The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

Ang. 31, 1847. toial 41.clus. QUARANTINE.—The select' vestry of Liverpool have resolved to discontinue the quarantine regulations, as far as the Irish are concerned ; the improved health of the town having warranted them in so doing. The Roscoe Club have taken the premises No. 82, Bold-street, for their club-house. It is expected that the advantages of the club will be extended to the mem bers by the end of September. - The office of Landing Surveyor in the Customs at Liver pbol having become vacant by the promotion of Mr. Peter Allen, has been filled by the promotion of Mr. Arthur Rich, Landing Surveyor at Plymouth, who is succeeded by Mr. Charles G. Stay, Searcher, at Liverpool. • Dr. Shelton Mackenzie, formerly connected with the Liverpool press, has written to Mr. John O'Connell, to say that he will willingly subscribe his mite towards the erection of a national monument to O'Connell, and that he will shortly become a member of the Repeal Associa tion. The investigation, by the committee of the Select Ves '', into the circumstances connected with the defalcation t he £lOO, received in silver and copper from various ti ' ad •w — r n: _estnen, has not resulted in anything satisfactory. Mr. — "allis stated before the committee, on Saturday, that he had no recollection of having received the money, and his bu uks, which were correct in every other respect, gave no clue to the transaction. LE CONDE MONTMOLIN IN LIVERPOOL.—Le Conde Monttnolin is stopping at the Adelphi Hotel. Le Conde arrived in this town on Thursday evening, and has since visited the principal objects of interest, in company with Col. Merry. The arrival-book of the Adelphi contains Many distinguished names, which comprise the following : Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Duchess of Beaufort, Earl `of Portarlington, Viscount. Hawardine, Lord Ashdown, Lady Jane Hamilton, Count Ravensburg, Lord Vivian, the Bishop of Antigua, Chancellor Dunkan, Admiral Hope, Hon. Captain Gough, Mr. Alderman Hooper, Captain Hawkins, R.E., and Mr. Cubitt, M.P. ACCIDENT IN CASTLE-STREET.—On Tuesday, at two o'clock, the Wavertree omnibus and the Walton omnibus the left the Exchange, and when they had come to corner of Harrington-street, and were both together, one of the leaders, a very fine horse, belonging to the Wavertree •omnibus, slipped and fell, and lay with his hind legs stretched towards the middle of the street. The wheel of the Walton omnibus passed over one of his legs before the driver had time to pull up, and completely smashed the bone. There being no hopes of its recovery, the poor animal was bled to death. • We learn that instructions have been given to re-pave Castle-street with small square sets, and to flatten the surface of the street forthwith : so that we may shortly expect to hear of there being a dimi nution in the almost daily number of accidents which have been occurring in it. THE TIM BER T RADE.—The timber trade of the port is still unusually inactive. The transactions of the week are few, and principally from the yards. The quay business has been, remarkably dull. Three cargoes have been sold from the yards, one at 191 d per foot; one at 19d • and an inferior one at a less price. In Quebec pine little has been doing, and prices may be quoted at our rates of last we ek. Quebec and other hardwoods are likewise steady at our former quotations. St. John, &c., deals and boards continue to arrive freely, and are in good demand at from 24:d to 2id per foot of 2 inches, according to specificAtion and shippers' charter. Pitch pine was sold by auction at 2s ld per foot ; Baltic timber, in cargo, 22d to 2s ld, according to quality ; and St. Petersburgh red deals at lOs per foot standard for good quality ; Swedish, &c., red. £l3 to £l5 for good. Quebec and other shares are very dull of sale, and the stock, sufficient. Mahogany and other furniture woods, no sales to report. THE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—The success which the gentlemen who have undertaken to make an effort to contribute to the general fund for the purchase of the birthplace of the immortal hard, have hitherto met with, has been very great : many of the amateurs are already known to the lovers of the drama as having earned a re taliation "on the boards." Among these may be enu merated Mr. Brough and Mr. Hughes, from whom some good acti ng i s l oo k e d f or: t h e f ormer i s to ta k e th e part (4 'Sir Andrew Aguecheck, and the latter that of Sir 121""Y Belch, Twelfth Night." Mr. Coleman favourable offered the Theatre-Royal for the occasion on very glaTirable terms, as regards the amateurs, who have to the ac cepted the offer. The arrangement will ensure pesti es Ptrformances all the advantages of superior pro sequ ' "`anagement, &c., and the amateurs will, in con the e nce, be benefited by the instructions of Mr. Lloyd, well known prumpter. The affair is to take place on e 9th of. September. _ T HE CHEA P T RlP .—Th ose w h o v i s it L on d on by th e ensuing excursion train will find at this season an unusual field for amusement and knowledge. In addition to time National Gallery' and British Museum, there is now ex hibiting the magnificent works of art in Westminster Hall, the whole of whieli are free. The theatres, with the exception of her Majesty's and Drury-lane, are all open. At Saddler's Wells, after an entire new decoration, the season was commenced on Monday last, with Shakspear's play of Cymbeline. To the Collosseum there is a reduc tion of entrt and the six exhibitions are to be viewed for the' one charge. The decreased rate of omnibus fares, and the generally increased facilities, will enable those limited in time to visit even the suburban resorts of Chel sea, the deservedly admired Cremorne Gardens, Green wich, Richmond, Hampton Court, &c. ; but on no ac count must those who seek pleasure omit to spend one evening at the Royal Gardens at Vauxhall, which are now so magnificently arranged, and in which there is such a pleasing mingling of nature and art, that they not only defy description, but they dazzle the imagination. The Tower, the Thames Tunnel, Westminster Abbey, the palaces and parks, are also worthy of important notice. TIIETORESTERS' FESTIVAL.—The anniversary fete of this order took place on Tuesday at the Zoological Gar dens. The weather was beautifully fine. Between three and four o ' c l oc k , b y which time the gathering of a well dressedseed comp any h a d b ecome great, t h e proceedings coin es" , with a dance on the green, which delightful ex folfowe nal_ continued with spirit for some time. This was fo o t, the British rustic sports, consisting of hurdle, for. and sack races; all of which were cleverly competed exhib it n the evening Sig. Boleno and his groupe of artists coo l i e e d in the concert-hall, followed by Mr. Bateman's phi This e ntertainment, and Sig. Boleno's comic ballet. s pat of the entertainment was well received and de- Vers a applauded. The illumination of the Palace of fete dies, together with Madame Rosini's astounding fi se re glagtohne tight rope, and Sig. Diavolo's descent on the , and a brilliant display of fire-works followed. noveral Montgolfier balloons ascended during the after thelur i _and evening, which contributed considerably, by fi r , .°eantiful appearance and their variegated streams of r is suing from them, to enliven the proceedings. oughout the day Mr. Emidy's excellent brass band f,lay_ed a number of favourite airs and waltzes. The fes "vl terminated with a ball in the C eve 'SAINT PETER'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCII.—On ThUrS -021:g, the congregation formerly assembling in this szriet:th held a tea-party in the Temperance-hall, Bond ; upwards of 200 persons were present. The chair s occupied by Mr. A. Neilson, and on the platform I,7re the following gentlemen amongst others :—Rev. D. Iroson. Rev. G. - J. Brown, of Castle Douglas ; Rev. Andson, of Kirk Mahoe; Messrs. A.' C. Dunlop, p T ' Arnott, F. Wilson, Wm. Wilson, &c. Tea hav fen concluded, Mr. William Wilson read a report. church for to the former successful efforts to build a ,_ se for the district —referred to the troubles which had caused i t the congregation to lose it, and allow it to pass now be ehands of another communion. The work must _ done over again ; and as a first step the congrega tion had agreed to request the Presbytery to moderate in a call to Chri s t, a minister of thetrue church, the Rev. John Mathison. A piece of land foraetneith, near St. been secured in Great Oxford -street ct.,had drawn church had Martin's Church, and Mr. Hay, thea at ir on li e report, up a plan which would meet with approval. The ittnevd well therefore, strongly appealed to the con wishers for funds to execute the work. Ferguson, the Rev. M. Brown, of Castle Douglas, and other gentlemen, afterwards addressed the meeting. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—The one hundred and fourth Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist minist ers , which assembl e d a t Li verpoo l, on Wednesday, the 28th of July, has been brought to a close. Upwards of 400 ministers attended the Conference. Mr. S. Jackson was elected president. It appears from the voluminous reports • Which have been published of the daily proceedings , that , d uring the past year, seventeen ministers had died in England four in Ireland, and five on the foreign stations. The institutions at Richmond and Didsbury have 54 students preparing for the ministry. Thirty-one young fl L .,!ti were admitted into full connexion with the Conference. ?lemnisation of Matrivzony.—The form for this service ~7 submitted to the Conf er e nc e, and, after some verbal l'ations, was adopted. Directions were given that it t irld be printed, together with suitable instructions on r i a 2nhiect, and that a book for the registration of mar -1)438..5h0u1d be kept in every building licensed for the .—M se4,:e. Numbers in Societyr. J. Cusworth pre wits 4 .1 the returns of the number of members in connexion In atue Conference, from which it appears that there are— statiorreiat Britain, 339,3791re1and, 24,633 ; on foreign th at „ 8 , 100,303. Total, 464,315. These returns show • Lnere has been a decrease—ln Great Britain, 2,809 ; n i forei gn a Total, 5,002. And an increase on the stations of 253, leaving a net decrease of 4,749. „E ra tu ß. `'.. s AJESTY'S STEAM YACHT FAIRY.—THE SCREW the ' LL EH —lt gives us great plea ure to state,—from •wii-ocwonitt.ents. of a letter we have received from a gentleman I letl an ,lessed great part of the Royal progress to and in I stnall i .' UP to Fort William, in the highlands,—that the was eo ,, n ° l the two yachts, the Fairy screw steamer, which Alr. ilrneted under the superintendenceof ourold friend 10:013,415i_ Sizith, the original adapter of the " screw" to Whil e it ri of she b wonders on the trip. ateatu e — the Clyde, she beat the best and most approved Pr eali _ts of our northern neighbours—the Thetis, the Mont e n r i e Petwel, and ahost of others, to the astonish tratif,,r th e steam proprietary there. This was highly do u bi' y l o so g all concerned, but must, we think, have been sev en to Mr. Smith, when we reflect that it is only th e fi Years since he visited Glasgow in the Archimedes, firs t ears • ill th e . 4 ]ter kind, and which created so much interest Said i t ;c c : 11 11 world at the time; when some smiled and to or twuo (I . never do for fast vessels, because they had e galar se river steamers that could beat . that vessel—a gentler, sea -boat. The gratification experienced by that rkbO ad was, no doubt, greatly enhanced by his being ' l ave hi_ o f the Fairy, her Majesty having been pleased to nuich at tendancewhen afloat in the little craft, with so Will also at was near and dear to her. His former opponents Pre e i o nrom the fact, that the government have duly „bot tra, LYQ his ong, arduous, and, to himself, expensive ulghly a in bringing' the screw, as a ship-propeller, to a and " i 11 nc eessful issue. W e l oo k, i n d ee d, f or th e ti me , e cl th 0 very distant day, when the screw will supersede u r „, me rehan , Y Paddle-whe e l, an d b e appl i e d to all sea-going Nary, requiring despatch, as at least an awl s° Barr aving them capacity for larger stowage, and freedom y A.admi t. a press of sal e w hi ch the paddle-system will not .c._ . , THE' LIVERPOOL STTNDARII. Corrow FROM INDIA.—The Quintin Leitch, which ar rived at Liverpool on Thursday last, from Bombay, has on board nearly seven hundred hales of cotton, presumed to be of superior quality, and grown, partly from American, and partly from native seed, but cleaned in a more care ful manner than ordinary. Of this cotton, we understand five hundred bales belong to the East India Company, and about two hundred to a mercantile firm in this town. That belonging to the 'company is consigned to Mr. Hugh Fleming, the secretary of the Manchester Commercial Association, and it will be placed for sale under the di rection of that body, who, no doubt, will take care to make such arrangements as will give the trade generally an early and a sufficient opportunity of seeing the cotton, and of testing its quality. The two hundred bales be longing to private merchants, will also, we believe, be sold publicly in small lots ; and we have no doubt the whole will attract considerable attention from the spin ners and manufacturers of the district.—Manchester Guardian. . STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND ALEXANDRIA.—The Mail brings accounts of the screw steam-ship Nautilus having arrived at Alexandria on the 11th instant, making her passage out nineteen days and a half, or of actual sailing seventeen days and a half, as follows : From Liverpool 23d July, arr. at Gibraltar 30, 71 days. Sailed from Gibraltar 31st July, arrived at Malta 6th August 6 ff Sailed from Malta 7th, and arrived at Alexandria 11th August 174- days. This is the shortest time in which the passage is usually made by full power steamers.- and proves the advantage of this mode of propulsion. The Water Witch only arrived at Alexandria on the Ist August, having met with an accident to her machinery which detained her three or four days. Her repairs were, however, effected at the arsenal of the Pacha, and she would sail on her return about 13th August, consequently may be looked for in a few days. These vessels had excited considerable attention, and they had been visited by numbers of influential people at Alexandria. The general impression is that they are admirably adapted to the trade and will command success. The subject of foreign steam navigation from this port is beginning to attract great attention ; its importance to the trade of Liverpool and the manufacturing districts cannot be too highly appreciated. THE WATER WITCH.—We have been favoured by Messrs. M`Tear, Hadfield, and Thompson, with the fol lowing extract of a letter from the captain of the Water Witch, steam-propeller, which had just accomplished her first voyage from this port to Alexandria, in Egypt, with very signal success : " Water Witch Steamer, Alexandria, 9th August, 1847. " Messrs. AVTear. Hadfield, and Co. "GENTLEMEN,--I beg to inform you that I arrived here on the Ist instant, from Malta, having sailed from there on the evening of the 24th ult. Two hundred miles from Malta, lam sorry to say, one of our crank pins broke, and before the en gines could be stopped, broke two of the side rods, the injection p►pe, and several gibs and cotters. There was not a breath of wind at the time, and the water quite smooth ; in a day and a half the engineers.got an engine to work, the weather still quite calth and very sultry, when, fortunately, about 12 hours after the one engine was got to work, a breeze of wind sprung up from the NAV., which enabled -me to make my passage under canvas alone, in a far shorter time than I expected when our accident first occurred. We are getting the repairs of our engine done at the Dacha's arsenal, which I expect will be finished before we are ready for sea,—chiefly through the in fluence of Messrs. D'Auastasy, who have great interest with the Dacha, and one of the first houses in Alexandria. " We have chartered the vessel at Iss. 6d. per quarter, in full, for Liverpool, to load beans and Indian corn ; and if I find the vessel loads too deep, or too much by the head, I am to have flax to fill up : freight to be paid at the same rate as the corn. 'there is no quarantine now on any description of cargo shipped from here. We have commenced loading to-day, and expect to get away on the 13th or 14th instant, and to make about xl,OOO freight. " From the reception the vessel met with, and the informa tion I have got, at Gibraltar, Malta, and particularly here, (being the first vessel of the kind that has been here,) I am certain the line would pay well, provided the vessels were pro perly fitted out for if, and comfortable cabin accommodation for a few passengers. We have had many of tne most influen- tial people here on board, some from the Pacha's arsenal, who are intt.2ll pleased with the vessel, particularly her outward ap pearance and build." PRESENTATION OF TWO PORTRAITS TO JOHN HOLMES, ESQ.—Our readers will recollect that upon the dissolu tion of the Highway Board, at the commencement of this year, a subscription was entered into by the members and other gentlemen of Liverpool, for the purpose of pre senting John Holmes, Esq., who had for a long period officiated as chairman, with some suitable token of es teem, in acknowledgment of the very valuable services which he had rendered to the parish of Liverpool. It was only intended at first to present Mr. Holmes with his 'portrait; but as the subscription increased to upwards of £250, it was decided by the Testimonial Committee to present Mr. Holmes with two portraits, the one for his private use, and the other for presentation to one of the public institutions of the town. Preliminaries having been arranged, it was thought desirable that one of the portraits should be executed by a Liverpool, the other by a London artist. Accordingly, Mr. John Bishop, of this town, was selected to paint the first, and Mr. Thomas Mogford, of London, the second. The portrait by Mr. Bishop has already been seen by many thousands. It was placed in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institu tion during the late polytechnic exhibition, and will be presented by Mr. Holmes to that institution. In the other picture Mr. Holmes is in an erect position, and it is considered a " speaking likeness." As there is still a small surplus in hand, 'we understand lithographic copies will be taken from the painting by Mr. Mogford, and one presented to each of the subscribers. Wednesday last, at noon, was fixed for the presentation, at the nouse of Mr. Holmes, Everton-brow ; and at the hour fixed upon, a number of the members of the late Highway Board, and other gentlemen were in attendance, including Mr. Henry Holmes, Mr. David Hodgson, Mr. Samuel II lilac, Mr. J. A. Tinne, Mr. J. G. Morris, Mr. Capes Ashlin, Mr. Thomas Duncan, (assistant engineer of the borough.) As soon as the company had assembled, the presentation was made by Mr. James Proctor, in complimentary terms.—Mr. John Holmes returned thanks.—Speeches were made by Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. David Hodgson, Mr. Henry Holmes, and other gentlemen.—The chair man proposed the healths of Mr. Capes Ashlin and Mr. Thomas Duncan, two faithful servants of the public.— Those gentlemen returned thanks.---A number of toasts were given, after which the party broke up. LOCAL MEETINGS. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. A special meeting of the Town Council was held on Fri day, in the Council Chamber, for the purpose of determi ning upon the report of the special committee appointed to take all necessary steps for the purchase by the Corpo ration of the works, &c.,' of "The Company of the Pro prietors of the Liverpool Water Works," and of " The Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works ;" and to give such further directions to the committee as to the Council may seem proper ; and in the event of the Council disagreeing as to the amount of the price or consideration to be paid, to appoint an arbitrator to determine the amount of such price; and to authorise the committee to take all necessary steps for having the amount of such price or consideration determined by ar bitration. Mr. A. LACE, previous to the business before the meet ing being commenced, stated that there had been inter views between the committee and the two water compa nies, and certain sums had beeu mentioned by the compa nies as the price which they would take for their property; but it was thought advisable that the sums should not be named, as that circumstance might have the effect of in fluencing the arbitrator. They were met for the purpose of considering in what way to deal with the report. He thought that the sum ought not to be allowed to tran spire. The MAYOR said he did not see how they could discuss the question without mentioning the sum demanded. The fact was well known out of doors, and was no secret at all on 'change. The TOWN-CLERK said it was the request of the com panies that the price which they asked for their works shoud not be made public. Mr. EARLE asked whether the thing was not perfectly well known in the town already. This was only a sort of fictitious squeamishness. The TOWN-CLERIC then read the report, which staked that the committee had had freauent interviews with the Harrington Water Works Company, who had asked the sum of £400,000 for their works, &c., exclusive of £20,000, being the debts of the company, after allowing certain as sets, stated to be available towards the debts. The corn mittee bad offered £300,000, exclusive of the £20,000 ; and, as the Water Works Company had refused the offer, it would become necessary for the Corporation to appoint an arbitrator to settle the amount which they ought to pay, and the committee recommended that Robert Ste phenson, Esq., M.P., be appointed to perform that duty. The committee also had interviews with the Bootle Water Works Company, who had asked £220,000 for their works. The committee declined recommending the Council to give that sum, and they suggested that Mr. Stephenson should also settle the amount to be paid in this case. Upon the motion of Mr. LACE, seconded by Mr. TINNE, the report was received. A resolution was then passed in conformity with the suggestions contained in the report. The MAYOR said he had been applied to by the Cricket Club for the loan of a tent belonging to the Botanic Gar den, on the occasion of a match to come off on the 3rd of September. The request was of course conceded by the Council, and the business concluded. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Tenders were pro duced from three insurance companies, stating the terms on which they would insure the Albert Dock Warehouses. The Royal Insurance Company offered to take £35,000 at ss. per cent. ; the Liverpool and London £35,000, and the Yorkshire £30,000, at the same per centage. Mr. Horsfall said that was the sum asked before, but since that time there had been a reduction made in commercial risks of from twenty to forty per cent. Mr. Mann thought it would be unfair in the companies to charge more than they did upon the London dock warehouses, where the risk was much greater, and yet the premiums were only 2s. 6d. per cent. Several others of the mem bers said they considered the premium far too high, and the subject was again referred.—lt was ordered that, in consequence of the frequent injury to which it washable, the parapet wall at the Prince's pier -head, from the Sea combe steps to the next flight of steps, should be removed, and chainsand posts placed in its stead. The alteration is rendered necessary in consequence of that place being now greatly used for the landing and embarking of pas sengers.—The sub-committee reported that they could not recommend the placing of buoys at the north-west and south-west of Pluckington bank, because the rise and fall of the tide was so great, that the buoys would be of no use at all. At least seven fathoms of chain would be required to each buoy, and at low water, or even at half flood, the position of the bank would not be cor rectly indicated by the buoys, WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at the usual weekly meeting of the aboveboard, the report of the fever hospital was read, from which it appeared that there were remaining in the house last week, 131; admitted during the week, 3d; -dismissed, cured, 40; died, 4; re maining in the house, 123 ; and that the patient% with one or two exceptions, are doing well, On the motion of Mr. Roskell, it was resolved, that the following gentle men,—Messrs. Sheppard, Pye, Edwards, Peers, and Clea ver be appointed a deputation to visit Haydock Lodge and Lancaster Asylum, and to report thereon.—Mr. Roskell moved that the salary of Mr. Johnson, the medical officer for Kirkdale, be increased 12s. per week. He also moved that the salary of Mr. Reid be increased ss. per week. The two motions were seconded by the Rev. Mr. Badnall, and carried.—The Rev. Mr. Badnall urgently impressed upon the board the great necessity which existed for the immediate erection of an hospital in connexion with the workhouse, and read a statement, from which it appeared that from the Ist of April to the 30th of June, no less than twenty-two deaths had taken place in the house from measles alone, all of which deaths might have been avoided if an hospital had existed to which they could have been removed. He said that he did not wish to hold out any threat to the board, but unless some steps were taken, he should consider it his duty to lay the whole matter before the Poor-law Commissioners.—The chairman perfectly agreed with Mr. Badnall. The plans had been prepared, tenders had been got, but after all, nothing had been done. He considered the mode in which the guardians were going on as nothing- less than child's play. SELECT VESTRY, TVESDAY.—The Chairman announced that the Select Vestry were now indebted to the bank in the sum of £15,237, and that they should be obliged to press for the parish rates as fast as possible, in order to meet this large outstanding liability.—Mr. Williams, the pay-clerk, to whom Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Riley, and Mr. Fairclough had paid silver and copper to the amount of £282, for which they cannot as yet obtain repayment, wrote to say that indisposition would prevent him from appearing before the committee until Saturday, and the inquiry into his conduct was accordingly postponed until that day, when Mr. Gray was requested to be present to afford all the information in his power on this very im portant subject. Mr. Hart observed that, during the time he was on a deputation to London, Mr. Williams had written to him to say that he could not discharge the heavy amount of business he had to perform without assistance. Mr. Millward was accordingly appointed as his assistant, and since then he (Millward) had been put to the responsible duty of relieving the poor.—The Irish Relief Committee reported that great delay had been ex perienced in the sending of the workhouse van for persons lying sick in the street. Fever patients were reported to be on the decrease, the total number of indoor and out door patients being reduced to 1971. Orders were issued that no more sick eases from shore should be sent to any of the lazarettoes, and that the contract with the steamer Windermere. for conveytng the patients to and from the lazarettoes, be terminated. Mr. Swainson asked what number of patients were at present on board the lazaret toes ? The Chairman replied 384. The Committee re ported that Mr. Rounthwaite, of the City of Dublin Company, had made application for a discontinuance of the practice of sending surgeons on board the steamers coming from Ireland, to ascertain if there were any fever patients among the passengers ; and, in consequence of an assurance being given that the Irish Steam Packet Companies would use the same precautions they were using at present, the committee consented to recommend a discontinuance of -the quarantine regulations at this port. After some conversation the minutes were con firmed.—The Poor-law Commissioners wrote to say that they had received a letter from the Select Vestry relative to the purchase of a cemetery for the interment of paupers dying within the parish of Liverpool. They observed that they had been unable to find any express authority given by the law to make any such purchase, as the land in question was not to be adjacent to the workhouse. They added, that cemeteries might be provided out of the church-rates, in which rich and poor might alike be buried. The letter was referred to the Finance Commit tee, after several members had expressed their opinions relative to the vague and unsatisfactory manner in which it was worded.—Mr. Hart said that some time ago it had been arranged that the parish should be divided into 12 districts, and that a new vaccinator should be appointed to each. The new vaccinators were appointed, and the old ones had received notice that their services would be dispensed with, but that notice having been deemed in valid. both the new and the old continued to operate and charge accordingly. A new notice was ordered to be is sued, to the effect that after 28 days the services of the old vaccinators would no longer be required.—The arri vals of persons from Ireland during the past week were reported to be as follow :—August 16th, 374 ' • 17th, 460 ; 18th, 291 ; 19th, 562 ; 20th, 373 ; 21st, 483; 23rd, 538. Total, 3080. The exports were reported to be :—On the 17th of August, 39 ; 18th, 55 ; 19th, 89 ; 20th, 65 ; 21st, 86 ; 23rd, 55. Total, 389. SIR DIGBY MACKWORTH'S • REPLY TO MR. VAUGHAN. Sir Digby Mackworth has sent to Mr. Bellamy, the se cretary of the National Club, the following complete .re futation of the charges made against him by a Mr. Vaughan : Glen. Uske, Caerleon, August 24, 1847. My DEAR MR. BELLAMY,—But for your note of yes terday, containing Mr. J. H. Jones' to you, I should not have thought of replying to the calumnies uttered by Mr. Vaughan, a violent Romanist of this county, at the meet in.- of Liverpool Romanists to prevent my ele c ti o n f or that borough. I had heard of them, but my Liverpool friends had represented them as so violent and absurd as. not to need a reply ; so I only read them yesterday for the first time. My own impression still is that they are unworthy of notice, but ifour committee think otherwise, they are at perfect liberty to make the best use they please of this statement. My "antiquated bigotry," &c., means, of course, what I fully admit, that I would never sanction any public grant of money to educate the Romish priests, or give the Romanists an ungodly education, not based on th word of God. My not having been known to have been inside "my parish church scarcely once in three months," is purely a gratuitous untruth ; nor can I suppose any one would wish me to prove it by a certificate from the Rev. Wm. Powell, my esteemed and honoured clergyman. " Sir Digby, in the year 1831, was a great Reformer. — an ardent Liberal." I approved, and do approve of most of the principles of the reform in parliament. I did not and do not wholly approve of the act ; but I did and do prefer it to no reform at all, as was then the alternative. Of the meeting in the Town-hall, Uske, on the 27th October, 1831, as I was not present, being at Bristol, and engaged two days afterwards in helping to repress the riots there, I really can say nothing. The riots and their results engaged me for weeks afterwards ; and what Mr. Vaughan means by asserting that I " expressed my con currence in the proceedings, " when Mr. Hall, the Radical member for Marylebone, said that the wicked bench of bishops stood between the people an 4 their rights," and that though I "did not necessarily approve of that par ticular expression," yet that I "approved of the general purport of the meeting," I am quite at a loss to imagine. But Mr. Vaughan says, " The bonne bouche was last of all :" and it is this—that in 1846 Sir Digby wrote to Mr. Williams " to say that he was prepared and desirous of supporting Lord Granville Somerset, the free-trade candidate: but now, in 1847, that was a long time for Sir Digby—his name figured as one of the committee of the Protectionists, Captain Somerset, the Duke of Beau fort's nominee." The reply is very simple. When Sir Digby Mack worth wrote in 1846, Lord Granville was a Protectionist. In 1847, when Sir Digby Mackworth gave his name as a member of Captain Somerset's and Mr. Morgan's com mittee, Mr. Granville was a Free-trader. Which is the inconsistent man ? " But this, though the most recent, was not the most glaring act. The most ungracious piece , of inconsistency ever heard of was, when the Hon. Mr. Tracey was in duced to comcforward on the Liberal interest for Mon mouthshire, one inducement was, because the requisition to him 21,18 signed by Sir Digby Mackworth." " Before the in'. was well dry with which he had written the docu ment, he went about canvassing for Mr. Tracey 's o po nent, and act ua ll y proposed him on the hustii s g Src - Mark how a pl a i n t a l e w ill put this down. When Mr . Williams, member for th e county on the Liberal interest, retired from ill health, his intention was known many weeks beforehand. At the time no Conser vative candidate could be found for Monmouthshire. Many Conservative gentlemen dreaded lest Sir Benjamin Hall, whose church principles have been already casually alluded to by Mr. Vaughan, should set up himself for it, and walk over the course. Sir D. Mackworth, who pro fessedly and actually never joined any party in the state, though ever holding moderate Conservative principles, heard from good authority that the Hon. Mr. Tracey, nephew to the Lord Lieutenant, though a Whig, was by no means strongly so, and was a sincere friend to the church. On this, rather than risk the having Sir B. Hall, Sir Digby and several others of the Conservative clergy and gentry did invite Mr. Tracey to come forward for the county. Mr. Tracey invited Sir Digby to propose him. Sir Digby asked Mr. Tracey his opinion on church rates, which were then violently assaulted by the-Dissenters, and supported by many of the Whigs. Mr. Tracey wrote in reply, " I view the existence of church rates as a serious evil, and a growing one in proportion to the spread of dissent." To this Sir Digby answered, " You will see why, though I joined in inviting you cordially to become our representative, and though I have the highest personal esteem and respect for you, yet, knowing, as I now do, your sentiments on this vital point, and they remaining unchanged, it is impossible for me to give you further political support." Sir D. M. wrote further, that after what had passed, he would assuredly not oppose Mr. Tracey, but would absent himself from the county. After all this, Mr. Octavius Morgan came forward on Conser vative principles, when Mr. Tracey withdrew from the contest. and then, and not till then, Sir D. M. agreed to propose Mr. Morgan. It is quite untrue that Sir D. M. ever canvassed for Mr. Morgan, before or after these things ; never, indeed, at all, until the contest last week. In conclusion, Sir D. M. is not aware that he ever changed —not five times, but once—his political opinions. He never belonged to any party, and this was his chief offence. He is simply a Church Protestant of moderate conservatism, and cared little for men or parties, except as they carried out their paramount principles. This is the real key to his political views and acts ; and he only laments that it should be deemed necessary by his friends to inflict on them so long a statement in reply to the de sultory, unfair, and in some points, untrue charges against him. Sir D. M. adds copies of the original correspondence between the Hon. Mr. Tracy and himself, and it is very true that having been selected by the conservative gentry of Glamorgan, in 1840, as their provisional candidate, he forfeited their favour rather than abandon his princi ples for the sake of gratifying a party. Such, my dear Mr. Bellamy, is a history, as conciseas possible (though explanatory statements must needs be somewhat lengthy), of the political consistency of a pri vate gentleman for sixteen years. I only wish some of our leading public men had been half as consistent, and we should not have been menaced as we are by the Popery, Pu seyi am , and political expediency of the present day.—l remain, very sincerely yours, DIGBY MACKWORTH. THE IRISH CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ._ SIR, — In the report of the elections which have taxen. place in the neighbourhood of London—and among the pledges demanded from or volunteered on the part of the candidates one unmistakeable note of unmitigated hostility to the Irish. Church has resounded. Whatever. may become of Corn Laws for Protectionists, or vote by ballot for Radicals, certain it is that but one destiny alone is in preparation for the Established Church in Ireland— her doom is sealed, her existence suspended upon a thread which is already severed by anticipation. Will you then • indulge me, if not in the name of an , antiquated and exploded Christianity, yet of that fair play to which Englishmen still profess some attachment, and, ere the knell of our expiring Church has tolled its last solemn peal; and suffer one of the least worthy of her mem bers to address a few words of expostulation, through the medium of your widely-circulated journal, in vindication of our Clergy, to whom a responsibility has been intrusted for_ the salvation of their. -fellow men, some of- whom might indeed have flattered themselves that enough of her treasure and even 4# her blood had by this time been wrung from the Chuftlto satiate the vengeance of our enemies. ' Since this is not the_case, may I implore the clemency once conceded by the monarch of Babylon to a captive prophet whom, together with his Hebrew companions, a relentless decree had destined to destruction—Audi alte ram partem : whilst the same piea urged by Daniel, with out laying claim to his inspiration, is employed to disclose the i n terpretation of passing events, with their inevitable result. For the secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers interpret ; but there is a God in Heaven that revealeih secrets, and maketh known what shall be in the latter days." Suffice it then that the present period, which is allowed on all hands to be the " fourth kingdom" of Nebuchednezzar's vision of the image is thus repre sented :—" His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till a stone was cut out without hands which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the sum mer threshing floors." Make what comment you please upon this prophecy; you can arrive at no other conclu sion than that the " clay" of democracy which enters , so largely into combination with the " iron ' of despotism is the true cause of our national weakness and disunion. For what real or lasting amalgamation could be expected amid such incongruous materials—where Jewish gold is alloyed with treasury silver, or where Jesuit iron is over layed with Chartist brass—all combining to constitute a heterogeneous mass of anomalous political elements which must explade of themselves, and are, eventually, doomed to be dispersed at His.coming who has laid a sure foundation whereon to erect his kingdom over all the nations of the earth.—Your obedient servant, LAUNCH OF A NEW PILOT-BOAT. On Saturday last, at noon, a beautiful pilot-boat, "The Mersey," (No. 11,) modelled and built by Mr. Boyden, was launched from that gentleman's yard, in Baffin-street. She is to take the place of the old No. 11, which, owing to her age and the gradual introduction of improved and faster vessels of this class, is to be withdrawn from-the service. A large concourse of spectators was present, at tracted as well by this launch as by that of a large ship ready to be let loose into her destined element from the next yard. The boat was fully rigged, painted, and de corated with flags, and the. interest of the scene was en hanced by old No. 11 being appropriately anchored off the adjoining yard, with a party on board, as if, on her abdication, to welcome her young successor to place and power on the wayward channels of the Mersey. The new vessel is of the following dimensions : NEW MEASUREMENT. Length aloft 55 1 Breadth at midship l4 6 Depth at midship 8 7 OLD MEASUREMENT. Length of keel Breadth of beam feet. inches, 56 2 16 6 She is cutter rigged. The draught of water, 9 ft." 6 in. Her tonnage is 67 3-94th tons—that is old measurement. We do not zemember to have seen a finer model for the purpose for which she is intended, and it is a difficult and almost speculative matter to hit the most suitable form. the grand object to be attained in the construction of our pilot-boats being of a peculiarly compound nature. It is indispensable that they should have proper hearing, and stability under sail to withstand the strong gales and heavy seas to which our outward channels are subject in the winter, which requires great strength, and conse quently additional weight of material in hull and rig; and that, in fine summer weather and light breezes, they should always be smart sailers. The difficulty of achiev ing these combined qualities is obvious to all nautical men. We venture to predict that Mr. Royden,—who, from adopting principles somewhat peculiar to himself, yet accordant with the true laws of displacement, has been highly successful in producing merchant vessels, drawing comparatively little water, and carrying large cargoes, yet sailing fast,—has in this instance conquered these requir ments. The Mersey has a fine bearing entrance, a remark ably clean run, and a graceful swell of side,—the whole of her lines blending harmoniously together. She resembles a first-rate yacht, and would be taken for such, but for the green and yellow streak on the sheer of the plank, which is rather disfiguring ; but is adopted in all our pilot-boats, for the sake of distinguishing them from other craft. A number of persons, including gentlemen and ladies, were on her deck when she was launched. All carpentry pre parations being completed, the daggers were struck, and she plunged (as it may be said) into the water, the ways being steep, her stern taking the water with great force and effect, so that the element rose in foam over her taffrail. She pitched a little in regaining her equilibrium; The river here forms a small square embayment or basin ; and as she was launched parallel to, and near to the south end of this indenture, she was forced in a curve to the northward, from the water being less easily displaced alongside the wall than on the north side, where it had more room to spread. From this cause, or some other, she was forced against the quarter-piece of a steam-tug, whose stern projected across the north opening of the basin, and had her taffrail partly smashed, and one or two of hercounter timbers injured by the collision. The damage was but slight,'and can be easily repaired; but the steamer had no business to be in the way. The Mersey floated very lightly and elegantly, and looked a beautiful craft on the water. Bating the little accident staked, the launch was highly interesting, and was received by loud cheers, and the firing of a gun from the old pilot-boat. We cannot conclude without• observing that great credit is due to the authorities in charge of our pilot establishment, for their unremitting care, over a long series of years, in providing Suitable vessels for the service, and in taking advantage of all modern improvements that may he available. They had Boat No. 2 Luilt last year at Ipswich, by a celebrated builder, and she has turned out "a clipper." We shall not be surprised, however, if the Mersey beat her. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. Among the projects of the day which relate to the ex tension of our power and commerce, the establishment of steam communication with Australia is one of the most prominent. To accomplish this object a company has been formed under a Royal charter, dated the 20th of May last, and the route adopted from England to Sydney, together with the time it will occupy (and which has been sanctioned by the Admiralty), is as follows, viz.:— England to Singapore, via Egypt, overland, 8,390 miles, 42 days. _ _ Singapore to Port Essington (Torres Straits), aid Ba tavia, 2,060 miles, 10 days. Port Essington to Sydney, via W e d nes d a y I s l an d, 2,340 miles, at the Iwithin I,2iatttdleaey.s.f. more than s h a al half a t and presentt ndgiisntganAceu.strila Thus giving 12,790 m il es to b e completed in 64 days, or he g h l m i ent o f expressing thi s the ro u strongest and New Austr a li a an d N ew Zealand in point of ti me a e v s e s rn th m e e c t , co a m l t o l i u s i tdheesrhtvo t t o he w G itn o declined making any direct grant, but from the recent re port of a committee of the House of Lords on the Mail Contract Service in general, there can be little doubt that the entire profits of the postal communication throughout the line from Singapore to Sydney would willingly be conceded. Coupled with this the company seem disposed to place great reliance on the rapid growth of an exten sive passenger traffic between India and Australia (the distance being less than thirty days), and also that a con. siderable business would arise from the conveyance of horses from the colony for the use of the Indian army—a description of export which has already been profitably established. Looking at the facilities for obtaining coal at the several points of the route, the varied commerce which promises to spring up throughout the Indian Ar chipelago, and the strong interest in the matter evinced by all parties in Australia, there appear reasonable grounds for an early anticipation of a profitable result for the undertaking, more especially as two-thirds of the route—that is to say, from England to Singapore—is al ready an established line, yielding large and increasing returns to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, whose steamers at present enjoy exclusively its advantages. It will be remembered that various plans have from time to time been put forward for connecting Australia with the mother country by steam. One was aid Panama, but this is understood to have been entirely given up. Another which we believe is still maintained in some quarters, is for a route by steam aid the Cape of Good Hope, with a branch line to the Mauritius. The objections urged against this, however, are the want of facilities for coaling (a diffi culty which appears insurmountable), and the little com munity of intercouse between the Cape and Australia, and also between that country and the Mauritius. The use of screw propellers has been suggested to obviate the diffi culty of carrying a sufficient supply of coals, but the results of that method of propulsion (even supposing the scanti ness of population on the line were not fatal to the scheme) have hardly been such as to warrant an expecta tion that it would realize anything like the rapid commu nication which it is now the object to attain. In Austra lia the respective plans seem to have attracted even more attention than in this country, and there, as here, the preference has been stated in favour of the India line, a select committee of the Legislative Council of New South Wales having in October lad strongly reported to that effect. LAUNCH OF THE ENDYMION EASTINDIAMAN. I A very fine ship, called the Endymion,was on Saturday, at noon, launched from the building-yard of Messrs. P. Chaloner and Sons, Baffin-street, amidst an immense concourse of delighted spectators. She was -built to the order of Mr. Cotesworth, of the firm of Messrs. Cotes worth, Wynne, and Lyne, and is intended for the t ra d e between this port and Calcutta. Her diMensions are— length of keel; 118 feet ; length over all, about 135 feet ; beam, 29 feet 10 inches (moulded) depth of hold, 19 feet 10 inches; and burthen, 618 51-94ths tons. In model this vessel is all that can be desired in a merchant ship—as she will stow a heavy cargo, and the cleanness of her extremities and fine length of flooring will, we doubt not, cause her to sail well, and prove a fine and safe sea boat. Her frame is entirely of the best English oak, and her-planking consists of a good deal of African oak and of tick-wood, with American elm in the garbord streaks. She is well tied with iron knees, and is altogether a most faithful specimen of naval architecture, She has a handsome figure-head of Eudymion, with an ornamented splash-board bearin g h er name; an d her-stern is corres pondingly decorated. The launch was very beautiful : the vessel, on being released from durance, starting at once, and gliding ma jestically into the water, amidst the loudest cheers. She floated very lightly and steadily, and loomed lofty and bulky when. afloat : . Her name was given in a calm and spirited style by Miss Maria Cotesworth. Shortly after the launch, seventy or-eighty ladies and gentlemen: sat down to a superb collation and wines in the mould room, which was entirely covered with national flags. The entertainment was provided by Mr. Ellis Wilde, of the American Hotel, and was in every respect most creditable to him as a purveyor of the good things of this world. Mr. Cotesworth ably occupied the chair, and Mr. Chaloner the vice-chair. After the repast, the healths of the respective branches of the royal family were given and enthusiastically received—that of her Majesty as the " Sailor Queen,' "—and these were followed by many others appropriate to the occasion. which were ably responded to; but we have not space for more than a sketch. On the health of the builders. being proposed, Mr. Cotesworth spoke of them in, terms of encomium as builders, and remarked that this country was greatly indebted to them for their attainments as naval architects. Their vessels not only carried their cargoes well, but made rapid passages. Long might they live to build such noble vessels as they had that day seen launched. The toast, as were all that followed, was received with three times three. Mr. CHALONER replied for ihiinself and sons. He hoped the owners might long live to give additional orders for ships, and that ere long they would order another vessel to be put on the same stocks. His friend Mr. William Rathbone was not in the right when he said in public that ships could be built cheaper in the outports than here, and that this arose from the high rate of the carpenters' wages. He (Mr. C.) did not think ss. a day too much for that useful class of workmen. There were 1600 of them in the port; : but 400 of these were not em ployed more than four days in the week, and they were, moreover, liable to frequent losses of tools when working on board of vessels in the river, and in the docks and graving docks. Mr. Rathbone had made a mistake, and he ought publicly to acknowledge it. At a subsequent period he remarked that merchants ought not to go to the outports for their ships, for when such ships came here they sometimes wanted tinkering,—(a laugh) —or had their cabins to be fitted up, so that they generally cost 30s. to 40s. more per ton. He proposed the health of the young lady who had christened the Endymion. (Cheers.) Mr.CHALONER, in proposing the health of Mr. Simpson, forwhomhehad built six vessels, said, it was a pleasing fact, during the twelve or fourteen years some of those ships had been in active service they had required no repairs whatever—nothing beyond coppering. Mr. Simpson was a gentleman who did not go round about the outports seeking to get his vessels at the rate nominally of a pound a ton cheaper than in Liverpool. He was of opinion that all ships hailing from Liverpool should be built in Liver pool; and that the ships built in Liverpool were, in the long run, that is to say in twelve or fourteen years, cheaper than the ships of Sunderland or Newcastle, or any other port, by at least 30s. per ton. - Mr. WYNNE (the Chairman) was entirely of Mr. Chaloner's opinion, that Liverpool is the best and cheapest market, in the long run, for shipbuilding. Amongst the other toasts were—" The Owners of the Ship"—"Success to the Endynaion"—" Captain harden," who is to command her—" Mr. Wynne"—" Mr. 'l'. Bland," and "The Press." Mr. Martin, of the Mail, in reply to the last, said, that he took the toast to apply to the press generally, and was proud of the compliment taken in that light ; for though the brethren of the press differed in their opinions, it was by those dif ferences that the truth was elicited. Great capital was employed in the press, and much talent at work upon it. In its name he returned thanks.—After enjoying them selves in a social manner for about two hours, the com pany broke up, highly delighted by the sight they had witnessed, and the hospitable reception they had met with. THE POTATOE CROPS. The Londonderry Sentinel says that the panic about the potatoes in that district has in a great measure sub sided, for though the disease has 'made its appearance, it is in a much less virulent form than last year. Neither is it nearly so general, for in the greater part of the county of Antrim it has scarcely appeared at all, and still less in the south of Ireland. THE POTATOES IN HAM PSH TUE.—A correspondent of the London Times, who gives his name, says:—" I can state, as a positive fact, that I have visited Hampshire for the last six weeks, and made it my business to examine and inquire particularly, in more than 100 cases, into the present state of this useful vegetable, from the small cottager to the large grower, from one extremity of the county to the other, and have found all in a flourishing and sound state ; in addition to which the crops of corn are most abundant, and in gotid condition. Practical farmers, of good information, assured me that this year's produce is full one-third more than the last ; and, according to the price they are now obtaining for wheat, bread ought to he sold at this time at 7d. per 41b. loaf." POTATOE DISEASE.—The potatoes in several parts of Lancashire are said to be exhibiting undoubted signs of disease, but so far as we can learn, there is no ground for believing that there is anything like the appearance of a general failure, as some interested parties reported there is. On the contrary, most of the accounts we have seen represent the crop of potatoes in all parts of the country to be of the most promising character. It is said that the disease has made its appearance in Ireland. A private letter received this morning (say the Times of Thursday), from a respectable firm at Westport, in Ireland, contains the following paragraph :—" The potatoe disease has sud denly reappeared here this week, and they are rotting fast. We have similar reports from other parts." We shall be sorry if the reports are confirmed. CURIOUS.—In the year 1844, a person in the immediate vicinity of this town planted a quantity of potatoes upon ground which, on the following year, he formed into a grass plot. The potatoes, however, had not been very carefully taken up, and a considerable number of tops made their appearance in the following year amongst the grass, where they were suffered to remain with the excep tion of the tops being pulled off. Last year the tops again made their appearance in increased numberS, and although the disease, so prevalent amongst potatoes, destroyed every crop around them, they flourished in luxuriance ; and even after having remained in the ground undisturbed through three successive winters they have this season' again pro duced a crop of fine healthy bulbs.— Whitehai,en POTATOES IN CHESHIRE.—There are some undoubted signs of the unwelcome disease; but there is not so much of it, in the worst cases, as to justify the attempt which certain of the growers and market salesmen are making to get up the prices of potatoes in Manchester market. There is, however, enough of it to make the growers of potatoes very careful in storing them away for winter use. They should be well dried, and stored in a dry place, .where currents of air can go through them if possible. In 1845, more of them perished in the pits and other storing places, during winter, than in the ground before getting time. The growers are not ready to acknowledge the superiority of the present crop of potatoes ; but it is un questionably from a fourth to a third above that of an average of years. That is in quantity of produce from a given space of ground. As to quality, every mouth, with a taste and a tongue in it, can judge and tell. If Doctor Marsbam (" Potato Dick," as he is ill-naturedly called at Oxford) could be right at any time in saying, as he did say, that live millions of the English people rejoice upon potatoes, he might say so this year, and use the verb in its literal and happy sense ; for they have not only reason to rejoice upon an abundant supply of good potatoes, but upon the equally abundant supply of good corn.—Man chester Paper. ___ THE POrATo.—The confidence of the farmers in the ultimate recovery of the potato has been so much restored, that they express their determination to plant a much larger breadth next year than they did this season. Early planting in reference to the potato will become general throughout the country, owing to the superiority, for the last few years, of the early over the late gardens. It can not be denied that the late gardens have suffered much within the last few days. The cold north wind and frost which prevailed on Sunday and Sunday night did them much injury. The general impression is that the pota toes were blighted on three several occasions this year; the two former attacks they recovered more or less (no inconsiderable evidence of the reviving strength of the plant), but the latest attack has been the severest. It should, however, be known that the quantity of late pota toes is as nothing compared with that of ordinary years. A clergyman, who arrived in Cork on Monday evening by the mail from Dublin, speaks despondingly of the late potatoes through the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, but he added, " you , will not see five potato gardens where you might have observed five thousand before. The whole country is teeming with turnips and vegetables, which is a most Providential circumstance." The quan tity of turnips, cabbages and parsnips planted for miles through this country is very great. The gardens from which potatoes had been dug are now green and luxuriant with vegetable cultivation. It is worthy of notice that in many instances the potatoes reared from foreign seed have thriven better this year than our own. Mr. James Tobin, of Rocklodge, planted some Newfound land potatoes in the spring of this year, and he had a most abundant and excellent produce. When the field in which they were planted was attacked by the blight, early . in August, those potatoes showed scarcely any sign of injury, while the Irish quarries growing near them had the leaves withered and burnt up. The " white potatoes" have been the greatest sufferers. In a field adjoining the city, in which many varieties of potato were planted, in cluding the foreign, the white potato may be said to be the only kind that was injured. Several gentlemen in different parts of the country planted potatoes from the seed, but they were as much injured by the blight as any other species. Mr. Jennings, of Glasheen, put in some decayed potatoes in the spring of the year, merely for sake of experiment ; indeed they were so far gone that the men sticking them used to say, "it. was a pity to waste ground on such trash." What has been the result? Why, these rotten potatoes have produced a sound and abundant crop, and some of the largest in the entire garden. In more instances than this the very same result has been witnessed. Although the blight has appeared this year, it was only.what was expected. In fact, the farmers say that the potatoes have grown this season infinitely better than they expected, and that it would be " unnatural" to expect that " the blight" which destroyed the entire crop one year would wholly disappear the-ensuing one.—Cork Constitution. Dist rid prlus. TUE CROPS.—Since our last, the weather in our quarter of the island, as well as generally, has been truly glorious • for the completion of harvest operations. The wheat has been nearly all carried and the remainder cut, with very partial exceptions, and these arising. chiefly from the in activity of the few farmers who have any vet standing, and with whom the public will not sympathise should it be shaken to the ground, or destroyed, should wet weather ensue, by spritting; Here, as elsewhere, the crop is above an average, and the same may be said of oats. Turnips and mangels are proceeding rapidly, and as from their nature, scarcely any kind of weather can now injure or much retard them, fine and heavy crops may confidently be expected. The late potatoes alone yet furnish a topic of inquietude, and opinions are much at variance, souse denying the existence of disease to any serious extent; and others alleging or predicting an almost total failure. We• find in the Manchester Examiner, an article by " One who whistled at the plough," with reference to his tour through several counties, and to the natu re o f th e decay. He spins out a whole column, which with all duo deference to his agricultural skill, might have been sum med up in a few lines—namely, (as we stated last week) that the blight has either appeared more or less every where ; or is it yet likely so to appear, and that its causes and character, whether the same as that of the last and preceding year, and its probable cure, are equally beyond the power of any man to know. We would fain not disturb the notions of those who are sanguine in their expectations of all being yet right or nearly so, for whatever deficiency may arise will be seized upon by interested holders of breadstuffs, to foist up mar kets to an exorbitant extent. But we must tell .the truth. What we see we believe. Both in Lancashire and. Cheshire the disease is spreading in many localities, and. none have entirely escaped. The red kinds appear to have stood the malaria better than the white. The writer I of this has a spot in Wallasey (a place celebrated for fine 1 potatoes), and though his early crops were upon the whole ' good, his late crops, although they appeared to be quite healthy above ground a fow days ago, were, on trial in a field yesterday, found to be all nearly gone or going, by a sort of dry outward brown rot, which afterwards (as pre viously proved from those gathered in other plots) be comes black, and perforates the whole tuber. No great alarm need arise. Some neighbours have gathered theirs in fairish condition, or have them yet i n th e groun d , and good too, judging from digging a few here and there ; and if even one third of the whole quantity begot out in keep ing condition, we shall not be badly off. We must, we re peat, use other vegetables, and more bread in lieu of po tatoes, and from the quantity of home grain secured and that imported (including Indian corn and American beans), and also the abundance of cattle and sheep food, we yet predict a plentiful and cheap amount of food for the people at greatly reduced prices, The corn crops of Mr. H. Littledale, in Liscard and Wallasey, were all stacked on Thursday last in fine order. JENNY LIND. — The Swedish Nightingale sung at Bir mingham on Thursday last, and proceeded from thence on Friday to Manchester, where she was engaged to play in opera on the evenings of Saturday last, to-morrow, and Friday. On Monday next, and on the Wednesday following, sbe will appear at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, the first evening in " La Sonnambula ' " and the second in "La Figlia del Reggimento." On Thursday week she returns to Birmingham, to give a concert, in the Town hall, for the benefit of the Hebrew National School of that town. On the Friday following she gives a grand miscellaneous concert in the Amphitheatre, at Hull ; and on the Saturday she gives a concert at Newcastle-upon- Tyne. With all these performances it is stated that the proprietor of the Manchester Theatre Royal is connected. Jenny• Lind then crosses the border, and gives a concert in Edinburgh, and another in Glasgow, after which she proceeds to the Continent, having to appear very shortly afterwards in Berlin. Her nett receipts on this provincial tour, it is calculated, will fall little short of £lO,OOO. On Tuesday Evening, the 24th instant, the Annual Meeting of the Ormskirk Branch of the Church Missionary Society w.s held at the Town Hall. The Room was crowded by an anxious and interested audience. On the motion of the Treasurer, Mr. Wright, E. Boyer Esquire, was called to the chair in the absence of the President, Lord Skelmersdale, whose attendance was prevented by his Lordship's detention in town. After a brief report had been read by the Rev. W. Wannop, the Rev. C._ Hesketh, Rector of Northmeols ; the Rev. T. H. Titcomb, Incumbent of Christ's Church, Cambridge; the Rev. T. C. Cowan, Incumbent of St. Thomas', Toxteth Park, Liverpool ; the Rev. J. Hughes; Incumbent of Congleton; and the Rev. R. Frost, Incumbent of St. Matthias', Manchester, severally address e d th e M eet i ng , on t h e operations f the Parent Society,—the openings offered for missionary labour in several parts of the world, espe cially China,—the consequent greater claims of this so ciety for support,—and the success attending its labours, which encourages further and increasing efforts. The Rev. J. Jackson, the Rev. J. Power, the Rev. J. Ireland, the Rev. C. Forshaw, the Rev. J. T. Wareing, the Rev. R. Battersby, the Rev. R. Bickerstaffe, the Rev. J. A. Kershaw, and several gentlemen of the town and neigh bourhood attended the meeting. As usual there was a predominance of the fair friends of the society, who are ever foremost in every charitable work. The collection amounted to £25 ls. 3d. MURDER OF A WIFE BY• HER HUSBAND.-On Sun day morning last, about nine o'clock, the town- , hips of Heaton, Halliwell, and the neighbourhood near Bolton. were alarmed by a report that a man, named Robert Fisk ington, about 56 years of age, had murd ere d hi s w if e b y splitting her skull with a poer. It appears that, in con sequence of the dissipated conduct of the husband, the couple had been separated about ten years, and that at the time of the murder the deceased was residing with her son, at his farm at Heaton. At the last Liverpool Assizes, the son was sentenced to nine months' tin prisonment for an assault. When the father heard of this sentence being passed, he declared that he would go and take possession of the farm. He generally lodged with a woman named Cooper, but, although his son refused to allow him to go into his house, it is said that he frequently went into the barn and slept there, On Sun day morning he made his appearance at the farm, and the servant girl, apprehensive that he was bent upon mischief, prevailed upon her mistress to leave him, and go with her to Barrow-bridge with the milk. • She did so ; and on their return, about 9 o'clock, they found him in the kitchen. As soon as they entered, ho got up from a chair at the kitchen fire, and said to his wife, " Are you going to take charge of this farm ?" She replied, " Yes ; our John says I must." Thereupon he seized a large kitchen poker, and completely split her skull. The servant girl screamed and ran before him, to prevent him repeating the blow, when the brute aimed a blow at her also, which cut the scalp, but did not injure the skull. She was fortunately able to run out, and her screams brought some of the neighbours to the spot : but when they came the prisoner had made his escape, and his wife was found dead upon the floor, and literally weltering in blood. The police were immediately sent for, parties went out in different directions in pursuit of the murderer, and he *was apprehended. When told that he was charged with the murder of his wife, he denied that he had touched her at all. On Monday afternoon the prisoner was brought up at the county session room, Little Bolton, and committed to Kirkdale gaol for trial. THE DISCOVERY 01" THE PLANET NEPTUNE.—A lonely almost sunless planet, far withdrawn into the dim voids of space, nearly to the limit of human power of search for star so pale and small, has wandered slightly from the path which man has traced out as the one allotted to it among the hosts of heaven. It is but a little way ; a hair breadth here, and a hairbreadth there; and that path in its full extent is very vast : surely such deviation can be small account in it ; and surely to man may easily have lost himself amid these mighty journeyii:gs, and erred these hair-breadths in his prophecy of such a cycle. Not so ; his prophecy again and again is tested by a mightier "power of numbers" than Pythagoras dreamt of, and no fault is found in it : and not so too for the path itself; these hairbreadth aberrations, if unaccounted for, indicate that law is powerless, and order all gone wrong. And now the thoughtful student bends in his solitude over the records of these deviations. He seeks to behold in its obscurity of dimness and distance a heavenly orb on which the eye of man has never been fixed ; but his eye never seeks the heavens: and night after night the stars come out in the fulness of their glory and the kindliness of their love, yet fail to woo him from the complex records and figured papas over which his pale and aching forehead droops. His chase is one which leads him forth into the unknown of things, and the unknown and far off of space. But it is the mind and the soul alone which journey thi ther. Shut out that glaring sun from him; its light can not aid him ; and he is seeking a realm where. if its force is, its light can hardly. Shut out those gleaming night stars too : he seeks to know the place of this hidden one among their multitudes : but they cannot and will not direct him. These loose scraps of paper, covered with strange devices and complicated signs, are of more avail than all the guidance and enlightenment of sun or stars. The haven is gained at last; he stands in spirit upon the new found world ; surveys its greatness, tracks its path, feels the whirl of its flight; casts one brief glance from it into the yet deeper night beyond ; and bids others, whose task it is, seek and see it with the bodily eye. And it is according to his faith; his faith in the power of numbers, in the stability of order, in the assurance and perfection of law; and deviation and irregularity stand revealed as results of the perfection of order and the assurance of law; or—to go to the essence and reality of which order and law are but the apparent and sensible exponents—of the Hies in His providenc e , f a ithfulness, and power , of who calleth all these stars by name, and leadeth them on in order.—British Quarterly. A ROYAL MAGISTRATE. —H. W. Newman, Esq., Of Thornbury Park, a magistra.te of this city, is lineally de scended from Edward 1., being the 21st in direct descent. Mr. Pusey, the well-known M.P. for Wilts, is only the 1 ith remove from Edward 111.—Bristol paper. " Mother wants to know if you won't please to lend her your preserving kettle, 'cause as how she wants to preserve ?" "We would with pleasure, boy ( L Wfrij it _ tru th is, the last time we loaned it to your myr shit preserved it so effectually that we have never r " Well, you needn't be sarcy about y..r..) Guess it was full of holes when we b. re :r* mother wouldn't a' troubled you againjonr you bringing home a new one."—Galt Am( I do )ur 111% 511140,,,_ rs : • n it sw,e - V} l , ‘ O V4 . r. .Id' kettle:7: it i re-ell e it: anct -.•• Ir et) ..only ye1`144........ ' N porteri.-:-.._.- '... ; '1 l' ' % s'.l:•'-'4/ i l i .f . ''' ' d ~ ."- a . :14 - 1 444 4.: c '5' - ..r iv ....- - Pl.4mr 1 1111 Mr. Jisi rs.; .rcr. e in sup- Nlac v. C• ibald ie in suf- notilt F"tevi- eyed , ar, 0; Toto, in A Mr• Trea rdac'