The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

to the which can h thers attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN y by the thousand: illanuft MANC and rt iTEn. th‘tt town and the A SECOND EDITION is published at Half-past Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the NL4RICETS, an any news of importance that course of the morning ebt Eibtrpool &tanbarti. TUESD. AMR ATT NG, APRIL 4, 1848 m mercia the manufactur day, more dlstr and industrious 1,, and especially in s becoming, day by whilst the prospect of im- 'ast assumin a more tofore upon circum• stances beyond our own control. Under an ordi nary state of things, we ought already to be pro gressing towards a restoration of industrial activity. In the principal markets of the world, stocks of British goods of all descriptions have for some time been unprecedentedly light. The warehouses of Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, &c., contain barely sufficient to meet the ordinary wants of the home trade, and would be found quite incapable of sup- (lute dc e tha tert of the world position exists amo description to incre nimated demand from any guar- Vet an unparalleled want of dis anufacturers of every ase their operations, and an almost utter hopeles st ma 'ond a r 3 of the approach of any i to mouth" demand. is more complete stration of confident than it has been wit mory, the disor- ganised condition of Europe having intervened to add to the weight under which we were already so severe The neighbot y pressed down ontinental markets, together d to the manufacturing dv vent for some of their with our home trade, atroru a stP- COMM most important Ef ,e markets, with the increase of the demand from the United States, last year, enabled them to bear up under the serious deficit experienced in the extent of demand from China, the East T - •and our Western Colonial - st, to afford that par ../ went to the working classes which saved them from the horrors of entire desti- market tial en alone tution nag bled them, in fa the commence well remember the fee afforded bv ti ment of this year, we of relief which was m of active operations by )f the G k and Mediterranean houses, and the hopes to which it gave rise, in the breasts of many, of a steady general improvement. The utionary principles over the European I the total shock to credit and subse hich followed, promptly dissi that little anticipa- quent h se nopes ; ar fated th, tion need be entertained of a prosperous business to that part of the world during the present year. To what other quarter, then, are we to look for customers and consumers of our goods to fill the vacar - thus likely to be created ? The lates Ince of immediate im narkets. Our colonia change for the better accounts give us litt tint of littl proveml United States, perhaps, may consume eaten r; but our principal hope must be rested in a swelv restoration of the ab own population present time, and by the ir+ ces, we.m ,o consume amongst our fight is that hope at the Ls it may be strengthened ivounng c ,IrCUM- prospect of such an .e very circumstances which have closet} some of our moat important ets ag nst the industry of our popuslation ble, eitl er, that out of those cir- cumstances there may he ul ior benefit s in store for us, sufficiently important to reimburse us in time for a portion at least of our past sufferings. There are already apparent symptoms of a gradual direction of the capital of foreign countries, menaced as it is with confiscation, towards Great Britain, for secure Evidence of this has already been seen n the recently increased buoyancy of the mar ket for our government and other securities ; and in the additional facility and cheapness with which first-rate commercial paper is now negotiable. In the first instance such influx will be composed al most entirely of what may be termed banking capi - and will not directly operate to remedy the vils of our present condition, which from the want of stment most pre ,ufidence amongst our classes and employment Ultimately, those tly believe, will be reached. commercial and trail for the tra ding community The first operation, which in fact has already begun, will probably be to raise the shares of some lines of railways and other public From their present undue depression to a .e, if not to those extravagant ones at which ome part of our lead works fair pr nvested. By this means many of our merchants and tradesmen who, during the recent mania for speculation. committed the fearful mis- take'of treating as realized capital every few hun dred pounds Which could at the moment be spared from their legitimate businesses, will be enabled to them Selves wit} out utterly ruinous sacri lves in a position to meet rids upon them which a period of pres- and to place thems those der sure render ierative. Every man actively en every merchant's and tradesman's th the difficulty with gaged in trade, collector, is acquain ted wi which money is now wrung, even from parties of undoubted means, who have thus hampered them selves ; and how embarrassing to hundreds are the disappointment and procrastination of payment Our bankruptcy courts Dr continua daily. disclose the is of such parties to maintain themselves amidst their involvements; how call after call upon shares has been met with money drawn from its proper use—the payment of the demands of the shopkeeper and the artizan— rather than sell at a lois, or submit to forfeiture. Such a state of things as will substitute the pos of real capital for such holders will be a sensible relief to trade, and assist in placing all parties in a *per position towards each other; We would not have our readers, however, to run off with the idea that this result can be at once achieved ; or that shares, or any other commodities, th any extraordinary expea to the e run ,eriod of rnar.,. It is not iMposs: xpect to jump at on it premiums, or ev We must remember 'en to that we have (.1 • now a more unwieldy machine to deal with than two years ago. The millions then Yepresented by scrips and shares have now become tens of millions ; and the speculator for a rise will be met, step by stern -ious to oy parties get out of engagements, from which they have suffered so severely. 'Time will be required ; and prudence and caution ought - *aerations of all parties. ' of what avail is this likely no foreign demand for • ? Of what avail to ion ? Manifestly. must .be improved, by with which railway and other and by' the liberation of so long as we hav the fabrics of of our ME however, the incre the home-dem-t s will be prosecute position. But we have hope for the manufacturer from another source. In the present position of European credit and European society we can look for no early expansion of operations from that to distant or neutral markets ; and it is in some states, whose people have us as powerful competitors, the com mercial and industrial fabric will be found to have received a shock which it will not readily recover. France, convulsed to its centre, its banks and capitalists suspended or fled, and its operatives and traders embarked in the confusion of revolutionary struggle, is not likely for a year at least to be a formidable opponent to our manufacturing interest, he sacrifice at which the present stocks ray have to he sold. The Germanic -se woollens, linens, cutlery, &c. have hitherto r and if titatcs, - TO ADVERTISERS VERI ONL PI to cat 'lie a, mss, and others NNDARD PAPER Y ON TUBS DAY, come extensively into corn n and other marke cease to be our the A ants. At present. )f an early settlem constitutional reforms taking place in those states, it is not certain whether they may not be attended with mitigations of their coma 1 code of infinite advanta;ge to us as a commercial nation We have some confirmation of our opinion upon this subject in th following pa. Rraph from the of the London Times.-- foreign correspondex Writing from the scene of disturbance in Southern Germany, he says In all parts of the free trade a,c,rita- tion is making rapi!. most fully .Oi vinced of and most injured by the people themselves. The weight, and not by the value of shawl of the princess, being lighter in weight, pays a smaller amonut than the coarse material of the peasant. A few years ago large quantities of fustians and similar tariff are assessed by the d the ;nods were imported from En 3easantry but ti r ,.and for the use of the s now extinct, and its place supplied by an inferior and more expensive article manu factured in the country itself. A reform of this is most anxiously desired, and it is one of the first subjects for the consideration of the national parliament. Meanwhile all trades and manufactures are in the most depressed condi tion, credit is quite extinguished, and much doubt felt as to the , result of the great fair at Leipsic next month. I have travelled with a mere contracted for Manchester goods, selling there ; he would gladly pny a la nt from that place who lately which he proposed r centage to a'rgain, and expressed a doubt as to whgther T. If his fears be the central there would be any attendar realized, grave results will follow, as Leipsh re accus ,. at Leipsic, s year not a mart of all Germany, and that where most done. He informs me that the manufacturers tomed about this time to draw bills, payabl out of the produce of their goods, but th single bill could be discounted -- business is From the fact, too, of the much greater security which England can now offer, as compared with the bulk of European communities, we think we may look forward to her ports beiffg selected as the depOts for the raw materials and products of Ame rica and other countries. To ensure this result, however, we must endeavour to put down every thing like disorderor dangerous c nongst our own populatior allow ourselves to be dazzled with the wild above all, riot notions which are just now unsettling the public mind in other countries. A step in this direction would inevitably plunge the trading and industrious classes into utter ruin, and neutralize all the advan tages which our insular position and the known capital, and honour of our merchants and traders confer upon us in periods such as the present. There may be suffering still in store for the former classes, and especially for our manufacturing ope- We trust, however, that they will exercise ratives the same honourable forbearance and patience under privation which have hitherto characterised their conduct; and that they will receil e in in- creased measure the sympathies of those in superior worldly station and means. We have all suffered in company, and we trust we shall approach brighter days, with an undiminished respect for each other. oral 11,ttus. Before the operation of the late act of Parliament there were in Liverpool 14,085 cellars let separately ; and the number of persons who dwelt in them was 27,128. On Tuesday, Patrick Casey died in the Southern Hos pital, in consequence of wounds received in falling from a plank into a vessel, at the Queen's Dock, the day before. An aged man named Samuel Robinson, who resided in fell down dead on Tuesday night as he was passing along Hanover- On Wednesday, a youth named William Smith died at the Northern Hospital, in consequence of injuries received by a cart wheel falling on him in January last. In Liverpool, it is stated, there are 947 lodging-houses, of which 152 are frequented by emigrants, 455 by beggars and vagabonds, and 340 by sailors. On Wednesday, the bOdy of a man was found in the loft of the premises of Mr. Hesketh, saddler, Tithebarn street. In his pocket a register ticket, with " Thomas Kennedy : "-on it, was found. On Thursday, Captain Brownless, late of this port, but now belonging to the Camilla steamer, from London to St. Petersburg, was presented with an elegant and mas . sive silver cup by the passengers. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The sum of £2O was collected on Sunday week, in St. Barnabas' Church, for this important society, after a sermon by the Rev. T. Nolan. About nine o'clock on Monday night a young woman was knocked down in St. Anne-street, by a man who at tempted to rob her; but her,cries so alarmed him, that, before he could effect his purpose, he made off. On Saturday a flat, belonging to the Corporation, laden with mortar, ran foul of the steamer Royal Tar, near the landing-stage, and immediately went down. Two men, who were on board, saved themselves by jumping on board tbo steamer. - The cost of removing the Irish, Scotch and Manx pau pers from Liverpool during the quarter ending the 21st ultimo, was £972. They numbered no fewer than 2,526 persons. In the previous quarter, no fewer than 4,488 paupers were removed, at an expense of £1,610. EFFECTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—A vessel called the Exchange, cotton laden, has arrived here from Mobile via Havre, consigned to Messrs. Baring. The original consignees in Havre, were afraid to allow the goods to be disembarked on Gallic soil, and so sent the vessel here. IMITATION STAINED GLASS WINDOW BLINDS.—A. new and beautiful style of window blind has just been in troduced into Liverpool. In design they are various, and their resemblance to stained glass is so close that, at a few yards' distance, the difference is not discernible. The Brunswick Club has been fitted throughout with this ex cellent irivention. A spirited preliminary meeting of the Liverpool House Owners' Guardian Society was held on Thursday, at the Brunswick Hotel, when certain resolutions were arranged condemnatory of the present partial, unjust, and oppres sive system of taxation, and to co-operate with the Na tional Confederation for a thorough revision of our local taxation. HEALTH OF TOWNS' ASSOCIATION.—OH Tuesday, Mr. Waldie, of the Apothecaries' Hall, delivered a very, inter esting and instructive lecture at the South Church of England Schools, Cornwallis-street, to the poor of the neighbourhood, on the chemistry of the atmosphere. Among the gentlemen present were Dr. Sunderland, Wm. Barry, Esq., and H. G. Harbord, Esq. The Rev. H. Car penter presided. THE GAS COMPANIES.—The government surveying officers have reported against the proposed amalgamation of the two gas companies. They are of opinion that, " as the bill stands at present, and in the absence of any further guarantees from the promoters, the amalgamation would not be advantageous to the public as stated in the preamble, as it would deprive the inhabitants of Liver pool of the advantages of competition." ALBERT, OUVRIER.—It is said that the Albert, Ourrier (or workman) who forms one of the Provisional Govern ment of Paris, is the Dr. Albert who was formerly a teacher of French in Liverpool, and afterwards a chemist at Cadishead and Longsight, in this county. The repub lican is described in the Times as having a " look of agreeable intelligence, but something of a grasping ex pression." SUCTION PlPES.—Canvas has at length been made available, by means of suction pipes, for fire extinguishing engines and other purposes. The whole of the outside is canvas, and the interior vulcanized caoutchouc, which renders them not only perfectly water-tight, but equal in strength and durability to the best leather, while their ex treme comparative lightness and cheapness must render them most desirable. Mr. Adamson, of Dale-street, is the agent for this useful invention, which has been patented. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM STONE THROWING.—On Monday, Thomas Mulby, aged 14, whose parents reside in Victoria-place, Ivy-street, was in company with seve ral other boys, slinging stones in a field on the Canal bank, near to the New Gas Company's Works, when a stone from some lad's sling hit him on the head, at the back of the right ear, producing a wound form the effects of which he died in a few minutes. The occurrence was quite accidental, but it is to be regretted that such boyish ne throwing are so prevalent in the propensities as s town. COM➢ ICIAL DISTRI Last week, a de., RIM Haigh, Jeflie) utation, and Claypole, waited on the Mayor and Mr. Rushton with a memorial showing the deep distress at present existing among the working classes, which was rapidly spreading to those in the middle ranks. The memorialists suggested that his Worship and the Stipendiary should proceed to London to apprize the government of the gravity of the case, as they had a right to complain of the apathy and indifference of those at the head of affairs. The Mayor and Mr. Rushton, though concurring in the memorial, stated that Lord John Russell was the proper party to apply to, and that if the memorial were sent to the Home office, the Mayor would write a private letter to transmit it, and Mr. Rushton would also strengthen it by a repre sentation to Sir George Grey. It is said that an answer has been received from government stating that the re presentations shall have the immediate and serious con sideration of government. RELIGION ON THE CONTINENT -THE REV. MR. BOST, OF LA YORCE.—Now that the peace of Europe depends so signally upon the temper of the French nation, it is of importance that every effort should be used to promote a system of Christian education in that land of revolutions. It is notorious that the youth of France are deplorably ig norant, and that any education that is given is throng the instrumentality of the Jesuits. Even the children of Pro testant parents, when educated at all, are educated at Je suit seminaries. The Rev. Mr. Bost, the singularly de vout pastor of La Force, is attempting the establishment of a seminary, upon a large scale, for the poor children not of his own congregation alone, but also of the districts in the vicinity of his church. He is at present on a visit to England, soliciting assistance for promoting his labour of love. Mr. Bost is not unknown in England and Scotland. Already he has been welcomed as a man eminent for his Christian graces—of not merely warm but enlightened ; and we rejoice to find men of all denominations )ming and encouraging him. A meeting was held on night, in the Rev. Mr. Barker's school-room, en Mr. Bost was present and spoke. EOge-11111, ACCIDENT AT THETOWER CHAMBERS' .—OnWednesday, in consequence of the breaking of a rope attached to what is technically called a " derrick," a stone which was being hoisted into its position on the tower now erecting at Messrs. Bailey and Co's buildings, in St. Nicholas's Church-yard, was swung violently against a workman upon the top of the tower, and he was precipitated down the interior to the bottom. His skull was almost scalped and frightfully fractured, and he was otherwise considera bly injured—the flesh being almost torn from one of his legs. He was conveyed in an almost hopeless stete to the Northern Hospital. He is young and unmarried. Seve ral stones in the cornice and at the back of the tower were also broken or displaced by the accident. The trial of speed between the Holyhead and Dublin royal mail steam vessels, Banshee and St. Columba, took place on Tuesday last. The B ans h ee was b u ilt by Messrs. Penn and Co., of London, with engines of 350 horse power, on the oscillating principle. The St. Columba was built by Mr. Laird of Birkenhead, and the engines by Messrs. Forrester and Co., of this town, on the side lever principle, also of 350 horse power. The distance between Liverpool and Kingstown (126 miles) was accomplished by, the Banshee in seven hours and thirty minutes, the quickest passage ever made, being at the rate of seventeen miles per hour. The St. Columba ran the distance in eight hours and thirty-one minutes, or at the rate of fif teen miles per hour. They are splendid vessels, and seem in every way fitted for the station on which they are destined to run. In the passage home, the Banshee was again victorious, beating the St. Columba about an hour. They are expected to commence carrying the mails be tween this port and Dublin in a short time, until their own station is ready. DR. CARPENTER.—A meeting of some of the influen tial members of St. Barnabas congregation, and friends of Dr. 'Carpenter, was held in the church, on Thursday last, for the purpose of adopting a congratulatory address to their beloved pastor, on his removal to a more extended field of usefulness ; and of testifying in the most suitable manner their affectionate regard for him. Archdeacon Moore occupied the chair. But one feeling seemed to pervade the meeting—that of heartfelt regret at the loss they were about to sustain in the removal of a faithful and zealous minister—a minister whose heart and hand was in every good cause, and of whose charity and benevolence to the poor it was impossible to speak in terms of exag geration—and as a benefactor to the town and the Island generally, will not leave his equal behind him. An ad dress, which had been prepared, was read by Sir Robert Hagan, and very cordially adopted, and a subscription suggested for the purpose of presenting a suitable testi monial of esteem and gratitude to the worthy Dr. A com mittee was appointed to carry out this unanimous resolve, and nearly £2OO was volunteered before the meetings se parated.—Manx Liberal. CHRIST CHURCH DAILY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS. — The annual sermons in aid of these excellent schools were preached on Sunday week in Christ Church, and after very impressive appeals from the Rev. Fielding Ould and the Rev. William Falloon, notwithstanding the very un favourable state of the weather in the forenoon, and the extreme depression of the times, the handsome sum of £6O 10s. was collected, including a few donations from some zealous friends of Scripture education not immedi ately connected with the congregation. Among the many valuable schools which have been established of late years in this town, we cannot but consider these eminently enti tled to the support and encouragerhent of all who are in earnest when they pray, that " peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety." may continue to be the distinguishing characteristics of our land. It is, at all events, highly to the credit of the excellent master of the boys' school, Mr. R. Andrews, and the worthy mistress of the girls' school, Miss Inman, that out of fourteen children selected out of four schools in this town, at a late examination by the Government Inspector, to be appren ticed for five years, on most advantageous terms, as pupil teachers, under the late minutes of the Privy Council, no less than seven, or one-half of the whole, were chosen from the Christ Church boys' and girls' school. We have further heard that the examination was creditably passed by three other boys, whom the examiner was prepared to recommend with the rest, but was precluded from so testifying his admiration of their answering, by their be ing under the requisite age of thirteen years. One of the boys approved of among the others was only nine years of age. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, TOXTETH PARK.—A press of other matter prevented us from noticing last weer an interesting occurrence connected witth hisplace of worship. On Friday week about fifty workmen sat down to a sub stantial supper, at Mrs. Workington's, " The Washington Arms," in Hill-street. Mr. Bateman, the contractor fpr the carpentry of the church, was called to the chair ; and Mr. Miller, the contractor for the mason work, occupied the vice-chair. After the usual loyal toasts, the health of the committee was proposed, and Mr. Hay, the architect, in the absence of any one more immediately connected with the church, most feelingly and ably replied. He stated that he had never experienced more impartial and kind consideration throughout a similar work, than on the occasion of the building of this church, from the clergy and committee; and he peculiarly complimented the Revs. Messrs. Hampton and Stewart for the zeal they had displayed. He paid a high compliment to the Earl of Sefton and the Rev. Dr. M`Neile for their services on the laying of the foundation stone. Mr. Hay, on his health being drunk with great enthusiasm, replied in terms of affectionate respect to those who had worked under him. He pointed out the advantages which Liverpool possessed for the erection of stone buildings, both as regards churches and private domiciles ; and congratulated the workmen around him on the advantages they might avail themselves of through the educational institutions of the town. He proposed the health of the contractors. Both Mr. Bateman and Mr. Miller ably replied. Other appropriate toasts followed, including "The Workmen," which was feelingly responded to by the foreman, and the party separated highly delighted with the proceedings, in which masters and men commingled in friendly converse. THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.-Mr. Whiteman is a man of enterprise, and the establishment of the Brunswick Club is a proof thereof. Attached to his hotel, yet virtually separated from it, is the mewly-formed Brunswick Club, already extensively popular, and already numbering nearly four hundred members. In a series of extensive and well-furnished apartments, which have been fitted up at great expense, the members can enjoy all the comforts of a private mansion, with the ffrst-rate attendance of a well ordered hotel ; all the learned converse of a library and well-supplied reading-room, with the additional pleasure of an extensive recreative establishment, billiards and chess, bagatelle and gymnastics, fencing and sparringi (the two latter under the superintendence of a master,) being superadded to the more sedate pastimes which are the resources of the studious. We need not say that the great and glorious pastime of eating and drinking mar also be enjoyed in full luxuriance; but it is of exceeding importance that individuals of social propensities, who possess a laudable desire to economise their means, should know that members may share the delicacies of every season at a cost within the limits of the most frugal, and indulge in those occasional intermedes of refreshment which convenience sometimes demands without au y serious impoverishment of a meagre exchequer. All the charges, indeed, are on a moderate scale ; and the most perfect order and arrangement prevail under the dominion of an able secretary. Cards and dice are strictly interdicted, and at the billiard and chess tables betting is altogether discountenanced. The member who has a few hours to spare may feed, he may read, he may talk, practise music upon the piano, play a game at billiards or chess, fence a pass or two with the foils, strengthen his muscles by gymnastics or heaving the weight at the " nine men's morris," and, after all, recline himself luxuriously and sip such beverage as he most affects, from fragrant Mocha to hock and soda water. Loc2L MEETINGS. HIGHER BEBINGTON.—On Saturday week the annual meeting of the ratepayers was held at the Rock Ferry Hotel, to elect e guardian and surveyors and overseers.— J. Nelson Wood, Esq., in the chair. Geo. King, Esq., of Bebingtou Hall, was unanimously elected guardian. Mr. R. Orton and Mr. Huntrip were appointed highway surveyors. Mr. W. Burton and Mr. Edward Evans were recommended to the magistrates as overseers and asses sors of taxes. Mr. Deakin was appointed assistant high way surveyor and collector of rates. Thanks were passed to the officers for their services during the past year, and the meeting broke up. BIRKENHEAD VESTRY.—The annual meeting was held on Wednesday last, in St. Mary's Church. Mr. R. Hughes moved a list of six persons as overseers, includ in.. Mr. Mortimer, and Mr. P. Tyler. This was carried. Mr. Mortimer then moved the re-appointment of Mr. Harwood, as assistant overseer, and explained the onerous duties to be performed by that gentleman, who would now require two assistants. He had hitherto received only £lOO a-year, and he moved that the salary should be £3OO, out of which he would have to pay £l5O for two assistants. Dr. Robinson seconded the motion, and it was carried. — A petition similar to the one adopted in Liverpool rela tive to the Irish paupers was agreed .to, to be presented to the House of Commons by Wm. Jackson, Esq., M.P., with a request to the county members to support its prayer. WEST DERRY.—On Thursday, the annual meeting of the ratepayers was held at Low-hill. Mr. Councillor Walthew occupied the chair. Mr. Thos. Smith com plained that sufficient publicity had not been given to the ratepayers of the intention to hold the meeting, and said that the meeting was a packed one to serve some object. He therefore moved that the meeting stand adjourned till that day fortnight. Mr. Peers, overseer, said that he had given the proper legal notice, by announcing the meeting on the church doors, and that the only reason he had for not advertising it, was to save the township unnecessary expense. Mr. J. Whitby, seconded by Mr. James Den ton, moved as an amendinant, that the meeting be ad journed till next Thursday. The amendment was carried. We understand that with the two levies, amounting to only Is. 2d., the overseers have been enabled to leave the township out of debt, with £2OO in the bank, and £2,000 to be collected. EVERTON.—The annual meeting of the ratepayers was held on Thursday,—to agree to a list of overseers, and de cide on other matters. The attendance was large, and Mr. Mould was called to the chair. It was agreed that the accounts (not yet prepared,) should be printed and distributed. Mr. W. Ledger stated that it was an error to suppose that the office of overseer was merely honorary : on the contrary it involved great responsibility and anxiety. He then referred to the defalcations of the late collector, and the charges he had brought against the Assistant over. seer.—He read lengthy documents on the subject, and a committee was appointed to investigate, and report to an adjourned meeting. It transpired in the course of the discussion which ensued, that the arrears of Mr Griffiths (the late collector now in Lancaster Castle) for the pro perty and income tax are about £4BO, and that a special rate of 2d. in the pound is about to be laid upon the town ship to meet the deficiency. The present overseers were named for re-election, the additional names being Messrs. Gibson, Langdale, Robinson, and Kerfoot. The meeting then adjourned. • THE ,LIVERPOOt STAIN`bARije im,a.rsemmismiiai..ll. l da o DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY .—Leave was giver allow the Canning half-tide basin to run dry on th of April, subject to the usual notices.—lt was recom mended, that in consideration of the services rendered by the crew of the Point of Ayr life-boat to the schooner Prince of Wales, the master should receive 10s., and the crew 7s. 6d., each ; agreed to.—The Harbour Masters' Committee reported that the measurement of the ship Henry Clay, which had been questioned by Messrs. Chap man, Bowman, and Co., was correct, and could not be altered.—A letter was read from Messrs. Baring, Bro thers, requesting accommodation in the Coburg Dock, for the new steam-ship United States, expected here, from New York, about 21 s t or 22 n d of April. She is 260 feet long, and 65 or 66 feet in breadth, and could only be'accommodated in the dock alluded to. Referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee.—A memorial, signed by 150 persons, requesting an opening in the east wall of the Prince's Dock, near the south gates, and also a footway, was referred to the Committee of Works. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday at the Board-room, in Lime-street. The offer of the Water Committee to supply the inmates of the Workhouse at a rate of Is. per head per annum was accepted. This, it was mentioned, would amount to about £9O a-year, the amount at present paid by the parish being about £l4O. The proceedings of the Work house Committee comprised a resolution referring to the taking possession of -the brass cannon in front of the building, by Mr. Dowling the Head Constable, and re• commending that any future application to the governor, for property under his charge, should be referred to the Select Vestry through their chairman. The new hand flour-mills, for the employment of able-bodied women, it was stated, had been attended with the best effects, no fewer than sixteen women having left the house rather than work at them. A letter to the Workhouse Commit tee from Drs. Gee and Burgess, two of the late medical officers, relative to the appointment of the medical staff, gave rise to a few remarks, and Mr. Riding gave notice of a motion for the consideration of the subject at the next meeting. The committee appointed to inquire into the present mode of administering medical relief to the sick poor, and also the mode of remunerating the medical officers for the performance of vaccination, submitted a report, from which it appeared that the charge per annum now paid by the vestry is as follows :—Thirteen principal medical officers, £9lO ; sixteen medical assistants, £842 ; allowance for goods, 546 ; total—X229B. The report ob jected to the employment of irresponsible medical assist ants, and recommended that the medical districts be re arranged, and their number increased ; also that there should be one qualified medical officer for each district at £7O per annum, and is. 6d. for each successful case of vaccination.—The report was adopted, and the commit tee were authorised to carry it into effect.—Mr. TowN LEY moved that a copy of the petition adopted by the vestry on the 21st inst. against the present system of providing for and removing Irish, Scotch, and Manx paupers, which entails such a large expenditure upon Liverpool, be forwarded to Mr. Charles Buller, through the members for the borough, and that the vestry-clerk be dieected to request the especial attention of Mr: Buller to the statements made th erein.—Agreed to. CIIAR.TIST MEETING IN LIVERPOOL.—On Friday night a meeting of the chartists of Liverpool (who are compa ratively few in number, and weak in influence) took place at the Music-hall, for the purpose, as announced, of adopting an address of congratulation to the people of France, on " the successful issue of their recent struggle for popular liberty." The placard calling the meeting was headed " Above all things Liberty," and at the bot tom were the words " Vive la Republique !" The room was crowded to excess, and Mr. Thomas Davis was called to the chair. His address presented no feature of novelty beyond complaining of the press not sufficiently appre ciating, as the first duty of every government, the pro curing to the governed the means of food and clothing.— Mr. Edmund Jones, after alluding to the changes on the European continent, moved, " That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is the sacred right of the people of every country to meet when, where, and as may seem best to them, to discuss their grievances on political and other subjects; and we view with feelings of horror and disgust the late attempts made on the part of Louis Philippe and his satellites to deprive the people of France of this sacred right ; and this meeting is resolved to hold this right in violate at any risk." He urged the right of the people to discuss their grievances at public meetings. He ridi culed the steps recently taken by the authorities of this town, to prevent a full expression of public opinion. The people had been robbed of their constitutional right of bearing arms; and, in his opinion, moral force, without something to back it out, was moral humbug. (Applause.) The people should struggle for their liberty inch by inch . (A voice—" Shoulder to shoulder.") No, said the speaker; more public meetings must be held, the people must win over, for they could not contest with the middle classes. What was wanted was a government in accord ance with the popular will. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) —Mr. Sommers seconded the resolution. After stating that they (the democracy of the town) could, if neces sary, call to the field 50,000 Irishmen, and uttering tirades against the Mercury and the Journal, (both of which denunciations were echoed by disapprobation and hiss ing), he said moral force was a humbug—the only way to proceed was with a musket over the shoulder and a pike in the hand (tremendous cheering). They were asked what they would do if there should be a massacre of the men of Liverpool—would they revenge it—and how ? (" Moscow !") No ; not Moscow. He would ask them What money they could spare to buy weapons ? He could tell them that there were good muskets to be bad in Li verpool at ss. each, a bayonct included, if necessary— (great approbation). The resolution was carried by ac clamation.—Mr. T. Jones proposed a resolution congra tulating the French on the establishment of a Republic. —Mr. Shepherd, of Scotland Road, seconded the motion. He deprecated the shedding of blood, except in defence of liberty. The People's Charter would give them per petual freedom, and that would entitle them to make their own laws. Speaking of the ejectments of tenantry in Ireland, he said he was not an advocate for shooting any man,—but he would ask them, if their wives and their children were obliged to die in a ditch,—would they hesitate to shoot, ay, their own mother, if she caused this ? (Most vociferous applause.)—Mr. Alexander Clarke, a young Scotch chartist, supported the amend ment in strong language, ridiculing moral force, which had been ineffective with Louis Philippe, and Prince Metternich, and would be with Lord John Russell. He concluded by advising them all to get pikes as soon as possible.—The address was then moved and carried, after which the meeting broke at about eleven o'clock. THE RATEPAYERS OF TOXTETH-PARK. A public meeting was held on Tuesday, Mr. Owen Wil liams in the chair. Amongst the numerous ratepayers present we noticed Messrs. J. Appleby, W. Bolderston, E. Bunbury, T. Ryan, jun., W. Mountfield, T. Lloyd, R. Miller, Nichols, Maher, W. Frankland, J. Taylor, J. Wilson, E. Rogers, Morgan Zones, J. Smith, (Mercury office,) J. Hughes, jun., G. May, Colter, D. Gaudin, T. Waring, J. R ow l an d s , J. Splaw, E. Richards. jun., J. Bolderston Appleby, jun., &c. &c. ; also, R. Harbord, J. Sheppard, H. G. Harbord, R. Houghton, jun., Fletcher, Troughton, Ewing, Steel, Gladstone, Campbell, J. Den ington, W. Fisher, jun., D. Eden, Esqrs. ; Messrs. W.B. Jones, J. Harrison, W. Short, W. Quirk, G. Haworth, Beatty, T. Huntington, R. Ellison, J. Semple, Dawson, Horsfall, C. Batten, JCroxton. W. A. Smith; G. Craggs, Smith, Capper, William Prior, P. Cain, Sayle, Rob son, Forest, J. Lumb, T. Harrison, Astbury, J. F. Meyers, &c. &c. Mr. Macauliffe read the accounts at length. It appeared from these that the receipts levied on rates, laid in March and October last year, made a total of £17,416, and that the disbursements were £17,137, leav ing a balance to the credit of the township, on poor-rate account, of £279. There was a deficiency on the general watch-rate of £2l, due to the poor-rate and museum ac count, and taking all the items into account, there was a balance due to the poor-rate account of £135. In a short discussion that ensued there was considerable acrimony of feeling between the speakers. Mr. HARBORD complained of the manner in which the rates had been collected. They had established a na tional confederation for the more equitable collection of national taxes, and he thought that the same principle ought to apply to their local affairs. (Hear, hear.) In the township of Toxteth-park, shopkeepers and large oc cupiers paid twice as much in rates as they would do if the rates were properly collected. There were 12,000 house assessed in the township, and he did not think that a fifth part of them paid their proportion of rates. Why were these payments not enforced ? He alluded to the system pursued by cottage owners, who got tenants into their houses on a promise to pay their rates, and after wards refusing to do so. After considerable discussion the accounts were passed. Another discussion ensued on the inequality of the assess ments for the watch-rate between the property in Toxteth park and Liverpool, which was a great hardship on the former. It was ultimately resolved, on a motion moved by Mr. Mather, and seconded by Mr. Prior that a communica tion be made to the Watch Committee on the subject. Mr. Harbord and Mr. Lloyd both promised to support the object of the communication in the Council. Mr. HARBORD moved and Mr. PLATT seconded the fol lowing resolution, which was passed unanimously : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present system of collecting poor-rates may be amended : and that it pledges itself to bring about an arrangement with the owners of small property in the township, by which they will pay a per centage of the poor-rate." The following persons were then selected, as a list to send to the magistrates from which to choose the over seers, the three'first names being recommenned :—Messrs. Joseph Appleby, Thomas Lloyd, William Short, Thomas Miller, E. C. Hindley, William Mountfield, Thomas Waring, William Nicholl, Thomas Williams, and Owen Williams. On Thursday last the Commissioners of Government Taxes held their annual meeting at Prescot, to swear in the several collectors for the Hundred of West Derby. William Pilkington, Esq., presided, supported by A. T. Ducker, S. Taylor, and R. Alison, Esquires. Joseph Harrison, Esq., Henry Gordon Harbord, Esq., M.D., (honorary collectors,) and Robert Airey, John Logworth, and Robert Forshaw, (paid collectors.) for the township of Toxteth-park, were then called on and sworn in the usual form ; after which — The CHAIRMAN stated that a letter had been sent to the magistrates, from certain ratepayers in Toxteth-park, making complaints, which would he trusted be explained away satisfactorily. Mr. CROSS (solicitor to the Commissioners,) said that the letter conveyed an imputation against the collectors, and their mode of collecting the taxes. The ratepayers required, which they could legally do, security to be given by the collectors. Mr. CorTLE, (the surveyor,) stated that so far from there being any cause of complaint against these collect ors, the Crown taxes have never been so well collected in Toxteth-park, nor were the accounts ever in better order. Shim these pritlemen (the honorary collectors) were ap pointed, the accounts had invariably been settled when. etition with our own in may, whilst they ,fso to be our noreover, even in the ever he called on them, and the money paid at once. There never was a more unfounded charge than that conveyed in the letter. Dr. HAIIBORD said that Mr. Harrison and himself held only an honorary office as collectors ; they had characters to lose ; and as they had no object in view but the public good, he considered it hard that such imputations should be thrown out against them. Mr. TAYLOR said it was most galling to be so treated, and that the parties accused were in no degree to be blamed. Mr. CorrLE said the accounts were never before kept in better or more satisfactory order. Dr. H. G. HARVORD said the first moiety of the government assessed taxes was paid up to a farthing —a circumstance that had never occurred before. He further remarked on the unjustifiable conduct of the writers of the letter, and was borne out by the meeting that the imputations thrown out were perfectly ground less. He thanked the Commissioners for having given them that opportunity of rebutting the calumnies which had been uttered against them, after which the collectors withdrew. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Three parties were, on Tuesday last, convicted of in fringements of the building act, on information laid by Mr. John Jones, surveyor, and were severally fined ; but were allowed 21 days to remove the defects complained of, which would save the levy. Captain Wilson, master of a vessel lying in the Coburg Dock, was summoned to the Police-court, last Tuesday, to answer a charge brought by Mr. White, who had ordered the removal of his vessel without effect. A penalty of 40s. and costs was inflicted. CAUTION TO MASTERS OF VESSELS. — The master of a foreign vessel, the Lord Oakley, was fined by Mr. Rush ton, on Tuesday, in the sum of £l5 and costs, for interfe ring to prevent Mr. Bolton, the consignee of the ship and a licensed master-porter, from completing the discharge of the cargo. The magistrate observed that the master had rendered himself liable to a fine of £5O. RAISING A DINNER.—Joseph Joyce was detected com ing from the King's Dock, on Thursday, with another man's dinner in his pocket. The fellow, it appears. had watched his opportunity, and in the absence, as he thought, of observers, contrived to abstract from one of the carts the frugal meal of the driver. The stolen viands were valued at twopence, and the man was put down, preparatory to being dismissed. . • WHOLESALE ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, a marine-store dealer, in Vauxhall-road, named Doran, was brought up charged with being in possession of 51 tons of iron, stolen from Great Howard-street. Ten tons altogether had been stolen. The prisoner said that a man named Dodd had sold it to his wife, and that he wished to give the man into custody, but a policeman refused to take the charge. The case was remanded. MASTER PORTERS.—On Tuesday, Mr. Rushton fined the master of a foreign vessel £l5, for discharging her without a master porter. The vessel and cargo were con signed to Mr. Bollon, who advanced the freight as far as he thought prudent, and on his declining to go further, the defendant removed the vessel, and discharged her, though he had been informed that by doing so he would render himself liable to a fine of £5O. DESTRUCTIVENESS.—On Thursday, a female, named Esther Dalton, was brought up for breaking windows. On the previous evening the prisoner, without any assign able cause, deliberately smashed several of the windows in St. Barnabas' Church during divine service. She was proceeding further in the destructive work when arrested. In the Police-court she threatened to kill Mr. Rushton and all in court. She was pronounced insane, and or dered to be removed. STEALING CORN AND HAMS.—On Thursday, a man of respectable appearance, named John Dickson, formerly warehouseman to Messrs. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., was charged with defrauding that firm. It appeared that nine bags of Indian Corn had been missed at one time, eight at another, from a warehouse in Greenock-street, and two hams from a warehouse in Denison-street. It was the prisoner's duty to deliver the bags of corn, but he failed to do so, though he made an entry in the book to that effect. !It was proved that the hams had been sent to the prisoner's house in Cheshire, at his own request. The other nine quarters of corn had not been traced, and in order to give time for further inquiries, the prisoner was remanded. iDttrirt 49.e1D5. the guardians of the Bolton union have decided, by a majority of sixteen to three, not to appoint a chaplain for the workhouse. At the late Lancaster election, Lord Stanley was accused of having stated at Preston, some years since, that " he could do without the swinish multitude." His lordship wrote to his accuser, and in reply the latter has been obliged to confess that "he is satisfied that the statement rests on no sufficient authority." A servant girl, at Manchester, was on Saturday nearly poisoned by eating the coloured ornaments of an old con fectionery cake. The unfortunate girl still remains very ill. The injurious ornaments were yellow, the colouring of which is made of a sub-sulphate of arsenic, or, as it is commonly called, king's yellow. INCENDIAAISM.—SamueI Shepley, an operative cotton spinner, was committed on Wednesday week to Chester Castle, for trial at the ensuing assizes, charged with setting fire to the St. Helen's Mills, at Dukinfield, on the morn ing of the 16th January. The damage done was to the amount of nearly £lO,OOO. SUSPECTED MURDER.—A fortnight since, Elizabeth Johnson, aged 20, a drawer in Messrs. Turner's card room, at the Throstle Nest, Blackburn, eloped with Burke, a married man, to Glasgow, whence they returned by a Liverpool steamer, and arrived at Chorley last week, where they were seen together. This week the unfortu nate woman was found in the river. Burke has been arrested on suspicion of having been accessory to her death. CHANGE RINGING.—On Monday evening, the 27th day of March, 1848, a true and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, was rung in the tower of the parish church of Prescot, in two hours and forty two minutes, by the undermentioned ringers :—Robert Clitherow, treble; John Bullock, second; Joseph Hut then, third ; William Byron, fourth ; M. D. Dumbell, fifth ; Lawrence Wainwright, sixth ; James Halsall, se venth ; and James Rose, tenor. Conducted by John Bullock. The petition against Mr. Armstrong's return for Lan caster has been printed, and if its allegations are sustained by anything like credible evidence, there will be a speedy close to the learned recorder's parliamentary honours. The first clause in the petition alleges that Mr. Stanley, the petitioner, had a majority of votes—the main question, as we are informed ; and this allegation is supported by fourteen others, which state as many grounds on which the petitioner rests his case. The prayer is that the re turn may be amended. The petition will be heard in ess than a fortnight. EMPLOYMENT AT MANCHESTER.—The return, as com pared with that of last week, gives the following results : Two cotton mills previously working full time with a full complement of hands, are now working short time ; three more are working with a portion of hands employed; and two less are stopped altogether. Of the hands in the cot ton mills, there are 1,416 more working on short time ; 585 less' on full time • and 7311ess out of employment. Of the total works included in the table, there are three fewer working full time with a full complement of hands ; five fewer working short time ; and two fewer stopped ; these are all working full time with a portion only of hands em ployed. There are 572 hands out of employment, of whom 504 are working short time, and 68 full time. The return, therefore, is favourable. EXTRAORDINARY REVELATION.—It was rumoured on Friday evening that information had been obtained re specting the mysterious disappearance eight years ago, of Mr. Charles Schofield, builder, of Eiiery-street, whose body was subsequently found in the river Irwell. The story told is that a person in his last moments has made a confession to the effect that he and his son were to gether on the night of the 10th of February, 1840, in a place named, and that Mr. Schofield entered and joined their company under circumstances that induced him (the father) to strike Schofield. The blow proved mortal, and to conceal the body they hid it in a cellar for about eight days, and afterwards threw it in the river. It will be re collected that Mr. Schofield, on the night of his death, had been with a party celebrating the Queen's marriage, and that the body of the unfortunate gentleman was not recovered for a month afterwards.—Manchester Times. THE SALT FIELD OF CHESHIRE.—We learn from the Literary Gazette, that at a meeting of the Geological Society, on the 3rd ultimo, a paper was read by Mr. G. Wareing Ormerod, of Manchester, entitled, " An Outline of the principal Geological Features of the Salt Field of Cheshire, and the Adjoining Districts." The salt mea sures are exhibited in the best manner in a line from Mow to Middlewich and Northwich, and along the lower valley of the Weaver. Near Congleton and Church Lawton, the saliferous and gypseous beds have athickness of about 650 feet. At Northwich, the beds have been sunk into 500 feet, and at Middlewich, where they underlay the former, 309 feet, or above 800 feet in all. 'I he salt water in some places oozes out naturally ; at other places is found by boring often below the level of the sea. At Middlewich the water contains about 21 lb. of salt in a gallon. Where the salt has continued to be washed out from the interior of the earth for a long period in this manner, the ground above often sinks, and considerable changes of level take place, interfering with the drainage and navigation, and occasionally submerging large tracts of ground, so as to form lakes. FORGERY IN MANCHESTER.—On Friday a young man, named Pownall, was brought up before the magistrates at Manchester, charged with being concerned in an extensive forgery which was committed the other day on the Branch Bank of England. On Wednesday, a young man, named William Francis Naughton, in the employ of Messrs. A. and S. Henry, merchants, of Manchester, called at the Branch Bank of England and presented a cheque for £3400, purporting to be signed by the firm. The signa ture was so like that of the firm, and the young man being known to be in their employ, the cheque was cashed with out hesitation. Naughton having obtained the cash, in six £5OO notes and four £lOO notes, immediately went to the bank of Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co., and asked for a letter of credit on their house in Liverpool for £l5OO, which was refused. He then went to Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., and made the same request, but the clerk, before doing so, sent to the Bank of England to ascertain whether the notes had been fairly obtained, and was informed that all was right. Still suspecting there was something wrong, Naughton was desired to call in half an hour, and the letter would be ready for him. The clerk kept:the notes, and in the meantime s en t on t o Messrs. 'Henry, when the forgery was discovered. Naugh ton, of course, did not return, but made off for Liverpool, and Mr. Beswick stated that in a few days he would no doubt have Naughton in custody, and, therefore, he ap plied for a remand of the prisoner, which was at once granted, till yesterday. April 4 , 184 g. NUPTIAL FESTIVITIES.—The Morning Post (Marc h 24th) duly chronicles the auspicious nuptials of the Hon. Hughes Cholmondely and the Lady Sarah Hay. Th e marriage took place at St. George's, London, on Thurs; day, the 23d ultimo, in presence of many distinguishe d members of the noble houses of Delamere and Kinnoul. After the ceremony, the Countess of Kinnoul gave break fast at Hampden-house. Covers were laid for forty. At Vale Royal, Cheshire, the seat of Lord Delamere, the happy day was celebrated with the greatest eclat. The neighbouring bells rang merry peals. The tenantry and their friends, n um b er i ng a b out 2 5 0 , were i nv i te d to a bali at the abbey in the evening. Dancing commenced about nine o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit until the bright beams of morning superseded the lustre of the splendid chandelier which had illumined the halls and corridors of that ancient and splendid mansion. A sump tuous supper was ably presided over by Mr. John Cross. The cloth being drawn, and the queen and the rest of the royal family having been duly honoured, the health of the noble Lord Delamere and his revered lady were proposed and most heartily received. Song—" Fine Old English Gentleman," by Mr. John Saxon, of Northwich. The chairman then. in a very appropriate speech, proposed tO crowning toast of the evening, the Hon. Hugh Cholmou dely and Lady Sarah, long life and happiness to them; which was received with heart-felt delight, and followed by loud and long continued cheering. The elegant and abundant hospitality of the noble peer, and the heart/ . enjoyment of all present, showing as they amply do the esteem existing between this truly noble house and the, tenantry, augurs most aus pi c i ous l y f or t h e happ i nes s 01 the youthful pair, in honour of whose union they Wer e assembled. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. The line from RawtenstalT to Newchurch—East cashire Company —was opened on Monday. On Wednesday afternoon, an engine and tender rsur over a plate-layer on the Manchester and Leeds RailwAYr near Dewsbury, killing him on the spot. The Great Western Railway Company are reported W be deriving upwards of 2501. per week, for the fish traffic from the coast of Devon for London consumption. The shareholders of the Newcastle and Carlisle Rai'waft after adopting their report declaring a dividend of six Ret, cent., unanimously v ot e d th e presentat i on of a test i mon ial from the funds of the company to their chairman, gr• Plummer. The report and accounts were passed at the half.yearlY meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company? who, (though capable of declaring a dividend at the rate of six'per cent.) have wisely made a reserve fund for their parliamentary and other incidental expenses, or for the augmentation of a future dividend. After various pros. and cons, the Newmarket RailwaY Company are about to come to terms with the Eastern Counties. It was proposed that the £2O shares of the former company, when paid up in full, should rank with the £2O shares of the E as t ern Counties consolidated stock, and bear the same dividend. The final arrangements , however, are not yet settled. From official returns it appears that the amount of trate for the last week, on 3,658 miles of railway, was £159,800' thus accounted for :—£73,033 for the conveyance of pas' sengers only, £46,433 for the carriage of goods, and a remainder of £40,334 for passengers and goods together! not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of £19,9 24 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mile" age was 2,711. The average earnings per mile last week were £44, whilst in 1847 they were £52. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-'-Th e saving which will be effected to this company in the Pre' sent cost of water at the Camden-town station, and the Euston-square, when the arrangements are completed fo r the supply being furnished from the well lately sunk by the company at Camden-town, will be little short of 1,200 1 . a year, while the total outlay for sinking the well, O r engine, pumps, and main to Eust on - square, w ill no t ex ceed 3,0001. DEPRECIATION OF RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The Bank,; ers Magazine, for April, in its " Monthly Summary , presents a table of comparative prices of " even the bps° of our own railways" during the last month. The cons' i parison is between the 19th o f F e b ruary and the 24t h u' March of this year—an interval of only thirty-four days' It is sufficiently startling : At 19th Feb., At 24th March , 1848. 184 a. ... 102 92 Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire (Man chester and Leeds) Brighton London and North-Western London and South-Western Midland York and North Midland 75 .. 62 LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JIT'N e.. TION RAILWAY.—We have already given the su bstanc e of the report of the co mm itt ee appo i n t e d to enqu ire ei in the affairs of the comp an y. O n Th urs d ay, a s pecial meeting of the shareh o ld ers was h e ld a t M anc h es t er . T he report of the committee was received, and on a motion. being made by Mr. Harpe r f or th e f urt h er prose cution °: the works, an ame n d men t was move d f or con tinuing the undertaking fo r t wo years, with a view of ultimat e winding it up. Th e amendment was negatived by a larAf . majority. A poll being demanded, the result was a rity of 15,745 votes in favour of the directors. Mr. Asn' l on the part of the committee, tendered 28,900 proxigt which the legal a d v i ser o f the directors held could not ,D_!. received, as there were two special meetings called 1 meet ing they were given. It was stated that the corn that day, and the proxies did not specify for which committee would try the validity of the proxies before another tribu nal. The meeting lasted five hours and a half. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. On Friday, a petition was presented by Mr. Cardw ell ' from Liverpool, against the Poor Removal Bill. OW AYLESBURY ELECTION.—Mr. Q. Di c k, th e P r oteeti ist candidate, was elected on Wednesday, by a majoritY4g. 269 ; the numbers bei ng —f or Di c k, 614 ; Houghton,,o34 Mr. H. M. Curteis, w h o h as j us t b een unsea t e d at 1; e 1 0 ' is again in the field, at present the only candidate opposition is expected. 'Rouse On Friday night Lord John Russell said, in the ]led • g a , n S d ir a p J n o ll hn wa C s a fi m xe H a upon Aoua C nnsL O nothingmagoanisn,stthaantyof the p b r a o d ce y e e d t in a g ri s se o n f w fo l r l e ie ig h n h s a ta a t c e a s H. T. Manners 'Sutter; C itni E A aet n t e :t d : w w ° e nf l o :v ru E e ra N t o hb ' p e c le o lock on Saturday the numbers were, jv Eo oe ßh nh ny inn , representation. The show England to interfere, by even any formal re al° ha A nd t s H w a a r s w i i n ch fa , v o o n Ur F o r f id S a i y r f the English Review just published ce ntB ;ar ' d" were Saturday. m eninominated were, for Hobhouse 121, Sutton 107. %, --The emea l A n AND RADlCALis— 'ins, In its Foreign and Colonial Intelligence, an interesti, l3 l, s eea de, showing by copious extracts from the Pastere' s— i• the by the Romish Bishops in France, on the occasion ° r i n g late revolution, that the Popish hierarchy are ente•th heart and soul into the democratic movement. No t l a rs standing this i m p romp t u R a di ca li sm, h owever , it all f a r that the position of the Romish Clergy in France ' 5 from secure. HOPE STILL.—Lord John Russell said on Fridel,„. the Commons,—" If during the n ex t y ear it w as found I ke possible to reduce th e e x pen di ture, t h at i t wou ld be ti! - : ; to consider in what way the deficit should be filled r s, then would it be n ecessary t o l oo k at the legacy blend and all the other taxes to which the hon. member ary drawn the attenti on o f t h e h ouse. It was not neeesBbet to look at those points in the present state of affairs ; he would repeat that, looking at the distress which l t bo vailed in many parts of the country, it was the duty °, es r, " government to see and consider, before the next . tion whether any of th e t axes pressed unduly upon any P° l. fe lt of the people. (Cheers.) He could only say that be o f very deeply for the distress which prevailed in many d, what were very l a t e l y fl our i sh i ng towns, and be w °ote therefore, have b een h appy had it been poss ibl e to h o t proposed a great red uc ti on i n the estimates for the Pres year " S R GUMENTUM AD HOMINEM.—In the Com--112 , 4 0- Friday, Lord John Russell, whilst arguing for the z ar te re of the estimate s o f th e army said,—" He thought that to were sufficient grounds for the establishment of the P ot y posed force. They were no t living in a time wheno man in the count r y was anx i ous to become a soldier ; t °a the contrary, the st a t e o f t h e country was such, co very large prop or ti on o f t h e people were engage d in ° f oe pations of industry an d commerce , an d i n purs uits 0 ,4 of most pacific kind ; and w h enever th e sma ll es t atooe' w bo riot or disturbance arose they were the very parties„..,.e. immediately called out for prote c ti on by a military !t o ot During the time h e was a t th e H ome-o ffi ce he 1 11 l OW know that he had been asked for a military force f at edl, r , — t h b e o th country i n w Lancashire ffi sufficient—they — Y t h o e r y k shire ' They tect the institutions of the country, but he was reP` 00 0 madecheers)—both re troops—they p r o s sf ) frequent they s said complaints tthey e wwere r that e n not thet safe militarywithout, applied to by manufacturers and merchant s-- f o r military force for their protection. (Cheers.) tbst wanteu u ,,, been told, more than once, by most respectable men , iiief f°f a c n ed -11:irn t1; they would be obliged to remove their wives and fa lmitst4 to some other part of the country, unless the force in those counties were augmented. (Loud eh The demand was not made for the purpose of Pl e a te. the throne o r th e i nst i tut i ons of the country, but e t fir' protection of the m anu f ac t urers th emse l ves . The le tei vae that all that a l arm an d di scontent was create d, consisting of a population of from 20,000 to 30,00 5, some hundred boys, who went about at night with 0 4 0 0' and put the whole town in commotion and distn er to In such times they wanted a military force, in °r e Ode ll ; defend the great majority of the people, and to se v s. P t from the disquiet of protecting their own how, e t hial‘ trusted, therefore, that hon. gentlemen would which t hey unnecessary to repeat those common-places of l a had heard so much that evening." . tays ,103 The Income-tax, says the Times, is just in re ; what the Leaning Tower of Pisa is in architect u highest stone of the elevation is more out of the - to` 0 4 dicular than th e l owes t, b u t, i t i s f rom the 1 fault begins. aft' rio o4. EMBLEM FOR IRELAND.—Different nations ha different representatives derived from the aniinnk,r, - Gsl' o There is the British lion the Austrian agle, ti - whyte.,' cock. The emblem of Ireland ought to b e the h ieC; the creature, according to Wombwell's natural me, " wot kindness cannot conciliate, nor hunger h o Punch, DANGER OF PARLIAMENTARY QUOTAT- To Nr• II, 09, Literary Gazette gives the following anecdote * t o malley fact. In one of his speeches in the House of 00., ; , "Theinister, to illustrate a point, quoted frTr eo rear b i`i. 0 re's something rotten in the state ; which being read in the newspapers next of d ° o r r a ll 'b n fe ° fps% matter-of-fact quidnunc, who had a cee, sl and, vested. in Danish securities, he took the af toc ubol med.iately wrote to his correspondent in the fun' set out and realise every shilling he had in that denounced and sinking country.