The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

- I -- -r 1847. Ly by letter, IGII -STREET, ie DRAPERY LEET, LORD BOURHOOD. CLUB are d as above. t story, which rations made ory . up*ards. Im is the ut ng to engage Union' Club, Df interest, upon ample rt Registered Stock, Dock perty. ,sed to D. H., nediately at- tILWAY. r to receive , for Suouirof 1 the rate of ad Whitson- and CO., Secretary. BY GIVE SIDERS for ED CAST rn Frames, to be made . for inspec -street. • more than Ching Iron* Two Coats :Irofed).l" ;cavengers' April next, h from the Jan. 26, 1847. Cblitation, INSTITU ON SCHOOL, He er, The Re 'SON W. TURNER, Will REOPEN To-moanow, (Wednesday,) the 27th instant. - TOXTETH LODGE. THE DUTIES of the SCHO L conducted by the 1 Rev. H. W,BECKWIT niverSity College, Oxford, Will be RESUMED RSDAY, the 28th instant. LODGE-LANE, IVERPOOL. DESIRABLE TUITION. HE Rev. SAMUEL FENTON , M . A ., res idi ng i n T the very healthy and accessible village of WaVertree, near Liverpool, and taking a very Rm . tuber of Pupils, has now MO VACANCIES. The strictest attentio • aid to the health and comfort, and to the secular and r polls ducation, of the Pupils. Further particulars will be afforded, in reply to written or personal communications to the Rev. S. FENTON. MR. EDGARWEBSTER begs to inform his Friends, that he will RESUM i s PROFESSI O N AL NGAGEMENTS on THURSD . , the 28th instant. PRIVATE INSTRUCT 'yen in all the FASHIONABLE DANCES, &c., at C DEMIES, 26, BOLD -STREET, LIVERPOOL, and 2, ARGYLE -STREET, BIRKENHEAD. SIGNOR SAPIO, Gi Ray a 1 Academy of M aduate • and Associate of the Isle, London, and Member of the - ,, Lieties, Dublin, ha Nobility and Gentry of Liverp taken up his e honoiir to announce to the end its Vicinity, that he has RESIDENCE IN LIVERPOOL, and intends giving In ion in ITALIAN, ENGLISH, CII, AND SACRED 'SI ING. London-road. For Terms a.pply M s Residence, 6, SEYOUR- N.B.—SCHOOtS AEDED. Attends on the Cheshire side twice each week HENRY CHAP PEMBROKE-PLACE LANGUAGE, lettE , Public, that he cantinu IS, PROFESSOR 0 he FRENCH egs to inform his Friends and the giving INSTRUCTION in FRENCH h, Theory and Practice being costa—Pronunciation are on quite a New Method, by blended together, Fluency an, secured to his Pupils. Classes are now open for You di es on T ues d ays an d Fri. 'ys at 2 pin., and for Y Gentlemen on Mondays and Thursdays at 5 o The Quarter to bed' Schools and Families For further THE LIVERPOOL DIRECTORS , REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. 'THE Directors having already advised the Share holders in this undertaking that the Committee on the 'Bill in the House of Commons had rejected it, have now to 'communicate a more detailed report of the proceedings during the progress of the Bill in Parliament, and also the further steps which the Committee have deemed it necessary to take, as well to secure the imp or t an t o bj ec t s f or w hi c h the Guardian Gas Company was calleti into existence, as to prot ec t th e r ote. rests of the Shareholders. A Deputation from the Directors MAN ( MS COMP. tended in London whit spared no pains in theil the Bill efforts to br They were most ably supported in their efforts by the Soli• citor of the Company, and also by Sergeant Wrangham anc Mr. Forsyth, the counsel employed to conduct the case. The Bill met with' the:most determined o ion from thf two existing Gas Companies in Liverpoo ndercover of - tions professing to come from vario classes of lit their oir- - tv,ll-rtt but which oel were in rea of the interests-of 1 inhabitants of Liv( At an early-stage mittee interrupts the existing Cpnls of their own witnes Manufactured, sup, were in the hands of one Con On the following day such' the existing Companies, an out the correctness of ti' proceeded,:aamely, that at a considerably less p The evidence of 0' ceeded with, but - a be deli- Committee, wh , . lutionz— hap, not Ti. ie left not dressed to man John 'osts." !cretary N AND ;ole object of protecling --ef the c"--- E, NOT JNCTION the CON GRANT- s - . -4 - Parliamentary Com the lISUR using the entire consumption , of Liverpoo 'ermanent `onward by ttirely bore Contract, Wheeler y instant, .d, on ap- are evidence iv} it this Conipany to the consumer 1 - as before by February ;ants, are disposed to ehommittee from what they have seen so far, are to nk that the object of the Bill would be bette r secur ed,tly an amalgamation of the existing Companies on terms Which Would be advantageous to the,public, if such can be secured, than by the formation of a third Company; but that, if such terms cannot be secured, they are prepared to go on with the Bill." The Committee adjourned to give time to the existing Com panies to reply to this resolution ; and they, accordingly, on the next day of meeting. commonirat.i th.". le lowest 'equested tingham, the pur e out the "The Deputations representi. Gas Companies have had under their, anxious views of the Cot ttention to the liestmoc' carrying out ti "The Corporation WLiverpool 31.-1 thin a short pkriod with data to enable - them u, Corporation purchasing the Companik latter disclosed to- the Watch Coman liffairs, and expressed their willingne takings to the Co r p orat i on. " The Deputations are at present of certain the expediency of the Committee of the he *hole of their 11 both under- uy Lne municipal autos._ the-purchasers of the existing Companies, ....-- amulgamation upon any other principle can on limited benefit, and that, in fact, the greater part can be secured by arrangement between the two Compam " To illustrate this, A may be mentioned, that in economise the capital on which the profits are divi' Companies have some - be of very the benefit %au - Val rY 131.1 wins -0 is saved, and by Ll wl to;tender to the Watch Cc % nrice than either r.,% - • line Deputations, however, 1 the Committee, considered 14 bet pan ween the two Comi( the. sevprni - - ' of the LITAIN, nnexion EtMING nes and dition, ny Nev; ,. In royal nd sold it Hall, his Edi lion of ngdom, appro- as Dart NCE. include Spain, d, &c., nd the ;sage of ill form iblic of asfonal volume rid thus hat has price ORBS. ing one nent, CON TI- ts, and varying vols., ies for of the SUE. JULIE. 33 , Ey- TIT : a , sq., T" ROYAL The commit. !ommitt the Con the resolution of sod have no doubt, amalgamation as that althouo.h ment- "'wrests under their Acts of Parlia vrhich would be affected thereby • are complicated, and would require much Consideration• in arrangin g the term s o f attlalgamation, yet su c h amalgamation could be effected, and that ',the several classes of Shareholders, -cu being satisfied of the security of their property, would acquiesce therein. The Deputations, however, feel that it is a subject requiring such serious consideration, under t' stances of both Comna ulisir existl the permis Committee,tt for further an, 311 in t cuamiai piers; and they cannot b proved to the Committee feet on the first instant is a losing price on the present con sumption ; still, in order to meet any question of reduction o price, and to prevent that ultimate detriment to the consumer and the public „generally which would arise - from the introduc tion of a• third Company on the principle.of competition, (a lotrinciple Shown byexperience to be injurious in Gas snd Water pantes,) and to meet the objectim tion, -tb-e-Zirrm issioners of Paving and n, S Water Companies, to a third Gas Uo ,s mPa their several petitions, the Deputati pledge thei r Companies, t o re d im next to 4s. neat r 1000 cubic feet. " The Deton, again adverti mation, now .essure the Committ proceed to consider this imPartan4 tai whether a still closer amalgt will bring about a further reductio. becomes 3,-- it will be both th Inch complete f the Corpora rage, and the I . expressed in and now aeir. prieeon fit January ..t of amalga- tat the Companies will lion, in , order to ascer- Illation by A 3f Parliament if price ;, and if this result Uomp ar ii on this rwl 4 .,, -- -, Li, s ee ], , t z the :o any ev to th nay be .4 , 0/1 which the emalgthe.„ should take place With the terms which have t read to us this day. We err of the amalghmated Ce of the town of Liverpoc cords, a declaration, that on the price of Gas in Liverpool shall be no niv., 1000 cubic feet. Your Directors stated their dissatisfaction with the proposal of the existing. Companies, and declined to have ng to do with any such arr ngeinent and that h ingede,ao'iziYthip.Pmaralit meat for their own Bill,, and, as they one ' ' - ut their case, they could only leave it with the Conuattee to --, appeared to them proper, with mfr.-ranee to ...pon the terms ,tie tvo Companies w.ey are generally satisfied proposed in the printed paper• .ct, how - ever, that the Chairman ~any shall deliver to the Corporation 1,. to be by them placed upon their re -- .nd after ti " n - aary, 1846, ts. 6d. per the interests of all paiiies. The case of this Company II ttee, after some deliberatio . is 4rif resolution • . That the Committee have not proved; and they 17 4 . ?, e Cornpanies carrying out c onl Pnt to the Committee, eort: i t i t t.ee proposed to them _pg .ae _ .. , Ts Will deliver in tc! thei r r " e lent to the Corporatio 4u uat,t, e 'rds, to fix the max Vnbool e r ti tl?e I.+ Ott' summed up, the Com I the Bill by thelollow Tided that t at the sa rpool, a and;4l: 2 „ re - g 'er„ e 1 . 11 . 1 k ;;nleS "b "'"' " the failure of the Bill, your birectorg cannot With ~„'"Y hone the Shareholders who are C9IIRIIIIIPra SIR,—I hay ~?_ollCectedU. 13 Company has been, -; i r b - ;''P-1 , unsatisfactory, since the te p rt rin . cip n e le x con.nto a _ _ extent utta been F r om January last, the communit 0t01.0,1, feet. ut estiiiMned with Gas at a price . of 4s. 6d. per 1 consulters -R the advantages which have resulted. Come 1)411 Y, it li p," Gas in Liverpool from tha labours of !h a l o s .. : Ia: f,orniation' °I IIY be pointed out that at.the time opt rigt wax i -Ls. per i nnn - •In 1843, the maximum price of Gas in Liverpool ._ ho pe th "" v f eet : it was then lowered t 0468.: no donot a 9 ?_7 . , vvith th at the promoters of , this Company..wo . uld rest s ristr; lied. As the measure of benefit, and t withdraw from h Wer e ni 4l the session of :1&15 approached, and preparations to to ti a ,,,. . e for the. renewed anphcation by this Company -to ipanient, the price was,a.gahl lowered, and ss. was declared fur t t_Ute Price per 1000 cubic feet ; and the public have had a „ vs _ _er reduction of 6d. per 1000 feet, as from January last, as ,deJorther result of the contest in 1845. Thus the whole result a ;l i e i tbours of this Company is a gain to the consulner f s ee o t f ,thi ch is .:Trpool to the extent of 2s. 6d. per 10(,O . cubic .07,500 . a nnual saving en the present consumption of aboui. , Your Directors, while congratulatinr , the consumers on . the nnportant advantage go gal ed be.• t 4 ' .assure them that it is wnothiciall„ n a or in_ theifopinc - on n lier c r' nearly all, are entitled to, and . m y) et .be secured in tbe opinions of your birectors, the consumers of Gas who are Shareholders i entary plain that they ,th:ilitun,isascomepany have great reason Go -coernx pense in A Palha vuie esounten,sth, a z e b h ee o n n e r it es t u o lt a ecin heavy sicw: ex in that th:ey h a___l a ong bee, Paying tiecessary of trqde, it being clear . that if an exorbitant price for What may be called the existing - Companies could, at 'the mere suggestion of a P arliamentary Committee, consent to 6t1., (their own evidence at the reduce their price, on the Ist January, 1846, to 48. (t consumption of the previous ftirie time going to show that theMthig less than sg. sd. would save them from actual loss, on MaY,) they were equally boun to do so without a reference to of action on or by_threir.course Paihament at all ; ,and therefore, whether jud ging , oy past ex- Perience of these Companies, th ey s o now referred tO, your Directors rnu§t state that h . : 1 • , o confidence in them. I ale - and can lale n stated that they declined our Directors have already to be Axed th G parties to the arrangement which as the the Gas °f G,aS at 4s. 6d. per 1000 cubic feet, inasmuch the public ata° L'aa Company had even then offered to supply uite able to do, maximum price of 45., and which they were . leav' g for reduction as 'rig on this price a considerable m g ar t 1 . 11 entirely free to ,‘l v ell as profit • and thus they kept theMse les . , a Von they era i , Pursue such 'a course as, upon further consideration, of the 'tight deem best calculated to promote the interests Shareholders. Si have - ace the close of the Session of 1845 , your Directors erve tnat the Signature of the proprietor; "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stain. Q ERJEANT'S LOTION, th e only effectual Remedy 1, -3 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum bago. Sold V, the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT, No. 1, Lo- LT's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, idon; and-by all Venders of Medicine. Price 2s. 9d. per BoAttmleo.t!s.t many which are being daily received Are the follow , the ing testunoniai, -- I . B n 4 f f e . , ..111 those SIR,--I feel f:;:i"utry-Pbloauenediroaanct 1TE,..V4-rore°", thatc-tc;f2tetr, ~i, that they Tuition that the ing acute pains tram Sciatica, or sev heuniatic affection in the hip-joint, and being deprived of .t, i was persuaded to ion and have t pleasure to say that after aion of Live that the bra_ Ga r. s three applications :was restore omy .usual health- and, al of the disorder. -verpool, to be placed on iso, h two -have passed have no return try your embioco:: y . ,a price as at 4s. 6d..0n though two years ra t e uly your , EDWARD NOYEs. ,and also the terms that are —I am, Si r, g • Well-etreet, Cripplegate. mit eral weeks confined to my bed by Gout move. In this Unpleasant situation I was informed briny me dieal attendant he had.applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I ,might haveibeen to this day confined to my bed. After a close , cation of four days, nirtroublesome companion began to dis appear.; in a week I was. capable of walking about my room, and byanother week's perseverance in the use of your Medi cine was enabled to leave :Loodon. Fearful of another attack, you willllease to send six.hottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, D. W. STONE. 4. Paternoster-rov. Sia,—having been informed of tne surpnsing cure of Mr. Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was compelled to+be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his committing any violence, and whose case was considered en tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and being satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining little hopes of success, haying been niany years so severe a suf ferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam very happy in being able to add . nay testimony of the benefit I derived: after a fey- days' application the use of my limbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend my business, nd, making en allowance for my age, never was better in my life. To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless their case may have been pronounced, I beg of•them to make a trial, feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to hose who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly, 0 rt4iber 20, 1844 GEORGE POLLARD Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per sons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu matic Gout, and Lumbago ' and rendered thereby incapable 0 assisting themselves, havebeen relieved in a few hours. Sold by Pendlebury, Russell-street; Titherington, Oxford street; Ho arch, Great George-street ; Fisher, Bold-street; Fpopiand, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ;' Parkinson. road' Scotland -road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland:- Isli opposite St. Martin's Market ; Mackow, Vauxhall-road; I. l ;,: ni tte e n r:s corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great street ; Cox, Fox-street ; Gillard, Richmond-row ; Low, warAtof.,;_, `Walker, London-read; Parry, Christian-street weod,il,‘i,.,s.t George -place ; Priestley, Lortl-grfeti' ptitl), rice Wavertree devoted much time and the most anxious attention to this subject ; they deemed it unnecessary to trouble their Share holders by making any communications until they had decided on the best course to be pursued ; but a new Company having now been formed, which will proceed to Parliament this session for an Act of Incorporation, your Directors have now to lay before you their views and intentions, as detailed in the Pro spectus, a copy of which accompanies this report. Beyond this it need only be briefly stated here, that your Directors, in recommending all the old Shareholders to transfer theif inte rests to the new Company, entertain confident hopes of success on the present occasion, and will spare no pains to bring about that result on behalf of the Shareholders. J. M. MACDONALD, Hon. Secretary Liverpool Guardian GaS Company's Office, Prince's-buildings, corner of North John-street and Harrington-street, January 19, 1847. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) CAPITAL .elOO,OOO, in 10,000 SHARES of .elO each, DEPOSIT, 10s. per Share. No Shareholder liable beyond the amount of his Shares. LIST OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Mr. John Finch, Jun., Sir Thomas's-buildings. „ Jas. Reddecliffe Jeffery, Church-street. „ Adam Pringle, Bold-street. „ George Woods, Ditto. „ John Rogers, St. James's-street. „ E. C. Hindley, 80ld -street. „ Thomas Urquhart, Ditto. .„ John Daniel, Lord-street. „ William Medley, Whitechapel. „ F. L. Hausburg, Church-street. „ ThomaA Morris, Lord-street. „ William Okell_ Psr.dke_.tr.ot Charles Gillham, Lord-street. „ John B. Johnson, Scotland-road. „ Thomas Bailey, Aigburth. „ Henry Danson, Cook-street. „ Edward Tuton, Lord-street. • „ Ellis Wilde, Sparling-street. „ Henry Laffer, 'Lord-street, „ Walter Bostock, Paradis-streas „ William Bolderston, St. Jamey's-plac With power to add to their number. COMMITTEE OF MANAOF.MENT. John Pinch, Jun, E. C. Hindley James R. Jeffery-. John Rogers. Adam Pringle. John Daniel. George Roods. ENUINEER—John Cox, Esq., C.E. BANKERS—The Royal Bank of Liverpool. Souciross—Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff. SECRETARY—Mr. Macdonald. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Met3SIb. Pritt, Venables, and CO. This Company is formed to secure a better supply of Gas thin the Borough of Liverpool, and on lower terms than that + . ll. • The Public of Liver ...Le, and consisting chiefly of the same indiiriduals, went to Parliament in the year 1844, and again in 1845, with a securing an Act for Incorporating such Company to carry out the same objects. It is only necessary here to state, that while that Company bad, in their Bill of 1845, fixed a maximum price of 4s. per 1000 cubic feet, against athen selling price by the existing Companies of ft.—reduced by them to ss. almost at the moment of the meeting of Parliament—the Parliamentary Committee, after hearing the evidence of this Company, and also that.of the existing Companies, bound th e existing Companies, on their own offer, to reduce their price to 4s. 6d., notwithstanding that the evidence previously offered by themselves showeetthat they were selling Gas at a " ruinous Tice" at ss. per 1000 cubic feet, and that no price less than view Co s sd. could save them from actual loss on the hen eonsump- It is scarcely necessary to state, that the promoters of the uardian Gas Conmanv w,rp in nn nr.‘, ~,.,..„+;--- 111, way consenting parties to ment . of the question; since its o ions result must to perpetuate a higher pe of Gas to the than would produce a fair dividend -- mt of capital. :ommunity of 1i une of the existing Companies proceeds to Parliament in the present Session'for power to raise additional capital, and also to borrow money on the security of their •works to meet the increasing demand for Gas ; but it must be remembered, that for every pound so raised or borrowed, the community of Li verpool, as consulters of Gas, will have to pay a high dividend, which thus bids fair, if strong efforts be not made to resist it, to become a tax in perpetuity. The objectuf this Company is to furnish Gas to the commu nity at a pried which will enable every householder, of whatever degree in life, to use it ; and having received the best engineer ing advice,, they proceed for a price not excee di ng a s. B d . per 1000 cubic feet, against the sum of 4s. fitl. now charged by the existing Companies ; the dividend on capital not to exceed 7i per cent. As the consumption increases bey on d t h e li m i te quantity vow estimated by them, the price of Gas will be *till further reduced. It may be also stated, that from the great increase of late years in the population of Liverpool, —an increase far hpvnrid 'Other tc a in the kingiknnwithin a sim: -there is ample room for athird Company, without y interfering with the fair-interests of the existing in any Companies All requisite preliminary steps havebeen taken to enable the Company to prosecute their Bills in the approaching Session. A large proportion of the Shares Leing. already taken, the Share List Will remain open for only a li m it e d ti me ; and those arties who were Shareholders in the old Guardian Gas Com pany will have a preference in the allotment. Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be maile-to the - - -..,RETARY, at the (Ace of the ComparY*,'Prince's-build tugs, corner of North John-street and Harrington-street, Li verpooL FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. PO THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE LIVERPOOI GUARDIAN GAR COMPANY. Gentlemen,—: Shares of .elO ite anove Company ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to, execute the Parliamen tary Contract, Subscribers' Agreement, and all other legal do cuments, when required. Dated the d a y o f IRS/ Residence LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, COMMITTEE -1847. ROBERT MATH ER, ESQ., Chairman. J. Nelson Wood, Esq. -John Myers, Esq. John C. Molvneux. Eso. _ I Jonathan Hinvinsnn T Harmood Banner, Esq. 'Thos. Bo Henry R. Sandbach, Esq. Will lerington, Es( James H. Wrigley, Esq. ellar Henderson, I James Bateson, Esq. ohn A. Tinne. I Dickinson, Esq. , Jas. Hardy Macrae, raq ". . T HE Proprieto of the . Liverpool Exchange Will . .be paid a DIVIDEND of Seven Pounds Seven Shillings on their respective Shares for the Year 1846, on applying to Mr. JOHN S TJDLOW, the Cashie r -- - , upon afte Mov, - the First of February next; and also , the and further r sum kni of Three Poruids Three Shillings, for oach.share in lieu of the Ri g ht o f Nomination to th e N ewsroom for the ' present year, provided the same be demanded on or before the 24th of December , next. - Proprietors should be prepared-to produce their Certificates, if , required, to Mr. Sudlow, and the Personal Representatives Of *Deceased Proprietors, Trustees and others, who have not already obtained Certificates, will be required to produce the Wills or Instruments under which- they claim to Mr. THOMAS CARSON, Solicitor, Barned's-buildings, S wee ti ng - s t reet. By order of the Proprietors, atfoc General Meeting held this JOHN SUDLOW, Si :kange-court, Exchang '-street Bast GREAT SOUTH TOLGUS COPPER AND TIN MINING COMPANY. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the allotment ±Y of Shares in this Company having b_sguanade, no further By order of the Provisi i 'rectors, . IST-PILINTER and CO., • Dated Company', 25, Caatl4 Liverpool, January 19, 1846. Secretaries, pri) tem treet, GREAT SOUTH TOLGUS - COPPER AND TIN MINING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVER, that the nomi n a, • lion of the Provisional Directors has tak en p l ace, and that the. FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS will he held at the Offices of the Company, 25, Castle-street, Livetrol on MONDAY, the Bth day of February next, at One rming of for the tranlarTl tion of such gener mencement of active operations. The Directors being in treaty a Stear holders-who have not yet pa eir Depose mediately to do so. are requested it BERT TAYLOR, } Provisional FREDK. A. TAMPLIN, Directors. GEORGE WOOD, JOHN PAINTER and CO., "Secretaries, p ro t ern, iepanp 8 Ogiees, 25, Castle-street, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUBSCRIPTION, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR IN IRELAND, AND THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND, S]. A T a MEETING of COMMERCIAL TRAVEL LERS held at the " Flying Horse Hotel," Nottingham, on the 18th January, it was unanimously resolved :—" That a Sub scription be immediately set on foot amongst their body for the relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland." It was also resolved,—ln order to enable all to join in this charitable undertaking—that the amount of subscription should be limited to five shillings each, and th a t th e li s t s b e comp l ete d by the first of March, on which day gentlemen holding_ sub scriptions are requested to transmit the same to Mhsrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Bankers, Nottingham, in the names of the Treasurers, Messrs. George Coyne, of Leeds, and Thomas Shipton, of Hull. The following. Gentlemen we; i dge.rrgiembers of the Oom mittee, with power to add to th • umber:— kr. JOHN TNAY, London. Mr. 11IC CARTER, Greenwich Mr. DWICK, London. •b HOMAS SHIPTON, Hull. Mr. GEORGE COYNE, Leeds. Mr. CHARLES TOWNSEND, Derby. Mr: W. H. MALPAS, Nottingham. Flying Horse Hotel, Nottingham, 18th Jamirry, 1847. N.B.—Mr. ALLEN, of the Nottingham 3.feretaV 3 having, at the request of the Committee, consented to act as Honorary Secretary, it is particularly requested that Commercial Gentle men, and Proprietors of Hotels, desirous of aiding in the above laudable cause, but who are not in possession of lists, will apply to him for them. Subscriptions in aid of the Fund will also be received by Mr. ALLEN, and every information given on receipt of (pre-paid) applications. Postoffice orders to be made payable to RICHARD ALLEN. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS. A.M., President WILLIAM FOSBERRY, ESC', Vice-P,.- Rev. CYRUS MORRALL, WALTER F. M`GREoon, Esq., Treasurer. rriHE GENERAL ANNUAL „MEETING of the 1. GOVERNORS of this INSTITUTION will be holden in the BOARD-ROOM, PARISH-OFFICES . elliViCk-Stred, on FRIDAY, the sth February next wo o'dlock, to transact the usual business of the Char' , and to elect Officers for-the ensuing year. Subscriptio ill be thankfully receiyed'at - the DISPENSARIES' OFFIC 1 , south Castle-street, daily from Three to Four o'Clo ; Drat the Noarn DISPENSARY, V4.aux hall-road ; or at e SOUTH DISPENSARY, 1, Upper Parlia ment-street, at all hours. Presidents The TreaSurer begs to acknowlege receipt of the fbliowir Contributions received during the past year : DONATIONS David Hodgson, Esq., Everton Jos. Mathews, Esq., Pattinghani, per John } 25 0 0 North, Esq M. 8., an unclaimed balance Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill 26 0 0 Messrs. D. and C. M`lyer, being proportion of money received from visitors on board ' the Royal Mail Steam-ship, for the benefit 15 0 0 of the Public Charities Richard Houghton, Esq., Rodney-street l5 0 0 Robert Woodward, Esq lO 0 0 John Holt; Esq lO 0 0 Wm. Nevett, Esq lO 0 0 Miss Stavert, Breckside-house S. P. Hope. Esq., Springfield C. W. Reade, Esq., Shaw-street lO 0 0 Mrs. Susannah Boardman, 46, Soho-street i per C. W. Reade, Esq J. Hardy Wrigley, Esq. A Friend from a distance per R Miss A. J. Brancker, Oxford Miss E. Corrie Oxford-street Mrs. Ellison, Rodney-street A Thank-offering by a Lady on recoveryfrom 15 0 0 a protracted illness, per. R. A. Payne, Esq. Rev. Robert Cort, Klrkdale, per Mr. Conway Arthur Thompson, Esq Mr. David Bland, Vauxhall Foundery. Wellwood Maxwell, jun, ESq-, being a gra tuity paid to him by the loser of &purse, y 2 0 0 containing .t'2slos. per W. C. Fosbery, Esq J ~ The Clarendon Building Society, per Mr } 1 , 5 G Cunliffe A.. Jones and Co., Goree-piazzas 1 1 . 0 Robert Wm. Ashley, Esq., annual 1 1 0 Mr. Tomlinson, Manchester Miss Baitson, ootle 0. Burchardt, B Esq. 1 0 0 Rev. R. H. Bentley, M.A., Cambridge 1 0 0 F. SF., per Smith, Rogerson, and Cc 1 0 a Mr. Thos. Smith, per Capes Ashlin, Esq llO 0 Miss Hatton, Hardman-street.. Mr. Edwarßeberts, per Rev. W. Hughes OlO 0 Mr. Daniel ChadwiCk 0 IO 0 Mr. Robert Parry, 60, Oldhall-street 0 5 0 , 0 0 10' 0 0 'v. J. H. T 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 LEGACIES. The late Mrs. Mary Leece, Ed,„^T-hill, per } 3l 10 0 Mr. Dalrymple, Executor, .W 35, less duty The late Charles lictsfall; Esq., per Mr. T. B. } 50 ,, 0 0 Horsfall, Executor • The•late Mrs. Moore, Prince's-park, per Mr. }5O 0 0 Williams, Executor. . COLLECTIONS. St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, ifter a Sermon }2l 0 0 by .the Rev. F. Barker,"A.M The Scotch Church, Oldham-street, after ag 22 0 7 Sermon by the Rev. John Reid I St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street, }3l 0 0 after a Sermon by the Rev. Todd Brown Crescent Chapel, Everton, after .a Sermon by J 22 9 6 .the Rev. J. Kelly, A.M Part of Collections at Pall-mall, Rose Burlington - street, and 'Mulberry 'Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel Mr. D. Davies place,} - street 4 0 0 Per CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY, HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING, The HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING . of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on WEDNES DAY, the 10th day of February next, at One o'clock precisely. SPECIAL MEETING, And NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAOR DINARY or SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on the said WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of February next, at -past One o'clock pre cisely, to approve of the Bill e submitted to Parliament in the ensuing Session, for e, ing the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, at ster and Holyhead respectively; for authorizing certaina erations in the levels of the said Railway; and for empowprffig the Company to subscribe towards the constructiop,of a Harbour at Holyhead, and to purchases, hire, and use Steam Boats. And also to approve of a Bill, to be submitted to Parliament in the ensuing Session for making a Railway fro m M o ld , i n the county of Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway in the parish of Hawarden ' in the same county, with B ranc h es, to be called " The Meld Railway." The Register of Transfers will be closed from the 31st of J a n uar y, until after tbe Meeting. By order; - GEORGE KING, Secretary 61, Moorgate-street, London, 6th Jannary, 1847. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, & NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY, OFFICE, 4, QUEEN-SQUARE. MITE Treasurer of the DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY begs to acknowledgethe re *ptof the following, Donations : A. 0 etri 0reere,,.. ....› el , _ The Earl of Sefton George Riding, Esq., Treasur f Lime-street Ward Relief Fund, being part o alanceleft in his hands for the relief of the po n the said Ward.... ...... Moiety of a Collectio ade at St. Michael's Church, Toxteth-park, r a Sermon by the Rev. William Hesketh, M. ~ Incumbent, one-half of the amount collected, i. e., '9O, being appropriated to the fund -'' - 'and, the other to the • District Provident 70 0 0 70 , 0 Far Ire Society Henry Xump and Son ...... William Myers, Esq. • William Rathbone, Esq William Reynoldi and Son Messrs. Shand, Iligson, and Co Messrs. Bailey Brothers and Co, J. Weightman, Esq. Messrs. Francis and James Mill :Messrs. Livingstone James Gillfillan, Esq. Richard Houghton, Esq. Mrs., Hugh Jones, Lark-hill .. Victor Poutz, Esq. T. H. 30 0 0 25 0 ' 0 20 1) sO 20 0 0 20 0 >,O 15 0 ‘..0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 o'o 10 0 '0 10 0 0 10 0 0 , s Alexander Messrs. - Grundy, Wright, and Ci .Messrs. Dirom, Davidson, and .0 E. Lister, Esq C. S. G., per Rev..J. B. Monk Mrs. Jane Lowe Miss Anne Brancker 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5" 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 Miss Mary Hughes Robert Maefie, Esq., 'William• Potter, Esq. Mrs. Potter C. E. Rawlins, Esq , Thomas Daveriport; Esq Messrt. Wren and Sons . F. Shand. Esa 5 0 0 5 0 0 ThomasMorecroft Esq John Van Zeller, Esq T. B. I3arolas, Esq 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 'ter-street 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 31. M., pgrJ Mr. Jobn Nt Miss Bowring Mr. W. H-Wood Mr. James Halliday Mr. Withal:vim - me Mrs. -O'Donnell, RodnE Mr. Edwin Leece A Lady, Great Obarlotte-street A few Members connected with 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mr. David Tyrer A Lady Mr, H. Crosthwaite A Friend to the Poor C. P o 10 0 O 10 0 O 5 0 0 5 0 O 5 0 Mr. Thomas Johnson Airs. Latham ..... • SCHOOL :FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND. AT the GENERAL ANNUAL Cvene MEETING CORPORATION, duly on In stitution, the 22(1 of..lanuary, 1947, .. d and hold. Ej n GN at o thef this HENRY LAWRENCE, Esq., .irthe Chair i.—The accounts forsthe year 1841 ' approved, it Was ordered that Charity be published as sneed , . 2 . — Resolved ththatf( , - -, .._ layi/ig been exir bited and ks this Meeting be presented t resident ;to Mr. Henry Law- Ir. Harmood Banner_ and rence, Mr. W. Todd Nayl~ R. Brodhurst Hill, the e vice -President; to 'l% '1%7 ! In R O Houghton, the Treasu and the Rev. Edward %ult . the Chaplain, for their att tionto the interests of the Institution. 3.—Resolved, tha e thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Physician, e Surgeons, the Visitors, the Auditors, and the Committee fOr the last year, for the attention they bestowed upon the duties which devolved upon them. 4.—Resolved, that the thanks of this Meeting be presented to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have presented Donations in aid of the funds of this Charity. s. —Resolved, that the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mrs. Cross, and the Misses Chaffers, of Everton, and to Mrs. Tetley, Fremont, West Derby, for excellent piano-fortes; and to Mrs. Wordsworth, of Highfield, for an excellent harpsi chord, which they have been pleased to present for the use of :he musical pupils. 6.—Mr. R. W. Houghton produced a Notice from the Lon don and North-Western Railway Cotnpany.—Resolved, that the Committee be requested to see that nothing be done detri mental to the interests of the Institution. 7.—Resolved. that the special thanks of this Institution b given to R. W. Houghton, Esq., the late Treasurer, for his in valuable services during the period of fourteen years. The following Officers were appointed for the year 1847 PRESIDENT. WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., M.p. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Mr. R. W. HOUGHTON, I Rev. J. BROOKS M.A., Mr. EDWD. G. DEANE, I Mr. JAQUES MT ;RS, ' TREASURER. Mr. THOMAS MILLS. . . . . COMMITTEE. Rev. A. Campbell, M.A,, Mr. Samuel Minshull, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr. J. W. S. May, Mr. Wm. Todd Naylor, Mr. F. S. Hull, Mr. Edward Parry, Mr. Adam S. Gladstone, Rev. Edward HuR M.A., Mr, John Lockett, Rev. Thomas Bold, M.A. , Mr. Abraham Gartside; Richard Formby,'ltl.a, Mr. William. Bennett, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. John, Nicholson, Mr. James Bateson, Mr. J J. Currie, Mr. Minshull, Mr. Charles Melhuish, Robert Lewin, M.D., Mr. E. T: Kearsley, Mr. J. H. Turner, . : Mr. A. ThoMpson, Mr. William Jackson, Mr. Wm. Reynolds, jun.,.. - Mr. John Baton, - Mr. P. Vance, Mr. William Ashley, Mr. Hugh Craig, Mr: Latham Hamner, Mr. Edmund Molyneux, Mr. William M'Cracken, Mr. John Swainstm, Mr. Charles Groves, Mr. Laurence R. Bally, 1 Mr. James Aspinall, Mr. John Claypole, . • Mr. R. Brodhurst Hill, Mr. William Oxley, Mr. Vicholas Crooke, Mr. Thomas Slaw. The "thanks of the Meeting were presented to the Chairman for his imptittial conduct.. ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Ordinary HALF YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COM PANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchestei, in the county of Lancaster, on the 2nd day of FEBRUARY next, at the hoar of Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon of that day. And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that, in accord ance with a. requisition signed, by more than tw en t y Share holders in the said undertaking, holding, in the aggregate, not less than one-tenth of the capital of the said Company, an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the said COMPANY will be h at the Palatine . Hotel aforesaid, on the day and ye oresaid, at Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same day, mediately on the termi nation of the business , ef th id Ordinary Meeting, for the following purposes; namel - To receive, consider, and decide on the steps to be ith respect to the Report of Messrs. William Gibb, Geor illiam Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of ha igatioh, appointed on Saturday, the 25th day of July las ncl - to determine on the propriety of redncing the number of 'rectors from twelve to six, and, if thought ad visable, specificallyto remove six of the present Directors." AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that at the said last-mentioned Meeting the Directors will apply for powers to proceedwith and endeavour to obtain, in the ensuing session of Parliament, Acts for alteration of M a i n Li ne an d Hawes Branch, with power to purchase, rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment of Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne junction Railway,. and to the Northern Counties Union Railway Companies ; Railway from the East Lancashire Rail way near Burnley, to join the Burnley Branchof the Manches ter and Leeds Railway, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway Company, or to the Manchester and Leeds Railw_aY ComPanY ; and LiverrK 01, Manchester, and Newcastle iipon-,ryne Junction and Northern Counties 'Union Railways Amalgamation. And the Directors do hereby convene the said Meetings accordingly. - THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman C. MOORE WILSON, Secretaries W. H. INGRAM, Company's Principal Office, 31, Prim Jitzncheste " The Register of Transfers" v froin , the 19th day of January, 181 11 be closed, and remain so , until after the above-named C. MOORE WILSO W. H. INGRAM. ' IC, } Secretaries THE BOMBAY MARKET. (Promthe Chamber of CornmereeOverlandPriceCurrent.) BOMBAY, DECEMBER 15,1846. The dulness which prevailed in our import market at the the fortnight. The uncertainty as to theresultOrtireCar cutta opium sale, which then interrupted all legitimate busi ness, can scarcelyyet be said to be removed. Theannexed ex tract from the Calcutta' Star, of Dec. 1, will show the na ture 'of the measures adopted by the " sellers for account" in the opium time-bargains to defeat the operations of their opponents, and arrest the progress of the Government sale. How far, however, the success of their plan may accom plish the object contemplated, and be legally sufficient to quash the time-bargains in which they were involved. vu a maLter Os uouot, mvomng legal questions of no small difficulty, and which may give rise to litiga tion between the parties interested. Whilst, however, there is still sufficient uncertainty existing in respect to these matters to keep up in same measure the prevailing distrust, and divert merchants from their usual and legiti mate dealings, a respite at all events has by the events in Calcutta been obtained, and the impending serious con sequences, which we befoi.e wrote of, as exciting much anxiety throughout our native mercantile community, have been for a time 'averted. The account of these events having, however, only reached us a few days ago, there has as yet not -been sufficient time for the excite ment connected with:them to subside, and chiefly there fore in consequence of them there has, during this, as in last fortniaht. IThr 144-1. , • Lng in imported TRADE WITH THE EAST, The annual comparative statement of British shippin entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to within the limits of the East India •Company's charter for the years 1845 and• 1846 has just been published by the East India and China Association : "The total number of vessels entered inwards was 852, with 360,039 tonnage, against 860, with 354,260 tonnage.; showing a decrease of eight vessels, but an increase of 5,779 tonnage, compared with 1845. The returns for the ports of London and Liverpool exhibit on the first station a decrease of vessels, but only of 19 tonnage ; and on the second station of 18 vessels, and 4,184 tonnage. Bristol and Hull, on the other hand, show an increase of twaves sels, with 369:tonnage, and Clyde and other Scottish ports an increase of 25 vessels, with 9,613 tonnage. Th e great est increase is obser ve d in the entries of vessels from China and the Mauritius. In the former case the num ber was eleven vessels, with 4,792 tonnage : in the latter case 24 vessels, with 7,328 tonnage. The greatest de crease is observed in the arrival-of vessels from the Cape of Good Hope, Bombay and Singapore, and Penang. The decrease in the case of the Cape of Good Hope vessels is stated at 18 vessels, with 2,732 tonna ge; i n th e case of Bombay at 17 vessels, with .9,865 tonnage ; ,and in the case of Singapore and Penang at 13 vessels, with 7,663 tonnage. ` The corn' arison of the total c/earanc , utwards during the year 1845 he year wit hose which took.pl 8,299 tonnage, the respective numbers being 979 vessels, with 413,849 tonnage, against 1,007 vessels, with 422,148 tonnage, last year. The returns for the port of Liverpool show the greatest decrease, the comparison being 282 vesse l s , w i t h 111,612 tonnage, in 1846, and 338 vessels, with 135,198 tonnage, iii 1845 ; leaving a difference of 56 vessels, with 23,586 tonnage. The London return furnishes an increase of 6 vessels, with 7,425 tonnage, the depavtures in 1845 havinff been 502 vessels, with 222,556 tonnage, and in The returns for likewise rive an 1848, - 508 vessels, with 229,981 tonnage Bristol and• Hull and the Scottish nor 1;300 tonnage, and in the second.case to 16 vessels: with 6;562 tonnage. The greatest decrease occurs in depar tures for Calcutta, the result being 49 vessels, with 15,214 tonnage. To Madras and the South Seas there have also been fewer vessels despatched. New. South Wales figur( for the largest increa hat respect it merely pared with ;ra, and the mauritms, appear to be the chief ; points to which the remaining increase of departures is directed." CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TO TIII N EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ,toa va,taaaa a , was there and then able to collect, with the view.and determination of bringing the case before a society . whielf I understood. was in existence and active operation in this town for the prevention and suppression of cruelty to animals, and for the prosecution and punishment of those ilpable of infringing its )Id-blooded, hard-hearted savagenes nimals. Le laws ..icy would have ended at once, by rendering.the point of humanity--u, in debate intelligible even to the dull capacity of the of conduct to the inferior .. Rochdale Leaguer, the house was in a roar of laughter, On inquiry, immediately afterwards, I was extremely which must have been anything but gratifying to Lord sorry to learn that the society had become extinct, not- John Russell, who had himself, at length, to afford the withstanding that its signboard was s till consp i cuous l y required information. _ ,• , , • ... .. y night, the -Chancellor of the Exchequer gown introduce, with reference to- sugar, molasses, andrum, partly as a return to the West India interest for the sacrf- aces aemanaea rrom them Last session. The measures in question may he very briefly stated. In the first place, he proposed to admit sugar into breweries, but to exclude molasses, because it would render necessary a minute excise survey to prevent fraud. He expected, however, that the substitution would only be very partially adopted, except when malt is very high. Sugar is al lowed to be used in distilleries, but not molasses ; the material to be taken from the bonded warehouses, and _ a duty to be levied upon it equivalent to what displaced. The duty on colonial rum he proposes to re: duce from Bs. 10d., its present amount, to Bs. 6d., in Eng. land ; in Scotland, to 4s. 2d. • and in Ireland, to 3s. 2d. The right hon. baronet concluded by stating that " if this measure should have the 'effect of setting free a great amount of barley for Duman food, he should feel rejoiced, * * he did not expect that they would reduce the prices of grain, but they would tend to keep them from rising higher." This is one of the Whig specifics for the relief of Irish distress. Piices are to go no higher, but they are not to be reduced by the admission of sugar into distilleries—as strange a piece of politico-economical • doctrine as we have lately met with. A financial state ment from the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood will be a curiosity in its way '-street. of this country , and with the prospc _., will }.-- - emitted are not th, e read incumbent upon us to tai: to the quarter to which w( rious thought with respect y turn for increased markets for our paralyse supplies of food for of our other invoke= 1 increased s. Besides scarcity of we are afflict one.of our most important raw m for these objects, to what quarter of the globe ca n w e look with a greater probability of a profitable result, th our vast Eastern empire. We have another and a h ground for looking to the state of that empire. It is our duty, as it is our interest, to inquire whether we are acquit ting ourselves, in our treatment of that empire, of the manifest responsibility which Providence has thrown upon us by consigning its destinies and the moral and social welfare of its vast population to our care. Such is, and we think justly, the position taken up by the author of the pamphlet before us, wh - in the administration of tl bled to throw imp, as been ena- the intercourse between ti [t ought to have done, and as wa from Burns.' Cornmerci shed, our ei [7,522,8411 ports of cotton yarn t in 1844 to 14,116,237 e export of the Is, we have to same article rose in 1846 to 20,41 bear in mind that cotton yarn is only an imperfect h the frrpati.cf am, facture, and not o: labour is employed 1845 ; and barely rega1.,,,... _ shipments. In our shipments to Chi/ the latter year, the shipments bein 106,490,275 yards in 1845, again a portion of this deficiency of ex t . by Chinese imports from the Indian po, sumption of Hindoston has been most ves in 18. n our direct .etrograded is to China direct 23,872 in 1846. As )rt may have been made he actual con ably less las year than either of the precedin In printed and dyed it exports to India in 1846. We have no that country will show profits during the year not encouraging. The following statist d the amount o Rid are iott, with respect to the growth of cOttonliTinga,i important e us, and are especially - worthy of co: of our supply of that raw n n the present state to 30th June, from 184 To China and Singav Total Bales . 299.058 1843. 1844. 1845. 146,894 Nor do the deliver from the ware- 510 Bales 29,123 , 183,719 Our author trac rating con the Induc and in their ability these causes is the ding one of ament of India is carried on and its taxation view to the amount of irnmetv by the holders of stock. - with a to be derived •ather than or the resources of the' cc ? development ted by the chainy I House on the 28th 1 —could there be any greater country, in the people dying of hump-- to the mother what must be 0 sterling, and leir miserable cabins or dropping - exhausted to perish on the roads or the ditches ? Can Skibbereen be expected 7,1 A=orwE to outdo itself. Can any population be in a much more dire emergency than w h en th e emaciated living have not And this, Mr. M strength left to carry their dead to the grave, or to heap the earth over their coffinless remains ? Political eco system r went in the state I of the people (if it does r blooded [icy may not be done in thy name ! of capital in the cultivation of vast tra But the Chancellor of the E xc h equer an d his fellow-offi- favoured by nature .. ,. various articles of life." Th. cials were afraid that opening thei r depots of food would is the ryot system, by whi c h th e g overnmen t , stand cheek the enterprise of private indi v id ua l s . Y e t thi s wise the position of the owner of th e so il, th roug h tl official,. in the very next sente n c e o f th e speec h, from brows machinery of a h os t o f na ti ve an d othe which we have quoted above, vi r t ua lly ac k now l e d ges that assessors, surveyors, &c., b , -- the mere existence of a food depot in any locality de- vators from one-third ' presses private enterprise. " Of one place where there was a dep o t it h a d b een 1 taking away ^" the soil t stated that' The destitution in the n e i g hb our h oo d o f ~. and highly :aples and producti } - stem, we TIE 9 . t say, L e cum- agents, nually from the culti crops produced ; thus Lent of Castletown (Bearhaven) has been greatly !:,,,, .,., production of the F . the arrival of a commissariat offi cer , rumours having gone conductors, is thus st“ abroad that the Government was about to open a food article in the Indian News . . dep6t, which has prevented commercial peoplefrom send 'The ryots ' (the cul t wato!. ing in supplies of food as heretofore. The consequence verished and overburdened wit. has been that the supplies in the town are exhausted, and P (tle village money-lenders) ' have made large advances the whole district is now without food.' It was found to the ryots, and cannot get them repaid : the dealer, that up to about Christmas there would be food to be ob- who buys from the bunions, has been selling his cotton in tained, but that after Christmas the Government must Bombay at a loss ; while the exporter knows to his cost open their depots. Orders had been issued to open them that the chances are against - -, kin!). - then, so soon as it should be found necessary." It was found—(que r y)—bl a bb e d b y some Government shipments to E ng l an d, and ly underling ?—that after Ch r ist mas G overnment would open to China and Singap ore .' It its stores ; and orders h a d b een g i ven to open them when merit land tax amo un t s to a ' -r. Hence the supply from private enterprise was a. total value of th e ar ti e -so totally from hand to mouth--thst "t the rupees, or r‘-,-- g•grav at e d b article of I upon its in an extract )m a recent of the cotton) ' are im- the bunians ut few in his f profit upon our to those necessar eighty-two _ bare rumour of the presence of a commissallat officer, with a key in his pocket, " th e w h o l e di str i ct i s now with out food." Another incident which took place during the same de- our nue. bate, or rather conv ersa ti on , upon the subject of the We have gon e to t o - suspension of the n av i ga ti on l aws, leaves it a matter detail the remedi es of question whether the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood or tion, or to notice the inc. Mr. John Bright are the bet contained in hi s pamphlet. informed personages. The striking intim a ti on o f t h e danger worthy quaker asked whether it was i n t en d e d to suspend the navigation laws in the case of foreign vessels b r i ng i ng by our treatment of a n o bl e people, c other merchandize along with grain. Th e Ch ance ll or o f amount of civilisation, we must p , am_ plget itself. O ur o bj ec t h as the Exchequer replied that such vessels will be allowed to The condition of the er Mr. Marriott descri =Mr t which the % duty free; but the rest of the cargo will not be admitted duty free. Mr. Bright said the question was not one of duty ; he had asked merely whether they would be per mitted to land their cargoes. The Chancellor of the Ex chequer stated that the portion of flip ,nrcr. „n 1 nnncie~3n 1e linty and I of grain would be subject to the existing (navigation) laws. Mr. Roebuck thought the Chancellor did not understand the question, and asked, " Suppose a Dutch bottom were to go to the United States, take in there a cargo partly of corn and partly of cotton, would she be permitted to come into the Mersey with her cargo and discharge it ?" The ,bemused Chancellor said, "He had already answered the question. He could only repeat that the vessel would be allowed to land the corn duty free, but not the cotton. (` Hear,' and laughter.)" Honest John thought the ehnnpolin, THE SNOW STO a long spell of extremely cold weather winds,) snow began to fall in this t hood, and lasted, without- intermissii of Fri morni..,, _ limited to time, but cannot z nave given such an answer ; and his opponent replied by reading the clause of the Suspension Act of 1817, by ' , nitted 'duty free, and stated that it 1- government had acted. Duri ng - • , — , ;nister of ordinary ground, without drift, had foot, was hut slowly dissol' which corn v Nlonday nig was upon this bill tl and roads were exce vehicles. and most feasible cros have waded through in triment. On Wednesd Rai'was chester - could not acoomy The fall of snow i here. The land n Sum.] of the cotton growers, and seriously deteriorated since they came under •eat a 1 For these, and for some hich we are incurring Ible of the utmost %ders to the the whole ind anxious mire into Service, Dn, (after n, until early on the wn heavier falls as vt, for a series of many few of any that left so parently rapid )( about a iers it still ey might t further de- I that to th. fitted by the dismally black, until after noon, when it brightened up, the sun shining cheerfully out, and the succeeding moon equally clear. Yesterday was fine, but still cold, with a southerly wind. RoAtts - H TOLERATION.—The funeral of M. Freytand, chairman of the bar of Periguettx, Prance, was near • ,• . 1. VII VILLIAUJII, uau taKen tee oath of allegiance to the civil constitution of the clergy. The Bishop of Perigueux having been applied to by the family to authorise a funeral service to be celebrated for the repose of his soul, declined granting that authorisa tion, because Mr. Freytand had repeatedly refused to re tract that oath. The prelate was inexorable, and confined himself to replying to the authorities, who subsequently interfered :—" You have force on your side, I have my right and conscience—act as you please." The Mayor and Prefect took the necessary measures to insure the presentation of the corpse in the church, which was occu pied by a detachment of a hundred men. At one o'clock the funeral procession entered the edific had been divested of their ornam was empty and oven the altars .eats, and the tabernacle azserere the funeral ipated, they pier macheo ' a length of office of serpent in the Cathedral, chanted ti and read prayers over the bo quietly proceeded to the cer missary of police and the n iot disturbed, nor was any insult of PICTURE FRAME BY MACHINE Unlike wl ,t we ant supplied by mec other form, whit under engraved steel roll impression of the most cc ggs is advertising it ' lan . and -- --- -- ~...5.,1 1..111LG- . 11 Ul W 1111.11 , the no official person within the house, to earwig effective—and so cheap that the magnificent print of th, wherever lamps'are re Hired. M. Hi the patent oil, members —to prompt the government —to have an- .London Art Union, Jephtha's Daughter, can be framed in our present paper.—Journal. — We ca T n h a e d i d v o in u c r ip t l e e st o t savers ready cut and dry for all imaginable charges. and glazed for about seven shillings; and, by-the-bye He proposes, therefore, a new. ontrolling board—a set of the numbers of prints that have been, and are being ob. whichmony to it t i he s co e n x a ce tr ll u e c n te c d e Oisf. excellent,tliis though cheap, is perfectly pure, The flame emitted is kings over the three kings of Somerset-house--one of tamed, in Mrs. Parkes' allotment, are most admirably most brilliant and free from the smoke u sua l! ) , ar i s i ng them, the head, to have a sea t i n Parliament, t h e re- suited to these frames—which must he designated , frames from camphing or wan' lamPs• I rnainder being made up of persons holdin g ministerial for the million. . . not rest till it is resusl —the enemies of torture—the ladies of Liverpool in ticular, for assistance in raising a small sum for that cover all expenses, including the pay of a steady and active officer. I will cheerfully subscribe my mite, and tender my free services as an assistant in any way, except as treasurer, who :oust, in my opinion, be connected with the news paper press. Should this suggestion be adopted, I will, 4S a volunteer, furnish you with my address ; and am, &c., Liverpool, 23rd January, 1847. A..n. B. P.S.—I have not yet done' with the carter above alluded to. Another morning performance will take place at the Amphitheatre on Friday next. The equestrian exercises are of the first order, and all our juvenile readers will be glad of another opportunity of witnessing them. STATUARY, PAINTINGS, AND WORKS OF ART.—An advertisement appears in our paper to-day, annoimcing the disposal, by allotment, of an immense assemblage of works of art, which our lulnited space prevents us notic ing this week. We shall, however, reserve a corner on another occasion ; and, in the meantime, advise the pa trons of sculpture and painting to visit the Gallery, 19, South John-street._ _ . A sweep for the Derby has been started at Mr. Alder sey's, Dansie-street, the advertisement for which an nouncing particulars appears in another column. IMPROVED DRAWING PENcus.—Messrs. Rowney and Co., of London, have introduced some lead pencils, which are extremely well adapted for drawing purposes, and being sold at an extraordinarily cheap rats into extensive use. Tt" . and the manufabturers must come he leaC from persons well q possess numerous testimonials ified to form an opinion as to their I general value for the ttrrinq. of freedom from gri sketching, &c: They al understand are sold by 1% dale, of this town. re very neatly finished, and we Grundy, and Mr. M'Corquo- experience both in London and in this town of the excel lence of this beautiful table-lamp, when used with the patent oil, and can recornniend our readers to adopt it commission ne last item of interest in the ministerial proceedings of the week is the scheme pf Lord John Russell, for amending the working of the new poor law system. Lord John thinks that the commissioners have exercised their is excellent, powers to t) be d that their ad- ae „of their judgment, an _ ministration has been conducted upon sound principles Parliament, however, he regrets to find, have sometime thought otherwise. He proposes therefore, in order ft facilitate the process of their being whitewashed from to time by parliament—to avoid such straits as the late home secretary was driven to by such troublesome norsrms fts Mr_ FPrra.nd—tn rin who+ ) central !entre, Lord John imputesthe un. 'oners to the fact of their popularity . of the conituiss: offices, but who are not to interfere with his dicta, any more than his colleagues do with the President of the Board of Control. The head of the new commission, in fact, is to be a king absolute! Ile is, moreover, to have two secretaries, one of whom is to have a seat in-Parlia ment—provided always that he can get it. There is also to be a separate administration of the poor law in Ireland. In that country there is to be a President of the Board, associated with the Secretary for Ireland ; and the Lord Lieutenant is to have f ordere there pos That this precious the people of Eng strong disgust agai system— Takin le same authority to make general d at present by the Queen in council. cheme can ever be carried out—that gland can be driven to 1 uown their this unconstitutional and heartless —we cannot believe. • a- •••-• w 1V 1.1,11G9 ,ut; Government of Lord John Russell have certainly not, either in the liberality or the wisdom of their pr oposed , • , INDIA : THE DUTY AND INTEI LAND TO INQUIRI In the present situ [es, fur ST OF ENG- qTO ITS STATE India pa which our )n Wednesday for on, t g elem 1, as s: y forenoon, we had heavy rair coating THE OPENING OF THE SESSION. This interesting event,—the opening of the first session of a Russell-Whig Administration,—to which the country has been looking forward, for months past, with an inte rest deepening in intensity, as day by day fresh difficulties have been added to the complicated web of evil which the legislative wisdom is called upon to unravel, has at length taken place. Parliament has met. The Queen's speech been spoken —a meagre. bald affair, as ever was ut P into the hands of royalty to utter. The address has been moved in both houses and agreed to, with scarcely the semblance of an 'opposition, and certainly nothing like the materials out of which a vigorous opposition can be formed.; and the Premier, like an apprentice upon trial, has been patronizingly permitted by the elder hands to handle his tools and set at once about his work. The first great task to which his lordship set himself has been to provide a remedy 'for the existing distress in Ireland, and - to give facilities for providing an increased supply of food for the whole empire. For this purpose he proposed the suspension of the existing corn laws, by which foreign grain is admitted at a duty of 4s. the quarter, and to allow it to come in duty free. This step he justified on the ground that France is at present allowing importations to take place at a merely nominal duty of 7d. per quarter ; and stated that his proposal was necessary to prevent the surplus grain of other countries going to that country in stead of coming to our own. A further measure to pro mote his object was the repeal of the navigation laws in favour of foreign vessels freighted with grain. This course he stated was necessary, from the fact that there was a great scarcity of shipping in American ports, from which our principal supplies must come, owing, In part, to the underwriters there being averse to insure large grain -laden vessels, and in part to a great quantity of American tonnage being employed in the transport of stores to Mexico. The motion was seconded by Mr. G. Bankes, (Protec tionist) who intimated that no opposition would be offered by the country party to any measures haying for their ob ject the relief of the existing distress in Ireland. A some what long discussion, however, took place, with respect to the mode in which relief had already been distributed in Ireland, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proved - with tolerable clearness that Lord Grey was a very dear bargain to the Premier, at the price put by himself upon his official talents, viz., the privilege of bringing in with him, and foisting into one of the most important posts of government the very mediocre and bungling gentleman who now fills that office—Sir Charles Wood. An episode from his speech, in reply to charges urged by the Irish members, that government had neglected the iuty of providing food for the people of Ireland, by the establishment of depots in various parts of the country, will show the kind of aid which Lord John Russell is likely to derive from this luminous personate. Govern- merit, he said, were disinclined from ' interfering with pri vate mercantile enterprise, by coming into the market as avowed purchasers of food, from a fear lest, " instead of having to support a large number of poor in Ireland, they would have to maintain those vs hom their own operations had deprived of a supply of food upon reasonable terms. The orders therefore given were, to buy, always following, but never leading the market." A pleasant kind of oper ation this for the speculator, who knew that for every shilling per quarter extra h rice, he had a zovernment what v ith those Purchases We quote from ti ? is the question: as reported in the Le right lion. bar London, Times "At an early period nine large depots had been esta blished in different parts of Ireland. Up to the present time there were 26 depots in all : 25 of which were to the east of the Shannon. There were two in Galway, one in Clare, three or four in Cork, besides one at Banager, &c. Therefore, as regarded either the supply of food or the management of depots, which an hon. gentleman seemed to think the government had entirely neglected, measures it appeared had been taken for meeting the emergency when the time arrived to' fall back on the resource thus provided. It was perfectly true that, generally speaking, those depots had not recently been opened. Last year there was a pressure to open the depOts at an early period of the year, which was resisted by the Government. It was thought desirable that the deptits should be reserved - - ple could they should be - left to maintain themselves. ,Some of these depth's never had been opened throughout , the whole autumn. The depOts in Galway were opened from time to time in the course of the autumn, as were ose in Westport, Sligo, and other places.' 1;1U -aces it was found that the moment the Govern ment interfered all private enterprise ceased." Clearly, whilst the people of Ireland have been dying of hunger by thousands, and food has been at fa mine prices, the Government has had an ample supply stored up in their depOts ; yet they have looked calmly on, waiting until the last penny of the famishing population was exhausted. They kept their stores closed "in reserve many c for the coming (!) emergency". emergency than that of the 1 ;, it is NI, be on, it ittould moper have 1)838, lented from by J. Lon- Licino