The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

ebt Elforrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 8, 1850 THE passing remarks which we made in our last upon the subject of the Electric Telegraph, as worked in this country, have elicited some im portant information, from which we derive a hope that a monopoly so objectionable as that enjoyed by the Ricardo Company may, at no distant period, be overthrown. The grievances, of which we com plain, as existing under the present system, are, first, the exorbitant charges made here, as compared with those for which other countries enjoy a boon, which is rapidly becoming a necessity ; and, secondly, the inefficient working of the telegraph, and the absence of all check against favouritism by the Company. The fortunate man who first gets possession of the wires, can transmit intelligence to any part of the country, which may he worth to him thousands, whilst his competitors are com pelled to wait in inaction until he has probably reaped his full harvest. To those who have watched the scramble made for precedence, by the agents of the London press, on the occasion of an arrival from the United States, or on any other occasion of great moment, this ground of our ob jection to the present system will be perfectly intelligible. By the mercantile community at large it is daily felt; and it must be admitted to be intolerable that, in a country like this, in which the transactions of an hour frequently involve the loss or gain of hundreds of thousands, a system should be permitted to exist, which is not only a monopoly in itself, but also confers the benefits of monopoly to a few, at the expense of the many. The ground upon which we are led to anticipate an extensive revision of the powers of the Ricardo company, if not the complete opening out of the application of the electric telegraph to the enter prise of the community, consists in the fact that a new medium for conveying telegraphic messages has been discovered, the unerring certainty and cheapness of which it is impossible that the legis lature can compel an entire community to forego, merely to benefit a few individuals. A new machine has been invented by a Mr. Henley, formerly a maker of instruments to the present company, the advantages of which over those at present in use promise to realize all that the public can wish with regard to the telegraphic mode of communication. These advantages we shall shortly describe; but first we may state, from letters which we have had placed in our hands, that it has received the un qualified approval of engineers of the highest emi nence and practically conversant with the subject. It has recently been worked for twelve days upon the South Devon Railway; and although a portion of those days were very wet, and the wires for five miles of the line are close to the sea—circumstances which with the present instruments frequently interrupt the flow of the galvanic current—the experiments made were perfectly satisfactory. In one of the trials, viz., from Plymouth to Exeter and back, over a length of 138 miles of wires, and with considerable resistance intervening, the needles at Plymouth and Exeter are stated to have worked very strongly, with a dead beat—which is a great advantage in reading. Several other advantages are noticed by the same authority, through which important saving maybe effected. _ _ We are alsocredibly informed from another source that the Great Western Company have expressed a wish to have this new and very efficient instrument upon all their lines. We should, however, greatly prefer seeing its advantages carried out fully, by independent agency, instead of the patent being surrendered to the present company. The public, in the former case, would be allowed to derive a much greater share of the advantages which it is calculated to afford ; and we are glad, therefore, to ]earn that preliminary arrangements are being entered into, in London, Manchester, and Liverpool, for the formation of an independent company to go to Parliament for powers to lay down lines of wire for bringing the invention into working. A great mistake, it is conceived, has been committed by laying such wires along lines of railway, thus lengthening, in most cases, the route to be traversed, and mate rially increasing the cost of construction. The promoters of the present scheme, however, propose to lay their wires, either above or under ground, without any reference to lines of railway. Mr. Henley's machine is small in size, simple in construction, and far less expensive, than those at present in use. It differs also from them in the medium of communication employed, the magnetic fluid, generated from magnets affixed to the instru ment itself, being used' by Mr. Henley, whilst, under the present system, the voltaic battery is To the use of magnetism instead of gal vanism is owing the certainty of action, in all weathers, possessed by Mr. Henley's system, the magnetic fluid not being subject to leak from the insulators, as is so frequently the case with the galvanic fluid. That this annoyance has been too often felt, and the wires of the present company been announced as " unable to work," or able only to work for a certain distance, is known to most of those readers who have been in the habit of using the telegraph. As the new instruments are free from all chemical action, and have no friction save that of steel upon a diamond, they are callu lated to wear for years without renewal, and to save many thousands per annum of outlay, to which the present company are subjected. This saving in cost, and wear and tear, together with rigid eco nomy in the execution of the works and in manage ment, would enable the proposed new company to give to the public the greatest amount of accommo- dation at the cheapest rates. The misfortune of the present company, like that of some of our railway companies, and one of the causes of their existing high charges, has been, that, in the onset, they looked too sanguinely to the future, and built palaces where offices would have sufficed. England presents, in this respect, one example, and America another. Our new friends propose to follow the latter, and to regard economy and efficiency as the ends to be consulted, as best both for their own interests and those of the public. We must repeat our conviction that the Legisla ture cannot possibly insist upon the maintenance of the present system, especially if the question is taken up, as it ought to be, by the commercial classes and the press, both of whom have so severely felt its injurious working. Indeed, except during a period of speculative madness, it is almost incredible that any body of legislators could have been found willing to set up such a monopoly. For what was it but to say that to a discovery, as yet in its infancy, and of incalculable importance to mankind, advancing science should bring no aid ; that, whilst the advantages of the electric telegraph in other countries are being diffused in every direc tion, and placed within the reach of all classes, in this, the greatest commercial country in the world, they should be withheld from the mass, or be in efficiently doled out by the crude machinery de vised by the early inventors of the system ? The Legislature cannot have meant this, in giving its sanction to the monopoly of the Ricardo Company, or it cannot have felt the full importance of the matter with which it was dealing ; and if the com munity would only make their voices heard, a step so preposterous will most certainly be retraced. Next week, however, we expect to be in a position to say something more definite upon the subject. THE able writer of the commercial article in the Albion, whose remarks upon the subject of the currency we have on several occasions quoted with approval, put forth on Monday last some op i n i ons , bearing upon the same subject, with which we are compelled to differ. Our contemporary regards the addition which is being made to the stock of gold in the world, through the discoveries in California, as fraught with great promise of advantage to our commerce. He says, " the impression that is daily gaining ground in the public mind that California has yet her destiny to fulfil gives coilfidence in the stability of our monetary resources ;" and, after a few further remarks as to individual losses which may occur to persons trading to that country, he proceeds : " To such extent the country may appear to be the loser ; we say appear, for in reality the result will be otherwise, for the gold remitted to this country, though it be only equal to one-half of the value of the goods ex ported, will by its action upon our currency, which is gold, and nothing else than gold, tend to diminish the rate of interest and to increase the value of commodities of all kinds. We further believe that California will tend to lighten the burden of taxation by causing a reduction of the interest on the national debt ; and however visionary it may appear, we do not d es p a i r of seeing the national debt itself entirely (.vringed by the instrumentality of California. We have not the least doubt that the oppor tunity will arise, and if, when it d oes , we h ave an enlight ened, deep-thinking, far-seeing Chancellor of the Exche quer, the result is certain." We cannot perceive the process by which the writer arrives at any of his concluaions. The stability of our monetary resources" may be pro moted by the increasing abundance of gold, thus far, that a drain of that commodity to meet adverse exchanges may be less sensibly felt, and the recur- rence of money panics may be at longer intervals. But the sheet anchor of the bullionist party—the assumed fixity of value in the standard of our mo ney—is obviously gone. Gold, and money based upon gold, is admitted to be depreciating in its purchasing power. The creditor, whether public or private, who has agreed to receive so many ounces of the precious metal in discharge of the obligation due to him, is about to be paid fewer pounds in account, or fewer articles than those pounds would have bought at the period when the debt was created. "The stability of our monetary resources" spoken of, therefore, is confined exclusively to the more easy convertibility of the pound into the I quantity of gold which it represents; the money itself is becoming daily of less value, as compared with commodities. There is not the slightest dif- ference between such a state of things and one by which the yard measure would be made to decrease inch by inch, or the pound weight to lose ounce by ounce. _ _ Before we can regard the operation with any equanimity we have to he assured that the prices at which we sell our various productions of labour and skill to the foreigner shall advance at the same pace as the cheapening of the money in which he pays for them. Our manufacturing classes hare been feeling the difficulty of this process during the past twelve months. The price of the raw mate rial, cotton, has been increasing, which is analagous to the purchasing power of money decreasing, so far as regards that article ; and the manufacturer has had to struggle after it as well as he could, with diminished profits upon the whole of his operations. Apply the same process to all commo dities, which must he the case if our money is to go on being cheapened ; and the prospect before us of . . commercial disaster and industrial suffering is fear ful indeed. Our contemporary's confidence in the stability of our monetary resources will scarcely be a set off against the want of confidence which will be engendered in the purchasing power of money itself. With respect to the writer's notion of the effect of the gold yield of California upon the interest of the national debt we have a very few words to say. In the first place, no such result can occur, except as caused by money being created and forced into circulation by the Bank of England. in excess of the wants of the community. The first effect of such a proceeding would be to induce wild specu lation, followed as usual by a collapse and panic. Commodities would be advanced unnaturally in price; and it would not be until that unnatural point had been reached, and alarm had been created, that the public funds would be sought for the purpose of safe investment at high rates. It is obvious that no decrease of the intrinsic value of money, or more properly of its basis, gold, can effect the rate of interest. That is guided by its abundance, and the opportunities afforded of em ploying it advantageously. The funds are valued in the same pounds in which the annual return which they make to their holders is paid; and their price will not be altered one iota, whether the sove reign be worth twenty shillings or only ten. As to paying off, or reducing materially, the national debt through the agency of cheap gold, that can only occur by holding the fundholder strictly to his bar gain, and paying him in a commodity which cir cumstances shall have deteriorated ; and we rather doubt the justice, although we admit the legality of the proceeding. We must confess that we see the source of great evil to arise from the Californian discoveries, ope rating upon our monetary system as at present regulated. We compel the Bank of England to create money for every ounce of gold which we take to the Mint, to lie a dead weight in her coffers ;• and in self-defence, to secure even a minimum profit for her shareholders, she must increase her discount business. There is nothing to prevent her doubling her stock of gold in the course of a few years ; and the result can only be the creation of speculative mania, and its attendant disasters. To obviate this there is only one step which can avail her, viz., to seek the privilege of limiting the amount of gold which she is at present compelled to hold. Do this, however, and the farce of a gold standard and the assumed fixity of value of that metal is at an end for ever. Gold will then become a mere commodity; and the quantity in excess of what is required for monetary purposes will reduce the price of the whole stock in the world, and re duce this boasted California to the condition of a barren and inhospitable waste. And what better event could occur for the welfare of society at large? What more gratifying than to see the hun dreds of thousands, who are flocking to it to bru talize themselves, and to create a palpable hell upon the earth's face, driven to devote themselves to more reasonable pursuits ; to hold the plough, to clear the forests, to cultivate the wilds, and to raise food and clothing for themselves and their fellow creatures ? WE promised last week to refer at another time, and more at length, to the subjects brought under our notice by a letter lately addressed by Mr. Grantham to the Dock Chairman,—the probable increase of screw steamers, and the results to he expected from them in connexion with two import ant local questions now under discussion,—dock extension and accommodation for shipbuilders. About thirty years have expired since a general expectation was raised with respect to steam navi gation. A few bold spirits ventured to put to sea with an imperfect and small-powered craft, few of which had then been made. A glance at the par liamentary evidence taken with reference to the employment of steam-boats for the mail service about the year 1822, demonstrates the very limited ideas which most practical men possessed on the subject. Although many conjectures were made few imagined that steam vessels would be avail able for any service except short voyages in mode rate weather, and for passengers only. These views gradually expanded till at last the daring feat of crossing the Atlantic by steam was undertaken. This, however, is no longer a wonder, and men fix the arrival of the mails from America with a preci sion which is most astonishing. Great, however, as the progress of steam naviga tion has been—extracrdinary as has been the mutual intercourse of the nations of the world — yet there seems to be no doubt that we are now on the eve of another great change in our maritime affairs, which may perhaps exceed in importance that which has already been achieved. To enable steam vessels of the present form suc cessfully to perform long voyages, they must be large and worked at great expense, requiring the aid of a Government contract for the mails to enable them to remunerate the owners; but with screw steamers it is otherwise, even supposing that as a propeller there is no decided advantage in the screw over the paddle-wheel, when the latter is in its most favourable position of smooth water and an even trim,—in rough water, or with varying trim, the screw possesses advantages which cause it far to outstrip the paddle,—and the facts now before us prove beyond all question that the screw, as a mode of propulsion, is likely to come into general use. The question becomes one of importance from the fact that these vessels are now performing long voyages of three thousand miles and upwards with great regularity, and that a contract has actually been made to carry the mails to the Cape of Good Hope by them. No less than four companies are now employing them between this port and various ports in the Mediterranean; a line will be im mediately opened with Philadelphia, and many other projects are said to he under consideration. We understand that a great reduction is made in the premiums of insurance, and that goods might be carried by them nearly if not quite as cheaply as by private vessels,—and although apparently requiring a large outlay, yet when compared with the amount of work performed by them, the capital required would not exceed the cost of sailing vessels to do the same work. Here then we have the elements of a change that may effect the most important results upon the commerce of the world. If these conjectures are well founded, it evidently becomes a great national subject that should be carefully fostered, and it recommends itself to this port espe cially where fuel is cheap, and in reference to the two points mentioned by Mr. Grantham it assumes a local interest. Should these steamers increase as predicted, they "will tend to diminish the relative requirements for dock space," and they will also open up a great field for the employment of our' artizans. A special meeting of the Council will be held to-day to consider the resolutions of the Dock Committee, passed with reference to the provisions in the now dock act to be applied for next session. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETION OF ST . GEORGE'S HALL AND THE LAW COURTS. The interior of this noble building is at length so far advanced towards completion as to enable a visitor to form something like an adequate idea of its magnificent effect and proportions, when finished. The bulk of the heavy work throughout is already nearly done; and the decorations, plastering, &c., are being rapidly proceeded with. The decorated ceiling of the Concert-hall has a fine effect, and contains some elaborate and beautifully designed foliated work in plaster. From its horse-shoe shape, and the arched form of the roof, we feel satisfied that its acoustic properties will be excelled by no building in the country devoted to musical performances. Its entrance will be from Shaw's-brow. The space underneath the Concert-ball is devoted to the Nisi Prius Court, which is rapidly progressing, and will be a beautiful and comfortable interior, although we fear it will be found that proper amplitude of dimensions has been sacrificed by giving too great space for barris ters' rooms, magistrates' rooms, &c. The polished grey granite pillars, upon which the roof is made to rest, have a beautiful appearance; and the ornamental mouldings and carved work of the ceiling have a chaste and graceful effect. The rooms, of which we have spoken, and which occupy the outer sides of the building, are large, and admirably adapted for the convenience of those for whose use they have been set apart. The Crown Court, which is situated at the Haymarket end of the building, is even further advanced towards completion than the Nisi Prius Court, most of the inte rior scaffolding being now removed, thus affording a good view of the elaborate interior decorations, and enabling us to form a tolerably correct idea of the arrangements making for the accommodation of the bar, the.judges, and the public. The pillars by which this court is sur rounded have even a finer effect than in the Nisi Prius Court, being of polished red granite, with the exception of two at the entrance, which are formed of entire blocks of the grey granite. From the dock in this court we de scend to the prisoners' cells beneath, of which we shall speak bye-and-bye. The most splendid portion of the building is the St. George's Hall, occupying the square centre of the vast pile and the space over the Crown Court. Its capacious ness may be estimated when we state that the height from the flooring to the ceiling, which is being gorgeously decorated with carved work in plaster, is 95 feet, whilst the length is no less than 169 feet. The massy pillars of polished red granite by which it is surrounded, contrasted with the graceful lines and fretwork of the ceiling above, impart to the hall a character of solidity combined with lightness and grace. When completed, and occupied as we some day hope to see it with the elite of the land, and perhaps graced with the presence of Royalty itself, a scene will be presented of which our town may justly be proud, and which cannot be surpassed or equalled in this or any other land. Reiurning to the Crown Court, we descend to the vaults beneath, which are most capacious, and, equally with the hall and courts above, convey a striking idea of the vastness of the building and its massive character. Two spacious passages extend on both sides along the central portion of the hall, in communication with which are rows of cells for the prisoners waiting for their trial or sentence. They are of great strength ; each fitted up with a water-closet ; and, although gloomy enough to render even a temporary confinement in them by no means pleasant, especially to a guilty mind, they will be provided with every sanatory aid to render them whole some. They are approached externally from the Shaw's brow end of the building, by an arched entrance, suffi ciently wide to admit of the prison -van being driven inside. We have omitted to state that the light admitted throughout the entire building is very good, and shews that great fertility of invention has been devoted to secure this important desideratum. With respect to ventilation, so far as we can judge at present, it seems very good. DRUNKENNESS AND SABBATH-BREAKING IN LIVERPOOL Monday is usually a heavy day for our stipendiary ma gistrate as well as the subordinate functionaries of the Police-court ; it frequently happens that several hun dred prisoners are brought up and disposed of : all have a hearing, and the peculiarities of each respective case are related. Of course a great proportion of the charges are such as require no very scrutinising investigation, and consequently admit of a very summary award : still it would be utterly beyond the ability of the most energetic of ordinary magistrates to grapple with such a mass of busi ness in the course of one judicial day. With all the judg ment and legal knowledge of our worthy stipendiary, and the extent of his power in these respects is universally acknowledged, lie would be unequal to the task were it not for the immense practice he has had. From this cause he is enabled to see clearly, as by inspiration, the legal points of the most intricate case that can well be brought before him. As for the mass of drunken and disorderly cases which are called on the days referred to, he appears to dispose of them without consideration : no sooner do the culprits come up to the dock than they are removed, the punishment appropriate to the distinctive cases hav ing been awarded. The attentive observer will discover that this is no haphazard mode of getting through the business, the variety and degrees of punishment ad judged in apparently similar cases prove this ; the magis trate intuitively perceives the extenuating or aggravating circumstances of each case, and decides accordingly. It is not without a reason that the common charge of drunkenness in one case is punished by the usual fine, hi another by the imprisonment of the offender, and in a third case is disposed of by the discharge of the be wildered culprit. The shades of crime are varied strikingly even in this class of prisoners, and the distinction in their position in society is equally varied. Here is the worthless drunkard, whose appearance in the dock is hebdomadal, or perhaps more frequent ; next comes a simple countryman, whose indulgence on Satur day night has led to his passing his Sabbath in the bridewell, instead of his own rural village ; then a string of " gents.," whose indiscretion has, for the nonce, made them the temporary companions of the refuse of society ; the extremes of age and youth also contribute to swell the throng : all tending to prove how fearfully prevalent is the vice of intemperance. No relations of life seem to be exempt : drunken husbands, drunken wives, nay, even drunken grandmothers and grandfathers, appear in suc cession before the tribunal to expiate their crime. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night We have again to report a large business in theshare market. Prices continue steadily to advance, and each day brings new buyers from the public. The market closes this evening at the best of the week—the stocks chiefly in demand are still York and North Midland— Midland, Leeds, and Dovers and Londons, which have hung fire so long have at last begun to move a little. The quotations of this day are Leeds stock, 494 50 491 491 50 504 ; ditto, fifths. 71 d ; Leeds and Thirsk, 114 ; London, 4. 24 8/9 p ; C qrs 2 1/16 p ; Old Sheffields 19 ; Midland stock, 45 4- ; ditto, 3 s 20 18/9 1 18/9 /.1 d; North British, 7 6 3 • Old Dovers, 21 1 ;No 4, 7/16 ; South Staffords, 38 d ; Berwick's, 161 ; York and North Midland, 244 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 284 d ; Pacific steam, 60. A buoyant feeling continues to pervade our Colonial Markets, and prices are firmly maintained. The con sumption throughout the manufacturing districts is on a satisfactory scale, and with raw articles generally, seems likely to continue. Sugar, Tea, or Coffee are all in favor ; and as the supplies for the next three or four months will be moderate, the general impression is that prices must be higher. There was a strong Cotton Market here on Saturday, and some 10,000 bales changed hands, at rather stiffer rates. To-day the sales are estimated at 7to 8000 bales, without change in price. The Corn trade has ruled very dull since the close of last week, and little has been doing. A few parcels of Indian Corn and Meal have been sold at previous rates; other articles having a drooping tendency. All the foreign markets are at present higher than in this country. A few parcels of American Flour have been sold at rates nearly equal to those of last week, but no extent of busi ness could be done. It is pretty evident that the Ameri cans will not have an overwhelming quantity of grain and flour to part with this year at all events. On receipt of accounts from this country prices had risen consider ably, and before any very large supplies could be brought down from the West, the transit would be checked by frost. At Mark-lane, to-day, there was a decline in prices of from Is. to 2s. per quarter for wheat. At Manchester, to-day, trade was much more lively, and there was evidently a much better feeling than pre vailed last week. The market for Scotch Pig Iron has been inanimate during last week, and no :improvement has taken place. 435. is quoted for mixed numbers, but these are no longer above 425. 6d. ; No. 1, Gartsherrie, 435. 6d. to 445. ; Bars, £4 10s. to £4 12s. 6d. in Wales. The accounts received to-day from America as to the growing cotton crop are, as usual, conflicting, the esti mates ranging from £2,000,000 to £2,250,000. The weather at the south had been favourable for maturing the crops. The following is a statement of the move ment in cotton since the Ist. of September inst., as com pared with the previous three years : • 1850. 1849. 1848. 1847. Receipts at the ports lB,OOO 18,000 45,000 15,000 Exports to Great Britain! 38,000 12,000 36,000 30,000 to France to other foreign ports 10,000 4,000 2,000 4,000 Total exports Stock on hand 85,000 100,030 123,000 132,009 The news of the decline in prices at Liverpool, taken out respectively by the Asia, the Canada, and the Pacific, had produced no corresponding decline at New York, holders being even more exacting in their terms. The following article, from the New Orleans Bulletin of the 13th ult., contains some remarks which are well worthy of consideration : There seems to be very considerable alarm in Europe that the supply of cotton will be perman-ntly short for the increased and increasing demand of the world, and that very injurious consequences will follow, from throwing out of employment a greater or less portion of those now engaged in the manufac ture of the article. Our own belief is, that these fears have no just foundation, for if prices continue even at the present rates the culture of it will hold out such inducements as will attract a larger force to the production of the staple, which will be withdrawn from other agricultural pursuits. It must also be borne in mind that even the force now employed in the culture of cotton is capable of producing a much larger crop than what was grown last year, and what will probably be gathered during the present season. In both these seasons, circumstances and weather have been unpropitious for the production of full crops, and they will not be equal to what may be considered an average yield in proportion to the force employed and the ex tent of the planting. This is very evident from the fact that the last crop exhibited a falling off from the one of the preceding year of more than 600,000 bales, although the force employed in the culture of it was at least as large. It is this deficiency that has created the apparent scarcity of the article, the ad vance of price, and the consequent alarm in Europe, which latter is the more confirmed, by the general advises from this country that the present crop will not greatly exceed the one of 'ast year, and undoubtedly will fall short of the preceding year. The crop of 1848-9 was 2,730,000 bales, that of 1849 50 2,100,000, and if we estimate the growing crop at 2,300,000 hales, being the average of the estimates, (which range from 2,100,000 to 2.500,000 bales, being the two extremes of the ultras), we should have an average production for the thr• e crops of less than 2,400,000 bales, which is certainly below what should be the average production of the country. The short stocks on hand and the probable production of the growing crop, are, no doubt, circumstances which may, to some extent, realize the fears entertained in Europe of a diminished employment in the manufacture of the article, and will certainly have the tendency to keep up prices at least to present rates, and thus affect the consumption, but we consider that this, at best, is a temporary result, that will be corrected by the future crop or crops of the Union, which will furnish an ample supply, and replenish the stocks up to their usual full quantity. Our English friends, we think, therefore, may set their minds at rest as regards the future provision of cotton, even if the supply which will go forward during the present year should leave them with a still further diminished stock at the close of the season. The sti mulant of present prices, even if th e y a d vance no hig:ier, will insure such attention to and such increase of the culture, that the supply will undoubtedly keep pace with the demand in future years, without rendering it at all necessary for John Bull to make fruitless efforts to introduce the culture into Western Africa, or to spend further sums in experiments to improve the quality or quantity in India. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE At the beginning of last week the Council of the Cham ber met to consider the course that should be taken with respect to the decision come to by the Lords of the Trea sury for the removal of the General Post-office to the site of the School for the Blind. A very strong opinion was expressed at the course taken by the Government against the express wish of the town, and it was agreed to forward memorials on the subject to Lord J. Russell, the Post master General, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The following is the purport of the memorial : "The memorial of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce humbly showeth :—That your memorialists have learned with much disappointment the determination of her Majesty's Go vernment to confirm the selection of the School for the Blind for the site of the new Postoffice ; and, with still greater asto• nishment, that the chief reasonassigned for this course is, that the said site will most conduce to the accommodation of the public ; an allegation in direct opposition to all the memorials and communications which have proceeded from the associated mercantile bodies of the town on the subject, as well as to the resolutions passed at two public meetings convened by the Mayor, and forwarded to her Majesty's Government. " Believing that the mercantile and trading public of Liver pool are the parties both the most interested in the selection of a proper site for so important an establishment as the Post office, and also the best qualified to form a correct opinion on the subject, your memorialists cannot but feel strongly that their deliberately expressed opinions should have met with so little attention from the authorities appealed to. "Although it has been intimated that the purchase of the Blind Asylum has been virtually made, your memorialists are of opinion that any cost for cancelling the contract can be but of little consequence compared with the permanent inconveni ence of the public by the erection of the postoffice on so unfor tunate a site. " Under the strong conviction that the practicability of largely increasing the accommodation of the present PostotTice at a small cost has not been duly considered, nor that sufficient examination of the various proposed sites has yet been made by the authorities entrusted with the selection, your memori alists now respectfully urge on your lordship's attention the expediency of appointing one or two qualified persons to meet as your deputation, who may deliberately revise the whole sub ject, and that all proceedings connected with the Blind Asylum be suspended for the present." At the same time it was agreed to place a memorial of similar tenor in the Exchange for general signature. This memorial has been numerously signed by the principal merchants and tradesmen of the town, and will be for warded to the metropolis in the course of the week. The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held yesterday, Thos. B. Horsfall, Esq., President, in the chair. The subject of the removal of the Post-office was considered, and a deputation from the Council appointed to confer with the Committee of the Town Council thereon. After the routine business the report of the Committee on the Stamp Duties was read and considered, and it was agreed that it should form the basis for a report to be presented at the next quarterly meeting of the Chamber. A memorial to the treasury, proposed by a special com mittee, was read, setting forth the claims of Liverpool as a port of departure and arrival of Foreign mails. The committee were requested to continue their functions, and to secure the co-operation of the principal towns in the North for that purpose. Some communications, on the subject of the differential duty levied on English coal imported into France, were read, and the importance was fully admitted. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—A grand mis cellaneous concert will take place this evening in the Phil harmonic Hall. The principal artistes engaged are Miss C. Hayes, Madame Macfarren, Signor Bordas, Herr Carl Formes, Mr. H P. Sorge, and Mr. J. Zeughur Herrman. TOXTETH WARDS.—We understand that a joint requi sition was presented yesterday to Mr. Samuel Holme and Mr. Matthew Gregson, inviting the former to become a candidate for the representation of South Toxteth Ward, and the latter for North Toxteth. We believe that both gentlemen have consented to comply with the request. Indeed, refusal was out of the question, for not only was the requisition signed by gentlemen of both political parties, but it embraced the signatures of all the timber trade, with about two exceptions, all the shipbuilders, and the great mass of the tradesmen of the wards. There can be no doubt that both gentlemen will be elected with. out opposition ; and we shall welcome heartily Mr. Holmes return to the Council Chamber, from which we regret be has been so long excluded. We refer our readers to Mr. DufTey's advertisement of native and other oysters. A club, it will be seen, has been formed for the pur pose of visiting the national exhibition of 1851. A small weekly contribution is so arranged as to clear all expenses. THE WEATHER.-MARINE DISASTERS. The weather, during the past week, was what may be called seasonable—rainy at times, with heavy showers. On Saturday evening the sky, overcast with heavy clouds in the northern and north-eastern horizon, the wind blowing from about westward, gave indications of an ap proaching storm. About 7 p.m. we began to be visited with incessant flashes of sheet lightning, occurring at in tervals of not more than half a minute, and lighting up by their vividness the whole of the surrounding neighbour hood. As observed from the river, with the forests of masts in our docks seen in the spectral light intervening between them and the dense dark masses of clouds in the distant horizon, the spectacle was magnificent. About 9 o'clock one loud long peal of thunder, traversing from the north to the south east in a kind of circle, was heard, and this was all that was elicited of sound from the electrical outburst. On Sunday we had rain for much of the day from the eastward. About midnight, however, high water, with a twenty feet tide, the wind chopped round to north-west, and increased gradually to a gale, as the morning hours wore on. By half-past ten to eleven o'clock, our river presented a grand spectacle of the disturbed:element, the ferry boats shipping the spray to the annoyance of all who were unprepared for, or averse to, such a visitation. An hour or two after high water the sea moderated, a heavy swell, however, remaining. In the forenoon we had heavy squalls of rain and hail. In the afternoon, although still blowing hard, it was tolerably fair, with occasional gleams of sunshine. As the night advanced, and up to the time of our writing, there were no symptoms of the gale abating. In our own river, we are happy to be enabled to state, that we have heard of no casualties. In the town, and along the Cheshire shore, a few slates blown off consti tute nearly the extent of the damage. Outside and in this channel, it is to be feared that some mischief has been done. We have a report of a schooner, which was driven early yesterday morning upon the North Bank, her crew taking to their boats, at 7-30 a.m., and the schooner being last seen drifting, with a steam-tug near her. A schooner, the Alice, of Runcorn, sunk in Holyhead Bay, near Point 312. Crew saved by the life-boat. The Selina Lucife, schooner, wrecked yesterday morn ing, near Point 305. Crew saved. The Industry, flat, of Liverpool, laden with slate, sunk in Llandudno Bay, yesterday morning. Crew saved. A flat was driven on shore near No. 159, 'at 9 a.m. A sloop was capsized at No. 143, at 9 45 a.m. Crew not heard of. A flat was sunk, and another driven on shore at Hoy lake, at 12 noon. A large vessel was dismasted, with signals of distress flying, near Point 106, at 12 30 p.m. A schooner was aground on the high bank at Point Chart, No. 9, at 9 45 a.m. . - Bristol is said to be rapidly progressing as an emigration port. We understand that the Rev. 3. O. Powell. who has officiated for several years as curate of St. Bartholomew's Church, in this town, has been promoted to the incum bency of St. Thomas's Church, Toxteth-park. The Cheltenham Chronicle gives a rumour to the effect that Lord Gifford met with a fatal accident while hunting in the neighbourhood of Cirencester on Thursday last. The announcement is very vaguely made, and we ear. nestly hope it may prove to be incorrect. LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—The sub scribers and friends of this society purpose holding their annual meeting at the Collegiate Institution to-morrow evening. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese will preside, and much valuable information relative to the distribution of the Scriptures will be supplied. We augur a good attendance. CONNAUGHT INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. — We beg to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement to be found in our paper of to-day on this subject. Amongst the many causes of complaint to which the people of Liverpool are exposed is the constant influx of paupers from the other side of the Channel, bringing with them misery, and crime, and increased taxation. So long as Ireland remains in its present connexion with this coun try, whist peace and plenty are to be found on the one side, and poverty and starvation on the other, we cannot expect it to be otherwise. It is useless to complain of the hardships to which we are exposed,—the evil exists, and the question is, how is it to be remedied ? The answer is simple. The people are in ignorance, morally and religiously. Hold forth the torch of truth, and the thick darkness with which they are enveloped must fly before it. Create employment at home, and the people will not seek it abroad. Ncw these are just the objects sought to be obtained by the Irdustrial school in Connaught. The Rev. Dr. Dill, at the meeting this (Tuesday) evening, is to enter at length into their nature and w or ki ng , an d if we may look upon his brief statements as already given in several of our places of worship on Sunday, an d previ ously before the Evangelical Alliance (from which he has received a letter of warm approval of his object, and of the means by which he seeks to accomplish it), we do hope for some feasible plan, as a means by which the benevo lent and Christian people of this country may relieve the religious and moral condition of Connaught, and at the same time raise its population to habits of industry and self-support. MEETING OF SHIPWRIGHTS-LAST EVENING A meeting of the operative ship-carpenters was held last evening at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street. The room was entirely filled by operatives and other per sons connected with the shipbuilding trade ; most of them of very respectable exterior, and all exhibiting the most orderly demeanour. On the platform, amongst others, were the following persons ; —Messrs. Boyd, Grattan, Davies, Bonham, Garrett. Hough, Keating, Cowall, Mur phy, Hughes, Wainwright, Dalton, Smith, Laytham, Fagan, &c. Mr. HUGH BOYD was called to the chair, and opened the business by reading the placard convening the meeting, from which it appeared that the, principal object of the meeting was, to afford the operatives an opportunity of rebutting the charges against them implied in the evidence of the witnesses recently given before a committee of the Town Council. He expressed a wish that every speaker would keep his temper, and not make any offensive personal allusions in giving utterance to his views. He would draw their attention to certain statements calcu lated to underrate the mode of conducting business in, and the men employed, by " pitch-pot" yards. Now, he told them that he served his apprenticeship in one of these yards, having been employed by Messrs. Clayton and Co. His experience in that firm enabled him to rebut the insi nuation that the work was done in an untradesman-like manner, be had always been told to execute his work well independently of considerations of time and expense. As to the inefficiency of the Liverpool ship-carpenters, he knew that as much work could be done in Liverpool for five shillings as in any port in Great Britain. (Hear, hear.) As for the statement that ships had been com pared, in which one was instanced as having cost hundreds less than another in the item of labour, he would remark that he himself had been employed at a yard, in Wales, in which Liverpool men and Cumberland men were employed. Now he would confess that the Cumberland ship-carpenters stood almost unrivalled ; yet the Liverpool men beat the Cumberland by three days in caulking a ship. It was true that some exception was taken to the mode of the caulking ; but the foreman of the Cumberland men himself acknowledged to the employer that the Liverpool work was the better of the two. It had been laid to their charge that they were incapable of coupling the frame of a vessel ; why, he would appeal to every practical man present whether coupling a frame was not the simplest part of shipbuilding ? With some further general obser vations, the chairman resumed his seat, and Mr. GRATTAN rose to propose the first resolution, which was to the following effect :—" That it is the opi nion of this meeting that private graving docks would be most injurious to the merchants, shipowners, and others interested in the shipbuilding trade; likewise, detrimental to the interest of the Corporate Estate at large." He said he appeared there merely to rebut the statement that private graving docks would be conducive to the interests of the trade ; and, in doing so, he would refer to the evi dence given before the committee of the Council. At the sixth page of that evidence Mr. -Royden was asked if the attaching graving docks to private yards would he an advantage ? To this his reply was, in the affirmative. Mr. Chaloner, too, was asked a similar question, and his reply was to the effect that he had no doubt the work could be done much the aper, if such were the case, than it could be done now. Mr. Steele had also expressed an opinion that it was essential to the cheap execution of work that graving docks should be attached to private yards. Mr. Wilson had given a still stronger affirmation to the query. He found they were all unanimous in asserting that great advantages would result from the establishment of private graving docks, but he would ask them how they, the ship carpenters, would be benefitted by such an arrangement ? The merchants would also suffer with them, for if private graving docks were established the result would be this;—when a ship should be taken into a particular graving dock, there she must remain until repaired, unless the owner chose to go to the expense of floating her into another private dock. Thus he would be cherishing a monopoly on the part of that particular shipwright; and then for the men, their lot would be worse than at present, as these repairs would be done by the men regularly attached to the yard, and it would thus create and maintain a monopoly to those men connected with certain yards as well as to their masters. He could assure them that if ever the project were car ried out it would no longer be a boast that, out of 1600 ship-carpenters, only one was in the workhouse. He wanted to know who Mr. Royden was that he should take such high ground ; he had himself served part of his apprenticeship in a " pitch-pot" yard, and owed his present position to the working of the system as it was, by which a man without large capital could undertake a repairing job. Mr. JOHN MARR seconded the resolution in a lengthy speech, which bore upon the facts adduced by the pre ceding speaker. Mr. 'WILLIAM DALTON proposed the second resolution, to the effect that no confidence could be placed in the evidence of Mr. Wils.m, inasmuch as he has evinced a mo-t anxious desire in his testimony to secure to himself, at the expense of individual shipwrights, the exclusive right of repairing all vessels coming to this port. The speaker went on to denounce Mr. Wilson and his motives, which he considered as selfish, in terms which we shall not attempt to give verbatim. He proceeded at length to controvert the evidence of Mr. Wilson as to the superiority of private over public graving docks, which he considered unfounded, and commented severely upon Mr. Wilson's expression of his desire to drive repairing concerns out of the town. The speaker next remarked upon the discrepancy of Mr. Wilson's decla ration before the committee, that he would never accept a yard in Liverpool if he had the land gratis, with his letter to the Mayor and Council, expressing his wish to give up his Birkenhead contract, in order to avail himself of the facilities now offered by the Council at the north end of the Liverpool Dock estate. Having commented upon a discrepancy between certain portions of Mr. Wilson's evidence, as to the rela tive number of his apprentices to that of his journeymen, and his statement that a large graving dock, capable of holding such a vessel as the Atlantic, would accommodate two short vessels shored side by side, the practicability of which he treated with ridicule, he proceeded to remark upon some points of Mr. Tobin's speech, stating that vessels had been in the habit of going to Belfast to be repaired. Ships, he contended, could be repaired in Liverpool as cheaply and as well as in any port in the world. Mr. WILLIAM KEATING seconded the resolution, and commenced by stating that, under the old system, the masters used to employ apprentices almost altogether, a practice, which was only checked at length by the Ship wright's Association. After that, seeing the profitable nature of the trade, their foremen began to send in esti mates ; and, ultimately, a competition sprung up between these new parties, by which prices, both of building and repairing, were forced down, until this became the cheapest port in the world, They did now double the work for the same money. The speaker gave the comparative prices of several kinds of work in 1840 and 1850, in proof of his assertions. Mr. MAXWELL supported the resolution, and retorted upon the master builders in the town the onus of having originated the rules, regulations, &c., and being cogni zant for years past of the restrictions of which Mr. Wilson and others now complained. The speaker de fended the regulations of the shipwrights' club in a very humorous speech. _ _ Other resolutions followed, and were supported by their several proposers and seconders with an earnestness equal ling that of the early speakers. The meeting was protracted to a late hour, but we are prevented from giving fuller details, owing to that circum stance. CHURCH MUSICAL S ERVICES .—W e are extremely g l ad to find that Mr. 'William Sudlow, the talented and expe rienced honorary secretary of the Philharmonic Society, has consented to give a series of lectures on the Musical Serices of the Church of England. The lecturer is well qualified to impart instruction on this important subject ; and we are not surprised to find that considerable interest is manifested in the musical world with reference to the forthcoming lectures, as from Mr. Sudlow's practical acquaintance with Church music he is expected by his addresses to effect a very beneficial reform in the musical arrangements of many of our ecclesiastical choirs. DEATH. OF SIGNOR SARTI.-It is with extreme regret we record the death of this eminently scientific gentleman, the proprietor of the admirable collection of anatomical models at present exhibiting in Liverpool. Signor Sarti was the first to introduce into this country the ingenious and elaborate specimens of Florentine art, showing the structure of the human frame—models which we have reason to believe have most widely and beneficially dif fused a sense of the weighty truth of the psalmist's words, " eh W e r i e s b e e r d e f d e e ay g u u l 1 of y and wonderfu lly was, tom madein duce " G T o v h e e r u l m o n e g u t to found in London a national museum of pathological and anatomical wax specimens similar to the famous one founded in his native city, Florence. With this view he visited the continent, and undertook the collection of some of the finest specimens of Italian plastic art, in human, comparative, and vegetable anatomy ; he also purchased the copyright of Mascagni's colossal engravings. After immense toil, anxiety, and effort, he succeeded in gathering a most admirable and extensive collection of models. &c. To his great grief, however, and that of a number of philanthropic friends, he failed to meet with that support from Government he and they had fondly anticipated. He had now no alternative but himself to present his collection to the public as an exhibition. It was, however, too expensive to travel with, so, dividing it, he committed one portion to the care of his sister, (that now in Liverpool,) and the ether, after having been exhibited in London, he himself took to the United States. After a prolonged stay at New York, he proceeded to Boston, where he was at the time of his death. About two months since he complained of a painful sensation in the chest—the symptoms getting worse, he was confined to his apartment • a fortnight after this he cease d to exist. His death, thou g h somewhat sudden, was calm : his last words, uttered to his wife, with a placid smile, were, " Peace, peace." A post mortem examination of the body took place, and his medical attendants, including the most was eminentcanc cancer r f n t e the Boston right faculty, h e wereart, and u r f what he, and they had supposed to be disea se of the heart, p d r i i a s p e h d r a t to m fi n . d Thisthat was supposed to have b een growing since infancy, and there was no doubt dissolution w ould have occurred man y of the 24th ultimo, in notic in g his death, says :—" He was an amiable and accomplis ed man. He leaves a young s a b yearslo disposition, sooner, bi t au f odr abstemioushis reg l a regular mode habits. of Thelife , B q o u s i ot Postami widow, an English lady, of rare excellence, who, by this sudden bereavement, finds herself alone in a strange land, those who will not readily yield her their sy m p a thi es an d though not, we believe, among strangers to her w or th, or friendly counsel." How TO KEEP PRESERVES.' Apply the white of an egg with a suitable brush to a single thickness of white tissue paper, with which cover over the jars. The paper must be sufficiently large to cover over the edges an inch or two, and will require no tying, becoming, when dry inconceivably tight and strong, and impervious to the air. Oct 8, it LATEST INTELLIGENT BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPO. m e P n A c R e d i s a treatise concludes the first article thus :—" The eqn be j.. the national atmosphere has been re-establoesig feels and one says to oneself, This people ca t % (4) dure, prosper, and improve for a long.time e i: , should wish to fix my roof upon their sti.ilyarre4 o n N iGu England,TL. —MIDs.OSNOL: a lS i vn i o ° a rlt r ' tie; r ire ° ol ) ll no longer tremble for my own fire-side.' ',NA ctvalry, upon a magnificent scale, is ordered .81,4 A on the 10th, but the Opposition expect thati47oo,FA The Commander bidden by the Committee of Prorogation.--I%rin officially contradicts the departure of 31. D i ,' OP' for Turin.—On the Bourse an improvemen, .4 0 place. Fives, 91 60. , o,e 2 d'i ti ELECTORAL HESSE.—Advices are of •-- „, r a tt n l d ed er s o ta f te th o e f C th iv e ic co G n u n a tr r y d . o b inf y att G hio e en n , e o ra a l l i s H o a p y o n n a u. the e The iti z e 0 s Mayorto stando f Chia:sysbelle:willi.:,6s!,l4l BERLIN, OCT. 4.—The representative of Pr n to pot Congress of the Zolveiein in Cassel ha s on , quitted this town, with other reoresentatives, 1 0 VENICE—MILAN, 29TH ULT.—The t o:wan_ r e, states that the Venetians had been refusialtupe` r ot' blishment of a free port, but that the promised to promote the welfare of Venice., ra the! SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN.—The rumours Irn dco piC of war are so numerous, contradictory, B u n til _,deat there will not be anything worth reporting nplior operation on the one side or the other has take --- inSi LATEST BETTING . O 16 "0 E TATTERS A CESAREWITCH —Landgrave, 6ta 4 ; ` 20 to ; Bolingbroke, Lady Eden, and Priestess , to 1. 1; TlOn'ls' Land rave backed for '''. CAMBRIDGESHIRE—Landgrave, 4 t o Landseer and Mulgrave, 20 to 1. CHESTER HANDICA the Cesarewitch. Bto 1 against his winning bridgeshire a—dCealoitohfwmorokneer; VtObthia:iodsodltt LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARED."*-- The English marketand C 0 °' 60 at the opening prices throughout the day of 6 CLOSING s b een P a quiet,lC ES The Share market has been dull, without t but closes good for all descriptions. u „ r 0i 1 11 : 5 '1 1 Consols Account and Money, 96,1 /-; EXc , -! -- , ue lf3f •• S, 64 7 pm. ; Mexicans, 314 2; Spanish Activ -, 21 h Rail 9 Passives, 31 4i. ~, . r tets , .40 ways : London Stock, 115 16; Ditto u u Nortl;o Midland Stock, 44i si; Ditto Halves, 21 21 V : i CS I; L' shire, 10 91 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, ,', 1 4 /: t ie, 81 k ; Eastern Counties, 61 1 ; Great Nort7 Seoc ° Western, 49 50; Ditto Fifths, 7i i dis. ; 1 isi l' Berwick, 161 17i; York and North Midlan d, ~,,90. i ~v v o , MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE' •A• vof Leeds Fifths, 72 11-16; London £lO, 2 r n a ' l 2 ' Sheffield, and Lincoln, 18 7-16 • South Easter 4 Registered,7. 011.! • CLOSING PRICES• pgrr 4 :i.1 0 London Stock, 1I6; South Eastern and_vi'on, 6 st , No. 4 Registered, 7 1-16 ; W e st Riding " ce B ' 3 * Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Pref eren so Counties, 6f 11-16; Preston and Wyre A, 74 ; dig 94 dis. ; Leeds Stock, 50; Ditto Quarters, 13 T 5 0A1. 5 ! LEEDS CLOSING PRICES. — .: E„- „isl 4.-6 et East Lancashire, 9i; Leeds Stock, 50; Ivey London Stock,lls4 ; Midland Halves, 21 tbs. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT•—tS The market opened with a much better Toro vailed during last week, and this has c ontinue 40 C day, with a good business doi n g in Yarn s # prices firmer •rga Pl :O . t ie ; LONDON CORN MARKET.—YasIe c01,,y, A fair show of Wheat from the neighbo4o 'ono iity, Ai trade opened heavily. New, of tine rl9a' de scrtroer s slowly at a decline of Is. per qr.; inferior un der 0, 1 on hand, though offered freely at Is. to. 2 a' eon 11 Monday last. The transactions in f l t• 11 , b ( but where sales were effected a similardec line s 1 0 01,1( v a se‘ submitted to. Barley, Beans, and Pea ta ke to a ill° ,I previous terms. The arrivals of Oats vyer a 0 0 (15,00 , dealers purchasing cautiously. Inferior rates. ils.ver tardily, but good fresh corn commands lat! w anta„, Flour nominally unchanged, but ship nista% to .t9s• English White Wheat ........ 4? • to t> os • „ Red .. ........ 43s ' (10' ARRIVALS Qrs English Wheat „ Barley „ Oats .. „ Malt... „ Flour .. „ Beans .. „ Peas..., Irish Oats „ Malt tO SECOND NOTICE. : n ce i s, ..te ol' 7 There is no change in our market e!'", of 9 English Wheat moved off slowly at a deel!e, a ; a qr. ; for foreign there was b u t a re t a il incl uir/ 1;6 0 sat e of Is. per qr. Town-made Flour met , er, t o French and ship marks were obtainable l s ' Oat At the close, Peas were Is. per qr. cheaper' unaltered. Malt fully as dear RpA s tP IV Cs fer w- of LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. -- t fallVol , l o o Sugar : a fair business doing in Foreig ll . 3 „pd4k e ts pt Ground Havauah 218. to 228. 6d., in bona , 6' l 7or:o' 25s.—Refined in brisk demand, and brown / ets, 6 0, ;/01 to be obtained under sis. 6d.—Coffee 5 e t0 5 4 ,10 tt e and market very firm. Native Ceylon Ss• p re o, l be y —Tea: less doing. owing to public sales-de e is a o ,,i were demanded and paid.—lron : the trad e ol d r i - 5 1 6 1 in prices no change.—Tallow : market firn i caocl'or Fine new Y.C. 3Ss. 9d. to 395. on the spot• lot i / r it against 41,860 in the correspondingi 1/Pee l ‘. 6 .s, decrease this year of 15,142 casks.—TDelive ri week, 2,094 against 2,192 casks last year „, s ip SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKEI' daY , p e A large supply of Beasts at our market to - . g 4 5 ; pi improvement in trade, prime Scots initic iT ;ons o°. Sheep were in good demand, and in some 1° ; well s tl.;01 in prices was obtained. Calves do not sell to 4s ,jf VCSI last. Beef, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Mutton. 35.„ 4( .7,,ber, 06. 28. 4d. to 3s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 4d. to 48,. 9 ” t,s i ` bhp 1 market to-day :— English , Beasts 4261. 4: 1 t ,05 0 253, Pigs 540 ; Holland, Beasts 878, S", e ' r rolo '— Pigs 29. Leicester, Northampton, and 10- apd daughter, :a gt h nph i atate o trr n r: ci c :b e eu, f t a i famous o Dublin.o s Mrs. It is stated that the veteran Leigh Bunt e t ip suscitate his Miss boatmen nd is ° to ~riel Or L Tio o hn r e. d Chandos' intended bride is not % °r o d es °74 ' °‘ 0 Wright, hore socft.::::lse:sl tit,soll:o ham. t re 01 Upwards of £lOO has been subscribed t ° , o gef o . 0 g o jes 0 0,0 Black Malibran has received lilerr-costleitie mends to perform in a concert at Win us° f the 11 9th of November, the natal anniversary ° tl)°, 4 , f ro oe p Wales. ~,t ot !qr.' rl A bronze statue of Sir R. Peel, at a %gra ii 9 °' sand guineas, is to be erected in 13irroin)—t, Ja i , A 0 1 Hollins, the sculptor of the statue of euteye-4e' Leamington, has been commissioned t i o h e:M e l i - iit iti , ° /i t tr The three brothers Daly who bau a sga s ' tl i " il e suspicion of being concerneCl in the late i ts toflPtbei r Mr. North, have been discharged fro c o lle t 41: 1 dance not being deemed sufficient to cc .00 bil ( I ", tention. TV ° a ti c te According to a Sunderland paper, el Ae icti t be,e i$ Florence has been lost on the coast p r i v s o t e t cii i a % s o Ih i bee v g I: captain, (Christopher Short,) his wife , t ° „ i d seized by six of the natives. They are sai d V lO ti °° d captivity nocTveiliileAaßßnGdoEyiamolppßomrrtiautinnsthnufßenaa.tnukr.e Iff bdaoncilizlioctr:aeilelelacoeolif: depositors may obtain promissory-notes o ity; he cle ~ their deposits, which may be given as s ec e to t" f to be unindorsed, and the interest to a ccr , o co , tor. 60h ill,feT t e 15th Infantry, named John 1111Farlane.a b y t,, ro pr o , , and Andrew Daly, were on Friday redei,v, bacl i t heY nor of Bristol gaol, having been brouglv o , od se:„ ion in custody upon a charge o f ro urdTptoto May, only a few days before they.sal.;%ree.,,iet r John Pimm, a policeman of the Bristol i te rri° o o.l THE FRIMLEY MURDER.—The rece? the all he ertlf: is still the sole subject of conversationln,L; the;bicOtl, shutters are up, and the curtains daw n l e et it.,,, the village, in testimony of the great res! ) ,„ bit tU,,„o I f unfortunate gentleman was held, by t h e e , part) t!'rem:elf did not rank high as a preacher ()win PSI 0 5 ~ f 7,1 'esteemed TP° O lO in his voice, but he was universally c „ it . o es,e ably good-natured, generous-minded ,tt a llc i l ipt illito7 took place yesterday, and was attended fever ... fa, neighbourhood within a circurnferenceoVr'red u. 07, remains of the rev. gentleman were In. 4 fo r a ,: r e ~, Church, of which he was the minister" 1 he t iptll years, and in which he preached the Sa n ta te a of tio tiP o i murdered. Mrs. Holiest has been in a 9 p. i ,59 mental distress ever since the occurren,ooo;eo; 4 she could not be prevailed upon eithern, 00 0 ',„etr,j,, to bed. She sat in a state of distrectio,h; 1132PeDeViA attended constantly by her friends. I t wit f t eo s , exhausted nature so far overcame her _,, e of, 000 slumber a little, she started up in a std hs° p all' pl horrors of the dreadful tragedy which s h e A er * lid and in which she had performed so Pa° her el e iV I , up in all their terrible vividness betbr t e be r 6P lt hlf Friday it was exceedingly doubtful vfb el di ( ' br l . able to give her evidence at the actinurnhoieolf; the magistrates on Saturday last, but 500 ° 4 veiled on to pall off her clothes and li? o ttegeo Mr. Davies, the medical gentleman I.iritber ministered to her a draught, whic h ha" taining for her some refreshing sleep. i TO CORRESPONDE?II.S' W i e ,a n d ad to p w re i p th a d re ra d w a irteaptlyatioatnrouSarttuorradaac: r9o7,oloirAiv portant matter. As to the charg4 s Ati°," orAr we never had but one con.oo4cor gentlemen connected with his estabntea oji specting an advertisement. If any of do to the effect stated, let it be produceo•_,,rdeu.,ool We are obliged by the clever enigma foi"oie Voir u W o e et c ic a a n i lcaoyrrdesopwonndnenotss.peEcaifichc cortratlegooricoloo fall on its own merits. 1 LIVF,RPOOL s 1 11 1 1 1 TUESDAY, OCT• o st dr i e By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACEd:e'airpr LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, At Ns. 4. ST. Giconoit's Cussosl4.,,stree,o BIRKENHEAD: To D UNTEK, ChestAioter PINKNEY, Argyle-street; Osaottris, ANNUAL SUBSCIp•L /tot' IN ADVANCE...... ve 2 0 ' 1 ON ...ll° PRINTED a AND rtrobiss 0 pot 4, .4 EVERY T m D A yzies:00:00:;:v Z,