The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-16 00:00:00

official documents that the production of the West Indies has recently increased, clap their hands and cry "a miracle 1" under the impression that they have proved these colonies to be in a condition of prosperity. The petitions state : " That the landed property of the West India colonies has been thus rendered by the legislative acts generally valueless, for, large as is their declared production, it is very considerably less than in 1834, the last year of sla very ; and it appears by a return ordered by the House of Commons that, comparing the imports from British Gui ana, Jamaica, and Trinidad, during the years 1834 to 1838, (the year when apprenticeship was abruptly terminated, with those of the years 1844 to 1848, the production of sugar has fallen off 3,130.000 cwts.— Molasses. Rum Coffee 52,661,350 lbs. and the production of cotton has entirely ceased, neither can it be allowed that that quantity presents any criterion of cost, which your petitioners are prepared to prove before a committee of your hmourable house, exceeds the value of the production in the great majority of these colonies." The second document is a memorial to Earl Grey, as secretary to the colonies, from " the West India Association of Liverpool," on behalf of the merchants, planters, and others interested in the colony of British Guiana, representing the extreme suffering existing in the colony, and praying to be allowed to provide for themselves a supply of free labourers from the East Indies and the neighbour ing coast of Africa, to enable them to raise crops of cotton, coffee, and sugar, to compete with the slave grown produce of the Brazils, Cuba, and the United States. The following, they represent, has been the result of the policy which has been pur sued towards them hitherto, and the encourage-_ ment which they offer, and which no real friend of .the African race ought to reject, for the removal of the absurd and harassing restrictions to which they have been subjected : " In 1838 there were 258 estates in Demerara and Esse quibo, in profitable cultiv a ti on ; o f th ese 71 h ave b een abandoned, 111 sold under execution sale, all as now clearly appears, by the emancipation of the negroes without allowing the planters to supply themselves with labourers from other sources. " That the t.olonists of British Guiana are thus abso lutely prevented trying the great experiment of free la bour against slave labour ; and they ask but to be allowed that to which they conceive they have a right, and which is granted to British subjects elsewhere—the free importation of labourers willing to emigrate from all parts of the world. TO CORRESPONDENTS. LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW CHURCH AT WAVERTREE. agriculturist. Even Manchester is lugubrious in its tone. Complaints of depressed markets and diminished demand are rife in the very centre of The ceremony of layin g th e f oun d a ti on s t one o f a new the free trade agitation. Mr. C o bd en ha s t a k en church, to be erected at Wavertree, took place y es t er d a y. refuge in Financial Reform ; a n d th e F oxes an d The weather proved most unpropitious, an d, i n conse quence, are promulgating new educati o n a l quence, many of the friends of the undertaking were absent. About el even o ' c l oc k th e R ev . R ector C amp b e ll, schemes. In our own great mart of c ommerce accompanied by the Re v . W m . B ranc k er , arr i ve d a t t h e dullness is the prevailing feature ; and p ro d uce o f Boys' Nation a l S c h oo l. A t t hi s t i me the ra i n was fall i ng in torrents, and the rec t or h es it a t e d w h et h er to postpone nearly every description only arrives to be lo c k e d u p in our warehouses, or pressed upon the mar k e t a t a sacrifice. The following passage from th e c i rcu l ar the ceremony. Ulti ma t e ly, h owever , t h e s k y cleared,and preparations were made for effecting the object for of one of our leading firms, M es s rs . T. an d H. which the parties, wh o h a d by thi s t i me j o i ned the rev. gentleman named, had met. The p rocess i on , (f orme d a t Littledale, describes a state of things as la men t a bl e as it is true :- the school), consisted of th e R ev . R ector Camp b ell, the " Another month of dull spi r itl ess t ra d e as we ll i n our Rev. Win. Brancker, the Re v . S amue l F enton , ( t h e future produce markets as in th e manu f ac t ur i ng di str i cts o f incumbent), Mr. H a y, ( t h e arc hit ect ), an d several gentle- Lancashire. The demand fo r consump ti on h as somew h at men resident in the nei g hb our h oo d, f o ll owed b y tbe improved, from exhausti on o f s t oc k s i n t h e h an d s of children of the national s c h oo l, w hi c h compr i ses nearly IT is a pleasing duty which we h ave t o per f orm dealers; but we regret to find th e d e fi c i ency i n d e li ver i es two hundred boys and g i r l s , con d uc t e d b y M r. Morgan, in congratulating the ratepayers o f Li verpoo l upon of the principal articles noticed in our circular of last the master, and by the m i s t ress o f th e g i r l s sc h ool. On the rs ; year we had a poor's rate of 3s. 2d. i n th e pound, h -rate of 2d.--in all 3s. 4d. I n th e the diminution of their local burth errs , i n th ese h ar d month (T ea excepted) has still further increased, which ground were Mr. Ihler, M r s. H orn b y an d family, lie times, to the extent of upwards o f one -thi r d. L as t speaks ill for the internal state of the count r y ; i n f ac t, Gladstone and family, Mrs. B a d na ll, an d ot h er lads but, as has been b e fo re , o b serve d the attendance was by with r w u e believe the small trades men an d s h op k eepers in the ral districts were s e ldo m or ever i n a worse pos i t i on no means so good as it wou ld h ave b een had the weathe r than at the present. proved fine. Some d e l a y occurre d i n consequence of the a churc present year we are able to liquid a t e th e an ti c i- " Corn has fallen so low in value, that the farmers, workmen not havin g com pl e t e d th e i r part o f the b usiness. pated expenditure of the p ar i s h w ith a 2s. poor ' s anx i ous to secure their rents, are not in a position to pay The stone being placed in th e necessary pos i t i on, the Rev. lar. Badnall, in his surplice, approached the spot, rate, and Id. for church-rate-in all 2s. ld. We their tradesmen's bills, and we have been assured that in and delivered an address to the persons assembled around numberless instances their Christmas accounts for last him, of which the following is a passage :-" We are as have reduced the balance against us, due to the year are still unpaid. This falls immediately on the sembled this day to found a material edifice, which is to Treasurer of the Vestry, from £36,415 10s. Bd., wholesale dealers, from them on the importing merchants, owing last year, to £4,432 1 l s . ld. owing this an d eventua ll y , i f no revival take place, must act with be consecrated to the h onour o f th e one true G od, to be year; and the unpaid accounts, as ;hewn in the double f orc e on th e manu f ac t urers i n a d i m i n i shed home devoted and for ever set a p ae t f or hi s wors hi p , and to b e admi balance sheet, exhibited at th e E as t er V es t ry , are a t ra d e an d 5n crippled exports, w hi c h l a tt er must ever employed in the publicati on o f hi s t rut h, and the where We should state, however, th a t thi s it em may b e little less than the amount of thos e s h ewn l as t year . de pend on our power to take th e p ro d uc t s o f o th er coun- nistration of his ordinan c es, i n a ne i g hb our h ood tries as returns for our manuf ac t ures . T o w h at c l ass t h en such an edifi ce h as l ong b een needed and desired. Some are the present ruinous lo w p r i ces o f gra i n a bl ess i ng? increased a little by accounts y e t t o come i n . Th ere of those win:, desired desired to s ee thi s d ay , h ave already been We emphatically say to none ; i n d ee d i t i s qu i te impos removed to another w or ld. L e t us t h at surv i ve, in behalf is a decrease also in borou g h ra t es , w hi c h are, as sible for so large a portion of the community as that con- of all those who sh a ll h erea f ter assem b le in these desired compared with last year, as follo ws :- nes t e d w ith agr i cu l ture t o b e d epressed and the other courts of our God, p ra y th a t t h ey moy b e made a holy temple in the Lord. Rernhmbering our own unworthi -1850. 1849. portions long to continue prosperous, and probably the ness, let us now, with one accord, petition for his mercy, s. d. s. d. best impulse we could receive in the present inactive fol- Liverpool . lowed, the responses being made by the school children; Kirkdale after which the rev. gentleman offered up a prayer, breatle- Everton - after thanksgiving that they had been permitted to corn . West Derby menee the work, and imploring the Divine blessing for Toxteth-pare 2 1 2 8 ment and ruin, tells cruelly on all the available resources The rates for Liverpool will th ere f ore b e, f or poor o f a very large proportion of the people, and adds seri- its due accomplishm en t. Th en f o ll owed a portion of the and church 2s. Id., and for b oroug h i s. 3 d . -i n o u sly t o th e em b arassment o f tra d e. " 84th psalm and the ap os tl e ' s cree d ; a f ter which the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL advanced for th e p urpose o f We need not however con fi ne ourse l ves t o one going through the form of "laying th e s t one ," M r . H AY immediately address e d hi m as f o ll ows - Rev. Sir, the all, 3s. 4d..against ss. ld. la s t y ear . C ontraste d locality, or to one trad e , t o fi n d s i m il ar i n di cat i ons with the rates of Birkenh e ad, we appear to b e a committee have deputed me th e h onour o f presenting you of declining confidenc e , an d d ecrease d commercial favoured locality. Our read ers , w h o h ave seen t h e activity, or proof of th e fa c t th a t th e d epress i on of with this trowel, fo r th e p urpose o f l ay i ng the foundation puffing of that pet place o f some o f our j ournals, will perhaps scarcely cre dit us w h en we state that the farmer i s reac ti ng ser i ous l y upon t h e very men stone of St. Mary's Ch urc h, W avertree. I need not say I feel it a high compliment on the part of the committee ; who were but two years since the loudest supporters a y • • but it is an inexpressible pleasure to offer my assistance the inhabitants of Birkenhead have to pay this year Lour memorialists cannot more strongly express their • to a gentleman like yourself, who so well understands the of free-trade policy. Even the Manchester Guard an improvement rate of Is. 6d. in the pound, a opinion of what Demerara is capable of becoming, than properties of Christian . architecture. The first time I ian seems to be growing rather desponding in his by quoting the words of Sir J. G. Smith, the late governor poor's rate of ls. 6d., and sewerage, lights, &c., had the honour of ‘ meeting you was at the board of the tone, when speaking upon commercial topics. We of Demerara. 'lf (said he) 1-live to yet a regular stream ls. 4d.-in all 4s. 4d., which is an excess, in Chester Diocesan Church Building Society, when you find the following in his publication of Wednesday of immigration from India into this magn ifi cent province, perfectly expressed my own opinions at that board of the Birkenhead, of Is. in the pound over the rates with a moderate supply from Afr ica and elsewhere, I manner . we were a bout . to adopt in the erectton of a of Liverpool. From this circumstance we may last;- That a country like this, with its enormous capital, will make it the fi rst colony under the British crown : I church in another important town of this large county; confidently expect a steady accession of tenants to will make it a second India.' concentrated population, and immense resources, should namely, to build the nave, aisle, and•south porch to sc our present uninhabited house property. fall into premature decay, seems one of those bugbears Ought the evidence of such an officer to be dis- commodate at oace the worshippers. So satisfied did I We have, however, the assurance that further that should be found only to haunt ancient protectionists, regarded, or is the ear of the Colonial Office to be feel of the propriety of your suggestion, on that occasion, retrenchments of expenditure are practicable, with- who believe that the true way to become rich is to render for ever lent only to, and the country misled by, that we are in this case about to adopt the very same out detracting from the real comforts and proper every thing relatively dear. Yet this feeling of want of the misrepresentations of the mischievous and fat- mode,-that is, to build the nave and aisle. But in advantages of our pauper population. There are scnorpnfirtei7getiiiietthiet fu should ture i exist f . n u cl u ln it q re u t a a r r tzs ti w ie here it re i s s s tious tools, whom the now defunct anti-slavery reference to th e e . case I . have just alluded to, I have very many items in the account handed in to the Vestry, of that healthful activity which ought to be gradual the preg w r ar i i n n f g org e m p g ro y g o r u esa th o a f t ti o ie ne w g a e r tlem to an c has which, we trust, will be reduced in future years. result of our new commercial policy. Not but what an foisted upon an incapable Whig Government to fill plate the other aisle of she chureh, and the steeple o , ll i n For example, it seems a strange thing that the immense business is doing ;it could not be otherwise. the post of petty rulers throughout the various pious tion of his deceased father; and another clothing of the children in the industrial schools, But there is an excessive caution manifested, amounting provinces of this fine colony ? commemoration gentleman, actuatedby the samelaudable affection, is about 1,050 in number, should be £1,129, whilst the lion- to timidity ; and, with abundance of capital at command, to build the chancel. "Thus are we provoked to good all business operations are conducted , with great reserve. We call the attention of the people of Man- works " Now sir when I cast my wi e ti v i e ti s i l e r i o ord u e n ese d idde, t l hi e 's e:a d veuei pets in the workhouse, numbering 1800, and most Along with this, there is a want of interest in political chester to the succeeding paragraph. Will they not lightfu • l neig hbourhood sprinkled of them adults, is only £1,040. The " provisions questions and movements ; with an increasing supply of back the very reasonable request of the planters of wealth and'affluence, I have strong hopes, consumed by officers" of the industrial schools is periodical literature, there is a diminishing demand. British Guiana for such a boon as the cessation of no doubt we shall have some competition in the memorial £942 against £2BB for " provisions consumed by Books do not sell as they used to do ; artists complain of gifts that shall be offered to complete this church in all the dependence of America for the supply of cot want of adequate employment ; and general business, its parts. And I sincerely trust the higher honour awaits officers" of the workhouse. The officers of the though better than it was, is not yet in the desiderated ton ? The prospect of " a second India" ought you of seeing your . labours,. begun this day, com pleted . by schools either live very sumptuously, or are very cheerful condition. oat to be without its attractions at a period like the opening and dedicating this temple to the service of the numerous, or those of the workhouse live on Lenten Our contemporary might have gone further in his present. most High God at no distant period. I have now the " That your memorialists would refer your lordship to honour of presenting you with this implement and also with fare. The entire expenditure upon these schools, catalogue of articles which do not sell, and of clas however, which has been £11,064 during the past ses who complain of " want of aggregate employ- the period (not very long since) when only 60,000 bales my humble serviceseo aid you in commencing this good ork. two-thirdsofcottoi w e e a re e an f nuall•6 u iip a p u o a r a te ri d a in ti t i o e Eng es la t n l cl u , d nf which At the conclusion, Mr. Hay handed the trowel, the year, exclusive of payments on account of the ment." He might with truth have referred to the beautiful w orkmanship . of Mr. Nyordley, to therector. It is building, and charges of an indirect character, is retail traders in the whole kingdom, as suffering one bale rom m the r i ) J m nited i States; whereas now Indies -not - t a m o st artistic and chaste specimen of the silversmiths' excessive, and presents a wide field for the local severely from declining custom and diminished ton manufacturers in Lancashire are reducing their mills art, presentin g on one side - a representation of th e ne financial reformer. Twelve or thirteen pounds a- pro fit s; to the building trade almost suspended; to short time, not because there is a want of demand for church, engraved with great skill; and on the other the w head for the maintenance and education of pauper to artizans of every class short of employment and twist, but because a doubt exists whether America, into following inscription :-" Presented to the Rev. Augustus children-assuming this to be the extent of the reduced in.their wages. Or he might have ointed whose hands the cotton cultivation is thrown, can spare Campbell, M.A., Rector of Liverpool and Vicar of Child- P . sufficient for England from her own increasin g consump- wall, on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of cost, which it is not-is rather too much. Many to the traffic on our leading lines of railway, which non. The price of cotton has advanced 40 per cent., in the Church of S. Mary in the townshiy of Wavertree, on an honest ratepayer's child is compelled to be edu- is decreasing; anti the evidence, everywhere 'to be ecntemplation of short time. Such could not have hap- the 15th of Apr il,lBso - ''' . sated and kept at a much less cost. met with, of the disastrous results to the trading pened had the cultivation of cotton in Demerara been The RECTOR received the trowel, and replied to Mr. The medical staff again figure in the accounts to and industrious classes forming the most numerous encouraged." Hay to the following effect :-Although he highly appre the extant of £7,000, when the charges are pro- and important section of the community-those The following further passage ought, we think, dated the privilege which had been conceded to him, yet perly added up. In this department, however, we engaged in the cultivation of the soil-beig corn- to decide the question with the genuine philan. he must declare that, in his opinion, the honour might are happy to find that we are likely to have a little pilled to resort to extensive reductions in every thropist :- have been more justly conferred on some one of those lay reduction. Out of the £7,000 we may put down item of their expenditure. Landlords without rents, " Your memorialists feel that they have a just and une brethren of the church wh o . had contributed, by their purses and in their co-operation, to bring about that work, deniable claim for a supply of labourers; and they submit £2,000 for the expenditure occasioned by the and farmers without profits, are not likely to be that the most natural source is Africa-a country filled for which the unceasing efforts and untiring labours of cholera, which, it is to be presumed, is not likely good customers either to the importer of foreign with an unemployed population, within twenty days' sail Mr. Fenton had deservedly ensured success. But as it had been thought fit that the compliment should be paid, to be an annual visitor. The dispensaries are to comforts and luxuries, or to the home manufacturer, of British Guiana , - the climate the same temperature, but not to himself, but to the station which he held, he could be dispensed with ; and very properly. Experi- That such is the condition of the ag ricultural more healthy. offer no opposition. That edifice which was about to be " Gentlemen acquainted with the African coast, and in ence has shewn that three-fourths of the drugs interest is now too . notorious to be a n y longer no way connected with the West Indies, state that by en- raised, they all knew bad been dedicated to the honour of supplied from these establishments have been denied ; and that it must end in ruin to a large couraging free interchange of the negroes between Africa the Almighty, and to his protecting care he commended ordered not f rom the prescriptions of the parish section of that interest, even the advocates of high and the West Indies, a stop would be put to the slave the undertaking. In the first place, he would return doctors themselves but from those of their assis• farming, as the remedy for low prices, acknowledge. trade, and the people of Africa would be civilized. Fifty public thanks to those of his lay brethren, equally mem- It is alleged that the use of the Athanasian Creed on the days bets of the c h urc h with himself and his other clerical P ‘l l A i b b y it t e ly h o l reaggigt,enlwescrib le d to be read, tents or pprentices. We have not the slightest The Times Commissioner, for example, in describ- large vessels trade between Liverpool and :Africa ; they . la u re u t c l i ir w e u n r , k who T ta ev d r ad m h a e t u e r ri ci a a lly gu a u id d ec d l ea lT s .l d 'en u t f o nth i n his Post announces its i) private chapel. to acceet insinuation to make that the sick poor of the town ing the agricultural condition and prospects of ;ter into t contracts for five . r i a i r with labourers on the factoriesthe endon the B o nny the te n i a l T s i o i :e i elll; ning r. s G e i le c e o r m ke e l s ey fr 's om B s a . V i tr o! a w n i c r a a a l u t o t n li c e hu m n o F r r e ee lsr a tir e ess, be lihaye not . had the best possible treatment, or that Sussex, says of the farmers of that county, that " a river°, ;rouams place w to h r h toth 1 luntary system ; but he would say, in the presence o f cause they return t e assistants, to whom their care has in so many large extent of country, for the improvement of greatly improved by their association with British subjects. Mr. Hay, whose practical experience enabled him to FATAL ACCIDENTS.-YDSterday7mornin g at half-past r ' one instances been handed th e ir are not competent which a liberal outlay of capital and skill is abso- Black seamen are employed to assist to navigate our ships form a judgment on the point, that the voluntary o'clock, David M`Kay, shipkeeper of the shin Urgent, i lying in the Stanley Dock, accidently fell overboaer'and was e 1 ' principle was exhibited quite as much within the church drowned.-Yesterday, also, William Thomas, an emigrant, portrait. 50, 4, men. The very fact, however, that the bulk of the lutelv indispensable, is held by a set of men, many of from Africa to England. as without. (Hear.) He, as on rrchitect, must know human that SPEECH.-Of ,Irle. stammering u‘ttl' fell accidently from between decks into the lower hold work is done by deputy, is a strong argument in whom are elevated, but one step above the position ". A small vessel, '162 tons, arrived in Liver a p r o a o . l la T t h el i y s that the voluntary principle in the church had, Jvithin the she weather:cota from in the Stanley Dock, and was killed. of the n elee e ef favour of a change in the present system ; and we of the agricultural labourer, and whom, from their s i s c i r i e ic e h had carped 63 black people from Bonny river to the last few ,effected ears much ; and p , l i e n i c r , i on fu fi r r iu m e a r ioof te vance p e r i od d g e t I t r ti i i i e a s s t pir week ng with hI been ratle r cold are therefore glad to learn that the medical staff poverty, their numbers, and that singular tenacity vessel c w o ausuti-d not longer ger voyage leave been permitted to me c r onvey these op . eration y of the voluntary princithTe ' ad time, he little of strong sunshine. Yesterday the frequent temperaturraeltles, mightto the churchof Child wall refer have consented to be paid by salaries, instead of o grip with whichthe humblest class of occupants people to Demerara! It is fifteen years since a slaver en f • s in om l3 e o o 7 l b ti y ie t g h i e .e v u o t l t u i n th t e ary s es pr v i i n ca ci r p ia le l , ti a t n h d es t ; h teheonwtnhe:regvarvues considerably milder; thick rain fell in the morning, and seve ral famous April showers during the afternoon. The proba but what in vulgar phrase is cancel e eoe.,e .s being allowed to charge by the case. In many cling to the soil, it is difficult, if not impossible, to tired the Bonny River. bility is, that we shall now enjoy fine growing r - eether. The other towns similar duties are performed honors- displace." restrictions i s cl . I " Yet what hope is there for the country, That a continuance of the t• isp ace. Y, Wavertree church, that was endowed by the voluntary severe frosts at the end of last month gave ve e e then a check, perhaps all for the better. There is no great forwardness, eight fo r e u y s e a u r c s as u e f of age. complete T he i cure, mpr 0 v l e n o e r :: o 9 rely; and the appointments to situations as paro- under such a competition as it is now exposed to, absurd cannot be denied in the face of this striking principle ; and, lastly, the church which was about to be and • chial medical officers are eagerly canvassed for by unless these poor Sussex farmers are turned out by evidence. erected on than spot. The voluntary principle had aided : ff ffzt t i e ll b t;it r i . t m i , s ei b n u th t e tus w ti b e n e se o s ace:; 0 , but the wheat and grass fields, &c., all look well and promi- elsewhere. ' t e ' s D; Ore the most rising and talented of the profession. hundreds from their little holdings, to break stones - in effecting the undertaking ; and he hoped that at some sin;. l An American pack e t- f s f h er i ol p lm ' k o iir f e t d h we i , r y t i e eo e sr n tkl h_ oe u e n lc_ d A r hv e er n re e ti oh n it s ; a diptily. On Friday and Saturday a m° st j a ll od, e i r4 future day the church by that aid would be endowed; The opportunity of observing so wide a field of on the roads, or to crowd the union workhouses, IN another portion of our paper will be found a hitherto Mr. Fenton had had verg little endowment. The j t el y e o n f wgh r t l e . ; g ro u s e e s s e i o w n i s n o e practice as that presented by any of the parish and make way for the large and the high farming letter addressed I to us, iy a correspon en o great rector concluded by hoping that the work so n n a localities, occasioned inconsequencein Corse Ashford, L o a f l i e t h s bef o g o r s t il sl O 7 ll well b egun, she is intended to convey emigrants back, we are p inforrn b; der committed twenty years sine e 'esde r N doctors of Liverpool ought to he regarded as no .ey, 0 . i , a correspondent of the Times, that she brought . over with her village near Staines and Cherts de o e l" system ? Further on, the same writer continues- intelligence upon the subject which has occupied might attain a successful termi na ti on. ' light advantage ; and the fact of having filled the "The toPayfor the Pik e , " to e i n stores for the emigrants, " instead of requiring the supply of l' 1 b a eu o u u u r t i r n y g T u a r n u ,_ vg b ard , of io se 6o l 6 c are, as be expected farmers of the Weald might , his pen, headed, "How the centre of the stone, a bottle, containing a copy of ethe such articles from the bonded or other stores in this country.' , duties of the station creditably should he taken as suffering severely at present. They have not the where- which we invite the dispassionate perusal and Con- the sugar, even vinegar, are bought in America, for English Liverpool Standard of the previous week, a copy of the part of the an addition to the honours of a diploma, or a sur- withal to satisfy their landlord's claim f or rent ; they are sideration of our Theproposal of the A igrants. . ace . readers. •• • Liverpool Albion of the same day, a prospectus of the RARE AN. G I -The Times of yesterday has discovered as an Holden, a vrrtary confessi w oe, o ry i a ble o 0 , geon's certificate. In former times, we believe, such unwilling to stay on their farms, because every day's writer is no less than that the Corporation shoul d taken into in h t e o s c t u r s o to ok d , y, d a u n r d in s g ta a P te g s ti t a h at e l d: i f e gt r ? , cumulating losses only increase the certainty of their final undertaking, and a circular, announcing the laying of the "advantage fro m the repeal of the navi g ation laws ~ that woman with wh om h e had trara r P re e . i d s , i v li was the practice in Liverpool. The medical aid oranges • b • • - a f tl A . B• • ' • • create its own money for the paym e nt of a portion stone, and a manuscript paper connected with the sam e me eing impoite . rom le Azores in ritish ships in w ruin ; and yet they are reluctant to leave, because when e . preference to Portuguese, and that "this trade will give regular h• and e S if he ill° given to the poor was quite as effective as at pre w which she immediately fell a ee o se d gili they quit possession, they have no capital to fall back of the cost of the Rivington works, such money to business • the bottle was hermetically sealed, and as Mr . employment to a certain number of British vessels of between sent; and an annual subscription by the Vestry to Fenton placed upwards.. L whiche i e and the6o t r o e n p s ea b i uert.iltehne. oat v iNglalit alien a l a I T e ig i l l i e t s y _ e g e a e i e n s i t e o n r ed th i e n lose buried her, and on the discove';' see tss i4 o,o upon, and must support themselves . by manual . labour. .consist of notes of convenient amounts, payable ' it in h • • • • • -. the public dispensaries provided for the medicines Under these circumstances, the question arises, what is in cash twelve months after date, but with the un months since, he became more , e probably during many centuries, he informed the persons d wa s n is , required. to be done with this large tract of country, which has dertaking that they shall he received . by that bpd around, that the bottle did not contain any coin whatever; employment of a multitude of British • Nessels of 500 tons and took the police to the spot, an yo. Another heavy item in this account, for which, hitherto supported a very considerable population ? The ••• • they shall y the rector laughingly repeated the information, and re at any intermediate period in discharge of rates, marked to the by-slanders, that such being the case, an _ETTING TBE CAT OUT OF THE BAG.-The Times Commis sioner, speaking of Mr. Cobden 's estate, says, "It consists of He appears quite sensible, and Pe 5c el , 0 , confession. solution of that question involves the vital interests of , --Thi s e s l i ga 4 however, no blame can attach to the Vestry, is the rents, or any claim upon the public. We are per- attempt to dislodge the stone would be unrewarded be FRENCH OPERA COMIQTL-• _,,liff 49 1 411 e than half the count of Sussex and the sooner a - gain, only 150 acres, and more than half of it is covered with wood. charge for maintenance of lunatics in asylums, more is arrived at by Y ' those most concerned, the better. fectly aware, that at the first blush the proposition as he was of opinion no one would care to steal a news- The cultivated land is divided into two small occupancies, appeared aeain amongst us last IT eir Sc d r i £3,826. The bulk of these so-called lunatics are, Every day's delay only aggravates the di ffi culty of a final will be pretty generally scouted-perhaps ridiculed paper. Some remarks in elucidation of the circumstances held by a miller, the other by a shopkeeper," and the comn! : ;i n s c _ ment haviiig been effected for sh tP e 1 13e ,!01 connected with the erection of the church, may not be sioner adds, "it is certainly curious to reflect that if fate had Webster, the spirited lessee of ' He ns ert we believe, harmless idiots, requiring no forcible adjustment." -such is the prepossession entertained by some out of place here. The Rev. Samuel Fenton,. who, as we condemned Mr. Cobden to live on and till his paternal acres, he wuld, in all probability, have been at present as stanch an which the lovers of operatic 11l ee of 0/ 0 restraint or treatment, but only a little watching " A final adjustment," indeed ! A mild term peo ile for gold or silver money. Be it so. Many thankful to Mr. Copeland, the leas s 0 y`¢ Poor and attention to their wants. We trust that the that for a change, which will depopulate half a a man i has lived and many a house has stood after have already stated, is to be appointed to the incumbency -has long laboured to supply the deficiency of church opponent of free trade as wheat under 40s. per quarter can The opera given last night SCl i ' i of 1 1 , 0 fe r make a farmer." Poor Law Commissioners will relax the stringency coun t y an d re d uce th ousan d s o f tena n t farmers to being laughed at. It will 1 :)e asked, " Who will accommodation, a want arising out of the fact of the WHITSUNTIDE TRIP TO PARIS VIA FOLKSTONE AND 800-of -of their rules towards this parish ; and, as soon as the level of labourers. Hitherto these men, bad take worthless ' ake worthless paper like this, payable at twelve • • population th district; d • rapidly increasing o e congregationv i . in a of the " million," has just returned from Paris, having made which had a most successful rue - 40 a, o a c Diamans," by Auber, in which sit to t o ' et f° , 0 1 i er s y : e o=ra-nyeien.foorema. t z pl thy next, when the piece itself, independent of the ,h e di it o a eit f FrenclimetropoliZ l Y Mr. Marcus has deter mined drew_ Vet s ° 1;1; 4 10 plated, allow these poor creatures to be kept there, eyes of the Huxtables and other pretenders to scion- Corporation bond it ? Surely those who chapel, the rent of whic i l i s ha a s been paid by subscription ; poser, and the excellence wick ,l' an il r ° ,,, e ia ° ,3 fnohteacisoampppoainaietshtishepiarsusesnugaelrfsaonvaerhas theirc on linese t n h , t a b ed t y to a y : b a h ; instead of compelling us to pay the exorbitant tific cultivation, have been able to consume the make the exclamation pay a poor compliment to but the c e : tu b e miyen r. of F :l n lzn i c:ty s are department, is full of incide v p_ ie d po_ its o .o , charges at present imposed. A sayin g of between products of the looms of Manchester and Leeds, the solidity of the vast estate which is pledged as its calculated to draw out the ar c i a lle' io l)°, two and three thousand pounds per annum may and to purchase a portion of our extensive imports • ; security. But, it may be rejoined, a bond brings in endeavours to consoliate a congregation, where there is one of no lack of numbers, at least, is that for the whole of L m e e n a d n e s e h , e a l n i ads the securedshortest the e most ee v legitimate route ween F t e o i k P e a t ° ri n s e from ena l O aa n t a ev Monday ev . enin th g e , aA n tu d e e r s i p eu e n o,3 , o d i.f,iii . c,ce f cii, easily be effected under this head. but when they have been dragged down to subsist interest, whilst h these notes are at 12 months date, the last year he only obtained from the subscription Boulogne. Anxious to do his utmost : ci lt Le h l e sa: ;n E. pa Trl n . y: lt ith e • • un-' with •that we ca n r `` ¢ ic" fund, as his remuneration, the astonishingly insignifi- The total receipts of the Vestry from rates during upon the paltry pittance of the labourer-to the We rly t he is connected, and give the public every advantage of sum e um roceeds for the present year be much 137ga baq n w E illp t e, third class, 371 . 6 d. ; second, 505.; first, 70s. t t o i vi o;;, ee it is quite impossible tliesini , scice e l:i . . efive l t i: ero.ii , entire of last evening's perfee,lnaene.els tied bjection that the notes are, cif the year have been £ 127,263 17s. 10d. The ex- 6s. or Bs. a week, upon which he starves,-there money and ° s p u a c yab a l n e a o s such to the corporation cant t th of twenty-eight pounds! nor will his share whom a cheap trip, his rate of charges from London to Paris and t e ' d tt penditure on account of the Workhouse is £18,451 will be small orders brought home by the commit- whilst the bond is only the representative of money, being only X 33. Notwithstanding these naturally from a 7fla h r o s u t meeting. AN ilf this society ti PHILOSOPHICAL 'their engaged d 13s. 4d ; on account of the Industrial Schools, cial traveller from the small towns and villages of based upon the very same security, and not convey- heartening circumstances Mr. Fenton has not relaxed in monthly mg £13,604 18s. ld.; and other charges, £68,795 le. Sussex, and, perhaps, more rick burning than either tible into cash to meet a pressing emergency his efforts to obtain for the inhabitants a suitable temple attendance was not very numerous, but the procee n gng t ; were from 4d.-making a total of £100,851 12s. 9d. The the landowners, or the new tenants, who are to oc- Whether would he have had a hundred of these . in which to worship, preferring the gratification arising Helier interesting; and finally, when a discussion arose, Re e r tl a d p e pzci t to r g tl e rvir e or i s ea u ,Te o d r r ed ; d ,i a aep i l d eyela s lri e ca C dhnwe l e; a gr C ae t lk s sdir o l o et, w%,glit lie, tio n from the sense of having effected a good work in bringing saentesidAirlitm=rafrasilpaanec! gba ti l i speciren s were . pre- n balance duc to the treasurer is £4,432 I Is. Id., cupy the soil, will altogether relish. Political eco- 20 t• tl •• f 1847 hundred , s. no es in he money crisis o ,or a together and uniting a congregation of Christians, though view to show the great drawba ck the study f Ta with a scene 7tb; "He Doux Tete-aTet! was l o p rro I sun: by Mad'slle. act, an d q c o 3s -t e , e( :) and unpaid accounts £5,975 12s. 2d., making in nomists talk very coolly about such " adjustments ' , pound bond ? We suspect that, if he considers very inadequately rewarded, in a pecuniary point of view daily to beginners, through the multiplicity plants, , espe- f 0 wnole of this and the following; aF's. aoalsile., all £10,408 3s. 3d. to be liquidated out of arrears the ruin which they inflict, and the crime which the matter well, he will confess that he would have to leaving those, to whom he felt it his duty to continue species or tribes, and varieties, with which some celebrated bo- operaticart. 'OnWednesdayeven in f ,, Jba J ae . , that Boildieu's celebrated. opera Le Doa' s ,, o e , ~ and this year's rate. Considering the heavy bur- they occasion ;but there are few men, not steeped preferred the former. ministering, for the purpose of obtaining a more lucrative tanists loaded the catalogue of plants ;though (as he showed by plates and dried specimens) many such distinctive appelations thins entailed upon us by our position as regards in the selfish dogmas of a cold-blood philosophy We are not about here to raise objections for engagement. Latte r ly abundance of proof has been given were not justifiable, and were only calculated to puzzle. These by Nicolo's comic opera of IA bra vagrant o i ,n of the want of c h ur ch a ccom mo d at i on, by the fact of the great professors of the science, it appeared, differed much one A USEFUL HINT TO MERCHANTI:di l', o ll the sister country, and our liability to pauper and who can contemplate them without pain and fear the purpose of knocking them down. We invitebe performed ; and . on Friday, Rendeirbetheeir ternporary place of worship being found to be too small from the other in their estimate of the distinctive varieties. It be necessary or not is a questiog e ` B ert It . 0 ; vagrant immigration from elsewhere, few parishes ___ them, however, and our correspondent shall deal for the numbers anxious to attend divine worship within was admitted by the meeting that a new and sim pler . system of he is legislatively discouraged. fa ell is se i stand better at the present moment than Liverpool, with them. This much only we shall state at pre- its walls. Notwithstandin g charity has flowed in rather classification and nomenclature would be desirable. In the lated to squeeze him still further; iit of . 0g 0. thanks to the energy with which the leading mem_ with as our deliberate opinion, that with such a munificently to aid the undertaking, it is, as may be sup- discussion that followed after that on plants the different ther houses nor land nor even a . dcaa . species or races of the human family was gone •- -, , -,keg a hers of the Vestry have devoted themselves to the Posed, of so stupendous a character, that with all the di/- system once fairly understood and in operation.• • • - strict discharge of their duties. We are requested - to contradict a marriage inserted in our last, between Mr. Deer and Mrs. Thompson. We have received £2 from Samuel Martin, Esq., and from Charles Groves, Esq., for the distressed cotton porters, whose position cs now, however, somewhat improved in con sequence of the numerous arrivals of vessels recently. We have personally distributed the bounty of these benevolent gentlemen, and their seasonable relief was very gratefully re ceived, and has conferred considerable benefit on s:veral most deserving families. In consequence of the interesting manner in which Dr. M`Neile so ably advocated the cause of the Moravian Missions, on Sunday. night, at St. Jude's Church, " A Member of the Church of England" asks very properly whether a public meeting would not advance the interests of that truly Scrip tural and Protestant work. El)t ilibr4oot &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1850. WE have not, of course, reported the proceedings of the Anti-State Church Society's meeting in this town last week. Their own party is now becoming utterly ashamed of their revolutionary and seditious tendencies, as is testified by the following state ment of Dr. Campbell, hitherto one of their cham pions : 1 ••• In another [ year we may hope to find the drain upon us for building purposes at an end ; and when, in addition to this relief, we procure the fair rating of every description of property in the town, we may anticipate a still further reduction of our local taxation. there is not a grocer, d ra p er , butcher, ba p ker, or shopkeeper in Liverpool, or wherever these notes were issued, who would not, within a month's time, gladly receive them as cash for goods, or a mer chant who would not receive them with the same readiness from the shopkeeper • and that, before the expiration of six month s , they would circulate freely from hand to hand in the ordinary channels A curious notion has of late been circulated rather extensively by the organs of the Free Trade party. The grain markets throughout the country obsti nately refuse to listen to the cheering voices and arguments of the Times and other clacquers of the Cobden policy. Prices will not go up. The farmer will not be persuaded that be is doing so well with wheat at 40s. as he would have done with the article at 60s. Trade generally is not in a state to bear out the confident predictions, which have been all along hazarded, of plethoric prosperity. A settled gloOm hangs over the public mind ; and this, we are told, is entirely caused by the repre sentations of protectionist speakers and journalists, who are misleading and frightening the whole community ! Board of Trade returns and revenue tables, exhibiting increased exports and imports, are referred to in vain,—thanks to the ravings of would-be monopolists, who persist in depressing their own and other people's spirits with idle stories of suffering and coming ruin. It is, no doubt, very mortifying to the advocates of free trade that they are unable to persuade the community that affairs are in a flourishing condi tion. Facts, however, are unfortunately dead against them. Balance sheets of commercial and manu facturing operations, notwithstanding the florid representations of ministers, shew results little bother than those of the despoiled and half-ruined ti3 m t i t li t: l 7 e i t e i irect ji / o ) , and elicited a good deal of varied but good-humoured . iy a o s a i T a A n NIT eoriAaaß favouritei cu trtz e T c s t . w -p a r s ir r w orn ° F a a SI T A I e ß a s k i l e assistance hitherto combined the amount required is not opmion. yet made up. In aid of this it is intended to hold a bazaar in the course of the ensuing summer, and it is —lt E tb s , that object on that large portion of what is calloeCvl accomplished hoped that when the peculiar circumstances of the case, of Rufford, g to bring into an system for as above detailed, are considered there will be no want of m (about Belf' --- three th e draining bog or marsh land ; re planand atwdonptmedilabseiinngletnhgatthsug! patrons to step forward in so good a cause. Leaving this question to be decided when the proper time arrive for w h i t c e h d belongsb drains to in s h i his r a a gent, Mr. Boosie. The plan briefly is—" Two putting it to the public, we shall now place before our Bested re readers a brief description of the church : spectively) have been formed to b • ring the surface-water from This church, when completed. will - the high-- -- - " For ourselves, although our aversion to State Con nexion, and our deep anxiety for the severance of the things of Caesar from the things of God are unabated, we can no longer, as matters now stand, remain identified with the Anti-State Church Association. For the last year or two, indeed, we have been practical seceders, hav ing hardly once attended its Committees, and taken no part in its public Meetings ; but now, even our nominal connexion with it,—till the perversion of its influence to purposes of anarchy shall have ceased, and the recurrence of such an evil be rendered ever after impossible,—is closed. WE NO LONGER STAND IDENTIFIED WITH THE ANTI-STATE CHURCH ASSOCIATION!' ~ , t oPi Thus, by some oth er t r i v i a l acconi entitled to carry nearly 800 passengerise.Y.co the Isaac Webb i s a J ac - s imile of 0,11114, has no less than seven hatches, all, c ' h with 'maho g a n y. Sh e i s fitted w",„,. water closets. The re i s a s i c k -bay dispensary well stored w ith drug s ', stoniol golden letters Mrs. M aur y's carries a surgeon." The cabins ° the rll , l O have been somewhat sacrificed twohec aD object of ordinary emigration. I " t ba o %l' to provide accommodation for rO OO l -tar l but they are fitted with that sv'',llitr d o cabinet work in enamelled gold 8 . 5 , 0 10,0rf,). American taste is so deservedly while it is chaste in appearance , . e s ",lwei'i'jer, The stem of the Isaac Webb i 5 head, and on the stern is a bust of tb e i d by the armsof E landand the gn e " o fie j ,e ng, erf el''`, is commanded by Captain CroPP n jeu„, traders, having successively tr r co 1 the Susquehanna, the Columbus , a c e,or'l,. and having made for the last twentY,,os;ll.4' per annum. We need not add that 111/ pected by all who know him. 111 'deo,' , I N signed to Messrs. Baling Brothers . fi eff den and Co. are advertised as their P . ' r , A A 9, tegi o l op On Friday, a member of the n il° 13 ?,01 ct; p fi tbl h v oe e eietn.d hours. epa between that town and Landon, s ," s o,,V ot h o e h i l n a e ts : aRlOuBDg yearrb f Tso miles, crahit provided. The vice-chancellor los •ti „ piece of plate, a clock, and a Ilan, a al sticks. His lady bas been preseni e r n e e s r e y n t o e f d ,cisloistaietiodrl of trade available by the banker or braoven Trep:i case of the insolvency of the borr _ OO 0 the au. . to duty be paid of per cent. on such o f 1 4 security. The bankers, both niedi,r v orts l os uniting their efforts to have suc bo id‘e. ll fe• punged; but it i 3 not so much c h ar vil,„etl perceivequestion, ti f l o a r t t upon hatth the y latter ar e ta t k h i e n r a a si F rs b en e to ' i ;dr: il the baneful clauses removed. l' ot ; 1 0. ' 0 911V attention of the merchants to the a l ijoerfse.ii. be a tax upon the merchants 0.1 0 . t be suer e l h 1 e 250,000 per annum. It must n u p ti Se!, that drew ~t 4, consist of a nave , .oer grounds to a sluice which discilarges — it - seli into the 86 feet by 27, and 57 feet in height, with aisles the same 4. (the level being quite as low as the outlet to the river nibble at Crossens. From the lower lands, however, in length, 15 feet wide, and a chancel 40 feet in length, ttliiir process i of the Mere, the water could not be drained by river.) s with organ, aisle, and vestry ; a south porch and steeple 36 feet wide at the base, rising to 151 feet in height, constructevdotrllinrienipal t l h and several collateral drains have been placed at the west end of the nave. In the meanwhile, the south side of the mere,ewatetrletowonnteerterlamitus in n r it s se c r o v u o r i s r e a n t owing to the limited funds, it is only proposed to contract fall to the reservoir of about six feet. At this g terminus or re forctahreriaedrcohuittecwtittho the erection of the nave and south aisle, south porch, servoir an engine of twenty horse power has been erected to and portion of the tower at the west end. We have lift up the water into the sluice already mentioned as the reci pient of the catch-water drains, and which discharges itself assure s im yreadersha that that Joh t n his H w ay or , into the river at Crossens. The water is raised by an immense o t u o r say t bucket water-wheel, and worked by an engine. This lifts and that true ecclesiastical taste and economy for which he discharges into a higher sluice 45 tons of water per minute. has obtained an env i a ble re p u tation, as will be seen from The water is prevented from getting back by an embankment a paragraph we have inserted from the Perthshire Adver kEwsicill"beis 4 feet high, and upwards of three miles long, raised on the tiser. I margin of the sluice. Of the 800 acres of land w hi c h w ill now be brought into cultivation by the drainage being effected The site has been given by one of the propriet ors of large proportion has hitherto produced only a scanty he r bage ,a Sandown-park, Wavertree, which has recently been laid of the poorest out by C. Sherlock, Esq., architect, for villas, w ith ex. lof crops, some of it being very fertile soil, particularly adapted cellent roads thoroughly made and sewered, commanding for growing potatoes and other vegetables, for which Rufford a fine prospect of the surrounding country, and imme- and the vicinity have long been famous, and it is almost need diately adjoining the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. less to say that c re cultivation cnns erat l s? n l c a r rf n e se a tract n of hitherto lost and useless hul will . d employment of At the south west angle of the Park a station is to be that 3T the labouring classes inneighbourhood. Were the other erected for the especial use of this neighbourhood. landed proprietors to imitate the spirited example of Sir Thos. Hesketh, five thousand acres of good land would be brought under profitable cultivation on Martin Mere alone ; and, if so THE CHURCH REVENUES.—In the majority of 208 who desirable an improvement were extended also to the Formby voted against Mr. Florsrnan's motion for a committee to " in- district, the extent of land under cultivation in West Lance quire into the incomes and emoluments of ecclesiastical digni- shire would be increased by no less than 1 1,520 acres ! The taries," were Sir P. Egerton, W. T. E gerton, G . Greenall, T. i mprove d va l ue o f th e l an d, ca l cu l ating it at the low rate of Greene, Lord R. Grosvenor, G. Hudson, G. C. Legh, Lord Jolla 10s. per acre, would be .4'5,760 per year. The pumping appa. Manners, J. W. Patten, Sir R. Peel, Lord J. Russell, G. San- ratus was first used on Tuesday last before a vast concourse of dars, and B. Spooner. Among the minority of 95, who voted rich and poor, and was highly effective. One plot of the drained in favour of the motion, were Sir T. B. Birch, J. Bright, W. land (about 120 acres) has already been ploughed for a crop of' Brown, J. Brotherton, R. Cobden, Sir E. N. Buxton, T. Ri. oats ; and on Thursday the water in the catch ditches within Gibson, G. C. Glynn, J. Greene, A. Henry, L. Heyw3rth, .7, the banks was reduced four feet below the surface of the Kershaw, R. A . Thick4efifiej.ThQradeY, Col. Thompson, and land ; and with the apparatus frequently at work 't is BQ t A., ' V. air J. Willusley, pected to be any higher in future. # 1 ding us from holding any sight . on the part of those that dr-- „„01 `i fi g . , covert intention of pressing the Mor o i:lad/J o ( fO i it arrives by increasing the expens e f stcli•ete , !ri this country, while it encourage%rtho o uo t in our foreign eommerce; and whet..,arsaloioll. secure a low standard of prices, th_il;]...--.4` recent legislation is very problamatic memismir weight 0 only !i ld.ter" DREADFUL ACCIDENT. — Two MEN DROWNED.—About twenty minutes past ten o'clock on Sunday night, James O'Donnell, steward of the Hibernia, Holyhead steamer, at present lying at Birkenhead Dock for repairs, heard a splash in the water, ciose to the vessel, and soon disco. vered that some person had fallen into the water between the steamer's side and the dock wall. O'Donnell immediately threw the party a rope, which he caught hold of, but had not sense to retain. The boatswain by this time having come to the steward's assistance, the latter, taking hold of the rope, boldly jumped into the water, and seized hold of a drowning man. He fastened the rope round his body, there being, it was thought, still a spark of life in him, when a few persons and a police constable, who had reached the spot, pulled him up on the dock side. He was immediately taken on board the Hi bernia, placed in the galley, and every remedy usual in such cases applied to restore animation ; but in vain. On the arri val of Surgeon Walker the applications were again renewed, and the body removed to the Dock Hotel, where every accom modation in the power of Mr, and Mrs. Beddows was afforded; but we regret to say with no better result. The body was after wards found to be that of a young man named Jelly, who, the same evening, had been drinking with a m an named Hardman, a ship-smith, from Drogheda, employed in repairing the tug boat Hero, lying in the Morpeth Dock. No suspicion arose at the time that Hardman had fallen into the water, nor, indeed, was any apprehension felt about the matter till yesterdaymorn ing, when his wife came down to the Hero to make inquiry for him, when the melancholy truth was susp ec t e d . Search was made in the various houses where he frequented ; but he was not to be found. At length the dock was grapnelled, and his body was fountl just in the spot where Mr. Jelly had been taken out. The corpse was also removed to the Dock Hotel, where au inquest will be held upon the bodies. No doubt both parties fell into the water together, whilst endeavouring to go from the dock wall to the steamer's deck. . Two most able documents are now before us, which, if anything could awaken the British Par liament and people to a sense of the injustice with which they have treated, and are even now treating, ourunfortunate West Indian colonists, ought to do so. The first of these is the petition, to both houses, of "the West India merchants, planters, and others at the port of Liverpool," and signed by F. Shand, Esq., as chairman of the West India Association, setting forth, in detail, the injurious measures by which their property in these colonies has been rendered almost valueless ; and praying that Parliament would either compensate them equitably for the wrongs inflicted upon them by its own and the nation's breach of faith, or protect them from com petition from slave dealing communities, by prohi biting the consumption in Great Britain of sugar and coffee produced by countries where the slave trade is still carried on. One passage in this pe tition contains a satisfactory reply to those inge nious ataticians, who, because they can show from ' T ii iii REA Apri ' tit.] ii is 0, AI 1 Gent Nr •7, / \ I ,. -etiti ~ THE ISAAC 1 " . " )' he bloc r oman , ,•• p ctlii, n es. wilt al l of this commercial emporium in c 1 ~11, , building of the highest class oitlicisesP.ei'nlo,, , t The name of Isaac Webb nated "American Liners," that it is l' it t ro• 44. tei.P °. YAL Isaac Webb sailed from: Nev, familiar s':,., artic u ;' .t. mention that such is the title of so y , jot , faw lge , , number of ships which of late years ba r l o ile 4 th a tata,, ll '' augment the importance of our Down° o lil 14 t 1 4, 1 , nt nt resp line ; and as, from her enornro;;! Ile b t ' t ,pii or „Ma n , draught of water, she was anchored for ~'ItNIZut it Bra river, where riding on its breast with 5 grog lot 4 1 , 1°1 lii t nn factU r s e e d York as °ti tl e . =1 t 'lit. r e•Roy ai er efl in like elegance, she excited an admiration lie , . trt t44 , ?p czt An instances was prefaced by " What , a ,,, . 4 tte il t t l it:' l : l, Stag, " How neatly and tautly she is riggeo a • t octi' iron ot.ltensivi name ?" It is simply answered, tee I' pie( 'jliqt,, sheis the 59th vessel that eminent builder. be . . h i i t oll gs 4 „ e ?Tr, the " daggers" within ten years, there T o °, 147,i,,,41,, t ie 11'1 that experience has not been agewall in to"' 1 4 ,4 k 1 „ plete ; more particularly when we f „ c to' it' l lill,i 4 b7lll o t t i, to natural pride that would arise frora the 8 - pp el' , P ,' 4114, wi r ack C. H. Marshall and Co., dedicating b e l ie e 0 h k r! i ( - ) a nd a pe, who, under such circumstances , would if, 0 , Qu v v r il l i nt ‘lad t t i h o e na e t x e c l e y lle in n e t r , eas an e d d , iinn ho n ou r 0: h : l : Se lid'.: i 111 S 4 ' 'l4 in strength and model beauty inie l ' - n ee , . , tt 4 ,l 3 ese Webb, in arrangement and model, is o rou r) 4 wtht , ana ti t TTft fac simile !of the Manhattan, but i 5 . s o f al some 50 tons greater capacity. Si a l e ,: i . dioeF follows : carrying acknowledged cargo 000 fed : Extreme length (over all). • • ":ISti '' _fa w c h t, ile th t a h t e , Length of keel ........... •• ' ' '2 43 d, Depth of hold ....... . • • • • '''' ••,' 1.2 , Beadth of beam • • • ','',,ree'' . 4 As Englishmen, we ha.v.e..a..n.atu'r,,l-.0 bei' strength of our own " wooden sysi,,, ls ;del ° l ' f , liners combine every quality t ensu' be; o / o re sure rapid sailing, they have of late,liin; servedly into the' significant title 01 n e, ,I 7 / the- Isaac Webb, so far as materiel POs ' 'e of quantity or quality. Her hang ing f ill ' are of great capacity, and the former of rage 22 inches in the throat; and t he ~ 11l _ Al t merely oiled them, so that the w % no groin of the timber is visible to all ets7ii' are filled to the nicety of cabinet 0 '4 0: a neat beading. F ret , t h e dose r i i iatl beams, which are 14 inches by 16, sil e je 5 , 1 ' curlings 10 by 6, the lodging knee s , ,Ji ° ,.,' are made to overlap, and thus renue'9,l",. The beams are 5 feet 10 inches aPertpor"..; by f no less than eight knees. Ibe ;,erA tto f e o ks are packed " as close as r• fee rl; e the and wizen, of the after part of the gat, } V a h re ile cle in;:b ; of izen, she is entirely live oak• . r , 0 0 ' that material, is in itself a curios' rf•re,i, hooks are, to increase their power ° J'l feP 4 plated. Her ceiling at the g alutib osr girr o ', increasing at the bilge -- I - thns - 00' to no less „ i re planking • is of proportionate wen 0 / back-bone, her k e f °l. '',.). eel, and keelson oil 1 rial nearly 6 feet in height by 3 feet d , 1 ings of the Isaac Webb filthelfr' P are all or knees are on the average bolted ing rods, double r _ a a . ooved. . 0 30 0 ,4 0 I sanitary point of view th' s tts io surpassed, and one material point?,'," e Ord tying the air streak to the height 0 1 54'0 the heaving of the vessel will act dir e ,, c ;tiP and tend to its ejection, which, act7e(l . 6 l ventilations promote that purity of eir: u penr of the lower hold is 7 feet , ' a, by -- i ment she contains on the a fr'' " o , Lower deck .. 5161 ft., g ivity , citri c. ' l ' Middle deck .. 3642 ft. 6in ' Second cabin.. 12496- , Room on deck, 375 d, Midship-house, 118 ft:, qh 4, g "Y at 11 11 4141 114, 10 x 0 Not Llv ta 4, , e: Doc ~t~i~tPd Fly „...0 b e ert o n ih e rt n local - fl N tS i to to i ti ktl t: l6a<qo err the t,lNiti" to i 01 1 ,4enr Can i reqnih( li ttli t) tis s oilt4 a otettrut z lb, tr o , D t 'tit,. 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BIRKENHEAD: Toniturirs_B2o;;o, CP' PINKNEY, Argyle- street ; 7 50 JO l I GREFFITH,HartIiitO n - St r e _.........,,_!;...../‘....410.7is 'O, iN ANNUAL'''''''''''''''''''''''''' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE FINANCIAL REFORM RATS. It is positively disgusting to witness how ready our ultra liberal Financial Reformers are to eat dirt at the Minister's bidding, and how shamelessly they turn their backs, at the touch of the Minister's whip, upon their loud professions of economy. On Friday a motion was proposed, in the House of Commons, by Lord J. Russell, for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the salaries and emoluments of offices held during the pleasure of the Crown, by members of either House of Parliament; into the salaries of Judges; and the expen ses of the diplomatic department. An amendment was moved by Mr. D'lsraeli to the effect that the House was in possession of all the information necessary to proceed at once to deal with the subject. After an animated re port, the motion of the Premier was carried by a large majority, the financial reformers par excellence ratting almost to a man, Joseph Hume alone being found amongst the ranks of the opponents of a staving off of the ques tion. The following gentlemen from this district voted with the majority ; and amongst them will be found some honourable persons who, during the parliamentary recess, were prominent agitators in favour of economy :—Sir T. B. Birch, John Bright, Joseph Brotherton, Wm. Brown, E. Cardwell, A. Henry, R. Cobden, W. T. Egerton, W. Ewart, W. J. Fox, T. M. Gibson, Lord R. Grosvenor, J. Heald, Lawrence Heyworth, (!) Sir J. Jervis, Tattoo Egerton. R. A. Thicknesse, J. Kershaw, J. W. Patten, T. Thorneley, Hon. F. J. Tollemacke, Col. Thompson, J. Towneley, Sir J. Walmsley, (! !). By many of these, of course, we admit the possession of sincere convictions of the propriety of the course pursued ; but with respect to some of the brawlers, whose sputtering has been of late so bud we can only say with Hamlet—" Oh `tis too rank !" Amongst the minority we find Sir P. Egerton, G. C. Legh, Lord John Manners, G. Sandars, R. Spooner. G. Muntz, R. Stephenson, Sir F. Thesiger, and J. Tolle mache. Seventy-six Protectionists were absent, of whom 66 (so it is said) could and ought to have been present. Twenty three Peelites voted with Government. The following miscalled Protectionists voted with Go vernment :—W. Cubitt, Sir E. East, N. Egerton, J. Heald, Sir J. Johnstone, General Lygon, Col. Pennant, Col, Reid. The following Whigs voted with Mr. Disraeli :—Hon. G. Berkely, H. Devereux, Captain Green, J. Hume, R. Keating, Hon. C. Lawless, G, Muntz, Lord Nugent. The most strenuous whipping-in was resorted to by Ministers, by whom the motion was felt to be a life and death affair. How the Whigs will fight for their pay ! MISS SELLON AND LORD CAMPBELL. A correspondence has just been published which has passed between Miss Sellon—who somewhat affectedly s tyl es h erse lf " Ye mother supr of the Orphan Home, Plymouth"—and Lord Campbell, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. The lady requests that his lordship's name may be withdrawn from the committee of the " Home," as it is "connected most painfully with a decision (the Gorham case) which for the present brands the Church of England with uncatholic teaching." His lard ship, in reply, dated " Midland Circuit, Warwick, March 31st," acknowledg es hi s correspondent's piety and benevolence, and considers that she misunderstands the judgment, as the Council gave no opinion on any doctrinal question, and stu diously abstained from doing so—having merely decided that the articles and formularies of the church are not so framed as to condemn Mr. Gorham's opinions. His lordship expresses a hope that the decision may heal the wounds of the church, and asks Miss Sellon to re-consider the matter before she un dertakes to pronounce excommunication on the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and all who approve of the decision. Miss Sellon replies that she differs from his lordship as to the probable effect of the decision on the church, and asks " How can it heal her wounds to tell us that her articles admit of a heresy which her creed rejects?" She writes at some :ength in this strain, but continues to wish that Lord Campbell's name may oe withdrawn. His lordship replies in the following beautiful terms : "Stratheden.house, Ap r il JO. "Madam,—l deeply griave that (although in very courteous language) you adhere to the stern resolution of excluding me from the gratification of being upon the list of your committee, and of contributing my mite to the excellent charities which you so laudably superintend. I must confess that you do not seem to me to have made any way to prove that my concurrence in the decision of the Judicial Committee in the Gorham case should disqualify me humbly to assist you in taking care of orphans, in providing a Christian education for the childre n o f worthless pnrents, and in mitigating the physical sufferings of our fellow-creatures. I cannot think that I am callea upon to answer your observations respecting the merits of the deci sion or its probable effects upon the church, or I could easily show that you beg the question entirely b y assum i ng that the doctrine to which you object has been condemned by her articles and formularies as a heresy, and I might demonstrate that whether the decision be wrong or right, it can afford no plausible pretext for leaving the church, as no reproach can be brought upon her by a misconstruction of her articles and for mularies, and it must be a very slight reproach to her if she has omitted to denounce one false doctrine as heretical, consi dering that no Christian Church has professed to settle dog matically all points of doctrine, and that the church in which those who complain most bitterly seem disposed to take refuge has studiously left open various questions, considered by the members of that church to be of high importance. I have only now to submit to your sentence. Though expelled from your committee, and forbidden to have any communion with you in your charitable deeds, I may, perhaps, be allowed in parting to remind you of the peril you incur by implicitly giving way to a religious impulse. Some of the darkest and most dan gerous prejudices of men,' said Lord Erskine, arise from the most honourable principles. When prejudices arecaught up from bad passions, the worst men feel intervals of remorse to soften and disperse them ; but when they arise from a generous though mistaken source, they are hugged closer to the bosom. and the kindest and most compassionate natures feel a pleasure in fostering a blind and unjust resentment.' If at any time hereafter you should be induced to relent, I shall joyfully avail myself of the opportunity of again trying to further your benevolent schemes."