The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

May 21, 1844. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. The two canilidstes, annourteed 611 r last, have during n the w ee k attended several meetings in the county. o: Tuesday th e canvass commence d generally throu g hout the division, and has since been prosecuted with the ut most activity. Meantime, the restless busybodies of the League have been in full action. A special fund for con ducting the election is professedly to be raised, though most people believes that it chiefly conies out of the League's coffers. However, a day or two ago it was given out that this fund had reached, in Manchester and the surrounding district, £13,000, and that this sum was to be applied to the election expenses, exclusive of any sum the League might contribute. Doubtless, this statement is highly exaggerated ; but it is sufficient to prove the ne cessity of combined, persevering, and energetic exertion on the part of Conservatives. MEETINGS OF MR. ENTWISLE'S FRIENDS. On Thursday, Mr. William Entwisle paid a visit to Liverpool, for the purpose of meeting the gentlemen upon his committee and addressing the electors. He arrived übout noon from Manchester, and at half-past two o'clock he was introduced to his committee at the rooms of the Conservative Association, in Harrington -street. His re ception was of the most animated character. At three o'clock, attended by many of the leading members of his committee Mr. Entwisle was i n t ro d uce on 'Change by . M. Alderman Molyneux, where he was received with hearty good will by the assembled merchants. From the flags of the Exchange he was escorted into the News-room, and there saluted with several rounds of applause. Im mediately after this, the honourable gentleman proceeded in company with his friend s t o th e o ffi ce o f M essrs . Little dale, the eminent brokers, from one of whose windows, in front of the Exchange area, it was intended that he should address the people. On his way he was repeatedly cheered, and great anx i e ty was man if este d t o h ear hi m . At this time the concourse of people had increased to 3 , 5 00 or 2,000 Mr. Alderman MOLYNEUX briefly introduced Mr. Entwistl e as the Conservative candidate for the represen tation of the division. vaa:ENTWISLE, on making his appearance, was imm.e -eIY greeted with a burst of enthusiastic applause, which is Pr° , lo oged for some time. Silence being restored, of this county said a • ....ntw is that in appearing before the electors as Ca fo r the representation of the southern division gVeerr)Yeralion pgrincip i l n es p , arliament, he hoped he need not tre s pass upon their attentio n i n th e exp l ana ti on o f any as to which h e th oug ht h e m i g ht con fidently appeal to Liverpool itself, which was one of the most conservative constituencies in the empire ; and he hoped that the approval bestowed on the men whom they bad elected the members for the borough, would, in some degree, be bestowed upon him who now sought to advo_ Cate the same great cause in parliament as a representative of the county. (Hear.) He would, however, mention a few leading topics, and then endeavour to pass on to some questions of a more particular class ; after which, it would afford him very great pleasure to answer a n y ques tions that might be asked him with the view of explaining him self more fully. He was desirous, then, of maintaining the existing institutions of the country, as those ;which had been tried by long experience, and found well calcu lated to pr omo t e t o th highest degree the social security, and to give the greatest individual liberty to the subject. They had had long and ample experience of that fact ; and, in avowing himself a friend to this principle, he believed he was seeking to promote the happiness and prosperity of the whole country. (Hear.) He was also, as a member of the established church, desirous of maintaining that connexion between church and state which had long sub sisted, and which, while providing every man with a na li°nallY-established church, long founded here and recog 2)"ed, at the same time allowed to every man in the coun try th e opportunity an d f u ll lib erty of exercising his own free choice with regard to the church to which he should belong. (Cheers.) It sought not to coerce the consci -ence of any man; b ut i t merely opened the doors of the established church to all who chose to enter. He desired to see the education of the people promoted to the utmost ext ent; he wish e d an o ff er to b e made of education on re. bliaious principles to all cla sses • but in doing this there ad appeared some difficulties, ' for it was said that it was Possible to instil religious principles without teaching a ran to belong to one church to the exclusion of all others. 1 , he should credit that the doctrines taught by the church o t England were different from those of other orthodox F h urches, he should admit the difficulty and recognise the im p r acticability of the step; but when the difference con 3isted more i n th e f orm i n w hi c h t h e church was governed, beca use, i n rea li ty, i t was in the mode of discipline rather than in th e f orm of doctrine the chief difference consisted, s 'aw no difficulty in promoting education and instilling sjoctrines, without teaching a man that it was necessary io n r him to adopt one church in preference to another, but h po e i v nt s au ° W irla liberty of co nscience for all. (Hear, hear.) Those , which were tbe vital principles of conservatism, h „ ventured to repeat nearly in the same terms as he bad .a . "' "'nein forward in his address, and he would now en ueae . our to pass on to one or two of those questions which, . 1 a tho teistrict the present appeared to deserve serious consideration at forward tune. On a recent occasion, when he . came before the electors of another large town in this he expressed his disapprobation of the introduc- I T° of what was called the new poor law into this county. He believed that throughout the whole of this county the fa i d l law was administered with discretion, and that it was honourably, and uprightly carried out ; and he be ;e'ed that the introduction of the new system had not was a n caned f or b y any abuses existing here. Therefore it LT s pecially ha r d th at we shou l d b e called upon to give local a uthority, exerc i se d from a long period back, i n fated orde r to con tribute to a syst em w hi c h was certain l y calcu a to do away with many abuses in the agricultural dis tricts, but which was not required for the reform of any abuses elsewhere. He objected, therefore, to its introduc tion in this part of the country at all, as being uncalled for, though it were the best law the wit of man could devise; there were some particulars connected with it which seemed not to be well calculated to promote the welfare of the people. The adoption of a system of central authority was one that he objected to. It was impossible for the central authorities to be acquainted with the wants, wishes, and necessities of individuals, situated as they were at a great distance, and when, in many cases, appli cation might be made and time lost, thereby rendering it fatal to the applicants, for time, on such occasions, was Of great importance. Besides this, it certainly appeared so him that many of the regulations by which the poor law was carried into effect were unnecessarily severe— that they were too stringent, and required relaxation. Ile had been told that in many cases this relaxation was prac tised by local authority ; and he was bappy to see in this a. return, in some degree, to the principles by which the Administration of the law was carried into effect before, Itecause it appeared to him that when local authority was :timed, th e authority of which he had before spoken :timed , to be so central, and we returned, in a partial de ;lagree, to th e old operation of local authorities, local feel gs, and l ocal discretion. Heretofore, we were able to Tovern ourselves; and w h a t we d es i re d now was to return a t hat mod e o f administration which was so successfully c arried s _ on i n t hi s district before. (Hear, hear.) Having th us laid befor e them the chief points on which he dis- Li e Vroved of the introduction of the law into the county, p„ t," 1,1 now proceed to notice another topic, which was soliciPtiTi"ntlY forward by the gentleman who was fortnt..hi:n..wisftheir votes on the other side—he meant the its hills And in addressing them on this subject, he was ae - e ' n e was addressing the inhabitants of a city which olsd to none in the intelligence and enterprise of of bitants, and who were perfec;ly competent to . judge hot was fair and just, and sufficiently clear-sighted ""‘ I raise themselves on the ruins of others who were equally inhabitants with themselves, and equally entitled ~..e J ostice and protection. (Cheers.) Before, however, Taut tioriing his own opinion, lie should wish to observe _to o .ethere were one or two peculiar inconsistencies in tbe d in which these ultra theories on the subject of the ',!l'er n- laws were bro ug ht f orward. (Hear, hear.) One of us was—and he mentioned it without meaning any dis 'esPect to the parties—one of them consisted in the circ umstances of the gen tl emen themselves. He wished hot to allude t o any gentleman Personally; but, as the .bject had b een f ree l y canvassed already, he was at liberty to mak e it part of his present addr ess . M any of t a t , se gentlemen who supported the resolution to sw ee p ay all corn laws, arid at o nce t o remove protection from the agricu of those lturists corn rnthoseorderl a w t.°, to traai smakeedth thethemselves narepeaters s had,eilm ve n so underrftraot n the hh o ee f c o o p r e n rat f i r o e n e —many m moderate state in which they commenced business —from fortunes to the acquisitio n of very opol nt (Hear, hear.) He cast no imputatio n on themPfroorptehr,a7: on the contrary, it was the highest credit that could be Paid to their activity and intelligence ; but it nevertheless appeared inconsistent with the principles which they pro fessed. If they said it was impossible to carry on the trade of the country under the operation of the corn laws, and Yet they themselves, engaged in trade, had succeeded in i ttlia ssing princely fortunes, there was an inconsistency tn their professions. (Hear, hear.) The next inconsis trraY vvas th's,—that the present did not appear to be a oiii tl i cu larly well-suited time for bringing forward these sah e n i : ) ,°,s• Three or four years ago, when trade was slack, g o i ng L o u n ere was a deficiency in the revenue, and we were growing worse and worse, and few so sanguine as to entertain hopes of an improvement, there might be a"-Zes_Pretest for bringing forward what appeared to be despe l s ' a e , r , s a te remedy, and then it might be argued that Was swi'tiettses required desperate remedies. But this ia.ork, and v Fase at present: the mills were actively at „ ju a week.) He operatives were employed. (Aye, at 9s. " a s g e s • all he ha d nothing to do with the regulation of th ' at i„ l 'oew was, that the men were at work, • '``etaber '` . " ° ekaort, which returned that honourable or th who e Lea took so prominent a part in the agitation Pres a i on ~goe, and which had been sunk so low in the de /4re °I . the times, new mills were building, new hands em acqunin rec o ,„ . g business, trade was reviving, commerce `ring itself, and there was every prospect of tehbaeters.)loymeaTtn for the labouring man. (Hear, hear, an& i ss t Ove sii "e Principle the free-traders announced was, Whi rs ," de ar nd buy in the cheapest market and sell hiIMO" This appeared to be the principle d i !: that we their actions; but would any man tell t hew all o ur e Should export all our manufactpres, and j asteaPbsistence from the people of foreign coun hisllla i to .°f supplying the agricultural labourer at "uoUr wkl r ohanging our productions for the fruits of d be any uieh were at hand? (Cheers.) There could eal iY doubt that the great advantage lay in our dog wi th th 411stthose who were close to us. There could be gentl e of thi th at L roe 4 e s fact ; and he therefore did not think that luso Et ostr ae gaged in commerce would do well to adopt ,tlPrinciple of buying in the cheapest market t,teictpd into the dearest, unless they could bring all sel se ".. l o sh e ° _ca:te nation, and make them to be as inter or welfare of that nation as they were them- Prese ° tostans.) .11e would endeavour to point out one P ith Nuist "to which he was inclined to think the seea s i es.. r O S were calculated to govern the kingdom comea t the prosperity of all classes. It might ta P° P ti la r subject that he should allude to the _a • , out he did so with the feeling that those who considered it dispassionately would see that the minister who dared to encounter the unpopularity of such mea sures, to retrieve the affairs of the kingdom, deserved honour and credit, now that his measures had been emi nently successful. The case was urgent : the remedy was called for ; and, instead of adopting the expedient of raising duties on certain commodities, he laid a tax on the wealthy, and resorted to the property of the country to meet the emergencies of the nation. That measure was a bold one, and it had been singularly successful ; for now we had a surplus instead of a deficiency, which ' surplus was applied at once towards a reduction of some of the taxes that pressed on the industry of the people. (Cheers.) However, a question had been asked him that day, and he would answer it now, without waiting for it to be asked again. The question was, whether thein come tax was to be removed at the close of the current year, as was implied in the original terms; and his an. swer was, that whether it was removed must depend on a continuance of that necessity which called for its original imposition. (Great uproar.) Many voters might not like those opinions, and he was not sanguine enough to suppose that his eloquence would convince opponents ; but he was laying his opinions before them in order that he might secure the support of those with whom, a n d with ,whom only, he coincided in sentiment. (Cheers.) He was not sanguine of making converts ;he was not going to produce any new or startling theories by which to promise to make them very rich and happy in a year or two, because he knew that such promises, if made, would be falsified. He would leave that to those who adopted one measure as a panacea, and who promised them that if they adopted that measure there never was a people who would become so powerful and wealthy. (Laughter.) The one cure for every disease had been considered but like that of the mountebank and quack, and he believed firmly it was so in the present instance. (Cheers.) He mentioned that he would advert to one or two points on which his confidence in the ministry was based, and on which he hoped they would secure the re turn for the county of the individual then before them, who advocated these views. He would allude to another point, and that was the reduction of the interest on a large portion of the funded debt. Immediately that the circumstances of the country were improved, that pros perity return, d, and that money was coming, the oppor tunity was taken to reduce the interest of the debt ; and so successful had that been, that there were not only no dissentients to the measure, but the debt itself on which that reduction was carried into effect was hardly affected in price, so strictly was everything attended to. He thought this was a proof of the ability of the ministry to arrange their measures, and of their power to carry them out. (Hear, hear.) He would not do more than allude to the measure brought forward by Sir Robert Peel the other day, with respect to banking, because he believed it had met the approbation of all classes of commercial men. And now he felt that it would not be very inte resting in them to listen further to him. He wished to express his opinions briefly, and to give them an oppor tunity of hearing him ; and he had only to add, that if any gentleman would have the kindness to question him on any subject, he would answer him to the best of his ability. He concluded by saying, that, should the elec tors do him the honour to return him to parliament, it would be his duty and highest pleasure to devote his time and abilities to their service; and when he should fail in satisfying them of the honesty of his intentions, or in devoting his best:exertions for their service, then would it be time to remove him from the representation, and to supply his place with another man. (Cheers.) " Three cheers for Entwisle" were then given. A VOICE.—WiII you vote against the ten hours bill? Mr. ENTWISLE.—If I thought it could be carried into effect, withcut injury to the manufacturer, and through him to the operative, I should be very glad to vote for it; but not having sufficient evidence of that fact, I think it would be a very dangerous interference between the em ployment of the workmen and the engagement of the master. He then thanked them for the patience with which they had listened to him, and expressed a hope that conservatism might long prevail in Liverpool. He then took his leave amidst loud cheers. On Friday morning Mr. Entwistle paid a visit to the electors of Rochdale. He arrived in the town, accompa nied by Richard Birley, Esq. and some other gentlemen from Manchester, in a carriage drawn by four greys, about half-past nine o'clock. He was met at the entrance to thetown by a number of gentlemen on horseback, by whom he was escorted to the 'Wellington Inn, where the Conservative committee were assembled. He here ad dressed the electors at considerable length, and was very enthusiastically received. At the close of his speech a Chartist of the name of Livesey put a string of questions which were answered by Mr. Entwistle with considerable readiness and judgment, and to the evidently perfect satis faction of the audience. At half past twelve on the same day the learned gentleman arrived in Oldham, and met a very numerous body of electors, whom be addressed at great length. On Monday (yesterday) he spoke at Bolton. To-day he meets the electors of Manchester, and the electors of Ashton-under-Lyne to-morrow (Wed nesday.) As far as we have been able to ascertain, the progress of the canvass hitherto, on the part of Mr. En twistle, has been highly satisfactory. On Saturday there was a meeting of Mr. Entwisle's general committee at Newton, when a report of the can vass was submitted, and the anticipated result is, that Mr. Entwisle will be returned by an immense majority. Large odds were bet that his majority will exceed 700. FREE-TRADE MOVEMENTS. On Wednesday a meeting of the radical electors was held at Eastwood's Hotel in this town, when Mr. Brown was introduced to them and spoke at some length, but his speech was almost wholly confined to declarations of the anticipated blessings to result from free trade. On Friday morning Mr. Brown proceeded to Wigan, and addressed the electors of that district. In the afternoon he met the electors in the neighbourhood of Bolton, and again spoke at some length. In the evening a meeting of his friends took place at Manchester, where he was pre sent. He has been accompanied at all the meetings by Mr. Cobden, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. Jos. Ewart, and other gentlemen. Yesterday Mr. Brown was to visit Todmorden, Rochdale, Oldham, and Ashton. To-day (Tuesday) he purposes being introduced on the Manches ter Exchange, after which he will leave by the five-o'clock train, and address meetings at St. Helens and Prescot. In the evening he will return to Liverpool. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. The Parliamentary Committee on the Liverpool Docks Bill re-assembled yesterday week, consisting of Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Peter Ainsworth, Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Barnard, Captain Plumridge, Admiral Sir Thomas Trou bridge, and Lord Granville Somerset, an added member. Mr. M. D. Hill appeared on the part of the Dock Trus tees. Lord G. SOMERSET said he wished to examine three very eminent engineers, viz., Messrs. Walker, Cubit, and Kendall ; but as they were then engaged in another com mittee, Captain Evans was called. He stated that he had been conservator of the River Mersey for the last twelve months, and was well ac..,uainted with the sand-banks. The Bromhro Bank, above the town, was increasing. The banks in Liverpool Bay extended over 80 square miles. There were five channels to the sea, the best of which was the Victoria Channel, the next was the Rock Channel— all of them had bars across the entrance. The Victoria was the only channel navigable for a certain class of ves sels at low water spring tides ; it had then eleven feet of water over the bar. It was eminently a safe channel; for although upwards of twenty thousand vessels had passed annually through it for the last four years, not one had been lost. No material change had taken place in the past year in the banks and channels of the bay. The prin cipal change was in the Victoria Channel, the bar of which was extending seaward, and he thought that every means should be taken to prevent it from silting up. He considered that the outward extension of the bar was oc casioned by there being a greater quantity of detritus held in suspension by the ebb than the flood tide—aggravated by throwing the cleansings of the docks into the river, to the weight, during the last year, of 213,000 tons. The flats that carried this out discharged, just before high water, and in the middle of the stream, 360 tons every tide. The time selected was wrong, as part of the mud was taken up the river, and part precipitated to the bottom. It would be better to carry it to a narrower part of the channel, where the tide was stronger, and drop it half ebb, so that it might be washed away. On cross-examination by several parties he said :—The cliffs above Liverpool were constantly falling and deterior ating the river. He had proposed to protect them by a strong wall along the shores, which might be backed by the mud from the docks. The channels in Liverpool Bay were never better than now, though all of them had bars. The bars would increase from the gradual operations of nature; but he was decidedly of opinion that that evil was very greatly aggravated by the cleansings of the docks being thrown into water already as fully charged with mat ter as it could hold, and all in one place, and while the tide was still flowing. He proposed to begin the wall at Eastham, and continue it up to the flats—that would be about three miles on the Cheshire side. On the Lan caster side many gentlemen had already walled in the cliffs on their property, and at Fleetwood the whole of the cliffs were protected. In reply to questions put by Lord G. Somerset, witness found an opportunity of contradicting a paragraph in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, imputing to him that he had had some communication with the opponentsof thebill, and had become a partizan. He explained, and appealed to seve ral gentlemen present, who corroborated his statement that there was no truth whatever in the imputation, and Lord Somerset expressed himself perfectly satisfied. He replied to questions afterwards put, that the sea-walls should be made a t th e ex p ense o f th e parties who owned the land, and that he thought dredging at the bars would be very expensive, and not efficient. Mr. Rendall, civil engineer, said that the system of throwing th e s ilt f rom t h e d oc k s i nto the r i ver was inju rious. The deposit ought not to be made before the tide had been ebbing at least two hours, and not after three hours' ebb ; and be would disperse the mud barges more than was the practice at present. The heavier stuff ought to be separated from the lighter, and dealt with in a dif ferent manner. The heavier stuff ought to be put on shore.—ln cross- exam i nat i on, he admitted that the gra netic matter from the streets, &c., might amount to more than thesilt, &c., f rom t h e docks ; and that there was no existing injury to the navigatio n o f th e M ersey at t h e pre sent moment which required legislation. With respect to docks on the Cheshire side, he thought parliament ought not to give the parties constructing them the same power of throwing their deposit into the river—except at two hours after flood tide, if at all. Mr. Cubitt, engineer, was of opinion that the deposit of 360 tons per tide would do no damage, because it was not a greater quantity than would be held in solution by the water in a state of agitation ; and it was on l y restoring to the water that which had been taken from it before. BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL. On Tuesday, Mr. AUSTIN, counsel for the Corporation and the Dock Trustees of Liverpool, opened the case against the bill in a speech of great length. He contended that the proposed plans could not, from engineering diffi culties, be carried into effect; that if it were possible to do so, such works would injure, if not destroy, the navi • gation of the port of Liverpool. He repelled the charge of unfair dealing that had been brought against the Cor poration for opposing the bill, after they had sold land en hanced in value by the knowledge that docks were about to be made ; said that the warehousing company that lay perdu, awaiting the decision of the committee, were not compelled to build the warehouses, which was left to their option ; that without them the docks would be useless ; and, finally, that he would prove by the testimony of emi nent engineers that the plans proposed were impracticable. Mr. Thomas Page was then called and examined at great length. He condemned all the plans and suggestions of Mr. Rendall as worse tha❑ useless, and was examined in great detailwith a view to prove it. An answerof Mr. Ren dall, on a point which he considered important, and in which he was confirmed by Mr. Cubitt, this witness disposed of by saying that the position assumed as an advantage had as much to do with the subject "as the sneezing of a man in Pall-Mall had to do with the atmosphere of Japan." Upon cross-examination he admitted that he had turned his attention to civil engineering about eight years ago; that he had only been a week in Liverpool some three months since ; and that certain tables, the only documents he produced of any importance, had not been made out by him, but by Mr. Hartley, of Liverpool, who was not in toiA n. The counsel for the bill declined to trouble him further. On Wednesday, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham stated that the landowners, and others resident in Wallasey, whom he represented, finding their apprehensions removed by the explanations that had been given, had determined to withdraw from the contest. Mr. Talbot then called Mr. Drain, an assistant of Mr. James Walker. Mr. Drain stated that he had been in Liverpool for a fortnight, for Mr. Walker, taking levels and surveys. His evidence was very decided against the proposed plan ; to almost every point of which he objected. His evidence was given with much candour, and some skill. The committee again met on Thursday. Mr. Giles was cross-examined, but nothing material was elicited. Mr. Colthurst was examined respecting some surveys which he had formerly made of Wallasey Pool, and also relative to proceedings which had been taken against cer tain trespassers on the land. The statements of the wit ness were intended to counteract the effects of Mr. Ren dell's evidence, but did not appear to be very effective. Mr. Fletcher, of Liverpool, was next examined as to certain experiments upon the velocity of the tides, which appeared, though ingenious, to be of little import to the subject matter in dispute ; and he was followed by Mr. Lewis, the professor of mathematics and civil engineering at the Royal College of Engineers at Putney. His evi dence was decidedly favourable, in a scientific point of view. He completely disposed of much of the theoretical calculations that had wearied the committee. Mr. John Sothern, a merchant of Liverpool, gave his opinion as to the danger that would arise to shipping en tering into the projected docks, and he gave a decided preference to the protection his vessels received by being beached at Wallasey 'Hank, as it at present existed, pre vious to going into the Liverpool docks. Mr. Geo. Rennie, who had been so long connected with the Mersey, was the last engineering witness examined— to the effect that abstraction of back-water and displace ment might be injurious ; but the portion at Wallasey Pool, as compared with the total cubic contents of the Mersey, was so small, that it would be nearly inappre ciable. Mr. Hugh M`Bride, master of the Clarence and Vic toria docks, who stated that there would be much difficulty in docking vessels at Birk en h ea d d oc k w i t h a wester l y wind and a strong current. He gave a decided preference to the Liverpool docks on this account, and also because the discharging of vessels in tidal docks was a tedious operation. His examination was not finished when the committee adjourned to Friday, after an attempt of Lord Sandon to extend the adjournment to Monday. The committee several times enquired for Mr. Walker, as his evidence was considered essential, but he was not forth coining. tol b ef efore ex aminationtli O n t'r i d a o y f , r e . pro s c e e pm e h d B n c g roi s od commenced superintendent Liverpool Pilots, (Mr. the other committee,) who was followed by Mr. Hudson, master of the Pilot-boat No. 2, - Garnett, master of a vessel in the coasting trade, and Mr. Askew, the Harbour master. The evidence of those gentlemen went to show the difficulty of docking vessels on the Cheshire shore, and the great danger that would result from the construction of the works to the navigation of the river. They also dwelt upon the injury that they would inflict on the coasters vi hich beached upon and anchored off the mouth of Wallasey. Upon these points they all agreed, and most strongly condemn e d th e proposed measure. The committee adjourned tilt Monday (yesterday). DOCK COMMITTEE.—TuuRsDay. Present :---Messrs. Moore, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Trotman, Royden, Tobin, Ripley, Kendal, Bold, and Aikin. THE WALLASEY DOCK BILL. Mr. RIPLEY referred to the resolution of the committee of the Ist February, for the presentation of a petition to be heard against the Wallasey Dock Bill, and said when that resolution was passed he understood it was only in order that they might have a standing in the house, and that it was not the intention of the committee to oppose the principle of building docks on the other side of the water, but merely to protect the rights and privileges of that estate. lie (Mr. Ripley) had been in London, and he was told that the chairman and deputy-chairman of the committee were opposing the Wallasey Dock Bill at every step. _ The CHAIRMAN said he was ready then, as he hoped he would be on all occasions, to vindicate every step they had taken. It was his intention to have called the attention of the committee to the subjec , it having been stated in the committee of the House of Commons, on the authority cf Mr. Ripley, that they were not au thorised by the Dock Committee to do as they had done. The petition to be heard was sanctioned by the board, and the next was the appointment of a parliamentary commit tee to watch the proceedings upon the bill, and protect the interests of the estate. Without the petition they would have had no locus standi in the House of Com mons, and; as to 'watching the bill, without protecting the rights, it would have been of no use. A great deal of pains had been taken by the deputation to arrive at the best conclusion for the interests of the estate, and they were strongly impressed with the notion, on the authority of the most eminent engineers, that very great injury would be done to the navigation and the river Mersey, from the construction of the sea-wall on the opposite side. Not only would it cause a sitting up, but in all probability it would raise a bank opposite the Prince's Dock. That, he thought, was a sufficient justification for proceeding in the manner they had done. As to opposing the bill on the principle of docks on the other side, he distinctly stated that that never entered into their contemplation. It formed a distinct part of the counsel's brief, and his own instructions to them, that they were not to oppose it on that principle at all, and he had told them, that provided they would make docks on the side of the Pool, and not deprive them of the scouring power of such an immense area of water, no opposition would b e g i ven. The Chair man then referred to the filling up of the Dee, in conse quence of the scour of the river being obstructed, and gave the names of the following gentlemen as the authority Giles, Vignoles, Deane, R ennie, and IVI upon which the Parliamentary Committee had act e d : then referred to the evidence of M r. P age, and said that the engineers who had as yet been exami ned P H a e r vi s, Messrs. y l n e. on their side, had given strong evidence against the bill. Mr. RIPLEY expressed himself satisfied, seeing th at it was altogether an engineering question. After some conversation, The CHAIRMAN said the question was never any thing else but an engineering one with them. He wished the public would inform themselves better upon the scheme of the Wallasey Docks, and he was sure if they did there would not be a disinterested individual scarcely who would not rise up to oppose it. Mr. RIPLEY said he considered making docks on the other side was only improving the port. The CHAIRMAN considered so too, and in proof of that he stated to them that if they made their docks on the side of the Pool they would not be opposed by any par- ties. Mr. AnuN considered that the sub-committee had acted out of the usual course, in not coming to the committee to receive instructions whether they were to oppose the hill either upon engineering or other grounds. Mr. Tonirr thought the subcommittee had only d one what was correct. Mr. BARCLAY said they did not intend to say that what THE LIVERPOOL STAiN-bARD. --- He calculated that there were eight square miles of banks in the estuary, and that, at the present rate of deposit, it would take upwards of 300 years to raise them one foot. He had not, however, made a personal examination. The silt flats ought not to be di sc h arge d at any place above Seacombe. The Victoria Channel was now as deep as any one belonging to the Mersey, and it received no more than its fair proportion of the mud. No other plan could be adopted for getting rid of the cleinsings of the docks which would not entail upon the trust an enormous ex pense. Mr. Walker was called, and in his evidence he gene rally agreed in opinion with the la-t witness, though he would not advise either the continuance of the power to the Dock Committee now existing, or give it to another, without a full and searching inquiry into the subject in all its bearings. The sand, and not the impalpable mud, was injurious to the channels. The committee then adjourned till Friday. On Friday, Mr. Hill having addressed the committee to the effect that in the anxiety of the trustees to preserve the navigation of the Mersey in the best condition, they would not regard ary expense, but, in this case, fully assured that no injury could or would result, or had already resulted, from the manner in which the docks are now cleansed, they would bring evidence to that effect, as any other measure would entail an enormous expense on the commerce of the town without producing the least possible , mprovement or benefit. Mr. IVl`Bride was then called to show the manner in which the docks are now dredged and the mud deposited in the river. Mr. Rennie, Mr. Provis, Mr. Hartley, and Mr. Giles were examined at great length. They all agreed that no injury had occurred from the present mode of operation ; and Mt. Giles stated, that, if any alteration were to be made, it might be confined to depositing the mud, &c. near Seacombe Point. That was all he would recom mend ; anything else would be useless and expensive. The committee soon after adjourned to Monday (yes terday). the Parliamentary Committee had done was wrong, but he agreed with Mr. Aikin that they ought to have come to the committee for instructions. The CHAIRMAN replied, and, in doing so, remarked upon the great injury that would be done by the closing up of the Wallasey Pool, for it had been found that floats from it did not arrive at the Victoria Channel for four hours, and, therefore, some of the water remained a long time to assist in clearing the river. The water in the Pool constituted the 97th part of the entire tidal waters of the Mersey, and when they came to obstruct such an immense quantity as that, it must have a great effect. After some further conversation, the CHAIRMAN said that he expected the mud question, with respect to the Liverpool Dock Bill, would be settled to the satisfaction of the committee, and he had no doubt of the bill passing. THE DUBLIN PROTESTANT OPERATIVES TO THE TOWN COUNCIL OF LIVERPOOL. TO THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF T IVERPOO!.. The humble and respectful Aduress ,>t toe Dublin Protestant Operative Association any I.i.„torination Society. Worshipful Sir and Gentlemen,—We should consider ourselves quite inexcusable were we to presume upon any, the slightest, interference in the affairs of the town of Liverpool. In such case we should merit and would ex pect either the stern rebuke or the contemptuous disre gard of those who should properly expound the feelings of its inhabitants. Far be it from us to be guilty of such impertinences. We are quite sure, however, worshipful sirs, that you are prepared to admit that the proceedings of one community may very materially bear upon the in terests of another, and that it may not be improper that those who might be thus affected should respectfully sub mit a statement of the fact, and submissively request an attentive consideration of it. It is upon this ground that we trust to be excused while we make a brief representa tion to you of the feelings of serious anxiety which the account of a recent proceeding in your great town has produced upon our minds, and upon the minds of those Protestant citizens of Dublin who have become cognizant of it. We feel assured gentlemen, that you all agree with us in thinking that the most important characteristic of the British state and its dependencies, is the glorious freedom which it secures the subject in possession of; where man in all things lawful is left untramelled—where he can do what is right without fear of consequences—where he can boldly speak forth his honest sentiments, none making him afraid—where he can freely advocate what is excel lent, and condemn what is wrong ; this is rational free dom, and the most beneficial results from it may be cal culated on as certain. A nation composed of such freemen, must be indeed a great and glorious one; a sound, public opinion will circulate through its length and through its breadth ; among such a people tyranny will have no dwelling place, vice no shelter, baseness no encouragement; the human mind being free, being ac customed to make its investigations in every direction, will find out for itself new and undiscovered paths where they would least have been expected, and enjoying the countenance of freemen will be enabled and encouraged to pursue its objects, until society becomes enriched with the fruits of wisdom and intelligence. Hence the noble enterprise of free communities—hence the superior civi lization which they enjoy, and the power which makes them a terror to evil doers, and a refuge to those that do well. What is to be expected from a community of slaves? Nobleness of action, boldness of enterprise, generosity of feeling ? We are convinced that the chosen of the citizens of Liverpool will neither think nor say so. Worshipful Sir and Gentlemen,—we deeply lament to say that a spirit of bondage is growing over the Irish community. When Protestantism was in the ascendant here, all parties spoke and acted as they liked. Pro testants visited with no penalty, direct or indirect, such of their brethren as advocated the claims of Roman Catholics ; nor were the latter, because they asserted their national rights, or urged the exclusiveness of a view which is accounted to be the reproach of their system, regarded with aisfavour themselves. It was then sup posed that those who stood forth as the champions of Roman Catholic demands were only helping forward the march of liberality, and that all classes of society would find the benefit of it. Warned again and again by the first characters of the age—by the page of history—by the loud admonitions of the church, and by those best ex perienced in the matter, that to further the progress of Popery was to aim a death blow at general liberty; those warnings were alas unheeded—the advocates of expediency prevailed—principle was treated as a matter of subordinate importance, and the Protestant ascendancy which had been won by the outlay of oceans of the blood of the enemies of Popish enthralment was overthrown. and a so-called liberality made to occupy its place. What is the result? Just this—that while Roman Catholics are in nowise satisfied—that while they clamour for fresh accessions of power, their cry for the downfall of our church is louder than ever, and their aspirations for the universal prevalence of their system all but open and avowed—that while all this is the case, Protestantism is becoming day by day a matter of pain and penalty. We must now avow our distinctive sentiments; we must not brand error by the name which it deserves; we must not associate for the preservation of the rights our fathers won ; we are not to claim free course for the Word of God through our national schools. This address and these observations are drawn forth by the following resolution, which, from a report of your town council proceedings, we learn to have been lately passed at a meeting of the borough magistrates of Liverpool : " That no man who is a member of either an orange or ribbon society shall be permitted to belong to the police force of this borough, and that all members of the present force now belonging to either of those societies shall be required forthwith to withdraw from them, and that in case of refusal the mayor and magistrates will feel it their duty to dismiss them from the force!' Gentlemen we do not hesitate to say that this resolution is conceived in the very worst spirit, and that it is calculated to operate extensively to the disadvantage of the cause of liberty in. Ireland. What are the loyal orangemen of Ireland to ex pect—the men who have been in this country the bulwark of the constitution—who have faithfully stood by the British connexion in the worst of times? What may we the Protestants of Ireland in general look for when our enemies shall be able to declare that in England itself there is no longer to be found toleration for those who profess our sentiments ? Here will be a warrant that will be em ployed to crush every thing that does not symbolise with popery. " We object to this resolution, first because it estab lishes an identity of merit or demerit between the orange and the ribbon societies. Were not this the act of Li verpool magistrates we should say that it could not have been done with an honest intention; we should say that the odious conjunction had been made in defiance of notorious and undeniable truth, in order to bring our in valuable orange brethren in Liverpool under the stigma of the midnight assassinations, the cruel and treacherous murders that have been the avowed object of the ribbon conspiracy, although it is a matter of perfect notoriety that nothing can be more utterly at variance in their objects, plans, purposes, principles, and members than orangeism and ribbonism. To connect them together is to bear false witness against the upright, the loyal, and the true. and that for the purpose of having them visited with the odium and the penalty which properly belong to treason and to treachery. We object to the resolution, secondly, because irre spectively of this imputation of foul relationship, it would visit our orange brethren with exclusion from an humble position of profit and of confidence, simply because they are orangemen—that is to say, because they are bound by their rules " to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with their God ;" and because, in addition to this ground of " disqualification," they are bound to take the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration—oaths imposed by act of parliament on most, if not all, those who hold office under the crown. We most respectfully ask, gentlemen, why should such circumstances constitute a disqualification for trust and confidence? May we not with more of truth and reason ask, why they should not be considered as a ground of preference? The object of the orange society is to secure in its members a greater amount of loyalty, of truth, integrity, and honour, than could otherwise be calculated on ; and yet we find this re solution countenancing the principle that the possession of these qualities shall incapacitate the individual from the possession or the enjoyment of an humble post of confidence. Every true Protestant is, in fact, an orangeman ; and yet here we find a resolution passed by Englishmen, making it penal to profess that openly which all Protestants believe in their hearts. We entreat of you, then, gentlemen, to interpose your au thority to prevent the adoption of a principle so fraught with the essence of tyranny. Nobly have you stood against the unscriptural adulteration of the system em ployed in your town schools. You have in that respect acted in such a way as to yield an example to the world. Now, also, we call upon you to withstand the evil. Let not a cry of prejudice be used to the detriment of honest men ; for this we do really apprehend, that when the men of Liverpool impose exclusion on the members of the Orange body, the time is not far distant when in Ireland it will be penal to take part in a missionary meeting, or perhaps to make any serious profession of Pretestantism at all. Trusting that you may be pleased to give your kind attention to our sentiments, and to vouchsafe a favourable answer to our prayer, we remain worshipful sir and gen tlemen, your most obedient servants. THE MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AND REFORMATION SOCIEY. PHIMPPOWSKI'S CARONOLOGY.—We have before us a prospectus for publishing by subscription a number of apparently valuable, and certainly most elaborate tables, which have been prepared by a Polish Jew named Philip_ powski, determining the day of the new moon, &c., f rom the creation to the present time, and enabling us to com pare exactly various dates, particularly that of the Jewish to the Roman date. For an exact description of their nature we must refer our readers to the prospectus itself, which is to be had of the author. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A FALL.An inquiry wa s made in Preston, on Tuesday last, before Mr. Palmer, coroner, touching the death of a man named John Taylor, aged 35, whose death was accounted for as follows : Miller Taylor, of Fylde-road, painter, examined, said the deceased was his brother, and a joiner by trade, and resided at Liverpool. On the 22nd of April last, witness went to Liverpool to see deceased, and found him in the Northern Hospital there; he told witness then that the doctors had intimated to him he could not get better, and he himself thought he should die. He next informed witness that on the 20th of April he was at work on a scaffold in the union workhouse at Kirkdale, when one of the planks on which he was standing had not been wedged, and on walking along it, the plank sprung from out of the wall and he fell to the ground, a depth of about seven yards, and pitched upon his head, by which he broke the spine of his back. He was afterwards brought to Preston, and died there on Monday. LOCAL NEWS. ST. HELEN'S.--011 W ednesday morning last the body of Mr. Edward Makin was found in the canal opposite his own door, Smithy-brow, St. Helen's. It is supposed that deceased was returning home the night previous, and in the dark had missed the wooden bridge. The unfortu nate gentleman has left a highly respectable family to de plore his untimely end. He had held a responsible situa tion under the firm of Messrs. Greenall and Pilkington, glass manufacturers, for a great number of years. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon last, David Lant, a fine lad, about fourteen years of age, en gaged in driving one of the teams, fell down with his arms across the rail. Before he could extricate himself a heavily-laden wagon passed over his left arm and nearly severed it from his body, injuring at the same time his right hand. He was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital, Leeds-street, when it was found necessary to remove the arm at the shoulder joint, also a considerable portion of the opposite hand. Though in a very precarious state, some hopes are entertained of his recovery. ROBBING AN EMIGRANT.—At the police-court, on Friday, three well-known thieves, named Jones, Alder son. and Pritchard, were charged with robbing an emigrant of £37. The complainant, who appeared to be a respect able agriculturalist from the south, stated that as he was leaving an American vessel on Wednesday, he was joined by the prisoner Jones, who, after asking whether be (corn plainant) was going to New York, and being answered in the affirmative, stated that he was also going, and should be glad to be his companion. They then proceeded to a public-house, where the other two prisoners and a third man, joined them, and, under pretence of securing their money, contrived to rob the complainant of £37. Mr. Rushton committed the prisoners for trial. EASTERN DISPENSARY.—On Wednesday the annual meeting of the subscribers to the Eastern Dispensary was held in the board-room of the Parish-office, Fenwick street. From the report it appeared that five years had elapsed since the institution was established, and that during the past year 3561 patients had received medicine and advice at the Dispensary, and 1642 were visited at their own houses, making a total of 5203 cases in the year. The subscriptions were on the decline ; in various ways the institution had sustained a loss to the extent of 200 guineas per annum, and the result was that a debt of more than £3OO had unavoidably been incurred, chiefly for drugs and medicines. With the view of reducing this expenditure, the Dispensary had been removed from Is lington to Rose-hill, where premises bad been obtained at one-third of the former rental. The committee concluded by calling on the clergy of all denominations to take an in terest in a charity whose portals were thrown open for the admission of all. The report was adopted ; and the meet ing separated soon after. THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—Tuesday having been appointed for laying the foundation-stone of the New Northern Hospital on the vacant piece of land, given by the Corporation for that purpose, at the eastern end of the Borough Gaol, in Great Howard-street, the Mayor, in his robes of office, proceeded to the spot shortly after one o'clock. His worship, who was preceded by the sword, mace-bearers, and other officials of the Corpora tion, was accompanied by the Rev. Rector Brooks and the Town-clerk, and was followed by about fifty of the sub scribers and warmest supporters of the valuable institu tion. A silver trowel having been handed to the Mayor by William Brown, Esq., one of the patrons of the insti tution, and one or two brief speeches, laudatory of the ob jects of the institution, havinc , been delivered, his worship laid the stone in the usuarmanner. An hermetically. sealed bottle was inserted in the foundation, containing the published report of the hospital for the past year, and the names of the committee and officers. The ceremony was concluded by the Rector offering up an appropriate prayer. PUBLICANS' CASES.—On Friday there were seven publicans and eight beersellers, summoned before Mr. Rushton, for infractions of the improvement act. The following are the results in the several cases :—Robert Rogers, publican, of Temple-street, was fined £2 14s. 6d. ; the summons against Wm. Knight, ditto, of Church alley, was wrongly laid; John Coward, ditto, of Bent street, was fined £4 4s. 6d. ; James Meadows, ditto, of Maddox-street, was fined £5 4s. 6d.; Margaret Edwards, ditto, of Fazakerley-street, was fined £2 4s. 6d. ; Wm. Naylor, ditto, of Blackstock-str ee t, was fi ne d £4 4 s . 6d . ; Wm. yms, ditto, of Berry-street, was acquitted on the ground that he was not aware that the parties drinking in his house were bad characters ; George Ashley, beer seller, of Sawney Pope-street, was fined £3 4s. 6d. ; the case against James Murphy, ditto, of Banastre-street, w as postponed until Monday ; James Carr, ditto, of Beving ton-bush, was fined £1 4s. 6d. ; Thomas Langley, ditto, of Bent-street, was fined £2 14s. 6d. ; James Seed, ditto, of Jenkinson-street, was fined £2 4s. 6d. ; Sarah Bell, ditto, of Charlotte-place, was fined 14s. 6d. ; James Nowland, ditto, of Bevington-bush, was fined £2 4s. 6d. ; and Catherine Walsh, ditto, of Saunderson's-court, Park road, was acquitted. VESTRY MEETING.—The fortnightly meeting of the select vestry was held on Tuesday ; the Rev. Rector Brooks in the chair. It appeared from the statements read that there were 1705 paupers in the house in the week ending the 4th instant, at an average of 2s. ld. per head, being 110 fewer than in the same week last year, but at a cost of 7d. per head more. This apparent in crease in cost arises from the circumstance of coal, soap, soda, candles, &c., being now charged in the account of maintenance, whereas in former statements these items were omitted. The outdoor cases relieved during the past fortnight were 4,994, at an expense of £777 9s. 4d. ; a small increase of cases and expenditure as compared with the corresponding period last year. The visiters' book reports favourably of the state of the workhouse. By the sick list there were 329 cases, including 34 of fever. Letters were read from the poor-law commission ers, confirming the appointment of Mr. Radcliffe as house,surgeon, Mr. Graham as assistant house surgeon, and Mr. Gilmour as apothecary. A letter was read from Mr. Bright, stating that he withdrew his motion relative to the chaplain. The vestry thereupon resolved—" That this board have every confidence in the Rev. Mr. Cragg, the chaplain of the workhouse, and they consider that the withdrawal by Mr. Bright of his notice of motion is a full and perfect avowal that the chaplain had performed his duties, pursuant to the resolution of the Workhouse Committee, on the 25th January last." In consequence of a communication from the poor-law commissioners, it was agreed that Mr. Houghton and the Vestry-clerk should proceed to London on Thursday (last), to confer with the former relative to the borrowing of money to complete the schools at Kirkdale, and for the contem plated alterations of the workhouse. A note from Mr. Deakin was read, resigning his office as a member of the board, and notice was given that the vacancy would be filled up at the next meeting. The board then adjourned to the 28th instant. ILis , Ertrom, PILOT COMMITTEE.—On Wednesday last the Pilot Committee accompanied by about forty influen tial gentlemen of the town—among whom were Sir John Tobin, Edward Rushton, Esq., the Rev. John Tobin, Robert Edwards, Esq., James Bateson, Esq., Lieut. Lord, R. N., Rev. J. Evans, John North, Esq., Thos. Tobin, Esq., J. A. Tobin, Junr., Esq., J. Lockett, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., Wm. Irlam, Esq., R. Atherton, Esq., C. Logan, Esq., Wm. Lindsay, Esq., William Dowson, Esq., Samuel Rowland, Esq., David Rowland, Esq., J. D. Rodgers, Esq., Geo, H. Oliphant, Esq., T. J. Wil kinson, Esq., Henry Jenkins, Esq.. Capt. Ralph, R. Edwards, Junior, &c., & c .,— wen t upon t h e i r annual sur vey in one of the Tug-Company's Steamers, with all the pilot boats (not on duty) in company. The boats left the I Prince's South Pier Head, at ten a. m., and proceeded 1 down the river. with a light wind from the east, gaily dressed with flags, and firing guns continually. The boats proceeded to the Crosby and Victoria Channels to the North-east Buoy where they came to an anchor, and sat down on board the Steam-boat to a substantial dinner, provided for the occasion by Mr. Horne of the Mersey Hotel, to whi c h th ey did amp l e j us tice; the pilot-boats, in the mea n ti me b a yi ng go t un der weigh, and cruized round and round the steamer, and saluted her as commo dore with their guns as they passed her. The tables were presided over by J. N. Wood, Esq., and Richard Hough ton, Esq., ably assisted as vice-presidents by G. Atkinson, Esq., and S. Nickel, Esq. After the cloths were with drawn, the chairman gave the usual toasts, which were cheerfully and heartily responded to. The next toast was " Robert Benn, Esq., the Chairman of the Pilot Commit tee." " The Mayor of Liverpool, and the Magist ra t es of the Borough was acknowledged by Edward Ru s ht on, Esq. The health of one of the guests, Sir John T o bi n , was proposed and responded to in a manner that obviously affected Sir John,—who amongst other things gave it as his opinion that there was not a more deservi ng an d meri torious body of men than the Liverpool pilots. Th e next toast was given in terms highly complimentary to th e esteemed Secretary of the Committee, (Mr. D av id Row land) who, in acknowledging it, combatted the statement of Captains Denham and Chappell, before the Shipwreck Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. R. stated it as his firm impression, that of the immens e s hi pp i ng t h a t trade into this port (tli navigation of which is admitted to be very difficult and intricate) not one vessel had been lost through the proved i ncompetency of the pilot. Several other toasts vvere given and ack now l e d ge d , a f ter which the steamer tripped her anchor, and a fresh breeze springing up from the N. N. E., they a ll stoo d on for Liverpool, in the most beautiful and gallant style, and entered the mersey about 8 p. m., conti nua ll y fi r i ng th e i r guns. Great credit is due to Messrs. Nickels, Atkinson, and Rowland, for the excellent arrangements made and accomodation provided for the occasion. AccrnENT.-=On Monday evening, a seaman, whilst going on board the Crescent, in Salthousc Daclt, fell off the ladder into the water. A policeman on the spot seeing him fall, immediately threw him a rope, which he laid hold of, and held fast till he was rescued. A handsome new brig, of 360 tons burthen, coppered on the stocks, and to be classed A 1 for twelve years, has been launched from the building yard of Mr. Wm. Jones, at Pwllheli. She is called the Mary Winch, after the lady of Henry Winch, Esq., of Seacombe, Cheshire, partner in the old-established firm of Peek, Brothers, and Winch. SUDDEN DEATH OF A LADY, —The Lady of Mr. Magnay, brother to the Lord Mayor of London, arrived in this town early on Mo n d ay morning, from Dublin. and, having been indisposed on the passage, she was conveyed in a car to the house of Mr. Cripps, surgeon, Dale-street, where, notwithstanding the means that were employed for her relief, she died in the course of a short time. The cause of death was congestion of the lungs. THE BOSTON STEAMERS. —The British and North American royal mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, sailed for Halifax and Boston on Sunday, with a large number of passengers and a heavy mail. Th e Hib ern i a, Captain Judkins, arrived at Halifax on the 21st ultimo, after a boisterous passage, and would leave those ports on the 16th end 18th instant respectively. Shortnay, should the weather be favourable, be looked for about to-morrow week. Asstistui Os:BOARD SHIP.—Mr. Moss Phillips, a tailor, was surnamed before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, to an swer the complaint of a Mrs. Trigg, a lodging-house keeper, who charged him with having committed a grievous assault upon her person. She stated that her husband was a sailor, and that, on Tuesday last, she went on board the Leipsig, a vessel which had just returned from a long voyage, and was lying out in the river, for the purpose of soliciting some of the hands to board and lodge at her es tablishment. The defendant, who vas also soliciting work on hoard, was in the act of quarrelling with her niece, whom she had taken with her, and *bile she (the com plainant) was passing from one side of the vessel towards where they were quarrelling, he struck her a Wow on the upper lip with his clenched hand, and with such force that the ring he was wearing on his finger cut open the part, and she had since been obliged to get it stitched.. It bled upwards of a pint. An attempt was made on the part of the defence to prove that she had followed him with a stick and used abusive language; but Mr. Rushton said the defendant had behaved in a most unjustifiable meatier, He should pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or be imprisoned fourteen days. The fine was forthwith paid. Ma, LOVER'S IRISH EVENINGS.—There appears to be' a mania, and not an unproductive one, on the past of our vocalists and actors, for solo entertainments, if such we may term them. Wilson has earned, we know not how much of honor and pelf, by his Scottish entertainments. Philips has given to the public some splendid selections of old English song, and has been only too little supported. Templeton again has given us Scottish song, and Horn castle Irish, with success only inferior, but with merit not at all inferior to Wilson ; whilst our comedians, Ham mond, Raymond, and others have been, with more or less success, experimentalizing upon the favour of the public. But it has remained for Lover to try what the poet, the romancist, the composer, and the singer, all in one,. could do in the same line ; and we are happy to record that such an experiment has shewn that, before an English, pla ne, or a Liverpool public at all events, a concentration of talent is not esteemed as a bar to success—nay, that the poet or musician is net less esteemed because he presides over, and even sings his own sweet lays.—On Friday even ing Mr. Lover presented us, in the Assembly Room, Great George-street, with his " Illustrations of the na tional characteristics and melody of his country,"—that country being, as is known to most of our readers, Ire land. We have seen in the same rooms many audiences; and we never saw any more respectable or more overflow ing. In fact, from the number of respectable people that we saw going away, from sheer want of accommodation, we are satisfied that a room double the size would have been crowded on this occasion. In addition to the lecture, or introductory remarks of Mr. Lover, it was announced that he would be assisted by the vocal talent of Mr. Ryalls and Miss Whitnall, an announcement which fully justified ( the great expectations e n t er t a i ne d. W e must say that in the interest o f th e en t er t a i nment g i ven, Lover far exceeded any of his pred ecessors i n t h e same line. As a man of undoubted gen i us an d , a poet and romancist besides, no thing mediocre can flow from his lips ; and his.introduc tory matter, in these lectures, was distinguished- by a novelty and raciness which we have not as yet heard in any of our modern " entertainments." We were cer tainly prepared for this. We expected more from Lover than from the mere vocalists who have preceded him ; but we did not expect from him singing so chaste and perfect as that with which he favoured us. His " Molly Bawnr' was, of its kind, a unique performance. Indeed, we query much whether any other man can sing this pleasing song so pleasingly as its writer and composer; and " The Widow Macree" we never heard so well sung before. Lover is himself " The Widow Macree."—We• have said that on. Friday night he was ably assisted by Mr. Ryalls and Miss Whitnall. The former is a chaste and most finished singer; the latter we never heard to greater advantage. Her performance of that strange eccentric song, " Coo Coo," which was encored, was a most beautiful effort, and con vinces us that this lady is fitted to take a much higher stand as a singer—a genuine English singer too—than she has hitherto been accounted fit to occupy. THEATRE ROYAL.—During the past week we have had a grateful change in the performances at this theatre, the legitimate drama having taken the place of the somewhat flimsy pieces which hare formed the stock during the pre sent season ; and, notwithstanding the increased prices of admission to which the managers have thought it necessary to resort, the attendance and concequentre ceipts must have show n t o l era bly conc l us i ve l y what kind of theatricals the public of Liverpool are inclined to sup port. We are not in this town a very play-loving people, as various past experiments of managership have proved. We are not so completely dependent upon the theatre for the bestowal of our leisure hours as the inhabitants of the brick and mortar world which surrounds St. Paul's ; and it requires, on that account something of more than ordi.. nary attraction and excellence to seduce us from the out of door amusements which so abound in our favoured locality. To this circumstance we would direct the at tention of the present management, and impress upon them the fact that, if they look for success in Liverpool, during a summer season especially, they must persevere in the course which they entered upon last week, and provide the public with novelty and talent, and a little more of the higher order of the drama than has as yet been afforded us. We give this hint in all kindness and sincerity. We are confident that the wish of the lessees is to give satisfaction, and that they will receive our ad vice in the same spirit i n w hi c h it i s offered. The pieces selected for the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, have been Bulwer's play of " Money," the " Gamester," and Shakspere's comedy of " As you like it." In the first, it struck us that Mr. Kean appeared to the greatest advantage, the part of Evelyn being one more fitted for his powers than some of the more arduous characters in which we have seen him. There is little in the character or in the play itself to attract the enthu siasm of an audience; but if we must have Mr. Bulwer's conceited philosophy on the stage, we cannot have it more correctly given than by Mr. Kean. The part of Clara was beautifully sustained by Mrs. Kean ; and in what we may call the explanation scene, in which she gives Evelyn her reasons for her first rejection of his hand, she drew down such a burst of applause as has not recently been elicited in this theatre. The other cha racters in the piece were well sustained by the local com pany, some of whom we may remark, display, when put into parts above those of bandits, smugglers, &c., to which they have been too much confined, powers for which the public had not previously given them credit. Mr. Grafton as Sir Frederick, and Mr. Braid as Dudley Smooth, are in this category. The former was excruci atingly and exquisitely puppyish, and the latter precisely the man whom the author meant to present to the stage. Mr. Compton dressed and acted the character of the liberal vestryman to admiration. He was in himself a picture.—ln the " Gamester" Mr. Kean's Beverley was well nigh faultless, as indeed are all his impersonations, although none of them come up to our ideas of what might be made of them in the hands of genius. The play pre sents many fine situations and tableaux, which none knows better than an artistic actor like Keen how to bring out. We are still, therefore, warranted in terming his efforts as faultless ; for when an actor does all that is set down for him by the text, it is not properly a fault that he does not do more. A s th e trusting, loving wife, Mrs. Kean was almost p er f ec t an d comp l ete l y natural, if it were possible to be so in such a character as Mrs. Beverley. A woman who can bear to see her husband squander fortune, time, and happiness, and yet meet him with an everlasting good humour, and submissiveness to heartless exactions, in lieu of reproach or contempt, is indeed " Rara axis in terris, nigroque similima cygno." There are few such women the stage; and we know not that the picture on the stage is an instructive one. It affords however some tine points for the display of acting ; and of these Mrs. Kean makes the most, and is natural as a woman can be in an unnatural situation. The scene in which the jewels are given up is well given, although the readiness displayed by the wife is scarcely warranted by any strong necessity discernible from the flimsy rea soning of the husband, and indeed gives us a poor opinion of her power of perception. The last, or prison scene, is, however, on the part of both, a beautiful piece of act ing, and deservedly drew down the enthusiastic applause of the audience.—in the part of Benedick Mr. Kean was scarcely at home, although it was given with great pro priety throughout. Kean is not " the Benedick" which Shakspere drew—not the mercurial and witty, and withal somewhat sardonic Benedick—a little in fact too much of the latter and too little of the former intermingled. In better health Mrs. Kean might be Beatrice ; but, al though in some portions of the part she was excellent as is usual with her, as a whole the impersonation was too cold. Compton, in our idea, failed a little in Dogberry. A severe cold, however, under which he has violently la boured throughout the week, must in part be his excuse. A WAGON OVER THE PIER.—On Thursday, whilst some men were putting a Wagon laden with corn on board one of the ferry boats, at the slip end of George's baths, the rope to which it was attached gave way, and the wagon, with its contents, fell over into the basin. In its progress down the slip, two women were knocked down, one escaped without injury ; the other had we are sorry to say, her leg broken. BOROUGH SESSIONS. The following is a list of the prisoners tried at these sessions, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder, with the result in each case, in addition to those given in our last : Ten Years' Transportation.—John Bland, 26; Eliza Smith, 34. Seven Years.—Thomas Wright, 23; William Taylor s 21 ; John Tunstall, 42. Eighteen Months.—Thomas M`Manus, 32. TwelveMonths.—Samuel Wilson,lB ; James M'Creevy, 23; Mary O'Brien, 22. Ten Months.—Thomas Dalton, 15 ; George Braith waite, 15. Nine Months.—Wm. Jones, 18 ; James Maguire, 14. Eight Months.—Bridget Morgan, 20 ; Nicholas Mur phy, 13. Seven Months.—Ann Hanlon, alias Patterson, 26. Six Months.—Josbua Vicker, 15 ; James Burke, 34. Five Mon.ths.—Jan Allen, 35. Four Months. —James Maddox, 18 ; James Dutton, 18 ; Thomas Salisbury, 19 ; George Brown, 34 ; James Griffiths, 15. Three Months. —Edward Banks, 20; Thomas Linacre, 40 ; John M`Donald, 20; Thomas Mitchell, 35. Two Months.—John Godfrey, 19. Nine Weeks.—George Gerard, 18. Six Weeks.—Ellen Morgan, 27; Wm. Hampson, 24. Five Weeks.—William lionson, 50. One Month.—Michael Clarke, 11 ; John Hodsonfe t Mary Stapl es , 40 ; M ary M`Kenzie, 17. Three Weeks.--Wm. Radcliffe, 22 ' , J o hnßelsbave"2B .... c . ... i ,- . ' - ~ :4 ..... E . Two Weeks.—Ri c h ar d A sp i na ll, 58. a..- , , . s. '. •00 One Week.—Thos. 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