The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, The writer who addresses us about maldng a provision for his family will obtain the information at any respectable insu rance office. mum— is probably quite right in many of his remarks, but does he not think that sufficient prominence has already been given by the press to the subject—at least for the pre sent. It has been repeatedly handled. field day. We shall endeavour, as briefly as pos sible, to cull a few of the leading points of the two debates : and commence with an argument in de fence of Free Trade, used by the Marquis. of Lans downe. Did he imagine the system of free trade established ? They were scarcely at the end of the first stage—changing horses at Barnet'on the road to the north. Sincerely did he wish that the impatience of taxation already expressed was all that his noble friend would have to contend with. At each stage he would be met by obstruction and resist ance —not voluntary and hypothetical, but arising from dire necessity, and out of the nature of things. " War to the knife" would he have to encounter between British wages and foreign wages —war to the knife between white bread and black bread—war to the knife between poor laws and no poor laws—between a nation with poor laws and a world without them,—war to the knife between the lawful insanity of an abstract dogma and the lawless in sanity of the lucifer match. And well would it be if, in the prosecution of this ruthless scheme to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer, the walls of the house even in which they sat were not shaken to their very founda tion." That the impatience of taxation, here spoken of, does exist, and is growing, cannot be denied ; and its possible consequences, in the event of any sud den frenzy of the people, urged on by unprincipled men, are fearful to contemplate. • Lord Redesdale, in introducing the subject of agricultural distress, had referred to the fact that, by the diminution which had taken place in the wages of the labouring classes, a large sum had been abstracted from the income of the country, and, consequently, in its ability to consume both home-made and foreign products. Lord Lans downe, however, takes a different view of the mat ter. "The true representative of the income of a country," he says, "was the amount of luxuries and comforts which that income would command ; and if, under an alleged diminution of income, he saw a great increase in the consumption of such luxuries and comforts, he should be inclined to infer that, in reality, the income of the country was essentially increased." Let us test this doctrine .by a practical case. The agricultural labourer, or the manufacturing operative, is receiving 7s. 6d. where he formerly received lOs ; but for the minor .....,Lig ti io (nave its fortunate ~ ' possessor frantic with excess of joy or bewildered sum he can buy as' many luxuries and comforts in the Cotton Sale s-room, Exchange. • • •• . 1 - -- I. - .s.lltl I. liP was to do with so much as he formerly did for the major. Bread has fallen sq., t e resi ent o the Chamber T. Bel Horsfall, E 'h P 'd f 25 per cent. ; tea, coffee, and other " luxuries and took the chair at twelve o'clock, when a numerous body , comforts " have fallen in like proportion; and of members were present. wages have shared the sa me f a t e . B u t t h ere i s The PRESIDENT stated th a t th e o bj ec t o f t h e meeting rent, which is n o t d ecrease d . Th ere are taxes, was for the purpose of con fi rm i ng t h e proceedings with which are stubborn and unchangeable facts. There trielgeagatomtheer.elettini retard m ar e d m t b o e t r i s ie to form the i Co uncil a of cueerrteedn,, ow t in h g d to be t r e are debts, which are unaltered in money amount. I alleged that some irregularity bad oc curred, Instead of a month's labour, which was paid for these voting papers not having been signed by members who formerly, it will require un d er th e new sta t e o f delivered them, b u t o f t h at h e was quite willing to take the whole blame upon himself, for be had advised it, as things nearly six weeks. Our fifty millions of na raawptrgeatlatwhe timethathewas acting con trary tional expenditnre, measured in labour, has thirty t ' o e tT a e s le n t e te t t hou gh h e h a d no t a ct e d con trary per cent. added to it; and to be consistent, the to its spirit. Marquis of Lansdowne—whose salary of £lO,OOO Mr. HEATH stated that the fault, if any, lay upon his per annum it takes, at 10s. per week, the weekly shoulders or that of the secretary; but such caution had earnings of 5,000 men t o p a y, wou ld h ave t o b e been used in receivin g th e vo ti ng -papers that it was im possible any votes could h ave b een g i ven except by those content with the week's earnin gs o f 3,750 men. justly entitled to the privilege. Equally as absurd as this doctrine of the Noble The PRESIDENT then proceeded to give a detailed state- Lord, was his remark that "he had himself, with ment of the proceedings of the chamber from its first for his own ears, heard it graVely stated, without a mation. With regard to the Merchant Service Bill, a committee had been formed who had had some corre fixed price of 80s. a quarter, it would be impossible s i r a o a n r d d e a nr Tr w a ijh Mr. h L e abouchere, the President of the to maintain the cultivation of the country." The , a n d (the president) was in hopes that Earl of Malmesbury effectually disposed of the the bill would e be referred to a select committee of the Noble Lord's sneer when he reminded him that House of Commons. Another subject to which the at " when that demand of SOs. was made, the currency i tention of the chamber had been directed was, the mode was unaltered, and 80s. wa s no more th an 50s. or in which bonded goo d s were exam i ned by the Customs, 565. would be now." That important fact will comin g ia That t. which were intended for exportation. come into greater prominence bye and bye. We nient,Tiut also haS e s n ub . found et not parties only eriantrivae shall have to annul the "improvident bargain," noyance and loss. The mischief, however, had been e m a o: which Sir James Graham so happily reminded us dified, and would no doubt be eventually removed. The Chamber had also had its attention directed to the con that we made when we consented to pay debts con- Chamber removal of the Postoffice—its intended site tracted in a depreciated , currency, upon a condition a b einga considerable distance from the . Exchange ; but which has been broken by the parties in whose memorial had been presented on the subject to the Post favour it was made. master-General, and he (the president) had no doubt every We have stated that representations were made attention would be given to the subject. A committee during this debate from the treasury benches, which had been appointed to take into consideration the irregu were glaringly wide of the tr u th ; an d s h a ll g i ve an andlariti:s existing in th e p os t a l arrangements i n the town, instance from the spe ec h o f E ar l G rey. "H e could that cause ust w e o d ul t d ha e t om th m os n e ni m ea e t m e b t tr e s i who sufferedfT taken gr i evances top to not help saying there was no t th e s li g ht est part i c l e committee, in order that steps might be be provide of evidence that the distress which now a remedy. A committee had also been formed for the afflicted the agricultural interest could be the purpose of arranging a plan to carry out an object pro result for the settlement of disputed commercial result of the change of our agricultural system." Indeed ! Why, what is it attri- zi e es aa io u a b y s eilba Titraon, The President also stated that received from the dock committee the _,cation of th e Imitable to besides ? Ha s E ar l G rey no remem- particulars of the matters at issue between them and the a reduction of th e s t amp on „—__ brance of the fact th a t, th roug h thi s very change operative dock porters, and he hoped they would, after l in our agricult ura l sys t em, one o f hi s own best maturely considering the ques ti on , b e a b le to give such ent., and the -' s -t-- .yeise upon farms is at the present moment thrown upon his an opinion as would eventually lead to a satisfactory set hands ? Again : " Were noble lords opposite able t 1 ell - , te e n t o in f n %he q o ir t s i t i i e or. Chamber,rerrelaanticr onto the e election of to prove that similar periods of distress had never the Cou m ncil; e w s ere then read o ver, mo t ion of existed before that change ?" Of course noble Mr. H. Hornby, were unanimously' confirmed. lords, and other men, are perfectly aware that The PRESIDENT stated that the Council had taken into consideration the valuable services of Mr. L. Levi, since periods of distress have occurred since that nefa nthiaedeestnibm.ent of the Chamber, and the active exertions rious measure was passed, of which Lord Grey is one of the most strenuous supporters—viz., the that he y shoiTlrbe its establish ment, appointed lfe member . d m t b h e e r y recommended Currency Bill of 181 s. "He (Earl Grey) asked if Mr. JOSEPH STITT moved the confirmation of the a series of good harvests had not, under the old recommendation, which was unanimously carried. Corn Laws, produc e d a g l u t mos t di sastrous to the The President re a d a l e tt er f rom M r. Levi, thanking farmers ? That was th e case i n 1 823, 1835, and the yh ouncil for the honour conf erre d upon hi m. aliaia read etd te a letter from Mr. d Mpc a tt a , mer o 1836. It was th e same case now : r " A series of ch an te S ECRETARY good harvests ! Wh en did th ey occur, my lord ? time of vessels saili g ng fi from thisgp 0 . a r r t was m e an a w g h e t S hand We have now a si ng l e goo d h arvest f ol l ow i ng three the great inconvenience to which shippers of goods were - - ulius —og ourselves of million years of famin e . Th e men d ac i ty an d i mpudence pu t i n consequence. The letter stated that, owing to the of such statement s as th ese are di sgust i ng, uncertainty which p reva il e d i n t h e matter, arising from —,e productive revenue o f th e The debate in the House of Commons, on Mr. parties advertising a specific time and never keep ing - it, country, to satisfy the clamours of agitation, and Drummond's motion for a reduction of the ex ien- Parties frequently tr preferred paying the carriage of goods to feed the selfishness of a school of political im- diture of the government, presented even 1 t o haLondonßE PRESIDENT n d to il L iverpool. d t ake care the matter was postors. Is the country, we ask, at this moment striking features : and created a larger amount of laid before the cou T n s :i t l of e th w e eu cham ber. in such a state of security and well-doing that it ministerial perplexity than that in the other house. Mr. MoCATTA said it was a very great inconvenience to can afford to dissipate £750,000 in the quixotic shippers, who were generally left in that state of uncer- Mr. Drummond is somewhat of an eccentric in - tahlty that they coud never advise their friends when attempt to pay off as many millions ? It is not. titles ; and, though not assuming any claim to be their goods would be t forwarded. We are confessedly just now in the midst of a the leader ofcapable, b y his }sappy . that the matter should be great, a fearful experiment ; one the result of which • of wit and sarcasm, of inflicting serious annoyance laid before the Council ; but he must say that a great deal no man can foresee. We have the great majority upon the self-complacent adherents of government, might be done towards remedying the evil by shippers of the people, those dependent upon agriculture, He is also amongst the few members of the house, themselves. Some time ago he had some goods to for preparing to live upon less incomes ;the landowner who have sense to perceive, or honesty to admit, that when sail.t i c l i ia th a t . Contin l e d nt, d he went to a "Ina d asked week." preparing to receive less rents, the farmer less pro- a large portion of our present suffering has been The Presideinpt wou ld askd if l il ie e w r o e u p lT d ivea written fits, and the labourer less wages. Can these classes rantee to that effect; but he declined to g do so w f r o i r a en w g e u e z caused by the transition from a paper irrency, in consume customable and exciseable articles to the which the obligations of the country were con- a fortnight, three weeks, or even a month, on which he same amount as when their incomes were a higher tracted, into one based upon the precious metals. (the Chairman) left, and said he must go somewhere else. This concluded the,business of the day, and the meet scale ? Obviously they cannot ; and a decreasing The hon. gentleman was most rich in his invitation • mg adjourned. revenue from these sources is inevitable. The to the officials of government to shew an example trading and mercantile classes too are ill at ea se , of self-sacrifice, by reducing their own salaries to and demanding large reductions in expenditure and the scale of the reduction in the prices of food and in taxation. The manufacturers demand a reduc- in the wages of th e l a b ourer. A s an example of tion of the duty on tea, i n or d er t o save t h e trade with China from annihilati on . Th e t own popula- the unwillingness o f Whig officials to square their ti own conduct to that whi c h th ey expec t e d f rom The shipowner asks j us tl y f or t h e rem i ssion of the bons demand the remission of the window duties. others, he gave a startli ng reve l a ti on o f t h e pro duty on timber use d i n s hi p b u ildi ng. The agri- He said : culturist demands the remission of the malt duty, "He would quote from another letter—that of a gen in order to give him a fair chance in the competi- tleman farmer whom be met at dinner the other day, and tion to which he has been submitted with the who had since given him a few facts in writing. He untaxed foreigner. Nearly every dais of the com- stated that he had made inquiries relative to the reduc munity are knocking at the door of the treasury b ons h made Inatbiliaislaibieoingrhebraoprw, wanes —(a (a Co l t a t n etr a , n h d a t d ba la t te i l l y e for relief from their particular burthens ; and our found it was 3s. a week, or 'nearly oneffou—forth, only ex precious 'Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer says cepting his carters, who were engaged by the year, but to to each—" You are asking more than I can afford whom he had promised a similar reduction next Michael at present, so I will devote the trifle which I have mas. (Laughter.) Now this was too bad of his noble to the task of grappling with the claims of the friend, who was a Whig, and who was one of those who was very hot for the reform bill. But it was just a sam greatest creditor I have, the fundholder." ple of what those people were when they became hun Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds as an (Laughter.) This was what the Whigs called, with that instalment of a debt of seven hundred and fifty calm complacency so peculiarly their own, `the improved millions ! It will reduce the national debt next condition of the labourer.' (Laughter.) These reduc tion,. his friend remar k ed further , a ll a rose from f ree two by about £24,000, or the united salaries of , d f trade' which had d two cabinet ministers and a secretary ! At this labourer to that of g r e e t i a n e g e ab a r e e sus i t conditionenc 1 n t he nm farm er rate we shall have got rid of our giant burthen in and demi-starvation in winter. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. about a thousand years, if the world lasts as long. Drummond) had not the honour to know the noble and An attempt to bale out the Mersey with a teaspoon learned lord to whom his correspondent referred, but he would be just about as ridiculous. And we are s u e n a d s e e rs o t, t o i c l i a i a t t iv e as impossible to select any person whose Attempting this great feat at a crisis, when nine- or who was more q ke e e y nly alive tn remuneration ti was advantagesmereodfelai/tre, tenths of the community are perplexed for the where- ing. lg He had no doubt that after this account with to pay their butchers' and their bakers' bills ! his m otion would be supported by her Majesty's govern - Shopkeepers, how can you complain that custom is ment, and that the noble lord opposite would get up and declining, and that the tax collector's face is more say a civil thing or two, and intimate that the motion was familiar to you th an th a t o f a b uyer ? Tradesmen, not only entirely i n accor d ance w i th the principles of her Majesty s Ministers, but with th e i r prac ti ce a l so. (Laugh- how dare you complain of di m i n i s h e d prof i ts ? You ter.)" are well off. You are fl our i s hi ng. You have just We can imagine ks begun to pay off a na ti ona l d e b t of 7 50 millions ! uneasy shuffling in the annoyed 100 their seats of her and the Ma's We do not complai n o f th e art i c l es selected for Whig ministers during the utterance of this. jest cuyt remission of duty to the extent of £750,000. The ting piece of irony. But there was in the speech yeomen of this countryare being forced bythousands of the honourable gentleman a staple of sound into the Gazette. By all means cheapen the expense practical good sense, intermingled with its occa of their getting rid of their property. Mr. Cobden sionally playful sarcasm. His argument that the and his Manchester associates are busy manufac- farmer could not be said to be fairly treated, in turing freeholds. By all means lighten the cost of accordance with the principles of free trade, whilst their conveyance, and cheapen their bricks. The he was not allowed to grow what he chose upon farmers are about erecting brick and slate houses for his land, and whilst he was prevented from malting stall feeding their oxen and their pigs, with tanks his own barley, growing beet root, and converting for the collection of their precious ammonia. By it into sugar, growing his own hops, and making all means give them cheap bricks ! How the jerry his clay into bricks, without the interposition of builders will delight ! How the hod and the trowel excise taxes, was unanswerable ; and was not at will jump for joy ! tempted to be assailed by the hosts of opponents, Seriously, will the nation, we ask, tolerate this whom his trenchant eloquence had provoked to monstrous foolery ? Will this gross insult to a emerge from their ordinary dreams of self-satisfied suffering and tax-ridden community raise no indig- superiority. nant protest ? It ought. If the British people At the close of his speech, however, Mr. Drum are not completely void of sense and feeling, mond became still more plainly spoken, and posi they ought to rise up as o ne man, an d h ur l from tively startled the house. He stated that, in their seats the most incompetent set of Charlatans urging remissions of taxation, at . ever held sway over th e d est i ny of this great " He might be accused of attacking the means of keep sinpir Hum of applause" indeed ! We sus- ing faith with the public creditor. But his reply was, that pect that this trumpery budget is more likely to be they had not kept faith with the public debtor; and they greeted with a shout of mingled indignation and had taught the public to have no respect for keeping faith laughter throughout the length and breadth of the with the publi. i cre dit or . (H ear. ) The language of the land. farmers to the Gove rnmen t was thi s: —" W e have opposed you at all times; but, whatever we think of you, we have been faithful and loyal men, and have protected the insti ' tutions of the country ; but we have not found those in stitutions protect our property, and we care not a rush ' whether they are maintained or not." (Laughter.) Well. hon. gentlemen might think it a laughing matter, but if those principles were carried out it would terribly confound those who were the bold mockers now. A very common remark with the labourers was, that they did not see why there should be such a difference between the rich and the poor. He confessed he could not answer the question implied by that remark. But it was a very fearful condi tion of things when the great masses of the people medi tated in this manner, and it behoved them to act justly and honestly if they ,would avert the danger which it threatened. With e qual plainness spoke M r . C ay l ey, t h e se- ' conder of Mr. Drummond's motion, upon the subject of the growing indisposition of the indus trious classes to submit to their existing burthens, under the altered circumstances in which they had been placed by the present policy of Government. He asked : " Was this impatience of taxation which was now evinced the only thing of evil import in prospect for his noble friend ? It was but the beginning of the end. Ebr Eibr,pool "Otanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1850, THE budget of 1850 has by this time been perused in every corner of the empire; and although we have not heard as yet "the general hum of applause " which the London Times informs us it "is sure to call forth," we must acknowledge that it is a marvellous production; and Sir Charles Wood, we doubt not, is at this moment one of the most delighted of chancellors. A Whig financial statement without a deficiency, and the proposal of a new tax, or a loan, is an almost unprece dented achievement. But a surplus of two millions and a quarter was enough to drive its fortunate _Jsor frantic with excess of joy or bewildered with the thought what he was to do with so much money. Unfortunately, however, there was a slight hitch at the outset of the story, which must have slightly damped the worthy baronet's extacies. There were some excesses from the army, navy and ordnance estimates, amounting to £642,67 to provide for out of this year's revenue. `! actual surplus, therefore, amounts to £1,625,000. In the coming year Sir Charles anticipates a falling off in the revenue derived from some articles, as compared with the present year. He thinks it necessary to provide for a decrease in the sugar duties, and a falling off in the receipts from grain, brandy, rum, and British spirits. Allowing for this, he puts down his estimated revenue for the year ending 6th April, 1851, at £52,285,000, and the expenditure at £50,613,582, leaving a surplus of £1,671,418. From this, however, he proposes to allow for an increased grant for the new Houses of Parliament ; £30,000 for the operation of the Merchant Seaman's Bill, and a vote for the Arctic expedition. Deducting this expenditure, the sur plus, with which he considers that he has a right to depend upon as applicable to reduction of taxa tion, will be, in round numbers, £1,500,000. What to do with this is the question which has agitated the ministerial mind; and it remains to be seen whether the determination which has at length been arrived at is one which will be regarded with a great amount of satisfaction by the public. Sir Charles Wood and his colleagues conceive that, with the exception of the agricultural interests, the whole of the community is in a state of grow ing prosperity; and that we are now in a state of ability to commence the great work of paying off our debt of nearly 800 millions sterling. lie pro poses, therefore, to apply half his surplus, or - F.750.n" - and the remainder he ), to this pu offers as a sop to the a -icuP - ural interest and the industrious classes, in the shape of a reduction of the stamp duty upon conveyances of land, bonds, where the amount does not exceed £lOOO, ` l, Ft duties upon higher amounts on leases to per cf . auontion of the excise upon bricks. Thus the first considerable surplus ever placed at the disposal of a Whig Chancellor is got rid olv with an eau: —we were going to sal, not at e al regard to one par t of Sir CI nst us LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. warv—Ar a.t.mveveenacare...ammie THE PROBABLE EFFECT OF THE REPEAL OF THE BRICK DUTY. THE debates in the two houses, on Tuesday evening last, exhibit, on the part of Government and the Free-trade party, a rather ricketty state of things. The policy of the Manchester school of economists was supported i n one h ouse by assertions, so glaringly wide of th e t rut h that it can only strike any man with wonder that a nobleman could be found hardy enough to attempt t o pa l m them upon the world ; whilst, in the other, the fact was broadly mooted that a perseverance in that policy would endanger not only the peace of the empire, but th a t mos t c h er i s h e d prin ciple of Eng lishmen, their determination to maintain inviolate their honesty towards th e p u bli c cre dit or . Gl i b. j tongued journalists, and well-paid ministerial offi cials, may discourse about "sham motions," and "traps" set to catch the unwary; but the lightest straws thrown up serve to shew which way the wind blows, and the tendency of the n a ti ona l m i n d is quite as correctly indicated by the result of such a motion as that of Mr. Drummond, as by that of a debate on the address, or any o th er ministerial Since the publication of the Budget, announcing amongst the imposts remitted the duty upon bricks, we have found some misapprehension expressed, both with respect to the extent of its pressure during its existence, and that of the relief likely to be experienced from its removal. We think it right, therefore, to offer a few observations on both points. The duty upon bricks heretofore has been ss. 10d. per thousand, with five per cent. added, or a nett amount of 6s. 11d. per thousand. Every brick was required to be of a specified size, namely, 9 inches long, 41 wide, and 21 in thickness, before being dried. The duty was estimated by the count as the article came from the moulder's hands; but ten per cent. was allowed for the quantity broken in the process of burning. In order to estimate the amount of benefit likely to be derived by the public from its repeal we may state that it would require about fifty thousand bricks to erect a small cottage, say of £lO to £l2 per annum, according to its situation, and the saving in such a building will therefore for the ou It p material will not be diminish e d, , but t rather that increased quantities will be used for outward walls and for party walls, and probably that good bricks will be put into foundations, instead of old bricks, coarse rubble stone, &c. A great advantage will also be derived from the liberty given to parties to make the article of any size most suited to their work, and the labour will be saved which is at present wasted in chipping bricks to make them fit in to certain dimensions. Hitherto, in the few instances in7which bricks of an in creased size have been manufactured for particular pur poses, government have imposed in some instances a duty and a half, and occasionally two duties, upon the thou sand. For the erection of agricultural buildings, cul verts, &c., for drainage, and for the carrying out of sanitary improvements, the abolition of the duty will afford great facilities, both as regards the reduced price at which the article can be afforded, and the fact that they can in future be moulded to any shape required. It is scarcely to be expected that the effect of the measure will be to give any immediate impulse to the building trade, as the stocks on hand are heavy in most localities, and have been selling for the last two years at ruinous prices. We may mention, as an example, that in Birkenhead, bricks, which were a few years ago in regular demand at from 20s. to 245. per thousand, have recently been sold for Bs., or only two shillings more than the duty ! A large stock is also held in Liverpool, the owners of which, unless the duty paid is returned, must be very serious losers. The fine new packet-ship William Raihbone arrived here yesterday afternoon from New York. The Rev. J. B. Lowe, assistant chaplain of the Magda len Asylum, Leesom-street, Dublin, has been appointed minister of St. Jude's Church, Liverpool. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—The case between the owners of the Fairy, Egr2mont steamer, and the owners of the schooner Sarah, which latter, it will be remem bered, was sunk in the river some time ago, was, we hear, decided in the Admiralty Court yesterday. The judg ment of the court was in favour of the Messrs. Colbourne, the owners of the steamer. THE WEATHER. — During the last fortnight (or more) the weather has been exceedingly seasonable, and, we may add, cheering and delightful. Its general character has been clear sunny days and bright starry nights, with gentle and rather frosty winds, varying from the S.E. to the W. and N.W. points of the compass, a fine temperature for field operations in ploughing, sowing the spring corn, harrowing, &c. The observation also applies to spade and other culture in gardens. The roads in the country and the streets in these districts are dusty dry; and though the air is somewhat cold for persons of delicate constitu tions, it is exactly what is wanted in the country to check premature vegetation, which is liable in this latitude to be afterwards nipped by succeeding frosts. The wheats look well, and the grass fields are becoming brightly green. THE BOSTON MAILS.—It will be seen by our shipping intelligence that the Ivanhoe, Captain Knight, which sailed from New York on the 21st ultimo, one day after the departure of the last steamer, arrived on Sunday. She has not, however, brought the missing Boston and Halifax mails. It is supposed they would be forwarded by the Constitution, oa the 22nd, which vessel is not at the time we write telegraphed. The Ivanhoe passed the ships Silas Greenman and Hendrik Hudson going in. Off the Islands of Neversink, saw the Isaac Wright. Forty miles east of Sandy Hook, saw one of the London packets, with a jury foretopmast, going in. On 22nd ultimo, lat. 40 33 N., long. 69 33 W., passed the De Witt Clinton. On 3rd instant, lat. 47 long. 33, spoke the Marmion. On 15th instant, spoke the Guy Mannering, Tuskar W.N.W. 22 miles. The Ivanhoe took the east wind on the 6th instant, lat. 50 N., long. 16 W. That most fashionable and gentlemanly garment, Nicoll's Registered Paletot, is advertised elsewhere. Messrs. Radcliffe and Corlet are the agents, and this article forms one of the many attractions in their new catablighnlent in Castle-street. that it is not highl to thinT as a nation fact stands record five years of peace we debt by no 1€ s than thirt Thank; 'or that co firmly fastened r facts staring us in far, year after million o summation to Whig reckles and incapacity ! We have had, also, rid income tax Yet, with these 'e gone on s frittered away. posed to contend, with Wood's proposal, ble that we should begin ng cur debts. The of nn t during- thirty- ased our monster ]lions st THE LIVERPOOL STAl6)Aiiii. MEETING OF THE HEALTH COMMIfitE The adjourned meeting of the members of the Health Committeelkwhich was postponed from Thursday last, in consequence of there being present only Mr. Parker, Mr. Homey, and Mr. Thompson) was held yesterday. Pre sent: Messrs. Parker (in the chair), Dover, Hodson, Thompson, Hornby,Langsdale,Chalmers, Walthew, God frey, and Bent. Mr. GODFREY, complained of the frequent demands made on the time of members of the Council in conse quence of the great number of committees held weekly, and observed that it was impossible that all these meet ings could be attended by members. Mr. HORNBY explained that the present arrangement was the result of experience, and thought that no better system could be devised. Mr. DOVER observed that his absence from the two last meetings of the committee was occasioned by some deli cacy he felt at being present during the discussion of a matter in which he was personally interested. Mr. HORNBY was of opinion that Mr. Dover might have attended with propriety; there could be no reason why he should not have taken part in the proceedings re ferred to. Mr. DOVER thought his presence would have embar rassed the proceedings. Mr. Dover was about to enter further into the matter, when the chairman informed him that the case would be brought before the meeting in the course of the proceedings. Some discussion ensued upon the question of admitting apprentices to the department of the public offices, under the management of the borough engineer. The chairman asked for information. Mr. THOMSON, who had been the chairman of a sub committee, which inquired into the matter, dissented from the practice of taking apprentices into the borough engineer's office. As a public body they ought not to create a large staff of apprentices to compete with the established members of the profession; besides, Mr. New lands was opposed to allowing apprentices to " suck his brains." Mr. PARKER observed that the question was one of economy. Mr. Tnomsoer doubted the economy of the practice. Mr. HODSON advocated the practice, and as a question of economy it was supported by Mr. HORNET, who moved that the subject be referred back to the finance committee to be reported upon. The number of cess-pools emptied during the week was 168. Mr. Rose reported that he had during the week re moved a large quantity of the deposits of manure from the wharfs, and would soon have it in his power to remove the remaining portion. The deaths registered for the week were—for the borough 120, for the extra parochial places 40, total 160, against 169 the previous week, and 212 for the corresponding week in 1849. The analysis of the dis eases by which the deaths were caused also embraced the state of the atmosphere during the week. Mr. THOMSON asked Dr. Duncan whether there would not be more moisture apparent that day (yesterday) than apgeared to have been observed last week. The worthy councillor being understood to allude to the consequences, in a convivial sense, usually attendant on the demonstrations made on St. Patrick's day, the question was hailed with a burst of laughter. A memorial from a number of the residents of South hill, Toxteth-park, praying for improved drainage, was read. The application was understood to be one of an impracticable character. A letter from Messrs. Pooley and Son, of the Albion Foundry, complaining of a want of impartiality, as far as they were concerned, in the distribution of the contracts by the Council, was read. It was referred back to allow of inquiry into the particulars. Another letter from Messrs. Cane and Farrar, com plaining of the state of the pavement in Dutton-street, was read. Mr. Tnomsoer proposed that the bridge in Chisenhale street be lowered, and thus to effect the desired alteration. The latter was referred back. At this period of the proceedings, Mr. James Lawrence and Mr. Cooper, as a deputation from the Markets Com mittee, then sitting in an adjoining room, entered the Council chamber, to state what had been agreed on with reference to the depot in St. Anne-street, for boiling down unwholesome meat. It was arranged that Dr. Duncan should inspect the premises. The next subject, the Town-clerk's and the treasurer's report, excited a good deal of interest, as it bore directly on the question to which Mr. Dover referred at an earlier stage of the pro ceedings' viz., the rati ng o f ware h ouse property. It ap peared that Mr. M'Knight and Mr. Baxter had given notice of appeal, to try the legality of the general rate. On Friday, Mr. M`Knight signified his intention of pay ing a rate of £4 2s, levied on warehouses in Neptune street, under protest. The question still remained open as concerned Mr. Baxter, but after some treating, as to the day when the case should come before the stipendiary magistrate, that day (Monday) was fixed upon ; however, Mr. Baxter had also paid the rate since. Mr. Parker, who stated these particulars, went on to say that the Town-clerk being in London, Mr. Paget, the gentleman who framed the bill, under which the rate was laid, had been sent down to defend the case, consequently some expense had been incurred in the matter, without any result. Mr. M'Knight had agreed to the postponement in his own case being to Saturday morning, and then lie thought proper to pay the rate. Mr. Baxter's case was postponed to that (Monday) morning, but he likewise had paid the rate. Mr. DOVER did not know in what shape this case came before the committee, but it had been communicated to him the:, the parties concerned bad sought a week's delay, and the probability was that had that time been given they could have substantiated their case. He could not say that such would have been the result, but he was led to suppose it would ; however, their request was re f use d . Mr. PARKER said Mr. M'Knight had agreed to have the case heard on Saturday. Mr. DOVER contended that Mr. APKnight had dis tinctly pressed for a week, and it was only after opposition that he had consented to Saturday, and this had been the more readily conceded from the fact of the absence of Mr. R. Harbord, the chairman of the warehouse owners' association, in London ; it was not known on what day he might return, and hence the concessim on the part of Mr. M'Knight. Mr. HODSON made a few observations on the fact of the warehouse owners having, by causing the Corporation to bring counsel from London, occasioned a considerable expense to the town. Mr. DOVER rather warmly resented the imputations and asked what the gentlemen could do. They had asked for time which had not been granted to them, and the consequence was, that the legality of the rate re mained still a question. Mr. HORNET differed from this view. In the first place, the parties came before the court to ask for a reduction of their assessment ; if the rate had been re duced no question would have been raised as to the legality ; but when they find that no reduction would be submitted to, they impugn the legality of the rate, and he (Mr. Hornby) must designate such conduct as a fac tious opposition, for when they (the Council) ask these gentlemen to allow the case to be heard judicially, they first desire a postponement, then agree to a certain day. Mr. DOVER.—He (Mr. APKnight) was obliged to agree. Mr. PARKER.—When Mr. Rushton asked Mr. M`Knight if Saturday would suit him, he replied it would. Mr. DOVER.—Because he could not help himself. Mr. HORNET justified any expenditure of public money that might have been necessitated in such a grave case, and contended that the warehouse-owners had been the cause of such expense. Mr. DOVER rose to reply. lle did not think the body he represented deserved such remarks (he alluded to the word factious) as had been made by Mr. Hornby. They were the best customers of the Corporation ; they paid one-fifth of therates, and they only complained because the Council were doing that which in equity could not be de fended. They had for the last two years been paying this illegal tax on property which, after meeting its various burdens, left nothing for the owners ; and, though the rate had been paid this year, the contest had not ended probably, for he could tell them that the legality of the rate was doubted, and he warned them not to lay the same burdensome impost next year. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Tnomsoer thought when' it was known that pro perty to the amount of £BOO per annum was reduced to £5OO, the case of the warehouse owners was one for con sideration in the laying of the rate next year. Several members remarked that such a case would not occur again, as next year the circumstances would be dif ferent Mr. lionsoN made some remarks, defending the rate and the bringing of Mr. Paget down. As to the deprecia tion in warehouse property, he was of opinion that house property in some parts of the town had depreciated quite as much. In answer to a question as to what the warehouse owners were really going to do in the matter ? Mr. DOVER observed that he had paid some hundreds of pounds in rates, and he believed he only owed them about £6O. Mr. HORNBY thought Mr. Dover should give them some notice of the intentions of the warehouse owners, in order that they (the Council) might know how to pro ceed. Mr. DOVER would venture to say that they would pay the rate this year, and added that whatever part they might take next year in refereice to the general rate, their desire was only to act legally ; and, in doing so, he scarcely thought they merited the remark which had been made by Mr. Hornby. Mr. HORNBY explained that the word factious made use of by him applied exclusively to the nature of the opposi tion : he did not apply it personally. Some further discussion ensued on this subject, which terminated in Mr. Hornby withdrawing unconditionally any objectionable remark he might have made. A letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Marlen, incum bent of All Saints', on the defective state of the pavement in the neighbourhood of his church.—Another letter, accompanying also a report from the West Derby guar dians, was read, desiring the improvement of the sewerage, roads, &c., in Harper-street and neighbourhood. Com pliance with the last Iceguest was considered impracticable. Mr. TnomsoN begged to bring before the committee the following case: Mr. Lloyd (T.C.), having reason to suspect some irregularity in the manner in which some of the cor poration servants discharged their duties, had questioned a boy he met somewhere, who stated that he was in the employment of the coporation, and that he had 58. per week ; he afterwards said his wages were 6s. Mr. Lloyd made a memorandum of the boy's name, &c., and upon consulting Mr. Ashlin, found that no such boy was em ployed by the corporation at all. It appeared that he was doing the work of a brother, whose wages were 15s. per week ; his father was also in the receipt of the same sum Mr. PARKER thanked Mr. Thomson for the informa tion, and expressed his conv i ct io n that th e G enera l Pur poses Committee would enquire into the charge. Mr. LANGSDALE observed that he was cognisant of a similar case. This closed the proceedings. We mould willingly quote a few of the gems contained in this finely-conceived part of the play, but must for the present content ourselves with recommend our readers to hear it for themselves, as we observe that it is to be repeated to-morrow evening. The rest of the play is exquisitely poetical in concep tion, and is rendered ny Miss H. Faucit most beautifully. In the burst of enthusiasm at the close, when her sight is restored, and the wonders of nature burst upon:her senses, the effect produced by her fine acting was electrical upon the audie ce. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night. The Budget, as usual, has furnished the subject -matter for conversation on 'Change to a considerable extent. Many conflicting opinions have been given as to its de tails, supposing them to be correct. Some would rather have had the duty off tea than bricks; others are more or less dissatisfied, and denounce the statement generally as a very paltry affair ; and even among those who have no objection to the propositions, as far as they go, are to found numbers who think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is very clever in stringing together a lot of figures, but they reserve to themselves the privilege of doubting their accuracy, and think that ills views in pers pective are rather too flattering to he true. The political state of France, in conjunction with the settlement of the account, caused a depression last week in the English funds; but a favourable reaction in the French Rentes produced a satisfactory change in London on Friday. On the following day, however, the feelings of disappoint ment entertained respecting the statement of Sir Charles Wood, coupled with a rather uneasy view of foreign poli tics generally, caused a depression on the day of 1 per cent an Consols, the closing price being 954- to s for money. To-day they closed better. The Share Market has been in a very quiet state all the week, the prices of most of the principal shares hPing nearly the same as on this day last week. The South- Eastern meeting has been held, and declared a dividend of 9s. per share, leaving £48,000 surplus. There is no appearance of any speculation going on just now, and the business consists altogether of investments by small capitalists,—perhaps a surer way to improvement than the more exciting business of larger people. A consi derable number of shares was thrown upon the London market by Satterthwaite's failure : to this the slight decline that has taken place may be attributed. Several of the local stocks are asked for, but they are exceedingly scarce. The prices of this day's business mark as follow': East Lancashire, Bi,—preference, 7 1/3 ; Glasgow, Pais ley, and Greenock, 13 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 40:1,-- fifths, 16/3 17/6 ; West Ridings, 84- dis. ; London - StOck, 104 + ,—one-fourths, 8/9 dis.,—fifths, k p m . ; Sh eff i eld preference, 7 ; Midland halves, 41 s ; North Staffords, 11 dis.; North Union. B, 164 1- ; Oswestry and Chester, 14 dis. ; Newcastle preference, 7 7 1/3 dis. Since Thursday last, there has been more doing in Sugar, but without any improvement in prices ; brown and low yellow descriptions are the kinds chiefly enquired after. The sales have been to a fair extent, consisting of 550 hhds. Demerara, for the pan ; 250 hhds. Porto Rico, at 355. Gd. to 395., mostly for export. About 1,500 bags Benares have been taken by the grocers, at rather easier rates; 800 bags Khaurs realised 28s. 3d. to 28s. Gd. No sales worthy of notice in Rice. Rum and Molasses quiet. Jute is in excellent request, 1,800 bales having found buyers, at £l5 12s. Gd. to £l6 Os. Od. per ton for good quality. Oporto advices represent a rising Wine market there. Most of the available stock had been taken by shipping loonies, and it is anticipated that consignments of Port Wines to England will be limited. The readiest way in coming at the truth in all that re lates to the Corn trade is by simply referring to a certain class of authorities, and then taking precisely an opposite position to that occupied by them. This is an easy pro cess also, and saves any unnecessary expenditure of time. We have had the assumption dinned into our ears from these quarters for several weeks past, that as this year's imports are light compared with those of 1849, so must the depression in the prices of grain have reached tho climax. We have steadily asserted the contrary; have been borne out by fact ; and now, in proportion to their pertinacity, we shall grow bolder ourselves, and in opposition to the statement that the light stocks of foreign produce at present held in this country must superinduce higher rates in future, wa distinctly assert that this is the very reason why Prices must go still lower. If the trade has reached its present depressed state with short supplies, there can not be a more reasonable inference drawn than that the influx into our markets which the opening of foreign navigation must bring, will produce further reductions. And we dare hazard a prediction, that if farmers are pre vailed upon to keep back their stock, under the impression that present prices have been produced by panic, they will find themselves wofully misguided, and will have another weighty reason for regarding their quasi friends with more suspicion than ever. In some of the English markets a little firmness has been displayed this week, but we hear of no advance ; and in Ireland prices are slightly lower, particularly for Indian Corn. Wherever any steadiness has become apparent, it is to be attri buted to a slight falling off in farmers' supplies, from which, however, we cannot augur favourably for future markets, as it is only of a temporary nature (caused by the fineness of the weather supplying the farmers just now with occupation in the fields), for it is stated that the quantity in the hands of our own farmers is sufficient to keep the trade depressed In Brunswick-street the Corn trade between Friday and to-day has developed little change; but the firmness manifested in some of the inland markets has checked any further decline here. The transactions, however, have been on a most limited scale. Indian Corn has at tracted a little more attention, without any improvement in value : the importations of this article reported since this day week amount to 8068 qrs., against 6593 qrs. ex ported, chiefly to Ireland. The imports of Wheat have been small, and of Flour very moderate, the arrivals of the latter article from France having considerably fallen off. The Cotton manufacturing districts cry loudly for help in their present depressed condition. We do not know that they are yet in any great danger, and still look to better times for them. But why this depression at all ? why this lack of employment ? Surely Messrs. Cobden and Co. will come to the rescue. The most unfortunate event which could take place at the present time for the advocates of the principle of free trade would be its proved failure in its important stronghold. We did think them selfish always, but gave them credit for enough of fore sight to look out for themselves. This they have done with a vengeance. They have steered the ship, and if they run upon a rock, they have no one but themselves to blame. Meanwhile the demand for the raw material continues very languid. Our usual Cotton circular shows a decline of kd. up to Friday. Since then there has been a little more firmness, but with a limited trade. On Sa turday we had a very steady and general demand for Cot ton, at firm prices, and the sales amounted to 5000 bales, (including 1500 for export and speculation,) of which 900 were Brazils, 300 Surats, and 100 Egyptian. To-day the market opened with a very steady inquiry. The sales reached 5000 bales, (1000 for export and specu lation,) and we have no change to make on the quotations of Friday. The Times of yesterday says that the loss sustained by the Globe Assurance Company from the recently disco vered defalcations of one of the clerks will arnotuit to between £30,000 and £60,000. THEATRE ROYAL.-THE NEW PLAY OF KING RENE'S DAUGHTER. The playing of Miss Helen Faucit and Mr. Barry Sullivan, during the past week, has been of a first-rate character, and has attracted discriminating audiences. The most important feature, however, has been the in troduction of a new play, translated from the Swedish, in which Miss Helen Faticit has won for herself, by her beautiful acting, the admiration of all who have had the fortune to hear her. The play is a one act piece, upon the classical model, and is founded upon an incident in the history of the Troubadour King of Provence, upon which the author has built a superstructure full of poetry and romance. The incidents are few and soon told. As a pledge of reconciliation between King Rene and his enemy, the head of the house of Burgundy, the former has engaged the hand of his daughter Jolanthe, then an infant, to Sir Tristan, the son and heir of the duke, the marriage to be celebrated when Jolanthe has arrived at the age of eighteen years. When only a year old, how ever, whilst being rescued from a fire in the house in which she was being nursed, she sustains an accident, which without otherwise injuring her, deprives her of sight. The somewhat romantic expedient is forthwith adopted of secluding her strictly from the world, and placing her in the care of trustworthy and intelligent attendants, to be brought up by them in entire ignorance of the existence of the faculty of sight, and of her own want of that organ, whilst in the meantime she is under the medical treatment of an eminent Moorish physician, who antici pates a favourable result of his treatment to take place as soon as his patient shall have arrived at a certain age. As the result of this plan, Jolanthe grows up amongst the fruits and flowers of a delightful retreat in a retired district of her father's dominions, a perfect child of nature, highly cultivated in intellect, and embued in all her aoughts and feelings with poetry of the highest and purest order. We are introduced to the personages in the drama on the day fixed for the operation which is either to condemn Jolanthe to perpetual loss of the organ of sight, or to bestow upon her the full power of comprehending the beauties and wonders of creation. The curtain rises upon a scene most delightful ; consisting of the house in which Jolanthe is located, with its gardens and alcoves, embosomed in a valley shut in by lofty mountains. By a conversation between the servitors, in whose charge Jolanthe is placed, we are made acquainted with the story of the drama, after which Rene and the physician arrive ; and the former is told, that as one of the proceedings ne cessary to insure the success of the operation, or charm, which is to be performed in order to restore his daughter her lost faculty, she must be made acquainted with the fact of her deprivation. To this the king demurs, dread ing the unhappiness which the revelation may create in the mind of the hitherto happy Jolanthe, should the result of the operation be unsuccessful ; and they leave the garden in which they have had their interview. Shortly afterwards, Sir Tristan (the betrothed husband of Jo lanthe) enters with a friend, and we are told that he is about to refuse the fulfilment of the promise made in his behalf, and reject the marriage. In the absence of the servants, Sir Tristan gains a sight of Jolanthe, whom he awakes from a sleep into which she has been thrown by her physician, by removing a talisman from her breast, and falls in love with her beauty, without knowing that she is his betrothed bride. From this point the real in terest of the play begins, and the acting of Miss H. Faucit becomes most entrancing. Her impersonation of the blind girl is throughout a triumph of genius ; and when she is made to perceive her unfortunate position, and her father endeavours to inform her of the use of the faculty which she has lost, the scene becomes an actual poem. harsh ! j VR ET FOREIGN. UNITED STATES. _.„6 By the arrival of the New York off (1117:0 in possession of advices from the former 01,1 later than those previously received. toes The news is without any importa nt 1 01 0/' fornia question was brought before the 266, by Mr. Miller, and was adjourned thate ols It was rumour e d a t Washington e. bd had been designed in connexion with 1-I°,o ment, so its to secure to the Whigs the no consequence of which the Democrats tv eP to have that department abolished. iS f The ew York Herald, of the 21st F eb the following:—" Yesterday Mr. 3,filligan, of the exploded boiler, was arrested aP°llof afternoon, l commercial at three intelligence o'cl o c o'clock, , ceeding for libel, upon the inform of or° o f 3 , gomery, the patentee, on the grouna,„ke der in the newspapers by the former. ',Pivot° brought before the magistrates at tu e be' worthy of notice. 110 In Ashes the market was quiet at u pots, and 6 dollars for pearls. Brea°2` the same state as when the steamer lett. The Cotton market was rather butiPro, estimated at 4000 bales daily at iinpr° ° 7 3 o;ti t l Pork was dull, and sales were small sv, i4 Freights continued firm. To Livel'F° ° ' Tor ton 3-16 d. ; flour 2s. ; heavy goods 255. wtahsefirexeisdpfooros 1.! 11 alk 111 'cillbeTAA )ich . / F DA Will ta 4 kONL C 03 1 ), rAlszy kith ill' The ,11; a th e p h ^ , lrot4nole e r i rr ktal4 4 Seat, vir , , 0 rub le , Jper n eGui ath t 7eB, w olc bere fr T IP" E 1 11 4 ip lll o P r tt e tk e Phu o FRANCE. A t o ftb e ,, THE ELECTIONS.--It itself. the res.. pr elections does not altogether warran t i g ib o a s erajt s announcement of the defeat of the .telfri„ excited in Paris. The funds inimetsbri cent on the Bourse; counsellers of evert vative opinion were summoned to tbe fe e" Government had suffered an actual d e a er mere loss of a contested election : & l os t decided character. supported by the 13 ' bei that can be sclecied, have undoubtedl y plation. Upon a few hours' r eflectiorif peared that the st a t e o f thinas, though not yet desperate. The vacancies w,l O elections were almost entirely made bYib the most v i o l en t mem b ers o f the Ree of them have been won by the Modest to that extent in the forces of the o Inei ° be doubted th a t o f t h e members vibe ' v cf# the socialist candidates a considerable fr% enced by that propensity to thwart and () ; 1 rity of go vernmen t w hi c h i s so con3cee,„Ort , fleeting men, an d no t b y any d e liberate' principles of the Red party. ~Ob l I ZSI•k i , IB4 S' '4402 ROME. Vic MARCH 1 0.—Politically speaking , -. ra ts city of the dead. The Cardinal Tritnor l , s tki every individual against whom the Pr e i `: o o o o tion could be found, and as the Pr t crying abuse of their prerogative is %ft , French do little, and the General-in .Chl of importan ce t o di s t ur b hi s res t be 9 4. cares which a lar ge b o d y o f men derear tu o tbro thing con nec t e d w i t h t h e temporal -,:11 Papacy sho ws th a t a cr i s i s i s at h an d, an it tion which even it s own b est f r i en d s ~,,, sufferance is tending towards that limit the interest of the Roman Catholic Co'" should be confined. L. . 11 ,..t1en. Oti t - z4, gleo . -n t o4 l - 3, 1 - ,211 4 d • . ktyl t bathe kt g• 111 , 184 7.1 9 11 A s to Iv ' , "S et 4"ant, '' 3r 4 0 irat 7 , 4 'oit Gp.A4 ---.--..-.-• 1 / 4 itt th Iti4on GREECE. 4, • Letters from T r i es t e o f t h e 10th ins.' pice Zeitung, state that advices have been re o e i t y stantinople of th e 2 n d, an d f rom Athens tbe,f, The latest advi ces con fi rm t h e ne ws of ile'' I the blockade and the liberation of th e 0 1'P A his 14 ) boats and merchantmen. The Govereinse,,oro 0 11, 1 1 4 i11411 three steamers, one frigate, and six ton; r 'S eri , 4 4(Ci, still in the hands of the British Ad:mill' ) 4 1 4 1 18 Co t il 0 4 foNI, 9. fi r , E L. 4 At Dorchester assizes, John Brake sca 9 7# charge of having killed William Ali en ,' tionist meetinc , in that town, arr T a i n ie gem So e u n t t h s pany for working their railway. aoroll The trial of the Jacob family at gar , rr ag e A' meeting t t a h ff t o h r e d s Londonhir e dliarseatcntmdo ca n o t h:i ii ve , itti j a a , County, for conspiring to procure a ma to of twelve years of age, who was entitle uitK, property in Wales, t erm i na t e d i n their 8 74 SIR R. PEEL ON FRENCH POLITIC, re says :—" One of our friends received , be folj letter f rom Si r R . P ee l . I t conta ina ro ' y 4 sage :--` I have no h es it a ti on i n giving „eel!) present state of thi ngs i n F rance . Fra' sc l full of honest people, stopped on the r OO l and which is waiting for the gendarme s ' 4 , EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JENVELL,t.pes day night last, th e prem i ses o f M r. Osu i. ": 0 ,; 0 0 ing jeweller, Lichfield-street, Birnaing'as, 00,4 open, and gold, silver, and plated gq„ g o, brooches, guards, p enc il cases, sea ls, r i 4or snuffboxes, & c ., amount i ng i n va l ue to u ,;ji! £6OO, stolen theref rom . I PROCESSIONS.—At Antrim assizes , dig f ry Justice Perrin deli vere d a c h arge vet op ol from that of Mr. Justice Crampto onto According to th a t l earne d personage VP .aacnablc with or m 5 in thei r linridfr authority by law s o t o d o. M r. Jo , 0( 0 '10 the contrary, is of opi n i on an assembitetia arms, provided they have no illegal 0b3`,0,550 - IMPORTANT TO FRIEND LY SOCO . e ep cre l assizes, on Friday, a case, which is of 0 f se ,t 1 portance, as establishing the liabilitlbeoPiv friendly societies to prosecution for eValis 93 ,,Js intrusted to them, was disposed of. ,_" ke t P d e respectable-looking man, who was a v 3 loall i r ' r eo Burton-upon-Trent, was charged with o.' „ ti e on the 13th of Au gus t l as t, a t B ur t o n'ur y which was l a id i n one count as the meae'tbtl',V Nichols, (th e t reasurer o f th e E ar l of fr j Odd Fellows of the Manchester UnitY ° in a second coun t as t h e money of Eqbetilt and others, the trustees of the lodge. de acquitted after a lengthened trial, bilt_. a o being annou nce d that there were other o - a .A I NINEVEH DISCOVERIES.—Very lat e Lly fromfactory Air. L accounts ayard : havein Assyria,within givingf esv i t n i e l d . r j and important discoveries in the Nirfl r " 0..1 P4 has made fresh and extensive excavations.it y o l eminence not yet explored, and the Te Bu „ g oo finding of nothing less than the throne monarch, reigning about 3,000 years t 79 splendid palace. It is composed of l' ae o, t l / the metal being richly wrought and the 1 s carved. It seems that the throne was se a"' state apartments by means of a large c i. " - f iti by which it was drawn and undrasvn to,d served. No human remains have O r % KAI everything indicates the destruction of tr o y tv It is said that the throne has been Pa rt heat kt ° oo; , Sj "le - t itli t t r ) 11:e i hurc Dteciselj;ne t(iV4,„ V 3A171-114 E 4l ;(1 . AL zt nR • 1• 0 ', oid kr,. G. 1,, - 1 1 i k 'lth ( eoh d , llo«tvm ha y k;..% Alp I fort I ~., tet till PARLIAMENT AND THE CouNTRY"."-32, oh! prised to learn that public meetings e ° 4" o rtejiii, place in various parts of the county 01 f - je5 l YOOl purpose of adopting an address to her 3. ° n o Wch to dissolve the present parliament, tv- 1 n eoP.:4 sesses or deserves the confidence of the such meetings are already fixed; on e st ~eil day, one at Epsom for to-morrow, 01 ..1,`„,,,,5; : Thursday, another at Godstone for Fr l ": l ,wee'4l Croydon for Saturday. In the follew, 113 :, te e , , be a meeting at Chertsev on Wednes u c i Tord,;io two at Guildford and Kingston on ot;i1 rll) We are informed that when Surrey s ' - o tiei i i part, Kent will continue the movement; , Or mauling counties of England in their tutPoic a work upon whose final success h allg3 tibi e 7, l subsistence of millions of her MajestY' r s - 0 0 . 1 . 0 FEARFUL MURDER.—At Queen's s' ° for Friday, Catherine Moore and Bridget Theofol and daughter, were charged with th e ,:o li ,/ Patrick Moore. Catherine Moore (w"," t st l " l man) pleaded guilty. She was in a arce d ' excited state, and was obliged to be su rf P r o - c, 1 ' the entire trial. Her atto'rney, 31 r* J. ; - e'rie plea. Bridget Thompson (mother to j i l t e d e k e j was perfectly unmoved by her own aw PP/ the wretched appearance of her daughter•uoter a sullen and relentless expression et 4 pr l pleaded not guilty i n a fi rm v oice. Ibreei lit murdering thei r u n f or t una t e re lative , ' if iltfoie bog hole. The p r i soners were found,,f o otei bt) ship, addressi ng hi mse lf to C a th e rine . sc one ei not his intention to prolong the painfe l c oil servations on the evidence. In an t h ,.. ° o s w i pe, come within his experience, her crime ;be 0 11 h tr country. might say unpar ' alelled, in a Wi t ,' ,0 1 / She had come doubly arm ed b0c4,..1 and the knife, and when she had drugPt o 0,01, as to render him helpless, she put A s jr v i of, cruel and bloodthirsty purposes. His commenting on the evidence, assume d to li B / 051 passed the extreme penalty of the 1 0 ' a, ' o r rto o ) execution on a day to be hereafter nam e r isoewo i said his lordship, addressing the eldee.,P c font/ If f not waste words on you. 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