The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

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The Hibernia royal mail Steamer to Halifax and Boston, Captain Ryrie, sailed on Tuesday, with a fair complement of passengers, but only £lB,OOO in specie. A man named John Kelly was killed on Friday through -falling into the hold of a vessel called the Samuel Hicks, 'lying in the Waterloo dock. The first attempt made to raise the Great Britain was a partial failure, in consequence of the breaking of a spar ; butt she-now stands afoot higher than before. The soup kitchens have this week been closed, except ing that in Pickop-street, where, by means of parish tickets, relief in kind is administered to the casual poor. A company is about to be, formed for the purchase of all the unsold land in Birkenhead Park for the erection of villas and terrace houses. Mr. Walker, the superintendent of the Akbar lazaretto, died on Wednesday last from fever, and his wife, together With Mr. Havarty, surgeon, and his assistant, are suffer iqg from the same malignant disease. A new ship, called the Constitution, has arrived at Liverpool from New York, of the immense burthen of 1,734 bags of wheat, 11,029 bags of corn, 500 boxes of cheese, and a great quantity of other Ameiican prodUce. SUICIDE.—On Friday, a person named William Henry Gordon, aged 6 years, was found dead in a brick field, between the new docks and Great Howard-street, having cut his throat with a penknife. He had been in a low -frame of mind for several weeks. The Rev. Dr. Shepperd, who was for many years one of the leaders of the radical party in this neighbourhood, ex tired on Wednesday morning at his residence, Gateacre. .or, seated rn on one occasion on the woo CRICKET MATCH.-A match will be played on Monday next between the first eleven of the Liverpool and the first eleven of the Edge-hill clubs, on the ground of the former, in Wavertree-roa half-past ten o'clock in the morning We regret to state that Mr. Benjamin Ellis, chief clerk kets to be pitched our last, died at his residence Sio. 92, Isli ton, on Sun- day afternoon. He was fifty-four years of age, and has left a wife and four children to mourn the irreparable loss. There are few--persons whose death will be more generally felt by the public of Liverpool. - On Tuesday last, Henry Murray was passing down Charlotte -place, when a bale of cotton fell from a cart ,and knocked him down, producing a fracture of the right thigh. He survived only about two hours.—On the same day, Richard Jones, aged 16, was bathing in a pond in Lodge-lane, when he sank suddenly, and was taken .out in about five minutes quite dead. Alfred Day, a stonemason, was the person who recovered the body. ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL.—We beg to refer to the announcement of the re-opening of this school ; and after the flattering testimony borne by the members - of the Presbytery of the late examination of the pupils, to the efficiency of the tuition, we feel assured that all friends to the Presbyterian interest will feel it their duty to sup port an institution so identified with the welfare of the young of their congregation. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday-week the wife of Mr. Samuel Finlay, residing in Spring-gardens, and sister-in law to Mr. John Finlay, of the Exchange News-room, dropped down dead. She appeared to be in her usual 'health up to the moment of her decease, and with some friends and relatives had, at her own house, partaken of a hearty dinner. She went up stairs to dress, with the in tention of proc,eedingto the house of her brother-in-law, at Bootle, and as she was placing a ribbon round her neck she dropped down a lifeless corpse. On Sunday week, St. John's Church, Grange-lane, Birkenhead, was opened for divine service. The morn ing service was read by the Rev. C. J. Hamilton, the re spected incumbent, assisted by his curate, after which a sermon was preached by the Worshipful and Rev. H. Raikes, Chancellor of the diocese. In the evening a ser mon was preached by the Rev. Joseph Baylee. Collec tions were made for the establishment of a District Pro vident Society and Lending Library, amounting to nearly £4O. - THE IRISH PAUPERS.—These parties are now being reconveyed back from this port to their native country, at the average rate of 100 per day, and the town is now, in consequence, not so unhealthy. The effect of the Poor Removals Bill is now particularly visible in the rapid fall ing off of the drain on the parish funds. The relief in -kind amounted to £56 per day in April last : it now amounts to only £6 Bs. 2d. There has been as gratifying a decline in the daily payment of money. The men,wo- men, and children relieved in April were 5500 in number ; now they have dwindled down to 1404, and they will be less than 1000 in the course of a few days more. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BlLLS.—These bills, about which our friends on the other side of the Mersey have lately been so much annoyed, have at length passed through the committee of the House of Lords ; and although we are happy to learn that the restrictive clauses so much complained of have been withdrawn, still, we cannot but regret that others, fully as stringent under present circumstances, have been imposed on the town ship. The bills have passed it is true : but only on the condition that the works shall be suspended until the the Town Commissioners and the Dock Warehouse Com pany shall refund those sums of money which they have borrowed from the Dock Commissioners. SELECT VESTRY.—The weekly meeting was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Brooks in the chair. A depu tation was received from the. Infirmary, complaining of . the conduct of the Governor of the Workhouse refusing to admit a boy sent from that institution, labouring under the influence of fever, into the Workhouse fever . sheds. The matter was re f erre d t o th e W or kh ouse Committee. The clerk stated that the average number of paupers who had been daily relieved during the last four weeks had been as follows :-6455 5868 4776, and 3827. The in flux of Irish paupers foi. the Past week was stated to be as ; follows:—J u l y 1 2th, 726; 13th, 741; 14th, 341; 15th, 55 0; 16th, 803 1 7th, 851. 18th, 1523; 19th, 574. Mr. Woodruff hoped that eve check check was kept against the out-townships sending their poor into this parish. The Irish Relief Committee in their report stated that it was necessary two pe rsons s h oul d b e appointed to fill the situa tions of Mr. and Mrs. Walker, on board the Akbar, who are . both laid up w i t h f ever, having caught the disease whilst attending to their duties amongst the fever patients in that vessel. Mr. Ferguson thought there was no so ne cessibet for the vest meeting , as the steps which had y en taken had ry materially rel often ieved the township, and he should therefore move that the meetings be held once a fortnight. This was carried unanimously, and the meet ing broke up. TILE CROPS.—Thd present summer has been one of the most delightful, and the most favourable for all kinds of vegetable products, that we remember this country to have been blessed with ; and the past week claims the additional gratitude of the nation ; for in warm and oc casional feeding showers, it has been all that could be wished for, in bringing to abundance and towards maturity the kindly fruits of the earth. In this neighbourhood, (as, by report, elsewhere,) the fields and gardens have thrown out unusually abundant and promising crops. Th. only approach towards failure which we have heard of is in the beans, and those are in this quarter of but comparatively trifling amount. The hay has all, or nearly all, been got in in prime order, and the stacks are large. The wheat and oats never were finer, and with a good harvest time the weight and quality will be far above the usual average. The other field crops are also strong and progressing rapidly. Some of the oats, from their weight of stem and head, have been laid to some extent by the rains, but the general crop will nevertheless be highly remunerative. With the prospects before us from our own fields, and the still heavy importations from foreign countries, we cannot think but that prices of pro visions generally must fall considerably, and that the cry of famine must give- way to the welcome assurance of abundance. We have seen one fine field of oats on the farm of H. Littledale, Esq., at Wallasey, which will pro bably be ready for the sickle in twelveo e r ra fou s rl rt n ee ea nd y ay su p. averages Some of the wheat on the same farm ge feet in height. - • • THE BOROUGH ELECTION. — The Mayor has proclaimed the borough the nomination of candidates to represent borough in the ensuing parliament will be held on the hustings, in front of the Town-hall, at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning (to-morrow.) The polling will take place on the following day. Workmen were employed during the whole of Saturday in fitting up the hustings, and polling-booths will be erected in each of the sixteen wards. The polling will be taken according to the num bers affixed to the names of electors on the registry. For instance, if an elector has number 50 or number 1,000 opposite his name on the registry he must go to the booth whidi.takes one or the other of these numbers, because at that booth only can his vote be recorded. The system will work inconveniently, and cause considerable trouble and annoyance ; but it is now too late to grumble, for it will-have to be adopted. On the east side of the hustings the friends of Sir Digby Mackworth and Lord John Man ners will be placed, and on the west side the friends of Sir Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell. The Mayor has succeeded in i n d uc i ng th e comm i ttees of the several candi dates to abandon all processions on the occcasion, so that we shall have . . and ioite or the cus t omary di sp l ays of banners thus-1 : music, whi c h suc h vast sums of money have been expended at former elections, and therefore a Coln- Paratively quiet day may be anticipated. The respective As the M candidates will, of course, be esco r t e d t o th e T own- h a ll . ayor will have t.open the ball, eac h can d i d a t e will have to himself be propos e d and seconded, and to deliver may be of his o pinions, n o f ewer than thirteen speeches l4'tsexpected by the lover s of oratory. trEtt's. SPLENDID MICR.OSCOPE.—The spirited pro d of Great George-street Academy has nobly proved himself to be a gentleman of commanding talent, intelli gent research, and eminent success in the arena of public education. He seems fully determined to spare neither labour nor expense, so that the pupils entrustro '-^ 1- ' - -) every nossibt...l___ . care may rea _ e .----,...avautage. He has just en riched his already invaluable and extensive series of phi losophical apparatus, by the addition of another splendid achromatic microscope, which opens a new world, and displays the most wonderful scenes of creative power, wisdom, and design. Great ingenuity and tft.f-,, Fi.yeu in the elaborate const ruc ti on an d ex ""` e ar e dis quisite this beautiful inst rumen t ; an d we must say, finish of 'that for depth of penet ra ti on , accuracy o f d ef i nition, and perfection of illumination, it far surpasses anything of the kind that we have ever witnessed. 111 i. Fisher has in his possession a great variety of living animalcules, which are truly asto nishing. Many . of these have a high degree of transpa rency, and 'when subjected to the penetrating glance of this powerful instrument, the circulation of the blood, the pulsation of the heart, the play of every: muscular fibre, and, indeed, the whole of their unique and internal ma chinery are fully and clearly developed. The polarizing properties of crystals are also exceedingly beautiful. These interesting phenomena are displayed with a brilli ancy and richness of colours that are almost inconceivable. England, Scotland, France and Germany have contributed their finest productions towards the completion of this microscope. The whole of the mechanical arrangements have been made, expressly to order, from the most ap proved models, by Mr. Abraham of Lord-street, and his talented work men. What an endless and delightful source of instruction and amusement does this elegant instru ment afford to a cultivated mind like that of its posses sor ; and how numerous and substantial are the advantages which those young gentlemen enjoy who are privileged to to prosecute their studies under such an affectionate, judi cious, and enlightened preceptor as our favourite towns man Mr. W. M. Fisher. DOCK COMMITTEE. TUESDAY Present—Messrs. J. Bramley-Moore (in the chair,) Molyneux, Houghton, Chilton, Mann, Henderson, Roy den. Shand, Kendal, Sandbach. Wood, Middleton, and Locket. Mr. Hartley reported that the remaining stack of warehouses on the north-east side of Albert Dock would be sufficiently complete, on the 31st inst., for use. SCHEME FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE TIMBER NEW DOCKS AT DO'OTLY The Chairman said it devolved on him to make a communication respecting the accommodation• of the timber trade. He had entered into negociations for that purpose some time ago, which, for obvious reasons, he had kept private. Mr. Hartley highly approved of the plan, and considered it the best thing that ever had been brought before them. The proposition was now in a position so very distinct, that, after a little explanation, he would give the committee, till the next meeting. time to consider of it, and then they could aupoint a sub committee to carry out these negociations to maturity, if they approved of them. The Council would have to • • sanction the principle of the measure, and they would have to put it into their notices for the next parliament. He alluded to the great inconvenience under which the it was subjected, and in some cases being crowded in back lanes and other places difficult of access. Moreover, it was quite impossible that they could proceed with 1.1. TT • r, vas,. aacsx s •Is.6.vta !AMU:, mu (110 something to accommodate the timber trade. There was great differ ence of opinion amongst the timber -merchants themselves of keeping timber dry or floating. as to the al )efore them af- forded accommodation for both parties ; they could either float the timber or yard it on dry land, as they pleased, and either could be done in such a manner and at such a cost that they would be able to carry on the timber trade not only as cheaply as in any other port in the kingdom, but at considerably less than half the expense of London, Gloucester, Bristol, or any of the other principal ports in the empire, and even at less than half what it could be carried on at Birkenhead. The negociations he had entered into had been with Lord Derby, for the strand on the North Shore, a little beyond the Bootle landmarks. This he brought before them, and offered it without mo ney and without price. The Dock Estate would not be called upon to disburse one shilling of irirchase money. The beginning of the land is at the northernmost point of the new rorth works. There are there four blocks of land, divided 1,2, 3, and 4, on the plan. The Dock Committee were to get possession by making the land there. Hitherto they had had to make the land, and afterwards pay £250,000 to the Corporation for it; but in this scheme, by making this block of land 100 yards wide, which would be the property of Lord Derby, they would get the whole of ,the remainder, 200 acres, for nothing at all. The time they would have to make the land in would be, for the first block, six years. The second block they would have ten years to make ; the third block fourteen years; and the fourth block eighteen years ; so that they would have ample time to complete all, comparatively, without any cost to the estate. From the previous conversation he had had with Mr. Hartley, he understood it would cost very little. They would have the approbation of the Admiralty at once for the making of the sea-wall, because they had pressed the committee to carry the sea-wall further north, and therefore they would encounter no opposition there. He (the chairman) recommended no plans. His negociations went to secur ing the site. The application of it, it was for the engineer and the committee afterwards to determine upon ; but he could not help pointing out that they could make between the fort-works and this land one of the largest docks they had in town, at half the cost of any other dock ever made, and without requiring sea-board entrance, because it would be merely a continuance of the outer basin. It would cost half the money of any dock yet made, for they would neither have tide-w a y nor sea - wa ll to make. He believed he could say nothing more on this subject, nor was it ne cessary, but he would call on Mr. HARTLEY to give his opinion on the general measure as to the propriety of se curing this property, and the valuable purposes for which be usec kir this estate In answer to questions the Chairman further said that the docks would extend a mile beyond the present works, and that the land would be the property of the Committee for ever.—Mr. Hartley said he very much approved of the plan, but he would strongly advise the Commit tee even to go further northward.—Mr. Mann said his only doubt was whether the present position of affairs at Birkenhead might not bring the dock there into the market at such a rate as would make it to the interest of the Dock Estate to make a timber dock there.—The Chairman said the Committee would have time to consider the subject until next week. They had only to approve or reject _the principle. The details would - be cori;idered after-wards He said he had a to the Com- few other particulars to mention in privE mittee, and the reporters then withdrew. The land proposed to be taken commences at Bankhouse lane, at the first toll-bar, on the Bootle-road, immediately in connexion with the extremity of the present new dock works. and extends beyond the two landmarks to Rich mond-terrace, near the second toll-bar. The land be tween the Bootle-road and the proposed docks is to be re served for Lord Derby ; the remainder on the shore, con sisting of 200 acres, is to be given to the Dock Trustees. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, UNRULY APPRENTICES. —Yesterday, before Mr. Rushton, no fewer than eight apprentices were brought up by summons by their master, Mr. Collard, rope maker, for deserting their work for several days without leave, beginning by going to the races on Thursday week, though they were offered Is. 6d. of additional pay for the day if they would remain. They had refused to go back to• work unless the whole of their wages were paid as usual for the whole time they were absent. Mr. Rushton ordered them to toe taken into custody, and they were remanded. CAUTION TO BUILDERS. — On Friday Mr. Samuel Mar shall was summoned before Mr. Rushton for altering certain premises leading from Renshaw-street to the Upper Arcade, without leaving a notice to that effect at the sur veyor's office. Mr. Johnson, the surveyor of the district, stated that the alterations so made were contrary to the act. Mr. Rushton said he should bind over the defendant in the sum of £lOO to have the necessary alterations made within twenty-one days. REFUSAL OF SEAMEN TO PROCEED WITH A VESSEL. — On Wednesday, six seamen were brought up for refusing to go to sea in the ship Jane to Quebec, after signing articles to that effect. They alleged the bread was had, but this allegation was disproved. Mr. Rushton directed that their clothes should be sent to the Sailors' Home, and not be delivered up till the money obtained on the notes was refunded, and they must each go to gaol for thirty days; he added,—" That is the result of your determination to impose on respectable merchants and tradesmen ; you tsahiptarteceNe- CONSPIRACY lespytne:etßdi release t rnA h egcs e ,sd eme dressed Ts o ec .y n yr tooeDeuyurnrEsygs DEFRAUD.—On nßl u mvdAee h l: a iluDf, v br e .job— g ome h o ros t ynnol o iauk n nsred t aoy l t the ot e l n igdioa o ani ttnytie, Thomas sni , t ssi a i and now and Henry Thompson, were charged with a conspiracy r o eo t ew i l amE r l t ie. . et r ' o obtain from Mr. Cameron, watchmaker, South Castle isotigvetot, paysix sfoilrvetrhownaitchTeshaenpdriazo-o chain, without intend ing had an office in King street, where they acted as brokers under the firm of Yates and Co. No such persoiras-ates was there, but Thos. Fowler called himself so. John Fowler and T son went to Mr. Cam eron ' s s h op, and saying they y some watches for exportati on , selected lg and six chain, value in all £4O 155., and re ques t e d them to he d sent to Yates and Co.'s office, within an hour. Mr. Ca meron's son took them within the time, together with an invoice marked " nett cash." A man named Musker, who had pretended also to be one of the firm, was there. He was introduced to a person said to be Mr. Wilson, who, it was added, was the purchaser, but who was the prisoner Thompson. The watches and invoice were given to him, and he took them into an inner office, saying all was right. Mr. Cameron asked for the money, and was told to call in an hour and he should have it. He called in an hon and found only Bell, a clerk, who handed him a not signed by G. F. Yates & Co. " guaranteeim of the amount stated in " three months." said he must have the cash, and would call again, v ytnent Camera he did in the afternoon, and found the place locked up. He afterwards called, and fifty times since. but with uc success, only a boy being in the place. He never, indeed, saw the prisoners until they were apprehended. The principal evidence was the clerk Bell, who had been in custody, but was liberated on promising to tell all he knew. The company was composed of the three prisoner: and )busker; but they kept.no books, and they had done no burin- ''he e the watches were obtained vent., some of them were pledged. The gold watch and char were found on John Fowler when he was apprehended. The others were also found, and identified. The prisoners ; who declined to say anything, were committed for trial, and bail for their liberation was refused, the case being considered: as amounting to larceny.—Yesterday, the three prisoners named above were again placed at the bar, and, along with them, the fourth individual implicated in the transaction, David Musker, who had been appre hended since the last hearing of the case. Mr. Reay, of the Guardian Society, who had been active in bringing the case forward, was again in court, and the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Envas, solicitor of the society, 8 I while Mr. Davenport ap• And for tb^ -ner ADM' n_ pt.._ .ne s. case was brought forward against the firm of Yates and Co., charging them with having obtained a large quantity of laths, for which they had not paid, but, as it was ad mitted by the complainant that credit we: the prisoners, the court at once dismissed the case a, Unt --- • given tc _...., enable._._--- ancifr B el t l v ( i w d i e i r o t c h e a u d -a b s e t e h n e then takenhearda sfrao to the watches, prisoners to be Nl relative Musker, from which it appeared that the prisoner was present on several occasions during the transaction . witness) t M n e r s . s )affect Came ron,llig from Manchester, said in cross-examination that he had only been andr.ytlamt Yateset s h a e nd represented ‘l r.l\Tiis o t n w . o of Bell,t le w o h t o h 1 is engaged as clerk for the firm the day before the transaction, at a salary of 30s. a-week. He bad been sent pploerdtgaepdpbuyedTfloiormas Muskerow lteorbleiimadsmelifitefodrtf to pledge several of the watches. The gold watch was his mother would be surety to any amount. Air. Rushton refused, on the ground that he was as much implicated as the other ; and the whole four were then finally committed for trial at the assizes, which are fixed for tBbh.aeilG:salliryp.irDiolgaxitri:binao-t. TIM LIVERPOOL STANDARD:' He was then asked whether he was a follower of Dr. Pusey ? He replied that he was neither a follower of Dr. Pusey nor any other man. (Oh ! and laughter.) Did you vote for the Maynooth grant? Pursuant to requisition, an aggregate -meeting of the No answer. Conservative burgesses of the borough was held at twelve Did you vote for Watson's bill, that 'would have per o'clock'on Tuesday, at the Amphitheatre, for the purpose mitted the influx of the Jesuits.—the carrying of the of hearing Sir Digby Mackworth and Lord John Manners Host through the streets on Corpus Christi and other declare their principles. The meeting was well attended, holydays, that would have revoked the .statute of mort every part of the building being crowded to excess. On main, and allowed persons on their death-beds to alienate the platform there appeared a good assemblage of the their property from their families and creditors, and leading Conservatives of the town. Shortly after twelve place it at the disposal of Roman Catholic bishops and o'clock Sir Digby made his appearance, when he was re- priests ? ceived with three cheers, and repeated rounds of. Kentish Lord JOHN replied that he had voted for Mr. Watson's fire. He was immediately followed by Lord Ja Manners, bill, but that the provisions of that bill were very much who was also warmly received by the meeting. When misunderstood. It conta ined no provisions for permitting silence was restored, EDMUND MoLYNEux, Esq., was Roman Catholic processions through the streets, but it called to the chair. did provide that persons might, three months prior to their The CHAIRMAN introduced Sir Digby Mackworth to decease, leave their property for charitable purposes ; and the meeting in the most flattering terms. he had abundance of information to show that many cha- Sir Many MAcxwoRTH then came to the front of the rities had suffered to the extent of thousands of pounds by platform, and said that before coming forward as a candi- no such provision having existed ; nay, he could point to date two questions had been put to him by those who one instance in Liverpool in which an institution had ma brought him there, to which he had already given an terially suffered in consequence. He had always been in explicit answer, which answer he would again repeat. favour of the removal of the pains, penalties, and disabili- The questions were, wheth er he would give an assurance ties , und er which the Roman Catholics laboured, and he ~ ~_ . r.thnti, • should continue to act upon the same principle, and re- POLITICAL MEETINGS. MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVES. AT THE AMPIII- to oppose all further endowment o_ clergy, and whether he would pledge himself to oppose all attempts which might be made for the abrogation of the Navigation Laws. Both of these questions he had pledged himself to oppose, and he would oppose them, when brought before parliament, if he had the honour of being returned as their representative. (Cheers.) On the subject of the Navigation Laws, he believed that by them their commercial marine and the navy of the king dom had been raised to their present high position. (Cheers.) They had, in his opinion, created a vast amount of work and employment for the labourin g classes, and therefore should be supported. (Loud cheers.) As the question of free trade was connected with the Na vigation Laws, he would next allude to it. He was friendly to freedom of trade—(hear, hear, and cheers) — so far as their peculiar position, as a nation, would allow of it. (Cheers.) He was desirous that they should com pete with all other nations in manufactures , arts , a nd MR. CARDWELL IN LIME-STREET WARD. sciences ; but at the same time he was desirous of pro- On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the electors of moting the comforts of the industrial classes , and would Lime-street Ward was held at the York Hotel. .M!. therefore do all in his power to protect their interests. On Bramle y -Moore, alderman of the ward, took the chair, in the currency question he thought some alterations might he his capacity of alderman. Mr. Cardwell was well received. made, by which the bank, on an emergency like the pre- In the course of an able speech he said be had already sent, would be able to issue an increase of notes in pro- spoken of the honour apd the excellence of the gentlemen portion to the amount of gold which they retained. who were his competitors for the great honour of repre (Cheers.) He declared himself an advocate for the gene- senting this large constituency ; but there was a circum ral system of taxation, but he was opposed to some of the stance connected with two of them which lie did not dis details of the present system. (Hear.) He was opposed tinctly understand. (Hear.) He (Mr. Cardwell) stood to the window tax, and also to the tax on tea. (Cheers.) before the electors as an independent candidate for their With reference to the Poor Law Amendment Act, he independent suffrages. (Applause.) He should like to would say. that he should never support any law, the ask whether the other candidates came forward in the principle of which went to separate man and wife, nor same position. (Hear.) He should like to meet toem would he support any law by which outdoor relief could upon public occasions' to address the same audience, to not be granted to the poor. (Cheers and Kentish fire.) deal with the same topics, to be judged there and then by He would, if returned as their representative, support, the mode in which they handled any particular subject, in the most cordial manner, every effor lfir the passing and to leave it to the decision of the meeting which they of the Health of Towns Bill. (Cheers.) He w a s a lso would choose. (Great applause.) By some circumstance friendly to the extension of the franchise to the late dis- which he (Mr. Cardwell) could not understand, that lati franchised freemen. (Loud cheers.) On the subject of tude had not been afforded to him. (Hear, hear.) He education he would advocate no system which had not did not know whether any of the candidates were in what the Bible for its basis. (Cheers.) And he was for ex- was generally called a coalition one with the other. tending the education of the Bible to all classes of his (" No, no," and "Yes, yes ;it was perfectly understood.") Roman Catholic brethren. If they returned hi m t o p ar - He did not think it was perfectly understood ; but he had liament . he would support all these measures to th e b es t seen it stated in the newspapers that at least one of the of his ability, and he trusted he would ever be fou n d su p- candidates had emphatically denounced it. (Hear, porting all that was consistent in principle, in politi cs an d hear.) He (Mr. Cardwell) knew the opinions of boa religion. (Cheers.) With respect to the Irish priesthood of them, and he could not for his life understand how he was wholly and heartily averse to any endowme n t of a they should embark in the same boat. (Hear and ap religion which, while he loved the members of it i n di v i- plause.) An ingenious Welshman was once called upon to dually, he believed to be most tyrannical to the dignity find a parallel between Macedon and Monmouth. How to of man, and which was the most conducive to temporal find out a resemblance between them was at first exceed and spiritual tyranny of every kind. (Cheers.) He be- ingly difficult ; but his ingenuity at length found one point lieved that the principles of the Church of Rome—and in union,—that the names of both places began with an he was sorry to say some members of a party of his own M (laughter and applause). Now he (Mr. Cardwell) Church—led directly to the establishment of every s p ec i es thought the only point of union between his two competi of temporal and religious tyranny and thraldom. ( - Cheers.) tors was to be found in the same fact, that their names He was an advocate for the civil and religious liberty of both began with an M (laughter). The honourable gen all classes of his fellow-countrymen, but especially the tleman then referred to the speech of Lord George Ben- Roman Catholics. (Cheers, and Kentish fire, in the tinck in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, in which midst of which Sir Digby retired.) he dwelt upon a subject to which he (Mr. Cardwell had Lord JOHN MANNERS then came forward, and, as in had the honour of adverting. He had told them that within his previous address, avowed himself to be, without any the last six years seven millions of taxes had been taken disguise, a Tory. (Cheers, mingled with hisses.) He off the revenue, which notwithstanding was greater than then proceeded to define what he considered to be the es- before (applause). Now, this had been exceedingly un sential principles of Toryism—the first of which was a pleasant intelligence to Lord George Bentinck. He said devoted attachment to the church ; the second, unswerv- the person who found it out must have been a political ing loyalty to the Queen ; thirdly, the maintenance of the conjuror; and that the information was extremely likely rights of all classes of the community • and, fourthly, an to do mischief on the eve of a general election , and he was ' afraid that if the electors remained under such . _ move a ny disabilities, if any such existed, under which Protestant dissenters . might labour (hisses and applause). Did you call the priests of Rome " those holy priests of good, sole types of God on earth" ? No answer.—(Hisses.) Will you repeal the Game Laws ?" Lord JOHN said he had ever been a sincere admirer of the fine old English sports of this country, and that he re gretted similar sports did not exist in other lands. Mr. PROCTOR moved, and Mr. MUNCASTER seconded, a resolution to the effect that Lord John was a fit and pro per person to represent [" Yes, to; represent Maynootli" —loud laughter] the borough of Liverpool in Parliament. On the putting of the resolution a great number of hands were held up against it, but it was declared to be carried by a majority, and the crowd dispersed. anxious aesire to roster, to promote, and to protect the social, the moral, and the religious welfare and well-being of all classes in the empire. (Applause.) With respect to the first of these points, he congratulated the meeting upon the proud position which the Church of England now occupied. She was nobly fulfilling her duty, and gathering into her fold thousands of outcasts at home, and numbers of heathen abroad. It had been said that he was an unworthy member of the Church of England, because he would not consent to denounce his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects. It had also been said that he belonged to a party in the Church who sought to introduce radical changes in her doctrines and constitution. (Hear, hear.) But he was born in the bosom of the Church, in her bosom he hoped to die, and neither by thought, word, or deed, did he wish to introduce any change into her princi ples, to impose any new rites and ceremonies upon her, or to violate, in the remotest degree, any one of her received principles, ceremonies, and institutions. With respect to the second point, unswerving loyalty to the crown : in - 0 J. an impression, the next parliament would be as bad as the last (laughter and applause). Now, Lord George had discovered that the taxes had been taken off • certain number of articles, and that these articles bad not contributed more to the revenue than before (laughter). It would have been a very strange thing if they had. Considering they had taken off all the duty on cotton, it would be an uncommonly strange thing if that article had contributed more to the revenue than it did before. But what was the use of taking the duty off the raw material, cotton ? Why, to promote the cot ton manufactures : and it was well known that the work men in cotton manufactories would spend their wages in tea and other taxed articles, and therefore the revenue upon them would increase. Was that a matter of asto nishment ? He should have thought it was the mere AB C to people who had seriously dealt with those subjects. One of the things upon which the duty had increased was bricks (laughter, and a cry of " There's nothing like a . . these days it was not necessary to say much upon that subject, but should the day ever come when socialism or republicanism raised their hideous fronts in this our fa voured country, then the spirit of ancient Toryism would awake to defend the rights and privileges of the English monarch. ',Loud cheers.) The noble lord then pro ceeded to congratulate the people of Liverpool upon the passing of the Ten Hours Bill ; but there were still other classes who required similar support and assistance. The drapers already enjoyed the great boon, but the harness makers and saddlers were still in want of sufficient time to attend to their social and religious welfare. He trusted no appeal to parliament would be necessary ; but, if so, the question would receive his warmest support. The next topic touched upon by the noble lord, was the present sys tem of taxation, and he frankly avowed that he considered brick.") Now, the tax had not been taken off them, 1 they had taken the duty off foreign timber, which increa the use of colonial timber, and also of bricks, so that there the revenue was increased (hear, hear.) Lord George also said that there had been an increase of £400,000 from the Post-office, and he supposed none of the duties which were taken off cotton, wool, or timber had anything to do with that. But the revenue of the post-office was derived from letters, principally about commercial transactions, and in proportion as the charges upon these articles were diminished, commercial transactions increased, and there was a consequent increase in the stamps and taxes (applause). Now, he thought these things were perfectly intelligible, though it appeared they were not so to Lord George Bentinck. Well, this same great autho rity, who he was told was to be Chancellor of the Exche the present system of taxation and excise to be exceed ingly objectionable and injurious ; and he was desirous to see a remission of the duty on tobacco, tea, and other ar ticles. The diminution of the duty on tea especially would open up a very beneficial trade with China. The Bank Charter Bill was next alluded to, and the noble can didate expressed his determination to support the amend ments which were likely to be proposed upon that mea sure by practical men, in the next session of parliament, In reference to the Navigation Laws, he expressed his un willingness to consent to their abrogation, and in conclu sion recommended the electors to rally round those men who would not shrink from the arduous task of defending the great and venerated institutions of the country. (Great cheering.) The noble lord then retired, but like his gallant predecessor, was reminded that he omitted to allude to a very important topic—the endowment of the Roman Catholic church. To such a measure he said he would give his strenuous resistance ; but at the same time he would give an impartial consideration to any measure ,(laughter)—said, " Oh, it's all owing to the har- Sir R. Peel had always capital harvests, and that is why he was able to take off the taxes." But Sir Charles Wood had a bad harvest, and the potato crop completely failed ; but had the revenue fallen off ? No ; for from the return of the 6th of July, there appeared to be an increase in the revenue, notwithstanding the bad harvest, of £2,6oo,ooo—(great applause)—and the in crease was derived to the extent of £1,800,000 from arti cles consumed amongst the industrial classes. That was not owing to a good harvest, but to the judicious relaxa tions which had been made, by which the people had been enabled to spend more money on taxed articles. (Hear.) He (➢7r. Cardwell) could not avoid noticing the concluding portion of Lord George Bentinck's speech, in which he quotes a few lines from Prior, about the fly on the coach wheel, which said, as it went along the road, " what a dust do Now, he hac listened to the long speeches c be comparee which was intended to ameliorate the conditiOn of the I the noble lord, who called out about the dust he ;raised, Roman Catholic people. (Applause.) If he should find I while he contributed nothing to the motion of the coach. it his duty to support any such measure against the wishes (Applause.) But talking of flies, he might be permitted of his constituents, be would follow the example of his to use another simile — no) ' ' Ashl. - I resign - • he " A snail and a tortoise are not very ni,;-' Joie triend, Lord Asutey, and resign a post whiei. could no longer hold with satisfaction to them, or honour to himself. (Great cheering.) There were then loud cries for Mr. Horsfall or Mr. S. llolme, but neither of those gentlemen made his appear ance, and the proceedings were declared to be at an end. A fly in a glue-pot is slow, Sir But of all the slow creatures thaterer could crawl," —You must fill in the name, gentlemen, but the verse ends—" is the slowest I know, sir !" (Laughter and ap plause.) On Wednesday evening, two Conservative Ward Meet ings were held at the Phoenix Inn, Mount-pleasant. Sir u. Mackworth addressed the electors at 7 o'clock from one ows: aifla o , :o f dgd3 t g2I battles and was in fiHewould do all n i his la in reply to questions pe,v reiterated most of his p r i nc iples, oot l of : the adt od t that he e l g,e abolitionnali had eerlaitwi been cessf, in all their integrity, and to discountenance Puscyism. He stated that he had been personally canvassing for the last two days and had only met with four refusals.—Lord John Manners reiterated his principles at nin e o'clock, and was asked a great number of questions. He promised, as he did at the Amphitheatre, to consider any propositions which might be submitted relative to the endowment of the Irish priesthood, and lie objected, as before, to endow them out of the funds of the Established Church, or out of the national funds. He would uphold the universities, At the conclusion of his speech, several questions were put to Mr. Cardwell, which he answered promptly and candidly. Mr. REYNOLDS said he wished to ask their future mem ber—for that he had no doubt he would be—whether he would extend the blessings of education to every creed ? _ Mr. CARDWELL said that, if there was one thing more than another which he held to conduce to the advancing prosperity of this great country, it was the extension to every living bein ,, of the inestimable blessings of educa tion. - (Applause.) He thought it his duty to add, that wherever they could extend the blessings of religious with secular education, it was of the utmost importance that they should not fail in, this cardinal duty. (Hear, hear.) I f there were any classes who differed so widely from us that we found it impossible to deal with them in the mat ter of religious education, he knew not why in the world we should prevent their extending to them the blessings of that other, though inferior education in which they with us, as common subjects of a gracious Queen, have a com point. He denied that he was a follower of Dr. Pusey or of any other man. He explained at some length the pro visions of Mr. Watson's Bill, and said there was much misconception abroad on that subject. He was for re moving the pains and penalties under which the Roman Catholics and Protestant Dissenters labour; and he would never be fet erect from expressing his unbiassed opinions on any subject which might come before the Legislature, howeVer distasteful to many these opinions might . be. The answers were received with applause, mingled with hisses, and cries of "Maynooth." Eventually, upon the motion of Mr. Procter, seconded by Mr. Muncaster, a resolution was passed by no means unanimously, that he was a fit and proper person to represent the borough in parliament. mon interest. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) There were no more questions put, and Mr. CARDWELL then said he hoped he might rest satisfied that he had been neither slow nor indistinct in h Three times three cheers were then proposed, and given for Mr. Cardwell. CARDWELL AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS On Friday afternoon, a meeting of gentlemen, princi pally connected with the shipping interests of Liverpool, was held at the office of Mr. North, in Exchange-alley, to meet E. Cardwell, Esq., and t o ascerta i n hi s sent i ments upon the Navigation Laws. The meeting was very fully attended, and among the.gentlemen present we noticed Messrs. Win. Potter, T. Bold, Fisher, Wynne, Sir Thos. Brancker, J. Nelson Wood, Yates, Mann, Rankin, Clay pole, Houghton, Clint, Tyrer, &e. &c. W. J. Lockett, Esq., was called to the chair, and after introducing Mr. Cardwell to the meeting, sa id that that gentleman had kindly consented to meet them up on th e i n t eres ti ng sub ject of the Navigation Laws, and he trusted that nothing which (lid not concern them would be mentioned. Mr. CARDWELL thanked the meeting for their atten tion, an d stated that he would give his o pi n i ons , an d an swer' an y questions . with plainness, .It was his duty to attach much more importance to their opinion upon Such a subject than they could attach to his. He begged to assure them that he held no opinions hostile to the Navi gation-laws ; if any one stated that he did, th e y were i n error . He then gave a short history of the laws, and stated that he would not go to parliament pledged either to alter or to maintain them. If a change was proposed in the Navigation-laws, he should first take them into consider ation, then confer with his constituents, and vote accord ing to the best of his judgment; and lie could not bring himself to believe that his final judgment could be found in hostility with that of his constituents, if ever lie had the honour of representing them. As member for Liverpool, he would have, if unplcdged, more than ordinary influence in the house; and if a committee were formed upon the Navigation-laws, he would certainly be a member of it, and would attend to its duties without any previous pre possession. A long conversation then took place upon some ship ping returns of the Board of Trade ; but as Mr. Cardwell said. he knew nothing more of them than any gentlemen present, he could. give' no definite opinion upon them. Several gentlemen attempted to get a more explicit an swer from Mr.- Cardwell as to what he would do if a change in the Navigation-laws was proposed, and Mr. Cardwell said he.did not approve of any plan for their abrogation, that he. did not contemplate any change at all, and that he did not see any necessity for Mr. Ricardo's committee on the subject. One gentleman said that he understood from a friend who had been present at nineteen sittings of the commit tee upon the the Nivigation Laws. and from what he heard and saw, he thought, that Sir Robert Peel was in favour of altering them. Now, he wished to know if Mr. Cardwell's opinions coincided with Sir R. Peel's ? Mr. Cardwell, in reply, said that as he did not know Si r R. Peel's opinions on the subject, he could not answer the question - . Many other questions upon sul the shipping interests were pu Is connected with 2artiwell by gentle- men present. The Chairman then thanked Mr. Cardwell for his tendance, and the meeting separated. MEETING OF SIR THOMAS BIRCH'S FT ,NDS AT THI AMPHITHEARE, YESTERDAY. A. meeting of the Liberal party was held yester the Amphitheatre, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the pur pose of promoting the return of Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart. The meeting was attended by a large body of the working classes, including. a sprinkling of the Liberal broadcloth. We noticed oil the platform a tolerably full attendance of the usual leaders of the party. A little after the hour appointed; anclwhen the dinner hour having arrived, the working men had got seated, Mr. Wm. Earle was called upon to take the chair and to introduce the subject of the meeting, which he did in his usual strain ; after which Sir T. B. Birch came forward to address the meeting, a party having previously created a slight inter ruption, by inquiring if any question might be asked of him, which was replied to by the chairman in the negative. As soon as the applause with with which Sir T. B. was received had subsided, the honourable baronet proceeded to expatiate upon the services which the community had received from the Liberal party, as compared with 'those to which his opponents belonged. His first subject would be that of taxation ; and he objected principally to the _ _ window tax as unjust and oppressive stitute for it a probate tax upon I returned he would endeavour to get su i a tax removed and teazing, and calculated to cramp the enter - prise of trade. Owing to the large amount which they produce, however, it would be only possible to remove them gra ' order, followed in order of time respectively by the Bac chante,..Water Wyvern, Prima Donna, and Enigma (close together), and the Gem. We have not space to notice all the evolutions and changes in the push back to the Buoy and out again to the Northwest Lightship, and must con tent ourselves with merely stating that first-rate naval tactics were displayed in the sailing of the whole fleet. They rounded the outer Lightship the second and last time, as follows, rejecting fractional seconds : Vision 48 m. past 3 o'clock ; Victoria 3 m. past 4 o'clock ; m. past 4 o'clock ; 141 m. past 4 o'clock ; 211 m. past 4 o'clock ; 21m. past 4 o'clock; 911, 1. mast 4 o'clock ; dually, by devoting to their removal any surplus revenu, we might have. With respect to the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy, he did not think the present or any ministry had an idea of such a measure, which was absurd, inasmuch as the people refused to give it and the priests to receive it. He did not think either that endow ments to religious bodies by the state were desirable. Sir Thomas approved of the Government system of education, and characterised the voluntary system of education as a total failure. (Considerable uproar by a body of dissent ers in the boxes and gallery.) Sir Thomas proceeded tc combat some of the objections used against the me - and was retiring, amid loud applause, when he was re minded that he had not referred to the Navigation Laws, upon which he stated that having spoken twice upon the subject, and having to answer some questions upon those laws that night he hoped he might be now excused. A PARTY in the pit asked Sir Thomas's opinion as to the rate paying clauses of the Reform act, but was pat , down by the meeting. Mr. CARTER, haircutter, amidst much confusion, was invited upon the platform to ask a few questions ; one cc these was, what was the opinion of Sir Thos. Birch as to Mr. Watson's bill for the repeal of the Roman Catholic disabilities. Sir T. BIRCH ' as not in favour of the continuation of those disabilities ; but he would pledge himself to no thing. _ _ _ THORNLEY, M.P., explained to the ,meeting the objects of the bill, and stated that he had voted for it ; :here were Sir Thomas would vole for every measur 'ecting civil and religious liberty. Sir Tilos. BIRCH did not like any gentleman to speak for him. He should vote for the bill. Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., then presented himself, and was received with great cheering, to move a vote of confidence in Sir Thomas Birch, of whom he entertained the highest opinions. He had to charge him, however, with having, from his retiring character, hitherto concealed his merit from the world. Mr. Brown then proceeded to describe the provisions of the Passengers' Act, one of the most obnoxious clauses of which he assisted in defeating during the past session, although it unfortunately passed ulti mately in a very oppressive shape to the Bril ish' ship owner. After a few remarks upon the Education ques tion, Mr. Brown concluded by calling for three cheers for Sir Thomas, who he honed would be at the head of the Poll. The motion was seconded by Mr. THORNELY, M.P., who appealed to the electors as to the importance of Liverpool . doing its duty at the pre- HP 4.1 r TITO.C.II himself as ennvinre , rl thnt nn Enigma .... Prima Donna Wy v ern They had all to beat in, nnirgr, f m. past 4 o'clock. m the Light Ship to the The Vision, in running home, had it all her own id, after passing the Bell Buoy, bore away at a with a: flowing sheet The . Coming in at the 44m. past 6 o'clock abroeation of the Navigation Laws would take place, but he believed thatthey must be reformed. After a few words in eulogy of Mr. Cardwell as a second candidate, Mr. ABERCROMBY WARD On Wednesday evening, Lord John Manners addressed the electors of Abercromby Ward. His speech was a reiteration of his former principles. At the close of his address, he was asked a great variety of questions, to the following effect : 7 - _ _ _ _ _ The first question was, whether he would vote for the endowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood out of the funds of the Protestant Church, the consolidated funds, the land of Ireland, or the pockets of the landlords ? Lord JOHN replied that he should not vote for the en dowment out of the Church funds, or out of the con solidated funds, but that he would fairly and impartially --- consider any proposition which 4 might be brought s forward to place the relations between the Irish Roman Catholic priesthood and population upon a sound and beneficial footing ; and that if he felt himself constrained to sup port it, he would refer to his constituents, and if they disaapproved of the proposition he would resign. (Cheers and hisses.) The second question was, Whether he would uphold the universities-in all their integrity, uphold sound Pro testant learning at Oxford and Cambridge, and discounte nance such innovations in the Church as had led to tumult at Exeter, and very nearly to bloodshed ? • Lord John replied that he had been educated at Cam bridge, that he had always advocated, and should continue to-advocate, the propriety of upholding the universities in all their integrity • he was for preserving the rites and doctrines, intact ; but he could not and would not pledge hjtuselflor allfuture time. (Hisses and applause.) THEATRE Thornely retired Mr. JAMES AIKIN was introduced by the Chairman as an extensive shipowner, who entered into a review of the position of the Liberal party in Liverpool for the last few years, in the course of which be delivered a most feeling and eloquent tribute to the late Dr. Shepherd. Mr. Aikin then proceeded to remark upon the Conservatives, and said that the proposition for each party to r one candidate having come from that party, he should consider that every member of that party who did not give a second vote to Sir Thomas Birch would not act honourably. Mr. Aikin, after a few more observations, in which he maintained that the principle of the Naviga .... urn only tion Laws ought to take them out of the category of free trade measures, as the safety of the country depended upon the prosperity of our commercial marine, but ad mitted that some improvements might be effected in their details, retired amidst loud applause, recommending Mr. Cardwell as the fit man to receive their second votes. Mr. RATHBONE, who was loudly called for briefly ad dressed the meeting, afte r a p o l og i s i ng f or his unfitness, owing to his having just returned from the funeral of Dr. Shepherd. Mr. R. then reviewed the qualifications of the other three candidates ; and, after a few general remarks, retired amidst loud applause. Mr. TAYLOR could not leave the meeting without men tioning a tnost important question which had not been touched upon : it was the income-tax. He did not think it proper that Sir T. Birch should go to Parliament un pledged to repeal that infamous law. He also complained of the expenses of the government. He aiso aavocatea the ballot, and complained of the appropriation of money to the erection of fresh bishoprics, and of the restrictions upon the press. (Cries of " Question, chairman.") Sir T. BIRCH would remove all restrictions upon the press. He would be glad to see the income-tax removed, and to raise the same amount upon property. With regard to the ballot, he did not think that it prevented corruption in countries where it was in practice. He also thought it the duty of an elector not only to vote, but to advocate his opinions; and the ballot would only lead to , concealment. k one way and vote for anot ponded to by the great body of th - e meeting. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, who briefly replied, and the meeting separated. 10YAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.-GRAND SAILING MATCH. On Saturday, the sailing match took place for the grand Challenge Cup (value 100 sovs.), given by the club, and the Lac yachts of any part of the United Kingdom ; the cup to be the final property of the owner of any yacht only winning it two consecutive years; the purse to be borne off by the winner of the race of the day. Ten yachts,_all first-rate of their respective classes, had entered, but owing to the mildness of the weather, two of them with drew, it being considered that their best qualities could only be eliciCed by a somewhat stiff breeze. The City of Dublin Company's steam-ship "Mersey" was engaged to follow the match, with the members and their friends, and tool( on board the largest company of ladies and gen tlemen we have yet seen on similar occasions, including many of the most influential families and individuals of the town and neighbourhood. The course decided upon was " The Queen's," from New Brighton to the Bell Beacon, and thence to the North-west Light-ship, back to the Bell, and again out, and round the same light-ship, and thence home to New Brighton, by.the same /mite. The distance, in a straight line, is about thirty-eight nautical miles, but the distance run, with beating, would be at least fifty. The boats were stationed from the flag.- yacht, opposite ti .ewßrighton pier,_ in the following order across the rive the first named ''t shore, or to windward Prima Donna 24 t( Vision 44 ti Victoria 59 ti J. L. Ives, Esq., owner. T. Birehall, Esq., owner D. Connor, Esq., owner. ....12. tons Water Wyvern 42 ton Bacchant( Enigma Echo . , H. Melling, Esq., owner. J. E. Stopford, Esq., owner B. H. Jones, Esq., owner. E. Rogett, Esq., owner. 80 tons. 24 tons 34 tons. T Cato, Esq., owner The day was on the whole very fine, with a kentle breeze from the N.N.W., scarcely enough at any time to try the metal of the larger vessels engaged in the contest. They were started off shortly before eleven o'clock, in the usual way, by the commodore, who was on board the steamer, and went away prettily, the Echo fast getting round, fol lowed by the Bacchante, the others following rather closely. The vision kept well up with the Victoria, and the Bacchante and Prima Donna were nearly abreast. Soon after the start, the little Gem got the lead and main- tained it for some time, the Victoria following close upon her. This position was altered soon after, and the first boats in order were the Victoria, the Vision, the Gem, and the Bacchante. On passing the Crosbie Light-shin the Vision was first, and she less or more kept the lead afterwards throughout the whole race, the Victoria long keeping well up to her. There was a large fleet of vessels, upwards of forty sail, in the offing, chiefly outward bound, and these, together with the light ship s ( w hi c h were deco rated with flags in honour of the occasion), and the wide expanse of glittering sea and smiling landscape in the dis tance, rendered the scene highly varied and beautiful. The alterations that occasionally took place in the positions of the running boats, and their graceful appearance in various situations, were a tlipm. of .• s•••• LUVUIC 01 mucu ammrautun. The Victoria, before reaching the Bell Buoy, lost consi derabl y by standing too long on the starboard tack, so that she got under the lee of some of the ships under sail, while the Vision, (still first), keeping to the eastward of them, walked further to windward of her, passing the Bell Buoy n minutes before her. Here the Echo passed third, the Bacchante fourth, and the Prima Donna fifth, followed by the Gem and the others. The three first rounded the Northwest Lightship first time in the same We learn from the Manchester Courier, of Wedneg— day, that a correspondence has taken place between the Bishop of Chester and the people of Bollington, and the neighbourhood, on the mode of celebrating the service of the Church. It appears that a petition of the inhabitants open to of Bollington was sent to the bishop, expressing astonish— _ ment and regret that the Rev. Joseph Hordern, - A.M.. vicar of Rosthorne, had threatened to cause the withdrawal of the licence and the removal of the Rev. Benjamin Fesse Wood, A. 8., the curate, unless the people would cease to (what the vicar terms it) " intone the service :" and praying his lordship not to withdraw his licence from. Mr. Wood. To the petition the bishop replies _ . _ tion, or of your letter which accompanies and supports it_ My judgment is altogether opposed to that mode of performing divine service which Mr. Wood has introduced at Bollington. My opinion is, that the usage which prevails in cathedrals was. never designed to ettend to parish churches; and I cannot give my sanction to any innovation, for which I find no war-- rant either in the rubric or in reason. "The rubric points out the parts of the service which are to be read, and the parts which are to be sung. And reason tells us, that the prayer which is most natural must be most ac ceptable to God; whereas intonation can never be natural, for irstpst be learned, studied, and maintained with care. "Accordingly, a's I have not the right, so neither have I the inclination, to interfere with Mr. Hordern's directions, as to the.mode of worship in his parish. And I sincerely hope that, as he 'isthe lawfully appointed judge in this matter, the mhabi ... eertu►ly acquiesce in his' determine- Ind be content to worship God after the manner of their . s.—l have the honour to be, sir, your faithful andhumble nt, " J. B. CHESTER. Thomas Shaw Peters, Esq., Bollington,Altrineham." His lordship's letter has been received with the great est respect due to all parties. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. — Crowds have flocked to visit the polytechnic exhibition during the past week, es pecially in the evenings. So far is this from being a mat ter of surprise, that we should be astonished, and even disappointed, were it to prove otherwise. There is so much to instruct and gratify, there are so many exhibi tions of things curious, rare, instructive, excellent, and entertaining, that it would be bad economy to let'slip an opportunity of seeing so much at so little cost. There are revere' departments, any one of which would be cheaply exhibited at the sum charged for the whole. It is a pleasure, toc, to recommend to public attention sub jects of contemplation which they cannot possibly pass under their review without a large accession of important. information. It will be a source of extreme regret to all who have participated in the instruction and amusement so lavishly _aorded at this exhibition to find, that, in a few days, it must positively close, in order that the rooms shall be converted to their legitimate use. We therefore, trust, that those amongst our townsmen (if any) who have . not yet visited the institution will lose no time in doing so. The attendance ought to keep increasing to the close. Notwithstanding the absence of Mr. George Buckland, the admirable buffo singer, whose re appearance last evening was hailed with delight, the concerts have been gaining upon the affections of the public. The vocalists are most accomplished. The exquisite finish of Miss Grant, the archness of Miss T► - ' -1-ill of Miss Parsons, _nornton the pathos and. SKI. ~. ..._ Iconjoined with ibe manly tones of Mr. Rafter, of whose success his great master, Crivelli, may . well be proud, present such a combination of attrZ as we rarely p l have witnessed in Liverpool. Thos%, 1 11$411eykhe good.. fortune to listen to the trioS 4101..4 Countess," and " Vadasi via di " as-1M ab - e nightly produced amid ove upapplause from all. parts of. t 5i..... .1k . ti5 . e 11. : ‘ ,011 . ji . a l u t ve t i e 3 r 74 .. , :ce d them. rapid r flag-boat was,- 1 Vision, .. 2 Bacchante 3 Victoria The Echo and the others followed in succession, the Gen/ last, though, considering her small tonnage, she did won ders. She would have been allowed 16 minutes in time as against the Vision. On board the steamer was Mr. Grib bin's excellent musical band of ten performers, who played. . almost conti nuous l y , th e l a dies and gentl em e n occasionally dancing on the quarterdeck. An excellent dinner was served in the saloon. After most of the yachts bad re turned, the Commodore presented the massive Cup to Mr. Birchall, highly complimenting him on the able manner in which he had sailed his beautiful yacht, beating first-class vessels from various ports. He had last year and this beat the owner of the cup, and it was now his own. The Club had not contemplated losing it so soon ; but felt assured that no one more deserved it. He also presented to hint the handsome Ladies' Purse, embroidered in gold, and its valuable contents. Mr. Birchall responded in manly yet modest terms. Wine was handed round on the occasion, and a number of toasts were given, receiv e d w ith loud e patron of the Club Ls were those of t steward and other office coupled with a worthy of the Club, were assiduous in their attention, and hospitable to all on board, as was Captain Dearl of the steamer, who landed the gra tified assemblage at the Prince's pier, about nine o'clock. Distrirt PrID . ! -- LARGE S TRAWBERRY . —On Tuesday, a strawberry was left at our office which measured full seven inches in cir— cumference.—Blackburn Standard. EWO MEN KILLED.—Two men of the name of Thos. Hartley and Mathew Wilkinson, were killed last week, at Priest Field, in Colne, on the East Lancashire Railway, I by a shoot of earth. sure, A NOBLE 11- , ODDFELLOW. —The Manchester Unity has received an addition to their numbers of no less a jaerson age than Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, one of the candidates for the borough of Marylebone. It is said that a medal is to be struck commemorative of the event. BEESTON CASTLE.—This ancient structure is now be ing rebuilt by the proprietor. It is stated in " Nixon's Cheshire Prophecies" that " Beeston Castle shall not be rebuilt as long as a king remains on the throne of Eng- DISCOVERY OF ONE OF CUYP'S SEA-PIECES.—At the sale of a gentleman's effects, a few weeks ago, at Burnley, in Lancashire , an old painting Was disposed of, which med to attract no attention, e Pt on account of the old oak boards upon which the painting was executed_ Upon being cleaned and examined, the name of A. Cuyp was discovered in a dark sail of one of the vessels, of which the piece contains seven. RUNCORN.—THE Docics.—Last week a Russian tra- der, the Alexander Libau, visited the docks with a cargo of chump wood from Russia, to be prepared, by the newly-invented cylinders, for railway sleepers. The vessel will carry about 500 tons of heavy goods, and is the largest vessel of the kind that has visited the docks this year. The quantity of pig iron, thickly deposited on the dock landings, is enormous. It is computed, at a mode rate calculation, to be not less than 5,000 tons, besides a great number of iron rails for railways. WESLEYAN CIRCUITS.—We append the appointments to the various stations in the Liverpool district, as they are at present set down. We may premise, however, that these appointments are, of course, subject to further revi sion :—Liverpool Circuit North.—Edward Walker, Geo. Osborne, Danl. West. Liverpool, South—Peter M'Owan, William H. Taylor, Edward Brice, William Willan. Li verpool, Welsh—Evan Hughes, William Powell, (Ist). ''heater—T' 1 11 `oseph Ay nT P ^k- —x4dwara _ Itty, _arth. „told and nue,. ley Mount—Samuel Atkinson. Carnarvon, English — Robert H. Atherton. Holyhead—Ge rge Hagan. Wrex ham—William Coultas, George Buckley. Whitchurch— Samuel Taylor, John Samuel Jones. Warrington—Jo- seph Burgess, 'James Scholes, Robert N. Willcox. St. Helen's and Prescot—William Ricketts, Robert Dyson. Southport and Ortnskirk—Benjamin Slack, Geo. Dickin son. Wigan—Thomas Moss, Henry L. Church. Preston and Chorley—Benjamin Firth, William Cattle, Thomas Kent. Garstang—James Bartholomew, William Henry Lewis, James Faulkner. Lancafter--Thomas Armson, George Scott, (2nd). TIIE POTATO CROPS.—The accounts of this crop are not so favourable ; the early potatoes are now so far grown as to place them out of reach of the disease ; but appre hension begins to he entertained in some quarters of the later crops. A Cheshire correspondent makes mention of the appearance of the disease in the neighbourhood of Tarporley, where he says a field " has the real disease ;" not meaning thereby " that some potatoes are rotten, but that many roods are withering at a rapid pace under the blighting influence of the liotrytis infestans." We hope, however, that this may not turn out to be extensively the case. The early potatoes are saved. and a most bountiful crop they have proved. Up to the latest moment very few diseased potatoes have been received in the markets, certainly not more than in ordinary seasons. We, says the Manchester Courier, have had 'some specimens of kidney potatoes brought to our office this week, which betrayed the worst symptoms of disease • the!, we • - t ac companied by others grown in the same 6ill, w I ich vere of large size and to all appearance excellent, er .inly without any blight whatever; bath were grown n . gar den at Moss Bank, Moss Side, near this town, and the party who forwarded them to us stated that they had not been over manured, but, on the contrary, rather scantily supplied, for fear of the disease; they were till within the .ast week or ten days perfectly healthy, but since they have rapidly drooped and decayed. This is a solitary instance of such an extensive devastation, considering the small area of land planted, and we are inclined to attri bute it to some defect either in the seed or tillage, but most probably the former. As regards the late crop, there can be no doubt that the disease of former years has ap peared in some places; but in most instances under our notice it appears to have affected the crops to only limited extent, and only in a few fields in the same dis trict. We do not see anything at present to cause alarm. nus although the accounts that come to us if" its week show ;aced than any THE CHURCH CHORAL SERVICES made t and hened [Kona e had mar- rove verse ffects 'dant nt in