The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

the destinies of the world, that she will be contented with a humbler part,—then it is for this country to say so ; it is for this country to carry those words into effect : only let me not be the instrument. what would have been the state or tots count', a, , Let ins not, I say, be the instrument in carrying into effect that which I should think to be the degradation of the country ! " His lordship was, no doubt, sincere in this declaration ; yet it is very doubtful whether the Colonial policy of his lordship's ad ministration is not advancing the very result which his lordship so much deprecates; and whether, too, that result is not more close at hand than either him self or the people of England generally imagine. We commented in our last upon the instructions sent out from the Colonial office to our possessions in America, suggesting to their legislatures the im position of restrictions upon emigration to this country—restrictions which we showed to be un necessarily harsh,. framed, as they obviously were, to meet an evil which no longer exists. We showed how those instructions were acted' upon by the legislature of a portion of those Coloniee—the Canadas ; that the measure suggested by them was so increased in the. severity of its pressure upon the shipowner, as to put a stop entirely to the emi gration of British subjects to those Colonies; and thus to take away from: the shipowner a valuable outward freight, and to transfer it to his American and the course e rival. But there was a further circumstance - to Whig press and the - which we promised to diisect the attention' of our Mercury says : readers, viz :—the animus displayed by the Ohne " The vote of Sir Thomas Birch, on the contrary , was dian legislature towards thia country in discussing such as accorded with the wishes of the Liverpool consti tuency ;it was in favour of the modification proposed, and, the measure in question. It was sufficiently signi ficant of the feeling of the "'Liberal" majorit? of of course, against the perpetration of the injustice pro posed by ministers—although, had it been given in the the Canadian parliament towards us, to observe at contrary direction, less surprise would have been felt in what a low estimate they regarded the further in the town than was caused by Mr..cardwell's vote, on ac- fi"lc of a British emigration population into the count of what we stated at the time —namely, ' his long- colony ; that they were ready to established Whig principles, and his personal friendship , snatch at the plea with ministers.' His spirited independence of such con- of a temporary evil—the distress.:e# and sickly con siderations, in this instance, gained .for the hon. baronet dition of the emigrants who arrived there last year— the heartiest approbation, which was expressed in a glow- in order to put a stop to that-influx altogether. ing address of thanks, signed by the leading men of all But the, measure itself, as passed in its present parties in the town. form, against the earnest protest of the loyal and "A few days afterwards, however, on the vote upon Mr. Hume's motion, which was designed to limit the Conservative body of that legislature, does not dis duration of the iniquitous characteristics of the Income close the full extent of that feeling. Still more Tax to one year, and to enforce an equitable adjustment violent and stringent provisions were proposed by of taxation for the future, Sir Thomas 'Birch voted with the members of the ultra-Liberal, or anti-British ministers, thereby signifying his consent to the perpetua- nartv ' —the terms are synonymous — and were only tion of glaring wrong for three years , seeing t hat, b y the • - rejected by the influence of the leaders of that previous rejection of Mr. Horsman's motion, it had been decided not to rediess that wrong at once." party—the ex-rebels and present proteges of the We shall have, bye and bye, to direct attention Colonial office, Messrs. Papineau and Lafontaine — to the concluding lines of the above extract, which because these gentlemen saw that the measure, in we have given in italics. Our contemporary con- its present shape, was practically sufficient to se tinues : cure their present object, to prevent the hands of the " Great dissatisfaction was caused by this vote; but loyal population of the colony being strengthened by neither the press nor the Nation al Confederation adopted a further infusion of British settlers into the upper such a tone of remonstrance in this case as in the other. province ; and, perhaps, because they conceived "Our Orange contemporary of Tuesday has expressed that the time had not arrived for throwing down his surprise at the circumstance, though we were by no me ans silent at the time ; bu t the fact is, that the cen- the gauntlet openly to the mother country. The surable vote of Sir Thomas in this instance was in a great opportunity, however, was not lost of venting a measure covered by the very extensive delinquency of torrent of abuse on our poor emigrant brethren, as some of the best men we have in the House of Commons, " the scum of Ireland," "the sweepings of England who were panic-stricken by the threat of Lord John Rus and Scotland," as idle beggars and lazzaroni, unfit sell to relinquish the government unless the fraud were sanc tioned for three years." to mingle with these republican traitors and Ame rican Now what does all this amount to ? Sir Thos. sympathizers. Birch voted in accordance with the wishes of his The French Canadian party had already been cons tituents, notwithstanding " his long established rendered, by Whig-Radical policy , supreme in the Whig principles, and his personal friendship with Canadas ; and every effort had been added by the Ministers," on the first division, those Ministers quasi-Conservative ministry of Sir Robert Peel to and particular friends being ver y well able, on that disgust the loyalists of the colony. This last stroke occasion, to spare his vote. B ut what became of of Earl Grey will tend to introduce a further ele the Hon. Baronet's " spirited independence of such ment of weakness into the hold which Great Britain considerations" as " Whig principles" and " p e r_ has upon her subjects in the North American con sonal friendship with Ministers," when the occa- tinent, by alienating the shipowners and the Cana sion came that his vote might hav e been efficacious dian party at home. When the struggle comes for in advancing the wishes of the people of Liverpool, separation between Great Britain and Canada—and and gettin rid of a "glaring wrong and a it is nearer than we dream of — it will be found that "fraud ?" g Lord John threatened to res i g n if Mr. " if Lord John Russell's has not been "the hand" to strike asunder the connexion between Great Hume's motion for a limitation of the duration of the Income Tax was carried ;and po or Sir Thomas's Britain and these valuable possessions , his col league, Lord Grey, has done his utmost to bring spirited independencefied. Flesh and blood couldn't stand the thought of parting with his personal about such a consummation. friends. "Long established Whig principles" at But the influence of the policy of the Colonia l Office, in producin g disgust and disaffection least couldn't stand such a parting. So S i r Thomas, to use the words of his apologist , " vo ted with amongst our colonists, is not confined to the Ca- Ministers, thereby signifying his consent to the per- nadas. It is in full operation in our West Indian petuation of a glaring wrong for three years," in- Islands, whose planters and traders are fast sinking stead of one. into a state of insolvency and beggary, as the re- Our contemporary says that the offence of the suit of the measures which have emanated during Hon. Member " was covered by the ve r y extensive the past few years from that office. "You , " writes a West Indian Planter, in a letter addressed to delinquency of some of the very best men we have in the House of Commons , who were p anic stricken Lord John Russell in the Morning Chronicle of e.s. Le_ 41...,_.... _r r __.,l r_i_ r).____u %)f ees- -- e---e Frislmliat imagine the scene of such a panic—the horror—the a nd g ained 'eollir '-'-'rr -.-- ---- ic ‘isi;‘ , ... ...: ,J . 11...1111.1. ItllllloVv., l o n n lo t t i blank amazement which must have been painted signs of inde g pende u n o c p e Exeter-hall t epty influences givi "g w s ?ii m A upon the faces of these " very best men" at the rule that very mischievous office—influences which have bare thought of Downing-street and the Treasury, cost and are costing millions to the country, with a cruel patronage, commissionerships, and cabinet dinners waste of life and property (witness New Zealand and the receding from their grasp. Our's is not a pictorial C m a u p s e t ) a , l saocacid p t a h n e i e lo d y fejt y the colonistst lr e s ffe c s t n o i on 2 es evidence I newspaper, or we would cut it in wood fo r the g ra- has been lately given of this feeling in one colony before tification of our readers. We cannot, however, but a committee now sitting, and much more might have admire the Mercury's notion that delinquency is been obtained as to others ; believe me, it is not confined covered,—that crime is less crime,—when it is corn- to the island question ; a deep sense of injustice and mated in company. Sir Thomas didn't rob an oppression prevails, anda l r ooking out for more conside orchard by himself. He only went with the other ration elsewhere. Are What the they not to foster, protect, and govern big lads to commit the robbery ! the colonies on just and British principles ? And what Our contemporary says that although " great is the Pict ? When an application is made there, a grie dissatisfaction was created by the vote (of Sir Thos. vance stated, a remedy proposed—in lieu of a kind con- Birch) neither the press nor the National Confede- sideration and even apparent s-;mpathy and wish to afford ration adopted such a tone of remonstrance in this f i e e lt o f , f aadl all statementsfensive attitu i d s e implied,isass ti e d: objections athorough sought for, as in the other," (the case of Mr. Cardwell.) , and the applicant is repulsedwith a conviction s ° t u h g a thei s' When he says the press, he means, of course, the a sacrifice to cant and crochet, and the crude theories of Whig-Radical press; and we are quite old enough an obstinate man, who is said to be viceroy over you all." to know that a very light excuse will serve that His lordship may depend upon it that the above press as a ground for refraining from censure of is not an idle warning—the language of one who the conduct of a Whig Member in propping up, at has not weighed his words. Similar indications the expense of the interests of the community, or of the feeling described are weekly reaching us ; at any expense, a Whig Ministry. But with respect and we do not hesitate to declare our conviction to the National Confederation, we cannot conceive that the time is coming, unless steps be taken to them to he a political body ; and to them the im- mete out justice to them, when it will not require a putation of party prediliction ought not to apply. direct blow from either his hands, or any other They abstained from visiting his just punishment statesman's, to strike asunder the connexion of our upon the head of Sir Thos. Birch, because of "the colonies with the mother country. Our colonists very extensive delinquency of some of the best men themselves will have saved his lordship both the of the House of Commons !" Such, at least, is the trouble and the odium of having been the direct plea put forth in their behalf by the Mercury. But author of that country's dishonour and degrade there was an " extensive delinquency" when Mr. tion in the scale of nations. Cardwell voted against Mr. Horsman's motion. And after all, what had the extent of the delin quency to do with the matter. Liverpool has two members only. One—Mr. Cardwell—voted in opposition to his constituents unon this question, and was denounced ; and when the other had simi larly offended, why should his offence be passed - The Confederation have only to act at home, ' their own delinquent members; and leave the rest of the constituencies to:deal with theirs. And now with respect to the passage marked in talics in our first quotation, viz., that "by the pre vious rejection of Mr. Horsman's motion it had been decided not to redress that wrong"—the une are of the income tax—" at once." We deny thatthe rejection of Mr. Horsman's motion any such thing was decided; fora has notyetbeen proved that the plan of Mr. Horsman would have redressed the wrong inflicted upon the community by the income tax. It was the rejection only of a specific measure, regarded, by many, who are firmly opposed to the present tax, as crudely drawn up and unlikely +o be efficacious in its object. But on what ground Thos. Birch's vote against the proposition to refer tne subject to a select committee, with in structions to "redress the wrong at once" by the production of a well-considered and just plan of imposing the tax, he justified? Such a committee , composed of practical men from both sides of the House, need not be a fortnight in drawing up such a plan. They might even, if there be so much ab solute wisdom in Mr. Horsman's proposition, make it the basis of their labours. At all events it is clear that the principle involved in the motion for which the Hon. Baronet voted was virtually the same as in that of yesterday week against which he voted, viz., that it was inexpedient to concede a three-years Income Tax without the inequalities of --esure being first removed. TO CORRESPONDENTS. M. D." We join you heartily in your hope that the founda tion stone of the new church for Bebington district will soon be laic) _ _ _ The spini .nd the I Lies of the neighbourhood are ‘ , er labours indefatigably ; but a church. It has been well :qr. rov OUR TRADE WITH THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE FOR 1848 We have remarked in an article in our leader columns upon the prospect of an increased trade with the European Markets, which was developing itself in the commence ment of the present year, until checked by the spread of Republican movements on the Continent. Since those remarks were written we have received the circular of Messrs. Dufay and Co., of Manchester, dated the Ist April, by which it will be seen our views are fully borne out. These gentlemen say : " It gives us great pleasure to be able to lay before our friends, at this early period, a table of the exports o f textile fabrics ' for the first quarter of the present year, ending 16th ultimo, compared with the corresponding period of 1847. At this particular time, when one of the most valuable branches of our export trade, namely, that to the continent of Europe, (which is equal in value to one-half of our total exports to all parts of the world,) lies prostrate, it may afford but a poor con solation to those interested in it to state that, prior to the French revolution, (five weeks ago,) our commercial prospects, as regards that branch of our trade, were highly satisfactory, and that the expectations which were pretty generally enter tained at the beginning of the year, respecting a revival of our commercial intercourse with the continent of Europe, were fully borne out by the facts which we are now in a position to submit to our friends. .. One atatemeut of Lb. enpuirta of eattcrn yarns Mni manu factured goods, during the first quarter of the present year, shows the following result : Au increase of 6,093,661 lb. in cotton yarn, of which about N millions went to Hambnrghl Rabe 1/ millions went to Holland Conti -1 million went to Belgium And 1,470,351 yds. in plain cotton I Chiefly to 1 : cat. And 1.366,856 yds.in dyed & pt(l.do. I H'burgh.) 1 An increase of 2,338, 240 lb. in cotto n yarn To Turkey, lonian And 6,135,732 yds. in plain cottons Islands, Greece, And 6,135,732 yds.in ptd.&dyed do. and Malta. This increase, in every article, shows the increasing importance 1 press can Sir of our trade to the Levant A decrease of 10,141,935 yds.in plain cottons l To Brazils & other And 6,761,920) - dg. in dyed&ptd. do. I parts ofS.America. To China, Manilla, A decrease of 17,473,381 yds.in pin.calicoes I and Sincapore. Messrs. Dufay and Co. have the same anticipations which we have expressed with respect to the probability that a result favorable to the industry of this country may be anticipated to arise fiom the changes which are taking place in Germany, and the reduced duties which will pro bably be imposed upon manufactures from this country. its pre.. We shall not follow the Mercury through the remainder of this poor apology for his friend, and for his own want of independent spirit in hushing up all direct mention of his delinquency. It is stuff to tell us that " the feeling of the country was di rected against the House generally," and that "indi viduality was - ''-ely lost." Individuality " SINGULAR TRANSFORMATION." — Under this heading a contemporary informs us that " the old cockpit at Ain tree is about to be transformed into a place of worship in connexion with the Established Church." The transfor mation is not only singular but gratifying in the extreme. We have seen many transformations of an opposite kind, in which places of worship—our own St. Nicholas's Church, for instance—have been transformed into cock pits by liberal and dissenting brawlers at Easter Vestries. 'WHO IS BE ?—The Mercury of Tuesday states that at Runcorn, " on Friday evening, the 24th instant, Mr. Smitb, of Liverpool, delivered a lecture in St. John's School-room, on ' the Bottle,' as illustrated by Cruik shank." Who, in the name of all that is mysterious, is Mr. Smith ? Louis Philipp ort e, we know, in selecting a travelling name for his passp, thought that John Smith would be a puzzler sufficient to drive his pursuers from their scent. But Smi th ! Smith, without a Christian name to distinguish him from the countless family of Smiths ! We cannot conceive a more vague index to the identity of any human being. The family of the Smiths, however, are benefitted by the modesty of this Mr. Smith. Any Smith can appropriate anything that may happen to have been good in his blank relations lecture, and deny anything of a contrary description, without fear of detectior.. We trust that the lecture was not a failure, for the sake of the average reputation for cleverness of the comparati was only lost in quiirters where it was more conve nient to inveigh against the House generally than against a Whig-Radical representative. recent manly declaration of Lord J. Russell, influence of our Colonies in eatness of this empire, will be in respect_ to th promoting the _ecollection of most of our readers. " I for my art," said his lordship, "have always considered our Colonies as a part of the strength of this em- I may be mistaken in that view ; but if they are part of the strength of this empire, then I say I am not the person who would be willing, by reason of any notions of economy and retrench ment, to reduce any part of that strength. If it be the choice of England to descend lower in the scale 1- o say that she has been too long among nations, ishes no lunga to influence powerful, that she Asked, C oe:2n the state of this country at this moment if there had been no Bible Society, no Tract no Pastoral-Aid Society, no City MissiOn , no Scrip ture-Readers' Society, no Ragged Schools, and no Ten Hours' factory Bill ?" Undoubtedly one of extreme peril. The working classes constitute, of necessity, so large a proportion , vsical population, that, had they been left in neglect, the opportunity afforded at the pre ' agitators-would have been a fearful Society ignoraiice, and it sent moment to designing ebt Kibtrpool IP tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1848 OCR contemporary, the Mercury, has at length found courage to respond to the questions which we put to him with respect to the absolute silence with which the delinquency of Sir Thos. Birch, the Whig-Radical Member for Liverpool, in voting for a three-years Income Tax, was met by his party, whilst a similar offence committed by the Conser- vative, Mr. Cardwell, was held as sufficient to jus tify a demand of instant resignation. A brief no tice will suffice of the very lame explanation offered. After stating the offence committed by Mr. Card well. in' dividing against Mr. Horsman's motion, adopted towards him by our local tional Confederation, the TIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MEETING OF PORTERS LAST NIGHT, Y es t er day evening, a meeting of the porters and others of Liverpool was held at the Music-hall, Bold-street, to agree upon a petition to bring their grievances before parliament. The meeting was called for half-past seven o'clock, a t which time the hall was filled by a most orderly and respectable assembly—as different from the rabble who took advantage of a recent occasion to crowd the Exchange area in the character of porters as can be conceived. We have seen many assemblages of the working classes in that room, and we cannot call to mind an occasion on which we observed one of a character more worthy in appearance, as a mass, to have their complaints and statements respectfully listened to by their superiors in worldly station. At the opening of the meeting it was proposed that Mr. Richard Woolley take the chair, who very ably addressed the meeting. directing their attend= to the grievances under which they laboured. It was well known that for years the work of loading, weighing, and discharging vessels was wholly conducted by the servants of the merchant, in whom he placed implicit confidence ; but the Dock Committee, for some unaccountable cause, took the power from the merchant, and invested it in the hands of -a master porter, and the only advantage gained was a decrease in the value of labour. But to the mer chant there was a corresponding loss from breakage and carelessness—for excellence was now sacrificed to expedi tion. If there was any . additional speed now obtained, it was owing to there being less delay in landing'-waiters, and more punctuality in entering goods. The object of the Dock Committee was not to advance trade, but to carry out a few crotchetty ideas of their own. Mr. Woolley, in the course of his speech. went very into the anatomy of the question at issue between the advo cates of the old and the new systems, and c oncludettby calling upon the next speakerto move the first resolutiOn. Mr. JAMES RAY, then alluding to the hardships they (the porters) had endured throughout the winter, from' a system most tyrannical—that of Master Porterage—moved . the following Resolutionc:— , Resolved—" That the present system of weighing and load ing of goods from the Quay; by placfog the entire Cargo of 'Vessel under under the roanagemenrof one Master Porter, after hav ing had a fair trial, is found tb be most objectionable and a ,great grievance, as it has deprived porters of their former employers, and placed them under the'ourveillance of a class of middlemen, who neither study' the interests of merchants or workmen, Inning but one desire—to get amount of work done, no matter how great the destru ction of property, life, or limb ensuing upon such a mode of porterage." Mr. Tames M'William seconded the- resolution. We hail prepared a report of ;the speeches made by the movers and seconders of the following and other resolu dons, but have been compelled to withdraw it. Resolved-" That the only advantage time the grea test advo cate of Master Porterage is able to advance in favour of the system is the speed with which vm,els-are discharged; and we pledge ourselves to prove from numerous and indisputable facts that this advantage is far more than counterbalanced by the destruction of property through breakage and waste, and, ahoy e all, frauds of the m ost b are-faced c haracter, which are nowdaily occurring in the operation of this unhappy system as it exists:" . Resolved—" That the dispatch with which the discharging and loading cargoes can now he effected, is not at all attributa ble to the Blaster Porter System, but to-the change in Customs' regulations, arising from the new Tariff, the f ar me dela , n which have been unjustly ascribed to the o ld system, being i reality attributable to the conduct of Custotu House officers." Resolved—" That this meeting hereby pledge themselves to persevere in the agitation of this question until the local authorities aid them in the total and absolute Repeal of the system altogether." The fifth Resolution was for the appointment of a Committee to draw up a Petition to ,Parliament. A VALUABLE HINT TO THE WORKING CLASSES At a period when our distressed labouring classes are exposed to the seductions of demagogues and spouters of sedition, anxious to lead them into disorder and outrage as the remedies for want of employment, every exhortation addressed to those classes, calling upon them to , weigh the characters of the men who would first mislead and after wards betray them, is valuable. The following descrip tion by the London Times, of the sort of people who con stitute the executive department of agitation amongst our working classes, is worthy of being studied : " There exist everywhere amongst us men who have quar relled irreconcileably with their friends or their employers— men who have only half learnt their trada •or 1 rofession — men of desultory and useless abilities, with their heads full of schemes.applicable to every other state but their own. Such men are generally beaten in the race of life by steady and in dustrious worth. They are usually at the tail, while plodders are at the head of their society. Therefore, their only chance is a row. When labour is disorganized, when large populations are committed to ruinous strikes, the same folly that causes myriads to starve raises such persons as- we have been descri bing into wealthy and comfortable men. They are just the sort of people to be the presidents and vice presidents of union lodges, of course with the management of the funds, and with no end of meetings and deputations. As long as there are many such men, there is always the material for-sedition ; and there fore it is necessary in times like these for the working classes to be put on their guard." The intelligent portion of the working classes will rea dily recognise Cie above description,. as applicable to se veral of the gentry who are in the habit of declaiming against aristocracies and the unequaldivision of property —fellows who have through life had. an overpowering in disposition to work at any honest calling, and an equally overpowering inclination W:iv.• ••,-,^ 4- I, ..Parnings of their ADJOURNE BM EII G COMPANY OF THE LIVERPOOL KIN. [As our reporter was not allowed to be, present at the meet ing yesterday, we are indebted to a gentleman ther e for the following outline of what took place.] The adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Liverpool Banking Company was held yesterday, at which Mr. Ward and Mr. Coward, the two auditors appointed at the recent meeting to investigate the accounts, presented their report. That do cument was extremely short, and will be found in our adver tising columns Thereupon a long and stormy discussion ensued, and eventually a motion was submitted by the Rev. F. Parry, to the cffect that the present directors (seven) continue in office, and that it is inexpedient to increase their number. This was met by an amendment, which wa s moved by Mr. Ward, and seconded by Mr. Coward, " that the present direc tors be requested to resign." Mr. Ward entered into a long detail of alleged mismanagement by the bank, and amongst other things lie stated that shares to a considerable extent were held by parties who had never paid a farthing up to the bank's stoppage—that the great bulk of the capital of the bank had been let to parties on securities which were at present unavail able—that discount had been effected with parties whose com mercial standing did not justify such advances being made, and that the stoppage of the bank had been occasioned by discounts being granted to parties wha were not regular customers, and who, in some instances, had been introduced through channels which ought reasonably to have excited suspicion. At length the motion of Mr. Parry was carried, the directors voting with the majority, and the meetinr , terminated. In the course of the proceedings the t auditors offered their shares at £8 discount. We are informed that the auditors are about to pub lish a statement in elucidation of their report. This statement will be looked to with considerable anxiety by the public as well as the shareholders. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.—Y ESTE It DAY. Notwithstanding that our market was but moderately sup. plied with English Wheat this morning, by land-carriage sam ples from the near counties, such was the indisposition to pur chase evinced by millers, that a reduction of fully Is. to 2s, per qr. had to be submitted to before any progress could be made with sales. A very limited amount of business was transacted in foreign at a like decline. Barley was not quite so free a sale as last week, but can scarcely be quoted cheaper. The arrivals of Oats have been very considerable during the week, and their value has again declined Gd. to is. per quarter. Beans and Peas were in but little request, and their value was nominally the same as last week. iiIIIIMMOMMIZIPINMESSMONISMIO THUNDERSTORM. —On Sunday afternoon, this town was visited:by such a thunderstorm as we have not expe rienced for many years. The flashes of lightning suc ceeded each other with fearful rapidity, and with a vividness majestic but truly awful, and the peals of thunder broke immediately over the town like responding crashes of artillery. After the cessation of the thunder and light ning, the rain came down in torrents, and so continued for about half an hour, when a thick rain set in, which in about an hour subsided, but throughout the night there were occasional showers. The American ship Hindostan, loading for New Orleans, lying at the south-east corner ur the Viokosia IDools, was struck during the storm ou hev top-gallantmast, and numerous small pieces were splin tered off, and the mast otherwise much injured. St. Matthew's Church School was-also struck, but no mate rial damage was done. A NOVEL SORT OF DEPUTATION.—We have had some very queer sort of folks announced as having waited upon the Provisional Government of France at the Hotel de Ville ; and have sometimes wondered at the remarkable versatility of the Minister, who could enter into and satisfy their varied acquirements. The deputations of tailors, cobblers, and sempstresses, must have taxed severely the acquaintance of Mons. Lamartine with their several trades ; but we read of a deputation which waited upon him on Sunday last, which must have puzzled him. The deputation, we are told by the Paris correspondent of the London Times, consisted of " the wet nurses of Paris and the faubourps I" What on earth could the wet nurses have to demand of Mons. Lamartine and his colleagues ? We should imagine that the young French Republic itself was beyond requiring their services ; and it is not easy to see how he could limit their hours of la bour, or guarantee them constant employment, as has been done with respect to other deputations. Perhaps the ladies called to protest against the Provision Govern ment monopolising the wetnursing of the various young republics which every day brings forth in Europe. MEETING OF THE UNEMPLOYED. —OH Saturday a re port was current in Manchester that two Chartist meetings would be held that day, and considerable apprehension was entertained. The magistrates swore in several thou sand special constables, but no breach of the peace was committed. Early on Saturday a meeting of unemployed operatives was held in Stephenson-square, to consider the best means of getting food for those who were not in receipt of parish relief and were in a starving condition. It was suggested that they should go round the town with a hand-cart and ask alms from the inhabitants personally, but, in order to prevent a collision with the police, it was determined that a deputation should wait on the authori , ties to ask permission to do so. The mayor and magis trates informed the deputation that they could not suffer ' the hand-cart to go round, because it would be in reality demanding food by intimidation ; those however who were in want of food had a right i o relief, and f the ordinary mode of granting it would not meet the case, the authorities were prepared, if a list of persons really in want were brought to them, to cause immediate enquiry to be made into their cases, and relief to be afforded when required. % This satisfied the deputation, and during the day the list received a number of signatures. CROWN COURT.-YESTERDAY. His Lordship took his seat shortly at' er nine o'cloc"' and proceeded to pass sentence upon several prisoner s. Daniel O'Brien, aged 27, and Michael Connelly, 26, who had been found guilty of assaulting Nicholas German , at Prestwich, and robbing him of a watch, a crown piece, and other money, were first brought up. O'Brien mad e a strong protestation of his innocence, appealing to his Maker, were it his dying day. His LORDSHIP gently re buked the prisoner for calling on the Almighty to judge him everlastingly. On the last day his innocence, if he were innocent, would be made manifest, and it would be well for him to suffer quietly. The prisoners had both been found guilty of a violent assault. with pistols, in the middle of the day, and the sentence of the court was that they he each transported for fifteen years. Charles Henry Coupe, 27, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of forging an order for goods, and who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to be transported for seven years. William Edward Davies„ aged 37, who had pleaded guilty to forging a bill of exchange with intent to defraud Messrs. Percival and Yates, of Manchester, and who had received strong recommendations, from one of his em ployers and other parties of respectability, of good pre vious character, was sentenced to be imprisoned for six months and kept to hard labour. Longbottom, 35, who• had pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged the indorsement to a bill of ex change, at Rochdale, and also with having uttered a bill of exchange for £29, with intent to' defraud another party, was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen months with hard labour. Richard Ackson, 44, found guilty of a violent and almost murderous assault on a woman at Newton, on the 12th February;•was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen months. Henry Meadws, 27, for stabbing a man, and nearly killing him, (as reported in our last week's paper,) was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to? hard labour for one year. His lordship said he deeply regretted that the crime of stabbing had become rife in this country, and he was determined as hr as he could to suppress it. --. THE MANCHESTER BOILER EXPLOSION' OASE. Thomas Riley, a respectable-looking man, was then put up. He had pleaded guilty of having, through careless conduct with regard tua steam boiler, at Manchester, by rdlich, as already recorded, no fewer than thirteen unfor tunate men had lost their lives through the explosion of the said boiler. His lordship remarked, that the prisoner had by carelessness and negligence been the unhappy cause of sacrificing life tu a large amount. He had been equttlly careless of the lives of his own children and wife, permitting the former, who lived close by, to play , about the premises while the boiler was in a dangerous - state. The sentence of the court - was, that the prisoner boom matted to gaol for three months. Mamas Barrett, 50, and: William Mawson, who had each pleaded guilty to the respective charge of bigamy, were sentenced, the former to nine months, and the latter to three months' imprisonment. John- IV Kee, who pleaded guilty to a charge of bur glary, at Manchester, was sentenced to be imprisoned and put to hard labour for four months. Thomas Ostick, 13, who had been out on bail, and pleaded guilty to forging a receipt at Manchester, with intent to defraud, was sentenced to six montsh' nnprison- ment and' hard labour. TVillianz Thomas, charged with having stabbed, at Li:- verpool, Thomas Halliman, was proceeded against ' • but the prosecutor's testimony and manner raised a doubt of his veracity, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty: THE WIGAN C3AL CASE- Henry Bleasdale and Enoch Grimshaw, respectable looking men, were arraigned for having feloniously ab stracted a large quantity of coal from under the town of Wigan, and feloniously appropriating the same, the coal , being the property of other parties. The prisoner Bleas dale pleaded not guilty, and the other pleaded guilty. Mr. POLLOCK, with whom for the prosecution was Mr. WHEELER., explained the case, stating at the outset that he and his friend did not purpose to bring any evidence against the parties, in asmuch as the principal offender v,lts John Bleasdale, brother of one of the prisoners, who had absconded. The case was one of great importance as regarded the coal districts. The charge was one of stealing a large quantity of cannel and other coal. The parties who were guilty had, from his own mine, penetrated the coal fields of others, and the quantity taken ex ceeded, since 1844, the value of a:10,000. They had, in fact, undermined the town of Wigan. John Bleasdale, it was ad mitted, had aright to penetrate to the eastward, under the churchyard, only 13 yards, but they had gone eastward exca vating the coal to a distance of 160 yards beyond the boundary, and had abstracted coal in mines belonging to forty other pro prietors. The prisoner, Enoch Grimshaw, was employed as an underlooker by John Bleasdale, and it was his duty to , measure the workings from time to time. It did not appear, however, that he did other than aot - under the instructions of John Bleasdale, and therefore no• evidence would be offered against him. In 1844, Mr. Gunning, the rector, and the churchwardens suspected that coalAad been wrongfully taken, and they sent down to ascertain the fact, by dialing, when they found that in place of going only 13-yards, they had gone 160 yards into the property of others. They had great difficulty in ascertaining this. It did not' appear that Henry Bleas dale participated in the profits. The JUDGE suggested that he should be bound over to give evidence against the main offender John Bleasdale, if he could be caught. This was concurred in by counsel, and the result was that the pri soner Henry Bleasdale was acquitted, and he was bound over in his own recognizances in .'5OO, to appear as a witness if hereafter called upon, and was discharged ; and the other pri soner, against whom there was no direct evidence, was also discharged, on the provision that he should be liable to be brought up for judgment—the object being to secure him as a witness should the main aggresoor be apprehended. There ITUB2:l7;o4rnicoals,t& property "Of ; fgrltsecittrqll 7 . nine, and others, also the property of Benjamin Powell, and the Earl of Balcarres, &c. At the request of Mr. Wilkins, the learned Judge agreed to issue bench warrants for the apprehen sion of John Bleasdale. The prisoners were then discharged. The Judge remarked that he had long wondered why the legis lature had not passed a law to enable parties owning coal fields contiguous to other workings, bago down and examine whether there was any inroad made upon their property. As it was, parties suspecting such aggression might not be enabled to ascertain the fact without going to the expense and inconve nience of sinking a new shaft on their own ground. Michael Kelly, 19, William Kelly, 18, John Quin, 22, and Michael M‘Laughlan : charged with having, at Liverpool, in December last, feloniously stabbed Bartholomew Monaghan. The evidence was confused and uninteresting. The jury re turned a verdict of assault only against all the prisoners. Evi dence to good character was given on behalf of M'Laughlan. The sentence was that the two Kellys should be imprisoned for six months, they having used the knife ; and the o her two, who were comparatively minor offenders, for six weeks. Quin was afterwards recalled, and his sentence was mitigated to one month UTTERING- A FORGED ORDER. William. Shaw, 40, was charged with having uttered,at Liver pool, on the Ist January, a forged order for the payment of _£s, with intent to defraud Mr. Thos. Phillips, baker, Copperas-hill and St. John's Market. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to-be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. Samuel Fames, 21, was charged with hav in g , on- Christmas Day last, feloniously cut and wounded James Blak I,t a p copensta ble, with intent to do him grievous harm. appeared that the prosecutor and other officers had gone to an unoccu pied house in Eldon-street, to disperse a number of persons, two of whom had been fighting, when the former was struck by the prisoner with a brick, which knocked him down, and pri soner afterwards kicked him. He was seriously injured. There was a wound cut to the bone at the back of the head, and a slight fracture of the skull. The assault was proved. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a character for quietness, industry, and kindness to his mother, whom he had long supported. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the assault only, recom mending. the prisoner to mercy. After a ver y strong admoni tion the Judge sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. The:. Speakman, 20, was found guilty of having, at Liverpool, on the 6th of March, broken into the dwelling.house of William Redfern, and stolen therefrom a quantity of articles of wear ing apparel, &c. Ile bad been ten times in gaol before, and was now sentenced to be transported for ten years. William Green, 27, was charged with havin g , in Richmond street, Liverpool, on the night of the 9th of March, cut and stabbed Henry Clansey, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prosecutor did not appear, but the surgeon of the Northern Hospital described the wound as extending from the eyebrow to the chin. The prisoner was found guilty, and was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for one year. Henry Bonas, 19, Robert Guy, 19, and William Thompson, 26, were charged with having, on the 19th March, broken into the house of Hannah Capper, in Summer Seat, Liverpool, and stealing therefrom groceries, clothes, copper money, &c., her property. The prisoners had forced their way into the house by the cellar, which had been fastened by a chain and a rope. The two first-named prisoners were found guilty. Bonas was before committed eight times, and was sentenced to be trans ported for seven years. Guy was committed to prison for one year. Thompson was acquitted. John Burgess, 18, was found guilty of having, on the 20th March, entered the house of Mr. Robert Syers, in Hotham street, and stolen therefrom certain articles. He was sentenced to seven years' transportation, having been before convicted of felony. CHARGE OF CHILD-MURDER. Elizabeth Grier, 32, charged with killing and murdering her new-born illegitimate child, at Liverpool, on the 24th February last, by strangling it with a cord, pleaded not guilty. She had acknowledged the birth of the child, and his LORI:SH said, a. tlicir vrao Co concealment of the delivery, the pri naL 5 : either be found guilty of the murder or acquitted.—To Inspec tor Anders, who apprehended her, she said the chid was dead, and had been taken away by a Mrs. Ashton, and buried in St. John's Churchyard. It was, however, a fterwards found among the bedclothes, still warm but quite dead.—Ann Hughes, the prisoner's mother, said the prisoner had lived with her for six months. The prisoner was a widow, and had had a child by her husband some years ago, and that was stillborn. —The charge rested almost solely on the evidence of Dr. Imlack, who said prisoner had attended him for prolapsis of the womb ; on the 23d February he found she was pregnant ; and on the next day he found she had been delivered. He made a post-mortem examination, and found a mark round the child's neck, which he at first thought was a wrinkle arising from position, but afterwards thnight it was caused by a cord like a window-cord, It appearing, however, that this was merely an opinion, and that there was no proof whatever that the child was born alive, his LORDS Htp stopped the case. If, he remarked, the prisoner committed murder, she called several parties round her to see her do it, which was by no means likely. Under his lordship's direction, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was immediately discharged. POACHINO. Richard Brown ' 34, and Thoma s Hewett, 38, were charged with having, withdivers others, on the niht of the 19th Jan., entered certain land in the occupation of William Blundell, Esq., at Crosby Hall, armed with guns, for the purpose of taking game. It appeared that on the night in question, or rather at four o'clock in the morning Mr. gameke plantationsgun alone near the hall, and on going up found the two prisoners and two others. A challenge and a fight ensued. The prisoners were found guilty of poaching in the night, and his Lordship deferred the sentence until this day—which will be the last for the criminal trials at these assizes, as but thr into. The court rose at half-pastee cases remain to be gone six. NISI PRIUS COURT —YESTERDAY. (Before Baron ROLFE.) BREACH OF CONTRACT. BLACKBURN AND OTHERS V. SMITH.—MT. ATHERTON opened the pleadings. The declaration contained two counts, the first of which set forth that the defendant had agreed to sell certain land, situate in the borough of Li verpool, to the plaintiff, at the same time entering into a special agreement that he would furnish the plaintiff with a full and sufficient abstract to the land, which he had neglected to do. There was a count also for money had and received. The defendant pleaded that he did not promise to furnish a complete abstract, and also that he furnished as good an abstract as it was possible to get. Mr. BAINES, Q. C., stated the case, from which it appeared that the plaintiffs purchased this land from Mr. Smith, who is a solicitor in this town, for the purpose of buMing a sclio)1 on it, This rlrellan made on the 20th of December, 1844. This contract contained stipu lations to the effect that £l5O should be paid down on the signing of the agreement, the rest of the purchase money on the 2nd of December, 1846—in consideration whereof Mr. Smith agreed to furnish a full and perfect abstract of title to the land. It was alleged by the plaintiffs that the defendant never had done so. He was, therefore, guilty of non-performance of his part of the agreement. In consequence of this, the plaintiffs claimed to have the de posit of the purchase money refunded, together with the interest due thereon. It was true that the plaintiffs had received various abstracts of title, but none of them were perfect. Evidence having been Oren in proof of these facts, Mr. MARTIN, (with whom appeared Mr. Crompton,) for the defendant, contended that they did furnish a full and sufficient abstract of the title down to a purchase by the defendant from a person named Forshaw, who was alive at the time this sale was made. This was a tenancy in fee, held by Smith from Forshaw. Another clause of the contract was, that all objections to this title should be made within one month from the date of the agreement, else theoon-making of an objection within that time was to be received as an acceptance thereof. This objection not having been made within the specified time, he con tended there was no case for the plaintiff. With regard to the covenant to recover the money had and received, he said that his client had done everything in his power to complete the title and to fulfil the• agreement, and therefore no claim could be made against him on that count of the declaration. It was proved for the defence, that another piece of land had been got, which was more convenient for this school than that which had been got from the defendant, and in consequence of this the plaintiffs had endeavoured to sell this land. His Eonnsure then summed up, after which the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, with liberty to the plaintiff to move for such a sum as the Court might direct. PARLIAMENTARY EXPENDITURE. Bremner v. Charelerlain. —Mr. Attorney General Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Sands for the defendant. Mr. CROMPTON opened the pleadings, which contained a declaration for work and labour done, for professional attendance, for money paid and due on the account as stated. The defendant pleaded not liable. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the facts of the case, which were as fellows :—The - plaintiff is a solicitor in this town, and the defendant lives or did live in the township of Tranmere, where be owns a property. The object of the present action was to recover a bill of costs for his client. It appeared that in August, 1845, a number of gentlemen connected with the township' of Tranmere thought it would increase the value of their property if they obtained an Act of Parliament for the better lighting, draining, and doing various other things for the improvement of the township. A public meeting was held, in consequence, by the churchwardens. He did not know whether any resolutions relative to the matter were come to on that occasion, but a committee was appointed to decide whether or not the bill should be applied for. The committee agreed to apply for this bill, as did also the inhabitants of the township. Mr. Chamberlain, the defendant, was chairman of this committee, and 'in their deliberations the committee deemed it prudent to resolve that they should not have a solicitor who was in any way connected with either the townships of Tranmere or Birkenhead;—conse quently Mr. Bremner was appointed, and he received in structions to prepare the necessary notices, and to take such other steps as were necessary to insure the success of the bill through Parliament. This instruction was given by the chairman of the committee, Mr. Chamberlain. In consequence of this instruction Mr, Bremner incurred considerable expenses in London and elsewhere. Matters were proceeding in this way up to the first or second month of 1846, when the committee came to the resolution that the bill should not be proceeded with that session ; but in the subsequent session the plaintiff was ordered to serve fresh notices, which he did, but no • more was done in the matter. Then came the day of payinent,—a day which they all dreaded, and when pressed for payment all the gentlemen connected with that committee denied their liability to pay the expenses incurred. It was now sought to recover the expenses of Mt. Bremner from the defend ant, who, besides beiki g very much interested in the scheme, was more benefitted in his property than any other gen tleman in Tranmere by these 'improvements. He could not say what line of defence his learned friends would pur sue, but he should, perhaps, inform the Court that since this action was commenced, various members of this com mittee had paid some small sums, to the amount of £l3O, and credit for which would be given in the accounts. ' Several witnesses were then called to prove these facts ; .1 after which 1 Mr. MARTIN contended that the_defendant had not been appointed to the committee until subsequent to Mr. Bremner's appointment, and therefore, according to the . . law laid down in the case of Provisional Committee-men, he was not liable. He also contended that Mr. Bremner had engaged, if the bill was not obtained in Parliament, he would not charge more than the money out of pocket, except with regard to his professional services in London. His LORDSHIP being of opinion that this view of the case was correct, the case was left for arbitration, a ver dict for the plaintiff being taken with costs. WATER-WORKS. CASE—COMPENSATION. GAGE V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LIVER POOL.—Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Michael Alexander Gage, of Liver roolare Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton for the de- The action was brought to recover the sum of £157 lOs., being a balance due for-work done by the plaintiff for the Corporation of Liverpool. Mr. Gage, who is an engineer and surveyor, in 1846 sent into the Corporation a memo rial stating that, in his opinion, it was practicable to sup ply Liverpool with water by means of Artesian wells sunk in the neighbourhood, and that his plan would be much less costly than the proposed one—that of bringing water from the Lancashire- hills, at the Rivington Pike. He was instructed by the Town-clerk to make the necessary surveys and inquiries, and to report thereon to the Water Committee of the Council with all possible speed. Mr. Gage at once commenced the work, in conjunction with his son, and was engaged in it from the 30th of Septem ber to the 30th of November, 1846, working from sixteen to eighteen hours per day. He drew up a long report, and prepared a plan and section, all of which he sent to the Water Committee of the Corporation. The sum which he charged for this work was £5 ss. per day, including every thing. The bill was sent in at Christmas, and no objec tion was made to it. In February, 1847, £5O was paid on account, and in the following October, £55 more was paid, and then, for the first time, a complaint was made of overcharge. Evidence being called on, His LORDSHIP said that there was no proof of employment by the Corporation. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS said it was an employment by the Town-clerk. The Corporation might undoubtedly, if it chose, avail itself of the legal objection, but he under stood that it would not do so. The committee was, in fact, a body appointed by the Council for certain pur poses, and after the acts of the committee had been con firmed by the Council, the latter body considered itself bound by the acts of the former. Mr. MARTIN said that the Council was willing to pay every honourable demand which could be made upon it, but the present demand was considered to be unjust. After some conversation between the respective counsel the case, by mutual consent, was referred to arbitration. THE :NORTH AND SOUTH WALES BANK. BROWNRIGG AND OTHERS V. REA.—The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Brownrigg, Miller, and Brown, the former being also one of the late commissioners of Birkenhead. The defendant, Mr. Rea, was the manager of the North and South Wales Bank, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £2,898, alleged to be due arising out of transactions with the bank. On the first witness being called he failed to answer to his name, and his evidence being material to the case, the plaintiffs were nonsuited. BETTING ng—ge gentleman he ltehmi this tno plaintiff, wrensdainn J dg o t s ah e te p ß h r Du defendant,sagnr osovne wasD BenjaminA a N s a o r x ecbo u rlo . l ce C tetr o , L rwe L as E is r r d . in Worcestershire—both parties being what in sporting parlance are called " gentlemen of the turf." From the facts of the case it appeared that the plaintiff lost the sum of £75 by betting with the defendant, and in payment thereof he sent the plaintiff a bill for £3OO, in order that he might get it discounted, requesting him to deduct his £75, and remit him the balance. This balance, however, he failed to return, whereupon the plaintiff wrote to the defendant on the subject. Subsequently the defendant returned £l3O of the money, but though frequently ap plied to, he did not return the balance, for the recovery of which this action was brought. , A verdict was taken ny consent rUr dila costs. EJECTMENT DOE DEM. DIXON AND OTHERS V. SEDGWICK.—MT. Crompton appeared for the lessor of the plaintiffs, and Mr. Atherton for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiffs sought to recover possession of certain premises, formerly a dwelling-house, but now a warehouse in this town. The defendant was the owner of the pro perty in question, and being indebted to the Borough Bank, he mortgaged the property, making a conveyance giving them a legal estate in it, and giving them power to sell. In the year 1845 they sold the property to Mr. John Getty, a gentleman who was now trying to get possession, he having paid for it £l7OO. The plaintiff's case having been closed, Mr. Atherton said there was no defence. Verdict for the plaintiff—ls. costs. SALE OF TOBACCO Svuns Y. JONAS AND OTHERS.—Mr. Martin and Mr. Tomlinson were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Hogging for the defendants. The plaintiff is a mer chant in Liverpool, and the defendants are tobacco ma nufacturers in London. The action was brought to re cover £222, as the price of 51 bales of tobacco sold by the plaintiffs to the defendants in September, 1846. This case was tried at the last summer assizes, before Mr. Jus tice Wightman. and came down now on a new trial. At the close of the:plaintiff's case the court adjourned to nine o'clock this morning. SUDDEN DEATHS OF INFANTS.—WiIIiam Halliday, a Child four months old, living in Limekiln-lane, and who slept with its father and mother, was found dead in bed. It died of con gestion of the lungs.—On Sunday morning Mary Richardson, five months old, living in Crown-street, was also found dead in bed, it having been unfortunately overlain during the night. ROBBERY OF MONEY FROM THE PERSON.—A. Welshman, of respectable exterior, appeared as prosecutor, yesterday, against two upon whom a pocket-book, lost by him in a house of ill fame, and containing, when he lost it, eleven five pound notes, had been found. From the complainant's story, it appeared that he had been taking some wine with a friend, whom he left at about five in the morning, after which he went to the house in question, and lay down for an hour by himself, and was awaked by a pitcher of water being thrown over his face. He got up and left the house, and soon missed his pocket book. He did not return for it, but wandered into a public house near. The book was subsequently found in the posses sion of the prisoners, who were lodgers at the house, but it did not appear that they had been in company with the prose cutor. Only one of the notes was found in it. The defence was that they had found it, in cleaning one of the rooms, under the mattress, and that only four of the notes were then Sftle. The prisoners were thta committed foe trial. LATEST PROM Thirteen of the rioters who destroyed the railroad bridgeat Amieres near Paris, have been found guilty, and senten ced to terms of imprisonment varying from o'ne to five d v l i ' d h e e n d Pa o r f is i 2apnedr cent. oriean ats years. thraeilmroeaedtincgominppanaryisdoenclTarheursd day. the The Irish deputation would not be received by Provisional Govefnment before yesterday (Monday)? b il e they are not likely to receive a more satisfactory ans t .% than the Polish refugees, and this will scarcely repay t' trouble. The Paris papers of Saturday deny the rumoured W in ' bardment and destruction of Warsaw. The extensive Paris bunking-house of Paccard, Daf o , ll :4 and Co., the principle agents of the Swiss banks, D... been compelled to suspendrayment. This banking-holm: was the holder of an immense quantity of Orleans railron shares and bonds, and, as this company has been obl i g e° to postpone the payment of its obligations for six mon ths? Paccard, Dufour, and Co., are unable to meet the de mends on them. INDIA AND CHINA. Advices from Bombay to the 2nd of March, and Cidenttat: n the 22nd of Feb., have been received by the Overland Mail. 1.1, chief point of interest in India regarded* the threatened n'i oe break in China. But though preparaticns - were making_A t ir that event, the general opinion in India was that war "' c e China Was not imminent. Keying professed great anxiel the peace. Sir J. Littler has relinquished the command its ."11„ forces in the Punjaub, and has been succeeded by Gen. v” 1 . 1. The efforts•of the Indian Government, to discover dial r'n , ' the districts of Western India, are likely to be sitecessful., d The news of the disturbances in Europe had quite paral a oct trade in Alexandria, and the failure of a French banker,L, others expected, has caused great distrust. Two lots of con!: have been sold at a small advance in price. Exchariges lM " quite nominal. *gen Ce The Indian mail, which arrived yesterday, brings intelli et that the whole social condition of Calcutta was deeply af. reg i t ila by the commercial embarrassments which still continue. tbef shareholders of the Union Bank have been advised that are not bound by the "bank post bills," as they are eld,,,,,diew: which have been issued to the extent of £200,000 or .€3o o, vvii and which have been taken by the whole community to nnT e a a promise on account of the bank to pay; whereas, vr ~t i viewed closely, they are found to be only a promise to - pay 4. account of the bank, and therefore a promise to which the vit. is not a party. Many of the shareholders have therefore fused to make forward; and the bank committee have r 6 TZ..7, ated the bills. The post bills issued by the bank hare'"Lij o negotiated through the firm of Hickey, Bailey, and Co., " have been driven in consequence into the Insolvent Court. ite , : Business in Calcutta had not been characterised by all sill, tivitT. There was no scarcity of money, but it was not ea sitr: obtained for purposes of mercantile accommodation. A ste r;' amount had been done in-the principal fabrics of Manche it , manufacture. Latterly, the market has been dull, and n l ec t sactionk limited. A fair demand existed for the ordinary s D i , middling kinds of gray shirting's. Bleached . jacconets wel:eho better request than the gray kind, and a fair quantity of "i -description sold at current rates. An improved demand has,qe peared for mull-mulls, in which transactions have taken C ep to a moderate extent. The demand for book muslins has nc. r e limited; prices depressed, and stocks large. Lappets W`i to dull and stocks heavy. In Turkey red goods we have change. At Bombay business had been done during the fortnight t o a afair extent former rates•for cotton goods, yarns , "as cotton wool, at while for low metals- the prices remain steadY fdrmerly. Freight to Great Britain was 4 ss. SPAIN. tire o A. popular movement was raised on the 26th ult., to pr.-P o the dismissal of ministers was conte m pl a t e d, on th e suplXteer that the troops would remain neutral; but it having been so tamed that this was an erro r; the movement was coun ea. manded.. The people, however, declared that theyhad4ii, betrayed, refused to disperse, and~ commenced forming rot cedes. The troops fired, and a cottlict, in which the peoP!!, tb no chance of success, was carried on u p t o th ree o'clock the morning, when, the loss of life having been considerabl e, disturbers of the public peace dispersed. , AME MCA. By the John R. Skiddy, which arrived in the Mersey day, we have received advices from New York to the 151n.01, being four days later intelligence than that p r e v io u sly recV o ier The adVices from Mexico are important. The American t. co e f which left Vera Cruz under the command of C a ptain Br i ' s na for Orizaba, had been attacked by a large body of guerillas , c or a desperate fight ensued, when the latte r w e re r o u ted with " s ad siderable loss. On the American side Lieut. Henderson bad four of the Georgia volunteers were killed. An armistice Air been agreed upon between Gen. Butler and the Mexican, uv r ibe missioners for two months. This will give ample time i! r icall receiptof the ratified treaty, and the arrival of the AT'ototi‘ Commissioner at the capital of Mexico, The New Yon' ct ioil• Market was not so buoyant, and prices had fallen fr a 00 10 , Money continued tight. The market for Flour remaine d see and full prices were obtained. The demand was steady' ~0 the receipts of Southern continued to be light, while the. Die 01 Western was undergoing daily reduction. The operatitieriffl the Cotton Market on the 14th were moderate, say ab ° bales, but at prices indicating a firmerrnarket. AUSTRIA--The Emperor of Austria has conceded to Bohemian inhabitants of Prague all their demands. A e pos_,l l ` POLAND.—The inhabitants of Warsaw are ordered to deposit all fire-arms in the police courts. Everybody is to be nr , who is found in the streets without a lighted lantern ,d eleven o'clock at night. neir SWIT7.ERLAND.—The Republican propaganda of G er d workmen in Switzerland have resolved to invade Gerin i ,itki the come of this week. The Republic is first to be proc, e pe in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wirtemberg is to be V' country in which they intend to propagate their faith. Madame Guizot, mother of the ex-prime minister or'' died in London, on Friday. as Su • On the 31st ult., Mr. W. R. Itaby, of Birkenhead , in v , t dot mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, in4 e ste Mr. T. W. Kelly, of this town, has received a eer" practise from Apothecaries' Hall, London. d Os. o at of At the adjourned meeting of the Birmingham T he oat o f Railway Company, on Saturday, it was resolved, ea t t he bill s of Mr. Mozley, that petitions be presented agains thp_GrmatWaiatprncntrynariv, Is IT TRUE?—T he Dublin Fresman says tl' a - t I‘ ' l i r y; 13 1/21 Q.C., declined to sign the address of canfidenieeearn- e_ dr o, Clarendon, and the Cork Examiner says that the tleman has given in his adhesion to the Irish Confederal CEES IRE.—A woodcock was shot on Friday last, 1 11 _,..set the plantations of Mr. Webster, of Upton. Another on the 26th ultimo, at Claughton. It is seldom these Dal, ri , seen in this neighbourhood when spng is so far advanTsileV, SUSPECTED ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.—A boy, name; baCP wasbrought up yesterday, charged with being see n in ta We. premises of a house, the residence Of W. M. Duncalto.,.et which was aftewards found to have be en entered, and a V— fb e a cheese stolen from the larder, which had been force% fo ot prisoner was seen by two policemen looking over the W a „ heLeg the inside, about four o'clock in the morning, and he u`o asked what he was doing, he said "it was man• all right' tle ag longed to the house, and was waiting up for a g, -n for The magistrate severely reprimanded the poliee ma- 4: - flea ^ fe j t' once alarming the house, instead, of going awa y sa.s. ,„A , the prisoner's account of himself. Riley was commit.'" three months. O W - sale to- MESSRS. LUCAS' ANNUAL SALE.—The annual ~ce tinges and harness, by Messrs. Lucas and Co. ta ke ,..-Ye i lines! morrow, and whether it arises from the depression of t . . ch $ or from the daily increasing celebrity of the firm, s u oere siv . play of vehicles has seldom been hitherto exhibited. Dod,t, every variety of machine—Phaetons, Gigs, Chariatiali c 7 o t, lets, Cars, Britskas, Barouches, Drags, WhitechaP,e,: s igni"„ of everything from the most magnificent to the most T he machine—from the taste of the antiquarian to ~c u ase. fashion. An inspection will gratify all intending 10' METEOROLOGICAL REGISTEhtET. BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD -S.'— 0 , - er ATMOSPHERIC DEWY D i r e : 1 1 Temperature' for 5 r . in Humidity at Fall ° 4 Q - a Pressure at shade by self- Noon. Win qi registering Nine Six thermometer Dry Wet Rain. N °Gs. - 4' a.m. p.m. Max. Min. bulb. bulb. .....---- , 4 a. In. I In. Dec , . Deg. Deg. Deg. In. ~,, 5°,, , 28, 29'63 29'76 50 6 43 49 46 0.04 5 ',.;' $ r 4.$ 29 29'86 29'78 52 45 52 48 0.08 s"',„' 30 29'72 ' 20'75 53 46 52 49 0.07 !,'' r i , $ 31 29'94 j 30'02 55 47 55 52 :14.if 15 0 1 30'07 30'04 57 49 56 52 '' 2 ; ; — 0.30 s ic 31 30' 59 57 _ ... W. __ _ _ _ . ...infial . ' di THE WEATHER.—March 28th : wind fresh, occasi .ol,Bl jou so j showers-29th : wind fresh ; bright and fair-30 0 2 c ed 31st : bright—April Ist : bright-2nd : a.m• sou' ,o W.P• eo' clouded; p.m., bright; 4 o'clock, dense clouds' froin, t ol 4 30, heavy shower of rain and hail, accompanied wil..ttrs 0 1 dous discharges of electric fluid, lasting three-qu ail ' hour-3rd: bright. SUMMARY OF LAST MONTH'S REO ISTES. al ,s#: Atmospheric pressure, max. in., 30.14; min., 28.6,”„e410• 29.59.—Temperature, max. deg., 55 ; min., 38 ; av e Ts.•s' —Humidity, average difference of wet and dry bu lb, fall of rain during the month, inches, 2.46. . EVERTON.—Temperature, max., 55; min., 31; aver MONDAY, APRIL 3.—Wind South. _Job ° ARRlVED.—Pursuit, Williams, from New Orleans ces.9 rt ilies Skiddy, from New York ; sailed 15th March. T o SAILED. — Sarah Sands, (steamer,) Thompson , Royal, Duguid, New York—Persia, Ewing, and Ward, Bombay—John, Heselton, Quebec —Hop e ' i " nnttsel Newfoundland—Sir R. Jackson, Doran, and Mons dall, Montreal—Mary Henney, Henney, Leghoan d Atkinson, Constantinople. :::y jsenniji I , al ineCook,:Miller, nh,eanhnedeenactepaht Louisiana,iCl a h d a o e r l l p e ßh s a t i ar s n . t . 0 vi , he 1 1 ce a t r York. E l‘C E Pi d h m oa w mar i m g m a b r a r poi d ort n atn ic o t en A, Henderson, der s o n, h e hence a t B a ta Bombay imor e . of el 17th r deo, eb• Duchess of Argyle, Phili ps , an d St ra b a ne, A il 401 Clyde at Bombay. __..-10,4,.' A t commodore, Broadfoot—Manilla, Harrison to ildshotw e ? Harnett—Earl of Liverpool, Coulthurst—Mary ° an v A $ —Bounty Hall, Macbeth—Mary Spencer, Fisher , ~,i, hence at Calcutta. h ..° Gazelle, Wood, sailed from Saugor for this port S l iicolo,do. $ 1 Sophia, Saxon, for Demerara, 10th Feb. niae 11, , Sir John Beresford, Threadgold, hence at APT,i i ,s6, 1 , Margaret, Rogers, and Benjamin Heape, Ito" 00;40 Savannah. the 0 Dock,i he splintered il.fro' 0 0 ', C 1 a i n s tdhOeS struckta Ii , main lbtooyapdgli lightning New at f un o ti r nmga syte. s t O e r f d i e a ar a , „...i e n ~n o on' 145 ,, ei r CEMAES, Ist April.—The Carysfort, of isi c klo% fte ae , A e l pool to Wexford, which went on Harry FurloO t ! doIOA A OF March, was got off this afternoon with serig , I n a ' beached at Kemlyn. The cargo is all saved, state, and in course of shipment to Liverpool. ___ --.--1-00 LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PROD ~ MARKET, APRIL 1, i B4B. 0 . a . d Hay. old,. %Orb 0 6i@ , 0 9 Potatoes, 9 ' n6 l O New Clover •• • 5 n i 0 0 Grass 0 0— 0 0 Cups ...... •oij." 0 0 Straw, Wheat Oat MangjeWilr Barley ......0 2 0 21 Turnips , 6 i n Carrots, per t0n.21 0 —23 0 Manure ....... 41C ' 61 to .is v 4 r - f e " aea 3 De l° re DIED. - h e On the 2nd instant, after an 11 V,4 3 5E, %,' e rsio at her residence, 29, Washigton-street, A' s nol 4, wife of Mr. WALTER P. JEFFREYS. 811° s yes° . tt S 44A spected, and exemplary in life. Her end il eia _st% Yesterday, at her residence, wifehcster , A 1 years, ELIZABETH, the beloved of gr• TRIE, E E R TUESDAY, 848' TU L E !V S E A:P i rR y tL , j.o 4 ' oD l rovittrm_otr kl:;, 4 ! i t PRINTED AND PUBLIS... 0 et BIRKENHEAD 13y JOSHUA FLETCHER LACA & Of_rierfor s r oof' Ajo LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, cow, Li fs o /),./. 0 1 ele et .tr i ' KNEY, Argyle-street; OSBORN/St N t No. O E . A 4 ST. T GLO H IL u O ;Sz CRS ' R he c e a s iir vi : e stet._ G RI IFITI4 April 4, ISA