discrimi nation. His engagement terminated on Saturday evening. SocrEra. ARXONICA.—The eighteenth dress -concert of the Societa Al-monica took place on Saturday evening, at the Mechanics' Institution, and wag attended by a highly respectable audience. The performance commenced with Haydn's Symphony in D, No. 9, which was given very effectively, as were all the instrumental portions of the concert. The solo vocalist was Mrs. George Holden, who acquitted herself most creditably : she was unanimously encored in Lee a beautiful song, "Away, away to the mountain's brow." The trio Zitti Zitti was very effec tively rendered by Mrs. George Holden and Messrs. David Jones F acl Armstrong. The conce r t conc l u d e d w i th Rossinioverture to the Barber of Seville. Mr. Chas. B. Herrmann conducted. ROBBERY IN CLEVELAND -SQUARE.—On Friday after noon Mr. Richard Evans, druggist, Cleveland-sqii;re, saw the shadow of some person in hi s s h o p d ur ing his tempo rary absencein a room behind; and going quickly in found an old woman making off with a glass sha de, some China ornaments, and other fancy articles. Ho ga ve her into custody, Ind she was brought up ,it the Police-court, on Saturday, when she stated her nam e to be Mary Murphy.. She could not deny haring possession of the articles, but said she waited some time without any person appearing; and was taking the thing s ! T at door to inquire the Price of them she was sent to prison for a month. THE SARAH St ens, Captain Ils ley, sailed on Thurs. Cay for Quebec and Montreal, with a full cargo, 100 first and second class and '250 third class passengees, and the mails for Canada. ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH, FALfiNER-SQUARE.—We are glad to hear that the collections at the consecration and on Sunday last, amounted to upwards of £l5O. The • Church has been licensed by the Bishop of Chester for the celebration of marriages. ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY.—A small detachment, com no-led of fifteen horses, eight men, and two non-com missioned officers, underthe command of . Captain Mackay, arrived in Liverpool on Saturday mornrag, from Dublin, en route for Woolwich. They left Liverpool for London . on Sunday morning : and on their arrival in the me ranhceicihn. the tro T tis c th oL ey oG w N o E ul u d yaitooNn,ceofpwrochoeesde appearance pp W ea me tropolis The Times spoke so flatteringly, will give two of their surprising concerts, at the Philharmonic-hall,. this week ; the first on Thursday, and the second on Friday. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH. —On Sunday morning, Andrew Quin, Reed five years, residing with his parents at No. 3, Fair-view ' Park-road, Toxteth-park, was left by his mother for a few minutes, being partially dressed, when his clothes caught fire, and he was so severely burnt that he died yesteray morning. An inquest will be held on the body this day. A RUSSIAN PRIZE IN LIVERPOOL.--The Russian prize, which arrived in the Mersey on Monday week last, and now lies in the Brunswick-dock, is the barque Argo, 496 tons register, Captain Stemnan, belonging to Uleaborg, in Finland. She was captured on the (;th instant, off the Old Head of Kinsale, by the revenue cutter Eliza. Twelve of the seamen of the Argo were dispatched from Liverpool for London on Thursday night, to be placed on board the Crocodile, off the Tower. The captain and two mates remain to give evidence before the Prize Commissioners. GAMBLING IN THE STREETS ON SUNDAY.—Several boys and young men were, brought before Mr. Mansfield yesterday, charged with playing at " pitch and toss" in the streets, on Sunday, particularly in the neighbourhood of churches and other places of worship, where they had been in the habit of congregating on Sundays, and pur suing the practice complained of, to the great annoyance of toe public. They were all fined in small sums.—l This is a nuisance which calls loudly for abatement ; and we are glad to see the matter taken up by the authorities.]: Towia larenov'Earmyrs.—The committee appointed at a town's meeting, held on the 15th of June last, to consider the mdat desirable plans for the improvement. of Liverpool, and the financial meyiares necessary to accomplish the same, held a.meeting at the Town-hall, on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving the report of a sub-committee of their body, consisting. . W. Earle, J. R Jeffery, Robertson Gladsto•a•, (' ',. t, Thomas Haigh, King, ' H. C. Beloe, and a:a whom the first branch of the subject had be.. There were present, Messrs. William I.:arle. . a) Alderman Bennett, J. A. Picton, J. It. Jeff Ifrerelst, H. C. Beloe, Joseph Barth, J. Snail. , ... Morris, and Thomas Haigh. Resolutions ad ,; 1.2 report, and ordering that Mr. Sumner's requast, IL a, his lithographed view of the proposed St. George's-place should be published with the.report were passed. In 'the course of some conversa tion which ensued, Mr. Jeffery said that before they issued the report to the public at all, the committee must come to a conclusion upon the entire subject which they were appointed to consider ; they must not only show what they desired, but how they proposed to carry it out. The report which had been adopted was the report of that section of the General Committee called the Improvement Sub-com mittee. It would now be for the Finance Sub-committee to meet immediately, to see what they would recommend to carry out the suggestions cantained in this report ; and when that was done a public meeting would be called. Mr. J. G. Morris moved, and Mr. Picton seconded, a reso lution of thanks to the sub-committee, for the time and labour they had bestowed in the preparation of the valuable report which they had brought up. The resolution was carried unanimously, and the meeting broke up. STRIKE OF THE BIRKENHEAD FERRI - NE:V.—OD Sun day the whole of the crews, with one exception, of the steamboats owned by Messrs. Willoughby, the leesees of the Birkenhead and Tranmere ferries, turned out "on strike" for an advance of wages. Messrs. Willoughby own seven boats, the Birkenhead, Britannia, Vernon, Cato, Fanny, Mersey, and William Faucett. Each boat has a crew of six or seven men, namely, captain, engineer, fireman, and the remainder common hands. They were paid on the following scale —engineers, 355. per week; captains, 305.; men, 215.; and firemen from Ifls. to 18s. per week. On Saturday night, after the boats had done plying, the men went in a body to Messrs. Willoughby, and demanded to be paid at an advanced rate, threatening to "turn out" next morning if their request was not granted. The terms they dictated were, engineers, £2 per week ; captains, 355.; mates, 305.; men, 285.; and firemen. 24a. Not one of the men had previously spoken to their employers on the subject, and the only previous intimation the latter had of the movement was a docu ment received by post four days befoi-e, but bearing no signatnre, and merely asking to be paid at the advanced rates named. Messrs. Willoughby refused to be coerced into acquiescence, and requested a day or two for time to consider upon the matter before them, but without effect. Daring the night, at high water, the men went off in small boats to the steamers lying moored in the stream and brought them ashore, so that early on ennday they were high and dry, and their owners tivi , 1.; , , -ed from plying them if they had hands to rrori ~ .tv , .• •• h. The only steamer plying on Sundae , i e , ,'. ~ ,'• I, Capt. Henry Harrison, one of NI , , sr k'' 'blest hands, and who had sufficient ill' ! , ew to induce them to remain at their w,: : i i ace of this the ferry could not be war's', - .1 • , A.l t ,lessrs. Willoughby were great losers. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The Sub committee of Works submitted a draft of regulations for the traffic along the dock line of railway., whieli they re commended to be adopted. - The folio ring are the regu/a -tions:-Ist. No wagon is to be left standing on the lines of railway, either loaded or empty, north of Hill-street, under a penalty not exceeding £5. 2d. No train or wagon to consist of more than four wagons when loaded with balk timber, or six wagons when loaded with deals or other materials, or when empty, under a penalty not ex ceeding £5 for each wagon. 3d. No two trains shall be permitted to travel along the line of railway nearer to gether than 500 yards as regards distance, or five minutes in point of time, under a penalty not exceeding £5. 4th. No wagon shall be allowed to load or discharge on the lines of railway, north of Hill-street, except under special circumstances, or leave being obtained from the chairman of the Dock Committee, and in such cases not more than two wagons are to stand or load at the same time, under a penalty not exceeding £5. The lines of railway, where crossing the public street from the dock railway to the charge ne will of Wapping station, to b e k ep t i n repair at the expense of loaded e r d a railway aon co pa mp s a si l l ' ig over the i ..A be made ad m e n % y e , ac a l t i T the rate or 2d. per to n , to be paid by th e railway com pany every month ; the use of the railway to be during the pleasure of the committee, mid subject to a revision of rates from time to time.—A long conversation ensued, in the course of which it transpired that the railway cost £12,000 or £13,000, and that the return would be about £lOO a year. A letter was read from Mr. B. Poole, sug gesting that the committee should run two lines of rail way from their stations at Wapping, and Waterloo-road, of about 100 yards in length—the one into the Victoria dock, and the other into the Queen's —to enable the company to ship goods with the same facility as in London. The Chairman said the object in view was, that there should be permanent berths allotted to the railway company at the Victoria and Queen's docks, with lines alongside joining the lines of the railway. At those per manent berths they would have barges, so that they might run any quantity of goods to the dock side, put them into the barges, and send the barges to any vessel the goods .. were intended for, in any part of the d oc k s . Aft er a few' observations the letter was referred to the harbour masters' committee. The Chairman said that Mr. Hornby and Mr. Earle came before the special committee for dock arrangements last Saturday, to propose a plan of oammu nication between the docks and the Southport Railway, by means of a high-level railway along the walls of the north docks to the end of the Prince's-dock. Their plan was that the high-level railway should start from their railway at Marsh-lane; join the dock estate at the most convenient point at the north end, and traverse the top of the dock walls to the end of the Prince's-dock, where they would have a station. They had a model of their plan atthe committee-room, and their plan proposed that their rail way shimild be fifteen feet wide at the top, one line of rails in the centre, with places for passengers on both • sides ' • that the railway should extend on an average about two or throe feet over the inside of the dock , walk, the dock walls being about a foot and a half in thickness. The remainder they could take out of the street, with the permission of the Health Committee; and they wished to know how far this estate would agree to anythinb of the kind. The matter was discussed by the committee, mid an answer was postponed until next Saturday. He (the chairman) thought he was not wrong in stating the general feeling of the committee to be, that at present they could scarcely agree to recommend anything of this kind, inasmuch as the arrangements at the north end were not decided upon, and of course running a railway along the walls might interfere with those arrangements, without at all going into the question whether it would be desirable on other points to consent to a matter of this kind. After some conversation the subject dropped. The finance sub-com mittee reported on the proposed Merchant Shipping Bill, that it appeared to them that the effect of that bill, with regard to the measurement of ships, would be to give their actual carrying capacity. It would reduce sailing ships 7i per cent., whilst it would increase steamers from 10 to 15 per cent, The deck houses of sailing vessels would probably average 33 tons, and by this average the decrease of 7i per cent. would be reduced to 3 per cent. With regard to the deck houses in steamers it was difficult to estimate the amount of average, but it was probable, including deck houses, the measurement would be further increased 5 per cent.—The Chairman said this was an important matter for the rates of the dock estate, and n o! course to this extent their revenue would be decreased, ;? . rtion. 14 nt h less they increased their rates in the same p Po , i , -r° stood, it would regard to steamers, if the bill p passed - it non whole he was be for the advantage of this estate. On the - inclined to think there would be a decrease i n the tonnage and if that were so upon which they received their rates, n late: to raise the rates. it would be necessary for the col committeen to take action in Mr. Smith recommended the bill, and suggested that a de putationfavour of the Government London to assist the Govern ment, should be sent to i their hands in endeavouring to and to strengt I . - lic A long discussion followed, after adopt such a system. agreed to, Mr. Rounthwaite and which the motion was only dissentients. A copy of _the ,l e being the Mr ' IT°:(--li directed to be forwarded to the Board of resolution was . consisting of the chairman, Mr, and a deputation, . Trade fairßanki were appointed to Government Shand, and Mr. E as racticable, the London to stinpel;-, p from Mr. _ _ ..., 'cation was read from Mr. M Iver, stating bill. A commun that the new mail steam - ship Persia would be more than (%9 feet over all, and intimating that it would be impossible to get her into any of the graving docks in Live r p oo l . The letter stated unless accommodation for this class of vessels was provided within a short time by the committee, the company would he driven to provide a graving dock of their own. The chairman remarked there was no doubt graving docks were required for large vessels of this class. Perhaps the letter would be referred to the Dock Improve meut Committee, This terminated the general business.