The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

Nov. 30, 1847. total Jitlus. The Roman Catholics are raising funds for erecting a chapel at the north end of the town. The congregation of Trinity Church, St. Anne-street, have presented the incumbent, the Rev. C. Davies, with a costly new set of books, for the altar and reading-desk. J. W. Harden, Esq., judge of the County Court, Bir kenhead, has been elected a magistrate for the county of Lancashire. It was mentioned at the Dock Committee, on Thurs day, in proof of the increased supply of money, that £7OOO had that day been offered to the trust at five per cent. WIRRAL.—The high constables for the present year are Mr. Wm. Amery, Little Sutton, for the higher division ; .and Mr. Samuel Lightbound, Birkenhead, for the lower division. On Tuesday, as some person was taking a tea-pot off the hob in a house in Chatham-street, it fell on a child named Francis Irwine, four years old, who, in consequence, was seized with convulsions, and died soon after. On Friday, Mr. J. S. Taylor, of Whitechapel, operated for cancer on the breast on a female, whilst she was under the influence of chloroform. The entire right breast was removed without the patient experiencing the slightest pain. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday, it was decided to apply to the Poor-Law 'Commissioners for power to build a workhouse in Toxteth Park. Mr. Roskell gave notice of a motion to enlarge the workhouse. On Tuesday, Mr. Neill, surgeon to the Eye and Ear In firmary, operated with complete success in several cases of strabismus whilst the patients (females) were under the effects of chloroform. On Thursday night a fire broke out in a building near the King's Dock, belonging to the Dock Trust, used as a smithy and for testing chain cables. The roof of the building was destroyed, and more damage would have been done but for the exertions of the police. About the middle of hst month a boy, seven years old, named William Flynn, living with his parents in Banastre street, was toasting some bread at the fire, when his clothes caught, and he was so severely injured that he died on Thursday last. REV. G. FISK'S TOUR IN THE HOLY LAND.—A new edition of this popular work is now out at a lower price (7s. 6d.), with beautiful illustrations from the author's own pencil. Nearly 5,000 copies have been sold in the ,xaoTe expensive shape. On Friday, the body of a man was found in the Bruns wick-dock. At the inquest yesterday, it was ascertained that deceased's name was Richd. Allen, who was a married man, and resided in Robert-street, Toxteth-park. He was 54 years of age, and was employed as a ship- keeper. ATTEMPTED FRAU D.—A few evenings since Mr. Griffith, of Berry-street, was waited upon by an elderly man, of mean exterior, who represented that he had a writ for him from Mr. Pemberton, of Cable-street, and the amount he required was 245. The money was not paid, and the so-called writ, which was printed in the usual way, with the signature of the Mayor, turned out to be a forgery. CAUTION TO COLLECTORS OF TAXES.—At a meeting of Commissioners, held at Birkenhead, on Wednesday last, one of the collectors of the hundred of Wirral being convicted of having received several large sums of money on account of the first moiety of assessed taxes, which he had not accounted for to government, was fined in the mitigated penalty of ten pounds, and dismissed from office. Mr. Reynoldson, who has been practising among us as a curative mesmerist for three years, and professes to have cured several severe cases of disease by its agency, intends to give a course of three lectures, next month, at the Concert Hall. We are told that Mr. Lawrence Hey worth will take the chair at the first meeting. The lectures will be illustrated by experiments on residents of Liverpool, who have been successfully and gratuitously treated. THE ROSCOE CLUB,—Mr. Emerson, whose lectures at the Mechanics' Institution have excited so much interest, will open the Discussion Class of the Roscoe Club this (Tuesday) evening, by a lecture at the Royal Institution. The lecture-room, by an arrangement with the proprie tors, has been placed at the service of the members of the Roccoe Club. Each member has the privilege of intro ducing a lady. The Discussion Class will thus commence with eclat, A deputation from the Birkenhead Dock Company, consisting of Baron de Goldsmidt, Mr. R. Garnett, Mr. Mr. J. Bailey, Mr. Maynafd, and Mr. Rendel, had an in terview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests, on Tuesday, at their office in Whitehall place. A deputation from the Dock Commissioners of Birkenhead, consisting of Mr. Wain, Mr. Pike, and Mr. Cole, had also an interview on Tuesday with the Com missioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. The Right Hon. Sir Thos. Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Morris Charles Jones, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman, to be one of the perpe tual commissi o ners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the act Parsed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for and substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in or the county of Chester. TUTS II °I . ESSOR SIMPSON'S NEWLY-DISCOVERED SUBSTI POD. ETHER.—A very difficult case of delivery was effected o n Thursday morning last, by Dr. J. Hunter Robertson, of Birkenhead, whilst the patient was under the influence of chloroform. The female, on her reco vering, was astonished and delighted to find that she had brought into the world a living child. Although chloro form has been thus used by Dr. Simpson of Edinburgh, this is, _we believe, th e fi rs t case o f th e ki n d whi c h h a s OCcurred in England. ' LAUNCH OF THE EMPRESS.—On Tuesday, a beautiful ship called the Empress, was launched from the yard of the builders, Messrs. P. Challiner and,Co., Baffin-street. She was built for Messrs. Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne, to run between this port and Pernambuco, in conjunction with the Seraphina, belonging to the same parties ; and will, we have no doubt, prove a most acceptable addition to the trade. Her dimensions are :—length of keel, 118 ft. 8 in. ; beam, 25 ft. 8 in. ; depth of hold, 16 ft. 6 in. ; burthen, new measurement, 332 tons ; old ditto, 361 tons. THE DECEASED PARISH AND POLICE OFFICERS.—We understand that her Majesty's government have granted a sum of money, though small, for the purpose of relieving the necessities of the widows and orphans of those officers of the parish and police who lost their lives in consequence of taking the fever in the discharge of their duty. We , believe that the distribution will be confided to the Rectors, Mr. Rushton, and Mr. Austen, the Assistant Poor-Law Commissioner. The distribution could not be confided to better hands. We wish the extent of the funds was greater. The sum granted is the amount of one year's salary for each. CONCERT-HALL.—To-morrow evening a concert will be given at the Concert-hall, at which, amidst a rivalry of local talent, Miss Saunders, a vocalist high in public estimation, but entirely new to a Liverpool audience, will make her debut, aided by Mr. Geo. Holden, Mr. Ryalls, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Hasswell, and a chorus of thirty performers. The object of the concert is to augment the funds of the Early Closing Association—a body whose laudatory workings and beneficial exertions deserve high commendation ; and we trust a discerning public will, by their attendance, aid a cause so salutary and necessary. SUICIDE BY A MAN UNKNOWN.—On Friday a man \ unknown committed suicide in the house of Edward Mitchell, publican, West Derby Road. He had been lodging ut the house from the previous Monday, and ap peared to be in very depressed spirits—stating that his son had robbed him of £52, and gone to America. He used to lie about on the forms during the day, and often called out " Oh, Jemmy ! how could you leave me. At half-past Bon Friday night, he was found suspended by the bed-post and quite dead. The inquest was held this day, and at the conclusion of the case yesterday, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. He was a drover, and was about 45 years of age. THE NEW PACKET-SHIP IVANHOE.—This fine new packet-ship Ivanhoe, belonging to the black star line, ar rived at this port on Friday from New York. She left that city on the 9th instant, and has made her first passage across the Atlantic under seventeen days. The Ivanhoe was built in New York, under the superintendence of her commander, Captain Edwards. She is 176 feet long, with a good breadth of beam, and registers 1,200 tons. In her construction she combines in an eminent degree those desirable requisites to a ship, great strength and ample capacity. The beauty of her proportions, with her finely moulded bows and clean, sharp run aft, at once stamp her as a fast ship. During the trip across the Atlantic she encountered several strong northwest gales, and on every occasion performed admirably, the ship being very dry and steering remarkably well. Her cabins are fitted up with much taste and judgment, and are well ventilated. ADELPHI THEATRE.—The proprietors of this favourite place of amusement still continue to reap the public re ward nightly bestowed on their spirited exertions. and each succeeding evening brings forth greater novelty. Mr. Batty seems determined to please, and if we may judge from the plaudits of crowded auditories with which each act of the circle is greeted, and the entertaining effects produced by the merry conceits of two admirable clowns, Messrs. Adrian and Bullock, he has fully achieved the desired object. The equestrian performances during the past week have found in the efficient persons of Messrs. Bridges, Wells, Powell, Hendrick, Mesdames Valentine and Barrand, and Miss Wells, aided by Messrs. Stephens, Thorne, Jameson, and Hennings, the celebrated vaulters, a combination of talent rarely surpassed, if ever equalled. To this was added the grand hippo dramatic representation of " Damon and Pythias ; or the Merchant Steed." It is a great improvement upon the equestrian spectacles which has of late been brought out in this town, being placed on the stage with most consummate and artistic skill, as regards tableaux and general effect. A NOBLE DUKE AND HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Professor Holloway has lately been honoured with the personal thanks of one of the most renowned dukes of the realm, who, like the Earl of Aldborough, has been cured of a liver and stomach complaint of some year's standing. at tendant with great weakness and debility, by the means of Holloway's celebrated pills, and this after physicians' skill was tried in vain. Dropsy, Paralysis, Asthma, and diseases of the lungs, have nearly all their origin in dis ordered livers and stomachs, which a few timely doses of Holloway's Pills will cure. Determination of blood to the head, apoplexy, &c. ef fectually prevented by the occasional use of Frampton's Pill of Health, which, by strengthening the action of the stomach, and promoting a healthy and regular digestion of the food, prevents a recurrence of those symptoms of this alarming disorder, giddiness, oppression of the brain,. singing noise in the ears, head-ache, &c. They are an excellent aperient, without griping or prostration of strength, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate the spirits ; while, to the free liver or sedentary, they offer great and important advantages. Sold by all vendors of medicines. Price ls. lid. per box. See the name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the govern- Kent stamp. THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.—OUT good neighbours of Manchester bother us sadly with the pertinacity with which they poke their new acquisition of " city " in our faces. The worthy Mr. Jeames's fellow servants could scarcely see their quondam comrade in plush dignified amongst noble and right honourable provisional commit tee-man, as " Jeames, Esq.," with a feeling more strange than is created by the perusal in the Manchester papers of the constantly recurring expression " our city," &c. They might spare our envious feelings for awhile, until we get used to our humble position. ESPARTERO IN LlVERPOOL. — Espartero, Duke of Vic tory, the celebrated general of the Spanish force against Don Carlos, in the civil war which determined the succes sion of Donna Isabella to the throne of Spain, and who has for some time been an exile in this kingdom, is at present the guest of Sir Arthur Ashton, of Ashton Hall, Cheshire. On Tuesday morning lie arrived with his suite, by rail from Preston Brook, at the railway-station in Lime-street, and immediately proceeded to the Adelphi Hotel, where he took lunch. He afterwards visited St. George's Hall, the Docks, St. James's Cemetery, and other objects of interest in the town, and appeared very much pleased tat all he witnessed. He returned to the Adelphi Hotel in the afternoon, and left town again by railway, at five o'clock. _ ENGLAND'S RULING POSITION GRATIFIED.—We de light in monstrosities. The exhibition of a murderer would attract a concourse of gizers, whilst the sight of " a good man suffering under adversity " would fail to draw. A showman in the neighbourhood of Queen's square, gifted with a thorough appreciation, has in his window, as one of the notable things to be seen inside, an announcement of " the identical panther which attacked a gentleman in his gig near Huddersfield." What a hit Wombwell would make, if some day, the lion, which per mits a female keeper to put her head into his mouth, and draw it out again, was to take a fancy to snap off the same delicate morsel, by way of lunch ! Who could resist an invitation to see the hidentical lion, which bit off the young 'oman's head as was his keeper "1 'unit POOR.—The number of passengers by the Irish steamers to this port, during the week, are as follows Men. Women. Children. Total. Cabin passengers 162 71 .. 22 .. 256 Emigrants to the United States and Canada... 714 .. 590 .. 319 .. 1523 Paupers Jobbers. In the absence of any suitable asylum for emigrants, they are to a great extent mixed with the paupers, in the very worst parts of the town ; and there can be little doubt that, during their temporary sojourn, the seeds of disease are amply deposited for the subsequent melancholy harvest of ship-fever, pestilence, and death, which these unfortunate people carry with them to their future home, too frequently their grave. No means have yet been devised for'dealing with the mendicant class. At a time of monetary pressure, like the present, loud complaints are made by the shipowners of the state of the law respecting payments of freight on cargoes hypothecated to the East India Company. Freights to the amount of £24,000 are said to be owing by the honourable company on cargoes claimed by them in Liverpool alone, not one sixpence of which can the shipowner obtain either in money, meal, or malt. A shipowner should be put on the same footing as a railway carrier, and payment made in cash on delivery of goods. Now is . the time for shipowners to press for an amendment of the law, as it is clear mer chants are too ready to put whatever construction they think proper on both law and custom to suit their own convenience. The custom of Liverpool was to pay India freights two months after arrival; the East India Asso ciations altered it lately, by resolution, to two months after delivery, or an allowance of two months' interest for cash. STRANGE AND FATAL ACCIDENT On l rri uesuay morn ing, a labouring man, named George Cobke, was found dead at the bottom of the Railway Tunnel shaft, in Pem broke-street. Both his thighs and one arm‘were broken. The depth of the shaft is about 65 feet. It appeared that the deceased came from Ayrcastle, in Staffordshire, in search of work ; and, on Monday morning he and another man went to the shaft, but did not get employed. About noon they proceeded to a public house, in London-road, and remained the whole of the day. A quarrel took place between the deceased and a man named Henshaw, during which some blows were struck, but they afterwards be came reconciled. They all left the house• together, and walked the streets till two o'clock in the morning, when they proceeded to the shaft in Pembroke-street. The deceased then strayed away, and nothing more was heard of him until he was found dead at the bottom of the shaft. He had climbed over the palings which surround the shaft, and it is supposed must have fallen in accidentally. LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES.—The winter assizes for the southern division of this county are to open, at Liver pool, on Saturday, the 11th of December, before Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coltman. There are already upwards of eighty prisoners for trial. Of the prisoners for trial, four are charged with murder, four with infanticide, twenty-one with burglary, and no less than ten with stabbing. There are eight charged with manslaughter, one with intent to murder, five with bigamy, and velve with robbery from the person : five charged with forgery, one with horse-stealing, one with calf-stealing, one with night-poaching, one with receiving stolen property, one with making a false declaration, and two with perjury. There are also six mint cases. Of the four cases of murder, one is that of James Dwerryhouse, the maniac who killed the young woman at Knowsley, who is still in the Lunatic Asylum, and we believe will not be brought before the court. A second case is that of Robert Pilkington, charged with the murder of his wife, at a village near Bolton ; a third, that of Ann Mather, for poisoning her husband at Warrington, and the fourth, the case of Joseph Speed, remanded from last assizes, charged with killin g two or three of his children at Man chester, and attempting to murder his wife. THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD.—On Wed nesday last the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., paid the Theological College a visit, :and was received by the Principal, the Rev. Joseph Baylee. The students assem bled in the chapel at twelve o'clock. and all being in readiness, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, with the Rev. Joseph Baylee, and other visitors, entered the chapel. Prayer and an excellent discourse on the 2nd chapter of Hebrews were delivered by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, which lasted an hour. At one o'clock, dinner was announced, the party consisting of the Rev. Dr. M'Neile ; the principal, the Rev. Joseph Baylee ; the secretary of the college, Captain Groves ; the Revs. Hirsch, J. A. Page, r. Poggi, and resident students of the college. After the repast, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile visited the new chapel, the libra ries, the reading-room and bed-rooms, and expressed himself pleased with the arrangements and domestic com forts of the establishment. Dr. M‘Neile, in his address to the students, explained to them the very great advan tage they had over the students of other universities ; for they, the students at Birkenhead, were putting into prac tice, by their district visiting, the theoretical knowledge they obtained at their divinity lectures. The students seemed highly delighted, and felt fully the very just re marks of the rev. doctor, that, at the time of ordination, the students would understand the management of a parish, and thus be of very great utility to their incumbents, and at the same time a blessing to the church of Christ. IMPORTANT TO SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS.—At the Birkenhead County Court, a case was brought up for final decision on Tuesday last, which had previously ex cited considerable interest amongst this class of gentle men. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. West, surveyor to the Wallasey commissioners, finding that the published map or plan of the parish was incorrect in many points, employed a surveyor named Davis (who had previously made application to him for employment) to survey certain lines and places, with the view of ascer taining whether the defects could not be remedied without the cost and trouble of a new survey of the parish. Mr. Davis, ha v i ng ma d e t h e necessary examination the on subject, reported t o M r . W est t h e extent of error,the and stated at the same ti me th a t h e could much easier make a new survey than correct the old plan. Mr. West, it appeared, then engaged him to make a new survey ; but before he had completed the whole of the parish, he (Mr. West) countermanded the order, and desired Davis to complete the plans as far as he had surveyed. Mr. West subsequently gave to a Mr. Unwin a promissory note on account of Mr. Davis, conditionally that the plans were completed to his satisfaction. For this amount Mr. Unwin sued, but was nonsuited. He then proceeded on another ground, and was also nonsuited. Mr. West, having in the meantime discovered some inaccuracy in the plans, offered £l5 to end further trouble. This amount was refused, and an action commenced for £2O, the amount charged being £23 3s. 6d. ; but, on a further examination of the survey, it was found so incorrect, that Mr. West resisted the whole amount, and the case was brought before the court on the 23d ult. On hearing the case, his Honour decided that it should be left to the arbitration of Lieut. Lord, by whose award in the matter he would abide, and on Tuesday his award was handed into court. Lieut. Lord (who heard the evidence of Mr. Gage and others, who had inspected the plan and tested it) was of opinion that the plan was totally incorrect, and therefore the claim was dismissed. BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION.—Great dissatisfaction has long been felt by many persons engaged in building oper ations with the enactments of the S ana t or y Bill, an d with the recommendations and requirements of the Health Com mittee of the Town Council. They have in conseqnence, we understand, formed themselves into an association for the protection of their interests, and for the purpose of obtaining the amelioration of such of the regulations as are in their opinion needlessly arbitrary and costly. Everybody is now agreed that it is of vast impor tance to the well-being of Liverpool that its sanatory conditibn should be improved, and no one more so than the proprietors of houses in the town, and those who make their living in its different branches ; as, of course, the more inhabitants who settle here, the more dwellings, &c., will be required. The builders feel, however that the au thorities have been ill-advised, and require the observance of certain modes of construction which, without being es sential to the attainment of their object, add needlessly to the cost, and, consequently, to the rent of houses. Our excellent stipendiary, in his desire to enforce the law, and to dispatch business, is thought not to give to the repre sentations of parties who have been summoned before him for infractions of the Sanatory Act that attention which is due to them ; and it is thought that if some of his decisi ons were appealed against they would be reversed, and that eventually, Mr. Rushton would be disposed to modify his Hasty judgments. Appeals, however, involve costs, and it is justly thought that an outlay, which tends to the benefit of builders generally, should be borne by the body at large, and not by individuals. An adjourned meeting of the association was held at the Brunswick Hotel, on Friday evening, when the rules which had been proposed by the committee were adopted, together with several re solutions, which appear in our advertising columns. In the course of the evening several illustrations were given of the arbitrary character of the Sanatory Bill, and of the recommendations of the Health Committee. The meet ing, which was numerous andlighly respectable, separated well pleased with the prospect of security which the for mation of this association promises to afford them.—From a correspondent. Loss of THE LEITH. PACKET.—The Norman, Captain Rudderham, of Sydney, Cape Breton, arrived at Liver= pool from Alexandria on Tuesday, having on board the captain and crew of the Leith Packet, of Dundee, which were picked off the Tuscar Rock. Early in the morning the crew of the Norm an observed a vessel in distress in the distance, to which she bore. The sea was running so high that not a boat could live in it, and it was, therefore,. resolved to open a communication with the vessel by some other means. After numerous efforts, the two vessels were brought sufficiently near to allow a lead line to be thrown on board the Leith Packet. This rope the crew and captain of the vessel successively tied round their waists, and were drawn on board the Norman. Captain. A. Mackenzie stated that his vessel was bound from New port to Stirling with iron, which had shifted in conse quence of the vessel rolling, and, as the pumps were made of metal, they had been broken off about three feet below the deck. The vessel was making water at the time. The vessel was making water at the time, and the pumps having thus become useless, she got -waterlogged, and was on the point of sinking when the Norman came The vessel went down in a few minutes after the Norman left her. • SHOCKING SUICIDE BY A LADY.-011 Friday, an in quest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Mrs. Regina Victoria Davis, a young lady about 24 years of age, who caused her death at the Queen's Hotel, Haymarket, under the following melancholy cir cumstances :—lt appeared thUt she was a German Jewess, and that her maiden name was Dungrave. She was married on the 10th of October last, at St. Thomas's Church, London, and shortly after she seems to have taken apartments at the Queen's Hotel, in this town. Her husband did not live with her, and so far as the evi dence went, it showed that he was in London. The de ceased was evidently a well-educated lady, and she was described as being a fine handsome young woman of most respectable parentage and education. The husband was said to be a gentleman moving in a respectable sphere of life; but little or no light was thrown upon the reasons which induced them to separate so shortly after their marriage —in fact before the honeymoon could be sup posed to have more than commenced. About five or six weeks since, she took lodgings at the Queen's Hotel, and conducted herself with the greatest propriety until her bill was presented to her, and she was solicited for pay ment of it. She then made some excuse, alleged that re! mittances from her husband were expected, but had not been received, and she fell into a state of great des pondency. At times she would laugh heartily, and at others she would cry bitterly ; and from her general manner after the application for payment had been made, it became apparent enough that something was weighing upon her spirits of a strange and un accountable nature. She continued in this state some days. On Tuesday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, she was seen up to bed by the chamber-maid, whom she requested to call her at half-past eight in the morning, and as she was in the habit of rising rather early, the request was not thought extraordinary. The chamber-maid went to call her :accordingly, and the door being found fast, it was shortly after broken open, when deceased was found lying across the bed, in her night dress, quite dead. It further appeared that she had pur chased, at two different times, a quantity of oxalic acid at a druggist's shop, in Castle-street, stating that it was for cleaning bonnets, and that she had swallowed it. The jury returned a verdict that she had died from the effects of the acid, but how taken or administered there was no evidence to show. It was said that a German passport was found amongst her papers. The inquest was post poned fron. Wednesday (when the body was viewed), un til Friday, in order that deceased's husband might be present, if lie thought proper, but he did not appear on the latter, and the inquest was consequently proceeded with. A certificate of the marriage of the deceased was received from the church above named. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. wards e, and kport. would )unces ted. shire, iester, lidate. to say n em otion, ided." as, in ament award, lg the ived a d, ex val of 7.ourse that, I inti letter • been letter Baron ins in zanily John t .dfty in a bjects car ds be nons, In es in barn, Aber Each [enry the Drks, Veen Em y ram ith a mec, ;but made rider t and here thing atest e on ford, shire Sa t ou sta bout and. Eas fford firms their 7hich the - _ . LOCAL MEETINGS. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The adjourned meet ing of this body was held on Tuesday. Mr. Gregory read the two questions; viz., whether the commissioners as a body are favourable to a tax upon property, for the pur pose of paying the interest on the bonded debt ; and se condly, if they would prosecute the measure if indemni fied, in the event of the costs not being obtained. Mr. Hicklin moved that the first question be answered in the affirmative, which was carried, Mr. Laird dissenting, as he thought the board had already power sufficient to raise funds enough for the purpose. On the second question, Mr. Bentham moved that the board would not be jus tified in going to parliament, but that they would give their best support to any measure for the good of the township." This was also carried, Mr. Laird again dis senting. . _ _ LYND SOCIETY.—The first meeting of an amateur so ciety. under this title took place on Thursday evening last, at the residence of the conductor, M. A. Saqui, under whose able instructions the members have attained a de gree of excellence highly creditable. The programme opened with the overture " Lazar za Lardra," by Rossini. and was followed by the glee, " Mynheer VaR Dunck," which, with other difficult pieces, was not only well exe cuted, but given in a manner that would have met a lau diton public reception. Amongst the most prominent, were The Jew's lovely daughter," " Stay, prithee stay," " John Anderson my jo," "In happy moments," " The Red Cross Knight," and a German song, "Du Lycht's mir Inheizer." Rossini's overture, " William Tell," by Mr. Saqui was most brilliantly played. His style is asu perior one, and combined with his power of execution 'and taste, produces a most pleasing effect. THE BIRKENREAL, DOCK COMMISSIONERS.—The ad journed special meeting of the commissioners was held on Thursday morning, to receive the report of the deputation appointed to have an interview with the dock bondholders in London. There were present (Mr. W. Potter (in the chair), and thirteen other commissioners. Mr. Cole handed in a communication, which was read, stating the particulars of a meeting between the Woods and Forests and the deputation of bond creditors of the Birkenhead Doak Trust, held on the 23d of November. The heads of the resolutions were (as before proposed so far) that there be 13 commissioners ; that the chairman be nomi nated by the crown ; that four commissioners represent Birkenhead, of whom Mr. Burnet and Mr. King are to be two, the other to be chosen by the ratepayers, assessed at not less than £3O, or possessed of £2,000 worth of property ; that four commissioners represent the bond creditors, namely, Mr. Goldsmidt, Mr. J. Bailey, jun., Mr. Garnett, and another to be named by the bondhold ers ; that four commissioners represent the parish of Wallasey, with Seacombe, to be chosen by rate-payers, assessed or qualified as above ; and that the nomination be subject to the approval of the crown. It was suggested but not proposed, that not more than five at any one time of the shareholders of the Warehouse Company shall be beseAa lesie.at commissioners crwteeadisnbsytart nehoagerfe ratepayersttshhh a e a docks,oll bonly lya twocaf nan Birkenhead,dm commissionersni s o s i os commissioner.—Mr. e a r r . shareholder older whose Manrd. werefGou r ree b n t yo e the ratepayers of Wallasey. Mr. Cole explained that this was done to accommodat e th e b on dh o ld ers, who were anxious to have some of their body in the commission, and Lord Morpeth agreed that of the four elected by the ratepayers of Birkenhead, two should be bondholders. It was stated that Lord Morpeth had suggested that Mr. Garnett and Mr. King should be commissioners. It was finally agreed to accept the resolutions, and to ascertain clearly how the nominations were to be made. Mr. W. Laird proposed a resolution to the effect that the law clerk be requested to consult with the commissioners of Woods and Forests, the solicitor to the bondholders, and with the parliamentary agent, and to take such steps as might be necessary for perfecting and completing the bill for carrying out the agreement with the crown.—After some little discussion, this resolution was passed.—After some converssation, relative to the impossibility of nego ciating dock bonds at present, and the desirableness of doing something to get money, and save many who were on the verge of bankruptcy, the meeting separated Another meeting will be held on the 23d of December. SELECT VESTRY. —A special meeting of thi s b o d y w. as held on Saturday, for the purpose of considering the pro priety of obtaining a clause in the bill now being applied for by the Dock Committee, rendering the dock ware houses liable to parish rates ; and at the usual meeting on Tuesday a deputation was appointed to wait on the Dock Committee to see if some amicable arrangement could not be made. The Chairman (Rector Campbell) reported that on Thursday himself and other members of the board had had an interview with the Sanatory Committee and the magistrates of the borough with reference to the over crowding of low lodging houses, and the increase of fever and street mendicancy. The reception of the deputation from the vestry was perfectly satisfactory. Unless the inhabitants at large would go hand-in-hand with the vestry, and refuse to give money to beggars in the streets, the beggars would crowd here, and the consequence of the overcrowding would infallibly be typhus fever. A com mittee was appointed to report on the amount collected for the voluntary rate, to cover the loss sustained by Mr. Blanchard on his contract for flour, by the influx of Irish paupers and the rise in the price of wheat; and also to grant a gratuity to the widows and children of the officers of the parish who had died of fever.--A good deal of con versation,. then took place as to the politics of the vestry, which Was caused by the election of two members in the place of Mr. Horsley and Mr. Townsend ; in the end, Mr. Pim and Mr. Wylie were elected, upon the understanding that Mr. Haigh would propose another member at the next meeting in place of Mr. Parkinson.—Mr. Haigh said he had been requested, on the part of Mr. Cafferata, (who was ill,) to give notice of motion for the next day for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the present mode of giving relief to the sick and indigent poor.—The Chairman thought it important that a large oven upon the principle of M. Soyer should be erected at the Workhouse with the least possible delay, and the matter was referred to the committee.—The Chairman said the church clocks would be set to Greenwich time on the Ist of December.-- The Workhouse Committee gave it as their opinion that the church service at the interments of the dead at St. Mar tin's and Walton ought to be performed by the Work house Chaplain; and that the salary of the new chaplain be, as it was at present, £250 per annum. Mr. Ferguson gave notice for the next day that he should then move the appointment of chaplain. The cases of out-door relief for the week ending the 15th instant, were reported to be 5200 including 1204 fever cases. This showed an increase, in the total number of cases of 60, and in the f ever cases of 30. The returns for the following week showed an in crease of 46 in the total number of cases, and a decrease of 3in the fever cases. The sum of £lOOO was ordered to be paid to Messrs. Holme, on account of the new buildings at the Workhouse. £5OOO were ordered to be paid to the Corporation, on account of the Watch and Museum rates. Mr. Wm. Cornforth was appointed pay clerk, in place of Williams, at a salary of £lO5 per annum, he giving the necessary securities. DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting on Thursday there were present Mr. Nicol, in the chair, and fourteen, other members. Mr. Nicol regretted that Mr. Moore was no t present that day to take the chair on his appointment:— Mr. Tobin, as the oldest member of the committee, pro. posed the re-election of Mr. Nicol, which was seconded by several gentlemen, and passed without a division. Mr. Nicol thanked the committee, and hoped by:pursuing the line of conduct that had obtained their confidence, to en sure a continuance of their kindness and support. The chairman was desired' to write to the Board of - Ordnance for the balance of £40130, due for the site of the new bat tery.—A letter was received from Messrs. D: and C. M'lver, agents to the British and North American Steam packet Company, stating that, as the service of these mails was to be considerably increased at the end of the year, and as, in April, there would be an arrival and de parture every week, more and better accommodation would be required at the Coburg Dock, the present being quite inadequate for a fleet of large steamers. The letter suggested several alterations and improvements at the Coburg Dock. The chairman said the Coburg might, ere long, cease to be a place for steamers, and it was therefore 'a question whether permanent buildings should be there erected. The letter was referred to the harbour masters' sub-committee.—The sub-committees for the ensuing year were then elected, including nearly all the old mem bers.—The Rev. Rector Campbell, and four of the mem bers of the select vestry, and also the clerk, having re quested an interview with the committee, were admitted. The rev. rector said they came as a deputation from the select vestry to enquire, with respect to the building of additional warehouses, whether the bill for the same con tained a clause for the rating of dock warehouses, similar to that referring to the Albert Dock warehouses and, if not, to suggest that such a clause be inserted, as the ves try thought it unjust that dock warehouses were to be ex empted from rates. The chairman said the bill was yet in an imperfect state. After it was laid before the com mittee, it would then have to be passed by the Council before it went a stage further. The rev. rector said the vestry were in ignorance on the subject, and wished to convey to the committee an intimation that they should object to the exemption of dock warehouses from rates, and would do all they could to have a clause inserted ren dering them liable. The chairman said the vestry should have a copy of the bill in time. He might state, however, that the trust generally being exempt from rates, he did not know how far it might be disposed to impose them voluntarily. The rector said the Albert Docks were rated. The chairman said that was an especial agreement : all he could add was, that the committee were obliged to the de putation for the trouble they had taken, and that every attention should be paid to their suggestions : the bill would soon be before the Council. Mr. Ferguson said the vestry intended to memorialize the Council if it was not their intention to insert the clause. The chairman said there would be ample time. and that the committee would not steal a march upon them.—The deputation then withdrew. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CELLAR OCCUPATION.—On Tuesday fifty-four infor mations, was heard against persons for either letting cel lars for separate occupation, or living in them contrary to law ; and on Wednesday forty-six more informations were heard in the Police-court, and in almost every case a fine of 20s. and costs was imposed. CAUTION TO OWNERS OF PROPERTY.—On Saturday last Thomas Astbury was fined 40s. and costs for refusing to repair the ash-pit belonging to No. 70, Falkner-street, after receiving notice to that effect from Mr. Johnson, one of the town surveyors. Mr. Rushton said he should impose a further fine of 10s. a-week for every week during which the necessary repairs remained undone after Wednesday next. BREAKING INTO PREMISES TO SLEEP.—At the Police court yesterday, no fewer than six men and lads, and one female, were brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with breaking through some premises, a stable, wall, &c., and thereby getting into an empty house where they slept. The owner said this had occurred repeatedly, that repairs in walls and fences were of no avail, and that on one oc casion his pony was turned out all night in the rain, nearly causing its death. The prisoners had all before been known to the police, with the exception of the female and a boy, who were discharged. All the others were committed to gaol for a month. MURDER IN TOXTETH-PARK,—At the police-court, on Tuesday last, a respectable-looking man was brought up before Zr. Rushton, charged with the crime of murder. He had been arrested in consequence of a verdict brought in by the coroner's jury yesterday week, against some person or persons unknown. The first witness examined was Ellen Hammill, who deposed that between the hours of twelve and one o'clock on the morning of Sunday week, she saw the deceased and two other young men going down Bell-street, after a slight row had occurred between some lumpers and carpenters ; but that they returned shortly after, having two or three young women with them. A lot of men were standing at the bottom of a court in Bell-street. as they went up. The prisoner was one of them. The three young men were going, when seven or eight men ran after them. One man, standing with Fagan, said now we will "bark" them. Fagan cursed, and said he would leave him, and that he would not tell who did it. When she saw the young men run, she ran too. Will Medcalf ran up the court. The lads shouted " police" and " murder." The prisoner was not the first man who struck the boy who died ; another man struck him first. The prisoner kicked him when down. Five or six kicked him when he was down. The prisoner was in his shirt sleeves. She saw him distinctly. It did not last above three or four minutes, and then the men went back. The boy got up, and took hold of a railing. Two or three turned and kicked him. Then the boy ran and fell, and ran and fell again. She never saw him afterwara alive. He died on Wednesday morning. She did not hear of his death till Friday, It also appeared, from her evidence, that she had been threatened of her life if she appeared against the prisoner, and that some man, whom she did not know, had given her a black eye for the pur pose of intimidating- her. Jana Perryman enrroboratati the testimony of this witness. One or two other witnesses having been examined, all of whom bore similar testi mony, Mr. Rushton remanded the prisoner until Wed nesday, in order that the evidence of the boys who were in company with the deceased might be obtained. The prisoner, in company with another man who has since been apprehended, was again brought up before the ma gistrates, which resulted in Mahony being discharged and Fagan being again remanded.—Fagan was brought up again on Friday, when four police constables, who were on duty in the neighbourhood of Bell-street on the night of the outrage, were examined ; but without any further evi dence resulting. Mr. Rushton said the girl, on whose testimony alone the charge had been grounded, was mis taken. There was nothing to show the prisoner had been concerned in perpetrating the violence.—Discharged. Y.:lstria getuo. The mills at Ashton-under-Lyne are now all at work, though generally on short time. ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF IRISH PAUPERS.—At Todmor den, on Thursday, a relieving officer was fined £2 10s., and £4 3s. costs, for removing an Irish pauper who was in a diseased and helpless condition. A policeman at Manchester has been dismissed from the force, very properly, for buying fire-arms from the pawnbrokers for the purpose of sending them to Ire land. A farmer near Lancaster, finding on several occasions that his cows had ceased to yield milk, set a watch in the field, when it was discovered that an old cow had been in the habit of sucking the others in rotation. The whole of the Judges of the New Court in this county have been appointed County Magistrates, excepting W. A. Hulton, Esq., who, we presume, will not accept the office, from holding the lucrative appointment of County Treasurer. _ _ _ _ GREEN PEAS.—AS one proof of the mildness of the season, and the salubrity of Lytham and the neighbour hood, Mr. Charlton, of the Clifton Arms Hotel, has up to the present time bad a regular supply of green peas, whre wherewith to and it to grati w fyh h i o s u v t anyisitorsar. artificial aid. grown in the open spAoOotnnstmMh, Monday a number of gentlemen met at the Bull Inn. Preston, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Coulthard, the resident engineer of the North Union R a il wa y, w ith a tes timonial of esteem, consisting of a silver tea servi c e, comcom prisinginscidi. nig kettle erf 0. prAk rsuecss t et e sinu a nt andaßtrho the rcoAondffgs Assistant sf t p at eG o na t ut s a , t rpr d s ao u iyo g a : a n- r ssl basin ea otw noc f T ho , asm c r uin e r st a ios m drssai e :y w n, a e e nar r dt, , w was present, the conduct of Mr. Pearson, of Woolton, who was charged with h av i ng i nterfered with the duties of the relieving officer, and with having alleged that the guardians were guilty of inhumanity, was i nvest i gate d . After a great deal of discussion, it was cordially agreed that Mr. Pearson should withdraw his charge against the inhumanity of the board, and that a minute to that effect should be put upon their books ; also, that Mr. Pearson had been imposed upon. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. We are sorry to perceive the apathy which exists among the Conservative county electors with reference to the approaching election for South Lancashire. The only signs of life amongst them which we have seen exhibited are the calls put forward by the Conservatives of Orms kirk to all " who love their country and respect her insti tutions, to withhold the promise of their votes from the Anti-Corn -Law League candidate." A pretty general desire has been expressed that Mr. Entwisle should again be brought forward, and we have good reason for think. ing that that gentlemanvfould consent to become a can didate if a proper requisition were transmitted to him. The name of Lord Sandon has also been mentioned. But there are many noblemen a n d gen tl emen i n th e coun ty eaually eligible —any one of whom would gain an ea sy victory over the ultra free trade, vote by ballot, and Socinian candidate, who has been thrust upon the consti tuency. The Manchester Courier, of S a t ur d ay , says ,— " If we are not m i sinformed, the E ar l o f S e f ton wou ld be di s posed to join the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the county, in an effort to protect it against the disgrace of being mis-represented by a gentleman holding extreme opinions., so repugnant to the p r i nc i p l es w hi c h are k nown to prevail so generally amongst the educated and respect able classes. Surely a meeting of the leading Conserva tives of the several towns and districts of the Southern Division ought to take place without loss of time." Even one of our Whig contemporaries is forced to exclaim that the conduct of its party in this instance is " too bad," and to condemn the step in the following terms : " We consider that it would have been a more equitable as well as a more prudent arrangement, to propose a gen tleman connected with agriculture. We are convinced that the parties by whom Mr. Henry is brought forw . ard ver y much over-estimate the r e l a ti ve strength and im portance of the commercial interest in South Lancashire and although, in the present torpor of political feeling, we it d is on o o ur t ansrotitcinpagtecoannvyietiopopnosittihre theto W regul . H t e o n f ry th 's e re co turri urs . e now pursued will be that, at the next election, both seats will be endangered, if not lost by the liberals, and the ye presentation of the division will be handed over to the. landlords." 3 -- - DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. RE RIGGINSON AND DEANE. On Friday the first meeting of creditors, on the bank ruptcy of Messrs. Jonathan Higginson and R. Deane, took place at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. The court was crowded. Mr. Lowndes appeared in sup port of the fiat;, Mr. Bardswell for the Union Bank of London, and Mr. E. G. Deane for the bankrupts. Amongst the proofs handed in was one from the Union Bank named for £35,672. Mr. Lowndes objected to the proof being for so large a sum. The bank had received bills from the West India Bank at Barbadoes to the amount of £50,000. Of these, bills to the amount of £35,872 were accepted or indorsed by the bankrupts, and the remainder (£15,000) did not bear their names, but the bank had them as collateral security. He contended that the £15,000 ought to be deducted from the.amount sought to be proved, and that the bank ought to prove for the balance only—namely £20,000. Alin Sergeant Ludlow said he would allow the proof to go for the whole sum, for the bank could not get more than 20s. in the pound. Mr. Jonathan Higginson was then sworn and examined. He said he had several transactions wit! - Lyon, Benn, and Co., Bahia, and the ships Lancaster, Alice, Vigilant, and Charlotte were theirs (the witnesses'.) Two of these ships were loaded at Bahia, and two at Rio. The Char ' lotte was loaded by Marlow and Co., of Charleston, and we (witness and partners) received the bills of lading. The vessel arrived about the 18th of Oct. The bills of lading were handed over to the shipper of the cargo, in accordance with arrangements with him that they should be held by us, in payment of the bills drawn against him. He did not remember ever having written to a Brazil houSe for cargo that " their bills would be protected." The words generally were, " your bills will be hor qured." With respect to the arrangement with the shipper of the Lancaster's cargo, it was " that the bills of lading for cargoes should not be used by us until the bills drawn against them were paid." In reply to the question whether he did not deal with the bills of lading without reference to Mr. Lyon he said, I think that when I have met with him I have said, " your bills are so near paid that 1 will deal with the Brazilian cargoes." Most generally I have alluded to the subject. He would not say that he had dealt liith any of the cargoes without reference to Mr. Lyon. He thought not. He had generally alluded to it. The bills of lading of the Lancaster were delivered up after the stoppage of the Royal Bank, when it was found that Mr. Lyon must protect himself. This must have been after an interview with him. He received a letter the other day from Mr. Lyon. It merely alluded to the ship being stopped by the Royal Bank, and then by the official assignee. tinder the advice of his solicitor, Mr. E. G. Deane, this note was handed to Mr. Lowndes, who read it over. The bills of lading of the Alice and Vigilant were delivered over on receipt to Mr. Lyon. These vessels arrived after the stoppage of the Royal Bank. Witness's house stopped payment on the 23d of October. These bills of ladifig were handed over on the day the Vigilant arrived, or soon after—several days after we stopped payment. Mr. Lyon was satisfied that Mr. James Higginson, as a third party, should hold them for his security. I made a mistake in saying that they were all handed to Mr. Lyon. They were handed over to my brother as a third party, for Mr. Lyon's protection. How was that ? By arrangement made with him. How many months ago ? When our payments were irregular ; when he saw danger he required a third party. Witness could not exactly tell when he (Mr. Lyon) applied, but he seemed uneasy early in October. Believed the arrangement was made that Mr. James Higginson should hold the bills of lading, the week previous to the stoppage of the Royal Bane,—ten days at least. Was not aware that any paper was signed by Mr. James Hig ginson, stating the terms on which he was to hold these bills of lading. Some of them were indorsed by witness, and some not. None of these were specially indorsed to Mr. J. Higginson. Witness had never seen the bills of lading of the Charlotte. No arrangement was made with Mr. Menlow in writing ; witness's house and he were on intimate terms of friendship. There were some bills on Mr. llenlow's house that would be upon open account, land could not be attached to the bills of lading. Witness did not know of any of the bills relating to the Charlotte being of that character. This closed the examination of Mr. Higginson, and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow inquired whether there were any other creditors ready to prove their debts ? Mr. Lowndes replied in the negative. The appointment of trade assignees was then proceeded with, and the choice fell upon Josias Booker, Francis Shand, George Booker, and Walter Imrie, Esqrs., who severally accepted the office. It was stated that the debts proved amounted to £135,000. The proceedings then terminated for the present. BUILDING OF A BRAZILIAN FRIGATE IN LIVERPOOL. There is now in course of completion, at the yard of Mr. Thomas Royden, Baffin-street, a fine steam frigate, for the Emperor of the Brazils, to be fitted up in every point as a vessel of war, and intended for his Majesty's especial use in coasting along the shores and running on the rivers of that magnificent country,—her draught of water being, for these purposes, unusually small com pared with her great tonnage. An intelligent Brazilian admiral has been located amongst us for a considerable time, superintending her construction and equipments ; and she has, from her peculiarities and adaptation, al ready become an object of interest amongst nautical men who have seen her. The dimensions of the ship are—length of keel, 178 ft. ; -longth on denk, nhniit 900 ft. ; h.nrn nr hre.gnlth of 31 ft. 10 in. ; and depth of hold, 19 ft. Her burthen is about 880 tons, builders' measurement. Her engines are not large compared to the size of the vessel, being of only 300 horse power; but she is adapted to carry a heavy -press of canvas, and is to be rigged as a two-masted schooner, with foretopsail and other addenda. As she is intended to be available in shallow water, she will not, it is calculated, draw above 12 ft. when her engines, fuel, water, munitions of war, &c., are all on board ; so that a long flat floor, and great beam and bearings for a steamer, were indispensable. Her form and lines are nevertheless fine and well amalgamated, presenting a pleasing rotun dity throughout of hull, with sufficient sharpness of the extremities,—the principle adopted (and successfully in former instances by the same builder) being the passing of the main body of the water under the bottom, in place of, as in most deeper and sharper vessels, clipping forcibly round the sides. The frigate has three decks, and nas no erections on the upper or gun deck, excepting the paddle-boxes, and a few rooms attached to them at each end—the whole, which is flush, and with little perceptible sheer, being left free for action. Here will be mounted two huge 68-pound guns, one forward and the other aft, on patent slides, each working within circles of 23 feet in diameter. Four 32-pounders will also be ranged along the sides. The top-gallant bulwarks, at the bow and stern (which last is round), are contrived to hinge down in pieces outwardly, so that the " long Toms" may be aimed over the lower bulwarks without obstruction. The second deck (below) comprises a large mess-room forward for the crew, petty officers' and engineers' berths, engine-room, cabins abaft for the emperor and his retinue, principal officers' berths, gun-room, armoury, surgery, dispensary, &c. The lower, or orlop deck, contains sail rooms, chain lockers, sleeping berths, &c. There are three strong water-tight bulk heads dividing the vessel into compartments—one close forward, and one in front of, and:one abaft the engines and boilers. The principal cabins are fitted up and finished in splendid French polished mahogany. The vessel is built of the very choicest materials, with English oak framing • solid bottom all dowelled ; Ameri can elm planking below, and teak-wood above, of shich last material are also the ceiling, stringers, and upper deck. The lower decks are of Dantzig timber She is copper bolted outwardly throughout, with no treenails ; and herkneesandother strengthenings are of the most approved principles in wood and metal. She will carry two large boats on the tops of the paddle-boxes, similar to those in some of our British wer steamers. She is provided with Dalton's patent pumps. Her sides are strengthened by interior iron and wooden trusses, the one fixed diagonally across the other at an angle of 45°. She bears a figure head of a cherub, in a graceful attitude, and the stern will be ornamented in an appropriate and corresponding manner. Her name has not yet been decided upon. She will be launched on the 23d of next month. We can now but add that no expense has been spared by the royal owner, or pains by the builder and those under him, to render her complete, and that she is a remarkably strong and altogether an extraordinary ship. RAILWAY RECEIP' The following are the receipts of railw that is to say, up to the date to which are made : tys for the past week; the respective'returns Week 1847. 1846 ' RAILWAYS. ending Amount. Amt. - ---- . .t' s. d. £ Amiens and Boulogne Nov.— 0 0 0 .. Arbroath and Forfar , —2O 168 0 0 193 Chester and Birkenhead —l9 618 0 0 516 Cockermouth and Workington —2l 138 0 0 . Dublin and Drogheda —lB 716 0 0 671 Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Edinburgh and Glasgow —2o 3382 0 0 3295 Edinburgh and Northern —2o 613 0 0 .. Eastern Counties and N. Eastern —2l 10391 0 0 2052 East Lancashire l— 20 857 0 0 766 Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury —l4 1102 0 0 423 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. —2O 2422 0 0 2060 Glasgow and Greenock Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere —2o 89 0 0 .. Lancashire and Yorkshire —2o 8610 0 0 8607 Lancaster and Carlisle Londonderry and Enniskillen — 0 0 0 London and North-Western —2l 38209 0 0 36222 London and Blackwall London& Brighton, South Coast •-- 20 ' 7468 0 0 6748 London and South- Westeni l- 21 7150 0 0 5556 M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln —2O 2105 0 0 1822 Maryport and Carlisle —2l 621 0 0 517 Midland, Bristol, and Birming ham Midland Great Western (Ireland) —2l 840 0 0 Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Paris and Rouen —2O 6863 0 0 5 9 04 Rouen and Havre Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale —2o 1822 0 0 967 Ulster Whitehaven Junction —2l 293 0 0 .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick —2o .10923 C 0 5714 York and. North Midland, &c —2o 7142 0 0 5474 CORRESPONDENCE. 3- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL SPANDARD. SlR,—Having seen this day, (23d instant,) in your va luable journal, an article headed " Extraordinary inci dents at St. Jude's Church," I looked with anxious, but disappointed expectation, for some remarks from you on the " extraordinary " event, thinking that you would throw some light upon the subject. In the absence of such information, and finding the " poor man" branded by your mercurial neighbour as a " maniac," my mind seemed to inquire, is there anything in the machinery of Christianity to lead us to expect such results ? and I thought I perceived such a natural connexion between the machinery of Christianity effectively worked and the ac tual position of man, as led me to inquire why should a result like the one under consideration be considered wor thy of being styled "extraordinary," or the subject of it a " maniac ?" I have always been taught to look upon a maniac as one who from false premises arrives at right conclusions, or vice versa'. But how stood it in this case ? where were his wrong premises ? and if they were true, where his false conclusions ? He felt he was a sinner (this is an undoubted fact) ; he felt that without mercy her must perish (this was one of his conclusions) ; and he had learnt that Christ was exalted to show mercy, therefore he. called out (not as your Lord-street neighbour would insi nuate) to those around him, but as given in the Albion, as transcribed by you, " Lord have mercy on me, Christ have mercy on me." I declare, if this man were a maniac, the wisest man this earth possesses could not have acted the sane one better. And in order to ascertain if my opinion of the natural adaptation of the Christian system. to the producing of such results were correct, I considered how it had- made others thus mad, how it had produced results thus mania-like, when, on its first being brought to bear upon its legitimate objects, on the day of Pentecost, the multitude cried out, " Men and brethren, what shall we do ?" The Philippian jailor acted very lik e a maniac, when under the lashings of his conscience, being con vinced by the demonstration given that he had been sin ning against God, he cried out, " What must I do to be saved ?" And Saul acted very like a madman, when he, a mighty warrior (attended by his military staff, who perhaps were with him when he received his commission f rom th e chief priests, when issuing from the Holy City, his armour glittering in the rays of a cloudless sun, he, amidst the benedictions of the teeming thousands of Jerusalem, en tered upon an expedition which promised so much, to add fresh laurels to his brow) is found prostrate on the ground, exclaiming, " Lord, what wilt thou have me to do ?" and indeed he was afterwards told by a very polite, learned, and influential person, that he was " beside " himself, which was equal to calling him a " poor man" and a " maniac." To my mind, it is a serious reflection, that Christianity should have been in the world more than 1800 years, and that even now, in Liverpool, the modern. Tyre—in politeness, literature, and architecture, promis ing to be a modern Athens—a man convinced of sin, and seeking mercy through an exalted Saviour, should be branded as a maniac. —Yours, &c. A LOVER OF CO_ , SISTENCY. [We have received a number of communications on this subject, and insert the above at particular request. We have given no opinion of our own, because we consider it a case of that kind which is better left to the judgment and conscience of each individual reader.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARIP. Stn,—The cabin passengers by the New World, packet ship, Capt. Knight, beg leave, through you, to call atten tion to the evils that may result from the absence of pilots at the appointed station off the port of Liverpool. The ship sailed from New York on the 10th November, and reached Point Lynas at 9 a.m, on the 27th, but lay there for nearly twelve hours, unable to procure a pilot till after nightfall. " What avail the skill and seamanship of the ablest cap tain in bringing his ship across in sixteen days, if she must be kept lying twenty-four hours, in the end of No vember, with the barometer below 29, off a coast, where sudden and disastrous changes of wind so often occur. Let those concerned in the safety of this splendid new ship and valuable cargo, look to this. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, A CABIN PASSENGER. [The writer of this letter is a highly respectable gentle man,-but we feel convinced that the apparent neglect is capable of explanation, as our pilots are so well known as a hard-working body of men—ever at their posts. J ._ _ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The Directors of the Bank of England broke up on Thursday without reducing again the rate of interest, which was generally anticipated. The balance-sheet of Messrs. M. L. Bensusan & Co., Mogador merchants, whose failure took place on the 26th of September, exhibits liabilities to the amount 0fX52,016, whilst the assets are only £3,915. The draughts of the West India. Bank have keen re fused acceptance by their agents, the Union Bank of London, the reason being that the West India Bank had, against the repeated and emphatic warnings of the mana ger of the Union Bank, continued to make purchases of the bills of Higginson, Dean, and Stott, of Barbadoes, on Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, of Liverpool, to an extent that was certain to prove dangerous. The capital of the concern, which was established about two years back, is only £120,000 ; but its liabilities are very large, and wholly .disproportioned to this amount. Exchange operations constitute one extensive feature of the business carried on, and the bank is said to hold no less than £BO,OOO of the paper of Barton, Irlam, and Co. Its cash deposits held on interest are very large, and it also issues notes. Judging from the last balance-sheet presented, dated August 27, 1847, the general affairs of the institu tion appear to have been conducted in a most unsound manner, the cash in hand to meet £413,450 of notes in circulation, balances due to other banks, and deposits from customers, being only £34,167, or less than one twelfth of the amount. The head office of the bank was at Bridgetown, Barbadoes, and it had branches at St. Kitt's, St. Vincent, Grenada, Antigua, Tobago, and Trinidad. The effect of the suspension, therefore, if it shall be forced to suspend, will be severe and extensive. Since our last publication the following commercial disasters have been announced :—On Tuesday it became known that the drafts of the West India Bank were re fused acceptance by their agents, the Union Bank, of Lon don. Messrs. J. and H. Reay, in the wine trade, liabili ties £20,000 ; and Messrs. Lackersteen an d Co. E as t India merchants, with liabilities of upwards of £lOO,OOO. suspended payment on Tuesday. Messrs. D3fosse and Co. of Brussels, bankers, have also failed. On Thursday four failures took place on the Stock Exchange, London— Mr. Henry Whitmore, broker, Messrs. Secretan and Cap per, brokers, sacrificed, it is understood, by a principal; Mr. William Abbott, and Mr. William Eykyn. On Fri day the London papers announce the stoppage of Messrs. Tanner and Ward, leather factors, liabilities, £55,000. In Rotterdam two houses have stopped—Messrs. Riewit and Sangeveldt, and Messrs. B. Rouffaer and Sons. Messrs. Hennekinne Briard, of Mons, whose suspension is said to be only temporary, must be added to the above list. The Times of Tuesday announced three important mercantile failures to be added to the distressing list which the last ten miserable weeks have presented ; and the Globe laments over the badness of the present state of trade, and anticipates much loss and suffering on the part of the middle class of traders. In Glasgow several failures have taken place this week. That of Messrs. A. and J. Downie, drysalters, is the most important. Their liabilities are nearly £200,000. The name of another house in Glasgow, of some importance. has been reported, but as the precise designation of the firm has not been given, and as there are several houses of the same name, it would be imprudent to give publicity to the rumour. The Ti mes of yesterday, announces the suspension of Messrs. Sargant Gordon and Co. ' produce brokers. The liabilities of the firm are stated at £150,000, of which £BO,OOO consist of acceptances, and it is understood that six months back their engagements were heavier to the extent of £lOO,OOO. The house was of about seven years' standing, and the cause of suspension is said to consist in large advances made to Messrs. Lackersteen and Co., Johnson, Cole and Co., and other parties in the East India and Mauritius trade. The securities held are repre sented to be all in perfect order, and hopes are entertained of a not unfavourable liquidation. To the above announcement we have to add that of the suspension of Messrs. Leaf, Barnett, Scotson, and Co., warehousemen, of Wood-street, London. They fully exp.nt, ultimately, it is said, t o p a y 20 s . i n t h e pound, their assets amounting to about £lOO,OOO, and their hibilities to £75,000. Remittances of specie, in sums respectively of £lB,OOO and £24,000 were received on Wednesday by the packet ships Montezuma and Garrick ; and on Saturday about 40,000 dollars in silver were received by the Royal Ex change, from Callao. £lO,OOO have also been brought by the New World, from New York. _ The effect of the reduction of the rate of interest and discount to seven per cent. was to advance the price of Consols from 84+ to 84+. At first this measure produced a good deal of dissatisfaction, the conduct of the directors being considered to be capricious, and likely to produce violent transitions in the value of public securities. The reduction of the rate of interest, however, by the bank is a movement in the right direction ; an d it i s pro b a bl e that it will be followed by other banks in town and country. We learn from the Bank of England averages published on Friday that the notes in the banking department, con stituting, with the coin lodged there, the reserve fund, had accumulated to £4,22B,o9s—increase upon the week before, £1,430,385. In the treasury letter to the Bank some days since, retiring the authority before given to enlarge accommodation at discretion, subject to the exac tion of 8 per cent. interest, the reserved fund was assumed to have rallied to five millions. The average states it at more than three-quarters of a million less. The addition of the specie would still leave it more than a quarter of a million less. Full one-half of the rei nforcement of the reserve fund of notes arose from the running out of bill or " other" securities , not by fresh discounts replaced to the extent. The influx of co in and bullion would account for the remainder. The continued withdrawal of private deposits is calculated to excite attention if not uneasiness. Since Monday the quotation of Consols has undergone remarkable changes. On Friday at the close of business, Consols for money were 851 to 851; Bank Stock 187 to 189, and h xchequer Bills 2 discount to par. On Saturday the funds were again heavy, with but little doing. The excitement of the settlement being over, there was no ap parent incination to enter into renewed operations. Con.. sols were 841 to 841 for present transfer, and 85} to 851- for the 18th of January. Exchequer Bills 2s. discount to par. Bank Stock 187 to 189. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. 841 to 85,.and the Three per Cents. 83+ to 831.