The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND RAILWAYS. With the STANDARD of TUESDAY NEXT will be presented, on a separate sheet, a PLAN (in the same style and clearness as the Map of Birken head) of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS and the _ • INTENDED RAILWAYS connected therewith ; showing the Streets, 4-c., intersected by the latter. The Plan will be ac companied by a lucid description, and much sta tistical information. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We can state emphatically, that the gentleman referred to in the letter of Mr. J. W. Green, in our lost publication, is not the author of the communication in a former paper of which Mr. G. complains. " An Old Inhabitant of Liverpool" has been rather long in disco vering the authorship of the Thinking Man's letters. The fens of Lincolnshire are better adaited for" thinking" than the noisy streets of Liverpool. We sly old ',e glad to forward the benevolent object of " A Friend to Ire' nd,, ` who wishes to see a church erected in Liverpool where the Eery. ,e may be conducted in the Irish language. Perhaps this no :e may suggest the idea to some benevolent persons who may ...ve it in their power to accomplish the design. It is impossible to gratify the wishes of every correspondent. Fre quently we are compelled at a late hour on Moniay night to with draw communications, the interest attached to which has vanished before our next publication, and it is then useless to make a spe cific acknowledgment of their receipt, with a reason for their non insertion. flit Etturpoot &tanbarl3. TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 10, 1844. We find the following amongst last week's pro ceedings of the Repeal Association : " A. sum of £8 from Liverpool was acknowledged, and the announcement of this factled the ' Liberator' to state, en passant, that he was sorry to hear that some most un seemly squabbling had lately taken place among the Li verpool repealers ; but the committee of the association bad sent over Captain Broderick on a special mission to try and effect a peace among them, and he had no doubt that so able a diplomatist would be successful in his undertaking." A somewhat less amount than usual, this, from the repealers of Liverpool ; and yet far, far too much to be so tyrannously extorted, and so fruitlessly and wickedly wasted. From how many a wretched and half-starving family has a meal been snatched to make up this small sum of eight pounds ! How many of those whose pennies or shillings have been forced from them by the " goad ecclesiastic," to swell this subsidy to a beggar and an impostor, are at this inclement season without a blanket to cover themselves or their little ones ! And yet, mark the griping eagerness with which the slightest weekly increase or diminution in his basely-earned dole is watched by its recipient. Eight pounds for the ex tortions of a week in Liverpool is a falling off. But a fortnight ago it was boasted that, on an average, Liverpool contributed to his capacious and bottom less wallet twenty pounds a week; and Capt. Bro derick, an " able diplomatist" (!) is forthwith sent over on " a special mission" to heal the dissensions amongst the repealers of our town, from which it is surmised the falling off has occurred. And no doubt by this time the diplomatic captain has suc ceeded in his object. No doubt the peace, so de sirable, has been made, and the unfortunate gulls of the arch-demagogue have been taught that they may quarrel and break each other's heads, in private, ad libitum, but, as a body of repealers, they must be harmonious for the future, because dissensions amongst them tend to diminish the Rent ! But a word or two about the dissensions in ques tion. Of course we have not the entree of the con clave in which they have taken place. We under stand, however, that some meddling person or other has had the unreasonableness to ask for, that most awkward document to treasurers and secretaries of Irish associations, a " debtor and creditor statement" of monies received and expended ; and required to know, moreover, upon what weighty errand sundry members have been, from time to time, in the habit of visiting Dublin, or their friends elsewhere, at the expense of the Association. There has been, in consequence, we are informed, but we can scarcely believe that Daniel himself would allow the prece dent to be established, some disgorging of money, suspected of being thus misappropriated. We pre tend to no intimate acquaintance with details; but the main facts which have caused the dissensions deplored by him are those which we have stated. The providers of the great Irish cormorant have been doing a little business on their own account — pecking a little for themselves—and have . allen out, as a certain description of people will fall out, in di viding spoil. To one piece of information, however, which has come to our ears, connected with this affair, we must direct the attention of our readers. It is ge nerally imagined, we believe, that, when the various sums of money, recorded weekly, as having been con tributed to the Repeal Fund are paid over to the treasurer in Dublin, the aggregate amount is applied to the general purposes of the association, or, more properly, to the various wants of Daniel and his fellow-conspirators. No such thing ! A considera ble portion of each contribution is, almost invariably, remitted back again to the place from which it was originally forwarded, to be expended according to the pleasure of its industrious collectors ! Thus the thousands, so glibly talked of, as having been lodged in Dublin, are, after all, only like shop keepers' dummies, made up for shew, and speedily melt into hundreds. The most important conside ration, however, which arises from this singular kind of management, is the nature of the relation ship which it establishes, between the parent asso ciation in Dublin, and the district associations throughout the kingdom. The wardens and other conductors of the latter not only feed the rapacity of the great agitator, but are his paid slaves ! They grind their duped fellow-countrymen—force from them their last penny or their last potato—and re ceive an actual fixed per tentage upon the amount of their extortions, (!) to be expended in supplying their news-rooms with the seditious trash, which emanates from the repeal press, or for any other purpose which the arch traitor who employs them may point out, as most calculated to forward his daring projects. Surely this is a machinery of mis chief and rebellion which ought not to be permitted in a well regulated country. The very existence, in every great manufacturing and commercial town in the empire, of associations, such as these, whose leading members are the hired and paid servants of a man, the boasted object of whose incendiary pro ceedings is the dismemberment of the empire, ought to be an inducement to all persons, having at heart the interests of their country, or their own interests, to be careful to surround their property and their persons with loyal men ; and to shake from their confidence every favourer or member of such asso ciations. Truly the arch incendiary spoke not with out reason, when he threatened the shipping in the docks of Liverpool, and the factories of the manufac turing districts with " a blaze." He knew in what hands were placed the direction of the excitable passions, the wild revenge, of the masses of their Irish population of those towns, to any outrage which might be pointed out to them. We promised in our last, to return to the subject of the recent collision between the Magistrates and the Watch Committee. Our object was to notice the injurious operation which a concession of the authority, contended for by a portion of the Magis tracy, must have upon the officers and members of the police force ; and we now proceed to an exami nation of the question. But first let us define what we have always understood, and what, we believe, the law has always understood to be the respective functions of the Watch Committee and the Magis trates. In the hands of that body has been placed by the municipal act the formation and regulation of the police force of the borough, with an over-riding power, however, in the Magistrates to suspend on certain specified grounds. With the Watch Com mittee it rests to diminish or augment the strength of the force, to determine the hours and the place of their duty, and the number and powers of their officers. When thus appointed, regulated and offi cered, the entire body, become subject to the direc tion of the Magistrates sitting in the discharge of their ordinary functions, as constables under the statute law of the land are subject to such direction ; and may be suspended for offences recognised un der that law, viz. : neglect of duty, disobedience of orders or unfitness for service. No further powers, on the part of the Bench, have ever been contended for here, or in other communities where similar po lice bodies have been provided by the municipal or by special acts. -.We have never heard of Magis trates in the metropolis, or elsewhere, attempting t o plainly recognised e itend their control beyond the power of noticing and punishing such breaches of duty, neglect or inefficiency, which come judicially before them. For the first time, however, the Bench of this town have claimed a more extended authority, and assume the right of determining what shall be disqualifica tions for service in the force, beyond the ordinary legal disqualifications. "No member of an Orange or a Ribbon society," they say, " shall be permitted to belong to the police force." Here is palpably an interference with the very first power of the Watch Committee—the power of appointment; and the right of the Bench so to interfere once conceded, how far may it not be pushed ? They go further, however, and claim now the right to issue "regula tions," which shall override those of the committee. They claim the right of interference with the inter nal discipline of the force. They call before them members and officers of that force, to report upon the conduct of private individuals or members of another body, which was not legally before them, and assume the right, upon that report, to issue their censure of such conduct. They frame orders, which in effect set aside the authority of the Watch Committee, and direct them to be communicated to the force as their dicta, to be observed without refe rence, or even the show of respect to the authority of that committee. Finally, they make the superior officer of the Committee—the Head-Constable— under a very intelligible threat as to the consequence of refusal, the instrument of conveying to the force under his control what we cannot but consider as a marked insult of the body which appointed, which pays, and which should exclusively regulate them. Mr. Rushton—we use his name most prominently, not because his authority is personally of any supe rior weight to that of his ma g isterial brethren, but because they appear to permit themselves to be con trolled by him in this matter—Mr. Rushton main tains that, in the steps which the Bench have thus far taken, they have acted in strict accordance with the law and for the public advantage. With the legal part of the question we shall here have nothing to do. In our opinion this has been already settled, by the greatly prepondering weight of the opinions taken, in favor of the claims of the Watch Commit tee, to which is now to be added the opinion of the present Town-clerk. But that the course taken by the Magistrates and persisted in can by any possi bility result in good to the community we utterly deny, and shall endeavour to show. In all bodies similar to police bodies, the main source of strength, and the only source of complete efficiency, must be discipline. In using this word we do not mean that portion of military discipline, which consists in perfectness of drill, the capacity of walking in strict line, or of executing expeditiously certain evolutions; but a perfect recognition of theau thority of superiors, and a proper regulation of the different grades of that authority. Such a system of discipline has been established in the police force of Liverpool, and we believe in a degree of perfection which is surpassed by few, if by any, other bodies in the kingdom. It is perfectly obvious, however, that no discipline, and no efficiency in the exercise of their duties, can be expected to remain in a force which has more than one sup rior authority to look up to for orders. The dilemma in which Mr. Dow ling recently found himself is a strong exemplifica ' tion of this. He had an order of the magistrates to carry out, in itself illegal. He was required to carry it out in a manner insulting to the Watch Commit tee, whose paid officer he i 3. If he refused to obey the Magistrates he was threatened with their cen sure and feared dismissal or suspension from his office. If he executed their order, he incurred, in the first instance, the consequences of an illegal act, and in addition, the censure of the Watch Committee, who had an admitted power of dismissal. How was he to act ? How did he act. Nlr. Rushton, illegally we contend, relieved him from the execution of one part of the Magistrates' orders; his own legal know ledge deterred him from the execution of another portion, (the reading to the police force of the libel upon Mr. Parker, conveyed in the preamble to the resolutions,) and for so doing no censure proceeded from the Magistrates; and the coincident tenor of the resolutions of the Watch Committee saved him from any difficulty as to the rest. But had the Watch Committee dissented from the resolutions in question, or issued counter resolutions, in what po sition must Mr. Dowling have been placed ? To descend, however, a little lower, what might be the operation of this Magisterial assumption of authority upon the conduct of the inferior officers, and even the private members of the police force ? Their head has two masters, and has promulgated to them the orders of both. Are they in the execu tion of their duty to pause to consider which of the two they are to obey. The magistrates, in the case already referred, have said, " report to the commis sioner of police, who shall report to the Bench." The committee have said, "report to the head con stable, who shall report to us." So long as these two offices of " commissioner" and " head con stable" are in one individual, it is perfectly easy to satisfy the requirements of both bodies. But sepa• rate them, and what will be the result? Why we shall have one portion of the force, in cases of in terference with them when on duty, running with `their complaints to one functionary, and a second portion to another. We shall have the force divided into two factions—a kind of " red and white rose" war carried on in the midst of a community which pays both contending parties—combative Dogber ries on their beats falling foul of each other on every available pretence, and a now disciplined body, in tended to be the guardians of our persons and pro perty, degenerate into a dangerous nuisance. It is perfectly obvious that such a state of things —such utter disorganisation as must result from a concession, to the Magisterial body, of the powers which they claim to exercise, independently of the Watch Committee—could never have been contem plated by the legislature. We defy any man of com mon sense and common fairness to point out how the admitted powers of " regulation," possessed by the Watch Committee, can be exercised in conjunc tion with similar independent powers of regulation in the Magistrates, or any other body. The notion is preposterous. One party or the other, it is clear, the Watch Committee or the Magistrates, must abate their pretensions. The former must either become a mere registering body—a committee with out powers—or the Bench must confine itself to the exercise of, what has always hitherto been consi dered, its legitimate authority, and abstain from in terference with the police force, except when the acts of any of its members come judicially before its notice. We have given insertion in another column to a letter addressed to Lord Sandon, not because a portion of the remarks which it contains is at all applicable to the noble lord to whom it is addressed, which they are not, but because of the ability with which it is written and the pertinence of the lessons and remonstrances which it contains to the back sliding and spurious Conservatism which we see around us on every side. We rejoice to be able to record our implicit confidence, and that of the ma jority of his coustituency, in the faithfulness of Lord Sandon to his past professions, and to his thorough Protestantism, as on several recent occasions mani fested. We would remind our correspondent that it may be, and most probably is, from no consent of his lordship, a subscriber merely to the fund raised for repairing the church referred to, that the amount is being expended in semi-popish desecrations. We are assured that, from all our knowledge of his cha racter and principles, such an appropriation of it would be very far from his inclination. We have inserted in another place a letter from Mr. Miller, late head-constable of this town, in which some charges have been directed by him, quite unnecessarily, against our respected chief ma gistrate ; and we have been requested to p.iblish another letter by the same writer, but we did not receive it in time for insertion to-day. Upon ano ther occasion we may express ourselves upon both. At present our columns are fully occupied. The Rev. S. Cragg, who resigned the chaplaincy of the workhouse, in this town. for the curacy of Harborough Magna, has been promoted to the incumbency of the newly-formed district of St. Thomas's, Coventry. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.--The monthly meet ing was held at the Mersey Hotel, on Tuesday evening, and was very numerously attended. The commodore read a list of noblemen and gentlemen desirous of joining the club. It contained the names of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, Combermere Abbey, and respectable merchants, shipowners, and others, thirty-one in number, all of whom are to be balloted for at the next meeting in January. A new marine compass was offered for the inspection of the meeting by Lieutenant W. Lord, R.N., invented by a friend of his, Captain West, R.N. It is constructed on a plan to diminish the oscillating and rotatory motion, so common to compasses in general during tempestuous weather. It is very ingenious, and also simple in its nature. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GROWING PROSPERITY OF THE COMMERCE OF LIVERPOOL. On the occasion of a recent meeting of that celebrated body, the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, their chairman went a little out of his way to twit the people of Liverpool with the asserted fact, that the revenue de rived from the customs of our port had been for some years, and was still, stationary. We have now the plea sure of informing that gentleman and the public, that such is not the case. We are assured that the customs revenue of Liverpool for the past year is likely to yield upwards of £4,500,000 sterling, a sum greater by very nearly half a million than the amount contributed last year. So much for fact, and actual figures against mere assertion. We may add however, for the satisfaction (?) of our jealous neighbours of the great manuf:cturing wen, that from all present appearances we are not at all likely to stand still at this point, but, on the contrary, every indication is manifesting itself of a still further advance in our relative position amongst the other ports of the empire. It is a little singular, by the bye, what pains the " liberal " people of Manchester take, from time to time, to cry down the prosperity of a port, the rise or fall of whose commerce certainly affords a very tolerable index to the prosperity or adversity of the trade of their own town ANOTHER ATTACK ON MR. DAVID HODGSON. • A correspondent of the Journal of Saturday last, as serts that the subject of the leading conversation on 'Change, on Friday, was the "political" speech of Mr. llodgson at the Mayor's dinner on the previous day. The chairman of the Watch Committee, the writer says, " spoke Conservatism ;" and he represents the effect of the speaking in question as having been to excite some thing nearly approaching to the disgust of the auditors. We need use very little hesitation in demonstrating this assertion to be agross misrepresentation; and it will ,perhaps, not be very consolatory to the scribe, if indeed he needs to be told, what are the real facts connected with the speech in question. Mr. Hodgson, unexpectedly so far as he himself was concerned, was called upon, by the unanimously expressed voice of the company, to respond to the toast of " The town and trade of Liverpool." The call was received by most parties present as a tribute of compliment to that gentleman for the firm and manly stand made by him in defence of the privileges of the council against the attacks of the borough Magistracy. His response to the toast was untinctured with a particle of feeling calculated to!embitter, or to call for reprobation; and he sat down with the same cordial greeting to reward him, which had called him to stand up before his fellow•- guests. On Saturday, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile received from "Amiens" £5, to be divided, in such proportions as he thought proper, between the Irish Society and the Sailor's Home. The reverend gentleman has divided it :equally, giving £2 10s. to each of these excellent institutions. THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COM PANY.—WiIIiam Potter, Esq., of Liverpool and Birken head, has been elected a trustee of this company, in the place of William Brown, Esq., who, as we mentioned some weeks ago, has become one of the directors. , THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—It is now stated in the city circles that the tenders made for the fourth par cel of Canada debentures being below the Government price, we shall have no information from the Treasury on the subject till Tuesday or Wednesday next. No great importance appears to be attached to the delay, because the value of the security as a marketable one has already been sufficiently tested by the terms on which the pre vious portions were taken. The English securities have been rather better to-day, although the amount of busi ness transacted was not large. Consols, Reduced, and Exchequer-bills, all show a trifling improvement. The final quotations were—Consols for the account, 100 to ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 100/ to A ; Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., 102- s '- to 103 ; Long Annuities, 12k ; Exchequer-bills, 565. to 575. premium ; India bonds, 735. to 755. premium ; and Bank Stock, 207 A to 2081. The foreign stocks also improved a shade, particularly the speculative descriptions, which are generally more or less influenced by the position of business in the English market. Spanish Five per Cents. were at the close of the day quoted 241 to 25 ; the Three per Cents., 368 to ; Peruvian, 261 to 272; Portuguese, 551 to 561; Mexi can, 36/ to / ; the Deferred, 161 to / ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 63/ to I; the Four per Cents., 27 to ; the Five per Cents., 99 to a ; Danish, 89 to 90 ; Co lombian, 14/ to I ; Chiliao, 100 to 102; Bt.enos Ayres, 3G to 37 ; Brazilian, 88 to 89 ; and Belgian, 1011 to 1021. THEATRE-ROYAL, CHURCH-STREET. BENEFIT OF MR. REYNOLDS, BOX-KEEPER.--We observe that Mr. J. Reynolds, whose politeness every frequenter of the boxes at this theatre must have had occasion to acknow ledge, and none more so than the members of the local press, takes his benefit on Wednesday evening, when an excellent bill of fare is announced. COMPARISON OF THE TUBULAR WITH THE COMMON BOlLER.—Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, cf Liver pool, are now making two steam-vessels for the Russian Government, the boilers of one of which is to be of the tubular, and that of the other of the flue description. The vessels and engines are as nearly as possible the same, and the result will be to establish a very fair comparison between the merits of the different kinds of boilers. The flue boilers are, as might be expected, something larger than those upon the tubular plan. ROYAL CORK YACHT CLUB.—It will be in the recol lection of our readers, that at the late regatta at Cork, our townsman, J. C. Ewaet, Esq., in his yacht, the Edith, during the race of £6O, very gallantly saved the Union yacht, belonging to Mr. J. Morris, of Cork, from proba ble destruction,—an act of humanity not the less merito rious from its involving the abandonment of the position which the Edith held in the contest. The members of the club marked their enduring sense of Mr. Ewart's conduct by the presentation of a very beautiful snuff box. A PROPER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOOD BEHAVI OUR.—The Thomas Battersby, belonging to this port, on her late voyage hence to Ichaboe, lost her captain by sickness, the command of the vessel consequently de volved on the mate. On the vessel's return, the owner inquired of the new captain how the crew behaved on his taking the command, and afterwards ; and in consequence of his favourable report of them, the owner desired that each of the crew be presented with half a sovereign (in ad dition to their full pay) as a mark of his approbation of their good conduct. The brave fellows were much pleased. SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERTS.—Notwithstanding the piercing cold of the weather, the concert at the Nelson street Assembly Rooms was very numerously attended, and went off with great ecliz'e. Miss May Swain, Miss Fairhurst, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. Crank, were the vocalists, and the selections made were most pleasing. Mr. Ityalls sang splendidly, and was frequently encored. An excel lent extract was read on the elevation by the mental cul tivation of the working classes. We learn that there will be a grand tea party in Christmas week. Mrs. Ware will, next Saturday, give her lecture to her own sex. Misses Whitnall and Joseph will give their services, and Mr. Martin will perform on the musical glasses. COMMITMENT. —Yesterday, at the Police Court, a female, named Mary Johnson, with an infant in her arms, was charged with sundry thefts from the house of Miss Mary Ann Shepherd, who resides in Vernon -street. Th e prisoner had formerly been in the complainant's service but had been discharged some time ago. The servant who succeeded her latterly became lame, and the priso ner was called in to assist in cleaning the house. On Sa turday she was employed up stairs, and Miss Shepherd soon after missed two sovereigns from her drawer, (a shilling being put in the place of them.) She accused the prisoner, saying that the money had no doubt gone in the same way as a gentleman's breast-pin that had before been missed. The prisoner denied it, but Miss Shepherd called at the prisoner's lodgings and had her box searched in presence of the landlady, when the pin, a gold brooch, a cap, a pair of silk socks, and other articles identified by the complainant were found—also some money in silver. The prisoner was committed for trial. LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.-- At the monthly meeting of this society, held in Christ Church School, Christian-street, on the sth instant, a very splendid snuff-box, made by Mr. Hausburg, Church street, was given to Mr. Storey, their second steward, hearing the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr. John Storey, by the members of the Liverpool Protestant Benevolent Society, as a small mark of their esteem to wards him for the faithful discharge of the duties of stew ward, November 5, 1844 ; also, a very elegantly-bound Bible and Prayer-book, with suitable inscriptions, were, at the same time, presented to their highly valued and es teemed brother and steward, Mr. George B eggs ." It g i ves us pleasure to hear that this excellent societylis still pro gressing, and that their funds in the bank are upwards of £3OO ; this sum, considering the many heavy calls upon their funds, is highly creditable to the management. It will be seen by the advertisement in another column, that there are a few vacancies in the society, in consequence of the removal and death of some of its members. We would recommend those who are desirous of joining the society to make early application, as we understand the number of its members is limited. A copy of the rules of the society may be seen at our office. ILL-TREATMENT OF A SEAMAN. — On Friday a miser able looking woman, named Sarah Connolly, was brought • before Mr. Rushton on a charge of plundering William Craig, a young sailor, of his hat and trousers, in a house of ill fame in Vauxhall-road. It appeared that on the previous night the complainant met the prisoner, and was persuaded by her to go to the house, where she said he would get a good night's lodging for sixpence. When he went in he found two men who asked him to stand treat which lie refused. He then went up stairs but found the place so wretched that he wished to retreat. When he came down stairs for that purpose the men attacked him, swearing that if he did not treat them, off should come his jacket. A tussle ensued, and they threw him on the floor, the prisoner holding him by the throat, while the mistress of the house pushed a handkerchief into his mouth to prevent his making a noise, and the men pulled off his jacket, waistcoat, and hat. He was then told to be off, otherwise he would be struck on the head with a bottle which one of them held in his hand. They ran to the door, and called " Watch," when a policeman came. On their returning the was door open and the men gone. The prisoner, who pretended to be asleep, was apprehended The clothes were worth 345. The prisoner was committed for trial. CHESHIRE ASSIZES.-SATURDAY. Henry Jones, 22, was indicted for killing his wife at Stockport on the 25th ult. The circumstances appeared in our paper last week. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to ten year's transportation. Joseph Homer was found guilty of a rape at Bowden; James Bradbury was convicted of a similar offence at Bollinfee, and Thomas Hignett of a like crime at Marton. They were severally sentenced to transportation for life. YESTERDAY. Edwin James Port was charged with the manslaughter of Mary Harris, of Birkenhead. The Attorney-General for the Palatine stated the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was a practitioner at Birkenhead, and professed to cure cancer without cutting. The deceased, Mary Harris, resided at Wem, and on the 10th of October she placed herself under his care for a cancer. On the 11th he applied a plaster, which pro duced irritation. Next day he took it off and made other applications, but she died on the 24th. The same wit nesses were examined as appeared before the coroner, but their evidence has already been published. Mr. TEMPLE then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that it would be dangerous to find the prisoner guilty on such evidence as that adduced. Twelve persons living at Liverpool, Chester, Birken head, and other places were called, who stated that they hail been cured of cancers or tumours by the prisoner. The learned judge (Baron Gurney,) said, that if the jury were of opinion that due knowledge and caution had not been used they must find the prisoner guilty. The jury retired, and, after being absent a very consi derable time, they returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The JUDGE said to Mr. Port, on being discharged, " Take care of yourself and your_ conduct ; you may not be so fortunate another time." The verdict was received with great applause ; and one person who was seen clapping his hands, was taken into custody, and committed to prison for contempt of Court. Several other unimportant cases were then disposed , of, and the Assizes terminated at half past five. We believe the learned judge left Chester by the last train to hold the assizes for this district. LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZE. Yesterday afternoon the commission for the Southern Division of this County was opened in the Crown Court, though not in the presence of Mr. Baron Gurney, as his Lordship did not finish the business at Chester until ra ther late last night. After the commission had been read by T. S. Shuttleworth,:Esq., the clerk of the crown, the court was adjourned until eleven o'clock this morning, when Lis Lordship will deliver his charge to the Grand Jury, a report of which we shall give in a second edition. The contributions from Birkenhead to the Church Missionary Association, for the last year, amounted to the very handsome sum of £228. Mr. Adam Storey Farrer, of the Collegiate Institution, son of the Rev. A. E. Farrar, has had the Bible Clerk ship of St. Mary's-hall, Oxford, conferred upon him by the Rev. Dr. Hampden, the principal. On Thursday evening, his Worship the Mayor gave his first official dinner at the Town-hall. All the council were invited, and upwards of fifty of the members accepted the invitation. About sixty gentlemen sat down, includ ing, amongst the non-members of the Council, Colonel Falconer, Captain Bevis, R.N., and Rector Campbell. LIVERPOOL LAW SOCIETY.—The members of the Law Society dined together on Tuesday, at the Adelphi Hotel. Between sixty and seventy of the solicitors prac tising in Liverpool were present. Mr. Ambrose Lace was the chairman, and Mr. Edward Guy Deane vice president. We believe it is intended that the festival shall be an annual on?.. On Monday last a meeting was held at Manchester, at which it was resolved to invite Sir Henry Pottinger to a public dinner, and also to present the right honourable and gallant diplomatist with a piece of plate, as a testi monial of the high sense entertained of his valuable ser vices. The subscription already amounts to £2,400, and the banquet will take place on the 20th. THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—From the memorial which was presented to the Town Conncil, on Wednes day, it appears that this institution cost £36,600, £24,905 of which were raised by voluntary subscriptions, and £7300 advanced on loan, thus leaving a sum of £3345 still unpaid, or a total debt upon the building of £10,705. In the upper school there are 101 pupils, in the middle school 261, and in the lower school 377, and in the even ing school 315, making a total of 1054 pupils. Loss OF AN AMERICAN LINER.—By the Hibernia mail steamer, letters have come to hand with the melancholy intelligence of the shipwreck and total loss of the ship Elizabeth, Capt. Paton. commander, belonging to Liver pool, with, it is much to be apprehended, the sacrifice of twenty-two persons, including the commander, the chief mate, several of the crew, and many passengers. The particulars received state that the vessel was on a passage to New Orleans, having on board for that port sixteen passengers, of whom there were a number of ladies. THE LANCASHIRE MINERS' BALANCE SHEET.--It appears from the balance sheet of the Lancashire miners, from October 21st to Nov. 30th, that the receipts of the six weeks (including balance in hand from last report of £140) are £1241 19s. 81d. ; and the disbursements (in cluding £4OO to W. P. Roberts, Esq.) ate £1217 15s. 3d. ; so that the financier of the miners appears to know how to make the receipts and disbursements square pretty closely. The total income since the commence ment of the year is stated to be £Bl5O 7s. 64d. ; and the total expenditure £8123 3s. Id. ; leaving a balance in hand of £37 4s. I:Ad.—rather a slender foundation for a general turn-out. IMPUDENT THEFT FROM A. MILLINER'S SHOP.—At the police-court, yesterday, a man, named William Bry ant was charged with stealing a shawl in a very audacious manner. Mrs. Crowther, milliner, Great George-street, said that on Saturday night about 9 o'clock the prisoner came into her shop and priced a scarf, which he bought for 2s. He afterwards priced a woollen not-work shawl and said be would have it for 10s., sixpence being abated in the original price asked. While the lady was folding it up to hind to him, he suddenly snatched it from her, and ran out into the street. The alarm was given as soon as possible, and a police-officer hearing the cry of " stop thief," looked out and saw a man running whom he pursued into Roscoe-street, where he apprehended him. He turned out to be the prisoner, and had dropped the shawl when his pursuer got close at his heels. On being brought back to the shop he endeavoured to com promise the matter by paying for the article, but this did not avail him. He was committed for trial at the sessions MR. NY OOLEY, THE BRISTOL MERCHANT, AND MISS BRYERS. — It will be remembered by some of our readers that in October, 1812, Mr. Wooley, a respectable mer chant of Bristol, became the dupe of his sister-in-law, a Miss Ann Bryers, and that some singular incidents, appertaining to a marriage brought about by her agency, were the then general topic of conversation. The Albion, who has of late been rather active in catering romantic tit-bits. has discovered that the said Mr. John Wooley and the said Miss Bryers (who had deceived him into a marriage with a young woman of no property, on pretence that she was a wealthy heiress) are now living, in amity, under the same roof, in Liverpool, keeping, in fact, a public-house in a secondary street—a circumstance which, considering the deception practised upon the gentleman by the fair one, either shows the gentleman to be pos sessed of a most forgiving temperament, or throws us upon the alternative of supposing that he has found some truth in the rhymester's exclamation— " Sure, the pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat." SAINT JAMES'S Cnurecu.—A rather full meeting of the grave-owners, in the cemetery around this church. was held last night in the Toxteth Hall, for the purpose of taking measures to oppose the proposed enlargement of the Church on the plan proposed, which they consider would be an invasion of their property, and of the sanctity of the tombs of their relatives. Dr. M'Kee was called to the chair, and in alluding to the meeting of Thurs'lay last complained of what was stated in one of the papers to the effect that the parties proposing the improvements had not a fair hearing, whereas the Rev. gentieman at the head of it was heard uninteruptedly throughout. Mr. Prestman moved a resolution to the effect that it was highly indecorous to allow the church to be built over the graves, and that the meeting pledged it self to oppose it as an invasion of the rights of property as well as the sanctity of the tomb. An enlargement of the church, might, be said, be made, by raising and re roofing the church and making an additional gallery on the west. This was seconded by Mr. Brice, an appa rently practical gentleman, who explained that the proposed plan would require four-feet " coffer-dams" to substan tiate each pillar in the proposedadditions,and that it could not be accomplished without each pillar disturbing four graves. The church bad eighteen inches all round the walls on which they could make buttresses to support ad ditions without encroaching on the church yard. Ac cording to the proposed plan two rows of pillars, and not one only, would be required to support the superstruc ture, under which persons must go on their hands and knees to reach some of the graves. The motion was put and carried. The chairman then proposed a memorial to the Lord' Bishop of Chester to the effect that the enlarge ment of the church as proposed would grievously injure the feelings of the grave-owners, and an amendent was in troduced into it purporting that the parties had no ob jection to church extension for the poor, which might be accomplished within the limits of the present building. This was also agreed to, 5 hands only being held up against it. Mr. Barnes then entered into a kind of explanation of the part he had taken at the previous meeting, with respect to the incumbent. A committee was appointed to carry the objects of the meeting into effect, and the memorial to the Lord Bishop was signed by many of those present. The meeting then separated. After the pressing demands which have been made by some of our manufacturing towns for the privileges of in land bonded warehouses for goods subject to customs du ties, it would naturally be supposed that the formation of a Custom-house establishment at Manchester would have occasioned a vast quantity of business in that extensive seat of British manufactures ; but we are informed that the result is very different from what had been expected. Although the system has been introduced into Manches ter only as an experiment, and a large establishment has been formed of old and experienced officers, under the impression that the extent of business there would require the constant services of well tried men, we believe that, up to the present period, little trade has passed through the Manchester Custom-house, and the officers' duties are nearly approaching to a sinecure. The total annual ex pense of the establishment, exclusive of that for the Cus tom-house and warehouse, is £2,620. The town-council of the borough of Manchester, however, are made liable, under the act of the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 31, to the charges of maintaining this establishment, and the public are thereby exonerated from the expense.—Observer. WRAY CASTLE, WINDERMERE. [The Castle described with so much simplicity and poetical feeling in the following lines, was built by Mr. Dawson, formerly a highly-respected surgeon, residing in this town. The lines derive additional interest from the fact that they are the production of a humble boatman, who plies his slender bark with pleasure parties on Lake Windermere, and who thus evinces his taste for the beautiful and romantic, and his high admiration of the character of the builder of Wray Castle ] (For the Liverpool Standard.) 'Midst woods and waters all sublime, 'Midst hills that mock the wreck of time, 'Midst verdant fields and flowery plains, Where nature deck'd in beauty reigns; Amid thy splendours, Windermere, A castle doth its turrets rear. Its shadow o'er the lake it throws, Which at its feet in beauty flows; Where, with transparent lustre clear, As in a glass, each object near In sweet reflection there is seen— Mountain, wood, and valley green. This castle, built in gothic style, Is viewed as some famed and-4A pile, By strangers who delight to trace The origin of every place, Which points the retrospective eye To times and ages long gone by. It seems to speak of deeds of fame, Recording many a noble's name, Who, boldly on by valour led, Has near its portals fought and bled. Or, fetter-bound, consigned to dwell Amidst the horrors of the ce:l. Thoughts such as these associate With castles of an ,ancient date; But this fair building now in sight Knows nothing of the armed knight ; No frightful dungeons, deep and cold; No blood-stained walls you there behold; No mouldering ashes round it sleep Of those whom tyrants caused to weep; No fleeting spectres haunt its towers, No sounds disturb its midnight hours; No deeds of darkness, black and fell, No tales of blood it has to tell. Though at a distance it appears • As having braved the wreck of years, The Commonwealth to have defied, And mock'd the power of Cromwell's pride ; Yet if you take a nearer view, You find the structure wholly new. And doth it less deserve your praise, Because it cannot boast of days When tyrants gloried in their [runt, When human blood was reckless spilt By base assassin's cruel hand, And justice slumbered in the land? This castle rose in days of peace Knowledge had bid oppression cease; The star of liberty and light Had chased away the gloomy night, And superstition, awe, and dread Before the light of truth had fled. Its boast may be of days more bright, Of days of peace and Gospel light ; Boast of its owner's name and worth, That noble mind who gave it birth— 'Tis DAwsoN's kindness, friendship, love, That stately mansion stands to prove. And may he live, ann long enjoy, In health and peace without alloy, His castle ! May it be a home From which he has no wish to roam, Till to a mansion in the skies, Prepared, his GOD shall bid him rise! JAMES GIBSON. On Sunday evening, Lord Teynham preached at the Baptist Chapel, Myrtle-street. The Rev. J. G. Wood, of Renfrew, is to officiate for a few weeks, in Oldham-street church. GUANO.—The sales are from £5 ss. to £5 10s. per ton. The latest accounts from Ichaboe state that there were then 293 vessels there with arrivals daily. Captain Reid, of the ship Sir Charles Napier, who was so seriously stabbed by one of his crew is in a fair way of recovery. NEW TRADE.—At one of the mills, at Glossop, a Mr. Fox, of Manchester, is making fine paper from Straw, with every probability of success. CHILD SCALDED.—Patrick M`Quayle, the infant son of John M'Quayle, of Prince's-place, died on Friday at the Northern Hospital, from scalding. Mr. Ashbel &min, Charge d'Affaires of Texas, had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, on Thursday, and has since left via" Liverpool, eh rout to Texas. The clerk of the peace of this county has received no fewer than thirty-seven different notices, with plans, of intended railways and water-works in Lancashire. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.--On Thursday evening, Mrs. Alice Bateson, of Upper Frederick-street, fell down in Lower Hill-street, and expired immediately. Mr. Eaton, schoolmaster of the Knutsford House of Correction, has been appointed governor of the Prescot Union Workhouse. A collision took place on Thursday last, off Holyhead, between the Port Madoc packet,from this port to Pwllheli, and a large brig, the name of which is not mentioned. The former vessel sunk, but the crew were all saved. On Saturday, a person named Joseph Lewis was fined £4O by Mr. Rushton, on two informations, charging him with having kept an unlicensed booth, in Vauxhall-road, for dramatic entertainments. DEATHS OF CHILDREN FROM BURNING.—During the past week, the borough coroner of Manchester had the painful duty of holding inquests on three children on one day (Monday,) who had come to their death by burning. Nearly the whole of the tickets for the Liverpool ban quet to Sir Henry Pottinger have been sold off, and the subscriptions for the Liverpool testimonial to the distin guished baronet are on the increase. Accommodation can only be afforded at the banquet for 392 gentlemen. GAS RENTAL OF MANCHESTER.—We learn from the proceedings of the Manchester council that the gross gas rental for the year ended 24th June last was £62,601, and that the surplus from prtvate rental for the year was £24,886. Mr. Edward Tindal Turner, Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, whose name has just appeared in the First Class List, in Literis Humanioribus, is the youngest son of Charles Turner, Esq., of Aigburth ; himself a distin gaished scholar and mathematician, who was fifth wrangler at Cambridge in the year 1799. THE ARMY.—Four hundred men belonging to the 56th Regiment of Foot arrived here, in the Dee steamer, from Dublin, on Saturday night, and have proceeded to Bolton, Burnley, and the surrounding district. Another draft of the same regiment will arrive from Dublin in the course of the aresent week, and will proceed to Bury and that neighbourhood. CURSING. — The Tarleton Meeting will take place on Thursday and Friday next. Altcar Open Meeting.—An open meeting will take place at Altear, on Friday and Saturday, the 27th and 28th instant. The Lytham Champion Meeting commences on Wednesday, the 18th inst. Excellent sport is anticipated, as some first-rate dogs are entered. New Coursing Club Lancashire.—lt is contemplated to form a club at Hornby. The ground is well adapted for the sport, and the hares are remark ably stout. DEATH FROM INTOXICATION.---A man named James Ward, a labourer, who lived in Bixteth street, went on Saturday on board of a vessel in one of the docks, where it is supposed he drank a great quantity of rum. He was taken home in a helpless state of intoxication, and although the stomach pump was applied he died soon afterwards. We have heard that had the deceased lived until March next he would have come into possession of a handsome amount, but we do not vouch for the fact. The inquest will be held this day. FINES FOR ILLEGAL EXHIBITIONS.—At the police court yesterday, Homer Holden, who keeps a beer-house in White-chapel, corner of Leigh-street, was brought before Mr. Rushton, by information, for keeping his rooms open for a show of pictures, stuffed monstrosities, animal and wax, &c., without permission of the Mayor. It appeared that in July last the defendant had received a notice from the late Mayor, Mr. Sands, that he was not to play music, exhibit pictures or fantastic figures out side, or otherwise to collect crowds to the interruption of the thoroughfare Mr. Rushton fined the defendant £2O, and ordered the same to be strictly levied.—A man named Powell, in, we believe, Waterloo-road, was fined in the same amount. INQUESTS BEFORE MR. CURRY.--Yesterday, on view of the body of William Smith, aged 59. The de ceased resided at No. 30, Williamson-street. On Satur day afternoon his wife went out, leaving deceased in the house, apparently quite well. She returned in about half an hour and found him on the floor, insensible, and, as she thought, in a fit. A surgeon was sent for, but the deceased died before he arrived. On a post mortem exa mination it was found that death was caused by apoplexy of the lungs. Verdict accordingly—" From natural causes."—On the body of James Handlin, aged 32, a la bourer, who resided in Chisenhale-street. On Saturday night deceased was found drunk in the street by a con stable, and was taken home and put to bed. About three-quarters-of-an-hour after, his wife found him on the floor quite dead. The verdict given was—" Died of apoplexy, caused by excessive drinking."—On the body of Thomas Carson, a child, one month old. The mother, who lives in Pellew-street, finding him cross and sleepless, gave him, on Saturday, four drops of laudanum. In a quarter of an hour afterwards he was seized with fits, and continued to have them occasionally until midnight of the same day, when he died. Mr. Burrows, surgeon, who was called in, but could not get him to rally, stated that four drops were too much for an infant of that age, and that death was caused by the narcotic. Verdict,— " Chance medley against the mother."—The:last was on the body of Ellen Cosgrove, aged five years. Deceased, who lived with her parents in Woodstock-street, had, on Saturday, gone into a neighbour's house, where her clothes took fire, and she was so much burned that she died on the following morning. Verdict—" Accidental." —On Saturday two inquests were held. The first on the body of Thomas. Crosby, a lad fifteen years of age, who was walking along Oldhall-street, about six o'clock on the evening of Wednesday week last, and accidentally fell into a large opening which had been made for the purpose of repairing one of the gas pipes. He was taken up, in an insensible state, and removed to the Northern Hospital, where it was discovered that be had received a compound fracture of the skull and a wound on the abdomen, of which injuries he died. The other was on an infant, scalded to death by a quantity of hot tea falling on it. DAY'S WINDGUARD.—No greater proof of the utility of this invention need be given than the fact that 700 have been supplied by the agent, Mr. W. Bennett, within the last year, all of which, we learn, have given general satis faction. FRUIT.—The most extensive sales o f f ru it th a t h ave been advertised during the present season, take place this-day, by Mr. Badenach, at the Commercial-rooms. These importations comprise some thousands of boxes of the finest dried figs, currants, and raisins. Dec. 10, 1844. IMPORTANT TO SHAREHOLDERS• A case tried in the Exchequer Court—Richard e. Macey—involves several principles of importance to share.holders in joint-stock banks, and also regar din g the lieln lity and transfer of notes of hand and bills of exchange: It appears that the late Borough of St. Marylebone IW" had borrowed £5OOO of the London and WestmineT: upon security, for the purpose of winding up its affenf, But this sum not being found sufficient, application : made for a further loan of £lO,OOO. This was refused. unless upon further security, and unless, too, that MI:, sum should be sufficient to pay off the public creditors the unfortunate bank. A meeting of sharehold ers in Pe Marylebone Bank was called, and several of them ga l i notes of hand to a considerable amount. A portion T . these were placed in the London and Westmins ter es le't curity for the proposed loan of £lO,OOO, and the PitYp e „t of these notes was still further secured by the lodgint of the deeds of an estate worth about £50,000, the V' perty of Mr. Walker, one of the directors. The defendant in the present action had given a notew 01, £lOO at the meeting above mentioned. This note a subsequently placed in the London and Wes tudnete; Bank as a security for a further advance upon overdrawe account. When due, it was unpaid, and Mr. Henderseet, the manager of the City Branch of the London and pre of minster Bank, sent the note, according to the roudn e .A, business to Messrs. Roy and Co., their solicitors, A b ed out, it will be seen, any specific instructions. An.; a s. it should be mentioned that in the mean time me',"" Roy and Co., who were the solicitors of the London Westminster Bank, had become the solicitors of the en, sn ; mittee who were winding up the affairs of the Marne'''. Bank, and it appeared doubtful in which capacity they T e r : ceived the note in question. This uncertainty was de , creased by the fact, that Messrs. Roy and C0. , 1 no t mending payment from the acceptor of the note, o mention the name of their client. Payment:w ;oh 11°0' o not being made, Messrs. Roy and Co. applied to the London and Westminster Bank for permission to Or party, the account being overdrawn at the time. T" e ntl rectors of that bank refused to sue upon the not e ' chose rather to fall back upon the collateral sec f, which had been lodged by Mr. Walker, as they wereetnot ions not to be parties to any disputes or litigation le . might take place among the shareholders of the No" - bone Bank. a pd ` don Mr. Roy finding that the directors of the Loni Westminster Bank would not sue upon the note t1" 0 . tion, but chose rather to fall back upon the landed fi perty of Mr. Walker, which had been lodged as Coll e t security, took the note to'Mr. Walker and informed hit of the circumstance. Mr. Walker sent Mr. Roy t 0 fei friend Mr. Richards, who gave Mr. Roy the motlel.. no , the note, and immediately commenced the pre s ents o- 1 The money Mr. Roy obtained from Mr. Richards herai l i into the London and Westminster Bank specifi against the note. In charging the jury, the judge stated that if this was given as additional security for the £lO,OOO advapci by the London and Westminster Bank, they should g tbi their verdict for the defendant; but if they thought t h i t note was given to raise an additional sum beyond,, £lO,OOO, they should find for the plaintiff. The r,/ after some deliberation, found for the defendant, O b i to some points of law. The frost is very severe in all parts or the Continen t ; e i The soap-makers are making a strenuous effort to re the excise duty on soap. No less a number than 220 notices and plans of ° A , e / railways were, on Saturday, the 3th ult., deposited at offices of the Board of Trade. ; tly s Mr. Joseph Somes, shipowner, of Dartmouth, ' 5 OP con-ervative candidate for the representation of T mouth. „ft The congregation of St. Sepulchre's, London, silt presented the Rev. Thomas Dale with a handsome s''' epergne. The Protestants of Bavaria have presented a n" - 1, 11 1 petition and remonstrance to his Majesty the King of t" country against the encroachments of Popery there. On Sunday a number of persons were drowned in tb6 lakes and rivers in the parks in London. Upward s 5000 persons were skating on the Serpentine river 8 10116 ‘ On 'Wednesday last five respectable persons w ere : n o fortunately drowned by the capsising of a boat which „,, proceeding from Whitstable, Kent, to the Isle of SbePP"' t VENEZUELA SUGAR.—The Gazette of ThursdaY I ss o f contains an Order in Council regarding the admission sugar from Venezuela into this country. lseg The Sun states that Sir Henry Pottinger will teP - „ Sir Stratford Canning, our present minister at Const a "' tinople. The Saturday Magazine is to be given up at the e s P o i : ration of this year, and will be succeeded by a new Pe r/ dical in octavo, entitled, Parker's London Magazine. POSTAGE TO INDIA.—It has been erroneously stet 9 that a recent treasury warrant had fixed at 4d. the r!` on all East India and colonial letters of not more Wes half an ounce in weight. The rate of 4d. has refetes., to and from places beyond India forwarded from In and is in addition to the existing rates.—Globe. THE LEAD TRADE.—Operations, larger in extent 04 have taken place for many years, have within the las t l e o days occurred in lead. The quantity purchased by leading houses in the trade amounts to nearly ten th ; 1 sand tons of pig lead, which has completely exhausted _0 stocks held by the producers. These large operation' having been induced by actual demand for foreign ala ° i ment, considerable advance is anticipated in the va lue this article.—Mining Journal. Furts.—Our fair readers, who have not provided tbe Or selves with LIIChe intitspeusatste articles of wear for the coming season, will find an extensive and well-assorte d stock at Mr. Ireland's, Bold-street. As a long and se' vere winter is predicted, we recommend no time to be lest. —See advt. CHRISTMAS PARTIES.—Mr. Stubbs, we perceive, il l reminding his frierds and the public of the musical fie' cornpamments, which he is so competent to furnish, fe c i the approaching festive season, and it will not be den ie d that his gratuitous services for so many years, in afford,: ing musical instruction and healthful parade exercis es o the boys of the Blue Coat Hospital, as well as the q ui l • versal satisfaction his band has generally given, giv e IV ' , a claim to a full share of the public patronage.—See itav't THE ANATOMICAL PARISIAN VENUS.—This mode is entirely new, and as a work of art—is perfectly un it e , and—far surpasses in beauty and accuracy anything .o! ; similiar kind ever introduced to the attention of a Brl public. The superficial and deep anatomy of the be2 B4 chest, abdomen, and limbs, displayed by not less thallou sectional models—the correctness of which, in the for e situation, and colour—which they bear to life,—haveho certified by the first authorities in this country and on " continent. MED. On the Eth instant, at Everton, Miss HARRIET ROB. — aged 58 years. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9.—Wind S.S.E. moderate . t or ARRlVED. —Highland Mary, —, from Ichaboe —Lad/ sell, from Terceira—and Elise, from Hambro'. 0 0, SAlLED.—Greenock, Fleck, for Mobile—Jubilee, Ande rs for Genoa—and Princess Royal, Owens, for Calcutta. Anne, Mearns, and Tosepha, Leitch, hence at Ichaboe Roseana, Creichton, from Ichaboe, at Cove, for Gla s it g o or sailed 20th Sept. in company with the Mary, Kingston, A' t ior , bra, and Hawk, all for Liverpool. Left loading the SuP e ,10 Clydesdale, Hopkinson, Britannia, Clydeside, Sarah Flell3",:,opr Constellation, Leonar Dobbin, Chieftain, Sarah, Ellen , i s;010 merce, Hope, and Catherine.. The Maid of Mona, CU and Elizabeth, had not commenced loading. Bi ocket, Nixon, from Valparaiso, at Cove Ellen, Burnett, from Ichaboe, ditto Camana, Hoodless, from Calcutta, off Cape Clear 0 ICHABOE, her e fe Oct. 3.—There are upwards of 300 vessels oe, present, and more are arriving daily. It is believed that is not more Guano left than is sufficient to load the stlio.,),ere here. Stages are erected on ever y p ar t o f th e i s land they can be placed, and 4 or 5 vessels are loading st eP tiler Sept. 20.—Although there are about 300 vessels now here. a il; is sufficient Guano, not only to load them all, but as o g ta t addition as can be loaded in the next six months, at the we are now loading. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER 9• Wind at Holyhead, S.E. light breeze during the morni"'Co' Off Point Lynas, inward bound, at 11 a.m. No. 37 45 ' mena, brig, from Calcuita, and 34 g 6, Emigrant, barque. Off the port, at 12 at noon, 2 ships. No further communication for fog. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC' 9 ' ood For the last six or seven weeks we have been at a loe s ! ° stet e words sufficiently depressive and gloomy to describe tilcavis of the Cotton market. It now affords us sincere grardell to say that a step has been put upon its downward t t 'ng and since last Friday, there has been a large business r ail? B advances of id to id on the lowest points. Sales a c ` ho ut , " B,aao to 10,0ou bales per day, and a steady healthy tone a " So far so good. Go on and prosper. . ----- i , „ 9. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, 1 , o - ' 10 ; The week ended quiet, and to-day nothing extraordolizi l P,4 rpassed. 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