The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, to the important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, which can be read on THE hat day by the thousand: of Manufacturers and others attending TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. The • STANDARD is taken at all the and respectabl Is in that tot surrounding manufact SECOND EDITION Two, in time for the Nort MARKETS, and any may arrive in the course g district Vewsrooms and the published at Half-past ri Mails, containing the rbt ittberpc;ol of importance that the morning, •=tanbarti. TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 29, 1848 THE existing amended (!) laws relating to bank ruptcy and insolvency appear to be regarded with almost universal dislike by our trading and com mercial communities, as injurious alike to the interest of creditors and of debtors. Drawn up by lawyers, without the aid of that experience and practical knowledge of the kind of relations ordi narily existing between debtors and creditors which they are found inapplica orking, to the case of V in fees, &c., the commercial men posses tle, from their ex small trade 8., whiel se of liave been available I; whilst the ma is found to open ion of ti The report stated that the traffic had continued to in ring the half-year : savings had also been effected a to a considerable extent—£l,2oo per annum — and that by issuing of the new £27 10s. shares through the general office, a further saving would be effected of £2,100. The directors purpose to make legal calls for all amounts of money in arrear, in justice to those who have paid, and also to best serve the shareholders by prose cuting the main works on the line. The amount expected to be raised will enable them to open the traffic between Chester and Warrington in autumn, 1849, and soon after between Warrington and Altrincham. Several resigna tions of directors had taken place. To supply these va cancies the services of Messrs. J. Bancroft and W. Gibb, of Manchester, and of Messrs. F. Shand and J. H. Ray ner, of Liverpool, have been secured to the board, and arrangements made by which one of the directors has agreed to devote his whole time and attention to the in terests of the concern. A statement of the accour where t .e ordinarily requiring to be cau- n order to prevent the creel , in ti t terms insolvency and non-trade v be relieved, on t an expense of not exc In rep' I Dock Company - , The CHAI was read, and the report stage, relative to the Nanswered, in the balance of £106,283 6s. item of £50,000, debt due by the Birk en- The Liverpool Health Committee have applied for, and obtained, drawings of the pumps and apparatus emptying cess-pools under the direction a the Metropoli tan Commissioners of Sewers. These pumps continue to act so successfully as to give the utmost satisfaction, and in every quarter an uncompromising war has been declared against filth. nd Warehouse Company. • Several share 3sed an opinion that there was no clause in the act Mr. J. B. LLOYD, the law-clerk, said he was not in hen the loan was made, and he had taken legal ,0 recover it. There was no clause to authorise - LA.uNcH.—On Tuesday last, at the building-yard of Messrs. Smith and Rodger, Govan, near Glasgow, there was launched a fine new screw steamer, named the Bri gand. • She is intended as the consort to the Pirate, and for the Glasgow and Liverpool trade. The vessel is 150 feet in length, breadth 24, and depth 15 feet. She is 370 tons, and propelled by a double acting screw-driver, by two engines of 30-horse power each. THE PEACE SOCIETY.—The more active members of this association, in Liverpool, availed themselves of the general unpopularity of the ministerial financial policy, to get up a metting on Friday, in the Music-hall, Bold street, to protest against the proposed increase in the esti mates for the army and navy, and to adopt a friendly ad dress to the people of Marseilles. Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., took the chair, and Elihu Burritt and James Silk Buckingham addressed the meeting. A special meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners was held on Thursday evening, to consider the propriety of running the steamers from Woodside at fixed inter vals. A motion was proposed by Mr. R. Bryans, seconded by Mr. J. H. Hind, that the steamers should start every twenty minutes, thus retaining the hour boats, but dis pensing with the half-hour ones. An amendment proposed by Mr. Watson, and seconded by Mr. Horner, that the subject be referred to the Ferry Committee, was however carried by a majority of one. , on t -Then I have to move that the report not accepted. . _ Here is ze50,000 lost to of the the co passed to a general balance, which I thought t first referred to cash in hand, but which turns out to be a debt contracted in the most extraordinary manner. I therefore ;e that the accounts be not passed model' WALTON AND FAZAKERLY PLOUGHING MATCH. — This match came off on the 17th instant, in a field be lonzing to J. Naylor, Esq., Walton Hall, and occupied by Mr. Richard Seddon. Eighteen ploughs started, and finished their respective lots in the given time, namely twelve hours to the statute acre. The field being cleared, the judges, Mr. Robert Birch, farmer, Stand-park ; Mr. John Johnson, Fazakerley-hall ; and Mr. David Caldwell, Liverpool; after a minute and careful inspection, awarded the prizes i-Ist. To Daniel M'lntyre,with Mr. Skirving. 2d. To Andre* Bell, with Mr. Richard Seddon. 3d. To Edward Berry, ploughman to Mr. John Bii ch. 4th. To William Howard, son of Mr. Thomas Howard, Knowsley. sth. To Mr. Win. Lilley, foreman to Mr. Smithies, Bickerstaffe- hall. About five o'clock, the judges, and upwards of flirty gentlemen, proceeded to the Plough Inn, Walton, and partook of an excellent dinner, provided by Mr. Woolall. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Muir, Walton; vice-chair by Mr. Birch. It is worthy of remark, that the ploughs which gained the three first prizes were made by Mr. Honderwood, imple ment maker, Walton. tory arrangement has been made by the for the liquidation of that sum, if ne p7ilause.) (Loud ) a question, that the pro ' nount against the ceedings were instituted to recover th d Warehouse Co Birkei IRLEY.- dings ? (Appl Rev advanced ? What right had you to insti ase.) Upon whose authority I have no reason to doubt the rity of the gentlemen who But I bought my . e paid all up; and I must tins this £106,000 y, the ability, or the it p, and I am surprised DEATH FROM ALLEGED IMPROPER MEDICAL TREAT MENT.—On Friday an inquest was held on view of the body of Anne Davies, 23 yeaas of age, wife of a labouring man in Toxteth-park. She had been attended by two surgeons from the South Dispensary, and - in some way a re medi po t r re t r abroad m t entwthat hich, r s e h a e ci lad i ) ing t died e from improper s ot rp pleby , he saw the coroner upon the subject. Mr. Appleby stated ' , at he was himself a subscriber to that institution, and roa ---- -4fter stated several instances where, a, flaying been a. tended once by the surgeons of the dispensaries, the parties were referred to the parish-office. The prescrip tions (with one exception) which had been given for the deceased were read, and the - coroner made some rather strong remarks upon the way in which they had been made out. Mr. Appleby suggested that the surgeons of the dis pensary ought to have their prescriptions entered into a book ; and the coroner said he should make a representa tion to the dispensary committee, and also inform them . . of the cases in which parties had been referred to the parish surgeons. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict of death by the visitation of God. The evidence of Mr. Archer was to the effect that the surgeon's treatment was judicious NORTH AMERICAN PASSENGERS.—A bill with the above title has just been published on the subject of the regulation of, and making further provision for, the car riage of passengers by sea to North America. It was in troduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Labouchere and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The first clause enacts that no ship shall carry more passengers on board than in the proportion of paEsenger to every two tons. ..sy the second clause it is provided that two children under the age of 14 shall be computed as one passenger. Each passenger is to be supplied at least twice a week with nibs. of beef or pork, or 311bs. of bread or biscuit, and in addition thereto, 6 lbs. of bread, flour, biscuit, oatmeal, or rice. Potatoes, however, may be substituted. The sixth clause provides that a superintendent of emigrants is to be taken in every ship carrying as many as 100 pas- sengers. By the eighth Clause it is enacted that the su perintendent shall be provided with proper accommoda tion and messing by the owners of the ship, and that he shall be entitled on each voyage to receive from the master of the ship £2O, and the sum of ls. for every pas senger landed alive. The fifteenth clause enacts that ships carrying fewer than one passenger to twenty shall be elempted from the operation of this act. five tons MORTALITY OF IRISH EMIGRANTS.- We find the fol nigrants amongst whom - the deadly mortality of last year occurred, in a let ter addressed to the president of the board of trade, by Messrs. J. and W. Robinson, of this port :—" We crave your especial attention to the fact, that the great mortality last year did not occur amonzst the ordinary class of emi- jrarits, viz. :—those who poi: their own passages, and ge nerally hare means to provide suitable bedding, clothing, and food, but was confined almost exclusively to that un fortunate class whose:passages were paid by Irish landed pro prietors :—thousands of this class were sent out last sea son, both from this port and various Irish ports, and we can state from our own Observation of those who sailed THE LIVOiPOOL STANDARD. - - . . ._ . . .. A most important sec ur ity f or th e commercial ' Lairds proposed was quite right ; and Mr. Howard, who LORD PALMERSTON . AND MR. BANCROFT. puPlic is proposed to be given, by a clause which had tendered his resignation, was induced to withdraw it. -- renders it imperative t o reg i s t er a ll mor t gages , Some conversation ensued on the appointment at!- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. time pouncedto theithcoe company's ;:if a director to devote his whole SlR,—The correspondence between Mr. Bancroft, the grants, assignments, bills of sale, &c., which render s to co:i ii c e ei B m, 0 71 .p a r t i l f n o e u x r o'clock t a debtor's ostensible property unavailable to his meeting was adjourned ny e ad- ti tion n etca aw n s minreissteenrisatnodmLormdiPnllitrerstoon; remarkable ta:irekNa:lviga creditors ; such registers to be made in the county journed meeting is also to be made special, to consider the stance of Yankee P impude y nce on the o m ne - part, n and A 9 li i i r g i or district where the debtor may reside, and a copy proposition for throwing open to the shareholders the book gish si m pli c ity or so y ee thi ng worse on th e ot h er, t h at it to be filed in a genera l o ffi ce in London. Such in which the number o f s h ares h e ld b y eac h propr i etor i s h as ever f al l en to my lot to witness. Here we have the entered. representative of a self-styled great nation (great cerfainly registers may be inspect e d on payment of a fee of - with reference to repudiating notoriety) coolly addressing Is. It is further proposed, for the more facile relief The vacant office of Admiralty agent for the mails at Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign of debtors, that a person in embarrassed circum- this port has been conferred on Lieutenant W. T. Bellair. Affairs with assertions and offers that cannot but be con stances may at any time, and whether in or out of Among the bills read the second time on Monday, were demned by the unprejudiced as an insult to a 'British custody, petition the court, and procure a vesting the Birkenhead Dock Company, the Herculaneum Dock, statesman in the indifferent estimation of his mental powers order to protect his estate against hostile creditors; and the Liverpool Dock Bill. and amor patrice that they evince. Nations, even as in and on filing a proper schedule or balance sheet, The Rev. Edward La wson B owman , 8.A., o f St. P e - dividuals, having their own interests at heart, should cer ter's College, Cambridge, has been licensed to the curacy tainly in all bargains take care that they are not over should be permitted to proceed with as little delay o f St . .Phili p ' s. reached by giving more than they receive in return. Now as possible to his final discharge and certificate. CAUTION TO BOYS.—On Wednesday several boys were what equivalent, may I ask, have the Americans to offer Mr. Laidman also recommends that the absurd and sent to gaol for having been found throwing stones in in return for the privileges at present so justly exclusively unjust anomaly, by which a fraudulent bankrupt is Park-lane, whereby a number of windows were broken. enjoyed by the B r itish shipping interest in the extensive punishable by transportation for life, or imprison- 'rhe auxiliary screw steam- s hip S ara h S an d s , C a pt a i n colonial and coastin g tr a d e of this country, and in the Thompson, hence, arrived off the bar of New York on the prohibition to foreigners of the " indirect" trade? Where ment with hard labour, whilst the equally fraudu- n i g h t o f t h e 9 t h instant, after a run of eighteen and a-half are the American colonies ? Would not her coasting lent insolvent is only punishable with imprisonment days. She reached the city the following morning. i trade, even as her trade with this country, be almost mo for two years, without hard labour, should be got The royal mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison, nopolised by her own ships? Let our rulers look to the rid of, and a more consistent course be adopted, by after having been detained one day by Admiralty order, effects already produced in this respect by the spirit of which the punishment in both cases should be took her departure on Sunday for Halifax and New York, reciprocity tiles tar indulged in. Is not the carrying trade with the usdal mails and a large number of passengers. between England and America which employs the major made the same. A deputation from the Manchester Commercial Ass°. part of the shipping of the latter almost entirely in the It is proposed, further, that both debtor and ere- ciation was to have an interview with the directors of the hands of the Americans ? The cause of this lies not, as ditor should have a power of appeal to the rice- East India Company yesterday, (Monday,) for the pur- many have asserted, in the superiority of their vessels Chancellor, whose decision should be final, unless pose of laying before them some interesting information and their captains, but in the anti-English spirit that per as to the cultivation of cotton in India. vades American society, the commercial community of that judge should report the case specially for the EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES , At a meet- the United States almost to a man giving the ships of decision of the Chancellor. The present power of ing of the Board of Examiners held on the2sth instant, their country a preference both in the shipmnts of Awe appeal to subdivision courts, and ultimately to the Captain Anthony Easterby, late master of the screw rican produce, and by orderh.g return shipments of House of Lords, Mr. Laidman treats as unnecessary. steamer Aram, of Liverpool, and Captain Willi am C on - British produce and manufactures to b e ma d e i n Without giving in our adhesion to the whole of nell , master of the Isabella, of Irvine, were examined and American bottoms. .is not American produce, of Mr. Laidman's views, we can recommend his both found duly qualified forfirst class masters' certificates. which we take the major part, admitted duty-free into On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Ship Inn, Great consumption in this country with the exception of their P amphlet as worthy of the serious attention of our Crosby, on view of the body of John Rushton, who died filthy useless weed, and are not British manufactures taxed commercial readers, to whom the simplification and suddenly on Sunday week, at a beer-house in the same in America with an almost prohibitive duty ? Can this be reform of the laws of bankruptcy must shortly be village. The deceased had been drinking .for some days, ;called reciprocity ? Mr. Bancroft says nothing with re regarded as a work which can no longer be deferred. and on Sunday afternoon week he was found quite dead ference to a reduction of duties on British goods, all that in bed at the beer-house. he holds out in return for the abrogation of our naviga- A silver box, bearing the following inscription, has tion laws, and the consequent opening of a splendid pros- BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE been presented to Captain Postle, R.N.:•—‘• Presented to, pest to the shipping interest of the United States, in a JUNCTION RAILWAY. . C a pt a i n Ch ar l es J a m es P os tl e , R . N., b y M essrs : C har l es part i c i pat i on i n the benefits of a trade created and hitherto Horsfall and Sons, of Liverpool, as a slight acknowiedg- sustained by British capital and industry, is in fact, from On Saturday, the half-yearly meeting of this company ment of the service rendered by him on the occasion of Its limited extent, the nearly worthless privilege of carry was held at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, and was nume- the wreck of the cutter Lord Ntlson, at Den talk." - ing goods from foreign parts to America, and which the rously attended. Mr. Alderman Bancroft, of Manchester, The Liverpool Health Committee have applied for, and British shipowner need never expect to be able to avail in the chair. obtained, drawings of the pumps and apparatus used for himself ot, so long as an American ship is to be found in the same port. The advantages to the citizens of the United States that the contemplated bargain exhibits, are well understood ; they have been long and eagerly sought by them, and well do they know that what they offer is mere moonshine. The advocates of free-trade must not imagine that the navigation laws come within their rules, they are essenti ally an exception, as not affecting the consumer of foreign produce to an appreciable extent. and as not havine an equivalent in any privileges of a like nature that can be offered by foreign nations. Let it also be borne in mind that the wealth these laws are the means of securing to the British shipowner, is expended in England amongst her tradesmen and artizans, whereas on their repeal the foreigner will be enriched at their expense. May our rulers pause ere they commit so suicidal an act as the abrogation of these laws would be. Abler pens than mine have descanted upon the impor- tance of the navigation laws, as affecting our maritime su premacy and national safety, and on the impossibility of British shipowners competing with foreigners—with re ference to their advantages in cheapness of material, and their low scale of wages. I will not, therefore, occupy more of your time in this matter than to express a fervent hope that parliament will entertah: a proper view of the value to England of her navigation act. I am, 111r,-ktiitor, Respectfully yours, QUID PRO QUO. Liverpool, 23d February, 1848 =MI INCOME TAX APPLICABLE TO IRELAND, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin_—Thousands feel as I tin the inio,tiop of the nrn. posal of the Prime Minister to exempi Ireland from the operation of the property tax. But no person has yet lifOrce the rented The letters of " B. S." and of " A Poor Barrister," in serted in the London Times, of the 24th and 25th instant, may have more • effect in calling public attention to the subject than anything I can advance. The Prime Minister, dreading the power of the aristocracy, and fearing the alienation of the votes of certain Irish members, proposes the exemption of Ireland on the fallacious ground of recent Irish distress, although England has more than equally participated in such distress so far as the advance of money was required for the removal of the evil. Now, Sir, it is evident that an individual in Ireland, in the receipt of an income exceeding £ l5O per annum (the result of mental exertion, independently of real property,) can as well (or better,) afford to pay Is. in the £3 on that income than an individual in England earning by the same exertion an income of similar amount.' • No one will have the boldness to assert that the untaxed Irishman has con tributed to alleviate Irish distress in the same degree as the Englishman. Why, then, should the class of Irish men to whom I allude be exonerated from the imposition laid upon the Englishman. It may be asserted that the Lihorious English man w ho tax, if imposed in Ireland, would return only a small reve nue to the Imperial Exchequer. Sir, that is no sufficient or satisfacto .actory an, er L v requires that equal justice should be done to - lreland as to England also. In Liverpool there is an immense amount of wear and tear of intellect to obtain an income by unwearied and f beg leave to urge tile inhabitantsof Liverpool to take the lead in this righteous adjustment of taxation, as here tofore they have on many momentous questions promi nently stood forward. _ . . I perceive, by an advertisement in your last impression, that several influential gentlemen of Liverpool have already recommended a National Confederation for the adjust ment of taxation. The ability and zeal displayed by these gentlemen cannot be more usefully exercised at the pre sent important crisis than in promoting a petition to the House of Commons to compel the performance of this act of justice to the suffering people of England and Scotland. The example of Liverpool would be speedily and promptly followed by other great towns in Lancashire, and the effect of an extensive movement in this direction would immediately be felt in the House of Commons, where there are many coadjutors now silent, because, in the ab sence of petitions in support of their views, they cannot advocate this important principle. But if public feeling be once conducted in the right direction the result must be decisive, because the object is honest, just, and rea- ,ch occasions, be placed for signature in the Exchange News Room and elsewhere. No time should be lost, for the occasion is pressing I - am, Sir, your obedient Servant, A. SUFFERER FROM IRISH DISTRESS. GRATIFYING PRESENTATION On Tuesday evening, at, the close of the service, the members of St. John's Church congregation presented their curate, the Rev. R. W, Wolseley, with a very hand some pocket communion service on the occasion of his t's orders, and as a small mark of their esteem and assiduity in the performance taking pr said rvn 'IT was accompanied with an anectionate we subjoin a copy along with the reply to it that remained after the purchase of the servi ce was h an d e d over at the same time in a purse to the rev eren d gentle man, who returned thanksin a very suitable and interest inz manner. We, the members of St. John's congregation, cannot allow the opportunity presented by your admission to the high and holy order of l'riest of the Church of England, to pass, without testifying in some manner our high esteem and regard for you as a Minister of Jesus Christ; and a steward of the mysteries of God. REVEF D AND DEAR Sill limited ass prejytheial larg of a complicated charac tiously and patiently des] kw in its treatment of v and as contradistinguish€ again, between the Thns, an unfortt petition, by the it )lt•ent s debt £l5, Provided 1. are above t prison to qualify him , for tt Cess, or pass through t although 'ay ov pounc n petition the lout t property from being n expense; of an act of I here th the subs that is then left him length he the powers vested the' bankrilptcy fall 3 liable f-oi , and can on g interests b comprehensive rr sure, ti ,o sweep away t of previous e ing.some pra, nt Lord ( ft of so to form part of a hough the author :icy Pr -trader, howev€ wantonly an( unt of thou ,lvent court of protecting h I before his eyes I- him revelling money, realisir givin ir oref unless the coma. ost difficult thing t r in his dishonesty— except through t 1 law. pending whi o possess himsel ed et.tirely such debtor, if at ,tcy, by ti interpo - sed .ft ; and the costs of unlucky creditor, T the fiat, render ,ta share of such trdsbips involved which cry loudly 1, in fact !ndered endurable by thstitution for it of a first clause of which le statute-book every nts, which can only )opholes for dishonest a pamphlet contain- s upon the subject 1 to the R ,ordLyndhl t, Lord the merchants and m, by John Laid- fects of the tical su 2;estions ses which he pro- to the recent regu- pn of insolvency ,erally unversed iould such 11 to that the cases London c isolvent Debtor's ,00 should come Inkruptcy both in his regulation, he istribution of the intil a vesti ihrile n intention to ab- :0 course of law commission debtor owin :erting his ordinary — course of with h )t yet a %nigh- or trustees for .the it authorise tt. n g order," unless lin six calendar the cr The Rev. Mr tute pro, as the r have the management of this eOnier confess the has come t th ,ent respe a large sum of money should have been lent to a company with which this company has no connexion whatever. I am sorry that I have to speak in such terms; but I am grieved to find th:t such a glaring act should have been committed by the board, without the share- ,e matter, anc should not now have been brought before us in a manly way, instead of being left to be fished out by questions. As the facts appear before the meeting, it is totally unjus tifiable and equally unpardonable. Are those gentlemen on the board now who have done these things ? (A pause.) • Mr. Li knowledge served, l 1 they were The CHAIRMAN stated, that he had not yet had time to derstand the accounts of the company, and must, Mess in respect to the manner in d in the statement of accounts. He had procured an extract from the board minutes, dated 10th August, which he read as follows Present, 1, Gardner John I Itoyal Bank of Live cent. intere Potter, Radcliffe, Wank- ,onl would give tliree-and-a-half per money left in their hands, subject to notice, and that the Birkenhead Dock Company offered more, resolved, that £30,000 be ad vanced to the latter, at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent.. the principal to be returned in five months; also £20,000, at four per cent. interest; this last sum to be -*Vs notice. Finance Committee, 7th ‘lecretary reported the following co the Birkenhead Dock Company, on Resolved, that these payments be con- d at on( ember, In4o. me loin, £50,000, firmed." :ting at the ie time ustees for the,.Dock Company The ( the Do, IRMAN read from al Company was Mr. Dan was ma 4r. F. Brownr BIItLEY, a 'ere not also the president of John Laird ; and that William Potter, Mr. A. 1 Che- tors of which he g the ,e chair of the Biiitenhead,Lancashir Junction Compa trustee, and who Was at the r of the Dock Company. tc thought ai mane tne cure, lity in the pm conside ,OADEI 'alai explained i .t it w five, is with bankers. Conse - q rtto be returned after - c IT company at the time t une time occup explain and justify the loan was bank, to seek for a sum ware that there !curity was x, hear.) He hild no made upon bond ? aracter. The minute loan for a temporary e, the other part after ke depositing money as fitly, it was not on the might hal bonds of LOCAL MEETING LTV ERPOOL . GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—On Tuesday even ing, the annual dinner of the Liverpool Guardian Society was held at the large room of the Queen's Hotel, Lime street, and was in every way worthy of the excellent landlord of that admirably-conducted establishment, Mr. Henry Curchod, and of this most popular and useful of our local institutions. Upwards of ninety gentlenien sat down. The chair was occupied by the president of the society, Mr. Richard Crossley. The vice-presidents were Mr. Wild= Smethurst and Mr. Pemberton, of Duke-street. Upon the right of the chair we noticed Thomas B. Horsfall, EN., the mayor, several members of the Town Council, and the leading tradesmen of the town. After the usual loyal toasts, Mr. John Smith pro posed, " The Members for the County and Borough." He hoped the members would still continue to advocate the reduction of the tea and other duties which pressed down the energies of the people.—(Applause.) The chairman, in a complimentary speech, proposed the " Mayor and Town Council." The mayor responded at some length in an excellent speech. He alluded to the efforts the society had made to reJuce the gas and tea duties, and expressed his abhorrence of the budget the premier had brought forward on Friday night.—Mr. Shand returned thanks for the Town Council— The other toasts were of the usual complimentary character; and the company, after a happy evening, separated at a late hour. DocK COMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY. — The new dock bill, as altered by the Council, was submitted, and the alterations adopted. A memorial was read from Messrs. C. and D. M`lver, praying for an alteration in the present plan of booking vessels for turns, as such a system was injurious to them, and would be still more so on the arrival of the new steamers. The letter concluded by stating if some alteration were not effected, they should petition govern- - ment for the removal of the station. Mr. Tobin said it would not do to make any alteration in the present plan. Mr. Aikin understood that a dock was especially set apart for these large steamers. Mr. Nicol said that, as a dock was enlarged for these vessels, it ought to be kept especi ally for their use, and any other vessel in it would only be on sufferance. Mr. Royden said it might be that a vessel would meet with adverse winds, and be detained for three days longer than she was expected, or the time appointed ; and. therefore, he ' id not consider it right to keep the dock free, to the detention of other vessels. Mr. Aikin said, now that they had railways in every nook and cor ner of the kingdom, it was possible that any opposition of that kind would cause them to move the station. He did not wish them to act on that principle, but upon the prin ciple of doing everything they could for the accommoda tion of mail steamers. The Chairman thought a distinc- tion ought to be made with these steamers. The memo rial was referred to the Harbour-masters Sub-committee. A letter from Rooney, as to the theft of copper nails from the Canning Dock, was referred to the surveyor. Mr. Aikin said, the custom of captains of vessels selling their sweepings and rubbish ought to be prohibited, as it led to much theft. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.—On Sa turday a special meeting of this body was held at the Rooms, in Hamilton-sqliare; for the Purpose of further considering the Birkenhead Dock Bill, (transfer of the power of the commissioners),and for the purpose of consi dering certain amendments proposed to be introduced into the bill by Mr. F. S. Hull, solicitor. There were but six commissioners present—Messrs. Nicholls, Wat son, Hind, Bryans, Hicklin, and Cole. Mr. Waln, the law-clerk, read the letter of Mr. Hull. The letter said it seemed to be admitted that the acquisition of trade to the docks would he gradual, and it was for the interest of all that the timber trade should be accommodated as speedily as possible. The writer was consequently gratified to find that, during the late government inquiry, Mr. Rendell had announced such to be the intention of the promoters of the works. He pointed out that, by the preamble of the bill and the 41st section, £21,000 of the funds to be he Woods and Forests, instead ofbe ing so applied, were to be devoted to the less important object of completing the river wall on the north side of the pool. Mr. Waln also read a minute, from which it appeared that the matter had already been before the Works' Committee, who resolved that it be referred to the solicitor of the bill and the engineers, to take such steps as they may deem requisite. Mr. Waln said he ought to mention that since those amendments were sub mitted, he had received a letter relative to the maintain ing of a permanent level of water in the Wallasey Pool of _ _ _ . forthcoming fror thirteen feet above the old dock sill of Liverpool. unless previous notice were given, and the consent of the con . . , • 4- - _ the commissionershad acted with the bondholders through out, it would be better to consult with them before corn ing to a determination. He did not think the bondholders knew the alterations which had already been made in the bill. It was resolved to leave the matter as the co mm itt ee bad proposed. A conversation followed, from which it transpired that the bill (now before parliament) has been divided into two ; the one part authorizing the govern ment grant to be promoted by government; the other part by the commissioners. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS On Wednesday a special meeting of the Council was held at the Town-hall. The Mayor having announced that the first object of the meeting was the Bill of the Dock Committee, Clauses 1,2, and 3, were read and passed. Clauses 4 and 5 were proposed to be struck out. Mr. HORNBY thought it injudicious to have the exist ing dock quays lying idle, and he moved ttat the 4th clause, which provided for lie immediate erection of dock warehouses, be not struck out of the bill. Tho Council dividpit, whon thei rnntion—was carried by a majority of 25 to 21. Mr. EVANS moved that clause 5, which related to transit sheds at the Prince's Dock, be reinstated in the bill. Mr. MANN opposed the motion, as did also Mr. Hodg son. Mr. BRADLEY-MOORS said the transit sheds at present occasioned an animal loss to the dock estate of £llOO. The Council divided, when the motion for reinstating the clause was lost by a majority of 25 to 22. The next clause was a manuscript clause, copied from the Albert Dock Act, and was to the effect that the oc cupancy of the new dock warehouses should be subject to the payment of all parochial rates and all other local rates, now or hereafter to be levied in the same manner as if the occupancy of the warehouses were beneficial. The MAYOR.—It is perfectly understood that the bill will be withdrawn if the rating clause be not inserted. Clause 13 was amended, reserving tn e quay space. ya.uthTohreiseredatdhinegDaofckthTisruclsatueeses tgoapvuerrcihsaesetothae i scu s North si nS,ho but re it trowtnas ultimately m E a a t r e l l yof adopted DerbyD erby b and a : 40 t o 5 . strand mlLeoia C liod l t a rh u iste s a tyn e a t eorti:dfll6e: Clauses 17, 18, and 19 were passed, as was also clause 20, upon the understanding that the Dock Committee should obtain the power to construct additional docks, but would not exercise it unless they were imperatively called for. The motion_ Ann nrixilano to h p enanim -------- -- rowed for the buildinc, of warehouses, was lost by a ma jority of 23 to 15. carrAlemdobtiy a on, m b aj y o A r l i r ty . T o i f n 2 n B e, t t o o l b o. orrow £500,000 for ware houses an d ot h er purposes connecte d w ith th e ac t, was Clause 41 was a manuscript clause, enforcing payment for goods deposited in the transit sheds. The clause was struck out by a majority of 22 to 9. The remaining clauses were then passed, and the bill was adopted HEALTH COMMITTEE. - COMPENSATION. The Health Committee reported that Mr. Deane, soli citor, had agreed to accept of an annuity of £450 from the first of January, 1847, and £2OO, being the amount of costs he had incurred, for his loss of office under the ball must be decided in the Superior Courts, and they had accordingly made an application to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the case was now on the Crown paper for ar gument. They had agreed to pay the following sums also for the loss of office, and the partiff was made had accepted it :—Mr. £7l costs ; Mr. Dickenson £229 Rogers, £lB9. -c9. 3 to whoni the offer M'Auliffe £270, and £36 costs ; Mr. and Mr. Griffith £.326, ark £4l cost Mr. L .fter some discussion Feb. 29,1848. , PLAYING AT BILLIARDS ON THE SABBATIL—OH Fr i' day, Alfred Coppal was summoned for permitting gem' bling on the Sabbath, in a licensed billiard-room, kept by him, in Parker-street. Inspector Muir went up at half" past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 6th instant, and found two gentlemen playing a match. Mr. Coppee stated, in defence, that the transgression occurred entirely without his knowledge and during his absence from town- Mr. Rushton inflicted the full penalty of £5 and costs, and said if another case occured defendant's license would be suspended. OBTAINING MONEY FROM THE BISHOP OF BANGO I4 BY FALSE PRETENCES.—On Wednesday, James Gold smith, who had been remanded from Monday, on a charge, of rai.ing money by using the name of the Rev. Huge M'Neile, was again brought up. Mr. Dowling, the Head Constable, stated that a letter had been received from the Bishop of Bangor, addressed to the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. It was to the effect that the Bishop had ceived a letter, with a signature purporting to be that of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, soliciting subscriptions o n be half of the distressed Irish. He understood that exer tions were being made on their behalf, and, taking it for granted that the letter had been sent by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, he forwarded the check for £5 which had been referred to. From what had subsequently taken place, he had no doubt the letter was a trap laid for him to ob tain money by false pretences. He had destroyed the letter. Mr. Rushton, addressing the prisoner, said, " You have escaped in consequence of the letter being destroyed, otherwise I should have sent you for trial- This exposure will save the public from any more imposi tions on your part, but if you are brought here again, and the case made out, you shall be punished most severely. The prisoner was about to speak, and had uttered the words " Gentlemen of the jury," when Mr. Rushton said there was no jury. unfortunately, in the case, and told him to go about his business. istrirt In the cotton mills of Bolton, generally, the number of working hours is on the increase. CONVERTS TO PROTESTANTISM.—On Sunday week, four persons, members of the Church of Rome, received the Holy Communion at St. James's Chu rc h, i n this, town, and were admitted as members of the Chu r ch of England.—Preston Pilot. FEROCITY OF THE HAWK.—A few days ago a large sparrow hawk, attracted by a caged canary in the window of a house at Lancaster, dashed through the glass at - the little warbler, but missed it, and fell on its back in the room. It afterwards escaped. THE PORT OF PnEsroN.—Arrangements have beat made for exporting salt from this port, —an excellent an. tide of back carriage from foreign traders. The Content is now loading the first cargo from Preston, to Rostock, in Prussia. This will be a great advantage to the trade of the port, as, formerly, foreign vessels, after discharging their cargoes at Preston, had to go round to Liverpool W obtain salt.—Preston Chronicle. ALTCAR OPEN MEETING.—We learn that on the 10th and 17th of March there will be an open meeting (the last, we presume, for the season) upon the splendid domain. and under tha patronage of the Earl of Sefton. The stewards are James Wickstead Swan, Esq., of Chorlton hall, near Chester, and W. G. Unsworth, Esq., of Mag hull, near Liverpool. Mr. Swan is the honorary secretary. and Mr. M`George will be judge. FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A HOUSE AT BROUGHTON, Br ARMED MEN.—At about eight o'clock, on the evening of Friday last, five men, apparently navvies, with th e ir laces blackened, and armed with fire-arms, entered the farm house of Mi. Richard Cottam, Crow-hall, near Brough t ton, and demanded money. Mr. C o tt am an d a par ty of friends were playing a game at the time the men entered the house. A gun was fired by one of the robbers, but we have not he-ird what property was taken. POTATOE STORES.—The growers in the neighbourhood of Garstang have commenced opening their stores, ma de in November last, to take to market, and find they are free from disease, which makes them fehr that it will re duce the price to at least one half what they obtained last spring; but, notwithstanding this, they will pay far better than any other produce of their farms, as it is not alone the produce of the potatoe th at they look at, but that it is the best means of cleaning the land for a crop of grain the following year. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A poor girl, named Pearsall, occasionally subject to syncope, on Wednesday , the 16th inst., at the honse of her master, Mr. Richard Mees, blacksmith, of Stourbridge, was descending the cellar steps to draw some beer for dinner, when her foot slipped, or a fit seized her, which, cannot be ascertained. and she fell heavily to the bottom, her mouth coming 01 contact with a barrel, which forced two of her teeth coal' pletely through her tongue, and rolled upon her as she lay in a state of insensibility. The cellar seems to have been half full of water at the time, and the unfortunate girl was found in about half an hour after the fall, WI" mersed in it, with the barrel upon her, quite dead. LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The following were the princi pal cases :—W. H. Shaw and John Hamer were indictee for a conspiracy to defraud the Yorkshire Insuranc e Company. The prisoners conducted business as cotton spinners, at Haslingden. The machinery and stock 01 the mill was, in November, 1846, insured with the York shire Insurance Company, and it was burnt in APr' l " 1847. It was alleged that false accounts had been made up for the purpose of increasing the amount of the alleged loss. After a lengthy trial, the jury brought in a vertho of not guilty. Mr. Hamer obtained a verdict on the fol lowing day for false imprisonment, damages £.3o.—W:m . Myers was indicted for the wilful murder of William Johnson, at Dalton, by stabbing him with a knife. ' ll.l ' deceased and the prisoner were navigators, and on the 2t) of October, on receiving their wages, bad, with others; become intoxicated at Dalton. The prisoner and decease' quarrelled, when the former inflicted a stab on the ar m ' which caused death. The prisoner was convicted of man slaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. PRESENTATION. — The Rey. Thomas Greenall to the rectory of Grappenhall, on the presentation of Thores 9 Greenall, of Grappenhall Hall, Esq. The Bishop of Worcester has appointed the Rev. J. 11 " Hastings, Rector of Areley Kings, and Rural Dean, r ° the Honorary Canonry vacant by the p romo ti on of 0 3 Rev. James Prince. Lee, D.D., to the See of Mancheste r ' The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are in treaty for the purchase of Alkrington Hall for the residence of Bishop of Manchester. Alkrington Hall is about a Wm from Middleton, and four miles from Manchester. The day named for confirming the election of P r ' Sumner as Archbishop of Canterbury, is Friday, the 1 0 ! of March. The ceremony will take pl a ce as usua l at no" Church. _ The Cambridge Chronicle, a tolerably good authority states that Dr. Waddington, Dean of Durham, and a sur f porter of Quaker Bright, will be the new Bishop Chester. The stall in the Cathedral of Durham, which has b,c)me vacant by the elevatio n o f th e Bi s h op of Ches ter to the Archbishopric of Cante r b ur y, h as hith er to J° an income attached to it of £2284, but, under l i r provisions of an act of parliament, it will hereafter limited to £lOOO, the surplus going to the augmentati ° of small livings. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual m eeti l for Oxford and its vicinity was held at the town hall Monday. The Lord Bishop of Oxford in the chair; s u rf ported by the Rev. the Vice Chancellor, the Master e Pembroke College, the Provost of Worcester Colleg a i many influential Members of the University, and seve r Ad of the parochial clergy. The Bishop of Oxford bri ei !,"‘ addressed the meeting, and expressed his gratification being a2a'n able to preside over its anniversary THE _BISHOP OF UHESTER.—A strong desire is tco , _ many of the clergy in the diocese of Chester, to pre o 1 to our beloved bishop on his translation to the se e 4 e Canterbury. a more substan t ial testi m oni a l than 1 ,3 `,, addresses from the several deaneries, as a gr ateful ackno" o ledgement of his many services to the church ; and as l e expression of the high respect in which he is h e ld by clergy over whom he has been an affectionate and vigilan t , overseer for nearly twenty years. The suggestion, doubt not, will readily meet with a general re spon' throughout the diocese. twoß u ye G a n r v s, ScslooL.—Thecarriedoff no less Rutgibmen n first-rate ians have within uthinntivheerritz v ever tect the debt OT thtit he I 3ompound for it to t or enter into a bor pproyed by the no ord& tter a bill of lxvallab with Othei to the ( stances shalt vesting order within a f xi to make spe and debt which will s lulling a fiat - mons from givi penalty of being mal lebts thus left unpaid. B ,f such deceased inso urisdietion of the )m responsibility ,ested by an at i by advertise- , as pre £2O and upwards avers given to the der - . on api ) such deman ion of the creditor, to pay tl- action then brought, sue. To obviate the ced in serving the !oposes that uch notice or sum- ife or servant, or in 'ound • to post upon last known plac of ye been mad Ige's order, shall be ) must prove along made of his c onths of such sale [V of fi lallU, usa‘A i e court s to have a orders, with consent of xhich arrangements may expense now incurred ;is also proposed, ree- 4TB of insol- ndue preferences, under personally liable for any r this clause the affairs nt willbe Awed under .cutbr thus re on is al ;ly ex but he fraudulent transaction. II was remanded till Wednes day, when he would have been fully committed to New gate for trial. All the parties were in attendance at the Mansion-house at twelve o'clock, and shortly after the Lord Mayor had taken his seat, a message arrived, com municating to his lordship the self-destruction of the un fortunate man. It appeared that he rose that morning at the usual'hour, and from the conversation he had with his fellow prisoners, it seemed that he had mace up HIS mina for the worst. His conduct, apparently, was not different to that he had generally evinced, and about nine o'clock he was missing. One of the warders proceeded in quest of him, and soon discovered his body suspended to the iron gratings of the window, with slips cub 'rum ms shirt. He was immediately cut down, and the prison surgeon called in, but life was quite extinct. The de ceased was between sixty and seventy years old, and at Liverpool, where he resided, was much respected. your connexion with us, as curate, has been short, '.cure us of yiur zeal for you! yet it h'as lieen lc 41 your fervent desire to souls to His rward the salvation of all men," through Tecious blood :—for this, we glorify God on 'our behalf 'e humbly sict for you y -it it as a small, but sincere proof of our re 3nully, and our gratitude for your unwearied isteriat exertions amongst the flock, during may enable you tb abound yet more and more in your Work and labour of love, and cause you to rejoice in the day of Christ y to guide you wi Your grateful and affectionate friends I hardly needed this additional testi- 1 to con If unworthy of the nevery many ..... I do trust that I feel deeply thankful to Almighty God that He has been pleased in His disposing wisdom to cast my lot amone , st n neonle SO ready to bear with and to overlook my many faults and failings. The inscription gratifies me much, for it serves to remind me of that which I desire never to forget—the position which I have held, arid which I stilt hold amo n g y ou— your curate — and as such, permit me to appropriate the player of Solomon, "And now, Lord, lam but a little child. I know not how to go out or come in. And thy servant is in the midst of thy peo- ple which thou bast chosen. Give t understanding heart to discern be' The time at which you have th reen good and bad." the office of hough in the reflection i your kindness me to renect upon it has been my privilege to minister ueacon in the Church of tiou," — """ 41 --0 I see much to humble, yet blessed be God, I have much to en courage me. for I have reason to believe that He has been has not been in vain in the Lord." Follow up then my dear friends, this your valuable gift by your still more valuable prayers, that at all times, in all places, whether visiting the house of sorrow or the house of joy, I may be enabled to speak faithfully, earnestly. and affectionately as a messenger of peace from the Lord of Hosts, the mighty God of Jacob so tb-' -boor wanderers may be brought b^ tont many i to Jesus, many weak ones strengthened, many sorrowing ones `"rted,—thus adding glory to our Saviour, lustre to Ills v eace to their own souls , and endless bliss throughout an endless eternity. . And for you my dear and valued friends, my heart's desire and prayer to God is, that you may be saved. May (z diadem Almighty bless you in' your souls, in your families, in your business —and make you to prove a blessing to one another and to all, for Jesus Christ's sake, our Saviour and Redeemer. R. W. WOLSELEY.. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, n day to day the nun 1, sour mere infants, that are brought up iu our- Police-court for petty thefts—some for stealing flour, Indian corn, and the of metal which lie'strewed about the n Dock ; and not a few for the graver offence of entering unoccupied houses and cutting away the nininv mid tuns. Boys guilty fences w clay, many of them belonging to honest parents, 'd into poverty from want of work. They were- by, in a few instances, _beinggivenup they were to a magnitude that calls imperative went of a house of refuge STEALING SIX BALES OF COTTON an and or the es' Charles Paul, ware ,... ...•"-• a nil nwrecla vr.:4-is loberts an, wareholse, Water-street It appeared that Mr had 253 bales of cotton in the above warehouse, and a short time ago sixty of the bales were sold. An order was produced for their delivery, and, in a few days after- wards, another order for six more, signed by the Prisoner. The goods were delivered, and shipped by the Old Quay Company for Manchester. Information being received respecting the robbery, officers Kehoe and Bates went to Manchester, and found the cotton, which was marked R, still at the wharf, and consigned to John Roberts, Port lr 'it - person .and-street ; but no sue _ Jeing in that street, the officers waited till the prisoner appeared to take the bales The prisoner was remanded. away HOW TO TEACH ENGLISH.—On Tuesday a Welshman, named Williams, appeared to prefer a charge against a man named Cain, of offering him counterfeit coin. He affected to haw. nn Icnnwlpthre whatpvpr ltushton, knowing that such excuses were often groundlessly made, thought that self-interest might elicit an answer, and asked the complainant if he brought mut ton to market. The complainant seemed to understand this question perfectly well, and replied with great prompti tude, and amidst the laughter of the court—" Yes, sir, I do." Mr. Rushton : " How do you sell it ?" This in terrogatory seemed to light up the countenance of the Welshman, who, no doubt, thought the worthy magistrate was about to do business with him, and he immediately answered, "0, yes, hur was sell it at Gd. and 7d. the pound." This caused a roar of laughter in the court, in which the magistrate could scarcely refrain from taking a part. He then told his tale fluently, and the prisoner was remanded, who have thus bighlY.' o , Anguished themselves may be enumerated, at Carnbri.clg s four wranglers ; fi ve fi rs t c l ass men i n th e c l ass i ca l trip!; one of these senior; one senior Chancellor's meda" l ;'; one Browne's medallist, for Latin ode; one Brov"' medallist, for Greek and Latin epigrams; and one MI, bees prietvaii. At Oxford, six first class men in clas sl ,o one.Hertford Latin scholar, one Ireland scholar, the t; Lntiti vc.rct , nri7amPn umtinr Ynntlinrnntionl SCh°l' and one Johnson theological scholar, • hoP ofTmheaoMoia.ion Manchester, e s k o . y C s o : u_r r du s r pe r a ea k d in e g rs o m f the ay new 3 3 0 1 5 .tp h , 0 , kind of feeling that has been i nsp i re d b y his lords as appearance here, when we st a t e t h at one gentleman to already communicated to the Archdeacon his i n t e ntion . 0 give £lOOO towards th e en d owment of a church ; an d another has offered an estate suitable for the epiac ° o % including a house which contains six entertan i vo t and ten bedrooms, at whatever price the surv e je , of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners may fix as - reason° it be it £5OOO or £lO,OOO, that amount, whichever an° ill may be, to be expended in the building of churches this parish!' P- kr - WLEY AS A .REACHER.—,.. .ISt OA le Sp ry, rent gentleness o f th e l a t e A rc hbi s h op o f C an terbl i c . there might at all ti mes b e seen a cer t a i n f orce o f chei:d6 ter which tended to augment the deference that his 0 , the commanded, while the moral purity of his life an,a se r eminence of his st a ti on gave a s o r t o f p res ti ge to ho e 1 3 0 mons whenever it happened to be the pleasure o ,', e ri; Grace to occupy a pu l p i t . N otw i t h stan di ng these et!slicii titious aids, however, he was by no means a distingel' f ief preacher ;—without much ingenuity. without the ;Zoo! to render learnin g p o p u l ar , w itho u t i mag i na ti on . 10 ,', gil` fervour, he was scarcely even impressive ; but the, the of preaching " not being a necess ar y qu a lifi ca tion lc lr office of a bishop, he may be p r o no u nce d wor thy 0 f 09' high station which he filled even by those who cad help admitting that eloquence could not be incluo!de' the catalogue of his accomplishments, or political l eg pendence in the numb er of hi s v i r t ues . H e was Uf 4 olsr no great preacher, but he was not even successful in.," may be called compositions of suppli ca ti on or g ratl'oef It is well known that all occasional fo rms o f pu blic P l ie.o 6 : or thanksgiving go forth under th e i m p r i ma t u r s t it o!:, of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Th e y ma y n ot ''`o v; be written by his own hand, but the presumption 10$ 9 n that effect ; at all events, f or th e lit era t ure an d ti 10: of such productions the P r i ma t e f or th e ti me be 0' usually been considered respons ibl e ; an d it eq °' must be acknowledged, that, amongst the great le'" the church-going population of the present dit, l 44, prayers and thanks g i v i ngs or d ere d b y Ithe Sovev",boP , ; Council, and prep are d b y t h e A rc hbi s h op o f C a ny op did not greatly excite either the admiration of tPv . catcd orthe fervour of the pious. _ (hated common debt It le for it inch The Dock repu- not th, y the act Fhe Rev. W. BittLEY followed on the same sentiment. said £50,000 of the £lOO,OOO had been accounted for. He asked what items were included in the remainit The CHAt AN read them in extenso. One was a sum )1. a piece of land purchased by them of the corn- as the amount of the s were to pay interest principal II e was for he 'Wished to con- iOnias ailbert. Ad to him head Commissioners in their bonds, a the-other part. in reply to questions, that —.cc of £106,000 was paid in cash; and t, ,180 called up, the amount paid was £165,437. Zr. HOSTAGE moved that such part of the report only he adopted ; and that should , consequently, in a worse r The CHAIRMA -4 red that su reholders, to report to a unsati ea to the divid the remaining part, with the stat be referred to a committee of st • Atter considerable discussion, of a somewhat unplea sant but interesting character, a motion, proposed by Mr. Catterall, and seconded by Mr. Trevor, of Chester, was passed, to the effect that the report should be referred to the directors, with a request, on the part of the hnlAm'S, that they would call a meeting a: n a position to do so, to report on th( • e company' soon as general affairs, and of the accounts espe- Mr. MALEY, after many expressions of regret called, amid applause, upon those directors concerned in loans to the Dock Company, &c., to resign their trust. Mr. JOHN LAIRD said he should wait the result of the ;noitntml first. Tin 1.1 , 1 - that the matter should be fully gone into. A; far as Lis conduct was concerned in regard of the company he had nothing to fear. He had been connected with the cona ght be errors of judg done was for the best. After There r 'erytla!ng take the course which his di.;: sugg Mr. w A SLEAREHOLDKIL tho LAIR!) Cir itiment tine which the Mr bedding quently predisposed to sicknE " their unfed sic lad, and literally .half starved, and coast " poor naked wretches, I looped and windowed raggedness ig to behold ;—ejected from the littl was most distr plots of lands they had held for year necessity from their native country, which t evident reluctance—they were dispirited and heart-broke and having neither physical strength.nor mental vigour to resist the first feeble attack of disease, they speedily be came a sacrifice to its ravages. Great and fearful as was the mortality even among this class, it must be borne in mind, that it was equally great" among the same class at home in Ireland. What humanity requires of govern- grants cleared off Irish estates, and sent oui pense of the landlords, 7= and not new and r expensive, regulations affeeti ig emigration generally UTENAN B R.N.—A painful a moun t of Sensatien w created N'wE at the:Mansion-house, London, on Wednesda by the announcement of the suicide of this unfortnnn gen tlem undergc Lord M r on that da - rt sion, t e Admiralty agency of one of her Majes ty packets trading between Liverpool and Dublin .• T !--, VIT:11;om Rnrtran R brother, Lieut. William nowen, (nett in China in March, 1846. Previous to his departnre there he made a will, which was proved by the executor, but after this will had been admitted to proof , another will was produced by Peregrine Bowen, by which all the property was left to him. Subsequently a person, attirel as a sailor, presented himself at Doctor's Commons as an attesting witness to the will, and gave as his name John Wood. It was Boren himself in disguise. He was immediately ar.- -hended. The f -4 the sr a will was sr.l gorgery o► ,econt. ,ersisted in declaring that he knew nothing,of th F ARP At!ant Pratt, Royal, SAII Havar Jere Ale) 17th I Erni Ann Decen Can Mai Mar Eliz ilel Can„ Joss Elvi LOCI apuz i 6; Lor lama CAI lately With 1 equal from } • ester night AK ki S. Lro m Newt Jolla/ Aril - Inca • wis Jig s Gray nEy at this. •on, 0 Portio also di Anti Johi Fire Viol Mar WA Ti tersby will h; (lama, CF: A " arrive, to o m tons, And bi for Li. very Cba rv i tstean tiavitv tured r , An] rentr Pah.v, Eliz to sail Lim Che Par. JanuE Wei We when on th IM A rived for C ---11 —Ja n bets, Fit• ertrrif b Rio ;e Fit, taric: clown erp:111 Nri; (Van,. and al neri r