The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. A number of correspondents will at once excuse the non-ap pearance of their communications when they perceive the Crowded not each to of our cc alas by local reports ivliich we could een compelled to hold over above a We have busu RELI requests u rin in, of Ellesmere Port ring addition; eived :-ss. with - tt from " "A trifle for the 'Bala," " P. Mark poor Irish ;' ;" also, 10& which T forwarded next Subscribers i we could n We re t Tril not to b relative to the z News-room to a tad thin eNto find room for the common al of the Committee of the Exchan, the petition to the Queen for a day of to lie on the table in that room. We imissibn A correspoi and Nort graph on pdni will Mir E confi paten empty ; his I column MU SUII by no the Christ himself up tc which can 11 too weak to ] appeal of t hopeft such men to who a Do n( and by their own I 1 - reliev of Lord Irish rai elicited 1 retention of office upon its fate on, the pr n and Mr. CI will be admit vouch ever The bill, ho. bearin philosop alarmed at th millions upon went if of mot I'he r afford cannot bar r read, libera and aiding in ti The worl of turning .om famine and despfilr. g eye of misery to haunt their ministration upon the motion 1 -1 Rll} In behalf of the onist leader had already speakers ent authoritif 'entrance ms—to say tt s for the ado scion of on tea, the tion of the c 1, the early c A that even Mainooth was rumour that the London tab'ish the needle tele. which, he re is another systen mimics]. No don ley consider, after mature 4- tanbarb. 'G, FEBRUARY .16, ms of statesmen, as to the nt crisis of distress brd a-r 3, - ncholy instance of the he n doctors differ point of famine his cabin is ;h is cold; his children cry for who has none to offer them— of hun nothing to from his own stomach : and, 'in such an emer gency, with the air loaded with the dying sighs of famishing thousands, legislators imagine that they can afford to pause and weigh politico-economical considerations, to bandy claims of rival specula aL the ghastly scene, upon which -hol .4ple are perishing from want, into a na for place and power. We give in our to convex tors, and a whole T adhes here r went We express .e merits of G ef. Our duty as to u dual benevolence s a plain one .ge upon our readers upon a Christian public the duty of taking ue of thei to urge ng brethren, be the tardy course upon which cold sciolists may determine. Experience has told us whatever m the cum brou machinery at its dispo of the national charity, 'poll individuals to interpose ;ems are being determined lividual exertion, we Lon to the eloquent appeal of the Rev. which will be found in another details contained in nmon r nothing. They speak to terms too eloquent• to be y which can be relieved hand•of active and Government agency sive,wit suffice to )plied h g as those detailed getic administratOr 3 can penetrate the [ling wretch builds such agenc we poverty, is own dead. I for every figu er, is to be resisted a d provi htfory fiend ; and its common ladicalism, possibly hig:Radicil for of Exchequer is penditure of sixteen land, although.pay- are never o not to be constructed d le most distressed districts ; and emplovm it con ruction will titute in the counl asserted ti who are the most des- t rails Moreover, it is broadly lave not the tendency to create either commerce or prosperity ! Liverpool, gued, was a great port, and Manchester the it is a was thought of We had I Text best medium of traffic vigable river, the le old an Manchester and Liverpool the im which they now are. Chat irishing farms, did not, we presume, That enterprise, on the d what would otherwise ri axtrl Moss, a railway b We had, h( a canal Irwel makii , with portant pla and its now fl attract ra passable It is idle, however, to argue upon such a ques tion. What is most important is to ascertain what is likely to be the issue of the motion, as respects the permanence of the present ministry. The premier and his colleagues, weakly we think, have intimated their intention to retire in the event of the measure being affirmed by the house, throwing up their measures for the relief of Ireland, and leaving the onus of carrying on the government upon the shoulders of the protectionist party. It is list the issue of such a state of not di things upon parties, at ;the present at. Ministers, aided by the Peel, and by a considerable phalanx of Sir Rol o, under ordinary voted with L Ird Georic circumstances, w l3entinck, will succeec n throwing out the is beans H lids. hams Barrels baco Casks do. Barrels apples Kegs butter .. Barrels dried frui I)eads hogs The above embraces the articles of food only. Naval store, wooden clocks, sides of leather, &c., &c., also go in these ships. The Henry Clay is not yet full. This state ment, however, appears small, when compared with the export for a single week from this port to England and France. Thus Corn, bushels, Flour, barrels Meat tierces tierces Beef; bi Wheat, bushels To Great Britain 8 5 1 Barley To France ND TO THE 30TH bushels 8,524 1 Rice meal, bushels 3,335 1 Baton, lbs. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS IMPORTANT IF TRUE 24,887 443,251 I in the Paris Constitutionnel:—"The government, we are assured, yesterday received by telegraph the news that Don Henri had quitted Madrid, by order of the Queen, for Bar celona, where he is to embark, but this measure is not con nected with the marriage of the Prince. It has been, it is re ported, in consequence of a belief, ill or well founded, of some proceedings in which the Prince is said to have been a party, on the advice of Mr. Misley, an Englishman, who has been conducted under escort to the frontier of France." By the Golden Fleece, arrived at Liverpool, commercial let ra have been received from Bahia of the 99nd of llararnhar There was no change in the state of the market for manufac tured goods, the heavy stocks on hand precluding any im provement in prices. The price of cotton had consequence of the ecount also partially %wed, although they were 'of course still in stimulus given to prices in Europe by the brewery and distillery me when the Swordfish, which was -pose, arrives with the intern remained id at that rate agoid deal of business has been done in YESTERDAY A consider a fell yesterday and to-day, and them - the force of opinion, either in this country or in but they will not h popular Ireland WE are xratii ied to find, that a proper feeling of y of a nation to GOd pervades the tie r€ brenl Liven n of the inhabitants of this fact, the memorial calling i a day )olnt the remo, of nati peoplE of this emph and respecta' taken charge red more nt signature at our offi mood, one of the proprietors n any petition of which )rial still lies for Mr. John Wal f the I Fhe mein and at the usual places ,er, of Bi Times, is lyin g u AND DISEA than twenty the K reports EC bined eau , THE N The Kerry Chronicle deaths from those com ney district last month. ws.—The proposed committee man Thompson, Mr. - Hume, Sir Robert Peel, • Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Hutt, Sir G Clerk, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. Bright, Mr. M'Carthy, Lord Sandon, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. T. Baring. A meeting of the Irish party took place in London on Saturday, Lord Menteagle in the chair. Mr. Spottis wood, accompanied by three other gentlemen, connected with the mercantile and moneyed interests in the city, was introduced to the meeting and made a proposition for raising the £16,000,000 of money required by Lord George Bentinck's bill, by the issue of Xl Exchequer notes, bearing no interest and receivable in taxes and other go vernment payments. This plan would not diFarrange the national finances, and the money so provided would not withdraw the means of prosecuting other useful occu pations. It is expected that in the course of the adjourned 'debate on Lord George's bill this plan will be commended the notice of government. tberi 'nestly d anmot It is o D unobt k to bu ge upon o painfu tation of SUPPLYING EUROPE WITH FOOD-THE AGRI CULTURAL RESOURCES OF AMERICA. (From the New York Herald of 30th January.) There is no circumstance or event that sooner developes the true resources of a country than necessity and want; and never has our prolific soil shone out to better advan tage, and to a better purpose, than it does at present. It must now be acknowledged that the United States are ca pable of. being the granary of the world ; and to us must they look, in future, to make up any deficiency in their own supplies. This is, indeed, already acknowledged by the French and English journals. These papers, in speak ing of their own wants, console their people with the as ation surance that America is full of the staff of life. To give those who may happen to be ignorant, an idea of the immense trade now going on in breadstuffs in this city, and indeed in this country, we obtained yesterday the particulars of the cargoes of three packet ships, Ox- ford, Switzerland, and Saracen, that are to leave this port y Clay, that is to These we annex : to-morrow sail for hip Hen Lis;erpool on the 6th proximo Oxford I y Switzerl'd S pl. Liverpl. 1750 1 1 170 LONDON CORN MARKET opened this morning with con ,ble eicit ait, ant Malt in slow der nay. A good con Rvions currency. • u, but hold SMITHFIELD C :o the change in the we iptions Is Ems and peas rid any required Inly disposed to •YESTER DA Y t a dicline in the qUotations obtained on Monday last of was - paid in very few instant s, was 4s. 4d As, and v ~ and a clearance was not effected With Sheep, we were very scantily . _ of that deacription of stock was by no it supplied, and the qualtity first-rate. All and last we in pigii; comparitively MONEY MARKET ERDAY Notwithstanding the full confirmation of th Lsacted, at ivance in the Vlark-lane, to• tibcount place I 4u!trter_r 24k, tbe'Thiee per Cents. 33k, Pas Id-a-Half per Cents. 581. The tray T at a small account, per Cents. Professor Napier, so well known from his laborious nnection with the Encyclopedia Britannica, died at Edinburgh on Friday. On Thursday, the Lessee of the Amphitheah crop to give half the proceeds for the relief of the tress Irish and Scotch, with a prospect, should the receipt warrant it, of a further contribution. PROVISION'S FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The Queen of the West, from New York, (which arrived at Liverpool on the 11th instant,) brings 5,100 barrels of flour, 4,956 barrels of Indian corn meal, 222 bags of Indian corn. 1,454 bags of peas, and 3,000 package; of biscuit. REDUCTION IN TIM SUPPLY OF CORN TO CAVALRY HORSES.—In consequence of the present extraordinary high price of oats, occasioned by the general scarcity of all descriptions f grain, an order has lust been issued nts in her N vice, for a diction to be made in the supply of corn to the troop We rejoice to learn that at the Scotch Church, Oldham street, after a sermon by the Rev. John Reid, the incum bent, on Sunday week, the sum of £ll6 was collected for Scotland. This collection, being in addition to subscrip tions to the general fund by individuals of the congrega tion, is highly creditable to this sound old branch of the Scottish Church Establishment.. CHARITY BALL.—The ball for the benefit of the Ro man Catholic charities took place last night, in the Town ball. There were upwards of seven hundred ladies and gentlemen present, including Mrs. Stanley, lady patroness; Blundell, of Crosby, J. P. Heywood, B. H. Jones, John Rosson, Henry Holmes, J. H. Turner, Jos. Langton, W. Earle, J. Neilson, Wm. Mossy R. Shiel, Roskell, Duarte, Reynolds, &c., - Esqrs. ; also, Sir Arnold Knight, Dr. O'Donnell and lady, and all the elite of the Roman Catholics. STOCKINGS FOR THE ROYAL INFANTS.—The Glare Journal says—" We feel great pleasure in recording an instance of her Majesty's wish to encourage by her patro nage the native manufactures of 'IP' Two girl. - sisters, of the name of De county, having long enjoyed a the taste and skill evinced b. lajesty,.who wi rid execution d with the beau anu living in Corofin, in ti 41-deserved reputation for twenty pair for the royal infants Sepi., he discovered a rock in the . Gulf Stream, projecting above the water about thirty feet, and being, as he sup posed, nearly three hundred feet in circumference. The latitude of the rock is 40. 20., long. 53. 50. The captain has no doubt of the precise location of the rock, as his The chrono was to 6vigators discoveri afford a clue to the loss of t and packet shit THE OUT England and United States At the inquiry last week Mr (tilt. err nlnrlr fn +1 West Derby Board of Guardians, said " the population of Toateth-park is 59,185 at present ; of Everton, it is of 'Bootle, it is 4,( ; of Lae fand, it is 1,932 ; of .NN it is 2,671 ; of West Derby, it is 28,606, showing great increase in each and all since the census of 1841. The total in 1841 was 78,951, now it is 123,934." Peter buildings in West Derby was 313 f The rateable value in '4l w £114,052. Mr. William Shaw, the overseer of Everton, stated, that in 1841 there were 1875 houses and buildings assessed in Everton ; now there were 2893. The rateable in '46 it was value in 11541 was £58,515 ; now it is £72,507. Three hundred houses are now in course of erection. Edward Parnall, the overseer of Kirkdale, stated that in that township there were 710 houses and buildings in 1841 ; in 1846, 1341. £15,206 was the rateable value in 1841; in 1846, £26,205. Thomas Ellbeck, the overseer of Wal ton, stated that in that township there were 273 houses assessed in 1842 ; in 1846, 320. The rateable value in 1842 was £8162 ; in 1846, £8550. William Dickenson, the overseer of Toxteth-park, stated that in that township in 1841 the houses assessed were 7641 ; in 1846, 10,667. The rateable value in 1841 was £142,883 ; in 1846, £203,314, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the friends of the Liverpool Auxiliary Branch of the Pastoral-Aid Associa tion, was held on Friday evening last, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street. Amongst those present we noticed the following clergymen :—The Rev. Messrs. Hugh M'Neile, A.M., Wm. Pollock, J. N. Connor, Wm. Falloon, H. Hampton, R. Wolesley, J. Roberts, Drummond Anderson, and C. W. Law rence, Secretary to the Society. Shortly bef ire seven o'clock the Rev. Hugh M'Neile was requested to preside, and the meet ing was then opened with suitable prayer. The Rev. CHAIRMAN, in a brief speech, opened the business of the meeting, after which the Secretary read the report. We regret that we were not present at the opening of the meeting, and cannot, therefore, give the rev. gentleman's remarks. The Rev. Mr. FALLOON was then introduced to the meeting, and received the most marked applause. When silence was restored he said, that he came there that evening at the request of their valued friend and brother the ex-secretary, the Rev. Mr. Nolan—(Applause,)—Who was prevented from attending; and he also attended at the special request of their valued friend and brother their new secretary—The Rev. W. —(Hear, hear.)—lndeed he felt happy in being permitted to be present, and to speak at such a meeting, however nnwort by anything, he might say on behalf of the claims of the Church Pastoral-Aid Society might be. He did so not only as a duty, but he looked upon it as a privilege to be allowed to come forward in support of a Society, which had proved itself so useful in the spread of Christian knowledge and the light of Christian Religion. He could safely and sincerely say that he attended there with all his heart.—(Cheers.)—That Society he confessed held a higher than common-place regard in his esteem, be cause he saw in thaT Society a peculiar value and a distinguished virtue connected with it, which belonged to no other Society. If he was asked what that peculiar value was, he would answer, that it was the desire manifested by the Society to advance the hononr and glory of their great 111aster.—(Chee'rs )—Whereevei that Society was spread there were to be found men bearing tea timony to the great and - distinguished pre-eminence of the Lord anti Saviour Jesus Christ. He was not, nor had he eves eel], ashamed of the Gospel of Christ as being the only means of salvation by which the believing sinner could enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and therefore he loved that Society, which above all others aided moat to spread that Gospel amongst those who needed the light of the word. That Society was pos sessed of inherent value as well as virtue. It was.of value be cause it was not silent in the land • it bad a voice—" a voice like one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, and make his paths straight." It took pains to make the testimony of salvation known through Him—the Lamb— to the most obscure peasant in the parish, and to the most abject and most despised of men, in the most remote lane, alley, or garret of their densely populated towns and cities— sending forth men, and men of God too, men whose souls ex panded with the love of Christ—men who had purchased for themselves the degrees of the Most High, who had not only graduated in the universities of the earth, but also in the uni versities of Heaven—men who were in all things qualified to preach the Gospel of God to all mankind, in order that such might lead the poor and benh.thted sinner back from the error of his ways to the fold of Christ.—(Applause.)—This it was that , neared to him to give real value—real sterling value to their I.—(Hear, hear.)—lt not only had that virtue which was so essential to the well-being of all bodies whose aim was ssociatior, the prod; gation of the truth that virtue. Yes, it not only had the heath but it administered the medicine eveiTwhe teristic features made it to them a Society of peculiar virtt the more so on account of its being ever trice iOtieitedeCMer Christ —preaching the light and the truth of his Gospelunto all men—in every clime under the sun. These things• had ever endeared their Society to his heart; for he valued no person, Church, or Society, and no nation on earth, which did not hold Christ and the faith as delivered by him to the Apostles, in the highest, the first, and the holiest pre-emi „ ed the society the more because it was not one of confu sion, but of order, in the ministry. No clergyman was forced on any parish—no, they were always asked for by the incum bents—then they are sent from the society to the field of their labours. Where would they find any society better adapted to the purposes of the church than the Church Pastoral-Aid So ciety? He would answer, nowhere. They valued the church, but they did exaggerate her worth; nor did they place ,a higher value on her than she deserved. As an assistant to Christ she was beautiful 4but as a substitute for Christ she was not to be tolerated. Still she was the Church which carried to its fullest extent the Spirit of the Lord—the Spirit of Fence into the dwell ing-places of the kingdom. And yet this was the Church, not withstanding all her value, and the number of her martyrs— all of them sons of the Gospel, fallen asleep in Christ, believing in his second coming, which had been called, on a recent occa sion in this town, the upas tree of this country, spreading her poison wherever she extended. He should think that the per son who made use of that simile knew not the meaning of the words ” upas tree " ; and he, Mr. Falloon, was a'so of opinion. that he knew as much about the Church of England as he did nothing about either. He, however, would inform him that the :pas tree was a mere fable in ancient history; but perhaps the speaker at that meeting was in as much ignoiance On the iubject of church government as he was of the fable of the apes tree. (Hear, hear.) Therefore he would just leave the gentleman who used that sublime figure in the full enjoyment of his erudition, and treat his fabulous argu ments as they really ought to be treated, with contempt. (Applause.) The church was called the church of Christ mili tant on earth, because she was really so aggressive that she would carry the light of the Gospel to those that sat in darkness. She was a church that had ever been true to her character and her tamely on while Satan revelled, and souls were perishing - . She must be true to tier colours. She must spread the glory and honour of the Most High. The fact that such aso ciety bad an existence at all, was to him a proof that the Church of England had not been aggressive enough in her character. (Hear hear.) He had always felt that these causes materially contributed to the necessity for the establishment of such an these causes was, the apathy of the —the second was, the indifference to iced by the state or government of Church of England herself the country he third was. the cold-hertedness, .01 worldly-mindedness, and avarice of many of the wealthy por tion of our fellow-countrymen. He knew that they could adopt no more effectual mode of promoting the welfare, the loyalty, the peace, and the godliness of the people of England, than by spreading the gospel amongst them. (Hear, hear.) Some persons might call it weakness in him to say so; but still he confessed be was weak enough to believe that true• religion formed the basis of all national prosperity. (Cheers.) If he was asked why it was that England was so great and powerful—why it was that, she stood preeminent amongst nations—why she Was the "envy and admiration of surround ing nations ; ' he would not tell them of her climate mild and salubrious as it was—he would not tell them of her soil, fertile though it was—he would not tell them of their merchants, the most princely in the world : no, but he would tell them that the bible—the book of God was cherished in England. That the found of God's prayers from that glorious and immortal book has sounded from many a cotta4e in England, bringing down the. blessings of the Lord upon the population tenfolc _ _ whedthe bible should be T betel it test calamity and disaster to this country that had all heard, he supposed, about the recent ere which had been raised on the Sands, which was called the "Light of Nations." That was just the position which England occupied with respect to the Gospel—she was the light in that respect,which radiated round all the earth, because all the schemes of missionary enterprize emanated from it. They had, no doubt, heard that that beacon erected on the Sands had dis- He would say that if Eng and retired from the roc of ealvation, and commenced to build on the sands of expe giency,_that Gospel light, which has stood for ages the beacon bfeakers of a fell democracy, and sink beneath the power oi fiendish infidelity. (Cheers.) He believed that as the Churcl of England was at present conducted, it was calculated t( promote the honour and the glory of the Gospel—a Gospe which in itself was the promoter of " peace on earth, and good• will to all men." The Pastoral-Aid Society was one which adaptec itself to the wants of the people at large. It went out into the world, and met the over-worked pastor in the field of his exer• tions, and assisted him in his labours. It met the man of the world in his walks, and infused• into the leaven of his soul at earnest desire to walk in the ways of God. (Hear, hear. Wherever a branch of that society had been established, it ha( always tended to good, and increased the impulses of all met in the ways of benevolence. It was enough for him to reinin( them that the society had already been the instrument o meeting the spiritual wants of 2,150,000 of their fellow-country men. (Hear, hear.) He felt confidence in pressing the claim: of that society on them ; for he thought that any body wide' supported the glory of their Master should also itself be sup• les. (Hear, bear.) He would conclude 1,1 teir warmest sympathies, as worthy of the recommending to t strongest manifestation of their gratitude, the Church Pastora Aid Society. The rev. gentleman then resumed his seat amic loud applause. The Rev. CHAIRMAN then announced that a collection woult 'unds of the grants made by the society for th-e-syir teal welfare of Liverpool amounted to something very little short of £llOO per annum ; whilst the subscriptions from Li verpool to the funds of the society did not exceed £5OO per annum. To be sure they had, with an unusual effort, last year raised an additional £300,. so that £BOO was all the town had raised, whilst the society had expended on Liverpool nearly £llOO. That was not a state of things which the merchants of Liverpool would allow in any other matter. The SECRETARY stated that the collections had been greater last year than on any of the previous years The CHAIRMA N Was glad - to hear that affairs were looking up with them—(laughter); but he hoped that they Would not allow anything which they had heard from the valuable report which had been read to them, to interfere with their benefi cence on the present occasion. A collection was then taken up, which was liberally sub scribed to. The Rev. Was. Pom.ocx was then introduced to the meeting by the chairman, and was received with the most marked ap plause. He inquired of the meeting what they would think of him if he began his address by making an assault on their chairman ? ( Laughter.) But as he had been speaking about the subject on which he was going to attack him behind his back; he thought that it would be more honest to do so before his face. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Pollock) thought that he had not dealt fairly to either himself or the meeting by putting them off with a ten minutes' speech. ( Hear hear, and laugh ter.) However, he hoped that he (the chairman) would make reparation for the offence after the conclusion , of what he (Mr. P.) had to say. (Hear, hear.) He was a little _bold to,speak thus, because he had the honour_ for the first time to stand forward on.a rublic platform as honorary secretary to the so ciety (cheers); and perhaps the novitas regni of his situation He ( Mr. P.) was quite well aware that the chairman had been lately engaged in Ireland on duties of the most pressing and urgent character, and whilst he was there, it was his (Mr. P.'s) fortune, or misfortune, to represent , him at St. John's ch ; and after suffering what he did on those occasions, he titled to a little grace when_ he gave him a rub in order to induce bun to give unmen a neiping nano with his speech. (Cheers.) He was glad, however, in the few observations which he did make on the subject, to hear him allude to the shallowness of the voluntary system as compared with the establishment of true religion. (Hear, hear.) A few days ago, lie was somewhat astonished at seeing a placard on the walls announcing a meeting of the Anti-State Church Association. On seeing that placard, his first impulse was that of a desire to attend that meeting. He did not know if the spirit of pugnacity was strongly developed in his feelings, or if it was only a general feeling on the part of all his country men (laughter); but certain it was, that lie felt a strong incli nation to go. However, he felt gratified that lie did not go— not that the principles of the Establishment would not bear the fullest investigation—not that he did not support the tlieory of e Malin hment, but because he felt with ermine at the theory, beautiful though it was, had not been carried tin practice. He believed that he could take Ids bible in ; hand, and Drove from its infallible word that it was the duty, as well as the privilege—the first duty, as well as toe highest privilege—of the sovereigns of the world to provide not merely for the temporal, but also for the eternal—(hear, hear) — in that holy faith that was once delivered to the Saints —making the Gospel of Christ resound over the length and breadth of that space that was d' to him y Him under whom _ —.in - kings govern. (Cheers.) He believed that he could—nay, he was prepared to defend, from first to last, the tenets of that Church ; but before he would do so, it would be necessary to ascertain what the Church of England was precisely. BY the Church of England he did not mean the clergy exclusively, for they might as well say that the officers composed the army ar hat the clerw meant the C - -. - 'h. (Hear, hear.) By the Churn" ,J 11%.“ te did not mea n the mere 'establishment—a word Which he did not like to hear put forward as meaning the Church. What did it mean ? It meant simply that in this country she was ap proved of by the law of the land, and that endowments to the Church were also permitted by the law. The establishment was not the Church. (Hear, hear.) If the establishment was down to-morrow, the Church would still remain the same. The establishment was Roman in one country, and Presbyterian in another, and Protestant in this country. He was quite certain that the word " establishment" would never represent the. Church in the World.—(Loud cheers.)—The time was and it bad not been long gone by, when any professed friend of the Church, merely meant a friend of the Establishment; and the best Churchman was he who cried loudest on the hustings-- "Church and State ; " and toasted the same sentiment the , most enthusiastically.—(Cheers.)--But be was happy to say that day had gone by.—(Cheers.)--They were glad to have an Establishment, if it were freely given to them; but if by having an Establishment, aye, even the smallest restraint was to be put on their Christian liberty, then he would scatter the Establishment to the winds.—(Lo u d cheers.)—The Church that he was prepared to defend, was simply the Church of Christ, which by the great mercy of God had been planted many years ago, in this country, by an Apostle himself, or at all events in apostolic time. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) That Church, which in her eventful history had passed through many changes, because it was her lot, in common with other churches, to be brought under the subjection of man. That church had risen triumphant from the downfall of heresy, which had rea son to mourn that ever there had arisen in her bosom false prophets, who had defiled her unspotted garment ; but that was the church which had come forth in the days of the 16th century bright, beautiful, and glorious as the new-born day emerging from the sombre shadows of night,—(loud cheers,) —befOre - ihat dull men's eyes had been dir c e'cted to the temple of the Lord ; but there they found that the meretricious offer ing of the great sacrifice of Calvary had been turned into the vile sacrifices of man, and the worship of God had been cast down to make room for the machinations of fanatical and idolatrous priest-craft. (Cheers.) The true word of God, and the humble sacrifice of the spirit, had been overturned, and the pseudo sacrifices of man to the idols of his own head were erected in their place ; but in the sixteenth century they were able, by the blessing of God, to throw down the temple which man had reared himself, securing the corner stones with his blood, but to cast the money changers out of it again ; and bequeath to their ancestors the best legacy that God could give unto man—a legacy which, with the divine blessing, they would hand down in all its pristine purity to their children.—(Cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded a very elo4uent address, by de fending the principles of the Pastoral Aid Society, and also by making an ardent appeal to the meeting on its behalf. The Rev. CHAIRMAN then delivered a short address, in the course of which he playfully alluded to Mr. Pollock's remarks. The meeting then terminated. ETING OF JOURNEYMEN BAKERS. Last night, a meeting of the working bakers of this town and Birkenhead was held in the Portico, Newington, for the pur pose of devising measures to shorten their hours of labour, and thereby to better their condition, not only physically, but morally. The attendance was numerous, the whole body of the room, and part of the gallery, being filled. Most of those prese n t appeared i n their, working clothes, and not a few of them with visages to correspond in floury paleness, the result, of their protracted hours of labour at a calling well known to be rather unwholesome. Mr. CARLISLE (of the Guardian Society) was called to the chair, and, after explaining the objects in view, expressed a hope that a plan would be proposed which would bring about a reduction of their hours of labour. He was glad to find that they did not seek a rise of wages, but—a nobler object—a reduction• of their hours of labour, so that they might be enCbled to cultivate their minds, as well as to preserve their health. niompsoN proposed the first resolution, to the effect that the present daily work of from 14 to 20 hours a-day was inst the physical health of the bakers; and he supported the i energy and effect. sit seconded the motion with equal vigour and of language, urging upon his fellow workmen the ne cessity of temperate habits and unity. _ The motion was unanimously carried. Mr. Coo PER moved a resolution to the effect that the long hours of labour of the bakers was not only injurious to their bodily health, but prevented their intellectual, religious, and moral improvement. This he urged in an animated and be coming spirit. Theinotion was ably seconded by Mr. Howz, and carried Mr. REED moved, in effect, that those emplOyers who were satisfied with twelve hours' labour a day were placed in an un due position in competition with those who exacted much longer hours, andlhat an uniformity to the minimum stated would not injure the fair trader or the public. He gave some valuable statistics, but we regret we have not room to report Mr. O'CALLAGHAN ably seconded this, and it was also car ried unanimously. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN (the intended resolutions being disposed of) urged the workmen to bind themselves together, and felt as sured they would thereby gain their pOint, which was at once just to themselves and injurious to none. Mr. REED suggested the establishment instanter of an asso ciation of his fellow. workmeu, for mutual support and protec tion from grievances, in conjunction with similar societies in the other large towns of England and Scotland, from whom they bad received overtures of unanimity of action, so as to render the movement national. lie proposed that each man should put down 6d. at once to defray expenses, and that after wards he should contribute ld. a week. This proposition was received with enthusiasm, and many of those present enrolled their names as members. Thanks were cordially passed to the chairman ; future meet ings were resolved upon ; and the meeting, which was perfectly harmonious, and highly creditable to the parties throughout, quietly dispersed. ANNUAL DINNER OF THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY The twenty-fourth anniversary dinner of this society took place on Friday evening, at Eastwood's, the Royal Hotel, Dale street. The annual report was distributed amongst the mem bers, and was of a highly gratifying nature. The sub-com mitttee had, during the year, issued upwards of 32,000 circu lars, giving notice of upwards of 630 persons, who had been guilty of actual or attempted frauds. The most prominent subjects which had engaged the attention of the committee during the past year were—the supply of water, and the esta blishment of district county courts for the recoVery of small debts. The committee congratulated the community on the appointment of Mr. Rowland Hill to an important position in the General Post-office, and recommended their successors to watch the bills of the 'Liverpool Gas-light Companies, and the Guardian Gas Company. The company, to the number of about 150, sat down to an excellent dinner, and was honoured by the presence of our worthy chief magistrate, G. H. Lawrence, Esq. The chair was occupied by James Denton, Esq., the president of the society, and the vice-ch a i r by R. Crossley, Esq. Amongst those also present were —Rowland Hill, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Esq., James Procter, Esq. ' William Walthew, Esq., 'John Smith, Es q ., David Evans, Eso.. Franri% Venn_ R.. _ _lnhn v coo, c,v,0., Julln vv ren, r.sq., J. Reay, Esq., Cottam, Esq., of Manchester, Alexander White, Esq., J. B. Rigby, Esq., William Procter, Esq., Robt. Procter, Esq., &c. After dinner the Secretary read letters of apology from our borough representatives in parliament, and a number of other gentlemen. 7he respeQtive toasts of the Queen, as " Duchess of Lancas ter," and of Prince Albert, were enthusiastically received. The Army and Navy followed, and glees succeeded each toast. Mr. JOHN SMITH, in proposing 'The Members for the County," paid a high compliment to both, and especially to Mr. Brown, with whom of the two alone he was acquainted— noticed his position as a merchant, his affability, his munifi cence to the public charities, and his general industry and at tention in all matters conducive to the public. The toast was warmly received. "The Membi thusiasm. for the Borough," was drunk with great en- The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of G. H. Lawrence, Esq., chief magistrate, and the Town Council, to whom the society were under great obligations. (Three times three.) _ The MAYOR, in returning thaiiks, expressed hI; admiration of the many excellent services the society had rendered to the community, and hoped it might long continue to flourish, and act as a protection to the honest and industrious, and a terror to the swindler and impostor. He was gratified at being ena bled to pay his respects to the tradesmen of Liverpool, and re gretted that the famine in Ireland had pressed with severity upon the industrious ratepayers of the town, but he hoped the measures of the legislature would relieve them, not pecuniarily, but by making some alteration in the law of settlement. lie believed the tribute of respect paid to him, was in reality paid the office he had the honour to hold, and the body he re presented. He believed there never was a time when the Council was more deserving of respect than at present, for all parties and creeds were united together for the promotion of the public good. He delighted in the labours of the office, al though those labours had been greatly increased by the Sana tory Act, which was now sliding gradually into usefulness. The Council bed a right to divide with them the title of the Guardian Society of Liverpool. (Applause.) Mr. Jou a; SMITH, of the Mercury office, proposed the health of Mr. Rowland Hill, which was received with unbounded ap- Mr. 11Co WLAND HILL,. on rising, was received with marked applause He alluded to the services of the society in promot ing postage reform, adding that it was a mistake to suppose, that he had a control over some of the most important depart ments of the Post-office. He had merely to advise with the Postmaster General, and to introduce the remaining parts of his plan as occasion served. He would be glad to consult with those more immediately connected with the Post-office here, as to the means of applying remedies for the existing defects in the postal arrangements of the neighbourhood. Hepaid a high compliment to the nobleman now at the head of the Post-office department. He said that now that, letters were pre-paid, of course but a small proportion were returned to the Dead Letter Office ; and yet the average amount of money in refused letters amounts to .#lOO 000 per annum. (Great astonishment.) Many thousands of pounds were yearly found in letters which had absolutely no address upon them whatever. The difficulty of making any extensive change was very great, onc reason be ing the Post-office was a machine constantly in motion. It ap peared at first sight absurd that letters should be carried pasta town and come back again; but, in point of fact, it was not absurd, but a necessary state of things. The 'difficulty arose from the impossibility of every town in thekingdom making up a bag for every other town. There were WOO towns intheking don], and if each town made up a hag for each other town, no less than a billion bags would be required. (Laughter and ap plause.) In making these remarks, he hoped the meeting, however, would not suppose that he had become the apo logist of defective postal arrangements. He stated he merely wished, as he had always done, to do the Postoffice justice. To show the increase in the number of l e tt ers w hich had arisen from the penny postage, Mr. Rowland Hill mentioned that immediately before its introduction, the number of letters de livered in the United Kingdom was seventy-five millions per annum; last year it amounted to two hundred and ninety-nine and a half millions. (Loud applause.) This was four-fold. It would require about five-fold to yield the gross revenue given before, but the number was annually increasing; last year exhibited an, increase of twenty-eight millions as com pared with the, lons one. The number of post-offices bad also been nea ed; there were now as many letters de livired within a cumference of twelve miles round the post otifee of St. -Martin's4e , Orand, as werelbrrnerly delivered. h i ; thewhole kingdom. (Hear, aed applause.)Now there was_en town of importance which had not mails twice a day. R, turning thanks for the compliment which had, been paid, Mr. Hill sat down amid loud and long-continued applause. The health of the Town-clerk was drank with great applause, and the Mayor, in returning thanks, highly complimented that active office. -A number of other appropriate toasts were drunk with equal enthusiasm, and the company separated shortly before twelve. SHOCKING CA OF SUFFOCATION.--JOhll Sedman and Thomas Harrison, two men in the employ of Messrs. Hotham and Danby, brewers, Walmgate, in York, went to bed in a room, contiguous to the brewery, on Wednes day night week; there was one of Walker's Phcenix stoves in the room, and Sedman, on retiring to bed, put some fuel on the stove fire, but neglected to replace the stove cover ' which he had re m o ve d t o p u t th e f ue l on . Th e direful consequence was, that there was a large _ escape of carbonic acid era on a fellow-servant going at one ,o'clock on the following morning to call the two men up, he found the room filled with noxious vapour which put -1, me lighted candle in his hand, and on going to the bed where the two men slept, he found Sedman quite dead, and Harrison in a state of insensibility. Medical attendance was speedily procured, and Harrison's life was vs.._ • preserved until Simday; when he expired. DEATH IN THE SNOW.—The snow storm, which has affected the whole country nearly, has been most severely felt in the vicinity of Bath and Bristol, which is composed of a mountainous country, and in which neighbourhoods the snow drifts have an many places been very deep and extensive. many parts the drifts have been more than five or six feet in derith. On Thursday, as some persons were passing up Brentree-hill, in the neighbourhood of Westbury-on-Trym, and within two miles of the city of Bristol, they discovered the body of an aged man, an agri cultural labourer residing in the neighbourhood, nearly buried in the snow. The body was quite cold and stiff, and he had evidently been dead for some hours. A loaf of bread was found under his arm, from which it is con jectured that on the previous night he must have been making his way up the hill, and having been probably overcome with % fatigue, and lost his way, the unfortunate man sank in the snow, and perished from the inderaencY of the weather. • LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLENCE. ANNOYING A CONGREGATION.—A workman was yes terday fined by Mr. Rushton five shillings for having gone in the Roman Catholic Chapel, Copperas-hill, in a state of intoxication, and annoyed those present while several children were being baptised. BREAKING INTO A MARKET STAND.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, Dennis Daley and William Jones, both mere lads, were charged with breaking into a shoemaker's stand in Cleveland-square market, and stealing shoes of the value of 6s. Being, though young in years, old in offence, they were both committed for trial. BASE COIN.—At the Police-court, yesterday, an elderly man, Thomas Ford, and a female, Mary Graham, were charged with uttering, on two different occasions ' two base shillings, in a public-h ouse i n King-street. Both the coins were from the same mould. The prisoners were remanded in order that the case might be submitted to the law officers of the Crown. COMMITMENTS TO GAOL OR FOR TRIAL FROM THE POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY. — Julia Macdonald, for stealing two pickaxes, the property of Michael Kelly,— one month's ~,imprisonment.—Joseph Hughes, charged by, apparently, a countryman, named Canse, with robbing him of his watch (value £4) in a house of ill fame, was sent for trial at the sessions.—Joseph Pugh, an apprentice to Mr. Gambell, sail-maker, and James Tittensor, one of his workmen, were committed for trial at the sessions, on a charge of having stolen some canvas, which they had cut out of a vessel's topsail, on their employer's premises, and sold to a marine-store dealer. It appeared that Mr. Gam bell had previously been a serious loser in the same way, but could not discover the offenders. The prisoners made statements recriminating upon each other.• CASE OF CHILD LEAVlNG.—Yesterday, a young and emaciated woman, named Mary O'Neill, was charged with leaving infant child, (six weeks old,) on the steps of a cellar occupied by a Mrs. Kelly, in Addisbn-street, on the night of Saturday last. The infant was wrapped up. Mrs. Kelly said that the prisoner had before left another child, of which she believed her to be the mother, in the same way. In consequence of a statement made by the prisoner it appeared that Mrs. Kelly's son, who lived . with her, was the reputed father of both the infants, and that he had left them and the mother in great destitution, though he was earning 18s. a week. Mr. Rushton said that nothing could justify the prisoner in leaving her child as stated, but that he would not, under the circumstances commit her. She must come before him again, and affi liate her infant, and he should take care that the father should provide for it. BEGGING IMPOSTOR.—On Friday, a woman named Mulvary, applied at the District-office, Arley-street, for relief, stating that she was in great distress. Police-con stable Cotham suspected that she was not telling the truth, and examined her. In her breast he found 13s. 6d. She was brought before Mr. Rushton, and committed for ten days for begging. sent to gaol by Mr. R On Wednesday, a man wa ton, for three months, for endeavouring to obt by begging petitions, the signatures to which were for geries. They purported to be signed by the Rev. F. Ould, Rev. W. W. Ewbank, &c. Mr. Rushton said that no person should give money to such people. There was a regular manufactory of such petitions in this town. [A letter from the Rev.'F, Parry, in another column, gives a further warning to the public on this subject. It seems that not merely signatures are forged to these documents, but that forged letters are written by these scoundrels.] CAUTION TO PARENTS.—On Tuesday, Mr. Burns, alias Mary M'Coy, was committed for trial for stripping a little girl named Francis Rowe, in Cheapside, of nearly the whole of her wearing apparel.. The prisoner per suaded the child to allow her to take off her clothes, gave her a penny, and was in the act of walking off with the stolen articles when she was observed and apprehended. ain money IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, Catherine Faza kerly was committed for stealing some articles of bedding from the house of Mrs. Sarah Bretherton, keeper of a public-house in Falkner-street It appeared that the prisoner went into the house, and upon ascertaining that the landlady was in the kitchen, walked up stairs, and came down again in a few seconds with a large bundle of bedding. She was secured by an officer on leaving the house, and taken to bridewell. DEFECTIVE SANATORY STATE OF THE NA TIONAL DAME AND INFANT SCHOOLS OF LIVERPOOL. At a meeting of the Liverpool Literary and Philsophical Society, held on Monday evening, a paper was read by Mr. Balman, surgeon, entitled, " Physical Education, with reference to the industrial pursuits of this country, and especially to the National Schools of this town," showing the physical evils of confining children so much in ill ventilated factories, of compelling them to physical exer tions beyond their strength, and of collecting them to gether in small ill-ventilated buildings, for the purposes of education. The consequence of the defective state of such schools, Mr. Balman stated to be most d es t ruc ti ve t o life and provocative of sickness ; the bulk of the schools are ill-ventilated, and of the infant schools one-half are situate in cellars, which are damp, badly lighted, and ill ventilated. The number of buildings inspected by Mr. Babnan were 43, comprising 80 separate schools, of the scholars attend- absent from sickness, there being an average"registered number of 6828 scholars, 731 sick. Of 60 schools, 23 were ventilated, 11 were imperfectly ventilated, and 26 had no ventilation at all. Out of 31 infant schools inspected 11 were quite unfit for schools, 14 were in cellars, and 6 were ventilated imperfectly. Of 3542 registered scholars, 705, or 20 per cent., were ill. At the conclusiou of the asay of Mr. Balman, the clerical inspector of schools, the Rev. H. H. Higgins deemed the subject of so vital importance to the jeopardized health of hundreds of poor children, forced into, and daily incarcerated in, schools, alias cellars, underneath churches and chapels, in this town, that the discussion on this important subject was finally and very properly adjourned till the next fortnightly meeting. STEAM-VESSELS (NAvY).—A return printed on Fri day, on the motion of Sir Charles Napier, shows that the number of screw steam-vessels laid down and launched since the Ist of Janury, 1840, amounts to 11, ranging from 42 to 1,861 tons burden, and from 10 to 629-horse power ; that the number of ships altered to screw steam vessels amounts to 10 ; and that the number of iron steam-vessels laid down and launched since the Ist of January, 1840, amounts to 33, from 20 to 780iiorse power ,952 tons, and CHURCH DISCIPLINE.—We are infOrmed that a bill on this subject has been prepared by the Lord Chancellcr, as a substitute for the one against , which we had occasion to express such strong objections when introduced last session ; and that several of the most obnoxious features of the former bill have been modified. We hear that it is proposed to give the bishops some power of summary proceedings, but with the aid of the dignified clergy of the diocese, instead of a jury selected at the will of the dio cesan, as proposed by the Bishop of London.—Church and State Gazette. MORE SECRET POISONING. IN ESSEX.—On Wednes day, the Rev. Mr. Majendie, and other Magistrates act ing for the district, were engaged some time at the police station of Dunmow, in receiving evidence against Sarah Bright and David Grey, on suspicion of having caused the death of their illegitimate child, David Grey Bright, aged seven weeks, by administering to it a deleterious drug. An inquest had previously been called to investi gate the death, and the Jury returned a verdict that" the deceased died from convulsions, but how produced there was no evidence to show.",. , In a few days afterwards many additional suspicious rumours got afloat respecting the affair, and one or two of the jurymen who presided at the inquest communicated to the magistrates in the neighbourhood on the subject. Mr. Superintendent An derson was instructed in the matter, and the result was the apprehension of the parents of the child on the charge previously mentioned. After a long examination, the prisoners were committed to the County Gaol at Chelms ford for trial, on a charge of wilful murder. BLUNDERS OF THE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS.—The House of Commons, on Tuesday night, agreed to refer the- consideration of the navigation laws to a select com mittee, by a majority of 155 to 61. Mr. Ricardo moved for the committee in a long politico-economical speech, which, not to break a custom, was full of blunders in the matter of fact. One of these blunders was amusingly exposed by Lord George Bentinck, the scourge of bl mr tui : derers and political economists, great and small. Ricardo boasted that a reduction of certain freights might Ge li ge po or b ß e en e t ff i e n c e te k d re t m o itnlyedextrientprooffoluOnsd. the twoenil informed in ton qu , e l s e t a i v o i n ng at a pr m e i s n e u n s t averaget ic a l tco nnoon a m is o t r s e th tha at n thf s. fr 6 e d ig . h t t i s ie quantity of half-a-crown to complete Mr. Ricardo's reduc tion. We know not whether it was this display of the arithmetical accompliehments of the honourable member for Stoke-upon-Trent which caused Sir W. James to say that the honourable member's speech was worthy of his name ; the assertion was unquestionably just, though we must question its being complimentary. • A Mr. Ricardo it was who predicted not once, but fifty times, that the bill of 1819 would not reduce the price of agricultural produce more than four per cent., if quite so much. A few months proved the accuracy of this calculation, by a reduction, not of four per cent., but of sixty per cent. So much for the Ricardo standard of arithmetical accu- racy.—Standard. LONDON POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—At the meeting of this i society, last week, were exhibited some interesting objects which excited the greatest attention, viz., speci mens of famine food. About a dozen different kinds of bread were submitted for examination, consisting of rye, barley, Indian meal, parsnip, yam (sweet potato), beet root, artichoke, carrot, Iceland moss, and hay. With the exception of the two last, these breads seem to be well adapted for use, not only in times of scarcity, but also when no such dire, exigency exists. The Iceland moss and hay bread are black, and fit only to be used as human. food when terrors, similar to those described by Josephus of the last siege of Jerusalem, shall fall upon us. At that dreadful extremity " the tender and delicate woman" ate her own child, and the son tore the bread from the mouth of the mother ; and the father fed upon his daughter's por tion. This wonderful fulfilment of the prophecy, with all the circumstantial details of the event, occur, not unnatu rally, to the mind at this season, more particularly when we already see human ingenuity at work to provide against the worst ; and the productions of the earth, heretofore the food of beasts, conver ted into another form for the exclusive use of man. May God forbid that so fearful a necessity should fall upon this hitherto highly-favoured land I A n i ma ls, it is observed , live and thrive upon hay diet : it is also supposed that, when mixed wit h a 'certain small support life. proportion Inflaovfoflur itour is it n w o i t lli sa t g h r e ee sa ab m le e . way yhe human Iceland moss nauseous corn pboreutdd,, andto oiunr appearance p a l . palate, t e, iis it tn is notunlike uexceedinglyke black clay.of3lbs.e The puce price of the parsnip bread is 6d. f or a weight ; that of beetroot 8111, fo the best wheat bread, r 34 lbs.—dearer than Feb. 16, 1847. ADVANCE IN THE PRICES OF GRAIN IN IRELAND . , As was only to be ex p ec t e d, t h e stoppage o f canal nail' gation, and, indeed, the nearly total suspension of all land communication, owing to the continuance of the ill' tense frost, has had the effect of causing an advance in the prices of all kinds of grain in Ireland, and the s pew lators are consequently once more in high spirits. At the Corn-exchange, Dublin, there was a brisk demand for every thing that was offered for sale, and wheat, barleYr and oats were each up fully ls. per barrel. The rates were—white wheat, 475. to 50s. ; red wheat, 445. to 485.; barley, 275. to 325. ; oats, 20s. to 255. ; o a t mea l, 255. to 275. ; second flour, 255. to 265.. The price of the 41b , loaf, it is calculated, will be lid. this week. All other kinds of provisions are equally dear; vegetables are fast disappearing from the Dublin markets. The whole fad of Ireland is one sheet of ice, nor does there seem to be the slightest prospect of any immediate change in the weather. Trade is miserably slack, the shopkeepers literally doing nothing at a time when the calls of chant/ are incessantly pressing upon their resources. The fol lowing is from the Westmeath Guardian of Friday :-- " The weather has been exceedingly severe for the last felt` days, a considerable fall of snow having taken place on Mon day night, which was succeeded by frost, and several other showers of snow since. The navigation of the canal is closed since Tuesday night, and several mails are late in their arrivals. It has had a tendency to raise the markets, which were pre viously heavy, and looking downwards. The holders of meal were demanding, at the opening of the market to-day, 268. pet cwt., but failing to effect any sales, loweri.d their terms towards evening , to 235. ed., at which price seven tons were taken for the gaol and relief committee: some small transactions brought 245; per cwt. Oats, in the same way, were expected in the morning to bring a large advance, but the holders had to dis' pose of the most at 20. to 235. per barrel." VOTES FOR PRESIDENT OF MEXICO , The candidates for the presidency of Mexico, according to the Hibernia's advises, were seven in number, ON only, however, being strongly supported. The votes given were 99, of which 50 were for Santa Anna, and 4 0 for Elloriga, the remainder being divided amongst the other five candidates. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, The Chester and Holyhead report most satisfactory progress. The line to Conway will he opened in-August, by the close of the year to Bangor, and in 1849 the *hole length of the line will•be finished. The directors had been able to borrow £612,000 at 44 per cent. The Liverpool and Bury Railway will, it is expected, be opened at a very early date, as far as Wigan. The per manent rails are laid for a considerable distance on the Upholland side, to near the Hare and Hounds, Billinge road. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A serious accident, but unat tended with loss of life, occurred on the Carlisle Railway on Tuesday. It appears that the mail train frOm Lances" er put up at Shap for water, and while remaining there, an engine and tender, which were on their way to Pen rith, to fetch a cattle train, ran into the mail train, shat tering the earriages, which were thrown off the line, and severely injuring several of the passengers. WIND v. STEAM.—On Monday evening, at Heaton Norris, a detached wagon was caught by the wind, and west at a rapid and accelerated speed down the incline towards Manchester. Young Steam, seeing this, em ployed his full power, commenced a chase to recover the waggon so surreptitiously abducted, propelling his train before him ; kut Old Boreas was victorious, having reached the winning-post at Levenshulme in gallant style, dis tancing his grunting antagonist. • The names of "P. Ricketts - and T. James, Moorgate street, City, merchants," appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday week. Mr. Ricketts was a director of the Great Western Railway, and, at one time, c' airman of the Bristol and Exeter. During the mania he figured as provisional committee-man in a vast number of schemes. The immediate cause of failure is said to be an enormous loss in French railway shares ; and it is feared that other houses will be involved. The liabilities are said to amount to nearly half a million ! The town councils of Newcastle and Gateshead have respectively resolved to petition parliament in favour of the projected extension of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway to the Tyne. A strong party in the Newcastle council was in favour of the Newcastle and York line through the Team Valley, but was outvoted, the numbers being re spectively 19 for the Leeds and Thirsk and 15 for the Newcastle and York project. The Gateshead Council were nearly unanimous, there being but two in favour of Mr. Hudson's line. With greatly increased public accommodation and re duced fares, the London and Northwestern still preserve their 10 per cent dividend. At the meeting, on Friday, dividends of £5 per share of £lOO on the London and North-Western stock, and £4 lOs per share on the Man chester and Birmingham stock, were declared. We rejoice to observe that this company is now convinced of the true value of a goods traffic managed by themselves, and that the chairman announced that quadruple lines would be laid to Tring, and that the measure was in aitualprogress. TRAFFIC AT THE PRESTON RAILWAY STATION.-1 There are, daily ( Sundays partially excepted), 41 passen ger trains in and out, making altogether 82 ; 10 luggage, trains in and out, maki ng 20 ; an d 15 coa l tra i ns in an d out, making 30 ; which altogether give a total of 132 trains arriving at or passing the Preston station daily- The weight of coals brought daily, amounts to from 1,800 to 2,000 tons, and it has been asce r t a i ne d th a t o f this quantity, at least 1,000 tons are daily consumed in Pres ton, the remainder being sent forward to the north, or br the Preston and Wyre -Pn--r-A.---trucimmacrr: ,---- crir --- -crie afternoon o f Tl nn • last, two men we re kill e d and anotherdan g ero B sIY hurt, on that portion of th e E as t Lancashire Iran " " , way now being forn. that this part of the intended railway is a cutting about ten yards deep, through a stratum of marl ; the men were undermining a portion of the cutting, when a large, quantity of the earth fell (it is supposed in consequence of the thaw) and completely buried the three . men ' • they were extricated as soo n as p oss ibl e , w h en two of thenit were found to be quite dead and the third with his legg. andarnis broken and otherwise hurt. MANCHESTER, SIIEFIPIELD AND LINCOLNSRIRE RAIL' WAY.—A meeting of tee proprietors of this company waif held on Thursday to receive the report of the committee lately appointed, with the vie w o f ge tti ng a more efficient _ - uoara or airectors. Mr. Charles Holl - midOCCuPieciihe chair, and stated that, after considerable difficulty, the committee had succeeded in obtaining five gentlemen of experience to act as directors, and even the present direc tors had agreed to submit the new list at the general meeting on the 17th instant. He said the committee were still more convinced of the great capabilities of the line', when properly developed. In reply to a director, the chairman said, he expected there would be no need of proxies for the meeting on the 17th, but it would be ail well to have them there. A court-martial has dismissed Commander Cragg from the Sphynx, that vessel having been run ashore in conse quence of the lead not being attended to. His name is to be placed at the bottom of the list of commanders. A RARE BIRD.—A- few days since ;gamelleeper, at Littlecott, near Hungerford, Wiltshire, shot a large golden eagle, a bird almost unknown in the southern counties. The eagle had glutted itself on a dead deer, and was un able to fly away on the approach of the keeper, who fired six times before he killed it.—Berkshire Chronicle. MURDER AT NEWBOROUGH.—A shocking murder waS committed on Sunday night, at Newborough, near Hex ham, on the line of railway between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle. It appears that a labourer named Proud. living at Newborough, havinc , had a child bapti se d, re paired, as is usual in this locality, to a public-house,to celebrate the event with some friends. While there a dis pute 'arose with another man, named Welsh, who was drinking in the house when the party entered, but no par ticular notice was taken of the deceased. Proud and his friends left the house on whomnthei the d h is o p na u e te wa;d as , and re_ ,were followed by Welsh, with were d e w ne i ar e d a Newborough,almost im me d a t e e lsh s s eize e d d Pr a o n u d d and cut hishutty f throat with a k n if e i n so d rea dful a manner, that the poor they Welsh ran off, and drank a quantity of whisky at the public-house he had shortly before left. He was soon after apprehended. The inquest was held on Tuesday' when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Welsh. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE. -On Saturday night last , about nine o'clock, an outrage and attempt at murder; happily of exceeding rarity in this country, was committed on the road between Ulverstone and Dalton, on the per son of a man named Thomas, in the employ of Messrs- Davis, ironmasters. It appears that as Thomas was re turning from Ulverstone to Dalton,_ at a lonely situatio o , about mile atid"lilialf from the latter place, a Mille: was fired from the roadside at him, which passed through his hat, about an inch and a half from the crown, forts' nately without doing him any injury. Ile could distiuctl make out two persons at the road side, one of whom fire the bullet from a pistol, and immediately rushed up° hi m ; but he gave the ruffian a blow with a stout stick which laid him sprawling on the ground. His companio n made off to a short distance, and Thomas began bets; bowing and kicking his p ros t rate 'foe, who sereatne,c' lustily for the assist ance of his confederate, who, it seems, plucked up courage and came to the r escue. It is conjectured this attempt at assassination was il l ' tended for some of the Dalton maltmakers; three o r foot of whom it was known were collecting their account° , preparatory to paying for barley at Candlemas, and wb° were expected to return home that day.—Carlisle Patriot . A PEEP AT LAHORE. A recent French traveller describes Lahore, of which we have recently heard- s!, much, as bei ng sur r ounded by hi g h wa ll s and defended b., towers and ravines, and gi ves a graphic picture o f sanatory state and condition. He says, when seen fra . :T a distance,. no idea can b e f orme d of the spectacle i t P seats within. Its pr esen t m i sery i s as great as its _lft splendour. It is nothing but a mass of ruins ; evert ; where its n o bl e mans i ons seem ready to fall to 1 " ground. To adventure on foot through the inextrtg; ble mazes of tortuous, infectious, dark streets formin hl town, obstructed as they are too by ruins, and n, with elephants, h orses , mi d men , is al mos t i m p oss ible f 0 1 .4 stranger. The streets are so narrowthat in manyyounn touch both sides as you pass. The houses, construe, of brick, are so high, so overladen ivith balconies and ' copiers, and in such a state of dilapidation, that a IA:1, 0 would seem sufficient to overturn them, as it would 4 1 0 triumphal gates, under which you pass in going frota" o d, quarter of the city to another. To sum up all, the gret or • which has never been paved, is a mere open sewer, as h by rible to see as to bear ; and is pierced here and there ic ii deep holes, which, notwithstanding all the address Y r i_; oo . is displayed to avoid them, often cause the elephants . . fe ct gerous falls. We should be g lad to obtain the C O°" 00 1, average duration of human life i n thi s reeking cessP for the advantage of the sanitary agitation now ei n g lin England. —The Builder., Pet n!....._, Earl F money Ireland s ditions Lord would foi teal repa point. I sooner it another r gets of L laughi The M xtiouy t o th e poop] that th e ons as th Lord always— measure; th e tw o England The to ti thl tu foelei t at ! aodt s l l l l l-s e j:l Place ' n , which ' M tainistral Re attac Name. H of Irelan rental of their sup estimate( rental we *rtxof equality have a ri present what was The he through. 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