The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS We are cam he insertion of several r Cfy: Zibirpool. &tanbarb. Yearly Subscription : In Advance, 13s. On Credit, 15s. ESDAY MORN. NG, 1 RUARY 23, 1847 with this publication, the NINTH YEAR of their connexion with 'the LIVERPOOL he propri ;0_ performthe pleasurable duty irning thanks to the friends and the -Pahl ;he enlarged measure of support with Which their efforts -hay been r RD may now fairly ran portion of the in this change we submit t the cornri )nd to none of its local contemporaries in nee and extent of its circulation. rtant Chan well known, has n made in the principle upon which a Liverpool is conducted ; and felt it their duty to their friends and the commu nity to take the lead. On the 15th of December the publishing price of their paper was reduced to threepence. The step was a hazardous one ; it was a direct sacrifice of an ascertained profit resulting from its circulation. Public interests, however, seemed to them to require that sacrifice. It ap peared to them that a boon would be secured to the public by conferring upon them, at a cheaper rate, the advantages of a well-conducted, moral, and healthy press; and they ventured upon the experiment, in the confident hope that their motives would be appreciated, and the sacrifice submitted to, made up to them. In this hope, they are happy to state, that they have not been disappointed. The circulation of the STANDARD has been TRIPLED SINCE THE CHANGE, Of course ti and it is steadily increasin but through new channels not only in Liverpool, a the districts around; whilst the A ,dverti g favours of their friends are owing in in a largely-increased ratio, as the co lumns of the STANDARD for the last two months will abundantly prove. The enquiry before Mr. Page and - Mr. Ellison, the government commissioners, into the merits of the, scheme, projected by the corporation, for sup plying the town with water from the high lands zhbourhood . of Rivington and streams in the n€ Pike, has now conc d ; and we may, without presumption, offer to our readers our views of the bearing of the evidence adduced, both with respect to that scheme and the claims of the existing com panies, upon the confidence of the public. We shall principally, however, for reasons which we shall explain before concluding our remarks, dwell upon the case made out in behalf of those Com- an opportunity of cross-examination ; and migi even have been able to rebut Mr. Cunningham objection. We have heard, however ; the course of the inquiry of any s - neither has Mr. Cunningham been called to give )prietors of the STANDARD any ev id ence. • le Health Committee nothing in n directing ness of purpose, and with a view to promoting the success of a project which they regard as one calculated to benefit the town. 'We cannot think, however, that it will serve them in those inquiries which will have to be gone into should it appear that the evidence of a witness )efore parhampn selected by themselves, has been kept back ; and that such evidence is opposed to the validity og, the case made out by Mr. Hawksley. An explanation of the grounds upon which it has been determined not to examine Mr. Cunningham would be must satisfactory to the public mind. It does really appear to us, from the whole facts , as at present elicited, that the council would do tify personal jealousies, or to advance incipie ambition We a of ;lad to perceive, from the the Commissioners-ye,sterday, that there disposition to return to a better state of things 'ems a LIVERPOOL COURT OF. BANKRUPTCY plicatiodvi part of M er the sitting of the court on Friday, an ap made to Mr. Commissioner Perry, on the Stockdale and Son, whose failure some led such excitement. in the mercantile world, against ther Mr. Norr Mr. Harvey Hemingway, of tl Mr. Bard Il onT b Stockdale's dead of insr iupport the fia contmt It apps I, and the manner in which it had been paid. ed that the Messrs Stockdale had purchased a aatity of palm oil from him (Hemingway) for which he alleged that he never' had been paid, and also 1, however, was d d havh Mr. Hemimmay admit deed of corn' On th signed the bankrupt's iit was thoughtthe .e nature of the case, which iastea nu afternoon, the court adjourned. are resumed shortly after eleven o'clock and the evidence of Mr. Hemingway was pro . a.t crraat lenrth. in the coarse of which he four o'clock in t The sittings w 6d. in tile pounc stated that after receiving 2s. dividend due him under the deed of composition, he was -k loser to the amount of £7.564, in consequence of ,f the Messrs. Stockdale. Evidence of a contrary and rebutting charNeter was then failure o gone into, from which it ay acknowledged to Mr. Fry, the accountant forihe trustees, after having made a very careful examination of the state of his account with the Messrs. Stockdale, as set forth in their own ledger, fled with the fact that, alt , still it by no means satis- )peared he had no. claim ton The examination of these two witnesses ijourned till one this day lock, th y the Rev. Henr Hampton, the sum of £7B' Bs. was collected at St. James's Church for the distressed Irish and Scotch. On Sunday morning,, after a sermon in St. Philip's lman-street, by the Rev. Mr. Burton, In sum of £95 was collected for the destitute cumberit A contemporary is surprised how Mr. Robert Roxby could be playing in Manchester. It is easily accounted or; Mr. Roxby had the permission of Mr. Simpson, essee of the Theatre-Royal, to appear there for one night. We hear that the Rev. Mr. Griffiths, who is to preach Lt. St. 'David's Church, in this town, on Sunday next, and rst of March, is one of the most talented kinisters in Wab Last at the Assembly RA We shall i)X DAY of See• adv ght Mr. W. M mnpanied with some beautiful illustrations. ,bably notice the subject ftwther next week. qATIONAL HUMILIATION. — The petition to ieir gr ions 'of a the committee and th of destitution al MEETING OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ST. JUDE'S FUND, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED IN •IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. A meeting of the above was held yesterday, at the Cla rendon-rooms, to determine upon the further seeps to be taken for the relief of their destitute brethren in Ireland and in Scotland. The chair was taken by the Rev. Canon 11`Neile, incumbent of St. Jude's ; and we noticed a number of influential members of the congregation rral letters were rend' by the rev. chairman, and Ti 3 -v. John .Tnnp;. fnfne corresnondents in Ireland ace of their Jones, stated wisely, at scheme, or at least to postpone it for a time. The reasons which justify such a course are many and weighty. In the first place we regard it as incon testibly proved that the supply by the present companies can be increased so as to afford abun dance of water for the requirements of our popu lation for years to come ; and as the mode in which such supply has been managed in years past is complained of, the council may take the companies' works into their own hands. They have already power, we believe, to compel the owners of property to prepare proper receptacles ; and, if not, they can easily obtain such in the bill for authorising the purchase. In the second place, should we even be com pelled ultimately to resort to an extraneous source for our supply, it would be well to pause in order to avail ourselves of additional experience and in formation, as to the selection of the source and the mode of carrying 'out the works. Manchester, Stockport, and other Towns, not so favourably situated as ourselves, with regard to present supply, are 'about going before Parliament for similar bills to the proposed Rivington Pike Bill. The pro moters of these schemes are opnosed upon similar parries. Like others of our fellow townsmen, and of our contemporaries, we have long been anxious to see Liverpool possess an ample supply of water for household and for sanatory purposes; and we have never been very indulgent in our comments, when I grounds to those, upon which the Councils' Bill is we have noticed neglect or irregularity in such I opposed, although the opposition in our case is supply. We must candidly acknowledge, however, i snore formidable. In the case of Manchester an and the tone of some recent articles in our paper I objection is made to the quality of the water, as af upon this subject, may have led our readers to an- I fected by the same causes as those which will be ticipate the acknowledgment, that our views, as to I found to affect the Pike water. We may make the water supply, do not carry us so far, at present, as promoters of these Bills our - pioneers : let them Rivington Pike, the Bala Lake, or any other locality I try the temper of Parliament for us ; provide us named. And, with such impressions, the enquiry i with data upon which to count the cost of our own before the commissioners is not calculated to give I sc h eme , and permit us to derive useful information a new direction to our views. Why such is the from the conflict of the scientific evidence which case, we shall endeavour to show. , will be produced. Unlike them, we are not driven The great object, we presume, which the author- into a corner. We are not so urgently in want that ities of Liverpool have in view is, to provide an ' we need rush to operate upon doubtful ground, for ample supply of pure water, at all times available, an article of doubtful quality ; that we need subsi for household purposes, and water for cleansing dize the owners of Factories and even entire Towns, and for the extinguishing of fires.' With respect or that we need expend hundreds of thousands in to the purity of our existing supply, it does not hot haste, one half or two-thirds of which experi appear that any fault is alleged. Mr. Rushton, 'ence, and opportunity to enquire, may enable us to stipendiary magistrate, in his evidence on Wednes- save to this community. day, admitted "that the quality of the water was Bht a further and very important ground for excellent : better than could be obtained in any putting off for a while the adoption of this or any other town with which he was acquainted." Dr. other large scheme, is to be found in the present Duncan admits that "the water is clear but hard, financial position of the town. We have impend which is good and wholesome for drinking, as only 1 ing over our heads the certainty of a heavy drain one instance has come to his knowledge where the ' upon us for the rates during this, and we know not water has not agreed with the constitution-of the for how many years to come. A heavy Borough persons using it. ' Both these gentlemen, it must Rate, in addition to' a poor's Rate doubled or be stated, are advocates of the Corporation scheme , trebled, will not be borne without much ill-wit' - or of some large scheme. Mr. Rushton's chief i injury to individuals being created. complaint is of the want of water in cases of fire ; measures, too, provided for by the Sana. and Dr. Duncan complains of the want of a constant , extensive sewerage, drainage, cleansing, &c. nly in the streets and the courts, and of the I will be costly in their execution.. Much, then ' many of the cisterns in which as energy and determination on the part of ~ .t is kept. A supply of softer water he also thinks Health Committee are to be commended, undut would be advisable, and conduce to a great saving, precipitation is equally to be avoided. The cleans for domestic uses. ing out of the Augean Stable,.which the folly, the It will be most convenient to us to notice Dr. neglect. or the unwise thrift of pas+ yPnrs bg‘ro Soft water, he sacs. I. , i „,filacted to be erected upon the banks of the a.u. is we find in other Mersey, is not the work of a day : well, if it can ected for such purposes. Few be accomplished in a generation. It ought not Manchester and other manu- therefore to be pressed forward so rapidly as to in- i ,—, __....,,„...- 1i.f,,,,,,„, wm.. Anthony and Roblirsor . facturmg districts throughout the country are , flict suffering upon the existing Ratepayers, by without stone" tanks for the collection of such ' none of whose acts or omissions the nP , -- water, in sufficient quantity for consumption in I the work has been created. average seasons. If similar buildings erected •....1.51m0•m•.,...ea.. at Liverpool are planned upon a faulty principle, W E have felt it our dtity from time to time to surely we cannot'blame the water companies, and remonstrate against the extravagant and over need not spend half a million sterling in going to speculative proceedings of the people of Birken- I , Rivington Pike for a remedy. There is no neces- head. It struck us, as it did many other parties, named Peter .M`Donald was charged with 11)_assing all of sity, either, for such tanks being erected over cess- i that they were getting on too fast ; that they were base em half -crowns at Mr. Butterworth's,_ p _blican ite u was t six and ten o'clock on Saturday. pools, as complained of by Dr. Duncan. They I attempting a task too heavy for ordinary mortals also diargedowith ,uttering, a base half-crown.at Mr. Win may be covered over sufficiently to avoid contact to build Rome in a day. In part, experience gate's, druggist, top of Elliot-street. The case, as re with effluvia in most localities. I has proved that we were in error ; that we under- gards two of the pieces,. was proved. The prisoner was So far as Mr. Rushton's objection, as to the in- estimated the amount of sagacity with which the pursued all .the way to: Shaw-street, before he was cap sufficiency in cases of fire, is concerned, the evidence affairs, pr ivate as well asublic, of that rising tured, ands was, found. secreted in a yard._ He was seat of Mr. M'Donald, a practical man , as we ll as a man locality were conducted. We lot for trial. of scientific ability, satisfies us that the complaint, of them as speculators of the however just in past times, is capable of being re- flushed with past success, and ii medicd, and is in course of being remedied. This in the final issue of their adventures, that ambi- ward bonua „passu g u in. Lila: ...,,0... ..5., ..•-__._ __ gentleman states : tion which overleaps itself ;, although we felt that, The Schooner Ding,of Tyre also made a re 20ahrairs. . k " I have introduced an improvement in the system of in the talents, and we may well say the genius, of out, h • g sailed hence on the 3rd m inst., a ri n u d ic arri' P 'ver at Lisbon ison avi on n the ath,,thusperfo - supplyinT water to extinguish fires, by which we will be able to give a much better supply. I propose to keep the of adviser, . ' their legal Mr. Mallabv they had a source ing the voyage in 5 days. The Nautilusstarted from Lis water at high pressure on all the mains, throughout the ward a host reliance which was calculated to off bon, as- advertised, on. the 15th inst., in. the afternoon, and town. The defective state of the street valves was the of difficulties which might otherwise have crushed after encountering a !float stormy voyage, ,arrived in this port yesterday evening. The Nautilus brought a large only cause for the want of a proper supply of water in even their great energies. cargo of. both goods and passengers. time of fire." In contravention of such views, it is undeniable Cauucn ESTABLISIIMENTS.—On Friday next, as may It will be borne in mind that in the course of that the enterprise which has been at work on the b e seen, from an advertisement, a dismission will take his evidence, Mr. Rushton vouched for the ca- opposite shore of the Mersey has been productive place . in this town, between the ROYI J s os to . Btalee,_pof. pability of Mr. M'Donald to form a correct opinion of results which have not been paralleled in the biirlcencheadc,tlnd.of'ls_eliratr. Acrleis,talliriimdeo,l,.a The tickets of on this subject. The experiments made in the history of the progress of any locality in this or t o ur , b el niast a to the discussion are now rawly, anAl we recom presence of the Commissioners, to show the extent any other country. Whatever may be the success, mend our friends tomake the earliest possible application to which the pressure upon the mains is capable of or the reverse, of its docks, its dock warehouses, forthem, as the interest on the subjeet is very great, and being increased for such purposes ; and his evi- its railways, which connect its population with the It.: demand for tickets has already been very urgent. Mr. is a charapion.well qualified to dente, as to the practibility of increasing the general manufacturing districts, north and south, and with ' we confident,are e nent and having studied thoroughly the supply of the town, is most conclusive. meet . is . oppp the metropolis, Birkenhead may from henceforth question in. dispute, the members of the ra..--' When I bored at the Soho station," he says, " below be regarded as one of the most beautiful and pros- „„ ~,,,..„,,,...,. _ the depth of the well, I found water in abundance. I erous suburbs .of Liverpool. Its! .---" made a boring of 260 feet from the bottom of the well. P The di^ -of that boring was six inches. I cannot sanatory construction There 11 tor( iii pnstruction of Duncan s evidence first towns rain water cola of the cottages in Lty of - oramary class, line of Screw Steamers, intended to ply r. between this acted her out- eorcvietions more its spacious Teets, tho- EXTRAC NARY COLLECTIWiS.• 7 -011 Sunday last, two were preached in St. Andrew's church, Renshaw iat in the morning by ,the Rev. John Jones, the steemed incumbent, after which, in compliance with the tell exactly what accession of water we got, but I think roughly - sewered and drained ; its well laid out that we got a great deal, as we allow from that station 150 park ; its abundant supply of water and of gas, _ . gallons per n0......_ The evidence of Mr. flan.— protect those embarked in the ownership of man who, from his handing amongst us, cannot be property from anything more than the effect o. presumed to state anything beyond his honest temporary depreciation. Exaggerated views as to, convictions, is most important. We give an extract 'the value of land and houses in Birkenhead have from the report in our last publication : no doubt prevailed ; and possible loss may accrue " Do you consider that the Company's resources are ample enough at the present time to supply Liverpool ? to some who have invested unwisely. At the I do.—Does your past experienbe as a director lead you bottom, however, the locality is in a healthy posi to believe that no limit has been come to as regards the tion, and must progress. Birkenhead may never quantity of water you can raise at your works ? Cer- be another Liverpool : it will always, however,, be tainly not : there has been no limit come to yet ; nor do a part of us. 1 believe that for very many years to come there could he the possibility of our finding a limit.—During the last But to ensure such a consummation ,— nay , to r avert the occurrence of serious an d ruinous cala thirty years you have always obtained a n a dditional sup -ply when you required it ? Yes ; always.—Do you see mity,—the affairs of the township must be em ail), difficulty in giving the poor that supply which is ne- ducted in a different spirit to that which we regret cessary for their welfare ? Ido not. If the company shall to have seen recently evinced by a portion: of its he assisted by the public bodies of the town, I will gua . In all the they shall be properly supplied - leading persons. It is a suicidal cou r s e n'' rantee that ' - -- - -- --. ...4- -e 5.1-.,, Pr,,,,m;ggioneyst of Birk 3anner, a gent sum of £216 was made for the distressed Irish and Scotch.. In the evening, in the saine - cburch, a sermon was preached by the Rev. Hugh M'Neils, who gave some further par ticulars as to the existing distress in Ireland, when anoliher collection was made, which reached the splendid sunk, of £230, which is to be bawled over to Mr. Webster,_the treasurer of our local fund, for distribution according to the discretion of that committee, We never before had the gratification of recording such munificent collections —amounting together to £446—in the same chuvcb on one day This day week WILL BREAD STcbrrp nr, - 455. per barrel was obtainable for American flour. In the latter part of the week a private sale of 20,900 barrels, 111111 VVLIJ LUVVAiCtI• VIC 1101 Ito --- that, the price was. 375. per barrel, and that the sale was made by one of our best informed, and m ost wealth y houses, What but a firm conviction that prices must ;oon give way, could indt ;ame view, and think priA them to !3e nhead must inevitably, faq,...and that proposed Sanaiory regulaiiotis . Aid; the Council have entered upon, they never offered to assist the present company in their efforts to supply the poor with good and wholesome water. If the Council had sought for and enforced the_ powers which we have obtained, many years hrow Rom owners of property there, countenance and prestige of such men Jackson, or their efficient legal advise Mallaby. Thom , that the warehouses aru with corn and flour ; and a gentleman, just from. Scotland, tells us,, that never did he see the trds so.full at this season of the year as at present, rd of a farmer from Rainford,.. who came to this whose enterprise not , now be heard of." - i 3181.1, • ' w ` " - We have declined in previous articles entering converted its barren waste into a town—._ into the engineering merits of the Rivington Pike made a muddy and unproductive pool into th scheme, on the very sufficient ground. that such site of magnificent docks and warehouses—cannot subjects require both engineering knowledge and safely be dispensed with, at a crisis when the ele acquaintance with the country experimented upon ments of financial difficulty are rife around them. to arrive at any just conclusion. The expensive- For the services of such men — business men— ness of the project, however, will not be denied. experienced men—those of the parties, who appear The host of claims for compensation put in are to be setting themselves in antagonism to those of sufficient to affright most men. The people whom, a few years ago, they were proud to rank Wigan oppose, en masse, the diversion of the themselves as humble followers, can scarcely re. waters of the River Douglas from their town. compense the public. We fear much that th Opposing millowners, calico-printers, and bleach- change cannot fail to damage themselves. ers, make up a goodly body of cormorants , ready It would be well for. the inhabitants and owne to eat up poor Liverpool. The fame of our cor- of property in Birkenhead to weigh the - porate wealth appears to have attracted all the state of affairs, and to take meats" black-coated iitople who could procure briefs or their councils their O M - any species of excuse to prey upon us. We whose very name have s a id, h owev er, that we shall not enter into the public with the rise and prosperity of the loen the real merits of this or any of the other new lity, The fate of the vast property now embarked 'schemes; and we shall keep our promise, in Birkenhead, must not be put in Jeopardy to gra- town on Saturday last, to mo—_ he had not sold a grain of corn, either 1845 or 1846. • BifnGLAar..---Yesterday, Christopher Toole, a young man; was• charged before Mr. Rushton, with k - broken into Trinity Church School-room. He was tou in The -vnrd between one and two o'clock on Stu the harve morn nig. He II a skeleton- proxen me ii was found upon him. He succeeded illy a flag handkerchief, which, he had con. tb. vsrd where he was apprehended A. more serious one was are associated in the minds of This charge was proved against him, of rabbit day, in Kr- treet. into which h€ owner having left it locked up a mon. Lin,. had carried off a large quantity of wearing-apparel, 8 4 c. which, on being pursued by some neighbours, he droppei had become alarmed, ant possess] There is one circumstance connected with the inquiry, which strikes us as rather singular. It will be remembered, that our townsman, Mr. Cun ninghain, the eminent architect, was a few_ months ago deputed by the promoters of the Rivington scheme to visit the locality, and to report upon its capability of supply. Such a visit was made by him ; a report of its results was handed into the Town-hall; and we are informed, upon what we consider trustworthy authority, that it was unfa vorable both as regards the quantity of water to be gained, its quali"ty,_ . and the amount of. eompen- sation to b mad Under the circumstances of a gentleman, so competent to such a subject. having Mr. Hawksh have been laid bef unningham hole su so widely at his report s Itices of THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. will, we believe, be forwarded for presentation in a day or two, we hope, all who are friendly—and_who is not—to such an object will sign the memorial without delay hai. v— dividena Railway Company is payable in Liverpool. .. the course of payment, and the portion to be received by f-yearly It is now in £220,000 We are requested to announce that the committee of the Welsh Charity Ball thought it prudent r at their last Geo. Cuthbert nem, on Sunday morning last, by the Rev. at St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, in :h the Queen's letter, the sum of £l6 ss. Bd. n the distressed Irish and Scotch. _ This is was collected a very liberal so poor . a congregation,' and is, We st collection ever made in the church. PAINTING 07 THE GREAT BRITAIN AstioN.E. , - - -A very interesting picture has just been completed by Mr. S. Walters, jun., the subject of which is the steam-tugs attempting to remove that monster ship from Dandrum Bay. The convosition, considering the sulteet, is ex tremely clever,' and the execution by no means inferior. The distance is beautifully painted, and in the water there On Sunday morning last Mr. Baylee made a ,powertut appeal to his congregation, at the church of the Holy Tri nity, Woodside,. on behalf of the starving Irish,•and in formed his congregation that, during Lent, anything they had to • give he would•take care was sent to proper minis- tamed in that discourse- IMPORTANT NAUTICAL ENQUIRIES. — CapIaIR Den ham, R.N., F.R.S., yesterday opened his commission of enquiry, on the part of government, touc Venice at the Adelphi Hotel, and contint near Cork. On Sunday morning, nest, a Sermon will be preached in St. Silas's Church, by the Rev. Jos. Baylee, in aid of the Foreigners, Mission, established in this town. The with the missiolio any portion of it out of his own resources. Quicx SAILL.NG.—The ship Defence, 608 tons-register, belonging to Messrs. Wm.. Anthony and Robinson, sailed hence to Quebec on the 9th May last, arriving. back in riiverpool 9th August;.. sailed _again for Quebec on the 19th August, arrived . back in Liverpool on the INOV, ; sailed 23d Novernbei for Charleston, and arrived back in Liverpool on- the 20th instant, each time bringiug a full cargo, and completing. months and eleven days the whole three voyages in nine police_ -o_tficer w ten the tenant returnee ietore been tonna guip,y v. mitted fo; trial at the Sessions. A Valley Dress Ball will be held on Thursday evening I tci which the hand 0 Julian Adams will be present, suffering yet to be_met leman, Mr. St. John, writing to Mi n relieving 1520 daily; le was ti corres market for theifindustry couln the poor women and children in his district would be to occupy themselves in producing knitted: articles woollen and worsted. Many harrowing details of the distressed state of the Population were given; as well as be opened; in encomiums upon the' promptitude wi, tne nu], received by the committee had been remitted; and the excellent manner in which they had been appropriated- After a short conversation, in which the appointment of a ladies" committee was suggested by Mr. Grantham and approved, it was resolved that a second subscription of the congregation of St. Jude's should at once be en-- tered into ; that the meeting. desirous to promote industry while they relieve destitution, authorise the committee - to employ such proportion of the funds as they may deem desirable in the encouragement of spinning, knitting; weaving, and other domestic occupations ; and that a• circular containing such resolutions should be sent to each member of the congregation and as many of the contri'e butors to the fund as could be found. A paper was then sent round, and the subscriptions of the members of the committee present collected, tb - the amount, we under stood, of upwards of £lOO. A farther meeting was to be held in the course of the day, in 'order to remit such fur ther sums of money as were most urgently required. BIRKENHEAD COMMEifiIONERS. receiving er, Esq., was ners! Rooms yesterday, for t _ ;wort of the Gas and Water Comm itt ae purpose of ie 16th of January n the motion of Mr. Price, Wm. the R( dent from t called to the chair. Mr. PotrE.B., on taking the chair, stated that at the >point another chairman ; his reasons for doing so were, because when he first agreed to accept the office,. he understood that the chief b c iisiness of th - e Board would t in the committees, and that he, as chairman, would be able to obtain infbrmation from the chairman. of those com mittees from time to time, and that the general Board meetings would be little more than a record of such pro ceedings. He was, therefore, very much surprised at the last meeting to+ find a resolution thrown upon the table, of the contents of which be was entirely ignorant, and that he should also have been kept in ignorance of the resignation of Mr. 'Mallaby. Since them,he had re ceived letters from a large majority of the commissioners, is continuance in office and• • stating that his doing so would tend to promote harmony wn a strong reason for ns doing sc vitas, because a sinister mot the township were in a state of disorder, and•thereiore ne wished to withdraw:. Nothing could be farther from his intentions, for he knew that the affairs of the - township were now placed on: a more firm basis than ever. If, how- dition that there should be a code of standing: orders agreed to similar to those adopted by the Liverpool. Town Council, which would have the effect of preventing what he complained of. (Cheers Mr. Wm. LAIRD said the resolution he impose last meeting was no departure from the course previousl pursued, as every Commissioner had hitherto made .a.mo tine nn whatarose at' the time. He, however, - should be to - see a corie . of rules established move that the , subject be referred to the same committee who had the appointment of Law Clerk. Mr. Guailoony; the Clerk to the committees, then read the reports of the Gas and Water Committee, which is similar in effect to what occurred before the Court of Inquiry. The report, after some little discussion, was adopted and the meeting -terminated. THE 'FEMALE: ORPHAN ASYLUM The annual general , meeting of the subscribers an friends of this -excellent institution was held yesterd , afternoon, in tire large school-room of the Myrtle-street, and was attended by , the usual number of Asylum and white tippets, and caps, were in an adjoining room, communicating by foldiaig doors with that in which the meeting was. held:. They looked remarkably well and cheerful, and were all , busy sewing during the proceedings. The Rev. Mr. PARRY being called to the chair, at his reque3t the proceedings were commenced by prayer, lois 11 cue ttev. _ The CHAIN:MAN, on opening the business, regretted that neither of the rooters were present to fill the station to he had , the honour to be called; but he felt. Higgins prtant duties elsewhere having, n eir attendance—if they , were not pre LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY society was held yesterd lay evening, al - Colquitt-street. There was - a very large attendance of members ; Dr. BOOTH in the chair. After the transaction of some routine business, Mr. SUTTON read a paper on the importance of a regular system of government statistics of the agricultural pro duce of the- empire, advocating, first, the necessity of having a regular and even supply of food in a country so thickly populated as ours, in order to counteract the ruin and misery entailth npon the people by the present state of statistics of food s would - give n timely notice of and most certain means that can be adopted to bring about such means and regularity in the supply ; and II would, upon the ordinary and ackno - oledged prin ,ave a direct tendency to in the supply of food. ater uniformit 1V1+.1% /1 CA positions. in his paper, which was an exceedingly clear and lucid% essay, adducing exinples and arguments' in favour of his views from the systems adopted in Pcance, Prussia, Hblhincl,..and the Stat as contrasted With the afrotded in this country. - At the conclusion of the paper, rich was loudly ati. plauded, a very. animated conversation ensued upon the nature of its contents ' in which, as is usual upon such oc casions, a considerable diversity of opinion existed. mt._ that the digenssion on the sanatory conditimi , of the schools of iiverpool could not be resumed this evening, in consequent e'of the unavoid able absence of Dt:'•Bacnian. It would, he said, be re- LOUTH wan. then introduced to the 'ha nv,stainpri tb P ran t' meeting by movements of a new' patent ehimney-sweeping machine, called the Ramoneuv , Machine. Mr. Louth' , stated that the , machine consists of four brushes, fanning a square bead, which, by means• of elastic and durable spe►ngs, contract or expand avearding to the space the machine moves in. The rods attached to this head of four brushes are supplied at intervala. with. an universal spring joint, capable of turning over a? right angle ; and thc;hole is surrounded by a series of , dbuble revolving balls;. which, totetherwith a leading double revolving ball, being also - ze brushes• into mith those present in. D'add: be. quite• unnecessary Le institution Mr. HARMOOD BANNER read the retort, which was the seventh annual one since the commencement of the It announced gratifying proofs of the utility which had never flagged,but had year 111. institution the last, and if ft - continuectio - go on in the same ratio the complement that coultibe received into .-the house would:1 before long be. made.up,. There had been admitted, up to this time, 122 :children,. Three only bad died—one- of:l them last year, Nineteen had beer. _apprenticed ; and there were novr one Naindred in tire asylum, all doing credit to the matron (Miss Davies), and the teacher (Miss - Sanders), wllo,still held:their situations, Circumstances,. including deaths, removals from the locality, &c. had a _ _ former supporters "family as now a fore, thanldaLl for thepast, claimed from the benevolent. only in common with: the other charities of the town, the steady support•hitherto given without urging a preference. He was glatt, to. say-the accounts were favourable. The sum of .El,O 495. of arrears had beeu,received, and of sub scriptions £944 19t.,; also £32 fore needlework dole by the orphans. These sums, with some interest, made the receipts of :the , year £990 9s. ldt. The total disburse ments, including some repairs, left & balance in foveuruf the institution ot, - .1;57 14Is. bd. Mr. BANNER added, that notwithstanding the dearness. of provisiousi thtpchildren weresupported, in the comfort able manner in which tbey,Were , -.seen, at about £9a-head. He had also.to.announce donatiOns, &c., to the- amount of £578,185... 91., which the subscribers would', have to. invest. The Rtv. Mtr: HIGGINS, ommoving the first resolution , entered: at soave length into >the• blessings of " home,"" and home anZ domestic education, concluding by corn parino• the institution to a; well, regulated home. The children ,were- not unduly coerced.. Along with- a proper and requisite - degree of discipline„ they were allowed a suffi cient degree , of liberty to enable those who superintended them. ! to knew their disposition, and to correct Outt was wrong stn in They were all thoroughly happy in:4M sc e play-ground, and religiously instructed as feeliaigsof - gratitude for. the kindness they,had received, and'xeminisences of theitteachers and scho,ol-fellows that would cemduce to their good conduct and. happines s - in after life. He moveathat. the Report rind_ accounts be minted and distributed: This was seconded;by Jrs. NICOL E al4 uaaniraously —Jo the clergy who had• preached durin the past year in behalf of the insti tution.—Secondedlby Mgrs. James Lwrence, and carried. Mr. BANNER in the names of the two committees for the ensuing dear, Mrs. Jones being proposed president of the ladies' committee, and Mr, Pptter, president of the gentlemen's..7—Seconded by Mrs. Mocatta, and carried. Mr. M'CRAcicEiv, in moving thanks to Mr. Banner, secretary and treasurer, paid that gentleman ahigh com pliment. He had rocked it in its , cradle ; had seen it be come a fine cshild ; and he hoped would be spared to wit ness its full mat - tic : 4y. Mr. BANNER in returning thanks said that his first wish at the- commencement of the institution was, that they should,have a building of tI - • this 0- obtained tus seeonc dren ; this, too, they now bad neir own; -ney had ,hey., should have 100 chil- His present wish was WM .14, 111/ LIJC 4/C 1/1 4.1 INS la.V asxu,r • •-• ••••• extent ofr accommodation fir 11=1; and he believed a few by. Miss Mocatta and carried. Thp. CHAIRMAN neatly, replied, mad the meeting sepa I rated' 1 VIRST DR iSS RHILHARMONIC CONCER •LAST NIGHT. , • The late hour at, which this concert concluded, oom biped with the awkwardness of our postal arrangements, which, to save the post, compel us to go to press at ( twelve o'clock, precludes the possibility of our giving anything NTT- ' 1 a best pieces ware Weber's scena from " Der Fteischutz," by Miss Rainforth ; Allen's aria from Donizetti's "La Favorita ;" Miss Sara Flower's cavatina,. from Doni zetti ; and the concluding " Quartet E Canone," which was beautifully sung by Miss Rainforth, Miss Sara Flower, Allen, and Henry Phillips. ASTERS ANA MATES.—At a meeting of the Board of held at the board-room on Tuesday, her. 1 Exl.minc [tate poor, ax! ding words than been muz - able, no more offend with their tongues ; for they - are at once gagged and eclipsed by. Rassell; €4a3y,and Wood. Lard John makes his financial statement to-night. On it depends- his reputation as •a crisis - . If the Whigs fail this 1 nationalTeaction may probably greatnii a great s. not seen the pro( relate to the next " leets messes pent tO:tha work 6eies , theory of of fla __.... -oriOCEING: DEATH IN TUE. ,- SNOW.—A poor man, named William Miller, bystrade a belb-hanger, was yesterday morning :discovered in a aunken.fence, in Porkington Park; his right, leg was broken, amlthe fea tures disfigured by vermin. Pie had not been-seen since Monday night, the Bth instant, and, as is supposed, had taken a near cut across the park, and, in leaping , the fence, broken his leg, and perished through the inclemency of the weather.—Shrewsbury Journal On Saturday, in the Admiralty Court, Div.Luskingto and pe pr r iee lb s a 1 gave judgment in the case of collision between the High- -- Water and the Gipsev. King, in the Clyde,.on the 25th of EIVBRPOOL , CATTLI April. The Highlander was• at anchor, and the Trinity The A upply of stock at our . Masters held that there_was plenty of room for the three t irti l e a n s i t 6l:7% vesselh•to have passed safely; but they thought it probable that the Gipsey King, being the last of the vessels, had waved from the stralghtiine,like the taitof ,a kite- They OSWESTRY Ratepayer, a lett Two. .'clock- Three o'clock tedr by a grand LIBRA PLATE.—By- the, arri7arof lief Majesty's brigantine .Dolphin, at Portsmouth, ,on. , Sunda7, we have news- from Monte Video to the 29th December, and flea , Rio to the Bth of January, being. thireeemdaysdelee coat' the fininer,.and twenty frorn.the latter,:.than the prey 101 l advices: The affairs in the Plata were in ,much. the a " ..t4 to state as.when we last previousll ! heara Th e 14. o ra ud ;. NcW' Tine&vier I Guar- D i b. Uturday _ diary states,. that in one hoar last called at his- deor,—in the courss.of Le day. /24 IVERPOOL COTTON MARKET; Fialr. 22, The-business. of to-day amounts; to about 5000;bagsi. (,f which l,Cs,Or have been taken on speculation • and .for export- The se' counts received' to-clay . from America have little or. no, effect 0 11 our-market ; the additional demand comes from.the ,mediate Finnan RY 22. lias= been smaller Beef, st-A .to ad.; IASHIONABLE RESTAURANT and S' UPPER LOUNGE 17, CLAYTON-SQUARE, .Eve not yetrvisited the ORHINCIYA L DIVAN .tlpld not omit an opportunity 4 for thearrangenret its not oln , urpass those of every similar Hotel, buttlievianxl s are of tl. ilOicest.kinds. An excellent Steak, cut in,the Low lon style, 'barged 9d., and it may be-f.niehed with a..half-pint of splendi kniontillado Sherry, or tine , thrvoured Porti for, 40 ne Shillii The Oriental. has been flattered by the %flowing • notices froin our local Press :-- The elegance with which its is. fitted„ the• pew nptitude and neatness with which everything is sawed. up, render it the most fashionable restaurant...—S tandard, The Restmara,t thanro, rnises-which Feeny makes.ta_the ear lte.vii4uxt ie ' witches, keep both to the ear end the-hope.— M ercuril. or ..,..,....---,,...... 17 . zv ac - - - th , Tho-diners and suppers .cannot be , exceatl for variety, It consolidates the reputation of lowness•of chages.AMitm. for the pubile.-31ail. Suitable- to all Classes; the wineleundenial )le.—Tines. BILL OF FARE AT . THE. VAS: iIIONABLV R.STAIJ RAM, - , . lor•TILLS DAY, the 23(1, and TO-.3E the proprif ;tor as &caterer THIS HAI the and Mfitton Bro Soles. Codfish, mitt Whitin I Itam, —BeelSteak Pie,Reiled Leg t mutton, 4—Harr4cot Mutton, Roast vtref. —Boiled Turkey and, Oyster ha.uee. —Sho u kler of.M.uttinP,,and 'toast k a , s6 Tarts and, Puddings. TO-MORROW. Gravy, 0 One o'clock . Pancakes, TWrii, - tind Puddngs Half-pint of floe Amontillado Sherry, or full-fl ls. ;. Pint, 25.: Quart,4s. C., p C pf 4d. ; with Toast or MUM Plain Tea or Coif( il,l find` he Restaurant a Refreshment L4'dies rail at fa " Yong :most obedi3nt, hulible servant, _ ". F. PAARY William Morris Snelling, second cancer of Acadia, one of the British and American Royal Mail eloquenee'and ai, Steam-ship Company's Packets, was examined, and found of the Holy Spirit as the agent in rendering the word so well acquainted with nautical astronomy, surveying, oc k God effectual, and urged the duty of the people to pray &c., as to en title him to a first-class extra certificate as for his heavenly aid. The Rev. Mr, Graham then ably master, At a meeting of the same board held on the addressed the assemblage ;as did, also, the Rev. Mr. Towers, 20th i ns t an t, Captain James Garnock, jun,. late of the of the Sco tch Church, Birkenhead, but the limits of our Hope, of Lancaster, was.examined, and fond duly quali-. space preclude us noticing their speeches, or that of the fied for a first-class mastkr's certificate, Captain William Rev. Dr. C ooke, whose p owerful a ppeal will ion be re •_P V • by all who heard it. and whnaa iiPLA Wag Horner, late of the bar pool, was also found so well qualiAvd ui nautical astronomy, wily equalled by the energetic, and truly affecting, manner Herald-offleiN Birmingham. great circle sailing, &c., as to entitle, 4p to a firat,elass in which it was delivered. The meeting broke 93 at an Terrnf, , , of Subscription for this paper . extra mastees eertifwate., early hour, an highly delighted.. one rear, 15s, ; if paid in sidymee, - ----• Cpdfish, Sobs,, and Haddock.. klast Turkey., Calves' Head aldi3acon4itoa st Pork. Two o'clock. —Boiled Altitton, Veal and Ham. Three o'clock,---Roast Beef, Boiled Fowl and:Hain, Four o'clock--Roast Limb, Pigeon Pie. Fire o'clock.—.4laun9ll of Mutton. gagoured Port, spestro&k House to Lon d on !Oysters. received daily, 75..6(1.: per barrel, or le. 6 ' per score- The fOltowing are the opiit►ogs of the Press : CELEBRITY OE THE LONDON OYSTERS. Th e egknowledged superiority oil the Loudon Oysters, 5/ commercial town, has had ed r °I . "tainiliK theni regularlye - ven cirthisgr Y f a/ the first Fishmongers of Billingsgate, from • ul he t eijorn ue the. 'roprietor to arrange wit li recommendation . rather than Ms own. journals have eulogised them, Mr. F. suir 22, Falkner-squar4 Bth January, 1847." TEA PARTY.—The anniversary of the establishment of Octhonmeeciral theinn e e na ctn th i3i n t ' co "— dail l t x T e eiir AN ABUNDANT SUPPiiy 01; THU NATIV W B:; tt the Islington Presbyterian Church, as. celebrated yester- mils their "A...dish otthe finest 0 ever remember to have sin day evening by 4.. congregational tea party, which was " We . cansafely vouch far held in the spacious room beneath, the church. The at- or tasted ;we can henesllsyerrseeowe tendance was not only numerous, but highly respectable, M r e lient and included a number of ladies. Alnongst the gentle- where."—Standard. flavour ere .4. better alda. cannot certainly be bad in LnonaAlenorc else' men on the platform and adjacent, we observed —Rev. ~ We recommend our friends to -d pay the Divan a visit, and Dr. Cooke (of Belfast), Rev. V. M. White, Rev. Mr. judge of the Oysters by their 'size , freshness, and delicious de' Ferguson, Rqv. D. Crichton (of Mount-pleasant Church), your."—Journal. Birkenhead), "per brethern of the.press, hot Rev. Mr. Towers (of the New S. Church, Rev. Mr. Graham, and. Rev. Mr. Hannah (of the Free. theiruoioininorAtNo other Subject' ' ' Church, Gatehouse) • together with Messrs. Donnell,.. _Albion. Y our ot Mr.Feeny' Martin, Sinclair, Sh;mherd, Sorley, Reid, &C. ' 84C.— "The lovers of thi s fi ne The Rey. •V. M. White occupied the c hair, and pre- splendid quality at, the Or' Y I vious to, partaking of the repast, calle d on the Rev., D. Standard. ip r.. 4.1,4.- 4.. —a- . I,l—: ...i.iiih he did in a most feeling er they may be divided ;ive their testimony :cellent London, Oysters• ell-fish can now:procure it a al , Divan, Clayton-square. and forcible manner. Tile tea providea was ..u.. ~....v.- LIVERPOO4 lent and abundant; and the greatest satisfaction was ma- TI.IIESDAY, FEBRUSK I 4'1847. nifeated by all present. , On the clot h being removed, the by Ue Rev . D. PRINTER AND PUBLISHED EVERY TuEs.o Rev. D. Ferguson returned thanks. The chairman . thenAY MORNINCA' Wiefly and good humouredly, but impre:sively, ad dressed the meeting, and was followed Orford- street. Charke , e . ry-lane ; Claarle 1331. - } ',ll' Ferguson, who ably descanted on the word of God as q, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great At No. 4, Sr. GItOROE'S CRESCENT LIVERPOOL. d the instrument in the salvation of the soul, and the duty Orders for Advertisements received by CRESCENT, Newton $ 4 ; of the people to hear it. The subject was continued by Co., Warwick-squar ß e e ; E t arker and White, Fleet -strs:p the next speaker, the Rev. Dr. Crichton,, who, with equal ,ffumentative force, illustrated the power !. 3 1 , - . - „ -- tt . ' Lombard-street - ' 1 1 41 4 r Defraccino.nnliWanaelhroojoskel3h I Tn ho e m l, as, 1. Finch -lane , corn]. 1 . m,, mmond, 27, ; Mitchell', 8. R e d _io. court, Fleet-street; Lewis and. LOvve 3,Castle-court, hill ; at the London Commwial Coffee-house, Mincing- 1 W at the Jerusalem Coffee-house_, Coruhill ; Chapter Cov e r h ouse , Paternoster-row; North and South American COP et house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, 9, Ave-Maria -1 1;P London ; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin ; Whe t ce Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewin, AL:AO-street, Manct•riff, ter ; Haddock, as J. and W. Booth, Booksellers, Warrif ton; _Clarke, 10.1ot-office, Preston; and Wright mut v' -04 cre dit, as. He felt it to ajL.Muttart Broih, and Moa,:rurtle Ler'unive angle, crevice, and coiner,. cleansing in its , route te - meeting shortly afteratliourrtetl MI JULLIEN'S CONCI*T, YESTERDA7I EVENINTO Thil cete musician and tbornpuser gave yen evening;.a , grand treat to the public of Liverpool, or opening a the doors, by a most` fashionable audience. After the.oterture in the first part- (William Tell) had been maguificently played, Jullien's• Quadrille, (The . Crusadersd!whicia. has been the delight of our danc ing parties,• was given with great - precision and force. Miss Birch, who was engaged by the liberality of M. i• additional attraction, ,, next gave a scena, opera of Ennai, (serte' e la notte,) so of Jullien's Jnllien from Ver baton w an encore. Kcenig's valsew _deux temps (" The ifi , o,einth") followed, was fin( Yrpentcleide ever heard sympnony ktne fitteyru exquisite taste and finish.. The next was , the gem of this part ; a Venetian , serenade, by Roc-k• Albert, and which we have sern in Jullien's album forrthis.year. Miss Birch sang this beautiful song, and was rapturously en cored, one of tli& loudest to applaud being Jultien him self—no mean compliment to the fair ctattatriee. The close of the first part was Jullien"a new quadrille, " The British," a thrilling composition, introducing the military engagement, whic whole details of ceived with rapturous appl A LETTER FROM LONDON. The accounts Trom treiarm are Increasing the alarm now generally Mt for the lives of the people. A hint,- thrown like a. roeket, from the columns of the Thrieg, that Manchester ere long may become an English Skib bereen, has excited emotions in this metropolis from which apprehensions of the gravest character cannot be separated. What is to be done ? A reader, or a listener to, the debates in both Houses, with a fore--knowledge of the real extent of Irish destitu tion would imagine that the Legislature meets not so intentions ; the was conimenc arnmermoor, With s —very de played ; but the late hour at forbids detailed notice: We will visit us again in.. April s wl ported as he merits,- A• large tan all his friends. TO THE EDITOR 6 paper of the 16th ii Passed the Board of played Baum a; but p - oea fa away tat the fund for the liqui with a purse ; on the Y followed with. Una voce I an instrument which throws hich the concert concluded; amerve that Mons.. Jullien trust be sup r house is detirabln to con- THE' LIVERPOOL STA(NDARD. alluding to my having aointed by^. the Lords XatninerS r ap first-class master ; I therefore beg most respecumiy state that I did not pass.- as- first-class master, as, stated in your paper, but as first-class extra. Tho-little word extra which you omittcd to insert has a very lerrge mean ing in the nautical prv,fession,, and is the highest degree given to the merchant eaptain,--I have the hamar to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN , LEARY. 34, Grafton-street, 21st Feb., 1847. PRESBYTERIAN CLIURCH, miniver ary sermons were prem.. hed at this church on Sunday last, trafiA 't tip, be pro: posed for the ChancEllornhip of Cambritlge, As his ..... Highness considers "that there does not . exist that de gree of unanimity which alone would leave him. at liberty to consent to be put, in nomination." The Committee Zr promoting the election of his RoyaL.Higliness have, however, issued an address, calling for- the votes of the members for the Prince , as they consider that a lar ge malority of the University consider his -Royal Highness the most proper person. NAM , BALLOON.—A balloon_ up,9n a•...ne,w princir' aow being construf..,ted by a Mr. - Gabt , ,,,akthe• ontpelicr. Roams, Walworth-road, which is likely;during the sum, ever season to provoke considerable interest.. The novelty consists in the attachment of a pair of, smaller balloons to the two sides of the principal one, which,by a simple con trivance, gradually tillwith the gas escaping from the main throat, providing a much higher ascending power than that commonly obtained. There *weals°, two cars, one, hanging lower than the other, in which scientific experi ments may be performed with comparatively few chances of accident. On Tb.uxsdary, a public meet ;entry, and clergy; of the diocese of NATIONAL IbvcATION ing of the nobilit_ _ Worcester was held. at the Gi hall. propriety, in the future application, of parliamentary tenance as well as the establishment of elementary schools,.. and also of renderin g a s s i s t ance to.. . training institutions.. The chair was.taken by the Lord' Bishop of Worcester, and there were present, among others, Lord Lytteltoa; Lord Lieutenant of Worcester ; the Very Rey. Dr. Peels. Dean of Worcester ; the Rev. Canon Benson, late Master of the Temple Church, &c. CAUTION.—The Rev. F. Parry wag kind enoug h lost week to caution the public against giving relief to parties produciac , . letters purporting. , to be from persons known, to those to whom they were• addressed personally or by repute, unless they were satisfied that, the same , were genuine,. As a further proof that such letters are for the most part forgeries, we insert end, f from manu. script, . hamlet' to' us by e friend, and which is a forgery throughout:— " The- Rev. F. Parry pre H. Owen in behalf of M nts his comments to NT$. J. G feelings of Mrs. Owen will suggest an snip intrasion. • "Should Mrs. Owen feel disposed to add her signature to the list of contributions, it will greatly.oblige. le apology for this Feb. 23, IS4f. Lesires run in * right direction ; but they feel the full pressuia of its r plete, and official, intellig our own tongue, arup Ta have coin- shing by thousands most con and yet to fiensiire remedy that hesitate in applying' t'_•it the national iesciurCes can afford, Is sui behind, which is more' lian ministeria A small, very small, section of the legislature', has pointed out the cause of the national calamity, and the duty of the country in consequence of it. Mr. Plumprtre has been the only man whop fared to s.ty in the “Ouse our grievous sins. • Not one of the mitre&hishOps, whe occupy , the very bench in the House of Lordi from which) the noble President of the Council, with the tongue of a+ master iirelociuence, has described Irish calturity, has yet been bold enough to declare that we are under 'a dispen-• sation of wrath. , The new commission, and its. probable° operation on , prelatic purposes finish more agreeable topics for discussion, and are less likely to offend in high rter. What is to be done ? to direct their de d..,tippal order his • been. tc•the Queen's letter s SrimP have thpm'.l zy, in obec selvesi contributed, perhaps all ; but whit more have they done ?National sins demand national repentance, yetwliat spiritue lord, in his place in Parliament; has called on the o reatpointthis nt a e d% eonft, it a public icg makes u hu s tr thinis iiin tion ? None. .Bu the laxity-of the worst portion of the last century may re cur in high places. The inferior clergy of 'the metropolis are procuring signatures to petitions, praying Parliament to address the Crown with this design in 'tear. In the parish chulech ollslington, the Rev. Daniel Wilson called upon his hearers yesterday, to sign these ilstrument even on that-sacred 'day. Other ministers did the 'Seine. The case then is urgent and the Church is. filimd in its ioverAtrier right place alrd.duti, when the. body of it calls upon the executive to gi'Ve:the people - an opportunity to I eviail. their transgressions, and by prayer and supplication " to move Him who moves the universe."' The "Irish Suciety," and other circles exclusitely de voted to the green isle, can- scarcely dissemble their alarm at the state of Mi./ O'ComaelPs health. That graft ill of the flesh, which cotontiOnlp assaults men of his age and lege of surgeons at fault, has exhibited sympionisSo formidable as to render it very , probable that this may be an eventful year for Conciliation Hall 7. The Reform Club may saw him once-1 despite app ar- but the approaches - of the grim , ances, from all accounts, are char;. if not rapid. All elements considered ; the present session promises to'rival in historic interest-. any one of its predecessors. The natirP' • -s are certaint# doomed at the hands 'of ,tion laws edly protectiott-parliament:. the Church will ion of its episcopal:relations extensively mod) fled, whilst the Irish branch ruaFiliel: some anxiety as to the practical views held suspended in. the mind of the ablest cabinet ministerafter the premier;; and the public were six years ago, although' sanguine persons so led the people to think. In personal interest this session will aronse—perhaps instruct. Gross inconsistencies-that cannot be explained, violent attacks which fail of justification, loud protlissions incapable of realization —these mark, and will yet 'Mark, the session of 1847. Peel. sits by the very side, of Disraeli anal Bentinck ; Inglia , below Hume; Graham alone on the third back and a reßresentati i T:C.IS. g out ij the same %Li[nna aro nau3aeu: was never faller of personal satisfactii His phrase—not an original phrase,. tote shareholders," in antithesis to the iowand• confidence. eithev—af " dosti- Chancellor of the Exchequer is-there: is it that a, name is oftener made by s useful , deee 711.1_ T Macauley is alloy mpn-- ester happy mb ISbiel. ha )son, Hawes; so true in the 4th (la' consid G E format &c., at fron, v CHURL ►fix' M .4 4 E CTUI ch n 'oved , a Board r outine o'clock, t,e II `u ta l?1 , 1 the I eet d BIR THE DL sth day WILL - Shipp bueB on Mission Full the snit! si -A. PI tilt be ;; Rirk V 'eiVe to th lidtt e ; e ' n Dated t] SI TH A bet be P t 1.4 Alll Cathc A he r . he L— i4r)Pei; 8 111Pani /F., on SUN] postman 4 1 ' 4) 11( bit ' ll a , tio • vlz 44'41 4(1 1 i ° etter a I ‘l N t i NOTIC :1 ; e ; 13: a e: i t I :I : wi ll " t ro ,unrib I): sixt, the s,.,.___ ~iurec shall cone tiRK riiWte ICl'v lq• t • 11 1 , ke n w 1) arch 1)I4!'s th of 411'1 : 1 g , e 6.i ithd —st Nit ec° n tl O t e „, w if i k,; and int be .ir e thi 41110_ Iszti d uAlt of 414* kothea Capa of To-1N istll ii Doi Ad will t b. ha follov boub wi panyi Casta Songs inforr. ing M be TH Mr. ROM] have Mr. 13 Mtv LE