The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. In reply to the letter of our correspondent, upon the subject of Luke's Bells, which we cannot t.)-day find space for. we may inform him that the Church E;cpendit_rre Committee hare had the subject of ringing that fine peel of bells before them, and are inclined to prefer such a proper use of them as common sense would dictate to the silence imposed. Ebt tiurrpoot &taltl:it-10J. TUESDAY 1110RAING, SEPT. 3, ISI4. • That very virtuous body, the Anti-Corn-law League, is not addicted to doing its work by halves. For the last two years it has been occupied in sow ing sedition and discontent throughout the king dom; and its achievements in this line have not been" inconsiderable. The manufacturing districts in a state of fierce outbreak ; the town of Manches ter itself in the absolute pawer of a mob ; then a special commission, and next the incarceration of its dupes, were the fruits produced in its own neigh bourhood. Blazing stockyards and barns have SI igna!ised its operations in the agricultural dis tricts, from which its deluded victims are at this moment gracing the hulks or voyaging towards our penal settlements. Its steps throughout have been marked in blight, and have left wailing and desola tion behind them. A new course of operations, however, are now teing adopted by it ; not so full of wickedness and Amager as its past proceedings—not so diabolical in spirit and widely injurious in effect,—but at the same time equally unconstitutional and unprincipled. The League has devoted itself this year to the task of falsifying the registries—of disfranchising the electors throughout the kingdom ; and the degree of wickedness and insolence which they have brought to the task may be judged of by the fact that in this 'county—their own county, where they may be sup posed to have sufficient local knowledge to keep them from very gross mistakes in their objections and claims—they have served notices of the former upon two-thirds, if not more, of the Conservative constituency, (and not been particular in confining themselves to Conservatives, where Whigs could he found suspected of hostility to their own confede racy,) whilst they have put in some thousands of claims to be registered on the part of members and tools of that confederacy, some of them, we are in formed, mendacious and impudent beyond belief. The result of this will be, of course, as its aim has been, to compel the attendance of every voter, so objected to, before the revising barrister; or, as the consequence of neglect of such attendance, to throw the'county, for a year to come, into the hands of the Whig-Radical party, in the event of an election oc curring during that period. We could mention a host of names objected to, in illustration of the recklessness of decency and truth which characterise the proceedings taken— names of men of undoubted wealth —extensive land owners—men whose title to be upon the register is so unquestionable that the most charitably disposed cannot set down the fact of their being so dealt with to any other motive than a disposition to insult and annoy. But it is needless to point to particular cases, when entire districts have been operated against, and the electors sought to be disfranchised by wholesale. We have heard of one in which up wards of one hundred and forty votes were this year recorded for the Conservative candidate for South Lancashire, and in which not more than thirty votes now stand unassailed upon the register ! Shameful as is this proceeding (and that respecta ble men can countenance it by remaining members of such a confederacy is surprising,) we anticipate from it little real damage to the Conservative cause, if it serve, as it ought to serve, to spur up every loyal and high spirited member of the community to think and act for himself in putting down a nuis ance so gross. It cannot be endured, and it ought not to be endured that the convenience and the franchises of Englishmen should be permitted thus to be played with by any man who can write his name or his alias, at the foot of a notice of objection; and still less can it be endured that a body of men shall be permitted to associate themselves for the declared and deliberate purpose of inflicting insult and wrong upon better men than themselves. Morally it is as great a crime to conspire to take away the franchise from another, as it is to conspire to rob him of his purse or his estate; and if the law is not strong enough at present to reach such an offence it ought to be made so. It is plain enough that the act by which it was sought to put down this practice of annoying electors by unfounded objections is not strong enough to meet the end in view. Unprinci bepled men can always be met w ith, w illi ngenoug h to become tools in the hands of such a body as the League for defeating its provisions. Another remedy must therefore be found, sufficiently com prehensive to bring the arch conspirators themselves within its provisions. Another bombshell has fallen, and exploded too, over our town, and a second time we are bound to Consider ourselves as a done-for community. With mach feelings, at any rate, the Mercury would have us treat the announcement just made from the other side of the Mersey of a new railway from Birkenhead to Manchester, by which the cotton of Liverpool is to be " trucked' off, in the most jaunty style imaginable, from the vessels' side in the docks of Wallasey to the spinners' door in Manchester, and, consequently, freed from all those charges of cart age, porterage, &c. which " bales are heir to." Wonderful discovery I Surprising people, indeed, these Commissioners of Birkenhead! But let us be serious, if we can, for a few minutes, and examine calmly this last and most astounding product of the brooding enterprise of our Cheshire neighbours. A new railway from Birkenhead to Manchester would not be so very bad a thing in itself. It would be a little roundabout, to be sure, for us on this side of the water; but then its formation might, with this disadvantage even, convince a certain Liverpool Company of the propriety of affording their greater facilities at a little less than what we pay for them, and thereby confer a boon upon the public. How much less the new concern could carry us for we ta.nnot guess; but from their known liberality we may presume that their rates would not be much more than sufficient to cover the cost of working end the price of land : the expenses of construction of all works on the Cheshire side of the water being so insignificant, and the merchandize traffic being -likely to he of such vast extent as to render any great revenue from passengers unnecessary. One circumstance, however, connected with this yew scheme we cannot but remark upon, viz, the alleged advantage gained by the power of conveying cotton, &c. from the ships, per railway, to the manu facturing districts. If we forget not it was dwelt upon as one of the greatest advantages of the Wal lasey Docks that vessels could discharge their cargoes there into flats for Runcorn and Man chester with greater convenience and at less cost than in the docks of Liverpool. Runcorn, we know, was in extasies at the prospect, and Man chester merchants were getting ready engraved bill beads with'' Port of Manchester" on their foreheads. Whence is this change from water to the rail,—from the flat to the locomotive ? If the cotton of Man chester is now to go only under the locks of Run corn instead of through them, what is to become of the Duke's and what of the Old Quay ? Of course we cannot, at present, pretend to ex press any opinion as to the prospects of the share holders in this undertaking. We are told that its stock is already " all taken up," or applied for, which is the same thing in Cheshire; and we are therefore bound to conclude that it is a good thing. It is not very handsome in its concoctors, however, to keep it all to themselves. They might have left the Dicky Sams a small slice. The detailed description given on Wednesday last, by the Chairman of the Dock Committee, of the alterations which had been decided upon in the formation of the new docks on the North Shore, has elicited, as we anticipated it would, a lively feeling of gratification in the mind of every supporter of the interesti and prosperity of the good old town. An addition of twenty-nine acres of dock area has been gained, without a sensible increase, or an increase It all, in the amount of the estimate of the proposed works. Besides this, the present plan affords much greater facilities of working, more manageable docks, and more quay room. With the original plan of one dock on this site, running north and south, it is pro bable that five years at least would have elapsed be fore a single ship could have entered its gates, and the present pressure upon the resources of our Dock Estate could have been relieved. By the present division and alteration of the plan to one embracing four docks, running east and west, the Committee trill be able to have a dock to the north and one to the south, communicating with the Leeds canal, ready for working within two years, without in the slightest degree retarding the construction of the remainder of the works. The grand total of the dock accommodation of Liverpool, when the whole, both north and south, are completed, will be 195 acres 373 yards, and the extent of actual working quay space will exceed thirteen miles in length ; "an amount of accommodation," as remarked by Mr. Bramley Moore, " not to be found in any other town in the world, and exceeding that of the metropolis itself." We believe we are correct in stating that to the activity and talent of that gentleman himself, aided by the ability of the Dock ,Surveyor, the public are mainly indebted for this judicious alteration ; and we are confident that his fellow townsmen will pay off that debt with a:lasting gratitude. To Mr. James ASkin, also, much credit is due for important sug gestions offered ; and we gladly seize this opportu nity of awarding our humble need of approbation to a gentleman politically opposed to us, but whose talent and honesty of purpose are undeniable. It is pleasing to see, in a body to whom is confided such important trusts,—by whom such great powers are wielded, political rancour ceasing, and political dif ferences and even prejudices laid aside, for the prac tical advancement of the public interests. With all its members working_ together in this spirit, we have little fear indeed of the Dock Commfttee of Liver pool being able, with the vast resources al their com mand, to neutralize all the efforts of competing bodies and competing localities, and to maintain the noble estate committed to their keeping in its pros perity and unparallelled usefulness. There is one point of Mr. Bramley Moore's speech upon which we must offer a few remarks, inasmuch as it appears to have given rise to an idea that the worthy alderman is veering round in his opinions upon what has been known as the warehouse ques tion, to the opinions of the minority in the Dock Committee; that, in fact, he is getting Evansized— the word has been coined for our use. There seems, however, to be a trifling mistake here as to the chairman's meaning. When we had this question of dock warehouses originally broached, we were told that its great value was the centralization of its management in the hands of the Dock Committee. That body were to become the warehouse keepers, carters and porters of the whole town, and were to conduct everything as nobody else could conduct it. They were to fight private individuals with the pub lic's money; and to such a course the public natu rally, and very justly, demurred. Mr. Bramley Moore, however, hints at no :ucli project. He is convinced that warehouses round our central docks would much promote the convenience of business and increase the facilities afforded by our port; but he sets up no central and no monopolizing body to work them, to the ruin of private property. He says the sites for such warehouses may be leased to pri vate individuals or to companies, to be worked, of course, as other property is worked, for profit, and, therefore, so as not absolute:y to ruin such other property, and to absorb into one hand the business of whole classes of our fellow townsmen, as would have been the effect of the gigantic scheme of mo nopoly at one Lime contended for by the Dock Com mittee and happily resisted successfully by the peo ple of Liverpool. A re-perusal of this portion of the Chairman's speech, and a little reflection, will, we are confident, abate any apprehension which it may, at first, have created. BANK OF ENGLAND.—The return of the circulation of notes in England, Ireland, and Scotland, for the four weeks ending on the 17th of August, furnish the following results upon a comparison with the previous statement. The circulation of the Bank of England has been aug mented from £21,448,000 to £21,980,000, and that of the private and joint-stock banks of Ireland from £1,571,284 to 1,993,533. The private banks of England have re duced their circulation by £73,826; the joint-stock banks by £135,866 ; the chartered, private and joint-stock banks of Scotland by £8,469 ; and the Bank of Ireland by £62,575, or to £3,378,125. Total of issues as per pre sent return £38,001,324; last time £37,730,811. In crease in the aggregate, £270,513. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funds have ad vanced to-day: and notwithstanding the limited amount of business transacted, there was much firmness in the market. The official contradiction of the rumours of yesterday respecring war with France has done something to restore the confidence of the speculators. Consols for money left off 981 to 1; and for the accoun, 981 •, Bank Stock, 198 to 199 ; Exchequer-bills, 745, to 765. pre mium ; India Stock, 279 to 281 ; Three per:Cent. Re duced, 914 to 1; Long Annuities, 12§; India Bonds, 95 to 97 premium. Spanish followed in the wake of the English stocks, and rallied to 224 to 1 for the Five per Cents., and to 331 to 4 for the Three per Cents. Tha other foreign securities were steady, with increased busi ness, but no material variation occurred in prices. Bel gian closed 1014 to 1024; Bruzilian, 83; to 842; Buenos Ayres, 34 to 36; Chilian, 103 to 105; Columbian, 131 to ; Danish 881 to 89; ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 604 to 61i; the Five per Cents., 1004 to 1; Mexican 35/ to 1; the Deferred, 154 to • Peruvian, 23 to 25 ; and Portuguese Converted, 434 to 442. The Boston Post ATLANTIC STEAMERS.— says, that the arrangements for the conveyance of the mails from Boston to Montreal are complete, and that the mail steamers will ere long run direct between Liverpool and Boston, not touching, as at present, at H a lif ax , w hi c h i s justly deemed the most disagreeable and dangerous part of the route. The time saved by this change will often be material, and on the average a day would be gained in the passage. The New York Herald says there is a fair prospect of the establishment of a line of American steam ships to run between this port and New York. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a married woman, very poorly dressed, named Elizabeth Allport, was charged with having obtainee under false pretences a number of pairs of stays from Miss Eleanor Parr, who keeps a stay shop in Berry-ftreet, and by whom she had been employed as forewoman. It appeared that over some weeks past the prisoner had obtained the articles from her mistress on representing that parties whom she named, and who were all respectable females, wished to be supplied from the shop. She succeeded in this way in taking away pairs to the value of, it was stated, nine guineas. Sus picion was at length excited, and the fraud was disco vered. The prisoner was apprehended, and was then in liquor. Most of the articles were found in vurious pawn shops. The prisoner was committed for trial for ob taining," &c., with, however, lerve to go out on bail her self in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each. MISS WHITNALL'S GRAND CONCERT ON FRIDAY NEXT.—We are sure the public must be thankful for this spirited effort of IVlise Whitnall to afford them another opportunity of hearing the celebrated singers who, on Tuesday last, delighted us at the Amphitheatre. The programme, on this occasion, is a well selected one, and embraces several gems of musical composition, Miss Whitnall herself making an addition to the list of vocal ists, and interspering their Italian with a little homely English music. In the first act she gives a new song, written expressly for her by Samuel Lover; and in the second, besides a duet with Lablache and a part in a con certed piece, the beautiful Scotch ballad " Bonnie Prince Charlie." Miss Christiana Weller will perform a grand fantasia on the piano-forte, which to those who have not heard that young lady's delightful playing, we need not say will be worth their attendance, and of which we say to those who have not had that pleasure, go and enjoy it on Friday evening. We have no doubt the house will be crammed, and would advise our friends to apply early for tickets, if they want to have a seat. COMPLAINT AGAINST A TEACHER IN THE CORPORA TION SCHOOLS.—At the Police-court yesterday a com plaint was heard, brought by a boy named Joseph M'Cabe, against John Harris, a teacher in the North Corporation Schools, to the effect that the complainant had been savagely beaten by his teacher and several bruises in flicted with a cane upon his body. Upon the boy being sworn, he stated his age to be eleven years, but, when questioned, be seemed so ignorant of the consequence of false swearing that Mr. Rushton at once refused to receive his testimony. His mother, however, narrated the cir cumstances of the case and called a witness who saw him shipped and on coining hoMe from School and noticed the marks upo❑ his body. A monitor of the school, however, a very intelligent boy, who was present on the day i❑ question, deposed that lie saw the boy punished by mere beating onthe hand, and that he had no other punishment whatever on that day. It appeared on re examination of the mother that the boy was subject to epileptic fits of a serious nature, and was occasionally beat by his father; and Mr. Rushton was not satisfied that the bruises shewn on his body had not been the con sequnces of such a beating. The toacher was at once discharged. We connot but remark, before leaving this sase, that would have been much better if our stipendiary magistrate, before granting a warrant, upon the evidence of a boy, so ignorant as the boy, from the effect no doubt of his disposition to epilepsy, had had his attention drawn to the following Rule of the Corporation schools and allowed the complaint to go through the course there prescribed. The rule in questiou is No. 10, and is exhibited in the Schools.— "As the Committee will take care that no injurious treatment or improper correction will be allowed, the parents or friends must freely submit their Children to the discipline of the school, and for, bear from disturbing the master or mistress with complaints; for by such conduct, the Chrildren will be countenanced in their faults, and the master and mistress discouraged in performance of their duties. If, however, a parent or friend really believe that there is good ground for complaint, the Committee will at all times willingly hear the case " By a proper attention to this rule much public scandal might have been averted, and the time of the Bench saved. NAVAL PREPARATIONS.—By a letter just received that, in addition to those P a from a friend in Devon t r pi il dated yAauagnuosutnredth,,twwoe ships of the line, the Super measures serue all i being taken to harbour,la i c u a r r i ds are ea- Vanguard are to be commis ttansgaalde- sioned next week, and active obtain able-bodied men for the tensively posted throughout the able bodied seamen to enter the service, and offering, in ducement, to allow them to be borne on the books of' flag-ship until drafted off. Between five and six hundred supernumeraries are at present on board the St. Vincent, waiting for other ships to be ready to go to sea. Great activity is also apparent in all the dock yards. Several men of war building are being pushed forward with all despatch, and will shortly be ready for launching. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE WATCH COMMITTEE AND THE MAGISTRATES. The public will no doubt remember a proceeding, which we commented upon at the time, as a strange piece of ma gisterial —we might almost call it presumption, but we shall only say—inadvertence, in which the stipendiary ma gistrate of our town was the chief actor, and some eight or nine poor policemen, who bad been guilty of the presumed offer.ce of belonging to the Order of Loyal Orangemen, were the victims. Upon the occasion in q uestion, Mr. Rushton, aided by a portion of the bench, laid it down as his decision, without any previous consultation being had with the Watch Committee, whose province it had always beta considered to be to appoint and to determine upon the character and qualifications of the parties to be ap pointed and remain members of the police force, that the policemen, thus found guilty of Orangeism. should either withdraw at once from the order, or, in default, be dis charged from the force. Very naturally, this decision — this encroachment upon their privileges—created some dissati,fa.ction amongst the members of the Watch Com mittee, as it had done in those of the public. The Com mittee conceived that they had been treated by Mr. Rushton, and by the Mayor acting under his advising, with less courtesy and respect than were their due. : and, as the issue, a legal opinion was directed to be taken by the Town-clerk, who had considered in opinion with Mr. Rushton. Under these circumstances it was deemed desirable, and indeed imperative, that a case should be submitted to counsel ; and accordingly the Town-clerk was instructed instructed to take the necessary steps—and we readily ac cord him the credit. of having taken every possible s'eps— to lay such case fairly and impartially. We know that he toots care to be provided with every document extant showing the nature, objects, and obligations of Orange Societies. Upon information derived from the order itself, to that derived from its opponents, his case, we believe, was drawn up, and no doubt fairly drawn up, and sub mitted for the opinions of Messrs. Kelly, Cowling, and Cardwell, a tribunal not to be supposed either as politicians or lawyers, to lean towards the poor Orange delinquents. Well, the opinions upon this case have at length been received, under date of the 23d of August—mind, after the police, coerced as above, have consented to leave the Orange order, and forfeit the advantages of the benefit societies to which they had belonged for years past. And what is the result? Does it bear out the interference of the magistracy ? Does it inflict the wished-for pains and penalties upon these poor and loyal men ? By no means. We will ive its substance in proof of our assertion. With respect to the powers of the Bench to dismiss the men from the force, as the penalty of their refusal to leave the Orange order, it says—(we are not quoting the pre cise words, which we have not by us) — We think the Justices could not regularly and law fully dismiss any constable for refusing to leave the Orange Society. So said we, at the time ; and so said the members of the Watch Committee. Again, the opinion says—We think the Justices, by passing Mr. Bolton's resolution, (to the effect that the policemen i❑ question must either leave the Orange order or the police force,) and communicating it through the Head Constable, have acted in an irregular manner, and claimed to exercise a power not vested in them. Further, with respect to the powers of the Watch Com mittee, as distinguished from those of the Bench, the opinion states—We think the Watch Committee is like the Courts Leet at common law; and that power is vested exclusively in them. The real powers of the Bench are thus defined, as we anticipated they would be defined and restricted—The Justices have power of adjudicating cases and dismissing for bad conduct. Finally, with respect to the policy which ought to guide the Watch Committee, the counsel state, in reply to the case put that circumstances might arise in which Orange men would not be proper custodians of the public peace, that—belonging to an Orange Society is no prohibition according to the rules of the Watch Board ; and, as the circumstance of Orange constables being called upon to repress a disturbance in which Orangemen are prie e movers is too remote to be provided against, it is in itself no disqualifying matter in a constable that he belongs to such a society, but purely a matter for the consideration, as to its propriety, of the Watch Committee itself. We are prowl to be able to lay this gratifying result of an appeal to high legal authorities, which, we repeat, the Town-clerk of Liverpool himself declares must he re ceived as impartial and fair, before the loyal Orangemen of this town and of the kingdom. And, beyond its im mediate bearing upon the question originally at issue, we beg to direct the attention, not only of the conservatives of Liverpool, but of the entire kingdom, to the great issue which it decides. It has been said that the Orange order is an illegal order; that Orangemen are an ill gal body of men, combined together in defence of the law, and which, consequently, no good Protestant and Chris tian, anxious to pay due obedience to the powers that be, can consistently join. Here, then, is the answer. The Orange body is a legal body—a body worthy to be In trusted with the task of preserving the peace of the realm! No light privilege is here accorded to them—on light compliment paid to their legality and devotion to the throne and the laws. The lying slanders of Popish journalists, and the cold shoulder of timid Protestants may henceforth be equally disregarded. The devoted supporters of the principles of our glorious Reformation —the pledged defenders of the reigning family of these realms—are no longer to be treated as unworthy the pro tection of the laws of Protestant England, or of the en joyment of the liberties of conscience of which English men are permitted to boast. We thank the learned func tionary whose meddling has brought about, unwittingly, a consummation so much to be desired. We thank Mr. Edward Rushton and his prompters in this great enter prise, whoever they may have been. THE NEW AMENDMENT TO THE POOR LAW BILL. —At t he Police-court yesterday, a number of women applied to the magistrate for summonses, under the new law (which we noticed some time ago) against the fathers of their illegitimate children, in order to compel them to maintain them free of burtben to the parish. They were each examined as to the time of birth, the party liable, &c. and ordered to attend on Saturday week with such witness or witnesses of their respective intimacy with the party as they could produce, These are the first applica tions here under the new statute, and we doubt not but we shall hereafter have to report on its total inadequacy. DANGEROUS ASSAULT WITH A PITCHFORK. — John Delap, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with an assault upon Richard Bainbridge with a pitchfork. The assault was the result of a quarrel. Mr. Rushton said he could not liehtly pass over the use of such deadly weapons even in the passion of the moment, and committed the prisoner for trial at the assizes, with an intimation that he might go at large on giving good bail —himself in £BO, and two sureties in, £4O each. It was stated that the prisoner had hitherto borne a good cha racter. MR. ISAAC'S CONCERT.—We never remember to have seen within the walls of our Amphitheatre, or of any theatre in or out of Liverpool, a more brilliant assem blage than that gathered together on Tuesday evening to partake of the rich musical treat provided by Mr. Isaac. From an early hour the doors of the house were besieged by parties anxious to secure the best seats in the pit and gallery ; and, long before the time appointed for the com mencement of the concert, carriages began to arrive with parties for the boxes and stalls, every place in which had been previously taken. The arrangements inside were very excellent. The front of the arena was boarded over, carpeted, and formed into stalls, which were filled with the elite of our town, the pit behind being also crowded with a respectable audience. The spacious boxes, filled to overflowing, presented an array of beauty and fashion rarely seen congregated together; and the gallery even was crowded to the ceiling. The front of the stage had been covered over, to separate the space allotted to the orchestra from the space occupied by the scenery, and to throw the sound forward into the house, which object was completely effected. We never, indeed, attended a concert in any public place where the sound from the highest to the lowest notes was more distinctly heard by the whole audience. The orchestra, which was very ef fective, and was admirably led by Mr. Herrman, gave the overture to " Der Freitchutz" in an exeellent style; but their best performance was the overture to " William Tell," which was magnificent, and electrified the house. This overture, in itself a fine composiiion, was certainly never heard in Liverpool to such advantage. Of the vo cal part of the entertainment we shall not attempt to give any detailed notice, so far, at least, as those well known singers, Madame Grisi, and Signors F. Lablac'ne, Mai io and Paltoni, are concerned. Of them it will be suffi cient to say that on this occasion they sustained well their part reputation, and elicited the marked applause of the audience, testified by several encores. Signor Mario, in particular, was in fine voice, and has very greatly improved as a singer since we ast heard him. Upon Madame Favanti's singing, however, we may be [excused if we remark more at length, inasmucli as that lady is a stranger to a Liverpool audience, and her abilities and qualities have been the subject of some little difference of opinion amongst musical critics. We place her very far below Grisi in general execution, and even in correctness of ear. She is not the same finished singer. And yet at times she manages her wonderful voice so as to produce effects, which would induce one to believe her possessed of greater powers of modulation than those even of Grisi, if she would put them in requisition. There is a fascinating originality in her style, which to us is far more pleasing than the more ambitious and ornate style adopted by some other artistes ; and the studied plain ness of the greater portion of her efforts brings into more beautiful and striking prominence the bursts of song, and of exquisite rower and execution in which she occasionally indulges. On the whole we much question if it can be said that admiration more hearty was ever awarded by a Liverpool audience to a new candidate for their favour, than was on this occasion awarded to Favanti, mingled, however, with a disposition to impute occasional faults, a feeling which is, perhaps attributable to her peculiar style. The pianoforte performances of Mr. Isaac were very ex cellent, end displayed great power of execution and taste. They were deservedly and loudly applauded. TAHITI OR OTAHEITE? — The othography of the name of the " modern Cytherez." has been unsettled like almost all names of places, by innovation. The members of all our European Academies and Societies appear to have settled that it oug ht n ot to be written " Otaheite," but no two of their membe r s can agree how it ought to be written. MORE HONOURED IN THE BREACH THAN IN THE OBSERVANCE.—The papers have been talking about the breach of faith the French committed by firing against Tangier. This is the only breach, at all treats, their firing made.—Punch. SOUTH EASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon, an adjourned special meeting oj the Liverpool r roprietors of the South Eastern and Doveh Railway was held at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose of receiving the reply of the London directors to the reso lutions passed at a inee'ing held at Liverpool on Friday week. Upwards of forty proprietors were present, com prising various influential gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, and the greatest unanimity prevailed. Shortly after two o'clock, the chair• was taken by William Cook, Esq. The CHAIRMAN commenced the nroceedinas by ex pressing his belief that they were all aware that this was en adjournment of a meeting held at the Clarendon-rooms,. on the 23d of last month ; but as it was possible there might be some gentlemen present who had not attended the former meeting, he should read the resolutions passed on that occasion. He then read the tour resolutions, which stated, in substance, that the small weekly returns for the carriage of goods on the line was unsatisfactory ; that the correspondence between the company and all car riers should be published; and that the accounts should be so kept as to show the cost of each portion of railway until opened for traffic. The Chairman then read a copy of his letter to the London Board, in which he enclosed the foregoing resolutions, and expressed a hope that they should receive the serious attention of the directors. lie next read the reply which had been received from Mr. John Whitehead, the secretary of the board, and of which the following is an abstract : " I have ly en instructed, in compliance with the request con tained in the end resolution, to forward to you copies of the correspondence which has taken place with the carriers using this railway, and, in so doing, to state that the directors do not consider they would he justified in publishing the same, without the consent of the carriers themselves previously obtained. Forwarding the correspondence to you may, however, answer every end. " In reference to the 3rd resolu'ion, I am instructed to state, that the interest on unproductive capital having, up to the pre sent time, been charged to revenu with the full privity and sanction of the proprietors at large, it rests with them to deal with the question hereafter as they shall deem best. The directors feel gratified at the interest 3 ou take in the management of the line. The CHAIRMAN said it would be perceived from this reply that the directors declined the publication of the correspondence with the carriers. It rested now, how ever, with the present meeting to decide whether it should be read or not. Ile was quite satisfied there was not a gentleman in the room who would not be disposed to pay deference to the directors, and to treat them with the greatest possible courtesy ; but he left it entirely to the meeting to determine the question. Mr. Alderman Nicol, imagined that the correspond ence was sent for the purpose of being read by the Liver pool proprietors, and not for the exclusive use of their chairman. As he understood the letter, the wish of the directors merely was, that it should not appear in the Li verpool newspapers. (Hear, hear.) It was then agreed that the correspondence should be read, but not published. After it had accordingly been read, the chairman spoke as follows : I have carefully perused the letter from the carriers to the directors of the railway, and I must say the result ap pears to me only to make it more apparent from the evi dence of the parties the most interested in producing a contrary impression, that the proprietors should become carriers on their own line. (Cheers.) I have also no he sitation in saying on further consideration, that I think the prnprietorf ought not any longer to sanction the system of charging to the revenue account from traffic the interest on unproductive capital. The schemes not completed are the Maidstone Branch, to open this month, which costs a sum approaching half a million—the Tunbridge Wells Branch, to open in March, which will be continued to Hastings—the Canterbury, Ramsga'e, and Margate, Branch—and then the line to Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham direct. These are all undertakings most capable of bearing their own burdens. I feel confident the pro prietors would not have any objection to find the capital to to construct them by a creation of new shares not bearing interest until the respective branches were productive, but to assent to the interest on all these very desirable adjuncts and future feeders of the traffic being made a drag on the trunk line now, and so being allowed to keep the whole property in a state not to pay a dividend worthy of the name is, I am sure, what the proprietors will assent to. (Hear, hear.) It is my opinion that the advantage of what I may call our plan being acted on will be so appa rent that the directors will now feel much obliged to us for having urged it upon them. (Hear.) lam quite ready to take my share of the responsibility of its being adopted, and of acting with what I hope I am not saying too much in calling becoming firmness, in our communications with the directors. (Hear, hear.) To those gentlemen I entertain no unfriendly feeling, but at the same time L• for one, will not fail to oppose them when I think them in the wrong ; and I shall be equally ready to support them to the utmost, in all sound mea sures for the protection of the property of the South Eastern and Dover Company. The general meeting of proprietors takes place in London on the 10th instant : it is an adjourned meeting from that of the The accounts, therefore, that were then laid before you, are still awaiting your handling and revision; and I am glad to be able to say, that I believe our principle—the true one—of treating them will give a handsome dividend, though it may prove to be the smallest the company ever pays. (Cheers.) Mr. Lawrence HEvvvortm said he had to apologise for not having been present at the last meeting. He had, however, been kept away by the indisposition of his mother, who was now, he was happy to say, convalescent. He had heard the correspondecce which had just been read and he felt more confirmed than ever that the pro ceedings of the last meeting were perfectly correct. (Hear.) Those letters justified every inquiry and step which had been taken. There was only one of them, (No. 6.) which gave them any accurate information; and that information was calculated to confirm them in the opinion that if their goods traffic were properly managed, and taken into their own hands, it would yield . them a largely increased revenue. (Hear.) He begged it, how ever, to be distinctly understand that though a meetinghad been held here for the purpose of considering the proceedings of the Directors, the Liverpool proprietors had nothing inimical towards that body : on the contrary, they held them in high estimation and none more so than the Chairman of the Directors (Mr. Baxendale.) They knew that gentleman's general good management; he bad displayed great ability and great powers of mind ; and he had moreover framed different resolutions to carry out the scheme advantageously. He (Mr. Law rence) had had the honour of sitting at the same board with him, and there could be no doubt that he was a man of business, sound at heart and determined to proceed in a masterly style. (Hear.) Therefore, they had nothing inimical to either him or the directors : their only object was, to place the carrying business on abetter footing and to alter the system of changing the interests, with a view of doing justice to those who sold out their stock. He had great pleasure in moving : " That the Proprietors now assembled are confirmed in their opinion, by the information this day received, that a thorough change in the system of carrying Goods on the South-Eastern and Dcver Railway is imperatively called for, and they record their conviction that it would be as much for the advantage of the Public as of tye Company that the South Eastern and Dover Proprietors should themselves become carriers." Mr. CHARLES GROVES, in seconding the motion, said it was difficult fairly to estimate the value of the goods traffic. Under the present system, by which they probably got only one-third of the value they ougnt from it, the average weekly receipts in August. 1844, were fully double that of August, 1843,—being £493 against £242. But September, and the two following months, were of con siderable importance in respect of revenue from goods ; for, last year, they yielded the weekly average of £397 for September, £760 for October, and £437 for November —a great part arising from the carriage of hops. But now that a branch was being just opened to Maidstone, the very heart of the hop country, and the most populous town in the county, it would not be unreasonable to ex pect £l5OO or £2OOO a week for the month of October, even under the present system. But, if the company be came their own carriers, £4OOO, or even £5OOO, might be expected during that month. This, therefore, was the time for urging on the directors the necessity of making a change in the system. (Hear, hear.) The resolution, together with the two subsequent ones, was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. N. D. BOLD said that his opinion so completely coincided with that of the chairman, with regard to the system of charging the interest, that he had great pleasure in proposing the second resolution, which was in itself sufficiently explicit : "That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the net earnings from traffic, from the Ist October. 1843, cannot in equity be charged with interest on Capital then unproductive, and there. fore such net earnings, allowing for the subsequent opening from Folkstone to Dover, and of the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, are applicable for a dividend." Mr. DANIEL WILLINK seconded the resolution. Mr. Alderman NIcoL said he was absent from the last meeting, and that when 'he heard it was intended to hold such a meeting for the purpose of considering the con duct of the directors as regarded the goods traffic, he viewed it with alarm ; and knowing that meetings of the kind had before led to differences which bad caused a de preciation in the value of stock, lie confessed that he was considerably alarmed. But, when he read the proceedings of the farmer meeting, he took a very different view of the matter; and to-day he bad great pleasure in agreeing with the shareholders in all that had passed at bot their meetings. (Hear, bear.) But the information they pos sessed was very incomplete. It might be that the direc tors could explain every point fully and satisfactorily. He hoped it would be so. He was glad to hear every gentle man who had spoken that day express a desire to support the directors, and to co-operate with them in all that was likely to be for the advantage of the company. lie was extremely glad to find that no unfortunate feeling at all existed among them, and that their desire was, to do everything to forward the general good of the establish ment. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving : "That the Proprietors present pledge themselves to support the Directors in all sound measures for the protection of the South Eastern and Dover Railway Company." Mr. JAMES BuenaN AN seconded the m otion. Tha CHAIRMAN said he had himself been present at one of the annual meetings of the company, and that be could concur in all Mr. Heywood had said respecting the courtesy and ability of the chairman of the directors, Mr. Baxendale. He was sure no gentleman present would throw anything in the way of a conciliatory course being pursued towards the directors, and that the present meet ing would only be vie wed as one of a friendly nature. (Hear, hear.) Up o n the motion of Mr. A lderman Nreot., a vote o f kthinandknseswsaasnudnaatnteimetoien to nslyp t a h sse d and the meeting separated at three o'clock. MR. BRAHAIR'S CONCERT.—This interesting musieal enter tainment will (as elsewhere advertised) take place on Monday next, and not on Tuesday, as before stated in our paper. We wish the veteran vocalist, who is accompanied by his son, every success, SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS AND CAPTAIN WARNER. We have all along been at a loss whether to consider the gallant captain, whose vaunt of the possession of some wonderful powers of destruction, applicable against either fleets at sea, or stronger works ashore, has, o late years, excited such attention in military, naval, and even scien- Vdc circles, as an enthusiast or a patriot. Few men really possessing a secret, so important to his country to pre serve, and of which it is in all respects so important to the liberties of mankind, that a forbearing and humane use should he made, could have withstood the magnificent offers which Captain Warner is said to have had made him, or kept his temper under the rebuffs which he has certainly received from various ministers to whom he has submitted his inventions for purchase, or from profes sional tnen who have been appointed to determine upon their merits. We are still unwilling to believe that he is to be classed under any other title than that of an honest p.nd a faithful man. But, it coming before the world in the light we would fain view him, we cannot admire the spirit which has of late characterized his remarks upon the conduct of many of those British officers, to whom has been deputed the task of testing his supposed powers. These are in bad taste; much calculated to injure him in the estimation of his fellow-countrymen, however much disposed, like our selves, to think well of him ; and slier; a frame of mind which is anything but likely to attract, either from go vernment or the British public, that candid consideration of his claims, which the importance of the question which he brings before them demands. In particular, the style of his attack upon the gallant representative for Liverpool, recently addressed to the editor of the London Times, merits, in our opinion, reprobation, whatever may be the degree of truth upon which it is founded. To no man, we are convinced, would Sir Howard Douglas do a de liberate injury; and Captain Warner should have been very careful before imput ng to a man of high honour an inclination to commit injustice or to sport with a claim legitimately made by any one, least of all by a member of either branch of the service. We did propose entering at some length into an exami nation of the charges brought by Captain Warner against the condnct of Sir Howard Douglas, in his character of a commissioner appointed to examine into the merits of his invention. We shall do this in our next. Our present space is quite inadequate for such a task ; and the late period at which the necessary evidence has come before us, scarcely leaves us time to form a candid judgement of the merits of the case. PROPOSED JUNCTION OF THE SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER, AND BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER RAILWAYS, WITH THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER LINE. We understand that the long-contemplated junction of these railways, by a line to the south of Manchester, with a central station in the neighbourhood of Oxford-road, has been fully determined upon ; and, from the energy with which railway improvements are just now being prosecuted, we may anticipate its speedy formation. Our readers may remember that we contended for the advan tages of this junction long before the present line through Manchester to the present terminus in Hunt's Bank was conceded. We foresaw that such a junction with two such powerful companies as the Sheffield and Manchester and Birmingham and Manchester must eventually be made, and that a more central station than that at Hunt's Bank, for the Liverpool traffic, would be loudly called for; and it may now, at least, be questioned whether the Board of the Liverpool and Manchester did well at the time in submitting to waive their admitted preference for that junction, and expending so large a sum upon the line through Salford, by which nothing but the Leeds traffic is benefited, and to pay for which passengers between the two towns have to submit to the imposition of an addi tional shilling per head in fares already exorbitant. Whil , t upon this subject, we may be excused if we throw out a hint or two to the Directors of, what we may call, our own railway. The station to be formed in Oxford-road will, no doubt, be one worthy of three such wealthy companies as those which it will unite. The existing stations in Manchester are sufficiently COMMO. • dious and splendid. Compared with them, the Liverpool station is a paltry affair in every respect, and affords per haps the least amount of public comfort and convenience to be found at the terminus of any leading railway in the kingdom. Surely this might be amended • and comfor table waiting and refreshment rooms at feast might be provided, if we are to have nothing better. We pay quite sufficient for travelling upon this line to entitle us to look for decent accommodation at both its termini. A Welsh Main et Bowls will be played, at the Far mers' Arms, Park Road Green. on Thursday next, Sep. sth, between sixteen first-rate players. On Monday last, as a gentleman in Workington was superintending the spreading of some marl on one of his fields, he found a piece of the celebrated brass money of the reign of James 11. The marl came from Drogheda as ballast in a collier, and was brought from a little up the river Boyne above Drogheda. By a strange coincidence both the master of the collier and the gentleman alluded to were Orangemen. PICKING THE POCKET OF A YOUNG LADY.—Yes terday, a well-clad boy. named Henry Cowan, was placed at the bar of the Pollee-court, charged with having, on Saturday, picked the pockst of a young lady—Miss Vernon, from Ashton. The prisoner—an old offender. who had been in gaol recently for three months, and had been committed four times—set up a defence that it was his own money which he had dropped accidentally by the way. He was, of course, committed for trial. TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. J. C. Wood—recently appointed curate of St. Thomas, Toxteth nark—has been presented on his leaving his euracy, at Newton Heath, by the teachers and scholars of that place, with a neat copy of D'Oyley and Mant's Bible, " as," as stated in the accompanying address, "a small tribute of their affectionate regard ; and beg of him to accept their sincere and heartfelt thanks for the good services ren dered during his short ministration amongst th em ." Th e donors conclude with an affectionate prayer in behalf of the worthy pastor. On Tuesday evening last, a t ea p ar t y , consisting of the teachers of the Sunday shools of Newton Heath Mr'. further instance of estee m .— v i z ., a beautiful Communion Service, presented t o hi m by tjachers and scholars. The chalice bears a highly appro priate inscription expressive of the grateful respec t o f th e donors. The rev. gentleman is the youngest son of the Rev. William Wood, Incumbent of Altbam, near Black burn. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.--A tall good-looking young man named Neil M'Nicar, was yesterday, placed at the bar of the police court, charged with having em bezzled from his employer sums of money to a considesable amount. Mr. Wardle appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Davenport for the defendant. Mr. Henry Rose, wine merchant, of this town, said that the prisoner had been employed by him from the Ist of April last, as town traveller, a soliciior, and also a cash-keeper, and general superintendant of the business. For this he was to receive £3O a year, and 2. per cent on the nett amount of sales, to be computed every quarter, and without reference to losses in trade. An agreement in writing had been drawn up by witness, but h a d not bee n s i g ned. He prisoner (witness added) to enter the money receivdd by him daily, and submit the books weekly for his (Mr. Rose's ap proval. Mr. Rose had been ill for about three weeks in the house, and it was during this time that the greater part of the defalcations had taken place. Many sums had been recrived lately and none entered in the book (produced) after the 12th of August. The agreement re ferred to bad, the witness added, been taken from his own locked desk, and be believed had been taken away by the Prisoner. Mr. Davenport stated that his client was not in possession of the document, a copy of which bad been taken from him by the police when he was apprehended. A packet found on the prisoner was then produced, and the alleged copy was taken from it, and handed to Mr. Rushton, who said it accorded with what the complainant had stated, but his attention was called to the latter part, by which it appeared that some other allowacce than that before stated was to be made for certain services, or " jobbing" in the trade. Only one case to the small amount of lOs 6d was then brought against the prisoner (which was not entered,) it being stated that in the other cases the witnesses could not yet be procured. Mr. Rose, who urged his case strongly against the prisoner, said that he had gone round to all his customers, and had found many receipts for moneys. Mr. Wardle under the cir cumstances applied for a remand ; and as he stated that at least three of the cases could be proved to-morrow (th s day) the prisoner was accordingly remanded for a day. THE BRIDGEWATER GALLERY.—SORIE account of the formation and dispersion of the Orleans Gallery has al ready been given. The Italian part of the collection had been mortgaged for £40,000 to Harman's bank in g h o use , when Mr. Brien, a celebrated collec tor a n d pictiiFe ddeuietleedr,tahnedDauuktehoorf of the "Dictionary Bridgewater it stood for £43,000. The p ictures, amountin g to 305, were then valued separately b y Mr. Bryan. makin g a to tal of £72,000; and from among t hem the d uke sele cted e ninety-four of the finest , at the p rices at which th ey were picttoiopnuarrychosifse Painters," w r i s l,oln as valued, amountingaltogether duke subsequently admitted his nephew, the Earl Gowe r , to 39,000 guin eas . Th e and the Earl of C arlisle, to share his acquisition, resign ing to the former a fourth part, and to the latter an eighth of the whole number thus acquired. The exhibition and sale of the rest produced £41,000 ; consequently the spe tpchiiioeltauptirouensk,eto7ufrhnßieordi: g o he u awt t ia m tbe o er s e t wn p e r rve o u fi vlu t a a el b ud l e y da ; ta f tx o x r :i. 92 t h 3,0 e 0130 n 0, i ninety-four t e y r* - e fou * r of f d Bridgewateredeath h inlBo3 already when possessed l s e e f s t s e h d i s s ' o p ac quired, in tact, .for £2,000. The forty-seven retained for pic tures ; and, after the acquisition of his share of the Or leans Gallery,. he continued to add largely to his collec- T tio h n e , D b u ll k l e n micetufirnese,va lued at £150,000, to his nephew George, first Marquis of Stafford, (afterward s fi rst D u k e of Sutherland). During the life of this nobleman, the collection, added to one formed . by himself wh en E ar l G ower, was p l ace d i n th e house in Cleveland-row ; and the whole known then, and for thirty years afterwards, as the Stafford Gallery, be• came celebrated all over Europe. On the death of the Marquis of Stafford, in 1833, his second son, Lord Francis Leveson Gower, taking the surname of Egerton, inhe rited, under the will of his grand-uncle, the Bridgewater property, including the collection of pictures formed by the duke. The Stafford Gallery was thus divided : that part of the collection which had been acquired by the Marquis of Stafford fell to his eldest son, the present Duke of Sutherland ; while the Bridgewater Collection, properly so called, devolved to Lord Francis Egerton, and has resumed its original appellation, being now known as the Bridgewater Gallery.—Mra. Jameson. Sept. 3, 1844. MANCH ESTER.—MoNnAy COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. c-ve The commercial transactions in our staple articles D. been, on the whole, on aver limitated scale as comp a, r , e , e with any week during the previous three months._ , a 1 : 1 , 1 foreign trade especially has been exceedingly dull, a: particularly in printal calicoes. On Tuesday , there a_Pa peared to be a disposition on the part of spinners rch to d su the manufacturers to submit to a reduction, but no t an extent as to induce buyers to purchase freely, an • os consequence was that no very greet amount of bus,ll,3_o was transacted. On Thursday and Saturday, the -rwer spirit prevailed, but prices seemed to assume a firs 1 , aspect. Our advices by the Caledonia are, on the cOP t favourable; the stocks are reported light in the 11n for States, and, it is said, that some very heavy ordeanp goods suited to the fall trade have been received. lar %l of our packers are busy with goods for the Indian ra kets, and, also, for South America. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWA V. .., This (Monday) mot ning, the half-yearly general le, ing of the proprietors was held at the Companies London-road ; also, a special general meeting at thesal'i a place, to authorise the directors to subscribe for a certl'e, number of shares in the Trent Valley Railway. T h , a e o r i3 port stated that the gross receipts have exceeded by r , the amount received in the corresponding half of last ear, The directors recommended a dividend of £1 per sb a l (less income tax) on the 30,000 £4O shares. The directoi d in conformity with the resolutions of the proprietors ha,, " guaranteed a return of 4 per cent. on the capital (Dot 0,1 ceeding £250,000) to be expended on the Manchester 013:: Buxton Railway, and they have now to call upon the P r of prietors to sanction the subscription by this conaPsaY4. £200,000 towards the construction of the Trent Valley ,„ way. The Directors have constantly kept in view then portance of connecting this line with the Liverpool ° D° Manchester Railway, and they have now the pleasure,:h announce that arrangements have been entered into the Sheffield railway C ompany an d t h e T rus t ee s of the Duke of Brid gewa t er , t o app l y to P ar li amen t, in `,.,"-e ensuing session, for power s t o ma k e a li ne o f ra il wa y municating with the Liverpool and Manchester rail 6 ",',i and also a Branch to Altrinch am ." Th e ehairlaTa (David Waddington, Esq.,) sts ted that the junction o ° 4 be carried over Granby-row fields across Oxford-road , , a l through Lord Francis Egerton's prop e rty i n Castle-8e174 The report was adopted, and the directors we re authoriS 0 to take up 10,000 shares in the Trent Valley Line, and,u t , pay a deposit of £2 per share out of the company's /101- The subscription for the public walks in Manches ter already exceeds £12,000. Sir Robert Sale and his lady passed through this W WII yesterday, en route for Ireland. ead' COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.--We beg to refer ourr c ti ers to the advertisement of forthcoming lectures, who will be found extremely interesting. This evenings tra t celebrated Montgomery will terminate his deligu ; , 0 course, and will notice the most eminent of our Br"of poets, a list of whom is given in the advertisement. . 0 , Mr. Hicklin's lectures we have heard much in P The subject is as interesting as his manner of treating l h t, judicious. Mr. Charles Kemble's readings will, odouovir prove equally attractive here as in London, when g Aro, able audiences crowded Ellis's Rooms to he, r oot though the sum charged for admittance to each l was half-a-guinea to each person. CAUTION TO BAKERS : THEFTS.—Two little girls, Mary Wood, and en° l4j ltil wt re yesterday placed before Mr. R us ht on , c h ar ged , " 0 ,, obtaining under false pretences, and desposing of a r o, siderable number of bread tins from various They had gone, generally together, to bakers in 13° „ 0 0 street, Brunstor-street, &c., i n th e i r ne i g hb our hood. " s o or other of them stating that they b a d come f ro m a fell•lor housekeeper (named) to borrow o ne or more bread-;, and they were accommodated, no suspicion nr i ,tlt The prisoner not named could no t b e sworn to. tnb g et there were strong circumstance s o f sus pi c i on . Tbef jet was identified by severol parties, some of whom bad two tins, others four, othe r s s i x . S evera l o f the tips f o r been sold and were recovered. W oo d s was committtos trial ; the other was remanded, further evidence be expected. EXTREMES OF WEALTH AND POVERTY IN 1 -1 11 1; POOL.-It is hardly credible to what an extent may i9' found in Liverpool, the most wret c hed poverty co -e- 4 0 tent with the most abundant wealth. Here m ay be 6 % P6 some of those merchants who are like the princes of tiso earth in the multitude of their riches; but, alas ! here Tto may be seen many of the workers of our race reduc e beg, and to beg in vain, " a brother of the earth To give them leave to toil." pt u.„. It is true that ta i hN s , tee o t r w h ym e not creaass mournful hoo w ir:a i , t rr h tnyhf e uer v rle e esa r ona y rude l r a ta r hi g ew e . arcycri more ynet 0 . ; • bf c t bmo h e er or s a erg s s t as e a tdot r m : y of a ftnw t h k o etoa e chrt s e b eisi e i i si rn t na grrcosei necessarily pie clothing tow soldh who our do do romninodt pawnedsk. know W two e are too apt n in the m o 011 11 ,:: where or how they are to get a single meal for the ( 12 , 16 1 " procure crowded houses or cellars, destitute of faro e 0 comfort, and gradually worn to despair and death Ttei wretched a destitution of all the necessaries of life. ther are these the offscourings of the people, but ° l a . clined to be honest and industrious, although the ba rangements of society may have reduced them to beggli,/ or even to crime, for the support of a most miserable a`? precarious existence. — Tail's Magazine. a c T a n m u pan C y o A ia L ia Tlt p contemplationu upon a new construction into this description of til er s The enormously increased consumption of coal rellu u p it an exceedingly desirable object that every effort shei 0 be made to supply that mineral as cheaply and quick l ac , possible, and it appears somewhat singular that 0 0 , 6 „ t o cessful adaptation of modern improvements has bitp%,, Weun t d o e i r n sta t ro n d d u t c h e e s f t o e r a ro w a - t v i e ; e s . been made in the construction and arrangement of 1, sels so employed. W , e find that upwards of 10,0 0 _,'",,, Tiers entered the port of London last year, the cons 1f tion being about 3,000,000 tons, and, if it be satisfacto"o shown that a steam-vessel from 300 to 500 tons ca ll tor f brought to London, and land her cargo at 8111 0 ,0 between the bridges, for 2s 6d a ton less freight t bs o . o , present charged, we think that the utility of the e° pany cannot be doubted.—Mining Journal. gill' to will be seen by an advertisement in another column tha t ; „ silly to the dissolution of partnership between Messrs. Cupps an by tb. field, the whole of the extensive stock is about heing sold on former partner, who will continue the establishment. „ e ct HALE FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SIIEW.—We u - t bk tention to the announcement of the grand annual shew!ldli delightful village of Hale, which will take place on Ow-, week. BRUNSYICK HOTEL.—It will be seen by an advertisen,low another column that the extensive alterations that this unie r ool o has of late been undergoing are now completed. The coul o st, ip and restaurant has been greatly enlarged, and the worthY J oy use his own words, is determined to profit, in future, by be instead of sheep steaks. ,„g fir" , We are glad to perceive that Mr. Weitbrecht, the interes o Llir sionary who caused so much attraction at the late anniversop, Church Missionary Society, has published his work on Ind' s° sions. We understand that the first edition was entirely 5 ' 1) 6 100 0 111 for before its publication, and we have no doubt the second , will meet with as ready a demand from the Christian publicfn, LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. There was a large show Of all kinds of stock to-daY , numerous attendance of buyers. Eeef 5d to .s¢d ; Mu t ts to sid ; Lamb 54d to Sid. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Sigrr a ' p pif fr ; The finest Butters, which are by no means iu heavi.,!isor,: e support our last quot a ti ons; w hil s t m iddli ng an d i n fer! a t 'l,t we quote 2s per cwt. l o w er . I r i s h B ee f an d P or k remal" bo ilgo Prices noted in our last. Fore'gn (in bond.) may b! q uite i k almost upon the purchasers ~wn terms. B a c o n is no3 gast p 3 brisk, but the extreme price lately quoted (468) for Bell dies, is the currency of this day. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEP','l c etr The gloom which previously pervaded our Cotton considerably increased by accounts received per Bostoofr, P c ,tea on Fi id, statin that the osects of the forthceip; were very auspicious. Since the p n. sales have been 0,1, 0 000 at per lb decline, and even at this decline, the mart r , heavy, and inanimate, with three sellers for one be' to 5,000 bales sod to-day. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• M E. O ._ NDA n Y e , II S a I:PI_EMITE . ARRI V Fefrom from Hambro'—Wm. Rushten, Forster, from AntW„, e 7g -- 11 0 „," er e from E ._ London—and etoka, INria rßeindeerNew, 0 , r f k r_o 113 3 '"• 5 11.1 0 '..ii can, Pritchard, for St. John, N.B.—Georgiana, Be ll ;r t e ° l 3r .,, tf c ;:d t°ll ' delphia—Gazelle, Shepherd, for Ichaboe--Rosita,, ce, Cadiz—Ann Gales, Timperley, for Constantinople ---. c. for Jamaica—and Highland Mary, Crosby, for Qt tebe t ; e oe d 10 1 l Wm. Parker, Sewell, from Calcutta, at this po 00 • 1 . April. On vile. On 17th 24th Aug. July in , in lat. 38 11 •N N, lon long. 25 VII 34 W. ne 'the the 1195 4 , g. bay to Clyde. On 27th August, off Cape Clea r, 010 On 31st Aug. off Tuskar, the Eshelby. Oa" fromsporC st? H an e g le e n s a , Walker, and Frankland, Christie, Great Western, (steamer) hence to New York, Was croeV' 21st August, at 5 p.m. in lat. 51, long. 23 39 gut , 0 1 Duke of Wellington, Hargreaves, from Mau" haven lligginson, Hogg, from Barbadoes, ditto i gtp Ceres, from Morocco, ditto On tor C • izets Independence, Nye, from New York, off ° L e nu- Aug. in a squall, lost main top mast, and fore a gallant masts. I EVERY LIVERPOOL : a A 4. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1g~4• • TUESDAY SANDDAPUYBLivIISHOE.Ott is _ ~ . 1 S , !r By I. 11 0 ' JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-stree.,,,, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford.streew' v 00 4 At N 0.4, ST. 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