The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. In a paragraph last week Mr. Mitchel was described as the butler, instead of the builder, of the Queen's Hotel. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.—We thank our correspondent, Mr. Edmund Taunton, for his kind compliments to ourselves ; and for his unwearied exertions in bringing his views on the currency before the public. After quoting from our paper the clause, " To foreign exchanges, the Manchester Guardian attaches too much importance," he says, "Drive this nail home, Mr. Standard! Drive it home! Two hun dred millions of Foreign Exchanges, yearly, to rule three hundred millions of Home Exchanges yearly, is indeed a wonderful, wonderful, surprising, incredible act of lunacy !" The University of Durham has power to grant degrees in divi nity as well as those of Oxford and Cambridge. The London University confers degrees in arts, law, and medicine, but not in divinity. King's College, London, was opened in 1831, for the purpose of receiving pnpils in law, medicine. general science, languages, &c., and is patronised by the dignitaries of the church, because instruction in the Christian religion and daily worship are added. We do not believe there is any such institution as that mentioned by Amiens. Ebt ittbirpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 21, 1848. THE news by the mail steamer, Europa, which arrived yesterday morning in our river, contain lit tle of importance, beyond the announcement that the election of General Taylor to the Presidency was almost reduced to a certainty. So far, in a national point of view, and as assuring us of the continuance of pacific relations between the two countries they are satisfactory. General Taylor is pledged to base his policy upon industrial progress within his own country; General Cass would be for progress in the acquisition of territory. Com mercially, however, the former is the advocate of the maintenance of protection by a restrictive tariff —a policy adverse to the British manufacturer, but much less so in its permanent consequences, than one which might lead to a collision between the two countries. The occurrence of the elections during the week previously to the sailing of the packet had led to a dearth of market intelligence, and mercantile activity generally. The news of this description, however, which we have received, will be found under the usual head. The belief of General Taylor's election bad given great con fidence to the mercantile community of New York. The views of the American journalists, as to the effect of the disturbances in Europe upon the posi tion and stability of British institutions, are some what curious; and, as usual, incorrect in many points, although conveying a few useful monitions. We give a few of the views in question, contained in the commercial articles of the New York Morn ing Herald, the most cleverly written, if not the only valuable portion of that paper. Under date of Nov. 6th, our contemporary, after remarking upon the commercial pre-eminence of Great Britain, says : " These things have passed away. The times have, within the past year, been thoroughly revolutionized, and England finds her supremacy on the decline.—Other nations are awaking from their lethargy, and in the United States she finds a rival difficult to cope with, even in its infancy. Great Britain never has had, until within the past ten or fifteen years, a competitor in the same branches of industry which have given her so much wealth and power; and our ability to compete with her in the markets of the world is daily becoming more apparent. If we have thus far been able to draw away from England any of her customers, what must be our success when our capital and population, our industry and our facilities. have reached a point which will compare more favourably with those of Great Britain ? It has thus far been more like a pigmy struggling with a giant for a prize. _ _ " When we conside - r the relative resources of the two countries—Great Britain and the United States—it is by no means strange that their relative positions should be undergoing such a rapid change. As a manufacturing nation we have advantages immeasurably superior to Eng land, or any other country on the surface of the globe. As an agricultural nation, our resources are unlimited, and we can produce enough to feed the population of the world. We raise the raw material for all manufacturing purposes ; our mines of gold, silver, copper, iron, coal, and lead, are inexhaustible ; our climates are suitable for the growth of all the luxuries and necessaries of life; our ports are numerous, and afford the safest ingress and egress; our magnificent rivers,drain every portion of our territories, and are navigable for our splendid steamers thousands upon thousands of miles into the uninhabited and uncultivated portion of the country; our people are enterprising, industrious, well fed, well clothed, well housed, contented and happy, untaxed, untrammelled by any restrictions of the government, and in the enjoy ment of the largest liberty. What is, then, to arrest or check the progress of such a country ?—what to prevent its being the wealthiest and most powerful nation in creation ?" There is unquestionably much truth in these re marks, and as unquestionably much error. There is no question as to the fact that America has been treading upon our heels as a manufacturing nation; and as Little question that she possesses many faci lities which we do not. The same facts have been urged by ourselves frequently, as shewing the suicidal policy, recently adopted by us in our fiscal relations with America and other nations. We give up to America everything; and she gives us back nothing. We give her all that she requires— our capital—and she taunts us with the above glance at the prospective consequences of our folly. But we doubt whether Great Britain is likely to persevere in her give -all and receive-nothing policy. We doubt, especially, whether "the giant," in his struggle with " a pigmy," is likely to hug much longer his present fetters. Give him fair play; un bind his arms; lop away the "swaddling clothes," with which Samuel Jones Loyd once represented him as fettered,—and although that astute gentleman told us that those swaddling clothes were "protec tion," none knew better than himself what they were—and we fear not the American pigmy, or a full-grown man of any other nation. Another extract from the same journal, of the 7th inst., enlarges upon our dangerous position, and points out its source. After remarking upon our decreased exports to Europe, he says : " In the event of a general war in Europe, there will be a drain of specie from England, that will affect her financial system more than an export of bullion in pay ment for bread-stuffs, or by any ordinary derangement in commercial affairs. The scarcity of gold and silver which would be experienced soon after the commencement of a general war on the Continent, would tend very much, not only to a further depreciation in prices for manu factures and products of all kinds, but to a further re duction in the demandfor consumption, and consequently in the exports from Great Britain." Such would undoubtedly be the case. We could not ourselves better state our danger, in the event of a European war, under our present monetary system. Fortunately, however, for us, the very first movement towards a general war in Europe, in which we were likely to be involved, would release us from the golden and silver fetters, in which we have madly bound ourselves. We accept, however, the testimony of our well-informed contemporary that a drain of the commodities, gold and silver, would tend very much "tc• a depreciation in prices for manufactures and products of all kinds." Our transatlantic friends have experience of the fact— to us a bitter experience. IRISH patriotism is certainly one of the most incomprehensible things in the universe; and Mr. Meagher, one of the convicted of the Young Ireland rebellion, is certainly one of its brightest embodi ments. The world at large—out of England—no doubtimagined that this young hero of "the shining sword" was very much in earnest in his denuncia tions of the hated Saxon, and his vows to found a Republic in " the first gem of the sea." We all remember, however, how all the world was disap pointed—how the bright sword was sheathed after the encounter with a few police at the Widow M'Cormack's house, and its owner betook himself to that very appropriately named refuge for gentle men, whose valour is all in their tongue—the "keeper" mountain. A narrative of the adventures of him and some of his companions there—of their sufferings "by flood and field,"—their "sleeping in haylofts and bundles of straw," "in miserable cabins," and "once or twice by the ditch side," — has just appeared in some of the Irish papers, and contains some of the richest specimens of rhodo montade and shameless braggadocio we ever re member meeting with. One or two extracts are most characteristic of the species to which the gen tleman belongs. After describing the adventures referred to, the narrative proceeds : " Late in the evening, the Rev. Mr. having heard that Mr. Meagher and his friends were in the neighbourhood, came over and visited them. His words and manner, upon meeting them, were most affectionate. He begged and entreated of them to think no longer of rallying the country : that it was a wild and giddy dream. The country was too poor, too weak, too hungry, to do anything. Mr. Meagher replied that he would never leave the country—that he felt bound in honour to remain and see the matter out, to the last act, whatever that might be.' The Rev. Mr. argued with him upon the folly of thinking that his honour would be compro mised by flight, now that everything looked so hopeless. 'What do you gain ?" I may gain nothing'— Mr. Meagher replied—' gain nothing for myself or for the cause ; but I shall save myself from suspicion—from any and every accusation of treachery. of desertion, of fear; thus I may still serve the country, by proving that the leaders were faithful to it, even to its fall—that when the ship struck, and the sea was rushing in, they stood to it, and preferred to sink with it, rather than abandon it.' " Fine words these ! Most beautifully melo-dra niatic and sentimentally patriotic ! It is singular, however, that Mr. Meagher never reflected, whilst using them, that he was not precisely in the posi tion of a hero of romance ; that he was not a Lochiel or a Charles Edward Stuart, seeking a temporary retreat after the disasters of a well-fought field ; hat be had left no Culloden behind him, but only a handful of police ensconced in an ordinary "brick and slate house;" that, in short, he and his friends, the leaders of the abortive rebellion, were showing no disposition to sink with the ship, but rather a disposition to launch themselves on the nearest hencoop. Another passage, however, in reply to a further remonstance by the same rev. gentleman, that " the people would be better pleased to hear that he had got free of the Government," is still more magniloquent : Perhaps so," Mr. Meagher continued, " but it would be for a time only. I see this, as clearly as I see that stream there, -that were I to escape, men bidding for popularity against our memory would hereafter say,— those leaders incited the people to a certain point— disaster met them there—many of the poorer classes be came involved—they were arrested, imprisoned, tried, and punished, whilst the leaders, availing themselves of their superior , .facilities, made ff, and left these poor fellows—their honest and devoted followers, to bear the whole brunt.' So far as lam concerned, this shall not be said. Nothing will induce me to escape, and when the Government comes to wreak its vengeance on our failure, the people shall still see we are at their head— standing in the front rank—breaking the fire they would otherwise receive—breaking it, by receiving it in our own hearts." The passage which we have marked in italics is just what the public were likely to say, and have said, and have been fully justified in saying; for every one of them, who could get away, did get away, and Mr. Meagher and his friends, no doubt, were trying their best. As to rallying the country by skulking in disguises on the Keeper mountain, hiding in coal-pits, and sleeping in ditches, tke idea is preposterous. But we come to another portion of the narrative, which, indeed, was that which most particularly attracted our attention. It is that in which we discover that Mr. Meagher, on the follow ing day to that on which he had made the above professions, consented to entertain terms of sur render, 'provided that he "and all the parties con cerned in the movement were permitted to leave the country." In this transaction, we must ac knowledge, that both MI. Meagher and his friends exhibited a nobility of mind, which we should not have expected from the previous absurdity of their conduct. The proposition was made, and the fol lowing was the result : " On the Saturday morning of their arrest, a letter from the Rev. Mr. —, enclosing one from Mr. Redington to the reverend gentleman, was handed to Mr. Meagher, who, with his companions, were at the time in a place of concealment, close to the Waterford and Limerick Rail way. Mr. Redington's letter mentioned that the under secretary was authorized to state, that the Lord Lieutenant would guarantee the life of Mr. Meagher, and those of his three companions, on condition that they would sur render and plead guilty to high treason. A further con dition was required—that the arms of the insurgents in the south—the arms in all the disturbed districts, should be delivered up without delay. The moment Mr. Meagher read this letter, he wrote to the Rev. Mr. —, who was still in Dublin—` that his proposal—viz., a surrender, on condition that permission were granted to him, and all the parties concerned, to leave the country, having been re jected, he would make no other. The one he had made was the only honourable one he could make. As to the government proposal, he rejected it without hesitation and with the deepest scorn. In this his friends fully and proudly concurred.' " We have already given Mr. Meagher and his friends credit for their conduct in this matter, as honourable, although we think it was a little obsti nate and foolish. But what shall we say of the conduct of Government in thus treating with rebels in arms? This Rev. Mr. - was clearly indictable under the recent act far concealing the place of retreat of such rebels, of which he acknowledged himself to be cognizant. Why was not the same measure of justice dealt out to him which was dealt out to many poor Irishmen, who, probably from the ties of relationship, or the fear of the "wild revenge" of the people, were induced to commit no worse an offence ? Any one of these, we have said months ago, if they had attempted to open such a negoti ation with the Irish Government, and refused to betray the parties in whose behalf it was opened, would have been rewarded with instant incarceration, and, probably, as the sequel of his fate, expatriation for life from his friends and country. IN our last publication we asked of the Manches ter Guardian to apply himself to the consideration of the point, as to whether it would not be possible to obtain a steady value for money by a definite rate of interest; and then inform us under what circumstances—except in the case of a political commotion—" such currency could vary in value." A fear that such variation would occur was pre cisely the point, to which our contemporary himself said that his objections were narrowed; and we fully expected that he would have responded to our invitation, and favoured us with the ground of his fear. We were the more warranted in doing so, inasmuch as we had already disposed of every argument which he bad urged in behalf of his views, as to the probable variability of our proposed basis. Two publications, however, have now ap peared without his having noticed us ; and we beg in the very best spirit, and acknowledging the courteous tone in which the controversy with us has, thus far, been conducted by the Guardian, to redirect his notice to the point which is between us. We repeat, what we previously stated, that we care nothing, in this matter, for any triumph as controversialists. We disdain, on a question so important, the use of any " cunning of fence." To elicit the truth is our first and only object; and we feel assured that, by guaging accurately the pro gress of public opinion, the Guardian will find that the views of the Liverpool Currency Association have already taken a great hold upon the minds of the reflecting portion of the community. If our contemporary can shew us that we are wrong, he will do good service by protecting that community from running into error. IT is at length an understood fact that a full enquiry is to be instituted, by the newly appointed Water Committee, into the correctness of the state ments made, with respect to the existence of a suf ficient supply of water in the sandstone foundation under our town; and, incidentally, into the mode in which previous enquiries have been conducted. The step comes rather late, after the large expendi ture which has been already incurred in prosecuting what may be discovered to be an unnecessary pro ject; and we learn that there are some amongst the members of the committee who entertain the idea that, whatever be the result of such enquiry, we are on account of the expense in question, and of our further liabilities, too much committed to allow of ®r receding from the Pike. Perhaps we, are not so committed. There is one consideration, bearing upon the en quiry, which it will be most important for the gen tlemen conducting it to bestow their particular at tention upon, in estimating their prospects of revenue in the event of deciding upon the Riving ton scheme. We refer to the possibility —nay the great probability of the ratepayers, and especially the great water consumers, resorting themselves to the supply to be found upon the spot. Already this has been done to a considerable extent, even although the private wells have to be sunk deeper than they would require to be, were the supply in the upper strata not diminished by the pumping in the Corporation wells. In some neighbourhoods in the town we have information of water having been found by the owners of private houses, at very moderate depths, which can be economically dis tributed, for the purpose of supplying baths, &c., by an ordinary force pump. Let the Water Com mittee ask themselves whether the providing of their own wells will not be the rule, rather than the exception, with owners of property when, by the abandonment, or partial working of the deep wells of the Corporation, the whole area, upon which the town stands, shall have become, as inevitably it will, full of water, procurable by sinking five or ten yards below the surface. What dwelling-house of £2O or £3O rent, or what row of half a dozen cot tages of £lO a-year, will in that event be without its separate pump and an abundant supply of pure, naturally filtered, spring water ? We are satisfied that by sinking deeper the ex isting wells, and adding to their number, an inex haustible supply may be secured; and we may refer to the recent instance of the well at Gorton, near Manchester, in proof of our assertion. But it has been urged against deeper borings that they tend to drain existing and less deep sources of sup ply. In reply, we beg to direct the attention of the Water Committee—and the members of the late Board of Highway Commissioners will remem ber the circumstance—that such a thing actually did occur during the sinking of the Green-lane well. It was said that the bulk of the private wells in the neighbourhood of the new suburbs of Fair field and Stanley were either dried, or ceased to produce their usual supply. Existing facts, how ever, prove that this was only a temporary result. Till LIYIRPOOL STANDARD. The water speedily found new channels to percolate through; and the water in the private wells throughout the neighbourhood is at present in such abundance that instances can be found of its having to be pumped to waste, to prevent its flood mg the cellars, or destroying the foundations of the dwellings. We may mention too that, not withstanding the deep sinking of the Bootle well, the whole shore in that locality is flooded with springs of beautiful water, which ooze out, or are collected in wells, only a few yards above high water mark at the spring tides. OUR last remarks, in reply to Mr. Webster, — the was-to-have-been paid chairman of the Birken head Docks,—have elicited, so far, no reply from that gentleman. We do not wonder at this, after the gross blundering which we exposed. We have now still less expectation of hearing from him further. The statement (which we give elsewhere) in Mr. Bramley-Moore's recent letter, resigning his Dock Chairmanship on his election to the office of Mayor of Liverpool, that the Estate—said by Mr. Webster to be paying interest • out of capital—had a surplus income at present over expenditure of £35,000, after placing the interest on the entire bonded debt, including the new North Docks and the Wapping purchases on the debtor side of the account, ought to place Mr. Webster, and, by the by, Mr. Eyre Evans as well, com pletely hors de combat, and, we are glad to hear, it has given entire satisfaction to the bondholders. The increase of tonnage from the 24th of June up to Mr. Bramley-Moore's letter, was 26,371 tons; and this increase will be made more striking after a few days more of the favourable winds for in coming shipping; it will probably amount this week to 40,000 tons. Wu gave, a few weeks ago—as we remarked at the time, rather prematurely—Tract, No. 1, of the Liverpool Currency Reform Association. We do not 'at all regret having done this, inasmuch as, thus far, not one position or principle of the asso ciation, however imperfectly laid down by the tract, has been satisfactorily, or at all, confuted by the advocates of bullionism. On the contrary, the association has more than held its ground against every opponent. It was our intention, in the present number, to :have published a controversy between the association and Mr. James Wilson, of, the Economist—a gentleman reputed to be one of the great guns of the bullionist party—in which we feel confident that every impartial reader upon the subject will admit that the Peel-Russell advocate has very, very much the worst of the argument. We are compelled, however, to withdraw the letters which thus far have passed between the parties ; and are only consoled in so doing by the hope that next week we shall be able to publish the contro versy as finished. We give this day the " manifesto" of the asso ciation—a carefully digested document, upon which they are prepared to stand—and beg to request the attention of every member of our mercantile com munity to the principles which it lays down. The question, we may add with some little pride, having urged it upon public attention for some years, is at length regarded as the great question of the day. LIVERPOOL CURRENCY REFORM ASSOCIATION. " A Currency Lased—not on Gold, which is barter—but on National Property." " It is surprising that our mercantile men have not long since arrived at conclusions, respecting a system of currency. which can be recognized as correct by all parties, and which would lead to the adoption of principles and practice, by means of which the ruinous alternations, now constantly recurring, would be rendered impossible." Porter's Progress of the Nation, p. 426. MANIFESTO. The Committee of the Liverpool Currency Reform Association have been led, by their consideration of the commercial phenomenon of periodical excitement and depression, to inquire whether this extreme oscillation, productive of so much evil, be the necessary consequence of extensive commerce; and, if so, within what limit of productive enterprise ought a commercial people to be restrained ; for if the calamities that have been ex perienced by this nation within the last twenty years be a necessary effect of extended trade, it behoves the Legis lature immediately to impose restraining measures that shall prevent such frightful ruin and devastation in our domestic trade, as well as relieve from so cruel a scourge the commerce of the whole world, which, from the magni tude of our transactions, becomes involved in our mis fortunes. _ _ _ In pursuing their inquiry, they have carefully examined the evidence brought under the consideration of the com mittees of both Houses of Parliament, appointed to in quire into " the cause of the present national distress." After the most deliberate consideration of the evidence therein stated, and the uniform agreement of all other facts and information they have been able to collect, they are of opinion, that the cause of periodical excitement and depression is not necessarily involved in extensive com merce, but that the sole cause of our commercial crises is to be found in the absence of a steady measure of value and of an insufficient medium of exchange, or, in other words, in the inefficiency of our present monetary system, an inefficiency further proved by its inadequacy to sus tain a system of credit, so necessary to the development of the productive energies of this country. From the evidence above referred to, two all-important facts are established beyond question :—First—that there was at one period a superabundance of the present medium of exchange, and at another not a sufficiency for the ordinary necessities of trade. Secondly—that the measure of value has, within the last three years, fluctuated from 14 to 12 per cent. Here we have under the gold standard, an enormous alternation hi the value of money, which, by inciting speculation at one time, and prostrating credit at another, causes extreme changes in the prices of commodities, and disturbs the relation between debtor and creditor. THE OBJECTS REQUIRED IN A MONETARY SYSTEM ARE A STEADY MEASURE OF VALUE, AND A SUFFICIENT MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. It is necessary, for the facility of commerce, to adopt some description of property, of admitted value, which shall be used as the standard by which to measure the value of 1 all other property, and it is imperative that the property 1 so used be of a description least liable to variation. The Association therefore propose— THAT THE NATIONAL FUNDS BE TAKEN FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND THAT GOVERN MENT BE EMPOWERED TO ISSUE MONEY ON CONSOLS, which represent a bona fide amount of capital to the ex tent of eight hundred millions, guaranteed by the property of the British nation, whilst the national revenue is pledged to the payment of the interest thereon, so that both the capital and interest are perfectly secured. What better or safer basis, therefore, can there be, whereon to found a national currency ? Thus, by adopting the funded property, we obtain two essentials—a sufficient medium of exchange, and a steady measure of value for the pound in account ; so that the relation between debtor and creditor will be definitely fixed, that the former may not, at the expiration of his credit, have to refund a greater or a less value than was implied in the pound in account at the time of the con tract. These facts were so forcibly brought before the public by the Memorial of the Merchants of this Town, addressed in October, 1847, to the First Lord of the Treasury, that this Association feel emboldened to offer, for considera tion, a monetary system which they believe will prevent the recurrence of such evils. _ The plan by which the Association propose to carry their system into political operation is as follows : THE ESTABLISHMENT BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, OF A NATIONAL BANK, AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE BANK NOTES ON THE RECEIPT OF CONSOLS, such notes varying from one to a thousand pounds, to suit the convenience of the receiver. THESE NOTES TO DE THE ONLY LEGAL TENDER throughout the United Kingdom, and to be convertible into value ; that is to say, into Consols, on demand, at the National Bank. THE CONSOLS TO BEAR A FIXED RATE OF INTEREST, which will, of course, cease during ti,e time they are in the Bank. By this plan, when money became scarce and exceeded the fixed rate of interest, the consols certificates would flow into the National Bank, and the currency be ex tended to the relief of our commerce ; while in periods of prosperity, when money is abundant, they would be with drawn, and the circulation proportionately contracted ; thus securing a principle of self-adjustment, which would preclude the possibility of any great fluctuation in the value of money, leaving the price of commodities subject to the natural law of supply and demand. It may be objected that, under this system, the whole amount of the national funds might be converted into money, and the country be oversupplied. The Associa tion has no such fears, feeling convinced that, as the de mand for money is necessarily limited by the ability of employing it profitably, the supply of it may be left to adjust itself to the requirements of trade. In conclusion, the advantages offered by the proposed system of currency are these— A SECURE BASIS that cannot be disturbed. A READY CONVERTIBILITY of the legal tender note into value. AN EQUABLE SUPPLY OF MONEY. To which may be added a NATIONAL SAVING of in terest on the Consols while in deposit. In bringing forward this very important subject, the Association would earnestly invite the active support of every individual who may be friendly to their views, whilst they hope to elicit from those who may differ from them a candid expression of their objections to the pro , posed system; as they are only wishful for the establish ment of a self-acting principle that will give steadiness to the value of money. JAMES HARVEY, HON. SEC. Brown's Coffee-house, Clayton-square, Liverpool, 20th Nov., 1848. The Earl of Clarendon is to have the vacant garter. A new edition of the Babes in the Wood has just been published, illustrated by the Marchioness of Waterford. MEETING OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. Yesterday afternoon, a special meeting of the Health Committee took place in the Council Chamber, for the purpose of considering a report of the Inspector of Nuisances, a recommendation of the Sub-committee thereon, also a resolution passed by the latter—the whole referring to nuisances. There were present, Messrs. Tinne, (in the chair.). the Mayor, Bennett, Harbord, Hodgson, Rimmer, Hindley, Neill, Hereby, Parker, and Ferguson ; also the Town-clerk and the medical officer, Mr. Duncan. The first report read was to the effect that on the banks of the canal, Mr. Rose, the contractor for the removal of night soil, &c., from the houses and streets of the town, had deposited an immense quantity of ma nure, the gases arising from which were detrimental to the public health. A resolution of the sub-committee also proposed that night-soil, &c., should be removed in close or water-tight carts, so as to prevent droppage in the street as much as possible, and it was also recommended that the soil or matter should be conveyed from the cess pools into the tight carts without being thrown into the street, and thence lifted into the carts,—a mode which left the street in a very dirty condition.—A long discus sion ensued, in which various opinions were expressed. It appeared that the contractor had already had many water-tight carts constructed at considerable expense, and that they saved much of the slopping in the streets hich had been complained of. The Chairman, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Hodson, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Harbord took part in the discussion ; and the last named expressed strong opi nions on the insufficiency of the present system, as af fecting the public health. He proposed that carts resem bling floats, but covered, should be provided, so that the soil might be transferred from barrows, &c., into them, without intermediate deposits in the streets. Mr. HODSON said the contractor had done all he could do to keep the town clean, but there were obstacles. The CHAIRMAN said that to carry out the recommenda tion of the sub-committee—in having low carts, &c. — would cost the town £15,000. Mr. HARBORD said the removal of the night soil cost the town a vast sum, and about 15,000 tons were col lected in a depot in the outskirts, the effluvium from which was productive of disease. It was finally agreed that the contractor should receive notice to remove the soil at the depot alluded to within two months, Mr. PARKER ridiculed the complaints made of intoler able smells over the town ; he considered this to be hum bug to a great extent. Their forefathers, who had many of them lived to a good old age, were not so sensitive in their nasal organs ; and he believed Mr. Harbord's sense of smell was so fine that he could scent a fox in any cover in England, at 100 yards distant. Mr. Rose was then called in, and his opinion solicited as to avoiding the nuisance of depositing soil in the streets. He stated that it would be impossible to avoid much of this in Liverpool, or to place the soil in carts, as proposed, without great additional cost. Several plans were sug gested to him, of discharging it from covered barrows into the carts, by Mr. Bennett (who produced a plan) and others ; but he said the bar to the idea was, that in this town, the night manure was so saturated with water, from the cess-pools being flooded from want of drainage, that it could not be accomplished. He had done his utmost to keep the town as clean as it could be kept under the circumstances, and had exerted himself night and day to see that his men did their duty in sweeping, &c. the deposits in the streets. He should remove the manure from the depot, but there must be still a con siderable quantity left there, from daily accumulations, which could not be taken away until it had been deposited 24 hours, owing to its being in so liquid a state. It ap peared he was a loser by the contract, as the manure was not easily saleable. It was agreed that any nuisances that might hereafter arise should be reported to him. It was further agreed that 24 of the police should be ap pointed by the sub-committee to act under the Inspector of Nuisances, and (in conjunction with the whole of the police force) to report upon all nuisances, or practices detrimental to public health. Finally, it was agreed that an additional number of the handbills, containing pre cautions against cholera, should be printed and distributed amongst the inhabitants. The meeting then separated, apparently somewhat tired out by a subject not altogether pleasant. PROSPECTS OF OUR AMERICAN COMMERCE, AND EFFECT OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. At the period of the sailing of the Europa from New York, we learn from the first sources that the general feeling amongst commercial men was one of great confi dence in approaching prosperity throughout the country. The result of the elections, affirming the return of a peace advocate (Gen. Taylor) for the Presidency, had contri buted greatly to this result. The dry-goods houses had been doing an excellent trade ; and, as a proof, the orders per the Europa for manufactured goods of all descriptions were on an extensive scale. This feeling in America, together with the news generally by the Europa, has had a vivifying effect upon our Cotton market, in which a large business has been done at dearer prices. With respect to Breadstuffs, a fair, but not an immoderate, quantity is reported as coming forward, much of which should already have been here, but for the recent preva lence of adverse winds, which has delayed arrivals. With the present winds, however, many of these are coming into port ; but, having been previously advised, they are not likely to produce any large depression in the mar ket. We learn that the few samples of Indian Corn of the new crop which have now come up are of superior quality to those of last season, as is the new Bacon re ceived. A MISARRANGEMENT OF TOPICS. A contemporary, in his report of the proceedings of the Dock Committee, informs us that " A letter was next read from Mr. Cubitt, announcing that he had fully drawn out the plans for the permanent mooring of the new landing-stage, and certifying the correctness of a heavy bill submitted." The latter portion of Mr. Cubitt's communication was, we should think, like the postscript of a lady's letter, the most personally interesting to himself, and might with propriety have been the leading subject. We question, however, whether the Dock Committee view it in the same light; and, with respect to the " permanent moor ing " of the monster stage spoken of, we ourselves should iike to be assured upon the subject. A FEW NUTS FOR THE BULLIONISTS TO CRACK. What is our present System of Currency ?—A contri vance by which the capitalist and the foreigner are conti nually enabled to appropriate the fruits of British labour at their own price. Another Picture AFTER Samuel Jones Loyd.—A con trivance to regulate commerce and industry, by which we have, first, a year of slow reaction (after a crisis) ; next a year of cautious and steady trade; then a year of good trade ; next a year of great prosperity ; after that a year of wild speculation ; finally, a year of panic and crisis, accompanied by bankruptcy of the merchant and manu facturer, and suffering to the labourer, in the midst of which the foreigner and the holders of bullion step in, and grasp the accumulations of the years preceding. What is a Pound piece of gold, said to be of the value of twenty shillings, which goes abroad, and has to be bought back with thirty or forty shillings.—A " mea sure of value", which occasionally compels us to give the foreigner a yard and a half of our cloth for a yard of his. —A " uniform standard," resembling, however, a bushel, which sometimes hold five pecks when we sell with it, and only three when we buy with it. Anomalies for Solution.—No. 1. A cotton manufac turer working short time, and half his operatives and neighbours without shirts. No. 2.—A tailor with a piece of cloth, a shoemaker with a piece of leather, and a baker with a supply of bread, enough for all three ; yet the tailor shoeless, hungry, and idle ; the shoemaker coatless, hungry, and idle ; and the baker with his loaves getting mouldy, and himself in want of a hat. No. 3. America, with an abundant supply of bread stuffs, wanting English cottons and hardware ; England, with an abundance of manufactures and produce of all sorts, owl wanting corn and flour; and the latter selling her mand a,. r, to Russia, at fifty per cent. deprecia tion, to get gui,l ; " correct her currency ;" i.e. to re place the sovereigns i❑ the bank coffers, which will be abstracted until the natural interchange of commodities with America is completed. No. 4. Every branch of commerce and industry thrown prostrate, the Gazette filled with lists of bankrupts, and the jails and workhouses with felons and paupers, until the above round-about operation is effected, by the in genuity, and much to the profit, of the dealers in ex change and the bullionists. No. 5. Silver, a precious metal, only worth half its usual relative value to gold.—Twenty shillings legally worth a golden pound ; but a hundred times twenty shillings only saleable as a commodity, probably for fifty golden pounds. No. 6. A nation, which has sustained a loss of £30,000,000, by the failure of a harvest, submitting to a law, which increases the loss tenfold, by the depreciation of all property, resulting from the legal necessity of getting Jack a few millions of gold, and compels its people to sit idle, instead of working harder to create capital, to replace that which has been lost. DEATH OF A CHILD BY BURNING.—About a fortnight ago, a female child, daughter of Mr. Aspinall, Ullet-lane, was accidentally so much burnt, that notwithstanding great medical attention, she died on Friday evening. LECTURES BY THE R EV. H. H. Hicoms.—O w i ng to some unintentional inadvertance we did not receive a ticket to attend the lecture last Thursday. We are glad to find, however, that it was well and fashionably at tended, and afforded great satisfaction. The next lecture will be on Thursday next, the subject being "The Desert." FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 the 14th instant, a woman, named Bridget Sullivan who had intended to emigrate by the ship " Speed," went on board, and by some accident, fell from between decks, down into the main hold, upon some water casks below. She was so much injured that she died on Friday night. THE POLICE-COURT.—The business was not marked by any feature of general interest, the cases though (as always on Mondays) numerous, involving little import ance or novelty, with the exception of one noticed in an other paragraph. The following is a summary of the felonies, &c. :—John Johnson and William Parry, for stealing a copper kettle from Elizabeth Brown ,— three months imprisonment.—Wm. Walsh, for stealing meal from Clarence Dock, three months. Joseph Holland, for stealing a 281 b. weight, two months.—William Williams, for stealing beef in Richmond-row, one month. Mary Kelly, and Mary Williams, for stealing mutton in St. John's market, three months. Thos. Jones, an old offender, found at untimely hours, and with no good in tent, in Brunswick-street, on Saturday night, three months.—Winifred Jenkins, for illegally pledging, 10s. and 405., and, in default of payment, one month.—Ellen Clare, for robbing William Oakley, in Parker-street, of half-a-crown, one month. MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS IN THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, YESTERDAY. A few days ago, a circular was issued to the shareholders of the above company, stating that at a special meeting of the company, to be held at the offices in Birkenhead, on Saturday next, the 25th instant, the following pro posals would be submitted : "That the existing 45,000 Cheshire Junction shares of £3l each should be forfeited. That in consideration of the ..elO paid on the £3l shares, and of the loss that may be sustained by the Chester and Birkenhead shareholders, by reason of the postponement of the works, it shall be understood and agreed that 255. per share has been paid on such share. That one new share shall be allotted to the holder of every £3l share upon which .'lO has been paid ; that every holder of a .e3l share upon which £lO has been paid, who may decline to accept such new share, shall be paid in money 255. per share, and cease to have any further interest in the concern; that the residue of such new shares not taken up by the holders of .£3l shares, shall be divided rateably amongst the holders of Chester and Birkenhead shares of the nominal value of 10s. and £22 ; that interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum be paid to the Chester and Birkenhead shareholders, until the Cheshire Junction line is opened ; that application be made to Parlia ment for power to revise the capital as above proposed, to limit the works from Warrington or Moore to Birkenhead and Chester,—and to make such arrangements with other compa nies as may be determined upon." It appeared to many parties that these were most ex traordinary propositions ; and the same has been the opinion of the shareholders, as shewn at a meeting held yesterday, called almost extempore, in South Castle-st. After the chair had been taken by Mr. WILLS, the meet ing was addressed by Mr. GODBER, of Chester, who de tailed the result of several interviews. It was urged by several speakers as reasonable enough, that in the first instance the 45,000 original shares should be forfeited, or rather cancelled, regard being had to a reconstruction of the total capital, upon a scale proportioned to the limit of the reduced views of the company, and existing inte rests being fairly recognised. But that the shareholders, who have paid £lO per share already, should be asked to take a £7 share, of which only £1 ss. was to be consi dered as paid, or, in the event of their refusing such share, that they should only receive £1 55., as the condition of their retiring from the undertaking, appeared to the meet ing as a demand upon them which ought not to be sub mitted to. And this feeling was made stronger when it was shown that these £7 shares would only rank as one fourth of a £27 10s. share in the Birkenhead and Chester Company, with which the Cheshire Junction is amalga mated, and whose shares at present market price are only worth about £l3 10s. It was asked at the meeting what had become of the £lO per share paid, and what portion of the works had been proceeded with ; and the result of the information given was, that nothing had been ex pended except upon the works which were likely to be carried on, under the limited scheme, namely, the line to Kekewick,—and that there must be in hand a consider able sum over what would pay £1 ss. per shat e. The company, however, wished to retain a further portion of the line, never expected to be carried out, or to pay any revenue, for what purpose the shareholders present seemed unable to comprehend. It was argued that a much more fair arrangement might be come to—something like that proposed in a pamphlet by Mr. Wills, by which, the capital being reduced, and a portion of the line abandoned, it would require only £3 per share, in addition to the £lO paid, to complete it. This view of the subject was ably advocated by Mr. God ber of Chester, who was willing even to submit to a rea sonable loss upon the £lO paid. After a desultory con versation from which it was elicited that on the arrang ment proposed being carried out, the line was already, with the Birkenhead and Chester line, under offer of sale to the London and North Western, the meeting came to the unanimous determination that the scheme proposed to the shareholders should be resisted. The following resolution, moved by Mr. HAYLOCK, seconded by Mr. GODBER, of Chester, and carried unanimously, embodies the final course to be adopted : " That in the event of the details given by the Directors on Saturday next not being satisfactory, this meeting pledges itself to support a motion for the adjournment of the meeting, and the appointment of a committee consisting of an equal uumber of Chester and Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction shareholders, to investigate the accounts and report as to the equity of the proposed financial change." HURRICANE IN THE CHINA SEAS. SERIOUS DISASTERS TO SHIPPING. By the Overland Mail we have received advices from Chinafto the 28th September, containing accounts of a very severe typhoon which was experienced in the free ports;on the 31st of August and Ist September, which had done serious damage to the shipping. Fortunately, the loss of life among the Europeans has, as far as yet as certained, been most trifling considering the strength of the gale, but amongst the Chinese the casualties and loss of property have been extensive. At Hong Kong several vessels were dismasted, others were driven on shore, and while the whole beach was strewed with the wrecks of junks, numerous bodies floated on the waters. On shore every house suffered, more or less. The gale commenced at sunset on the 31st of Aug., ' from N.N.W. : about ten o'clock, p.m., it shifted round to N.N.E., and increased in violence till two, a.m., on the Ist, when it veered to S.E. From this time the storm gradually abated, and at daylight the weather again set in beautifully fine. Amongst the disasters may be men tioned the following British vessels : The barque Hermes, from Liverpool. went on shore at Circular-buildings, but was got of with the loss of fore and main masts ; the barque Helen Stewart, from London, drove on shore at Green Island, and slight hopes were en tertained of saving her. The iron barque John Laird drifted foul of the Eliza Stewart, and lost mizenmast and bulwarks ; while the Eliza Stewart, which was loaded , with sugar, was driven against the Hos Hermanos. and so much injured that she had to discharge her cargo. The barque Salopian drifted out beyond Green Island, totally dismasted but was afterwards towed into the harbour by Chinese boats. The schooner Island Queen's masts were cut away to save her going on shore; and the Daniel Watson drifted out to the mouth of the Cum-sing-moon Passage and lost topmasts. The barque Constant, for London, put back wit i se;cral feet water in her held, and a considerable part of her cargo damaged. The ship Hin- I dostan, which sailed for Shanghae on the 30th, was dis masted and driven down to St John's Island, sixty miles to the westward of Macao, and was subsequently towed into Hongkong by the steamer Corsair ; her cargo is expected to be badly damaged, and she must discharge. The brig Calder, from Whampoa for London, was also towed back, after having cut away her masts, near Macao, and damaged about 400 chests of tea. At Macao the loss of junks was very great, and 100 Chinese were drowned in and about the harbour, including , one containing five young men embarked for pleasure, one of whom was Mr. James Macmurray, and another Mr. Edward Rees. The barque Clio, bound to Penang, was the only British vessel that suffered. She was wrecked in the Typa, and the captain with the greater part of the crew drowned. Sixty houses were destroyed. The governor had a narrow escape, being at the time on a pleasure trip to the Nine Islands. At Cum-sing-moon the storm commenced at ten, p.m., and was at its height at daylight. The receiving-ship Isabella Robertson drove under the bows of the Eagle, carrying away her bowsprit and foremast, and the latter parted from her chains and ran on the beach, on the way coming in contact with the Norfolk and Sylph, and losing her mainmast and bulwarks . The Sylph shared the fate of the Eagle; and both were got off the next morning, and the former brought into Hongkong. The Eagle was condemned. After her collision with the Eagle, the Isabella Robertson gradually sunk ; and at daylight the survivors, the gunner and four Lascars were rescued while clinging to the top of the mainmast by the boats of the American frigate Plymouth. Captain Kelly went down with the vessel, which had on board a cargo worth half a million of dollars, in cluding 700 chests of opium. Not more than two-thirds were insured ; but the divers recovered 250 chests. The Norfolk and Sydney were entirely dismasted, and the British brig Arrow, with 560 chests Patna, went on shore. Her cargo and crew were saved. The British barque Emily got on shore, but her cargo, being cotton, received little injury. Eight or nine junks sank, with most of their crews, as did also a smuggling boat with 100 men. Valuable assistance was rendered by the boats of the American ship-of-war named, her crew having risked a tremendous sea. At Whampoa the storm does not seem to have damaged the shipping ; but a great many China boats were de stroyed. _ ' At Canton the gale commenced at the same time as at Cum-sing-moon, and was at its height about six in the morning following. In the crowded river there was a fearful loss of life and property ;.sorneaecounts stating the numbers who perished at hundreds, and others at thou sands. The scene on the Ist September was dreadful, the whole river being covered over with fragile fib vi :•-?,oats and small craft, numbers of which were crushed by large junks, as driven from their moorings, they swept away with the wind and tide. Several China houses were blown down ; and of the beautiful private cutters on the river, not one escaped serious damage. At Hongkong, a vessel started on the morning of the storm day, having on board a number of convalescent police, with the view of seeking health. Having sought shelter in a bay to the westward, a Chinese junk drove against their vessel, and ultimately six only escaped to the shore, while twenty-three perished, including Mr. Smithers, formerly of the London police, and his nephew. At all the ports, in addition to these disasters, many foreign vessels, Dutch, American, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Bremen, were lost or severely damaged ; one Dutch vessel, the Kien Heean, having been lost, with her whole crew. The number of houses destroyed is stated to be— 25 Chinese brick houses, 30 Chinese mat and wooden houses, and 12 Chinese dwellings on the river. The gardens have suffered greatly. THE MAYOR AT ST. BARNABAS ' CHURCH.—On Sunday morning last the annual sermon, in aid of the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, was preached in this church by the Rev. T. Nolan. The Mayor attended in state, and amongst the gentlemen who accompanied him we noticed the following : viz., the Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, Aldermen Molyneux, J. Lawrence, Chilton, Cooper ; Councillors Tinne, R. L. Jones, Wagstaff, Rogers, Mann, G. H. Horsfall, S. Holme, J. Holme, J. B. Lloyd, Thompson, Neill, Rimmer, Messrs. Yates, J. Moss, C.W. Lawrence, T. Moss, Platt, Royden , K en d a ll, Griffith, B. Platt, Ingram, S. Martin, Bland, J. Hough ton, Dowie, A. Browne, Brownell, D. Clarke, B. Chaf fers, Dr. Cameron, T. Holderness, C. Grayson. Z wilchen bart, J. Job, &c., &c. The church was crowded in every part The rev. gentleman took his text from the 65th chapter of Isaiah, and part of the Bth verse—" Destroy it not for a blessing is in it"— from which he made a most earnest and eloquent appeal ; and we are happy to say the response was one worthy of the cause, amo mating to the handsome sum of £lO9. K.T. ilji4g. LATEST FROM AMERICA.-ARRIVAL OF TUB EUROPA. The royal mail steam-ship Europa, Capt. Lott, which left New 'York on the Bth instant and Halifax on the 11th, arrived here yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, in the remarkably short period of less than twelve days from the former port. She has brought fifty-seven passengers, a list of whom we subjoin : For Halifax.—Messrs. Ritchie, J. L. Hendebourck, Henry Boggs, Donald, and Chas. Foster. For Liverpool. —Mr. and Mrs. Beswick, child, and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. Hume, Capt. and Mrs. Walker, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Bursts'', Mr. Wallerstein, Mr. Venecie, Mr. Joseph Evans, Dr. Daniel Reynolds, Mr. James Moriow, Mr, Domvill and servant, Mr. Boker, Mr. Testa, Mr. J. P. Stephens, Mr. Mews. Mr. Von Groning, Mr. A. T. Smith, Mr. Mariam Martinez, Mr. Edwin Perevia, Mr. Pat. Ander son, Mr, J. B. Elkin, Mr. J. Moore, Mr. C. Ruinert, Mr. Cwvrell, Mr. John C. Meyer, Mr. Dyneaux, Mr. W. J. C. Benson, Mr. W. A. Benson, Mr. James Russell, Capt. Ramsay, Dr. J. W. Bradshaw, Mr. Taube and son, Mr. Draper, Mr. D. P. Brown, Mr. Stonebridge, Mr. R. G. Russell, Mr. G. H. Phipps, Mr. Howard, Mr. A. Duvault, Mr. A. Boeckeler, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Steenfaldt, Mr. Grablie, Mr. W. Atkinson, Mr. Westholme, and Mr. Smith. From Halifax.—Commander Hall, R.N., Mr. Whitehead, Mr. Mathewson, and Master George Ross. The America, Capt. Leitch, arrived at New York on the Bth instant, after a splendid ran of eleven and a half days from this port, including the usual detention at Halifax. The Hibernia, Capt. Shannon, hence and Halifax, arrived at Boston on the 3rd instant, in thirteen days. The Washington arrived at New York on the sth, after a pas sage of fifteen days from Southampton. Almost the only feature of political interest by this ar rival is the confident belief that General Taylor has been elected President. This intelligence gave confidence to the mercantile community of New York. The sales of stock on the day of the steamer sailing were large, and generally at improving rates. Exchange on London di rect was 1081 to 109. Two trains came into collision on the Lynn and Marble head railway on the 2nd inst., and six persons were killed and ten or twelve wounded. Buenos Ayres accounts to the 13th September, state that Rosas had taken offence at the conduct of the Sardi nian Charge d'Affaires, and ordered him to leave the country within thirty days. They also state that after the capture of Colonio the intrusive government and the fo reign armed rabble in Monte Video, appear to have be.. come seriously alarmed lest President Oribe should storm the town. They have accordingly applied to the French for assistance, and Admiral Le Predour, complying with their request, has caused several of his vessels to take up positions nearer shore, so as to be able to fire upon the besiegers in the event of an attack ' • and has, besides, landed all his disposable marines in order to reinforce the lines. Notwithstanding these precautions, the alarm, at the date of the last advices, had not subsided. A violent storm, accompanied with a rise of tide, oc curred at Bermuda on the 15th, proving a source of great alarm to the inhabitants, and the cause of much damage to property. . . NEW YORK, Nov. 7-6 P.M. This being election day, Change was less crowded with business men, and the market for produce was conse quently inactive. Moderate sales of Flour were made at yesterday's prices. Wheat remained about the same. The demand for Corn was steady, at about yesterday's prices, with the exception of common low mixed, of which sales were made rather in favour of buyers. There was no change in Meal. Sales of Rye were pretty freely made at yesterday's rates. There was no change in Provisions. There was some better feeling in molasses, with sales. Moderate sales of Cotton were made at previous rates. ASHES.—SaIes of 75 to 100 bbls. both sorts, were made at £6 25. BREADSTUFFS.—FIour.—The sales about 5,000 to 6,000 bbls., including this State Western brands, Michi gan, this State, Oswego, &c., at S 5 25 to S 5 371, with straight and pure brands Genessee, at S 5 371 to ,S 5 44. There was no change in Ohio or in Southern. Wheat. — Sales of 18,000 bushels Ohio were made at S 1 11; and 2,000 to 3,000 do. common Chicago, slightly under $l. Corn.—The sales reached about 30,000 to 40,000 bushels, including chiefly common mixed at 621 c. to 67c. The latter figure was also paid for some lots high mixed. Several lots round yellow were sold at 73c. Meal was firm, at S 3 25. Rye.—Sales of 5,000 to 6,000 bushels were made at 661 c. in the slip, at 67c. delivered. There was no change in Oats. We have again to notice a decline in the prices of Cot ton, in the qualities from middling and upwards, whilst the lower grades remain without any material variation from our last quotations of the 24th ult. Uplands, very ordinary to middling, sc. to sic. per lb, ; fair to good fair and good, 64- c. to 61c., and 61c. Tennessees and Ala bamas, sc. to 51c. Mobiles, Louisiana, &c., ordinary to middling, 51c. to 51c. ; fair to good fair, 6 , 1 c. to 7 c.; good and fine nominal. The exports from the United States since Ist September, 1848, amounted to 164,767: same time last year, 138,364 bales. The sales since the 24th ult. are estimated at 12,500 bales. The rates of freight are, to Liverpool, for cotton in square bales -Id. per lb. ; flour. 2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel ; grain in bulk 7d. to Bd. per bushel, for corn and wheat respectively. To London, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per barrel for flour, and other articles in proportion. To Havre, cotton id, per lb. Exports and Receipts of Cotton at the ports so far son, and to the corresponding time in former se. (In thousand bales.) his sea- Lsons. Great Britain. France. Other. I Total. Recpts. 1848.... 116 23 27 166 289 1847.... 73 39 19 131 186 1846.... 22 18 13 . 53 155 1845.... 84 27 14 1 125 265 1844.... 79 44 40 I 163 243 - --.. 1848 1847 1846 1845 1844 --- Stock remaining } 211 186 143 182 165 in the ports .. At Augusta and 1 Hamburg on 30 20 20 13 29 Ist November. ---- - 241 206 163 195 194 Recpts. It appears that there was frost in Carolina and Georgia on the Ist instant ; but at so late a period and after so long uninterrupted a picking, the occurrence is rather one of mere record than of any importance to the present crop• TRADES.— a Last e ni trades G th O e FTE w she purpose of taking into considerati on th e b es t me ans of meetingME EiMEETIN G securing a fair trial to the twenty-five un i on i s ts now in custody in London, some under sentence of transporta ght a ConcertnHumalelrofuos r tion, but in behalf of whom writs of error have been entered, and the others yet awaiting their trials. The chair was occupied by Mr. Harnott, the secretary of the Trades' Union, who introduced to the meeting Mr. Hawksworth, who entered into details of the treatment of working men in Sheffield, London, &c. It appeared that out of 20 convictions in Sheffield, for conspiracy, &c., seventeen were quashed upon appeal, and that in one instance several men sentenced to be transported for a long term of years had had their punishment commuted by her Majesty, to three year's imprisonment. The speaker; who was most energetic in his address, moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the font razor-grinders now under sentence of transportation, were illegally convicted ; that the twenty-one stone masons, of London, who are indicted for conspiracy, and now waiting their trials at the Old Bailey Sessions, are unjustly accused; and pledges itself to use all legal efforts to secure for them a fair trial. This was unanimously carried. The second resolution was to the effect that the prosecution of these parties was an attempt to crush the working man's best institution—the Trades' Unions—and pledged the meeting to keep up the agitation until the rights and privileges of the working classes were conceded. A third resolution sought a subscription for this purpose. A MAN WITH THREE WIVES.—A well-dressed young ish man, named Crawley, stated to be captain of a vessel, and whose case (one of bigamy) was before the public about a fortnight ago, was yesterday again brought before Mr. Rushton—evidence having been wanting on the for mer occasion, and which was now supplied. Mr. John Mitchell, a respectable-looking elderly gentleman, wear ing the buttons of the navy, deposed that the prisoner had married his daughter, Mary Ann Mitchell, in Ireland, some years ago ; and he produced a marriage certificate, properly authenticated of the fact. He stated that he had, before coming from Ireland on this occasion, s e en his daughter and her four children on Thursday morning last, at Rothmullen—as we understood him.—The second wife, a good-looking young woman, stated that she had first met the prisoner at Milford-Haven, in July, 1844, and had gone with him to Bristol, where they were mar ried, as she supposed, in the same year. A few weeks afterwards she learned that he had before been married, and finding the form of the former marriage (as she had learned) not correct, she herself provided the necessary funds, and they were married in due form. She remained with him for some time, but he at length turned her out, and she went to the parish.—The third wife next appeared, also a lady-like woman, and said she had been married to him in this town, on the Bth of July last. 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