The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

curse bee. 14, 1847. =total Raps. der s to 30 34 for rder mo in- ight at a• that ant )wn B to , ght :di one Christopher Leyland, Esq., has sent a donation of £lOO 'to the School for the Blind. The royal mail steam-ship Acadia will probably arrive to-day. Mr. Tysack, clerk at the fever sheds has fallen a victim - to the disease of fever. Mr. John Myers has been elected a paid director of the Royal Bank—he will prove a most valuable acquisition. There are at present in Birkenhead 2,370 houses occu pied, and 1457 unoccupied. There are 2071 less inhabi tants than the ascertained number this time last year, It is said that Captain Johnson, whose name was too sadly connected with the names of the Tory seaman, died on his arrival at Sydney. We are informed that Messrs. Heywood have resolved to adopt in their future banking arrangements the recent example of Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. Hhe Rev. F. Bishop, of Exeter, has been appointed by thLiverpool Domestic Mission Society their ' minister the poor, " in the place of the Rev. J. Johns, deceased. An infant, only one month old, named Christopher Kehoe, died in its mother's arms on board the steamer Royal William, on Wednesday, on the passage from Dublin. It is said that a portion of the stock in the Birkenhead Gas and Water Work will be offered shortly by public auction (as in Liverpool), by the proprietor, Mr. W. Jackson. The Markets' Committee have advanced Mr. Luya's salary to £250, and Mr. Hutchinson's salary has also been augmented in consequence of his taking charge of Gill street market in addition to St. James's. On Thursday week as Thomas Edwards was working at the Albert Dock, a bag of sugar, which was being hoisted into a warehouse, fell and knocked him down, and he was so injured that he died on Tuesday. On Thursday, a fire broke out in four unoccupied houses in Lower Tranmere, belonging to Mr. Burton. The houses were partially gutted, and part of the roof also fell in. The damage is about £2OO. Parties. apparently from the country are hawking about alleged new laid eggs, which are in the worst stage of decomposition. The deceptive appearance is obtained by rubbing them with spirits of wine. THE FEVEIL — We are glad to learn that the number of fever cases.under the treatment of our parochial officers has diminished,—being 400 less this week than the pre ceding. The total number of cases is 1601 ; of these 177 are new. IT RAILWAY IRON' FROM AMERICA. — Several vessels, from ow York have brought large quantities of railway i ron ; whether original importations, or returned British iron, is not stated. The New World brought 149 tons weight, and the John R. Skiddy 822 bars. On Wednesday week, the Presbyterian Church at Dudley was opened. The church is described by the Birmingham papers as "a very handsome building, com plete in all its arrangements, and reflecting great credit upon the architect, Mr. Hay, of Liverpool." On Wednesday night, the shop of Mr. Philip, stationer, South Castle-street, was broken open, and property to a considerable amount was secreted by the thieves, which was, however, fortunately recovered. A private watch man in the street gave the alarm, and the police, on enter ing, found two young men secreted in a cupboard. Mr. Hughes, who is worth £30,000, besides the receipts arising from the sale of his celebrated mammoth eques trian establishment, a few years ago, began life selling Lu cifer matches. Batty, of Astley's Amphitheatre, saw him pursuing his avocation in a public-house, in the north of England, was kind to him and gave him employment, and he succeeded. LECTURES ON MESMERISM. — Mr. Reynoldson, who has so long been before the public, and whose statements as to the curative power of this influence have created such a sensation, is about to deliver three Lectures on this science. There can be little doubt that they will be instructing, more particularly as they are illustrated with practical examples. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday night, an old man named John Collins was knocked down by a spring cart whilst crossing Naylor-street. and received such injuries that he died during the night. Two witnesses thought that the cart was going too fast to turn a corner ; but it appeared the deceased was very deaf, and the driver was not going at any extravagant speed. The verdict at the inquest was homicide by misadventure. SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Thursda , George Stedman, a dockgateman at the Brunswick Dock, was found lying senseless on the gates, and died before he could reach the Southern Hospital.—On the same day, Thomas Quine dropped down suddenly on board the Caledonia, Halifax steam-boat, and died before reaching the Hospital.—On Wednesday, Mary M‘Grath died of congestion of the lungs, having only a day or two previous taken her pas sage on board the Tuscar to America. The Chester and Holyhead Railway, being about to open for passengers. will be a great attraction for the pub lic to visit North Wales; but to lime merchants and mas ters of flats and small craft there is a much greater one— the Llandulas Limestone Railway Quarries, Tan-yr-allt, near Abergele, are so situated as frequently with ease to load three or four vessels afloat at one tide, and indepen- dent of being the best stone on the country side, I am told they allow a liberal discount for cash payments at their works.—Tour through North Wales. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—At the monthly meet ing on Tuesday, Mr. C. Symonds, Mr. J. L. Ives, owner of the Prima Donna, were elected members, and James Brooke, Esq., of the Royalist yacht, was elected an honorary member. The secretary introduced to the noti c e of the meeting one of Houldsworth's vulcanised india rubber life buoys, which had been sent to him, and observed, that he considered it the best general life buoy which has been introduced ; the meeting were of the same opinion, and no doubt it will be generally used when it becomes known. HEALTH OF THE Towx.—lt appears that the deaths during the week ending Friday, December 9, in Vauxhall Ward, from influenza, 3 ; bronchitis, 15 ; and fever, 23. The latter, however, include those in the fever shed, many of which do not belong to that district. Thus sho ring that bronchial affections are destroying nearly as many as the fever. Deaths from influenza are on the increase ; and should the wet weather continue it will prove exten sively fatal. It behoves every person now to keep their feet warm and dry and their heads cool. Bed, patience, and gruel are the best remedies. QUARANTINE ESTABLISHMENT AT LIVERPOOL.—The quarantine establishment at Standgate Creek is to be re duced nearly one-half the complement of men and officers. Lieutenant W. H. Goddard. R.N., has received orders to proceed to Liverpool and Birkenhead, it being the in tention of the board of health to establish stations at the port of Liverpool. It is expected that most of the men for discharge and superannuation at Standgate Creek will be removed by order to Liverpool and Birkenhead, most of them being men of 20 to 25 years' servitude, and well acquainted with their duties.—London paper. BURMESE THRONE. —On Thursday the celebrated Burmese Throne, or Rath, belonging to Mr. Batty, of Astley's Theatre, left thatllestablishment, drawn by the team of enormous camels en route for Liverpool. The novelty of such an equipage attracted a vast crowd, which increased as it progressed. The animals becoming alarmed at the shouts of the people when in Parliament -street, started off at full gallop, the camel drivers having much difficulty in keeping up with them. Opposite the Horse Guards the foremost animals fell down, and the entire team rolled over them, the Burmese throne narrowly es - caping destruction. After a time the unwieldly creatures were extricated, and reached the railway at Euston square without further mishap. Mr. Auditor Rees attended at the West Derby Union Workhouse on Thursday week, to audit and pass the ac counts of the overseei a. Mr. Radcliffe, solicitor, op posed an item of £6O Is. 4d., charged by the overseers for commission on the collection of the county and watch rates. Some strange disclosures resulted, relative to erasures in the books, which Mr. Peers, one of the over seers, acknowledged had been made to meet the view of the auditor. The auditor postponed his decision till Tuesday, the 7th instant, when the ratepayers again met. It seems, however, that the auditor has no legal jurisdic tion over county and watch rates levied under assessments distinct from the rates for the relief of the poor. SERIOUS OUTRAGE.—On the 3d instant, in the even ing, a female servant living with a lady named Johnson, in Clarence-street, Edge-hill, heard a noise amongst some fowls which she keeps, and going to ascertain the cause, discovered two men masked in the room. She screamed out, and the old lady ran up stairs to see what was the matter, when one of the men, who had a large knife in his hand, seized her, and dragged her round the room for some time : he then let her go, without doing her any other in itll7. She broke a square of glass in the room window, and, as well as she was able, cried out " Murder." The fellows made their escape. A search was made, but no trace could be found of the direction they had taken. There can be little doubt but the villains intended to con ceal themselves in the house until the inmates were at rest, and then rob, and perhaps murder the old lady if nhe gave any alarm. DOCKS 'FOR THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN STEAMERS.—We observe, from the New York papers, that the docks now building at Jersey City, New York, under engagement with Messrs. Samuel Cunard, of Hali fax, George Burn, of Glasgow, and Charles Mac lver, of Liverpool, for the special use of the British and North American royal mail steam-ships, going to New York, are nearly completed. It is expected that the docks will equal in accommodation and convenience the wharfs which the company have at East Boston, these being perfectly adapted for the prospective wants of the service in that quarter. These arrangements, when taken in con nexion with the experience, forecast, and vigour displayed by the company, on this side, afford strong presumptive . evidence that, as far as depends on human effort, the double service to New York and Boston will be as effec tually performed for the future as the Boston branch of it has hitherto been. We think there is no doubt of this. THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.—Under this excellent title, we perceive that an association, combining all the essen tials requisite to piomote a good and cordial feeling in society, and to alleviate, at a moderate expense, the dull evening hours, is about to be commenced at Mr. White -man's, Hanover-street. We hail it as an undertaking • that will be frought with great good, more particularly to • that great body of the inhabitants whose business hours are lengthy, or whose labours are confining ; for such is the admirable m anner in which it is arranged, that provision . is not only made for recreation,-but for health. To recapi tulate a few of the advantages, we may briefly state that the apartments in which it will be held are numerous, lofty; lengthy, and well ventilated. fitted, not superbly, but with every care to neatness and comfort. One room is adapted to gymnasium ; another to an extensive library; another to a well supplied news-room ; and in others there are fine billiard tables, bagatelle, chess, and all the desirable et ceteras, free to th e members. Our readers will scarcely credit that for.all these advantages the sub , scription is but 15s. per atumm—economical certainly.. It partakes of the spirit of the age, and the energetic Character of the projectors. The world ought to subscribe.. SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Saturday afternoon a man named Richard Burke, aged 36 years, fell down dead in Shaw's-brow.—On Friday, a girl, named Johanna Kirby, was found dead in bed. She had been slightly indisposed previously.—On Saturday morning, an old man, named Jeremiah Meanley, 65 years of age, living in Upper Beau street, fell out of bed and immediately expired. He had been ill a short time.—On Wednesday, a foreigner named Joseph Berkovity, died in an awfully sudden manner in his shop in Islington. A servant girl who belonged to the house went out, leaving him standing at the door, and, on her return, she found him lying on the floor quite dead. Mr. Dodd made a post mortem examination of the body, and found the cause of death to be rupture of a blood ves sel in the brain. About noon that day, deceased and a man named Marcus Abraham Harfman went into the shop of Mr. Burnett, Christian-street, Seme words passed be tween them, when Harfman gave deceased a push on the breast with his hands (one witness said a dig in the sto mach), which caused him to stagger backwards, and he struck his head against the framing of the window. He did not complain of being hurt ; but both he and Harfman were put out of the shop. Deceased returned to his own shop in Islington, where he seemed much agitated. There were no marks of violence on the head. THE LIVERPOOL SHIPOWNERS' AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—The committee of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association have instructed their solicitors, Messrs. North and Orred, to commence an action against the East India Company for freights due on cargoes claimed by them as holders of hypothecated bills of lading. The company deny their liability. The consequence is, at this moment, large sums are owing shipowners for East India, freights ; and beyond a lien on the goods in the Albert Warehouses, the shipowner has no recourse for twelve months, when the gbods may be sold to cover duties, charges, and freight. This is a great hardship on the shipowner; and the practical step which the Shipowners' Association are adopting to bring the question to an issue, reflects great credit on that body. Another serious ques tion has arisen at Bombay, as to the measurement of cot ton. It would appear that for years past the callipers have been incorrect, entailing thereby a heavy loss on the shipowners. We should recommend all shipowners to pur chase Dring and Frage's patent callipers, and have them duly stamped, the same to form part of the ship's outfit. The Great Britain Steam Ship Company having awarded the munificent sum of £lO7 to be distributed amongst the gallant men who rescued their great ship from the strand at Dundrum, that sum has been distributed, in the follow ing manner :—Cluett, first leading man, £10; Spiller, second leading man, £5 ; Taylor, third leading man, £2 is. 4d.; Fisher, fourth leading man, £2 3a. ; Gil more, LI 17s. 4d. ; Butler. .E 1 17s. 4d. The remaining 50 riggers, each, £1 13s. ; Taylor, Gilmore, and Butler, received 4s. 4d. each more than the others in consequence of going overboard to secure the temporary rudder which broke adrift when approaching the bar of Liverpool. This was a balance Mr. Bellamy was authorised to give to those who deserved it most. The 25 men belonging to the Victory; the crew of the Birkenhead steam-frigate, Com mander Ingram, who was nine days on board the wreck, working hard, and only sleeping on board their own vessel, except the 50 men who assisted in navigating the wreck to Liverpool, are also awarded nothing ! The crew of the Scourge steam-ship, Commander (now Captain) Caffin, who were also on board the wreck five days, and working hard all that time, are not awarded a farthing; neither is Mr. Bellamy, Commander Ingram, or Captain Caffin. THE NEW 11 1 6CIC BlLL.—This bill, which has passed the Dock Committee, and will be submitted for the ap proval of a special meeting of the Council, this week, contains sixty-four clauses, and is entitled, a bill "to authorise the trustees to build warehouses, to construct additional wet docks and other works, and for other pur poses." It repeals the act which prevents the trustees from constructing the Wapping. or any other docks or basins to the east of the King's Dock, and authorizes the building of warehouses, when the trustees shall deem it necessary, upon and around the quays of all the docjcs. now constructed or to be constructed, including the site of the transit sheds at the Prince's Dock. It grants !au thority to purchase from the Earl of Derby the land at the north shore, but not compulsorily. Purchases from other parties may be compulsory, if not made by amic able arrangement—and this power is limited to seven years. They may construct at Wapping wet docks and basins, and enclose the land purchased from Lord Derby, and may themselves build a river wall, with a parade or walk for the public. They are empowered to borrow £640,000, £300,000 of which is to be for the construction of warehouses, and the rest for docks, and the money to be secured either by bonds of the trustees, or bonds with certificates, the latter not to include sums under £5O. The whole of the money is to be consolidated into a gen eral fund, to be called The Liverpool Docks Consoli dated Debt." The act authorizes the trustees to establish electric telegraphs between Liverpool and Holyhead.— There is no clause in the act to compel the trustees to pay parish rates on the new warehouses. The introduction of such a clause by the Council would, we think, be but equitable, and would probably avert opposition to the bill. SHIPMENT OF MACHINERY FROM LIVERPOOL.—The first of a series of shipments of machines and articles of iron was made at this port for Odessa within the last few days. The vessel selected for the conveyance of the first cargo to its port of destination is the British barque Flirt, Mr. Alexander Dove, master. This large shipment of iron is being sent from England, for the construction of a suspension bridge across the river Dnieper, at Kieff. This contract was made between the Imperial Government of Russia and Charles Vignolles, Esq , the eminent engi neer, and will, when completed, be the most stupendous undertaking to be found in any part of the world. We need scarcely inform the European traveller that the Dnieper is a noble river flowing through the Russian do minions—that it runs about 800 miles, when it joins the Black Sea, and that, with the exception of a series of cata racts, which begin below the mouth of the Samara, and interrupt it at certain seasons of the year to the extent of about 40 miles, it is perfectly navigable, and forms a broad expanse. The machines and articles of iron have been made at a foundry in Bolton. The total nett weight of this shipment is upwards of 274 tons, and the various pieces of iron, &c. amount to 4678, and are numbered in the invoice from Ito 320. On looking over the bill of lading, which is elaborately drawn out, we find that there are a great number of sheeting pile and foundation pile weights, cylindrical pieces, 5-inch diameter shafts and pairs of couplings, and stands with bolted pedestals, be sides 14 packing cases, containing a large quantity of bolts, nuts, daggers, and a multiplicity of other articles, used in the construction of undertakings of this nature. The Flirt is consigned to Messrs. Raffalowicz and Co. of Odessa; and as that port is about 400 miles from Kieff, the machinery, on reaching the consignees, will have to be forwarded to its final place of destination by means of carts drawn by oxen. CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF A CARPET BAG.—In Oc tober last we advertised a carpet bag, which in the course of the preceding month had been left at the Golden Lion inn, in this town, by a gentleman named Thomas P. Boyes, Esq., who, on his way from Liverpool to the Cum berland Lakes, had sojourned all night at the above-named inn. On leaving the inn, on the following morning, Mr. Boyes requested Mrs. Irwin, the landlady, to send his bag to him at Keswick by the carrier, as he intended to walk from hence to that town. In a few days, a man, having the appearance of a country farmer, called and enquired for the carpet bag, which he said he was ordered to convey to the owner at Keswick. It was on a market-day, and the inn being throng at the time, the bag was given to the enquirer without any suspicion. The bag, it appears, never reached its destination, and no trace could be found of the man who called for it. On Wednesday week however, as Mr. Bird's servant at Catterlen Hall, was supplying his master's cattle the identical carpet bag fell, along with some hay, upon the man's head. The astonished servant took the bag, which was open, to his master, and it was found to contain some sketches of the lakes, German books, &c., and a letter containing a five pound note, addressed to " Thos. P. Boyes, Esq., at Daniel Willis, Esq., Liverpool." The note had evidently been overlooked by the thief who obtained the bag from the Golden Lion, and neither the clothes which it con tained, nor anything else, had been taken out of it. This mysterious affair was communicated to Mr. Boyes at Liverpool, who minutely described both the bag and its contents, which was returned to Mrs. Irwin yesterday, and she has generously presented the man who found it with a sovereign. In all probability it will ever remain a secret how the bag became buried in a hay-mow at so re mote and distant a place as Caterlen Hall, which is nearly forty miles from this town.— Whitehaven Herald. THE PACKET-SHIP NEW WORLD.-011 the arrival of this splendid ship at New York, on her last voyage from Liverpool, the cabin and steerage passengers appointed a committee to draw up an address to Captain Knight, expressive of their high opinion of his conduct, and the accommodation of his ship. The following will explain the result :—" New York Bay, Sept. 18, 1847.—Gentle men.—We, the undersigned, being a committee selected from the second cabin and steerage passengers, beg to hand you the following statement, which we have prepared for publication for the information of our friends, ac quaintances, and others who know us, and any of whom desiring hereafter a comfortable and pleasant passage across the Atlantic from the British shores, may depend upon our testimony in that respect, as set forth in the document alluded to. We are. gentlemen, very respect fully, your obedient servants, James Lipsett, Castledarg : John Smith, John Reddy, Samuel Dale, Dublin ; Archi bald Black, Lisburn ; David Harrison ' 8.A., committee. To our fellow-passengers of the first cabin of the ship New World :—We, the undersigned, having, in a letter addressed to E. Knight, Esq., captain of the good ship New World,' expressed our entire satisfaction as to the excellent appointments of his ship, now beg to submit the following statement of facts relative thereto, and as some of us have crossed the Atlantic for the twentieth time, we have no hesitation in asserting that the vessel which has carried us to the western world, surpasses in every respect any other ship now at sea. The free ad mission of light and air into the second cabin and steer age, as well as other parts of the ship, is most complete. The ship is provided with Professor Epsy's patent exhausters, capable of extracting such foul air as may be generated, at the rate of 3000 cubic feet per minute; and as that capacity is instantly supplied with atmosphericair, perfect ventilation as well as light is insured to the pas sengers. In addition to this most important arrangement, provision is made for the accommodation of the sick, a room on dock being devoted to that purpose, which not only promotes their recovery, but tends to preserve their fellow passengers from contagion. In the cooking de partment every accommodation is afforded. Three Sepa rate kitchens, provided with the most approved apparatus, is wholly allotted to the use of the second cabin and steerage passengers. To guard against any impurity which may occur in the air below decks, the ship is thoroughly cleansed daily. and also supplied with chloride of lime and the patent disinfecting fluid. In conclusion. we have only to repeat, that those of our friends, or any residents of the old world, who m ay w i s h a spee d y an d agreeable passage to the Western world, will find the ship New World' is the best ship in the whole world, and that Captain E. Knight is just the matk to command herK" THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS. - WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual. weekly meeting of this board took place on Wednesday, Mr. Sheppard filled the chair. From the weekly report of the Fever Hospital, it appeared there were in the house last week, 91; admitted daring the week, l 6; dismissed. cured, 26 ; died, 7 ; remaining in the house, 77. It ap peared from the weekly reports, that in No. 3, or Crosby district, the number of cases relieved were 71, at a cost of £l3 115. 91. ; in No. 2, or West Derby, they were 557, at a cost of £B2 9s. 4d. ; and in No. 1, or Toxteth-park, 1139, at a cost of £136 9s. 3d. The number of inmates at present in the Workhouse was 489. A resolution was carried, recommending a salary of £lOO to Mr. W. Hodgson, as a collector of poor rates. The Poor Law Commissioners thought the salary ought not to exceed £6O. The conduct of Mr Whittle, one of the surgeons for the township of West Derby, was investigated, relative to a charge which had been made against him of giving two patients what the board considered an extravagant quantity of brandy. Mr. Whittle's explanation seemed to be satisfactory to the board. The increase of Mr. Whittle's salary next occupied the attention of the baud, but it was ultimately postponed until the next meeting. It was resolved that the inmates of the Workhouse should be regaled with roast beef, plum pudding, &c., on Christmas-day. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. —At the usual monthly meeting, on Tuesday, a motion was made for the addition of Messrs. Hind, Potter, and Adamson to the Finance Committee. This Mr. Hicklin said he regarded as a mo tion of want of confidence, and he moved an amendment, but the original motion was carried by a majority of seven to five. Mr. Greene (the chairman of that committee), Mr. Fox, and Mr. Bentham, then resigned their seats at the committee. Mr. Potter said he would not attend if their resignations were accepted ; in fact it would be a great inconvenience for him to attend for some months to come. The receipts at the ferry from the 23d April to the 30th November last were £13,456, and for the same period last year £14,989. The total expenditure was £9,842. A good deal of conversation then took place about a deed which bad been entered into with the railway company, on the subject of baskets of fruit and barrels of herrings being carried across the river to Monks' Ferry, and by which it was alleged £2OOO a-year had been lost to the township. The chairman said the matter was in the hands of the law-clerk, and they could not interfere with the- matter at present.—A motion was then made for the discontinuance of the policemen on board the steam-boats, but as it was thought those officers were very useful, the motion was withdrawn.—The Incorporation Committee recommended the overseers to call a public meeting op that subject.—Mr. Laird moved that a special meeting-of the board be called to take steps to lay rates to the utmost limit allowed by law, for the purpose of paying the bonded debt, and also to take measures for obtaining the sanction of the iatepayers to the proceeding. The motion was se conded by Mr. Thompson, and carried. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting, on Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided. Mr. Parkinson was told by the chairman that by the act of parliament he was disqualified from taking his seat at the board. Mr. Parkinson withdrew, after an ineffectual attempt to explain the reasons of his non-attendance. It appeared that there were three candidates for the chaplaincy of the workhouse, viz., the Rev. Drummond Anderson, curate o fSt. Jude's Rev. J. E. Barrows, incumbent of St. Matthew's, Stock port, and the Rev. E. D. Green, of Bridgewater. The latter gentieman was not proposed. On a division, Mr. Anderson was elected by a majority of 12 to 7 ; the two rectors voted for Mr. Green, because they considered his previous connection with a similar post of duty rendered him more suitable for the present situation.—Mr. Ur quhart was elected a vestryman in the place of Mr. Par kinson.—Mr. Hart read the following apportionment of the money granted by the Lords of the Treasury, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the medical and other officers, who died of fever caught in the discharge of their duties :—Thos. Smith £3O, C. S. Rowland £9O, Inspector Forsyth £65, Surgeon Ashcroft £7O, George Young £4O, Surgeon Griffith £7O, Norton £4O, Yeoman £4O, Simpson £4O, Bright £4O, John Wilcox, master of the Akbar, £5O, Matthew Walker, superintendent of the Akhar £7O; John Hughes £2O, John Yates £3O, E. Rigby £45. For the week ending the 4th December there were 5246 cases relieved at the cost of £5Bl, and this, compared with the same week in the previous year, showed an increase of £lO6 in the:expense, and an increase of 485 in the num ber of cases relieved. The Finance Committee reported that the integrity of Mr. James Sharpe, one of the re lieving-officers employed at the relieving-office in St. Anne-street, was questionable, erasures having been made in the books, and they suspended him, and recommended his dismissal to the general board. It was reported that there were 808 cases of sickness in the house, including 479 fever cases; this being a decrease of ten in the total number of cases, and an increase of six in the fever cases. The magistrates requested that the fever cases from the borough gaol might be removed to the parochial fever sheds, stating that policemen would be sent t 3 take charge of the sick prisoners, thereby relieving the parish of all responsibility as to their safe custody. The vestry com plied with the request, upon the understanding that the compliance should not be taken as a precedent, it being extremely objectionable that the parish hospital should be used as receptacles for prisoners in custody. The numer ous women of ill fame who are inmates of the:workhouse were ordered to be employed in grinding wheat. It was reported that there were 5,239 cases of sickness, including 3,043 fever cases, under treatment in different parts of the town, being an increase of 183 in the total number of cases, and of 87 in the fever cases since the 26th ult. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—From the minutes of the last meeting, it appeared that the new 'dock bill was then submitted, and the various clauses discussed and ap proved of. It was ordered to be printed, and copies laid before the trustees as soon- as possible.—lt was ordered that the residence on the Albert Do& pier -head should be appropriated to the chief superintendent of the Albert Dock warehouses, and the surveyor was instructed to re port as to a site for the residence of the dock master. In reply to a question from Mr. Tobin, the Chairman said the dock master was still unable to attend to his duties.-- . A letter was read from Mess rs .:H ar d man an d Co., re questing an interview with the committee, relative to the classification of sugars at the Albert Dock. It appeared that the Ursula, from Calcutta, arrived w ith a. cargo of sugar consigned to Messrs. Hardman and Co. These gentlemen allege that a portion of the sugar which was placed in the Albert Dock warehouses was damaged by salt water, and wish to make a claim upon the under writers for the amount of the loss they are likely to sus tain. In order to substantiate their claim upon the under writers, it is necessary to get a certificate from the officers of the dock trust that the sugars are damaged. The offi cers, however, maintain that the sugars are only damp. not damaged. Upon this subject it appears a long cor respondence and inquiry have taken place. The opinions of brokers and others have been taken on both sides, and different decisions given. The sugars have even been subjected to chemical analysis, and the chemists disagree. The warehouse sub-committee considered they had gone far enough into the question, and, placing confidence in their own servants, backed as they bed been by others, declined to call in the aid of a London chemist, as they , were desired to do, to decide between the two chemists of this town, Mr. Waldie, and Mr, Huson. Messrs. Hard man, Grey, Heap, and Crossfield were introduced, and Mr. Hardman made a very long statement, during which he commented on, and described as satisfactory Mr. Wal die's chemical analysis. He also stated that Messrs. Crossfield and Heap had attended to state that the sugar was damaged, and that they would not purchase it on the classification of the officers of the Dock Committee. The gentlemen having retired, the Chairman said there had not been a single new feature advanced. Mr. Mann said this was the only complaint which had been made against the classification of sugar by the Albert Dock servants, except some months ago, when they were blamed for being rather particular. It was then unanimously resolved by the committee to confirm the opinion of the sub-com mittee and not to re-open the question. The harbour masters sub-committee recommended that the salary of the master of the Queen's Dock should in future be £250. This occasioned some discussion, and at length it was de cided that the salary should remain as heretofore, at £3OO. The appointment of dock-master was, upon this decision. postponed. THE IRISH POOR.—Catharine Byrne, an Irish girl, in a miserably destitute condition, was brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, charged with begging. The police man who preferred the charge stated that the girl's father was dead, and her mother was then in a dying state, surrounded by four of her wretched offspring. Mr. Rush ton gave directions for the investigation of the case by the proper officers.—Many other Irish people, men and women, were brought up on charges of petty thefts com mitted on the dock quays. In some cases the alternative of being passed to their own country was accepted, but in the majority rejected. THE PRICE OF OBSTINACY.—On Wednesday, a man, named Joseph Nelson was summoned before the magis trates, for keeping pigs in a confined locality at the north • end of the town, by which they were a nuisance to the neighbourhood. It appeared that he was fined for a similar offence on the sth November, but the magistrate said the penalty would not be levied if the pigs were re moved. The defendant promised compliance, but a few days since the pigs were found still on the premises. Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to pay the former fine of 20s. and costs, and also a similar sum for a repetition of the offence. The enraged defendant then began to im pugn the decision of the Bench, and conduct himself in such a manner that Mr. Rushton ordered him: into cus tody, and inflicted a third penalty of 20s. for contempt of Court. The vital sum the defendant had to pay was £3 9s. REFUSAL TO MAINTAIN A WIFE.—On Tuesday, a man of genteel appearance, named M'Allister, was brought up, charged by Mr. Evans, of the parish office, with ne glecting to maintain his wife, Jane Ann M'Allister, wherebY she had become chargeable to the parish. Mr. Davenport, on behalf of the prisoner, endeavoured to show that the wife hail imposed upon him by representing her self as a single woman, whereas she had been previously married, and it was doubtful whether her first husbaed was dead or not. The wife of the prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said that she did not conceal her forme- m ir riage from her second husband. She had not ' card of ler husband's death when he first wished to pa! his adir,sses to her, and she told him she was a married wo eau. It was six or seven years since she had heard of her first husband. Some evidence was then produced, showing that the marriage was perfectly valid, and the prisoner re sponsible. Mr. Rushton said the case was a very bad one, and the prisoner must comply with the demand made by the overseers, and if he did not do so, he would commit him to gaol as a rogue and a vagabond. EXTENAIVE FORGERY.—On Thursday, a man of most respectable appearance, named Edwd. Wilson, late cashier in the service of Messrs. John M'Nicoll and Co., the pro prietors o* the Brunswick-street Saw Mills, was brought up at the Police-court, charged with having embezzled money to the amount of £250. Mr. Radcliffe appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Robinson for the prosecutor, Mr. M`Nicoll. The prosecutor. before the case was gone into, substituted the charge of forgery for embezzlement. Mr. M'Nicoll stated his complaint: he had given Wilson a cheque on the Borough Bank, for a sum, something near £156, which he was to pay in liquidation of an account to another party. The cneque was not filled up, as Mr. M'Nicoll was not aware of the exact amount of the ac count, and it was therefore left for Wilson, who had access to the hooks, to fill up. Instead of adhering to his in structions, he filled the cheque up with the figures £250, and received the money, which he appropriated. After this, he sent a letter to Mr. M'Nicoll, acquainting him with what he had done, and explaining the cause; namely, the determination on his part to secure the payment of arrears of salary due to him. He concluded the letter by expressing a desire to continue in Mr. M'Nicoll's service. A document was put in, purporting to be a copy of a written agreement which was made on the part of Mr. Anderson, sen., in the year 1844, who at that time was a partner in the concern, by which Wilson was to be paid £2OO per annum, with a gratuity of £lO or £2O exclusive. Since that time Mr. Anderson had left the concern, and Mr. M`Nicoll became the manager, between whom and Mr. Anderson there existed an ill-feeling. It appeared, the document referred to was written by Mr. Anderson from memory, at the request of Wilson, subsequent to the drawing of the cheque, and the original agreement, though inquired for, was not forthcoming. The prisoner's salary, as stated by Mr. M'Nicoll, was under half the amount represented by Mr. Anderson. The case terminated in Wilson being committed for trial. A ROBBERY, COUPLED WITH STRANGE ADVENTURES. —Under this head, one of the Liverpool papers says,— " Some night last week, an imprudent machine-maker, from Colne, of the name of Franklin, was robbed in Man chester of the large sum of £250, by a woman of ques tionable character, with whom he conversed and walked. She handed the booty to a male acquaintance, and the following morning herself and her male friend came over to Liverpool with the money in their possession. The same evening they resorted to a public-house, where they became communicative on the subject of the robbery to a parcel of Liverpool thieves, and before they parted com pany the Liverpool thieves succeeded in robbing them of the whole of the £250, except what had been spent in railway fare and drink. The female was then put into Bridewell on a charge of drunkenness, and the following day she was committed to the Borough Gaol. On the night of the day she was committed, her male companion was taken up on a charge of having assaulted one of the Liverpool thieves who had robbed him of the £250, and whom he accidentally met a second time in the street. When the assault case came before Mr. Rushton, the prisoner, who gave his name John Murphy, informed the court of the reason why he had inflicted personal chastise ment on the complainant; and as the explanation threw some light upon the recent robbery of the Colne machine maker, Mr, Rushton ordered the complainant to be taken into immediate custody, and both to he remanded until an officer from Manchester could attend. Yesterday the Manchester officer was in court, but as there was no fur ther evidence, and no trace whatever of the £250 since the notes had reached the hands of the Liverpool thieves, both the prisoners were discharged from custody."—This is the robbery for which a young woman, named Mary Ann Vine, was apprehended, and was brought before Mr. Townsend on Friday week, and remanded until Tuesday. On that day she was discharged, the police being unpre pared to connect her with the above robbery, although they are aware that she had been in possession of about £3OO, supposed to be the produce of another robbery of which the party robbed will neither give information, or appear to prosecute.—Manchester Courier. CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A TIDEWAITER, AND ARREST OF THE ACCUSER FOR PERJURY.-011 Saturday Mr. Fowler, a tide-surveyor, of this port, and two boat men, George Precious and James Carr, were placed in the dock of the police-court, the first charged with having robbed a tidewaiter, named Thomas Willi ams , o f a .£3 note, and the others with being accessories. The case excited much interest. Mr. Snowball appeared for the prosecutor; and Mr. Hull attended at the instance of the Custom-house authorities on behalf of the prisoners. Thomas Williams being sworn, said that on the Bth Dec. instant, he was on board of the Indian Queen, in the Prince's Dock, at three o'clock in the morning of that day. 'Mr. Fowler (he said) came on board. Witness was then asleep in the cabin. Fowler then awoke him, and asked for a blue-backed book, showing the watches of the various tidewaiters, and in which a surveyor, on making a visit, writes his initials. Witness said it was in his hat, where he kept it, but the men said it was not there. Fowler seized his (witness's) clothes, and rummaged his pocket. He told Fowler he had money and property of his own in a pocket-book in his coat pocket. He tried to get his clothes from Fowler, and in a struggle that ensued, the two boatmen held him (witness) while Fowler took out the book, which contained a £5 note, and some building society receipts, &c. Fowler opened the book, and took out some papers, but witness being held could not see what they were, but he observed th e bl ue b oo k among them. Ile called on the second mate to prevent his being robbed. That person said he did not like to interfere be tween officers. Fowler and the others then departed, taking the pocket book with them. He followed calling upon Fowler to give up his money. He looked for a police officer, and whilst doing so they all slipped on board of another vessel, the Mary Ann, and went into the cabin. He called to them from the stage to deliver up his " hard .earned money." A police officer came and he told him they had robbed him. Fowler came up and said he had left the book in the Indian Queen, and he refused to go back and l oo k f or i t, nor allow the boatmen. Witness and the officer searched that vessel for it, but in vain. He gave the prisoner into custody but the charge would not be received, and the prisoners were then discharged. J On examination he admitted that he ought to have been on watch on deck at the time, and not asleep below. When the book could not be found in his hat, he said the rats must have taken it, (laughter,) and a remark from witness to the effect that he had seen rats eat a whole library on board of a ship. He had a guinea a week .of wages, and £3O a year. He received the £5 in payment, but could not tell when. The second mate alluded to, said he saw the party take a blue covered book out of witness's pocket. The surveyor had it, and there were no other papers with it. Constable 484 said the witness had complained to him of the robbery, and after consulting his inspector he took the prisoners to , bridewell. Thomas Jones, a tide-waiter, who was sleep ing on board. the Mary nn on the night in question, found in the morning the pooket-book that was missed, on the cabin table. It contained some papers, but no £5 note.—Mr. Fowler warmly rebutted the aspersions cast upon him. He shewed that Williams had prevari cated when asked about the book, and behaved with vio lence and insolence. He had handed him his vest to take the book out himself, but he would not. The boatmen took the book out of his pocket, and it was left on the table. He had explained the matter so clearly at bride.. well that the charge was not taken. The two other pri soners said the pocket-book was given to the prisoner, who himself put it on the table. Mr. Rushton said he did not believe Williams's story. It was a charge got u p to screen him from the eff ec t s o f a neg l ect of duty. Ile discharged the prisoners, and said the conduct of Wil liams was such that he should detain him, and he sug gested to Mr. Harding to communicate with the Board of Customs, to see if they would take the matter up, as there was too much reason to fear that the man had been guilty applied frcim of the most reprehensible perjury. Mr. 'la r di ng sa id h e should i t re n izs b e o n x t ttlote prison. —Mr. an m d r . Williams swtearsd senta y the w to Mr. Rushton requesting him to remand the prisoner, as he believed he could bring forward evidence against him if time were given. Mr: Rushton said he should re mand him until a reply was received from the Board of Customs. Mr. Snowball afterwards appeared in court, and said that he had had no notice of a remand to be applied for, and he requested that the case might not be postponed, as he could that day produce such evidence as would, he believed, convince him (Mr. Rushton) that Williams had not been guilty of perjury. Besides no witnesses had been examined as to the offence for which he was detained, and he thought that he ought to be allowed to cross-question: any witnesses that might be brought against the prisoner. Mr. Rushton said that in that view of the case, he should grant a further hearing of the case that day, so soon as the mass of the public business was disposed of. Mr. Snowball having obtained leave to see, the prisoner in the meantime, then left the - court. At one o'clock, Mr. Hull, the solicitor for the Kosecution, and Mr, .Snow- ball, the solicitor for Williams, came into court. Mr- Hull said that he had given the case a good deal of atten tion, and had been occupied the whole morning in exa mining witnesses, and the result of this investigation was his opinion that the charge of perjury could not be made out, if he were right in his view of the case, the only fact which bore out the charge was the statement of Williams that he was held by two boatmen while Mr. Fowler rum maged his pockets. Mr. Rushton said there were two ways of proceeding with the case—either for perjury or false imprisonment, but if the customs' authorities were not determined to prosecute the affair, he should discharge the man, for although it was a villainous case, he was not of opinion that it was one that warranted the expenditure of the ratepayers' money. Mr. Hull, on behalf of the customs, declined to prosecute, and Williams was accor dingly dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SHORE.--On Saturday, Messrs. Tyson, soapmakers, were fined £5, for not having a smoke-consuming appa ratus to one of their furnaces.—The master of one of the Reck Ferry boats was fined 40s. for negligently using his furnace. HOUSE ROBBERIES. —On Friday an extremely well dressed and good-looking girl, named Alice Birley, was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen several dress pieces and satins, the property of Mrs. Aspinall, of Canterbury-street, Islington.--A Welsh female, who had only lodged one night in Comus-street, was also com mitted for trial on a charge of having stolen a variety of wearing apparel, the property of the keeper of the house. On Saturday, Mr. Rushton dismissed officer 634 from the force. He had taken Dr. Reynolds of this town into custody the previous morning, soon after two c'clock. The Dr. had been attending an accouchement, and asked the policeman the way to Marybone, but because the Dr. would not tell the worthy Dogberry what he was doing in the streets, he was taken into custody. The bridewell keeper knowing Dr. Reynolds, refused to receive the charge. CAUTION TO CELLAR OCCUPANTS.—On Tuesday, 31 informations, laid by Mr. Fresh, against parties who had re-occupied cellars contrary to law, were heard in the Police-court, and fines of £1 4s. 6d., in each ca se , were inflicted. The pertinacity with whi c h parties continue to resist the wholesome operation of the law abolishing cellar occupation is astonishing, considering that the fines are strictly enforced. There is no .doubt, however, that in time they will be obliged to yield to the influence of the law. TIMBER DOGS.—On Tuesday, Charles Flynn, a marine store dealer, was brought up at the Police-court, ch arged with stealing a• quantity of "timber dogs," from the Brunswick Dock and neighbourhood.—Officer 13 had heard of the loss of the " dogs," and went to a marine store in Salthouse-lane, kept by Beasley, Collard, an d Co., where he found twenty-eight pairs of " dew, Tkey weighed about eleven hundredweight, and were worth £3O: The names of the owners were in almost every case stamped upon the property. The prisoner was a licensed marine store dealer, and Beasley and' Collard were also licensed, and dealt by wholesale. They had bought the " dogs" from the prisoner at various times as old wrought iron.—Mr. Rushton said that the wholesale dealer ought to be sent to trial. It was one of the most scandalous things he had ever heard •of. The prisoner was sent for trial.—The magistrate said with respect to Collard's license, that he - hoped the Recorder would deal with that question, but if he did not he would do so him— self. There was more of the property in the yard in Salthouse-lane, but not haltof what had been stolen was recovered. Bisitirt Retus. The workpeople of Me•srs. iilkington Brothers and Co., Blackburn, have subscribed £lOO out of their earnings, for the relief of the distressed operatives of the town. A legacy of £25,000 has been left to the medical de partment of University College, London ,by the late Dr. Holme, of Manchester. Mr. Johnson, chairman of the Manchester Stock Ex change, fell over the banister and dislocated his shoulder, and received a fracture of the skull. He lies dangerously ill. EFFECTS OF. FREE-TRADE.—The millowners of Bolton have given notice to faeir workmen that at the fortnight end they will reduce their wages ten per cent. What the operatives will do remains to be seen. A similar reduc tion has taken place at Chowbent and Heywood. KENDAL.—This once flourishing town is at present in a deplorable state, especially as regards employment for the labouring classes. The large foundry at the Lound, worked by Stephenson and Co., and which gave employ ment to a great number of men, has been closed. At the carpet manufactory of Messrs. Whitwell and Co. little is doing ; and the linsey-woolsey weaving, which at this sea son of the year was wont to give employment to hundreds of men and women, is all but at a stand. SINGULARLY FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 Thursday, a man, named William Lillicrop, aged 55, an edge-tool maker, being in the act of grinding a wood-hook on a mill he propelled by water, near Ebsley Farm, Somerset, the iron spindle, which had been recently fitted into a stone, suddenly snapped near the centre of the stone, which split into several pieces, one of which was driven with such force against the head of the deceased as to cause almost instantaneous de THE SHAESPERIAN FL ND. —The Shakspere fund has profited to the extent of £lOu) by the " Shakspere night" at Covent-garden, much, doubtless, to the satisfaction of the committee, from whose pockets the money must have come if no means could have been devised for extracting it from the public. A balance of £5OO is now all that re mains to be liquidated. Part of this will be realised by the amateur performance at Manchester, which will take place on Monday next. INUNDATIONS IN THE VALE OF TODMORDEN.--All overflow of the rivers Cal and Darr occurred on Saturday week. In consequence of the increased rain, which came down in torrents, the river Darr commenced to overflow, about ten o'clock on Sunday evening, and in less than one hour, the houses erected at Patmos, called " Cobden Row," became inundated, and the water rose to the height of from three to four feet, in nearly all the houses, for the space of half-a-mile on the Burnley road. The road pre sented more the appearance of a river than a public way. The houses in Salford were also flooded, the water filling the cellar houses to the very top. GUILTY, BUT ACQUITTED.—A singular circumstance occurred at the Manchester sessions on Tuesday. An in dictment had been sent up to the grand jury against a woman for stealing music, but, deeming the evidence in sufficient, they found no bill against her. Instead, how ever, of cutting the bill, as is the usual practice at this court, the words " no bill" were written upon the indict ment, and it was sent down uncut. The Clerk of the Peace did not observe the words " no bill," and the woman being called up in her turn was arraigned, and pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by the Recorder to six months' hard labour ! Shortly after she had been sent down to the New Bailey Prison, the chief superintendent re marked to a member of the grand jury that there had not been a single case yet in which they had not found a bill. The reply was, " Yes, there has been one," and the case of this woman was mentioned. This led to further in quiry, and the facts having been stated to the Recorder, the learned gentleman immediately sent an order for the discharge of the woman, who was so much affected on the intelligence, that she was immediately seized with hysterics. THE ORRELL COAL MINES. — In the year 1792 the late John Clarke, Esq., banker, commenced working the Or rell coal mines, under a lease from Meyrick Bankes, Esq., Winstanley Hall, near Wigan, father of the present pos sessor. Up to that period the common coal only was used for household purposes, and on the introduction of the Orrell coal into Liverpool, it was sold at a lower price than common coal, to induce housekeepers to make trial of it. Its superior durability, added to its pleasantness and cleanness in burning, soon gave it a most decided prefer ence, even at a much advanced price. This pre-eminence it has since retained in Liverpool, and in the home and foreign markets it is considered equal to the best Wall's end coal, so much esteemed in London. It has also been proved to give out a greater quantity of gas, and make a better cinder or coke than any other coal in Lancashire— a further proof of its being the most durable and pleasant burning coal for parlour and kitchen use. The Orrell mines have been for several years exhausted in the town ship of Orrell, but are still sufficiently plentiful in the ad joining township of Winstanley; as it was stated in evi dence before a committee of the House of Commons on the Liverpool, Bolton, and Bury Railway Company's bill, that Meyrick Bankes, Esq., had 1200 acres of the Orrell mines on his estate, which he is working on an extensive scale, and it is calculated to yield twelve millions of tons of coal, or four hundred tons per day for 100 years. Within the last few years other collieries have been started on the other side of Wigan, about three miles from the Orrell coal field, and the coal, though the best Wigan coal, is sold at a less price than the Orrell coal, thereby proving the superiority of the latter. CORRESPONDENCE. THE EDUCATION COMMISSIONERS IN WALES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Believing that you are an uncompromising ad vocate of justice, I have taken the liberty of addressing this letter to you, requesting the favour of its insertion in your paper. In glancing over the Liverpool Journal of the 27th ult. I saw an article respecting the state of society in Wales, and comprising an abridgment of the report, made by the education commissioners, as to the moral and mental cultivation of the people in that country, which was to the following effect ; that they were in gene ral utterly destitute of secular education ; theology being their only study, their Sunday schools were more composed of discussing than of teaching classes ; that they were inferior to the English in honesty and veracity ; having au universal propensity to drunkenness, and that the ex tent of bastardy in the country was an infallible proof of degraded morals; which latter evil they have attributed to the frequent prayer-meetings that are held at late hours in the country. And in taking into consideration the inutility of the Welsh language in past, present, and likely to be in future ages, they have recommended the introduction of the English language as being more cal culated for general improvement. In the Liverpool Chronicle of the 4th instant, I read a letter written by a gentleman, subscribing his name T-as D-ns, philo veritas, referring to the foregoing report of the commissioners, and pronounces it as a ma licious, erroneous, and atrocious production ; also to sad dle one of the evils, viz. bastardy upon those districts on the borders of England, where the influence of the esta blished church is most prevalent, and especially in the immediate neighbourhood of the colleges of the establish ment. And now, Mr. Editor, as a person acquainted with Wales and its state, I feel it a duty incumbent upon me to refer to the forementioned letter, and defend the com missioners from the charge of having delivered such an incorrect report, and uphold the character of the Church of England in those districts where its influence is most prevalent, and which are marked out by the learned gen tleman as the head quarters of incontinency. In the first place, he refers to the statement made by the com missioners, relative to the Sunday schools, that they were debating societies for persons of all ages. To this, he gives a blank contradiction, by asserting that debating was not only discouraged, but strictly prohibited. Sir, the commissioners did not express disapprobation of Sun day schools, but of the manner they were conducted ; and mentioned the fact of their meeting together to dis cuss theological questions in support of their statement, that secular education was not at all cultivated, and through the minds of the people being so engrossed with theological subtleties and altogether confined to the Welsh language, they were quite destitute of general informa tion, which, in their opinion, no doubt was indispensable for moral, as well as intellectual improvement. But as to the assertion, that debating is prohibited, I, ou behalf of the commissioners, will testify that debating is not prohibited, and that young men and old do discuss upon theological mysteries, together with their teachers, to such an extent that one verse at times will produce an hour's disputation, too often for the sake of bringing self into note, rather than for general edification. In con cluding his remarks upon the Sunday school, he throws a stigma of ignorance upon a member of the established church, who was a parish clerk, and a schoolmaster in Wales, and when asked by one of his pupils what was a eunuch, the reply was, that it must be one of the evil spirits. Mr. Editor, I beg to return my sincere thanks to the gentleman for supplyiny, me with a corroborative illustra tion of what the commissioners stated, that they were in gross ignorance, for, if the want of education is so ap parent in the master, what must it be in the pupil ? In the second place, he refers to the statement of the commissioners as to the inferiority of the Welsh to the English in honesty and veracity. And in contradicting the report, he adduces the light state of the criminal calendar, and the empty prisons, to aid him. I will con fess that they have been misinformed as to the extent of those crimes which come under the cognizance of the law. But as it is impossible that Cie)* could have a shadow of a party feeling in delivering a report upon this point, I hope the learned defender of his country will trace the misrepresentation to his own countrymen. The com missioners most undoubtedly delivered a faithful report of what was transmitted to them whilst in the principality. After stating that mercantile houses give the preference to Welshmen, of which I have much doubt, lie proceeds to contradict the commissioners' report as to the pro pensity of the people of Wales to drunkenness, and ex presses his surprise that such a gross statement could be made in the face of the well-known fact, that the majority of the people are staunch teetotallers ; and that the Dis senters have carried their views on that point to such an extreme length, that some of the denominations will admit as members into their communion only those wh° have pledged thamselves to abstain. . Mr. Editor, the incorrectness of the assertion calls upon me most loudly to protest against it. The majority of the people of Wales are not total abstainers ; they comprise• but a very small portion of the inhabitants, too few in number to give the learned gentleman much pleasure to ses it published, after stating to the contrary. I will, also, unhesitatingly set him at defiance to prove that there are denominations in the principality who will not admit members into their communion unless they pledge them selves to abstain. Total abstinence was certainly strongly recommended when first introduced into the country, and some enthusiastic members of the Total Abstinence So ciety endeavoured to pass a rule, that none but total abstainers should be admitted members of the denomina tions to which they belonged. But such a rule was never passed when the sun of total abstinence shone brightest, much less at present, when it is partially eclipsed with seven or eight years declension. In justice to the Dis senters of Wales, I will say that they have never infringed upon the liberty of conscience so much as to enforce any thing of the kind; such an abitrary rule would accord very badly with the voluntary principle which they at present so strongly advocate. But their propensity to drunkenness is the fact to be proved. The morals of every country are to be judged according to its religions, as well as secular advantages. Wales has had religious advantage not to be surpassed by any ; still the scenes of drunkenness in small villages, on Saturday nights espe cially, is degrading in the extreme, and on their periodical fair days the public-houses are filled with country people. With very few exceptions indeed, you will find them re turning home, not as members of the total abstinence society, but as members of the total drunkenness society.. In looking at their general character, when such oppor tunities are within their reach, every impartial person will say that the report of the commissioners will pay at least 19s. 6d. in the pound. I have now arrived at that part of the letter where he comments very lengthy on the report relative to the want of chastity amongst the women. He states, with reference to illegitimacy, that the per centage in Wales is much less than in England, except in the border district, where the English !anguage is principally spoken—in those portions where the influence of the Church of England is most prevalent, and, strange to relate, in the immediate neigh bourhood of the colleges of the establishment. Well may he menti„n, Mr. Editor, that the influence of the Established Church is the most prevalent on the borders. There is scarcely any other influence ; and. to the shame of the Dissenters of Wales, I state this :—They have ne glected their countrymen who speak the English language in those districts, to such an extent that if it had not been for the influence of the Church of England in bringing them even into their present state of civilization, they would have been the most barbarous people in her Ma jesty's dominions. The learned gentleman, lest the public should misunderstand him as to the fact that illegitimacy was more prevalent under the influence of the church, would be local in his remarks, and point out the imme diate neighbourhood of the colleges. Can he bring home the charge, by pointing his finger to the members, and say they are the men ? This would be too arduous a task for any Dissenters in or out of the principality to perform. The reason of the evil being so prevalent in the districts is very obvious: They do not consider themselves as be longing to England ; neglected by their own countrymen, they hardly consider themselves as belonging to any country—hence, they are lost to all personal and national. honour. The learned gentleman condemns the report of the commissioners, that prayer meetings through the country, held at improper or late hours, was the cause of the evil, through being informed, as I have no doubt they have been, that young females are in the habit of spending hours in gossiping along the lanes at late hours. It was very natural for them to deliver such a report, but the learned gentleman attributes the evil to the fact that master and parent deny the female part of the household. the privilege of associating with their intended husbands at proper hours ; and, consequently, they must have re course to improper hours—even the dead of the night. Grant the fact ; this is a very poor cloak to hide the evil. Is not pure chastity grounded upon good principles the same at midnight as mid-day, seen and unseen ? But. I say, that with very few exceptions. not a master or parent in the principality will deny the privilege of associating at proper hours, if requested. It is all of their own choice. In proof of this I need only mention that there are some heads of families who will not allow them to associate except at proper hours, which restriction is considered by a domestic entering their service as a very heavy yoke. And now, Mr. Editor, I must craveyour indulgence forhav ing occupied so much of your time and paper, as I believe that I have said enough to exonerate thecommissioners from having delivered such a very incorrect report as stated. I will not trespass upon your kindness much longer ; I have a few words to sey upon what he remarked as to the Welsh claiming a high rank amongst ancient nations. If putting an emphasis upon the term "high" will please the Christian gentleman, I have no , objection to grant him that hi s an cestors were very " high ' when floating in Noah's ark, and more recently in a high rank on the top of Snowdon, under Prince Llewellin, when surrounded iy the army of Edward the Ist. Ido not question the antiquity of the Welsh language, but its utility ; and hope ere long to see government schools established throughout the country, the English language better understood, general infor mation diffused throughout its localities, so as to enable it to equal, and, if possible, to surpass any part of the United. Kingdom in moral and intellectual attainments. The state of education, no doubt, is most deplorable at pre sent in the country. But lam of opinion from personal knowledge of the Welsh people, that they have the mate rials of refinement, and sooner the chisel of education is applied to them the better. We have a specimen of what they are when educated in the learned writer of the letter; he has given us a noble specimen of his knowledge of the Welsh, English, Latin, and French languages. I hope the Commissioners will see his letter in the Chron icle, as it would be a great encouragement to them to find that Wales has produced such a talented gentleman; and, by what he has stated of the antiquity of the Welsh nation, I infer that he is certainly the Cambrian Josephus, and could give a correct history of his nation as far back as Adam Jones in Paradise. Though, in my opinion, he made a sad failure in supporting his charge against the commissioners. But as no doubt his intentions weregood, hope the people of Wales will take the will for the deed. J----as D--ns. Philo verilas. Yours respectfully, AN OPPONENT OF MISREPRESENTATION. DR. HA3I PD EN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The enemy are meeting with successful opposition in many places. The line of argument they generally take It is an insult to the University," " A man under University censure should not be consecrated to a bishopric." The reply then, the line of defence, must be relative. The University condemned Dr. Hampden without a hearing, in 1836, (and in a time of strong po litical excitement, the charges were readily sanctioned) — the majority was 474 to 94, or about sto 1. In 1842, an attempt was made to reverse the censure, but you know how difficult it is to get men to reverse their condemnation ; besides the Tractarians had grown in power and numbers —nevertheless, the majority was diminished from 5 to 1 to 3 to 2, the numbers being 330 to 219, and this without any organization on Dr. Hampden's part ; this can hardly be called, except conventionally, a confirmation of the University censure. Besides, in the interval, a Theo logical Board had been established, of which Dr. Hamp den became ex officio chairman, without remonstrance. It was thus seen that men who were unwilling to retract charges felt there was no mischief to be apprehended from Dr. llampden's teaching. It should also be borne in mind that the responsible part of the University (in 1842) were with Dr. Hampden by a majority of 12 to 2 or 12 to 3. The heads of houses in favour of Dr. Hampden being, for, Oriel, *Christ Church, *Alban Hall, *New Inn Hall, All Soule, Trinity, Pembroke, Wadham, Merton, Lin coln, New College, *University; against, Exeter, Jesus [now (1847) favourable], and possibly Balliol, but he is now favourable. I think lie was neutral. The names of those to which I have fixed an asterisk were against Hampden in 1836. Then of bishops, there were, in 1842, for Dr. Hemp ; den. Llandaff (Copleston), Sodor and Man (Sh or t ; against, Exeter (Philpotts). The only professors who voted against Dr. Hampden in 1842, were Dr. Pusey and Mr. Reay, both ultra- Tractarians. There may have been one more. While Dr. Faussett, against him in 1836, was for him in 1842 and Mr. Hill, of Edmund Hall, who was on the com mittee, against him in 1836, voted for him in 1842; and when it is recollected that the numerical majority against him in 18-12 (I deny that the moral majority was) in cluded the names of Newman, Macmullen, Faber, St. John, J. Morris, Christie, Ryder, Oakeley, Ward, C apes , Turner, Formby, Meyrick, Northcote, Penny, Collyns, Coffin, Watts Russell, Lewis, and some twenty other seceders, and all that they could influence, the University censure may be considered as virtually repealed. So much as to the censure, Now, about Dr. Hamp den's never having explai ne d or qualified. It is not true. Though the " Presbyter" of the Times, a well-known Tractarian, reprints charges, and takes (in his first letter, 'at least,) no notice of any reply. Now, Dr. Hampden has complained, in his letter to the Archbishop of Canter bury, published in 1837, of the extracts being garbled. In 1837, also, he published an introduction to the second edition of the Bampton Lectures (published separately, price ls., at Fellowes', Ludgate-hill,)in which he replied to some of these charges, and explains what he meant. His sermons and lectures, since written and delivered, have been highly approved by those heads of the Uni versity who have heard and read them ; and they contain positive statements on all the points of doctrine in which he was accused of being unsound. These sermons are all published by Fellowes, and are principally, "A Lecture on Tradition," " ...n Inaugural Lecture," " The One Sacrifice' for Sin," "The Lord our Righteousness," " Christ Sanctifying his Church." These are . all sup pressed by the opponents of Dr. Hampden ; but they prove that he is not unwilling to set himself right where he was misinterpreted. I may add that the bishops generally, with three or four exceptions, have for twelve years required his testimonials as a condition of ordination. Surely there can be no in sult to the Church involved or intended, in elevating to a bishopric one who has stood in such a relation to, it as this i mp li es , during the whole period of his professorship. Yours truly, • Wednesday evening. A CHURCHMAN. P.S.—ln 1842, Dr. Hampden was waited upon by a deputation, consisting of the Rev. E. Litton, Fellow of Oriel, and the Rev. Piers Claughton, Fellow of Univer sity, to ask for explanations. They were conceded, and the deputation voted for Dr. Hampden in consequence. So much forthe falsehoods which have been stated on this subject. The writer was present at the conference, and speaks from personal knowledge. It is not true that the Archbishop of Canterbury has remonstrated with the Premier against Dr. Hampden's appointment. It has een contradicted on the highest authority. } a 6 { ~. r =l. I!