The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-08 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 that day by the thousands of Manufacturers and others attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. The STANDARD is taken at all the Newsrooms and respectable Inns in that town and the surrounding manufacturing district. A SECOND EDIT ON is published at Half-past Two, in time for the North Mails, containing the MARKETS, and any news of importance that may arrive in the course of the morning. Ltbcrpoot &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 8, 1848. WHATEVER may be the issue of the present crisis, the question will still remain to be answered —What are we to do with Ireland ? Whatever statesmen may assume the helm of government— and that the present men hold it only on sufferance is tolerably perceptible—they will still have before them an Irish difficulty, rendered even more intense and intricate than at any former period by recent events, and the social disorganization which they must inevitably produce. Yet, if men in high places would allow the results of our legislation for the past ten years to pass in panoramic review be fore them, and would examine carefully the drift of each separate measure which we have passed for that country, we feel satisfied that a large portion of that difficulty would vanish, and the vista of a future full of prosperity and peace open before their eyes. We have been misled all along, it is clear, on two most important points with respect to Ireland. We have, in the first place, miscalculated very greatly the Protestant strength of that country, and set down a minority, instead of a majority, amongst its Roman Catholic population, as inimical to con stitutional rule and opposed to industrial progress. We can now no longer hesitate upon this point. Loyalty has been proved to be greatly in the as cendant, both in moral power and • numerically. Unmistakeable evidence has been afforded within the last few weeks, that, bad the British govern ment adopted, years ago, a firm and decided atti tude ; had it not fondled with agitation, and placed a bar upon loyalty; had it not depressed the Pro testant spirit of the land, while it exalted popery to office and immunity ; the Gordian knot of the dif ficulty, which successive governments have been endeavouring to untie, could by this time have been cut, and Ireland rendered the home of a happy and a thriving people, a source of strength instead of a reproach to a great empire. We have, in the next place, mistaken as the voice of that portion of the people who have approached us with their petitions and complaints, the voice of a class of men in Ireland who have, in reality, very little sympathy with them. We have mistaken the clamour of the mere professional agitator for that of millions fermenting with discontent ; and, as a natural consequence, the concessions which we have from time to time made to such clamour, have failed utterly to produce any valuable practical re sult, or to mitigate at all the real evils which, with out doubt, are rife throughout that unhappy coun try. With the exception of a defective system of Poor-law—which is nevertheless better than none —can we point out one measure which has either had for its object, or tended, to raise the condition of the industrious masses of Ireland ? We cannot. We have endeavoured, by municipal and other acts, to strengthen the hands of liberalism in the cities and boroughs of Ireland. We have founded "Normal Schools of Agitation "—and her munici pal bodies have well earned the name. We have sought by a long course of truckling legislation to conciliate the priesthood of the Church of Rome in Ireland ; but we have literally done nothing to reach, or even probe, the real source of Ireland's sufferings—the penury of her small farmers and her peasantry, and the absolute pauperism of a large portion of her people—or to put a stop to the wretched and oppressive agrarian system, by which they are crushed hopeless to the earth, or driven to become the reckless instruments of the incendiary and the midnight legislator. We have placed power and privileges in the hands of the petty half employed professional men, tradesmen, and shop ocracy, who abound throughout Ireland and form the local cliques, through which the Romish priest hood work the machinery of encroachment upon the Protestantism of Ireland, and by which they hope, shred by shred, to strip away all communica tion with heretic England ; and the result is before us in the continual turmoil, the ceaseless imitation of the horseleech—the cry of " give, give "—which has risen louder and louder at every fresh conces sion. We have legislated, in fact, throughout the last twenty years as if we really believed that Ire land was the oppressed, insulted, aggrieved country which she delights to call herself; as if all her po verty, her squalidness, the laziness, filthiness, and improvidence of her population, the longing of her peasantry for blood, and their delight in deeds of wild revenge was of our creating ; and all these deep-seated, deeply-dyed blots upon her character as a civilized country could be wiped out by a sop thrown to her agitators, or an additional source of triumph over " England's weakness" afforded TO her truculent priesthood. The time for ceasing to follow this miserably mistaken course has surely now come. We have treated Ireland as a spoiled and tetchy child too long; and we must now begin in earnest to govern her. But how ?—on what principle ?—it will be asked. We answer at once--on the same principle which we apply to any other portion of her Majesty's dominions. At the present moment, Ireland is in the attitude of a sullen rebel, prepared to break out into open outrage against the laws, so soon as the power which restrains her is withdrawn. She must be disarmed before that power can be withdrawn or even weakened. She must -be told that her griev ances, real or affected, will not be entertained at all by the legislature, until she throws away everything calculated to raise the impression that we concede to fear what we should have denied to justice. And, even when this is done, a very materialdif- ference must be made in our policy. It must, first, be of a practical nature. We must listen to the teaching of facts before our own eyes, with respect to the evils to be remedied, and the measures re quired to remedy them ; and not to the insidious suggestions of priestly coteries, municipal corpo rations, demagogues, or crotchetty experimentalists. Ireland stands in jieed of boons of a very different character to the extension of political rights, and other boons of a similar character, claimed in her behalf, but not at her own instance. She wants protection for her industry and encouragement to her population to enter strenuously upon the task of developing her hitherto only partially understood resources. She wants the diffusion amongst that population of capital, of practical skill and enter prise in agricultural, mining, and other operations. She wants, in fact, those aids by which only a people can ever become great and prosperous, who have not previously learnt habits of self-dependence ; and the first step to place her in possession of those aids is submission to the laws, and internal peace. But the great truth which we must impress upon the minds of Irishmen, by our future policy, is this —that loyalty to the Sovereign and obedience to the laws shall no longer operate against any portion of our population, as a bar to the favourable notice of the legislature, or of public opinion in this country. W e must no longer see the favours of the British Government, and the sympathies of any respectable portion of the nation, lavished upon the unruly and disaffected, whilst merit equal, if not superior, pines in the shade, or is repulsed as intrusive. It has been too much the habit of even the Conservative portion of the British people to regard the Protes tants of Ireland as entertaining uncharitable opi nions towards their Roman Catholic brethren ; as disposed to cry "Wolf," when no wolf was near; and they have been reprobated for preserving an attitude of defence against the aggressions of Rome, when the would-be wise and excessively "liberal" amongst mankind conceived that the idea of such aggression ought to be treated as an absurdity. ' They have also been vilified for clinging to the me mory of that glorious Revolution, by which the family of her present Majesty were seated on the throne of these realms; and of banding themselves together legally for the maintenance of those prin ciples, and of their own religious liberties. We have just seen sufficient to convince all reasonable men that the Orange Protestants of Ireland have not been warning us, for years past, of our danger without sufficient warrant. Living in the midst of a mass of disaffection, and mingling every day with the myrmidons of Popery—taunted, pointed at. threatened, cursed in muttered tones as they passed to market, to fair, or to church each Sabbath day, —these men felt, and felt keenly, that they were safe only when united; allowed to escape violence only because when united they were strong. The most bitter of their revilers will acknowledge that, to the Orange Protestants of Ulster, and to the spirit of loyalty, which they have succeeded in keeping alive in the breasts of a large portion of their fellow-countrymen, we are indebted for having enabled the government, relying upon their aid and that of the resident gentry and their well-affected tenantry, to enter boldly upon the task of suppress ing a movement, which threatened to dismember the empire, and to deluge Ireland in blood. korai -I this. A seizure of a few fire arms has been made at Birken head. The Great Britain steam-ship is advertised for sale, by auction, in this town, in September. On Monday the Oxton-hill Club beat at cricket the Ashfield Club, with five wickets to go down. The Hon. E. J. Stanley was amongst the passengers for America on Saturday by the Cambria. He purposes making a tour through Canada and the States. The camp at Everton has been visited daily by thousands of our townspeople, who have been much gratified by the novel and interesting sight. The Rev. Thomas Nolan preached a sermon at St. Mary's Church, Youghal, on Sunday last, on behalf of the Youghal Protestant Relief Society. Jenny Lind will sing at the Collegiate Institution on the 7th September. She will afterwards go to Hull, Newcastle, and other provincial towns. Mr. Topham, clerk of the Chester races, succeeds the late Mr. Etty in the lesseeship of the Liverpool race course. At the Bankruptcy Court, on Tuesday, John Shall cross, provision dealer, had his certificate suspended for four months, and his protection refused. Mr. H. Stuart Hawthorne, son of Dr. Hawthorne, bf this town, is on his wav to St. Petersburg, to devote him self to the treatment of cholera on the system devised and so successfully adopted by his father. ComAsioN.—The Emma Watts, for New York, was run foul of on Thursday night by the Dundalk steamer in the river, and lost her bowsprit head and head-stock. The steamer lost bulwarks and stanchions. On Sunday morning, the body of John Brady, a la bourer, in Birkenhead, was found in the river close to the pier disfigured as by a fall. It is not known how he got into the water. _ _ _ The greatest distance which the iron barque Panic ran in twenty-four hours during the recent race round Ireland was 220 miles, the greatest speed twelve-and-a-half knots, and close-hauled nine knots per hour. She is a remarka bly fine dry vessel. The Isle of Man Steam-packet Cempany, it appears, have testified their respect for the Rev. Dr. Carpenter (now of St. Jude's, Liverpool,) and his family, by proffer ing them a free passage in any of their boats, whenever they may be inclined to visit the island. PICKING POCKETS.—The light fingered gentry hove found a field wherein to ply the mysteries of their craft at the encampment at Everton. The novelty of the specta cle has during the week attracted large numbers of persons to the spot, and consequently much business has been done in the line referred to. _ _ The Stockport Advertiser gives an account of the ap prehension and committal, in that town, of an impostor named John Delany, of Liverpool, who had been imposing on the innkeepers and others, by representing himself as a lieutenant in the army. He was committed as a deserter. NORWICH UNION LIFE OFFlCE.—Persons whose lives are insured with this office may act as special constables, and if in that capacity they lose their lives, the validity of any policy neither would or could be questioned. It is not even necessary to notify the act of enrolment on the office books. MORE. ARMS SEIZED.—On Friday, the police seized in a cellar under a public-house in Atherton-street 500 of the cane-cutters, which Dr. Reynolds dignified with the name of " swords." They belong to a person named Butler, a dealer in old articles of all kinds, and it is but right to say that there is no proof of his connection with any of the secret clubs. FERRY AT THE SOUTH END.—We are glad to find that our friends at the south end of the town are likely to have their efforts, to obtain a landing place accessible at all states of the tide, crowned with success ; the surveyor having received instructions to report as to the most suit able place, and to furnish plans and estimates of cost of masonry, landing-stage, &c., &c. TRIUMPHS OF STEAM.—The celerity of the Royal mail steamers which run between Liverpool and the United States is further evidenced. The Niagara left Boston on the 14th June, and arrived back in less than eleven days on the 12th ultimo, having twice crossed the Atlantic within the space of twenty-six days, besides unloading and loading at the close of each run. WILFUL MURDER.—On Wednesday, a new-born fe male child was found in Union-court, Erle-street. It was wrapped up in a check shirt, which was smeared with blood. The surgeon was of opinion that the child had been born alive, and that death had been cased by expo sure to cold. The jury returned a verdict of wilful mur der against some person or persons unknown. A MAN DROWNED IN GEORGE'S DOCK GIIT.—A little after ten o'clock, on Sunday evening, the police officer on duty at the south end of George's Dock heard an alarm that a man had fallen into the water. He ran with a grappling directly, but could see no one in. He searched the gut, and in a few minutes found the body of Edward Williams, a labourer, aged 39. No one saw him fall in, and the splash in the water was alone heard. DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.—At the weekly meeting on Thusday, the chairman, Mr. Moore, said, the alleged inattention at the telegraph station was under inquiry. Several dock gatemen and pier masters were appointed to the new north docks. Captain John Ashton was appointed to the situation of dock master, at a salary of £250, subject to a certificate as to age. A letter from Messrs. IGreenstreet and Paton, calling the attention of the Trust to a new machine for removing sand-banks, and requesting to have an order for putting one in opera tion, was referred to the committee of works. DUBLIN MAIL—On Tuesday, the morning mail com menced to be dispatched via Holyhead, and the evening mail alone will in future arrive at, and be dispatched from Liverpool. From the immense trade between this port and Ireland, the change is most distasteful, and will prove a serious disadvantage to the mercantile community here. Letters which leave Dublin one morning are only procurable in Liverpool the next, and half a day is so lost in all trading transactions. The post-office authori ties must see to the evil; if the bags were brought on at once from Chester instead of proceeding to Crewe, there to await the London down train, the mischief would be remedied. SYMPATHISERS WITH TRELAND.—Some of the Irish papers having stated that a brigade of sympathisers with the rebels in Ireland was about to leave New York, in the John R. Skiddy packet-ship for this port, bringing with them subscriptions and arms for the purpose of aiding the Confederates in what they have been pleased to miscall their " struggle for liberty," the attention of the Mayor was directed to this announcement. On Tuesday after noon the packet-ship was telegraphed off the port. The Mayor immediately put himself into communication with Mr. Sands, the consignee for the ship, and he at once consented to afford every facility in the apprehension of the parties from America, should it appear there were any on board the vessel with the object stated in the papers alluded to. The steam-tug Liver was engaged and three of the detective force proceeded down the channel and boarded the John R. Skiddy off Crosby Lightship. They were informed, however, by Captain Luce, that none of the sypathising rebels had come with him. It was gene rally reported in New York that they had taken berths in his vessel. but such was not the case. The rumour, how ever, had been the means of preventing other passengers from going in the packet-ship, much to the loss of the owners. Had the brigade been on board, they would have been rather astonished at their reception outside of Liver pool. DEFICIENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, &c.—On Fri day, a session was held in the Crown Court, for the pur pose of hearing and investigating charges preferred against parties for having used fraudulent scale-beams, scales, weights, measures, &c. His worship the mayor presided over the court, and was assisted from time to time through out the inquiry by Mr. Rushton, Mr. Benn, Mr. Aikin, and Mr. Parker. The evidence being conclusive against 120 parties, they were severally mulcted in penalties from 2s. 6d. to 405., costs of 4s. 6d. being incurred in Each case. In all the, above cases the weights were forfeited, and they were nearly all unstamped, in addition to being deficient. The total money thus brought in to the borough coffers, by the fines and costs, amounts to £129 Ils. In reference to one of the cases Mr. Rushton said, the defend ant did not possess the courage of a pick-pocket, despic able as that was. The Mayor expressed his determination in all cases of second conviction to inflict the full penalty of £5. The accelerating beam, which, doubtless, has been the instrument used for a length of time, for purposes of fraud in Liverpool, and for the exposure of which the pub lic are indebted to Mr. Fell, the active chief inspector of weights and measures, is produced by the centre of gravity being below the points of suspension, and displays consi derable ingenuity in its construction. Another description of beam, known as the retarding beam, prin cipally used by fraudulent persons to buy with, is occa sioned by the centre of gravity being above the points of suspension. By either of these fraudulent beams persons may be defrauded to a very considerable extent, and still the weights used be perfectly correct. The manufacturers of such instruments, knowing well the purposes for which they are used, are even more culpable than the persons who vend them, but these fraudulent individuals are shielded by an anomaly of the law which has not rendered the makers subject to penalty. It is a well known fact that a brisk trade is now being done in the manufrcture of false beams, weights, and measures, .and yet the parties escape with impunity. Powers, however, are now being sought by act of parliament, to render persons so acting amenable to the law.—Journal. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LOCAL MEETINGS.- BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the usual monthly meeting, Mr. Richard Bryans, took the chair. The Ferry Committee had reprimanded the captain of the Prince, for running down the flat Jane, and reduced him to the rank of helmsman. The committee were directed to submit a plan respecting the charges for ferryage and for working the ferry to the general board. The receipts of the ferry from the lit to the 31st July, were reported to be—for 1847, £2686 12s. 3d. ; for 1818, £1822 2s. 7d. From the 23d April to the 31st July, in 1847, £6BBB 4s. 9d. ; for 1848, £5297 18s. 6d. The net expenditure for the latter period £4864 3s. 11d. ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY.—On Tuesdays the annual meeting of this company was held at the Cla rendon-rooms. The chair was occupied by Thomas Kidd, Esq., one of the directors in the absence of Mr. Gilbert Greenall, M.P. The report. stated that the directors had proceeded with the alteration of the Sutton inclined plane, but they had not gone on with the works on the Widness Plane and the Blackrock Branch. In consequence of the depressed state of trade, the income for the year had fallen off £2,700, and the expenses had been diminished £9OO. The total surplus of the canal and railway income was £6,180. and from this is to be deducted £5,625, for inter est on bonds, &c., for interest on bonds and guaranteed dividend on preference shares, leaving a nett profit of £355, which, added to £5,275, the balance of last account, left a gross balance of £5,830. By the capital account, we find that the sum of £209,173 has been expended on the railway, £175,000 on the canal, and £30,981 on the new branches. The report was unanimously adopted, and the retiring directors were re-elected! BIRKENHEAD DOI 8 I'ONIMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting was held on Taesday. The chairman announced that the new dock bill would be read a third time on Fri day, and probably receive the royal assent next week, The law-clerk mentioned one or two alterations which had been made in the bill, which were, that four out of the twelve meetings might be held in London ; that the pre sent commissioners were relieved from any liabilities as to the Seacombe Mill Company, and that the clause protect ing Woodside Ferry was extended from the commissioners to other owners for the time being. A conversation took place relative to a claim for £397, made by the late resi dent engineer for salary and travelling expenses ; but it was agreed to leave the matter in the hands of the com mittee, who were to settle the matter in the most amica ble way. In answer to a question put by Mr. Nicholls, the law-clerk said there was no express disqualification in the new bill for members of the board. Mr. Mallaby ex plained the course of proceeding adopted by him and the law-clerk in London with regard to the new bill, and also the one preceding it. They had done all they could to have the interests of Birkenhead protected, but the bill was more particularly the bill of the bondholders, and there were great difficulties in the way of effecting any of the alterations which they required, and which they con sidered necessary for the protection of the township. The law-clerk confirmed what had been stated byMr. Mallaby, and added, that he did not consider himself responsible, as the conduct and management of the bill was assumed by the bondholders. _ THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.-011 Thursday, the annual meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking was held at the offices in Oldhall-street, Josias Booker,. Esq., in the chair. The report, which was read by Mr. P. M. Dove, the manager, showed that the company had not been materially affected by the depression during the past year. In the fire department, the amount of pre miums received during the past year was £34,187 ss. 5d., exceeding, by upwards of £3,000, that of the preceding year, the losses, for the same period being only £12,726 ss. lld. The premiums received in the year 1846 represented less than nine millions of property in sured, while the amount of premiums in 1847 covered more than twelve millions. The life business was in creasing, the sums insured over 1847 being £71,483. ex ceeding the total sums insured since the establishment of the company. There had been no death to report since the last meeting, and only one person had died since the formation of the company. The financial statement showed the amount to the credit of profit and loss in 1847 to be £85,666 4s. 4d., of which it was proposed to carry £52,636 12s. Bd. to the reserved fund, and £24.351 Ils. 9d. to the re-assurance fund, to cover the risks, amounting to about seven millions. which were then running, leaving £8,678 standing to the account of profit and loss to meet the dividend to be declared. The results of the business for the six months of the present year showed that a sum of £17,112 ss. 9d. might be added to the reserved fund as the amount to the credit of profit and loss for that future period of time. The number of shares issued was 86,780, making a paid up capital of £186,560. The report con cluded with a recommendation that a dividend be declared at the rate of five per cent. on the paid-up capital, clear of income-tax.--The Chairman, seconded by Mr. S. Holme, moved the adoption of the report.—Mr. Tomlinson thought a larger dividend ought to be declared, and a less amount added to the reserved fund; he moved, as an amendment, that the dividend be five shillings per share, which would be at the rate of 121 per cent.—The amend ment was seconded by Mr. Bigham, and, after a long discussion it was put to the vote and lost by a large ma jori y. The dividend recommended in the report was then agreed to.—The following retiring directors were re-elected :—Messrs. G. Armstrong, John Campbell, R. Harbord, J. Lawrence, D. Cannon, and John Torr ; Messrs. Titherington and Dixon were appointed auditors. — Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, the managers and other officers, and, after the usual compli ment to the chairman, the meeting separated. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. On Wednesday, the usual monthly meeting of the Council was held. The first minute on the Council summonses was the ap pointment of a fit person to fill the vacancy in the office of alderman, caused by the resignation of John Shaw Leigh, Esq., and to continue in office so long as he would have continued in office, viz., until the 9th day of November, 1850. _ _ The MAYOR read Mr. Leigh's letter of resignation, in which that gentleman regretted his inability to discharge the duties of the office of alderman any longer conscien tiously, and expressed his willingness to pay the penalty consequent on taking this step. The penalty has since been paid. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved that Mr. Richard Chris topher Naylor be elected an alderman in the place of Mr. Leigh. Mr. J. B. LLOYD seconded the nomination. Mr. PARKER proposed that Mr. Josias Booker be elected to the office, but Mr. Booker declined the honour, and Mr. Naylor was declared elected. The proceenings of the Finance Committee comprised the appointment of a sub-committee, to 'confer with parties willing to furnish steamers for the purposes of the Bir kenhead Ferry. It appeared from these proceedings, that Mr. Norris had sent in his claim against the Corporation for putting an end to all the litigation, of which the erec of his new houses at the corner of Christian-street, Isling ton, had been the fruitful source. He demanded all his legal expenses, and he required of the Corporation to use all convenient speed in making the whole of Islington up to Shaw-street of uniform width ; and, in order to accom plish this end, that they should throw back the whole of the houses forming what is called " Islington-terrace." He also made many other claims of greater or lesser im portance. Mr. EARLE hoped the Council would pay particular at tention to the extravagant demand here made by a burgess of the town, for making a public improvement. The committee declined to accede to Mr. Norris's claim. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and advised the Council to keep up the Bir kenhead ferry at the penny fare, and gradually to possess themselves of boats of their own. Mr. PARKER moved as an amendment that the subject be referred back until a fair debtor and creditor account of the receipts and expenditure of the ferry had been fur nished to the Council. Mr. ROBINSON seconded the amendment, and said that by continuing the ferry the Council were ministering to the profanation of the Sabbath. Mr. S. HOLME said the question was surrounded with difficulties, hut he was happy to find that the receipts, which were £278 under the twopenny fare, were £312 under the penny fare. The amendment was lost, and the proceedings were confirmed. WATCH COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee comprised a very long report from Mr. Dowling relative to the future ma nagement of the police force, together with the resoluti ons of the Watch Committee thereon. and the appoint ments made in accordance therewith ; and a recommenda tion to increase the salary of Mr. Wm. Parkinson, keeper of the main bridewell. from £l2O to £2OO per annum. The MAYOR expressed the cordial thanks of the ma gistracy to the Watch Committee, for the prompt and efficient aid they had rendered during the period of the late disturbances. Mr. LACE, in moving the confirmation of the proceed ings, said it afforded the committee much pleasure at once to accede to the wishes of the magistrates in increasing the force ; and he expressed his belief that the magistrates, by their spirited exertions, had very much contributed to the tranquility of the town. He strongly supported the increase of salary to Mr. Parkinson, who was, he said, an underpaid officer, in a most thankless and disagreeable situation. _ _ The proceedings were confirmed. DOCK CODIMITIEE. The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. BRAMLEY-MOOR moved their confirmation. Mr. ROBINSON thought the thanks of the trustees were eminently due to Mr. Moore and Mr. Mann for the ser vices they bad rendered—remaining all night in one in stance during the late disturbances. Mr. RATHBONE complained of some delay which had recently taken place in communicating by means of the telegraph with Holyhead. The magistrates wished 'on that occasion to ascertain whether the steamer coming from Dublin was bringing any intelligen t confirmatory of what afterwards turned out to be a haox—that the station at Thurles was in flames, and the south of Ireland in re bellion. It seemed, then, that Mr. Moore alone, as the chairman of the Dock Committee, was the only person who had any authority to cause the telegraph to be set at work. Mr. MOORE said that the moment he heard of this circumstance he ordered the telegraph people to attend at once to the Mayor's orders. Mr. AIKIN complained of the inefficiency with which the telegraph was worked. He said that on the day in question, which was a perfectly clear day, very conside rable loss of time had occurred in communicating with Hilbre Island. Mr. S. HoLmE asked under what circumstance the dock labourers had been recently dismissed from their employment ? The MAYOR said it was unnecessary for Mr. Moore to answer the question : the cause was well known out of doors. Mr. MOORS.—I shall only say, sir, that the same sys tern will continue to be acted upon on all future occasions (hear.) The proceedings were confirmed. MARKETS' COMMITTEE. The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Mar kets' Committee comprised a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. T. S. Tyrer, collector of St. John's Market, from 30s. to 345. 7d. per week, the consideration of which was postponed at the last mouthy Council, pur suant to the standing orders. Mr. TINNE called the attention of this committee to the numbers of diseased sheep which were being at pre sent imported into England. Mr. HAILBOILD said that for the last twelve months Liverpool had been a regular depot for all the diseased meat of the three kingdoms. HEALTH COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Health Committee, including wash-houses and baths, comprised a further report from the Sub-committee on sites for additional baths and wash houses, and a report on the memorial relative to the con sumption of smoke, referred to the Health Committee by the Council. The sites for the baths and wash-houses are Mr. Blake's property, in Toxteth-park, and that land is to cost £3256. The Smoke Committee recommended that a small fine be imposed on stokers for negligence in attending to their fires, and they reported that the smoke nuisance had been very considerably abated in Liverpool under the operation of the act. WATER COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Water Committee comprised a recommendation to appoint Mr. Scott managing engineer of the water works, at the salary of £4OO per annum, and a recommendation to appoint Mr. Rodgers secretary and in-door manager, at the salary of £3OO per annum. The Council agreed to pay Mr. Gage £357, the amount of his taxed bill. They also agreed to pay Mr. Rawlinson engineer, the sum of £l6lO, being the balance of his claim for the Bala Lake project. Mr. Procter moved that all proceeding in reference to the scheme of carrying water from the Rivington Pike dstrict, for the supply of Liverpool, be suspended for twelve months ; and that, in the meantime, the whole of the present water works be placed under the superin tendence of the borough engineer, and that he shall re port from time to time to the Council tho amount of defi ciency, if any, which may be found in the supply afforded by the present works to keep up such supply to the quan tity necessary for use by the inhabitants, and for all other requisite local purposes. Mr. BOOKER seconded the motion. A long discussion ensued, in which. Mr. Nicol, Mr. Harbord, Mr. S. Holme, Mr. Aikin, and others took Part• Mr. LACE replied. The Council divided, when there appeared, for Mr. Procter's motion 15, against it, 30. The motion was consequently lost. Mr. TINNE moved that the borough engineer be gene ral manager and superintendent of the statione and ma chinery, having under him an assistant engineer, and such a staff as is required for the purpose. This motion was also lost by a majority of 20to 15. The proceedings were confirmed ; and the Council ad journed to Monday. THE P'ROVIDETiT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION. On Friday evening, a public dinner in aid of the Bene volent Fund connected with this association was held at the Adelphi Hotel, and was very numerously and respec tably attended. We know of no society in the town more worthy of support—of none which, in its operations, is better calculated to be of real and substantial benefit to a large and important class of our fellow-townsmen.. We rejoice that it has taken friendly hold of the public mind ; and we would urge upon all parties for whose special be nefit it is intended, and who have not yet joined its ranks, to lose no time in enrolling themselves as members, as sured as we feel that, by so doing, they will, at a mode rate outlay, be " casting their bread upon the waters, and; it will be found after many days." The object of the society is to grant annuities to decayed members or their widows, and gratuities and allowances to orphan children ; to assist members when out of employment, and to afford them medical advice when required. But, be it remembered, the main sinews of the society must be derived from the clerks themselves, if they be (which we have no doubt they are) possessed of an independent spirit. Their friends will help them, but they must mainly help themselves. The chair was occupied by his Worship the Mayor, and about. 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner, including many of our most respectable citizens, laity and clergy. The dinner was, as a matter of course, served up in tasteful and liberal. style by Mr. Radley, who is on all hands ad mitted to be a prince of caterers. A glee party, conduct ed by Mr. G. Holders enlivened the party. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN stated that the original society was founded by a number of merchants and bankers in Lon don, and was supported by many influential gentlemenin various parts of the Kingdom. He considered it highly essential that both. clerks and others should make a pro vision when in. the enjoyment of health for themselves and their families in case of need, as it was the means-of producing a feeling of independence which could not otherwise exist, and making them better members of so ciety at large. No man would question such a principle ; and he who neglected to provide for his own, and espe cially for his own house, might—to take a high authority —be said to have denied the faith, and was worse than an infidel. (Cheers.) He proposed " Prosperity to the Association," whicli was drunk with enthusiasm. Mr. R. H. JONES, chairman of the London Board, expressed his great delight at meeting such an assem blage. The society, he was happy to say, was in a most flourishing condition. The operations of the association were twofold ; the first, or mutual life assurance, being self-supporting, and one which inculcated habits of pru dence and forethought, thus tending to make all who availed themselves of this most legitimate mode of provi sion for their families, more careful and circumspect in all their relations in life, and more valuable members of society. In this department 1606 policies had been issued for sums amounting to £289,270, producing an annual income from premiums of £8,703, while from the accu mulated premiums the sum of £13,000 had been invested in the names of the trustees, and during the existence of the association the sum of £3,900 had been paid to twenty families who had been deprived of their head, or their near relative. Up to this period 44 members had. received gratuities, amounting to £4,138 ; seven widows- were in receipt of annuities of £l5 each, and three aged clerks received £25 per annum each. (Cheers.) He urged those present to procure additional members, and thanked the Mayor for his kindness in taking tho chair. Mr. CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL, in proposing thanks to the Mayor, which he did in a deserved eulogium, called attention to the necessity of life assurance as the only means by which a man could insure himself and his fa mily from the evils produced by misfortunes and adver sity. It was highly necessary, not only on worldly but on religious grounds; and he hoped the benefits held out by the society whose anniversary they were celebrating would be embraced by the clerks, not only in Liverpool, but in other parts of the kingdom. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN eloquently and feelingly returned thanks. A number of other appropriate toasts were afterwards drunk, and the company separated highly delighted with the intellectual treat of the evening. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WHO SHOULD RENEW JIGGER ROPES ?—On Saturday an information was heard against Mr. E. P. M`Knight, of this town, for having at a warehouse which he occupies, in Lancelot's-hey, a rope attached to the jigger in such a worn and weakened condition as to endanger life. The joint owners of the warehouse in question are Mr. Councillor Stewart and Mr. Jackson. These gentlemen refused to renew the rope ; and the information was laid against Mr. M`Knight, at his own request, in order that the question of liability as affecting the owner or the tenant might be tested in court. After the case had been stated, Mr. Rushton said that, in strict law, he had only to look to the ',arty using the rope, and that there was nothing in the act to compel landlords to supply the rope. As there had been a dispute in this instance, he would discharge the information, and the parties must settle it among them. selves, but the public must be secured from danger. REFRACTORY PAUPERS.—On Thursday, Mr. Lythgoe, the master of the West Derby Workhouse, appeared be fore Mr. Rushton to prefer a charge of theft against three male paupers, James Lythgoe, John Parry, and Edward Taylor. Mr. Lythgoe stated that the first-named priso ner and Taylor were ordered to be set to work at Toxteth park, and Lythgoe,who has several children in the house, was to have five shillings and the children were to be given up to him. Upon this decision being communicated to the parties concerned, it appears they, in conjunction with Parry, who is quite a lad, made their exit very unceremo niously by climbing over the wall. All three were stopped at Everton, and taken up for going off with the workhouse clothing. They are old offenders, having been in custody before for similar offences. Lythgoe said that tha guar dians wanted to turn him out, with his children, under harsh circumstances. He was told that he ought to have appealed to a magistrate, if he felt himself aggrieved. Committed for three months. CHARGE OF MUTINY.—ALLEGED ILL TREATMENT BY A CAPTAIN.—On Thursday Captain John Smith, master of the United Kingdom, a ship trading between Quebec and this port, appeared before the magistrates to prefer a charge of mutiny against Josias Murry, a young man who had been acting steward on board that vesssel. The young man was so ill that he was accommodated with a chair. Mr. Owen appeared for him and said his illness was caused by the maltreatment he had received from the captain and mate. The captain said the prisoner had shipped at Quebec, as steward ; that it turned out that he could not discharge his duties as such ; that he spoiled the victuals • that on being found fault with, he offered to fight, and refused to do duty; and that he was placed in confinement from the 19th to the 31st July, on the ground that he had been guilty of mutiny. The mate, in answer to Mr. Owen, said, " I was called by the captain to place the man in confinement. I tied him with his hands behind him. The place in which he was confined was large enough for any one to go into,-12 feet by 15. While he was confined he had bread and water, and once some coffee and a little pork. When in the river, the place in which he was confined was open, and the prisoner came upon deck ; I told him to go down again ; he did so, and I put two spikes into the cover and nailed him up. 1 tendered papers to the prisoner for him to sign ;—these were rela tive to the terms of his release from confinement. I had heard the prisoner complain that the place in which he was confined was so much infested with rats, he could not put down his food without fear of it being taken."— Mr. Rushton : " Did you untie him ?"—The mate : " Yes, three days after he was placed in confinement."—Mr. Owen : " Was he not obliged to bow his Lead down—to stoop—when he was confined ?"—The mate : " No, he was not."—Mr. Rushton : " Then for three days he was tied with his hands behind him ?"—The mate : " He was ; and when he got food I released him, and tied him afterwards.'"—Mr. Rushton : " Then he was tied with his handkerchief after the three days ?"—Mete: " lie was."—Mr. Rushton " For the remainder of the time ?" " No, sir, for about a week afterwards, and then he was set at liberty." Mr. Owen elicited other particulars of the cruelties practised towards the prisoner, and a very respectful and apologetic letter was produced, which had been addressed by the prisoner to the captain. There appeared to he no real foundation far the charge of mutiny, and Mr. Rushton discharged him. Mr. Owen : " I hope, sir, I shall be allowed to place him (the prisoner) in the witness-box to prefer a charge of assault against the captain and mate."—Mr. Rushton : " 1 do not want to say anything unnecessary in the case ; bnt it does seem to me an extraordinary course to have placed a man in confinement in such a place, infested with rats, and to keep him there after having written that letter."—Mr. Owen : " Your own officer, sir. 437, has examined the place, and is here to speak to its dimensions."—Officer 437 was then examined, and stated that in the highest part of the place in which the man had !nen confined he was not able to stand erect. When he knelt down with one knee, he could press up the roof with his shoulder.— Mr. Rushton : " You hear what the officer says. You say you confined him in a place, the lateral dimensions of which were twelve feet by fifteen ; but you have heard he could not stand erect in it, and that he was confined from the 15th to the 31st, and part of the time fastened down with spike nails. He appears to have behaved ill ; but, as to imprisonment for tri . niny, there is no pretence for saying he contemplated seizing the ship, or turning pirate." Mr. Owen then applied for summonses against both captain and mate on behalf of his client. which Mr. Rushton granted, as he considered that the case required investigation. District p.tl 5. The military camp at Kersall-moor, near Manchester, has been broken np. A drunken man, named Ryan, only 27 years old. was killed a few days since at Manchester, through sitting on two chisels, which perpetrated the femoral artery, and he bled to death. ANOTHER SWINGING-BOAT ACCIDENT.—At Manches ter, on Saturday evening, a young lad was killed by im- -„ - prxidently catching hold of a swing-boat whilst it Was in furl motion. He was thrown six or seven yards into the air, and alighted directly on his head. Oh Monday great rejoking took place at Haigh, near Wigan, to celebrate the return of the Earl and Countess Balcarres from abroad. A grand dinner was given to the numerous tenantry and workmen, at which 1900 sat down in a spacious tent. On Monday, as the Fenella, steamer, from Dbuglas. Isle of Man, was proceeding on her passage to Fleetwood, she ran down a coasting flat, on board of which were two men, and completely cut her ifs two. Fortunately both. the men were taken in safety onboard the Fenella. MANCHESTER.—A proclamation from the magistrates, signed by the• mayor, has been issued this morning, rela tive to the meetings of the Confederate Clubs. prohibit ing all such meetings, and pronouncing them illegal. The meeting of the clubs, which it was believed would have been held at three o'clock this morning did not take place. IHE TEI4 ITOURS FACTORY ACT.—The Manchester Guardian, a staunch opponent of this-act before it became' law, thus bears testimony to its successful operation : " We believe there cannot be a doubt that, on the whole, a portion of the two hours by which tile labour in facto ries has been diminished, is made up by greater diligence and punctuality on , the part of the workpeople ; but, taking the whole of the trade, it will probably not exceed half-an-hour." NEW RAILWAY S'VATION AT CHESTER.—This beauti ful building was opened for general business on Tuesday morning last. Upwards of 200 men were engaged during the previous night in making preparations for the event. The office, building, and the arrival and departure sheds were brilliantly illuminated with gas during the night. The new offices are all occupied, and the old station is deserted. The opening commenced with the starting of the London mail train, at seven o'clock in the morning. DREADFUL PIT ACOrDENT.—On Tuesday eight pit men employed at a colliery near Kingswinford were pro ceeding with others along the gateway of the pit towards the stations at which they usually followed their occupa tion, and while passing along bearing a light (whether a safety-lamp or an ordinary lanthorn, is not yet ascer tained), a quantity of gas- that had been generated during the night ignited and caused an explosion. They were all dreadfully burnt and two have since died. EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER.. — The last week's re turn shows that, as compared with the previous week, there are seven more mills working full time, with the full complement of hands; one less working full time, with part only of the hands-; a decrease of four working short time, and a decrease of five stopped. In the whole number of hands employed there is a reduction of 314 ; but there are 1,116 more on full time, and 470 less on short time. There were last week 39,534 employed, this week 39,220. Working full time last week, 35,800 ; this week, 36,916. Working short time last week, 3,734 ; this week, 4,204. In the tables just issued, of the revenue, population, commerce, &c., of the United Kingdom, prepared under the direction of Mr. Albany Fonblanque, head of the statistical department of the Board of Trade, there is an account of the amount of postage collected during the years 1846 and 1847, at Manchester, Liverpool, and other principal towns. The following are the figures for those places : 1846. 1847. Manchester £45,618 /8 0 .... £46,608 6 1 Liverpool 62,08- 110 .... 63,055 0 4 It will be observed that the rate of increase has been about the same in both towns, namely, at the rate of £lOOO per annum. The only town that exhibits a de crease is Leeds, for in 1846, the receipts there were £15,712 ls. 5d., whilst, in 1847, they fell to £14,703. Os. Id., or nearly at the rate of £2O per week. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Monday while the hands were at work at one of the mills belonging to Mr. J. Cooper at Lambert Bottoms, Preston, a loud report was heard, and it was soon-found that one of the boilers had exploded, and that one life had been lost, with the great probability that some other parties had been fatally . injured. A bricklayer, named W. Middleton, at work in one of the flues, was killed upon the spot by the mass of bricks and other materials- thrown upon him ; the engine tender was most dangerously injured by the steam ; and a number of persons so seriously injured, that six addi tional persons died the same or the following day. They were William Middleton, 38, bricksetter, found dead in the flue ; Mary Hart, 20,. reeler, died on Mondry night;: Sarah llesketh 38, died on Tuesday a ft ernoon ; Mary Jackson, 24, died on Tuesday morning ; Jane Carr, 39, died within a few hours of the accident ; Robert Wilkin son, 38, died on Monday evening ; and Thomas Hard man, 36, who was working in the boiler-house at the time of the explosion, died on Monday afternoon. The maker of the boiler, Mr. Joseph Clayton, deposed to hav ing warned the managers and others of the boiler being defective. The coroner's jury, late at night, returned a verdict of " Accidental death," accompanied with an ex pression of their opinion that blame attached to the manager and the engine-tenter for working the boiler at too great pressure. The jttry sat nearly eight hours. THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER WATER WORKS.—The contracts for parts of the works for sup plying Manchester with water, will be let in the course of a few days, and it is expected that the works themselves will be commenced before the close of the present month. 'I he first of the works to be immediately commenced is the Woodhead reservoir, which is about twenty miles from Manchester. It is the highest of the Longdendale reser voirs, is nearly a mile and a-half in length, and about a quarter of a mile in width, and 80 feet deep. It covers about 132 acres of ground, and will contain 190 million cubic feet of water, being the largest reservoir included in the proposed works, with the exception of the Torside reservoir, which is the next lowest of the Longdendale reservoirs (the whole chain of which is four miles and a half in length), and will contain 240 million cubic feet. The Woodhead reservoir is principally intended for the supply of the mills with water, and it is expected to be completed in about 18 months. One of the heaviest works in this reservoir is a viaduct of nine arches over a part of the reservoir, and the river Etherow which runs through it. The other portion of the works, which is also to be immediately commenced, is the Mottram tun nel ; the water after being collected in the Rhodeswood reservoir (the lowest of the Longdendale reservoirs), the Arnfield and the Hollingworth reservoirs will be carried by a covered watercourse behind the village of Holling worth up to the hill of Mottram. It then enters the tunnel of which we have spoken, which is a mile and three quarters in length, by which it will be conveyed to the service reservoir at Godley, beyond the town of Hyde. It will thence be taken in pipes to the reservoirs at Den ton and Gorton (the surface of the new reservoir at this place being 70 feet higher than the present one) and from these Manchester will be supplied. The Mottram tunnel will, it is expected, occupy about two years in its comple tion. Loss AND SINGULAR RECOVERY OF £4oo.—On Tues day afternoon last, a gentleman named Mr. D. Dockrey, residinc , at Aigburth, near Liverpool, happened to be in Manchester on business, and by some accountable means he had the misfortune to lose £450 in Bank of England notes, viz., four notes of £lOO each, and one of £5O. On discovering his loss he communicated the circumstance to Mr. Beswick, the chief.superintendent of police. Pay ment of the notes were stopped at the different banks, and bills were issued offering a reward of £2O for their resto ration, but as no informrtion of their having been found reached the police-office during the day, the loser almost regarded their recovery hopeless. In the course of Wed nesday, however, a poor man, named John Greenwood, a jobbing porter, living in Back Irwell-street, called at the Town Hall, with £4OO of the money, which had been found by his son, a little boy only five years of age, under extraordinary circumstances. About four o'clock on Tues day afternoon, the lad was sent from home with his father's tea: and on passing the corner of John Dalton-street he picked up the notes, but unconscious of their value he crushed them together in his hand, and proceeded on his errand in happy ignorance of his good fortune. Having been ordered by his mother to n - ait whilst his father got tea, in order that he might bring her back the empty iug, the little urchin, after reaching his father went out to play, and remained absent for half an hour. On his return his father noticed that he had something in his hand, when he inquired what he had got, on which the lad threw down what appeared to be a mere piece of waste paper, telling his father he had found it in the street besides Veysey's vaults. The astonishment of the father may be easily conceived when he found the sort of prize his child had picked up ; and a proper idea of his honesty may be ga thered from the fact that on the following day lie took the money to Mr. Beswick, at the police-office. Whether or no the child found the whole of the notes, and might have lost the £5O note whilst at play, or whether some other , party found it, is difficult to conjecture, but Mr. Dockrey may esteem himself fortunate in the recovery of the £4OO. As a reward for his honesty, the father was paid £B, and at the suggestion of Mr. Beswick, and with the father's consent, Mr. Dockrey paid £lO into the savings' bank, in the boy's name, where it is intended to let it remain at interest until it may be advantageously applied to the little fellow's welfare.—Manchester Courier. Augnst 8, 1848: POLITICAL MISCELLANY. ---+ The qui tam action against the Attorney-General for bribery at the recent election at Horsham, has been with drawn. He denied in the House of Commons, on Friday, that the action had been in any way compromised. The annual ministerial white-bait dinner at Greenwich _ —indicative of the close of Satur day the 19th instant, and the prorogation by the Queen in person will take place in the following week. THETFORD.—On Friday, Mr. Baring was elected for this borough, in the room of the Hon. F. B. Baring, now Lord Ashburton. The late and present members are bro thers. The hon. gentleman declared his utter hostility to " free trade" principles as being injurious to all classes. The attempt to bring the session to a close by the 19th, has been given up as hopeless. The 26th is now supposed to be the day ; and, when it is closed, the prorogation will be only for a short period—a practice which Lord Sid mouthalwaysrecom mended in troublesome times. Another winter session is therefore in prospect. TREATING.—In the debate on the corrupt practices at Elections Bill on Friday, Colonel Sibthorp said that he scouted the new fangled notion which prevailed on the subject of treating. For his part. he would not abandon the habits of hospitality to please anybody. (Hear, hear.) If one of his constituents called upon hist when he was at lunch, was he not to ask him to take a glass of wine or a basin of soup for fearsome purist should cry out "Bribery?" (Hear.) His motto was " hospitality, and the exercise of the duties of Christian charity." PETITION AGAINST PROROGUING PARLIAMENT.—On Wednesday, a deputation consisting of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Charles Robertson, Mr. John Clow, Mr. Bibby, and others, waited on the Mayor to ask if his wor ship would convene a public meeting for the purpose of petitioning parliament not to separate until it has made a reduction in the public expenditure, relieved commerce, and adopted meagures for the permanent improvement of Ireland. His Worship, without expressing an opinion on the subject, said that he was very adverse to calling a public meeting on any subject whatever in the present excited state of thetown ; but as he was about to write Sir George Grey, he would state to him the request which had been made. Since this interview a petition, embodying the views of the deputation, has been drawn up, and now lies for signature at the usual places. It may be read and signed at the Standard office, where it haw already received a great number of signatures. WHAT IS BRIBERY ?—Treating must be made a clues.- tion of degree. A man's common sense revolts from the idea that the opinions of any person in trusting by law with the exercise of the Parliamentary franchise can be influenced by a ticket for two-and-sixpennyworth of re freshment. This, however; as we see by the speech nt Mr. Stuart Wortley on Friday, was made a crime in the case of the North Cheshire election. A nu.liber of coun try gentlemen—without the cognizance of the candidate-r -gave to their tenants who were goingup to the poll tickets by which they could procure refreshment to the amount of half-a-crown. Considering the heat, noise, dust, fatigue; and excitement, which in the aggregate make up what is called a polling-day, these Cheshire landlords would have been but a shabby set of fellows had , they acted otherwise. If Mr. Bright be of opinion that the constituency of Eng land are liable to such a temptation as this, and that spot of half-and-half will turn " Blues" into " Yellows," and Conservatives into Liberals, we cannot but think that the franchise has already descended too low. We should think of raising, not of depressing the property qualification. In debate on Friday we are happy to see that both Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel took the ceenmon-sense view of the case, and protested against the notion that treating obviously not intended for the purpose of influencing voters at an election could be held to be corruption. LATE ST 'Direct. DATES Indirect.' AT LIVERPOOL I Direct. Indirect. iMay 19 May 18 July 16 June 10 July 16 .. 25 June 24 July 19 June 14 April 29 July 9 week 'e turns 1848- Amnt. March 25 June 20 July 10 June 19 May 31 July 21 May 24 July 6 Lima M aranham Mauritius .. Mobile I • • Monte Video; .. New Orleans' .. New York ' .. Pernambuco. .. Rio Janeiro I Savannah I .. St. Helena I .. Valparaiso Vera Cruz July 2 teased the Sound for Liverpool. n, Amos, from Danzic. Stanford, do. .en, Chydeaius, from Wasa. •gy, Crawford, from St. Petersburg. on, Johnston, do. t Kinnear, Kinnear, do. easels J I, Queei 4 Rosa, t, Neck, I, Enerl 4, Albic 5, Jan& RAILWAY The•following are the receipts that is• to say, up to the date ti are made:— ,ECEIPTS. ►f railways for the past which the respective r RAILWAYS. Week 1 1848. ending Amount. Aberdeen. Amiens and Boulogne Arbroath and Forfar Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire. Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cockermouth and Workington Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Northern Eastern Counties and N. Eastern East Lancashire Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Ctbrg Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr. Glasgow and Greenock Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Thirsk Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North-Western London and Blackwall London & Brighton, South Coast London and South-Western M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birming-, ham Midland Great Western (Ireland) Newmarket Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern and Branches South Devon Taff Vale Ulster Waterford and Limerick Whitehaven Junction York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland, &c July. - 22 - 30 - 29 - 30 - 29 - 29 - 29 - 27 ,e 8. d. 584 0 0 1395 0 0 553 0 0 933 0 0 4497 0 1480 0 0 134 0 0 7,75 0 0 11 72 0 0 1303 0 0 633 0 0 3767 0 0 1912 0 0 16479 0 0 1358 0 0 1393 0 0 0 0 0 %03 0 0 1438 0 0 4046 0 0 20335 0 0 203 0 0 1)926 0 0 2501 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 48915 0 0 1243 0 0 /4931 0 0 10963 0 0 3200 0 0 655 0 0 23497 0 0 860 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 2910 0 0 4735 0 0 1952 0 0 985 0 0 651 0 0 12089 0 0 1815 0 0 1969 0 0 748 0 0 251 0 0 176 0 0 13335 C 0 9420 0 0 STATIONS OF TM ON THE IST .1 (From Colburn'a Uniti [Where two places are mentio which the depot of the Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park 2d Ditto—Windsor Royal H. Guards—Regent's Pk Ist Drag.Guards—Cahir 2d—Piershill 3d—Nottingham 4th—Manchester sth—Birmingham 6th—Dundalk 7th—Brighton Ist Dragoons—York 2d—Athlone 3d—Bengal, Maidstone 4th—Newbridge 6th—Dublin 7th Hussars—Dublin Bth—Newbridge 9th Lancers—Bengal, Mablitn. 10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid stone 11th Hussars—Hounslow 12th Lancers—York 13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 14th—Bengal, Maidstone 15th Huss.—Madras, Maidston 16th Lancers—Norwich 17th—Dublin Grenadier Guards— (lst batt.) Wellington Bar. (2d batt.) Chichester (3d batt.) St. John's Wood Coldstream Guards — (1 st batt.) The Tower (2d batt.) Windsor Scotch Fusileer Guards — (Ist batt.) St. George's Bar. (2d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. Ist Foot— (lst batt.) N. Scotia, Stirling (2d batt.)—Birr 2d—Dublin 3d—Belfast 4th—Madras, Chatham sth—Mauritius 6th—Cape G. Hope 7th—Halifax, N.S., Waterford Bth—Bombay, Chatham 9th—Camp, Kersall Moor 10th—Bengal, Chatham 11th—N. S. Wales, Chatham 12th—Weedon Reserve batt., Mauritius 13th—Belfast 14th—Newport 15th—Ceylon, Brecon 16th—Corfu, Guernsey 17th—Chatham 18th—Bengal, Chatham 19th—Montreal Castlebar 20th—Canada,Isle of Wight ; Reserve batt., Canada 21st—Edinhurgh 22d—Bombay, Chatham 23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight Reserve batt., Canada 24th—Bengal, Chatham 25th—Madras, Chatham 2Gth—Cork 27th—Glasgow 28th—Devonport 29th—Bengal, Chatham 30th—Manchester 3I st—Athlone 32d—Bengal, Chatham 33d—Manchester 34th—Gibraltar, Nenagh 35th—Dublin 56th—(lst butt.) Corfu. (2d batt.) Cephalonia I COLONIAL CORM Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica 2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands -3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, ttc.. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon an d China Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Canada Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good _Th _ . Royal Newfoundland Companies —NeWlo Royal Malta Fenciblea—Malta St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena E BRITISH ARMY, ittIEIUST, 1848. 'ed service Magazine.) med ? the last-named is that 0 1 t regiment is stationed.] 37th—Ceylon, Chatham 38th—Halifax, N.S., Boyle 39th—Preston 40th—Galway 41st—Buttevant 426—Bermuda, Isle of Wight...; Reserve batt., Bermu d a ' 43d—Templemore 44th—(lst batt.) Malta (Reserve batt.) Malta . 45th—CapeG.Hope,l.of Res. batt., Cape G. II" - 46th—Liverpool 47th—Clonmel 4Sth—Dublin 40th—Dublin 50th—Dover 51st—Madras, Chatham 52d—H ull 53d—Bengal, Chatham 54th—Antigua, Jersey 55th—Dublin 56th—(lst batt.) Gibraltar o f (2d batt.) Gibraltar, I. r ts 57th—Enniskillen [W i g 58th—N. S. Wales, Chathana 59th—Templemore 60th—,(1stbt.)Bombay,--chathill (2d. bt.) Dublin 61st—Bengal, Chatham 62d—Bury 63d—Newcastle-on-Tyne 64th—Limerick 65th—N. S. Wales. Chathans 66th—Barbadoes, Kinsale ht 67th—Gibraltar, Isle of Wi P 68th—Mullingar 60th—Malta—Portsmout h 70th—Cork 71st—Naas , Reserve batt., 724—West Indies, Sheer s 734—Cape G. Hope, Dia 74th—Dublin 75th—Dublin 76th—Zante—Portstno utli 77th—Portsmouth 78th—Bombay, Chatham 79th—Canada, Mullinga r 80th—Beugal;Chatham 84 8511 1 1- - 81st—Preston 824—Devonport 83d—Kilkenny Chatham 87th—Weedon 88th—T r i n idad, Tralee 86th—Bombay, Chatham 90th—Manchester _ bet-, 91 s t—G os port ; Cape of Good Ii 924—Limerick 924—Limenck 93d—Canada, Aberdeen 94th—Madras, Chatham 93th—China, deal _ Reserve batt, Jan 1,••• 98th —Bengal , 96th—N. S.Wales, am s ath a 99th—N. S. Wales, Cb Rifle Brigade — of G. floPe , (Ist batt.) Capc Bristol Isle Canada , (24 batt.) T.a ght 97th—Jamaica,IsleCobfaitili. Reserve ban., 'Quebec' - 29 - 30 - 29 - 29 - 30 -29 3 1424 1695 24043 159 18027 1502 t 3501 11892 2355 677 280 6 8337 3174 509 1166 3 1173 1580 754 Australia Barbadoes Bombay B. Ayres Calcutta C. G. Hope. Charleston . China Demerara Havana Jamaica La Guavra - 29 - 30. 1 - 30 - 29 - 30, - 29, - 30