The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-11 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY. ppilileicnstoins revenue of the port of Glouceste r , in 1840 56 4 0 00 in 1841 £123,88, and 1842 .£156 124. Govern ' k e k et c 'tent allows the Royal West India Mail Steam " ttra of , 00 °1 ,,s _any 4•240,000 per annum, and receives a re -4,, -- ° ,0 1.10 in the shape of postage dutiese. ll ow, there kw„,!f_e celebrated rosary of Mr. Cole, at w prirw tmwards of 60 000 trees, in full bloom, CQM.- 111 rove No , , °es varieties. A k e 1 of the u. •...me of Hulcne, it ooeffeennarresteil In Manchester on a tharge of murder. alias CAR Metal Jack, The eh,,,el,.'rel etramitted in October, 1840. Oh 1141tieheater) 50 Jis,. vatield.,_ , guns, IN to be launch t e h d e a 1821 . 'Ye phiB vessel has been on ,„..it %tido .‘, a s t to W ck e s ni s w in ie c h e .• 0 1tte n L - the takes, containing some marginal notes, notes, at the to e efp the late Dr. Southey, was sold for £ the `aat h e Property. of th.eirleket match on Tuesday between the gentlemen tiwe "lid and the gentlemen of Kent, terminated in lir of England A ear., . • of )41 of ice arrived at Kingston, Jam. o n the 4th who purchased lse.- `°.the great joy of the people, li,.,re,edilY alraost at any price. itee4l-Pancellor of the Exchequer acknowledged in the bit The week, the receipt of seventy pounds sent to I,l7,eenseience money. l 'od 411:1L.° ni unber of bricks made in England and . Scot ia °II was_l,462 257 2 7 5 a decrease of 263, Pared withlB4o- ' ' I ' r a sei 3,5,458, • in 'No ll t are which was made a short had not been kid, the': some goods upon which dutytimp since N vit , . re therew seventy-two silk whiskers. the G o in last three years, fifteen females have died in baited MesaiWorkhouse, in the Dewsbury Union, whose on agar antamo to 1240 years. named Silk, eon of eilday, Canterbury, a little boy mping Apep„. nairdresser, was so alarmed hy a d bezilci'syal: that he was seized with iliness and o d g ied raving ,Sitp.*,, 44 ~.,...z NAVIGATION I MPROVEMENT.—Henry Hill, thill°' wolverham t has been appointed treasurer to heel'uositission LPoannns'tothe amount o f £150,000 :ie.:tiered to . the company and accep ted. have 16 yeiretlarraolt ACCIDENTAL HANGING aidett a°l age, hung himself on Friday se'nn . igh by ac .—Geprgte Lloyd, j a an . 4 1 h ue was trying some experiment with a' halter, 1,44 wo.use at Dorstone, Gloucestershire. iotr e . h ilsop, been uilt the Roman Catholic Church at e and is g o i'... to has consecrated Bishop : at Rom m , Ir ope a . t to van Dieman's Land on a mission fro the Nu n litileerhaStt O HARE i abonuutaia; W un as de s r u st s a t n ai d oe t d ha h tda t ip he ag n e e t w o tt eszbltoi .st:rfeDunbar on the night of Tuesday last, from usness of the sea. —Berwick Warder. tile z • i!t‘ PREL AND RIS TE I VANTS.—On Saturda: _last h Id at 1 , 441 wit t I, Ah a baronet's half -yearly audit was of t he ° t rt en" a ' lO per cent. was returned to the whole entry, o° karshalldne!daY' ,Irall, w a waterman of the name of Christopher , Yrbilst leaping from a boat into a barge at Black - oarge .4.!)arnbed between a ship and 12,tai_7. crushed to atoms. the gunwale of the bore on the west coea,it%, ago about 140 whales went o n ail the ad.oi4,Stornoway, and were claimedb s the tenants °, St ored 'wig farms, who sold them to the merchants ecivay, at an average of £1 6s. each. vie/,°,?fleAEllison, of the Grenadier Guards,w hilst re bis 110.8 418 troop on Monday, in Hyde Park, el diseas m e of therteaatrid died instantly. His complaint was Tile e l e it t. Company, ,.. _ ci p e r Illbject t o te s and works of the British Iron liot,„_ rents and royalties amounting to £'2,"" the e(oll43are offered for sale for £200,000. The debts of . At th.t amount to nearly £450,000. ahed ' bi n s poli ce-office, last week, an overseer r w r as .. elite fone al°lling and costs , for refusing to sign a °..e-t,mn. e ,‘ 8,5 , sr 2baenedr 3, agreeably agreeably to the Act 4 and all , ' 4,1 41 to . 'J.:Teased b ef ore eY, the well known jockey and horstraiper:, his debt the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday No e ditor s Were declared at £525 4s. ; credits, rail. At 01)Posed him. a ela i l tea drinking match at East Challow, Berks, a few the pi ee, o inking some six or eight females . for a pr s iz . e n , half aerilahrourita,nk 29 and four others 25 full-sized cup i Ile dimen sions of the stage at Covent Garden T . Theatre back "Nth m str wa ll GO feet • t from wail to wall 82 feet, prosceniu teat 105 feet , total length from float-light to Har t tot n „ ° _rober ; e nightingales have this season surpris t ed e t m he - Selp ei r, °Pie of Barton -on-Humber, having locati b from t i l t l e an extensive osier plantation, about hal -a-mile Twe w''llate---Stamford Mercury. x —The Arivate ':I"PECTS OF TFIE LATE DUKE OF SUSS • take pi:'ew of the late Duke's collection of cigar s wil l s 'lat t ee °n Saturday next. The number to be sold ver l y bleed„° exceed -,47,0 000, a‘ character. ' and most of them are of the t til tt IN &c.—The (n a l ,„ , StRANCE ON FARMING ST OC.K , . n c. fbor.sina4itlisyneraerd, litisy th e t fi.re-9ffi_ n ces on farming stock . , , ?E ~ the order of the -Coon contained just publ ished returns hole t o R,,s, ~,,,, 1 - 1 use of commons, amounted in t ,4Soltt,, uounooo. d •killo Ntw Th b • Ann, Farr, Master, ars olf. tisliiiatoCairset horn On- Fri e day n l g ast, laden with 220 ton .iithert ' °)Ported direct to Dumfries. All the guano Li ° broil h „Pirerpee.....l t here had been previously imported at l e the icuusni.ofrieeofeourier. t t ;4 ll ° be of the ue n a :Wu hallthaenerd liebmrao library y ial of laying the first at Lincoln's In to n, a e eorni,e..r.,of the inn asked of what material they were b e k he ob 'ever';,when bein answered "Of brie , 1\4, 4 , I then thefirsgt stone will be the last. " qar4"lsoinat offer has yet been made for either Covent i ll f aCt ors r 1)11115' Lane for next season. An as.oci 4 OCt t 8 fOrrtiO" . if possible, to open the latter t 0,,, o er ,„ n, ln order plate,-,ext ; but the arrangements are yet very in- The:Observer. Fsnliltrehre's included in the new treaties for the mutual ollr t r e derr a e tt f e tt fu g i ti ves from justice . , ' arson, —with America, robhery 1 ° r 4,1.3% and Ns . to murder, pira a cc e , kftN-Airder,f uttering ,_. with France, murder and attempts IlAl,l,C)rgerY and fraudulent bankruptcy . . lia t 4 t qave- 1 " IN NEWCA STLE.—Saturday . n e ig r h a t ff. , shor tly do e 'e of.s",' a fire broke out in the extensiv _ _. the, lohQcsar Todd and Co., timber merchants, .w. i:auull nd4p4.11, bautttteehrsly lkdeestroved the whole building, with ,hokr e., ' •, which it contained. t-btr.* at "IrlesdaY week a wolf made his escape from , a es•stlbterrorrentr.y, and rap through . several streets, to to okaiek... tne inhabitants, going at a sharp pace up ti t e's!tules , F„"' b ought back to , b:? a d• He was retaken, after a scent of , means of a wolf dog, and r .08,1;41. A ce cit y r.. tilis pNT.—Con Saturday evening last Mr. in this r oae l illst e ' e9al, merchant, of Quern.s n the Hoole Is tie : litifor,. srasting to stack some hay 0 N I allied o‘unately fell from the top of the stack, and r ,---e hest rl the spot, his neck being dislocated by the 14,444t0 er paper. kTle't 4°l? kunutit.—On Tuesday last an adjourne e d f tol:hn, w Veld at Macclesfield on view of the b o d y t litt 4 o o th e ' s e ll had been found on the common . near that th e 4, wiifouindaY previous. After a long inquiry a ver- JCJ'e of Georrngeurlterds; her sweetheart. Redfern, ztur a n s ed against a man of ttiardtle,Pltiollfrangues ,l;lßs'r---Te he L re w is o a w throtle's nest in the . • e d 'runt ru.,e.inau at St. John's, W akefield . , which is le er 4 er: a Pieee of the Y Herald, a piece of the Viisit serps‘4oV, a leaf of the Piegrim of the efi eld ef Per and the corner of a note 's Progress, A eu . 1340., co. some 4fiel,, r lou s • asking tll l4 'lletir c'rentastance hap p ened on Monday week, in a I: ll. l . t h h ti t t ,., ,, of hat :i_r4.4m an immense Astrong whirlwind took up i ) and r out of a field, raised it to . NO Per,ot carried it over the town of Altrinch . a e n r i e . 4 ery . 18 ran out of th • houses to look, as there 44,4 th at their 'l' ot i c l N to . a balloon was passing over. *ell‘4llll)eriardpaY night last, the timber yard of Mr. Robert re 'cint•ho-se4srik, t!eal.• Ne wc.astle- . upon -Tyne, and twe lve .. families, r a ms stoye, ~ Principally i nhab i ted n-Tyne, by Poor, 4411 ' 1 , 1 1 ht s ebtsfvreefh,'„, e ' l. tr ,o e s3 - 11 'tl'olixe 2ToyonoeciMe andrcusrtyateesstitmhaattessixthtye rolti ,r.kae been rendered horneles's. York, ilti..ht•lttiilleexreeeetdeY,,e.m‘ barks in the autumn . for New 5...7., like: his manta he Wi l l rema i n in the United States Until ;les,: his de uernerit of the ensuing s ' l f ete , !‘lr to r Parture, we understand that h means to 1,•11,„ 'N4114°414 his health by a total abstinence e from qrl,-"rtda °41.----Standrd. )it414,, Y , 1 3th iNly. is the day fr - - atwkal eit,,t'oultur 'l,b`l dir,eable of ai._ociety, t- e l), "el' ---- , to be held in Derby: A pc. NI ~",1 14 f , 8 „ for I n ß ri n id ,,iri,g 2,000 persons, has been erected "II ' -1 Ca '' nave already been contracted for. ~, e the -ttbridge w 0111,1t1 Ru es , 0 „ • e understand, will be present, Iltril, ttleeNtvlil , t the Duke of Devonshire. 4% 11 %8 di B il lgs f or ?,. --During the past ten days a . great 4 4 th e ti B enti n _ c, thanksgiving" have been held in the t 4 t i t v 4 o ti t?l . l t etti 411,4,1:J1:t0t' the metropo r l l i i s, co , n s sv e u to e r n y i t ,N ti 1N ehnleer: These tieletir j n ara s elaiavGe Graham's n in chiefly of iittlekeptele• doter, and largelygattended. 4,, u cd e 4 low 8 SPlendid was Nif if B , th, 11 at tb erne sne in Gloucestershire _ 444 I ell 4 °lk ito' e a " t ien mart, last eek to ( l i vir. g etit, iie t ottiand r,.of Lav ies-streen. for g one s hun re d ,1„ , th,404 d,,Pg'neaB ! It is said that Mr. Holfor . Itistruc: PrineilleiLlothschild were, by to b 4 t IV t i O 4 , it . Competitors. means of their dell Ala t fog 4 , 18 , Baid, hav e been issued by 911 era eeti ' tim4 itiOn e Chelsea Pensionrs ) ti t l , to b, U nde r the a number of the Secre. 1 he 1 11 4,.: IleEBeteeted f controul of staff efficers• 4.1 ''d v i eld c ronn East and West NI and Nor -10 ' B l' 141 aria' "entry Derby Lincoln, ~•ales, Bath, ..111NI, 4tTTt °t hat to upw' ards 0f , 6000. :tit ( c`, O ri N ',„ Fi I , ~ s Coy kle,it-ea, Anes -uvvEs Ty-Two Burton k Ile, th e till_ear griddaYo evenin g the village.. of re n that has Nt'',,Ra, a Ztrn eti ~.,13 t, was visited by HOUSE, ' lt b oa t ig": 4 t alleh" ° t twent f families ~,S,g di,o`went3, Property. The number 0 insured. Y-two houses a , besides other kth l e l l'EN," are th e phi, and none of them were oOe ta ' It tgb " Property of Lord Rivers. '''• e 714L 41 w ell . e e of Iti.r.--On Tuesday a general respite t GuizepP o )1,11tromollel:8 reeeiveth pronounced agains t. ~..„,,,,ate• 11 0 it f i Cri tti ,Wa s c 4 c hy the govern t osre.osioiii,s. of the 4 4 18 tt:th. tens , Court 1 t of e t r i l i .at the e r l last d of a female' named 44! ;liP„t,43teledlnn,t at 8 Myrnma murder 0 took him into he 11l ,;i 'vi• t '''' against thie ' v'es and the extreme sent . "ttrikilitvaB Pronounced ag;inst him. The Pen ely L ue trans portaticin for Jire' The splendid hounds, known at tae Northumberland and North Durham Fox hounds formerly the Lambton Pack, and which have hunted th.e northern portion of this county during the last few 'years, have just been given up by their owner, -- n aVi`!, Robertson, Esq, of Lees near Cold stream. The I "orthy gentleman's extensive stud of hunters are annow:aced for sale. Or, Friday morning week, three prisoners succeeded in t soaping from the county prison at Durham. They had effected their purpose by taking the funnel out of the stove, iind emerging through the hole thereby made in the roof. Their names are James Taylor, James Grierson, and George Lamb. Taylor was under sentence of Trans portation. Three extensive seizures were made, last week, by the officers of customs—the Elizabeth, of Newport, at Exeter, with tobacco, cigars, tea, silk, and eau de Cologne, the duties on which would exceed £5,000 ; the French smack Nouvelle Societie, from Cherbourg, at London, with 100 gallons of brandy: and the sloop Pink, of London, at Grimsby, with 4,000 lbs. of tobacco concealed on board. On the 20th ult. a little girl, about five years of age, daughter of Alexander Wallace, boiler-maker, Carts duke, while lying on a spot exposed to the rays of the sun, which were intensely ardent, sustained a coup de soleil, from the effects of which, after lingering a few hours, she expired, It is rare that such a casualty occurs in our temperate latitude.—Glasgow paper. Lord John Russell has placed upon the notice books of the House of Commons intimation that it his intention, on Tuesday, the 18th ofJuly, to move the presentation of an address to the crown on the subject of education in Great Britain. Mr. Hume's motion for a bill on the same subject has been deferred until Tuesday, the 25th of July ; and on the same day Mr. Colquhoun has given notice that he will move resolutions on the subject of education. MORE SHAESPEARE AUTOGRAPHS.—Within the last few weeks there has turned up what, if authentic, must be by far the most valuable of all the Shakspeare auto graphs. This is no less than the identical black-letter copy of Hollinshead's Chronicle, which was used by Shakspeare, encircled with his manuscript notes, and, above all, by his own autograph signature in full.—Morn ing Chronicle. REMOVAL OF CONVICTS.—On Saturday morning a draft of convicts was placed in the van of the Old Bailey, London, to be removed to the hulks off Chat ham. They were 25 in number, and principally those sentenced to expatriation for 10, 14, and 15 years, as well as a few for life. Among the number was Howse, house-steward to the late Lord Fitzgerald, and others, who once filled respectable stations in society. Key-Dell, a pretty cottage villa, near Horndean, Hants, and (to use the phraseology of Mr. George Robins) the pet place of the vicinity, was sold through his instrumen tality last week, to Mr. Charles Kean, the eminent tra gedian, with thirty acres of park-like grounds, for 3,700 guineas. The greater portion is freehold, but there are two or three acres held on lease at a pepper-corn rent for the short term of only ten thousand years. Two BOYS KILLED.—On Saturday morning week, three boys got into a corve to be lowered into Wheatley's coal pit, near Wakefield, in order to proceed to their work. They were in the act of descending when the hook on one side of the corve, which attached it to the rope, broke and two of them, of the names of Grace and Royds, were suddenly precipitated to the bottom of the shaft (about thirty yards) and were killed on the spot. The Rev. Dr. Baines, Roman Catholic " Bishop of Siga," and vicar apostolic of the western district of Eng land, was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning last, at his residence, Prior-park, near Bath. On the previous day he had consecrated a chapel at Bristol, which had been previously used as a place of worship by the Irving ites. The bishop had celebrated mass and preached on the occasion. The original cost of the building was about £33,000, and it was purchased by the Roman Catholics for £5,000. DISCOVERY OF Two HUMAN SKELETONS.—A day or two ago, as the workmen were engaged in digging the foundations for some new houses at the bottom of Lower Harley-place, Clifton Down, they turned up a portion of a human skeleton. Information having been given to Dr. Fairbrother, that gentleman proceeded to the spot and in structed the workmen to dig further, when it appeared that two skeletons (one of them six feet long,) were em bedded in the ground, at about 18 in. from the sutface.— Bristol Paper. ROBBERY OF A CONVENT AT EDINBURGH.—On the night between Monday and Tuesday last, St. Margaret's Convent, Brantsfield Links, was robbed of a crucifix, standing about two feet in height, which they supposed to be gold, but which was only brass, gilt, worth about £l2. Either scared by some noise, or proud of their prize, they made their way out, leaving a silver crucifix, which stood in view, and which is worth 80 gnineas. On Tuesday Fallan apprehended a man offering the stolen crucifix for sale as old brass, and broken to pieces. —Caledonian Mercury. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Monday last, whilst a file-grinder was at work in Allum-street, the large grinding-stone (10 or 12 cwt.), whilst running at a great speed, and without any previous warning, suddenly flew in pieces, and a piece of the disjointed mass, upwards of scwt., was literally projected through the wall of the workshop, across a street eight or ten yards in width, when, on coming in contact with the door of a cottage, it smashed it to atoms. The missile found a resting place in the cottage without having injured either the journey man a passenger, or inmate of the cottage.—Manchester Her ald. WITCHCRAFT.—That at this day any serious belief in witchcraft should prevail, would scarcely obtain credit were it not for many instances of it that are afforded. It was only last week that a decent looking man, understood to be from the parish of W—, entered the house of a respectable tradesman at Totsham, and begged of the mistress of the house a penny, saying his son was " over looked" and he was collecting in pence from that number of females, 30 pence, in order to take him to and pay this the consulting fee to Dr. Tuckett, at Exeter !!! At this house at least, he was very properly refused.—Exeter Fly ing Post. EXTRAORDINAY Fish.—A man who was trollinga short time since in the Thames, at Clewer, near Windsor, hooked one of the largest pikes ever caught in the riven and after skilfully " playing" with the fish for upwards of an hour and a half, he at length landed it safely. This enormous fish, which has just been stuffed as a great cu riosity, weighed upwards of 301 b., and is three feet seven inches and a half in length ! Mr. Mills, the banker of Lombard street, who was " spinning" in the Thames from a punt on Saturday last, caught, in the course of the afternoon, between Windsor and Datchet bridges, three splendid trout in beautiful condition, w hich weighed up wards of 251 b. A barbel was also hooked, and landed near Datchet, two feet 10 inches long, and weighing 211 b.! SYCEE SILVER.—BV the statement of the account between the Master of the Mint and the Lords of the Treasury, relative to the Sycee silver remitted from China, it appears that the total value is £1,334,485 12s. Bd., the freight and other expenses connected with which is £19,291 ]Bs. 2d., leaving a balance of £1,315,188 9s. sd. ; the abovenamed sum being equal in Chinese value to 6,000,000 dollars, the first instalment under the treaty of Nankin. Of this amount, £1,281,406 13s. 10d. has been paid into the Exchequer, and £53,073 13s. 9d. re served for defraying freight, charges of preparation, con tingent expenses, allowances, &c., subject to the appro bation of the Treasury. A TRIP TO GRETNA.—On Thursday evening, about nine o'clock, a carriage drove up at full speed to the Coffee house Hotel, bearing " on the wings of love " a very handsome young gentleman accompanied by a beautiful young lady. Fresh horses were ordered on the instant; " in less than no time " four spanking bays, with drivers in splendid scarlet liveries, were prancing at the door; and into the fresh carriage stepped Mr. Lamb, the county coroner, looking as grave as if about to sit upon a body, and a lady whose name we could not learn. Off they set at full gallop, to " the green that lies over the border ; " and frog the haste which they manifested, it was supposed that some " relentless father " was in pur suit; but no such catastrophe occurred,:and in little more than two hours, the happy pair returned, both looking "as well as could be expected for the time." They set off again in a short time for the west.—Carlisle Journal. GREAT SILVER CISTERN. — The history of the mag nificent cistern lately sold at the sale of the late Duke of Sussex's effects is rather curious. It was made for the late Lord Courtney ; and at the sale of his plate in the year 1811, it was purchased by Q. Dick, Esq., M.P., for the sum of £57-1 at 10s. per oz.;it then weighing 1,148 oz. In the year 1818 Nlr. Dick ceded it to the original proprietor at his particular request, it being a piece of family plate. On his death, a few years ago, it was bought by a Jew in that country, who finding a difficulty in bringing it to England, in consequence of the high duty on imported plate, sold it to another Jew in England, of whom the Duke of Sussex bought it, having procured a e I Treasury order to have it imported duty free. The Court- _ embossed ney arms being splendidly on it, his Royal Highness had them removed, and his own substituted. It now weighs 1,185 oz., and was sold for £350, at ss. 9d. an ounce, to a dealer. ASCENT AND PERILOUS DESCENT OF AN 2ERONALTT. —A balloon ascended from Portobello Gardens, Dublin, on Thursday last. The ascent was rapid and beautiful. At a quarter-past six the balloon was observed by some persons on the beach, deicending as it were from the clouds, and approaching the earth from a N.W. direction. It came so close to the surface that the aeronaut was heard calling with his utmost strength to the men on shore ; but it was soon evident that the inflating gas did not escape quickly enough, in order to bring the balloon to the sur face on terra firma. The wind, which was a stiff breeze, blew obliquely from the land out fo sea ; the balloon passed the verge of the beach, and seemed to ascend still higher, as it cau.e over the deep, and for a moment it was doubtful whether it would not be carried urifotig the surf and rocks at the foot of Bray Head, or be dashed against the preci pices of that promontory; in. either ease the fate of the bold and unfortunate aeronaut being inevitable destruction. The appearance of the balloon at this time was extremely curious. From its callapied state It •fluttered like the sail of a vessel when tacking near the wind ; it darted from side to side like a paper kite ; the 'head rolled about, and the car, pendulbug, far above the deep agitated sea, oscillated fearfully, the occupant of the frail vehicle being scarcely visible in the distance. ' , At length the decisive moment came. The gas escaped in - large volumes, and the balloon fell :with great velocity; /aid in an almost per pendicular line into the sea,•from two to three cables' length from the shore, the car with its burden causing a heavy splash, and sinking for a moment out of sight. A b o at was immediately pushed off thrOugh the surf, and von from his perilous po sition, after el Six fishermen fr om the neighbouring houses pulled out, and having first rescued a Mr. Gy i nute in balloon, w a a t c a r d , they madea b a inngcisionliti.ntwthtnet&mlinflated baying gathered it into the boat returned to land. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednesday last, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in the Council Chamber, within the Town-hall. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Finance Committee were read, comprising the sale of the advowson of the Cemetery, subject to the approval of the Ecclesiastical Commission ers; plan for laying out for sale the land on the east side of Great Howard-street, for the erection of fire-proof warehouses ; proposal for the sale of parts of the Cheshire estate, both in Birkenhead and Wallasey Pool, on leases not exceeding 75 years : proposed appointment of a dock master and three assistants at River Craft Dock ; gratuity to Mrs. Fresh, at the Alms-houses ; the recommendation of the increase of the salary of Mr. Fox from £l5O to £230, the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly council. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE requested that the subject of the increase of Mr. Fox's salary might be postponed till the report of the Paid Officers' Committee was presented, as he understood it embodied some observations regarding the surveyor's office. Mr. Lawrence laid before the council the plan for laying out the site of the present Borough Gaol, for the erection of fire-proof warehouses. His great object, he said, was to sell the land to advan tage. The committee did not give any opinion as to the propriety of erecting warehouses, but they gave a plan of the best mode of laying out and constructing warehouses, without intending to compel the purchaser to erect such warehouses. It was the opinion of many, that such ware houses would be advantageous, and the committee were of opinion that the land would sell better for that purpose. Parties must, however, guard against thinking that in taking land for such a purpose they had any privileges which might, as heretofore, be used as arguments to pre vent the corporation from appropriating other land as they might think fit. Mr. Lawrence next drew attention to the proposal for the sale of part of the Cheshire estate, a subject, he said, of great importance. In the department devoted to questions touching leases, was a recommenda tion to extend a lease of premises on the south-west side of Park-lane, having fifty-eight years to run, to seventy five-years, on payment of a fine of £l5. Mr. COOPER moved that the recommendation last allu ded to be referred back to the committee. The street, he contended, ought to be widened. Mr. EARLE seconded the motion and supported the views of Mr. Cooper. Mr. SMITH said it was in contemplation to widen Park lane from the church upwards, on the east side. After some conversation, Mr. Cooper's amendment was put, when there appeared _ - For the Amendaient.—Messrs. Shand, Hodgson, Isaac Holmes, Preston, Thompson, North, H. Holmes, Stew art, Rae, Royden, Cooper, Lloyd, Kilshaw, Plumpton, Lace, Trotman, Platt, Harbord, Barclay, Bulley, Earle, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, and the Mayor.-24. Against the Amendment.—Messrs. Shaw, Houghton, (Councillor) Thornhill, Blackburn, Sands, Hornby, H. Lawrence, Bushell, Parker, G. H. Lawrence, Smith, Holt, Nicol, Moon, and Sir Thos. Brancker.-14.—Ma jority in favour of the amendment 10. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Then the effect of this is to declare that you refuse to renew any leases on the south west side of Park-lane. The MAYOR.—Yes ; unless some other and more sub stantial reason be shown. Mr. EARLE asked if the subject of the plans for ware houses on .. the site of the gaol were at an end. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE .—We merely ask for permission to offer the land for sale, in order to get money to pay for a gaol. The plan is not conclusive. Mr. EVANS said, when he received the paper he was astonished to perceive that a plan was to be brought for ward for laying out the site for warehouses. After having heard from the Chairman of the Finance Committee, that all future warehouses should be built on the margin of the docks, he was very much astonished to :_ear from him a recommendation so much at variance with that opinion. They had heard, however, that the real object was not to get the plan of these warehouses carried out, but to get money. In order to make a sale of this land, they were to involve Liverpool in a perpetual inland warehousing and a vicious system. The land was on the top of a hill, at a considerable distance from the docks, and such an expenditure of animal and physical force was a national loss. If the land were sold, who was to prevent the pur chasers from building warehouses there ; but here was a proposal far making the building of warehouses impera tive. Where was the reason for such wonderful haste? The way to succeed with this land was to wait till the wants of the system rendered it desirable, but here was a project to drive a warehouse system up a hill. Where was the haste ? The new gaol was not erected, nor the old one pulled down; yet here was a project for selling the land. Even the period at which there would be power to proceed with further warehouses at the Albert Dock would expire before they could get possession of this land. He considered all these plans as a mere sort of frippery legislation. Mr. HonGsox considered the application of the com mittee irregular, as in the notice they only mentioned the laying of plans before the council. The subject was pre mature, while the warehouse question was still under agi tation, for they would not get the value for the land. It would likewise be undesirable to sell the land prospec tively, while they had not the power of delivering it. He thought it likely that when the land was unoccupied it would be an eligible site for a public company. He thought there was no parallel between warehouses built by a company and built with public money, which was a lirect violation ( f private rights. Mr. HoucarroN said there had been no less than three applications for 700 yards of that very land. Mr. EARLE.—They want to get a bargain. Mr. LACE said it was a question whether this was not the very best time to sell the land. The only considera tion was whether they could now sell it well, not being able to give possession for three years. Mr. AIKEN said the avowed object was to get money, yet it was plain that they could not get money, for who would buy land then and pay for it at anything like a fair price, knowing that they were to be kept out of it for three years. This land was so situated that, with the in crease of the trade of the port, it would go on increasing in value. As to Mr. Hodgson's remark, it was the pub lic interest of Liverpool that had been injured by private rights, it was because of the private interests of persons in that council that the public interests had been injured. When the proper time came for discussing the question he trusted they would be able to show that even the rights of the warehouse owners had been injured by the course which they had pursued. Mr. BLACKBURN contended that thepuestion ought to be postponed till they were in possessitin of more informa tion. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE was willing to postpone the question. Mr. BLACKBURN worded. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—He had several offers for the land, and one party offered to take the gaol with it. He would withdraw the part relative to warehouses if they would allow him to sell the land. (No, no.) Mr. EARLE.—Give us a month. (Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWRENCE.—Very well; I will postpone it for a month.—Agreed to. THE FLOATING BATH. _ _ —Your notice is unfortunately Mr. SANDS said the Dock Committee had received a memorial requesting the removal of the Floating Bath. They examined their officers, and found that the bath was an obstruction to the navigation. They referred the matter to the Finance Committee, and that body informed them, that, having examined the subject, they had de cided against removing the bath. Mr. Sands concluded by expressing an opinion that the subject ought to have been referred to the council. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the Finance Committee had annually given permission for the bath to be moored in its present position. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the matter ought to come before the council. Mr. Moore contended that the bath was most inconveniently placed, and that it prevented shipping from getting with facility into the docks. He moved that the subject be referred back to the committee. Mr. SANDS seconded the motion. Mr. HODGSON supported Mr. Moore's motion. Mr. AIKIN, Mr. EARLE, and Mr. H. LAWRENCE opposed it, hoping that the council would not deprive the public of so great a convenience. Ultimately, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE withdrew his mo tion. The proceedings were approved, with the understanding that the plans for warehouses in Great Howard-street, and the gratuity of Mrs. Fresh stand over a month, and that the increase of Mr. Fox's salary be postponed till the report of the Paid Officers' Committee was brought for ward. THE ALBERT DOCK WAREHOUSES Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE asked what the estimate for the Albert Dock warehouses was. Were the warehouses to be fire-proof! There were various assertions on these subjects. Some said the warehouses would cost £3B per square yard, others £ll. Mr. SANDS said he had been greatly astonished to see in the papers, an assertion, that the warehouses would cost as much as £4O per square yard. Mr. Stewart could bear him out in the assertion, that with the vaults tl ey would cost £lO per square yard, and without the vaults £B. It was intended to make the warehouses fire-proof, and, when finished, he believed the insurance offices would insure them as low as any warehouses whatever. Mr. EARLE the ground ? —Does the estimate include the making:of Mr. SANDS.—Not the making of the dock-wall, cer tainly. EARLE.—Then I think they will cost £4O. IMPROVEMENT AND COURTS OF LAW, &C. COMMITTEES Mr. HODGSON moved Mr. Stewart, a member of the Improvement Committee, in the room of Mr. Samuel Holme. It was necessary that the question be postponed in com pliance with the standing order. Mr. EARLE gave notice that he should move that Mr. Stewart be a member of the Courts of Law, &c. Com mittee. ARTIFICIALLY-DRESSED MEAT. The new bye-law for extending to the whole borough the regulation against the exposure to sale of blown and stuffed meat was read, and ordered to stand over till the next council. SALARIES OF SCHOOLMASTERS. The proposed increase of the salaries of John Harris and Charles Robinson, masters of the North and South Corporation Schools, from £.50 to £6O, was postponed. THE FIRE BILL. The TOWN-CLERK reported that this bill was lodged, and would go into committee next Tuesday. Copies would be in his hands on the following day, when the ab stract would be handed to the members of the council. PAID OFFICERS' COMMITTEE. A very voluminous report of this committee was pre sented. It was taken as read. Mr. LLOYD moved that the report be; printed, and a copy sent to each member of the council, and that it be taken into consideration at the next monthly council. This was agreed to. The increase of Mr. Fox's salary was likewise postponed, but it was understood that it commences from the present month. THE MAILS TO SCOTLAND Mr. ATKIN spoke strongly in favour of a memorial signed by numerous highly respectable firms, requestin; the council to petition the post-office authorities for an additional mail to Glasgow, &c. Mr. EVANS gave 1 is testimony in corroboration of the complaints alleged in the memorial. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE objected to the use of the cor porate seal without inquiry, and proposed that the subject be referred to the Finance Committee, which was agreed to. THE WAREHOUSE QUESTION. The MAYOR read a memorial from the associated bo dies on the subject of preventing fires, and praying that a clause be inserted in the Fire Bill, for enabling the Dock Committee to proceed with additional warehouses at the Albert Dock, and to erect the sheds on the west quays of the Prince's Dock, into fire-proof warehouses. Mr. EVANS supported the memorial, contending that the owners of warehouses ought, as well for their own sakes as for the public good, to concede the point. What ever might be the views of those in council those out of doors would no more feel themselves restricted by the late act, than the public ever felt restricted by any other act of the legislature. Mr. Amu.; said if they persevered in the insane system that had been pursued, the warehouse interest would be the first to cry out, because our cotton would go to Man chester, and our sugar to Lancaster, and our other goods elsewhere. Mr. HARBORD said if the warehouse owners had car ried their opposition still further it would have been better for the town, for it would have prevented the Dock Committee from wasting the money which they would do if they were permitted to proceed. The Albert Warehouses would not pay 2 per cent. The warehouse interest would oppose to the utmost any violation of the agreement. Sir T. BRANCRER moved that the memorial lie on the table. Mr. AIKIN thought it would be much more respectful that the memorial should be referred to the Finan c e Com mittee, which he accordingly moved. Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE seconded the amendment. He thought such a memorial ought to be treated with all respect and courtesy. The present warehouse system was bad. We were doing all in our power to help Manches ter to obtain the inland Bonding Bill. Mr. Bramley- Moore proceeded to contend that there is not sufficient warehouse accommodation in Liverpool. He had seen carts laden with cotton proceeding to Aigburth. Under the present system the robberies that were committed were alarming. There were not less than 1000 bales of cotton pilfered in a year, under the present system, besides indigo, and other articles that could be carried away with greater facility. The TOWN-CLERK gave it as his opinion that it would be out of the question to think of introducing such a clause in the Fire Bill. It would not be permitted. Mr. AIKIN said, after that opinion he had no course but to withdraw his amendment. It was agreed that the memorial should lie on the table, and that the mayor should communicate the result to the delegates of the associated bodies. The council broke up at a quarter before four o'clock. a special meeting of the council, to consider the Fire Bill, was held on Saturday, for a report of which see ano ther column. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS The first general meeting of this body, as at present constituted, was held on Tuesda) evening last, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead. The following gentlemen were present:—Messrs. J. S. Jackson, W. Cole, J. R. Pim, A. Kerr, R. Fry, C. Bentham, T. A. Dale, J. H. Hind, W. Homer, J. Laird, W. Jackson, W. Adamson, D. Appleton, D. M`Nicol, S. Stansfield, and J. N. Wood. In the absence of Mr. J. D. Case, Mr. Wm. Jackson, vice-chairman, took the chair. Several of the newly elected members took the declaration required by act of parliament. BORTtOWING MONEY The first business transacted was the confirmation of a resolution for the borrowing of a sum of £14,000, for the purpose of carrying on the improvements under the new act of parliament. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN, AND APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON said that, in the absence of Mr. Case, he begged to move that he should be appointed again to the office of chairman. Carried unanimously. Mr. William Jackson, without observation, was then re-appointed vice-chairman. The following gentlemen were then appointed on the several committees : yv WATCHING AND LIGHTING COMMITTEE.—Day of meeting, Monday.—Messrs. Horner, Pim, Watson, Kerr, Gilbertson, Adamson, Hind. MARKET. —Saturday.—Messrs. Watson, Cole, Apple ton, M`Nicol, Stansfield, Berner, Hind. FERRY.—Saturday.— J. S. Jackson, Greene, Beutham , Kerr, Fry. ROAD.—Thursday.—Messrs. Laird, J. S. Jackson, Fry, M`Nieol, Horner, Pim. FlNANCE.—Friday.—Messrs. Greene, Bentham, Cole, Laird, Dale, Howard, Stansfield. IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Laird, Stansfield, M`Nicol, Hind, Greene, Bentham, J. S. Jackson, Howard, Pim. The chairman and vice-chairman are ex-efficio mem bers of all committees. GENERAL BUSINESS The arrangement to be made with Mr. 14Iallaby, as clerk to the commissioners, was referred to the Finance Committee, to consider and report at the next meeting. The CHAIRMAN said he had received a communication from the Corporation of Liverpool on the subject of the Bridge-street road, and he was gratified to find that the corporation had acceded to the wishes of the commis sioners, and allowed them to proceed at once with the improvements there. The CHAIRMAN said the Finance Committee were also anxious to know for what the commissioners would under take to keep in repair the road from Canning-street to Bidston-road. This was referred to the Road Committee. A❑ application from Mr. Scott, for the situation of surveyor to the township, was deferred until the act of parliament authorising such an appointment should come into operation. DISPENSARY AT BIRKENHEAD A letter from the Rev. A. Knox, including a resolution of the committee of the Birkenhead Dispensary, was read. The resolution was as follows :—" That the commissioners be requested to say whether they would give or sell a piece of land for the purpose of a dispensary and hospital, and supply a portion of the stone for building the same." The CH AIRMAN said that, considering the way in which everything was improving, it was a shame there was no place in which they could put their sick. He had been told by the clergy, and many of the medical men were of the same opinion, that many lives were lost in consequence of the want of proper treatment. Mr. PIM said he had lately had occasion to send two men over to Liverpool, who had had their limbs broken. Mr. BENTHAM said he would cheerfully unite in dedi cating a piece of land for such an object, and he hoped that every Commissioner would feel that he had a duty far beyond that, and not only open his own purse, but use his utmost efforts to prosper the work. Referred to the Im provement Committee. SEA WALL The CHAIRMAN said that the usual notice to the con servators of the river as to the erection of a sea wall had ex pired, and that it would now be proceeded with. As the erection of a sea wall would cause a vast improvement to the property of the Corporation of Liverpool, and would prevent their property being washed away, he (the chair man) thought they ought to bear some portion of the ex pense. Yards of their land were daily washed away by the water, and £l,OOO or £2,000 spent on the road would improve their land very much. . _ In reply to a question from Mr. J. N. Wood, the CHAIRMAN added that the sea wall was to be only eight yards wide on the old road which had existed for many years. The Corporation would gain more yards of land by the road being made than would pay the expense of making three times over. Referred to the Improvement Committee. NEW ROAD The CHAIRMAN said; great many enquiries had been made why the new road from Sampson's Pit, to Upton road bad not been commenced, and he begged now to state that it would be commenced as soon as the turnpike was removed. NEW MARKET AND TOWN-HALL Mr. Wood said that, a few months ago, a committee was requested to enquire into the necessity for building a new town-hall and market, and he wished to know whether they had reported? The CHAIRMAN said it had been deemed prudent to wait until the new act was passed. Mr. Wool) said it was time something was done, for there were loud complaints about the present market. Mr. Woon asked if they were going to warehouse cot ton at Birkenhead ? The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt that they would soon not only warehouse cotton, but all other kinds of goods, and he hoped they would soon discharge ships there. In reply to a question from Mr. Woon, The C HAIRMAN said that, including the entire pur chase money of the ferry, £83,000 had already been bor rowed. The £14,000 now to be taken up was to pay for a portion of the laud for the park, and would make £97,000. They would want a considerable sum to carry on their operations. At the first meeting in August the ferry com mittee would be able to make such a statement to the board that would prove to them that they were not going beyond their tether. Mr. MALLABY said the statement would be to the effect that, after paying the interest of all this money, there was a clear surplus. The Commissioners then adjourned till that day fort night. MILITARY DONKEYS.—A very amusing and highly laughable race with donkeys, ridden by 13 of the officers of the 2d Life Guards, for a sweepstakes of one sovereign each, with nothing added, came off 'a few evenings ago, after mess, in the park of Captain Bulkeley, at Spittal, near Windsor ; feather weights, and the winner to be sold for all it would fetch. After a well contested race of a mile, which was got over in something less than a quarter of an hour, during which time there were about six times as many falls and " pitches over" as there were donkeys, 'the prize was won, entirely through superior jockeyship, by Captain Bulkeley, the President of the Mechanic s ' Institute. MEETING OF THE DELEGATES OF THE COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS. A meeting of the gentlemen appointed to represent the commercial associations of this town, pending the progress of the Fire Bill, was held on Tuesday, at the committee room of the East India Association, to receive the answer of the Mayor to the requisition adopted at the meeting on Saturday last. William Brown, Esq., presided. The Chairman said he waited on the Mayor with the requisition on Saturday afternoon, and on Monday re ceived his worship's reply. In the absence of Mr. Duncan, who acts as secretary to the combined body, Mr. Myers read the following letter: Town-hall,3rd July, 1843. _ _ have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to me of Saturday, the Ist instant, requesting, on behalf of the delegates of the associated commercial bodies of Liverpool, and in pursuance of a resolution passed by those gentlemen, that I would call a public meeting of the inhabitants, to take into consideration, in consequence of the alarming state of the town in reference to fires, the propriety of petitioning parliament to allow a clause to be introduced into the Liverpool Fire Pre vention Bill, to remove from the dock trustees and com mittee the restrictions from building warehouses on the quays. No one can be more feelingly alive to the state of the town, in reference to fires, than myself, nor can any one be more anxious than I am that any plan for removing, or only lessening the evils of those fires, should have the fullest consideration. But, as my calling a public meeting necessarily involves that I should take the chair, I must draw your attention to the circumstance that the restrictions which you pro pose to remove, are restrictions upon the trustees of the Liverpool docks, and that I, as Mayor, am the head of those trustees ; consequently, were I to preside at the meeting proposed, the chair would be filled by a party in the question under discussion. I would further beg to point out, that were the public meeting to determine the question one way or the other, the subject must come before the council, over which I preside. To this council would be submitted resolutions bearing my signature as chairman of the public meeting; and it might be that contradictory resolutions would have to be signed by me as chairman of the council. Under these circumstances, without giving any opinion on the subject, I think that a right determination requires that I should decline to comply with the requisition. But, though I deem it my duty to decline such com pliance, I shall be ready to present any memorial which either a public meeting or the delegates themselves may wish to submit to the consideration of the council. (Signed) ROBERTSON GLADSTONE To William Brown, Esq., Chairman of the Delegates of the Associated Body. _ _ _ . . . Mr. Rathlone, while he bore testimony to the admirable conduct of Mr. Gladstone in his office as Mayor, differed widely from him as to the propriety of declining to call a meeting, and on the reasons which he had given for doing so. He was sure Mr. Gladstone had acted according to the best of his judgment. Mr. Todd said they had to deal with the project as they found it. The Mayor bad declined to call a public meet ing, and they had to consider what should be their next step. The subject would be taken into consideration at the council on the following day. and, perhaps, it would be best to suspend further proceedings till they saw what would be said in council. He would, therefore, move that they should adjourn till Thursday. After some further discussion it was agreed that printed copies of the schedules should be put into the hands of the delegates on the following morning, and that the meeting should adjourn. FRIDAY On Friday a meeting of delegates was held, at the same place, tor the purpose of taking into consideration an ab stract of the bill for the better protection of property in Liverpool from fire, as it had been amended by the fire committee. The chair was occupied by William Brown, Esq. and about sixteen delegates were present. The pro. ceedings were commenced with an announcement from the East India and Cotton Brokers' Associations, to the effect that they were not in a position to advance money for the carrying out of the object in view, but that they hoped voluntary subscriptions from individuals would be found amply sufficient for all the purposes of the associa tion. Mr. Duncan the❑ read over the several clauses of the bill, which by many of the delegates were considered of a very burdensome character, so far as fines and im prisonments went, and.almost wholly impracticable in some of its details. The first clause enacted that the lCouncil were to appoint a committee out of their own body to carry out the purposes of the act. Upon the mo tion of Mr. Drinkwater, it was resolved that an equal number of the dock ratepayers ought to be associated with the committee of the Council, one of the latter body act ing as chairman, and having the casting vote. According to the 19th clause, it was enacted, that, while palm or cocoa nut oil might be stored in the warehouses, butter should be an excepted article. The Chairman was of opinion that palm or cocoa nut oil should not have been excepted, as it was one of the most dangerous matters which could be stored in a warehouse : and upon the motion of Mr. Crosfield, butter was conceived to be such an article as might with safety be warehoused in places which were not fireproof. It was conceived advisable to ask for power to remove dangerous trades from the vi cinity of warehouses on compensation being made to the parties out of the borough fund. Upon the 27th clause being read, Mr. Todd moved, that nitrate of soda and saltpetre should only be stored in warehouses separate from others, and fireproof. The motion was adopted. It was agreed that a power ought to be vested in the Fire Committee to allow the windows of warehouses to be open in cases of necessity, such, for instance, as damaged cot ton being likely to ignite of itself in confined apartments, and that they ought, also, to have the power of making exceptions from the stringent provisions of the act with regard to the skylights, windows, and doors of mercantile offices. When the whole of the clauses had been gone through, the meeting was adjourned until eleven o'clock next morning, .to take the regulations contained in sche dules A and B into consideration. SATURDAY The delegates held their adjourned meeting in the Ex change-buildings, at eleven o'clock on Saturday. The chair was occupied by William Brown, Esq. The CHAIRMAN read a communication from Mr. Cas son, of the firm of Gladstone and Casson, turpentine dis tillers, upon the subject of their particular line of busi ness, which was ordered to be transmitted to the Fire Committee. Mr. STEUART said that, upon the previous day, and before the delegates assembled, the Sub-committee had met and adopted a resolution, to the effect that it be re commended to the deputation to present a memorial to the Dock Committee to apply to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to amend the Dock Act, whereby the restrictions on the building of warehouses on the dock quays might be removed. They had discussed, at the same time, the propriety of petitioning Parliament, but, in consequence of the Town-clerk having declared that it was impossible to have the standing orders of the house suspended in case of opposition, they had come to the determination of memorializing the Dock Committee. He concluded by moving that the Dock Committee be memorialized on the subject, and left to carry out the measure as best they could. Mr. RATHBONE had no objection to second the motion, provided the associations were not thereby prevented from taking ulterior steps. He considered the Fire Pre. vention Bill to be a monstrous interference with the pro perty as well as the liberty of individuals, and that, if it were passed, it would bind the mercantile community hand and foot. Mr. Tonn said the associations had already expressed their opinion, on many occasions, that it was expedient for the Dock Act to be amended ; and that the question for immediate discussion was, how that object could be brought about. At the meeting of the Sub-com mittee, he had proposed that they should petition the Legislature to allow a clause to be engrafted on the Fire Prevention Bill, which would enable the warehouses round the Albert Dock to be completed ; but he had been over ruled, as it was considered more advisable to memorialize the Dock Committee, a proceeding which would neither pledge themselves, nor tie up their hands from taking any further steps. It had been said, that it was useless to memorialize the Dock Trustees, as their hands were tied up by the compromise. He thought that this was not the case, as they only asked the Dock Committee to second their efiorts, provided those efforts were practicable. The motion was here put and carried Nith one dissen tient, (Mr. Sandbach, the delegate from the West India Association). Mr. GILL tl , - 'ded t - tl - bill in very proceeded to condemn tue strong terms. He said that it was as bad as Egyptian bondage ; that it was decided to incarcerate some of the most eminent of the commercial community in a prison by reason of its stringent provisions ; and that before it should have been twelve months in operation its repeal would be loudly and unanimously demanded. . , Mr. RATHBONE, after expressing his assurance that the public would be startled at seeing how completely it tied up their hands, moved that a petition against it be for warded to the House of Commons that evening. The motion, not having been seconded, fell to the ground. Mr. DUNCAN having here read the whole of the regula tions contained in the schedules A and B, and which were embodied in no fewer than thirty-seven clauses, Mr. RATHBONE suggested that the delegates should offer no opinion upon those clauses, as they were not com petent to do so. The suggestion met with the unanimous concurrence of Geo. Holt, John Marriott, James Miller, and Robinson Duckworth. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. W. Brown), before entering upon the business of the meeting, stated that a strong impres sion had arisen amongst the porters and others of the working classes, that what they (the association) were endeavouring was adverse to their interests, in which they laboured under a very erroneous view, inasmuch as every step they had taken had a tendency quite the reverse. What they had done was with a desire to improve the trade of the toy% n, in which the porters (were as much in terested as any other class of the community. They had also opposed, not sanctioned, the proposed payment by these men of ss. for the license, and were in no point inimi cal to them. Mr. TODD expressed himself in terms to the same effect. All they had done was in favour of the working classes, who would be subjected to a diminution i❑ their earnings by a decrease of the trade of the port. He believed that unless the improvements which had been suggested in the bill by the associations were carried out, numbers of the operatives would be thrown out of employment ; By a contrary result, they would be benefited as well as others. The business of the meeting then commenced. Mr. RATHBONE proposed, as a means of attaining their object, that a deputation should be sent to the common council, then sitting in discussion on the clauses of the bill, to request them, if possible, to procure the postpone ment of the consideration of the measure in committee in parliament, fixed for Tuesday (this day), until Thursday, so that the associations might have time to consider the several clauses as proposed to be altered or amended by the council. They could not at present tell in what state the bill would be returned by the council, and he consi dered it was due to the mercantile associations that they should first see it, and then direct their exertions to pro cure the suppression or amendment of such clauses as they considered still remained strongly objectionable. The CHAIRMAN questioned whether the council had the power to obtain a postponement of its consideration in the parliamentary committee? Mr. RATHBONE said be was under the impression that those who had the conduct of the bill might, on a re presentation of the circumstances, do so. He also thought that it would be but right and candid in them to apprize the Council that they purposed strenuously to oppose it if it went back in its present shape, or was not sufficiently altered to meet their views. The CHAIRMAN said that in order that the Council should not be in ignorance of their proceedings, he had sent copies of all their resolutions respecting it enclosed in a note to the Mayor. Mr. RATHBONE thought the sending of the deputation would be a fair and open manner of dealing with the ques tion, and if the Council did not apply for the postpone ment, they could then petition Parliament itself, who, he had no doubt, would see that justice was done to them. He did not, however, wish to come into any state of un friendly contact with the Council, but rather to proceed in a conciliatory and respectful manner. A conversation, somewhat desultory, took place on this and other points, in which Mr. Mellor, Mr. Steuart (the delegate from the West India Association), anti others, took part. The question of raising funds to defray the necessary expense of a deputation to London to consult with the members of committee (should that hereafter be deemed necessary) was also brought upon the carpet ; z,nd it was stated that the American Chamber of Commerce had agreed to subscribe to the extent of £5OO, the brokers £lOO, and the grocers (a comparatively small body) £:io. Several of the delegates of other associations had not been instructed on this point. This subscription applied to the Fire Bill only, without reference to the Warehouse Bill. Mr. TODD said that some of the additional clauses in the proposed amended bill sent down, under the bye-laws, were monstrous. Mr. MELLOR strongly objected to the clauses requiring the private warehouses, appropriated to the use of the proprietors and their connections only, to be subjected to the same management and regulations as the large hired warehouses, in which goods were promiscuously stored from Jack, Tom, or Harry. He thought the bonded warehouses, which were more than half of the whole, might be satisfactorily regulated in three weeks, by an application to the Lords of the Treasury. Finally, a resolution was agreed to, that a deputation should be sent to the Mayor, then presiding in council, with a letter to the effect that that body should apply for the postponement of the consideration of the bill in com mittee, for the purposes before stated ; and while the secretary was about preparing the letter, Mr. Tood, by request, read the following memorial to the dock trustees, submitted for approval by the sub-committe of the associations:— " Shotveth , "THE MEMORIAL, &C., " That the frequent occurrence and destructive magni tude of fires during the last five months having induced your memorialists to enquire into the causes of their fre quency and extent, it appears to them to be in a great measure attributable to the defective construction and management of warehouses. " It is with the deepest sorrow that your memorialists admit that there is but too good reason to suspect that part of the fires have been the work of incendiaries, while some abortive attempts at arson have also been discovered. " That the fire insurance offices have been forced, for their own protection, to advance the premiums to such a rate, that 355. per cent. is now paid for a risk which in London only costs 2s. 6d. per cent. " That such intecutity of property and heavy addition to the charges of trade are calculated to divert the com merce NOW enjoyed by Liverpool into another cbari:..l: and that it is well known that already produce has been ordered to London which had been destined for Liverpool, while considerable quantities have been ordered into the interior, after having been deposited and intended for bide here. " That the low rate of fire-insurance in London as come pared with Liverpool arises from the greater security in the landing, storing, and custody of merchandise which enters there. "That your memorialists were deeply disappointed that the Bill introduced into Parliament, by the Dock Com mittee under the sanction of the trustees, met with such a degree of opposition from a particular interest, as ma terially to adridge and postpone its usefulness that since the time of its becoming law, the circumstances of the port have most materially changed ; and that had the same state of things existed during its passage through Parliament as now, there is every probability that it would have passed in its original form. " That the Transit sheds, on the West side of Prince's Dock, having been built a sufficient length of time to test their utility, are found not to answer the expectations which may have been formed respecting them ; and in the great deficiency of secure warehouse-room, which is so severely felt, it is highly desirable that those sheds be forthwith replaeed with fire-proof warehouses. " That the defective construction and management of warehouses having been one of the chief causes of the late heavy losses by fire, the rapid completion of the ware houses on the quays of the Albert Dock has become a matter of great importance to the public interests, as it is understood that all that science can do will be put in re quisition to render them fireproof, and the experience to be derived from the systems followed in London and else where be profited by towards making the mar._ perfect as possible. " That, under such a vigilant and uniform system of management as is expected to be introduced into the warehouses belonging to the dock estate, no attempts at incendiarism need be apprehended, because of the cer tainty of detection and punishment. " Your memorialists venture to express the Dock Committee will take this st early consideration, with a view to seekirg of the act, whereby they may be enable complete the building of warehouses on t► ,ement as übject luta luays of Is with Albert Dock, and to - replace the train. proof warehouses on the west side of Prince's Doc After a shert discussion, the memorial was adopted The SECRETARY then read the following letter, whi he had prepared, from the chairman, to the mayor : TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR SIR,-At the request of the delegates from the associated bodies of the town now assembled, I have to request that, as the council is still in deliberation on the Fire Preven tion Bill, and have not been enabled to return an answer to the resolution of the delegates of the Sth instant, that the council will be pleased to return an answer to the re solution of the delegates of the Sth inst.,—that the council will be pleased to apply for a postponement of the com miitee on the bill, at present fixed for to-morrow, so as to afford the delegates an opportunity . of considering the bill as it may be revised by the Council,—in order that they may, if possible, withdraw any opposition I . will be enabled to return an answer very soon. A depu tation from the delegates is in attendance, and will be glad to have a conference with you if it would suit your con- venience W. BROWN, Chairman (Signed) Three gentlemen, the chairman, Mr. Crossfield Mr. Todd, was:then appointed to wait, with the letter, the Mayor ; and, meantime, the meeting adjourned f On their reassembling, the Cr AIRMAN reported that the deputation had had an interview with the Mayor, whc courteously came out of the council-room for that pur pose, and who stated that he had not had an opportunity of laying the letter before the council, but had eonsulted with the Town-clerk, and their impression was that, al though the committee would meet on Tuesday (this day), they would only do so pro-forma, and that nothing would be so hastily done as to preclude the delegates from hav ing an opportuni4y of urging their views. It was then agreed that a deputation should be chosen _ F to-morrow (this day), if nec( and the meeting adjourned— eleven o'clock. the meeting. Mr. STEUART, after having expressed his confident hope that the associations would liberally subscribe to carry on the opposition, asked what amount would be necessary for the purposes of that opposition ? The CHAIRMAN thought that about £2OO would cover the expenses. CHESTER CATTLE AND HORSE FAlR.—This fair wa: Mr. RATHBONE said it would cost £lOOO at the least, held on Wednesday last. The supply of fat stock was seeing that counsel and parliamentary agents would have generally short. Fat cattle were worth from sd. to Gd. to be retained. per lb. and si nk the offal : fat sheep s id. to fxl• Calving Mr. STEUART moved, " That the chairman be re- Cows were not in much demand. Pigs were in a bundance: quested to ascertain whether the views of th e dele g ates, the b u y ers few. The horse fair was largely attended by as communicated to the Fire Committee, are entertained dealers, and good horses were in good demand, but by the council, and that the meeting do adjourn to Mon- excedingly scarce. In the lower qualities the show was day (yesterday), at eleven a.m., for the purpose of re- large. and the demand limited. ceiving the answer, and, in the event of its being CHESTER CHEESE FAIR: unfavourable, to appoint a deputation to proceed to Lon don to oppose the bill." at nearly the close of the 1: 0 . .. _.., was piled for This motion was adopted, with one dissentient, (the Much less than at any previous July fair. This was delegate for the West Indian Association,) and the meet- caused by the very deficient make of last • b • ear, being about a very light quantity, say . - one-fourth below an avers :- • _ course log adjourned. g'" icir' l l - of --- --- An advance The sale was brisk, and • '1 .: 4 "-.11 , -"' '.- • gain to-day, at At this fair, on Tues ) tons to 655. being a - n "c a " d ' v - an - c - e P o ' f i iiii. Vii': 'g p e ,r eir " Ce t r ."'. m ve 1Z YESTERDAY. Annotthmer meeting was held yesterday. There were Jair. There was no fine c ' ) ,,in .the : iOrket. :ftir.lli essrs. W. Brown, W. R. Sandbach, Geo. Cros- chaelmas, when markets' r --fiVely ; iarer vritAtilew EeTt e . J. Holt, W. R a thbone, W. St ewar t, ,7 08 . Heap, cheese, prices will doubt - iedde .4sflOW: its tlieAswere N. ,. Rai. Gill, Thomas Todd, R. C. Crosbie, Ed. Filcher, three months back. - - -., ~ -.. .- ...4 . , <,-...--.!. 1 4 A • ' 4: - .. I.