The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-06 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Correspondent complains strongly of the inconvenience w hic experienced at the PC-t , s. - mg-ers Waiting. House on the Pierhead , in conselnence of the room not being lighted with gas. We have received a letter from one of the paupers in the Work house who has requested us to express his grateful ac knowlethrmetits (along with those of his fellow paupers) to Mr. Woods or his kind attention to them on all occasions. We cannot fully satisfy cur correspondent Veritas. who requires of u which o the monthly magazines or periodicals is most suitable for a young man. whose taste inclines to " Science, Literature and general useful knowledge " There is no one - periodical that we know of which combines the three sub jeets. Blackwood. Fraser and the Dublin University, are the best literary magazines— give much useful knowledge besides. and excellent political disquisitions. but science must be sought in a purely scientific publication ; and at this moment We cannot point out the best. With respe -t also to " useful knowledge " we should know first what our correspondent considers useful. Ztherpool Atatftiarb. TUESDAY MORA/NG, FEB. 6, 1814. We have no knowledge of what may be the policy • of government, or what its measures in the coming session of Parliament, beyond what we gather from the somewhat meagre Speech from the Throne. But there is one subject, which we do not see touched upon there, to which we must implore the attention of Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative body in Parliament. That subject is the condition of the working poor of the land. We must make some great national effort to remove the abject po verty which surrounds us—which fills the cellars and courts of our large towns with wretchedness and vice—which is becoming daily and hourly more intense, and threatens ultimately to dissolve the very framework of society. Yes : we must remove this foul blot upon the British character—the fact that, with all our vast wealth, our vast resources, and the industry of our people, we have amongst us, in the very seats of our boasted greatness and riches, masses of suffering and degradation, which cannot be parallelled in the poorest nation upon earth. Look for a moment upon the picture presented to us by the following extract from the metropolitan police reports of last week : , ANOTHER RESULT OF " BUYING IN THE CHEAPEST MARKET."—At the Marlborough -street Police-office last week, Mary Connor, a pale skeleton-like young woman, was called in. She was the wife of a tailor, and had three young children. Her husband was out of work, lying sick. The constable reported that the applicants bore the cha racter of very hard-working honest people, but that they had lately been reduced to great distress by the inability of the husband to work. Mr. Hardwick asked the woman if she had applied for relief to the parish ? Woman.— Oh ! no, sir. We were certain to be refused out-door relief ; and my husband and myself would rather submit to anything than go into the workhouse with our children, and be separated from one another. How do you usually support yourself ?—My husband is a tailor. We work at making police trousers. What do you get for making a pair ?—We get 10d. a pair, and find our own thread and needles. How long does it take you to make a pair ?—lf a person works hard at it a pair can be made in about nine hours. My husband could do better work if he could get it, but there is none to be had. We have frequently Worked eighteen hours a day on the police trousers work, in order to get enough to buy food for ourselves and children. Can you get plenty of this sort of work ? Oh! no. There are hundreds employed in this work and soldiers' trousers work. We are obliged to go three or four times to the contractor, Mr. Dolan, to get the work, and to beg and pray for it as a favour, on account of the numbers of poor people who are fighting and struggling with each other to get it. But soldiers' trousers work is even worse, for we are only paid sd. a pair. All we now want is a few shillings to keep us till my husband gets round again, Mr. Hardwick directed the usher to give her 6s. Here, then,is where thesqualid wretchedness which meets us at every turn originates. Here, too, is the mode in which it progresses. A " hard-working honest man" is screwed down by the beggarly par simony of some " liberal" town-council or other, who adopt in their dealings the boasted contract system, to the slavery which must he endured, be fore he can support himself, his wife, and three children, upon the poor remuneration offered for making a policeman's trousers—tenpence a pair And yet even this, although to earn sufficient to live by it requires the labour of eighteen hours a-day, is better than the price paid by the government itself, in its army contracts. Fivepence a pair is the price paid for making soldiers' trousers ; and for this five pence there are " numbers of poor people fighting and struggling with each other," as if it were wealth itself ! And then mark the sequel. Sickness comes. The slave has overtoiled himself, and can toil no more. Has the law, in its wisdom, provided for the emergency in which those dependant upon him are placed. Does the public, to save whose pockets this drudge has been consigned to the tender mercies of the slopseller and the contractor, contribute now to relieve his crying necessities. No, the law has taken away that reliance upon the property of their country which is the birthright of Englishmen. It has said to the worn-out and helpless victim of the world's avarice, you must toil on, or starve in your wretched hovel, or in the streets, unless you are willing to be imprisoned for life, separated from all that you love, or by whom you are beloved, in the gloomy walla of a union workhouse. Thus we torture first, and then hold out to the victim's eye the prospect of a new torture, to bind him to an endurance of his fate. We furnish to the hard task-master a whip where with to lash his slaves to submission, and to fresh sacrifices. • This must not be permitted to continue. A Christian legislature and a Christian people must not longer tolerate a law which so far outrages hu manity. Our suffering poor must not be left de pendant upon casual charity, or the poor's box of a police office. The entire system of Somerset House must be put down, and promptly, unless we wish to drive the masses who now groan under the inflic tion of its heartless provisions to desperation. We invite the earnest attention of Conservatives to this matter, which must be handled resolutely and vigo rously, whatever the cold-blooded philosophers of the day may say to the contrary. The world has been cruelly deprived of light ' during the past week ; but, more than all, the Council of Liverpool have been most despitefully used. That body had an adjourned debate on Tuesday, upon a most important subject, which lasted from eleven o'olock in the forenoon until four o'clock in the afternoon—at which several leading members delivered their opinions at great length, and one or two most ably,—and yet the whole pro ceedings have been en% down by the reporters to a meagre outline, occupying little more space than half a column of a newspaper. We grieve for this on general grounds; and we must protest that it is to us perfectly unaccountable. We grieve for the fact, which it indicates, that the public has lost a great portion of its wonted interest in the proceed ings of the Council, when the press neglects to re port more than a mere sketch of those proceedings. Upon some of the speeches delivered, however, we cannot afford to throw away the opportunity of remarking; and, first, we turn to the speech of Mr. Bushell, who contended, in opposition to the opi nions of all practical men, that increased dock room was not much wanted, and that it was perilous to attempt any large measure of extension. By the lengthening of the Custom-house hours, the existing docks might be made to do a third more work, and to accommodate any increase of the trade of the port which we have any right to anticipate for some years to come. Mr. Bushell would have the land ing-waiters to work twelve hours a day instead of eight. "Time," he urged, " is money." Be care ful of time, and you may do a large trade in a small space ; and this remarkable information he clenched with a history of a fortune made in "Joey's chop house." Now, we dare say it is quite true that "Joey " did make his fortune in a house very small com pared with that of some of his neighbours. But we do not think that this is at all a case in point with the case of the Liverpool docks. Ships are not quite so expeditious in their movements as city traders, who snatch their chop or steak in a tavern, and run off with their crust of cheese and bread, to munch as they hurry to the shop or the Stock Ex change. You might, perhaps, with an extra supply of landing-waiters, and longer hours of working, discharge a vessel in somewhat less time than at present; but you must still provide some place for the ship until she has another cargo on board and is ready for sea again. No, no Believe us, Mr. Bushell, this project will go a very small way to re move the wants so much complained of by the ship owners and merchants of the port. But, whilst we think its wisdom very questionable in a practical view, we must protest altogether against the philosophy upon which it is based. "Time is money." Yes, it is money—for the merchant. But time is the labouring man's ESTATE, and you have no business to put that estate in your own pocket. Extend the hours of the landing waiter from eight hours to twelve, and you take from him a portion of that which should be devoted to the affairs of his own family, and, perhaps, to objects still more valuable. Let the landing -waiter attend twelve hours, that the merchants may gratify their inordinate thirst for money getting, and the labourer's hours—the warehouseman's hours—the clerk's hours—will forthwith be stretched to four teen or sixteen hours. Why, the factory systera would he nothing to this drudgery, to which Mr.. Bushell would' consign one half of the industrious portion of our community t But turn we to-the able review of the whole ques tion under consideration contained in the admirable address of Mr. Nicol. This address, full of sound practical knowledge of his subject,. effectually dis sipated the cloud of sophistries with which Messrs. Aikin and Evans, wftli their supporters, had laboured to invest it; and if fully given to the world, as it well deserved to be, would, along with the admirable speech of Mr. Bramley-Moore, have fully satisfied the most sceptical, of the wisdom of the course now decided upon by the Dock Committee and the Council. Mr. Alderman Evans is aground. His reign over the Dock Committee, and his domination over the Council, are at an end; and "having in vain-en deavoured, through official channels, to prevent the consummation of the measures for dock extension,. recently carried by majorities in " both these bodies; the poor bewildered gentleman "thinks it right to appeal to that out-door influence, which is still sufficient, if not to prevent, at least to abate, the worst part of the impending evil," resulting from a persevering refusal to believe in the absolute wisdom of himself and his small knot of worshippers. The Alderman has, in consequence, addressed a letter to " the merchants and traders of Liverpool," which appeared in yesterday's Albion; and,, upon the arguments in that letter, addressed to the " out door influence" which he has so long defied and scoffed at, we venture to meet him ; not,-however, as the authorised and chosen champion of those merchants and traders, but in our humble capacity as independent journalists. And, first, let us look at the premises of Mr. Alderman Evans. Speaking of the Harrington purchase, he remarks " The wants of the timber trade were, at first, set forth as the ground for requiring dock extension at the south ; but, this ground not having proved tenable, the expediency of removing the timber trade further south and relin quishing the Brunswick to general trade has taken its place. I shall, nevertheless, keep to the original ground and examine the plea for timber dock extension. To this end I beg the public to observe, that 1843 was a year of national recovery—of commercial, manufactnring.- and agricultural prosperity. The consumption of timber in that year should, therefore, be taken as a fair standard by which to estimate the consumption of succeeding years. " The state of the timber trade, as tested by constlmp . . . tion, may be judged of by the following extracts from Messrs. Dempsey and Froste's circular, of Ist February. I take the first and last years therein given, and confine the analysis to square timber, as being that for which wide quays are required, and, from the magnitude of its con sum pti9n, in comparison of other articles of timber, being the proper statistical test. Baltic timber taken for con sumption „ „ in 1839 was 352,000 ft. Ditto „ in 1843 was 364,000 ft. British American timber „ in 1839 was 5,735,000 ft. Ditto _ f in 1943 was 5,480,000 ft. " Here is not only no increase, but a positive falling off, in consumption ; and it is surely unnecessary to insist that importation must finally be governed by consump tion. It is clear, therefore, that, for timber, no dock ex tension is requisite, and that any peculiar value ascribed to the Harrington property, asraffording dock accommo dation to the timber trade, has no existence." Now, upon this question of the wants of the timber i trade, we must say that Mr. Evans is too jesuitical for our taste. It is true,,indeed, as he states, that the year 1843 was " a year of national recovery ; " but that fact scarcely constitutes it a year of national health, such as would warrant us in taking it as "a fair standard by which to estimate the consumption of succeeding years." And, moreover, in the article , of Baltic timber, it cannot—consumption cannot— be taken as an estimate at all ! The consumption in 1843—taking the Alderman's figures as correct,, which they are as nearly as may be,—was only 12,000 feet more than in 1839. But it must be remembered that the last reduction in duty only took place in October of that year;—too late to. render Baltic timber profitably available for build ing purposes, for which it is mainly fitted;, and, partly owing to this circumstance, it will be seen by the reader who will refer to any of the wood brokers' circulars, such timber was superseded by the red pine of our own colonies. And, again, with respect to colonial timber, it must be remembered that, after all,, according to the Alderman's own admission, this was only " a year of recovery." But notwithstanding that we are told importation must finally be governed by consumption, in this year we cannot recognise the truth of such a princi ple. The question before us is one of dock facili ties ; <nd Mr. Evans, therefore, would have done better to give us, instead of the data of consumption, those of importation. Had he done this, he would have found that, instead of having to provide dock space last year for 364,000 feet of Baltic timber, we had to find such space for 651,000 feet, whereas the average of the preceding five years was only 306,200 feet; and although a large amount of this import is left on hand, that fact, as we have already remarked, is accounted for by the duty having only been re mitted in October, after the building season had concluded. The timber trade of this port must sustain an in crease, notwithstanding the somewhat hardy asser tion of Mr. Evans, that the reduction of duty, of which so much has been said, will have no practical effect upon the consumption of timber, inasmuch as what has been relinquished, as duty,has gone, in the shape of price to the importers, with whom it will probably remain as remuneration, of which the hitherto bad state of their trade had long deprived .. . them." Every authority acknowledges the prospect of a large increase of trade in this article ; and it is acknowledged that, so far, the reduction of duty has not gone into the hands of importers, who, during the past year, have not been carrying on a profitable trade. One circular before us, indeed, distinctly states that " in October Baltic timber further re ceded to the extent of the reduction in duty; and we believe that authority—(Messrs. James Boughton and Co.)—quite as readily as we believe the sophis tical Alderman Evans. Again, the Alderman says— " The general trade of the port is as fairly accommo dated as it has ever been for many years, and the Albert Dock and Basin will provide amply for any increase of business which can reasonably be hoped for during many years to come; but, should the proposed steam dock be made at the north, three docks, the Coburg, Clarence, and Trafalgar, now occupied by steamers, will be given up to sailing vessels, which will then have redundant water space at the north, (for which they show a decided preference,) unless it is rendered dear by increased rates, the inevitable result of improvident expenditure of dock resources." Now, the Albert Dock contains ten acres of water space. The water space of the present docks is 108 acres. The addition is, therefore, 10 per cent ; and this cannot be brought into use for two years from the present time. The proposed north dock, how ever, is to throw open to sailing vessels the Coburg, the Clarence and the Trafalgar, now occupied by steamers ; and this addition to the present accom modation of the port is, in the eyes of Alderman Evans, quite sufficient for all emergencies. But what, pray, are the facts connected with the increase of the dock requirements of our town? Commerce from the year 1800 ; and we find that in 1811 the tonnage requiring accommodation is increased by 36 per cent; in 1821 the increase is more than 87 per cent ; in 1831 it is more than 254 per cent ; in 1841 it is more than 439 per cent ! The per cent age, therefore,. according to the tabular statement before us, has been doubled in 24 years, trebled in 30 years, and quadrupled in 40 years. But, most extraordinary of all, it has been trebled within the last 18 years How is it then, we ask Mr. Alderman Evans, that we are now to stand still ? What is to interfere with the further developement of the wants of our port ? What is to enable us to carry on our business—our increasing business—with the paltry 10 per cent ad ditional accommodation which the Albert Dock will give ' us,—taco years hence,—or even' with the addi tional accommodation which will be afforded us by the north docks, some 6 or 8 years hence ? He would be a wise man indeed who could tell us ; and Alderman Evans is not that man. But come we to the giant bugbear, with which Mr. Evans endeavours to !` fright the town from its propriety." Come we to the Alderman's "slight sketch of the account current of the dock estate," which, by a great stretch of probability, on the cre dit side, he assumes to be permanent , --a" credit' side" which has gone on increasing in the enormous•ratio shewn abovel This credit side he represents as amounting last year to £216,461; and he says— " Against this will appear The Interest on Z1,798;000, the present debt, as it stands.... . £73,815 . _ Interest upon £475;000; to be still raised for Albert Dock ..... ......... 18,90 c Interest upon cost of land and proposed new docks, £1,300,000 Lighthouse, telegraph, lifeboats, &c. Management, police, dock gatemen, &c., for the old docks and Albert Dock 52,000 - 15,000 Lamps and miscellaneous expenses for existing docks and Albert Dock _ _ 12,893 Annual repairs and casualties on existing docks and Albert Dock Proportion of repairs, casualties, and other ex penses which accompany dock extension, on proposed new docks 39,000 £288,093 Deduct interest on Allnrt Dock ware houses Balance of rents to be acquired from yards, &c., north and south, less £7OOO, to be lost on Messrs.-E. Chal loner and Duncan's yards 1,800 14,000 £274,093 " If to this," he continues.." we add anyexpense which may, however absurdly, be imposed for disposing of the mud taken from the docks, we may. possibly, have an annual outlay of somewhere about £290,000; from which deduct the present revenue of £216.000, and a deficit ap pears of above £70,000 per annum, which, unless trade increases, mug be provided for by increased dock-rates." Now, let us see how the Alderman can substan tiate_these figures—these- -most outrageous figures— these most dishonest figures! r - riThe - first - p - inees;The a puts down the interest upon £472,000`t0 be raised for the completion of the Albert. Dock," amounting to £18,904 ; and only deducts £12,200 as the revenue of the warehouses, which were to have paid we don't know how much per cent. The dock itself is to pay less than nothing ! Then we have " cost of land and proposed new docks, £l,3oo,ooo—interest, £52,000 ;" as if the- whole of these docks were to be built at once, the money paid at once, and the docks to bring in ,nothwg We have next an increased sum for the " mrnage ment, police," &c., of the old docks and Albert Dock; additional " lamps and miscellaneous ex penses " for ditto ; additional " annual repairs and casualties" for ditto; and a perfectly unintelligible item under the head of " proportion of repairs, casualties, and other expenses which accompany dock extension, on proposed new docks, £39,000." And all these charges-- to drag upon a...trade carried on with our existing docks :—repairs of docks not built—cost of docks not built—management of docks not built—placed per contra to the revenue of• the present estate, acknowledged to he insuffi cient to the trade of the port, and to be utterly in sufficient to the lowest estimate of its future trade ! But, in addition to all these wild calculations, Mr. Evans takes upon himself to say, that the cost of the whole of the proposed scheme will be £1,300,000. But will the whole be made at once ? Will the proposed graving docks, for instance, be made ? Not until wanted ; and then they. must pay , Will the two steam docks be made? One only will be made at first; and, when two are wanted, they will pay. Will the two timber docks be made? One only, at first ; and, when the other is made, both will pay. . Besides, Mr. . Evans leaves quite out of his contemplation—we fear advisedly—the fact that the Dock Committee will have 3 to 400,000 square yards of the land purchased to sell; and that the original estimated cost—which,,most unwarrantably, he over-estimates—is reduced by the agreement of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company to pay for the cutting of their junction. From these few remarks it will readily beperceived how Mr. Alderman Evans arrives at his deficit of £70,000 per annum. We ask our readers, however ; we ask that public " out of doors" to which he ap peals—if they will be bamboozled by such transpa rent fallacies? The Alderman has arrived at "the sear and yellow leaf" of his influence in the town's affairs; and such another appeal as the present will place him even lower than, at present, he stands. As a clever man, though with wrong views, we ha ve always looked upon Mr. Evans; but we can look upon him with even this indulgent feeling no longer. We may, however, return to this manifesto of Mr. Alderman Evans. He may possibly afford us another opportunity of canvassing his statements and his vim s of dock matters; and at all events we shall do him justice —more than he has as yet done to his previously established reputation as a man of judg ment and common sense. RAPID LEGISLATION.-Our friends on the other side of the Mersey are marvellously energetic and clever in whatever they attempt; but we were not prepared for the following extraordinary announcement, which appeared as a leading article in the Liverpool Times of Tuesday last. We give it entire. WALLASEY DOCK BILL. We understand that this important bill will be read a third time in the House of Commons on Friday evening next. Some wicked wag, we fear, has been bamboozling our contemporary. Possibly Mr. Samuel Stansfield has been exhausting upon him his large stores of exclusive know ledge, and mistaken the capacity of the recipient. Cer tainly, however, it will be information to the world to learn that a bill of such importance as the Birkenhead Dock Bill could puss through the Standing Orders Com mittee, be referred the Committee on Private Bills, be re ported and read a second and third time—ALL IN THE BRIEF SPACE OF 24 HOURS ! THE AT,BION—ON MATTERS IN GENERAL.—We fully intended to have said something in reply to the amazing wisdom of our yesterday's contemporary. We have not been able, however, to read his lead-ers as yet, or to digest them if we had read them. Lead is lead, however you may disguise it ; and lead we cannot com fortably swallow. Will our contemporary kindly indulge us for a week ? THE - LIVERPOOL STANI)AiIi). CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY. As we find that the time is approaching for the annual sermon and meetings of this society, we deem it due to an institution which renders such large and important aid to our town to state the particulars of that aid, in order that the friends who are canvassing for further assistance to the society, in the way of congregational collections and annual subscriptions, may meet a more cheerful and willing response than they have hitherto received, and more hearty support of a society whose principles and labours, when known, commend it to every sincere Churchman, Englishman, and Christian. The society's grants to Liverpool at present are as follows : To St. Paul's, for Welsh Minister £l2O St. Michael's, for Scripture Reader 50 Christ Church, for Curate.. St. Barnabas, for do ... 100 St. Simon's, for Minister's stipend.. 100 Sr. Bartholomew, for Curate All Saints, for do.. St. Mark's, for do 5O to meet £5O St. Mary's, Edge-hill, for do 5O 1 / 50 St. John's, Toxteth-park, for do 5O „ 50 St. Thomas', do., for do.. • £9OO . , £l7O Hitherto the sum returned from Liverpool to the So ciety has been bard y one-third of that received during the present year. It is expected that it will amount to one-half; but we hope and trust to see such a right ap preciation of the society, and acknowledgment of duty on the part of the inhabitants of Liverpool as will yet lead them not only to repay all that is received, but to contri bute something in addition for the good of other and poor districts, which the society, for want of fonds, is still un abable to assist. There are applications, we understand, from thirty-one such districts, with an aggregate popula tion of 212,000 souls, the incumbents of which are ut terly unable, from the smallness of their incomes, to pro cure any assistance in their work. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. PROFESSOR GREENBANK'S LECTURES. The Professor's fourth lecture at this Institution, on Friday evening, was- devoted to the subject of Rhetorical Action, and the recitations illustrative of it. That he should grow upon the esteem of his audience is the natural result of those extraordinary resources which he gradually developes as he proceeds in his course. His fourth lec ture was still more interesting, and bet ter attended, than the previous ones; and we anticipate from his next dis course, this evening, on the Passions, a higher gratification than any he has yet afforded his auditors. We cordially recommend the lectures of Professor Greenbank to all those who either passionately admire. or practically culti vate, this branch of knowledge. He is a finished master of his art, and an admirable teacher of it. The lectures combine theory and practice in a manner eminently in structive and interesting. The essential rules of rhetorical delivery are fest detailed with great clearness and sim plicity, and then vividly impressed by illustrative readings and recitations—at once correct and spirited, graceful and impassioned. The bearer is not only h;ghly entertained, but may carry away with him a valuable amount of prac tical knowledge never before, we suspect—at least . with us—blended with so much correct and beautiful reading and spirit-stirringdeclamation. THE FUNDS : SATURDAY NlGHT.—Business at the Stock Exchange has been rather better to-day, and prices a shade higher, although none of the operations call for especial notice. Bank Stock left off 192 to 194 ; Consols for money and the account, 97-k to 4 ; Exchequer-bilis, 678. , to 695., premium ; India Stock, 276 to 278 ; three per cents. reduced, 974 to 98 : three-and-a half per cents.- reduced, 1024 to 103; New, three-and-a. half per cents., 1014 to 102; Long Annuities, 12 13-16 ; and three-and-a-half per cent. Annuities, 1031. The - Foreign securities have altered in no material degree, but prices on the whole are supported with a good deal of firmness. Spanish Actives left off 23 tot-, and Three per Cents, 314 to 4; Mexican, 344 to a; the Deferred, 91 to 10 ; Peruvian, 24 to 4 ; Portuguese, 474 to 48 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 514 to 55; the Five per Cents, 1014 to -a ; - Danish, 86 to 83; Colombian, IJ4 to 124: hilian. 103 to 1 05 ; Brazilian, 78 to 79 ; Buenos Ayres, 334 to 344 ; and Belgian, 1054. to-1064. THE WEATHER.—On Tuesday afternoon last a gale came on from the north-west which continued with in creasing violence during the night, accompanied with oc casional showers of sleet and hail. Slates and chimney pots were blown down during the gusts in the morning. About.four o'clock several vivid flashes of lightning fol lowed by loud peals of distant thunderalartned some of the _inhabicanta'eantga"D .. hi:eeZ4segyr-tchatinta day presented an animated and interesting appearance, the usually placid waters being urged by the force of the wind. into waves of no insignificant magnitude. The .river steamers had considerable difficulty for some hours in landing their passengers, and one accident is re corded in another column. The weather has since been ex tremely ehan g a..blo for a biltn Ll—, and again relapsing into thaw and humidity. Last night P. appeared to be more settled, and to incline to slight f -est. We have not heard of any disasters on the coast during the gale. THE W EATHER.—POLITICAL.—During the past week, the declaration by Sir Robert Peel, of his intention to ad here to the present corn-law, has created an astmulding effect amongst the members of our Liverpool Anti-Mo nopoly Ass-ociation, which has, no doebt, operated simi larly amongst the long-eared tribe in other neighbour hoods. We have heard, however, of no serious damage done. few of the parties affected having much which could be injured by the various contortions to which they were so awfully excited. OPENING OF THE HOLY TRINITY NATIONAL SCHOOLS, AT BIRKENHEAD.—On Wednesday evening last the schools in connexion with Holy Trinity Church, Birken head, were opened. These schools have been built in connexion with Holy Trinity. Church, partly by bublic subscriptions and partly by grants from the National So ciety and the Committee of Council, under the manage. ment of a committee consisting of the following gentle men : namely, the Rev. J. .Baylee, Rev. G. A. Warner, Rev. P. P. Power, Messr s . R. L. Carr, F re d, B erner' Edwd. Brodribb, T. A. Dale, Cha s . G roves . L. Gl a d stone R. W. Pritchard, Jno. Laird, Jno. Sudlow, G. H. Hall, J. T. Vale, R. W. Hiscocks,, Henry Colo, J. J. Hance;- Rev. A. E. Obios, treasurer ; G. P. Forwood, secretary. Shortly after six. o'clock Te Deum was aung and grace said by the Rev. J. Baylee, atter which nearly 200 persons.sat down to partake of the bountiful repast, which, considering the very stormy state of the weather, was a large company. After tea the national anthem and the collect for the seventh Sunday after Trinity were beauti fully sung by Miss Linacre, Miss Lethbridge, Brown, and Potts, the church choir; Mr. Power presiding at the piano. The Rev. J. Baylee delivered an excellent and feeling address to the auditory, alter which the hymn, commencing " Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean," was sung. A suitable prayer having been offered up and the apostolic benediction having been pronounced by the rev. gentleman the company seperated. A, grant of £3OO has been made by the Committee of Council, and £250 by tle National Society. The land is given by Mr. Laird, Mr. Potter, and Mr. Statnforth. Among the contri butors to the Building Fund are E. Molyneux, Esq., £25 ; Rev. A. E. Obins..£6s ; Mr. Potter, £2O; Mr. R. Prit chard,, £2O ; Mr. Thomas Brassey, £2O ; Mr. W. Jack son, £5O; Mr, J. Berner, £5O; and Mr. Laird, £5O. The cost of the building is estimated at £1,700. THE LATE FIRE IN HARRINGTON-STREET : REMAINS OF 'WOODS' FOUND. Since this destructive fire numerous workmen have been busily employed, under the direction of Mr. Rushton, foreman of the work to Messrs. S. and J. Holme, in pulling down the remaining walls and other erections, and removing the materials, the quantity of which, in brick, metal, rubbish, &c. has been very great —showing that the premises had bean most substantially constructed. Yesterday afternoon some of the workmen employed discovered a few portions of the bones of a hu ' man being near the spot where stood the first or lower floor of what was called "the new stove," in the building furthest to the eastward, which extended from Harring ton-street to Matthew-street. These (which we have seen) are no doubt the remains of poor Woods, the only work man who immediately lost his life in the sudden and awful conflagration. It was stated at the time that he had been seen at a winnow facing the yard within the premises, en deavouring to escape, but of this there is some doubt. Be it as it may, he was employed at the fatal time in the stove-room, where these rem a i ns were f ou nd ; and as it was next to " the old st ove - room ," w hi c h first ignited, communicating with it by a door-way, and an explosion soon afterwards took place, which communicated like gunpowder with the adjacent rooms, the probabilhy is that he was caught unawares, and froth suffocation ceased to exist, even before the immense mass of materials that in a few minutes fell from the upper floors and walls to the basement, and covered him many feet deep. The remains were carefully collected, and pains were taken to recover any more that might appear. They consisted merely of portions of bone, whitened and lightened by calcination from the intense heat to which they had been exposed; but still in a state showing that they were de tached portions of the human body. In all, we should think they would scarcely fill two quart measures. An inquest will be held on these sad remains so soon as it is ascertained that no more can be found, which is not very probable. They were found on the top of a boiler, which was fixed in the cellar o: that part of the building, and the top of which, though originally round or arched, is so crushed in by the mass of heavy materials—brick, iron, that it is forced down into a concave form. The spot is about four feet from the lower door of the stove ; near the west wall of the long building alluded to ; and about half way between Harrington-street and Mathew-street. So great had been the beat in that quarter that large masses of iron. mixed with bricks, mugs, &c., were f oun d vitrified together in solid pieces. Poor Woods h as left a widow unprovided for, and we shall be glad to receive any subscriptions in her behalf. LIVERPOOL FEBRUARY SESSIONS. The ceneral Sessions of the Peace, for this Borough, commenced yesterday before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The Calendar contained 65 cases, with the nor.,es of 83 prisoners for felony ; and 6 cases of misde meanour and assault. The offences are of the usual kind that come before the court, and none of them present any features of peculiar interest. The following were sworn of the Grand Jury : Ralph Brakebank, Blackburn. place, merchant, Foreman, William Ashley, Everton-road, merchant, Joseph Brereton, Jordan-street, timber merchant, John Campbell, Tithebarn-street, merchant, Wm. B. Corrie, Rumford-place, do. Charles Cusack, Brunswick -street, corn merchant, Thomas Philip Danson, Covent-garden, merchant, Samuel Dutton, Water-street, merchant, Wm. Rathbone, Duncan-street, ditto, Robert Gill, Chapel-street, ditto, Henry Glynn, Exchange-street East, ditto, Robert Horsfall, Netherfield-road North, broker, George Hall, India-buildings, cotton broker, Jas. Harvey, the younger, Catherine -street, gentleman, T. O. Ileadiam, Exchange-street West, insurance -broker, Chas. Inman, Netherfield-road North, gentleman, William Laycock, Fazakerley-street, iron merchant, William Lockerbv, Upper Parliament-street, merchant, George Quayle, Shaw•street, merchant. The proclamation against vice and immorality being read, The RECORDER proceeded to address the Grand Jury. He stated that the number of cases that would be sub mitted to their consideration was about seventy, and he did not anticipate that any difficulty would arise in their disposing of them. It we , the duty and privilege of juries to take a part in courts of justice, and when the evidence was submitted to them to come to a decision, and no pri soner could be dealt with until twice twelve of his coun trymen had been summoned to investigate the charges against him. The provinces of the two juries were, how ever, distinct : their province (the grand jury's) was only preliminary, the other's (the petty jury's) was of a final nature. It was not for the grand jury to decide on the guilt or innocence of the party charged. It was impossi ble, indeed, that they could form such an opinion, unless they had an opportunity (which they had not) of hearing the prisoner, by himself, or by his counsel and witnesses, in his defence. They had simply to hear all the evidence that would be laid before them for the prosecution, and ascertain if it were sufficient to warrant them in sending the case to be tried before a petty jury. The bill of in dictment would instruct them in the nature of the offence charged, and when they had heard the witnesses, it was for them to consider whether it was of such a general character, as would, if uncontradicted, render the party liable to a conviction,—in which case they would find the bill ; but whenever it fell short of this, and was not suffi cient in their opinion to sustain the charge. they would find no bill. Most of the cases had already been before a magistrate, who in sending the parties for trial considered he had sufficient evidence for doing so ; but they had to act on independent grounds; to sift the evidence for themselves, and to decide accordingly. He, however, enjoined them not to reject a bill on slight grounds. The cases, he considered might be safely left in their hands. They were for the most part very simple, but there were some of them involving circumstantial evidence which would require considerable attention. He might remind them that the simple removal of an article with intent to steal it, rendered the party amenable to the iaw, although it found its way again to the owner. For instance, if a party removed a watch and tookit to a pawnbroker, through whom the owner got it back, the intent was to be consi dered as made good. So, if a party removed a bundle from the place where it was left, and removed it to another place For the convenience of being carried off, and it was there found before it was taken away, the party was liable. He was happy to say thatin the cases that would be laid before them, there were numerous instances of the vigilance of the police in detecting offenders. He concluded by say:. ing that he did not deem it necessary to delay them longer from their duties. The grand jury then retired, and , in a short time re turned a true bill. The cases-throughout the day were of no peculiar interest. The following is the result : Ann Finan, aged 16, for stealing a piece of flannel -7 years' transportation. Margaret Roberts, 29, stealing wearing apparel-7 years' transportation. _ Henry Henderson. 29; .stealing fire spoons, two cups, &c,- 7 10 years' transportation. Mary OP Donald, 25, stealing bed-clothes and wearing apparel-9 months' imprisonment. Thomas Lloyd, 14, stealing a dress-7 years' trans portation. James Welsh, 40, stealing a watch Goal the person-10 years' transportation. Ann Smith, 29, stealing fire-irons, the property of the Corporation-7 years' transportation. The above were nearly ail old offenders. A few more were found guilty of minor offences, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. COURT OF PASSAGE Yesterday, Charles Crompton, Esq., took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court and commenced the bearing of civil causes. The list contained 84 causes,—consisting of 4 demurrers,- 73. issues, 4 writs of trial, and 2 writs of trial, and one of enquiry before the Town-clerk. The following was the only case of importance heard yesterday, and it occupiel the greater part of the day : IMPORTANT TO .PCIBLICANS. Jowtrr tr. STUDHOLM.—In this case,.the plaintiff was the occupier of a public-house, called the Black Bull, in Brownlow-hill,, and the defendant was a_ publican in ISyrom-street. 'The action was brought to. recover com compensation for a false representation,. alleged to have been made by the defendant, as to the receipts of the Black Bull, which had been let by him to the plaintiff. From the facts of the case, which were stated at length by Mr. Arnold, it appeared, that in February, 1843, a negotiation was entered into between th- with re °port to the and that the agreement was to the effect that the sum of £350 was to be given to the defendant for goodwill and fixtures, £l5O to be paid down and the the remainder secured by. warrant of attor ney. Ti e rent of the house was to be £6O, and the de fendant stated, that the average receipts were from £2O to £25 per week. The plaintiff took possession in April, but notwithstanding the greatest vigilance, care, and assiduity, was only able to realise about half the sum per week,. on an. average, which bad been. mentioned by the defendant. The first weak, the receipts were £7 2s. ; the second,. £BS 3s. ; the third, £8 1s ; the fourth, £8 10s. ; the fifth, XS 10s. ; and the sixth, £lO. They then improved a little, but the largest amount received in any one week during the first six months, was £ll 17s. 91(1., and the average for the same period, was about £lO. The receipts did not cover the expenses. The average weekly sale of spirits, was about £6, and ale, £4. There was scarcely any wine sold at the establishment. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £l5O-- I the warrant of attorney for £2OO to remain in force. THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN CHESHIRE. We are credibly informed that this system is being adopted by certain Contractors, who are executing impor tant Works on the opposite side of the Mersey, the poor working men engaged upon which are compelled to pur chase from certain shops set up by their employers. Is it known to the Commissioners of Birkenhead that such is the fact ? We should think not. It is a poor en couragement for tradesmen to take their Capital to a neighbourhood where such illegal practices are winked at eyw w o o u u ld ld t not ur n be a unworthy rt a h t y ten o t f ion them, t o theby by the authorities. Let the Magistrate s o f Bi r k en head make the enquiry, therefore, if they c an spare t i me f or such insignificant affairs. They w ill fi n d matters as we Morals of their population. Hall•p ast la o'clock on Sunday morning is too late an hou r f or trad i ng to be going on, and shops to be lighted up, i n a locality boast ing of a Police and a Magistracy, but suc h was the case last Sunday morning. represent way,sen them. It It t mTuEsiMeI'oLFETBONuaN'S sM.lWSlCeAwLerEeNpTreepttaTrAedlziporßaNhTi g O II N t re a THE t at this entertainment, held last n i g h t , i n our A ssem b ly ' Room ; but we must confess, that our anticipations were very far exceeded by Mr. Templeton's performance. To a splendid voice, which the room well suited, Mr. Templeton adds a correct appreciation of the genius of Scottish music, being " to the manner, native horn,?' and a distinct enunciation. The " Song of Death" in particular, in itself, a fine song, was finely sung, and elicited an enthusiastic encore. " Had I a Cave" was also beautifully sung; and the fine ballad of " Scots Wha Hae" was encored, and well worthy of such a compli ment. In the second part, "The Birks of Aberfeldy"— a beautiful song—was finely given, and, only by the for bearance of the audience, kept from being repeated. ...My Heart i• Salr for Somebody" was prettily sung ;. and " Green Grow the Rashes, 0! " was enthusiastically en encored. We greatly regret that we cannot give any por tion of the interesting anecdotes, as to the origin of the songs introduced, with which Mr. Templeton illustrated his evening's entertainment. They were well selected, and many of them original, PORTRAIT PAINTING.—We were much pleased and not a little astonished by a visit the other day to the rooms of Mr. Herve, miniature painter, at Mr. Crawford's, Bold street. Mr. H. has long travelled and resided on the continent, particularly in Greece and Turkey, and, is we find, an author as well as a painter, having written and published, in London, with beautiful illustrations from his own drawings, elegant and voluminous works on both those countries. To use his own phrase, he employs his time " sometimes with his pen and sometimes with his pencil," and judging from what we have seen we should say he is a man of superior edncation and acquireinents, and an adept in both. Our present notice is, however, more especially confined to his powers as a miniature painter, and, judging from the specimens we have seen, we should say his style in this department is at once spi rited in " character," and delicately fine in finish. Amongst the likenesses which we have seen are those of Otho, King of Greece, and also his consort ; Rosas, the notorious Brazilian general; Prince Demidoff (said to be the richest prince in Europe); Count Alfred De Vigny ; Colocotroni, Canares, and Prince Mavrocordato of Greece; Madame Emile Geradin, the beautiful wife of the editor of the Press of Paris ; Lizt, the famed musician, &c. His view of the ancient city of Argos, which flourished 1850 years 8.C., and many of his Grecian and Turkish scenes are also superb. These adorn the illustrated works of Fisher, on those interesting countries. In fine. we would recommend all who are desirous of obtaining good likenesses highly finished, yet at a moderate price, of themselves or their families, to repair to Mr. Herve, in whom they will also find an agreeable and well-informed gentleman, who has seen much both in the court and the grove abroad, and who is not above communicating his impressions of character and country to others. Feb. 6, 1844• THE TIMBER TRADE-FIRST YEAR OF TgE OPERATION OF THE NEW TARIFF• We have before us the circulars of Messrs. Duncan and Ewing, and Messrs. James Houghton and Co., el . tensive wood brokers, from which we shall endeavour t ) , extract the most valuable facts for the information those of our readers who have not the opportunity of P e• rusing the original documents themselves. The season of 1843-4 commenced with moderat e stocks of colonial ti m b er , an d w ith l ow pr i ces as cons r" with former years, the price of St. John yellow pine he'll)! 17d. to 19 1 1 per foot, Queb e c 141. to 15.1 d., and sPrl lu " deals 2d. to lid. per loot 2 inches. From these Mr they declined, ho wever , ow i ng to ant i c i pate d large aitei vale, and in the month of September Quebec was clu! at Hid. to 12d. per foot ; St. Johns 14d. to 1 1 1 ; These low prices had the effect o f di ver ti ng so me of• importations, from their originial destination, to other markets, and the confidence of holders having recovereet an advance of 20 to 25 per cent. took place before et . end of the year. On the whole season, however, the Wl' pertation has been above an average one, the ship Pig employed in the colonial trade having been 157,500 W' against 142,300 tons, the average of the preceding Pi r years, showing an increase this year, under the operatiO of a Tariff which was considered by some injurious to Or colonies, of 15,200 tons. The stock of colonial timber on hand in this pol l° moderate, not being es ti ma t e d a t more t h an s i x mo uths i consumption. The quality of that imported from Net Brunswick this year has been superior, the bulk Of P having been drawn from new districts thrown open to us by the settlement of the Boundary question. The reduction of the duties upon Baltic timber di' rected the attention of importers to that article, is the anticipation that it would come more extensively int! consumption; and larger importations took place low this port than has been known for many seasons pas t * The total amount of these is 625,000 feet. The al' sumption, however, has not realized the anticipatierl held out, partly ow i ng t o th e unusua ll y l arge supp l y o f red pine offered freely at from 4d. to 6d. per foot under Dav _„e zig, whi c h was t a k en i n pre f erence. A stock of 3,0',001 feet, equal to a year's consumption, is, therefore, held over. At the commencement of the season common Dantig and Memel were worth 22d..per foot, but, on the receipt of the heavy import in May, the price receded to 190,, , per foot; in O c t o b er i t f urt h er receded to the extent 0' the reduction of duty, and it is now difficult of sale at 18d. to 20,id, The Mahogany trade has been healthy throughout the year, large importations meeting a ready sale on arrival• The stock now in our port consists of about 40,000 feet of St. Diming° against 250,000 feet last year ; 50,00 0 feet of Cubic against 12,000 feet last year. The supply has been from St. Domingo 476,000 feet, from Cuba 220,000 feet, and from Honduras 936,000 feet. The trade look forward to a fair and remunerating business daring the coming season. This will be con ginent, however, upon many circumstances, and partiou• larly upon tha extent of the next import. It is ad nutted, that last year's business has not been a reran' nerating one to the importer, which may tend to cilec undue speculation. Mr. Charles Dickens is to preside at the annual Soiree of the Mechanics' rnstitution, on Monday the 26th inst. Lord Sandon a"d Sir Howard Douglas were amongst the company who attended Sir Robert Peel's parliatnentall dinner, on Saturday. NATIONAL Socirry.—The eighteenth list of con' tributors to the special fund of this society appears in the Morning Herald of yesterday. The amount has noe' reached upwards of £14,000. We direct the attention of our readers to Mt. Punchard's advertisement in another column. It will be seen he has removed from his old established premises to a more commodious shop. COTTON MARKET.---rt will be seen from our brokers' report, that the excitement of last week has subsided. Speculators for the present seem to be satisfied, though the market is still firm and decided. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Foxhounds meet ft:timer' row (Wednesday), at Kintlerton Guidepost; on ThursdaYl at Vale Royal ; and on Saturday, at Tabley ;—each morn' ing at half-past ten o'clock. IMi'ZRIAL HOTEL.—OPENING DINNER.—It will be seen by an advertisement in our paper of this day, that the opening dinner a t thi s e l egant and beautifully fitted hotel takes place on Tuesday next. The great satisfaction that Mr. Morgan's exertions have hitherto given, is ffi sufficient guarantee that his "house warming" will be glorious one. ANOTHER INSTANCE 07%.ALLEGED CRUELTY BY 1.1 4. AFRICAN CAFTAIN.—The particulars of a case affecting another African captain, who; it was said, had (amongst other " improprieties ' ") senta man on shore at the Catty eroons river " bound hand and foot," and left him on the beach~ yesterday, at the police-court, the complaining parties not died soon that aft when erwar taken on afterwards,—did of another not, as expected,t v r e a s n a a e p t be being ia attendance when called upon—or, in other wordsr as was suspected, the matter being compromised. Thug may justice be defeated ! ANCIENT AND MODERN PAINTINGS.—Mr. J. Revell+ whose advertisement appears in another page, and whose name will be well known to many as having been the pas' sessor of one of Ruben's finest productions, has now OP very excellent paintings by the ancient anti modern artists. Sunset Piece, by Cyop, is a beautiful p.rc duction, and in splendid pre serva ti on ; and the Farewell 0' Byron to Newstead Abb ey , b y T urner, is equally swear and we think will stand as high as any we have seen,l34 t erda y w , t a h that now renowned landscape painter. The collectiotir Chargedthoughy es small, s i Lt s w ell worthy a visit. co.iutTmENTS YESTERDAY.—At the Police-courts taTinldtromin:r.namm.eGdeeJoshenlotßheroswshno,p7ig; Great Crosshall-street, on S u nday two coats, and between 30 and 40 pairs of trowsers. He was t race d, and many of the articles found, through the active exertions of Inspector Townson. The case being proved, he wgg sent for trial at the present sessions.—William Scott, e young man, was also sent for trial on a charge of stealing a watch and various articles-of wearing apparel, from oft board the "Non-Pareil," in•the King's Dock, the pee' perty of several of the seamen-of the ship. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterdafr before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Richerd Lyon' a bricklayer. On Wednesday morning last the de ceased was passing a warehouse, in progress of building,. in Formby-street, when a piece of timber, used for arch work, and which was being hoisted at the time, slipped out of the rope and fell directly upon his head. He vial taken to the Northern Hospital, where be lingered unto Sunday. Mr. Parker, the surgeon, stated, that, on s post mortem examination, he found that the base of the cranium was effused with blood, and there was inflamatioll of the membranes of the brain, of which the deceased died.—Verdict, " accidental death" accordingly. THE WORKHOUSE SCHOOLS. It seems to be the determination of a certain party in the Select Vestry to do all in thei r p ower to di m i n i sh the high reputat ion which the schools at our Workhouse have attained for imparting to the children of the poor a sound and u seful education. Though the statements of these gentlemen produce little effect, perhaps it will be satisfactory to our, readers to learn, that two members of the B oa rd o f Guardians visited the schools last week, and, after e. searching examination of the children in the principles a the Christian religion, in grammar and arithmetic, 0: pressed their " satisfaction with the children's conduct and replies, and more especially with their religiou s knowledge." VALUABLE PRESENT TO MR. S. STORES, R.N."' It will be remembered that some weeks ago, Mr. Stoke , with great intrepidity, rescued a fellow creature from 21 , watery grave, on a dark December night. This act o f , _ courage and humanity was not overlooked. A fund (the subscription to which was limited to one shilling each) sag set on foot at Birkenhead, and the contributors • ere nu' merous. A public meeting was held, on Thursday week , ' at the Toworhall of that " juvenile city," at which Jobe. ' S. Jackson,,Es q . p res id e d • and the co mm itt ee appo inte d to superintend the disposal of the fund there deputed that gentleman, to present Mr. Stokes with a handsome pi' watch and appendages, the former bearing the inscrlP7 Lion—" Presented (by public con t r ib ut i on ) to Mr. Samn a . ; Stokes,. R.N., in grateful rem em b rance of his intrep idi ty in rescuing Edward Lyon s f rom a watery grave, 9t h December, 1843." Mr. Jackson transmitted with the present a handsome letter to Mr. Stokes, expressive of al o feelings entertained towards him and his family by the subscribers, and hoping that the token would " prove.eu incentive to still more heroic conduct in whatever situatio; he might be called to occupy." Mr. Stokes, in his ref it in acknowledgment of the gift, states that •• the sight 0 , „ will ever remind him of their esteem ; and, he modestly adds, " also that in rescuing Edward Lyons from his Pe" rilous situation, be but did his duty." LIVERPOOL 9th A s2 N . Dd6. 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