The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-15 00:00:00

TSD MTN; North American Packet -ship which arrived in the a late hour last night, we have received New York ) the 19th ult. Our files are not complete, extend he 15th only to the 19th. The previous papers :resume, been forwarded by an intermediate vessel, not yet reached her destination. 18th a public meeting of merchants and others in srious branches of trade and commerce of nivened by 370 of the principal firms in The following portion of the requisi lain the objects of the meeting : sad condition of the public industry credit of the Federal Government— !preciation of the currency—and the vant of confidence in the business community— )nour of t and d hands of those who are so ted as the citizens of New York in the fisting evils. The measures emanating from stration, pending before Congres - s, and of a government exchequer, the object stablishment of a sound national cur- Lndid consideration of all who appreciate at interest involved nbly was very numerously attended, and appears I upon by the press as pregnant with the most esults to the interests of the city. Mr. Benjamin of the oldest merchants, took the chair, and Mr. swell moved six resolutions, but the two following ssary to transcribe I,—That the proposition emanating from the ad now pending before Congress, and recently fa )rted on by committees of the House of Repre- Senate, for the establishment of a go recognising as it does, both the power it government to provide a sound cur s entitled to the candid consideration of importance of a sound national cur ants and future prosperity of the !d,—That viewing the financial condition of the •elation to the proper dignity and efficiency of our ;overnment, we consider the congress now assem alder the solemn responsibility of promptly im duties upon imports as shall not only put an end erable and expensive policy of borrowing from ar for ordinary expenditures, but also provide .he punctual payment of such a debt as present may compel us to contract for the purpose of country in .o the fair a state of self-protection and defence, adjustment of existing difficulties with of C. F. Fowler and Co., of Washington, brokers, Payment. Their liabilities are largely estimated. the banks of Philadelphia have resumed pay• 'c"e, but the Penn Township and Mechanics' opped payment again -ceision of the judges of the Court was given in the case of the writs of .aken out by Nicholas Biddle, Joseph Cow- Al John Andrews, which were originally heard of Common Pleas, and remanded from that .1 General Sessions, sustaining the motion of the General to dismiss the writs and bind the relators at the present term of the General Sessions. The ordered the parties to give bail each in the sum of Is. for their appearance from day to day. By the ad eir respective counsel, the defendants were com ito the custody of the sheriff. when writs of ha us wet e sued out before the judges of the court dew of having them discharged, and Monday, the ant, fixed for hearing them. An argument took veen the several counsel and the Attorney-General ce to the hearing .of the cases separately or toge- Attorney• General being anxious to have them heard ad the counsel for the relators urging that they may siugly. The matter was left undetermined, the ;gesting that the question might be left open until to leave Washington for Richmond on ouse of Representatives, on the 16th ult., the loan ken up, and the principal features passed, after l alterations were made at the suggestion of the f Ways and Means Lion raised to the arrant on which Hogan was , that he was described as Sheldon instead of .lan. Attempts were made to get a fresh war but none of the Lockport magistrates would do r made good his escape to Canada. rton's arrival was hourly expected ave been received from Buenos Ayres to the 4th 'hey state that another action had taken place be rals Brown and Coe. No official account had steam-boat North Star exploded on the about 22 miles below Tuscaloosa, killing severely wounding several others. he New York money market were to Al at an upward tendency. Bills on England .c 71 to 71, but there was not much doing. NEW YORK MARKETS, MARCH 18. —Fifty barrels pots have been taken on terms not -- - , nosed at former rates. No transactions One thousand bales were taken yesterday Canal flour is better to-day, sales in common lod order at 61, and none to be had for less. No i other descriptions MOBILE COTTON MARKET, MARCH 5. tton, since the receipt of the accounts to the 27th Janu aas declined full 3 cent on the middling and lower qua , while the finer descriptions, in consequence of their ity, maintain fuli prices. About half our crop has been Stock on sale, about 40,000 bales. Quotations :- 01 to 10c. ; middling fair, 81 to 91c. ; middling, 74 to ordinary, 64 to 74-c. ; inferior. 5 to 6c. The State has purchased about 15,000 bales, which have been ed to Liverpool, and the president of the bank has gone to " head" it. They have a fair prospect of losing ) to 100,000 dollars. teamers Solway, Tay, and Medina, were in the port ma, waiting the arrival of the packet from England. THE CORRECTED TARIFF (From the London Times.) ert Peel's new commercial tariff, with the changes he government has been induced to accede by the Ltions aiid suggestions of those parties who have a Icquaintance with the subject, was laid upon the e House of Commons at a late hour on Monday lese changes are few in number. In the case of a factured articles, in which it appeared that a noval of protection to the %hole extent proposed e a fatal effect on certain branches of domestic in .hout procuring any great amount of benefit to the 7 at large, we are not sorry that some concession e been made. For instance, the duties on women's it gloves, and men's gloves will be reduced from ld 4s. per dozen pairs respeztively, to 4s. 6d., 38. not to 55., 2s. 6d., and 2a. ; the duty on be reduced to 7s. 6d., not to ss. per pound. it now stands, has been considerably simpli )val of a vast number of differential duties, gal scheme, for the purpose of favor )lonies. Many of these differential levied on articles which none of the ey might have had the bad effect of )rotection, certain branches of unpro -1 cultivation or industry. But the prefe- D the trade and produce of the British co retained in favour of those articles which are, nne, important and natural portions of our i provisions remain as they were in the origi7 teept that the admission of foreign beef and glish market is postponed to the 10th of Oc- gn fish is subjected to the condition inot be imported in fishing vessels, because, by the . eaties with foreign powers which regulate the home it is stipulated that the fishing boats of one nation pn of fore or trade within three miles of the coasts of ntry. The trade in fresh fish will consequently o such fish as may be conveyed to this country in a certain size ; as, for example, salmon from d eels from Holland. s on linseed, flax seed, and mustard seed, &c., ced considerably more than was proposed in the t.dule of the tariff. s on the metals no v er y i m p or t an t d epa rt ure er plan is now suggested, except in the case of spelter, which will be reduced, not to £1 per per ton. Some alteration is also proposed in it of the duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem on Copper ores containing not more than fourteen • will pay £2 lOs per £lOO value of metal, and more than fourteen parts of copper will pay y on tin ore remains, as proposed, at £1 per )f tin at £2 ; and tin in blocks, ingots, &c.. to the mode of adjusting the timber duties, it that the original plan for sweeping away all complicated distinctions of sizes and lengths, the imports of foreign timber to one head in have been unfair in its operation on unhewn iv the final arrangement it is proposed to lay the fol uties on certain kinds of hewn wood, for the purpose ng into effect with greater accuracy the principle of ction on this important article. PROPOSED RATES OP DUTY Of or from Foreign I Countries. Of and from 1 British Possessions £ s. d Mtn the loth Oct., 0 1 0 boards I ( 1 18 0 From & after the loth Oct., 1843,1 0 2 0 fatho . m . ' Zit, not exceedini 0 10 0 ling 7 i t : iiiii 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 5 inched, 0 1 0 0 10 0 and underl 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 10 o 0 1 0 0 3 9 s in dia. 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 ! 0 D 10 0 0 5 0 ration cn th timber do —ln 1840, Mr. Baring, the -. brought forward a new , oy—coxing the taxes. Upon excise duties he laid FIVE and on the as ,e laid TEN per cent. additional. That is, pro yeatest regard for the interests of " the people, Ad an extra tax of THREE SHILLINGS IN THE the amount of taxation they were paying. In 1. Peel lays on a tax, not of three shillings extra, TEN PENCE IN THE POUND. The whip financier e screw to the poor as well as to the rich. The pts the poor from his tax, while he reduces their yyeatly reducing the duties upon imported com- t tne bxeneqt the wind ' modities which have become the daily necessaries of life to all classes. Which minister has practically shown himself the true friend to the people? The answer, loudly heard above " the whisper of a faction," must be—Sir It. Peel. AMSTRIpA ei Apt,. A ROYAL AMPH It prunTnt Sir The Public are respectfully informed, that in conse, quence of applications from many highly respectable Fa milies in the Neighbourhood, the Proprietors intend to keep Open One Week longer. On WEDNESDAY next they will give a MORNING PERFORMANCE, at Twelve o'clock. THIS EVENING, (Friday,) and TO-MORROW (Sa turday) Evenings, the 15th and 16th instant, t Enter tainments will commence with The Wild War Cry; or, the Bedouin Horde. Chieftains, Messrs. Derious and Sands. One Great Nigger in the Field of Vin Nigger, Mr. Sweeney, who presents a variety of Songs accompanied on the Banjo. Race Jockey, in Character, by Master- ivea. Air Divers, by the whole Troop, • which Mr. W. 0. Dale will appear. Mr. Buckley as the Hard-Heart ; or, the Savage Chieftain of Florida. Magic Ladder, by Master R. Rivea. Mr. Sands will introduce his wonderfnl Dog, Schodine. Mr. C. Rivea. F. liivea, and Master Rivea will appear in their Grand Gymnastic Exercises. INTERMISSION OF TEN MINUTES. Equestrian Mar ager Mr. Derious. Riding Master Mr. Decamp. Clowns Messrs. Pentland and Rockwell. Mr. Derious will introduce his much admired Scene on Horseback, entitled the Metamorphosis; or, Change on Change. Sra. Caroline Pavie in the much-admired Dance of Ca chouca of Cadiz. Sports of the Ring ; or, the Clown's Delight. Mr. Sands on Four Untramelled Steeds. A Gymnastic Act by Mr. F. Rivea, entitled Twist'em, Twine'em, Bim, Bom, Gash ; or, I see his Head, but where's his Heels. Mr. Buckley will appear on a Single Horse, and take many Surprising Leaps. Mr. Sweeney on the Banjo, and Vanbramer in his Negro Dance. A Grand Fancy Entree, led by Messrs. Derious and Sands. Admission throughout the Performance—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Half-past Seven, Performance to commence at Eight o clock precisely. AT THE EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION, ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-, T.REET. ON and after THIS DAY, (Friday,) Aril 15th, (for V a short time, will be exhibited a GRA. D CENTRI. FUGAL RAILWAY, 200 feet long, with vertical Circle upwards of 40 feet in circumference , roue hick a Carriage 200 pounds in weight, containing a Lady Gentleman, will revolve at the rate of ONE HUNDRED MIL S PER HOUR, With perfect safety; also, immense Iron Weights and Buckets of Water will be placed in the Carriage, and, although the whole will be completely inverted, not a weight or a drop of water will be displaced. Also, a brilliant Display of the OXY HYDROGEN LIGHT, with other interesting Scientific Experiments. Morning Exhibition at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. The first Exhibition in the Evening at Halt past Six The second at Half-past Eight precisely. Admission : Boxes, 2s. • Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. . . . . (The Railway has been constructed by Wm. TARR and H. RILEY, of Manchester, on a scale never before exhibited in the World.) TO CORRESPONDENTS We have endeavoured to make room for as much of the cor respondence as possible which has accumulated upon us during the assizes, but much must still lie over. ebe Ethrrpool tttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1842 We received last night New York papers to the 19th ult., by the North America packet ship. The intelli gence which she brings will be found in another column. We noticed last week the allusion of Mr. John Brooks, of Manchester, in his exhibition at the Music hall, to an exposure of the selfish objects of the league agitators, by the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile. The speech containing the allusion in question has not been thought worthy of being reported by any of our Whig con temporaries ;—a circumstance which might convince this cotton philosopher that, however much the graces and the dialect of Tim Bobbin may be relished in the Manchester Corn Exchange, or amongst the select circles which he daily enlightens, they are not received amongst us, even when emanating from an ex-digni tary of the corporation of that classic city, as more worthy of being handed down to posterity than the sayings and doings of any other individual who plays the part of " Punch " for our passing amusement ; and we should scarcely have returned to the subject but for the discovery that the same exposure has touched the sensitive spirit of our contemporary, the Manchester Guardian. The readers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD may remember that, upon the occasion of a certain public meeting at the Amphitheatre, the reverend gentleman referred to by both these high authorities denounced the attempts of the league millocracy to overthrow the native agriculture of the country, as influenced mainly by a selfish anxiety to reduce the wages of the opera tive to the continental standard. In illustration of his position he introduced a dialogue between a free-trade factory lord and his workpeople, the home truths in which were far too plain and striking, and its style too effectually calculated to convince the working classes that it was not for their interests that the agitators were so earnest, to be received with equanimity by these liberal and philanthropic gentlemen. The rebuke then administered has hung heavy upon their hearts, and still hangs there. The galling consciousness is felt that to the influence of its reverend author over the minds of the Protestant democracy of Liverpool is owing the circumstance that the millocrat agitation is tried here in vain. We know, and, more than all, the operative body—the easiest to mislead, in some places, but the staunchest and most trusty here—know these men. We know their artfulness, their selfishness, their hollow pretences, their oppressive and grinding ty ranny ; and, knowing these, it is small wonder that millocracy is in bad odour—that "rebellion has ill luck"—when it sports itself in this locality. Yet Mr. John Brooks is in dudgeou with us, and with Mr. M‘Neile, because we will not believe in, and because that gentleman has counselled us not to be lieve in, the philanthropy of the league ! These amia ble personages have been belied most sorely, and their apostle calls upon the reverend gentleman to recant his heretical sayings. The Manchester Guardian too, the prophet of the order, is outraged by his " political eco nomy." The league has no inclination to grasp at the cheap loaf of the working man. Millocracy has no "itching palm "—no yawning pocket—no grudging spirit. Its members ask for more bread for the " tired denizens" of their factories and loom shops; and it is an outrage upon their character to hint, even, that it is not more bread, but coarser bread and less priced bread—bread which can be purchased out of lower wages—which is the object of their solicitude. Mr. John Brooks may bemuse the wishy-washy in tellects of the frequenters of anti-monopoly tea-parties with such trashy professions. The Manchester Guar dian may attempt to whitewash his apostacy from the ranks of the Anti-Corn-Law League by his stickling for the purity of the league millocracy. But the pub lic have now the plain facts, and not professions only, to guide them. We were told that the manufacturing interest wanted only cheap food for their working po pulation to enable them to snatch that population from beggary and hunger. The Manchester Guardian, the organ of the manufacturing interest—of the league millocracy—has, within the past week, declared (by the signatures of its editors and proprietors to a peti tion to parliament, praying for the passing of Sir Ro bert Peel's financial measures) that in those measures it sees the prospect of a portion, at least, of the good which was sought for by the manufacturers of Great Britain. In the tariff of Sir Robert Peel it is here, and on all sides, admitted that important benefits are sought to be conferred upon the working man. And yet what is the course which is being pursued by the league millocracy at the present moment ? Is the ma nufacturing interest, or is it not, at the present mo ment, justifying every word which the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, upon the occasion referred to, and which we, upon a hundred different occasions, have spoken as to the motives of their free trade agitation ? Is it not a fact that, at the present moment, with a large measure of relaxation of our tariff—a larger measure than they ever dreamt of gaining —before their eyes, they are se dulously enga- e d in reducing wages to the level, and below the level, of the subsistence of their working classes under that reduced tariff? Is this the case, we ask Mr. John Brooks and the Manchester Guardian, or is it not ? And if it is the case —and we are at a loss to know how they can dare to deny it—where is the immense philanthropy, so far as the manufacturing in terest is concerned, which was said to be involved in this cry of cheap food, and where is the great crime of those who, like ourselves, have from first to last de nounced it as a fraud—a juggle —a lying pretence —a disgraceful and hypocritical swindle ? xz.vsashwaiourainuw, The revised tariff was laid on the table of the House of Commons, on Monday last, and a copy of it is nor before us. Upon comparing it with the original pro popition, we find a considerable number of alteration., romp ophosn j bilwever, at a vary fir pown natara, ar affecting the general principles of the measure, A few of the reductions upon manufactured articles, which might possibly have had a severely prejudicial effect upon national industry, have been modified ; and amongst the number, those on gloves, straw plait, starch, British gum, &c. A great many of the diffe rential duties upon articles imported from our colonial possessions, and not at present largely produced there, have been withdrawn, and the measure thus simplified considerably in its details without, as it appears to us, materially impairing its value. The duties upon seve ral articles under the head of " seeds"—as linseed, flaxseed, mustard seed, &c.—have been furtherreduced. A change has also been made in the duties of some metals. The proposed admission of foreign fish it has been found necessary, in accordance with the require ments of existing laws regulating the fisheries of this and other countries, to restrict to such descriptions as can be imported in cargoes, an alteration which, in jus tice to a large and deserving body of men employed upon our coasts, we are sincerely pleased to notice. The mode of taking the duties upon some descriptions of timber has been altered, with a view to a fairer application to them of the principles of the measure, as it affects this article; and the period of the new duties coming into operation is postponed until after the 10th of October, 1842, a concession on the part of government which, we apprehend, will do away with most of the objections urged against them by the trade. A similar postpone ment is conceded with 49spect to the articles of corned beef and pork; whilst upon fish-oils, corks, and cork wood, the new duties do not operate until July sth, 1843. There can now no longer be a question that the measure, thus modified, and in connexion with it the tax upon property and income, will be received with gratitude by the great majority of the nation ;—nay, more, that it is, and will be, loudly demanded. From the very centre of the agitation, which has so long dis tracted the country, a voice has at length issued—a spontaneous voice, not the mere cuckoo note of trained and organized faction—before which the declaimers of the opposition party in the House of Commons, who have, night after night during the past week, obstructed the government of Sir Robert Peel, ought surely to bow, if even the claims of decency and the sting of shame have no power over their envenomed and selfish hearts. The great manufacturing and mercantile interests of Man chester have declared—in a petition which, in six days, received the signatures of upwards of 24,000 of the most influential of the merchants and tradesmen of that town—that in these measures they see the pro spect of important benefits to their suffering commerce, and " extensive relief to the industrious classes of the community ; " and proceed to declare that " The suspense and uncertainty caused with respect to all mercantile operations by the obstacles and delays opposed to the enactment of the valuable measures above alluded to, are highly prejudicial to the interests of commerce in general, and in particular to the interests of your petitioners, to whom a revival of trade, which they anticipate from these measures, has become a matter of the most urgent necessity." The city of London, through its representative, Mr. Masterman, has declared that it views the delay caused by the factious adherents of the late incapable ministry as " a great grievance;" and that it " had produced stagnation in every department of commerce." Similar appeals have been made by the representatives of other important constituencies; a similar feeling exists in every commercial constituency ; and we do trust that at length the declared wishes of the people and of par liament will be heard above the frantic murmurs and the expiring struggles of a defeated and despicable fac tion. Under ordinary circumstances we should not com plain of the efforts of Lord John and his venal follow ers to find " a lower deep " that that which they at the present moment hold in the estimation of the public. We care not into what pit and through what miry paths they crawl. We care not how soon they draw down upon their smeared heads the heel of a nation's con tempt—how soon they are cast aside to rest amongst congenial garbage and in congenial obscurity. But even to ensure these results—and they are not undesi rable ones—we cannot consent to witness, passively, the suffering and the embarrassment which we see around us on every side. The industry and the en terprise of the nation are palsied whilst contemptible whiggery is earning for itself new contempt: Bank ruptcy, insolvency, and dishonour approach nearer, day by day, to the thresholds of those men to whose giant energies Great Britain owes so much of her past glory and greatness, whilst penury and misery look out upon us from the gaunt faces of the poor to whom the stagnation of their enterprise is death. A large mer cagoile marine rots idly in our ports ; our public chari ties —our workhouses—our streets—are crowded with hunger-enfeebled, and despairing beings : and all this progressive ruin—all this intense wretchedness is pro tracted because a venal and reckless minority in the House of Commons sigh after the flesh-pots of office, and long to climb back, even through the instrumen tality of a popular convulsion, to those seats from which their incapable hands have already perilled the honour and security, and well nigh wrecked the happiness of a great people ! How long will England endure to be thus mocked —thus trampled upon—thus racked by faction ? We devoutly trust—NOT LONG ! A conservative contemporary accuses the noble re presentative of South Lancashire (Lord Francis Eger ton) of having contributed his valuable aid to the Whig party in their despicable attempt to impede the pro gress of the financial measures of government. It will be remembered that upon the first discussion respect ing the privilege of presenting petitions to the House of Commons, which was raised by Mr. Thomas Dun eombe, the noble lord distinctly intimated his intention to vote against the views—impolitic we think—of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues. We must distinctly maintain, however, that there does not exist the slight est ground for the imputation that, in so voting, he was influenced by the unworthy motives referred to. The question itself involved in this vote is one upon which men of the most sterling integrity and the soundest Conservatism may reasonably differ. In our own opi nion, the view taken by the noble lord is one in every way more constitutional, and more suited to the temper of the present age, than that maintained by Sir Robert Peel and the supporters of parliamentary privilege; and with the present changed practice of the House of Commons there is, we think, little fear that the con cession of the right of petition contended for can now be practically inconvenient. On a subsequent occasion his lordship intimated that, if no other member chose to take up the subject, he should himself be prepared to submit a motion, re- cognising the right of petition contended for; and last night, in his place in the House of Commons, his lord ship was to move resolutions " confirmatory of the prac tice of the house, as laid down from the chair in 1839, with respect to the reception of petitions, and permitting the reception by the house of petitions against taxes to be imposed for the service of the year ; the said resolutions to be standing orders of the house." But what is there in this to warrant the imputation that Lord Francis Egerton is willing to lend the sanc tion of his high character and influence to the paltry obstructives of the House of Commons ? We main tain—nothing. On the contrary, a reference to our parliamentary proceedings will show that to the course taken by his lordship upon the occasion of a threatened repetition of an "obstruction debate," by Mr. Cowper, on Wednesday night, may be attributed the circum stance that the house was permitted at length to pro ceed to business, notwithstanding the evident inclina tion of the shabby Whigs to prevent such a consum mation. The cause of that truly valuable association — the Church Pastoral Aid Society —was brought before several of the congregations in this town on Sunday last; and the general annual meeting (as appears from our advertising co l umns ) i s fi xe d jor Monday evening next, in the Music-hall. It is much to be wondered at, that so small a measure of support is extended to an institution like this in such a town as Liverpool, which enjoys the deserved reputa tion of being foremost and "fruitful in every good work"—the amount paid by the Church Pastoral Aid Society towards the support of curates in this town s to being more t h an d ou bl e w h a t Liverpool contributes to its fund s; w h ereas t h e con t ra ry ought to take place, o a a fsurplus relief from of t thish the and other opulent towt s l availables leave destitu tion which prevails in leas favoured districts. We can on►y egount iQr ‘4 , 5 on the suppnapn that the prin ciples and plans of the society have not been suffi ciently explained to the pious and wealthy churchmen of Liverpool. It is emphatically a church society, pro viding for the wants, and at the same time consulting the order and submitting to the discipline of the church; and its professed object is "the salvation of souls with a single eye to the glory of God." We cannot suffer ourselves to admit that an institution of this kind languishes in our town, except by reason of its being imperfectly understood. 'I he meeting on Monday night will be (as we anticipate) numerously attended, and the reverend gentlemen who compose the deputation will, no doubt, supply details of the principles and operations of the society. This is what we want ; and we are bold to predict that, to a corre sponding extent, the claims of the society will be fa vourably acknowledged and its resources progressively augmented. LOCAL NEWS CASTLE-STREET WARD POOR FUND.—It will be recol lected, that during the great distress prevalent in Liverpool during the winter months, subscriptions were raised in several of the wards for the relief of the poor. We have pleasure in announcing, that in Castle-street ward the large sum of £434 7s. 2d. was raised, which was placed under the management of a committee for distribution, who undertook the arduous task of visiting the poor at their own houses, in order to ascertain the true extent of the distress, which was found to be greatest in Preston -street, Crossball-street, and that neighbourhood. The result of their labours was the distribution of 12,2561bs 13,308 " ...... 880 cwt. 547 bushels.. At a cost of £277 4s. 11d.,leaviRg a balance of £157 23. 3d. (now in the bank), for some future emergency. THE VISITATION ROUTE.—The Rev. and Worshipful Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, will hold his courts of visitation, for the purpose of admitting, Church and Chapel Sidesmen, and for the probate of wills, and grant ing letters of administration of intestates' effects at the time snd places undermentioned : Wednesday, May 4, Chester .... at 12 at noon. Friday, " 6, Nantwich .. at 9in .the morning. Friday, " 6, Middlewich at lin the afternoon. Saturday, " 7, Macclesfield at 9in the morning. Saturday, " 7, Stockport .. at lin the afternoon. Monday, " 9, Manchester at 11 in the morning. Tuesday, " 10, Bolton .... at 9in the morning. Tuesday, " 10, Blackburn .. at 2in the afternoon. Wednesday, " 11, Chorley .... at 9in the morning. Wednesday, " 11, Wigan at lin the afternoon. Thursday, " 12, Ormskirk at 9in the morning. Thursday, " 12, Liverpool at 2in the afternoon. Monday, 16, Frodsham at lin the afternoon. THE REJECTED PORTIONS OF SCRIPTURE.—The evan gelical clergy of this town are adding another to the many good services they have rendered to the progress of religious truth, by calling attention to those portions of scripture which our soi disant liberals in council and elsewhere would, if they had their own way, withhold from the perusal of the rising generation. Few persons are aware of the extent to which they would deprive the young of the means of pious instruction ; but the statement, when published, will fully in form them on the subject. We are already enabled to say, that the list is headed by the 19th 38th and 39th chapters of Genesis ; the 15th, 18th and 20th of Leviticus ' • the 22d of Deuteronomy ; the 23d of Ezekiel, &c., &c. The whole, we doubt not, will meet with special attention in serious fa milies. LENDING NEWSPAPERS—CAUTION.—We have been in formed, that it is the practice with many of the news-agents and others in this town to let out copies of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD for hire, charging generally a penny per hour. This is a direct fraud upon us; and we have come to a de termination, in which we are supported by our local contem poraries, to obtain a conviction against any person so offend ing. By the 29th Geo. 111, c. 50, it is declared that "No hawker of a newspaper or other person shall let a newspaper for hire to any person or different persons, on pain of for feiting £5." We are adopting measures to put a stop to this practice, as far as regards our own publication. We have our rttention fixed on two or three offending persons, and shall make an example of them before long. LECTURES ON THE CREED OF POPE PIUS FOURTH. — As the Rev. Hugh Stowell is to deliver the lecture at the Music-hall this evening, we fully anticipate a crowded meet ing to hear the eloquent appeal which may be expected from that noble defender of the faith and courageous protestor against the novelties of Pope Pius. THE LIVERPOOL TIMES AND DUTCH BUTTER.-011r whig contemporary of Tuesday has not discovered the longi tude or the philosopher's stone, but he has discovered a thing nearly as important, viz., the reason of the Dutch farmers being able to compete in price and quality with our own in the article of butter, notwithstanding the existing protection of 20 per cent. in favour of the native producer. " We have understood," remarks the Times," the difference in the price of sugar in Holland and Ireland has a good deal to do with the difference in the quality of salted butter. Sugar, as every one knows, is almost as good a preservative as salt, and the Dutch having plenty of sugar at a cheap rate, are able to use a considerable quantity of it in preserving their butter, whilst owing to the dearness of that article in Ireland, it is impossible for the Irish m adufacture to use it for that purpose. Tbis we have understood is the principal reason of the superiority of Dutch butter." Now if the question had been one of Everton to f fee or sugar plums, we would readily have admitted the possibility that the price of sugar had something to do with the matter. But we would just as soon believe that the mischievous tricks of Robin Goodfellow— " that knavish sprite, That frights the maidens of the villageree, Skims milk, and sometimes labours in the quern, And bootless make's the breathless huswif e c h ern "— are our impediments in the race of competition with the Dutchman in butter-making, as "the dearn ess o f th e ar ti c le of sugar in Ireland." Our contemporary's mania for cheap sugar and lollipops makes him utter strange absurdities. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--On Wednesday evening one of the trains on the North Union Railway, whilst going at full speed, near the Euxton station, unfortunately knocked down one of the rural police force, and the whole of the carriages went over his body. The poor fellow was taken up quite dead, his body being literally cut to pieces. THE OXFORD CIRCUIT. —MR. JUSTICE CRESSWELL.— Gloucester assizes c oncluded on_ Friday. The l aw reporter of the Morning Post says-7" We cannot conclude our re ports of the proceedings during the judicial talent tendering our tribute of admiration to the high talent which has been throughout displayed by the last appointed judge. We are but echoing the universal feeling of satisfaction which the bar and the public have expressed in the auspicious com mencement of the judicial career of Mr. Justice Cresswell, when we say that he has more than justified, as j u d ge , th e high expectations formed of him from the position which he has for so many years filled at the b ar , an d th a t h e h as l e ft throughout this circuit a strong and general co nv i c tion of the wisdom of the selection which conferred on him the high deserved honour of a seat upon the English bench." IMPORTANT FROM NEW GRENADA.—CESSATION OF H OST f L ITIES.—We received this aft ernoon , th roug h Wat son's telegraph, the following important intelligence :—" Off Cape Clear, April S.—The Diana, from Savanilla for Liver pool, arrived here at four p.m. to-day, forty days out. On the day she sailed (Feb. 20,) peace had been proclaimed. General Carmona and General Heran, the president of New Grenada, had met, and entered into an arrangement for the cessation of hostilities. H.M.S. Comus had arrived, and was lying at Savanilla when the Diana left."—Tuesday's Shipping Gazette. THE BLUNDELL ESTATE.—Proceedings have been insti tuted, and are now in progress in the Court of Chancery, for the administration of the estate of the late Charles R. Blun dell, of Ince Blundell, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. Mr. Blundell's personal estate was considerably more than £200,000. By his will, which was made in 1831, he left £5,000 to the plaintiff, the Rev. Mr. Walsh, a Roman Ca tholic priest, for Oscott College, in -Staffordshire ; to the Rev. Mr. Robinson, who was also a Roman Catholic priest, he left £4,000, for Ampleforth College, in Yorkshire; and £4,000 for Downside College, in Somerset ; and £4,000 for Old Hall Green College, in Herts ; and £15,000 for the use of Roman Catholic priests in and near London; and £2,000 for Lydiate Roman Catholic Chapel. And he left annuities to two other priests. The Rev. Mr. Robinson died in the testator's life-time, and the Rev. Mr. Cockshot, the president of Ampleforth College, and the Rev. Mr. Cox, the president of Old Hall Green College, have presented petitions for pay ment to themselves of the legacies to these seminaries. It is said that information had been filed as to the other chari table legacies. Objections have been made to the present payment of the legacies to the seminaries, on the ground that it may turn out that they were Jusnit establishments which were contrary to law. LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAM FRIGATE.—On Tuesday last, a beautiful iron steam frigate, for her Majesty's service, was launched fr.na the iron-shipbuilding yard of Mr. John Laird, North Birkenhead. The day was fine, and the curi osity excited to witness the launch of a large vessel of war, built of a material which has comparatively but recently been introduced in the construction of our national marine, but which has already been found to be admirably adapted for an Important branch of the service, drew to the spot a large and respectable assemblage of spectators, from the vicinity, on this as well as the Cheshire side of the Mersey. Much ad , miration was expressed by connoisseurs of the beauty of her model, which seems to combine all those requisites in form that delight the eye of the m ariner,—giving the utmost pro miseof safety in all weathers, adaptation for carrying a p ress of sail when required, and speed whether under steam or sail, or both. She has a most insinuating entrance, and a run so gradually fining away from the fulness o f the bil g e, that it is difficult to detect where it begins. Her bottom (as is usual in iron-built vessels) is put together with lapped or clencher joints, in smooth plates, gently sheering from stem to stern ; her ton sides, with car ve ' or flush joints ; and she resembles, on the whole, a light and elegant yacht. The following are her dimensions and steam power : Length on deck .............. 190 feet. Beam ............ 30 „ Tonnage ........... 800 tons. She will carry two sixty-eight pound pivot guns, one forward and the other aft. These were in the yard, preparatory to mounting, and are truly " murderous -looking pieces of artillery. Before the launch, many parties had an opportu nity of minutely inspecting the hull, the faithful ‘N:orkman ship and high finish of which, in the plating, moulding !kc., was the theme of general remark. But for the lapped joints, indeed, (and these have a pleasing appearance,) there was nothing to indicate that her sides were not each formed of a single huge plate. The interior was an object of . not less curiosity. She has six water-tight bulkheads, divi beams are ding her into seven compartments. The deck and paddle . all of iron, and the whole of her fasteni ugs logemously.con- ma trived to impart strength with comp a rative lightness of terial. The fittings and accommo dations will bof e the . s similar class ; and we shall furnish some details of them, when they are completed. She is the first iron vessel reg s ularly, built and equipped as a steam frigate ; and her masts and rigging (all of which were fitted before the launch). are adapted for carrying more sail than is usual in vessels with steam power. She was gaily decorated with numerous national and other flags, and a large assemblage occupied her deck. Lady Cust, of Leasowe Castle, undertook the office , ot " christening the vessel; and about half-past eleveti o clockshe went off in beautiful style, takinc, t h e water with the lightness and grace of a swan. She is' rigged as a two-masted schooner, with a large foretopsail, &c., and looked, when afloat, ex ceedingly rakish and mischievous ; such a craft, indeed, as, though acknowledged to be beautiful by our countrymen, will doubtless, like the Nemesis, be considered " an ugly customer" by those of their enemies who may have the mis fortune to fall in her way. Before launching, a sight was put up at each end of the vessel, and a third one between them, to ascertain if she at all altered her shape when afloat. It appeared that there was not the slightest deviation,— thus proving th e grea t s t r ength and firm ness of her build. This vessel makes the forty-second built of iron by Mr. J. Laird, besides canal-boats and other craft. May she be as successful in her ocean adventures as she is creditable to that gentleman in her construction ! MEETING OF Tar DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yesterday, at the offices in the Revenue-buildings, when the following members were present,—Messrs. Sands (chair man), Horsfall, Molyneux, Holmes, Shand, Sandbach, Bold, Evans, Bulley, Tobin, Martin, Mellor, Barclay, Smith, Holt, Middleton, and Ripley. CLARENCE BASIN The SURVEYOR requested authority for the Clarence Basin to be run dry, in order to clear away some obstructions wl 0 had got inside the entrance. The CHAIRMAN asked whether the present was not a good time for the purpose? The SURVEYOR replied in the affirmative. The only ob jection to it was the circumstance of a large iron steamer being now in the basin. The entrance was full of sand, and there appeared to he some other obstruction besides sand. It should be run dry on the 23d instant, if there was nothing to prevent it, in which case the iron ship must go into the river. . _ _ Mr. SANDBACH inquired how long it would have tobe dry ? The SURVEYOR.—OnIy a couple of tides. The application was then granted, as was another applica tion from the Surveyor to alter the north-east corner of the basin, so as to admit the new iron vessel just spoken of to get under the crane. SALARY AT CHAPEL-STREET TELEGRAPH The Sub-committee for the department of the Marine Sur veyor recommended that the salary of John Roberts, the principal keeper of the telegraph station, be increased from £7O to £BO per annum.—Ordered. DUCK MASTERS' CHANGES. On the recommendation of the Sub-committee for the de partment of the Harbour Masters, it was resolved, after some conversation, that Mr. Herbert, the master of Coburg and Union Docks, be removed to Toxteth Dock, and that Mr. White, the master of Salthouse Dock, be placed in charge of Coburg and Union Docks. MEASUREMENT OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN VESSELS. The SECRETARY produced the report of the Dock Solici tor upon the communication• of the Consul of the United States, as to the alleged difference in the measurement of Bri tish and American ships in the collection of the dock dues. The same rule was applied by the board in the measurement of all ships ; but the Customs applied another rule. The solicitor's opinion was, that the treaty of commerce between the two countries did not affect the mode of measurement for the rate of duties for the Liverpool docks. Mr. HORSFALL.—WC measure for ourselves. The SECRETARY.—YES. Mr. HORSFALL.—And we measure British and American vessels the same ? The SECRETARY.—Yes, and we measure according to the rules laid down in the general act of parliament. Mr. Alderman EVANS.—It is observed that we are acting equally with both. If it were otherwise, I think the treaty would apply. The CHAIRMAN.—I think so. Wherever we measure vessels at all, we, apply the same rule, both to British and American vessels. The SECRETARY said that Mr. Capper, who measured for this estate, measured according to the act sth and 6th Wm. 4th, ch. 56. The CHAIRMAN.—Then that will be my answer to the letter from the American consul. After some further conversation, Mr. Capper was called in, and he explained that no difference was made in the mode of measuring British and American vessels, and that he measured according to the present act of parliament. The conversation then terminated. REPAIRING OF A SHED. Mr. RIPLEY called the attention of the committee to the state of the shed at the south-west corner of Waterloo Dock basin, which is so much out of repair that the goods placed in it are greatly damaged. Some discussion took plac e, at the end of which the Surveyor was requested to examine the state of the shed, and report thereon. IRON V. WOOD FOR THE NEW LIGHT SHIP. The CHAIRMAN said the remaining business b efore the committee was the further consideration of the material of which it was proposed the new light ship should be built — whether of wood or iron, of which Mr. Mellor had given notice at the last meeting. Mr. MELLOR begged to propose that the south harbour master be called in, and his opinion taken, whether the in tended light ship should be built of wood or iron. Mr. BOLT suggested that as this motion would probably go to the rescinding of a resolution adopted by a previous meeting at which Mr. Mellor was not present, Lieut. Lord should also be called in. Mr. RIPLEY confessed that he was rather taken by sur prise by this m,,tion, and he believed there was no precedent for this kind of proceeding, except one, which concerned matters Qf finance. He alluded to the Observatory. The question bad been before the sub-committee, to whom it had been referred by the general committee, and their report was as strong as any report could be in favour of iron : and in tue general committee it had been decided by a majority of ten against six, that iron was preferable to wood. The question, after having been decided by so large a majority, ought not to be re-opened. It it were usual to re-open ques tions, after they had been once decided, he had no objection to it ; but if it were not usual, and considering that it had been so decided, the committee ought not to allow it to be re-opened. If they were to do so on this occasion there would be no end to the business of the board. The question had been settled by a large majority when Mr. Mellor was not present, yet he now came forward with a motion to bring forward the whole question again. He thought, therefore, that before proceeding to hear the evidence of Mr. Askew and Mr. Lord, the committee should consider whether it was expedient that the question should be re-opened. He moved the previous question, and that it having been settled already that iron was preferable to wood, the question be not re opened. _ _ _ Mr. SHAND seconded the motion, Mr. HORSFALL said it appeared to him the policy of re opening the question lay here. When the decision was come to, it ought to have been upon notice given ; and notice ought to be given in all cases where a great change like this was about to take place. If notice had been given the week before, or at an earlier period, that a discussion would take place upon this important point, and a decision come to, then the question could not be re-opened ; but if there was not a notice, he thought it must be re-opened. Mr. MoLvsrEux mentioned that this question had been before the committee several times, besides being referred for reports thereon ; and therefore he did not see the neces sity for re-opening it. Mr. Hortsraw. wanted to know the fact, whether or not the discussion had taken place without notice? The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt it was compe tent for members of the committee to re-open any question which had been decided upon previously. It certainly was not usual or customary, but still it was quite competent to do so; although in the House of Commons no question once settled was allowed to be re-opened during that session, yet the session of the committee closed, he presumed, at every meeting. It was therefore competent for any member to re-open the question. Mr. Alderman EVANS said that when it was proposed to re-open the question there ought to be some ground laid for it ; and if his friend Mr. Mellor could show any ground for it it ought to be re-opened. Mr. MELLOR said he briefly stated last week that he had had a conversation with the Harbour Master, who expressed a very strong opinion to him against the propriety of making the new light ship of iron. He asked him whether he had been examined by the committee, and he replied he had not. The Harbour Master mentioned various reasons which satis fied his (Mr. Mellor's) mind that they were going to 'commit a gross error in building the vessel of iron. Hearing this from authority which he considered as good as any which could be produced in this town, he felt it his duty, as a mem ber of the committee, to communicate the information which he had received. It was for the committee to act upon it or otherwise, just as they pleased. He did not think that the mere circumstance of having once decided was a sufficient reason that they should persist in not having the case opened if good reason could be shown for re -opening it. It was better at once to abandon an error , alth ou g h it had been adopted, than to persevere, if there was just reason to think it was an error. Mr. RIPLEY enquired whether M r. Mellor had any evidence that it was an error ? Mr. MELLOR said he had none, but he thought the cam mitt: e would find the opinion of the HarbourMaster sufficient. Mr. RIPLEY said, the committee had the evidence of the most experienced persons that iron vessels were superior to wood. Mr. Askew's, the harbour master, was but an indi vidusl opinion ; he had had no experience whatever in iron vessels. He (Mr. Ripley) was not, however, afraid of dis cuss on, for he was saiisfied that the more the subject was discussed the more would iron be found superior to wood. Mr. MELLOR, in answer to that, would say that the com mittee had had no experience to guide them. There never was yet a light-ship built of iron, and this was a most impor tant experiment they were ab out to make. Experience had shown that wood vessels answered well, and that they en dured for thirty years. This could be proved. But he had heard no reason hitherto which satisfied his mind that there was one single advantage to be found in iron vessels. There was no proof that they were more durable than wood vessels ; and it was admitted that they presented no saving in expense. The testimony of the Harbour Master, he believed, would be found to go this—that, when the light-ship was moored, and a heavy sea against her, she would roll so much that the lanterns would not be safe. He thought that he had now said sufficient to induce the committee to hear what the Harbour Master had to say. Mr. RIPLEY said, that as regarded durability the North Star, a wood light ship, after she had been three years on the station was found full of dry rot. It was true they had had the present north west light ship for five and twenty years; but he would ask who ever heard of the dry rot in iron ves sels ? In the East Indies iron vessels had been in service since the year 1830-1831, and the best evidence of their du rability was the fact that there bad been no such thing as a diminution in the thickness of the iron by corrosion. Mr. SANDBACH said this was not the question. Before en tering on the general question they ought to decide whether they would re-open it. Mr. TOBIN said he was not very anxious to take advantage of what Mr. Horsfall.had stated, but certainly no notice had been given on the subject till last Thursday, and whether that was sufficient to re-open the question he did not know. lie was still of the opinion which he had held from the first, namely, that it would never do to build a light ship of iron. Mr. Ripley had mentioned many reasons in favour of iron, and he had mentioned, as one, the fact that the North Star, after being three years on her station was full of dry rot. The fact, however, was, that the North Star was an old vessel at the time she was bought, and there was no doubt the dry rot was in her at that time. The vessel on the north west sta tion was 26 years old, and she was as sound now as on the day she was launched. No fault had been found with her. yet they were now about to try an experiment which had not been tried before, and which he was satisfied was dangerous. The CHAIRMAN thought that Mr. Mellor should show some stronger reasons for calling in Mr. Askew — Mr. MELLOR said that Mr. Askew was prepared with cer tain pieces of iron taken from an iron steamer, which would show, in reply to Mr. Ripley, that corrosion did take place to a very great extent in iron vessels. The CHAIRMAN intimated that that question had been discussed at the last meeting. Mr. Toms; repeated that iron was not the thing to try an experiment of this sort with. No doubt iron vessels were useful in some places : for instance, in the East, they could land troops on a flat shore with greater safety than a wood vessel, because their lighter draught enabled them to go some two or three miles nearer the land. But this was not sufficient to justify the committee making such an experi ment as this. Mr. HORSFALL said, that, whatever objection there might be with regard to matters of form, it was important that the harbour-master, who had not been consulted, should be called in, and the question reconsidered. It was too impor tant to be settled without having all the evidence they could obtain. After some further discussion between Mr. RIPLEY, Mr. TOBIN. Mr. Alderman EVANS, Mr. HORSFALL, and the CHAIRMAN, Mr. Askew, south harbourmaster, and Lieut. Lord, the marine-surveyor, were called io. Mr. ASKEW, in reply to questions from the Chairman and other members of the committee, said lie had no objections to iron sailing or steam-vessels, but he thought that an iron lightship would not answer. He had had no practical ex perience in iron vessels, but he had frequently seen them kick and roll about the water to a very great degree. They would labour hard on account of their buoyancy, and if they were ballasted down to p revent their labouring, tr buoyancy would be destroyed. It was their lighllastness and buoyancy which he dreaded ; and if sufficient bat were put into them to make the m stiff, they would be the same as wood vessels, and he did n ot see any advantage in the sub stitution of iron. We had had experience of wood light ships, and they had been found to answer, but we had had none of iron ; and on that account he was opposed to b , a change. An iron lightship might be so ballasted as to park.ctly steatly—as steady at a produced some ship. He prodac some iron plates taken from the Kilmun, an iron steamer 'five years old, in which corrosion had made extensive ravages, and from this circumstance it was his opinion that iron vessels would not be so durable as wood. In the case of collision, iron he thought would stand quite as well as wood ; but an iron vessel would become all over muscles in the course of nine months. The corrosion he observed in the Kilmun was both external and internal, although the plates were painted. He had seen the Woodside iron boats which had been in use seven years, but he bad not noticed them very closely. Mr. Askew was asked a variety of other questions, from his answers to which, it appeared that he was decidedly opposed to the idea of building the new light ship of iron. Lieut. LORD was next called upon for his opinion. It was strongly in favour of iron, but as we published hi s report to the Dock Committee in a recent paper, there is no necessity to report the details into which he entered. Suffice it to say, that he was decidedly of opinion that a lightship of iron would be infinitely superior in strength, quite as durable, and be constructed for about the same cost as one of wood. The Harbour Master and the Marine Surveyor having re tired, the committee returned to a consideration of the sub ject, and after a long debate it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. MELLOR, seconded by Mr.. B ORSFAL that the re solution of the previous meeting .tor building an i ron vesse l should be suspended, and that estimates be procured o f w h a t it would cost to build an iron ship, and what it would cost to build a wood ship, both of the best materials and construc tion, and completed at the station where they are to be em ployed.—The committee then separated. MEETING OF THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY On Tuesday evening the monthly meoting of the Poly_ technic Society took place at the Royal Institution, and was most respectably, but not very numerously, attended. The president, JOHN GRANTH AM, Esq., occupied the chair. The only subject for the evening was a communication " On the Comparative Merits of Four and Six-wheeled Locomotive Engines." Mr. MAITLAND, on being called on by the chairman, read his paper, in which he strongly advocated the four-wheeled in preference to the six-wheeled locomotives. The subject has long interested engineers of railways and others, and its discussion has for some months occupied a prominent place in several of the scientific and mechanical journals of the metropolis, but in which there still exists a considerable dif ference of opinion. He began by noticing the importance of t h e s ubject, on account of its connection with the economy attainable in the locomotive department, and afterwards glanced at the various improvements which have taken place in the construction of locomotive engines. He then stated that all such engines, at present in use, might be divided into two classes-Ist, The six-wheeled engine, having external bearings, with an external frame and a square fire box, ge nerally termed Mr. Stephenson's engine; and, 2d, The four wheeled engine, having internal bearings and internal frame, arid a circular fire box, generally termed Mr. Bury's engine. The questions, said Mr. Maitland, which naturally arise with reference to these two, are—Which has the preference in re gard to cost? which possesses greater facilities in regard to mechanical construction ? which one is better adapted to move round curves? which is most economical in regard to repairs ? and which is safest in cases of accident ?—Mr. Mait land then entered into a scientific disquisition on each of these points, and, without adverting to any abstruse theories, but confining himself simply to matters of fact, came to the conclusion that in each case the four-wheeled is preferable decidedly to the six-Wheeled engine. The PRESIDENT (Mr. Grantham) addressed the meeting at some length. He congratulated the society on having subjects of great national interest brought before it—all mat ters connected with the advancement of railways he con sidered were of this nature. He would reply to Mr. Mait land's arguments in the order in which they were introduced, but he must first explain a very common error into which the public are led while discussing the comparative merits of four and six-wheeled engines. Inside bearings and round fire-boxes are by many persons supposed to be alone appli cable to the former, while outside bearings and square fire boxes are supposed to be essential to the latter. He need not say bow erroneous this opinion is, but till men divest their minds of this impression the subject must remain unde cided—till this distinction is made all the lengthened papers in the Railway Times and Railway Magazine stand for no thing. There was no reason why the square fire-box and the outside framing might not be applied to the four wheeled engilie, or the round fire-box and inside framing be adapted to the six-wheeled engine. Such changes had been made, but were not general. For his part he was inclined to prefer the round fire-box and inside framing. The subject, however, for discussion at the meeting w as simply as to the comparative merits of locomotives hav ing four and six wheels. He had been engaged in the construction of several of each description, and had of course frequently travelled on them ; and from his own observation he was led to the opinion that engines with four wheels were more unsteady than those with six wheels, and that this de fect more than counteracted all the advantages to be derived from the saving in friction of the extra wheels. He thought the appearance alone, as exhibited by the drawings, even to an unpractised eye, would strengthen his arguments in favour of six wheels. Some serious accidents had happened to four wheeled engines, that he believed would not from similar causes have occurred to six-wheeled engines. He did not allude to the collisions that had taken place on various occa sions; all engines were alike endangered from those casual ties, but he alluded to those cases in which many satisfactory reasons could he assigned. The comparative cost of four and six-wheeled engines of the ordinary construction is, as Mr. Maitland stated, about 20 per cent. in favour of the former; but this difference arises chiefly from the outside framing and the copper fire box, and does not materially depend on the number of wheels. He would not say any thing as to the comparative cost of repairs, hut would leave this subject to the directors of railways. He might, however, state it as his decided opinion, that the first consideration for directors is, which plan will insure the greatest safety to those who unsuspectingly place themselves under their protection. Mr. Grantham concluded by expressing his conviction, that as a separate question, the principle of six wheels was superior to four. An interesting debate ensued, in which Mr. Kennedy, partner to Mr. Bury, Mr. R. Crosbie, and several members took part. Mr. SMITH said he had not before that evening given much attention to the subject, but from what he then heard, he thought the question of framing and fire boxes quite distinct from that of the, number of wheals, and he coulcl_not see that any good result would ever be obtained until the discussion was confined to each question separately. PANORAMA.—This interesting exhibition closes this week ; we recommend those who hav3 not seen it to avail them selves of the present opportunity. THE AmrniTHEATRE.—The American equestrians are doing wonders here : their amusing performances nightly attract crowds of s pectators. -- A change of performance has taken place. F j " . ___Yesterday afternoon, a little before three o'clock, a fire broke out in a cotton-warehouse, occupied by Mr. Leyland, in Argyle-street. Information being conveyed by a police-officer to the fire station, two engines and four water• carts were speedily brought up, and the fire was ex tinguished in a few minutes, the loss being confined, by timely exertions, to two or three bales of cotton. It is not known how the fire originated. • LADY HOWARD DOUGLAS. - A very elegant and chaste gold vase, value about £240, has lately been brought to Eng. land, at the request of the committee at Corfu, by the wife of Assistant Staff-Surgeon Hadaway, presented to Lady Douglas by the Greek ladies of the lonian Islands, as a mark of their esteem for her very many amiable qualities, - and as a token of their sense of the many kindnesses shown to them during her sojourn amongst them. NEw AINGISTAATE.-011 Monday, at the Salford hun dred sessions, now being held at the New Bailey, William Sidebottom, Esq., of Mottram, qualified and took the oaths as a magistrate for this county. - - We understand that Mr. Dixon, whose appointment on the Birmingham and Derby Railway we recently noticed, has been succeeded as engineer of the Chester and Birkenhead line by Mr. Alfred Yarrow, his nephew, and for some times his assistant. NEWS FROM AMERICA.—We stated in our last that the Columbia from Boston might be expected here yesterday, but we find that as the 3d instant was a Sunday she would not leave Halifax before the following day, and in consequence of the east winds for the last few days she will not, in all probability, arrive here before to-morrow. DEATH BY DROWNING.—About seven o'clock yesterday morning, the body of a man was found floating in the Coburg Dock, and was taken to the dead-house. It was identified by an acquaintance of the deceased as that of John Jone s , a you ng man who had recently been second mate of the timber ship Isabella. The deceased, it appears, lodged with a Mrs. Bolls, in Runcorn-street, near the Saithouse Dock. On the evening of the 12th of last month he left her house, and went with some friends to St. John's Market, and afterwards to a shooting gallery in the neighbourhood. He parted with th2m at St. Thomas's Church, and was never afterwards seen by a a ny of them until the body was picked up. There was fou n d on his person XS 19 s. 1 1d. , in gold , silver , and copper ; a w atch, apparently silver gilt , and stated to be worth #l3 ; and some papers by which it would appear he had a claim to the amount of £lOO on the captain of the Isabella. It is not known by what means he got into the water. The Isabella, to w hi c h he belonged, sailed on the 14 th ult. The deceased, it is stated, was a very industrious and careful young man. An inquest will be held on view of the body this day. ---- - ROSCOE'S STATUE. — We were favoured, on Wednesday, with a private view of Sir Francis Chantrey's statue of the late Mr. Roscoe, in the new gallery of permanent art As a work of art, we cannot b u t a d mire ' Colquitt-street. this statue. The poet and philantropist is in a sitting posture. One hand leans upon a book, while the other covers his breast and grasps the toga thrown round him. The drapery is exquisitely cast. There is a calmness and dignity about the repose- cannot fail to be admired, as well as the ease and that pervadrit but it isnot likeness —not such a n one as might have been procured.—Whil e wr i t i ng the above, our messenger brought us a file of papers by the North America. We had scarcely opened them, when the following Paragra ph attracted our attention in the New York M orn i ng Herald:—" ROSCOE ' S LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI Carey and Hart. It is rather late in the day for any one to commence a criticism of Roscoe's delightful life of Lorenzo de Medici. It is one of the most valuable standard works in the English language, and one that no library should be without." MR. TEMPLETON'S CONCERT.—On Wednesday evening Mr. Templeton gave a concert at the Music-hall, Bold street. It was numerously and fashionably attended. Mr. Templeton was supported by Miss Delcy, and a very effi cient orchestra. Mr. Smith presided at the piano. Mr. Rophino Lacy directed in his usual able style. The perfor mances commenced with Spohr's Jessonda, which was ex cellently played. The duet from Sonnarnbula was charm ingly sung by Miss Delcy and Mr. Templeton. We have never heard the latter in such fine voice. Miss Delcy im proves as her powers are becoming matured. Her voice— always of good quality—is, if anything, richer than when she first appeared here. The quartett by Mr. Aldridge, jun., (Ist violin), Mr. H. Tivendell (2nd violin), Mr. Wilberforce (tenor), and Mr. J. Tivendell (bass), was very cleverly played. Miss Delcy sang a recitative, aria, and cavatina of Bonfichi with brilliant execution and effect. Mr. Templeton sang Auber's ballad, " I love her, how I love her," better than he has ever done here. He threw into it expression, taste, and feeling. The scena and cavatina from Sonnarn bula, " All is lost now," was exquisitely given : Mr. Tem pleton might have had poor Malibran standing before him, so much pathos did he throw into it. He was honoured with an enthusiastic encore, and repeated the cavatina. Miss Delcy was also encored in a Scotch ballad, " Last May a braw wooer," which she sang with much humour. his Mr. Templeton, on being encored in a ballad, " Saw y e J o h nnie comin', quo' she," substituted " Roy's Wife." song, so rarely heard, came upon the ears of many like the voice of an old and dear friend. It was splendidly sung • it was a rich treat. Thalberg's " God save the Q ueen " a played by Mr. E. F. Smith in a masterly man ner : his exe s - cution is surprising. We ought not to omit to notice the clever and judicious playing of Mr. G. H. Thompson on the French horn, and Mr. Hughes on the flute. This concert taken altogether, proved to be the best that has "come off p; this season, and appeared to give general satisfaction. An apology—the usual one of indisposition —was offered for the non-appearance of Miss Hamilton. Her absence did m might se to be much regretted, though her indis 'ti • have excited sympathy. Mr. PoP.roY's LAST.—A gentleman, who let apartments,. having stated to our laughing friend that he was learning m u . sic, Mr. Popjoy remarked that he presumed he patronised I the lodge-here-lan (Logieran) system. SMITH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES NISI PRIUS CULL :O`: DAY. BARRATT ? BLUNDELL AND 01 HERS The plaintiff, Henry Barratt, is a porter ; the defendants are Messrs. Hoilinshead, Tetley, and Co., merchants, of this town. Mr. Knowles and Mr. James were for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Crompton for the defendants. Mr. KNOWLES said that the action was to seek compen sation for a very serious injury which was alleged to have been inflicted upon his client, owing to the negligence of the servants of the defendants in stowing some cotton. It was an injury which had not only laid him up for some time; but the consequences of which might be felt by him to the end of his life. The plaintiff was a porter, who had been for some time in the employ of Messrs. Isaac, Lowe, and Co., who occupied part of a t o p room i n a ware h ouse i n Dutton-street, which they had taken from the defendants, and in which they had a quantity of cotton. As the room went up to the roof, it was obvious that if the same number of bales were laid in each tier, there would be an increasing projection in every tier above the first three or four. The cotton of the defend ants had actually been stowed in this way, so that the higher layers projected over the gangway between the two piles. On the 15th of October, by which day Messrs. Lowe had re moved a considerable quantity of their wool, so that there were only three rows on the ground ; the plaintiff was sent with a man named William Stewart to his warehouse, for the purpose of repairing bags. They had removed one of the bales from the side of the room occupied by Messrs. Lowe, and that was put on a truck and wheeled away. They then got down a second, and while Stewart went for the truck, the plaintiff held the bale up, for the purpose of letting it fall on on the truck when it came. Whilst he was in this position, one of the defendants' bales fell down, struck him on the loins, knocked him down, and fell upon him. Be was taken to the infirmary, remained there some time, was not cured when he was dicharged, and had been under medical attend ance ever since. He (Mr. Knowles) believed that the de fence to be set up was that the pile of cotton from which the bag fell did not belong to the defendants. Two or three witnesses were called, and it being then seven o'clock, the Court rose. TUESDAY. DARRATT V. BLUNDELL AND OTHERS. The evidence in support of this case, adjourned last night, was resumed. Mr. KNOWLES called several other witnesses to prove the mod e i n w hi c h the cotton was stowed, the man ner in which the accident. occurred, and the extent of the injury._ Mi. WORTLEY, for the defence, contended that a spirit of exaggeration pervaded the plaintiff's case throughout. He could not help considering that the same disposition to ex aggerate ole injury had been manifested as to exaggerate the negligee of the defendants' servants. He thought be should be able to satisfy the jury that, in point`of fact, the witnesses who supported the statement of his learned friend were at least mistaken in their view of the circumstances. The learned gentleman proceeded to caution the jury against having their sympathies misled. Their first impulse on hear ing that a poor man had suffered by a casualty of this sort, that he had been thrown out of employment, and received an injury under such circumstances, was, to do something for him, and to grant him redress. But they must be cau tious against whom they decided and whom they called upon for such redress. They must take care that they were not generous at some other person's expense. It must be re membered, that the man was not in the employ of the de fendant. If the accident happened through his own negli gence he could not look to his own master for redress: if it were a mere accident, then undoubtedly his own employers were the proper persons to have granted him reparation. He should, he thought, be able to show, that the bag fell from a pile at which the plaintiff was himself at work. Mr. KNOWLES contended that the defence indicated by his learned friend was not admissible according to the record, as the defendant had admitted that the bale was his. Mr. Knowles here read the record, which alleged that the bale was in a pile belonging to the defendant, to which had been returned the plea of " not guilty," which put in the mere question of negligence. Mr. Knowles, in support of his views, cited the c ase o f T averner v. Little, sth vol. Bing, N.C. 678. The plea of " not guilty" did not put in issue whose was the bale, but the question of negligence. Mr. WORTLEY did not care whose property the bale was. His learned friend was mistaken in supposing that he relied upon that. He denied that the bale tell through their neg ligence. What he undertook to show was, that the bale fell from a pile which did not belong to them, with which they uad no concern, and that, therefore, it did not fall through their negligence. Mr. CROMPTON said, the only plea which they could put on the record in order to raise the question was that of not guilty. Mr. KNOWLES replied, resting on the case alluded to, which, he said, had never been overruled. If that were law, this case was not for the Jury. Baron ROLFE was of opinion, that, supposing the case of Taverner v. Little to be good law, it did not govern this case. His Lordship having pointed out the difference between the two cases, promised, at the request of Mr. Knowles, to make a note of the Objection at the termination of the trial. A number of witnesses were called for the purpose of show ing the position of the bale in question ; that the pile from which it fell was well stored, and that it did not overhang as alleged, and as depicted in the plans produced by the plain tiff. The witnesses for the defence contradicted those who had been called for the plaintiff, in most of the material points. Mr. Banner, surgeon, who had attended the plain tiff at the Northern Hospital, stated, that the injury was a bruise of the muscles of the lower part of the back. None of the ribs were broken, but it was likely that such rigidity of the muscles had been produced as had rendered him inca pable of following his occupation. When the plaintiff was in the hospital the injury was not considered a serious one. Mr. KNOWLES recalled some of his witnesses for the pur pose of confirming their former statements, on which Mr. Wortley addressed a few observations to the Jury. Mr. Knowles replied at some length, requesting the Jury to bear in mind the fact that no person accurately saw the accident, and that, therefore, all the conclusions were to be drawn from the position of the bales subsequently. The bale which had fallen bore the mark of the defendant's property, the plaintiff was breaking down cotton near it, and the inference that a bale belonging to the defendant had fallen from being im properly stowed. His LORDSHIP laid the case very lucidly before the Jury, going through nearly the whole evidence, and commenting thereon min in utes p to g a his rorres ee o' clock is summing ordship finish e d up a .,„. The Jury, after a few minutes' consideration, retired. They returned in a quarter of an hour, and gave in a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5O. WALKER AND OTHERS V. JACKSON AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs in this case are Messrs. Walker and Co., j.mellers, of Birmingham ; the defendants, John Sommer ville Jackson, Mr. Ravenscroft, and Christopher Bentham, Directors of the Woodside Ferry Company. Mr. Baines and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Martin for the defence. Mr. Barems stated the case to the jury. The action was brought to recover compensation for injury which had been done by the negligence of the defendants' servants to a car riage and goods belonging to the plaintiffs, which the defen dants had received on board one of their boats, and under taken to deliver safely in Liverpool. The plaintiffs were jewellers in an extensive way of business in Birmingham, and the defendants were the proprietors of the Woodside Ferry. The plaintiffs, in the course of their business, were in the habit of sending out one of their partners with watches, jewellery, and other articles, which he took with him in his phaeton. In the month of August, 1840, Mr. Armitage, one of the fi rm, set out from Birmingham with a ne-horse phae ton, in whi c h , i n certain compartments, were stowed boxes of jewellery and watches. He would mention that the case had been tried before which would account f or the lapse of time. Mr. Armitage proceeded his hto Chester, afterwards t o Woodside, where hearr with p ived on aeton the26th August, al,out half-past nine o'clock in the morning. He paid the fare for the carriage and horse, and they were Put on board the packet. When the boat arrived in Liverpool she first went to the steps and landed her passengers, and afterwards went into the basin, where was a s lip, f or t h e purpose of land ing horses, carriages, and goods. It wa§ usual, in landing carriages, to lead the horses up first, and to take the vehicle up after. The horse in this case was led up first, and Mr. Armitage, knowing it to be a restive animal, followed it up the slip to see it properly managed. Two of the men, as he would show by his witnesses, proceeded to land the phaeton. One of them, a man named Cox, placed himself between the shafts and another pushed behind. They ran the phaeton out of the vessel, and drew it a little way up the slip, when they found the weight too great ; the carriage rolled back, and went into the water, forcing the captain in with it. The fore-wheels rested for a short time against the boat, but at length the vessel moving off from the wall, the whole carriage was immersed. All this was seen by a person named Perry, whom he should call before them. He had been struck by the folly of attempting to land such a carriage with only two men. He went down with a carriage rope, and, with the help of other persons, got the phaeton out of the water and placed it on the pier. The phaeton was taken by Mr. Armitage to his inn and examined. Before any of the property was touched, however, Mr. Armitage very prudently wrote a let ter to the Woodside Company, informing them of what bad occurred ; that their servants had negligently suffered his phaeton to go into the water, and that four boxes of jewellery, watches, &c. had been damaged. The goods were to be sub mitted to the inspection of Mr. Jones and Mr. Mayer. and he invited some person authorised by the company to be pre sent at the opening, that the amount of damages might be fairly ascertained. On behalf of the company, a Mr. Ha zelden attended, and it was found, when the boxes were opened, that the property was very considerably injured. Some damage was also done to the phaeton. The goods had all to be returned to the manufacturers to undergo repairs. The whole injury sustained amounted to £2ll 10s., £204 of this was for damage to the goods, and the remainder for that to the phaeton. The case had, as he said, been tried once already, and the questions of law had been discussed in the Court of which his Lordship was a member. He would now have to establish before them that a contract had been entered into for the safe delivery of the goods at Liverpool. It was not necessary that such contract should be in writing. But if these parties hold themselves out to the world as ready to do a certain something, which every body understood they would do, and if individuals acted upon this understanding, that was sufficient. He would be able to s atisfyt o h o e d j s u it r ie y w that thi s company undertook to carry safely from to Liverpool to land them, take them up the slip, and place them safely on the pier head. They derived their profits by holding this out to the public. He would show that the uni form practice had been with the defendants' servants to take carriages up the inclined plane and deliver them safely on the pier head. He would call witnesses who would prove that such was the system, and that it was in consequence of the negligence and improper manner in which this was done in the instance in question that this accident occurred. Was it for a loss arising from mere negligence to fall on the innocent owner of the goods? He understood that his learned friend was to argue that because it was custom ary far the owners of carriages to give some little allowance to the men who performed this duty, that made them his ser vants, and the proprietors of the ferry were no longer liable. t \ h V a h t e te n h his learned f r i end would succeed in persuading them giving a gratuity to an hostler at an inn, which was very customary, took the liability from the landlord to take proper care of carriages and horses entrusted to him, then such an argument might he available. He would show that carriages were always so landed and delivered, even when they were in the care of post-boys and others who had it not in their power to give such gratuity. The simple ques tion would be, whether there was a contract to deliver safely. He understood his friend was to prove there was some sort of fraud in bringing over a carriage thus loaded. He thought if there were any fraud it was on the other side, in resisting so fair a claim to compensation. The question was, whether there was not such a contract implied as gave the individuals crossing this ferry assurance that their vehicles would be safely placed on the pier, and whether this contract had not been violated. If he could show that such was the case, he contended that the plaintiff was entitled to be indemnified. A number of ticket-porers, boatmen, arid others were called to prove the circumstances under which the accident coach-proprietors, Pr o p or happened. Th e d eta il s wer e similar t o , th ose set forth in the statementa counsel postb o f for theBzcplaintiffs. stated to put car r i ag e s on board the steamers, an d to l an d them on t ; e the to rs, h learnedos tlers , that we o the invariable custom for the men belo ng i ng to t h e pac k, t the pier. O n cross-examination it was e li c i ted, that the parties in charge of the carr iages were usually asked by the men for some gratuity. This it appeared, on further ques tioning, was entrely optional, bein g somet i mes g i ven an d sometimes withheld. It was alw a y s as k e d for as a l lowance or for the purpose of getting something to drink. One of the witnesses, Mr. Ha se ld en, one o f t h e servants of the company, stated in cross 'examination, that it was common to charge for goods c arr i e d across the riverolome being charged by weight and some by package, and that a