The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS n conseg uence of the receipt at a lat hour of several lengthy adverti cements and extended reports, we have been corn peled t o postpone the insertion of several amusing and inte resting communications. We could not find room to-day for the long letter to O'Connell, on the temperance societies, but shall not lose sight of the subject. One vot walks" thinks that a correspondent of the Albion is faulty in blaming the Commissioners of Birkenhead for the state of th:. roads in Clifton Park, as that locality being private property, is quite out of their p wer. It is, -however, neces sary that something should be done to improve the roads through that park, more especially as a toll is levied upon every horse and ♦ehicle that passes through it. C,br Etberpool OtanDarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 19, 1844. That a determined opposition will be offered to the bill "for consolidating and amending the laws relating to parochial settlements, and to the remo val of the poor," introduced by Sir James Graham into the House of Commons, at the close of the past session, we entertain no doubt; and as little that it will be unsuccessful, if left to be conducted according to the ordinary course of parliamentary tactics. An energetic phalanx of noble-minded men, who have battled, in times past, against those de vilish oppressions with which modern selfishness has striven to grind the faces of the poor, will raise their voice against it in the House of Commons ; a por tion—the best portion—of the British press will de nounce its folly and wickedness. But—alas ! amidst the busy strife of faction—amidst the struggle of contending interests and parties—the cry of the suffering poor and their friends will, we fear, fall upon unheeding, or wilfully closed ears; and this effort to draw more closely the iron chain, with which avarice has bound them to their wretched lot, will be triumphant. Good men and angels may weep over the result; but the grim spirit of that dark philosophy which presides over pauper prisons and exercises its cruel ingenuity in the grateful task of paring down pauper dietaries, will fold its hands in glee, as it contemplates and tries the edge of the new weapon of torture which a British parliament has placed within its reach. When will this nation, as a nation, be roused to a sense of its duties to its suffering poor ? When shall we cease to goad our wretched fellow-creatures to suicide or madness, as a penalty of their poverty? When shall we resolve. to extract the fangs of this demon of tyranny, which we have set up and wor ship as a god? Alas! we fondly dreamt that the advent of a Conservative administration would be a signal for so blessed a consummation ; that, with such an administration to direct the national mind, we should cease to regard our pauper fellow-man as something criminal and noxious, to be punished as a felon, or extirpated as vermin. We were mis taken, however; and hitter, in consequence, is our disappointment. Under the leading of the cold hearted utilitarian, who presides over the affairs of the Home Office, and to whose tender mercies is confided the fate of the thousands of our wretched poor, who languish in union workhouses, or are bandied about by parish officials, to shiver in bye roads and hedge-sides, or embrace crime itself, or suicide, as more bearable than starvation, the points of the iron have been sharpened—the brand, which we apply to the heart and the forehead of the pau per, has been cut more deeply—and the entire sys tem which inflicts these cruelties, has been widened and strengthened at its base, as a portion of our in stitutions intended to be permanent in its duration. In the hands of hollow, selfish, and imbecile " libe ralism," it was but a blister upon the face of so ciety, which the return to other and more Christian physicians we trusted would remove and heal. Yet it is those men, in whom we trusted—to whom thousands hopefully looked up for relief from their torture—by whose wrong-headed and hard-hearted policy it is becoming a deeply and firmly-seated sore, whose agony is already well-nigh intolerable. The bill, to which we have adverted—the newest of Sir Jas. Graham's new poor-law fancies—con tains propositions well-calculated, if made known, to incite us to throw off the apathy into which we have fallen with respect to this system. It has clauses which, if understood, would awak even avarice it self to offer it the most strenuous opposition. It is riot only inhuman in principle—what portion of the entire system is not so ?—but it is a direct attack aipon the pockets of a most influential portion of the people, viz. the inhabitants of the large manufactur ing towns, hitherto well enough disposed to remain quiescent whilst the screw was being applied for their advantage, but not so likely to look on with satisfaction when it is proposed to attack their pockets. Already we are gratified to observe that the town council of Leicester have taken a decided posture of opposition to the measure, and published the result of their examination of it in a report, which is before us ; and we trust that the example trill be followed by public bodies in other towns, and that, as the result, a combined effort will be made, which will convince Sir James and the au thorities of Somerset House that the time has come when they should rather think of retracing their steps than of attempting fresh enormities. For the information of such of our readers as have not had an opportunity of examining the bill itself, we shall briefly detail its enactments and the objects for which it has been introduced; and we cannot do this better than by quoting from the Leicester Committee's report. " The bill entirely abolishes all settlements of every description acquired before the passing of the act, unless the parties have been removed by orders, or their settle ment his been admitted by writing under the hands of the majority of the overseers of the parish; and it establishes, as the only ground of settlement,—lst, that of birth ; and if the place of birth cannot be ascertained, then. secondly, that of the settlement of the father, as it would be, if liv ing after the passing of the act ; or, if the father be not settled in any parish in England, or if such parish cannot be ascertained, or if the pauper were not born in wedlock, then the place of settlement is tho parish in which his mother would, if living after the passing of the act, be sett!ed. It will therefore be seen, that at one blow all existing settlements, with the exception of that of birth, are swept away ; and that this change applies not only to the future, but affects all settlements already acquired by any other means than that of birth, or unappealed against orders of n-rnoval, or written acknowledgments. The consequence will be, that persons who have gained settle ments in this or any other place by apprenticeship, occupa tion, ownership of property, or any other means than those ment'oned, and who may from their youth have been living here as acknowledged parishioners, will, by this ex port-facto law, be deprived of their present settlements, and be liable to be removed to the place of their birth, or if that cannot be ascertained, to the parental settlement, as explained by the new law." Now let us for a moment inquire what must be the effect of the carrying out of such an enactment in a parish like that of Liverpool. We have now in our workhouse, and receiving outdoor relief, some wh re about 2,000 paupers who have acquired set tlements by birth, by paying rates or otherwise. Probably half of these may be natives of the town ; and with respect to them no change will be required. But the rest belong to other parishes in England or are natives of Ireland, who have become settled here by some of the old legal modes of acquiring settle ments, and will become liable to be removed to the place of their birth, if that place can be discovered, or to their parental settlement, an equally difficult prob lem to solve. The difficulty thus thrown in the way of parish officers is absolutely fearful to con tern late. And what shall we say of the humanity of the measure ? We have around us a working population, drawn to this busy locality in search of labour, who have gained settlements and formed connexions here—married here,—buried here their dearest; and when the pressure of age comes upon them, or by some stagnation in trade they are com pelled to claim aid from those for whom they have toiled, we are told to send them to their distant places, which know them not—where the lapse of years and the hand of death have left them as utter strangers as they would be in a foreign land, and where they are placed beyond the possibility of ever regaining their independent positions by resuming their accustomed pursuits. Surely this is a propo sition of needless cruelty and infamy ! And so the framers of the bill appear to have thought it, for they have overlaid it with a clause of affected kindness, the working of which, however, w ill b e more embarrassing than any enactment we ever remember observing. It is to this effect ~ viz " That no person who has resided the five years last preceding in any parish, and has ordinarily maintained himself in or near thereto as a labourer, artificer, me chanic, servant, or tradesman, and has not been con victed of felony or misdemeanour, and has not during e e.sihdoesnpciet such five years been removed under any order of j ust i ces, shall be liable to be removed ; but that in any prison, barra c k, lunatic asylum, or no public or while r ec e i v i ng re li e f, s hall be considered either as an interruption or as a portion of such five years. ' The object of this clause is apparently to force those who employ labour to maintain the la bourers when worn out or no longer required; and the principle involved is not altogether inequitable or unjust. I t w ill assuredly lead, however, in very many instances to insuperable difficulties, and press upon some localities most ruinously. A great pub lic work, fer instance, is projected—say the docks at Birkenhead—and the execution extends over five years. It requires a thousand excavators, and ano • ther thousand mechanics. These men have children born to them, which under the former clause are, by birth, settled in Birkenhead. They contrive, themselves, to scramble through five years, "ordi narily maintain themselves "—and extraordinarily thieving or starving, we presume—" in or near thereto"—(how near ?); and at the conclusion of their undertaking they are settled in Birkenhead—a pleasant sort of incumbrance to that prosperous locality ! But how is this five years of residence and "ordinarily maintaining in, or near," to be proved. Upon whom is to be the burden of proof? The old test of ratepaying was clear enough, and in volved the same principle upon which this clause appears to be based; but, in the case of such men as these, mostly lodgers, a five years test is sheer absurdity. And, now let us see with what object so sweeping a change is brought forward—a change which must unsettle and throw into inextricable and continual confusion every parish in the kingdom ? It has appeared to Sir James Graham and the commis sioners, that the law expenses attending removals, and disputed settlements, are, under the existing act, excessive, having amounted last year to £84,750. Overseers and masters of union workhouses cannot for less than this amuse themselves with this fa vourite pastime of playing at shuttlecock with pau pers; and it is sought to indulge them by decreas ing the cost of the amusement. Yes, in pursuit of a trumpery saving, which cannot be, at the utmost, more than some £40,000 per annum throughout the whole of England, and is more likely to bring an increase than a saving, the whole fabric of our existing settlements is to be taken to pieces and re constructed ! We put it to any impartial mau—any man not besotted in his fondness for the inhuman and selfish principle of the New Poor Law—whether such an act as this ought to be permitted to pass into a law. We say that it should not. We say, moreover, that it is the bounden duty of every parish and every community in the United Kingdom to offer it their most determined opposition. The manufacturers of Manchester appear, at length, to have discovered, almost when too late, the urgent necessity of directing the just influence which they ought to possess with the legislature towards objects of practical utility. A few years ago, we urged upon them the consideration of the injurious operation of the tax upon raw cotton — the sublime financial achievement of that precious specimen of a Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Althorp ; but we urged in vain. The League was then in the full zenith of its power—the acme of its baleful influence; one half of the cotton spinning and weaving world were bemused with the speeches of muddy-witted spouters, or wrapped in visions of cheap corn and cheap production of their commodities ; whilst the other half held, sulkily or hopelessly, aloof, and refused to mingle in the troubled waters of politics for any object, how ever attainable and useful. In the meantime, the injurious operation of this tax—which we pointed out, and all the world admitted—has gone on, pro ducing its natural results : setting up and fostering foreign competition in every land, who undersell them, and laugh at their wilful folly; and only now, when the mischief has almost gone too far to be remediable, have our cottonocracy consented to lay aside their contentions and unite in an effort for its removal. Better late, however, than never. A special general meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers was ac cordingly held on Thursday last, which was attended by the most influential members, of every shade of politics, at which a memorial to government, pray ing for a repeal of the cotton duty, was unanimously agreed upon. We shall not here remark upon the speeches of some of the gentlemen by whom it was addressed. We shall not incur the risk of damag ing a useful movement by the introduction of topics calculated to excite division and bitterness of feel ing, although these gentlemen found it impossible to refrain from doing so. On the contrary, we say to the merchants of Liverpool, of all shades of opi nion, " lay aside your political differences for awhile, and back, by your influence, the efforts of the cotton manufacturing interests to procure the removal of an impost which is inflicting a serious injury both upon you and them, and crippling your operations in every foreign market." A duty of 5-16ths of a penny per pound appeared trifling enough when first imposed, at a time when the price of cotton ruled high, when we had, in exchange for it, a relief from the print duty, and when, moreover, the rival manufacturers of other countries possessed not a tithe of our skill, and were almost entirely without our machinery. A duty of 5-16ths of a penny upon cotton at Bd. or gd. per pound was a trifling per centage against us ; but this duty upon the - same description of cotton at 3F 1 2 - . to 4d. par p,* d, is a bonus to the foreign manufacture of upwards of 10 per cent. The political economists have, in addi tion, given to that foreigner our best machinery ; and it is little wonder, therefore, that in every neu tral market—in Brazil, in China, in the Mediter ranean, and even in some of our own colonies, the heavy fabrics of the American and other manufac turers have already supplanted our own, and that we are fast losing our superiority in the production of the finer fabrics. This is a state of things not to be trifled with; and we call earnestly upon the merchants and ship pers of Liverpool to join heartily in the movement against the tax which has mainly tended to produce it. The question is not a manufacturer's question alone. It is a merchants and a national question. Mr. Commissioner Dowling is a great man—a very great man ; and the departed Whig faction which fastened him upon the town, at a cost to the borough fund of £5OO per annum, with travelling expenses for all his little jaunts in search of petty larceners and pickpockets, showed that they pro perly appreciated his greatness ! Mr. Commissioner Pow - ling - , in addition to his commissionership,—the duties of which office, we dare say, are quite as well conducted as if his whcle time and talent were devoted to at this present moment, "Acting Head Constable,"—a sort of substitute for the veritable official himself, provided in accordance with the same philosophy which prompts boys to rig out, on the sth of November, a stlf - fed "Guy," in the absence of the flesh and blood original. In this capacity Mr. Commissioner Dowling has just distinguished himself by the discovery of a mare's nest, affecting, or intending to affect the character of Mr. Parker, the Conservative member for St. Anne's Ward, and a member of the Watch Com mittee, which yesterday afforded to our worshipful borough magistrates another opportunity of dis playing to the world their desire to usurp the functions of that body, and to arrogate to them selves the sole control of our Borough Police. The proceedings, and the evidence taken, will be found fully reported in another column ; and we willingly leave them to have all the effect which they were expected to have upon the public. But we must take exception against the misapprehension of their powers displayed in the evidence of Mr. Dow ling and his superintendent Jones, rnd the subse quent resolution of the magistrates. "At half-past one o'clock in the afternoon of the sth instant," says Mr. Superintendent Jones, " I was informed there were two Orange flags hanging out from the second window of the house of John Allen, who keeps a public-house in Mill-lane, Shaw's-brow." And what then ? We ourselves, four days previously, saw a green flag hanging from the window of Mr. Holt's committee-room in Toxteth-park. Why is I he emblem of loyalty to be visited with the hand of assumed authority, whilst the emblem of rebellion flaunts in the wind unrebuked ? By what right did Mr. Superintendent Jones and other officials inter fere in the matter ? The solution of the question is to be found in the evidence of Mr. Commissioner Dowling. That gentleman, in answer to a question by Mr. Rushton, informed the bench that "he had directed the officers, in the ordinary discharge of their duty, to go to the house and request"—and the request of a superintendent of police is generally received as a requirement—" that the colours might be taken down. This was not in consequence of any communication with the magistrates, but in his discharge of the duty of head constable, in con sequence of the report made to him by Superin tendent Jones." And what_ had this Jones remarked at Allen's house to call for Mr. Dowling's stretch of his duty as head constable. Had he seen anything likely to lead to a breach of the peace —any symptoms of popular ferment ? Mr. Superintendent Jones saw, and therefore could report nothing of the kind. He saw the usual concomitants of an anniversary —a few men drinking—he says drunk—in the house; and, as a proof that he saw no more, since the commissioner could not wreak his vengeance upon the publican Allen for his refusal to with draw the flags —a proof that he knew his inter ference, with respect to them, was an illegal and improper interference,—he subsequently directed informations to be laid against him, for allowing drunkenness in his house,—singling him out amongst a hundred other Inn Keepers who might have been found similarly circumstanced on that or any other day of the week. Had Allen with drawn the Flags and bowed at the feet of the sub lime substitute for a Head Constable—had Mr. Parker not ousted Mr. William Earle for St. Anne's Ward, or called at Rose-hill Station—it must be plain to any man of common discernment that no information against Allen would have been laid. A paltry proceeding this, Mr. Dowling—very paltry ! And in wh a t h as t hi s mighty affair resulted ? What is the value of the resolution of the worshipful bench ? It is ordered that "if any individual what ever shall directly or indirectly interfere with any superintendent, inspector, &c.—wink at him, we suppose, whistle at him, or in any other way notice or comment upon his vagaries—he shall forthwith " communicate the fact of such interference to the Commissioner of Police"—(laying the foundation for a little new authority, Mr. Dowling ?) why not to the Head Constable, when such an officer shall be appointed ?—" who shall lay the same before the Worshipful the Mayor." And pray what then, Gentlemen ? What can the Mayor, or what can the Magistrates, legally do to such a party ? The whole resolution is preposterous and abortive, and is only calculated to cover its originators with ridi cule. But, to have done with this portion of our sub ject, let us just ask Mr. Rushton, and his brother Liberals on the bench, a question. It shall be a pertinent one. We have now had from them ano ther effusion of their venom against the loyal Orange body. The last time they would not allow any member of that body to hold a situation in the po lice force ; and they now seem disposed to carry their persecution of thim into their very lodge rooms—into their own houses even. When their last attempt was made, it was sought to. be di vested of its partizan character by including, in the ban pronounced against Orangemen, Ribbon men as well. It was declared that the latter cha racter would be visited with the same penalties directed against Orangemen. We ask Mr. Rush ton, and his fellow Liberals, for the performance of their promise of impartiality. It has now been dis tinctly admitted, on no less an authority than that of Mr. Hearne, Priest of Granby-row Chapel, in Manchester—a Repealer—confirmed by Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P., that Ribbonism is increasing with giant strides in that town and in Liverpool ; that the " Hibernian," and other similar ex clusively Roman Catholic societies, are almost to a man, composed of Ribbonmen. We now ask of these gentlemen how many of our present police force—how many of the inspectors—belong to these societies ? And we shall repeat the ques tion, until we get an answer. If the bench of Liver pool can afford time to investigate such trumpery matters as this charge against Mr. Parker, they can spare time to go into the investigation to which we now invite and challenge them. SLANDERS AND SCURRILITIES OF THE RADICAL PRESS. All the world knows by what agency the Reform bill was carried and the whig radical faction foisted upon the country as its rulers. ENORMOUS LYING was the lever used ; and to enormous lying and shabbiness the paltry whig radical press are just now so vigourously applying themselves that we are afraid we shall be driven to have the heading of this article stereotyped, for weekly use. Our employment of it, for the present week, has arisen from the following paragraph in the Liverpool Journal. " The Councillor makers in this town are the master tradesmen. One firm polled at one polling place, on the first of this month, fifty of their workmen for one candidate ; and they did it without any disguise—literally ' lumped' it " How is the thing done ? In the easiest way possible. A master tradesman —say a worker in iron, or a worker in bricks—says to his foreman, ' Pay the rates for all the men who are householders, and stop it from them at threepence a week.' They are then on the registry. On the first of November he says to the same foreman, "Tell So-and-so that he would oblige me, and I will oblige him, by vcting for my friend So-and-so." The election is won—Toryism is triumphant—and the Councillor so elected is the tool of the master tradesman—the worker in iron or the worker in bricks—who elected him.' Here is the commencement of an insinuation. " A worker in iron or a worker in bricks"—mark the allusion! —is assumed to pay the rates of his men, deducting them at twopence a week. So far, however, it is a vague charge —an assumption, merely, levelled at no one in particular. In this state it would not suit the prurient tastes of the party for whose edification it was penned ; and the writer accordingly proceeds to attribute motives, and to point out more definitely the subject of his slander. The object for which rates are thus paid by him is set down as a sordid one. " The master tradesman," he says, " moves the councillor, the councillor the committee, and the committee the council. Little jobs in disguise are done for little people, and the larger ones for men occu pying a larger space in the public eye." He proceeds then to insinuate that the sale of the Harrington Dock was such a job, so brought about ; and further intimates that, by another job, as the price of the exertions of the " worker in iron and worker in bricks" in support of the Conservative party, the Herculaneum Estate is to be si milarly disposed of to the council or the dock committee. " Those who make councillors," he says, " can make docks, and having made them, surely they may sell them ;" and again he indulges in allusions, in connexion with such docks and such intended sale of them, to " the influence of the anvil and the trowel." We need not inform any one acquainted with the local politics of Liverpool that it is intended throughout this article to impute the most dishonorable and infamous practices to a particular party, who is well known to be largely embarked in the Herculaneum Docks. The allu sion has been already recognized quite sufficiently to stamp the article as a libel, for which no judge or jury m the empire would refuse to convict. The gentleman at tacked can, however, afford to despise the attack for suffi cient reasons, to which we shall briefly refer. In the first place, it is based upon a mean betrayal of the con fidence, and perversion of the meaning, of a private con versation. The writer will understand to what we allude; and perhaps the circumstance may serve to teach the gentleman in question, and other good easy people, the danger of expressing themselves freely, even in badinage, in such qua! ters. In the next place, no such sale of the Herculaneum estate to the Dock Committee—no such "job," as is insinuated—is likely to be even attempted, for the very simple reason that the estate in question is almost definitely sold already to other parties Surely this will content this very virtuous journalist—this too acutely sensible opponent of jobs in contemplation by " workers in iron and workers in bricks !" We almost fancy, by the way, that we can remember a time when his scent was not quite so keen ; but that was when another set of men held office, to his own individual profit. We might have remarked upon the tone of another article in the same publication, in which Mr. David Hodgson, the present chairman of the Watch Committee is attacked with a degree of rancour and coarseness not easily to he paralleled. The world, however, will readily discern the feelings which dictate it ; and we, therefore, refrain from the task as needless. r THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The English funds maintain very good prices, and, compared with yesterday, the market presents a firmer appearance. However, Sa turday at the Stock-Exchange is generally a day of limited business, from the early hour at which the house is closed. Consols for money and the account left off this afternoon 1004 to 8 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 934 to I Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., 102 to 4; Long Annuities, 12 1-16; Bank Stock, 201 to 205; and India Stock, 286 to 288. In the foreign market scarcely anything has been done. The speculative securities were rather flat, and quotations in this respect show a downward tendency. Spanish has been most affected by the unfavourable aspect which affairs in Madrid present. The final prices of the day were—Spanish Five per Cents., 231 to 24; the Three tier Cents., 354 to 4 ; Portuguese, 524 to 531 ; Russian 118 to 119 ; Mexican, 354 to 36k; the Deferred, 154 to 3 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 624 to 4 ; the Five per Cents., 99 to 4 ; Danish, 89 to 90 ; Colombian, 134 to 118; Chilian, 101 to 103 ; Buenos Ayres, 35 to 37 ; and Brazilian, 874 to 814. EXTENSIVE FIRE.—On Saturday a very destructive fire broke out on the premises of Horne, Thompson, and Holland, coachmakers, Oxford-street, London. The building consisted of a large factory and workshops. The whole fabric was destroyed, with nearly all its contents, amongst which were a number of most magnificent car riages, the property of noblemen and gentlemen, with large quantities of tools and materials of every description. Messrs. Horne estimate their loss will amount to between £20,000 and £30,000, a portion of which only is insured in the Royal Exchange. The premises are also insured in the same office. MR. LOVER'S IRISH EVENINGS.—The celebrated au thor of " Rory O'More" gave his first " Irish Evening" last night, at the Royal Assembly-rooms, Great George street. The company was numerous arid highly respecta ble ; and the applause with which Mr. Lover's amusing " instances " of Irish character, as well as his singing of Irish mel o di es , an d t h e hi stor i ca l and quaint illustrations with which he introduced them, were received, was a more legitimate tribute to his merits than can be paid by our individual pen. He was encored in several of his songs, and most deservedly ; for in the plaintive melo dies he introduced a degree of national and genuine pathos rarely evinced by public vocalists. His remarks on the influence of herdic music, in national movements of old, were striking ; and his entertainment, on the whole, was highly entertaining. His story of " Paddy the Piper " and the concluding song of " Rory O'More were received with the warmest plaudits. The " bill of fare " for Friday evening next (the second night) pro mises a still greater treat, the performance being entitled " Paddy by Land and S ea ,"— em b rac i ng many peculiari ties of his countrymen, and Irish songs of his own com position, &c. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE MERCURY'S "GIGANTIC ! SCHEMES OF IMPROVEMENT ON THE MERSEY AND THE DEE." How great is the mutability of human affairs ! A brief month ago, " the foremost men on all the earth " were the C omm i ss i oners of Birkenhead ; the most magnificent scheme ever projected, their magnificent New Dock, with its sluices, its floats, and its stupendous warehouses. But now, all this is past. A new planet has risen above our horizon ; and the lesser stars of the firmament—the Jacksons, Potters, Lairds, Stansfields, and the rest—must " pale their ineffectual fires " before the more splendid light of the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury, who has just developed to the world schemes whose vastness must strike all mankind with admiration and wonder. We propose here to d e t a il an d, b r i e fl y an d reverent l y, to con sider them. " Gigantic scheme," No. 1, is presented to us as one which has for some time been " placed under the con sideration of the Commissioners of Birkenhead by Mr. Davies, solicitor, of this town, a considerable landowner in the adjoining parish of Wallasey." How remarkable, by the bye, it is to observe how invariably modern projectors of great schemes of im provement commence by becoming " considerable land owners " in the locality to be improved ! Mr. Dades proposes " the formation of a ship canal, or navigable river, to open into the deep water at Dawpool or Hoy lake, thereby obviating the danger and risk of the sand banks which, at present, vessels sailing round the Rock Lighthouse must and do encounter." This scheme, .t seems, was, some years ago, brought before the con sideration of Mr. Rennie and other eminent engineers, whose opinions as to its feasibility were not so flattering as to warrant its projectors in proceeding with it. " Cir cumstances, however," the Mercury informs us, "are now altered,"—bv which, we presume, he intends to intimate some cha nge i n t h e l aws of gravitation, or in the tidal ebb and flow. At all events, some organic or other change has occurred recently to " put it into the power of the Birkenhead Commissioners "—how omnipotent must be these gentlemen in Mercurial estimation !—" to extend their present plans to this object." The next generation is, perhaps, destined to behold a custom-house at Leasowe Castle or Mockbeggar, and llcylake, from a fishing village, rising into the magnitude of a modern Tyre! " Gigantic Scheme," No. 2, is Mr. Thomas Lunt's specific for restoring the ancient prosperity of the " port of Chester," by the formation of a ship canal, only twelve miles in length, from that city to a station between Park gate and Dawpool. Feasible enough, we dare say, to bring the water to Chester; but, with all humility, may we ask, whether it would not be almost as easy to tran sport the ancient city to the water? The old walls, which are of no use where they stand, would furnish excellent materials for the construction of the "Par kyate and Dawpool Docks." " Gigantic Scheme," No. 3, is the revival of the Her culaneum Dock and Warehouse scheme, and is but a pigmy amongst the batch. But " Gigantic Project," No. 4, amply makes up for its littleness. It is suggested by "A voice fi om Birken head;" and, coming from that superior locality, what wonder if it be, as the Mercury describes it, " one of striking originality." The ancient Romans, it appears, who took strange liberties with things sometimes, " altered the course of the Dee from the valley near Gressford, for the purposes of fortification and security to Chester." But what was Caesar to the Mercury, or the people of Rome to the people of Birkenhead ? The " Voice' from this latter locality suggests the " further diversion of the waters of the Dee from Chester, in the direction, and very near the centre, of the present Ellesmere Canal, so as to fall into the Mersey near Stanlow Pool." By this means Chester would get a ship canal from the Mersey, which would do quite sufficiently for their commerce ; whilst the estuary of the Dee, no longer required, might be converted into arable lands, with a canal, or a railway, constructed over them, for the accommodation of the people of Flint shire, who would, otherwise, and naturally, be very indig nant at the loss of their water. The additional quantity of this useful element thus brought into the Mersey would increase the scouring power, and, of course, clear away the banks outside in no time. A grand conception this, worthy of the Mercury and the " Voice from Birkenhead !" We would, however, suggest that the principal portion of the benefits sought by it could be acquired by a much more simple and less expensive plan. Our contemporary knows, of course, the operation of a syphon. If not, it may be seen in almost any extensive spirit-dealer's premises, emptying or filling puncheons with marvellous expedition. What, then, would be easier than to stick one end of a " gigantic " syphon into the Dee at Chester, and to drop the other into the Mersey at Stanlow Pool, thus effectually suck ing dry the former useless river, and giving our own the benefit of its waters ? The splendid arch of the syphon bestriding " like a Colossus" the whole Hundred of Wirral would form another wonder of the world, and immortalize its builder and ourselves, its projector! We recommend the consideration of this plan to the Mercury and his Birkenhead friend. " Gigantic scheme " No. 5 is Mr. Lunt's again, who, Mercury tells us, " loses no opportunity of testifying his conviction, that it is better to increase our profitable lands at home than drive our people to seek profitable lands in foreign countries," for which we are very much obliged to him. Mr. Lunt proposes to " embank the broad upper part of the River Mersey so as to save about 14 square miles of land," and to narrow the river all the way down to its neck at Seacombe, thus producing, as the Mercury happily styles it, "a deep business-like stream." C! ) We cannot, however, stay to examine this project, but must at once come to the most astounding thing of all, viz.:— " Gigantic Scheme" No. 6, which is communicated to our admirable contemporary by " a reader of the Met.• cury"—a sufficient guarantee that his talents are of a very high order. It would be injustice to its projector to at tempt to describe it in any other words but Mercury's own, which we take the liberty, therefore, of quoting. His suggestion is simply this: to build a causeway, or dam, or pier, from George's Pierhead to the Cheshire coast, with flood gates, drawbridges, &c., such as those now constructed in Li verpool, for the admission of the largest vessels. The writer conceives there is no difficuly whatever in the way. That it would be a good speculation, in a commercial point of view, (an important consideration with John Bull,) can be very easily de monstrated. The tolls would produce at least £30,000 a-year, and there would, by means of the causeway, be no difficulty in reclaiming some 30 acres of SLOB! which would turn out the richest land in England. He does not deem it necessary t ex patiate on the advantages that would result from having the en tire of the estuary, south of Liverpool, a floating dock, for such it would in reality be. He throws out these suggestions, hoping that some other Jackson or Laird will take up the subject. He could cite precedents for the erection of a great breakwater, such as that proposed, but thinks he need not go farther than the Ply mouth breakwater, the Kingstown Harbour, &c. &c. and he concludes by adding that £250,500 would co m pl e t e the under taking, there being no ground to be purchased at an enormous price; nothing, in fact, required, but labour and blocks of good stone." By the adoption of this plan, it follows that the estuary would terminate at Liverpool and Birkenhead—the river itself would merely be like another Thames up to Weston Point and Runcorn; and, according to one of the preceding plans, it would branch off to Chester. But the writer does not state how he would compensate the loss of time to all vessels passing to the present southern docks if floodgates were erected. Should, however, such an embankment ever be made with flood-gates, high water cou'd always be retained above it, and the traffic be tween Liverpool and Runcorn might be carried on at all hours. Sublime imagination ! A floating dock from Liverpool to Runcorn, surrounded of course with warehouses! 'Why even Mr. Eyre Evans never contemplated any thing half so magnificent. Whilst he was about it, however, and the " gigantic" vein was upon him, our contemporary might have guarded against the possibility of some other Munchausen casting his magnificent project into the shade, by a propos a l t o b u ild " a causeway, or dam, or pier," from Bootle landmark to the Giant's Causeway, and another froth the Land's End to Cape Clear, "with floodgates, drawbridges, &c." by which the whole of the Irish sea would be at once converted into such a " float ing dock" as the world never beheld ! We must, however, leave the contemplation of these " gigantic" projects. Their very vastness is overpower ing, and when we reflect, with the Mercury, " how busy mind appears to be at present, meditating new conquests over matter," the awful thought steals upon us.—what if this sage, now seated in his editorial chair, diverting, rivers, damming up estuaries, converting water into land, and "slob" into green fields, were some day to discover and wickedly to promulgate the means of throwing the earth itself off its axle, or of diverting the attention of the sun and the moon from this poor island and shining himself in their stead ! The bare imagination is dreadful. Since writing the above it has been suggested to us— can some wag have been hamming the Mercury, or some unhappy lunatic have got admittance to the editorial room and managed adroitly to substitute his own ravings for an equal quantity of our poor Mercury's ordinary prosiness? But, no--it cannot be, Mercury is never bammed. " Ali quando-dormitat bonus Homerus;" but the philosopher of Lord-street never even winks. At the Ripon corn market, on Thursday, wheat fell 2s. per quarter. NEW IRON SCREW PROPELLER STEAM-VESSELS.— On Monday last, tenders, including plans and specifica tions, for constructing for her Majesty's navy, two second class iron steam-frigates, and two first class iron steam sloops, to be propelled by the screw, were delivered to the Admiralty. There are above a dozen competitors for the building of these vessels, each furnishing his own plans, &c. The frigates, we understand, are to be of 500-horse power, and the sloops of 400-horse-power, and 'as it is intended they shall be constructed of a material that requires no seasoning, they are, as soon as ordered, to be finished in a very short space of time.—A new iron-steam vessel, to be propelled by a screw, has been ordered to be built for the especial service of the Queen, as a tender to the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert; she will be about 135 feet feet long, by 20 feet in breadth, and her draught of water will not exceed seven feet. She is to have a pair of Penn's oscillating-engines. —Mining Journal. CARTMEL (NEAR LANCASTER) GRAMMAR SCHOOL.— An examination of candidates for the vacant office of head master of this school took place, as advertised, on Tues day, the 12th November, when eleven gentlemen pre sented themselves as candidates. After a searching ex amination in the higher classics, (the candidates in general showing a very creditable proficiency,) Mr. Richard Snowden, 8.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, second class man in Lileris Humaniloribus, 1834, was reported by the learned examiner, the Rev. R. W. Evans, A.M., Vicar of Heversham, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as the greatest proficient in classical learning. At a meeting of the trustees on the following day, Mr. Snowden was unanimously elected head master ; and there is now every prospect of the ancient Grammar School at Cartrnel regaining in a little time that eminence which it formerly enjoyed. It is worthy of notice, that the trustees had, in this instance, convincing proof of the great value of an examinatio n on th ese occas io ns , the testimonials in favour of several candidates being so nearly balanced, as to render any satisfactory election on those grounds only quite impracticable. Mr. Snowden will enter upon his duties at the school after the Christmas vacation. PROSPECTS OF THE COTTON CROP, AND ITS PROBABLE EFFECT UPON THE MARKET. We have been favoured by a correspondent with ,the following circular from a well-known and highly-respec table house in Savannah, and commend it as worthy the careful perusal and consideration of our readers who are interested in this staple article, which has ruined its thousands, and is so far become a speculative business, that it baffles all statistical calculations, and laughs to mockery the cautious prudence of many a clever, far seeing firm :- 4 4 SAVANNAH, OCTOBER 24, 1844.—Since our respects of the 9th September, the weather has been extremely dry, and so warm, that even as late as within the past few days, the mercury has stood at 84° in the shade. The effect of such a temperature upon the grow ing cotton may be imagined: it has ripened fast, and the bolls have opened rapidly, but there appears none of the tendency to continued growth and top crop ' which a moist ground in these months in duces; nor is this needed ; there is quite as much cotton now open as can be well handled, and if the weather continues settled, a better picking will be had from this than we could expert from the fruit which usually matures after this time. Upon the important ques tion of the extent of the crop, it may be observed, for the first time in many years, that frost can make little or no difference in the result. That it will be ample, even to the largest wants of an en larged consumption, there can be little doubt; but before assenting to the unwieldy estimates put forth during the summer, it may be well to inquire -Ist. Can a crop of over two millions and a half of bales be produced, without a continued growth of the plant until an advanced period of the winter ? 2nd. If it could be produced, does the amount of labour necessary to secure it exist? 3rd. If the force do exist, is it likely to be controlled and directed (to the inconveni ence of other departments of labour) to the degree of close picking necessary to eke out a large crop, when the returns of value are likely to be so much lower than ever known ? 4th. Granting that a much larger crop than ordinary is made and secured, is it likely to appear under the encouragement of the prices we may expect to prevail during this season?—We have seen that in the crop of last year (two millions) the growth of the plant continued until the storms of December, after which, under the stimulus of high prices, a large quantity of barely merchantable cotton was still picked from the ground. It is never pretended that so large a quantity as two millions and a quarter of bales has ever been produced in one season; the crop of 1842-3 (twenty three hundred thousand bales) having, by common consent, been well indebted for its aggre gate to the stocks held over on the plantations from the previous year, and even then it required all the motive of prices opening at 6to 8k and ending with 5t07, to bring out such a crop. We are resulta. s r we n toadvance thech cno o. by r e r ferateirgr regulated ae f treloadmr larger et t rh thee , s o e rpt fi oi o g r f s now at 4 to 6k cents per lb. for the Atlantic States cottons, and just e d be:eui must, compelled tap ee:r that ear l ts. A' t la ss e oa m wc as w lial i si l s w i th, 1 to sell, be the price y s as they may; portion admitting, one-third or a fourth of their body are in easy circumstances, it is not unreasonable to suppose that, with them, every additional de cline in price will be an additional argument for holding back at least a portion of their crop. That with even a small decline upon our already low prices, we should probably see a supply of cotton ample enough for all wants, we have already admitted: further than that we think it unnecessary to go. It is certainly not proba• ble that at a much lower scale of prices than those now prevailing, the Southern exports to Great Britain will exceed those of 1842-3. Although our navigation has been impeded by low rivers, we have derived, chiefly from our railroad (which runs 196 miles into the heart of our best lands), over 15,000 bales of cotton since our last. These have been middling fair to fair in quality, and having been offered freely in the continued absence of the winter buyers, prices have declined to 61 c. for fair in round bales and 61 in square,— equal, at the current rate of freight and exchange, to 4,31 d and 4,37 d laid down on the quay in Liverpool, including : 11 charges and al lowances for loss in weight. When the rivers are fairly opened, we may expect to lay down strict Liverpool fair with facility at 4kd per lb.— Sea Islands will prove a very fair crop, not less it is supposed than 28,000 bales for the two States, the increase being chiefly in the maines and more common cottons. Planters have been so well occupied in picking, that they have not yet had time to send any portion of their crops to market. —Rice is declining in price under the increased receipts. All the arrivals of rough have either gone to Charleston or been sent to the mills, no purchasers for it having yet appeared. The samples exhibited shew a large full grain, of good weight.—Freights are quiet at 7-16 d for square bales, and id for round, to Liverpool. We may look for more acti vity in this department when the rivers open. There are three ships loading for Liverpool. —Exchange. The highest offers for sterling made by the banks are 8k to 81 per cent. premium, which sellers are generally indisposed to submit to. The amount required in New York and elsewhere for remittances, will absorb the nego tiations against the early exports of cotton to a large amount, with. out sensibly affecting the rate of premium." WOODSIDE BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, In crossing from Woodside last evening, and on a late occasion, I was astonished to find that there was no one on board who interfered to put down the quarrelling, cursing and swearing, of some three or four individuals whose location there is now needed to carry out the excavation for the intended new docks. The Commissioners have appointed police, who are ever anxious during the day to prevent gentlemen smok ing, for fear of discomposing the olfactory nerves of their wives and daughters ; and it is, certainly, not too much to expect something like decency kept up on the Sabbath evening. when their less fortunate, but, perhaps, equally respectable, neighbours, are, from cir cumstances, occasionally compelled to cross. SOMEBODY. Voodzide, Nov. 18th, 1844. MISS MARTINEAU.—Mr. William Howett has pub lished a letter corroborative of the statement that Miss Martineau 11P5 been cured, by mesmerism of a painful disorder, which was fast sinking her to the grave. NEW LANDING SLIP AT THE NORTH DOCKS.—Mr. Hartley, the dock surveyor, has submitted to the Dock Committee the model of a landing slip, which it is intended to erect at the river wall of the new north docks. It will be 14 feet wide, and so constructed that steam vessels can run alongside at any time of the tide, and land cattle, car riages, &c. with the greatest facility. The slip will be constructed almost like a,. tunnel, in the water side of which large, doorways, ten feet wide, will be made at dif ferent inclinations, so as to suit the rising and falling of the tide, whilst, when the water suits, cattle, &c. can be landed on what may be called the roof of the slip, which, we believe, will be on a level with the sea-wall. It is altogether very unique, and affords another proof of the skill of the dock surveyor. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE. —Last Saturday week, a gentleman, after crossing the river, unfortunately fell into the water on the ether side, but was fortunately soon rescued. During his fall, a pocket-book, which contained a large sum of money, slipped out of his pocket, and a reward of £l5 being of for its recovery, a few days ago it was restored by a poor man, who had picked it up on the shore at Southport, whither it had been carried by the tide. The fortunate gentleman has thus recovered all his money. THE FARMER'S ALMANACK.—This almanack and ca lendar for 1845 is already published, and is replete with useful information. It is edited by Cuthbert W. John son, Esq., F.R.S.. and W. Shaw, E,q , both celebrated agriculturists. The calendar, appended to the almanack for each month separate, contains a vast body of useful practical information, both as regards the farm and the garden, also judicious and scientific observations on the weather, chronological events, &c. There are also copious remarks on artificial and other manures, grain tables, the heads of acts of parliament affecting agriculture, treat ment of the diseases of live stock, fairs and markets in England and Wales, and in Ireland, lists of officers of state, and members of parliament, &c. The advertising sheet contains descriptions, illustrated by wood-cuts, of nearly every modern improvement or invention in agri cultural implements, designs of farm-house and cottage architecture, &c. The price of the volume is extremely moderate, and no farmer ought to be without it. ' SIR HENRY POTTIN GER'S INTENDED VISIT TO LIVER POOL.—We rejoice to say that it is the intention of the merchants of Liverpool to entertain Sir Henry Pottin ger (our plenipotentiary in China) at a grand public ban quet at the Town-hall, in testimony of the immense ser vices he has been the honoured instrument of conferring upon the commercial and manufacturing interests of this country, by the opening of the East India and China trade. This deserved compliment originated with the East India and China Association, who invited the pre sence of the mercantile community generally, and their hearty concurrence was immediately obtained. The Mayor was called upon, and requested to preside at the entertainment, and also if possible to procure the use of the Town Hall for the occasion. The Town Hall Estab lishment Committee met on Friday, and acceded to the Mayor's request. We learn that the gallant baronet will, on his visit, be presented with a massive service of plate by the great body of our wealthy fellow-townsmen. Se , veral firms put down their names for £5O each, and even up to Friday only, £B5O had been subscribed. The com pliment is highly creditable to all who have taken a part in paying it. Yesterday a general meeting of the mer cantile interests was held to forward the object in view. Mr. Sands (in the absenceofthe Mayor, who wasrequired at a meeting of magistrates elsewhere), occupied the chair, and there were present between thirty and forty gentle men. A copy of the note calling the meeting was read, from which it appeared that a deputation from the re spective mercantile associations consisting of C. Turner, G. C. Arbuthnot, Christopher Rawson, T. Ripley, John Crossthwaite, Wm. Stewart, Jos. Shipley, T. Chilton, George Kendall, George Beley, James Byrne, Edward Pilcher, and James Bateson, Esqs., had waited on the Mayor, to express their desire that a public dinner should be given to Sir H. Pottinger, and that his worship had consented to preside. Mr. C. Turnerspoke to the effect that the important services rendered by Sir H. Pottinger in con ducting the war with China to a successful and honoura ble termination, and the favourable footing upon which he has been instrumental in placing our commercial rela tions with that country, entitle him to the highest com mendation ; and that in the opinion of the meeting it was desirable to demonstrate such feeling by entertaining him to a public dinner."—Mr. Todd, in seconding the resolu tion, said it was unnecessary to make any long speech on the occasion, as Sir H. Pottinger's merits were well known. He had by his conduct conferred lasting benefits on this town, and on the country at large. The motion was unanimously carried.—Mr. William Brown said that no man had rendered more effectual services to his country than the gallant knight, and moved a resolution to the effect that these proceedings be communicated to Sir Henry;and that they await his reply, in which he should name the day when he could conveniently attend. This was seconded by Mr. Ripley, and carried.—Mr. John Crossthwaite moved the appointment of a commitee, with power to add to their numbers, (consisting of a great number of gentlemen whose names were read,) " to make the preliminary arrangements, and adopt such other pro ceedings as might be deemed necessary to carry the pre ceding resolutions into effect."—Mr. Samuel Holme, in seconding the resolution, said that he was not himself a merchant, but as one of the tradesmen of the town he was equally interested. The great ability, and humanity evinced by Sir H. Pottinger were beyond all praise ; and he would suggest, that if the dinner were given in the large ball-room overhead, and the tickets were of mode rate price, respectable tradesmen, who were so intimately connected_ with the commercial interests, would attend, and be trusted they would have a highly influential as semblage on the occasion. —Mr. Sands said the ball-room would contain only from 400 to 500, but this was a matter for the consideration of the committee.—Mr. C. T. Dun levie suggested Lucas's Repository, or the Amphitheatre. It was agreed to leave the arrangement to the committee. The motion was agreed to.—The thanks of the meetin were then given to his Worship the Mayor for the use of the Council Chamber, and for his kindness in agreeing to take the chair; and the meeting separated. Nov. 19, 1844. LATEST FROM THE RIVER PLATE. The date from Buenos Ayres is the 31st of August. The Argentine Minister, General Guido, bad informed the Brazilian government that Buenos Ayres would con sider the departure of General Paz through their terri tories as an act of hostility, and accordingly Paz had been detained at Rio. This had caused a great sensation at Monte Video, and the circumstance was considered as most unfavourable. There had been a guerrilla on the evening of the 29th, in which the Monte Videans were said to have lost 100 men, their advanced posts having been surprised by the Italian Legion of Oribe, so that the fight was entirely between foreigners. The news brought from Europe by the packet was considered favourable for the goveinment, an d th e accoun t s f rom B raz il being Pa cific we may naturally look forward for an improved busy ness here, but nothing satisfactory can be done until the war with Monte Video is ended, on account of the con stant squabbling with foreigners which the blockade and a state of warfare crea t es . A s t rong pro t es t againstarbitrary and injurious impositions by the Monte Videsn government bad been signed by the various British resi dents and mercantile firms in that city. His Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg, Prin ce Albert's brother, was expected yesterday at Windsor. A letter from St. Petershurgh, in the Mannheim Ga zette, represents the health of the Empress of Russia to be in a seriously alarming state. It is proposed to erect a lunatic asylum for Cumberland and Westmorland, by way of a m emorial to the late Eat of Lonsdale. A verdict of " accidental death " has been returned on the bodies of the unfortunate persons killed by the ex' plosion at Blackwall on Tuesday. The Hon. Andrew Rutherford was, on Friday, elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University. He obtained 277, and Lord Eglinton 186 votes. Of course the free chard' schism has contributed mainly to Mr. R.'s success. , MR. SERJEANT ANDREWS.—The jury at the coroner inquest on the body of this gentleman returned a verdict that his death was occasioned " by hcemorrage from natural causes." We have received an account of the seizure of one of the largest distilleries of the city by order of the Commis sioners of Excise, but we must defer the publication till we have had an opportunity of making full inquiry"' limes of yesterday. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. —Yesterday, the following gentlemen—Conservatives of the first order—were re turned, unopposed, to the Council Chamber :—William Atherton, Esq., for Eve: ton Ward ; Josias Booker, Esq. , for West Derby Ward, and James Tyrer, E sq ., for Exchange Ward. LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS PER GARRICK, which arrived yesterday from New York :—Mr. H. C. Butter moth ; Mr. R. Lowe ; Mr. W. M. Bliss and lady ; Mr. Goodband and lady ; Mr. Paulson • Mr. Serial ; Mr. G. Gibson ; A. H. King de Rodenbeck, bearer of despatches to Belgium ; Miss Charlotte Cushman and servant. DIOCESE OF EXETER.—On Thursday last the whole body of the chapter of Exeter cathedral, including both canons and prebendaries, assembled in the chapter-house in that town, at the special request of the bishop, to con sider the propriety of a regular conformity by the clergy to the rubric throughout that diocese. The projectors of a great number of railways have been placed in an awkward position. The act requires the notices of the application to be left at the Gazette office two days before the publication of the Gazette, and front some cause a great number were not sent until Friday last, . and, owing to the enormous number of advertisements , they were refused insertion, and it is now too late to supply the omission. COMMITMENTS. —At the Police-court yesterday, a woman named Jane Mulleneux was committed for trial for stealing, on Saturday, a bundle of wearing apparel,:llla property of Ann Stewart, a sailor's wife residing in a cellar in Ormond-street, and which she afterwards pledg ed for is. 6d. The articles were stated to be worth 6s. Mary Ann Armstrong was also sent for trial for stealing, on Saturday, a pair of shoes from the shop of Messrs. Evans and Clark, in Dale-street. A BEAUTY SPOT IN THE NEW POOR LAW.—Extract from a letter from the son of a prime minister to a gentle man in Leeds, dated London, Nov. 11 :—" Mr. —, an excellent friend of mine sent to me the other day an old soldier of 110 years of age —to whom I had the pleasure of giving a good dinner and a sovereign. My friend bad, with some difficulty, rescued him from a union workhouse in Somersetshire, where the old veteran informed me he had, ' by order of the nurse, been put into a trough and pumped upon ! on the plea of cleansing him—which, be said, very nearly did for him.'" In Mr. Mayer's advertisement in our last paper We erroneously gave the number as 68 instead of 66. THE POLKA.—We are happy to hear that Monsieur Du Val, of Paris, the celebrated teacher of the Polka, is m iking rapid progress in his professional duties. His style of giving instruction must be seen to be duly ap preciated. The Infant Power and her sister are now under his tuition, to appear in this fashionable dance at their benefit. BRUNSWICK HOTEL—It will be seen by an advertise ment in another column that, the whole of the alterations having been completed, this hotel is now more particular ly adapted to the reception of travellers than heretofore, the worthy host having spared no expense to render it wor:hv of patronage. Tile tripe suppers are held every Thursday and Friday evenings. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The last of these entertainments was even more numerously attended than the former two of the season. Mr. Henry Russell, from America, gave his admirable and interesting entertain ment, which was rapturously received. Such was the overflow of visitors that many could not be admitted. Mr. Lover is engaged to give his " Irish Evenings" on the next two evenings. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, Nov Ema It IS.—Wind South. Artriman.—Patriot Queen, Adamson, from Calcutta; saiied 29th July—Ellen German, from Rio-de-la-Hache—Jane, Pen nington, from Cadiz—Albion, from Marseilles—Stephen Wat son, from Tunis—Valparaiso, Dixon, from Valparaiso—Albert, Murray, from Riga—Dike of York, Thompson, from St. Peters burg—and Hope, from China and Dublin. SAILED.—Lady Constable, Garbut ; Charlotte, Moran, and Thetis, Hall, for New Orleans—Alexander Brandt, Hubert, for Hambro'—ldas, Barnes, for Lisbon —lronside, Brown, Hope, Lister, for Ich a b oe —Ri val, Tweedale, for Barbadoes- - Catherine, Mould, for Ilarnbro'—Sarah, Graham, for Demerara — lndustrious, Jackson, for L eg h orn — Columbine, Crisp, f o r Syra—Penrith, Guillet, for B om b ay — Loochristie, Cornelis, f or Ghent—Acadia, M'Kenzie, f or S avannah—Corsair, Daly, f o r Halifax—lrene, Byron, for C a di z —S vende Mathilde, Molmac k. for Els'nore—Hope, Th ompson, f or Mobile—and Chilmack, Penny, for Buenos Ay res. and CIInOICHAVEN, Nov. 15.—The Guiana, Anderson, from Icha boe, was driven on shore this morning on Furse Island, Dun' manus Bay, and it is feared will be a total wreck ; crew saved. Victoria, White, from Ichaboe, at Cove; experienced a , suc cession of gales from 3rd t o lath i nstant. On the loth, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away bulwarks, wheel, binnacle,. and companion; lost sails, & c. and pumped several tons 0 1 cargo out. Jane, Moore, from Rio Grande, at Cove, with sails split, an d oss of bulwarks, &c. Margaret, Leitch, and Superb, M`liennon, from Ichaboe, at Cove Helen & Elizabeth, from Halifax, at ditto Vi Alant, Harris, from Newfoundland, at ditto Cottager, Young, hence f r Ichaboc, ditto Beaufort, Blake, from Honduras, off ditto COVE, Nov. 16.—The England, for Ichaboe, in beating o ut this morning, took the ground under L'ockabeg, and must re' main till next tide DUBLIN, Nov. 16.—The Earl Gowerell, DulT from Liverpool to Newry, lately stranded near Balbriggan, was floated off yester day, and brought into Balbriggan o..rbour Urgent, Goodwin, from China to Liverpool, ran on sil°7 . near Carnarvon yesterday mo rn i ng, and remains; crew save d' Columbine, from Quebec, at Newry Helen Jane, from London to Brazil, was spoken 2gth Sept. in lat. 7N, long. 21 W, Isabella, hence to Ichaboe, 2nd Oct. In in lat is N, long. 22 W The James Brown. Thomason. from Donegal to Liverpool , r was run down on Frid a y n i g h t, b etween the north and sou th r ocks of Strangford, b y t h e Duke of Cambridge, (steamer) "- led at Belfast; crew saved. SAILED, Novi:ll)3Eu 17. - A Richard Anderson, Bennett, for liaitimorc—Catherine, — b hinett, for Elahlax—and Cambridge, Barstow, for New TELEGRAPH OFFICE, NOVEMBER 18. Wind at Holyhead N.W., strong breeze, at 7 a.m. Oft Holyhead at s a.m., No. :1068, Bona Dea, Bk, fore Thos. P. Cope, ship, from Philadelphia. Off Great Ormshead, No. 234 u, Garribk, S. at 12 at noon. ( 14 tow by a steamer) irom New York : and 4286, George Canuil l g' barque, at —. LIVEIiPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Nov. 18. be The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not been large , greatest portion of interior quality. A numerous attendanc e buyers from all parts of the country-. Anything good cog e , r d sought after, with an advance in p r i ce. Beef a id to 151 Mutton 5d to 6d. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Nov. 1 8 ' a We have had a very s l ugg i s h and heavy mar ket ; the den u t_ has been entirely fi rm . The trade have bought to the " e _ tent of 4,000 bale s , at F r i day and Saturday's prices. :rb„j e prices counts brought by th e packet were anticipated, aud sale have not receded s i nce, although it is difficult to effect s without a decline. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Nov". i s . The spirit of sculation has been developed to a verYeex traordinary extent in our Butter market during the Par ha s days; — this tact added t o a b r i s k consump ti v e demall' n e y r: caused an adva nce i n th e pr i ce of all descr i p tions of Butter, of something lik e 5s per cwt. F i ne Belfast, CarlowKilke ntt ~ar&c. &c. are no w worth pas per cwt. Pickled Butter taken of the excitement, is fully s per cwt. dearer. thing is no alteration in th e va l ue of provisions ; Pork if anY- sorts are lather dearer. Bacon i s i n good demand, and the finer Bond saleable at 50s. Hams much wanted, and wor th 60s for g ones. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1844. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, A tNo. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CaBSCENT,LIVERPOOD • Orders and Adertisements are received by Messrs. Newton and Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-stre et Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Charles Barker, Birchin-lane; Joseph Thomas, I, Finch-lane, Cornhill; den Hammond, 7, L o mbard-street; .Mitchell, 8, Red Linn court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, Corn hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mincing-la ne; at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill; Chapter Cof fee-house, Paternoster-row; North and South American Coffeehouse, Threadneedle-street; Parsons, g, Ave-Maria lane, London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin; Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. 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