The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

,tlefs by Ruction. DE LANORS' BULBS. To., By Mr. BRANCH ns, --" "w (Wednesday), the 22d itant, at Twelve o'clock at the Hanover-rooms, A P. SE of very choice-DUTCH fro % fiI:OWER ROOTS, emb all the To e celeb ra t e d N ars • sof De Lange /nay b"e viewed One r prior to the Sale, w. PR )4, ". VALUABLE PROPERTY, WHITECRAPEL AND MANCHESTER-STREET. By Mr. BRANCH. BULBOUS usual fine varieties, , at Haarlem. ten Catalogues ton„ I3I !ESD Eno_!tt..., rfiv i iiTt . t: such conditions as win oe tnen produced, and in 6 , !more as may be then azr - upon, SHOPS, on the W side of Whitechapel 0 50d sa„.._ corner of 'Stanches -street, in the occupation of Mr. illil lim 'L . c, Grocer and dsman, at a Rental of £2OO per John-street, Liverpool 'ringatlOP,pyrthe south side ~ the l astibentioned Premises. "'", Musical ID, J anchester-street, ad ation of Mr. ament-mak, irp orat pure of . both tbe above Shops is Leasehold, un vs y e , ton of Liverpool, for the Residue of a Term of S vkaso,"tirs,:vk.ich commenced on the 4th day of August, 1832 [der the ."(ocha on me west sme ot, and Numbered 133 in, J ' Hill .„13el, theoccupation of Mr. Frederick Bostock, late Th e and ealer, at an Annual Rental of £BO. 4 / 1 41.0 11 11re of She e ts t-mentioned. Premises is Leasehold, Ser e Z Coorati of Livrol, for th Rsidue of a Term "gir o Y - fire rp Year o s, n which co po mmenced e on e the 7th day of ? Op , gs, Dale-street, ;naffs, Pipes, aild-6Thei a aises, No. 13, PAt elagh-str R 4 "Tne otp,. Particulars ay York. Zo be g:atix or let. WEST DERBY. T ,„, 13 e LET, or SOLD, if pr red, a very superior a tii EL LING-HOUSE fo files from the Exchange. It "N n di a lian Structure, well d substantially . built, and a fit ee for a Fmily ie first respectability. th eti,P a rliculars, a an n order to view may bP . HAIGH and Co., 11. Op )btained from . °I.° BACCONISTS AIT II I7g , p y 'HERS.-EY PRIVATE iNt ie SOLD by TEXniit, in One Lot the STOCK ., , of e LtADE of a TOBACCONI,ST; consisting of a (man- Liverpool, where a. to Five p.m. r, the 24th instant ; i-street, or to Mr, rom whom all par. neat Detached LE, situated at R 7TT•SPECTION OF SUNDERLAND ENLARGEMENT OF TM a PLANS, &c. FOR DOCK GAM._ INTENDING CONTRACTORS are hereby inform_ 1 that the PLANS and SPECIFICA S for the Three Pairs of DOCK GATES will cont.' e open for inspection, at the Dock Office, Sunderland, u ' FRIDAY, the 17th Septem ber ; and in London, at the ce of John Murray, Esq., Engi- Weer to the Company 5 , ntehall, Westminster, froin Moiv. DAY, the 20th, until NESDAY, the 29th September next. Parties are requ ed to forward their Tenders to the Secre tary, at the Do Ace, Sunderland, not later than FRIDAY, the Ist Octob r next. Sunderland hock Offiie, M. COXON, Secretar 7th August, 1852 LIVERPOOL DOCKS,_ • TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS TENDERS fOr in the formation of the proposed NV SIG DOCK and BASIN, the ALTERATION of the THOUSE DOCK, the RECONSTRUCTION of the ST ENTRANCE of the QUEEN'S DOCK, and th RNIATION of OUTER EN TRANCE'S to, and th EEPENING of, the QUEEN'S BASIN, and such oth matters as are set forth in the Specifi cations. The Plans and SPecificatinns of the above Works may be seen on annlication at the Office of the Dock Surveyors, Dock- yard, Cob'u'rg Dock, on and of 'ttee will not bind themselves to take the A DETAILED STATEMENT OF THE TERMS, &C., OR which the business of the Company in its various branches is con ducted, and exhibiting the successful result thereof, lately enlarged and published by the Directors, may be had at the Head Office, and of the Agents of the Company in Great Bri tain, or will be sent by post, on application by letter. HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary. Cheapside, London, 6th September, 1852. gents for the Company in Liverpool are : Messrs. HORNBY and MARSDEN, 10, Nord rs. MUSGROVE, VANCE, & WORTHINGTON, largraves' Buildings, Exchange-street East. AT. H. MACLEAN, Tower-buildings. J. T. LEYLAND, Exchange-court, Exchange treet East. r. L. CROSS, 26. Castle-street. LONDON. Raikes Cur John Druu William R:Hainilt Captain H. G. Har TO CORRESPONDENTS J. Mooll.—At present there is very little chance. 113. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Eiberpoot glYtaltbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 21, 1852. aMMIMIEZAZ?C , V7c .31V`,,' , 10=Zat;n1gr:745,.1an. DEATH'S LESSON. "But yesterday, and who had mightier breath ?" Such must have been the exclamation of every Englishman on heari'ng that ARTHUR, Duke of WELLINGTON, had paid the debt of nature. Such an event, although it has been for a long time a proximate probability, shocks and puzzles us on its first announcement. The dissolution of one who found a refuge and a career in our great sister's territory." 'Tis true that many very remarkable men, who have "left their country for their country's good," have found a career in the United States. We wish " our great sister" joy of them, first and last. " When recently," continues DUFFY, " there was anger between England and America, the hearts of Irishmen turned instinctively to the escaped convict as their leader in the battle aga the robber of the world. We pres that the last dreadful figure of speech applies to Great Britain, which is to I considered the big " thief o' the world" in a certai serious and solemn sense Without stopping ti conjecture how this extensive larceny has been perpetrated, we can understand that Mr. CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY'S heart, and the hearts of other Irish gentlemen of his own kidney, turned instinc- tively towards Mr. " MEAGHER of the sword," when there seemed a chance of a fight between the and that the hearts gars, S, ie Prem lo3pleittol;e'Sent ig-eti or before FR.. ;rTyTs,• DANNERAnd SON, North Jo e'••••,„:2slal„'olicill , tY t be obtain 33 Lrd-street, Liverpool, rd. !wed each 44 . 1)4 SOLD, by PIM tt ` D I L L ki a —A, COACH-BOUSI t'tos ` a el'e, Toxteth-park, co and suitable Offices on the e Viand Two Bedrooms, with P s 7Dlete4t:tioor, Three Att'ic rooms, &c. '1 he House a k_ l4l l4lll, l th all the necessa fixtures, and is well adapted for . '`na 14.' a lnilY- The G en is well stocked with Tr( r*LtOiaeeticulars ply to Mr. CuLsil and STAB fisting of Tv itertaining- Architect, Rum, BIRKENHEAD DOCS. iG - , an u' p acturers, Engineers, and Others K ,requiring Waterside HD Premises and Railway Communication. 1, 4 "7;„ BIRKENHEAD D COMPANY are viD t g_ar . ed to LET on L E, in lots to suit Tenants, ,pith ;ling the Birken (1 Dock, and connected by rail yi„,e parts of the ngdoin. k e ,2 nas especi advantagea for Sugar Refineries, Saw 41 e epvi e t)e . ry r , I ngineers, Shipbuilders, &c., Fee.,.and is _ _ Ste r 852 us land 1 . large burthen. No dock dues are charge -or shipped in these docks.—By order, W. H. SLOMAN, Secretary. 1° , cost SOLD, or LET on Lease, a valuable Piece ke:'.!,',,,,‘.ltOuND, situate in the Townships of Speke and ntai ning about Ba. Ir. 6p., statute measure, and pos t% fron veui tape of about 225 yard - ,46 the River Mersey, with p i e;, ` ' . aCcess, and a depth.of water of 15 or 111 feet at the ky r ndi ng - stage at medi tides. There are on the Pro- Orr. Ore i .r,"d Dwelling- se, with Stables, and fourteen :rick of !v C ottages ' a a good supply of Water, with a Bed Dly t . URGE WILLIAMS, 12, Cases-street. T el be ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT. W s SOLD, a small and very compact ESTATE, of bin ttl'ated in Littl e W oo l ton , in the parish of Cbildwall, NtOodt 'miles of Liverpool, consisting of 74 Statute Acres l ie e .. /Zl.; in a high state of cultivotion,.and lying . in a ring to f) petti,i,, rrOperty is well Wooded; and is very suitable . for 4 g 4 ?ce of a person retirierk from business. There a in g ll ollSe in the eetftre of the Land, and, in addition i;ll:4lio.,trft-house adjoiping, with . ample Buildings for the oirct, 41, 1 " or the Proprty, which is now let to two most pq th e 1 ; tenants. There are also several superior Cottages lettqftp.._roP.erty, always commanding good , tenants. _ Sr i nformation apply to Mr. G. Vk ILLIAMS, Al chi- Cas es -street, Liverpool. „ 1, - C, ',JP LAND, BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. ` l6l - , E FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, h ti: t 1.6 of SAL E by TENDER. belonging. to the Honourable Yll l tprdnance, situated at Bottom 'Gate, in Blackburn, Cit,;,ketli..:e Turnpike Road leading from Blackburn tp Burn -1)11:-.. 'Von, Alanchester, &c., and the Leeds and Liverpool NO ; Four Closes of LAND, eligibly situated for i'sioll , POses, are now ON SALE by TENDER, namely, k h eir v_ astures and Road, the Higher Meadow, and the Itferadovi, containing, in the whole, about 20 Acres and tre k inove, statute measure. or 87;707 superficial - Yards, be the ti4lkti t i r G e . s , r less. The Land is . situated .i c l ozif . uons to Para- .for,-een Bank Cotton Mills, and . immediate.. k ,ir eenlow, Plantation, and Nityif,ation Cotton Mills, t o 4 l;it a zt i n rota . ge to theFanal'OroT..elience the above named apr their Water for stefolver) of about 256 lineal t:4 Ta 4 1. gy t m e Which portion of tll6 said Land contains most de- GeN?litiht f or the Erection of Cotton or other AI anufacturipg t o Mly The remain ;Cotton of the said Closes are ex' - v, ; .ta t ;e:tcl e e,,aPted for Building purposes. b n e in fo o r u n oft t e7hnoenoiloey which Tenderersf the said Land, and are the icreta.which Tenders must be sealed and addressed 2 to L '_Y of the Board of :Ordnance, London," and " received by Lim, on or before MONDAY, the If it shall occur that there are two or ' notice will be given to the par - what further time 'increased Ten - Tenders Z '') t reielterllhor •t-ers - next. _ . 1 11 6 ° , l lar e e qual in amount.. ;eh ailow ed —Tde such Tenders, statio, alrai iafter Khi for them to send in other and i.— (e l . , n att o „ if there shall be still two or more for ~sl . . set e Z, the Honourable Board of Ordnance r etain the z„ sr li , i ew g the prchaser.. ; I . e t . a dii, ,,, v i v e_Proprty,.applicution must be ManchesterfliadetoTlie 1 44 ° Eligineet, I], Dawson-street, -, rra ck irtile Present Tenant of the Land in q' l i ,. a Ster, at Preston. BY order of the Board of Ordnance, .stion ; or Hance G. I 23rd Avila, 1852 3tTLEr. T t IGI N or ANcIENT . MYSTERY. k i Llb P-....Lu s A SSYRIA-ifi I teKSIOAH'S FLOOD— , uNT FIRST KIN RTy TiI , ORE I_TPON 1117 : 64 • I ° A RBACES— G a CONQUERED THE LAST e l t kie Ch ant') Ole e s - the ge to . tahlish the Origin. The End to Ay i fees -thr ee Give Time of each Reign 41—it is to (4, 11 1 .. ) , k ,, t, ...• LES. non- " RAILW , zgement with the Oxford, Wo. ton Railway Company. ERN VALLEY 'l,ropsed Trtqc eester.o and TT o a lverhanz, Appy, • .AL, .t 300,000, IN 1 - IARES of £2O EACH DEPOSIT, 2 2s. PER SH'ARE• 11 1 C444 P Prop. Olc e „üblic Bodies loC 3 : - -11M;;', t i e n i ? ested up. iiptie t tiltitgle Duke of Cie iler. the Lora Bisho d of Worcester. 4 b e "• Lord Forester P 10:,1144triayagl Paul, Bart • 11}1 4 1 h 1 1 11 9 0 ,''' Winningte:, Bart Nf.P.. qxf ttielorYche Whitmore E.g .' M.P. 44 4 rtt 1 1 , 4 E sq te4Zor'47,lrcester an d • Wol ve rhampton Railway Company brotT.,Corporation of Bridgnorth. /I: h t - "ale Company. Pi RECTORS. Ec r orester, M. P n . ath' l:l n s; T er i9 Ts r,) ii(laV • . tteee , 4 ,,t, Bart., M.P. Francis Parker, Esq. tsq M. Grazebrook, Esq. elw _ ENGINEER. u _cif the .obert Nicholson, Esq. and vv „, SOLICITORS. . Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London "tdon Joint S tock K a n n 6 lcing Company. 4 1. 1 1 11% SECRETARY. C o Charles E. Reed, Esq. tol l , l liNcley 0 7 th is formed to afford to the important districts s above Stourport, the benefit INitie ew°nd/neugcla.etiont; lying ' 11 " leave the OXford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp iilill,c,!foo,,ear to Hartlebury and proceed to Stourport, teMinti h 'w the Valley of the Severn to Coalbrookdale ; Wier t o Ln its course the To vus and Districts of Stour -41:41oc-knsttr, Bevvdrey, Bri4north Coalport, M adeley, Zroseley, Jackfield, Ironbridge,' and Coal- tl itt 'up tl4 , 4 4 lky% 4l i th or i t i e l s a t l s r o o ; in connection with other Railways, esta- Log t , ute between the above places and the whole tl h,` kddi t ?` of England and Wales, as is ell as afford an tk_lfiret,A lona! communication between them and Lon ttorjo fh t 9f the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton_ 1)1•4 1 45, ° D0 11; and thence by the intended extension of !tie to London. • - kti,"try tit Line is about twenty-six miles in length, ant l k li til lt;tte 4 , (l a i r°ll „gh which it will pass is well suited for the -es t i t tt Nlll, l 4 l l ii is for this Railway, and the advantages that will lMitL it tsq I,3r_,Ota.tion, both locally and generally, have lonr ki t ro Pp o '.rlo rruittculties which are now, however , removed, ot ? i th e nity vented its being made. The Line will . pass in INtigNe the great mineral fields of Shropshi . re, .and - 10 adi —soufactoring and rich agricultural districts, i4DenTi e e ct outlet for the whole of this produce, now 4t lit ig nth , a t i l i t for its transit upon the navigation of the th„SLY s h ll , l ieer t 9ve Stourport, is well known to he most dif iet'llsi;'irei,,‘P ; in short, this Line will accommodate a ple l th l r,fei t vi ,,,ithout a Railway and where the want of one 1 41 'ci e 't lb; he sources of traffic are very considerable ; o h. 00 th.yxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Coin th:t 1,1", will, ; Railway from Oxford to London, the Severn iittNigteri,illo c onnection with that Extension, tend still tyl e ttl4 Of th Y to develope the mineral and other resources ntberee,,Severn by the peculiar facilities which would isiZ„tors ( .7* lbe'ttep','• Cord", the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhanip ft "eto r ,yanY have agreed, subject to the sanction of he „, it , o De;to work the proposed 'Line at prime cost, not ~Itibt,gre4y all i ent. of its gross earnings, and to allow to kjecei„n_et profits, and, in audition , per cent. °I xford, 11. orcester, and NI olver bt 0 y ,onipany, in respect of all traffic of the t lt is ti L i r ari l , WaY Company which may be carried upon i _te p .,n es ‘‘..Part of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver ot 'tict e" onon eCn , alleya extension of the same; provided ' 6 ' Railway Company shall pay a clear ce n • l,al b e e,..:•:_!!P divided cost of its Line, any excess '4.aliv between the two Compa- t .. .0 AO h; Oh, ° T the C ompany not obtaining its Act of Incor to to ttiti c l'sr sharors guarantee that the expenses shall not vi z the 1.1 / 4 '. for A : ,'6ecr et , os Pectlises, Maps, and Shares, may be et 555 Solicitors, or to the following Bro- Ir .', L0,d,,,,,.1..Av FORD, Esq., 7, Angel-court,.Throg '• P.A,x‘'....., Messrs. LANE and PERRY, Birming , .R and LAMING, Manchester ;or to Q keht... D. and J. B. NEILSON, Liverpool. ()Vet, .Londoz, Septonber, 1852. v i A I c ,4 II APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 8 OF THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY. At . , . rta SI )011 will allot me S th ki agu e n the terms of the Prospectus h , ares and in I And e i same, o r s uc h less number as von shall e 4,tesß.nclertake to Day rho residence THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, Eql antEV. H ,I Vpr—t N, 33, Bold -street. WA NENTGELDA,NaDLIINBsRTAI about £5O pe Testimonials to r) lpril not later than FRIDAY MORNING, addressed to the " cretary, Ton tracts. LIVERPOOL CORPORATION WATER-WORKS. THE WATER COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL the BOROUGH ( iy to rec STRUCTION of a NEW RESERVOIR R. now ex ing, at Ken! ough of Liv in the Township of West Derby, ENLARGING the TUNNEL undE mid, in Liverpool l and ftir other W EMS incident Specifications of the Works may be obtained at the Forms of Tender , works' Engineer ei;)eihe 'Vat, Liverpo every person Pure ng su der will be enti to inspe Drawings de ited in the ffice of the'Engineei, and to make together with the e Tenderer, to be enclosed in a on the prescribed form, sinned b - Town-clerk," anti enaorsec Tender for - Reservoir and other Works at Kensington," an( to be delivered at the Town-hall, Liverpool, at or before Elever o'clock in the Forenoon of FRIDAY, the Ist day of October next WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. s envelot Town-hall, Liverpool, Insuranu "No tins. ATLAS FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 92, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. Established 1808, and Empowered by Act of Parliament of the 54th Giorge 111., cap. 79. DIRECTORS. JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy-Chairman Sir William Baynes, Bart., 1 Moses Mocatta, Esq. ~. A. E. Campbell, sq. Capt. A. L. Montgomery, R.IN T. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. James William Ogle, Esq. Donald Maclean, Esq. Joseph Pulley, Esq. Samuel Eustace Magan, Esq. Arthur Augustus Rasch, Esq AUDITORS. Francis B. Hookey, Esq., and Joseph Grote, Esq Actuary,—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Solicitor,—Thomas Browning, Esq. Surveyor,—Thos. Hopper, Esq. IN TIIE Li cit.—The essential qualifications of rfect security and—the highly favoured POLICIES AY BE I 3FFEC D for the whole term of life by if-y rly, also by a limited number of DI of assurance which originated with survived a generation of which he was the most illustrious ornament, to experience the affectionate and grateful respect of another, while he presided over the councils and watched vigilantly over the welfare of his country, seems at first to be a scarcely normal event. There was something about the character and history of the great national guar dian whom we have just lost, which seemed at variance with the mutability characteristic of human affairs. So much the more he event fraught with instruction to the survivors The memories which come crowding in long and serried train on our TT ,find, in looking back upon the hero's career, almost bewilder us; and we can not but shrink from the attempt to gather, and arrange, and digest them, wh e as yet over- whelmed by the contemplation of " the foremost man of all our age" lying low under the stroke of the inexorable tyrant, Death. Contemporaries can seldom do justice to histo rical characters ; and although WELLINGTON has already, for half a century, belonged to history, he was too lately among us, too familiar to our regard, too closely mixed up in affairs with respect to which most of us have had our private, and class and party, feelings and prejudices, to permit us thoroughly to appreciate him in all the bearings of his public character. On one great point contemporaries of every hue of political opinion, and the millions of posterity must all agree, that in the story of WELLINGTON'S life is to be found an example of lofty and unflinch ing devotion to the performance of duty which will be profitable to mankind throughout all time. Never, we may fearlessly affirm, has it been the lot of any man to exercise so large an influence on the destinies of his fellow-men--to occupy so prominent a place in the history of the world—to be so incom parable a champion of the glory of a great nation in the field, and so wise a director of its peaceful councils ; and yet to preserve his honour and alle giance unsullied, and make it impossible for calumny herself to suggest that, throughout a long career of unparalleled temptation, he ever once made the minutest sacrifice of duty to his own interest. It is, perhaps, by comparing the con queror of Waterloo with the mighty adversary whom he annihilated, that Englishmen will learn best how to appreciate their illustrious countryman, and to feel with what gratefully jealous care they ought to consecrate his memory for the admiration and example of their latest posterity. In NAPOLEON'S career, from step to step, we see the very essence of selfishness—self-aggrandise ment, the one object towards which all his efforts were concentrated ; we behold in him various re narkable talents, vast influence over the minds of his dependents and instruments, aided by a super stitious reliance on his own high destiny—all used with an utter practical disregard of the principles of justice, truth, and honour. No sacrifice of human life, of popular prosperity, of any of the usually re cognised obligations which affect mankind, seem to have weighed with the great CORSICAN Adventurer against a chance even of temporary success and glory. A " bold bad man,"—the reckless scourge of nations,—he reached a high eminence above his fellow-men, only that his LUCIFER-like fall might be the greater, the more irretrievable, the more in structive and profitable to the world. What a no ble contrast, in such respects, is afforded by the history of him who has but now been called from amongst us l If there was something of the Stoic or of the stern Roman hero in the DUKE of WEL LINGTON which restrained him from courting or expressing gratitude for the sympathy of his fellow citizens, his character was therefore only the more complete. Of him it might well be said, " He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove, for his power to thunder ;" yet was he no Cynic, but was ever ready to dis charge every duty which society imposed upon him. This is not the place, nor is this the time, to recall in detail his exploits as the greatest captain of the age, or the services he has rendered to his country since peace crowned his warlike labours. These,—are they not written in the chronicles of GREAT BRITAIN and of the WORLD ? NOW that he has been called from the scene of busy life, he has become a memory of the past glory and great ness of England; and while the name of WELLING TON lives beside that of NELSON in the perennial page of HISTORY, as a shining example for imita tation, England may always confidently expect her sons will "do their duty." "THE FELON SENATOR" AND HIS FORTY ALLIES. AMONG the most prominent of the select company of Forty-one Members of Parliament pledged to Tenant-right and Religious Equality, stands Mr. CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY, of the Nation news paper. Mr. DUFFY prides himself on the title of " The Felon Senator." His views with respect to the British Constitution,' his estimate of the Mo narchy, and the character of his political projects, have been made notorious to the country by its criminal annals. Mr. DUFFY has been returned by a portion of his sympathising fellow-countrymen to represent them in Parliament. Before entering upon the performance of his Parliamentary duties, Mr. DUFFY, like all other Members, will require to swear upon the holy Gospels of GOD that he will bear true allegiance to the QUEEN. Without taking that oath it is impossible for him to exercise his legislative functions. Lest any simple-minded respecter of conscience should entertain a suspicion that the Member for New Ross had changed his opinions in order to enable him honestly, and without forswearing himself, to take his seat in the House of Commons, the " honourable" gentleman has taken care that the columns of the Nation should amply demonstrate his unabated disloyalty and rebelliousness. The admission of the escaped convict MEAGHER to the privileges of American citizenship afforded an admirable text on which to hang an exposition of the editor's political opinions and desires. Hot from the Tenant-right Confe rence, the fearless DUFFY rushed to his desk, and indited an effusion designed to blanch the cheek of the sanguinary Saxon, and make QUEEN VICTORIA tremble on her throne. We will venture . to cull a few flowers from the garland wreathed by the Na tion for the brow of the "illustrious" MEAGHER. We believe some of our readers will not yet have forgotten that Mr. MEAGHER was one of the Irish gentlemen whom it was unfortunately found neces sary to render " illustrious" a few years since, by sentence of transportation. " His" (to wit, the said NIEAGIIER'S) "presence in America," saith the Nation, " is one of the surest hopes of 'lreland. He is the last, but not the least illustrious of the sacred band of patriots who have ptember 17,18 west or any of the Tenders The Tenders must be sealed, endorsed " Tender for Dock man of the Dock Commit- Work 5, ,, addressed to sent in to ti Dock Ofji;e: Liverpool, Sept. 2 CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HE Commissioners for executing the Office of T Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 28th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such I' • - to CONTRACT for SUPPLY- 2ersons as may be willing w ING and DELIVERING into Store, at Her Majesty's Na. Yard, Simons Town, Cape of Good Ho 0 Tons of South Wales COALS. fit for the Service er Majesty's Steam The Conditions of the C i o rf n t l p(ct. and a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said e. No Tender will be received after one o'clock on the al' of treaty, nor any noticed, sinless the Party attends, or 'an Agent for him duly authorized in writing. Every TcnderZt be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the Sum of ....'2OOO, for the due performance of the Contract. the Storekeeper Gene set-place,7th Sept.,l CONTRACTS FOR POLICE CLOTHING. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. THE Watch Committee of the Council are ready to receive TENDERS for SUPPLYING, by CONTRACT, the following, ARTICLES of CLOTHING for the CONSTABU LARY FORCE, viz.:— 1556 Uniform BODY COATS and TROUSERS:I for Police Constables of the same I 94 Ditto FROCK COATS and TROUSERS, I I-{ for Firemen %. description r and quality l 8 Ditto DITTO, for Fire Constp.ble - r I 27 COATS and TROUSERQ or Briclewell- l of cloth. t keepers. j 2 27 SCARLET VESTS, r Ditto. 3 43 Uniform FROC OATS 3z TROUSERS of the same for Insnect s description 7 Ditto DITTOS, for Clerks andquality of cloth. 4-750 HATS,.fOr Police Constables { 50 Plainf ELT HATS, for Inspectors 5 34 Do. DITTO, for Clerks and Bridewell-keepers 6-750 ARMLETS 7-800 Pairs of Pegged Leather BOOTS 8-1600 Pairs White Cotton GLOVES; 9-800 CAPE STRAPS The following prices will be paid for Hats and Boots, viz. : Uniform Felt Hats, for Police Constables, Venti 9s. each lated, with Leather e bin Straps Plain Felt Hats, for Inspectors, other Officers,} 10s. each and Clerks Pegged Leather Boots Tn r 7s. per pair. ,ommittee reserve the option of dividing any one of the .racts, as above-mentioned, into two equal lots. Persons sending in Tenders are therefore requested to state their prices for the whole of any lot, or for one-half. Contracts. as Patterns of the Clothing, and samples of the Cloth now used for the various articles, may be inspected any day, between the hours of Nine and Twelve in the Forenoon, at the Office of the Head Constable, until TUESDAY, the :nth of September instant The whole of the Cloth most be Wool-dyed. The 'Uniform Buttons for Coats and Vests are provided by the Co:ninittee. Every Article not fully equal to Sample will be rejected, and the Committee will on no accountaccept the same by allow ance for difference of value or otherwise. The Committee will not pay for any Sample Pattern sent for inspection, except such as shall be approved of for the Con tracts. The Parties whose Tenders shall be accepted will have to enter into the usual Contract for the due fulfilment thereof, and engage to complete and deliver the Goods on or before the hat day of March next; to he paid for en approval, in cash r at theexpiration of One Month from the delivery. _ _ Sealed Tenders (separate from Sample Patterns) must be left at the Town-clerk's Office, Public Offices, No. 2, Cornwallis street, not later than FRIDAY, the Ist day of October next, ad dressed to the `• Chairman of the Watch Committee." and marked "Tender for Clothing, Lot ;'" and any person Ten dering for more than One Lot must send Samples and 'renders for each .Lot separately, and numbered on the outside, as before described. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any of the Tenders for the respective Lots. order, WINT. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Public Offices. Cornwallis-street, Liverpool, 4th September, 1852. Insuranct Notias. [IHE LANCASHIRE I INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions, HEAD OFFICE-! 26, MARKET-STREET MANCHESTER, TRUSTEES, James Cunliffe, Esq., - Banker, London. Arthur H. Hurlood, Esq., Banker, . • .. Mancheste,p! . J. P. Br9,en Westhead, Esq., ➢I.P., London. CHAIRMAN. Nicholas Heald, Esq., Manchester DEPUTY CHAIR lAN. William Jenkinson, Esq. Salford DIRECTORS. T. M. Brooks, Esq., MancliesieTiVi'llkington,Esq ~ Blackburn B. Darbyahire, Esq., Liverpool J. Schofield,Esq.,Littleborough George Glen, Esq., Liverpool N. Shelmerdine, Esq., Salford John It. Kay, Esq., Bury John Slater, Esq., Bolton J. Knowles, Esq., Manchester S. Symonds, Esq., Manchester J. Leech, Esq., Stalybriage John Todd, Esq., Manchester J. Mayson, Esq., Manchester G. E. Wainwright, Esq., Man- Wm.C. Moore, Esq.,Man eliester chester Joseph Owen, Esq.,Manchester B. Wood, Esq., Manchester. AUDITORS—WiIIiam Broome, Esq., and Messrs. Child and Underdown. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Hall and Janion, MEDICAL EXAMINERS-7J. A. Ransome, Esq., and T. G Richmond, Esq. BANKERS—Sir B. Heywood, Bart., and Co. GENERAL MANAGER—James Kennedy, Esq OFFICE IN LONDON-2, King-street, Cheapside. DIRECTORS. John Cheetham, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Henry Frederick Clare, Esq. John C. Pickersgill, Esq. William Cooper, Esq. John James Saunders, Esq. David Evans, Esq. Sydney Smirke,Esq.,A.R.A. Samuel Grimsdell, Esq. James Wagstaff, Esq. MEDICAL EXAMINERS—Sir James Eyre, M.D., and H. Jeaf- freson, Esq., M.D. ACTUARY—John Reddish, Esq. OFFICES IN LIVERPOOL-3, HIGH-STREET, and 5, EL CHANGE-STREET EAST. DIRECTORS. Eyre Evans, Esq., Chairman. Benjamin Darhyshire, Esq. I W. F. Huntei, Esq. Thomas Fry, Esq. Frederic Lyon, Esq, George Glen, Esq. Daniel Powell, Esq. Charles Holland. Esq. I James Smith, Esq. MEDICAL EXAMINER—Thos. Blackburn, Esq. RESIDENT SECRETARY—JOIIII Semple, Esq. The Directors beg to call attention to the advantages held out to Insurers in this office, both in the Fire and Life Departments. LIFE DEPARTMENT The LIFE RATES are loner than those of most other Offices, and will be found to suit all classes of Assurers, whilst the BONUSES are to the extent of 80 per cent. of the profits in this Branch of Business. FIRE DEPARTMENT. MICHAELMAS INSURANCES are now requiring to be effected or renewed, and there is no extra expense in insuring with this company. The BONUSES in this branch are to the extent of one-half the profits, N.B.—The British Assurance Company of London is now merged in the Lancashire Insurance Company, and the renewal receipts will he obtained from the agents as usual. Prospectuses, Mercantile Rates, Forms of Proposal, and all other information, will be afforded at the Offices and Agencies of the Company. Accrington ... Ashton-under- AGENTS. J. C. Bowker, Stationer Lyne Richard Dewhirst. Bacup Blackburn Bradford Burnley Chorley Heywood Huddersfield Thomas Reid. James Stott. John Ward. Thomas Sutcliffe. Edwd.Woodward,LandAgent.Park - road Thomas Scholfield, 30, York•street. Thomas Styring, Wine Merchant. Hyde Alfred Ben - nett - ;Church-street. Marsden& Slaithwaite John Varley, Slaithwaite. Littleborough William Hanson, Post-office. Macclesfield Samuel Higginbottom, Church-square. Milnrow John Holker, British School. Oldham Camuel Cooper, Greenacres Moor. Patricroft.. James Barlow. Preston J R. Postlethl, site. Rochdale Robert Chadwick Hesley. Royton William Bentley. Todmorden Robert Allen. Wigan Saddleworth A. H. Shaw Applications from parties desiring to become Agents to b addressed to JAMES KENNEDY, Es Manager,_ 26, Market-street, Manchester. 16 Oam 6 15 „ 7 45am i 8 ty Liverpool Birkenhead Arrive at W'hampton —llO 15 „ 11215 n Birmingham 11— ~ 120p0 London 4—pm 8 30_„j 945am112 10— 4 20pm. 545 „ 9 520 „ 650 ~ 10 5„ 10— ~ 10— ~ 430 am I I4spm 415 pm 2 5„ 430„ F 3 gPin f, 0 ~ 1 FARES'. Ist class. 2d class. Sd class. Birkenhead to Wolverhaptton.. Is Od 6s Od 48 9d t , 13irming/f2m ....8s 6d 6s 9d 5 s 6d Londop' 2Bs 6d.... 218 9d.... 14s 10:1 Furaer particulari of Times, Fares, Rates for Merchandise, and all other necessary information, may be obtained at the Companies' Ofli,ies, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. .--/ By order, DUDLEY PARSONS. Traffic Manager's Office ' Wolverhampton, September, 1852. N.B.—The inte . rference . with the monopoly which the London and North-western Company have so long enjoyed has led that Company to publish a Caution to Travellers, for which there is no justification. A single trial will suffice to show that impor tant savings can be effected, and the journey performed over the Slrreu•sbury Lines with the greatest convenience. THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD..—The Tablet of Saturday. in its notice of the death of the great Duke, remarks, with that spirit of charity which is the leading charcteristic of the " infallible church," the " Duke of Wellington went with great decorum and regularity ' to transact' his wor ship at the Queen's private chapel ;" and, kindly adds the writer, " judging no man's heart, we hope and trust that in his latter days it may have been all right with him in these respects ; but somehow we cannot help thinking of him as of some great ' old P aga n,' who li ve d a couple of thousand years ago." CHURCH DISCIPLINE BY POOR LAW GUARDIANS.— The Rev. R. Cobbold, who has for sixteen years past gratuitously served the Chaplaincy of the Eye Union, hav ing placed a lad from the workhouse , who had b een gu i lty of immorality, in a conspicuous position before the altar rails in his church, (which is attended by the paupers), during divine service, the Board of Guardians held a meet ing for the purpose of inquiring into the " impr o p er and injudicious conduct of the chaplain." Mr. Cobbold at tended the meeting, and after justifying the cou rse h e h ad pursued, resigned the chaplaincy. The board thereon passed a vote of thanks for his past services, at the same time expressing a hope that he would resume the chap aincy. This, however, I\lr, Cobbold declined to do. oi \ It\ zw/ s • \ !1 ,1 1 0 504,,),1 1 4/ ego • ',J. * / N THE FIRE BgAcx.—The rates for every description of urance will be 'found to assimilate to those of the most respectable and hest c inducted offices, with the periodical divi tms, and other advantages highly favour- SUN ASSURANCE SOCIETY LIFT ;ht Hon Td, M.P. William Felix Laahroke, Esq Henry F. Shaw Lefe Tie Henry Littledale, Esq George Warde Norman, Esq 1, Esq. Brice - Pearse, Esq. .P. Charles Richard Pole, Esq. Lambert Pole, Esq. Charles Ranken, Esq. Henry Rich, Esq., M.P. lsq. John Shepherd, Esq. in, R.N. Henry Stuart, Esq.,lll.P. Claude George Thornton, Esq SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO' FOUR-FIFTHS ,eg to remind,ttie Public that persons effect "is Society ow, or before Midsummer,lBs3, r-fift of the Net Profits of the Society n oportion to their contributions to ose profits, and accor ng to the conditions contained in the , cietv's Prospectus. ing Policies '%sit will partidpate in fotf: TheTreiniunis re fired by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower an in many other old established offices, and Insurers fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fu ,in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums, Prospectuses may be obtained at the Offices in Threadneedle street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY - LIDDERDALE, Actuary. AGENTS. Liverpool. f Mr. N. D. BOLD, 4, Exchange-street West. 1 Mr. WM. HUSON, Royal Bank-buildings. Blackburn, Mr. Wm. Stones, Leyland, Mr. J. D. Woodburn. Builder. Manchester and Chorley, Mr. Blackpool, Mr. E. 14. Brook. Robert Duck. Bolton, Mr. Gi!es Cross, and Prescot, Mr. Edmund Ward, Mr. A. Ferguson, Clerk to Solicitor. the Bolton Bank. Preston, Mr. James Hayesand Burnley, Mr. Rd.Holdsworth, Mr. Henry Jennings. N. gent to Leeds Union Canal Rochdale,Mr. J. H. Lancashire Stalybridge and Ashton-under- Lyne, Mr. W. Butterworth. rompton. Stockport, Mr. Samuel Hunt. ick son. Ul verstone, Mr. H. Remington. Mr. W. Warrington, Mr. Thos. Smith, wine merchant, and Mr. Holyhead, Mr. 0. Owens. John Ashton. Ir. Richd. Bond. Wigan and Onnskirk, Mr. F. ! Dutton. Bury, Atesirs. Woodcock and t 4 on,andMr.'l'llos Choi.ley, Mr. Richd Douglas, Isle of Man, F. Moore. Ladcaste C LERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society •: EXTENSION OF LIMITS,OF RESIDENCE The Assured may reside in mostliarts of the world, without extra charge, and in all parts I));tayment of a small extra pre mium. MUTUAL SYSTEM,AVITHOLT THE RISK OF PAXTNERSHIP. The small share of pr divisible in future among the Share holders being now vided for, without intrenching on the amount made by tit regular business, the Assured will here after derive all th benefits obtainable from a Mutual Office, with, at the sa e time, complete freedom from liability, se cured by meat of an ample Proprietary Capital—thus com bining in the same office all the advantages of both systems. The Assurance Fund already investediunonnts to and the Income exceeds £136,000 per Annum. £850,000, CREDIT SYSTEM On Policies for the whole of Life, one half of the annual Pre miums for the first five years may remain on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or may be paid off at any time. LOANS Loans are advanced on Policies which have been in existence five years and upw.irds, to the extent of nine-tenths of their ♦alue. BONUSES. FIVE Bonuses have been declared; at the last, in January, 1852, the sum of £131,125 was added to the Policies, producing a Bonus varying with the different ages from 24i to 55 per cent. 011 the Premiums paid during the five years, or from £5 to £l2 10s. per Cer.t. on the Sum Assured. The Bonuses applied in reduction of Premium on many of the Policies which have participated in three or more divisions, have been sufficient not only to extinguish the whole of the Premiums, lint also to add a Bonus to the sum assured, which will be further augmented at every succeeding division. The following are examples : Bonus already added No. to Sums Assured of Original Premium. since the extinguish- Bonuses. ment of all the Premiums. s. d. 5 S 2 11 10 Extinguished, 4 82 0 10 ditto. 3 125 0 0 ditto. 3 100 5 0 ditto. a. d. 337 11 0 114 0 0 193 5 Q 106 10 0 PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS Policies participate in the Profits in proportion to the number and amount of the Premiums paid between every division, so that if only one year's Premium be received prior to the Books being closed for any division, the Policy on which it was paid will obtain its due share. The books close for the next Divi sion on 30th June, 1856, therefore those who effect Policies be fore the 30th June next will be entitled to one year's additional share of Profits over later assurers. A PPLICATION OF BONUSES The next and future Bonuses may be either received in Cash, or applied at the option of the assured in any other way. _ . - - - NON-PARTICIPATING. Assurances may be effected for a Fixed Sum at considerably reduced rates, and the Premiums for term Policies are lower than at most other Safe Offices. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. Claims paid thirty days atter proof of death, and all Policies are Indisputable except in cases of fraud. INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned to the increased risk. POLICIES are granted on the lives of persons in any station, and of every age, and for any sum on one life from .e5O to t'lo,ooo. PREMIUMS may be paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, but if a payment be omitted from any cause, the Policy can be revived within fourteen mouths. The accounts - and Balance Sheets are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, or of Persons desirous to assnre. A copy of the last Report, with a Prospectus and forms of Proposal, can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or will be forwarded free by addressing a line to GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London, AGENTS.: LIVERPOOL .. Mr. HA RMOOD BANNER, Harrington Chambers, North John-street. Warrington .... Mr. John Webster, 9, Church. street. Manchester Ur, Chas. Collier, Mill and Machinery Agent, 33, Claremont-place. Stockport Mr. Francis Armitage, Bank of Stockport. Altrincliam .... Mr. William Warren. Chester Mr. Hy. W. Jones, Oldßank. MONEY LENT on PLA,TE, WATCHES, JEWEL LERY, SILKS, VEI.VETS, WOOLLENS, and every description of Manchester And Leeds Goods, at Half the Pawn brokers' Rate of Interest: _ Apply at GC, Seel-,ek, two doors from Back Colquitt-street, Private House. T IVERPOOL TO WOLVERHAMPTON, BIR -1 MINGHAM, and LONDON (via Shrewsbury Lines). REDUCTION OF FARES, NOTlCE.—Passengers from Liverpool to the above towns will effect a most important saving by taking Tickets at the Companies' Offices, Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. TIME OF TRAINS. SEPTEMBER. 1852. 1852. American and aforesaid, accompanied by hands bearing pikes and shillelaghs, would have been quite at the command of Citizen MEAGHER and his toyens," against the United Kingdoms of C Yankee " tain and Ireland. Mr. DUFFY seems to thirst for the chance of joining his friend as an " escaped " American statesm GANA N'S Nation ment as a contin nised the your and captain." proceeds CHARLES " calculated upon the Irish ele- ent of their power, and remit: conte Fortunate American stat a race as their chief late upon an Irish "element" as a "contingent of power 1" Happy people! who can procure for their " chief and captain"—to execute vengeance on the thief of the world—no less a man than Confessor MEAGHER, rendered illustrious by "conviction." "England, too," we are informed by Mr. DUFFY, " reckoned the millions of her banished subjects" (to wit, burglars, robbers, et hoc genus omne)," and paled to think that a man so brave and trusted was at the head of the army of avengers, who longed to strike at her in t Affecting picture I MEAGHER of the od old cause England paling before sword, at the head of his trusty d convicts I Verily, DUFFY bands of banist graphic. But tell us, dear DUFFY, what good old cause" for which the millions of banished subjects of poor flabbergasted Ul l England, with Captain MEAGHER at their head, are longing to strike at the terrified old lady ? Much more in the same strain—as sensible, as truthful, as loyal--we might easily extract; but it does not need much to prove the calibre of the writer. Sedition, however hearty, is not only harmless in such a shape,' but tends to confirm the loyalty of all men of sense. DUFFY may do his best to earn a MEAGHER'S fate by such effusions. Contempt, silent or derisive, will be the only punishment vouchsafed to him. But, when it is remembered that the writer of such audacious trash is held in much esteem by the forty other conspirators who have bound themselves to obstruct every Government which does not yield to their demands, every honest and intelligent Member of Parliament, whatever be his party or individual interests, must feel the necessity for crushing, at the very outset of the new Parliament, a body with such pretensions and such projects. INCREASE OF FOREIGN COTTON MANUFACTURES. ALTHOUGH the annual statement of the growth and disposal of the American Cotton crop of this year, which has reached us by the Asia, is said not to have been quite complete, returns being wanted from a few southern ports, it affords us data suffi ciently near the truth to show that the Cotton manufacturers of the United States and other countries are progressing at a more rapid rate, as consumers of the raw material, than Great Britain. The following is a copy of the statement : New York, Sept. 10, 1852. Total Exp. Stock 8z Receipts Exp. G. B Shpd. 1852.... 3,029,734 1,667.858 2,440,509 71.772 1851....2,335,600 1,415,660 1,986,363 100,891 increase.. 694,134 V 2.193 454,146 Decrease From the above it will be seen that, whilst the receipts of Cotton in the ports of the United States have been this year nearly 700,000 bales in excess of those of last year, the increase of exports to Great Britain has only been 252,199 bales, out of a total 154,156 bales ; or, in other increase to ( words, whilst the increase to this country was 250,000 bales, in round numbers, that to other countries of countries was 200,000 bales, This mode of regarding the statement, however, does not elicit the real and most startling facts of the case. At the close of the season of 1851 we had to commence with a stock of 100,691 bales. During the past season there have been received at the ports of the United States 3,029,734 bales, of which 2,440,509 bales have been exported to all countries, leaving a stock at present on hand of 71,772 bales. The result will be best arrived at by placing the figures in the following arithmetical form : Stock in United States Sept., 1851 Receipt in ports to Sept., 1852 ... Bales. 100,891 3,029,731 3,130,625 Total export, 1852 Stock, Sept., 1852. 2,440,509 71,772-2,512,281 Balance 618,344 Now, what does this balance of above 600,000 bales, which arrived in the ports of America, have not been exported, and are not in stock, represent ? Obviously, the quantity of the crop of this year which has been consumed in the country of its growth. Upon this fact a few remarks may not appear out of place. Our readers may remember an attempt which was made by Mr. CARDWELL, in one of his election speeches in this town, in which he attempted to show that, whereas, prior to the repeal of the corn laws, the cotton manufac- tures of America were steadily increasing, they had since as steadily declined ; and he hazarded a pro phecy that they would continue to do so. In order to make ourselves perfectly understood, we shall here again give the figures from the circular, which he used on the occasion, that of Messrs. Hollins head, Tetley, and Co., of Liverpool : American consumption in 1846.... 422,597 bales. Ditto ditto in 1847....427,967 ~ Ditto ditto in 1848....531,772 „ Ditto ditto in 1849....518,039 ~ Ditto ditto in 1850....487,769 ~ Ditto ditto in 1851.... 404,108 „ Mr. CARDWELL will perhaps admit that his pro phecy was hazardous, when he finds the consump tion of America this year to be 618,344 bales, showing an increase of upwards of 50 per cent. Nor is this the whole of the case. As yet, we have no estimate of the quantity of cotton consumed in the United States, which has this year gone direct from the plantation to the factory, without being received at any port. Last year the quantity thus disposed of was estimated at 75,000 bales. From the increase which is known to have taken place in the number of factories in the Southern States, it is most probable that the quantity con ea statistical slimed there is now doubled ; and we d o not think e facts ra ac for cuc the y we shall be far wrong in settin g d own the entire consumption of the United St a t es d uring the pre sentat 0 c o 0 A R b ap ;LL I ' h s es l to ponder upon. a s s er year t e e rs r of I.l9 3 l L,Nrirmaccin MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH.—We perceive that a cheap edition of this celebrated oratorio is about to be pub lished. Such a book has long been wanted ; and we have no doubt that Messrs. throe and Son, who are the local rgents, will have numerous orders for copier. THE SHIP ALBATROSS AND HER OWNERS A.N unfortunate circumstance connected with the newly- opened source of empto rnent for Brit desertion by capt Ls and crews that land of and no Society there a subverted. N control ck or a spade can w►o►u Even the few Ake, who first two or three we receipt of pay earn, tne bout 150 ) ships part of the ?r, ma of the good ship A nging to Messrs. GIBBS, BRIGHT, and Co., o The Albatross arrived at Melbour t its greatest height. Her captain discharge( to Adelaid a about 250 tons of cargo the rehe discharged 350* sailed to Port Wakefield, at tl e head of the Gulf St. Via- more. He then took in 1,100 tons of co ore in 2 cedented of disF 3 the whole of this work was From W field Captain GEVES beat h ship down the gulf to Adelaide, at t .ter, and there took in t of his car, o, consisting of w and pas- sengers, wi mail. Bo 11,1.10 U of gold on freight, and a II at Melbourne and at Adelaide the crew liberty to go o died with what money ti with the ners of the d Co. A having tood to so many have yielded, we are happy to learn that they e not gone without their reward. Captain Gay cl from the ovrne the very handsome pn g the of 100 guineas, and t other offie, ,he crew have rec eived sums var ng from £2 r wages having been consider.. t is most creditable to the crew that Capt. GEVE vas never asked by one of them, dur. rie whole of the voyage, for a penny of - - than they had signed articles for, although, when at Mel- ae and Adelaide, they must have seen opportunit or treble the money by enga Such a case as this ought to be eater. made known, as sheming that where good st have good masters and owners, who can apy Teciate f their crews, desertion v BRIGHT, and Co. h not occur. Messrs. GIBBS, a here set an es e which it would be well for their own interests if other shipowners )uld folio AUSTRALIA AND ITS PRODUCTS, BY EYE-WITNESS. To the P.DITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD 3.,—Having recently returned from Australia had ample opportunities of contrasting the present state of society in that colony with that which existed before its stores of gold were discovered, it has occurred to me that it might be interesting to your readers to be furnished with a brief description. I am the more readily induced to attempt this office, because no description has as yet appeared that conveys anything like an idea of the reality. The first thing which strikes a person arriving at Mel bourne or Adelaide, is the mass of deserted shipping at present lying in their harbours. At least there are 150 ships in the two places, the bulk of them large British ships, whose officers and crews have lett them, and pro ceeded to the diggings, with ve ry little probability of ever returning ; and the chance of getting other crews, at any thing like reasonable wages, seems a very distant one. Your readers may conceive how distant is that chance, when I state to you that the lightermen who discharged the vessel under my own command, the Albatross, were regularly receiving £lO a month for their services; and very independent fellows they were even at that price. In fact, society is almost inverted in the colony. The able-bodied labourer is the master, and employers of la bour are regarded as the obliged parties, if they get men at all. The same cause—the attraction offered by the mines— which has led to the desertion of the shipping in the harbours, has contributed to draw away from the towns nearly all the really useful portion of the population. Nearly every man capable of procuring and wielding mining tools has been, or is having a spell at the dig gings ; and many are gone who are very little fitted for the work. Yet there is plenty of money to be picked up in the towns themselves. Every day parties are return ing from the mines, either to recruit their health or to purchase their necessaries ; and the manner in which the bulk of them squander their hardly -earned wealth—for the digger's is a hard life—would astonish a British community. They seem perfectly reckless as to how they get rid of it, satisfied that they have only to go back and get more ; and although there are no doubt many steady striving men who will accumulate fortunes, there are others of whom it may be predicted that, after a few years of alternate excess and hard toil, they will die as poor as they set out in life. At the time I visited Mel bourne and Adelaide labour was greatly wanted, especially in mechanical trades; and even in the stores of mer chants there was a great deficiency of eligible clerks, &c. many of that class having given up situations worth as much as £250 a-year, to embark in the all-absorbing pursuit of gold. The wages of a carpenter were 10s. a-day, and those of a common labourer from Bs. to 10s., with keep. No country in the world affords such an op portunity of making money to all classes of tradesmen and labourers, and men possessing capital may invest it here to very great advantage. Owing to the bulk of the population having gone off, and the anxiety of others to go, valuable property could be bought at Adelaide for a mere trifle, with a certainty of a profitable result at no very distant periud. During my stay here a splendid house, which cost from £6OO to £BOO, was sold for only £BO. Money could be invested on mortgage, with good landed security, at 20 ler cent. Sheep farming is an ex cellent business. A sheep station worth about £4,000, would yield £BOO a-year; and I am acquainted with one gentleman in the colony, who has cleared upwards of £4,000 by sheep farming in five years. In the agricultural parts of the country, the effect of the drain of the population was very severely felt. The last harvest had principally to be cut and got in by wo men ; and much of the crop perished. The stock of the sheep farmers are many of them straying into the bush for want of shepherds ; and shearing has been found in many districts almost impossible of accomplishment. An instance came to my knowledge, where one large flock master visited the diggings in the hope of inducing some of the miners to give him their services. He offered a party at one spot £3 per week and rations, if they would help him to shear; and he was told by a labourer that he himself would give £4 a week, if the farmer would engage to cook for him. The proposal was finally made that the farmer should give them £5 each per week, and ha?! the crop of wool to divide amongst them !; I may add that the men were getting, according to their own account, three or four ounces of gold per day, and considered that they were only doing " middling." Many descriptions have been given of the diggings them selves; but they really beggar description. Imagine a wild mountainous scene, serried by gullies and creeks, every one of which is occupied by some party of uncouth looking beings, unshaven, and attired in all sorts of odd lingmdi noi soilago nag k yewmrrisioei sact g tihl es r ti rh m nrel se e ayeg n rl ugh t v s leeaa , svrs, d eu e wfmt l ah v h s i rih n .oci g h owlAn a n w .pmua a per y ltr, , cei h p nsi i as e I k ert a i aa n vosd g yefl , ei‘st obioerealenbswashing ee: the every form. The tents in which they li ve are equally e various in style and size ; and are scatt ere d up and down ws s si t ft h o uh e f i character of the equipments, an d the furnishing of these temporary abodes, and also f rom the appearance of the and which have not. F ew go altogether unrewarded : and whom I was conversing, directed my attention to a work ing man who had been his porter at 255. a week. He left to go to the mines, and returned in a short time with £ 5 OO. £250 of this consisted of a cheque upon the bank, and the remainder the man had in notes his pocket like a bundle of old paper. It will readily be gathered from the above facts who a _ the sort of people most fitted for such a country, N 3 class, however, unless it be idle merchants' clerks and people of no trade, not ablebodied, need fear to starve am, Sir, there. rolled up in Your very obedient servJ M.( 3EVES Master of Ship Albatros THE REV. JOHN GROOM, M.A., incunlbent 'of Rain_ ford, and formerly curate of St. John's Church, in this town, has been appointed t o th e i ncum b ency of St. -Alar garet's, Whalley Range, near Manchester, a cburch re cently built on the beautiful estate of Samuel Brooks, Esq., backer, of that place. rs corn e is off to the dig. to protect .e after the Melbourne them home ; and )rity of e LtnE proceeded next ls of cargo, and then 'lO " f " Ifllo . . ; I° o' f IP , / ,z 0'