The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

of Po owo lioss 1 04 teke SEPTEMBER 25, 1855.] oe t . 0' of'd hPo' cr e l ' a s ' t e a ;C I d I 'ltO"tr, 1~ i ~~ , F ~' / Pw 1 I I abundant proof of the success which may be achieved bS union When th and perseverance. e manufacturer s o f M anc h es t er en d eavoure d te f ain o bt the repeal of the Corn Laws, they did not w ait in what mi g h t b e done by the leading Radicals c Parli ament. Th ey established a League in their wil to wn, sent out their emissaries to advocate their cause throughout the kingdom, supported the press Much,, supported them, and left no means untried to -ItilaUre their final triumph. Commencing with small Z i kb ers, they increased their ranks as they proceeded, to iwilla4ically disputing the right of the Metropolis . 1ie5.,1 4 tbe movement, they made Manchester their they sad, and did not cease their exertions until bee "ere crowned with success. Whatever may have eaii il L ti le merit s of the question they advocated, there se 11 ° doubt that they set an example which Con tike tie ulight follow with advantage, and at no If ; 4 the present is such a course more necessary. 1)e ''-unchester took the lead when the object to mould was the repeal of the Corn Laws, why Dovt at - s 114 Liverpool take the lead when the im e.onse-,: intereSt is at stake of the restoration of the d ofatteve party to its legitimate position? Instea ten ti . lit ion being confined to the yearly contests for b oron e s . iPal b h°ll eurs, and the occasional elections for first co n Illeruhers, the Conservatives of Liverpool, the . 4 unibe lil l u itit A el leY in the United Kingdom, both inm ti bnis t i 3 n .,l Influence, should take the initiative . nucl elia 0; vleicheonservative party, and, forming a hring all oth er t ° commence . operations, gradually cau se d n h ecinstituent bodies into the Alliance. - " I lse to b e a ,2 lll , — nee of means at their command ; the . al Ut, if n Z am tained has everything in its favour . , ! li ttl e a PeenTi a ; et ' ° llt with that determination which is characteristic of Englishmen, success is .s , kerth in Of achi eve cunt. The object to be gained mat 3' of everY exertion; nor would it impose any Pecun -ool d . . Lary r esponsibility, for the numbers which Pla ce , (411 a well-directed organisation would soon desi gn abundant means at their disposal, because the the b w° uld be intelligible, and the realisation within on tid T he sof reasonable probability. the ici or s of Conservative principles . throughout ' fati ably it G; i dona have laboured zealously and imeg to haveee of the great cause which so manyprofess 4 tb.,4. at heart, but their exertions have been 4 4 -4 : lli tea 'support which is indispensablettell with effe ct Their labours have been too isolatated unaidedto suc oart of its N ti ' a nd their advocacy has lost a gre f union p which veo l d e ci ft i ° 4 l the absence of that bond be eil 11 :ave Made them 414 available. This "Idelit ever since the secession , o its ready to admit eristeviiiile -so many have been stroe Have f 1 i h s e d P e E fe Et T has Es ; been made t o ap re, 'no attempt appears to we hear of occa atsiowl3 a 'remedy. It is true tl2 l ,, e6 fings of Conservative members of in Pa o rl r i d a e m r en to t e kprezt e . some ---' licitts of recognised leader, . not r .:au Opinion on some greal , question ; but this is auaicient. The Conservative 'ranks in Parliament ink •,_ or t, 'le recruited by individual elections ; the battle, to ` Co nstitution mu -'e must be fought in the Registration Its ; the o h . . Conservative patty must have an efficient hs.. _ bkisa tion, by w hi ch all the separate details may be t 7"etto work together for one common good ; and for 'lB Purpose we call upon thEoConservatives of Lirier- Netto commence -the movement. They task by no means a difficult one. The leading men should meet and formwill find 'the themselves into a committee for the purPose of drawing tip the necessary rules for the intlanagement of the Alliance, and a manifesto should stating be issued and published throughout the kingdom, ating the objects in ' v im, and calling for support. 'the an appeal would ineet With a cordial response, 'lletheffect of which meet irresistible. By the aid .° lO l , e Press, constitutional principles would be allowed th e their legitimate influence on public opinion, veilliu°nservative phalan x in the House of 'Commons l e O r be strengthened by . the impetus which would eo m Pght to bear on .all great questions, and the roiee'ence inspired (by union ; and when the public °tlef f a : tagain appealed to by a General Election, the It ',eLs Would. be apparent 1 ' ' _n Liu& .... 6 , ....it— . A ci. would i nsure the accession of a Conservative unnistration. ........,....................-....—.. T E PALL OF SEBAST:OPOL. I n I7V publi c h -- -f- _ --I ' ve inat 6 t "laY the official despatches which I)artitnla —ell ete lVed, detailing the interesting the caPti's e"liected with the assault on Sebastopol, f 'the plac e -4te l, of the Malakhoff, and the evacuation o t ° l f f , seania7cieatu3 the Russians. The victory is in itself t e., pillitortance to justify almost any am .t ou h n s been ~°ts, of the 'Wave men by whose daring i exuberant 4eko.-7eve'l, and to call for the most exubfe tkeeerrcrations or rejoicing a t the extent , the tiot, : which has been so far accomplished. o l o l t i i n s u i s n t llosseBl4°.Wever, he supposed, because Sebastopol 1 ' v, , 5 1 : 41 ° f the Allies, that the object for whichtnomore P et , um t he been gained, andtha t i, 4l hot,' 4 to done than to repose on our laurels like -1 ' .;,:444!is soldier at the closing of some. g t i ett, -4 qtati °mu ll a and France united with Turkey in a t ,„ ile ltert ° i 2 cl i war against Russia, in order to humiliate th Il lt d espot , 1. et and to impose sn effectual which e sive ambition ?eatentiagaingt that aggrs • , o f Europe. In hfikthera2the Peace and the liberties * * k ti, 7 of 'this object, it was necessary to drive Laticl, 4:74uwading forces from the Danubian provinces, ed. Ras, -, ;ue kost important step in the whole proceed the )) : lestroy that stronghold in the Crimea which i k iat t : "3' to Russian supremacy in the Black Sea. °I . O D . - I ,, lis sta, though weakened, has not yet been lka l e i r to her knees., and, until she humbly sues for hav e al l flakes those concessions which the Allies Nvitil the to demand., it will be their duty to go on ew 'e war, and, by every practicable measure, pro fo-elstlil,l further to reduce the power of the common I t . Anrope. ial fo r4 , l" %possible to look upon the fall of Sebastopol, v il t ass it may be, as the consummation of the ; ' so 1 0 's not tl, ng as the real object is still unsatisfied. It I. '''' 4 e4";_ e province of the conquerors, but of i the caonnd -80 I°llg as Re for p eace an d propose condit'on on s, y go on, th-n"lssin remains obdurate we have i to V a cl erat* '3-g '" it in ay a question for earnest con should -e e° 1" in Wh at direction future operations i t ,a_s h ndue d te(l The r ßussian fleet in the Black Sea 'on eell -estre'Yed, but that in the Baltic remains, k ot qadt is still uninjured, and St. Petersburgh has I totil e i t ) been assailed, so that we have abundance ti o t hnt 4 0t11 for army and navy before even repeating n s g o dint Zard°llB experiment which in 1812 prove NvitZtis to the Emperor NAPOLEON. o i , s , a prudence for which Marshal PELISSIER N tliC ttl ed to great credit, he has communica t e d ) the Motorof his intentions with respect to following theul 1111s86Y at Sebastopol by operations against ~le r-41uY which has taken refuge on the north h ' 44 lsio e , the harbour. We have full particulars of . t d e 4 , 4 hi tt ; as sault by which the Malakhoff was carried , Lt ino lh - l _ tile most desperate opposition ; g assi vgati t entry into Sebastopol, deserted of f y the a ad .4118 ' who had exhausted their means of defencebthe; fili:t4sequently of the enormous stores left 131t1 ; "(1 and I lYino. enemy, notwithstanding for y their pi er teDe'rt that there remained nothing the d, Wo ll ' B bat heaps of smoking ruins. We have not ti °ll% 11,°wever, from authentic sources of the in ten- i'::itiiithe Allied Generals, and relying, therefore, o . n l lll aYea aad ability which have been hitherto di.s -) st , we h e l eft , a ys a right to assume that no means will Mlieh not to take full advantage of the victory has bee'ton already achieved. wi t h budge by the descriptions of the locality 'Mar that we have been furnished, it would al) - .ret. there are many difficulties, arising from tncoo4eael peculiarities, which have yet to be diN3etatetet_d supposing the Russians should with oti, ~,,:turllihood endeavour to maintain their posi aere i s 11111 ch, however in favour of the Allies, as the Russians have nothing remaining to them but the few forts on the north side of Sebastopol harbour, and their means of receiving supplies must have been considerably shortened since the destruction of the large depots in the Sea of Azoff. It is said that there is more than one way open to the Allies to follow up their victory, and it is rumoured that detachments of troops have been sent 'to intercept the anticipated retreat of the Russian army. Nothing positive, how ever, is known, and we must be content to wait until the detail of some fresh exploit shall be received, with additional zest, because unexpected. We have, at least, the satisfaction of knowing that the great obStacle to final triumph has been removed ; that Russia, whether she will acknowledge it or not, has received the heaviest blow which she has ever been called upon to endure ; that her influence in the Black Sea has been demolished ; and that a further continu ance of the war must only lead to her further prostra tion. The Allies have the game in their hands, and it would now be folly to relax their exertions until Russia has been compelled to sue for peace, and con cede all the demands which the alteration of affairs would justify. THE HARVEST. So much of national prosperity depends upon the abundance of the harvest, that it is gratifying to notice the really beautiful weather with which Providence has lately blessed the nation. It has come at what may be called the' latter end of the harvest ; but it must be remembered that this is of the greater im portance, inasmuch as it is the late districts which ordinarily suffer most from unfavourable weather. It has enabled the farmers to get in their corn in the best possible condition, and at the same time to banish those apprehensions which were at one time enter tained of the re-appearance of disease in the potato crop. The latter 'esculent enters largely into the food of the population, and whatever may be the statements made by those whose interests are to keep up prices, the public may ,judge for themselves , cf their falsity by the quality of the potatoes which they consume. These are nOtoriously what is called mealy, and it is a well-known 'fact that the tendency , of the disease is to injure or destroy this quality ; so that it may confi dently be Assumed that this crop 'hos not been in better condition since the first appearance of this mysterious disorder about nine years ago. The effect will neces sarily le to diminish the consumption of wheat ; and - as the latter article has been kept at a high price, owing to the demands for the continent, where the harvest, though late, is now being gathered in good condition, we may reasonably anticipate that recent high prices, wlach have already begunito give way, will very shortly considerably reduced. The reports from Ameiica concur in representations of a most abundant yield of the wheat harvest, and the price of flour in the New York market has 'very ra pidly fallen. The downfal of the Russian power in the Black Sea will open the resources of the Danube for large supplies from that quarter ; so that, with our own harvest, which is row acknowledged by competent authorities to be above an average, in addition to the much greater breadth of land in wheat, 'there ought to be no fears as to a sufficiency of food for the popu lation. The fine weather will have added materially to the resources •6f the country, enabling us so much the better to bear the heavy burdens rendered neces sary by the war ; and even the pressure on the money market will not be without a good effect, because it ' will impose a Wholesome restriction on the operations of mere speculators, who look for their gains from national distress. PROPAGATION OF THE •GOSPEL. THE annual meeting in behalf of the Society for the Propa gation of the'Crospel will be held on Monday next, in the Hall of the Collegiate Institution. The LORD 81-SHOP of the diocese will preside ;:and the meeting will be addressed by the LORD BISHOP or IVlELsoußrat ; the Rev. R. CXLJWELL, Missionary from Tinnevelly, India ; the Rev. W. F. TA L.L.D., Ineumbent of St..Tnhn'. I, T. D. HoItsPALL, Esq., M.P. On Sunday next, sermons will be preached in many of the churches in Liverpool and the neighbourhood; and meetings will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday , at Ormskirk, Rock Ferry, Egremont, and Eastham. The claims of this society to a liberal measure of public support are so well known as scarcely to need special advo cacy. It has been the great pioneer of civilisation, extending the knowledge of salvation over the globe. It demands, as we trust it will receive, the support of all Christians ; and we have no doubt that the contributions at this anniversary will not only be worthy of Liverpool, but of the interesting occa sion, when we must feel thankful for the success vouchsafed to HER IVasEsTy's arms in the Crimea. LIV_ERtP OOL BOROUGH REGISTRATION YESTERDAY. TICE Registration of Voters for the Borough commenced yesterday, in the Crown Court, St. George's Hall, before Thomas Shaw Brandreth, Esq., Revising Barrister. Mr. Henry Bremner, Solicitor, and Mr. Buckmaster, ap peared for the Tories ; and Mr. Bretherton, Solicitor, and Mr. Brumfitt, for the Radicals. Objeotions.. 1 ' 654 The Tories have made ...... { Claims • •• • 197 bjections The Radicals have made ... O . 1,021 Claims . ..... 234 The claims and objections in Everton and West Derby were heard yesterday. In Everton the Tories made .91 objections. Sustained 4B Withdrew Failed The Radicals made......... Sustained 4B Withdrew Failed The Tories made Sustained 6 The Radicals made 26 claims. Sustained 8 In West Derby the Tories made 132 objections. Sustained. ..... 9l Withdrew l5 Failed ............... And the Radicals Sustained 29 Failed 2o— 49. Not one claim was sustained in this ward by either party. To-day the Court will proceed with the objections and claims in Kirkdale and Toxteth-park. Tomorrow, with those against Freemen; and on Thurs day will be commenced the claims and objections in Liverpool, which will be proceeded with until the whole is completed. In our next publication we shall, if the Revision be completed' give a complete analysis of the whole. THE CRIMEAN VICTORIES.-VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO LIVERPOOL. THE success which attended the demonstrations on Thurs day last, in honour of the Crimean victories, so far from hav ing exhausted the enthusiasm of the public of Liverpool , seems rather to have stimulated it. Concurrent with this feeling, his worship the Mayor has called a meeting of the Town Council for to-morrow, " to take into consideration and determine upon the propriety of presenting an address from the Corporation to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, on the °erasion of his honouring this town with a visit, on the 9th proximo ; .and of marking that day as one of public demonstration and rejoicing, both in respect of the visit of his royal highness, and of the successes of the allied armies in the East, by illuminating the Town-hall and public buildings of the Corporation, and otherwise." On Saturday, a meeting was held in the Town-hall, composed of several of the most influential inhabitants, among whom were T. B. Horsfall, Esq,, M.P., William Brown, Esq., M.P., Charles Turner, Esq., J. H. Turner, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Esq., &c. At this meeting it was agreed to open a subscription for the purpose of procuring funds to illuminate the Exchange Buildings and other edifices not directly under control of the Town Council; to defray the expense of bonfires in several districts of the town ; and also to furnish displays of fireworks. The propriety of rendering the rejoicing general and brilliant, was warmly advocated by all present ; and the expression of their feeling meets with a cordial response out of doors. Under these circumstances, there appears not the slightest room for doubt that the demonstration will be in all respects worthy of the town and of the occasion. The question of a general illumination of the streets and private dwellings excites considerable interest, as it is ob vious that to carry such a project into effect in so extensive a town as Liverpool, must be attended with a great amount of inconvenience, besides in a considerable degree interfering with an enjoyment of the spectacle by numerous individuals. Other suggestions, relative to subsidiary arrangements, by which the proceedings will be rendered at once popular and effective, are under consideration ; and will receive due atten tion from the authorities. TEE VISIT of the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—There seems to be a want of energy in preparing for the reception of the Duke of Cambridge. Permit me to occupy your time for a moment or two in endeavouring to point out reasons for our giving him a procession and decorations through out the town worthy of Liverpool. A few years ago we were honoured by a visit from His Royal Highness Prince Albert ; he was received with a procession, bands of music, and a great display. In what did his claims rest, except as the Consort of our most gracious Sovereign, and the patron of the different reformations which have been established of late ? But, in the case of the Duke of Cambridge, the country has a greater debt of gratitude. Not only have we in him one of the blood royal, the grandson of George 111., the full cousin of our own beloved Queen, but the able general, the brave leader, the strict :officer, the free-and-easy messmate, and last, not least, the soldier's friend ! Ask any of our poor wounded soldiers from the Crimea, and those who, we would suppose, could not have done more than see him, what they think Of the Duke of Cambridge, and you will most likely receive the answer than I have on more than one occasion received—" May God bless him, he has been a good friend to us !" Added to which, he has fought and been wounded (though slightly) in the bloody engagements of Alma and Inkerman, and been found in the midst of the thickest fight, leading and encourag ing his men. One further trait in his character, and I have done. Though supposed to have had some difference with the late lamented Lord Raglan, he came to the House of Lords purposely to pass an eulogium on his late commander, which must have been the admiration of every Englishman.—l am. Sir, your obedient Servant, SEMPER VIGILANS. GAS INQUIRY. YESTERDAY. EXPERIMENTS WITH METERS. AT ten o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Taunton, Inspector of Gas-meters, London, commenced a series of experimenta l operations, in a room of the Old Saracen's limed Inn, Dale_ street, to show the operation of the gas meter in indicating the quantity of gas consumed. Having a graduated gas-holder r of considerable capacity erected in the room, Mr. Taunton proceeded to place one of the old or generally used meters, explaining that unless these meters were placed and kept perfectly level on their base, they would give a false result. The gas was introduced through a meter con nected with the street main, •and passed into the holder. A connecting tube was then brought from the holder and so attached to a second meter as to pass through it the gas required for supplying the consumption of three burners constructed on the argand principle. From some defect in this second meter, its action was unsatisfactory, and the experiment with it was discontinued. A dry meter was then connected with the gas-holder, and made to supply the 'necessary quantity for a five-light argand burner. This was 'very satisfactorily effected, and the operation of the dry meter was explained. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. The committee appointed to inquire into the state of the gas supply met in the Town-hall, yesterday. The chair was occupied by Mr. Kitchen, chairman of the committee, and there were also present Messrs. Crosthwaite, Bradley, Sheil, A. C. Stewart, Homily -and Clint. The CHAIRMAN explained that the first business to be submitted to the meeting, would be a report prepared by Mr. Taunton, who had been brought to Liverpool Prom London some time ago, and who had now made an 'examination of such a number of the Liverpool meters as fairly enabled him to make a general report on the state of the meters in Liverpool. Mr. TAUNTON then proceeded to read his report : TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE 'SPECIAL COMMIT TEE APPOINTEID 'BY THE TOWN COUNCIL TO INQUIRE INTO THE GAS MEITERS FURNISHED TO THE SIGROUGH OF LIVER POOL. Birkenhead, 24th Sept., 1855, 13, Belle Vile, Chester-street. . . . Gentlemen,--Before giving a tabulated statement of the results attained by testing the meters of Liverpool, I think it necessary to remark, in consequence of certain newspapers in Liverpool and elsewhere having unscrupulously stated that I am the tool of a party interested in getting up an opposition Gas Company, and forwarding the sale of some particular gas meter; both of these assertions I most distinctly deny, and it remains for those that made them to prove them. The committee will allow me to state again that I hold my ap pointment as meter inspector directly from the Corporation of the City of London, and as the Aet of Parliament of the Great Central Company provides, I am by that company paid a fixed salary, and entitled to a fee for every meter tested, and each time a meter is re tested. My appointment as meter inspector for the city of London I principally owe to the votes of those members of the corporation who were opposed to the establishment of the Great Central Gas Company. My position as meter inspector for the Corporation of the City of London is the sole cause I .know of my being now engaged in the present investigation, the Liverpool Guardian Society having applied to me to take testings of the gas meters of Liverpool. I find •the meters in general use in your borough are water meters. To give weight in this inquiry I may state that. previous to holding my present appointment as meter inspector to the Corporation of the City of London, I held the appointment of gas meter inspector to the Imperial Gas-light Company, the largest and best conducted gas company in the country, where I had'every opportunity of 'becoming acquainted with every de ecription of meters, both wet and dry; and although at that period the company used almost exclusively wet meters, they are now purchasing extensively dry meters. Before leaving London for Liverpool, I provided myself ,wlth renriate-toßteri meters, both water maw, and dry memos. These meters I submitted to Mr. King, as well as Mr. Edwards, his deputy, and before these gentlemen the meters brought from London were submitted to a severe testing, and pronounced by them as accurate measuring gas meters. Mr. King expressed that he could see no objection to the use of the meters referred to in testing the meters of Liverpool. I commenced mytesting of meters in July, as the tabulated statement which I am about to hand in will show; in which I give the name of the consumer, the place where the meter was tested, the manufacturer of the meter, the per centage for or against the consumer, also how I found the meters dxed, &c. After I had made some progress in testing the Liverpool meters with the meters I brought from London, Mr. King objected to my using them when he saw the results of my testings. I there fore procured from Messrs. Smith and Phillips, water meter manufacturers, of Snowhill, London, a testing gas holder, which I graduated by thecity of London standard , being determined to do justice to all parties, and which may be re-gauged by Mr. King, or any one deputed by him. 'I would now draw the committee's attention to the fact that the same results are obtained by testing with the gauged gas holder as I obtained by testing with the meters L brought from London, as will be seen by the results of the meters tested in St. John's Market. I would also state to the committee that I have taken no testings of the various dry meters in use in Liver pool, although 'Mr. 'King promised I should, and I have made repeated applications without being able to get any information where they are in 'use; but of this the committee will form its own opinion. The committee cannot fail to observe that a large proportion of the meters I have examined were found 'to be overcharged with water, and of course registering more gas than was consumed. I do not attribute this to any improper motive, but rather to the fact, that the object of as inspector is to have as few complaints in his district as possible, and it is in this respect to his interest to keep the meters well:filled up, and this instruction is given to consumers without the necessary caution to remove the side plug, for in only three or four' cases have I found the consumer know the use of the lop or bottom screw till they have been obliged to send to the gas office, having filled the meter. and over flowed the syphon, and could get no light, and this will fully account for some of the different quartets varying from 20 to 30 per cent., and some even more. I cannot here forbear making one remark upon a letter ' dated Gas-o ffi ce, Newington, Aug. .22, 1855, addressed to your Town clerk, in which the Gas Company state the inconvenience they have felt by having withdrawn the officers for a fortnight, and thereby not had the opportunity of inspecting and correcting the meters. With regard to the inspection of meters, I think my report will show how little has been done; and had the inspectors visited them, I do not think I should have found so favourable for the consumer; for it is admitted by the company that the men they send to water the meters do not understand what effect it will have upon them; and although it was stated to this committee by Mr. Clegg that hedid not think there was much the matter with the meters, yet it is admitted in the gas com pany's letter that the meters require correcting or adjusting once fortnight.a I have in my tabulated statement condensed as much as pos. sible the remarks made by consumers, thinking it would occupy too much of your time, and now conclude this report by sub mitting two or three matters for consideration. And firstly, I would suggest that the gas consumers of Liverpool should be allowed to use any meter they may desire to use, provided the gas company can show no objection to it; and also, that a consumer may purchase his own meter, if he wishes so to do. It would be considered, I am persuaded, very unjust to the Liverpool public was every butcher, baker, and licensed vic tualler allowed to make their own weights and measures and to use them, without having them first examined ; yet it must be considered much more indelicate in the Liverpool Gas Com pany doing so, on account of their being the manufacturers of the article they sell, and I find it is the only company in the three kingdoms that do so. And were the butcher, baker, and licensed victualler permitted to manufacture their own weights and measures there would be no parallel in the cases, because the consumer could purchase where he believed he could obtain the fairest weights and measures : not so with the gas consumer, lie has no alternative but to take the gas the company manufac ture, and to have it registered by a meter made by themselves. p oel be ha h iseti a ucrid t o ; 4 b wla. And, secondly, I think it advisable that the corporation of Liverpool should appoint a public officer to test the meters used in your borough, a person qualified to give every explanation to the consumer, so that the public may be fully acquainted with the working of the meter ; it would be, therefore, requisite to have an officer provided, and all the apparatus necessary for testing procured ; and I would also suggest that no meter should in future be fixed till tested by him, that he should be paid a fixed salary, and that he should receive a fee for testing a meter in use, the fee to be paid by the company if found to be testedincor rect, enregistersd publico report p t o h ro e bre consumer's tcehemer rpe ioo ny shoulde w hen hatetena atldl calledatpremises.ye charged may b e toto s htyi c l te i dcetn o oseeaf u eio l s otc d atfholnuet i dd t andge ee l tsma i hais;tetsi desirable erprroweeprt and by the consumer if correct, and an extra fee should be tpu t h h pu ellebot committee m oan u snm a o a nn l i t t h h i o n u k t t calling h ey will the considerattention o f i im portance portance in reference to the subject. It will be in the recollection of this committee, that at a meet ing some weeks since a question was asked by one of the members having reference to a dry meter in St. John's Market, fixed as a check meter on the wet one. It was then stated that the dry meter was found to register more than the wet one. I was also told this by the Gas Company. Now, I find the dry meter was removed to the Gas Office about the month of March or April last, said to be out of action. This meter I find has not yet been re paired, and as this is not the only one of that maker's out of repair in this borough, perhaps I may be allowed to suggest that the party be written to, requesting him to furnish the committee with the nature of the defects and the cause. I have taken some pains to get the consumption registered on the two meters, wet and dry, for two years, which may be de-' pended upon, the officer in the market recording them every quar— ter, when the Gas Company's officer took the state of the meters. I was the whole of Friday night, after the market closed, testing this meter ; but I found the company's men had been some weeks since, and drawn off a large quantity of voter, so that I found it only per cent. fast. The other meter supplying the market I tested in the night of Tuesday last, when I found it registering 54 per cent. fast, and it is from this meter that the largest quantity is registered. I w i s h it to be distinctly understood that both those meters were tested by the gasholder brought from London, and, therefore, the accuracy cannot be questioned, but must confirm all former testings. In this statement, I also give the results of the testings of four dry meters, to which I had the opportunity of submitting the com pany's apparatus. They were taken down about the month of March or April last, and were examined by the company's officer. They are still in store; why they have not been refixed, I stay not to inquire or give an opinion.—l have the honour to be, gentle men, your obedient servant, FREDERICK TAUNTON. P.S.—I wish it to be distinctly understood that no testing re corded in this report has been taken but in the presence of one or more officers of the Liverpool Gas Company. In answer to Mr. Shell, Mr. TAUNTON said that in ( ltiMating the quantity of water which had been reported as THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. put into the meters, he had only been able to make an approximation to the amount actually put in. In reply to Mr. A. C. Stewart, he said the meters which are represented as fast, are against the interest of the consumer. In answer to the Chairmain, Mr. TAUNTON said he had adopted every suggestion which had been thrown out to him by any of the Gas Company's officers, as to the mode of testing the meters, as his only object was to ascertain the exact truth. He further said that in the investigation of between 300 and 400 meters he had only found two or three which were correct ; some of them being as much as 9 per cent. too fast, and others of them slow to the extent of 10 per cent. The exact amount of fastness in a meter is not an accurate test of how much it may operate against the consumer or the contrary. He had not made any experiments as to the quality of the Liverpool gas, as he had no opportunity of doing so. He also stated it as consistent with his knowledge that some meter-makers voluntarily make meters to measure fast, with a view to securing the custom of particular gas companies. This applied chiefly to the opera tions of small companies in the country, where any means of testing the meters was difficult of access. He also stated that the errors of measurement in the meters were nearly as often against as in favour of the company. Mr. CLINT moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Taunton, which was passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. COMMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS. MONDAY NIGHT. THE pressure upon the Money-market, on account of the demands of the loans, and the advance in the rate of discount which it is expected will be still further in creased, has had a depressing effect on the public funds, though not to any great extent, as, notwith standing the desire to realise on the part of large holders, there has been a general disposition on the part of the public to make investments. Indeed, as we remarked on a former occasion, there is often more im portance attached to monetary movements than they really deserve. The returns of the Bank of England on Friday show another diminution in the stock of bullion to the extent of rather more than half-a-million ; but as the circulation has also diminished to very nearly the same amount, the decrease in the reserve of notes unemployed is only £129,100, leaving an abundant margin to remove any apprehensions, at least for the present. The operations of th e B an k Di rec t ors h ave had the effect of improving the foreign exchanges so as to discourage the exportation of gold; and as there have , been subsequently several large arrivals of specie, there is no reason to anticipate any continuance of depression, particularly as the recent fine weather is having a fa vourable influence on the corn markets. We extract the following remarks from the Money article of The Times on Friday : Although there was no general expectation of a further ad vance in the Bank rate of discount to-day, there was sufficient uncertainty upon the point to cause the breaking-up of the Court to be waited for with interest. The demand at the Bank during the past week is supposed to hare been as heayy as during the two preceding weeks, in which it was found ne cessary to resort to a rise, but for the circumstance that much of it was believed to be caused by the caution of the discount houses in refusing large transactions while there might be a prospect of a further immediate change, as well as by the de sire of the public to provide themselves against such a contin gency, there would have been ground to entertain the proba bility of a fresh movement. Whether it will yet have to be resorted to must still depend in a great degree upon the state of the corn-market, the arrivals from Australia, and the course which the government may pursue regarding the instalments on the Turkish loan. The return from the Bank of England for the week endingthelsth of Septembergives the following results, when compared with the previous week : Public Deposits ... £7,838,531; Increase ... £247,194 Other Deposits ... 11,146,762 ; Increase ... 176,409 Rest ... 3,644,704; Increase ... 7,364 On the other side of the account : Government Securities £12,799,368; Decrease... £231,720 Other Securities 17,388,784; Increase ... 751,557 Notes unemployed The amount of notes in circulation is £19,713,470, beinc , a decrease of £428,635, and the stock of bullion in both departments is £13,698,455, showing a decrease of £518,921, when compared with the preceding return. Ir3SLTE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ... £27,110,270 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 2,984,900 Gold coin & bu11'n.13,110,270 Silver bullion ... £27,110,270 £27,110,270 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000 Gov. Securities £12,799,368 Rest . 3,644,704 Other Securities 17, 3 88,784 Public Deposits 7,838,531 Notes ... 7,396,800 Other Deposits 11,146,762 Gold & Silver Coin 588,185 7-day & other bills 990,140 £38,173,137 £38,173,137 Our SHAR-MARKET, has continued during the week in a state of extreme depression, with scarcely a momentary rally. For railway shares the market is very heavy, there being no buying to take stock offered. eal stocks are more steady, especially those likely to profit by a more tight Money market---bank and insurance shares. We annex prices :---Blackburn, 5 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 761 ; London Stock, 91: ' Sheffield Stock, 231 ; Midland Stock, 65 ; North-Western, 51; South-Eastern, 17+ 3-16; Aberdeen 6 p. c. in perp., 9t; St. Helen's C. and R. 5 per cent. B, 102 ; Liver pool United Gas Company, 185. COTTON.---The market during the week has been depressed, from the absence of speculation, owing to accounts of greater supplies and lower prices on the other side. The demands of the trade have also been confined to the requirements for immediate consump tion, and prices have given way from Id. to N. per lb. The sales for the week up to Friday amounted to 32,750 bales, of which 1,390 were taken on speculation, and 4,710 for export, leavin g 26,650 for the trade. TO-DAY, the advices by the Canada were to hand, but they had little effect on this market. The sales were 6,000 bales, including 500 for export, and prices remained unaltered. The following is a comparison of present rates with those of the corresponding period last year :--- New Orleans, ;m . iddling a Upland:middling „ fair 1854 1855 . 5 3-16 6k . 61 61- . 6 1.16 5' .. 6 6i SALES. IMPORTS. STOCK DESCRIPTION. ?Ricks.' Week Prey'. Week ,; ending onsly ending —,, Sep. 21 Yea s Sept.2l this yr. Sept.2l ' • ---- -- -- -- -- Sea Island Stained Boweds , 343650 Mobile 5l) si 3950, 258290 ) 26883 781878 New Orleans 3i 74 10170 925940 Pernams, &c 64 74 1340, 36300 1856 48559 22860 Bahia, &c. Maranham 6i 64 1801 39640 1818 24531 ! 16770 Demerara,&c 9i 40, 390 13 701 , 520 Egyptian 6 94 1450 93570 2499 8183 e 51040 Com.W.l.&c — .... ' 5420 445 4785 2780 Surat M a d ras B enga l 3i 34 220 2210 .... ... 1I 970 32750 2357430 63180 1680987 547150 beenPgg ae s, or eagerly quantity u r f a e n E t. market,i - t - yb T oa uthhgeaphrs prices has cc ahetsani great ang b nef e da e av n doh:aarnn deoefs . t h a e c t ivit y seller, in a t d h a e of M 2s o . la p ss e e r s lSaur has For Coffee an excellent demand at ls. to 2s. per cwt. higher priees. Tea in steady request for ordinary qualities, but fine more difficult of sale. In Rice no alteration to notice, but a fair business done at steady prices. Rum has brought full rates. In Palm Oil a further advance. Tallow in limited request, without change in prices ; P.Y.C., 595. to 60s. per cwt. To- DAY, there has been a steady market for Sugar, and a strong speculative inquiry has prevailed, resulting in the sale of 900 mats and 200 tons Mauritius, to arrive, the latter chiefly at 28s. 6d ; 3,500 bags Pernams on the spot at 275. 9d. to 28s. 3d., with 2,600 bags, to arrive, chiefly at 28s. for brown, and 295. 3d. per cwt. for low white, all in bond. 200 tons Cuba Muscovado Molasses, for arrival, have been purchased at 23 5. per cwt., and 40 puncheons Porto Rico Rum, on the spot, at s. 7d. per gallon. There continues a very good inquiry for Coffee, nearly 800 bags Rio being reported at 395. 6d. for low to 455. per cwt. The Tea market is not active, owing to the shortness of supplies available for the wants of the trade. There has been an excited inquiry for Rice, and the transactions are extensive, comprising 8800 bags Bengal at 15s. 6d. to 16s. 4d., with 50 tons broken, to arrive, at 145., 28,500 bags Arracan, chiefly old, from 12s. to 12s. 9d., and 350 tons, to arrive, at 12s. 9d. to 12s. 101 d. per cwt. At auction, GO tons Jamaica Logwood brought £5 12s. 6d., a small lot of Jamaica Fustic £5 ris. 6d., and 25 tons Nicaragua Wood £l3 per ton. 150 tons Calcutta Linseed, for arrival, are reported at 735. per quarter, c. f. and i. WooL.---There has been a fair business doing in Levant and Mediterranean Wools, but the smallness of stocks continues to be a great drawback to any large operations. Several sales of Egyptian Wool ha v e been made, to arrive, at very firm prices, and the market is barely supplied with this description, as well as the finer classes of Turkey Wools, which are still much wanted for the army orders now in progress. Donskoi is also rather more inquired for ; but, although stocks are ver y light, we cannot quote any improvement i n this description. The imports for the week are 1,562 bales Peruvian, 1,360 East India, 616 Mediterranean, 220 Portugal, 14 6 Iceland, 88 Buenos Ayres, 57 Aus tralian, 8 Jamaica, 18 Scotch, 17 Irish, and 10 Coast wise; total, 4,101 bales, LATEST NEWS. THE ALLIES AND THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Titg Moniteur publishes the following : The capture of Sebastopol has caused the greatest joy in England as well as in France. In fact, it was just that, after having shared the dangers and the sacrifices of this war, the two people should take an equal share in the glory of the triumph. Since the commencement of the struggle, France and England, united by an intimate community of views and efforts, have shown a sort of emulation in providing each according to its resources the means of assuring success. If France was able to send out more soldiers, England provided a greater num ber of ships, and, nevertheless, sent successively to the Crimea 80,000 troops, collected from all points of her immense empire• Thanks to the prodigious naval armament of the Allied Powers, their flags rule on every sea, and exclude Russia from it. The enemy has seen his ships blockaded or burnt in his ports, his coasts devastated, his commerce annihilated, his foreign relations destroyed. From the Sea of Azoff to the White Sea, from the Baltic to Kamiesch, Russia is imprisoned by our fleets. While, by force of courage, our soldiers tri umphed over the desperate resistance of the Russian army, the combined fleets destroyed their provisions and intercepted their communications, at the same time that they kept up abundance in the allied armies, and brought them daily new reinforcements. Our own maritime resources would scarcely have sufficed for the transport of our troops and of the enormous quantity of materiel which such a war at a distance of 800 leagues from the country demanded. The English Admiralty placed fifty vessels of the Royal and commercial navy at the disposal of France, which conveyed to the Crimea nearly 40,000 of our troops, with 2,000 horses, and 7,000 tons of materiel. Every one knows, moreover, that if Bomarsund fell under the blows of our soldiers, it was chiefly the English navy that took them there. In all the phases of this war, at Alma and at Inkermann, as at Bomarsund and at Sweaborg, the armies and fleets of England and France have mingled their blood together and emulated each other in bravery for the common cause. At the Tchernaya our allies hastened up to our support as we hastened up to support them at Balaklava. In the last and victorious efforts against Sebastopol English and French equally fulfilled their heroic task. Of several different points of attack one only was conquered at first ; but the triumph is not the less due to all the corps of the allied army, which, mutually supporting each other and sharing the resistance of the enemy, finally compelled him to abandon the walls of that town which even his despair could no longer defend. Thus the Commander-in-Chief of the French army was only just when he attributed to the English army a large share of glory in the success of that great day's work. As regards the pecuniary sacrifices which our allies have imposed upon themselves, they are equal to ours, if they do not exceed them. Without speaking of the Turkish loan of 100,000,000 f., guaranteed, it is true, by France as well as England, but contracted for entirely by our neighbours, nor of the fifty millions advanced by them to the Piedmontese Government to enable it to give us the so useful assistance of her brave soldiers, England has spent in this war nearly 400,000,000 f. last year, and has provided so that she can spend this year more than a milliard, if necessary. This enormous burden and all these sacrifices the English people know how to support, like the French people, not only with resignation, but with that energy which proves that it will spare nothing till its object is attained; and it may be said that, with our neighbours as with ourselves, the nation is not satisfied with following and supporting its Govern ment, but goes in some measure beyond it, by providing it with all the means for assuring the triumph of a cause the justice and grandeur of which are equally understood by both peoples. I IBY ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPHS.) LONDON, Monday Night. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office this afternoon. THE CRIMEA. MARSEILLES, Sept. 20. It is said that the Russians had connected the mines in Sebastopol with Fort Constantine by electric wires, in the hope of destroying any of the Allied troops who might enter the town ; but their plan failed. Great activity prevailed at Marseilles in the shipment of military stores and the embarkation of troops for the East. 150 quay porters were sent by a steamer to Sebastopol, for the purpose of clearing the ruins. NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE. The Times' Vienna correspondent writes on the 20th : The only positive information which can be given respecting the state of the Eastern Question is that England and France have not desired, and will not desire, Austria to make any propositions to Russia. It is related that the Austrian Government is about, in its own name, to urge Russia to accept pure, and simple, the four points as interpreted by the Western Powers ; but its zeal is likely to be checked by the news that the Emperor has gone to Nicolaieff. It is not doubted here that a considerable part of the Russian fleet is safe and sound in the Bug, which is so deep that men•of--war can be moored close to the Admiralty. An Odessa correspondent observes that the Russian Go vernment showed its wisdom when, twenty-seven years ago, it made Nicolaieff the principal depot and dockyard of the Russian fleet Nicolaieff is the great Black Sea arsenal. Se bastopol was the war port, in which the fleet passed the winter. INDEMNIFICATION FROM RUSSIA. The Times' Vienna correspondent also says :—The Austrian papers mention a new arrangement made between the Western Powers and Turkey, respecting indemnification from Russia Well-informed persons greatly doubt the details given relative to the arrangement between the Western Powers and Turkey for indemnification from Russia. " I have been posi tively assured," says The Times' correspondent, "that Russia will not, at present, at least, consent to pay any indemnifi cation." 40,000 men of the Militia of the Empire are now assembled in the neighbourhood of Nicolaieff and Cherson. Cholera is declining at Vienna. OPERATIONS IN THE CRIMEA. SEBASTOFOL, September 16. The Russians are fortifying the north part, and are con structing new batteries. The French are advancing cavalry and a column of infantry towards Bakshiserai, by the Baidar road. A fearful tempest has occurred at Sebastopol, accompanied by torrents of rain, Sebastopol is to be razed, and the basin filled up. THE WAR. MAnsErLLEs, Monday. The steamer Carmel has arrived. She left Constantinople on the 17th, and brings Crimea advices to the 15th. General Dulac has arrived. Despatches leave at A, a.m. Shell and cartridges are being shipped. THE PENINSULA. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. The steamer Madrid has arrived. Dates : Gibraltar, Sept. 14 ; Cadiz, 15 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Vigo and Oporto, 20. She brings specie value £7,000. At Lisbon money was scarce. Exchange on London, three months, 544 to I. DESPATCH FROM PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF. (From the Express) ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23. Prince Gortschakoff reports from Sebastopol, that the Allies have attempted nothing yet on the north side ; also, that the enemy is concentrating his forces between Balaklava and the Tchernaya, and constantly reconnoitres our left wing from the Baidar Valley. ASIA. VIENNA, Sept. 23rd. Intelligence has reached here from Constantinople, which represents that the Turks had made a successful sortie at Kars. The place was still invested, but plentifully supplied with provisions. A Royal Ordinance, issued at Stockholm on the 23rd inst., abolishes cholera quarantine on vessels arriving. THE FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MARKET. The English Funds opened steadily, and showed little change till late hours, when the news that the Russians were fortifying the north side of Sebastopol caused a slight decline. Railways generally are a degree lower, sales having prepon derated. Land and Bank Shares showed heaviness. Canada Land clone at 180 21 11- 2i, and dose 177 180. In Foreign Securities, Turkish was much d to the Viceroy of Egypt causin PRICES. Bank Stock Exqr. Bills, L..... 2 d!s. 2 pm. 'Ornnium STOCKS. !Turkish Do. (new) . / dm Great West. Canada 24} it SHARES. London, Brighton, and South Coast London 8z N. Western London &S. Western S2i 3 Manchester, Sheff., and Lincolnshire Midland Stock North British 2 si 6 Do. Preference 95 7 North Staffordshire S. Eastern and Dover 57 8 York, Newcastle, and Berwick ... 69 70 York and N. Midland 46 7 lepressed—intentions attribu'•ed g sales. Consols, Account CLOSING 901- Do. Money 89,1 90 Three per Cents _ 1 FOREIGN Mexicans 213 2 Russian Do. RAILWAY A mbergate,Nottingharn, and E. Junction 3i 4 Caledonian Do. Preference Eastern Counties East Lancashire 7O 2 Edinburgh & Glasgow 5O 2 Great Northern B6 7 Do. A. 66 8 Do. B. 123 5 Great Western Lanc. and Yorkshire 763 Do. Fifths — Leeds Northern l2 13 -ARES, Australian Agricultural — Peel River S. Australian Invest.... South Australian Crystal Palace 21 !Van Diemen's— ... l4 15 On 'Change, -Tallow fully 575: 6d. for P.Y.C.; Scotch Pig Iron, 80s. ; Linseed Oil, 445. In Colonial Produce little doing. LONDON CORN MARKET.—(From Kingsford and Lay's Circular.)—The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent is large, and, in addition to that left over from last week, mae a considerable show. Nevertheless, towards the close, nearly the whole had been purchased at a decline of about 2s. per quarter upon the early sales of last Monday, or 3s. on the sales of this day fortnight. Foreign was more inquired after, without leading to much business the few sales made were at the extreme rates of last week. Some hundred quarters of new English Barley at market sold at from 38s. to 435.; old brings an advance of ls. per quarter. Beans and Peas 2s. dearer. Oats bring fully last week's prices. The little busi ness in Flour was at late rates. ARRIVALS. English. Irish. Scotch. Fore,;; n. 9443 45 5450 895 530 10244 96 331 3716 Wheat . Barley Malt Oats Beans Peas Flour METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs maintained Friday's prices. Calves sold more readily at advanced rates. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ' • Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. 10d. to 55. ; Po r k, 4 s . 2d. to ss. ; Lamb, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Beasts, 50,008 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,330; Calves, 209 ; Pigs, 407. Arrivals :—Holland Beasts, 2,313; Ditto Sheep, 5,270; Calves, 162; Pigs, 70: Cambridge, Lei- cester, Lincoln and Northampton Beasts, 1,400. 3598 812 sks. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET — Sugar: The favourable re suit of the Dutch sale and reduced stocks caused holders to be very firm. Low to fine Grocery Lumps, 545. to - 575. Coffee active : good Native Ceylon, 51s. 6d. Tea :In ordinary Congou several sales at 9d.; market firm. Rice active, and k r rising. Cotton : Sales are small, but there is no decline. Tallow brisk ; new P.Y.O , 575. to 575. 3d on the spot : Stock, 29,344 casks, against 31,391 last year; deliveries, 2,792 casks, against 1,600 last year. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE.—East Lancashire, 171 South-eastern, 171 4. LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE.—North-western, 5,13-16; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 76k; Pencorse Mines, ; Midland, , 65k. ?!MISSIONARY MEETING: LAST NIG HT. THE annual meeting of the Liverpool branch of theli . 7 London Missionary Society was held in the lecture-hall of the - t Mechanics' Institution. The chair was occupied by W. Cross field, Esq., and on the platform were the members of the depu tation from the Parent Society, viz.: -The Rev. Dr. Tidman, Rev. Messrs. Watson Smith, Read, McAlls, and the Rev. C. Hardy, missionary from the South Seas ; besides whom were the Rev. Dr. Raffles, Rev. Dr. Crichton, Rev. Mr. Birrell, and others, together with numerous laymen. The hall was well filled by a respectable assemblage. Eloquent addresses were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Tidman, Rev. Mr. Birrell, Rev. NV. Smith, and others, in which the importance and urgency of missionary labour were contended for, and strikingly illustrated. In these addresses it was in sisted, that as the progress of the printing -press preceded the advent of the Reformation, so the new modes of transmis sion of thought and intelligence precede and foretel the further advance of Christ's kingdom. ce ° a e s i - ------ The Rev. C. Hardy, m i ss i onary from the South Seas,.gave an interesting acco un t o f th e presen t s t a t e o f m i ssionary labour in the remot e i s l an d s o f th ose di s t an t seas. H e nar rated in brief term s th e success w hi c h h a d a tt en d e d the last missionaryerer e m w e e e t r i e n a g he at u t which h l h e e t h h a d e t b n l e m e n he p r r e i s h e n a t t , t e a l t t d al Sain i were present at the meeting he now addressed. At. that meeting the liberality of those poor natives had induced them to contribute all the money they had, amounting to about £45. He also gave an interesting illustration of the benefit of missionary teaching, in the abrogation, or nearly the abroga tion of cannibalism in the islands where that dreadful crime was formerly so prevalent. Eleven islands he stated have been reclaimed from heathenism by the exertions of this society and its teachers. Last year in these islands there had been collected about £lOOO for missionary purposes of dif ferent kinds. In many of those islands the reception of the missionaries was most cheering and encouraging. Resolutions in favour of the objects of the meeting were proposed, and unanimously adopted, after which the meeting broke up. BODIES FOUND IN THE Docus.—On Saturday and Mon day the bodies of two men, both unknown, were found floating in the Coburg Dock. ACCIDENTAL DaowNrNo. —A man named John White, re siding in Robert-street, Toxteth-park, who had been employed as a ship-keeper on board the Captain Cook, in the Bruns wick Dock, on Saturday night fell into the dock and was drowned. CHILD SCALDED TO DEATIL—On Sunday afternoon, a child about fourteen months old, named J. N. Scott, whose parents live in Dover-street, Toxteth-park, overturned a basin of scalding broth on its neck and breast, scalding itself so severely that it died yesterday morning. MAN DROWNED.—OH Saturday afternoon, a young man on board the steamer Greyhound was startled by hearing some thing splash into the water of the Canning Dock. On looking about he saw a man struggling in the water, and gave the alarm, when instant steps were taken for his rescue, but in vain, as the struggling man sunk before aid reached him. On being got out of the water, the body was recognised as t hat of Daniel McCartney, aged 37, a porter at St. John's Market. The deceased, it is understood, had for some time been in a depressed state of mind caused by pecuniary embarassments. CRIMEAN VICTORIES. Conspicuous among those of our citizens who made themselves remarkable, by a tasteful display of loyalty and good feeling, on Thursday last, in commemoration of the Crimean victories, the establish ment of Mr. Franklin, of the Mersey Hotel and restaurant, corner of Union-street and Lancelot's-hey, attracted general admiration. His premises were handsomely decorated by a rich display of flags and banners, and the effect of the combi nation was lively and pleasing. AN IMPUDENT FOOTPAD GALLANTLY CAPTURED..—.. About half-past seven o'clock on Saturday evening, Dennis Criman, a stranger in town, was passing along the darkest part of School-lane, when he was knocked down by George Donohue, a well-known ruffian, who rifled his pockets of 15s. The robbery was witnessed by George Nicholson, a river boat man, who chased the thief, and after a desperate resistance, secured him until a constable came. Yesterday, Donohue was brought up at the police-court and committed for trial. Superintendent Clough rewarded Nicholson with 78. 3d. for his good conduct. NOVEL WAY OF TRANSFERRING A LoAN.—Bridget row , a married woman, was a t th e po li ce court yesterday sent to gaol for a month, for picking Mary Evans's pocket of ls., while they were both in Fi s h w i c k' s pawns h op on Saturday night. Mrs. Evans had just received the money in loan on an article, and was gossipping with a neighbour when the prisoner was detected transferring the money to her own pocket. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday last, a joiner named Benjamin Cattrall, employed by Messrs. Furniss and Kilpin, fell from a scaffold in one of the lobbies of St. George's-hall, and received such injuries as resulted in his death on Satur day.—On Saturday last, Elizabeth Moore, aged 71, formerly residing in Walker's-court, Wright-street, Toxteth-park, died in the Southern Hospital, in consequence of having been severely burned while in a state of intoxication, on the 14th instant. Thomas Valentine, aged eight yea rs ;.• th e o th er Lo Pento, aged ten, both residing w ith th e i r p aren t s Mann-street, fell into a pit at the P o tt er i es , an d b e f ore the y were got out both were drowned. These pits have proved Two Bors DROWNED.—On Saturday t w o boy s , one ßo named derie k in Lower fatal at different times to children, and also to adults. Some thingulorreaenlietey. of such dis tressingA CRUEL, DRUNKEN MoTnErt.—Alice Johnson, a y oung married woman, was brou g ht u p a t th e P o li ce-court yesterday, should fld be melancholy donet o a eepild•eevnetnst in a for deserting her infant child, on S a t ur d ay n i ght, about nine o'clock. She was d run k, an d l a id th e i nfant, in almost a state of nudity, in th e m iddl e o f J o h nson -street, running away to this ree get more drink. Mr. Mansfield said : " Your conduct has been most inhuman. lam determined to inflict the greatest penalty I can upon drunken mothers. They are a disgrace to humanity. You must go to gaol for a month, and be kept to hard labour." The infant had been taken care of at the Workhouse. . CIRCUMSTANTIAL PROOF OF A VERY CONVINCING NA TURE.—Robert W. Webster, a respectably-dressed young man, was charged at the police court yesterday, with stealing a watch and gold chain, belonging to Capt. -James Watkinson, of the brig Minerva, lying in George's dock. The captain said that the property was stolen from his cabin on the 11th inst., but he did not know by whom, nor could .he remember having seen the prisoner on board his vessel,. though he had noticed a person answering his description lurking about on the day of the robbery. Mr. Hutcheson, pawnbroker, Cop peras-hill, produced the missing watch and chain,. which he said the prisoner pledged with him on the day after the robbery, he having also offered a watch a day or two before. Superintendent Clough asked for a remand. He said that another watch had been found upon the prisoner, and as the police had discovered that he tortad very bad connections, they thought they might be able race other things, and find an owner for the second watch. The prisoner was accordingly remanded for a week. A NICE WIFE. —Mary Stewart, a grey-headed old woman of dissipated appearance, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police -court yesterday, charged with annoying her hus band, David Stewart, a working man living in Scotland-road, and creating a disturbance. In consequence of the very disso lute habits of the wife, the parties live separate, the husband allowing his wife a maintenance. Prisoner in her defence said that she went to obtain some arrears of maintenance d he had u to her. Her husband produced a book to prove o that wn of her ? paid her regularly. Mr. Mansfield What is Mr. Parkinson (Bridewell-keeper) She c in for the four six times for drunkenness, sir. Sheis Mr. Mansfield (to weeks she has been in gaol. (Laughter)nay you for the time y ou the prisoner) : He has no ri gM s 9hr e -- on ly one who has any has b een committed were in gaol. The governoer I during that time. (Laughter.) right to be paid for your k in and had a bad woman living in and that he was a ba an d sfield : No one can be as bad as you, her house. Mr. Mansfield: as you. (Laughter) You must find unless they are as of £5 to keep the • sureties , peace, or go to gaol for bail in two b she was removed in custody, wont The prisoner said her husb a nd ait e had spent £5B of her money,