The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-09 00:00:00

MEtTililo OF TR. TOWN cOtINCIL ,The mo nthly meeting of the T own C ouncil was held on VVedeesday, in the Tonrri-hall. The Maya or presided FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Deputy Town -Clerk read the proceedings. of the Fi treeoThome Committe, which, atnong other matters, contained lumentiation that the salary of Mr. Fox, a gentleman it the Surveyor's department, be increased from £l5O to £2O( Per amnia,. 11.• G° Ll‘ • ' • confirmation ot the proe, '"'• • 1 . • Ings, mentioned that the plans for the landing S ; 1 1) at Genrge's Pier were now completed; and he hoped rroPethe Dock Committee would lose no time in executing their r Share toward s the i pro' vempni. nr ' rhe reeornmeha.,,_ _Fox's salary must fo r th e 1 . over till the next meeting. The bye-laws aqter regulation of omnibuses and porters had been th e the committee for the last time, and were included in ut, report.. The 'committee had granted licenses, where they seemed proper, to keepers of vveiwhinsf Stare deale r ' ' With;.... ( °Ong t stand goons, and butchers, After some explaim lcladed by moving the --... oi secor m liar. . 0 --,. Elie old parts of the borough rY observations, Mr. Lawrence co cot_lfirrnation of the proceedings. Sir THOMAS BHANCKiiii. seconde_...., oi.L'un• Wl r t ' - . tio.,_ .ftAstt.Ey-IVIoonE, in the course of some observa 7 Been Nnessed an opinion that in some cases licenses had le‘; iin?roperly withheld from keepers of marine stores. witlilrield' 11. L ' "vaEN CE * explained th a t t h ey h ad been only in cases wh ere the parties had been recently con receiving stolen property. niter a brief discussion the Proceedings were confirmed. THE FIRE BILL Mr. B, , ---- ,ni,,,_ t.therr, in pursuance of notice, requested the per -roat'io,tl at the council to bring forward the following motion wip e , e s t ,° the Fire Bill, before the other business on the --• That the resolution of , the council of the 26th of tA,,,pril.,r.elative to the withdrawal for the present sessio n of the i I p a r l i le e, ifi t e c ti l a e e t v , i e . l , l „ . " " 13111, be rescinded ; and that, subject to . suc . as the council may deem , necessary, the bill be m pu with in the present session.' p ir r. r . whe n objected to the application, as did Mr. M. j3,'"." cattepe ssible nrgency est , 0 ,.. aAterr contended that the matter was of the great and that delay would be fatal. He if a,!„uPoti the Town -clerk to explain to the council why, le,Tey further Proceedings were taken, they should be com- Teleedr without the smallest loss of time. decision °‘YN-Ctertel then mentioned that after the previous Lem_ oearauLltte toot tslti:pcotincil lie iMmediately wrote to his agents . in the second reading of the bill. On the,, l i. to as ee ' e ?f Mr. Birkett's notice on the books he wrote main .. Hot4ertatt how tar it was probable that, on application, thi. perant? Commons might forego the standing orders, an . t t l the hout!'ern to proceed. He found that it was probable th t a o go into C e wo.uld, on On occasion of this sort,.allow them tit sessino rain rnittee, as there Was a precedent in theprese se. coati read' a like 'proceedi. Notice, however, of the , Mr, ti l ' i n g °tight to be given immediately. . tion, „,„, i t h k "r'r was then permitted to proceed with the ino rottd ail (;‘e: (loromenced by saying that when in London he suoinotry iPl!iloa very prevalent that, in consequence of the they had :', (k le in which they hail dealt with the bill, that res w hich 1 1 ,1 . ' 4 apathy on the subject of the alarming . h.. in, Li v er at th ' c'ecurred. There had been a general feeling pool that throwitie Ilarbort? e warehouse owners had been the means of out the bill; but such was not the case, thoiigh 11 . 1_ . r. h ad rt , much to his surprise, had spoken on that side. 11 CliNk t 'e: ;l? ' l ';` )we ver, to believe that Mr. Harbord had . re nee of s view. lit consequence of the frequent recut enorroo fires, the premiums of insurance had increased to an e of the t.a.: atOotint, such as could not fail to injure the trade 140 ,"". 0.. lit fac, lie did not know any thing so ca 80„.,,. .ssist tlie views of those who favoured the inland t 11,c'ciang Bill as these .7toviote the resTntling of d to high rates. Mr. Birkett proceeded 0 . the resolution, with the view_ f Would g • at some satisfactory arrangement of measures that , O f the give greater security to the whole warehouse property tow it. . Mr. /1A rtrE sai I l . cireo„.„, ( he wouht ...... - . lut,,s..o.oances e.-- tl e tnotion, for the not oppose . materially changed since the formerresboe ezilled ) Imsseri•e Amongst other things, they wouldtwo gelitielut on to proceed on the practical observations of the wh o l e ,i'P,lh" had been specially appointed to survey LAI wareliouse property in Liverpool : ~ - ou said this would hi. 4" two or thr the slit"- h im to roper time for . d ~ommunications which he had receive on ow ri . e . ""Ject- lie then read memorials from the warehouse totionit: that kuvir_',l keepers, and from the East India Association, e j'egiBlative enactments on the subject JAIr. Aid• -,,, might b 1 r it might be, he se to ,s.,_ e-vAtvs said, however unpopu a . , h had I ic been recently an attempt to rescind a resolution ''k 1 .1n 4 bl e a t ntlY alts by a large majority of the council, after .. . „esid elaborate dis'nss. As to memorials from public -11 th e went Y wele g•enerall • - l o one individual, who EL,out from o' e . 3, Call S et i y . . 1- d was the orig nator °w► the ' ne p r:,on to anotoei, an - the 'lliPowne , '4'l'We. In the case of the dock warehouses in th e i r e 1 erg, the very persons a•ho had a direct interesl . llirkett' li hsslinient, were 'Lade to appear against them.. cAoinr..., se,ornee a o d , , stated that the trade Would ledve the port i! loatiarye 1 the warehouses here not being under bln iilar merit t 0 0 ,4 , o those in London. What was that but en liirket;'°elss ? Docks surrounded with warehouses. [Mr.. tuali, ---1 e 3. utider uri , t • r,- nt.] -I That was vir e . 3 a bli,. . . i,a e mana ht ro4 ._ rbilip, ;s lid , ni.maire,,—• - • a , , .., iii,‘. ...,nent ; fo r they were under one own• Pub c in , .►" o%vnership vvas so large that it was virtually °4 thus `"dgeniPnt Ilr .. loi e ubJe c t of d() ;,. , • Evans was prueeeding to remark of the ° "ers to release .., warehouses. and to call on the ware 7 wh.. e do c k bii, the town from the obnoxious clauses tier7x", r 4 al(l he vasy µf en he was called to order by the Mayor, .G . ti. ueparting from the question. . : 1Y G. '-'lwnr•NeF regretter; that the bill was so slid •eJPet at tl i , , ' .. 11141 I I : 41 Of 1 , , tornier c0n.,,.n ... believed that to the ` .i dt tliev' o u :v il e 7lll the ti l e ii. , h premiums which 41 enib 41 nr Mr.L • ce read a letter from a Parliament I a k "r Tr e e n • t interest in Liverpool, to the -I,ont that further inoleaosouret w d ere necessary in addition Mr. " te r Lill. • '°(lo oe L t t ls w fts of opinion that the insuranee offirp. bna lit.tiri th e duty_ rim ,aw, regu ,34,..y,,ed tr7iees that turpentine and tar distilleries should ~.1.,!, ~e et other buildings. The insurance agents tite ' i ' , llo ri of . o'oe exercised some circumspection regardi❑g the Nl;. ' '''tigui ° t . P . e "ges, and other similar places, as regarded off ere • 1 : 1 11 & ,, to warehouses iAtid ii 41 I,;:,Ll'ar-Nint....- •. , - - )vision • u ne had heard lid reasons . 11 ui l:e,icinding the resolution no of va the council. u eln t " 4 olnnion that all the recent fires had been Ar. r ' ou' te fo r f en(l4l ries. H e urge d the necessity of time diffi euk. LN ic or, 2rther .....uerarion. .., es tf. uPportert the motion, and . point a e a d .. o .) u r t ., the (.41 ' e tlit tl e il ie F had experience& in framing a g . (-I • tro l mil in nett ey e ce et the numbe r of persons who ste .PPeo t e4redi luisb, begging that their particular interests might tiekr. Lt.t°)". 'I th e h iii 1,9 Puinted out the number of interests affected and urged ih e ~e . ~ with the danger of hasty legislation , fret..: eessity of del. l► e NI ky 'Y' n the • oil read a memorial which he had just . received 'llvg„,, Aroeidean Chamber of Commerce, offering se t ve a r rr a d l effi'je'clos, and praying for the adoption Mrt.iii,ileasures lor the irevention of tires. othqn . Jackson's .P ie,of promp fir e i ' ijiii,lt sup ort I d the motion, observing that the '11'24/ehuuses, showerlthe ne p cessity of the me . asure. .. whiche m assed across cross the street to titude. I,fix urged the necessity of proceeding Would hei mitt, eY delayed now, theyw!thpromrPr_ would go on delaying, and au in,t„,, just the same position this time next yea i r. a ha,c.,.e.e that trade would be turned from the port, ie said of the e.,'„,oraself sent a cargo of sugar to Bristol, because (ally 01111"erenee in the ra.tebof premium there, ;l„lntelnhe,(ll).e,'alify, while in Liverpool it was a. where . it was e ir lit doei`,4, it.there was a necessity for erectin s g i" % l v t a in re g cover himself thell 11°fl our, i 1 L "'' If Mr. Birkett wanted to.imuses i)(le,,:xtteilt of :ltlow44lldtievesll7% .".poti7etwneisst ' • plin e t a , f a t p l r e i a n s e t e t , o s . Air. ~be built up into Warehouse. NNlleußth •%. \tux!. liotArc s upp orted the motion at some rr ,-,,P.vatll3l,e:.:iBdirtih)at..the attack'uPP made on Mr. Birkett, by We..e_c.vatit, ,e rst.st inconsistent and uncalled for. (Hear.) I , .. r .. hul ls , h z,„ 01 .liarged the whole opposition to the dock h ad ,in I'm 4 that .-entleinan, id n ot Nt ni IYIr. Ilirlatt defending But his own property. t and seemed to consider it ‘.. Unit 4 .I'vaos been in a similar position? In support ? ,‘,718 ti(}t mrsfli:e had lie not been its beginning ,t. 1., i ght er) • re met on every side and in every P . mi and i a tit o..oe i ?:t 41ibittee Ihe position of that gentleman in the Dock tilt},ii,diii., i reminded hirn of the eastern fable, of the world t:-11°I 7 1 te r , th .e back of an elephant, and the elephant on !ti4hAteud• e• (Laughter.) Just so, the welfare of the . , t iti l, iy,it),ll the back of the dock committee, and the dock iTtilr'.7) iloi.d on the back of M. Eyre Evans. idea..iiot the „oi;it..gentlernati seemed quite petrified__ e a ( t .rf t re h d e o ;4,1,4,04 Heil rescinding a former resolution . . II i !4 ti i '' IL I ( \I Pnnis horror, and exclaimed rescind a . reso art feet e ‘N.tii.,....r. It) hoped that at that most pathetic re pcol -144..t0 ptit► Y,lid.ertoo:l's speech, the reporters would ~filiter a t ' 'east three notes of admiration. (Great ;4.44li,illatthtiet did be need to remind ' so shrewd a gan . t i l_e- I le ce oien .., wa s an oid sparnsh proverb which sato ► 11 err i.)?l,ed tha t "iailge their opinions, but fools never i . lo r . ta q r i n i.e.i,(.. the council would at once acknowledgt. PAI;(1,-,"ig the bill and retrace its steps. th_er t o pi ea said they water bill. which e thr e en ~,7,Yw/,,,Alt!..twelve inch nanny in the streets, from w h w i a . h y t 1 11.:' .Ot the' "abied tu raise water enough to wash a a,i,i"Rlit this warehouses in course of erection. lie . still . be e , the iNIW4S altogether a question between the insurers lie4r'.,4lloweped. Ile was sorry Mr. Ald. Evans had not line;sq tror, hint o proceed, as he- thought they would have lie thon ,ometliing relative to the true state of thr I Q , ti est, espe lie ht there ought to be some sacrifice of selt- N4l' I)uhti,e'ail amongst'gentlemen who stood up so much L it , r; Inhale d. *44 . 'tee for ..1.191-Mits said be had the authority of 1‘..1r. th t ei th ei ... w st i e d 'l"g that if the bill were again brought tor 11. 'llse u(dd not he time to consider it in the council; 1 the 5 111,1 St 'Ol 4%4 lie of in the House of Commons. 411141114ie 410-1114i1Y of the clauses very outrie , eous, and the . was x.,,lr..thave,'lt,,natilt,(l..ageolis bill that ever ' framed, and it ~ 414 k . L. ,e,._ Arty opposition. ti l,C,:! , Nit: ',!"Nt'so,); asked the Town -clerk whether . there e • I'l l , 'To • fur the bill to come before the council to b Ai r 11"`vN , 1, ~,,.. 14, CLitrc said there would. :74' 15 iild 1 / 4 gOok(1"" • Said it apPeared desirable that they should 1)4444e 10..tasure, and one which when passed they me ti hiteCi'ley. , p, i . II hoped, therefore, there would . be no Otte . 4 014,,e that might, by too much haste, get the bill more hi t t°llll64ll7lirther discussion, Mr. n ~lIIKETT replied, and I 1,,, tvhkied. when there appeared, Ag4inaet Patotion ....... * ,4),1„" tile ~, ,alority for the motion ........ 19 4(14; Nottic:lT/4.---,lt/lessrs. Shand, Houghton, Presto.n±,Ed.- 1 , 44 11 41' t hrl:,,,, • holnles Saints Aikin, Holrne. Pi ,es',A`}' "4 4114t ''' ,111 In t ' ' ' Lawrence,Lace. 3 ra il qr, , 1 . t, Nilepp,r,i,l) V.6' ll .' .T. 13 uleY, Griffith, 1,!0144;.er, liolt N; ! lh lir: iik;riat,eker. aptid...,clot,"lM% lyijnaerucxd,Y.ilooti, Chilton, Sir Piirekkbarti, 411"otion--11'1-Alssrail: c)risaao Holmes, Thornhill, 4 Ift.t.rill're,u,,l°loo, Wood, Procter, Lloyd, Kilshaw, Seth i l'tkrit ti":4leY-Moore, and Evans. .n. ~,I,,iuti t o te th e that the Fire ns. Committeee e i ~tty giro pitrii,tri"e •Lquistte measures for obtaining t e P ti e N I. oii l f i re ,) nt to the bill for the protection of pro 10itio4jor h e r,' r°ceeding in the present session, and that 44 tha t Li, quested to cause foreth seal ti) be fixed to env ,tiet,tl ,liist,.uet.4l' be iiecessary cause ial purpose ; and that it t itti u ‘, , l ° th e 1 1 , 1 ,° to the committee to make such amend -4,.., N 4i ! as may be deemed by them advisable, sub ‘-r. k•Ak, segothe council before it roes into committee. 44711, ~ ti.;..nded the motion Ni 4 tist' y ti -4.AWI4.:NC. said tl • mustpr oceed in earnest, he ,i Tit(N. ',- I!lsurance nth lc) iti iire,,liY Ilaii'pAyt 8 RANcx:Ett saidB the Fire Committee •- iie mit u .. t , 0. receive the sugees'tion,z of all parties, both o rtile 11.4104 .. eolitieil. ' added e would ..I`l4lLominit?elesBs. Aik in, .c.arle, and Lloyd were re'°ltitioi;,,, as passed without a division. WATc li , 4,11 E I tte,. 5 a cC% arch C ommittee it was stated 41 li t , of St. Peter's and St. 41 " , 1,1 future, be borne by this cow- f,.the Ure bo, , 4 1,0 COMIIITTi• °B(4. th. ' E ' C4NS‘"S. Wi lirkettt' hock Committe e were read and a ild 'telt was urged the printine of a report on ii % s pun the genPrativ opposed on account of untie thal the the roceedin was port at th e Town-halt' ' Q uid r ead the rep Valb Oplucktie coiisitrritt Mr. LLOYD replied that there would be a report in July COURTS OF LAW. ' " ..osuou, opinion mat n would be no in fraction either of the spirit or the letter of the act. He declined, however, giving Mr. Ton:kills:on a final answer till be returned from the continent; and in the meantime he ascertained that, as a member of the corporation, he would likewise be in the same position again with reference to work for the dock trust, for be was advised that, as one of the members of the corporation, he was a trustee of the docks, and, 'therefore, in the same position. And, really, the ramifications of his own business were such that he assured the council solemnly upon his honour that it was quite possible for him to infringe upon the spirit of the act, and in many instances be totally ignorant that ho was doing so, be cause it was impossibe for him to know all that was going on in an ostensive employment like that of his firm. Ile there fore came to this resolution, that to accept Mr. Tomkinson's offer would not only be inconsistent with his remaining a member of the committee, but most inconsistent for him to remain a member of the council; and he would frankly tell the council that whilst he was desirous of doing all in his power for the benefit of his native town, (and, whether as a member of the council, or as a private individual, he would so), at the same t; -- 'd ,ime be shou . not be acting a prudent and judicious part if he sacrificed the interests of those dear to him at the shrine of popular favour or personal ambition. (hear.) He would not, he trusted, willingly injure tie reputation he had hitherto enjoyed; and as he recognised the principle that every man was accountable to his fellow-men for the judi -.is exercise of the privileges he as Jossessed, anti _ recog nised the principle also that a man's character depended not so much upon his legal rights as upon the honourable, the open and the discreet exercise of those rights, so he thought it would be neither just nor honourable in him to remain any longer a member of the council if thereby he infringed even upon the spirit of the act of parliament. (Cheers.) lie begged to say, that he valued the honour of a seat in that council as much as the most wealthy and most intelligent of its members; and much as he regretted that tire decision which be had come to, and the line of duty which he had chalked out to himself, would put a constituency whom he respected and admired, and with many of whom be was inti mately acquainted, to some inconvenience, he had gone into that room, this morning, with the intention of frankly and openly stating to the council the difficult Position in which he found himself, and he had come to the resolution of stating these facts, and leave the council to say whether, under the circumstances, he ought to retire or not. But he thought, at the same time, it was more a matter for his own feelings than for the opinion of the council ; and lie trusted he should never do a single act which any friend of his might be ashamed of, which would be a deep infliction upon him ; and therefore lie had conic to the resolution of retiring from the council. This was-n o sacr ifi ce to hi m personally, nor would the sacrifice of the loftiest situation to which he coted be elected, if principle called for it ; and while he had had the pleasure of acting on committees in perfect harmony and concord with gentlemen who differed from him on many points for the general good of the town, it would be to him a matter of serious regret, not only upon account of the con stituency he represented, but upon account of many gentle men with whom he had acted on the committee, to leave the council ; hut his impression was that he ought nut to remain there, and he would not remain there, unle s s i n th e honour . uprignt, and independent 'position in which he had hitherto stood, and in which he was determined always to stand. He repeated, therefore, that it was no sacrifice to him when principle called for it ; and expressing his hearty good wishes, and his best feelings to every gentleman he saw around him, be begged he might now be considered as no longer a member o' Ile council, and he begged leave, repect- fully, to retire_ Mr. liolmo, whose address was received with the most marked attention, was about to retire, when he was invited to remain tin the close of the proceedings. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that Mr. Holme had referred to a time when he had been invited to a seat in that council ; he had also referred to the honourable manner in which he had been returned as the representative of St. Peter's Ward, at the last election, but with how much greater pride might he look back upon his conduct this day ! With how much greater satisfaction would he remember the noble manner in which he had now come forward, not screening himself under an act of parliament or the strict letter of the law, but at once coming forward and saying that his own feelings—guided as he was by his own sense of what the spirit of the act was rather than the letter of it as promulgated by the Town-clerk—lead him to think he could no longer, with propriety, hold a seat in that council. (Hear, hear.) In that feeling he (Mr. G. B. Lawrence) fully concurred ; he fully concurred in the propriety of the course which Mr. holme had taken, but not in the Town clerk's view of the law, who said that, although Mr. Holme was not competent to undertake the work as a contractor, he was as a sub -contractor under Mr. Tomkinson. That might be true according to the strict letter of the act; but he (Mr. G. H. Lawrence) should be sorry if Mr. Holme exposed himself, the council, cr the great con servative party to which he belonged, to what they would be exposed if the law, as expounded by the Town- Clerk, were correct. The law was not well defined ; but he contended, both from the municipal act and the amendments in the act of Victoria, that Mr. Holme could not, so long as he was either contractor or sub-contractor, hold a seat in that council. He regretted to lose the services of Mr. Holme, and he sympathised with the electors of the ward, who were about to be deprived of the great ability of their representative. The corporation was deeply indebted to Mr. Holme for many valuable suggestions, and no one amongst them would regret his loss more than himself (Mr. G. H. Lawrence). He honoured him for the course he had taken, and lie wished that, under all the circumstances, it could be avoided ; but as it could not, he (Mr. Lawrence) was sure every member of the council was satisfied his con duct would be a matter of satisfaction to his own mind, and they cordially wished him every success in the great contract upon which he was embarking. (Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. BIRKETT considered that Mr. Mime had put himself into the hands of the council, whose opinion he wished to know. The MAYOR said he understood it to be Mr. Holme's in tention to retire. Mr. AMIN said he should have been inclined to think with Mr. Birkett, if Mr. Holme had not said that his own feel hugs, his own sense of honour, and the propriety, which had characterized him throughout life, told him he could not re main. if it had been a question whether a sub -contractor did come within the spirit of the act, that might have been settled by the council, but it had assumed altogether a dif ferent shape ; for it was a m a tt er o f f ee li ng, an d o f that de scription of feling which, the moment it crossed the mind of a man, prevented all further consideration of such a question. He was satisfied that Mr. Holme had come to a right con clusion on reading the first clause which Mr. Lawrence had read, for it was provided that any man having an interest either indirectly or directly, was thereby deprived of the position which Mr. Holme had held with so much credit to himself, and with such great value to the council. Perhaps be (Mr. Aikin) might be tole rated for one moment, as a political opponent, in giving expression to his feelings, as he trusted that good would. hereafter result from it.. Mr. Mime was a striking instance, among a great number of others, that, whatever political controversy might take place, however bitter passion might reign, the moment men of sense and men of business got into that council. and applied themselves to the affairs of the town in the various committees, there all political feeling merged in the duty which it was incumbent upon each to discharge. In the instance they had just had—perhaps as strong a one as could be produced—Mr. Holine had been distinguished out of doors for giving an honourable and sin cere expression to his political feelings, and he had, in con sequence of those feelings been filling some considerable space in the public eye; but he (Mr. Aikin) was satisfied he spoke the sentiments of his own party, when he said they could not have had in that council-room a more valua ble man than Mr. Holme, not only from his honesty of pur pose and intention, but from his intimate knowledge of the business of the town, his scientific and professional know ledge, and the varied practical views which he could at all times bring to bear upon the questions placed before him. (Hear.) So far he (Mr. Aikin) did a expre-s sincere and ho nest regret that the council were about to lose him ; but, at the same time, he trusted the day was not far distant when men would be elected for their merit, for their fitness for the duties to be imposed upon them, and less, as hitherto, from their taking one political side or the other. In giving ex pression to this feeling he knew he should be twitted and retorted upon by its being said he was suggesting a course which his party, in their dominancy, did not adopt. They certainly did not to the extent he could have wished, but he trusted that bad then would never be an excuse to do evil now. He trusted the day was not far distant, as he said before, when men, from their respectability, the character they sustained in the town, and their fitness for their duties, would be selected and elected ; and he declared publicly in that room, as lie lied verbally stated in all the committees of his party, that he would rather vote for a respectable politi cal opponent than for any man, although a political suppor ter, with no degree of respectability in character or conduct. He hoped that that feeling (and it must come from some sourer) would be general ; that the council should no longer be distinguished as a political body but as men determi ne d to fulfil their mun i c i pa l duties conscientiously. He had seized an Opportunity, which he trusted might not be consi dered altogether irrelevant, to make these observations ; and on behalf of a great number of political opponents he pre sented to Mr. Holme their thanks for the excellent example he had set in that council-room—so well calculated to allay all bitterness and bad spirit. (Hear, hear.) [Mr. Holme then handed a cheque for £5O to the Mayor as the fine on relinquishing his seat, which being accepted, he shook hands with the M a yor and Town-Clerk, and left the room.] Mr. Alderman EvANs concurred in all Mr. Aikin had said, in expressing his regret that the council were about to lose so valuable an acquisition as Mr. Holme had been;bo there was another part of Mr. Aikin's observations to which he could not assent. He (Mr. Aikin) had wadeh i he of d d • Evans) belonged, for the course they confession of judgment against the pa i r ia ty d t a o w apte c n ( o M tai ii. stating people to that council. He (Mr. Evans) had uni- Mr. AMIN inquired respecting the proceedings of Paid Officers' Committee, which seemed to have suspended opera. tions. The DEPUTY Town-ctrux read the proceedings of the Courts'of Law Committee; and Mr. SAMUEL HOLME, in moving their confirmation., said the course which he was about to pursue rendered it neces sary that in submitting the motion, he should precede it by a few remarks. He had frrquently been solicited to become a candidate for a seat in teat council, and when he did consent to come forward he was supported by men of all parties in the ward which be had the honour to represent. There were, however, circumstances connected with the ne.enli:ir of his profe,sional avocations which had lettered him consi derably, and which he now found would prevent him from remaining any longer a member of the council. He found that although he could not take a contract under the corpo ration, he might take a sub-contract, but that appeared to him like a direct evasion of the spirit of the law. He had been placed in this peculiar position more than once; but when the contract for the execution' of the new assize courts was advertised, he found himself placed in a still more singular position. During the time the matter was pending he studiously kept aloof from the tradesmen who were likely to tender; and it was well known that neither himself nor his brother could themselves tender to execute the work. As a member of the committee he felt the peculiar delicacy of his position, and before the tenders were opened he would have retired from the room, but his wish was overruled. Previ ously to the tenders being opened, and in the presence of the whole committee, he had taken the opinion of the Town clerk whether he could execute any portion of the work, and the Town-clerk stated that he could legally, as the corpora tion would contract with another individual anti would have nothing whatever to do with him. This was the answer which he expected from the Town-clerk, it being a question with him on a legal point, upon the letter, and not the •spirit of the law. It so happened that Mr. Tomkinson's was the lowest tender, and alter a few d a y s th a t gent l eman, i n con junwion with whom he had done some of the largest works in the kingdom, and with whom he had been long and honour ably associated, applied to him to know if he would execute the brick-work of this building. He (Mr. Holmes) told him he placed him in a peculiar position, to which he (Mr. Ton-ikin son) replied that the specification would cause him to go on so quick that he had no other resource, knowing the extent of his machinery and means, and requested him to become the contractor provided he could do so with honour. He stated he was about leaving home for the continent, and could not give him an answer then ; but he then wrote to Mr. Earle, to ask him whether, in case he acceded to Mr. Tomkinson's wishes, he considered it would be the slightest invasion or infraction of the spirit of the act. He did this because on the one hand Mr. Earle was chairman of the committee, and upon the other he was a gentleman from whom he (Mr. Holmes) differed on political points. lie received from Mr. Earle a gentlemanly, kind, and courteous reply, in which Mr. Earle gay. r, a;cl-;,„..• A. . ' (tomb , met that argameht ;tall tnd tetessity of the ease, that they were right. They had their own partizans, who helped to get the reformed constitution of the town ; and it was impossible they could leave those who had achieved the victory to go to those who were wreaking from the conflict in opposing the acquisition of that very constitution. He contended also, uptin the part of the liberal party, that they never bad offered - any candidate, in any part of the town, who was not creditable to the council. Under present cir cumstances, sufficient time had not 'elapsed in which all the parties of Liverpool could be fused into one common mass, and they could draw out of the whole of them, without regard to political principles, those who were most eligible in every way for public offices. Mr. SANDS.- Then we are to go on as we have done. (Loud laughter.) MARKETS COMM ITT Ek The proceedings of the Markets Committee were next read and confirmed. The proposal to increase the salary of Robert Golding from 10s. to 15s. per week was affirmed. EDUCATION COMMITTEU . The proceedings of the Education Committee gave the following return of children in the schools : North Schools—Boys, 308 ; girls, 243 ; infants, 182. — Total, 785.—Number on the books, 973. South Schools.—Boys, 201; girls, 169; infants, 182. — Total, 552.—Number on the books, 700. GARDENS COMMITTEI Mr. ISAAC HOLMES, after the proceedings of the com mittee had been read, called the attention of the chairman of the Finance Committee to the fact that new iron pailings would shortly be required upon one side of St. James's Walk. The expenses would be about £3OO, which he hoped would not be grudged like the last. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied that the expense was not grudged, but he complained that the committee had Aso lutely.set the railing on the wrong side! (Hear, hear.) Mr. IsAAc HoLmEs defended the proceedings of the committee.—Confirmed. MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. R. V. Yates returned thanks to the council for the handsome manner in which they had granted him the use of the Exhibition-rooms to display the plans for terraces in Prince's Park ; of which, however, owing to their being occupied by Dubufe's pictures, he could not avail himself. Mr. J. G. Jones thanked the council, in the name of the committee of the Cojegiate Institution, for having placed at their disposal tor the ensuing Exhibition the vlluable traits in the Town-hall. A memorial from the minister of and several pewholders in St. Luke's Church, praying for certain alterations to be made therein, was referred to the Church Expenditure Com mittee. A memorial from certain inhabitants of Paul-street, Lime kiln-lane, complaining of a nuisance opposite Spring-place, was ►eferred to the Finance Committee. An application from Susumu Solomon for compensation for leaving his house and shop in Elliot-street was declined. Messrs. Mather, Dickenson and Co. presented a memo- rial, complaining of the conduct of the stipendiary magistrate in adjudicating on a case in which they were concerned. The memorialists were directed to be informed, that the council had no power to interfere. APPOINTMENT OP PARISH CLERK. A memorial was read, recommending Thomas Downward as a proper person to be clerk of St. Peter's. The TOWN-CLERK, in reply to a question-. said the &mu d' had excercised the right of appointing the parish clerk for nearly three centuries, but they had exercised the power illegally. In the absence of proof of the appointment ever having been made, by the parishioners, it would be vested in the.minister of the church. It would therefore be in the hands of the rectors. Of course, if the corporation had not the appointment, neither would they have to pay the salary. Mr. William Laird sent the following letter, which was re ferred to the Committee on Fires:— " Derby Buildings, Liverpool, June G, 1843. " Sir,—The late fires having drawn the attention of all parties interested in their prevention to the best means of rendering future warehouses fireproof, or as nearly so as pos sible, I take the liberty of calling your attention to two now in progress of erection by Messrs. Holme, in Vulcan -street, Clarence Dock, and for which I am supplying the iron -work, which enters very largely into their construction. My ob ject in thus addressing you is to call your attention, and that of any other member of the council who may feel interested in the Qubject, to the iron beams for carrying the floors and the amount of pressure which they will sustain. Each beam is pros ed on the ground with an hydraulic press before being put in its place to the extent of 35 tons weight in the centre, being equivalent to a weight on the whole floor of five tons per square yard, —a greater amount of weight by about two tons per square yard than is generally calculated to be borne by existing warehouses. Many doubts having been expressed as to the prudoice of using iron beam s f o r ware h ouse fl oors, I am desirous- that any parties who entertain such doubts may have an opportunity of testing their opinion by actual experiment, the proving of the beams being daily in progress. At the same time I beg to call your attention to the other iron-work used in the construction of these warehouses, the intention being to complete them without any wood-work, so that as far as stone, brick, and iron can make a building fire proof, they shall be so. The attention of the council is also called to a new and improved mode of recessing the ware house doors, thereby doing away with pent-houses, and af fording security to passengers from the fall of goods. I should not have ventured to bring the matter thus publicly before you did I not feel that I addressed you on a subject which is becoming daily of more importance, and regarding which it is desirable to obtain as much information as possi ble, both as to the brat way of improving the construction of future, and altering the existing warehouses, there being in the building referred to many details connected with external iron-work which might easily adapted to the present ware houses. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " W. LAIRD." " To His Worshipful the Mayor of 1;::erpool." SITE FOR THE NEW BOROUGH GAOL. - The MAYOR read a letter from Major Jebb, addressed to Mr. Rushton, stating that he had been over the site of the intended new gaol, and he did not see any force in the ob jections to it which would not apply to all clay soils. Of course he would have preferred gravel, but it was not a sine qua non. There was no question that the drainage could be effected whilst the water could be easily disposed of.—The Mayor also read two reports, one from Dr. Duncan, and the other from Mr. Cunningham, architect, both addresed to Mr. Peter Wright, in opposition to the site. Dr. Duncan said there could be no doubt that the proposed site, in its present state, was quite unfitted for the purposes of a gaol, the sub stantial objection being the dampness of the soil. The question of eligibility depended, however, upon a tho- • rough and perfect drainage, with regard to which he did not feet qualified to offer an opinion. Mr. Cunningham, in his report, stated decidedly that the land could not be effectually drained. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE then read a memorial from many inhabitants of places in the vicinity of Wavertree against erecting the intended new gaol on the Wavertree-hall estate; and at some length contended that no better site could either have been selected or obtained. Mr. Archer, the surgeon to the Borough Gaol, was of opinion that the proposed site was in all respects healthy, and he (Mr. Lawrence) really could not think of asking the council to retrace their steps on the subject. Some further discussion caused upon the eligibility of the site in the course of which Mr. PARKER gave notice that at the next meeting he should move that the gaol be not erected on the site of Wavertree Hall. The council adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS AND THE LIVERPOOL RADICALS The following letters have recently been received from Sir Howard Douglas in reply to some foolish remonstrances for warded by the corn-law repealers of this town to our worthy representative : (Copy;) " Green-slreel, Grosvenor-square, April 26, 1843. " Sut,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 22d instant, enclosing a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the shipping trades connected with the port of Liverpool, upon the subject of Mr. Villiers' motion for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws ; and strongly urging the representatives of the borough, to support that motion. " With all due respect for the meeting from which that resolution emanates; with the greatest possible regard for the well-being of that great national interest to which that resolution relates ; but with a deep conviction that the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws, far front alleviating the distress in which, in common with other interests, the shipping .interest of this country is now suffering, would greatly aggravate all those existing, and, as 1 hope, tempo rary evils, and produce others of very formid a bl e descrip tions, and permanent_ in their effect s ; ;. entirely convinced in my conscience, and on the most mature deliberatiou, that such would be the effects of passing any such law, and that the shipping interests in particular would be severely preju diced by such a measure, I shall certaigly act in conformity with these my convictions, in opposing the motion to which the resolution, which you have transmitted, relates. " I have the honour to lie, &e., (Signed) " HOWABD DOUGLAS. " Hugh Boyd, Esq., President." (Copy 2.) " Green-slreet, June 3d, 1843. " Slll, - -1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, transmitting to We a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting of the Anti-Monopoly Association, held at Liverpool, on the 31st. ultimo, upon the subject of the vote given by tne, against Mr. Villiers' late motion for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws. " I gave that vote under the most firm, and conscientious conviction, that t he passing of suet► a law, whether considered singly, or followed, as it must be, either immediately or ul tin►utely, by withdrawing protection from all other interests, would be productive of the most formidable evils to this country. That vote, was eveo, too, in strict conformity with the declaration I most explicitly made, before I became your representative, that. I would support, firmly, the protective principle, applied to all national interests, believing this to be essential to the prosperity, and even to the existence, of the empire; subject, however, to such revisions, modifica tions, or adjustments of the degrees of protection, as might appear to me, to be most conducive to tl►e general prosperity of the trading, commercial, and shipping interests of the great community of which I have the honor to be one of the repre sentatives. " It must always be a matter of regret to me, to find my self compelled to differ, with any portion of my constituents ; but, I shall continue to act according to the dictates of my own conscience, in a fearless discharge of my duties, to ad vocate and promote to the best of my power, the local and general interests of'Liverpool ; and, I trust, that in so acting, I shall best retain the confidence which that great consti tueircy reposed in the integrity of my principles, when they plated me, unsolicited, and unopposed, in the proud situation which I have the honor to hold. " I have the bourn- to be, Sir, '• Your most obedient " Humble ,ervant, (Signed) "HOWARD DOUGLAS. " Charles Holland, Esq., Chairman, Anti-Monopoly As sociation." WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—The, mouth of 1843 has pro ved to be the wettest and most cold unseasonable ever re membered here, the prevailing winds blowing front the east and noth-west. Nearly all day on Friday the rain tell in torrents, mingled with large bail stones, and in the evening there was a partial thunder storm. The peals were loud and continued, heralded by vivid flashes of lightning. Daring the last week the mountains and hills in the neighbourhood of Mulmerby, Patterdale, Shap e and other places in the coun ties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, were all covered with snow, which is an unusual circumstance at this advanced period of the year. The " helm wind " on Crossfell has con tinued to blow w ith great violence for fifteen succaNsive days, an unprecented occurrence, we understand. Th e weat h er indeed continues very rainy and cold up to Monday. TIIE TEA TRADE, June s.—The dtdiveries of tea last week were 499,02719. This ye ar th e deliveries have, been 14.9 9 2.00011 t., and the imports 1 5 ,65-1.00016., an d t h e stock is now 28,658,0001 b To the corresponding dates of 1842 the deliveries were 14.033.0001 b.. and the imports 17,995,00mb., and the stock was 33.128,00016. The home consumption of London forms :in item of the total deliveries to the extent thi s year of 10,492,0001 h The arrivals last month were con siderable, comprisin g 10 vessels. By the overland until we have accounts, stating that very little business and no specu lation was going on in teas, though prices ruled moderate, and the supplies received were of tine quality. llere the market is quiet. ()u Thursday there will be another small public sale. tETINC4 6V Tilt DOCK COMMITTEI The following members of the Dock Committee were pre sent at the weekly meeting yesterday : 7 -Messrs. Sands (chair: man), Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Molyneux, Smith, Nicol, Aikin, Evans, Tobin, Royden, Bold, Shand, _Bram ley-Moore, Martin, Middleton, and Moon. BRUNSWICK DOCK The SURVEYOR rey Dock dry, as soon as it could be done conveniently, for the purpose of repairing the buoy chains. The CHAIRMAN asked when it would be convenient? The SURVEYOR.—Not at present. Mr. BOLD suggested that the Harbour Master should be consulted on the matter, especially as leave had also been given to run two other docks dry. The SURVEYOR said it could not be done without the con sent of the Harbour Master. Air. EVANS enquired what injury had been done to the chains—was it owing to corrosion ..The SURVEYOR, in reply, said consequence of five or six vessels hanging together to the buoy Mr. ROYDEN said the fact was, vessels had now got to such an amazing size, that in agale of wind it was impossi ble to hold four or five of them together. The required permission was then granted. RENA RD On the recommendation of the Sub-committee of works, the sum of three guineas gas awarded to Captain Tredgold, of the barque Sir John Beresford, for picki ng up and bring ing into port one o f t h e b uoys in Victoria Channel, which had parted from her moorings. ROCK LIGHTHOUFF A resolution of the Finance Committee of the Town Council was read, to the effect that they had directed the Surveyor of the corporation to repair the quay of the Rock Lighthouse, as requested by the Dock Committee. THE WAREHOUSES. - LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE The SMCRETACIY read the opinions of Mr. Austin and Mr. Henderson on cases submitted to them, whether, ►►with rela tion to the transit sheds or dock warehouses, the committee were liable for loss or damage therein. Both the learned counsel were of opinion that, under the circumstances stated, the committee were not liable ; but at the same time they thought it expedient that the exemption from liability should be made public, in order to prevent misapprehension. ALLEGED DAMAGE Captain Cushing, commander of the American ship George Stephens, in a letter addressed to the committee, requested the remission of a sum of £35, charged to him for damage done by his vessel to the shed on the north side of Clarence Dock basin on the 2d instant. It appeared that the vessel we: being removed from Trafalgar Dock into the graving dock for the purpose of being coppered, when a sudden . squall springing up, a hawser gave way, by which damage to the amount above named was done. A report was read from the North harbour Master upon the subject, but as it was not deemed sufficiently explicit, it was referred back to Jilin for a further report. EXPENSE OF THE NEW WAREHOUSES In reply to a question from Mr. IIoRsrALL, The SURVEYOR stated that at the next meeting he would be prepared to give information us fo the estimated cost of the dock warehouses. • TIE FLOATING BATH The CHAIRMAN then introduced the subject of the floating bath, mentioned at the last meeting by Mr. Bramley Moore, and said he had received a letter ou the subject from Mr. Askew, the water,bailiff of the corporation. The SECRETARY read the Water-bailiff's letter, which stated that the subject having been brought under the notice of the committee, and his name mentioned with it, he begged to say that a long discussion WA( place betbre several mem bers of the corporation many years ago; and he then stated as he did now, that no profit would induce him ale Water bailiff) to place her where she was now, particntnrly under the agreement entered into by the late Mr. Cog/an, xvhich was, that he would not only repair any damage the bath sus tained, but be answerable for any damage done by it to other vessels. He had no doubt Mr. Okill would have . a record of the facts. Mr. BOLD said this letter gave 'no opinion whether-the bath was moored in the proper place or not, which was the real point. Mr. I3nAmLEY-MOORS thought that the contents of the letter had nothing to do with the question. Mr. Bum observed that the Water-bailiff appeared to look at the bath as if it were a question whether it was a profitable speculation ; or at the risk which the ownerrun of having to make good any damage done by her to other vessels. Mr. EVANS considered that no risk could: be done by her to any vessel, because she was so flimsy and slight, that she must give way. She never could .damage any vessel. The question really was, whether she was in the way of the navi gation. - Mr. BRAM LEY-Moorm also contended that the true ques tion was, whether the bath was an obstruction to the navi gation of the river. Mr. HounEs said it was an obstruction, but at the same time it was a convenience to the public. Mr. BRAISI L Ey-Al ooRE urged that if the bath was an ob struction to the navigation of the river, it was the first duty of the committee to see that it was moved into some other place, as convenient as possible to the public, but still where it would not obstruct the highway of the river. Mr. HOLT said the decision rested with the TOW] Council. The CHAIRMAN admitted that, but added that the Coun cil would in all probability take some steps upon any recom - - dation of the Dock Committee. Three master-pilots were then introduced, all of whom, in answer to questions from several members of the Committee, expressetlan opinion that in its present position, it was, more or less, an obstruction and an impediment to the navigation of the river. The pilots having retired, Mr. EVANS said he recollected that one of the arguments made use of many years ago for the bath being placed there was that there were no public baths in the town. That ob jection was now removed. The CHAIRMAN observed that it was the corporation who would have to con4ider whether they would remov e it. Mr. EVANS —Yes; we cannot remove it. Mr. BRANILEY.MOOItE remarked that - ;hatever the in convenience was to the navigation twenty years ago, it was much increased now. Mr. EVANS said he had referred to one-and-thirty years - Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE replied that for 20 vessels which came into the river at that time there were sixty now. The inconvenience, therefore, was trebled. Mr. EVANtil—The fact is, we look at it in a nautical point of view, and the corporation in a sanitary way. It was then resolved that a communication should be made with the Town Council upon the subject, after which the committee separated. INDUSTRIOUS ENGLAND.—Nut only is the proportion of persons in the community who pass their lives in active in dustry, !about ing with their hands or their heads, greater !n this than in almost every other well-peopled country in Europe, but the amount of skilled labour performed in a given time by any given number of our countrymen is commonly greater than that accomplished by the like number of any other people in Europe. To this circumstance it is in great p,rt owing, that, with a higher rate of daily wages paid for Ewer hours o toil than are required in other countries, our manufacturers have been able,,under otherwise adverse cir cumstances, to maintain the superiority over their rivals. Many of those rivals, both in France arid in Germany, have contrived to possess themselves of our best machines, not withstanding the legal prohibition to their exportation ; but, having hitherto been unable to imbue their workman with the degree of energy and skill by which the English artisan is distinguished, are in general unable to compete with us in any but the commonest kind of fabrics. The proportion of persons in the United Kingdom who pass their time without applying to any gainful occupation is quite , inconsiderable. Of 5,812,276 males, twenty years of age and upwards; living at the time of the census of 1831, there were said to be en gaged in some calling or profession 5,466,282, as follow: — In agriculture, 2,470,111 ; in trade and manufactures, 1,888,768 ; in labour, not agriculture, 698,588 ; in domestic' service, 132,811 ; as bankers, clergymen, professional men, &c., 275,904 ; thus lenving unemployed only 346,094, or rath er less than six per cent, of the whole, which, assuming that the proportionate number at each age continued the same in 1831 that it was found to be in 1821, is not quite a quarter per cent. beyond the number living in 1831 who were seventy years of age and upwards. It is probable that this number of unemployed persons is somewhat understated, and that noblemen and gentlemen residing upon their est,tes, many of whom entrust to agents everything connected with busi ness employment, are reckoned among the number of those engaged iu agriculture ; but, if it be the case, it cannot very greatly alter the calculation.—Porter's Progress of the Nation. How TO PURIFY TIIR AIR OF . STABLES. — llaving leen invited by Mr. Evans, of Dean Horse, Edstone, to make some experiments on his excellently-conducted farm and stables, l trust the results of those upon the absorption of ammonia may prove of sufficient interest to entitle them to publication. As gypsum (crystallised sulphate of lime) had been highly recommended for this purpose in some recent works on agriculture, the stables were in the first instance freely strewn with this salt coarsely powdered ; but though the ammonia. was evolved during the removal of the wetted straw in sufficient quantity to affect even the eyes of the grooms, I could , not, after two clays' exposure, detect the sal ghtest tra' e cf it in the gypsum a hen I examined it %iith slaked lime. This result was the more surprising. as it is known to every chemist that sAutions of carbonate of num._ nia and of gypsum are incompatible ; t i e carbonic acid leaving the ammonia to form the precipitate carbonate of lime, the sulphuric acrd p tssing to the Ammonia; and I had ;nevi° !sly ascertained that in an atmosphere:so highly charged with am monia as t t he destructive to animal or veget ble life, a very appreciable proportion was taken up by wetted gypsum The f )Ilawing experiments apl:e red conclusive upon the point, that under less lavourable circumstances not an won) was absorbed —2OO grains wetted with distilled water were ex posed in a close - stable for three days, precautions having been taken to avoid any error from evapor, tion : it was again weighed, no increase could be perceived, nor was any ammo nia evolved on the application of the usual tests ; while 200 grains wetted with diluted sulplutric acid, and expbsed the same time, were found to have gained 3G gra i ns o f ammon i a. The stables were th en s trewn with the gypsum moistened with sulphuric acid, and examined the next morning; every por tion was found ti have absorbed sufficient ammonia to evolve its 'peculiar pungent odour when brought in contact w.t slaked lime ; the stables had also lost their close, unhealthy smell. To use the words of the grooms, they appeared sweetened. As it was evident the gyp sum acted merely me chanically, aff or di ng a convenient absorbent surface for the acid, experim en t s were m ade suirstit u . mg sawdust for gypsum with even more favourable results. That th e pioport i on of free ammoni a i n sta bl es i s ve ry l a rge may be sho wn by th e simple experiment of placing a . m oistened wistened piece of litmus paper redde ne di w i t h wea k acid a stable; in one badly cleaned or ill-ventilated the eflect is instantaneous; but even in those of Mr. Evans, where the greatest attention was paid toithese points, the paper was observed in a f ew m i nutes to b ecome bl ue ; even the water kept in the st a bl e t h e over night, as is th e h a bit t o t a ke off the chill, becomes sufficiently impregnated with ammonia to affect tests. As this alkali is justly ranked among the most powerful stimulants, the con tinual breathing of an atmosphere vitiated by it can hardly fail to have a prejudicial effect. Groom s are observed to be short-lived ; and the rapid course of i nflammatory diseases in horses, and their distressing predisposition to colds and af fections of the chest are no doubt greatly aggravated b ythis cause. The increased salubrity and sweetness of the stable if pointed out to the grooms would, therefore, soon reconcile them to the slight additional troub l e the adoption of this re medy would incur. At Dean douse the acid gypsum was clothing t o o t' btehrilunt ers, it was first strewn amidst the straw ; but as this was 'considered acrid d e likely which r uo e irn : twe fe irt e . d u c t i d ' fifteen afterwards spread on trays. , One part of sawdust will be one-part, found to absorb readily three times its weight or acid solu tion,by measure, of sulphuric as a manure it should be mixed in with the straw whe n removed from the stable. During the process of rotting the ammonia is evolved so freely, that at the end o r• two or three, weeks the acid pow, der, which should not remain !Dore than three days in the stable without changing, will be found c omp l etely neutralised, and as the gre a te s t benefit was derived from c over i ng up an d salting dung-h ea p s , by which I believ e an additional absorp tion of ammonia could only have been gained, it ma y l ie rea sonably hoped that an increased value would result from a manure thus.surcharged with amtnomacal salts.—Journal of the Agricultural Society REVIEW OP THE CI ESHiRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. This fine regiment was reviewed on 'Wednesday last, on the Sands at Bootle, by Lieut.-Colonel St. Quintin, of the 17th Lancers, who was attended by his Aid-de-Camp. The officer appointed to accompany them on the occasion was Lieutenant Watson, of the Yeomanry. The day was ou the whole tine, though cloudy—threatening rain, and durir , the review only a passing shower fell, which however did not induce more than a sprinkling of _ le numerous spectators to leave the ground for the time, so anxious were all to witness the movements of a corps which deservedly stands in high estimation amongst our " domestic" troops. Before noticing the review, it may be well for the gratifi cation of those interested to state that the whole regiment now comprises 494 men, including 32 officers and staff officers. Of the whole only 20 men were absent, with leave ; and only six members (including a Lieutenant) are wanted to make up ne complement, —or 600. The following are the officers : Colonel.—The Prince of Wales (as Duke of Chester.) Lient.-Colonel, Ditto.—Lord de Tat)ley. Captains.—Sir P. Egerton ; Messrs. T. Egerton ; Antrobus Lloyd ; Worthington ; De ; Townshend ; Tatton Leyeester ; Brooke. _ Marsland ; Lieutenants.—Pulin ; 'Wallace; Court ; Carn ; Richmond ; Brooke ; Reade ; Nicholson. Cornets. —l3a rice r ; Pownall ; Thornton ; Potts ; Ramgill , 'right; Worthington • Pownall; Robinson; Antrobus. Adjutant and captain.-11ill. Surgeon.—Mr. BroA d bent: Acting Veterinary Surgeon.—J. Fagan. Mr. Fagan has, we learn, gained great praise from the officers for his attention to the duties of Veterinary Surgeon. There was a vast concourse of persons on the Sands, many of whom came in carriages and on horseback. The ground on the east and south sides was densely crowded, and but for the want of a grand stand, reminded us of the course at Ain tree pending a great race. Nor was there any want of ani mal refreshments, cakes, gingerbread, &c. The movements and word of command in the field exercise of the day were exceedingly interesting, and many of them intricate. The following were the principal ;- 1 Close column on the fourth squadron left in front. 2 The column will take ground to the right. 3 Deploy on the third squadron. 4 The line will advance the third squadron directs. 5 Change front to the left on the third squadron. 6 Retire by threes from the right of squadrons, and form line. - • 7 Advance in double column from the centre. Right column directs. 8 Form line to the right. 9 The line will advance. 10 By threes change position right back. 11 Close column left in front on the fifth squadron. 12 Attack by squadrons and retire by threes from the flanks. 13 Deploy on the fifth squadron. 14 The line will advance, covered by skirmishers. 15 Open column in rear of the right. Wheel into line. 16 The line will attack to the front, the third squadror directs. - • 17 Retire in double column from the left' of the third anti fifth squadrons. 18 Form line to the rear on the leading troops. Advance in parade order and salute; at the halt the offioers salute and carry swords, taking the time from the command ing officers. Many of these movements were performed with a preei T sion which we should scarcely have anticipated fruu► a body not in regular practice. No. 6,7, 12, 16 and 17. were par ticularly effective, as was also the salute to the reviewing offi cer by each of the five squadrons in passing. The horses kept well in line, and the whole regiment earned the praise of a fine looking and expert body of men. They arrived on the sands about half-past ten o'clock, and etired from the field in excellent order about two. The following is the regimental order that was read to each division on the same evening ; and it is highly c'nnmendatory of the good discipline and orderly conduct of the whole corps : " Liverpool, 7th June, 18-13. " Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton cannot leave without ex pressing to the regiment how highly satisfied he has been with the good conduct, cleanliness, and orderly behaviour, as well as with the attention they have paid in the field. Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton has much pleasure in stating to them, that Lieutenant-Colonel St. Quintin expressed him self highly satisfied with their movements, and every thing he saw during his inspection. Lieutenant-Colonel Egerton begs to return his best thanks to the officers, non-commis sioned officers, and privates, for all their exertions during the last week; and also for their excellent conduct, under most trying and distressing circumstances, during the period they were out last year in aid of the civil service." The allusion at the conclusion refers to the services of the regiment when called to suppress some of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts. They were then on duty nearly five weeks—from the'lSth August to the 10th September, and also part of them in July at Congleton and the Potteries in Staffordshire. The only accident we noticed was one, the effects of which were extremely laughable, but which might have had a different result had not there been a number of persons pre sent. A little towards the north-westward of the first land mark is a quicksand, into which a rather "extensive swell," mounted on a fiery charger, galloped. Amidst the shouts of the spectators and the laughter of hundreds, horse and n►an were soon seen rolling like, as John Reeve used to say, " a couple of young porpoises or whales at play." By the dint of great exertion the unhappy cavalier was extricated, co. vered, from head to foot from top to toe—spectacles cluded—with a thick coat of mud, reminding one of a plaster model of the statue of Don Guz►nan ; done in sand stone. Having remounted, the gentleman rode off to a neighbouring hotel to get scraped down, amidst "loud cheers and very marked applause." On Tuesday the officers and several of their friends we►e hospitably entertained by the :Mayor at the Town-hall, who gave them a sumptuous dinner. Oa Wednesday evening the officers and their friends, to the number of upwards of 20, including the Mayor, dined at the Adelphi. The repast was got up in Mr. Radley's best style. The regiment left the town yesterday morning, in separat troops, on their way homeward—sonic to Stockport, other to Salford, &c. . _ [ln our last we. stated by mistake that the new eolonrs were handed to the cornets. 'We should have said to the quarter ma:ter.] MANCHESTER RACES TUESDAI JUNE 6 THE WILTON STA ;CATS:WI& so;sa7:11:11 ft, with 40 boss added. One miltCand a quarter. 4 subs. Mr Hesseltine's ns b m Alice Hawthorn, 5 yrs 1 Captain Price's ch h Retriever, aged Trio AIANCIIESTER Cur, of 150 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft. The second to receive 30 sovs. 13 subs, of whom 7 declared ft, and paid 5 sovs each. Mr Meikla tit's b c Aristotle, 4 yrs, ist 10lb ' Captain Price's clt h Retriever, aged, 9st • .. Mr J Clegg names 1) c Proof Print, 4 yrs Ararat and Lady Mary were not placed. A PLATE of £5O, for horses that never won £5O at any time Heats, two miles. m r M Jones cli c by Bizarre, 3 yrs Mr Clarke's b c St. Cuthbert, 3 yrs Mr Armstrong's h c by Chancellor, 3 yrs Mr 3 Osborne's bl f Black Duchess, 3 yrs Mr Frost's b f Black-eyed Susan, 3 yrs , 0 1 1 1 (1 2 0 0 3 2 2 d 0 0 d TVEDNESD-41 A FREE HANDICAP STAKES, of 10 says each, with 30 soya added, for four years old. One mile and a quarter. Sir C Monk's b c Flagsman, 7st Mr Ongley's ch g Roderick, Gat Gib 2 Mr Langshaw's b f by Speculator, sst Sib 3 Mr Peck's eh f PhySic, bst Schoolboy and Candide paid. • Tau. FILLY STAxis, of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 30 added, for three year olds. One mile arid a quarter. Mr Frost's b f Ameine Corelis, Lady Mayoress, and Miss King paid. A Cur, of 100 sovs iu specie, given by the owners of the Race-course, added to a Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. One wile and a quarter. 13 subs, 4of whom de clared, and paid 5 soya each. Lord G.Bentinek's b c Proof Print,-4 yrs, ist Mr Bank's b g In Course, 3 yrs, 6st Mr Walker's hr Billingham Lass, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Clinker, Atalanta, The Viscount, Spartacus, and David also started. but were not placed. A PLATE of £5O, for three year olds Girt 10Ib, and four Bst 21b. fleets, one wile and a quarter. Mr Critchley's bl f Drlia, 3 yr 5............ ...... 1 2 1 Mr F Walker'S br c Ravensworth, 3 yrs.... Mr Wildmen'S b f Coheiress, 3 yrs Five others started for the first, a n d t wo f or the second heat, but were not placed. 7 1 11111?S'DA. I SWEEPSTAKE of 20 sovs each, with l 0 sovs added, for two yrs old. About dove quarters of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Walker's c The Best of Three Lord S:anley's ch f by lionises, out of Armida . 9 The KEusAr. STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added, for three yrs old. One mile and three quarters. 6 sub Mr. Mcikiain's ch c Phillip, by Jeseed Mr. Frost's b I Ameine, by Bay Middleton Mr. .1. Bird's b f by Langar—Alliance Mr. Clarke us b c St. Cuthbert. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 Three miles and u distance Sir C. Monk's Flagsman, 4 yrs .... Mr. Meiklatn's Aristotle, 4 yrs .... Mr. D. Cook's ch c What, 3 yrs .. By covering parsley with half an inch in thickness of rich soil, it will come up in a fortnigkt. TIE IMES TUNN ISL.—Last week 38,478 persons paid toll to pass through the tunnel, and on Sunday alone 17,513 per. 8011 s. File government will proceed with the educational cla of the Factory Hill, in the House of Commons, on Mom the 19th inst. The late rains have been so favourable to the grass and e( crops in the vale of Lune as almost to ensure a superabut ant harvest. In the ne7ghbourhood of Oundlc, the fine crops of gr have been under water for a fortnight, and, it is feared, e be quite spoiled. BRITISII MUSEUIL—The number of visitors on Mont was 13,410, which was nearly 3,000 less than those who tended last year, when the numbers were 16,329. Lord Ashley acknowledged in yisterday's 2inteB the ceipt of three hundred pounds from an anonymous donor the Pastoral Aid Society. GRAY'S INN, JUNE 7.—The undermentioned gentlem were this day called to the dezree of barrister-at•law by t Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, viz.—Mr. I'. Selby, Mr. It. It. Moore, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. IL. H. Purcell, Mr. A. IL. Labistour, and Mr. H. J. Hunter. SNOW SHOWER. — Amni.lisiDE.—On Monday niornir May 29, the sides of the mountains above Ambleside we white with snow, fallen during the previous night. This i, most unusual occurrence so late in the season, even in t! changeable climate. ORANGEISM.—The district master of the Protestant Cor federates of Birmingham intends to hold its meetings in Ir district, to show the sympathy and support of the confedertJ tion for their protestant brethren in Ireland at the preset eventful crisis. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A party of the Rifles stationed a Dundalk were firing hall cartridge on the strand on Tuesda: last, when, owing to one of the men having bad sight, lit shot one of the men stationed as marker through the head The man died or, the spot. The hall then went through the neck of another man, wounding him dangerously. SHORT LOVE TRiP.-At love's rising hour, last Thursday morning, MJ. Alit:oa. of Littlewood Farm, in the parish of I'leasley, and Miss Maclellan, of Mansfield (yet in her teens), whipped off to the village church at Pleasley, and before their short trip was known to parents or guardians, were indissolubly united at the altar of H ymen.—Nutlingham Review. . Among the odd announcements that daily meet the eye in the advertising columns of the press, we perceive the m:rifi cation of an invention " capable of hatching, at a trifling expense, any number of game and poultry eggs, of all sorts, from 50 to 200, at one time, and possessing the further re commendation of rearing the young birds at all seasons, and of furnishing poultry for the table at a trifling cost at all pe riods of the year !! !" ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT wEsTiftN, Congress to return to Engi The advices from Texas are to the 6th ult. The Galvislyn Civrlian intimates that the reports heretofore published of the interposition of the American, British. and French go- vernments between Texas and 'Mexico, with a view to put ting a stop to the predatory warfare along their borders, are true..tind that the French Government partiettlarly has given very positive instructions to its minister on the suleci. s• The packet-ship Sheridan lett New York on the 25th ult She has tarty-five cabin passengers on board ;as many as she can possibly accurninotiatc Al great many applicants for There are also upwards of passage were ~. one hundred passengers in the steerage. Philadelphia has been disturbed by strikes for wages. The acc,unts from the southern, western, and middle states generally concur in speaking of the appearance of wheat in the ground as very promising. Ttic New York Journal of Commerce of the 25th ult. gives a letter from its correspondent at Monte Video, - dated April 23, from which we extract the following:— " We have Lietautly refused received notice to-day of a blockade of this port, made by the government of Buenos Ayres, to take effect on the Ist of April, against every thing of provision kind. '' The British commodore is expecting very important despatches from his government in relation to the present crisis, and sends up the British government strainer from this place to Rio, fpr the purpose of transmitting the de spatches with more expedition. This letter goes by her, to be forwarded from that place. do believe, from all I can learn, that if the place holds out thirty days longer the Bviiish government will throw its weight with the Monte videans, and thus secure their independence; if not,.the blood of thousa n d s w ill cry f rom t h e ground for vengeance on Mr. Mandeville, the British minister at Buenos Ayres, who hes encouraged the Montevideans to resistance with an assurance of intervention on tke part of England, and now having placed them where they must, to appearances, soon have their throats cut, he very quietly says he hasuothing to do in the business. " I n addition to the irreparable injury which he has done his countrymen in Monte Video, he has deeply tarnished the honotir of the British crown, and his disgrace by removal, which I have no doubt will take place, will but poorly com pensate for the injury his pernicious conduct has inflicted on thousands. By the Britannia, which I send you by this con veyance, you will see that the English citizens represent Mr. Mandeville's conduct as it should be, and are not disposed to submit to his sullying the honour of their country. " All commercial business has ceased for some time in Monte Video, with the exception of sales for daily con sumption of the city. Flour is in demand at about ten Spanish dollars. , List of passengers per steam-ship " Great Western" from New York :—Mr. E. Almama, Mr. W. J. Burnett, Mr. C. ' J. Burnett, Mr. Jos. Battershy, Mr. F. Brun, Mr. Thomas Brooks, Mr. Jos. Blich, Mr. E. Blackburn, Mr. Le Barbine and lady, Miss Le Barbine, Miss A. Le Barbine, Mr. R. Brugiere, Mr. Jas. Broom, Mr. Burnett, Mr. Barbour, Mr. Curtis. Mr. Jas. Carson, Mr. R. Cowling, Mrs. Cordes, SOD, and servant, Mr. J. Gateaux, Mr. W. Collett, Major W. P. Christie, lady, and servant, Mr. Wfn. Connah, Mr. G. C. Chapman, Mr. W. S. Coolidge, Mr. Calfe, Right Rev. Bishop Ch a b r it e , M r . Th os. E . D uncan, Mr. J. Dob bin, Mr. T. A. Dallidore, Mr. J. B. Daniel, and lady, Rev. W. C. Danna, Mr. Win. Dawson, Miss De Rutter, Mr. C. Dord, Mrs. Erneson, and servant. Mr. J. R. St. Felix, Mr. Foster, Mr. Ferguson, Mr, Forsyth, lady, two children, and two servants, Mr. Fryer, Mr. Findlay, and lady, Mrs. Goodhend, Mrs. J. N. Gray, Mrs. T. Griffin, Rev. Mr. Gribble, lady, two children, and two sprvants, Professor Greenback, Mr. A. Gott, Mr. H. Herrick, Mr, J. W. Harris, Mr, J. L. Hubpard, Mr. H. Holmes, Mr. Heine, Mr. Haberman, Mr. 'l'. Jandon, Miss Jandon, Mr. Thos. Jones, Mr. Jos. Keller, Rev. 11. H Kellog, Mr. G. Lawrie, Mr. Lord, lady, and two children, Mr. F. Leech, Mr. J. Litcuts, Mr. C. A. Magwood, Mr. W. H. Maury, Mr. J. Marshall, Rev. Samuel Margachelli, Mr. F. Niolo, Mr. R. Neilson, Mr. Thos. Nelson, Mr. Ocbricks, lady, and ser vant, Mr V S Petrie, Mr. Prout, Miss Prout, Mr. W. H. Post. Mr. Paige, Mr. H. Paine, and lady, Mr. Wm. Padde, Mr. Win. Raddo, Mr. W. M. Richards. Mr. W. Ross, Mr, C. H. Russell, M r . E. C. Ri c h ar d s, P rofessor Risely,ladY, and two sons, Mr. Roberts, Mr. A. Solillae, Mr. E. B. Strange, Mr. J. R. Shaw, Mr. G. L. Saunders, Mr. Wm. Taylor. Mr. B. Crobidge, Mrs. Thorndike, Mr. Thornhy, Mr. A. Thorndike, Mr. F. Tomes, jun., Capt. Usher, Mr. W. D. Wilkinson, Mr. Hugh Watson, Lieut. Col. Williams, Mr. Wiesstnan, and lady—Total 128. The following ronarks, made on board the Great Western, have been banded to us for publication : On 25th May, at 3 p.m., passed the American ship Or leans, running into the port of New York ; and at 4 30 p.m. passed the Louis Philippe, being towed out of port. On 29th May, at 5 a.m., in lat. 42, long. 55 40, exchanged colours with a Bremen barque, running to the westward, showing a private signal—white flag, with a red border, and 178 in the centre. On 7th June, at 10 30 n.m., exchanged colours with British brig Reliance, miming up Channel. At noon, changed colours with an American ship, standing to W.N.W., showing 169, and no distinguishing pennant. Left New York at half-past two p.m. on the 25th ulti winds E. and S.E. the greater part of the way. Pat Cape Clear at midnight of the 6th, and Tuskar at noon of ME BISHOPRIC (COLONIAL) AT JAMAICA.--ThiS Rhich has become vacant by the death of the late lamen Bishop of Jamaica, Dr. Lisseombe, D.D., is of the any, value of £1:000. The diocese includes Jamaica, the Bata Islands, and the Settlements of Honduras. No successes the deceaecd prelate has been yet appointed: The Port Philip papers of the 14th of February are fille with local details of little interest to readers here. The em barrasswents of the colony occasioned by the late extensiv 'ass and n u merous failures were still pressing the poorer pop, vill tion, and a change in the general state of affairs for the bet does not for the present appear to be expected. The accour lay received from the various whalers calling at Portland B, at- were favourable respecting the take of fish, the foreigne continuing to be the most successful in the enterpris re- m There is nothing ne w i n t h e state of trade or the aake f or worth notice. LARDNEIt AT f \ TATCHEZ.-Dr. Lardner is still lectur ing with wonderful 'eclat at Natchez. it would seem that he has waked up an astonishing degree of curiosity there, and fairly set the Natoliezese all agog to know what is the colour of the inhabitants of the ninon—whether they are 11Iahome tans, Mormonites, or Presbyterians—whether they have ad vanced as far as Fourierism yet, and if so, whether they go for " community with individuality," or "community with out individuality"—and above all, whether they cultivate Kinderhook cabbages, mint juleps, Durham Cattle, and Berk shire pigs. All these phi:esophical questions have been pro poundec to the learned doctor; and if he should unfortu nately make up his mind that the moon, like the continent of America, cannot be reached by steam, very scientific and satisfactory answers may shortly be expected 4 in erica; It is expected that a first dividend of 5s in the p mnd on the estate of Messrs. Parker and Shore, bankers, of Sheffield will be paid about the end of June. Mr. Webster of the Haymarket Theatre, has offered a prize of £3OO certain, with eontingrent advantages, for the best mo dern comedy illustrative of British manners. The scheme is novel, and the re s ult W i ll be looked for with interest. ..,. . - - - The Annual Moveable Committea_ of the Order of Odd Fellows ibis year assembled at Bradford, on Monday last, when it was expected from three to four hundred deputies would he in attendMlee. The senior auditor this year is Itoto Leeds. The number of members in the order is be tween 300,00(1 and 400,000. BIRTHS E ITRA OR D INA IC Y.— On Wednesday last, as Wombwell's menagerie was proceeding - from Lancaster to Kirby Lonsdale, one of the lionesses whelped three fine cubs, the spotted hyena one cub, and the wolf nine!!—all of which, with their dams, are now alive, and doing "as well as can be expected. Lancaster Guardian. This noble vessel which left New York in the afterncidri of the 25th ult., arrived at this port on Wednesday morning at five o'clock. She had made the passage in 13 days and a half. We subjoin a list of the passengers, one hundred and twenty-eight in number, among whom are Bishop Chabrite and Mr. Sandon, the celebrated American financier. We understand that fifty more passengers would have come over in the Great Western if accommodation could have been afforded them. The papers brought by this vessel are ten days later than those. brought by the Hibernia. A speech of Mr. Webster of Baltimore, is the chief subject of discussion in the papers brought by this arrival. Mr. Webster, who was a strenuous advocate of the tariff, finding that it has become extensively unpopular, with all but the tr►anufscturers, now cbmes forward to advocate the repeal of that protective measure by commercial treaties. On tins subject the New York American remarks as follows :—" The project of arranging the duties upon imports between this country and Great Britain, by diplomatic negotiation, to which allusion has before been ►nrde by us, was more fully developed by Mr. Webster, in a recent speech, ut a public dinner given to him by the merchants of Baltimore. Mr. Webster is, indeed, no longer in office; and therefore, what he says, he say _ s a private citizen. N ever th e l ess , it seem s reasonable to infer, that the views expressed by him, are those shared by the President and his advisers, and therefore likely; if sanctioned to any considerable. extent by the public voice, to be carried out. The notion seems to be that the two governments may come to an understanding as to the duties upon which each will admit the produce or manufac tures of the other—and when the basis of this is arranged, to make the accomplishment of the project dependant upon the consent and necessary legislation of the Parliament and The object is a mutual reduction of duties, and the articles upon which it is supposed such an arrangement may operate favourably from our side, are rice, tobacco, and Indian corn. Those in which Great Britain may be berietitted, will he the whole range of manufactured articles with which she supplies us. But this statsment of the case seems to exclude the notion of anything like reciprocity—since the whole value of any supposed additional exports of these commodities from the United States, in consequence of diminished duties, would be little iu comparison with that of the increased supply of manufactures, which such a cause would induce to our country from Great Britain. This elementary view of the question leaves out all the wider considerations connected with the mooted topics of the policy or impolicy of a protective tariff, and upon the single point of reciprocity, seems to condemn this new schems as unequal. Whatever may be the result, it seems cu r tain, from the annexed extract of a letter of the 3d instant, addressed by Mr. Webster to some of his personal and political friends in Boston, who had expressed the hope that -he would not retire from the cabinet without putting in :rain this negotia. Lion—that this gentleman does not expect to take any part therein. " As to myself, gentlemen, I have no expectation of being concerned, in any manner, in the negotiations connected. with this subject, and •ain happy to know that the country has many hands, ablsr than mine, to wield such concerns. The government has eminent ability at its command, both at home and abroad. I have no wish to go abroad on public service. If negotiations should be entered into, there are reasons tnr desiring that they should he undertaken at Wash ington ; in which ease, according to the usual course, they would be conducted by the head of the department of state, under the direction of the president." The money - market continued buoyant, and money was cheap and abundant. Some of the Banks had laoned at 4 per cent. on the security of New York State Stocks. The tendendy was still upwards. Exchange on this country was dull, and the business transacted for the steamer was but li mited. The rate on London was 108 to 1081 ; Paris 5 30; Amsterdam 391 ; Hamburg 35; and Bremen 77. United States Sixes are quoted at 12,1. Sir Charles Bagot the ex-goyernor general of Canada, died on the moroing of the 18th ult. The Montreal Gazette says that his remains were to be removed to New York, and embarked on hoard her Majesty's ship Warspit e , lying at that port, in which Lady Mary Begot and family also were Accounts from Yucatan mention numerous actions between the Texican and Mexican naval forces on that coast. The affairs seem to have been very gallant on the part of the Tex ians, whose artillery caused serious damage to the Mexican vessels, particularly to the iron Steamers of war Guadaloupe and Montezuma. On shore the Mexican forces had sustai ned serious disaster. The army of two thousand sent against Merida, the capital of Yucatan, had surrendered themselves prisoners of war, and the troops before Campea city were on the point of capitulating to the Yucatecoes. Those successes had ensured the independence of the repub- . _ . put up her right arm, and the knife was buried in it instead 1 of her throat : they then hurled the unfortunate old woman down on the floor, and seizing a spare bed which was in the room, placed it over her to smother her, upon which she said she would give them her pocket, and again implored them to spare her lift'. The ruffian, however, with a bitter sath, declared that they had put her there to murder her, and that they were determined to do•so. One of them then jumped upon the bed, and kept pressing his knees into her bowels until she became senseless. Atter which they proceeded to rifle the house of an antique silver watch, four gold rings, sonic breast pins and brooches, some sheets, and other articles, having burst open the drawers and boxes; after which they left the house, thinking their victim was dead, but in order to put an end to her if any life should still be remaining they placed a large and heavy box upon the bed under which she lay. Most providentially, however, after some hours, Mrs. limit recovered her senses, and after considerable difficulty, having succeeded in extricating her self from under the bed, crawled down stairs, and gave the alarm, and upon the arrive! of a Mrs. Cam, th e w if e of a neighbouring farmer, she was found in a most exhausted state in the kitchen, in almost perfect nudity, with the exception of a blanket which was wrapped round her. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and the poor woman still lies in a very precarious state. In the course of the night she was alarmed by bearing a n o ise sof some persons breaking into the house, and, hav ing got out of bed and ope ned the win dow , looked out, and sa w three men in the garden , under her bed room window, en deavouring to force open the sh u t t ers. She then demanded w hat they wanted , and sh rieked out " Murder !" I n rep l y, they swore at he r, and, seizing some lar g e stone s , hurled them at her with all their might, as also a water-jar which was standing at the door. Being bruised and cut by the blows of the stones, she retired from the font window, an d went " and went io anot her window, where she again tried to give ati:eslaielacrionulbdy. l.ocalling ri out "murder! several times, a s l ou dl y this window also she was driven back by large stones thrown at her. During the whole of this period two of the burglars continued their attempts to force the window, openand having at length succeeded, one of them got through it, and let in the two others by the door. Superintendent Il ilcott, of the county of Gloucester p ol ice. immediately set an inquiry on foot; and from Mrs. Hunt' ; description, Serge a n t Ireland, in the course of the Sunday afternoon, succeeded in apprehending the three men, and found in the pocket of llama; Watkins a penknife, as had de-cribed. The y were yesterday afternoon examined the cottage before Mr. Ireland, a county magistrate, a nd and id h icing been broug ht to the poor women's bedside en tified by her, tc, re committed for trial. The old lady wa s completely covered with bruises, and the marks of her bl ood were distinctly visible on the window-sills of both the w i o _ them to proceed front some of the la w _ e re heard dows. It is remarkable that her cries of murder w distinctly by a shepherd living at a distance of a quarter of a i n a night brawl, he took no further notice. I l l i s le c , l b iat Ctuel)ristfutlhe neighbout hood who were engaged .....10011.151.11WILMIEXIIM.. ,i i distance hinted tstie j: t osft banish_hai I s l . ' t ' l: ------- . the clattering of two rival blacksmiths preva . il r e e d ip o y t a t u e o a , e a h n O A nervous old Yankee, whose lire was mnaptir t isiist mwpi i aisigezr,,ha buireriebadsl thent to remove, by the offer of n liberal pecaniary sat ion. When the money wasp aid down, he kindly cieinaqrrendf what neighbourhood they intended to remove to. ‘ B7‘. : rs l' r Why, s; o t u i Tour i iSr :T "! i tri . lel2l npelline'oehrudie2coljstlnr:ty!scini;olata:Yr ti'diisisteeliye,aal_di: grindcondemned t; eoiieuinexile modesv d in e g im a ri or ti n n. fron l t l i e lis rights of a citizen, and forfeited all kinds of property. but, if no fine was nn e P d " s g d, it s m to a o s k te a r ss- n Sen tence of relegation removed the person to a ia c m er , to ta i from Rome; • T i h t at 1 other right. Deportation was invent ] y Augustu,s, the severest kind of banishment. Tie en! away in chains. stripped of all property, and confined to some island or inhospitable pilce.♦ Louts MoLnsivonni s AccOUT OF DENMARK _ ambassador complained of it to King Will is a book that dans , one of his Danish Majesty's subjects had tak en England,dwiti' author's head. would upon comp . which' may be alw Ding ff , is,ft r h e e a cannot do," replied William, " but, if you please I will tell hint what yon say, and he shall put it in the next edition of such libertir..snsist•iitihartehelakKeirni Isis hook.''— The 1)brIor. discovered in the ground excavated_ for the northeru railroad ANTILWATUAN ritlZE.—There has just leen Prhoifi. t. The Danish railroad, between S. Leo d'Essevens and Montalaire, a girole of solid gold, ro ught to imitate a cord, having a hook at each end. The weight of this object is 342 grammes, i,, and the gold is valued weight at 8801. It was found within ..1 feet of the surface, and no other article was discovered near it. M. II aubigaut, mem _ ber of the eouneil•general of _the Oise, paid the workmen it up to him, th Beauvais t° having it deposited either in the Museum of or the Biblio of Paris. It is supposed to belong to the Gai l _ cheque Royale • d about Julius Crew s time. fish perro , handsomely for giving The quantity o f brie ks made in BRICKi.-- Great Britain • • Iby the excise; but, no duty being charged as registese(liPon no account of thequantity aeni in Ireland, we have . , land there. The number made in Eng and Scotland reso e , litrerent periods within the present cent ' tively, at t i ury, h as seen as follows : , 1 5 291 789 1802 .. 698,5 96 . 901 • • '- ' S• • 7 13 .888,743 950,547,173 .. 11,i6 , 5,552 .. 1811 .• 969,312,755 1821 .. 899,173.510 .. 14,1)52,590 .. 913,231,100 1831 .. 1,125,462.408 .. 27,586,173 .. 1 ,153,048,581 18 .. 1,427,472,263 .. 27, , 411,87:1_ • • 1,4 54,884,137 9 1 569 020,952 .. 42,287,634 .. 1,611,288 , 5 85 18393 .• , • 7 821 599 1840 .. 1,677,811,131 .. 4 , , .. 1,725,632,M .1841 .. , , , 1 423 794 267 .. 38,463,308 .. 1 ,462,257,575 • ri se observable in the later years is, no doub The great MCC , • 1 . i t se incr.:lse of manufactori - t, owing in g reat e ":- to t u tion of railroads Ind es, and very recently f° the "Ist' ' ' carried on 'f other public to a ar • w' na i l h av e,. eu . s , greater extent works, •naily in land than in . cotland. It will be Prol"" ' 1 of bricks in Great Britain has more seen that the annua use than wesent century and that doubled within the 1 ~: • t of this Mews., has occurred since 1821, the greater par and 1810 having difference between that year ._ been more than 800,000,000, early or is . 90 per cent.—Porter's Progress of thl'shed 3d rot just in I • MURDER the Nation , 'WUHAN ACCOON'i OF THE OF slit . w. MACNAUGOTEN•— We take the following from the Calcutta Star of the Bttt April. It is the conclusion of a letter written of t h e Alf:hail chiefs at Cabool to his friend and • by one sin- I at Candahar, shortly after the murder of the ritual advisers detailing the exa • • • envoy. The writer, after _ , ,Luatton of the Bala Ilissar by the English, and several proceedings in conse of the Affghans, says, ' The united chiefs, in reply puence to his Majesty, '• to this, sent another message.,o to .) 50 stating th a t they now had lost from 00 men, as martyrs in ' -" the had '.O the cause of Islam , t intl. )'applied to his Majesty in the commencement to le : d the i n e e_and he their king, w hi ch Dffer lie had declined. 1 hat tl Barukzyas had thereup 1 taken the whole onus of the affair upon themselves, and had or srought it thus far to a happy aceirmplishment. That th e Baruksyes toot now be considered to have supreme autho • • the councils of the Afore nobles, but - ity in, nevertheless his si • • f his Majesty wished to pr neerity, th e _ w , iiig to give him the trial. Let the Cab rem y ai e n re wil 'or a couple of days, and let the king send a party of hist et nett to attack the cantonments; let him thus sacrifice 10 1 0 1 run as a s et...off to their thousands, and they would then rust burn, and cordially unite with him. The king declined icceding to this, but gave up his son, the Prince Shahpoor, ts a hostage into the hands of Ameen Oolah Khan, saving hat if he (the king) were found to intrigue against them, or o act in ally way contrary to their interests , th e y would be at liberty to do as they chose with his son. The king fur ther observed that he was at present afraid to come not of the citadel. The chief agreed to this, and took Shabpoor, and placed hi m in the hands of Atneen Oolah Khan. The. Shah thus remained in the Bala ilissar, arid the chiefs in vested the place, allowing with ingress er or egress to one . A fer t ;is the envoy had divers cona ' • any munications with Malromel Akhrbar Khan. He gave him six lacs of ropes s on account of the expense of the " Mel '' itnattee, out of which sum Mahntned Akhbar Khan raised .0.)(1 horse nd 1000 toot. The envoy had now further is . with Malts= •d Akhbar Khan, and is sz corn , umnic ti l e tion i hint three lacs of rupees on t n hetollowi s r: t co t r o ulit '' ' l l ° ;f.. Majesty to terrain as king, and Malionse g d Akhbar Khan to be his minist r, the f sadly of tie latter being allowed to re turn hrn liia. Te envoy also r eu'red that Os am of Ameen o Oolah Khan, h with Sikuedsr Khan and Abdool Salem ••The chic's Khan, should be given up to lent as hostages. ljzeem Khan sent Mahomed Sudeeq Khali, son of Mahorocd , __a_ of his promises, to the envoy, saying dial they sere doabst . / • 'II d and scaled and requiring the terms ofcurivention to be gig ust ~,es as re_ by him, after which they "id 1 ;'lve uptthleisi own" sal and quires!. The envoy sealed the paper wit 1 ' r t.! . t ua • Sirda delivered it up to them. On the evening or a _?, _ r Mahomed Aktssr Khan, Mostla Monied', Khooda Uns Khan,with tour o ther people ith , Khan, arid Mahomed Shah , went to the bank of the t iler. and sent to t.se envoy to beg that Inc would come out arid arrange the details of the affair. Tile envoy, accompanied by Trevor, Lawrent e, and Macken zie, in all four people, dune and met Malsomed Akhbar. They sat down on the bank of the river, and dimcussed all the points of the conventin. The sirstar Nanlast said to the envo y — envoy was alarmed at these words, and rose up trom where be was sitting. Alahouled A klibur seized bins by the hands. ,aying, '' I cannot allow you to return to the cantonments." ll'he sirdar wished to carry trim -off alive, bu hi t was uoa It, b lle and ; at a n t he drewa doable-barrelled pistol from sos • lischarged both barrels at the envoy, after which Ire struck dm two or three Wows withsword, and the envoy was bus killed on t h e s pot. Moat' Mouse:n at the same time illesl Trevor, and IA1140'1(41 and Mackenzie were both sized and carried uff alive. Skinner and Conolly, together rich ano th er o fficer of rank, had been detaisted for some time seriously in 11Iahorned Aklibar Kh th a nere's house e b , an odies d they no tok the oth er two new issistives .Th of tl. ‘ l ‘ e r avoy and Trevor were after this hung up i n the public 1 - tar. Subsequently to this, the chiefs main )a , i met, and con rred with the five officers who were in Mahomed Akhbar 's souse, a fres h agreement was forayed, to the effect that with h e exception of four guns, everythin g should be i he Affgbans. The officers these terms agreed to given up t 0 ." BURGLARY ANV AT MPTED MURDER NEAR TO burglary was R d l a s ri To ng i.,, E ar ly on Sunday morning a mos ß t effected at Conham, about five miles from this house of an elderly lady named Mary Hunt, whi r is , at the in a romantic glen near the side of the river Fr • situate back of the Lon. Tunnel of the Great Western Railway,e, at the be tween Bristol and 6 Bath. It appears that the victim outrage, Mrs. Mary Hunt, who is nearly 70 years of of this age has lived inAhe cottage which was the scene of the ' outrage from the days of her childhood, it being her own property. She has never married , and in her youthful days followed the business of a monthly nurse, by which occupation she e ' is supposed to have accumulated some property, which it was thought was kept in money by her in the house; and indeed the appearance of the cottage when I visited it yesterday afternoon betokened a state 01 comfort which would l ea d one to suppose that the occupier was well off. The old lady, whose habits are, it appears, eccentric, resided alone in the cottage, and, being a woman of strong mind, never m an i_ tested the slightest fears of her safety ; and indeed the cot tage, (which is most romantically situate) although in a solitary spot, and in the midst of a portion of the country which is inhabited by a very lawless description of people, is protected in a measure by the river on the one side, and by the tunnel on the other. Ott Saturday night Mrs. Hunt did not retire to bed until between ten and eleven o'clock, having remained up beyond her usual time to give house room and shelter from the rain to a little boy. the son of the ferryman who puts a boat across tile river near her cottage. Previously to her going to bed she carefully fastened the door and windows of the house there being no one in the cottage but herself. Upon seeing the ruffians getting through the window, Mrs. Hunt ran and barred and bolted the door at the foot of the staircase, and retired into her own bedroom, which she also locked and bolted. The thieves, however, with a crow-bar which they had with them, forced both these doors, and as the unfortunate woman continued to shriek " murder," the moment they entered her bedroom, one of them seized her by the throat and nearly stran.led her. They then deliberately pulled out some Lucifer matches, which they had with them, ignited them, and lit the candle which was in the room, which gave her an opportunity of observing their countenauces, and she lino:ltaly knew them to be three men residing at Crew's Hole, on the other side of the river, of the namess of Robert Watkins, Isaac Watkins, and Thomas Watkins. They then demanded her money, and upon her replying that she had none, they swore with tremendous oaths they woufp rip her up, and having' cut her up into pound pieces, would fling her body into the flood (the river). She then begged them to spare - her life, saying she had no money, upon which Thomas Watkins demanded her pocket, and swore she should die, for that when they came into the house they came with the intention to butcher her, and he pulled out a penknife, with which he attempted to cut her throat, but luckily she