The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

1847. ,rnmence at it Liverpool Is, in causes efore Tues t day. The' at the next ter, Thurs ; Liverpool, lays the re ? notice of >r the next verpool will. st, Salford, elsewhere. h, a bank against the raiier, for a tne Judges' ty shillings he reporter es to whom of law as to vii of Mr. dr. Thomas testator as [y named in tainty ; and a estates in e Brighton l excursion injured Totnes, to take place oheric prin i with much er and Bir d Cheshire y stages in eduction of y last, Mr. pester, ob i... itaaway station, Oil D a passen- ing. Mrs. , erdict was Clarendon lareholders the subject meting the Mr. Reed, tors, stated Ln arrange lends than do this by cent. upon the share )Of. a year, al in thirty any's con Iculations. ics per an- Kole of the rears; and :tors ; were effect this leeting, at 000 shares moiety of ►mmended ) HIS !lectors for 3n Manor that as a lace forth !dors con- respects a ketch. the 3h of again party Lberdeen's which, he with the alludes to 1 on ques- Ted expla pmmunica: views anc expressed 1 that eon feel that A* its doc stablished the tern spiritual the most the_coq dge of Di of human is duty every pro' Ales of the to other n with the ent with a h to take a heir object, ailment of of such a Collegiate s of those vils in the d, on the the people rtunities of this fact, chat them containing room for iopulation ; r parishes, ibourhood, re were 16 s, with an rly be ren- eneyof the Lold on the ng consent Bill, which m for the h the true deem the its doe,- ,o measures concerned, ern legisls g suspicion Tedy against approving to extend f the united of Romait to the stao y recurring it policy to- by quotum; port of the Mr. Burke though the class landed Part of the A answer t° 110 8 Etll I." It All )ert brought it of justice ow-subjects mg the Cha nd, and O! " fetter Ill' the Rontall iaborate de- ; of his rte' and they' uced hiut.tf ronet 03 19 which doe ° special ref!: e taken w,•-• ides by ea!": on the sar" July 20, 1847. /Loud gelvo. Ur. Lassell, near this town, has ascertained the exist ence of a sattellite to Neptune. It is intended to build a new church in Sackviile-street, Everton. The subscription for the purpose already amounts to £2600. Dr. Hodgson, of the Mechanics' Institute, is about to leave. He has accepted the office of Principal of the Chorlton High School, Manchester. A match was played on Saturday last, between the Claughton and the Highfield Cricket Clubs, when the Highfield won, with four wickets to go down. The committee for conducting the election of Mr. Cardwell, have taken a large shop and premises at the corner of Castle-street and Derby-square, which will be used as committee-rooms until the election is over. On Wednesday, a boy, named Gunning, residing in Kent-street, was run over by one of the sweeping-ma- Thines, in Great George-street, and got one , of his arms frightfully crushed ; he was taken to the hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate the limb. The Rev. Dr. Wiseman, and the Bishop Sharpies, of Liverpool, have recently proceeded to the Court of Rome 'on business of importance to the Roman Catholic Church. —Guardian. On Tuesday last, the first detachment of the 2nd regi ment of foot passed through this town, on their way from Birmingham to Dublin. On Thursday, the head division Passed on the same route, taking steam from the Clarence Dock. . EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF TEA.-Some time during Wednesday night, the warehouse of Messrs. Littledale and Co„ m Carlton-street, was broken into, and three chests of tea stolen, value £4O; the outer padlocks were forced off and the inside locks broken to pieces. A crow bar was found inside the warehouse. WOODSIDE FERRY.—The ferry committee have deter mined to increase the facility for crossing the Mersey, in such cases as may seem to require that accommodation, by reducing the charge for a night boat ',between 12 p.m. and 5 a.m.) from 30s. to 10s., so that, on any emergency, parties may engage a steamer for the latter sum at such hours as the regular boats have ceased to run. DEATH FROM DROWNING.—On Tuesday last, whilst a boy, named James M`Laggan, was crossing Burlington Bridge, and endeavouring to walk on the parapet wall, he fell into the canal. A boy who was with him at the time, gave the alarm, but ten minutes had elapsed before he was taken out, and then he was quite dead. Verdict ac cidental. To ELECTORS.—Persons already on the register, if they have changed their qualification, must make a new claim. All poOr-rates and assessed taxes due on the 20th of April, must be paid on or before this day, the 20th of July, by all the electors for cities or boroughs, or they will not be inserted in the next register. The2oth of July is also the last day for sending in claims for counties. " NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN."—In Liverpool it is absolutely necessary to write a good hand. To those who cannot do so we again recommend the establishment of Mr. Thompson, Clayton-square, who for a period of nearly twenty years has maintained, in this town, the highest character for ability and uprightness in his pro fession, as a teacher of writing, book-keeping, stenogra phy, &c. Mr. Thompson is ably assisted in the ladies' department by Mrs. Thompson, to whose announcement, in another column, we direct the attention of ladies suffer ing from defective education in their earlier years. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—A memorial to the Com missioners of the Woods and Forests, signed in two days by not less than 6000 of the inhabitants of Birkenhead and the neighbouring townships, was forwarded to their lordships yesterday week, respectfully urging upon them the advantages which will result from completing the Birkenhead docks. A petition to the House of Lords on the same subject has also received extensive signature. It expresses approval of the bill for the construction of an additional dock, &c., as of great advantage to the town and trade of Birkenhead and the surrounding dis tricts ; and as there are also numerous clauses in the said bill very essential to the economical and expeditious car rying on of the trade which may frequent the docks, it prays their lordships to pass it into law. LORD JOHN MANNERS ON 'CHANGE.—Lord John Manners arrived in Liverpool on Thursday, and measures were immediately taken for assuring the electors that he really was a candidate. On Friday his lordship was in troduced on 'Change by Mr. E. Molyneux, Mr. Chap man, and others. His lordship addressed the multitude assembled from the window of Messrs. Littledale's office. He candidly confessed that, under ordinary circum stances, he was not the individual to represent Liverpool, but as affairs had gone out of their ordinary course, some gentlemen of Liverpool who ap proved of his public conduct bad requested him to be come a candidp.te. After dwelling for some time on the _ distress in Ireland, and the inadequacy of the measures proposed for her relief, his lordship adverted to the en dowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland, a proposition which he said he should vigorously oppose. He ridiculed the idea of finality in the existing mo netary laws, and expressed his determination to give the subject his best consideration, calling to his aid the experience of practical men. He gave it as his opinion that a determined attack would be made in the next Parliament on the Navigation-laws, and exhorted the community of Liverpool to speak out on the subject. He declared the present tariff most rude and absurd, and signified his opinion that it would be for the Protectionists, with Lord Stanley at their head, to lick it into shape. All his political sympathies, he said, were with Lord Stanley and Lord George Bentinck. A person in the crowd asked his lordship whether he would vote for an extension of the franchise ? His lordship replied that he was not prepared to vote for the extension of the suf frage, as proposed by some people. Another individual asked whether his lordship would vote for the imposi tion of church-rates ? Lord John Manners replied in the affirmative. Several rounds of cheers were given, and his lordship shortly afterwards withdrew. BEAUTIFUL OPTICAL ILLUSlON. — OnWednesday even ing last, about sunset, after a bright and warm day, the appearance of the landscape in the Wm' all peninsula, as seen westward from the ridge of hill on which stands Wallasey Church, was at once novel and beautiful. The mist which some time before had begun to rise from the extensive low marsh lands of Wallasey and Bidston gra dually accumulated in dense sheets apparently of one per fect level, there being not a breath of wind to produce the slightest undulation. A similar thin film of haze lay on the adjacent waters of the Irish sea on the north, having, in appearance precisely the same level and elevation as the interior mist. The higher portions of the land dis tinctly visible over this general level of haze which ex actly resembled an immense expanse of the smoothest water, giving an entirely new aspect to the peninsula as far as the eye could reach towards the river Dee. Had a stranger looked upon it for the first time he would not have questioned but that it was like many parts of Hol land, at certain seasons, a low country on the sea coast nearly submerged in water. Leasowe Castle had an ex tensive lake on the eastward of it, extending to the bot tom of Wallasey village. Farmsteads on slightly elevated knolls resembled small wooded islands. The hamlet of Moreton, with its lofty trees, became isolated as amidst a large area of water; Bidston with its hill, church, light house, &c., stood out like a respectable promentory ab butting up the placid summer ocean ; the sandhills looked like a long ledge of rocks; and there were not wanting tops of trees and other objects here and there, resembling vessels. The metamorphosis was, indeed complete; and there were, we learn, not a few stragglers near Wallasey Church who, on jocular assertions being gravely made by bystanders, believed for some moments that the long dreaded irruption of the sea, through the sandhills into Wa11a..., Pr-a -al ',a...bey root, nan at len r ,otli been lam en t a bl y rea li zed, and that Birkenhead wo u ld be ruined as a port, and in volve Liverpool in the same calamity by sanding up the river Mersey and the dock walls. BURIALS WITHIN CROWDED PARTS OF THE TOWN.— We have long, in common with many of our friends and ice, and had hopes that it would be put down by law , if common; decency and the general feelings of the community did not effect that object. We have, however, been dis appointed. The Health of Towns Bill, so long discussed in the present session, and which might, or ought, to have removed the evil, has been abandoned ; and !is . some pri- meteries, still persist in interring the remains of their de parted-friends within them, we are left in statu quo. The churchyard of St. Nicholas's, in the vicinity of the Ex change, in the centre of the business part of the town, and &c., all thickly tenanted, has not only for many years been desecrated by being (with open gates) made into a common thoroughfare, to save the idle, or unpunctual, a short walk round its angles ; but burials still almost daily take place within its already overfilled area, to the annoyance, and often the disgust, of passers by, and the endangerment of the public health. The soil is wet, and the gases that arise from it necessarily taint the air. A few days ago, three interments there took place in one day, amidst the curious gaze of numerous idle assem blages. From one grave the remains of a body were sho velled out to the surface, mingled with the clammy earth, leaving the coffin, with the exception of the lid, still com paratively f res h , an d the whole shell was then broken up with a pickaxe with furious haste, and thrown up piece meal, to make room for the new tenant. The yard also Dlavarmina fr.. 4-1- • warehouses serves as a 'or oung, and a g for all who 'choose to use it, ne en y couraging a loungin disrespect place for the dead, which cannot but be demoralising to the living. surThe constant tr eading on th e grave-stones, that cover the face all over, has also nearly obliterated all legible 'trace of many of the inscription s ; 'and the probability is that in private graves parties are ...... ingtea in death who view eacn other in life. Surely something should be to arrest the evil, for the safety of the inhabitants the credit when pestilence is ravaging the land). ~(1 the credit of the town. kit tiers of our-intramuTal'ehurelil: y as bein g s till used, ards are also to be comlaied of, th o ugh not to the same extend ed ELECTION OF W ALLASEY - —The lection of commissioners for lightin g , paring, i' oi l T E r u sd s : y last. impr ov i ng, the parish of Wallasey, took g l , 1 There ..sere . ten commis vLect— namelv seven for three ye ars , i n t h e place of Messrs. Jose - 1: Christopher Ewart, Tho mas Fi s h er, Charles Holland, Harold Littledale, James Leay, deceased, Wm. Mann, and Thomas Peers ; one for two years, in the place of Mr. John Parry ; and two for one year, in the place of Messrs. George Hammerton Crump and Richard Parry. The election caused a good deal of excitement throughout the rural district, which, though little used to such doings, (the act for the appointment of commissioners, obtained only a few years ago, being the first induction,) exhibited, on a minor but spirited scale, all the bustle and manoeuvre of a parliamentary contest. Squibs in abundance, several of them clever and laughable, were posted on walls, field gateposts, &c., " astonishing the rustics ranged around," and the spirit of party rose to a considerable height, but goodhumour generally prevailed. The polling took place at the: Queen's Arms Hotel, Liscard ; the voting com menced at nine o'clock, an d terminated at three. 'Active canvassers for each party, some of them old stagers, were busy in all directions over the extensive district, In Rd- dition to private vehicles, coaches, cars, &c., were hired' from Birkenhead and Seacombe, to convey the ratepayers to the poll. The ladies, who are permitted to vote, if qualified according to the act, also took a warm interest in the contest, and many of them " manfully" recorded their votes in behalf of their favourite candidates. The aristocratic party adopted a " red " list, and the other a "white" list. At the close of the poll, the candidates stood as follows :—Red List.---For three years : Miles Barton, cotton-broker, Liscard, 221 votes ; Joseph Christopher Ewart, gentleman New Brighton, 195 ; Charles Holland, merchant, Magazines, 219 ; Harold Littledale, broker, Liscard, 232 ; William Mann, mer chant, Liscard, 220 ; Thomas Peers, cotton-broker, Poul ton, 213 ; William Peers, gunpowder agent, Magazines, 228 ;—for two years : Thos. Ward Sharlaud, tea-broker, Seacombe, 103 ;—for one year : Wm. Rushton Coulburn, merchant, New Brighton, 220 ; James Livesey, cotton broker, Wallasey, 200. White List.—John Parry, farmer, Seacombe. 154 ; Gideon Dar‘ grocer, Seacombe, 173 ; Richard Parry, innkeeper, Seacombe, 205 ; C. 11. Hill, attorney, Liscard, 186; James Richardson, painter, Lis card, 135 ; George Hartley, flour-dealer, Seacombe, 170 ; Evan Jones, gentleman, Liscard, 174 ; William Dean, jun., innkeeper, Wallasey, 149 ; Abraham D. Allen, builder, Egremont, 164 ; William Cleator, builder, Egre mont, 159. CRICKET MATCH.—A match was played on Wednesday last, between the second eleven of the Edge-hill and the first eleven of the Bark-hill Clubs, on the Edge-hill ground, the former winning with four wickets to go down. We annex the scoring on each side : EDGE HILL CLUB, First innings. Scholes B. Birch, c. by Gardner. E. M. Manifold do. do. A. Duckworth do. do. . J. F. Stewart do. do. . G Tomlinson b. J. Killick . W. H. Manifold do. do. . T. W. Tetley b. W. Killick . G. C. Crofts do. Hodgson . T. E. Hardy c. Leech B. J. Lawrence not out S. P. Stewart c. Hodgson byes 22 overs First innings Second innings 4 b. by W. Killick. 2 34 b. by Hodgson . 1 run out • 0 b. W. Killick 3 not out 6 4 not out 1 b. J. Killick 6 c. W. Killick 2 14 overs Second innings 1 b. Crofts 16 run out O b. Crofts 2 stumped Crofts O b. Crofts O do. Duckworth O c. Lawrence 28 b. Crofts O c. Tomlinson 1 b. Crofts O not out _ 20 overs BARK HILL CLUB Poole b. crofts Gardner not out Inman b. Crofts Hodgson do. do. .. .1. Killick leg before wicket .. Scholfield b. Crofts W. Killick do. Crofts .. Leech do. G. Tomlinson. Heintz run out Marsh c. Tomlinson ... Lea do. Crofts ... byes 5 wide balls 4 no balls 1 IS overs byes 15 wide balls 6 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNWHOLESOME Fisx.—On Thursday, Jane Martin dale and Elizabeth Ashort, of St. Johres Fish Market, were fined ss. and costs each, for exposing for sale fish unfit for human food. The informations were laid by Mr. Andrew Tyrrell, inspector of fish. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. —On Wednesday, Peter Mc. Cabe, a lodging-house keeper of Greenland-street, was charged with brutally assaulting John Crooks and John Flint, by striking them with a loaded bludgeon. The assault was prolonged and most savage. The pri soner was committed for trial at the sessions. The com plainants had both been in the hospital, so severely were they injured. FORTUNE-TELLING.—On Saturday, Patrick and Cecillia Collins were charged with having obtained the sum of ss. from Mary Jane Tatham and Ellen Quigley, by pretend ing to tell the fortunes of these females. The fortunes as told not having been, and being most unlikely ever to be, realized, the charge was preferred that the prisoners were raising money by false pretences. They were each com mitted for three months. ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, John Pearson, aged four teen, was charged before Mr. Rushton with entering the premises of Thomas Williams ' victualler, Richmond street, and stealing from 30s. to 40s. from the bar till. The case appearing clear, the prisoner was committed for trial.—James Mc. Cann, charged with stealing lead piping from the shop door of Mr. Salt, furniture-broker, North umberland-street, was also committed for trial.—Same day, Abel Clarke, for stealing a dozen shirts from the shop of Mr. M`Loughlin St. James-street ; James Green, for stealing a printed dress from the shop of Mr. William Peck, St. James-street ; Elizabeth Lewis, for stealing tea, wearing apparel, &c., from her mistress, Mrs. Eger, Falkner-street, were all committed for trial. CHARGE OF FATAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CAPTAIN.— On Wednesday, Captain Witt, of the Swiftsure, a vessel trading to Africa, was charged with having caused the death of Alfred Bowling, a Swedish sailor on board, by ill-treatment while at Bonny. It appeared by the evidence that the defendant had frequently struck and kicked the deceased violently, and the case assumed a serious aspect; but a surgeon named Duck, who had attended him at Bonny, said that deceased had worked after the alleged assault, and that he seemed well until he was attacked by fever, of which witness believed that he died. Mr. Rush ton reprimanded the defendant for the violence he had used, but as it was sworn the man did not die from it, he could go no further with the case. It was one, however, that should act as a warning to captains, for men are not to be kicked and knocked about in the manner this man appeared to have been. The captain was discharged. LOCAL MEETINGS, MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.--On Thursday, the usual weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held at the Revenue-buildings. Mr. Alderman Nicol presided. The following members were present :—Messrs. Molyneux, Wood, Mann, Lockett, Rankin, Kendall, Sandbach, Royden, and Shand. The business was very unimportant. A complaint relative to the non-erection of a porter's lodge between the point of Ayr and Mos tyn, was referred to the marine surveyors' committee, to inquire and report ; and a conveyance of certain land at Wapping was stated to have been executed. LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON WATER WORKS COM PANY.—The half-yearly meeting took place on Tuesday. H. Banner, Esq., the Chairman, read an abstract of the accounts, by which it appeared that the nett receipts left available for a dividend were £9926. This was more than the amount for the corresponding period last year, and shewed the progressive increase of the works which were going on to meet the increased population of the town. They had been enabled to supply every tenant when re quired, notwithstanding the great increase in buildings. They had also obtained water proportioned to the demand. The increase of money received within the half-year was £2,120. New tenants had been taken to the amount of £2OOO. The supply was most abundant, and of excellent quality. The flourishing state of the accounts would per mit of a dividend of 5 per cent. on the half-year. In reply to a question, he said that they could not exceed the ca pital unless further shares were issued. If purchased by the Corporation, they could not issue shares ; if permitted to go on, they could issue them. If the Corporation got their bill, there was a clause making it compulsory onthem to purchase the existing water-works, before they exer cised the privilege of supplying Liverpool with water from any other source or scheme. The statement of accounts was adopted, and a dividend of five per cent. was agreed upon, payable on the 2d of August. The amount per share would be £23 16s. 9d. The meeting then ad journed. THE DOCK BILLS. - MEETING AT BIRKENHEAD.- On Friday evening, a public meeting of the ratepayers and inhabitants of Birkenhead was held at the Craven rooms, for the purpose of considering the present critical position of the commissioners' dock bills, and urging on the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and the House of Lords, the great importance of passing the same as they now stand. The room was entirely filled, principally by working men. Mr. David Appleton was called to the chair • and having stated the object of th e meet i ng, mentioned that the petitions to the Woods and Forests and the House of Lords had received not less that 6000 or 7000 signatures,—a very large proportion in a popula tion of 18,000. Mr. Boyle proposed the first resolution, expressive of the opinion that the bills in question were of the utmost importance to Birkenhead and the sur- rounding districts, and that the most strenuous effOrts should be made by the Commissioners to carry the bills in their integrity as they came from the Committee of the House of Lords. The resolution was carried unani mously. No opposition was offered, but questions were put and indefinite remarks made by Mr. Shaw, of Price street, which were construed into opposition, and occa sioned some uproar. Mr. R. Hughes astonished the meeting by proposing that every owner of property in Birkenhead should from that day forthwith reduce the rent of his tenants 50 per cent. till the dock bills were passed ! The proposition was received with loud cheers. The chairman refused to put it, as contrary to the meet ing ; Mr. Hughes persisted, and a scene of indescribable uproar, cheers, hisses, &c., for some time ensued. On the motion of Mr. Joseph Snow, a resolution was then nassed. reauestinff the members for the county to aid the passing of the bills, and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting was declared dissolved. Three cheers were given for Mr. Laird. SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday (the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair), it was ordered that paupers in future should be buried in St. Martin's C!ne- tery. The report of the committee on the impositions practised in St. Anne-street was read, and various causes were assigned for it, including the want of a sufficient number of medical and relieving officers. They recom mended the appointment of eight additional relieving officers ; that relief in food and not in money should be given in all cases where it is practicable ; that tne quo rums resume their daily sittings. The committee thanked Mr. Woodruff for calling their attention to the subject, who moved that the report be sent back to be corrected so that it might show that all he had stated had been fully established, b ut th i s, on a sat i s f ac t or y explanation, was withdra wn . I t was agreed to appo i nt e i g ht a dditional re- Peving-officers. The total cost of relief during the week !lad been £579 4s. 6d. The Workhouse contains 1,935 inmates, 782 f ever cases, and severa l o f th e wards Fe are o vercrowded. Th e h ouse i s no t f u lly supplied with water. The, arrivAb. - were 4,737 Ireland last weeK against 8,50 a in the previous seven days. In reply to M Lewin, Mr. Hart observed that the greatest quantity a the arrivals consisted of able-bodied men. After some discussion, a public address was ordered to be issued, re questing inhabitants not to give alms to unknown streel mendicants. The board refused to comply with the re quest of certain steata-boat agents for the suspension a the quarantine regulations of - this port, A letter•was re ceived from Ma. Rushton, enclosing.a complaint of certair abuses at the Workhouse. It was.. referred to the Work house committee.. The board Then proceeded to theelee. tiou_of a registror.of births, deaths, and marriages for. St byes 1 no balls 1 THR LIVERPOOL SIINDARD. George's district. There were 14' candidates, which were finally reduced to three, the names and votings for whom were as follows :—Gurdon, 13; Pilkington, 7 ; Bleesdale, 2. Mr. Gurdon was accordingly elected. This concluded the business of the day.. b3ok place, when the' memorial was- ordered to be laid on the table. The MAYOR then read a letter from. Mr. John Laird, in which he repudiated the expressions " fraud" and " deception," which had been applied to his transactions with the Council hy. Mr. Parker on the last day of meet- ing. The proceedings.,.resolutions, and peports of the Courts of Law and St. George's Hall Committee, including the further report of Dr. Wesley, with reference to, the pro posed organ, and the report of the architect on the pro gress of the works, were then read and. confirmed. The Council then adjourned. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL , An adjourned and special meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday last,. to ,dispose of the business left over at the last Council, and also , a special council for several other matters. The Mayor presided; In commencing the business the MAYOR said that he omitted to state at the last meeting that there was a vacancy in the Markets Committee occasioned by the death of the late Mr. Aspinall, which would have to be filled up at the next monthly Council. HEALTH 'COMMITTEE. From the proceedings of this committee it appeared that the contractors of night soil wished to be released from their contracts, but the committee declined to com ply with the request. It was directed that the water from Green-lane works should be immediately used for the Paul-street baths, and for all other purposes sanctioned by the Act of Parliament. The proceedings contained weekly reports from Dr. Duncan as to the health of the town. On the 17th of June the medical officer reported that so crowded was the town with the Irish poor, that an entire family had taken up their dwelling in an old boiler at the north end of the town. He also reported that in January the deaths from fever were ten weekly, but they had since risen to 155 weekly, an unprecedented number for an English town. Amongst the deaths for the past month were 100 English residents. Small-pox had also been introduced by the influx of Irish, and of this disease 200 had died since February last. On the 26th the doctor reported that the deaths from fever for the fortnight preceding were 424, of which number 141 had had died in the hospitals, and 283 in the patients' dwellings. It appeared that Mr. Chubb, one of the deputy-registrars, had again refused to let Dr. Duncan have access to the books, unless Is. was paid for each death, or unless some arrangement was made by the Council for compensating him. The claim was referred to the Town-clerk, who reported that as the examination could only be considered as a search," the registrars were only entitled, under the Act, to one shilling for such search. After this an interview was held with the regis trars, and they proposed to furnish the weekly returns required by Dr. Duncan for £25 each per annum, or at that rate for any shorter period. The committee con sidered that ss. for each return was sufficient remunera tion ; but the registrars having declined to make an ar rangement on these terms, it was ordered that the mea sures of the Council should be communicated to Govern ment, with the view of getting a clause inserted in the Health of Towns' Bill, requiring the returns to be made on such terms as might be deemed proper.—lt was re ported that Mr. Parker had been appointed Chairman of the Baths and Wash-houses Sub-committee. At Freder ick-street baths 3827 persons had bathed during the past month, and 2652 dozens of clothes had been washed. The total receipts had been £5l 9s. sd. At Paul-street 8728 persons had bathed, and 4722 dozens of clothes had been washed, and the receipts were £B9 4s. 4d. A re solution was passed recommending that a piece of land in Gill-street should be purchased, for the purpose of erecting baths and wash-houses immediately.—Mr. PAR KER regretted, for himself and the Baths Committee, that no further progress had been made in the establishing of baths.—Sir T. BRANCRER said the question of baths generally had been referred to the Town-clerk, but in consequence of his absence he had not been able to re port. The Finance Committee were as anxious as the Health Committee to do do everything in their power for the benefit of the town, but they were tied down by cer tain rules, and by these rules they must abide. THE REPORTS OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER, Mr. DANSON regretted that the reports which had been read from Dr. Duncan should have been made public, for however useful those reports might be for the Health Committee, they would be calculated to create unneces sary alarm in the minds of the public. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER confirmed what Mr. Danson said. A great many innkeepers and shopkeepers were suffering. .It was quite unnecessary to read these reports in Council. The TOWN-CLERK then read a report of the Financial Sub-committee, relative to the claims for compensation made by several parties who had been dismissed from the offices which they held under the several boards of ma nagement of the out townships. The report recom mended that Mr. E. G. Deane, who held the office of Clerk to the Commissioners of Paving, &c., should re ceive an annuity of £66 13s. 4d., t o M r . J. . Snowball, who held the office of clerk to the commissioners of Tox teth-park £66 13s. 4d. per annum ; and to Mr. John Longworth £4O 13s. 4d. a year. Formal resolutions approving of the recommendations of the Committee, and confirming the sums to be paid as compensation, were then passed, and the Town-clerk was directed to convey to each of the applicants the decision of the Council. THE SURVEYOR'S REPORT The report of Mr. J. Newlands, the borough engineer, was then read. This report, which was a lengthy docu ment, detailed several new plans for the better paving and sewerage of the town, together with a statement of the necessary staff of officers which would be required to carry its recommendation into effect, was then read by the Town Clerk; after which various members of the Council expressed their views regarding it. Mr. TINNE said the Council must not suppose that, in approving of these plans, the expense was to be incurred in a short time. For himself he was not so sanguine, and if he saw the plans carried out thirty years hence he would be satisfied. Mr. THORNHILL. - Oh, you should never look to the expense at all! You may depend upon it the expense will be so enormous that it will make some of these large rate payers look around them in twelve months. Mr. J. HOLME did not object to the expense, but he thought some street ought to be chosen, and let all the plans be carried out there. Mr. EARLE hoped the committee would not listen to the advice of any of the men who had formed the old Highway Board. They were " highway men" in making the people pay. (Laughter.) There was not a sewer in the town properly constructed. There had been £136,000 spent since 1830 in sewering the town, and the work was scarcely worth a farthing. One hundred miles of streets required sewering, and only fifty-three had been done. In Toxteth-park three miles of sewers had cost £9300. Mr. PROCTER said the old Highway Board had got the Green-lane Water-works for £60,000, or about the amount the Council were paying for their new bill, which would not be worth getting when all was done. M. S. HOLME hoped nothing recriminatory would be said. He admitted that things, so far, had not been ver y well managed, for it was a very melancholy fact that many sewers had dry bricks at the bottom, whilst others carried water into the cellars instead of taking it away; but they were now on the eve of improvement. Let them acknow ledge they had been in the wrong, but let them now join heart and hand in making things better. If Mr. Thorn hill knew what he (Mr. Holme) did practically, he would speak as he had done. Why, he was a hundred years behind the age! (Laughter.) He held it to be the best economy to do things well, and not to do them as the Corporation usually did them—twice over. Some further conversation then ensued as to the right of the Town-clerk to subpoena any officer of the Cor poration which he might require for the furtherance of the bills of the Council in Parliament ; after which the reports and proceedings of the Gardens Committee and the Fer ries Committee were read and confirmed. RETURN OF PRISONERS The MAYOR said that by a new law the consolidated fund had to bear a portion of the expense. He held in his hand a return of the number of prisoners convicted, and the expenses of maintaining them, from October, 1846, to 31st March, 1847. 473 persons had been convicted, and the expense was £lBB6 ss. 6id. The return was or dered to be sent to the Secretary of State. Mr. RATHBONE again asked what progress was being made with the new gaol. The MAYOR said there would be something relating to it in the proceedings of the Finance Committee at the next Council. GUARDIAN GAS The MAYOR then read a memorial sANY signed J. Finch, junior, chair man ; J ames R. Jeffery, vie:J.-chairman ; Adam Pringle, George W oo d s , E. C. Tiindley, John Rogers, John Daniel, on behalf of the Guardian Gas Company, in which they complained that the decision of the Council not to interfere with either of the contending parties who were before Parliament last session had been violated by the committee of the Council, and Mr. Austin, their counsel, when before the court of the House of Commons. Mr LACE said as he was the party complained of, he hoped he would be allowed to explain. The council would recollect it was specially declared they would in no way in terfere with the principle of either bill. The sub-com mittee appointed to attend to the two bills were, from time to time, reminded by the Town-clerk that that was their situation, and that however desirable any alteration might be, if they went to the principle of either bill they could do nothing. They were to attend and see there was nothing objectionable in either bill, but they were not to touch the principle. He happened to be in London on the morning of the meeting of the committee. Previous to attending, he saw the Town-clerk, who had had a com munication with the Old Gas Company, which was to the effect that they would consent to the introduction of clauses, provided that the whole of the capital proposed to -'ised should be sold in shares, and that whatever was the premium on the_shares, it shOuld go to the course, as soon as not to he indivic .a-com mittee concluded to ask, they had nothing more to do. He attended the committee, and Mr. Austin, the gentle man against whom the_ communication of the Guardian ie were satisfied; on behalf proposed by the old company, and he said they were satis fied. The Guardian Company then proposed they should have their bill. Against that he did not say one word, because it would have been contrary to the directions of the Council. When there was an intimation that their bill would not be allowed, the Guardian Company proposed that they should receive £lOO,OOO in the old company at par, limiting themselves to a per centage of 71 per cent., so that they wouyl have received in perpetuity £2,500 a ?rice of gas. He then'stated, that that was contrary to the object of the Corporation, which was to get the best and cheapest gas for the public, and it was refused by the committee. The Guardian Gas Company, therefore, so far from seeking to benefit the public, as a Bernier resort, asked for £2,500 a.year for themselves. Mr. DANSON then proceeded to defend the Guardian Gas Company from the imputations on their conduct which he said, Mr. Lace's speech contained,: and also from some observations which Mr. Earle had made re garding,the company at a previous meeting; after which Some doultory . conversatioß, bordering uponversonalities, E. CARDWELL, ESQ., ON 'CHANGE Pursuant to the announcement in. our paper of this day week Edward Cardwell, Esq. , the last named candi date forour.borough, appeared upon 'Change that after noon, to address the electors. Shortly before the. ap pointed hour, (half -past three o'clock,)thehon. gentleman, supported by Sir Thomas Brancker and Chas. Lawrence, RN., and. accompanied by a numerous and highly-influ ential body of our leading merchants, traders, and and bankers left the office of Messrs. Laces,.Myers, Rigge, and Roscoe, and proceeding up Castle-street, took his stand upon-'Change. On reaching the square the hon. gentleman was received by a hearty cheer of welcome from a very large concourse of electors, who had assembled to hear him declare his principles. From this he pro ceeded across the square, the piazzas, and into the office of Messrs. T. and H. Littledale and Co., from the window of which he addressed the people, who had assembled in great numbers in the square beneath. On coming to the front of the window, Sir THos. BRANDKER addressed the crowd to the fol lowing effect :—He said that he had very great pleasure in introducing to the notice and support of his fellow townsmen Edward Cardwell , Esq., who aspired to be their represen t a tive in the ensuing parliament. They were all aware of the great loss which they were about to sustain in the retirement of their present excellent representatives—men who had served the interests of Liverpool long, well, and faithfully—(hear) • therefore it was that he, in common with the rest of the electors, were obliged to look round for men worthy of being their successors, and he was happy to be enabled to state that Lord Sandon had said of Mr. Cardwell, that he was the man of all others best able to succeed him in the re presentation of so important a borough as that of Liver pool. (Cheers.) He (Sir Thomas Brancker) had been asked why he supported Mr. Cardwell ? In answer to this, he would say that he supported him because he had known him from his youthful days, because he had long known and esteemed him for his worth and talent and industry ; and also for the possession of those quali ties which more especially fitted him to be the representa tive of a constituency so large and influential as that of Liverpool. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) In his (Sir Thomas's) opinion, he possessed qualifications which were second only to those possessed by Lord Sandon himself. and he (Sir Thomas) need not tell them what sort of a Representative he proved himself to be. (Cheers.) He wolud not detain them longer than to express a hope that every elector who then heard him would, on the day of the election, support Mr. Cardwell, as he would with both a heart and a hand. (Loud and reiterated cheers, in the midst of which Sir Thos. retired.) Mr. CARDWELL then presented himself, and was re ceived with long, loud, and hearty plaudits. When silence was restored, he proceeded to say, that he was indeed most deeply sensible of the honour which had been conferred on him by the electors of Liverpool, in having invited him to become a representative of their influential town in parliament. The natural difficulty which he felt in giving expression to his feelings, was much enhanced by the kind and flattering terms in which he had been spoken of by his kind, and he was happy to say cordial, friend, who had just preceded him. He had been invited to Liverpool to succeed one of the most worthy, one of the most valued, one of the most useful, and, he would add, one of the most talented representatives which the House of Commons contained. (Hear, hear.) He felt that he was in no way worthy to fill the place of such a man ; but if he was not, he relied on the kind feeling of the gentlemen of Liverpool to enable him to supply anything in which he might be wanting himself ; and he hoped that he should never be found unworthy of that kind feeling which had been manifested to him since he came amongst them to solicit the honour of being returned as their representative. He hoped that they would consider that their kind invitation had not been displaced by his not having answered their address until he had given Sir Howard Douglas an opportunity of returning them an answer, before he made his appear ance to them. He stood before them as a candidate for their suffrages at a time—and he rejoiced at it—when there was but little political excitement in the kingdom. Such being the case, he was well aware that any candidate who offered himself the representation of Liverpool— having any pretensions to success—must be surrounded by most of the very men—he should say, the kind friends — who were then behind him on the platform ; and there now being scarcely such a thing as political animosity known amongst them, it would be very ungrateful in him to make use of any language calculated to create anew the animosities which heretofore existed. (Hear.) He hoped they would permit him, in the spirit of nation ality, not of party, to review briefly the principles and policy which he had had the honour of supporting during the present parliament. The hon. gentleman then re viewed those measures of foreign and domestic policy which formed the chief features of the legislation of the parliament now drawing to a close, and proceeded to say that if the invitation from Liverpool had not brought him there, he would have been at St. Ste t phen's giving his vote in support of the China Committee. and a report, drawn up by Lord Sandon, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was recommended to make another forward step, by taking a large portion of the duty off tea. (Cheers.) Sir T. BRANCKER. — That is what I call the tea fight.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARDWELL continued to say, that a recent French minister had said that all parties were liberal who pro mised progress ; that those only were Conservatives who gave it. (Cheers.) He would, however, if allowed, parody that language, and say that the party who supported and gave progress best deserved to be called Conservatives. He then alluded, in approving terms, of the great increase which had taken place in the shipping of the port during the past Parliament ; and continued to observe, with reference to the Navigation Laws, that their respected and talented townsman, Mr. Bramley-Moore, had told them twelve months ago, that no trade in England supported such a number of the male adult population as the timber trade. And during the present session a committee had been sitting to consider the effect which the Naviga tion Laws had upon it. He believed that no person was anxious to reduce the importance or efficiency of the British maritime power ; but still if any changes cal culated to promote that great source of the country's wealth were to take place, no man, he was sure, would go further to promote them than he would. However, lest he might be misunderstood on this point, he would not give his own opinions, but those of a gentleman from whom, if the occasion arose, he would cheerfully ask ad vice. He alluded to their respected townsman, John Lockett, Esq., who, when giving evidence before the Committee of which he had spoken, said : " 7462. Chairman.] You mentioned in answer to a question of Sir George Clerk's, that you thought some alte ra tions or modifications might be made in the Navi gation Laws ; would you have the goodness to inform the Committee what modifications you think desirable ? I said that there might be some, but that I am not aware what those might be, for that requires more judg ment than I am in possession of, and a more thorough looking into the Navigation Laws." " 7464. Mr. Liddell.] What you would wish to d would be to consider any alterations proposed by those who wish to modify the Navigation Laws, and then to give an opinion upon those alterations ?—Exactly." In those opinions he (Mr. C.) fully concurred. He should consider every proposition which came before him, and he would consult the practical gentlemen of the borough, who could best give advice, as to its applicability and useful ness. Then he would endeavour to ascertain what was the tendency of the proposed alteratlbn ; and having done so he would form his opinions, and act on them in the best manner possible for the promotion of that which was calculated to promote the utmost good. And if the objects of any such alteration was to encourage and bring prosperity to the British shipping, such modi fication shall have his hearty support ; but if, on the con trary, it be calculated to injure this class of the national wealth, it should have his most hearty and uncompro mising opposition. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman then noticed the recent financial difficulties of the kingdom, mind that some alterations in the details of the present Banking Laws were necessary ; after which, he said that there was another subject, which although not an exciting subject, yet it was one of the utmost importance—the most vital importance—for there was no question that affected them all so nearly as the question of religion. He was by birth, by education, by profession, and by choice a member and supporter of the Protestant church. (Enthusiastic applause.) He had been asked the ques tion whether he had been an advocate for the plan which some said was about being proposed,—for the endowment of the Romish Priesthood of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He regretted the pre-eminence which had been given to that subject, for he did not believe that such a measure was sought for by the Romanists themselves, nor could he believe that it was contemplated by any party in the legislature ; having been as k e d th e ques ri e advocate or the or - any sticimeasure. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) And if asked what the tendency of such a measure would be, he would say, that instead of promoting peace and con cord and public union amongst Christian people, it would be productive of public evil and religious discord. (Loud ion. genl tory condition of the town, and declared himself toi;ea firm supporter of any measure ca l culated to promote the health, nappiness, comfort, prosperity, or education of the people. He had been in the early part of his life a witness to the election for their town of both Canning and Hus kisson, and in his latter days ln%yd taken some part in he was prow to say th It had ever been his pride to follow m their footsteps. These were the opinions which he entertained, and which it was his duty to make known to them ; and the impor tance of the circle of gentlemen by whom he was sur rounded, induced him to believe that they were the sen timents and feelings of the people of Liverpool. (Cheers.) And if he had the honour of being returned, lie would pledge himself to give their local business the utmost of his attention, and he would maintain with fidelity those opinions which he had then explained. (Loud and long continued cheering.) The hon. gentleman was then asked an unimportant 9nestion by, an elector. from the crowd, which he answered m.the most satisfactory manner ; and retired., amid the 04.140-of:the assemblage,>. E3tstrirt .eb3o. A finely carved " Royal-Arms," in white Carrara mar.. hie, has been placed over the pediment of the Theatre Royal, Manchester. James Adshead, Esq.,. of Woodfield, near Staleybridge, has been placed in the commission of the peace for the county palatine of Lancaster. A mechanic named Leech perished on Tuesday in a gasometer pit at the Mersey Mills, Stockport, into which he had descended to rescue another workman. IMMENSE SALE OF POTATOES.—The quantity of pota toes sold in the Manchester market, from Thursday, the Bth instant, to Wednesday, the 14th, both days inclusive, was ten thousand loads, of 252 lbs. per load ; the price from 12s. to 16s. per load. No diseased potatoes were noticed amongst them. FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—Parties would do well to be exceedingly careful in examining Bank of England notes before they are taken, as there are some forged notes now in circulation, in Manchester especially, of most superior workmanship, and in which the resem blance to the true notes is carried to the most minute particulars. FATALITY FROM SLEEP-WALKING.--OR Friday week, a man named William Hardcastle leaped from one of the attic windows of the third story of the Mosley Arms Tap, in Back Piccadilly, Manchester, and was so much injured by the fall that he died shortly afterwards. At the inquest it came out that he had been in the habit of walking in his sleep, and that last year he had been caught in going through the before open window, as in this fatal instance. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." ANTICIPATION OF THE TEN HOURS ACT.—MEETING OF THE COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION.—A special meeting of the memners of this association was held at Manchester, on Tuesday afternoon, at the offices of Mr. William Heron, solicitor, secretary to the association, for the purpose of taking into consideration the course to be taken by the trade under its present circumstances, and in connexion with the passing of the Ten Hours Act. In the absence of Mr. Robert Hyde Greg, Mr. William Taylor, of Preston, was called to the chair, and a long conversa tion took place with a view to ascertain the feeling of the employers as to the daily hours of labour to be adopted in the mills, on the resumption of full time by the establish ments. At length a resolution was submitted to the meeting, which was adopted mem. dis., declaring it advis able, and therefore recommending that millowners should, on their mills resuming full time, work ten hours a-day only, and, by so doing, give immediate effect to the full restriction of the new factory act, which does not legally come into operation until the Ist May, 1848. . . FRIGHTFUL DEATH ON THE RAILWAY. — An inquest, was held at Kersley, yesterday week, upon the body of Kay Collier, a man of about 40 years of age, a watchman, formerly employed about the colleries of Mr. Fletcher, in Clifton. It appears that on the Saturday evening previ ous, as the luggage train, which comprised sixteen wag gons, besides engine and tender, was proceeding from Bolton to Manchester, and when near Kersley Hall was observed to give a jerk, but not of such a nature as to cause the engineer to throw off the steam. On arriving at Manchester, however, the wheels of the carriages were found to be sprinkled with blood, and this caused a return to Kersley, and there was found the body of deceased lying across the rails and completely severed in two. He had been drinking at a beer-shop in the neighbourhood, and left there drunk late in the evening, and, instead of turning towards home, which is near Spindle Point, had gone in the direction of the railway, and, it is thought, at the time of the accident must have been asleep. He has left a widow and small family. A verdict of "Acci dental death" was returned. INSTALLATION OF THE DEAN OF MANCHESTER. — The Rev. Geo. Hall Bowers, 8.D., the newly appointed Dean of Manchester, arrived there on Wednesday from London, and was formally installed and inducted into office on the following day, in the choir of the Collegiate Church, with all the usual formalities. The Venerable Archdeacon Rushton officiated as commissary for the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and there were present the Rev. Canon Wray, Vice-dean, and the Rev. Canons Par kinson, Clifton, and Sergeant. The ceremony occupied a considerable time. At the induction a college cap was placed on the head of the dean. The procession of the clergy and others afterwards repaired to the Chapter House, and a merry peal of welcome to the new dean was rung from the old tower. The warden (or dean) then took the college oaths, and attended the usual morning prayers in acknowledgement of his full appointment. The congregation who attended the service was large and attentive. HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A YOUNG CHIMNEY-SWEEP. —On Tuesday last, the borough coroner of Manchester was for a long time engaged in investigating the circum stances attendant on the death of a poor climbing boy, named Thomas Price, residing in Shepley-street, London road, who died on the afternoon of Sunday week, in con sequence of the cruelty of his master, a chimney-sweep, named Gordon. The unfortunate deceased, a lad of ten der age, was only seven years and seven months old. It appeared that, on Sunday (!) last, the master of deceased was engaged in - sweeping the flues attached to the engine house of Messrs. Tenant and Co., chymical manufacturers, in Jackson-street. Another man was with him, and also the deceased. Gordon found the work too hot for him, and although unwilling or unable to go into the flues him self, he insisted upon and compelled the lad to do so. Finding himself overpowered, however, the lad came out, being unable to stand the oppressive heat, when his brutal master chastised him severely, and forced him again to re-enter. Shortly afterwards he was brought out almost suffocated, and perfectly insensible to all around him, when his master, Gordon, carried him home in a soot cloth, and flogged him brutally forwhat he called "foxing." This he did whilst the poor lad was in convulsions, and in fact on the verge of death, and the result of such inhu manity was, that he expired under it the same afternoon. The surgeon who made a post mortem examination found marks of burning on the head and body, and extravasa tions of blood in lines, the effects of repeated stripes ; but the immediate cause of death, he was of opinion, was convulsions from suffocation. Deceased had previously been in good health. The jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against Gordon, who stands committed for trial at the assizes. EXTRAORDINARY SPORTING FEAT.—OR Wednesday last, a sporting feat, which is probably unparalelled in the annals of the town, 'came off between two " sporting coves," resident in Manchester, in which the parties (who are well known) backed their respective ponies to perform the journey between Manchester and the ancient city of Chester, against each other, in harness. The match, (a true sporting one) we should state, was made three weeks ago, between Mr. Beardmore, fishmonger, of Victoria market, and Mr. Cotton, spindle and fly maker, of Queen street, Salford, as to which of their ponies could perform the journey from Manchester to Chester and back in the shortest time. The match was for £5O a-side. At four o'clock on Wednesday morning the start took place from the Old Fish public-house, in Knott Mill; Mr. Beardmore driving his own pony, " Brown Billy, 5 years old, and 11 hands 3 inches high, in a light gig, constructed for the purpose. " Black Bess," Mr. Cotton's pet, was driven by her owner, and is 11 hands 21 inches high, and nearly 8 years old. At the start both went well off together, and for the first twenty-four miles ran almost neck and neck ; as they neared the old city," however, Billy got in advance, and was the first to plant his feet in the domains of " Hugh Lopus," performing the distance (40 miles) in 44 hours. In returning, they came close together as far as Northwich, when Billy again made a sprint, and left Black Bess " behind. Strange to say, umpires, referees, and all, were left behind by these ton - i-tits(or!t least by. Billy) who reached home after an absence of 81 hours. Towards the end of the journey the mare was distressed, and she did not reach Manchester until about an hour and eighteen minutes after her more successful rival. The owner of Billy is said to have netted about £3OO by the match. Black Bess was the favourite all along.—Man chester Courier. THE MANCHESTER COLLEGIATE CHURCH REVENUES. —On Friday last a very numerous and reswectable meet ing of members of the church of England (including churchwardens and sidesmen) was held in the town-hall, Manchester, for the purpose of taking into consideration a proposed arrangement between the Chapter of the Col legiate Church and the parish churchwardens. Mr. SAMUEL BIRLEY was called to the chair, and in his open ing speech showed the difference of opinion between the churchwardens, and the Manchester Church Reform As sociation in relation to points respecting which they ori ginally agreed. He stated that the churchwardens, in their petition to Parliament, prayed that " the whole 'in come and revenues of the rectory should be applied to the efficient pastoral and ecclesiastical superintendence of the parish of Manchester; " and that now all they sought was to appropriate, not the while income and revenues, but only ' the surplus funds." He contended that the Association had remained true to its principles, while the . churchwardens deviated from them, and sought other objects. After Mr. Heelis had been heard on behalf of the churchwardens, the first resolution was passed with but three dissentient hands, in a meeting of 350 to 400 persons. This resolution confirms one passed by the meeting of district wardens on the 3d of June, declaring -+ the proposition of the ch.n+.-,r „impte_ .s not satisfactory, and expressing surprise that the parish churchwardens should persevere in seeking to carry that proposition into effect, after the opinion so decidedly recorded against it. The meeting declared by the subsequent resolutions that no settlement of the question can be considered satisfac tory which does not retain the entire revenues of the Collegiate Church for the payment of a parochial and pastoral clergy ; that the endowment of a dean and chap ter of the cathedral church of Manchester ought to be commissioners, and not out of he revenues of a parish where the clergy are so inade ,uate in numbers to the wants of the population, and so very scantily endowed. These resolutions passed with manifestations of the most perfect unanimity. Even Mr. Heelis, in seconding a vote of thanks to the chairman, stated that he had little doubt but that the churchwardens, when they found that the expression of feeling was that had been evinced by the meeting would think it advisable in some degree to defer to it. WARRINGTON.—ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—The Con servative candidate, Gilbert Greenall, Esq., has, during the past week, waited on the principal part of the electors, and the result of his canvass leaves no doubt (come the day of election when it may) of his being returned the honourable member for the borough of Warrington by a Large majority _o canvass he ha's been received with greatest enthusiasm and kind feeling, not only by the electors but non-electors. He declares himself to be a churchman, and that he will do all in his power, if returned to Parliament, to uphold the purity, honour, and stability of the Church of England, and that whilst he would allow religious toleration to all sections of the christian. community, he would not support any measure calculated to impair its usefulness,. or to di vest it of its power. On the question of free trade he declares that he would support such measures as wore likely to promote and maintain the great commercial interests of these kingdoms, so far as that can be consistently done without injury to the landed interests. On Fri day last, and whilst Mr. Greenall. 'was proceeding with his canvassing party through the borough, a false alarm was raised by the friends of Mr. Allcard, the Liberal candidate, stating that Mr. Greenall had re signed from the contest, doubtless with the view to prejudice his cause, but this bubble soon burst by the announcement by placard that the result of his canvass was such as to place beyond doubt a signal victory over his op ponent. The so-called Liberal party are using every imaginable device to beguile the unwary. A few days ago it was announced by placard that the friends of Mr. Greenall would form a processsion and escort him into the town, to the Market place, when he would address them ; upwards of 250 electors, and others, to the number of 700, joined in it, but, to their surprise, before reaching the Market-place, a waggon had been drawn up and taken possession of by the opposite party ; but finding that Mr. Greenall had to avoid confusion, resolved upon addressing his friends from a window, opposite a large open area in Bewsey-street, the Allcardites, consisting chiefly of non electors, file-cutters, boiler-makers, children, fustian-cut ters, and a number of Irish labourers, assembled around the area, and by shouting, hissing, and ringing of a large bell, it was with great difficulty for many to hear the dif ferent speakers. The procession. however, formed again, and proceeded through the Market-place, Mill-street, King-street, Sankey-street, and Bridge-street, to the Lion Hotel, when Mr. Greenall again addressed the elec tors. A few of these Liberal non-electors have, within. the last few days, been induced to offer large odds in betting with Conservative electors, for the purpose of n ullifying their votes ; but this artful dodge has been dis covered. The Liberal party have announced by placard_ that a meeting of the friends of Mr. Allcard will he held on. Monday, the 19th instant, in the Music-hall, Bewsey street, when Mr. Falvey, of Manchester, will address the electors. COTTON CULTIVATION IN INDIA A report has just been presented to the East India. Company, from a committee in Bombay appointed to in quire into the causes of the decline in the cultivation of cotton in that and other presidences. In making this in quiry, the committee carried their examination back as far as 1834, when the mercantile privileges of the East India Company ceased, from which date they find a rapid decline both in quantity and value. This decline, however, has shown itself the greatest last year, the export of 1845-46 for the whole of India having been less in quantity than itt any year since 1840-41, and much less in value any year since 1834. At the port of Bombay the average export of the six years previous to 1846, was 384,427 bales, front which the export of the last twelve months shows the enormous falling off of 127,036 bales. The cause of this decline the committee consider to be the inability of the Indian cotton to compete with Ameri can, either in the home or the Chinese market. In the latter the difficulty is principally the inability of the Chi nese manufacturer, using Indian cotton, to compete with our yarns and goods made from American cotton. The remedies proposed are, in the first instance im proved modes of culture, with a reduction of the fiscal burthens borne by the grower ; and in the next an im provement in the mode and reduction of the cost of bring ing the crop to market. In Western India the commit tee considered the system of agriculture almost as good as the circumstances of the country will admit of ; but the introduction of the New Orleans description of plant is recommended. The fiscal burdens press onerously at present upon the growers. A Customs duty of 121 annas per cwt. is levied upon all cotton exported, except such as is sent to Europe or westward of the Cape. This rate was fixed about 12 years ago, and at that time, the price of cotton being high, it only amounted to an ad valorem duty of about 3 per cent. At present, with the reduced prices of cotton it amounts to Bor 10 per cent. The committee strongly protest against the continuance of this impost, which. presses the more heavily upon the Indian grower at times (of low price of his crop) when he is the least able to bear the burthen. With respect to the land rent, the commit— tee consider it too high, and out of proportion with the rent in the United States, against whose growth the Indian. has to compete. They recommend, therefore, " a revision of assignment, and its reduction where excessive." Much, however, they find may be done by bringing down as low as possible the cost of transit from the interior to the port of shipment. The pressure of the present high. rates paid upon the price of the article may be estimated from the fact that whilst in the Dharwar district the first cost of the cotton at the mart where it is bought is only 50 rupees per candy, the carriage to the coast, a distance of only 110 miles, is 13rupees per candy. A still more fearful pressure is felt by the producers of Central India. In ad— dition, there is the depreciation which the article under— goes from exposure to the weather, the dust of the road, the sweating of the animals, chiefly bullocks, on whose backs it is carried, and other drawbacks. The committee states that, in the case of cotton bought in the market of Khamgaum, the first cost does not exceed lid. per lb. ; yet the expenses are not less than ld., or sixty-six per cent., upon the cost. A partial remedy for this evil is to be formed in the im— provement of the present roads, the construction of tanks and reservoirs at the various halting places, &c. ; but a judicious system of railways in India can alone meet the difficulty effectually. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The money market has been influenced by the closing of the account, for which money was much wanted, both. in the stock and sharemarkets. This difficulty, however, having been surmounted, prices showed an upward ten dency, and shares, in particular, were quoted at a trifling advance. The foreign stock market was also firmer. The East India and China Association have recently published their comparative statement of the number of British ships, with their tonnage, entered inwards and. outwards from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the Ist of Jauuary to the 30th of June, in the years 1846 aad 1847. According to the details of the vessels entered inwards; it appears that the return for the port of London shows an increase of 26 vessels and 18,782 tonnage, the num bers for 1846 being 349 vessels and 148,927 tonnage, and. for 1847, 375 vessels and 167,708 tonnage. The Liver pool return shows an increase of two vessels and 1,608 tonnage ; the Bristol and Hull return an increase of 11 vessels and 3,989 tonnage ; and the return for Clyde and other ports an increase of 15 vessels and 4,753 tonnage, making a gross increase on the whole statement of 54 vessels and 29,132 tonnage. Among the items consti tuting this result may be mentioned the increase in ar rivals from the Mauritius, stated at 28 vessels, from Bom bay 10 vessels, from Singapore and Penang 10 vessels, and from the Philippine Islands 11 vessels. The principal decrease has occurred in arrivals from China, Calcutta * and Arabia. The clearances outwards establish a decrease in the case of the port of London of 37 vessels and 9,689 ton nage, the numbers being 247 vessels and 109,291 tonnage in 1846, and 210 vessels and 99,602 tonnage in 1847. There has been a decrease to the extent of 19 vessels and 2,616 tonnage in the case of Liverpool, and of 13 vessels and 959 tonnage in the case of Clyde and other ports. The only instance of increase is manifested by the return from Bristol and Hull, where the number of clearances exceeded those of last year by 5 vessels and 2,080 ton nage. Making allowances for this exception the total decrease then appears to amount to 64 vessels and 11,184 tonnage ; the chief points in which a falling off has oc curred being Calcutta, Bombay, Ceylon, Arabia, Mauri tius, and the Cape of Good Hope. On the other hand, a slight increase has taken place in the clearances of ves sels to Singapore and New South Wales. As far as settlements have been concerned, there has been a busy time at the Stock Exchange, and even up to the present moment the jobbers have not wholly completed. their books in this respect. The Railway Share and Con sol accounts have undoubtedly been the heaviest, and, with one single exception (the case of a broker who had. before been found " weak " on the payment of differences), they have passed over in the most satisfactory manner possible. The fluctuations in consols have been continu ous throughout the month-and-a-half the account has had to run, and the weight of operations is decidedly supposed to have been in favour of a fall. The fine weather, coupled with the good accounts from America, have, how ever, `• run counter " to the market ; and those circum stances, together with the anxiety of the " Bears " to close their bargains, have helped in no inconsiderable degree to improve quotations to the extent of nearly 1 per cent. since Monday last. At the conclusion of the business on Fri day, the whole of the English securities presented a firm and stable appearance, which is not quite supported this morning. Bank Stock was then called 195 to 197 ; Con— sols for - Money, 891- to f ; and for the August Account, 891. Consol scrip has again reached pm. Exchequer Bills show a little flatness, and barely maintain 9s. to 13s. pm. Our Cotton market during the week has been steady but lively in tone ; and the sales have been larger than last week, principally, however, owing to an increased demand for export. The total sales are 40,160 bales, of which 11,200 are for speculation and 7,700 for export, leaving 21,000 for the trade. Prices of American are the shade higher. Brazilian and Egyptian kto a higher. The im ports are about 18,000 bales; the stocks 425,000, against 760,000 last year. The Manchester market is improving, owing to the en couraging reports by the last steamer from Boston. BEBINGTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second exhibition for the year of this society took place on Friday, in the gardens of the Rock Ferry Hotel. The attendance was numerous and highly respectable, (including many ladies of both counties,) and the show the best that hag yet taken place on the ground. An excellent musical band, relieved by the Lancashire Bell-ringers, enlivened the amusements of the day. We have not room to par ticularise the various fine plants, flowers, fruits, &c., which deservedly attracted the greatest amount of admira tion, and must content ourselves with the names of the parties who obtained the principal prizes—many of them. for many and various products :—The Rev. J.Mainwaring, G. J. Wainwright, Esq., H. Wynch, Esq., R. M. Beck with, J. T. Raynes, Esq., S. Branscombe, Esq., Mrs- Millbank, Sir W. Stanley, H. Thompson, Esq., T. War rington, Esq., Mr, Killock, Oxton nurseries ; Mr. Davies, Larkfield nursery ; Mr. Dixon, Chester ; Rev. R. M- Fielden ; W. Sharp, Esq. ; T. Green, E s q., and many others. The geraniums, verbenas, &c., were superb. Mr- Fender, of Bold-street, Liverpool, showed some splendid grapes. The roses were peculiarly fine. The society, though it has been established only a few years, has evi dently put the growers of fine plants, flowers, fruits, &c., upon their mettle, and the competition , keen, yet generous, has, no doubt, had an advantageous effct, not only amongst the more wealthy competitors, but ail ire* ai h um ble neighbours. Improvement in Ale. gree n-house, and garden of the opulciiti e,resph, M - .. g arden of the cottager, and, by a natural rbtxibracirain the end, the field and every available spot , fOr 1,tiNa,....... tion, to the increase of all that is beautiful-Or use fillip ~ the vegetable kingdom. We wish the . Bebington so , eiy would add a few prizes to their list fOr i theigacciurAge War' of cottage garden productiou§. ', ~''~"~ .I,l\ is \omit