The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MAY 16) 183' *aim by auction Ilt; / ,, ' ' 'IttILE SPIRIT-VAULT AND PREMISES. 1 5 ?,41 )Ay By Mr. BRANCH, , " t hethe 19th inst., at Six o , c t lo r e c e k . in the Evening, , the Corner of ',!t.ertc,cretnises, No. 41, South John ,qtr,trrtreet (the greatest thorou g hfare in Liverpool, in 'll e r, , ne from the Railway Station in T k ithebarn-street )tr,t,io,:liitni-house, Post-office, Ne, Doc yand subject to .) .unless licqnl.llsposed of by t u, " -,- inu s of sip as wPilft'aettehelnreaandt.here produced. lIK D I P:STANT'S INTEREST in the PRE vqt,i ~ with the GOODWILLand LICENSES ttr . p an it also the FITTINGS-UP of thoeaVanits and Bar, 11: 4 fp r ' t ; I Ndern and of superbr descrtpti n. ti , s e r Particulars apply on the Premises, or at Mr. ttry.,---...,..L ffi ces, in Hanover-street. 1 3. Op Bpi A WOOLLEN DRAPER, OUTFITTER, &c. tb, t By Mr. BRANCH, k 8;; the 24th inst., and following Days , at Eleven ockeach Day, at the Hanover rooms. • of yr 111 a uling Part of the STOCK-IN-TRADE isc,de eli ctwie Harrison, Woollen Draper and On . tfitte . r, 1 / 4 ,4sup'ng Business, removed from his Premises in istreet for the purpose of sale. VoeO. O CK of another Party in -t smilar way of Bust ',l(Ns,,lll include about Seventy-wo Pieces of Fancy "j-: I ;VEEDS, &c., amounting to upwards of One nf,tvl, in various fashionab l e Colours, and other !Pi further particulars will be announced. _ _ of P . : '-‘ale will be included upwards of Two Hundred w ste, Berlin and Stone BROOCHES , which will VI 'k he the' tt ntinn of Wholesale Dea lers, Ship o-ins ae , and others as they are ordered for peremptory the vi: w t regerr e . ' yep b TuEsDAY next, the 23d inst., when Cato nod from Mr. BRA. CH• 111 , ' l ll, ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. T !t ern t ßNt sn ,__ By Mr. BRANCH, e rD °o ti, S . '', the 24th instant, at Two o'clock in the 'tr i ~')ol, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, ktillll4euJneCtdto such Conditions of Sale as shall be l, l, hat • ' lced ' 4 its so A Piece or Parcel of LAND, with the b e L'n th a . , GE or DWELLING-HOUSE thereon erected, , or l 'ilt 'N, O ' Routh -west side of Duke- , treet, in Liverpool, tlitt v reet • which the same street, bounded at the back bv h k rol lt, t said Piece or Parcel of Ground contaiv.s r ts , u 2 , i 4 clc w : t . n la rilke street, 28 feet 1 inch, and extends in Po teet ~ . 120 feet, and contains at the back in Henry 4rtio a Inch. ; 4 4' 1 Nt t ,V the House is now in the occupation of Dr. , 4 , t N I ,Pratt, as tenant for a term of Five Years, corn ,'likl,i. t he Ist day of May, 1851, at an annual rental of to Olen, _ kriiir,Uke,si_lS !reehold of Inheritance, and has Frontages t tlie r le.. and Henry-street. q it eil4articillars apply to Messrs. J. and E. Willi , ` , ..1501i e 1, 8, High -street, Liverpool • or to Mr. EDWARD .....flr, 24, North John-street, Liverpool. t,,, cictav, 1 4 etti c , - 5i: ) ,,,, By Mr. BRANCH, , tr rin sii, ,', the 31st instant, at One o'clock in the Icill;r1, i, `, the Clarendon-rooms. South John-street, t v - th, "ne Lot, subject to such conditions of sale as 1 ti__, produced. Stl i e !iller LICENSED HOTEL, or TAVERN, Nt'Llt TH AN Of R an i , . BRUNSWICK HOTEL," situate on the 0, k , en nta . Ver-street, and east side of Fleet-street, in ttit,tl ti r n l ru„l':ung in front to Hanover -street 26 feet 8 set, a - Ting in depth on the east side in a broken , I ltt, 10 1. 41, t 75 On the west side along the House next de itk'l ''st, , 'nags. and from thence westwardly to Fleet ip ti b cil es nd then . i n sctaining in front to Fleet-street 39 stn ei4 Rt ;klid being breadth at the south side 47 feet 4 kt,, l t i 41 ) 1h e a cc ' e several dimensions a little more or less, and k Nye li o nPaPon of Mr. Whiteman. ttp l ' 4 ,l , k OR 0 , tel is Freehold of Inheritance, and is suitable i d . 4 0 to, , 11 an extensive business. tt;Ot 0 th e MESUAGE, or DINELLING-HOUSE, i t Is southwardsirt-str side of flanover-streetr,nd eastward n„..Ngtelinveeet. in Liverpool aforesaid, and containing in yt 1 0 Sr ti n.s v:street, 19 feet, and in front to Fleet-street in kti l t Stif t i ' l lOl4, in part 19 feet 7 inches, and in further part y t i 1 b ll tii . and running in depth (ram Hanover-street 1q k 1 '444 fept rnstward side along theemises above de ll, i _ gi de . inches, and in depth from Fleet-street on the ,i, i ? th, 4 6 feet, be the several dimensions a little more i'e,Ttlise, ation of Mr. Robinson. r kti . S eve secondly described are held for the residue of p• st k n i T-five Years, under a Lease ,ranted by the li k ltf tr _ Liverpool, commencing on the 31st January, li:ll. r o l 3 artie u i i . Messrs. ib ot ars ap,y ..o CARS . ON and Ews, Chambers, Fenwick-street, Liverpool. N TO - IL 1.11 M,..7,-TORROW X WEDNESDAY). Zl h fd e tt 7uern . HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, power -0 „7ilithl e ~Ze. Piano-forte,6f octaves. Music Stooi,large ',,h,,Dott , „.k;hunney Glass , a Cottage Dining Table, of tlik i 7 , r f_7 of Eight Chairs, in Leather, a massive Sofa, IVee a ,„`jee of Ironstone China, capital Half-tester, t 'uLd Feather Bed and Bedding, 17, St. Anne `'h' I,,N,as ° j r , RlC E respectfully announces that he it iov kil ly gllTnetions to SELL by AUCTION. TO-MORROW qt,,, p re ,ti! 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock prompt, on i a . ,,, 1 , _ oises, Lik l a ' or the Modern and Genteel FURNITURE, coin r(tOter th e Bed-rooms. L 4 th:l . Heptd Ilangirg ° s liafraplaalttrNe'sasbegogangineF.osuears-ignoseta W4e Vt:..capital Mahogany' Chest of Drawers, Night 1 h. at " 9f Fine Doc4-veined Marble Dressing-tables k‘libopTzioll3'edrs'AAilc)leresssi"g Glass to match, the usual tan it ti e ni So . rriN . 4o Rooms are Furnished with Sets L to qui. _flaws, in Leather and Haircloth, capital Ma thl . handsome Pedestal Sideboard and a Book - 014 fine order, Cottage Piano-forte, handm . r e Be ' 3 , Work and Card Tables, Brussels and Kid- ,B t aenets and Turkey Rugs, h ndsoine Fenders and ls ei e ,, el Fire-irons, Dinner Sisrvice, China and Glass, tte h!in' t ", ivith Bottles Pickle Ditto. and other Silver- IL 'qe, nj e 'est Hatstand; Hall Table, Oil-cloths. Stair Car \ I 1 tit' e l' e et Barometer, and the Kitchen Utensils. h . r o:wed on the Morning of Sale, and Catalogqes had di , - ' I CE. 40, Whitechapel. h s,, ttv , :t . ‘, 'E gALE OF MODEIIN HOUSEHOLD '' i f t - FURNITU RE, lkt:t t „.'et by Tomkison. fine Violin, by Forster, London, •Irt ,"'"th Patent Head, Chimney Glass, Turkey Carpet, e ' ,',Ael %,ulches, by 13 feet 8 inches, Globe on Stand, Two k_ni, ' , acing . Model of a Stilt of War, Master's Knife -1,,,"2k Machine, Mantel's Iceing Ma , liine Shower Bath, , tq t he,j'!, Library Tfilile, Library of Books, ' Microscope, tOtt t i 't'ints and Drawings, Wardrobes, Dining, Draw- V: l ,lAelging-room Furnitnre, Glass, China, Wardrobe , 1`,t,,!-lidy' Gold Lever Watch and Gold Chain, and , '' I NsI . I,,Z Eflects, removed trom Claughton. '/ ,it s k t , a ,"l LS -q F. and J. HODGSON are instructed roc,..e. i st; Fle,' by AUCTION„ on FRIDAY next, the 19th q-ea t l ', , el: /ell o'clock to the minute, at their Rooms, %'.- , be,,t [ iy"„Oar Hamilton-square and Price-street, fir- Sara t h ql,Nrir e ler of the Executor), the Valuable HOUSE ypt,-;, B`,,t/RE, including Mahogany Sofas and Sets of Ntt 0 Witii 'lot, n,Pembroke, and other Tables, mlti' fa c i Ch a i Glass Doors.'Canterbury, Rosewood Couch t h t, 4 o r , ! JR, pair or Ditto Card Tables, What-not, Pour tioN t ,Yla gn ell, ano French Bedsteads, will suitable Bed- Ni l t "t, kri, e n .,,Y Rod Painted Wardrobes, 'foilet Tables, te ti • t l) 'itig ' rij ., Glasses, Commode, Mahogany Flail Table, 4 et OEts o- 'al Timepiece, Oil Cloth, Umbrella Stand, 1t1'40 41 1-f,', ° i e. lkrk At a -nured sr Id n - „ r Y on u • ohlmes of Demo, including Scott's ',lli- Pr , e Bible 6 volq Sir W. Scott's whole t t ' W e a nd Verse ' • -.' Lock hart's 'hound in 8 li a erha of ... s . rse, with Lockhart s Life, '1 1 41). 4 0 , k,, Grai mickens, Marryatt, Cooper, Wordsworth, iti lt i t;ith o er B ook oger, Byron, ShaksPeare, &c., tie Titus viewed on THURSDAY next, the 18th in ..l''l34ffi(t! Ce ala ° l(l ) .? ' '-'n Album, &c. get'••.: e l and il t r i s es had of Messrs. F. and .1. HODGSON, at Llf,,Vit,es of i',„,;st Argyle-street, Birkenhead. ~,,',ls,'llAy, at ` - ',_,'‘N 'TUBE and other Genuine Property k tit —4l)llolsi°dPolls' Rooms, Birkenhead. Several 4 k . b, RS to LET. q,,t s hs ttlohy li it lode . ARDWICK-GREEN, MANCHESTER. N 44 )s t R o jo and substantial HOUSEHOLD FURNI VI kt lisA‘Yood Drawing-room Suite in Blue Merino tv ia ll !ota ,i_ant-toned Semi-grand Piano-forte, by Broad- P I N 1' Qi, i ':''s Anearly new) Dining-room Furniture, L'liti 6 llpe r i o ,e s in Gilt Frames ' , Winged and other Ward fliajid n oo r l i c !rge Folding Bagatelle Table, a few Framed , i,l ,s u t in ,:nt, zhaendgetnhueitniesuVroropuetritiyie:ff aavvie,lals-appointed ,tt%'iy I lie l i& tj i 4 th i n '''' P. and J. HODGSON are favoured tiort e akith s i tructions to SELL by AUCTION, on 'rues 'l,e'' tt '", tbnestar . it, at Eleven o'clock to the minute, on s 'h,re a ,,cali en . Priory, Ardwiek-green, Manchester, N'iti l oiC! rnodern HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, -by 1 1i ;a,T u et And other eminent makers. Oihoqnly,u43- Room SUITE. which is of choice Rosewood, fi fl ed 44, . pholstered in Blue Merino Damask, includes pl.C4rhj e , f eet 6 inches wide, with Serpentine Front, „"Ili d la4 ,l Ch Top. Plate Glass Doors and Back, Couch and I I 1 tki (, 1 , 4 4 /4: te ul t `i i i v r Al Circular . Centre Ottoman with Cushions, v it 1, A „ 21; aked Tops. Centre and Card Tables with ittiii *4l'l'l/di-Cat' Tapestry Carpet on rich dark maroon Opte.,_ d en el' Hearth-rug, the range of Window Cur -I,titt4; th'ettgli-„P, Tassel Fringe and surmounted with Gilt ttl e u •"'a Table on Japanned and Gilt Frame and ( N o 't e utk t) c, " l i g i llt_Chimney Glass, plate p . by 50 inches, in le i r, t l lt -g ra ` liPe . n-work Frame, brilliant-toned - Hort ,..N.th b ew), „Pd. Piano-forte, by Broadwood and . Sons INI);-4ii i r :istc-stool, Canterbury, Fender, Fire-irons, 0,.. to Nt,„ rsronze and Steel Groups of Wax Flowers, &c. kt?'o l P n linia,,. 4 „ ° Om Ft3tNITURE, of choice Spanish Maim i':,ilit t,`; Fra n , — 'flirting Tables, 12 feet y-4 feet 4 inches, on 1 , , V Fla i — r. e!, with Case for Leaves,,Set of Ten Trafalgar ItVigillningtlot, Couch in Ditto, Circular and Clutir I`,litiq; t !alt, bot'isl., with extending Frame . and moveable_ 4 '4l , arr. .in Morocco Leather, Crimson and Oak l 11. Witet , Crimson Damask Curtains to Recessed ib l li ti , Pk,. ,! Gilt ,it, kit. e-irons _Corniee, Chimney . Glass in Gilt Frame, P Ilki tt iF',6, r ' and Oroamental Articles. ;1 1 ,ew _air s „ - ROOM, Six and Two Elbow Mahogany Hair- V 1 1, 1 , .- , j ust ii i?, B (l a full-size Sofa in Hair7cloth,. Damask kliht,'lit'ltielT%infte'r giksisee•ildCOatfi.irrs;alFtoeuntd;Oro Ao t h e t - rn i es of ''',Mist .41,11.,, L g the Works of Sir W. Scott, Sir J. Koss, Bx. 1k,,l Si r ," ll 4 ' L IRE of the Loiacki NCI-ROOMS, W!liCh is sub tlii,t. l q ,:',Rle L!Unplete, comprises Mahoganyinged Ward. ,7 , ,Ith p i , MO Winged Wardrobe in imitation of Maple "e,4l,,Astrl a th igre Glass in centre to floor, Mahogany Four-post lAlt 1 0 1 4a,', crimson Hangings. Tudor Ditto in beautifully Nla, `•rtn e etvood, with ' ;kit Blue and Gold Damask Dra '44 -e 'l and other Beds'eads in Birchuood and Maho lOtqqtslaitable Draperies ' , Hair and Flock Matresses, t ,et ‘ t ti, t t, I' Feather Beds. Marseilles and Toilet Quilts, Iv ii l ttp, Ibt a o Pairs of Knee-hole Toilet 'fables and nu- Ftol Ditto, Mahogany and Painted Chests of 1,P1,t . br t ,i' e e r t . Glasses, Towel Rails, Brussels Carpets, 4 11 hlt,,lt:r4mates, Caned Chairs, &c, oolletag m 8 , LANDINGS, find PASSAGES : Very superior 01 4 t on , elle Table, by Anvil', 8 feet 6 inches by 3 feet, t i ittb ll 4l 4 4, l ls, U e lahony Frame to form Side Table, with tli t Ale ell n t &c., complete, Mahogany Hall Table. Hat 01 1 th ',tl an ., 'eland, Oil-clotb, Brussels Carpets, Rods. 11;111.141,51n,;,,'1t0Pe Door Rugs Panelled Oak Linen Chest, trQe 'eil et ;'. B nd Ottomans, 'Eight-days Clock, &c. IN' teli,',lst a ,',beau Glass, contents of Butler's Pantry, I 'N„ ch le t o L, Culinary, Larder, and Cellar Utensils. I,:k 4 P ri, e ll h ad ue viewed on MONDAY:, the 29th instant, and iN ti qj e, 3 4 _on the Premises; at the Office of the Weekl# Nlto' •.4 0 ; a`-3°rPoration-street Manchester ;_or of Messrs. '44 l . enn c - a t° t., , Argyle-street, Hirkenhead, wh9 will be ""ogues by post to persons forwardingtheir a Nt.l IN Rhin TRAVELLERS can INSUII6,Er kt tho r v” RAILWAY ACCIDENTS by the AIL, ptit t li cktk v iitS, or for the whole of LIFE, and o C ler t ts e al t the PrincKalssEEnsiol7,;St on Y a a t t ) i i' p o ' R ASSURANCE OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON• WILLIAM J. ti -- t ..,...._ ........_ kk telti t tZ t o lki f E AR, protected by Seals of the the a l eir i h a E ngland; and secured by riot College of t p kte, Vi t roacie de Paris and the IMPe Royal Letters t •ttkezm k orinst. V' tlVinee',P°. 1, is a remedy for relaxation, sperms' ' ‘ lk ) , toit—vitiation of the system. of three Otkiejable4,C 0 . 2, effectually, in the short s I thought vthi c o and entirely eradicates all trpaacceeesnof those ph'lkwite f„' caluvi and cubebs have so long ie is It a atl on , to the ruin of the health of a vast G0t4, 44 1i, 1,1 114 1 1 4 411 - Of ili °. 3 , is the great Continental remEed4ifsobr portion of N r ir ems aosders which, unfortunately. th e b t r ott,,lnt", %MI mercury, to the inevitabledestarruicutaioinn qq*s e ' cs nn constitution and which all the sarsap , il I , 4,11:14rt fit remove; ' I tit'O" Ea' 1, 2 , and 3, are alike devoid of taste or It,p k h ie t•'‘itli on nau seating qualities. They may lay on 4 ) s er, 4 .in ca. _ t their use being suspected. divided A t z,#,, Pate d° 's at 11 s. each, free •by post, 2s. extra, n d g t il it :t r il 4 c : t 'P o besota,,as administered by . Valpeau, (Aileron , ki i t .? t aft ti, e nr au wholesale and retail, in London, of Robt. t ill ls t Let t v, o xf hill' Hannay and Co., 113, Oxford •-st i .. e .': t .). %rope. INneo,rd•street. It. 11. Ingham. Druggist, mar No vin nniester ; Priestley, Chemist, Lor(1- 11104: 1 1, ookseller, High-street, DiTnnnF law " er t 1 % \i'taligehtud-street, Doltn. street, , 4 ,‘alts by auction. MR. BYFORD will SELL by AUCTION, on THURSDAY next, the 18th instant, at Eleven o'clock B precisl, upon th Premises, No. 58, Great Newton- street, rown e l ow hill, by e o rder of toe Executors of the late Mrs. Ann Graham, deceased, The Genuine and Useful HOUSEHOL Wh D FURNITURE, ca pital Eight days' Clo ck, by Condi ff, eel Barometer, Glass, China, Bed and Table Linen, a few Lots of Plate, and other Effects The FURNITURE of the PARLOURS comprise Mahogany. framed Sofas an d Hair cloth , Sets of Chairs, in Ditto, Pem broke, Carcl, Snap Tables. Cabinet. Chimney Glasses, in Mahogany and Gilt Frames, Brussels Carpets, Fenders, Fire irons, Bic. The BEDCHAMBERS include several Camp Bedsteads, with Ch ests f good seasoned Feather Beds, Mahogany Chests of Drawers. Painted Tables and Washstands, Toilet Ware, Bidet, Night Commode, Dressing Glasses, Imitation Rosewood and Painted Chairs, Towel-rails, Carpets, &c. The Kitchen and Culinary Requisites, and other effects of Domestic *Pity. May be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may be had on the Pr emises, or at the Of fice of Mr. BYFORD, Clayton-square BY ORDER OF THE ASSIGN EES OF WILLIAM JONES, A BA NKRUPT. TO SLATERS AND PLASTERERS AND OTHERS. By Mr. BY FORD, On WEDNESDAY, the 24th inst., at One o'clock in the After noon, at the Clarentlon-rooms, South John-streto the lcon es p r eviously disposed of by private treaty, subject s ditions of sale to be then produced. ALL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOUSE, OFFICE, STABLE, and WORKSHOP, all adjoining, si'uate on the west side of Shaw-street, in Everton, near Liverpool aforesaid. The Land measures in front of Shaw-street aforesaid and at the back thereof on the west side severally 27 feet, and runs in rear backwards from Shaw street aforesaid on the north and south sides thereof severally 113 feet 6 inches; contains in the whole 340 1-6th square yards, or thereabouts, be the several dimensions or the total contents a little more or less, and is bounded obelonn the east b toy Show - s t r eet aforesaid, on the west by landbelonging William Jones, on the north by land and buildings belonging to Mr. Falcon, and on the south by land and buildings now or late belonging to Edward Matthews. And also all those Four Terrace MESSUAGES or DWEL LING-HOUSES. situate on the east side of Haigh-street. in ' Everton, near Liverpool aforesaid, and immediately at the back of the premises hereinbefore described. The Land is bounded on the south by premises belonging to on the north by premises belonging to Mr. Falcon, on the west by Haigh-street aforesaid, and on the east by land and premises firstly hereinbefore described, and measures, on the east and west sides thereof respectively, 21 feet, and on the north and south sides thereof respectively 38 feet 4 inches, .and contains in the whole 115 square yards of Land, be the same dimensions a little more or less. The Tenure is Freehold. A portion of the Purchase Mone y may remain on Mortgage of the Premises. to WILLIAM BIRD , E s q ., For further particulars a pp l y Official Assignee, South Castle-street or to Mr. JOHN CON WAY, Solicitor, 58, Castle- street, Liverpool. By Messrs. WALKER and ACKERLEY, THIS PAY (Tuesday), the 16th instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, in South John-street, Liverpool, APiece of LAND, situate on the west side of Back Russell-street, or Russell-place, and south side of Bartlam-street, in Liverpool, containing in front to Back Russell -street, or Russell-place (i n cluding one-halfdepth of a pas e - sa ge leading into c ourt there) 10i yards, in on th north and south sides severally yards, and in breadth at the back 8a yards. Together with the Four several DWELLING-HOUSES thereon erected, Two of which front Back Russell-street e fronts Ba , rt or R usse ll-place, and are numb ered 5 and 7 ; On l am -street, and is numbered 12 ; and the other is in a court at the back thereof. The Tenure is Leasehold under the Corporation of Liver pool for a term of 120 years, determinable on the decease of three lives (two of which, aged 68 and 70, are now in being) and the expiration of 21 years after the decease of the sur• vivor of the said three lives, subject to the rent, covenants, and agreements in the original lease thereof contained. Further pin ticulars may be had by applying to Messrs. MoRE. CROFT and SuNS , Solicitors, 6, Clayton-square, Liverpool. ------___ . BY ORDER OF THE DEVISEES IN TRUST OF THE LATE JOHN BRIDGE ASPINALL, ESQ. By Mr. SYERS, On THURSDAY, the Ist day of June next, at One o'clock in the afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liverpool. in the following or such other Lots as may be agreed upon, and subject to the conditions of sale then to he produced. THE following most desirable and im p rovin g PROPERTY : Lot 1. All that capital MESSUAGE or MANSION-HOUSE, with the STABLES and OUTBUILDINGS thereto belonging, called " SPRINGFIELD," situate near Knotty Ash, in the township of West Derby, near Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, with the extensive GARDENS. PLEASURE GROUNDS, and LAND belonging thereto, containing alto gether, by recent admeasurernent, about 22A. ltt. and 131'., statute measure. The House is admirably built and planned, and rep'ete with every convenience for a large Family, and has recently, together with the Hothouse, &C., undergone considerable repairs. The Garden is large, and well stocked with Fruit Trees, a nd contains Hothouse and Greenhouse,and every other con venience for Plants, grc• a tion of William Steuart, Esq. , The above is in.the oc cu p who is a tenant from year to year. Also, all that pleasantly-situated MESSUAGE or DWELL ING-EIOUSE, together with Three COTTAGES erected upon and forming part of the Springfield Estat e, and abutting upon the Lane leading from the Prescot-road to the village of West Derby and to Sandown-park ; together with the OUT BUILDINGS thereto belonging, the said Messuage being in the occupation of Mr. Francis Reynolds, and the Cottages all well tenanted. Omnibuses are constantly passing to anti from Liverpool, and the Broad-green Station of the London and Northwestern Railway is within fifteen minutes' walk. The whole of the Land is delightfully situated, and well ad Vas. N re r it i l s itB. Copyllold under the Lord of the Manor of 'West Derby, with the exception of a Small Slip of Land, or Plantation, at the back of the Estate, which is Freehold of I client:ince. Lot 2.—A1l that Piece of LAND, Freehold of Inheritance, situate on the southeast side of Suffolk-street and southwest side of Henry-streeet, in Liverpool, containing iu front to Suffolk-street 12 feet 6 inches, and running in depth back. wards along fienry-street SO feet 6 inches, and on the south west, along the Messuage, or Dwellino•-house, hereinafter d,scribed as Lot 3, 60 feet 9 inches. then'turning off at a right angle and running towards the southwest 14 feet 3 inches, then turning off at another right angle and running to the sou theast 19 feet 9 inches, then turning off at anoth w er ards right angle and running northeast to the front of Henry-street 57 feet 6 inches, with the Two NI ESSUAGES, COACH-HOUSE, STABLE, and LOFT thereon erected, bonlded on the south by Suffolk street, on the northeast by Il e nry-street, on the sou theast by Premises no w or late the Property of Mr. Robert Irving, and on the southwest by the Messuage comprised in Lot 3. and, The above is in the respecti v e occupations of, Mr. Hepp Mr. Hallawell, and Mr. M`Millen. Lot 3.—A1l that Piece of LAND, held under Lase fro them the C orpora tion of Liverpool fo r Seventy-five from 9th day of Angust, 1834, situate on the southeast side of Suffolk street aforesaid, containing in front thereto and at the back (in part along a Cominon Passage of 3 feet wide) severally. 15 feet, and running in depth backwards on the northea inst side 2, , a long the House fr onting Itenry-street comprised Lot 60 feet 5 inches, and on the southwest side 60 feet 5 inches; together with the MESSUAGE and .PREMISES erected thereon, and with the use of the said Common Passage. The above is in the occupation of Mr. John Gallagher. Lot 4.—A1l that Piece of LAND, Freehold of Inheritance, situate in Liverpool, and fronting to Marble-street, Hood street. and Charles-street respectively, being on the south inchs, Hood-street, containing in front thereto 70 feet 9 inches, and adjoining on the west' side thereof to Premises belonging to Mr. J. Rawlinson, Mr. John Pickford, and Mr. Lewis Heyman respectively, and on the east side to Marble street, and running in depth backwards from Hood-street aforesaid, on the south side .thereof, 101 feet, and on the west 70 feet, or thereabouts, and on the south, fronting to Charlea-street, 70 feet ; together with the TOBACCO MANU FACTORY. MESSUAGE, WAREHOUSE, SHOPS,• and PREMISES erected thereon, which are in the respective occupations of Mr. Barry, Mr. SPEtrinall, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Sayer, and Mr. Jones. ' Lot I may be viewed on application to Messrs. Laos, Moors, and ROSCOE, Solicitors, Castle-street, Liverpool ;or to Messrs. Faxwicst and AsPIgALL, SolieitprS, 7, Exchange alley North, Liverpool ; and the other Lots on application to the respective Tenants. For further parti cu l a rs and plan of the Estate apply to Messrs. LACE. RIGGE, and ROSCOE, Solicitors, Cast l e -street, I,iverpool; or to Messrs. 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North Prince's-buildings, John-street, Liverpool, May 9, 185 k. THE WAR BUDGET. Mu. GLADSTONE, on 'Monday last, made his financial statement for the expenses of the war, in an elaborate speech, which occupied thirteen columns of the morning papers. In analysing this exposition of Ministerial views, it will not be necessary to comment on the causes of this addi tional burden on the resources of the country, because, although it is beyond a doubt that the necessity for war is mainly, if not solely, attri butable to the insincerity of the PREMIER, and the want of union in the Cabinet, the mischief has been done, the step has been taken, and the only course is to unite our energies to bring it to a successful conclusion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER commenced his speech by entering into a defence of his financial operations of last year with reference to 4 attempt to reduce the National Debt, and his r uction and subsequent increase of the interest on Exchequer Bills. In this he was simply plausible, for, without endea vouring to justify the course pursued, indeed ad mitting its utter failure, he called upon the ch house to recollect the state of public feeling whi pre , vailed at the time the measure was proposed, and the fact that the only opposition he encountered was from those who considered the terms too favourable to the fun dholder. Such a justification would be ample, if we could c onsider that the Minister knew as little of diplomatic negotiations as the rest of the public ; but since then we have become acquainted with the private and confi dential correspondence, and, unless the CHAN• CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER can plead that he was not in the secrets of the Cabinet, the value of his defence is altogether destroyed. The most interesting point of his statement is that, however, by which he proposes to raise the ten millions which he computes to be the addi tional expenditure of the first year. He argues, and perhaps very justly, that such an expense should, as far as possible, be paid out of taxation, without entailing it on posterity thrOugh raising it by way of loan. In some respects, this position is a sound one ; but as the benefits of the war, should any arise, will be largely shared by poste rity, the injustice of iniposing, part of the burden in the same direction would not be so unjust or impolitic as might at first sight appear. The last war was the most enormously expensive that this or any country ever endured, but we have had the advantage in a forty yeah; peace, during which Great Britain has reached the pinnacle of national and commercial greatness. Nor has the legacy of debt proved a very serious burden, when we take into account the large sums which have since been invested in foreign loans, mining, and, above all, ' railway construction to the extent of three hun dred millions, in addition to which there has been an immense increase in floating capital and that devoted to commercial purposes. Still it is im possible to predict with safety the probable dura tion of the war, or what pecuniary sacrifices may still be requisite, and, therefore, it is prudent at the best to defer a resort to a loan until the means of raising the cost of taxation are exhausted. With this view of the case, we can, therefore, con scientiously give credit to Mr. GLADSTONE for his attempt to avoid any increase for the present of the National Debt. With reference to the class of taxation by which he proposes to raise the sum requir ed, the q uestion is open to more serious objection. Whatever may be the opinions advanced for selfish purposes by the advocates of the Manchester school, any system of direct taxation is fraught with inequality, and consequ ently with injustice , because the burden is t h rown upon one class ; and another, which may be equally well able to bear it, is left totally exempt. In proposing, therefore, to raise two- , thirds of his demand upon the national resources by doubling the Income-tax, Mr. GLADSTONE makes a concession to democracy which is un worthy of the high• position which he assumes. He takes great credit to himself for abstaining to consult his own convenience by resorting to a loan. Yet it is but the next step to depend •upon an ad ditional Income-tax, the sole ,advantage of which is the ease with which it is collected, and the almost certainty of its yielding the estimated amo unt, an advantage which might not apply to indirect taxation, which is influenced by the extent of consumption. It has already been shown that it is impossible to levy direct taxation under any system without inflicting injustice ; and even Mr. G LADSTONE acknowledges that both Mr. PITT and Sir ROBERT PEEL found it utterly impracticable even to make any distinction between incomes derived' from realised property and those earned by labour and intelligence. In numerous instances men are earning weekly wages far beyond t he limit of taxation , and yet there are few mean s of bringing them within its reach ; while others, with annual salaries which render them liable, are struggling to maintain a position which is indis pensable to their obtain i ng a subsistence. By any form of income-tax, the labouring cla.ss,whose neces sary expenditure is far less than that of the class a b o ve them, is altogether exempt; and yet the latter, with impoverished means, are called upon to bear two-thirds of the cost of the war, in addition to their share of the enhanced value of other commodities. It is a tax which should only be resorted to in cases of extreme necessity ; and, though the present may be considered an occasion to justify it s imposition , it is to be hoped that no f u r ther au g mentation will take place until all other means have been ex hausted. We may remark that the Income-tax would press far more equally, and,•conlequentlY, with less of injustice, if the example auto. PITT we re followed, and the scale were m com mence on incomes of £6O a year ; and the burden would be still less felt if the tax were charged on all the income above that amount, or, in other words, to allow every man to deduct £6O from his annual income; and pay the tax on the remainder. Th e remaining one-third of the required ten millions is to be raised by an increase of is. per gallon duty on Scotch spirits, Bd, per gallou Irish spirits, a retention of the present amount or sugar duties, or nearly so, instead of reducing them as fixed by the act of Parliament, on the sth of July next, and an augmentation of the excise duty on malt from 2s. 9d. to 4s. a bushel. In this selection, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has shown much judgment and prudence, though, as a matter of course, in every scheme to increase taxation there are always many to be found who will argue that revenue ought to be derived through some other channel than that which im mediately affects themselves. This is particularly the case with regard to the proposed addition to the Malt-duty, some of the representatives of the agricultural interest contending that the farmers have been too little considered in modern legisla tion, and ought not to be called upon to bear any fresh burdens. It is an egregious error to suppose that the farmers, as a class, pay the duty on malt, which is borne by those who drink beer, and as this is a custom of very general observance, it is anticipated that this item in the War Budget will realise the amount expected from it, particularly as the proposed increase of ls. 3d. per bushel will hardly make an appreciable difference in the retail price of the manufactured article. Such will also be the case with spirits ;, and, besides this, there are very many who, upon moral grounds, will cor dially agree with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER in his attempt to pay for the war out of the anti-temperance habits of those who share none of its dangers. It may be that the yield of these several addi. tions to the revenue will not fully realise the estimates of their productiveness, but, on the whole, the majority of our readers will agree with us that Mr. GLADSTONE has adopted a course to which, perhaps, the least exception can be taken ; and we the more readily make this admission, be cause there is so little in the policy of the present Cabinet with which we can coincide. " Homunculi quanti stint, cum recogi;o."• the least of it, passing strange. '-PLALTTUS. MERCHANT SHIPPING LEGISLATION. ANY attempt which is made to render the law m ore intelligible and comprehensive , by consoli dating the various acts of Parliament relating to any particular subject, is in many respects praise worthy, and should entitle those who undertake the laborious duty to very great credit. It may be doubted, hosiever, whether the vast interests of commerce have, in reality, been benefited by the various enactments which. from time to time, have been brought to bear upon its operations. The mighty shipping and commercial interests of Great Britain have, it must be remembered, at tained their gigantic elevation irrespective of other aid from legislation than the restrictive pro tection of the Navigation-laws, and, therefore, every attempt to fetter future operations by act of Parliament is naturally viewed with some degree of suspicion, and should receive the most careful consideration in its details by those most com petent to judge, and most interested in its results, before receiving the sanction of the Legislature. A bill is now before Parliament entitled " a bill to amend and consolidate the acts relating to mer chant shipping," and, as the names of Mr. CARD- I WELL, the President of the Board of Trade, and 1 Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the First Lord of the Admi -1 ralty, are on the back of it, it may be considered a Ministerial me asure. It is a very voluminous affair, containing no fewer than 460 sections or clauses, and is said to be the most bulky document ever submitted to Parliament as a singe measure. Many of its prov isions are simply the rel-enactment of laws already in operation, but there are some portions which will militate very severely against the shipping interest, and particularly against the im mense amount of property invested in steam naviga \ tion; these points deserve the especial attention, not I only of our own representatives, but all those who consider rapid communication with foreign ports 1 to be of essential advantage to the trade of the kingdom. The objections to them have been strongly urged by the Steam-ship Association of this port, in an able document explanatory of the bill; and we call particular attention to it, in order to give the most objectionable provisions more ex tended publicity. By far the most important alteration proposed is in section 23 of the bill, by which it is proposed to be enacted that in all steam-vessels in which the propelling p o wer is to the gross tonnag e one-horse power for every seven tons, the amount allowed to be deducted in the registered tonnage for the space occupied by the propelling power shall for paddle wheel steamers be three-tenths, and for screw steamers two-tenths, of the gross tonnage. The effect of this alteration as concerns steam-vessels belonging to this port will be very serious. For instance, in the Alps and Andes the increase will be not less than 50 per cent., and in most of the steamers, both screw and paddle-wheel, the increased per tentag e will be very great. The consequence of such an alteration will be to augment materially all dues charged upon regis tered tonnage, such as light, dock, and other dues. Such a provision must tend materially to discourage, if it do not altogether put a stop to improvement in steam navigation ; for the owners of those vesse ls possessing the most ample means for speed and efficiency will be the greatest sufferers, as they will have to pay charges for space which cannot in any way be made available for freight, instead of, as at present, paying only for that portion of the vessel which can carry passengers or cargo. It will, therefore, unless modified or repealed, be an effectual bar to the construction of powerful and fast steamers, which in all cases are the safest, but operate seriously, if not fatally, to the extension of steam communication with many distant ports, to which the enterprise of Liverpool shipowners in particular is opening up new markets for British commerce: At a time like the pre sent, when every exertion is being made to secure to Great Britain the maintenance of her commercial superiority, such a regulation would prove a heavy blow a nd great discouragement, which ought to be firmly resisted. It is well known that many lines of steam -ships depend more u pon hopes for the f uture than existing profits ; even the great New York lines are supported hic by subsidies from Go vernment ; w hile to those w h have recently commenced, such as to Canada, Bra zil, Africa, and the projected line to Australia, it would prove a death-blow, a suicidal act on the part of a Government which we may ur belcommerce ieve to be an imated by a des ire to promote o to the fullest extent. It has been estimated that in one coasting steamer, making three voyages a week, the difference in dues, f rom an increase not amoun ting to 100 tons, would not be less • than £4OO a year—a ruinous addition to the amount of charges now paid, and which must directly militate against steam-navigation under any circumstances, and particularly against companies competing with railways. The question is of too great importance to be passed over ; and unless the Ministry consent to an alteration of the objectionable clause, it must be resisted by every means allowed by the forms of Parliament. It is preposterous to argue that any advantage to commerce can be gained by lay ing a restriction, or impost, on one class of con veyance to benefit another. Even supposing that, from steamers being forced then atural result, if not the design, of what is urged by the sailing shipowners upon Mr. CARDWELL) to raise their rates of freight, the sailing ships are enabled, to some extent, to raise theirs also, what will be the con sequence P Why, plainly, that the public will puffer, and that a premium will lac affOrdqd to THE BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA. THE official despatches, describing the bombard ment of the Russian port of Odessa, which were received by the Ministry only on Thursday last, and published in the London Gazette of Friday, are of little more value than to confirm the correct ness of the reports previously received, which we published last week. During the last war, great interest was excited by the various bulletins de scriptive of our victories by sea and land l; but the press has now outstripped the State in the race for bringing the earliest and most authentic intelli gence --notwithstanding the sneers of certain titled legislators—aid official despatches have lost all interest —except the novelty of their appearance at all —through being so long an ticipated. There is, however, one prominent point in the late affair which demands an intelligible explanation in order that the .public may understand whether, after all these mighty preparations, we are really at war with Russia. It appears from the statements of Admiral DUSDAS, that the ostensible motive for the attack on Odessa was the firing by the Russians on a flag of truce, contrary to all the usages of civilised warfare. For this outrage he demanded, as a reparation, that all the English, French, and Russian vessels anchored near the fortress or the batteries of Odessa should be delivered to the combined squadron ; and , upon a refusal to comply with this demand, the bombardment took place, and the fortifications were destroyed. This is so far intelligible; but the natural inference to be drawn is, that had the Russians not fired upon the flag of truce, or had they made the reparation demanded, the bombardment would not have taken place. Plain people will, therefore, ask themselves the question, for what purpose has the declaration of war been made, if our fleet in the Black Sea is to wait for a breach of warlike usages on the part of the Russians, in order to justify an attack on a Russian fortress P There appears to have been a punctilio of national politeness, the reason of which is not very clear, unless Admiral DUNDAS has secret instructions to spare the enemy, instead of bringing him to reason by reducing all the strong holds in which he puts his trust. It is declared in the despatch, which we have given in another column, that in addition to the fortress of Odessa, the Russians were labouring day and night in strengthening the moles and erecting formidable sea-defences, and had also collected between' 0,000 and 30,000 men for the protection of this military depot, as well as for the security of vessels seek ing shelter under the guns of the place. These it would be thought would furnish abundant reasons for attacking the fort and destroying the works ; and yet, we are told, that the ostensible, if not the sole motive for the bombardment, was the outrage on the flag of truce, and the refusal to make reparation. The Ministers should be called upon for a distinct explanation, or we may be doubtful whether we are really at war, and whether the preparations are not, after all, only a show. But, perhaps, Sir CHARLES NAPIER will soon tell a different story in the Baltic, as he is only waiting for the ice to break up from the northern ports to commence operations. enable foreign shipping to take fr om us a large probably the coming election will elicit an explanation. What are the Commissioners about, that they do not put portion of our carrying trade. their shoulders to the wheel? All the energies they pos- By section 37 an alteration will be made by sesi will be necessary, in order to place Birkenhead in the which- there will in future be no means of position which it ought to occupy. establishing companies, as is now the case in Scotland, •by registering vessels in the names BIRKENHEAD " THE LIVERPOOL of trustees, and the only resource, without MAIL." an alteration of the law, will be for companies to obtain a clip.' ter of incorporation. This clause, therefore, requires some modification, in order to adapt it to circumstances which have proved bene ficial in so many instances. The Bill is divided into eleven parts, of which the ninth relates to the responsibility of shipowners. In this there is no material alteration from the law as it at present stands, but what is required is a definitive settlement of the doubts which exist as to the liability of shipowners under the act, known as Lord Campbell's Act, for affording compensation to the relatives of persons killed by wrongful act, neglect or defraud. It is well known that this act was intended to apply especially, if not exclusively, to railway accidents ; but by slovenly language, common to all hasty legislation, it may be made to apply to any description of accident, and the glo rious uncertainty of the law has left it doubtful whether a shipowner, who can have no possible control over the management of his vessel—other than that afforded by the certificates of the master's capability required by the law—is not pecuniarily liable to the full extent of all his means for any loss of life which may occur, through wrongful act, neglect, or default. Such a regulation is mani festly unjust when applied to railways, because the innocent suffer for the guilty, and every passenger may insure his life for a trifling outlay, as shown in an able pamphlet by Mr. BOOTH, of the London and North-western railway; but its application to shipowners would be still greater injustice, because the control is infinitely less ;. and therefore a Bill, which professes to comprehend all the law relating to merchant shipping, should distinctly declare the exemption of shipowners from such an uncertain and loosely-defined liability. We have gone into the question at some length, from the importance of the subject,but have referred only to those points of the measure which especially demand alteration or modification. We can hardly believe that Mr. CARDWELL will persist in pressing the clauses alluded to in their present state, when the objections to them have been pointed out, and the attention of the legislature called to them by our representatives and those of other shipping rrts. IN a leading article of the Liverpool Mail of Saturday last, the editor has done me the honour to remark on a letter,with the signature of "Tabakraucher," that appeared in that paper on tL (Ith inst., the subject being Birken head. He sets out with a compliment, and winds up with a growl. A compliment, because some of my observations have been co-incident with his own —a growl, because some of his friends are rather thin-skinned, and mightily afraid of a certain well-known "Mrs. Grundy." He accuses me of throwing out indiscriminate censure on the Commissioners of Birkenhead as a body, and on Mr. Curry individually. I frankly meet those charges with a peremptory denial, and refer him to his OWII columns for the proof of my assertions. That men holding the office of a commissioner are open to remark, is a truism that even he will not be so daring as to deny. What ! A man, who, when remarking on any one dissent ing from his own opinion, cannot dip his pen into the ink bottle without loading it with terms of the most vulgar vituperation, to cry out halt, when in the fair field of cri ticism a touch of the whipcord is applied; this is, to say I found fault with Mr. Curry, because he introduced a paltry squabble about a disputed 4d. with a car-driver, at a meeting of the commissioners. I do not retract one word of this. I say that it was beneath the dignity of a commissioner of Birkenhead to occupy the time of a meeting of their body with such twaddle. Having, how ever, done so, and a committee having taken the case into their consideration, it was the duty of Mr. Curry to have attended that committee at their invitation. Mr. Curry, forgetting that there is such a thing as "courtesy," did not attend the committee. The chairman, Mr. Wil loughby, was perfectly satisfied at the explanations given by Mr. Evans, the owner of the car. As a commissioner, Mr. Curry ought to have made himself acquainted with the cost of the hire of a car to his own door. If he then had an idea that the car-driver had imposed on him, it , was his bounden duty as a commissioner to have made an example of the man for the benefit of the public at large, by taking out a summons and bringing the matter before the magistrates. All this was open to him—but no ! like a petted child, he has recourse to his "debating club," and tells the chairman of the commissioners that " it was not the 4d. he cared about, but the manner in which he had been asked for it." Mr. Curry being proved to be wrong, and the car-driver to be right, the writer in the Mail adopts the well-known adage of certain lawyers,—" No case ; abuse the plaintiff's attorney :" Mr. Curry is perfectly welcome to the wholesale adula tion of the writer in the Mail,—it certainly will require a huge appetite to digest it. It is, however, open to me, or to any other ratepayer, to inquire what has Mr. Curry done during the twelve months he has held the office of a commissioner? Will the Mail favour the public with a summary of these wonderful doings ? As to the writer of these lines, although suffering from severe indisposition, wonderful to relate, the article in the Mail has not quite put an end to his days ! And he begs to assure Mr. Curry, or any other commissioner, that, when he may feel disposed to comment on the proceedings of their body, he does hope that such comments will be couched in the language of gentlemanly society. Most willingly does he eave the writer of the Mail to indulge in the pure classic terms of Wapping, and St. Giles'. The Mail evidently writes with a relish; it is some thing, on occasion, to give way to the tone of a man's mind; some men have a natural wish for improvement; others prefer the beaten track ; but the writer in the Mail is disposed to march backward. To what else can be attributed, as applied to respectable tradesmen, such terms as "decent sort of men who can knead dough, or paint a cart, or draw a pot of beer, or survey a gin-hsop." " Men who, in the art of municipal government, exhibit their asinine propensities of braying, kicking, &c." Surely Mr. Curry ought to feel ashamed of a defence, in which, with the same breath, his colleagues are thus stig matised ! Are we living in busy England, and in that 1 corner of England more especially devoted to commerce and trade of all kinds, and that in the 19th century, to be ridden rough-shol over by any man, writer of leaders or not, who shall attempt to thrust such trash on the pub lic? It was a true remark of Napoleon, that England was a nation of shopkeepers. Wait on the Exchange of London, Liverpool, Glasgow, pick out the busy b.eis, the enterprising minds, and then let the writer in the Zrfail ask hhnself the question, how many of the most leading men, who have made their way by dint of industry, in tegrity, and perseverance, can boast of the familiar quar teriugs of a German baron, whose rent-roll is oft inferior to his title ? Away with such contemptible rubbish. The Mail attributes the heavy taxation and house rent to the want of wiser heads. If this writer does not know facts, he ought to have made himself acquainted with them. This taxation lays at the door of commissioners of Birkenhead, when the place was one scene of laud specu lations, of land gambling —when land put up for public sale (Winstanley auctioneer) by the commissioners, was bought in, by their order, at a fabulous price. I leave the writer in the Mail to explain this. Birkenhead has barely yet recovered'the blow dealt out to her by her then so called friends. The management of the funds of the township was not then properly attended to, else the Woodside and the Monks' ferries would long ago have been the property of the township. Since the Mail is so condescending as to say that "the shopocracy dynasty of Birkenhead are indebted to one forbearance, not to our ignorance," I would, with all proper humility, ask the writer to proceed, and perhaps he will further solicit his friends (Greene —Rae—Curry—Furniss), whose names he introduces prominently, to support Mr. Willoughby the next time he brings forward a motion for a searching in vestigation as to the how large sums of borrowed money have been disposed of—whether the said sums have been appropriated to the purposes for which they were in- - tended. If memory serves me rightly, these friends of the Mail repudiated such inquiry net very long since. Touching the one shilling additional rate, which Mr. Greene and his friends were so anxious to saddle the town ship with, the forbearance and ignorance of the Mail are characteristically displayed. The Mail says the rate was to be laid upon land. Of course the Mail should be cor rect. It does so happen that the tax was to fall upon houses, not on land. So much for the forbearance of the Mail. The present taxation of Birkeuhead is 3s. in the pound, Commissioners' rates, and ls. in the pound poor rates—a total of twenty per cent. for local rates only. Little wonder that families avail themselves of .the good roads, the lamps of Birkenhead, and live just outside the boundary, to escape so heavy taxation. The "asses yoked in the team," is rather an unfortunate allusion of the writer in the Mail—the term "asses" being a usual compliment from that quarter to any person hold ing an opposite opinion. Ass—asinine—flows so glibly from his pen, that he must be acquainted with the proverb, "Plus neqabit unus - a3inus in unil horel, guam centum philosophi probarerint in centum annis." I had the temerity to suggest as men well adapted for the office of Commissioners at the ensuing election, the names of Laird, Stewart her, Lamont, Carmichael, Derby shire, Clayton. The writer in the Mail does not agree with me. He has had the kindness—the very gentlemanly feeling—to offer as candidates at the next election a par ticular friend of his, viz., his sweep, with a clean shirt, as chairman, and half-n-dozen scavengers to fill up vacancies in the body of Commissioners. Whether the gentlemen whose names I have suggested are to be considered proper associates for " our own sweep and scavengers," I leave to the decision of the erudite writer in the Mail. TABAKRAUCHEB, Beech Lasvn, Mey 15th, 1854. • MORE STABBIN G C ct, on Sr,torda A ; S E S IX LIVERPOOL.—At the stabbing Henry Wa4 - son .' , James Ryan was charged with limn Werett was eh and Thomas Watson, and Wll - with aiding and abetting. On Friday night the prisoners, who are American seamen, were going - along Rupert-mid, when they came up to the Watson:- , who are brothers, and jostled roughlY against them. A scuffle ensued, in the course of which Ryan drew a knife and stabbed the brothers above the right hip, inflicting dangerous wounds. Ryan was taken into 1 custody on the spot, and the Watsons were conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where they remain in a dangerous state. The other prisoner was subsequently apprehended on board the ship Capital, to which he and Ryan belonged. They were remanded for seven days. WARBINGTOS.--TITB MI LITIA.—The period for which the men forming the 4th Royal Lane ishire Militia were assembled for training has drawn to a close, and they were disbanded on Saturday. On Thursday last, they were in on the ,training ground , near Ar p le y station, by Colone l Derinzy, of Liverpool, when the usual evolutions snected the men. At the close Colonel D e _ were preformed by rinzc addressed them, and expressed his astonisl sa tisfaction at the progress t he y had made, and warmly astonishment and congratu l a t e d the officers on the success of their ' In the afternoon games, foot races, Fee. were entered into exertions. by the men, and a s t ee p le-chase was run b y several of the officers, the course being three tunes round several of the f i elds in Arpley. VT° be ,oib or let. FOR SALE, a Dark Ches nut MARE, 6 years, 15i hands ; a good Hack nod Hunter. 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TrIE CIIkILITT, Captain Paton, belonging to the Cana dian Steam Navigat ion Company, s ailed on Wednesday for Quebec and Montreal direct, with 30 first cabin, 40 second cabin, and 170 third class passengers, a large cargo, and the mails for Canada. Her accommodations for third class passengers are of a very superior kind . , and gave general satisfaction, The Cleopatria, belonging to the same line, has made the passage hence to Quebec in thirteen days—the fastest On record, PROGRESS OF BIR.K.EXHP-ID. ALMOST twelve mouths having expired since the last election of Commissioners, the approach of another election has created some interest towards the proceedings of the Past twelve months. We do not, however, perceive that progress which vfetwere led to anticipate. As far as regards the long talked of shipbuilding yards, it must be admitted that some unforeseen obstacles had arisen in the completion of the arrangements entered into with Messrs. WrLsos and others, which rendered it necessary to release Mr. WiLsola altogether from the engagement; hut all matters having been satisfactorily arranged, the under taking has passed into other hands, and we may venture to hope that, although the delay had created some degree of anxiety and disappointment, Birkenhead will not ulti mately be prejudiced by the change. The works have now been fairly commeneed by Mr. Join.; LAIRD, who has engaged first-rate engineering talent in the person of Mr. ABERNETHY, under whose designs and superintendence the whole of the works will be completed with that dispatch and efficiency worthy the undertaking, and which, when completed, will be equal, if not superior, to any Shipbuild ing establishment in the kingdom. We cannot offer to ' ourßirkenliend friends similar congratulations with respect to the progress of the dock works. We were led to believe that, as the consequence of the last election, the whole of the works would be prosecuted with vigour, and be com pleted within two years or two years and a half at the most; but one year having already elapsed, we cannot co nceal our fears that, judging by the past, considerable latitude must be given to the proposed period, before anything approaching to completion will be visible. We are at a loss to understand why there is so little appear ance of progress upon the margin of the great float, as it was generally believed that several shipbuilding establish ments were about to be formed, and that leases had been made out and contracts entered into with several parties, and wanted merely the signatures'of the trustees to com plete the contracts. But we suppose that several parties, tired out by delays, have relinquished their engagements, as we find that Messrs. RENNIE and Jonnsox have established themselves in Liverpool, and Messrs. GETTY in Garston. We cannot account for these results, but