The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

Ebe the inj Etbrrpool gPtanbarb. knows`' v MY MORNING, OCT. 7, 1 evider ipelled would feel so 1 if any evi Ireland, in the course h be r ng to the death a lac )f rebellion en erget Lt from the impu iod of Ireland have of an no' in r. natc the truth, so far as he :s. He would probablS ,tute proceedings against iovernm , nt as a body ►dition stated, out forwar such priest. The complaint of an influential por tion of the Irish public is, however, that the sifting of the cc Ind par given very improbable the prospect of any portion of it being permitted to be put forth, which might lamage the priesthood or the church to which . A tribunal, composed of men not of the Romish faith, might perhaps have made very different discoveries. they belong exclusive The moral implication ( numbers of reverend and rig t reverend gentle n in the movement is perfectly ci pages of treasonary matter rrection, uttered by them ind in citeme on various occasions, are upon record, and could be proved against them. They may not be capable of being implicated now in the insane outbreak of Smith O'Brien. They were not quite ready per haps for so early a movement. But her Majesty's government cannot absolve themselves of the crime of standing by for months previously whilst appeals to the God of Battles were being made by them, as violent and sanguinary in tone as any that `ered by the worst of the_ wretches upon were uttc whom punishment is now about to be visited There is one circumstance, however, connected with the forbearance shown by the government more recently towards members of the clerical body, which still requires to be explained. We referred to it last week. There was a certain Father O'Malley, we believe, permitted to negotiate terms with the Lord Lieutenant for the surrender of Mr. Meagher into the hands of justice, at a time when the bare fact of harbouring a proclaimed rebel, or concealing his place of refuge, was an overt act of treason. Has this particular priest been made amenable to the law, or is it intended that he should be ? We have heard of no steps taken to institute proceedings against him, although several arrests of laymen for the same offence, and one even of a ale, have taken place. In this case there can no excuse on the score of want of sufficient evi dence, for there is the evidence of the castle officials themselves. What, then, can be more clear than the fact that treasonable practices, in the priesthood, are differently visited to the same prac tices committed by laymen ? treat a portion of the WHEN we eonsid er ho invested in railway undertakings, we have a right to be solicitous as to the maintenance of their credit with - the public. Constancy of value is the essential feature which to belong to every sort of investment. who places his capital in any article, for the interest which it brings him in, ought to be able to s, for something en we find a e a character as that one or other of realised wealth of the country ought k man re-convert it, in the worst of tin like the amount it cost him ; and, v case of so glaringly opposit now exhibited in railway proper 'o conclusions forces, itself u * Ron - us, viz., that such Iroperty has either bee past, or that an unfounded and 1 not be cor we assurr. luring the per when it alone a' 3, and we have I ion of capitalists sobered our minds to enabl slue, as an investment )rice of a stool h the price of ti ly valued ir absurd depreciation same stock we leave out of consideration t at the latter ered far wrong ions are 6cted the atten- :t sufficient: settle its proper When we cont now at little above par, Temiurn ferences in ti is for thing capital .e lott entitled to numerous pre t of shares in branches, ex- based and gun tensions, pur ,anteed lines, the pre miums upon yinch, it sold at the time, would ' have »ed the amount of present appa -ciat i. Irrespe' " the prospect of 1 railway prop 'sent, of less have cow dive of 'ent depre y is, at pre reasonal ntrinsic p is holder for we canna ly expect for :y win cita Is of 1845 and 1846 The qv tion, as to the real value of our opened - - -• • the various a tive Directori nto w hicli their respeC- ~.‘c coterea, the effect of which is aJt at all sufficiently explained by their published Accounts and Reports to their shareholders. ^ We lave leases, suuberipuuti., ious kinds, entered into when, confessegn was a littic. 4--- y, the iguine; arid we public in .1 . these as impro- vident doubt, a s en ma, Son — le of them; no 'ed that 1 fact, But w feel a be foun st universally so, is ion th 'ounded Our lead ng lin from 6_to 8 per cent, re still irly worth the of interest to some of fined c are comas Account a fairly cle ill remain in ba There is a hates to urolc we are were t _aelr accounts Tospects fairly placed before the world, would a to present s- 1 and promising invest rays which can divide eir shareholders, al which such a rate Ilere are vague terrors, iblic mind. 1- pressions, vhich we have alluded elsewhere, have id that the accounts of the working of vents have not been fairly stated. We itimately Capital ,ure for ordinary T investments rich c@ntri- lion, and which 'le, we shall not see It Is, t a lame amount of the stock is impignorated aid, t capital represented by thi with hankers and other p :xtensions, or be continua t such calls, or pursuits, tri too hastily, settled prices The ma is Continually gainst to meet calls upon branches, "'her shares. A portion of this must either to laced in the commercial ierhaps rather 1 this state of ect of revcr to fl the present canal it was when ir tl been re more complete and convemen. ,te now, how the pre on whatever bi the neighbour must be a hard 'rket for investment in this description of ^gPeted by the. pressure for tocks is additionally al' underta roduc s stated in of last week, that the Jyr invested in railways J, to which is to he added .y lines, branches, &c., not ,enting a paid up capital of ldition, powers have been ob- s upon ne, mounts to the cost of subsidiar yet opened, repre nt to raise, for companies iready sanctioned, at least £170,000,000 more, which is being drawn from the moveable capital of the community, at the rate of about £3,000,000 per month It is obvious that such a drain of money go on, without producing serious disturb .nce, not only of the value of railways, but of every sort of property; and it is really to be desired that steps should be taken by the companies to enable them to rest on their oars for a while. Every pru dent Board of Directors should now resolve to proceed only with such portion of their works as cannot be postponed; for they may depend upon it that, however tolerable may be the calls requisite, to men possessed of a superfluity of money, to the merchant and the tradesman, requiring the full eye of his means at such a moment as the present, thus o perate most disastrously, and cause much of the disfavour with which railway property is, at the present moment regarded. tamed from Parliar cannot p and a sacrifice of a large you will, and it hood cannot the hotel, at eve for that purpose, j. unity was offered :it, it t I not very prudent man who will lease considerable reduction upon its past uch valuable property should really not, as it ) do, be permitted to he inactive without some ;he part of the Corporation to br nc it into piny. justice to the burgess to moot tt it the attention of tt from such a course, then - the sooner the other practical men are invited the better. THE TR ISONABI Mr. Thomas Young has addressed the following com munication to the Times of yesterday, which we think does not mend his position at all. Our readers will, we fancy, agree with us in thinking that the act of writing such a treasonable letter as the one on which we'com mented last week, amounted to rather more than " indis cretion." SIR,—I beg leave to state, through the medium of your journal, that a letter written in the confidence of private friendship, and of a gossiping nature, which recently ap peared in your columns as having been addressed to Colonel Napier in June, 1832, in a moment of giddy ex citement, was written without the knowledge of Lord Melbourne, who was completely ignorant of the matters alluded to in it, relating to the wild views of certain Ra dical Reformers, with which I did not become acquainted till after the crisis in the first or second week of May, 1832. I alone am responsible for the contents of the let ter in question. The indiscreti 3n of my making (in a familiar note) a communication so inconsiderate I readily admit, but the construction now attempted to be fastened upon my care less expressions was as remote from my mind, and as alien from my sentiments, as was the idea of the possibility that a letter so written should become public, and the subject of ungenerous and unfair interpretation, after a period of 16 years. ___ I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Oct, 14. THOMAS YOUNG PROPOSAL OF A BRITISH LEAGUE The pinching of Free Trade in Glasgow (to which we last week referred) has suggested a movement tor the formation of a British League, the fundamental princi ples of which are given in a preliminary printed sketch as follows : " The promotion of native industry, and the encouragement and preservation of the profitable employment of labour, is the first duty of all governments. The necessities of this empire, therefore, require to be provided for before those of foreigners. "The connection between Great Britain and her colonies is essential to their mutual prosperity, and the colonies ought to be treated as `integral portions' of the empire. "The concessions and sacrifices made by this country to other nations have not obtained reciprocal or equivalent be nefits. "The British League is established to procure accurate and authentic information regarding nativ nial industry and interests; to watch the character of all mec sures introduced into the imperial or colonial legislatures, which affect our industrial interests; and to promote and maintain an harmonious intercourse between all sections of the British empire." A circulate e and colo- The Glasgow gentlemen urge this matter as " a practi cal question—one either of employment and wages, or of extortion, rates, and pauper communism." .It is a strong proof of the difference between a Protective and a Free Trade principle, that at this very time of depression and suffering in England, the accounts from Belgium represent the manufacturers as in full activity, owing to large and numerous orders from abroad and at home. Accounts from the Brazils also give us cause to fear that the hostile tariff with which our free trade advances were received, will shortly be increased because we would not ruin our In the midst of tl the conviction is growing stronger in England, that we too must take care of ourselves, if we intend to have oar working-men in any condition above pauperism. The question is essentially one for our manufacturers and ma nufacturing operatives to decide. If they like free trade and will have it, be it so. Those who believe in protec tive principles have promised to free trade a fair and full trial. It is for the free traders and their workmen to say fact that its holder, how long the trial shall last. total RELII9 -...-- It is intended to erect a church at Roby as a memorial of the late Richard Earle, Esq. Mr. William Earle has come forward for Abercromby Ward, Mr. Robertson Gladstone having declined to do so. The Rev. R. B. Lancaster has resigned the charge of the Baptist Chapel in Soho-street, and is about to remove to South Shields. _ _ _ The Europa steam-ship, which arrived on Monday last from America, sailed again for Halifax and New York on Saturday The Queen hag approved of the appointment of M. Gaillard de Ferey, as consul at Liverpool for the French Republic. _ SEACOMBE FERDX.—There is no truth in the report circulated by several of our contemporaries that the fare by this ferry has been reduced to one penny. tin Saturday week, a laDourer, namen vv aterson, em ployed on the Bury railway, near Aintree, was so severely crushed between some waggons that he died soon after. On Wednesday the body of a female was picked up near the Lightship by the captain and crew of the Mona steam-tug. She was dressed in a brown silk gown, new stays, white woollen stockings, and black cloth boots. On Saturday evening, between six and seven o'clock, the house Richmond the No. 4, _ -row was entered, during ti absence of the inmates, and £25 stolen. The money was partly in gold and partly in notes. On Thursday the Mayor again sat at the Nisi P ius, for for the purpose of hearing informath. using illy -ights and measures us against persot About forty fines were inflicted with costs. CAUTION TO SEAMEN.—Yesterday. at the Police-court, three foreign sailors, Alman Block, Bernard Schreeher, and Frederick Pahlow, charged wiih smuggling amongst them about 9 lbs. of cigars from a vessel in the Union Dock, were each fined 20s. The Liverpool Pawnbrokers' Association have pre sented to Mr. Joseph Leicester, chief clerk in the detec tive department of the police-office, a handsome silver teapot, of elegant design and workmanship, as a mark of respect ....ear Post says that a gentleman, stated to be a merchant from Liverpool, with a considerable and about five years of age, died money abot very suddenly at E in a boat to Shaeros louth, on 3 Monday, whilst crossing the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, on Friday, a first dividend of two shillings and threepence in the pound was declared on the joint estate of Messrs. Iligginson and Deane. The amount of debts proved is £617,131 is. 6d. ENORMOUS PLATE GLASS WINDOWS. — The plates of glass in the shop windows of Messrs. Cuffley and Co.. Hanover-street, are respectively 10 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 3 inches ' • they are, we understand, the largest in the king dom. Another plate in the adjoining window is 8 feet 1 inch each way. _ _ _ _ _ __ _ • TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—Messrs. Frederick and Edmund Hinde, the youngest sons of Mr. William Hinde, late of North John-street, in this town, solicitor, deceased, have handsomely presented to their tutor and guardian, the Rev. Thos. Stanley Bowstead, M.A., vicar of Tarvin and prebendary of Lichfield, a silver octagonal font. LANCASHIRE AGAINST CHESHIRE.—OR Sunday week, a great number of boys from Liverpool availed themselves of the penny fare to cross the water, for the purpose of having a fight with the boys of Tranmere. About two hundred assembled in a field behind the Queen's Arms, in battle-array. A constable apprehended four, but was pelted with stones and obliged to let them go. SMOKE CONSUMPTION.—On the hearing of several smoke informations, on Wednesday, Mr. Hardman Earle applied to the magistrates to place his works in Oil-street, for one week, under the management of a competent per son, to be fixed upon by Mr. Grantham, in order to try the question from actual experience, whether smoke can be effectually consumed or not, without causing such a diminution of steam power as to injure the efficiency of the works. The proposal, we believe, was agreed to, and the result of the experiment will, no doubt, materially affect the future proceedings. DocK OMNIBUSES.—Those who have occasion, in bu siness or for recreation, to visit the extensive docks, or the piers of our noble port, must have felt the inconveni ence of walking from place to place along a line of docks extending, north and south, a distance of at least four miles ; and that, moreover, obstructed by carts, car riages, intercepting basins, &c., as well as by pavement necessarily rough. It is gratifying to state that several omnibuses have at length been started to obviate this fatigue and loss of valuable time, and that so far es we can observe these conveyances are managed wiih a regu larity and attention to passengers which entitles the sp rited proprietors to the liberal encouragement of the public. Corporation ought in ucstion, and to Call to Should nothing result gestions of HEAD PROPERTY WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH THE BIRKEN- The question what is to be done with this fine property :ome a far more pertinent one than that airman of the F whether the Corporation wer ance Committee, ,sing themselves of it. or the reverse, in value and capabilities neglcctcd ong the it connect Oxton, blocked up % to have drawn an increased the won', T putting to use the go at the north of t value was 1 o their Messrs, CUt- ciently so s part of T an interior ltaineci runtted rly taken up for to moan over opportunities ion is what is to he done to re- pair the evil and render the property a productive portion Running the ferry, further than to keep up its rights, is, we feel convinced, in the present state of t'aings, a sum annually. Put 11 still be found that ce it cam( ged ; and its intrin- The road for pas- :tly with Tranmere, Holt Hill ace been pe ,nds of the Ferry, Till triERPOOL STANDARD. YOUNG MEN'S CIIRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. LONDON.- -Of a course of twelve lectures, to be delivered during the winter at Exeter-hall, one is to he by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., of Liverpool,—" The Characteristics of Romanism and of Protestantism, as developed in the respective teaching and worship," and another by the Rev. Thomas Raffles, D.D., LLD.. also of this town,— " Internal Evidences of the Divine Inspiration of the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament." DEATH FROM SEROUS APOPLEXY.—An inquest was held on Saturday before the deputy borough coroner, Mr. Statham, on view of the body of Maria Crenall, wife of a LOCAL MEETINGS, ST. ANNE'S WARD.—On Thursday night, at a meeting of the electors of this ward, Mr. Poole addressed them, and expressed himself strongly in favour of rating the dock and corporate estates. A resolution to support him was passed unanimously. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE.—A meeting of the rate payers of the ward was held at New's Hotel on Wednes day, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the return of Mr. Thomas Langsdale for that ward, in oppo sition to Mr. Shand, the retiring member. ABERCROMBY WARD.—A meeting of the burgesses of this ward was held on Friday, at the Phmnix Inn, Mount pleasant,—R. C. Gardner, Esq., in the chair,—to nomi nate a candidate. Thomas Lee, Esq., was proposed, and introduced to the meeting. He was in favour of rating the dock estate, and as to rating the corporate estate his impression was, that it would be expedient to do so. With respect to the Rivington Pike scheme, he should have opposed it as unnecessary. A resolution was after wards passed, pledging the meeting to use every ex( '• sailor, who resided at No. 8 court, Renshaw-street. De ceased had latterly been addicted to drinking spirits, and was found dead in bed on Saturday morning. A bottle containing a small quantity of laudanum was found in the room, and it appeared she had occasionally taken quan tities of that drug. From a post-mortem examination, it appeared that death was the cause of serous apoplexy, the result of drink and a narcotic carelessly taken. Verdict accordingly, " Natural causes." ORIGIN OF REFLECTING LIGIITHOUSES. — In the last century, at a meeting of a society of mathematicians at Liverpool, one of the members proposed to lay a wager that lie would read a paragraph of a newspaper at ten yards distance, with the light of a farthing candle. The wager was made, and the proposer, having covered the in- side of a wooden dish with pieces of looking glass, fastened in with g lazier's putty, placed his reflector behind the can dle, and won his wager. One of the company marked this experiment with a philosophic eye. This was Captain Hutchinson, the dock master, with whom originated the reflecting lighthouse, erected at Liverpool in 1763.—The London Anecdotes. _ _ to secure Mr. Lee's return. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on Wednesday, a letter from the Poor-law Board was read, enclosing a letter from Mr. Arrowsmith, relative to his defalcation, and requesting further time for another inves tigation to be made by parties chosen by himself and his sureties. The board replied, that they would grant him a fortnight, but would not interfere with what the guardians might do in the meantime. The latter agreed to allow a week before they proceeded for the amount. The motion relative to the division of Toxteth-park into districts, for .—On the 25th alt. the managers, clerks, W.“ men, and others in the employment of the Messrs. Bailey, of Liverpool, were entertained with a sumptuous dinner given by W. Bailey, Esq., one of the firm, and son of Joseph Bailey, Esq., on the occasion of his recent marriage. Mr. Roberts, who has served the company for 23 years, presided, and Mr. M'Sweeny, one of the clerks, was in the vice chair. Several persons from Monmouthshire were present on the occasion, and everything passed over with the utmost hilarity ; the most ardent wishes being expressed for the health and happi ness of the bride and bride-groom, with prosperity to the " old works at home."—Hereford Journal. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. William Evans, builder, of Ince Blundell, late of the firm of Washington and Evans, expired on Friday under circumstances truly shocking. About five o'clock he walked into the Misses Keel's restaurant, in Dale-street, and seated himself in the dining-room ; at the same time he called for some re freshment, which he wished to be brought in without de lay, as he had taken a ticket at the office on the opposite side of the street for one of the omnibuses then about to start. A young person in the establishment brought the refreshment, but just as Mr. Evans was about to partake of it, he fell from his chair, and in another moment was a corpse. He was in a state of intoxication when he en tered the house. HOSPITALITY Lrehous the purposes of relief, of which notice had last week been given, was carried. Miss Wolfeadall was appointed ma tron of the fever hospital. The Rev. Mr. Badnall was appointed vice-chairman, in the place of Mr. Roberts, resigned. Mr. Peers was appointed deputy. The motion That the appointment of Mr. Knowles, collector of poor rates, be rescinded," was carried. The Rev. Thomas Dwyer was appointed chaplaid to the fever hospital, at a salary of £2O. Several appointments of collectors for out townships were made. DOCK COMMITTEE. — The Committee of Works reported that they would not make any appropriation at present of the land at the north end.--It was ordered that the Cla rence half-tide basin should be run dry on the 13th and 14th instant, the usual notices being given.—The Har bour Master's Committee recommended the appointment of Mr. Thomas Prenton, as master of the Canning Dock, at a salary of £l5O per annum, with a house. Confirmed. —The same committee also recommended the appoint ment of Mr. William Foyle, as master of the Toxteth Dock. This led to a long and desultory discussion, Mr. Tobin, Mr. Shand, and one or two other members, con tending that persons in the employ of the trust in subor dinate capacities, such as pier -masters, &c., should be elevated to such situations as an inducement for good con duct and attention. Mr. Shand thought the matter should be referred. Mr. Saunders, a member of the committee, remarked that the proceedings of a committee ought not to be referred merely because a member had an individual in his service whom he wished to be appointed. Mr. Ailtin said that, as to members recommending their ser vants, he thought the last speaker need not have alluded to. it ; he believed, however, that Foyle, the person recom mended, was in his (Mr. Saunder's) employ. Mr. Saun ders replied that, though Foyle was in his employ, so far from wishing him to come forward as an applicant for the vacant situation, he bad advised him not to do so. The matter was ultimately referred back, and the committee were directed to ascertain whether any pier-master or other officer was capable of taking the situation. THDARCHITECTDRAR AND ARCH/EOLOGICAL SOCIETY. —The first meeting of this society, for the season, was held on Wednesday evening last, at the Royal Institu tion. There was a very nutnerous attendance of gentle men connected with the architectural profession, and other branches of building and construction. The Presi dent (his Worship the Mayor,) was unavoidably absent, and the chair was occupied by Mr. Picton. the vice president. A number of splendid drawings, plans, &c., the production of members of the society, and some beautiful designs by Mr. Frank Howard, illustrative of English history, intended to decorate the Grammar School at Preston, were exhibited. The Chairman congratulated the members of the profession on the formation of a so ciety which was likely to produce such beneficial results: it would be advantageous not to architects merely, but to all those gentlemen whose avocations connected them in any way with building generally.- He had no doubt of the success of the society, now thatit had been established on such a permanent basis. He concluded by alluding to an interesting paper he bad heard' read at the sister so ciety at Carnarven, by Mr. Hartshorn, giving some ori ginal details connected with Carnarvon Castle. Mr. Reid, the secretary to the society, read a paper on the architec ture and archteology of St. Andrew's Church, Bebington, to which edifice an excursion had been made by the members. ,a short time ago. Mr. Reid entered into many details, :showing the different styles to be found in this ancient 'building, together withits history and the various changes and alterations it had undergone at different pericds. His observations were illustrated by drawings and dia grams. The reading of the paper was listened to with much attention, and the subject was-- considered of so much importance, that it was agreed to adjourn it for further consideration at the next meeting of the society. LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT Olf THE LATE LORD GEO. BENTINCK.—An excellent lithographic print of this la mented nobleman has just been published by Mr. Geo. E. Jones, lithographer, Lord-street. ft is taken from a re cent and very spirited'sketch, and conveys both the per son and the expression of the noble original—the manly and aristocratic bearing and the intellectual character of features, on the latter of which is impressed more of thoughtfulness than those who have only been in the habit of seeing him amidst the excitement of his once favourite pursuits will recognise as belonging to him, but which is in strict keeping with his recent arduous and wearing labours in the cause of his country, This sketch ought to be in the hands of every constitutionalist. STEAM NAVIGATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL• AND NEW Yoni.—We undeastand that a party in Americsare com mencing with great spirit the organisation of a steam navigation company, in opposition to Cunard's splendid line of steamers. A Mr. E. IC Collins, of New York, is the party who has commenced the movement, the arrange ments of which are on a grand scale—a regular go-a-head affair. The proposed new steamers are to be 285 ftt long, 46' ft. broad;3o4jo tons burden, and with engines of about the same as the Great Britain. The contractor guarantees greater power and elegance in proportion to size and weight than has ever been attained each vessel is estima ted to cost g 500,000, including half that sum for maehi- nery ;. already about 42,500,096 are said to be subscribed, and two of these gigantic vessels are expected to be ready by the autumn 0f1849. DEATH FRO/vr ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an inquest *as held on view of the body of Robert McQueen, aged 2Z, who had been employed some time at Mr. Jacks's boiler,. works, in Dublin-street. On Saturday week deceased and two other men were opening a large wooden gate, on rollers, belonging- to the premises, and from which the guide above had' previously been taken to allow the pas sage through of some large boilers. Deceased fastened a rope round a large fly which was against the yard wall, to steady it as with a guy. The gate did not keep its per pendicular, and as it fell outward into the street, it pulled over the wheer(which weighed 18 cwt) upon the deceased, who was an much hurt that he died on Thursday at the North ern Hospital.—Verdict, "accidental death," with a recommendation from the jury that the gate should be better secured in future. _ _ BOOTLE NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—We are much gratified to learn that the Earl of Derby, with his accustomed libe rality, has recently contributed to the enlargement of these schools. The noble Earl, in addition to a grant of land for the purpose, has been a donor of the handsome sum of £5O. Encouraged by this munificent gift, the inhabitants of Bootle have collected among themselves a sufficient sum to complete the work begun under such auspices ; and now', in addition to the previously existing, Boys and Girls''School, there is a spacious and comm.. dious Infant Scheer; opened for the growing-requirements of the neighbourhood. We congratulate the trustees of these schools, and especially their active and well-known treasurer, on the consummation of their laudable efforts for the welfare of the children of the poor, and the gene ral benefit of the district. Seeing the zealous and unti ring labours of their pastor, the congregation of Bootle Church are always ready to do good, and to distribute. " Verily, they will not lose their reward." HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL.—In the exhibition of the Liverpool Academy, there is a fine full-length portrait, by 111idge, of our respected townsman Mr. Braithwaite Poole, which was pesented to that gentleman as a testimonial of the esteem in which he is held by the officers of the London and North Western Railway, with which he is immediately connected. The sum paid to Mr. Illidge for this work was 300 guineas. Mr. Poole is- also about to receive another valuable gift as a token of the estimation in whiCh his services to railways are held. In the shop window of Mr. Doke, of Lord-street, may be seen a handsome service of plate, consisting of a tea service, a 'coffee service, and a salver. The value of the whole is two hundred guineas. The salver bears the following in scription :—" Presented, with a tea and coffee service, to Braithwaite Poole, Esq., by the members of the Railway Managers Goods Conference, as a testimony of the great esteem in which he is held by them, and as an acknow ledgment of his valuable services as originator, and for some time honorary secretary of these useful meetings. Manchester, August, 1848. INCREASED CUSTOMS RECEIPT 1%.-T LIVERPOOL.-- About one-third of the aggregate improvement in the Customs Revenue in the three kingdoms emanates from Liverpool alone I There is an Increase here of £148,065 in the quarter just ended, over the corresponding quarter of last year ; of which increase we believe about £30,000 arises from the existing Corn Duties—which were not in force last year. We understand that there has been a falling off in Spirits, Wine, and Tobacco, and which would have been more marked in the aggregate, were it not that as much as £116,000 has been received within the last I Quarter on Sugar. The respective Quarters stand thus: — ending 10th October, 1848, £1,019,694 Ditto ditto, 1847. 871,629 Taking the three quarters of these two years, there is also a very considerable Increase, amounting to £131,311, viz., The three quarters ending 10t1 Oct., 1848, .e 2,629,234 a tto ditto, 1847. £2,497,923 The fiscal improvement is greater locally than nationally. The last quarter's receipt here is at the rate of Four Mil lions sterling per annum—which is almost as high as ever it reached even when the duties were higher and there were much fewer "free" imports. LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS.—It has been determined to establish Industrial Ragged Schools in this town, in addition to the ordinary ragged schools now in existence, provided £5OO can be raised for that purpose. Exclusive of the first outlay in fitting up a suitable build .. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. COMMITMENTS A'rTITE POLICE-courrE; 'YESTERDAY.— JA._nTrtßedman, who had been remanded ft;om Saturday, for concealing the birth of her child, was committed for trial at sessions.—Ellen Alexander, who-had gone into the house of Jane Whitehead, on Sunday; the key having baen left in the door, and stolen therefrom two candle sticks, value 25., was also sent for trial—John Hughes. charged with stabbing' John M'Mahon, on Saturday, in Bolton-street, was committed for trial.—Also, John Bur goyne, Catherine Burgoyne, and John Walsh, for stealing, on Saturday, a pair of • boots from the shop of John Ebberts, in Pitt-street`; and James Mason, for stealing a portmanteau, the property of Edmund Sttrkie, from a vessel in the river. _ COMMITMENTS TO'GAOL BY MR. RUSHTON YESTER DAY.—John Locket, found suspiciously in the night in Vauxhall-road ; and" John Laffin, John Smith, and Jamek Page, found in Pellew , street, were each committed for three months.—Biddr.M`Namara, for stealing, on Satur day, a quantity of beef and butter from the standing of John Baker, in St. Martin's Market-,,three months. — Thomas Smith, for stealing beef on board the ship "Thomas," now in the Toxteth Dock, same time." — Catherine M`Guire rand Mary 111` Kenna, for stealing cotton in Upper Williamson-street, two months.—lsaac Owens, found suspiciously on board of a ship atthe Queen's Dock, three months.—John Cunningham and Richard Waugh, for stealing iron (1701b5.) the property of Betty Roberts, Sefton-street, one month. AN ESCAPE.—The other evening one of the police force, in a state described as " drunk and disorderly," was taken to Rose-hill Bridewell. Whilst confined to the yard, by the aid of a ladder he scaled a wall, and dropped down on 'the other side, a height of eighteen feet, but received no bodily injury. The head constable, of-course, suspended the man. A PRACTICAIS MAGISTRATE.—A,MaII was brought up at the Police-office, on Tuesday, charged with insubordi nation in the workhouse, and committed to gaol for 21 days. He complained of having to work at a hand mill, which was too laborious for any man to undertake alone ; but Mr. Rushton said this was false, as he had been to the workhouse himself, and turned all the mills there, the la bour of which was not too much for any industrious man. MISDEMEANOLTR.—On Friday, a married female, named Anne Crewe, was brought up at the Police-court, charged either with having concealed the birth of, or having de serted, her-newly born child. Prisoner called at a house in Kirkdale, about noon on Sunday week, and, shortly afterwards, a newly born infant, which, there can be no doubt, belonged to the prisoner, was found at a consider able distance off. The prisoner was committed to the assizes. A CAEOt OF HOCUSSING.—On Friday a scampish-look— ing fellow, named Christopher Crane, was committed for trial on the charge of having robbed a stupid-looking fellow of his purse and some silver.. An attempt was made by Mr. Owen, an attorney, to show that the prosecutor had lost his money before he went to the side of the dock. The fellow was seen to perpetrate the felony, and it also appeared clear that the prosecutor (who, by the way, was hail stupified) had been dosed by the companions of the prisoner, whose brother had offered a policeman ten shil lings not to appear against him. A RECOGNITION.—At the Police-court, on Friday, an officer, who was the principal witness in a felony ease, was taking care of. some stolen geese, did not appear at his post when the case was called on. " Where is that offi cer ?" bawled out Mr. Superintendent.Clough. A police man replied—" He is outside, sir, taking care of the geese." Mr. Clough—" One of you officers go and take charge of the other geese, whilst he comes here." There upon, another officer left the court to take charge of the geese, who set up a loud cackle of delight and recognition at their stiff-necked and blue-coated brother. CHARGE OF MUTINY. — On Wednesday,. John Kaye, mate of the ship. Auckland, was brought up on a charge of mutiny. The commander of the vessel, Capt. Shep pard, stated that he had occasion to go into the Cove of Cork, and while there the prisoner came to the after part of the vessel, made a blow at him and knocked him down. He then took a marling-spike, struck at one of the sea men, and was proceeding to assault the rest of the crew, when all hands mustered and overpowered him. He was placed in irons. In answer to an inquiry, the captain said the prisoner shipped at Constantinople. and behaved him self exceedingly well until their arrival at Cove. He at tributed his improper conduct to excessive drinking. The crew also confirmed this statement. Under all the cir cumstances of the case, Mr. Rushton fined the prisoner £5. and required him to find bail. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF CALICOES AND LINENS.— Three men, named Gibney, Parr, and Callan, were on Tuesday brought up, charged with being concerned in the robbery of two cases of Irish linen, and thirty or forty pieces of bleached calico. The goods in question were consigned to Messrs. Matthews and Co., forwarding agents, of this town, and arrived by a steamer in the Clarence Dock from Coleraine. Parr, who was a porter in their employ, was entrusted with a voucher for the de livery of the goods. It was subsequently, however, found that the goods had been delivered to a carter (Gibney), who produced the note which had been given to Parr. The police, having got scent of the matter, at once appre hended Parr and Gibney ; they next secured Michael Cal lon, and afterwards proceeded to a grocer's shop in Tithe barn-street, kept by a man named Ratterson, and in his back shop found a pile of pieces of bleached calico, the manufacturer's mark on which had been cut out of each. Upon being asked how the goods came into his possession, Mr. Pattison said they belonged to Callan. Part of the goods were traced elsewhere ; and, on Thursday, John M'Donald, Bridget Powell, and Ellen Barton, were brought up charged with being concerned in the robbery. The evidence went to show that the prisoners were in posses sion of a portion of the stolen property, and had pledged it at various pawnbrokers. They were again remanded. • •.• ing, the expense of each child is estimated to be from £5 to £7 per annum. Now, as it appears, by the return ob tained from the Governor of the Borough Gaol, that there are on an average eighty-three juvenile criminals con stantly in that prison during the year, at a cost to the community of about £l5 10s. per head, the very economy of Industrial Ragged Schools, independent of all higher motives, is worthy of serious consideration. In the pro posed schools, the children will be provided with an allow ance of wholesome food of the plainest description. Cleanly and industrious habits will be inculcated, and they will be instructed in some means of earning an ho nest livelihood, in addition to the usual simple rudiments of learning. The religious instruction will be given from the Bible in the authorised version. A provisional com mittee has been established, for the purpose of carrying out the object. Mr. T. D. Anderson, of India-buildings, is the treasurer, and Mr. .1. Hubback, the secretary. The Mayor is one of the committee. WILDE-STREET FREE SCHOOL.—The committee have issued their report for the past and present year, and it appears they have been very successful in prosecuting the purposes confided to them by the members of the Mental Improvement Society. The school was opened on the 22nd November last, to afford " instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic, to poor lads, on the evenings of four days of the week. Besides this, occasional lessons were given. The attendance of pupils has been large, the average being from 40 to 50 each night. In June it was necessary to close the school for a few weeks, and was re opened on the 18th September. The following passage is quoted from the report :—" They were engaged during the day in some industrial occupation ; some were in the low est depths of poverty, others orphans, and two or three confessedly procured a livelihood by street begging—their ages ranged from 10 to 20 years. Generally speaking they were at the commencement very ignorant and very disor derly; so much in fact was the latter the case, that for the first few nights it was found necessary to have a po lice-officer present ; but under the judicious management of the excellent paid teacher (Mr. Arnold) and his volun tary assistants, (several friends having regularly attended and aided him,) great improvement was speedily visible, and ere the closing of the school many of the pupils had made remarkable progress in the attainment of knowledge, and the behaviour of all had become most satisfactory." The treasurer has a small fund of about £lO in band, but the annual expenditure will hereafter be larger, as appli cations for admission will increase. It is hoped that the liberality of the public will enable the successors of the present committee to open another school in some other part of the town, It is gratifying to add, that at the re opening of the school nearly 80 lads presented themselyes for admisslou, 40 of whom had previously been pupils. TIM BUILDING SURVEYOR v. PATERSON.—This was an information, heard before Mr. Rushton on Tuesday. against the contractor for the masons' work of St. Peter's Church, Great Oxford-street, for erecting the clerestories in contravention of the Liverpool Building Act, 5 Vic., c. 44. The real defendants were the trustees of the church, and the point in dispute was whether the cleres tories were external walls or merely portions of the roof. Mr. Robinson, assistant building surveyor, said the ex ternal walls were not built according to the provisions of the act, but that all the external walls, with the exception of the clerestories, were of greater thickness than required by the act, and were also further strengthened by but tresses. Mr. Rishton, the chief building surveyor, in answer to the court, admitted that the roofs of St. John's and St. James's Markets were on the same principle as the one in question. A number of architects, surveyors, and builders were attending in court as witnesses for the defendant; but the magistrates, after the short exam', nation of the assistant building surveyor, said the act ought to receive a liberal construction, and decided, without calling on the defendant's witnesses, that there had been no infringement. and dismissed the case, Mr. Blair asked for defendant's costs on the ground of the very heavy expense he had been put to in preparing to de fend the case. The court said they had not the power, or would have given them ; and they regretted they had not that power. AFEMALEFOUNDDEADFROM "STOWING."-OnThurs day, a man named Devine, a shipper of passengers, was charged before Mr. Rushton with being accessory to the death of a eirl. by stowing her away in a box on board of the emigrant 'ship Mortimer Livington. A person be longing to the office of Messrs. Tapscott, agents for the ship, stated that while he was on board on Wednesday afternoon, he was told by a sailor that there was a " stow away" dead in a box in the second cabin. On gOing to make inquiry, he found a girl, about eighteen years of age, had been taken out of a box in an apparently lifeless state. She was warm ; but all efforts to restore animation were utterly unavailing. He understood that a girl, who had a key to the box had opened it, and she had stated that a man gave her the key, who brought potatoes the same morning for the passengers. It was stated that the pri soner's boy had the key originally, and it was probable he had given it to the girl ; but as neither of them were pre sent in court, the mystery which surrounded the matter could not be cleared up, and the prisoner was remanded (on bail), Mr. Rushton remarking that he would make some one account for the circumstances,if possible. On Friday, the investigation was resumed by the deputy coroner. A girl named Kay, who came to Liverpool to emigrate to New York, said she had been staying at Devines, where there were other girls who acted as servants, and that Devine had spoken to her about stowing away a girl. She thought she bad seen deceased there, and also on board. The witness was there on Tuesday night, and two boys came on board with some potatoes. One of them gave her a key, which she thought he said was to unlock a box between decks, and which she saw the boys move. This key she gave to her sister, who handed it to a person who occupied that part of the ship where the box stood. Soon after this all thepassen gers were summoned an , deck to show their tickets, and directly afterwards she heard that the girl had been taken out of the box dead.—Bridget Riley, a washerwoman, knew deceased, and had often seen her nursing Devine's children.—Mr. Woods, surgeon, stated that he had made an examination of the body, and likewise of the box in which deceased had been confined.—The dimensions of the box given by Morley, the beadle, were, length 3 feet, depth 1 ft, 6 in., width 1 ft. 51in ; the length of the body was 4 ft. 104 in.—The evidence of Mr. Woods, the sur geon who made the post-mortem examination, went to that death was caused by suffocation.—The verdict was that deceased was found suffocated, but how she came,. to be stowed away there was no evidence to show. De vine was accordingly discharged, Mr. Statham (deputy-- coroner) remarking that he feared he had played a dange rous part in the transaction. CLOSING DINNER OF THE'MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL DEE YACHT CLUB Oct, 17, MC s • •• N •• i s • . .•. .—.. The rev. gentleman was well at half-paef, ti* o'clock, sin. , but at seven he was no more. —Preston Pilot. [The reverend gentleman will be remembered affectionately by many of our readers, as the faithful incumbent of St. Michael's Church in this town. . THE REV. DR. M'NEILE ON THE PROPOSAL TO PAY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST HOOD BY THE STATE. TO THE EDITOR 015 TIIE LIVERPOOL MAIL SIR,—A friend has called my attention to a paragraph in your last paper, which seems to call for a few observa tions from me ; and I have, therefore, to beg the tavola of the insertion of this letter in your next. To aria 1, you will &AV I have cut it out misrepresentation, however unintenti, me _by reprinting the paragraph here of the paper and enclose it for the purpose. " It is currently reported in circles usually well-inforlDeb that the Rev. Dr. M'Neile has had the candour to admit tue overwhelming necessity for greatly modifying his objections t cr. a state provision for the Roman Catholic clergy of Irelarl Indeed there are many converts to the conviction, that Oa'_ . will be no lasting peace in that unhappy land for either pro' testaut or papist, until the Irish priesthood are relieved from the worst form of the evils of " voluntaryism," that is, abje_ dependence on the demagogue of the day and his seven of deluded dupes—the excitable peasantry—whose "pence now form their precarious stipends. At all events, it is cor i g deafly stated that Dr. WlVeile has been in corresponden ce with Sir Robert Inglis on this vexed subject, and that the latter at least is willing to advocate, or to acquiesce in, the state pay` ment of the Roman Catholic clergy, PROVIDED, the law will the same time confer on the Irish* laity, Roman Catholic as well as Protestant, the same ecclesiastical rights and privi:ege,s the members of the Anglican Church in this country enict namely, the privilege of demanding Christian baptism, churc ing of women, and burial, as unalienaMe legal rights. W.e g". this latest on dit as we receive it. We should not give it : Till less we had received it from a trustworthy quarter, not likely to communicate it to us, unless it had some foundation." This is calculated to mislead, and, therefore, demands explanation. In the first place, then, as the opinions f my kind friend, Sir Robert Inglis, are of vastly more con sequence to the public than mine, I beg to assure you that there is not the slightest foundation for the above report, so far as he in concerned. I have never had the honour of any correspondence with him upon the subject referred to, nor do I know whether his view of it has nndergone any recent modification. I think it extremell unlikely. For myself T can answer. My opinions upon the sub' e ject are grounded upon a carefully acquired knowledge 01 the system of Romanism, and an anxiously consc i e ntlon s comparison of it with the inspired word of God. They were not hastily formed, and 1 have not seen, or hea r d, or read anything which appears to require any alteration of them. In reply to the mullum vexatum questionem of what is to be done for Ireland ? the design, now very generally attributed to her Majesty's ministers of making some national provision for the maintenance of the Roman Catholic priests, is, of course, largely and freely debated. It forms the subject not only of public writing and sperm ing. but of innumerable private conversations. amount of foundation that exists for the report, as abo,'' , v stated, concerning me, must be traced to one or two si!,,c , i` conversations-which have lately taken place, and Pl' general drift of which appears to have been misaPPII hended. There is, indeed, always some risk of misapP hension, (especially where a strong wish exists on% side,) when evens for argument's sake, the main quest 3,, is set aside, and`some secondary or subsidiary topic et e .: vated into chief discussion. That you and your resa; may perceive how - this has happened hythis case, I written a fair specimen of the conversations referred w' held in a passing way, scans pede in unclin a newsrcog i or counting-house. I can, indeed, recall , only two 811 _ 4 occasions : I do not!pretend to transcribe the very Wok e which passed on either; but if you will allow A, in 1 , 17 following dialogue, tb-represent your informant, and 13L , represent Dr. you will have substantially tw' facts of the case A.—Well, what say Roman Catholic Pries • you to this project of' in Ireland ? paying the B.—What can be said in favour of such a project ? de A.—Why, don't you think that if the priests were ma independent of the fees, dues, and other exactions fro m a their people, on which they now live, their people wou,, become more independent of them ? Surely, if the peoP w knew, as they would, of course, soon know,. that the priests were salaried by the state, they would feel there sel-res at liberty to withhold many of those ravine!! o which they now give as matter of necessary supper' their clergy. And is it not human nature that the: priest' themselves, or many of them, if independent of their Pe ple, would be less sedulous-in their attentions, and tkerf. - fore less influential ? In this. point of view, as tending L° diminish the absolute control now exercised by the pries.q' do you not think that their endowment would be a On Tuesday last the members of , the Royal Dee Yacht Club celebrated the close of their first season under Royal" sanction, by a dinner, at the " Mostyn Arms" Hotel, Parkgate ; and, though the early part of the day was uninviting, heavy rain having fallen, the attendance was numeroue r including members andguests from Chester, Liverpool, and even more distant localities. At six o'clock the company sat down to an excellent and sumptuous repast, accompanied by the choicest wines. The respected Commodore of the Club, Edward Watson Lloyd, Esq., of Fort Heswall, presided ; and the vice chair was occupied by William Ayrton t , Esq., of Chester, measure the secretary. Amongst those present were Sir Edward B.—You could not attaini .or even aroximate to tbe Walker, Chairman of the Committee forthe Improvement effecOrou anticipate, unless you combined the eudovnle?t of the River Dee ; John Simpson, Msg. ; Thomas Bir- of the priesthood with an act of parliament giving til chall, Esq., (owner of the beautiful and highly successful laity a legal right to the sacraments and other ordinance; yacht, " The Vision ;" Captain Fyfe, Oapt. Garrott, Mr. of what they consider the true church, and prompt am: Piper, Mr. Wemys, Mr. Eustace, and another gentleman e ffi c i en t l ega l re d ress aga i ns t any pr i est w h o re f use d fho'''. (whose name we did not ascertain), allaof the 46th Regi- sacraments or ordinances. Thu are aware that, wheel!' meat, now stationed at Chester ; R. Pedder, Esq., of Preston, and others. may be the professed rules of the system, it is practicaill After the banquet, the usual loyal toasts were susses- in the option of the Roman Catholic priesthood, wheth.er. to gi7eaar withhold " the riteaal the church" in any i , 11 .°,,'. sively given, and drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. vidual instance ; and that an " interdict" from these rights Capt. FYFE ably responded to the toast of " The Army," is used as an engine of coercion in political and other tern which was coupled with the gal!ant4 46th Regiment, poral matters. To any man in whom he perceives synlY: and Capt. GAREATT with equal felicity and feeling to that toms of political independence, the priest may say, (or of " The Navy."' what is much more common, he may very clearly and The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Royal• Mersey Yacht practically convey, without committing himself by s 3! Club," coupled with the name of Thos. Littledale, Esq.. nig) "your child shall not be baptized, nor your ',rife to whom he paid , a high compliment as Commodore of thumbed, unless you vote for the friend of your church that Club, . for his activity in, and devotion to, the noble and your country, (alias the nominee of the priest) at ;.be superstitions of yachting,—alluding to his gallant conduct in election." The people are sincere in their superstitioD saving many of the persons from the wreck of the Ocean They think the rights of their church are indispensable Co Monarch. He regretted that circumstances had prevent- the happiness and prosperity ofthemselves and their tam!: ed that gentleman from f u lfilli ng hi s intention of being lies in this world and the next. Of course, w hile the ad; that day, amongst those then assembled, assured as he m i n i s tr a tio n of thos e r i g hts i s a b so l u t e ly at the priests_ (the chairman) felt that his presence would have much o pti on , the people, in proportion to their sincerity, are t. 11! enhanced the enjoyment of the evening. (Cheers.) p r i es t s ' s l aves . U n l ess , th ere f ore , you can coerce 01 Mr. .I. Scow WALKER (a member., of both Clubs) priests to administer the sacraments, &c., an endownaela briefly responded for the R.M.Y.C., stating that he had of £1;000 a year to each of them would not take one gel! the authority of several of the officers and members, in advance towards securing either the civil or religiou ° whom he had seen before leaving Liverpool, to convey liberty of the people. their cordial wishes that the Royal Dee Club might find A.—Capital ! There is something tangible to aina 5 ' their efforts crowned by every possible success. and popular, too : for in urging this we shall appear as The CHAIRMAN. then proposed the health of their bro- lib era l assertors o f t h e peop l e ' S r i g h ts, not as bi g otte i l u ther member, Thames Birchall, Esq., as owner of the restrieters. Would you press such a measure ? Vision,.and aso as the worshipful the Mayor of Preston, Ba,--Undoubtedly, if the endowment be inevitable. Bt a a g e e h n t t mn ma . n a u who woho, had distinguished order my good sir, the subject is not so simple, nor so essi" hi th m em s el t f h that day, a skilful had l disposed of as you s eem t o thi n k. of v l e a who erto m ee t sacrificed his valuable time, which he. was almost called So much for the dialo g u e . N ow , M r . Edito r , one upon to devote to more important official avocations. the inconveniences attending-such conversations, or r athe' Mr.- BIRCHALL returned thanks in very eloquent, LIP- attending the reporting of them in newspapers, arises fro ° , propriate, and unassuming terms. He remarked that interrupt the circumstance that they are very frequently interrep-, England's glory was her navy and her-army ; and he re- and, cut short, just when further explanation becoro joiced that a gentleman of the 46th regiment bad replied desirable. Such has been the case here. ..a to a previous toast in a manner that showed how deeply Th e p r oposal suggest e d i n th e way o f o bj ec ti o n f.A he appreciated the generous and patriotic co-operation of w ith a v iew of leadin g t o f ur th er i n f orma ti on , commelrn those two branches of her Majesty's service. For himself, itself at once to an unsuspecting Englishman, who desl l 7, and, he might say, in behalf of the club, that he rejoiced no thi ng m ore sincerely th an th e a d vancemen t o f liberty' that gentlemen of both services should meet together, as bath civil and religious. Unhappily, however, its suet& on this occasion, in the utmost harmony and good-fellow- is rendered wholly impracticable by the system of Ronasn . ship. (Cheers.) ism in another of its features. A. variety of toasts, sentiments, and songs followed. I refer to the doctrine of ' Mr. J. SCOTT WALKER exhibited a number of interest- 11 0 Rome is nowhere incautious—on no side unarme3. .- 0 jug models of vessels, constructed on a new principle of has not left herself open to any such objection to "la his awn, with a double stern and double run under floata- Powers that be," as the arrangement referred to viou,, tion mark, the bow being similar to that of the ordinary involve. Her sacraments, though administered accurately vessel. The chief objects aimed at in this construction in their letter and outward matter, depend for their vs" - are, a very shallow draft of water, combined with great, dity on the intention of the officiating priest. If, e. g:,', safety, speed, and weatherliness ;•,and a peculiar adaptation., w h en h e consecra t es th e.wa f er , he inwardly intendsn 'ot ,'", for the use of the screw as a propelling power — or we. do it, or even negatively, if he does not intend to do it' should say screws—as the model , built for steam carries a the miracle of transubstantiation is not performed, and screw at the extremity of each run, which, working dif-. the sacrament is of no avail. ferent ways by the same engine, produces a perfect equality, of 7 Here is an escape from the most stringent legislation , in the motion of the vessel, hitherto unattained. The man. All that a British law could enforce in word ,°.; plan is considered highly favourable for vessels liable to deed might be complied with, and still the rites of ~_tvt ground,, and is alike suitable for river vessels, coasters, Church of Rome be withheld from the people in all w 2,, merchant ships, or men of war, whether propelled by constitutes their religious efficacy. No earthly power steam,, or sail, or both combined. The stability of such secure liberty to conscientious members of the Church ,`.i vessels under sail, and the prevention, by the double run, Rome. They invest their Priests with the attributes v: of their making lee way, is considered a novelty and a divinity, and then make conscience of self-prostrati on, great advantage by many nautical gentlemen. Sir Edward This "voluntary humility" in religious things is turne d Walker appeared to take a friendly interest in the inven-it" .00 (when the interests of the system seem to require 1 ~, ton, and was furnished with a printed description., an engine of coercion in secular things ; and . hence the A resolution was unanimously passed by the members difficulty, or, as Lapprehend it will be found, the impos s '; of the club, to the effect that the ensuing yachting season bility of fair and honourable negotiation with them by ii should commence early,, and with a good muster. Ar- Protestant State. As to the notion of attaching theme rangements were also set on tbot for a regatta,. to take gratitude, and thereupon making use of them to gov, lo place in August next, the prizes to be contended for by the country in peace, I can only smile at the an3i 3u .,, vessels belonging to the Royal Yatch Clubs only. The simplicity of those who think that such a tie would last le'd course will be from Hilbre Island through the Swashway, hour longer than it answered the conscience or policy 4 round the N.W. Light-ship, (thence extended or not th e pr i est h oo d to observe it. In truth, the observation " st according to circumstances), and back again either by the, any suc h compac t wou ld b e a d ere li ct i on o f th e i r high! 0. same way, or by the point of Ayr, so that there need be d u ti es , an d cou ld on l y b e en d ure d f or a ti m e and no apprehension as to the want of a sufficient depth of t emporar y, ev il, that greater and more permanent goodln.o ' retention water. their cania might come. The evening passed in the enjoyment of the utmost But my objections to the endowment of the Ron 3. -4 ;al/ conviviality and good fellowship. A party of those pre- Priests in Ireland, and by speedy consequence in ar e o sent at the dinner went down on the following morning B r it a i n , are no t o f a secu l ar or political character.. I ba,' they enjoyed a delightful day ; those of them who were s by water, with the Commodore to Hilbre Island, where no fear of Papal ascendancy. He must, I think, 11 4 ) read history t not to say prophecy) a-net studied mankind a li h ttl ee a lu p t u ie r ea po . se, T w h h e o p n e or tte d e re e a strangers to that romantic and sight-commanding spot being especially gratified. The several courses to be pur sued by the yachts at future regattas may be distinctly f d dreads the a revival present of e s c e c v l e e s r i e a i s g t n i ts c a oer f the Roman States" is well described in the last.nutou 4 seen from the island, and no doubt was entertained as to of the Quarterly Review. After exposing the vanity,* t, weakness of the Pope's measures, the writer says, i , the required depth of water. The party all returned to . soon learnt the error of his policy, and lives to repe nt Parkgate lathe evening, highly pleased with their excur.. but not to retrace his steps. He has outlived his pop7 i , favour, has been accused of the basest duplicity, is 'cif bi ally dethroned, and vegetates in his palace, surrounded e 1 rebellious subjects, at whose mercy he lies, unprot ee rs , and unarmed." This witness is true. The infallible rut, sessor of both swords exists at this moment by the 5 0 . ferance of a republican„ and is to be feared, infidel P r ot This is the age of barricades, not Inquisitions • of a tr af emeutes, not dungeon tortures. Neither Oxford treaciwif, nor Irish treason can re-establish the chair of Hildebrs a Whet then do I fear. I fear God : lest in righteous retribution for the lig li Al t l His gospel nationally despised, and idolatry nation ,7 0 . encouraged and supported in defiance of his sacred CY o ts mandment, He should withdraw those merciful rest rai n of which humanise our fallen race; and so allow the we 00 this land, as of other lands, to tear one another with4o savage fury of wild beasts. I fear lest from an elev's e r in privilege above all others, we should sink to a de' vedly deadlier punishment than all others. 11° c pile, therefore, we would urge earnestly on 9 ,ass governed, " honour and obey the Queen," we we;liceeP earnestly urge on all the governors, " fear God ana,,,,i4 His commandments." The idea of any real diffic ult the way of Great Britain governing Ireland by e 3 441 t1i law, and civilising her on Protestant principles 1 101 ; 0 0 constitution could be safely restored to her, is pelf absurd. The bugbear was propagated for faction+ lid for place. Infatuated blindness ! do it could do the work well if she chose; and she woo l d f 0' if she were wise. Self-preservation is an instinct t bet ture, a which nothing but madness can deprive man, nation.—l am, sir, your obedient serva nt, v, HUGH 1C4g44. Distrtrt geb3s. first stone of a new gaol was laid at Manchester on MGaday fhelord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. Thomas George James, M.A., of Erasenose College, Oxford, In cumbent of Habergham Eaves, in this county ? , to the Vicarage of Bridgewater, with the Rectory of Chilton, in the county of Somerset. v- M- Hearne, late P Cathrm"' F --t The Rev. ,vir. _,earne, late Roman t,athonv, Incumbent of Manchester, having been dangerously stalked two months ago for being supposed friendly to the Jesuits, and the miscreant being now in the hands of justice, this Irish clergyman has found it necessary to abscond from Rome, and lurk in the mountains about Frascati, so many attempts have been made to endanger his life, and thus deter him from prosecuting to condign punishment the hero of the stiletto. Row AT CROSBY.—A few days ago a party of Irish labourers at Great Crosby, who had been employed in getting potatoes, turned out for an advance of wages, but not being able to obtain their demand in a peaceable way they got drunk, and created a regular Irish row, using their pitchforks against the police and the neighbours who attempted to take them into custody. This was not effected without a fearful conflict, in the course of which the police and one or two parties were severely injured. AWFULLY SUDDEN.—On Thursday morning the village of Bolton-by-Bolland was thrown into the deepest gloom and distress, by the awfully sudden death of the much esteemed, respected, and highly talented Rev. Ambrose Dawson, 8.D., and Senior Fellow of Brazennose College. Atigburth, 12th October, 1848. 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