The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-22 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sirt,—Passing along Ilanover-street, a few morti,gs ago, at an early hour, 1 picked up the enclosed letter close to the Branch Bank. It seems to contain some whelesotne truths; and you are at liberty to make use of it, only it may be desirable to suppress the names of the writer, and the gentleman to whom it is add:essed. It has evidently been dropped from the pocket through negligence, or per haps'in " whisking out the wipe." lam, Sir, your's obediently, • PH SLIM 013OTHER.E111. Clarence Dock, Oct. 18, 1811. DEAR WILL,—I had intended to call upon you to have a little serious talk, but you are so confounded peppery and self-willed, that it may save us a blow-up if I write instead (ANIL of am glad that you are come home again, safe and sound, and, as I .ain told, a better and a wiser man. You will be surprised when I tell you that we hav'nt had a decent row in council since you went upon the grand tour to kiss the Pope's toe; and the town has been remark ably and most unfortunately quiet during your absence. I know that you are a well-ineaLing fellow. but a good deal troubled with bile, and Dr. F. says that politics teaze you so terribly that you had bett• r keep yourself cool—if you tan !—arid abstain from such things; but as you are aware that I am a bit of a fatalist, s, cm will credit me when I add that I don't believe you C 41.1 keep out of such messes, and that your enjoyment is like old fighting Tom Pistons, who was never so happy as when he was in a storm of grape and canister. Discretion may be the better sort of valour, but you hav'nt learnt that lesson yet. I see (just what I ex pected) that you have scarcely lighted on this orb, which you always graced, before your arrival is announced on the walls, in the shape of a placard, addressed to some vulgar electors in an unknown part of the town, and in a lovality where you always place the wind between it and your own mobility. What the deuce made yeu go there, after sitting, for the aristocratic ward of Abercromb;'? It is all nonsense calling yourself '•a leveller," and such like names, whih nobody else would have designated you, and whica nobody believed when you were so foolish as to utter it. Why, you are a gem f the first water,—related to nobility;s— your very name declares it, and a more lordly fellow does not exist! And if you wanted to tilt your lance, what in the name of figs did you choose Parker for? Ile is not a banker, nor a merchant, but a plain straight-fore ant tradesman ; and there will be no honour, when the Pope hears you have beaten a brewtr, fur beat lino you will— that's 'a fact, lint don't mistake me. Parker possesses sonic old Yorkshire blood in him, quite as geed as yolirs. His grandfather was not a tinker, and it would be quite as wise if you not to 1. ok upon him as a snob, because I can assure you that his quarterinvai e much more ancient and respectable than your own. You might try AbercreMby again if you chose. Never mind such old proverbs as "better known than trusted," "beware of broken backed horses, &c." Go at Ahercromby slap up, and either win it like a man, or go to Calipbornia till you're wanted. Rest assured that the council will die of atrophy if you are not there. Why the reporters hav'nt had :t good thing to amuse us with since sou paid your £5O, and made your conger. if it is only for the fun of the thing, you ought to be in. There wants sornethiog to counterbalance the pen derous gravity of poor Barclay, who is fast going the way of all (whig) aldermen; and it is rather hard upon Sir Thomas that he has nobody to help him to crack a joke; and it is quite shameful to let. David liodpon have it all his own gait. By the way, how strong Hodgson is at Everton. Ile is booked for life there, and you nay make up your mind That you'll have to meet him at Philippi. and he's not like you—a F hadow. Bet now, attend Will, don't make a fool of yeursell the next time you get into council, by telling fibs and saying that you're "a leveller." Does John. the footman, breakfast with y ou ? Do you clap Joseph, the coachman, inside the carriage, and you, on a wet night, handle the ribb arts? Did Betty, the chamber maid, dine in the parlour when Lord Burlington was your ! go st ? And if you ntet Loud Sefton in the s treet, and one of your future constituents who bakes leaves at II iggins's court. Circus-stru,et, came up just at that moment, which of the two would you first shake hands with ? • Poo 4 poo ! don't talk such stuff, 1 say, e bids only makes you ridicu lous. And then again. '' I'm a terrier!" how absurd ! If you had told the Pope when you kissed his toe that You were a terrier and a leveller, depend upon it that one of his Swiss guards would have shaken his cock-tail feathers at you, and showed you tie back door of the vatican. Be sides, snappish dogs ate not wanted in council, as old Billy - Thoruhill can tell you. Thorultill is a devoted friend of yours, and will leap out of his skin to see you back again I fancy the old mau has looked thin and downcast sinceyou left; but he will smoke two or three extra pipes of tobacco a day, and doub.e his potations for joy, when he can fight again under pair shadow. But don't be so hard upon him, for though he does'nt speak such good grammar, he's a de cent fellow, and would beat you a.'y day in Scotland Ward, Aud do'nt use such familiar epithets as " George' when you're on your pins. It di,:es'et sound well in public, for "Geroge," as you conteroptuoesly designate him, is a gentleman as Well as you, and is likely enough to Ike to call you to •' or d er . You see. Will, the public has a good memory, and they hay lit foresd the bearing you received in Abercromby Ward, nor that you had, at last, to creep into council through the loop Miles of the aldermanship—a sad' and biting comment on N - i,ur own principles and opi nions. lam glad, however, that in your addr ss you talk big, and disdain canvassing, &c. Tl;at's the ticket, be as sured. It might do well enough ten years back to canvass the greasy voters, and write fine sentences about reform, and liberal and economy, and a , l that sort of humbug with which we used to gull the fellows; bat it wont do now, "The people" have tried us all, one aft.4"r the other, and it makes ones heart 'deed to see 'rich patriots as Path bone and Bolton, and Shirt cum rttift>s aliis Oriven al,nur from pillar to post, without a ward to shelter their hapless heads; and even you, with all your travelled magnificence —the most finished liberal—the best tempered of the lot, and who has bidden as high for popularity as any of them, absolutely driven to the melancholy necessity of coming out for an unknown region, where cambric handkerchiefs aid Eau tie Cologne are drugs; and where it would be death or extirpation at the Wellington Roi ms if they knew you haul been seen in. You have run at Newmarket you have figured at Ascot, but now . "The high mettl -d racer's a hack on the road." I sin, dear Will, yours, Sic., * * • • Aqua-street, October 14, 1844. INCORPORATION OF WALLASEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—Feeling assured that the following observations on the proposition for an act of parliament for the im provement and general government of ihe parish of Wal lasey, if inserted in your widely-circulated paper, will be read in the quarter I wish them to be, you will oblige me if yon can find room for them in your next publication. I base long been of opinion that if such a proposition were brought forwards in an open and a candid manner, at a public meeting of the parish, and a committee nomi nated at that meeting, empowered to draw up thz beads of a bill, fairly and liberally, the ratepayers and others 'interested in the parish would be satisfied, and the ulti mate success of the measure ensured. The report submitted to the meeting on Thursday last, I, with the majority, consider to be exceedingly defective in many particulars. _ In the first place, the rating qualificatio n i s t oo hi g h : it should be £23 or £3O. In the second place, in the highway clause, the com missioners should take power to purchase lands, with the consent of the owners, for the purpose of forming three or four parallel lines of roads, to run north and south through the parish. In the third place, power should be taken to purchase existing ferries, as well as to establish new ones when wanted; so that making the proposition appear a matter of business likely to be protective to the ratepayer, as well as profitable to the parish, the present opposition to the measure would cease. In the tourtb and most important place, the landowners, instead of proposing to borrow money (say £15,000), the interest to be paid by the ratepayers, should come forward with that sum or more if necessary, stipulate to pay the expenses of obtaining the act, and set it fairly in opera tion, before calling upon the latter to bear a burden they cannot at present support. The ratepayers have a right to some consideration on the part of the landowners, as the value of land will be very considerably increased by the act. It some such stipulations as above were to be entered into and brought forward at the _adjourned meeting, or declared beforehand, I feel confident the opposition to having the act at all would be got over, and tbat all par ties would come to a❑ amicable agreement on a measure which would, if properly carried out, tend greatly to the prosperity of the parish of Wkkilagey.. The following statistical information, relative to the three townships forming the parish of Wallasey, for the year 1841, may be of use ; and I may observe, that the rates since that period have considerably increased : Area to Popu. Poor ti'way County Assess. Townships. Acres. Houses. tattoo. Rate. Rate. Rate. Taxes. Poulton. emu- 646 353 2146 £175 £205 £B6 £6lO SeaCombe Lisearl.... 841 406 2873 285 233 85 1034 Wallasey .. 1789 172 942 148 176 55 136 ' I remain, your obedient servant, ' A RATEPAYER OF THE PARISII. Liscard, 191 Is October, 1844. SHIPBUILDING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sta,—Seeing your town is the principal mart of Our na tional commerce throughout the world, permit me, as oc casion may present, to solicit a corner in your useful pa per, in diffusing some general remarks on the principles of shir.building, thereby to create an inquiry as to the de• fective nature, both in theory and practice, of our com mercial navy. Nothing but being a well-wisher to the. pro!lpfrity of my country could induce me to this task, seeing I shall- have to contend against a hydra of many. beads: In this Our day of extensive improvement in all branches of art and mechani sm , , 6r it would be natural in concluding that shipbuilding, st o p e xtent . and equal in import ance to any other branch ;ocilence,would be first in ad vance; tut it is unfortunate this country, that realities in improvement too f r i e n gT ic tl i T s p p r u n:l i uce counterfeits, and there never was a day systems and er roneous theories hare more prevailed , and been in no branch of at t ended with have they takerr such a deep bold; o th r at such direful consequences , s hipbuilding. Many visionaries have started up who, by fallaciou s argu ments and specious reason in g s, have introduced false - principles and innovations in t o this otherw ise receding art, and none' more so than by that less than futile, that ruinous opinio,n of supposing that an artificial floating body, acted on by different elements, should have its form regulated-by that of a living animal; and the only reason assigned is that a fish sports in its own element with ease and rapidity. If this reasoning is of force suffi cient to establish a principle, in opposition to nature's laws, on the same parity of reasoning the form of a bird may answer as well, yea better, from its greater similarity to the winds acting, and rapidity of flight. Then let me ask those men who have drawn so many to their opinion, the reasons on which those destructive principles are by them established? Naturalists inform us that fishes, like birds, perform their functions or speed through an.inflat ing instinct acting on animal nature, under the guidance of a superior power, the machinery of which is far beyond human ken ; whereas a ship being au artificial body, sup , ported by the density of an element inimical, arid to which it cannot be reconciled—an element always in motion to t relieve it from its inanimate and pondoreus burthen— -1 which inanimate mass is propelled through the obstruction of another element acting on expanded canvass, and that at a considerable distance from the point of action, or the , vessel's displacement. Why, then, will men fetch their opinions from such. discordant incongruities, when corn - mon observation, and a few prat leaf experiments, would make them wiser? The neglect of these necessary re searches blinds them, to the true principles of floating t bodies. The first maxim with wise and judicious men is to prove on the works of others, or by drawing solid infor mation from the experience of practical men, ever an ad vocate for system, yet this at times must give way to na -1 tural or practical genius; for it is an established fact, that our best formed merchant vessels, qualified for every pur -1 pose—vessels that sit on the water, light or load, as if in their own element, possessing the seaman's confidence as to their safety under every circumstance, are built by men of practical knowledge, whose only science is a common I understanding to discern between a good or a had quality, and apply them with truth to the best advantage,—who in theory cannot give a why or a wherefore as a cause that their vessels excel. In this one thing they are cenfident, which is, that the only place for a ship's cargo is round the centre of her capacity; and experience has taught them that this point should ever be at or near her half , length, which alone can relieve the vessel from labouring or straining in a sea. Having thus briefly shown that the natural ; position for the main transverse section (dead flat) should be at or near the vessel's half-length, it remains for me in my next to demonstrate its principles, seeing it would occupy too much of your columns for one inser tion. I shall therefore conclude by giving some useful information. First, a very easy method whereby may be known the safety-weight that may be put into any vessel, \whatever may be her form. Take the length of the keel. as by the old measurement, from v,hiLlt deduct three ' fifths of the main breadth, which sum multiply by the ex ' treme breadth ; then take the depth of the hnld at the side of the. keelson, to the under side of the deck in mid ships at the fore pert of the main hatch, deducting from the throat of the floor the thickness of the ceiling; also take the distance from ;he middle line at the lower part of the deck, to the roundest part of the bulge, allowing only the thickness of the ceiling ; add these two depths toge ther, the half of which becomes the multiplier as the depth in the hold ; the whole sum divided by 94 will show the vessel's burthen in tons. In my last some observationswere made ax to the breadth of vessels, and as something like a standard may be of use to young men entering on ship-drawing, a scale for breadth, depth, draught of water, and length and height of wing transom, nay he acceptable. Take a piece of cartridge paper, 42 inches in length by 10 inches wide, at one inch from the lower edge; run in pencil a line 36 inches in length, as a base line ; below this run in two others, a quar ter of an inch. apart; divide the space between the base• line and first, into quarters of inches, being 144 parts or feet ; run up through tl e paper perpendiculars at every fifth quartet. as 5, 10, 5, 20, &c.; set up on the perpendi cular at 45, f r om the base li ne 51 as the half-length of the wing transom, also 9+ as the draught of water from the rabbet of the keel, 101 the height of the wing transom, 12 as the depth from the rabbet of the keel to the plansheer, and 16 as the main breadth, viz. 45 feet the vessel's length at her load line, 51 feet the half-length of the wing transom, 9+ feet as draught of water at the stern post from the rabbet of the keel, 101 fet t the height of the wing transom from the rabbet, 12 feet as the depth in midship from the rabbet of the keel to the plansheer, and 16 feet as the extreme breadth. Also, set upon the perpendicu lar of 144, as the half-length of the %sing transome 11,feet, 184 feet as the draught of water at the rabbet of the stern post, 21+ teet as the height of the wing transom, 213 feet as the depth in midships from the rabbet of the keel to the gunwale, and 32+ feet as the extreme breadth ; through their correspondent spots, from 45 to 144, run straight tines, which will give the necessary information at. any given length on the scale, being cal u!ated for every ves sel, small and large, to set by the stern one foot. Exam ple : suppose a vessel about to be built of about 285 tons old measurement, the nearest length at her load line would be 102 feet; run up on your scale at this length a perpen dichlar, when it will show, 9 feet for the half-length of the wing transom, 141 feet from the rabbet of the keel at the stern post as the draught of water, giving at the stem 131 feet, 16 feet 8 inches as the height of the wing transom, and 19 feet as the depth from the rabbet of the keel to the gunwale in midships, thus showing a scale embracing all those properties from a 50 ton vessel to a ship of 700 tons; and if necessary the scale may be extended ,to any size ship.—l am, sir, &c. Pembroke Dock, 12th Oct. 1844. JOHN COCK. SELECT VEST RY.-TUESDAY. The usual reading of the minutes of the last meeting and of the various committees, by the Secretary, having been gone through, he presented the report of the ex penditure of in and out-door poor, by which it appeared there were, for the week ending sth October, t,650 paupers- in. the-hone; who cost Is. Hid. per head, — amount, £159 16s. 10d.; for the corresponding week of last year the number was 1,657, at an expense of Is. 7d. per.head, and £l3l ss. 2d. in money. The out-door cases relieved during the last fortnight were 6,573, amounting to £738 2s. 2d., which were 82 cases and £ll 14s. 10d. in money less than at the same , time last year. The sick-list showed an increase of four fever cases and two of smalpox more than last week ; whilst the opthalmic report is about the same as it then was, and there are only five patients at present in the house afflicted with that complaint. Considerable time of the Board was taken up discuss ing an extra bill of £790 15s. brought in by the con tractors for the Industrial School, the settlement of which, however, was deferred, until an engagement had been entered into with them to leave the question of the quantity of bricks used on the building to the decision of some competent person. :The return, a; moved for by Mr. A. Henderson, was presi•nted, and was as follows : Average i , umber of paupers in the house, from March, 1811, to March, 1842, was 1,778, during which time there were 16 paid officers. Average number from March, 1842, to March, 1843, 1,943, and 2d paid officers. Average number from March, 1943, to March, 1941, 1,758, and '5B paid officer:. Average number from March, 1844, to the present time, 1,650, and 29 paid officers. Mr. BUEMNER postponed,' until the next meeting, his motion for the appointment of a committee to take into consideration the propriety of purchasing the land in front of the Industrial .School. Mr. THORN ELY moved for the following, viz., a re turn of the names, duties, and salaries, of all the paid officers in the Parish-offices for the years 1841, 42, 43, and 44 ; for 1841 ending the 25th March 1842, and so on in each year successively, and for the current year from the 25th March to the Ist October. Contracts were enterl into Kith Messrs. John Mack arell and Sons, for the fitting up the Industrial School with desks, platforms, &c., according to plans and spe cifications, for the sum of X. 353 ; and with Mr. Holgai.e, for the cooking apparatus, for the sum of X,SE, The Board adjourned at a quarter-past one o'clock. PROPOSED COMMISSIO'iERS FOR WALLASEY PARISH. ' On Thur.-day last, a public meeting of the ratepayers and landowners of the parish of Wallasey was held at the King's Arms Inn, in M aliasey, to consider the heads of a proposed bill be applied for to parliament if approved—for the purpose electi,:g a Board of Commissioners to govern and improve the township. The attendance was very numerous, including ratepayers, and owners of land in the parisii, from Liverpooi arid elsewhere. The Rev. Dr. BYRTH, who occupied the chair, said, in effect, that he came not so much to advocate or recommend the pro posed measure, as to hear it demon strated and explained by those who hhd given it t eir attention, and hoped the subject would be disen , Fed 'without allowing temper or prejudice to interle e. He then re ad the report, which was afterwards ex plained in detail by the next speaker. WINCH. , said that for some time past many indivi duals in the p • rish had been of opinion ,that its local govern ment was net adequate to the altered stdte of affairs, and that great advantages would accrue from the election of a hoard o! Commissioners, with pow r to carry out improve , inent.rand protect the rights of the public. The leading fea 'tutes of; the scheme were the el ction of Commissioners, with powers similar to those of the Commissioners of Birkenhead; :and the establishment of a more efficient police force, there being now, by the Constabulary Act, my one constab,e for the whole parish. It was proposed that the Commissioners shou has;e power to light and sewer such parts of the parish es re 'hitired it, and to raise a rate for that purpose from such portion 'only as should be behefitted : also power to take on lease ferry, oriterries, the working of which would be a vantageous to the parish—Without, however, interfering with the right of existing ferry companies. From the advantages deriv dby Birkenhead , from their fe ry; he thought such a measure would be considered uncbjectionanie. It was also proposed hereafter to erect a pub lic inarkot, the pc: iod of its erection to he left to the Commis sioners.; The rate proposed to be called fur would not be (as rumoured) 4s. 6a in the pound, but Is. 6d. only, unless with the consent lof two-thirds of the rate-payers; and at pres nt the .itirveyr* of highways had power to lay a rate of led. in the year. 'llls only object in taking any part in the proposed mea •sure was to benefit the inhabitants at large. • Major! FIATCH Eft. designated the measure as one got up in seeret,:nnd r tclal y uncalled for. ••The Rev. -- Ma IN WA RING. of Brombro, proposed On effect the adoption of the Report, which was seconded by_ltlr. Man- D OWS. . ~ Mr. gANrorit moved as an amendment that the subject be postpOnOd tor twelve months c.: HILL seconded the amendment. Sir EDWARD Cosr ,trottgly objected to the measure, as inap plicable to the rural district of the township of Wallasey. He had no objection to its being applied to the more populous townships,.proiided the inhabitants thought proper to adopt it. tint as toiits being extended to the township of Wallasey, he at once told them the measure should have every opposition he could give it, both it, Parliament and out of it. The Hon. Bait. suggeste l , the propriety of uniting Poulton and Seacombe with the township of Birkenhead, as, he said, the fact of the new docks being cbout to b made rendered such a proceeding ad visable (cheers and hear). Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. RAWLINS, and Mr. H. T. LITTLEDALL spoke in favour of the measure. After which, Mr FORD pro posed as another amendment, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed until that nay fortnight. This was adopted by the meeting, after which the aLembly separated. Her Majesty has appointed Monday next for the open ing of the new Royal Exchange, London. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS. R. S. Stantley, Esq., collector of excise for Newcastle and neighbourhood, has been promoted to take charge of the collection of excise at Liverpool. DINNER AT THE TOWN-HALL.—The Mayor will give the last of his civic banquets, at the Town-hall, on the 31st instant. EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, Henry Carnall, travel ler to Mr. Harrison, of Sir Thomas'-buildings, absconded with about £6O, and has not since been heard of. He is a young man, about twenty-nine yea's of age, and of good address. THE COUNCIL.—A special meeting of the Town Coun cil has been convened for Wednesday next, to determine upon the laying of the annual fire-police:rate, and to con sider a communication made to the mayor urging the council to close the public markets at an earlier hour. AMERICAN PACKETS.—A new line of packets, consist ing of the St. George, (1,000 tons,) Pacific, (800 tons,) and Seymour. (1,000 tons,) is about to be established be twEen New York and this port. The St. George was to sail on the Bth instant. On Thursday an elegant and impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. G. B. Bloomfield, M.A., Canon of Chester, in behalf of the Liverpool branch of the so ciety for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts ; after which £25 was collected. At a numerous meeting of the electors of St. Paul's Ward on Thursday night, it was unanimously resolved to bring forward Robert Broadhurst Hilo, Esq.. as the pm servaiive caodidate for that ward at the ensuing municipal Election, in the place of Joshua Edwards, Esq., who has declined again to come forward. NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK.—A branch of this banking company is about to be opened at Birkenhead, land having already been purchased for the erection of a bank. Another banking company, also in connexion with Liverpool, is about to (Ten a branch in this im proving township. ST. PETER'S WARD.—At a meeting of the radicals in this ward on Thursday, it was determined to bring for ward Nit. Thomas. Bolton to contest this ward. Mr. Henderson is the conservative candiit,.tc, and is ton deservedly popular to allow the slightest tear of his ,re election. NEW MAGISTRATE'S FOR BIRKENHEAD —A letter from the Earl of Stamford and Warrington to IVI r. Charles H.• Watson, of Birkenhead, announces that William Jackson and William Porter, Esirs. have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the commission of the peace for the county palatine of Chester. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.-011 Tuesday week, a workman, named Tynan, fell from the top of a building now in course of erection by Mr. Ileadon, of Birkenhead. He was taken to the infirmary, where be died on Saturday last from the injuries. The inqueq was held on Friday, and a verdict returned of " accidental death." CHRISTENING FESTIVITY.-'Oll Tuesday a select party assembled at Willow-bank, the residence of Richard Maspratt, Esq., to celebrate the birth of a son and heir. The ceremony of christening, which was performed at Newton Church, derived no ordinary interest from the presence of Professor Justus Liebig, who was one of the sponsors. ATTEMPT TO ROB.—On Saturday, an athletic fellow, - named Wahl, was brought hefure Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having attempted to rob Mr. Ellis Jones, sur geon, of Islington, of Isis watch, as the latter was crossine London-road the previous evening, on his return from a professional visit. The prisoner was sentenced to impri sonment for three months. FRAUD BY A CAR. DRIVER.—On Thursday Mr. Evan Williams, car-owner, preferred a charge against John Hughes, late a car-driver in his employ, for embezzl'ng the sum of 10s. 6d. It appeared the prnioner had taken the bill to the gentlemen who hired the car, recoived the Money, and 'appropriated it to his own use. He was com mitted for trial. The Earl of Ilchester, who was one of the commiltee of the Upper House of the Birkenhead Dock b:11, visited Birkenhead on Monday, and after inspecting the various public works in• progress there, lunched with W. Po►ter, Esq. Ile was accompanied by his son, Lord Stavordale, and both the noble lords expressed themselves greatly pleased with what they had seen. ANOTHER FATAL COLLISION.—The Elizabeth, Cap tain Brown, arrived at this port on Wednesday, from St. John's, New Brunswick, reports having been in collision with the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, said to have been from the coast of Morocco, on the 12th instant off the Fawcett-rock. The schooner immediately sank, but, with the exception of the cook, the crew were saved.--- The only pcssenger on hoard was also saved. The wea ther was rough and dirty at the time. BEER-SELLERS FINF:D.—At the Police -court, on Fri day, several beer-sellers appeared to answer summonses for infractions of the local act regulating their trade, and chiefly for selling after the prescribed hour at night, en tertaining drunken and disorderly persons, or both offen ces combined. Ann Onion was for the former offence fined 20s. and costs. John Connor, of Downe street, for selling at one o'clock in the morning was fined 40s. and costs. The defendant had since May, 1843, been fined to the amount in all of £3l lls. 6d. ;- and it was ordered tnat his securities should he proceeded against for the present penalty. ROBBERIES.—On Saturday, at th e P o li ce . court , B en j. Powell was committed for trial, charged with having ttaten a bolt of A , anvas, the property of Messrs. Marriott and Co. On the same day, Marg,aret Hughes and John Bain were also committed, on a charge ot having stolen a quantity ot earthenware from Cieveland.square Market. Same day, two abandoned females, named Catherine Gal lagher and Mary Robinsan, were similarly dealt with— the former for having robbed James Stang of £ll and his watch, and the latter for having robbed Thomas Hall of £9. Another female, named Susan Shields. and a' man named George Chadwick, were committed for trial on a charge of robbing Moses Kincaid, cook of the ship Bel mont, of £9. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—OD Friday, Elizabeth Gurnell was charged before Mr. Rushton with concealing the birth of her male child. The prisoner, who is a cripple, being suspected, denied that she had been de livered, but a surgical examination afterwards took place, which confirmed the fact. A search was made, and the body of a full grown male infant was found hidden in the cellar, and the surzeon, Mr. Nottage, gave it as his opinion that it bad died of congestion of the brain, pro duced by a blow on the head." The coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Died of congestion of the brain, but in what manner it was produced there was no evidence." Mr. Rushton considered the case a strong one, and remanded the prisoner for a day. BONDING IN MANCHESTER.—We believe we may now say that all that depends upon either the corporation of Manchester, or the authorities of the custom-house here, to prepare for the introduction of Vonding into Man chester, has been done, and that every thing is now in a state of readiness to commence immediately. We under stand that severalbuildings have been licensed as bonding warehouses ; and, the corporation have adopted a tariff of town dues upon the various commodiiies to be bonded, and also fixed a rate to be paid to them by the owners of bonding warehouses; from which sources a fund will be raised for the purpose of defraying the salaries and ex penses of the staff of customs officers, ail of whom are now at their posts at the custom-house in Wsley-street. We have not heard of any goods being, as yet, actually bonded, but believe that notice has been given of a quan tity of wine, on its way hither, for that purpose—Mun chester Gua , diem. On Wednesday the beautiful aril costly diving appara tus, which has been provided by the public spirited direc tors of the Steam-tug Con parry, was put into requisition for the recovery of a large piece of copper, weighing be tween twn and three hundred weight, which fell into the Prince's Duck while being conveyed on board Messrs. Hoyden and Kendall's ship The Duke, about to sail for Calcutta. Every elf tt to recover the copper by means of the ordinary grappling irons had been tried in vain. The first man who descended by means of the apparatus ascertained is situation, but could not succeed in mak ing it fast to the rope lowered f9r the purpose. The se cond having lad more experience quickly efFeted the ob ject, and the prize was hauleit up, greatly to the admira tion of the large crowd of persons who had been attracted to the spot by the novelty of the operation. The appara tus was worked on board the vessel, under the skilful superintendence of Mr. Arthur, the manager of the Steam-tug Company. DINNER AT (LEAVES HOTEL, WOOD , IDF.—It will he.reen by an advertisement in another column, that a dinner will he given on Wednesday next, the day of th , laying of the foundation stone of the new docks, at this commo,iious 'hotel. The room in which tt.c dinner will b 2 held is exceedingly well adapted for the affair, a d the preparations arc on such a scale as bid lair to be surpassed by none. Thero c- , n be no doubt. but , that it will be well attended for tip , eerieral satif , fartion affairs of kind haye hitherto given, and the ac%cnowledeed talent of the worthy host as a c lerer are sure to secure the patronage of those who enjoy a good dinner. ROBBERY OF COFFEE.—The warehouse of Mr. Chesney. grocer. Commutation-row, was broken into on Monday night last, and a large quantity of coffee stolen. The thieves effected an en trance by means of a ladder, which was :eft upon the premises. The ladder was identified as that taken from Finch-street, by two men, who were seen walking with it in the dir etion of Mr. Chesney's shop. Part of the coffee was fc and afterwards in the poisession of two men in Beck Leeds-street. When seen by the officer they dropped the coffee and e! caped. Daniel Jones and Samuel Albertson, the men seen in i ossession of the ladder, were taken into custody. DIRECTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BIRRENHEAD.—If one circumstance more than another ten - a to shew the rapid increase and importance of Llirk nhead, it is the announcement, in our pamphlet of this day. that a " niaEcToav" of the township, will shortly be ready for publication, by Mr James Law. the en terprising bookseller, of Waterloo. Buildings. in that town. That such a work should already be in requisition is sufficiently indicative of the great interest taken fa the progress arid prospects of that thriving locality ; and from what we know of the publisher, we entertain no doubt but the informati n it will contain will be at once copious and correct. The great public works going on, and the accumulation of property and varied interests in the town and neighbourhood will render this hook a most desirable medium, in its outer pages, for advertisements of Insurance Agents, Prospectuses of Hotel proprietors, and announcements of the professional and trading communities generally. OPENING DINNER AT THE CI, ORS Kays, REGENT- STREET On Thursday evening weck, a number of gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at the above inn, which was got up in a s yle that conferred great credit upon the worthy host t nd hostess. The chair was very ably filled by Mr. Skane, of the Rotunda Inn, who cort•ibuted greatly to the harmony of the evening; and if the general good feeling that prevailed be taken as an earnest of the future, it augurs well for the prospects of Mr. Unsworth. The first toast of the evening was "The Queen," which was followed by " Prince Alhert and the Royal Family," " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," &e ,which were drunk with three times three. The wh:es were of exce ent quality. After the healths of the Chairman, V;ce•Chairman, the worthy Host end Hostess, and several of the gentlemen present had been drunk, and very approprit , tely responded to, the company separate,t, highly gratified with the attention paid to them by their much respected host, Mr. Unsworth. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, a young lad named Henry Parry went with two others into an old house in George's -street to procure some chips. Ina few minutes the other bo‘s came out, the deceased remaining in the building, and just es they arrived in the street a crash was heard as of falling bricks. &c. A search was immediately commenced, and the deceased was found lying underneath the rubbish, a large beam having fallen on his chest. He was quite dead. TILE MANCHESTER REGISTRATION.—The labours of the revising barristers for this division of the county are closed, and the following is the result, as far as the Man chester polling-district is concerned :—Objections by con servatives, 550 : struck of the list, 404. Objections by the leaguers, 1,355; struck off, 215. Gain upon objec tions to conservatives, 189. New claims by conservatives, 1,015: allowed, 756. New claims by leaguers, 1.898 ; lo 1,189. Leaguers gain upon new claims, 433. De duct from this number 189 gained by conservatives on ob jections, Makes a total loss to conservatives of 244. CAUTION TO BADGE PORTERS.—During the hearing of a case on Thursday, it was stated by a car driver that porters at the pier -heads were in the habit of receiving threepence from car drivers for getting them a fare, and it appearing in the case then before the magistrate that a disturbance had arisen in consequence of a porter wishing to take the luggage of a passenger to a car, from the dri ver of which he had received the usual fee, Mr. Rushton directed Mr. Dowling to make inquiries into the matter, and stated his determination to take away tha license from all porters found so acting. BIGAMY.—On Tuesday a labouring man, named 'Wil liam Thomas, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge uf having married a second wife, his first being still alive. J. Worthington, a packer, residing at Deans gate, Nlancbester, deposed that lie saw him married at register-offiee in that town on the sth June, 1840, to a female of the name of Alicia Henrietta Cummins, who was still alive, and that On the 4th of last August he was again married tp Jane Clarkson, a widow, at Holy Trinity Church, St. A nne - street, Liverpool. The prisoner, who, when taken into custody, treated the charge with levity, had nothing to urge in this defence, and was fully com mitted for trial. LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.— The general monthly m eting of this society was held in the Lecture hall of the Royal Institution, on Monday evening last, but Owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather. it was rather thinly attended. Mr. John Rosson read his second paper " On the propriety of preferring the pointed (commonly called the Gothic) stale, in the erectionut ec clesiastical builditir:s." It was listened to with great at tention, and towards its else Mr. Rosson threw out the idea that it would be' well, if possible to convert the shadow into the substiince, by inducing the various bo dies of freemasons throughout Europe to become nuclei for a great architectural and scienfific institute, where youth of all commie; could be instructed in the arts ai:d linked together in brotherhood. CAPTURE OF TWO OF THE " LONDON SWELL MOB," IN MANCHESTER.—OD Saturday week, a man named Wood, and a bow named Williams, were taken before the Magistrates in Manchester, on suspicion of having robbed the pockets of several parties in that town,—Lieutenant Fielding, of the 70th regiment, of three or four sovereigns, at the Railway Station, and Mr. H. Knowles, manufac turer, of his pocket 7 book, containing £440 in notes, which he .had just received at the Branch Bank of England. They were remanded until a future day, being sus pected. or at least one of them, to be a London thief.— Yesterday week, two others, James Batty and William Ware, were brought up on a similar charge. Ware was supposed to be the brother of the boy Williams. It was stated that the prisoners were well known in Liverpool, and had been patrolling the banks there. These prisoners were, from the suspicion attached to them by the evidence adduced relative to the same robberies, also remanded. ACCIDENT IN LUMBER•STRSET.—On Tuesday, a very serious accident occurred in Lumber-street, owing to the incautiousness of the persons employed at Cliff's marine store, by which the life of a young woman named Mar gret Johnson, has been placed in imminent danger. It appears that about one o'clock she was passing up Lum ber -street, when the rope by which they were hoisting up a heavy bag of hair to the second story of Cliffs store gave way, and the bag fell upon her, knocked her down, and produced a compound tracture of her thigh, and ge neral injury about h.r head and the upper part of her person. She was almost immediately removed to the Northern Hospital. It appears that while the bag was being hoisted it got jammed against the upper part of one of the window S—that the man, who should have guided it, was elsewhere about the concern—that the strain snapped the rope in two, and that there was no person in the street to warn the passers-I , y of the danger. It is strange that the numerous accidents daily occurring pro duce so little effect. A DISHONEST CAR-DRIVER.—On Wednesday, at the Police -court, Mr. Brown, attorney, preferred an infor mation against John Ashton, driver of a car. It ap peared that the complainant had occasion•to send a poor sailor to London by railway, and sent a per-on with him, to whom he cave two sovereigns and six shillings to pay the fare. The defendant was engaged in Harrington street. When they alighted, the messenger gave him a shilling, but he demanded sixpence more. The messen ger then gave him what he supposed was another shilling, and received sixpence in change, but afterwards disco vered that he had' only one sovereign left. and that he must have given the other instead of a shilling. Ile af terwards went in seirch of the defendant, and found he had not been at borne for some time. Defendant was af- terwards seen coming out of a public-horse, and, when q uestioned on the matter, said be must have given the sovereign to his father along with the other money. The fare being but one shilling, Mr. Rushton ordered deft n dont to pay 20s. and costs, and return the sixpence, and suspended his license—not to be restored until the com plainant applied, and not perhaps then. • IMPUDENT ROBBERY, AND QUICK DETECTION.— On Tuesday afternoon, a truss of woollen goods and a box were delivered at the shop of Miss Evans, woollen draper, Great George-square. The parties in the shop being busy, the truss was left in the street, under the window, and near the door. In a few minutes some men were seen by parties outside rolling the truss across the street. They left it at the corner of Pitt-street, and then one of them engaged a car, into which it was placed, and the driver was ordered to drive to Vauxhall-road. Two men got into the car with the truss, and a third sat upon the box.. When the car reached Tithebarn-street, of ficers Lloyd and Sale saw it, and knowing the character of the inmates, suspected all was not right. When it bad reached Leeds-street, Lloyd stopped it ; but before that one of the men in the car, seeing they were followed, jumped through the window and escaped. The oilier turned out to he John Murray, a notorious thief, and the mart on the box was Joseph Little, an equally notorious character. The bale of goods was, of course, found in the "car, and the two prisoners, who were brought up on Wednesday before Mr. Rushton, were committed to take their trial. . PAUPERS HAVE LARGE STOMACHS.—John Webb, a pauper in the Workhouse, was brought up on Wednes day, cf:arged by Mr. Galloway with refusing to work, at the Workhouse, on Tuesday. Mr. Rushton : Did he give no reason ? "Galloway ; Yes, he said he had not got enough of dinner. Mr. lowndes, Vestry-clerk ; There has lately been an alteration in the diet. Mr. Rushton : What is the diet? Galloway: tie had two pounds of what is called "scouse," meat and bread. The prisoner had nothing to say. Mr. Rushton : This is one of the most scandalous things that can well be conceived. There are hundreds of honest labouring men in Liverpodl who cannot get one pound of such food—some of them no food at all. Galloway ; He evidently wishPd to excite the rest to some outrage. Mr. Rushton: You must go to the /louse of Correction, and be kept to hard labour for 42 days. Mr. Evans. (governor of the Workhouse,) said the class of men to which the prisoner belonged had been eating five or six pounds of scouse to dinner. and the doctors, thinking this too much, had reduced it. This was the first week of the new diet. Mr. Rushton : Why did you give so much ? it was a waste of the public funds. Mr. Evans: It was ; but it is now limited. CHARGE AGAINST A PROCESS-SERVER. On Tuesday Mr. Pali/rave, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Rushton to prefer a complaint against one of the officers of the court, of • the name of Dutton, for having served the Captain, of the Coquette with a summons intended for Captain Nor rey, of the Catherine, and with having subsequently pro ceeded to enforce a warrant against the latter captain It appeared that the summons had been issued against Cap. Norrey for net keeping the proper watch at right on the deck of his vessel. To prove the charge against the officer James Milh'r, master of the William and Agnes, of Dun bar, was called ; and he deposed that the summons against the Captain of, The Catherine had been served upon the captain of the Coquette, with whose name he was unac quainted. Dutton, in his defence, distinctly sated that he had served Captain Norrey, whom he described as one of the youngest Scotch captains he had ever seen in com mand of a ship, and tbat he knew him perfectly well, so that was the third time he had occasion to serve him with a summons. He had tapped him on the shoulder and said, " Here's another summons for you ;" immediately upon which Captain Norry observed to a bystander that that was the third time he had been similarly served. Mr. Rushton said he was quite satisfied the service had • been,correctly performed, and that he should enforce the' warrant. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—On Saturday no less than nine inquests were held before the Borough Coroner. ; he first was on the body of Margaret Johnson, 29 years of age, who was killed by the falling of a bale of cotton, at Cliffe's marine store, Lumber-street, on Tuesday last. The jury laid a deodand of £5 on the rope.—The second was on the body of Robt. M'Clellan, of L•twrence-street, who committed suicide by suspending himself from a corner of the room by n comforter tied round his neck. Deceased laboured under the impression that he should come to want, although he was in comfortable circum stances.—The third was on the body of Richard Nickson, one of the inn.ates of the Lunatic Asylum, Brownlow hill, who strangled himself.—The fourth was on John Kimmel.. 38 years of age, employed at the brewery be longing to Mr. Halsall Segal.. and who, on Wednesday night last, fractu-ed his leg by falling on the flags.— The fifth was on James Burgess, a young man, aged 18, of Freemason's-row, who had some powder and squibs in his possession on the 30th ultimo, and whose clothes caught fire and burned him severely, in consequence of a spark from one of the squibs having ignited some of the powder in his pocket. He lingered until Sunday morning last, when he expired,—The sixth was on William Edis bury, who died of rupture of the heart, arising from or.zanic disease.—The seventh was on Leonard Moore, a child ten weeks old, who died from suffocation, nrising from his having been overlain by his parents in bed. — The eighth was on Sarah Talbot, of Milk-street, who died of apoplexy on the floor of her own premises.—The ninth and last inquest was on Henry Dognall, a child twelve months old, who was burned to death, accidentally, inßose-hill.—Verdicts accordant with the evidence were returned in the several cases. DREADFUL COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE.—At nine p.m., on the night of Saturday last, the ship Elizabeth, Captain Brown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, came in contact pith the schooner Emma, Captain Kemp, from the coast of Morocco, and bound for Liverpool, about twenty-five miles to the westward of Cape Clear. The Elizabeth. struck the Emma just abaft the fore-rigging, carried away both her masts, and reduced her to a com plete wreck in the course of a few seconds. The crew with the utmo-t difficulty got over the bows of the Elizabeth, with the exception of the cook, who was• un fortunately drowned. Mr. Bibby, jun., of the firm of Messrs. Bibby and Sons, of this town, the owners of the Emma, was a passenger on board that vessel, and was amongst the number of persons saved. Shortly after the collision, the Emma went down. The crew arrived in the Mersey on Wednesday morning by the Elizabeth. The starboard bow of the Elizabeth was stove in by the col lision, and she lost her jib-boom and topgallant-mast, and sustained other damage. PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the weekly meeting Mr. John Holmes presided. A represen tation was read relative to the disgraceful state of the bot tom part of Church-street, and it was ordered to be re paired. Mr. Samuel Holene applied to the board for leave to block up George-street, in which he had buildings erecting. After a rather long and disconnected conversa tion; the matter (so far as the reporter could learn) rested where it was.—A complaint was made by Messrs. Bond, that the condensing water of Macfie's works, Temple street, occasioned a nuisance. Ordered to be referred and reported upon.—Mr. Robertson Gladstone supported an application to prevent the conversion of a buildingin Seel-street into a slaughter-house. A conversation en sued, anti ultimately it was decided to leave the !stetter in the hands of the magistrates.—Mr. Tirane asked the board to permit the surveyor to make a return of the number of sewers completed within the year.—A letter was read from Mr. Hoyle, of Haslingden, complaining of what had ap peared in the papers relative to his contract for the sup plying of flags, and stating that he (Mr. Hoyle) distinctly said it was on the authority of his foreman that he stated the flags were equal to sample. SHOCKING CASE OF STABBING.—On Monday evening last, a man of the name of John Knowles was stabbed with a sharp instrument, supposed to be a penknite, in Johnson-street in this town, from the effects of which he has been still lingering in so dangerous a state that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. It avpears that, about eight o'clock on the evening in question, Knowles and a man, named Milligan, were standing in Johnson -street, when a dispute arose between them, in the course of which Knowles lifted his hand and gave him a blow. Milligan immediately drew a sharp instru ment from his pocket, and plunged it into Knowles's breast, in the region of the heart, made his escape through Hatton-garden. Police-officer 195 had Knowles con veyed to Vauxhall Bridewell, where he was visited by Mr. Simpson, surgeon, by whose orders he was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he still remains. The wound, which is of small dimensions, bled little externally ; but internally it is feared there has been hcemorrbage to a considerable extent. It is also feared that the sharp instrument must have incised the pericardium. The miscreant who committed the diabolical act has since been apprehended and remanded. SALE OF GUANO.—On Wednesday last 180 tons of gu ano, announced to be the best African, received by the Chimaera, were offered for sale in lots of five and ten tons, at Messrs. Priestley's Baltic-buildings. The at tendance was numerous, the present state and prospects of the trade being such as to invest every sale of this com modity now with considerable interest in the eyes of the dealers. Mr. Priestley, before commencing the sale, read an analysis of the guano by an eminent London ay mist, which went to show that the article was of the very best description. Some conversation arose in conse quence of a gentlenian in the room asking the auctioneer if he would guarantee that the whole cargo was equal to ,ample, as it hid several times been found that guano deteriorated in quality, or that guano of a different qua lity was substituted alter the first few tons were removed from the vessel. The auctioneer seemed at first unwilling to give the required guarantee ; but at last undertook to do so, and the first lot, of five tons, was put up. The biriiings were not very animated, and after some delay, the lot was knocked down for £5 12s. 6d. The next lot, 4f ten tons, was not sold in consequence of the price of fered being under the former, and the whole of the re seething lots were withdrawn, there being no probability of the reserved price being realized. A small lot of da maged weighing about seven tons, was sold, we under stand, at £2 7s Ed. the ton. THE OUTVENSIONERS.—On Wednesday morning, the last day of the present year's exercises, the companies were again inspected by Col. Falkner, K.H., inspecting field-officer, on the ground at Everton. The Colonel was received with the usual honours, and a number of move ments were then performed in columns, squares, &c., which received additional interest from the firing in squares, line, end by divisions, the men having been sup- Plir d with a portion of blank cartridge for the purpose. The proceedings were wound- up by ad , ancinz in order, halting, and saluting. Col. Falkner then delivered a short address to the men. He observed that it was with pride and pleasure he spoke to them on that occasion, as he was most anxious to add his meed of praise to that which had already been so ju-tly bestowed upon them by the Major-General of the di- , trict ; he concluded be say ing that they were not less distinguished for their soldier- lake appearance titan for the manner in which they had gone through their exercises on that day. The band, amounting to sixteen in number, was formed entirely from amorg,t the pensioners, and they acquitted them selves in excellent style, performing several pieces of na tional and other music, both going to and returning from the ground; we understand they now practice regularly at the barracks every Tuesday. The six days' exercise having been completed, the companies were marched down to the barracks, where they delivered in their arms arid clothing. DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS AND CRIME IN, Li- VERPOOL.-Mr. William Parkinson, keeper of the main bridewell, has prepared a comparative return for the three years of the number of prisoners brought before the ma gistrates on each Monday. for drunkenness, commencing Sept. 1, 1841, and ending 31st August, 1841. From this we finl that great good has resulted from the introduction into the New Improvement Act of the clause prohibiting public-houses from opening between the hours of twelve on Saturday night and one on Sunday. In 1841-2. the total number of prisooers charged with drunkenness was 7,602; of these 3,129 were brought before the magistrates on Mondays, 852 were taken into custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, 1,412 between twelve p.m. on Saturdays and one p.m. on Sundays, and 856 after that till Monday. In 1842-3, the total number of prisoners charged with drunkenness was only 7,023, 2.397 of whom were brought up on Mondays, 796 having been given into custody before twelve o'clock on Saturday nights, and only 813 after that up to Sunday noon. In 1843-4, the total number of charges of drunkenness was 7,044 ; 2,386 prisoners were brought up on Mondays, only 793 of which had been taken into custody between Saturday night and Sunday noon. From the above it will be seen that there was a decrease during the first year of the operation of the new act, of 599 prisoners apprehended during the hours the public-houses were closed, and in 1343, a decrease of 619; and also a total decrease of cases of drunkenness on Mondays, in 1842. of 732, and in 18-13, of 743. In the other days there is a slight increase, which, of course, might be expected with the increase of the town, in 1842, of 153 cases, and in 1843 of 185, leaving, however, a total decrease in cases of drunkenness generally, of 579 of 1842, and 558 in 1843. We are glad also to find that a decrease of drunkenness has been accompanied by a decrease in crime generally. In 1841 the total number of prisoners brought before the borough magistrates was 18,666 ; in 1842, 16.331 ; and in 1843, 15,816; showing a decrease in 1842 of 2,335 ; and in 1843 of 2,850. DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIIIRSDAY.—The sub-committee of Works recommended that the rent of the land occu pied by Mr. Cato should be Is. 6d. per square yard of atter the 3rd of April next, and that a lease should be granted to him on the same terms as to time as the land offered to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr. Boyden. moved that the rent should only he Is per yard for the first seven years. and Is. 6(1. per yard. for the re mainder of the lease. Upon adi vi ion, the recomtnenda tion of the Sub committee was carried. It was agreed to let Messrs. George Forrester and Co. 8400 square yards •of land to the north of Sandhill's•lane, at the annual rent of Is. per square yard, for a term of 21 years, but the final settlement of the point was deferred until the exact site could be ascertained.—The Marine Sub-com mittee recommended that Mr. Hugh Evans, son of the late Mr. Evans, should be appointi d superintendent of the telegraph stations at Anelesea and Puffin island. Some objections having been ment'oned, the subject was deferred, in order to of time for inquire.—Twenty• five pounds were voted out of the charitable fund to John Hughes, telegraphic keeper on Hiihre Island, to assist in replacing his winter stock of provisions which he lost on the occasion when his wife was unfortunately drowned in crossing from the main land to the island. It was also ordered that a boat should be provided for the use of the ke . eper of llilbrie island.—The folloWing resolution, on the recommendation of the Sub-committee, was passed, the chairman.and Mr. Tobin being the only parties who voted against it, "That when a vessel is going to dis -charge into one of the transit sheds, such vessel to be en titled to a berth, according to the terms of the resolution of the 20th June, prior to any vessel being berthed, although first in turn, which is going to discharge in the ordinary way. —A letter from Messrs. Humble and Mil crest, as to a road at the north end of the town. was re ferred to the Sub-committee of Works.—A letter was read from Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Co. acknowledging the receipt of the resolution of last week, offering, upon certain conditions, to allow them the use of 10,0 00 square yards of land, rent free, for eighteen months. In their letter Messrs. Vernon said it was an utter impossibility for them to comply with the terms of the resolution. They objected, first, to pay the expenses of removing Mr. Chaloner; second, to relinquish their present yard within six weeks; and, third, they wished a reply to their proposal fur rentine the ground at the north. Th e y thanked the Committee for the consideration with which they had already been treated, but added that if they had no other place provided for them when the eighteen months had expired, they would be no better off than at present, and, therefore, they must protect themselves against too great a sacrifice. Mr. Evans—They are tak ing the upper band of us completely. Mr. Nicol—Atter the reading of that letter, I have no hesitation in propos ing that the resolution of last Thursday, as applicable to Messrs. Vernon and Co.. be rescinded. IVlr.Trotmare I second the motion. Mr. Aikin was glad to bear Mr. Nicol make that motion. It would save him from the disagreeable task of getting up in Council, and moving that that part of the proceedings of the Duck Committee be not confirmed. The motion was carried unanimously. —A letter from Messrs. Neile and Crawford, was referred to the solieitor.--.lt having been reported that the con• tract with the new Gas and Coke company had expired on the Ist instant, the matter was referred to the Har- Oct. 22, 1844. bour. Masters' Sub-committee, and a letter from Mr. M'Donald, agent to the Bude Light Company, was re ferred to the Sub-committee of Works. EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS.—The shopkeepers of Ormskirk commenced closing their shops on Friday, the 11th instant, with the exception of about half a dozen, and at a meeting of the committee, held in the Town hall, on Wednesday evening, a deputation was appointed to visit those persons who did not close their shops when they all agreed to close at 8 . o'clock, with one ex- ception. SERMONS.—On Sunday last, two sermons were preached im the Parish t hurch of Ormskirk, by the Ref. J. E. White, one of the Secretaries of the Church Mis° sionary Society, after which collections were made, amounting to £l4 12s. 4d. And a missionary meeting was held in the Town-hall, on Monday evening last, whe n the Rev. J. E. Wl.ite and several of the neighbouring clergy addressed the meeting, and a collection was after wards made, when upwards of £lO was received in aid of the funds of the above society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY xvsNlNc. Very few present, and very sombre countenances. Off 6" were made to lay a cool hundred at evens on " Fug" ;,gst the field fur the Cambridgeshire; 10 to 1 bar one currently offerCc i, 100 to 8 taken twice yesterday on Cur, ; double that to -day On the Altered 0 , ,e. 10 to 1 asst Alarm (taken) 33 1 -- Black Prince (taken) 33 1 Fitzallan (taken) 50 1 -- Connaught Ranger (tk freely) GREAT QUOIT MATCH FOR '! WO HUNDRED SOVEREIGN'''. The return match between the G.a , gow players, and Gonda", and Rigby, of Shrewsbury. cam e o ff a t th e l a t ter t• wit on Wed nesday afternoon. The betting, however, was greatly in fav° l4 Of Scotland, three to one being freely offered, and few tdkerg• The game was sixty. one. At the commencement the Shropshire men ccuuted nine, whe- their opponents scored two ; but th disparity of numbers did not continue long, the i , cotchule o grafbrill: crept up, counting four almost every end, and wuubf t%senty-eight. The pitching was beautiful throughout. RAILWAY INTALLIGEACE. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILwAIt• - ' At a spacial m-eting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 10 1 " way, held at Glasgow, on Tuesday last, it was agreed that the Company should subscribe £lOO,OOO towards the capi tal stock of the proposed Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway Company. MIDLAND RAILWAY. —The Midland Railway Com pany have taken a lease of the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Line, and Manchester Railway. The adoption of this plan, in connexion with the extension of the Swinton line, via Doncaster into Lincolnshire, will open a direct com munication with the whole of Lancashire.—Doncaster Gazette. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—BRANCH/35 TO BOROUGIIBRIDGE, KNARESBROUGH, HARROGATS, RIPON, AND RICHMOND.—A special meeting of the Great North of England Railway Company, which was numerously attended by shareholders, was held at DO' lington, on Tuesday last, when a series of resolutoos were unanimously adopted, authorzing the Directors to take all steps necessary for th e f ormat i on o f b ranch rail ways to the above places. The required capital was e4t mated at £300,000, which is to be raised in 10,000 shares of £3O each. SNAP FELLS.—Shap Fells, so well known and dreaded by travellers, is at present like an ant bed—all alive with 0 " 0 (1/ 8 ." employed in forming the Lancaster and Car lisle Railway. These industrious but sometimes uo pleasant neighbours, have built themselves a long line of dwellings of the turf and heather, which is denominated Regent• street, and they' have nearly also completed Queen's-square. The next batch of mansions we befit/ 0 is to be called the Quadrant, so that the west end of our metropolis will soon be outrivalled by New London, 0 0 the mountains of Shap. BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHE'HIRE JUNG' TION.—The Railway Magazir.e gives the followir , as the route of this line. It will start from Bebbington, on the Chester and Birkenhead line, not far from the Birken head terminus of that railway, proceeding towards Elton, where it will meet the branch Irons Chester, which neat that place forms a junction with the Chester and Holy head line. From the junction at Elton the line then passes on to Frodsham and Preston Brook, crossing neat the Grand Junction Railway, where, also, a station i., pro posed ; thence it proceeds to Manchester, via Altringhamr sending forth hence a branch to Stockport. The line, therefore, takes a route as direct as the Mersey permits from Birkenhead to Manchester. GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.--A plan is nearly matured, under this name, for a short line of railway, to connect the termini of all the imnortant existing means of communication, both by land and water, which radiate from this city as a coamion centre. The scheme rrsem bles one which ivas already been adopted, under somewhat similar circumstances in Manchester, and we have been told it.can be carried Lit° execution here at a compara tively moderate expense, and without any serious inter ftrence with foisting right or private properties. The plan is to torm a tunnel, having its northern, terminus at some convenient point at the north of the city, probrbly near the Cut of Junction Canal, into which the traffic of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and of the Gain kirk and other mineral railways, and of the and Clyde and Monkland Canals, can be poured, and the goods, minerals, and passengers, carried down to the harbour of Glasgow, and also across the Ayrshire and Greenock Railways.— Constitutional. The late Mr. Thomas Brueton, of Bilston, after leaving numerous legacies to his relatives, £5OO to the Wesleyan Chapel at Bilston, and considerable sums to various cha pels belonging to the " Primitive Methodists," h. , s di rected that the residue of his property, v.h ch it is sup.. posed will amount to upwards of £20,000, shall be equal' divided between the British and Foreign Bible So. iety, 'he Wesleyan Missionary Society, the London Mieeiot are' Society, the Wolverham: ton Dispensary, the Birreingbard General Hospital, the Queen's Hospital, Binning , am, and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Edgbastcn. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.—In pursuance of public notice, given a few days ago, the occupiers, friends, and supporters of field-garden allotments, together with the members of the Bingley Cricket Club, dined together last. Friday evening, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Bingle9. About twelve months ago, the allotment system was troduced into this parish. A field of about fifteen acres in extent. the property of Mrs. Walker Ferrand, was given by that lady for the purpose of ascertaining how far the allotment system would prove serviceable to the poorer inhabitants of the "tense, on condition that she continued to receive the accustomed rent. These fifteen acres were divided into 59 allotments, the rent of each being I ls. which were appropriated to 59 persons. chielif operatives engaged in the worsted mills in Bingley and the neighbourhood. The rent and var i ous t axes leased on the fifteen acres amount to about £4O, and cropping them to about £6O, making the sum total expended £100; whilst the crop produced amounts in value, at a mode rate calculation,. to between £4OO and £5OO. During the whole of the present summer and autumn, these fifty nine men and their families have been provided with g0( .41 vegetables, many of whom are keeping two pigs, whilst there still remains growing on nearly every allotment good winter crop of potatoes. The day being exceedinglY fine, numbers of persons came to Bingley from the bur' rounding townships, to see for themselves the ada.aroage of the allotment system, as well as to partake of the general joy which prevailed on every hand. Shortly after eleven in the morning, Mrs. "Walker Ferrand, Mrs- D'lsraeli, and a party of ladies, accompeoied he Lord John Manners. Mr. D'lsraeli, and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, proceeded to the cricket-ground which is about a mile from Bingley, on the road to Bradtord, where the mem bers of the cricket club and their friends were enjoying themselves. The scene was gratifying in the highest Fa" sible degree. Lord John Manners, in the most good humoured end. unaffected manner, joined in a game of cricket. The occupiers of the garden allotments and • their friends, headed by a band of music, arrived on the ground about noon; and, after remaining there a few hours, returned in procession to the Odd Fellows' Ilallr Bingley, to dine toeether. The chair was taken by W l ' Busfield Ferrand, Esq., M.P., who was supported O n e his right by Lind John Manners, M.P., th e Hon. 0 01 ; Rev. Philip Savile, the Rev. J. Beaumont, incumbent °‘ St. Mary's, Leeds ; and on his left sat B. D'lsraeli. Esql M.P., &c. The cloth having been remove d, the use" toasts were given, after which the assembly was addresled by the chairman attothers. Lerd John Manners Fl:°' l li at considerable length on the advantages of the allotaie e ' system, in connection with spade cultivation. e thougi; , : the time was not far distant when this great truth wee l if be felt and acted upon, that the peasant who had himse a stake in the hedge was a better member of society the n he who merely worked for another.—Mr. D'lsraeli nu t verted to the phrase " Yonng Engla n d." w hich bad e t filet been given to him and his fri en d s derision, which now, he believed, brought tidings of hope to e ver ; city, vtleoge, and hamlet, in the ki ng d om . That 1' 6 % 1 had been asked wh a t th e y wan t e d. "W e want ," said " in the first place, to impress on society, that there is such a thing as duty. We want to put an end to that IT ; litical and soci a l e xc l us i veness w hi c h we b e li eve to be th e bane of thi s coun t r y. Wh ere t h ere i s exc l us i ven ess 0 , 1 0 cannot be sympethy ; where there is no sympattlY hold no society can be safe. Th a t is w h a t we wa" ot perhaps we want muc h more ; th a t i s enoug h at Pr`.6eie to communicate to the public. We d o n ot care to Lo we politics, or to ray that we can remedy every evil ; eve have our opinion on great public subjects, and these are brought out in the senate, we will, with all fet ,f ness, and with moderation, express those opinions, a nd ra they be true they will be adopted. (Cheers.) i s are profoundly impressed with this conviction, thuot It e . te not so much by law as by manners, that we must Io t of the influence of manners and not law, to remedy many the the grievances and much of the injury of our P eet ' sees been as(C h tha ee t ts s . p ) iri l t V o e f lfmeiolint:lwehhiocphehfaosrbythoisirocooumnsttrayoc r raised, and which has been rampant of late Yeseiet 15 bas fostered and encouraged. We believe that the tiar arrived when the course of that factious spirit shouldu, s e. stayed, and we know no more practicable, no, tha n course, any that possesses success mere speedily, throwing ourselves in the breach. It is nothing co mee each other in our private chamber, to mourn while we are a testimony of our civic courage. Therefore we h the,re evidenced i i reading gtloref effects n o newspapers fsppha philosophic factionoe r s s op i ourr h( r ,inc stphi slippers i spirit, people—that t e r i s s noovte,r in n gon oura 0 fire• OE efforts" . what you have done, and stimulate you to future el to entourage you by the expression of our sympathy those vo public men, who are ready at all times to upheld wee ., come among you to .meet you and congratulate yon proceedings terminated about eight o'clock. opinions ,ve b e ie believe h t i h c e h in w et to profess on u o n n d this solemn virtuous, solem ansudblreue,.--;11Ve Re lit