The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-31 00:00:00

Oct. Al ' 1843 N COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS made up his mind six weeks ago to dispose of it, and that in that short space of time he had received offers for no fewer a number than 200,000 square yards, he should have suspected that better prices could be obtained. (Hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied. He said that Mr. Evans would make the Cheshire property subservient to the interests of the people of Liverpool. But had it been subservient hitherto? On the contrary, had it not been lying waste and idle ? The policy of the present corpo ration was to bring it into productiveness and usefulness, believing that it would speedil3 be studded with buildings, and that in the increase of trade at the other side, the prosperity of the people of Liverpool generally would be materially promoted. (Hear.) This increase of trade would be far more desirable than to erect docks as a dep6t for old things or things on sale ; because he hoped that things on sale would be every day becoming fewer in number, and that the necessity for the depOt would as constantly be diminishing. (Hear.) He perceived by the newspapers that the Dock Committee were constantly discussing the propriety of erecting new docks—that the north and the south ends of the town were pointed out as eligible sites, but that not a word was ever said about Cheshire. Not a word was ever said about the Dock Committee going over there; and he was satisfied that the burgesses of Liverpool, represented as they were in the council, would never be parties to an act which should transfer what they considered their commercial interests to the other side of the water. (Hear, hear.) The coun cil now offered the Cheshire property for sale to persons who might make docks there or not as they pleased. He was not afraid of rival docks. Himself and others had been charged with smuggling this question through the Council. He denied it. Month after month had it been discussed, and duly and properly had the sales been ad vertisel (Hear, hear.) ' Mr•. BUSEIELL asked Mr. Stewart whether he thought he could find for the Finance Committee a buyer at a higher price for the lot or lots of land to which he had made special reference ? il l , 'clay, a special meeting of the council was held at To w „ , fOr the purpose of taking into considera• 1 : 4 and determining upon a variety of subjects mentioned o'elbe,"o3monses. The MAYOR took the chair at eleven 14 t1 (1 1 c5, at which time there were twenty-four members reaPective places. The D FINANCE COMMITTEE. o _oll l , dtaPUTY TOWN . ..CLERIC commenced the business PLl444litteY bY reading the proceedings of the Finance ta n e• The committee stated that they had received it glit u ' e ' t enders for the corporation land in North Bir- Kte);4alld that they had agreed to accept, subject to f.Se ha ' of the couecil, offers for the following lots : mote. l'• Cole, for 37,000 square yards, at 18s. each ; !t 0 4. egues. J. and W. Walker, fur 6,100 square yards, I , 2 te f a e el, and one-third of the new road adjoining, at L s ilt Lalri,°,9oo squat yards, at 12s. 4d. each ; from Mr. i:r. J ft. ':. ; . for 20,000 square yards, at 10s. each ; from ''l'. le are _ricn, for 6,000 square yards. at 10s. each ; from ,"'eaCh : _ BB P. Brownrigg, for 48,800 square yards, at late to e e ', 2 ° a _d for other parcels, amounting in the aggre ses e 7 s 'uuti square yards. The leases for those pur „ere to b e e to be for 75 years ; the conditions of the sale eth ee-..e....._ • e aee rot e e er went in live and ten years, with interest b' and "" 4 Per cent. ; the purchasers to erect build -1;111; ati l , here land fronted the pool, to make a sea- I see. ,Thaistetance against fire to be effected by the t `g b ree d , alkp committee further stated, that they had Ote 1 " I slleet to the approval of the council, to pur % th. e • running from Beacon's Gutter northwards, lab e - earl o f o f !b ey cru ce . er y,. or a sum not exceeding £17.500, hrt main conditions They finally stated, that t ak "" Mad e • .' te' t 'atv eh __ a communication to the Watch Committee . ea et „ ether the latter could conveniently give up the It e r-Dck Station, for the purposes of a Sailors' Na b Those, several proceedings, which were of ex tialteGC,%l)., having been read throoghout, th tl a. r i 'I LA -vertexes rose 'to move their confirms es, let d e s aid that the proceedings, though coming upon dnit ae, a ,Y cf the municipal year, were of extreme im -1 co. in terestin g to the burgesses at large, inasmuch I. lB ot a f_-'l. at were recommended upon that occason to :t e l t), pr e a term of 7.5 years, of a portion of their -Wei;4o, amounting in value to upwards of ,spent t° the also as they were called upon to purchase Ca th e .giile extent •of 600,000 square yards Of land iphal nirkdale shore. Upon these two transactions t g a li da at e i ti n to say a tew 'words, but not for the purpose of °:ese r g the police of the council in disposing of their ey th e Party, because the more he considered that girths ci - r °I. ore he 'thought they were acting for !he in itirght %be inhabitants on both sides of-the Mersey. e lti g t ,_ be told that the Finance Committee were Zifor:'," birth-right for a mess of pottage, and that it ;7 1 e pe "lts reason they were assailed with such warmth ' l tth e r 0 1 ; it of doors ; but still thecouncil thought ~11,1 , ,,, "Shire property was a great Weight and bur pr,leh Iv " that it was bad policy to be holding a property i t see 4s ' c omparatively unproduetive, and whice 004 1 11 P:fa the burgesses to the .extent of £316,000, ih e eatgteluterest. If this money had been paid for it, 4Otil tk r might have assumed a different aspect, but , 4 I ,, i ; i *Y had purchased, they conk' hardly be said to 0,000 tur it ; for the interest amounted at present to Vaticeayear. It was, therefore, a matter of some iiti .litilettio reduce this amount; for he was of opinion I t , Bl lll t 8 they could keep their present bonded debt VII rats_Ptesent limits, they ~rust either resort to a b0),..1e ) ,..le o '' et suspend their •discretionary expenditure. t l 'rci t n ,e examined the corporation accounts for the • t a ct th ,‘,..0u1e appear manifest that unless they could eNreees'' exigencies by some such steps as they wer fsta x "tcleendine they must call for the assist: 451'141;g!therer. - ( * ilea - r, hear.) Offers had been made .00 ed, °f the Birkenhead` land, amounting altogether 0 1 (i i - i vu s quare yards and at a value of £120,000. The war er 1300aietity ee land ' parchased in Birkenhead by the ' lir ,006.scorporstion, .presions to 1829, amounted to 'i l , be eq 'Mare yards, and after the present purchases The sales of the Birkenhead estate were accordingly 4 e °) acle., the council would still retain /25 000 14 4 Yard • ' confirmed. The following members voted in the divi ,lelt led sin their possession. The total cost of the . te a ded uct b .een , X 316,000. The interest 'was £12,600 ; mon : For. —Messrs.'F.'Shand, T. Shaw, R. Houghton,4„ to e i llei he I na the interest saved by the present sales, C. Thompson T. Sands, H. Hornby„'J. Holmes, J. Aspi ltOt te ' t ° 47,290e:the balance of interest would only nail, T. Royden 'J. Cooper, J. N. 'Wood, H. awrence, teettl ; .10—so that the borough fond would be W. Birkett, C. 'Eheetrell, T. Brasses', J. S. Leigh, G. H. li t ,:o sses the extent of £7,300 a-year, and 'they would Lawn-nce, AeLaceeS. L. TrotmaneJ. Platt, J. Sheppard, etNl4. 3 - 7 25,400 square yards, which stood them in A. Smith, ital. 'Aldermen.—Sir T. Brancker, 1. H. Per '' 1;:• and ss. each. (Hear, hear.) Turner, W. P. Freme, W. Nicol,- J. Bramley-moore, E. tlte 8 1I; a- ke-MoRe asked whether the - , lsetir ss. ILI neux, J. -Moon, T. Chilton,-and the Mayor. I' l l tity . :s Yard could be obtained for the remaining A eI Y ainet.---4. Holmes, W. Thornhill, T. Blackburn, W. lle ' 1% (i,t;- Preston, H . Copeland, J. Edwards, J. North, H. Holmes, tlt4alo e ee• LAWRENCE said that every dayinereased J. Aikin, J. - Stewart, J. Procter, R. Rigby, J. Kilshaw, k i a or ui r the land. He was satisfied it was worth more J. Parker, J. Plimpton, R.. Liarbord, G. H. llernby. tPle o l loe !. Aldermen.—T. B. Barclay, R. -Houghton, T. Bailey, T h , t a r NEI' thought it impossible togive say 'answer Holt, J. Lawrence, and E. Evens. V' Nee to accuracy to such a question, because the kiaeef :situated in various parts, and variArien value. l'ultdti,. k i lt e m it was snid by the acre, and some by the square Mr- 'G. H.' LAWRENCE said that, having now eareceeded 4see bed 'no notion of its average value, the in inducing them to dispose of part of their' Cheshire A L 1.. routerl as a great deal of it bore an Ideal value. estate, he had next to call open them to increase the ex it, R e x Alerteallotte thought a definite answer tent of their property on this side of the water. He al it, b attle gle n• He did not want the - value to . a fraction, hided to the next - subject on the paper—that of pur ee e t it be satisfied if the Finance 'Committee could chasing '1;000 yards of' 'lead from the Eerleef Derby, age was worth any sum between'6s. and:7s. on an from Beacon's-gutter, extending northwards. In March ttee l t• G ir, '42, a report of the Finance Committee hadileen agreed y `t, th . "•' le 'wive-we assumed, forthe sake of argu- u pon, which . a c knowl ed ge d the importance- of such a tr 'er e : it was worth - what it stood them in. purchase es that now submitted for consideration ; and at . It seapressed his belief that itevas worth 7s. kat, PAlly i , • that time the Finance Committee were instructed to carry , h a , , . it said, that the question as to`tire•gale . of the osa negotiations with the Earl of Derby. -It appeared, it7lth, i ,l 4 been already decided uponby the 'council, and however ; upon invetigation, that however good his lord e° th e ', t eal object at present ought to be to dispose tof ship's title might begstian, in his own judgment, yet that the lord "bid ha°vest-ad vantage. He contended that the council arrangement required the approbation of - the Chancellor 7to e lei e ft . ' plan of the estate before them, and that of the Duchy;? and the:result was, that, after a length 10cop of it ought to be valued by' competent parties. erred negotiation with the duchy, the committee had tl37 ene li bedbeen told that one gentleman had put_ succeeded in getting her Majesty to relinquish any claims Ote, a L"'"!sequare yards • but he -should face to know of the crown to the looelity in question. - The terms on 4'; PtllliOil there had been for that> and the other which her Majesty had agreed to the reliecluishment had 11 ‘1 '. 1 t '' , 4ke le been embodied in the 'report of the committee ; and he lt o _e h a , - os.ates would not hive - taken part in the would endeavour tustme. them briefly. In the first place 14'4 lip I 167 t,hee Chairmen of the Finance Committee not the council were to pay to the duohy 411 s. annually for •,:' the sale of the estate would operate beneficially • their-rights , until theyehould have proceeded to parliament t ltt ei' v tetest s of the people on bothsides.of the Mersey. and obtaine a legislative sanction to the - complete sale or t ain °tee , d , 2 .2:Ai1151 the sale in the first- instance. He sia h':' °at one opinion upon the subject, and must ulierb, :.s•sorroe,, now, as he had done before, that the transfer of the property to the corporation. The Chancel lor oP the Duchy agreed to surrenderhis rights for a sum of „, £BOO, to be paid by the Corporation; but-one of the sti thZ/tZbee;,`!ai be en amputated from the corporation. ri e pulations which lie attached to the surrender was, that eiZete' infor med by Mr. Royden and others that a dock thecouncil shoeld agree to make a river wall, or protec- I, sti ei lected on the other side for .aboat 16,000 ; and -ion to the property. Without which indeed it could never te a t4 ei ra c e " a,dook might not have answered for vessels be made available for any useful purpose. He further Platteativ on " I " POrt with rnerclaandize, yet, would it have stipulated that the wall should be rnadeehelf iu five years, tel‘Pr t ageoes for vessels on sale and lying up, and, and the ether half in five years more—the whole to be o o rreet, itexould have greatly relieved two of the ,10,!tetivecle:eks. ; He contended that the new - corporation completed in ten years. This part of the arrangement would, of course e be very expensive, inasmuch as to build sa t stt th e ",a sure of money from the old equal in amount a wallehere must add most materially Co --the cost . of the este le o latter had expended on the purchase of the purchase. But this was one of the conditions to which . the X'C ail h a ,' estate. He also contended' that, if the council were submitting. Then there was another stipu to I ,', the right of ferry into Wallasey ,pool, they lation-which, at first, nearly thwarted, or put an extin 4ti' 11i 7s .es e-ree the property on the margin afthe river. guisher, neon the negociations of the ,corninittee with the kt 4 E LL said, the council possesed the right of Duchy. The Duchy were advised by Lord Granville So- N ' e7'tv merset . that there was considerable detehnent done to the Osti A l'i asked, whether the council hed:made any ler eti of riverby the practise Of the Dock Committee in discharging AN:pet' G- i i ,water rights over the Pool? . the mud or rubbish they extracted from the docks ice' . - 14 A.W. RENT, P. Raid- their had nn•vsatter ricAta Mr. STEWART said that when he had beard of the price 'of lOs. offered by Mr, Laird, he considered it a very good price. He could not, in answer to Mr. Bushell's question, undertake to say that he could find a higher price for the other lots. (Hear, hear.) Any gentleman conversant with the sale of land, as an individual, must know that very desirable land often remained on band for a year or two or more, no matter what exertion might be used to sell; and therefore very strong suspicion must be created that the land in the present instance must have been sold below 'its value, from the circumstance of 200,000 square yards of 't having been snapped up by 13 different purchasers in the short spac.f. of six weeks. Mr. BUSTIZI:L said that Mr. Stewart's answer was satisfactory, inasmuch as it proved that the Finance Committee had obtained the highest market 'value of the present day. '(Oh ! and laughter.) The MAYOR observed, that he could not allow the d cussion to 'proceed any farther, Mr. 'Lawrence having replied. Mr. HENRY HOLMES intimated his willingness to move, as an amendment, that so far as regarded the whole 13f the sales of the land, the subject be referred back for further consideration. `the Mayon observed, that the discussion must clos and that the amendment could not be received. Nr. BACKBURN thought that they ought not to ad hereto the strict letter of their rules, but divide - upon the 'amendment. The MAYOR said the only wgy in which the amend ment could be received, would be by suspending the standing orders. Mr : HORNBY was averse to the suspension of the tanding orders The TowN-CLEtut said 'that if the original motion were registered. it would 'then be competent for any gentleman to move an amendment. The council divided, when there appeared— Against it E OF LAND FROM LORD DERV iord GrauvillklSomerset had seen this prac THE LIVERPOOL SPANIARD posed new north docks, eastwardly, to the Leeds and Li verpool Canal, and to purchase land necessary for that purpose; and that in the meantime this committee should be at liberty to give the requisite parliamentary notices, all proceedings thereon being subject to the determination of the trustees." (the Council) "at the special meeting to be called after the 9th November next." After a brief discussion as to whether this resolution should then be taken into consideration, it was eventu ally agreed to postpone it until eleven o'clock to• day, when a special council for that purpose will be held. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the improvement Committee were read and confirmed. COURTS OF LAW COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's Hall Committee having been read, Mr. HENRY LAWRENCE moved their confirmation, and the making of certain alterations, requiring an ad vance of £lOOO, subject to a reference to the Finance Committee. He proceeded at some length to show that the alterations had been rendered necessary, in consequence of Mr. Elmes deeming it advisable to have a range of co lumns round St. George's Hall to support the roof. The motion was adopted. MARKETS' COMMITTEE The proceedingsof the Markets' Committee—confirming the appointment of James Mainwaring as constable in St. Martin's Market, and of Edward Jones and Thomas Coulter as constables in Gill-street Market—were read and confirmed. 'DESTRUCTIVE STORM, AND LAMENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE On Friday and Saturday last this part of the coast and country were visited by a gale of wind, (accompanied by successive heavy downfalls of rain) which though not so severe as some of the storms we have had to record of late years, has yet been destructive of many valuable vessels— the crews of which have in some instances totally, and in others partially perished on the English and Welsh shores and the outward banks ; and we fear we shall yet have to learn of similar disasters on the outer coast of Ire land, against which the tempest, sweeping as it did from the westward, would more especially direct itself. The wind on Friday prevailed from the southward and east ward, and increased throughout the night, veering more and more to the west, at about which point it settled at at four o'clock on Saturday morning, and continued to blow more and more fiercely throughout the day, with heavy continuous showers, which together with the haze and spindrift outside prevented all communication with the more distant telegraph stations along the Welsh coast to Holyhead. The tide—as indicated in the almanac—was at the full, at 35 minutes past two o'clock ; and in calm weather would have risen to a height of 15 feet 10 inches : but, driven in by the pressure of the gale, it flowed some mi nutes beyond the hour stated; attained a greater height, and, as might be expected, was more than usually tardy in its reflux after it ha.l gained its maximum. The river presented an animated, and—though without an immedi ate accident that we have heard of—we may add a some what painfully interesting appearance, from the presenti ment naturally entertained of the accidents that might have occurred outside—more particularly as a consider able mercantile fleet, of perhaps forty sail, had left the port on the previous day, and would be caught in the storm before they could clear the channel. The sea at high water washed over portions of the quays ; and the steamers from the opposite ferries, had some difficulty in landing their passengers, many of whom, both male and• female, from farms in the neighbourhood•--it being mar ket day—did not venture to return until Sunday morning when the storm had abated. Several large vessels that had put back came up in picturesque style under close reefed topsails; minor craft also appeared almost under bare poles . ; many of various classes rode it out at anchor, and all being in motion on the wide turbulent waters, formed a picture for the pencil of the marine artist which few ports can afford. Great numbers of the curious con gregated on the quays, or sheltered from the rain in the round-houses and other buildings, or behind the walls, to w►tness the elemental commotion. The river, however, was not so rough as it would have been had the wind been northerly, and consequently contrary to the down-going tide. It blew right across it, and though the waves rose pretty high on this side, and distributed a con siderable portion of spray along the tops of the sea-walls, it was comparatively smooth on the opposite side, which was, of course, a weather shore. A good deal of anxiety was felt by the appearance of two small gig boats, .under easy sail, approaching from the direction of Wallasey Pool, with several men in each. A man was also seen behind them, borne up on something at first invisible. .It turned out that they were towing across for salvage a large raft of balks that had broken loose from the Magazines, and been at first carried up by the tide. The boats were frequently lost to view in the , trough of the sea as they neared this side of the river, but the men stood sturdily to their prize, and eventually, though at apparent eminent hazard, reached with it, in safety, the Prince's Dock Basin. In the course of the day intelligence was received of several vessels being lost, and others stranded; and the life-boats and steam tugs were put into requisition, as well as small boats manned by speculators, and proceeded out side the Rock to render assistance. Their exertions were most praiseworthy, and, it will be-found, in several cases successful. Several vessels that had been at anchor out side, or beating down channel, came back into the river for shelter. Amongst them was the ship St. Petersburg, which had sailed for New 'York some days before, and could 'not get clear of the land owing to the westerly -winds that had ge'ierally prevailed ; she had also, it is said, sprung a leak, and before she arrived a fire burst out in herforecastle, which caused great alarm, but was for tunately extinguished by - the great exertions of those on ' board before it had done much injury. The Caledonia timber ship, from North America, the property of the Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming•, and the Britannia, from Bahia, belonging to Messrs. T. and J. Sands and Co., both of which vessels hart been at anchor off the Crosby Light-ship, parted their cables, and ran into the river. The Caledonia afterwards parted from her an chor off the Potteries, and took the ground, but was got afloat again. The Brttannia, which sailed on Thursday, after being aground near Formby, was also obliged to re- Win. The brig Nile sunk at eleven o'clock on Saturday 'forenoon, about ten miles from the Great Ormshead, and all the crew perished. It was stated, too, that the Lady 'Bentinck, a Whitehaven vessel, was stranded at Formby; that the crew were lost; and that the vessel had become a total wreck. Several other vessels went on shore near the same part of the toast—of which some details are given below from our own reporter, whom we yesterday despatched to Formby to gather information. We have seen the crew of the Magazine Life-boat, and from the captain' (Evans) and his brother have obtained the following particulars : E , DijeATION COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Education Committee —com prising the appointment, on trial, of Mrs. Jane Goulding as mistress of the North Infant School, at £5O per annum, in lieu of Mrs. Lunt—were read, and, with the exception of the appointment, confirmed. The corn. mittee stated the numbers in the schools. from the 2,7 th of September to the 25th of October, to be as follow;- NORTE Boys.. Girls.. Infants 243 Boys., 179 Girls,. 175 I Infants SOUTH . 188 • 167 . 190 Total 597 I Total • 545 The- umhers on the books were North School, 788 ; South, 668. OBSERVATORY' VOMMITTER The proceedings of the Observatory Oommittee were ree. and confirmed. BAETTI COMM ITTEZ The proceedings of the Health of the Town, Wash_ ?houses' and Baths' Committee were read and confirmed. It appeared from these proceedings that pigs were gene. rally fed throughout the country on the entrails of animals. Mr. Lace, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, and Mr. Birkett, se,. rerally expressed their regret that Mr. Cooper was re, tiring from thevommil, as his services upon this committee had been most valuable. Mr. COOPER returned thanks for the kindly disposition evinced towards him. FIRE COMUITTEE. The proceedings of the Fire Committee were read and confirmed. CORONER The accounts of the coroner since the last monthly council, amounting to £76 175., were referred to the Financetommittee. kCCOIINTS SYR LAWS The Mayor's cnriltrunlcations comprising . copies of bye-laws for amending the present bye-laws regulating the slips, stairs, and stages, and the steam and other yes selssresorting thereto, were read and confirmed. SINES ON ALDERMUN Mr. HODGSON said he had g iven . notice of a motion, -to the effect that the fine p a id b y Mr. William Earle, o n that gentleman having resigned the office of alderman, be refunded to him ; and that he regretted'the notice did not appear in the summonses. He submitted it upon the .ground that he considered it improper that aldermen should be subjetted to so heavy a fine, when they were obliged to resign from circumstances, as in the present ease, over which they had no co n t ro l t • en d h e prom i sed that he would'bring the subject before the council on an early day. The Town-clerk said that Mr.'t arlerhad paid the fine, and that the'bye-laws had fixed the -sum conclusively tit £5O. Mr. HORNBY said the course Mr. 'Hodgson had pur. sued was highly creditable to him, and showed that that gentleman was not influenced by personal considerations —considerations by which be never supposed Mr. Hodg. son to be influenced. (Hear, hear.) The sUbject here dropped. THE DISPENSARIES The 'MAYort acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from Messrs. Morrell and Posbesry, vice-presidents of the Liverpool dispensaries, praying for an increase of the Council subscription. It was referred to the Finance'Committee. IVIEMORTALS. A memorial from Isabella Watt, of Cases-street, , pray_ ing for pecuniary assistance, was ordered to lie on 'the table.; another from the inhabitants of Glover -street, complaining of a disorderly house, was referred to the Watch Committee; and a third, from the inhabitants of Whitechapel and Leigh , street, in reference to Holden•'s exhibition, was laid on the table. The council adjourned at five minutes to four o'clool No fewer than 45 vessels=loft the Mersey 13a, Fridayifor forbign ports. TE E " AsumwroN."—This fine packet ship,siledifor New York on Friday. She took out 20 Cabin passengers. Her freight was considered:good. The cargoconsiated of general manufactured goods. 'The steamer Great Western, Lieutenant Hoskenovirich would leave New York on the 19th instant, may be. ex pected to arrive here vn-or about Wednesday. This is her last trip this season. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURTS.—Mr. Reynoldsoone of the commissioners for the relief of insolvent debtors, will hold courts in this county next year, as follows :--titt Lancaster, on the 7th March next ; at Preston, on' the 21st March ; and Liverpool, 22d March. The magistrates of Liverpool have granted, under the new theatre regulation act, a license to Mr. Copeland for the Royal Amphitheatre ler twelve months, and one to Mr. Holloway for the 'Queen's Theatre for four months, .commencing on Monday-next. 1 BIRKENHEAD AND HOTLAKE ROAD.-Sir E.' Cuet, -Bart., at the meeting of Cheshire magistrates at Emits ford sessions, last week, again brought forward his motion '.for a grant of £l6O to rebuild the bridge upon the , road leading from Birkenhead:to; Hoylake, but, after a great deal of discussion, the:motion was lost by 21 to 12. .CLOTHING FOR THE Poi:la.—We understand thattip.. wards of £7O was realized at- the sale of clothing for- the poor, in the Caledonian School-room, on Tuesday last, a most gratifying instance of the spirit by which the desire to do good is prosecuted and sustained by the Ladies' Clothing Society in connexion with the Scotch churches of Liverpool. RAPHAEL TAPESTRY.—We feel certain that the pub- .re not sufficiently aware of the extraordinary works we should ion I have found, on our visits to the gallery, crowds, instead Oda ..f • • • • r if, in t now ex iibiting in our town. passes t,"ts* ("ey s ktittels, they aeL' , ..5.„. d .-- es.,-...e.. f . sse suit., se . eesi e . or strageiers.ana connoisseurseitiquiring the greatest treat se it tit l e had lost ss. __.. .....vy coma nave men, youinustab . an on that practice, which I consider a which can be offered to an intellectual people. The name til e t ,,e ,, , t ,„,, Pendent of the land adjoining; and there- nuisance ' and it was with difficulty thatthe committee of-Raphael to those professinga love for art, should rouse s," ll t t esi et lti s ,` r ` i ' l L s o him that they had hastily parted with persuaded him to forego any stipulation 'upon that head, the strongest feelings of delight. But the fact of having ll),..1, ha .rik •of acres, out of a desire to get rid of an No difficulty now existedon this point with-respect to the at our doors original works, the genius and skill of the ~, ,,t , 'it r i te :l o, s ee J ti ea i l n ousy supon . the part of .certain •persons. Duchy ;no further remonstrances would be •made by Lord great master himself—works which actually adorned the Nt 1,,,. ~ f ~ a great . burry to put the laird out of Granviile-Somerset • but his lordship had made it one of Vatican palace by the side of Angelo in th 16th century-- teiclto_ th t ,1)(: 1 . 1. rear it might be made amenablelor any the conditions that ' he (Mr. Lawrence) should brine the works that defy any quibble in. regard to originality e ; u a rg n e d h , tili„ Nlr; Isaac Holmes had very properly said, subject before the council, Lid that he should explain to not finding crowds flocking to see them, must proceed k t lie ss Ze s' ati t'th , ave- relade the pool very use . ful--that they the members his feelings and views ; and he had further from the public not being aware of the facts, W s t ,ts , /,. IL as Es receptacle for a certain description intimated that whenever the Dock Committee went before them to-visit these works and satisfy themselvs. l i p t ,': v er y would have been a lumber room'fortiver. Parliament again he would require the subject to be c ..../AIsE OF AMERICAN CREESEAT Liveepooe.—About thitet Of th thing- that Liverpool wanted. Had the thoroughlvssifted. .His lordship said that he would then 2,500 boxes of American cheese were offered at public ti'tli, uete f e, docks'. been asked for plans, or had the inquire into The subject, and require of the committee to sale here-this week, of which fully.1:600 sold chiefly from 01 1 i l', th,,,, t1, 1Y, fairly, and thoroughly discussed, ' as to show cause why they continued the practice; end, there- 40s. ters2s..6d. per cwt., with a few• inferior and our, of 11 , st c o ts'esglit to sell or not, or what were the uses li'i s s or ' 'estu - , 4 d t *4,, ary arra the land on the margin. could fore, he (Mr._Lawrence) mentioned it no w , as he had pro- condition at rather less prices. Such of the parcels a trimmsed to do, in order that the council might be prepared were in -good condition and possessed quality were spi! "1 i sot on ~‘ would be the benefit on the one hand, or ' eet the subject. ritedl-y competed for. The Cambridge, which arrived on S lt t tll y e n `sue-other, that would result to 'Liverpool ? Mr SANDS.—We have met, Friday, brought upwards of 3,900 packages, and a further t s r its Pr al ' l ad been gone into ; but with a legislation, c il t b rill faer, at the -corner of a street the - had Mr. ' LAWRENOB was aware that the Dock Committee supply is reported to have arrived in the George Washing.. had met it by a letter from Mr. Hartley, and by saying t on , i tl ivel' s stestruction ef, what he called, ' one o Y f-the • 'ant that there would be great difficulty in remedying the prat- from New `York. t ROBBERY •OF A CFIILD.—On Friday afternoon last a is s, Prospects •- the Corporation 'possessed. tice; and it was-upon the reading of Mr. Hartley ' s letter little boy, aged five years, who resides in Great Nelson. Vsiis' 4 ,, ev os that Lord G. Somerset bad said he would require -further "LI '' tl f '* ---4 11 M Evans k ,s,ti o e t „ .ca on r. to tea e some explanation. It appeared that there was deposited in the street North, was returning along Scotland-road from school when, opposite St. Martin's Market, he was ae , ,t ' 4 41 4 W as w ule -use of that language. He said ,this river, as ' exiracted-from the docks, about 220,000 cubic coated by a girl, about fifteen years old, who decoyed him IVt codtquite °rib) , of a groan at the corner of a street ; yards of mud annually. Mr. Hartley's statement rwas to down Lawrence-street and into Nash Grave, pretending ~tV. . ) to sure ,that the use of such . an expression the effect that the remedying of the practice would be at- that she would buy him sonic apples. She took him to a , ~44 , It i n raise •the council in public estimation. tended with immense-expense —that three mud docks, with qN it a , 4 ot right, in myopinion, to make use of piece of vacant ground, and there deprived him of his double gates, would have to be erected, and that the cloak, which was of blue cloth. The moment she had se. St b l es s l aarnittee +of -gentlemen ; for the Finance , •' , l ee , r e gent' cubic yar s of-mud would annually cover upwards 220,000 d * cured it she ran off', leaving the poor little fellow crying ~ Ists i 4 / 18...... , ewes). (Hear, hear.) of2o acres of land. The answer to Lord Granville•So bitterly for the lass of his garment, while she was utterly , 's'Si s ,ote nti , I beg, In the first place, to observe that inerset was the enormous expense of the undertaking; regardless how or when he might find his way out of that, 'i t. ce ) ~• ft e .. o ll whatever to utter anything that could 4, 4, 'ea. il e- Ido not think it ought to have given and it was . upon the strength of this a . nswer . that his lord to _him . , unknown locality. LONDON PtcxPocicErs.--Mrs Highton, the wife of eks 1 wane it was used only as a fair mode of dills ship was willing that the further consideration of the s.ub 41tt'N14 a a ill •is i /, ustrating at the time that this le Isla- feet should be postponed. Ile did not say that his opinions S a ,Oitli vid ' , sere acting with the understanding of a . Rushton, and charged a respectably dressed fellow, named w . ete, changed:but that the - matter required the considera. the governor of the Borough gad, appeared before Mr. Lion of the Dock Committee.and that of parliament. In s ,Daniel Newton, with having followed her, in company ISt"ka g 0 11411 in the lower ranks :of life. I contend 14 4 ' a ir 11 • his lordebip they had a person willing to lend them afa ,k It 41,4 , .. 1 ustration ; but, if at be taken in an bl '• anxious with t tl th h ' - wo o iers, roug Ranelagh-street and up -Cop. you're e ear, conversant with .their interests, and ii!se c T t Ido not adhere to it. (near, hear.) peras-hill, and with having.made a tug at her shawl while t . t . e advance them ; and the result of the present negocia ttsYsit b* * -1 am quite aware that .it is open to you non showed that his lordship was favourably disposed, and endeavouring to pick her pocket. The prisoner stoutly 04'av e b ut I think it is not an expression which not desirous of extracting money from them for the pur- denied the truth of the charge, and pretended that he S ttilttit i t t s4.. 4 'et. st s. ~Zw u u i sed towards . ger!tlemen wbo have no Pose of increasing the revenues of the privy purse. (Hear, had,raerely jostled against her accidentally. Mr. Dow -1 ll _ ii their proceedings but that of the h ear.) ling said there was no doubt he was one of the London si ti r o sli , te e l, . 1 . tnay,.it is true, wake mistakes ; but Mr. SAN.Ds.expressed a hope that the council would b e gang, whereupon Mr. Rushton ordered him to be impri. I t. , 1 h os "alr to liken them to a person who keeps , lit li t.t es n 'ij av At the . same time, if the council are I t , th i Se . __ . ,, .e.eothin furthei to sa. satisfied with, Hartley's explanation on the subject. sioned for three months, and expressed a hope that the The report on the purchase from Lord Derby was then confirmed. sentence would be a warning to those who had come to Liverpool with him, tyli k i le i t , it d2_ll:t think there was anything person- The following-farther recommendations of the Finance APPROPRIATING WRECKED Goona.—Yesterday, at I ti ttmeOltal de `2Suservation. ‘llear, hear.) . Committee were next confirmed :—Reconimendation for the Police-court, five men, John Canavan, Jeremiah Mor ssetlisa in to _sued that the Finance Committee had the appointment of Francis Broadfoot as roaster of the Kan, James :Kehoe, and Spencer Lugh, and a boy named la e gt os „I s acceptaace of the offers by anything River Craft Dock ; the appointment of Thomas Boothby William Harper, were charged with carrying off respec. Wk s 0 0 .. th er l ' e r it flecting jealousy on the part of per- as collector of fines on summary convictions, at a salary tively quantities of oatmeal from the Narth-shore, near kv thrs, it, the otheeof the water. He contended that , o f £llO per annum ; the appointment of an additional Mr. Birch's, which had been washed up in sacks from k s 04 0 ,48 11 , u _, s side had a right to the benefit of officer as inspector of hackney coaches, at .£65 per annum ; , the wreck of the brig William, Captain George Newton, titl le ,at th e _cu as there was no right but the public the sale of an additional piece of land to the Baptist which went to pieces on the Great Burbo Bank, during L Y. I, wow.; sell about to sell the Cheshire pro - the gale on Saturday. The men had carried of many Chapel land in Myrtle-street; the purchase of the area s t l ti l l ? s ale til " any other description of corporate storms of it in sacks of their own, and some of it in a da. in front of James Owen's house, in Islington. . is` 4 od p Yught the Council had obtained an ex- maged state was found in their houses, and some in the ie tss t, he , lu PFt and that the effect of the sale would WATCH COMMITTEE. fields ready for removal. The boy had only taken about . n e olm , unional amount of income which the The proceedings of the watch, lighting, cleansing, and blb. weight. The prisonexs generally said they bad waded ; 4 47, 10 t itig i n ii a_ve at their disposal. Hitherto, they fire police committees were confirmed. in to save the meal which would otherwise have been lost, i 1, 0 4„ ligle.galY, by expending capital for income. DOCK COMMITTEE, and that they did not think they were doing wrong. Mr. It, it i '_eesi at ,(o hold the Cheshire property in the Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, said they must have ,e , r e ess e ,%"-'„a , particularly when their local taxa- . The TowN-eette informed the Council that it was.l known that it was some person's property, and they had intended . by the Dock Committee . to submit some specie 0 4 j s ss :, from one cause or another, within theno business with it. Had the informations been laid proceedings and resolutions relating to purchases to the :Yt o 'lit,l e eli of t 2Y nearly 40 per cent., and when the under one particular act, they might have been fined £2O tt ro tti l l• t e u e community found it difficult to bear north and south of the present line of docks, and to a bill each ; but they were laid under the local act, which was liji_Pete'e differed with Mr. Parker with re- in parliament in the next session for that object, con- more lenient. -The act required that they should give gikth e 'N h e Tzl for the land, because better terms eluding with a resolution, of which the following was a proper information of any property they might save, but ,'S`Pa t ,l , tri ee 'll made, and also, because, in some in- copy :—" Resolved,—That it be represented to the Coun- here information Ntt" t ds o t ° ffered had been refused, and higher cif that it is expedient that a special meeting of the Coun- who told a police-officer that he was taking it for his 0 it:' l ,et e , m t ained. cif should be called for an early day after the 9th of No- fowls, and another for a neighbours pigs! The men were it a l:ljint„ 4 „ °ll . ght the only question for discussion vember next, to take into consideration the subject of 2s.fined ss. each, or to be imprisoned seven days; the boy to parliament for power to purchase land, &c., to tt i ;lt,'` e l .ile/1 - :,,n_i,s •*—W . hethr the Finance Commit- Ving 6d., or five days. [A great quantity of the meal had the north and south (both or either) of the present line of , th e a f op ,l'un prices as the corporation had a docks, for further dock accommodation ; and also for been thrown up by the waves all tilting the North-shore. Ities, ; `,"e Property? He confessed that if he Police-officers were sent to protect It t PO hence the de. 'until owner of the estate, and had only power to wake a comrauniution by water from the pro- tuition of the parties.] the co Thursday mornir On Saturday morning, about half-past six o'cloe., boat started, under sail, from the Magazines, and -soon afterwards saw a brig on Burbo Bank, or what is 'better known to boatmen as " The High Bank." When . they got within 400 'yards of her, they saw two Liverpool "speculation boats" taking off - the crew, who were five in number. The Magazine boatmen boarded her with the intention of getting her off. She proved to be the William of Workington, but last from Limerick,and had on board 150 bags of meal, and a quantity of wheat. The boatmen ran out about 80 fathoms of chain from her with an anchor, with a view to swinging her head and heaving her off; and ran out a warp to their boat, that they might board her in the event of . her swinging off, provided they could not .pull up to her. They re mained there about three quarters of an hour, before the Liverpool life-host, which was to we d ou t b y he " Presi dent," steam-tog, came up. The President-stopped with the Magazine boat till the brig, which was on a steep part of the bank, capsized and sunk. The chain unfortunately snapped, otherwise she would probably have swung off, and might have been got into port. There was afine dog left on board, of the bull and terrier breed, which the boat's crew were anxious to save, but the poor , creature There was a bruise on the left hip, and the legs were dis could not be induced to leave the vessel, and on one of coloured from the knees downwards. On a post mortem the men attempting to take hold of him he bit him, as if examination he found a fracture of the skull, (correspond in protection of the ship from any interference on the ing with the injury to the ear,) which extended right across part of a stranger. They then thought of removing the base of the skull to the opposite side; and on lifting him in his kennel, but it was too unwieldy•to be 'handled the fore and back parts of the bone, a fissure was distinctly in such a storm, and they reluctantly left the noble animal seen. Two rib s were a l so f racture d . T hese i njuries were to his fate. the cause of death, and might have been occasioned by From what they learned and observed, the brig drove her falling down, first on her feet, and then falling side from her anchor,out of Formby Channel on Friday night, ways. and was thrown about :700 yards on the bank, " the Mr. Ri gg , o f th e S ea View Inn, in the neighbourhood Great Burbo;" close t o th e spot w h ere the schooner " Ver- of the dell . , was several times out that night, but heard no non," and the " Baba," were wrecked in former gales, struggle or cry for assistance. when the same boat saved the lives of several of both A surveyor, employed by the coroner, described the delf crews. The William let go another anchor, when she as being forty yards from one footway, and seventy f rom drove from the first, b u t d ragge d f rom i t. Soon after she another. The natl. time. He thought she was a woman from the town, as he had seen such thereabout before, and that she was in drink. He pressed her to go out of the delf, as he and another man were going to let off a shot, but she did not comply or speak. He raised her and helped her, and she could walk with his support. He set her down on a plank, where she sat for fifteen or twenty minutes, and he went to work. He next helped her on a few yards further, and she then walked some yards herself, and then kneeled and remained on her knees seven or eight minutes, and ap peared to be " fettling" her hair. She then got up, and went on of herself. He took her to be a woman out of the town, and in liquor, otherwise he would have called a policeman, and rendered her more assistance. There was' a large patch of blood on the stone where he first saw her sitting, but he did not observe it until afterwards. Her right hand was also a little bruised, but not bleeding. Witness produced her garter, which he had picked up. Another man, who was working in the quarry with the witness, gave nearly similar evidence. Mr. iVretcalfe, surgeon of the Southern Hospital, said, that when deceased was brought in she was insensible_ John Whalley, a quarryman, employed at the delf, said that on •going to his work there on the Friday morning, pt, .....•.., consignee to Mr. Daniel Bannon, brok, soon after six o'clock, he discovered deceased sitting on to be forwarded to Newry. When the lorry reached the the rock below. There was blood on her face and ear, and her dress was di sor d ere d. H e t h en as k ed her if she end of the S a lth ouse D ock, on its way to one of the had fallen, or if some b o d y h a d pus h ed her down. She northern docks, th e punc h eon burst with a report like said, two men had abused h er on th e t op, b ut di d not say that of an imme nse p i ece of ordnance, and the berm flewover the lorry an d th e a dj acent pavement. Every stave they had pushed her d own , or th a t s h e h a d f allen herself. Witness did not think sbe knew we ll w h a t s h e sa id at the in the punch eon was separated, and the hn,,,,..t-,;,,L L.., 1 scription, took pl___ place, Salthouse Docl tation, in VV hem, thot pose, rent t FURIOUS DRIVING bell, a oar-driver trong for the pur: esday, Duncan Camp driving his car furiously do officer who laid the informa ing down the road at a rap other which should turn tl ant's car knocked a labouri passed over his neck, seve ders. Defendant said the ma....__ his car. Mr. Rushton ordered the dt and costs for the furious driving, s• man to lay information for comp , he had received. Addressing said, that, if he heard any a go and compensate the poor caused him, and his loss o" license, and • re of ti SINGITaR ACCIDENT.--D . PIERHEADS.—On Wednesda, con:Tens ANGEROUS strongly showing the nie c e for the public on the Hi Pier, nearly opposite the 1 of some so alts, occurr horse, belonging to Messrs. brewers, was waiting on the t unknown, the animal took it The dr pier, dragging the men. It was low 1. and dray fell upon the The horse was killed upon th,. The horse, which was a crab quiet, and had never shown before. He i of lightning. recovered on the her The diay, which ... ,Lit ~ . ...... 1 ...t, us Luu quarry wnere deceased was found CHARGE OF ROBBERY s .uunaed, it being on the ebbing tide, she was left dry at sitting was about two yards from the perpendicular steep Thursday Mr. Ramsey, a low water, and the crew were taken off before it returned. side, which last was fourteen feet in depth. It appeared neared to prefer a charge apt,. The vessel broke, up. A portion of the wreck got foul of there was no projecting rail at that place. " Askew's Beaco n Buoy," and held there un til S un d ay, T he jury found a verdict to the effect, that there was inspector of letter c arr i ers , o f stealing when it was b r o ug ht up to New Brighton, by th e Th omas no evidence to show how the deceased got into'the quarry. £2O. It app eare d f rom the evir Stanley steamer, an d t h e Ki tty f i sh i ng -boat. On Sunday the sa me lif e -b oat aga i n started. The ca made by Mr. R amsey, t h, p- ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—During th e past wee k that posted a letter i n th at town on the _ ?) Mr. William Brownbill, tea dealer,4B, I tain had been out in one of their smaller boats "looking old favourite of the Liverpool public, Mr. Baker, has in this town. Such letter ought, in the co out for squalls," and observed the signal flag at one of the appeared in several of his best parts, and, with the other tot have reached this town on the 12th Sr light-ships. He reached the life-boat about seven o'clock, attractions which Mr. Raymond has provided for the the ve been delivered the same . morning b' and proceeded down to the sloop "Adam," of Glasgow, gratification of our playgoers, the house has been well and n letter carrier of the district. Tl which was dismasted, and riding close to " Taylor's fashionably attended, notwithstanding the late inclement two ten pound Bank of England ,no" Patch," but finding two steam-tugs there, they did not weather has operated somewhat against full houses. This September one of them reached ti remain. The north, or Formby, light-ship still kept her week we have additional force in the engagement of Mr. was traced to the possession o' Ilags up as signals of distress; and as they could not pull Phelps, and our townsman, Mr. Hime. The company money order office, who recer% out themselyes, they proceeded to the Albert steamer, improves upon acquaintance. Mrs. Raymond, in " The the 15th September, in 7 which towed them out according to their own directions, Young Devil," a lively little piece —with an ugly name, which he got in the name of tt, until they fell in with the ship "Albion," from St. John's, by the bye,--translated from the French by herself, has ders, amounting to £8 Bs. 7d., we. N. 8., about four miles N. by W. of the Bell Buoy. There drawn down nightly applause during the past week ; and was a pilot on board of her, a young man belongiag to the graceful acting of Miss Treble has been much ad- Messrs. Clarke and Co., of Mancheste., boat No. 5. The ship had lost all her sails, and had cut mired. Mrs. Gordon, we may mention as a great ac- milted to them by the prisoner, in a letter, which yva: produced, in his hand writing. The prisoner said he bad away two masts, by the pilot's orders—as "she would quisition to the company. We observe that Mr. Baker not stolen the letter. He was in the habit of receiving not look at it"—so that the foremost alone was standing. takes his benefit on Wednesday, which we need not say They boarded and gave all the assistance they could will be a bumper house. money weekly to pay the carriers and sorters, and being . treasurer of the children's burial. fund, he often changed under the pilot's her, irection, whose conduct, as well as that ELECTION OF GOVERNOR OF KIRKDALE GAOL .—A of the captain and mate, they represent as being most the money he had in hand for notes, in order to keep it more conveniently at home. He did not deny that he had meeting of the magistrates of the county was bald on . Fri 3 the aw e ree. wag' kn:o Rushtong me but p 7 h e t F dhode m e r u p, must accepthl 0 3a on v ae ep, bail, i got wa istdrhfferaeon remanded m rta the ehnfedu epsedr di prisoner Iclerktill r m t o o - p r manly and judicious. The crew and all on board had suf. day, at the Court-house, Preston, for the purpose of fered dreadfully from cold and exposure to wet, the sea electing a Governor for Kirkdale ' Gaol, in the room of having cleared e7etything fore and aft, even washing out Mr. Amos, who had resigned. There were seventy ma the men's chests, and smashing up the place where they istrates present, the Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the cht!ir - . had their berths. The life-boat men got the cables out to Thei e were twenty-six candidates. On the votes being the two steamers that came up, and the vessel was towed --we was too serious aol M Re' taken, forty-two magistrates voted for Mr. E. G. H. H• up the river and docked, in the afternoon, in the Toxteth Gibbs, Governor of the House of Correction at Preston ; -nney found upon Dock. nineteen for Mr. William Martin, superintendent of po- - 'id if it turf About the same time, a brig, apparently a foreig • '4 leave it t foreigner, lice ; five for Mr. John Godwin, of the 46th Regiment; '! would came up the river, with the whole of her bulwarks and and one for Mr. C. Stewart, also a superintendent of po stuncheons washed away. lice The chairman and two others did not vote. Mr. In addition to the particulars we have given, it will be Gibbs was . consequently appointed, and a vacancy has, Hende, found by reference to our usual shipping news, that many • • therefore, been occasioned in the Governorship of Preston d on other serious casualties have oc cu rred. The Duke of House of Correction, which will be filled up on Monday. uence r. Wellington, from Honduras, fell in with the brig Nile, the sixth of November. The salary is fixed at £250, with Idge, o (before noticed as lost,) remainded by her some time, and the house and other privileges. A retiring pension of claimt those on board saw her founder, with all hands, without £2OO per annum was granted to Mr. Amos, and £5O to being able to render her any assistance. Mrs. Herd, the late Matron of Kirkdale House of Cor rection. The grant of £8,500 for extending the County Asylum was voted. n office ist Henry ( ice, and the statemer; 'qrs. Gittins, at Shrewsbury ilth September last 'enThroke-place irse of business anes Bostoci e Bank of erk in the yment of two r orders, twn in favour of and were trans- eared for the prisoner, %mile „ the charge wa s t oo ser i ous a one. lying that ton also oh jected to th e money f ound upon the prisoner being giver to his family. H e sa i d i f it turned out that the prison had taken the notes, he woulA ' 'he court to de with the money. The Postofficc party who lost the £2O. CLAIM FOR W N AGES. owners of the ship Clifford, their attorney, Mr. Payne, issued on the application of Jar half Mr. Davenport attended £3 ss. nd Cc last, 1 in t asequence of a summons .!s Doidge, on whose be te Doidge claimed £lO 125., ..... rid. of which was admitted by the defendants. It appeared that Doidge shipped in London, on the 13th of December, 1841, for a trading voyage to New Zealand and other places. He was to be paid wages at the rate of £2 ss. per month. The vessel proceeded to Port Nichol son, and from thence to Port Nelson, in New Zealand. She went from Port Nelson in ballast to Sydney. From Sydney she sailed for Singapore L:-., nassage the vessel was Jost, at Torres Straits, last. A quantity of property was sac the boats, twenty-two barrels of ,- -.Ns ....a_..__ - We were favoured last night with a letter dated, Pwll hell, Sunday morning, in whicn the writer says :—" 1 have just returned from Portynllaen where the result of the late tremendous gale, which lasted 24 hours, has been most disastrous. Triers ore nine vessels ashore on the beach, viz., the Gleaner, schooner which left Live r p oo l on Fridry, bo un d t o th e W es t of Ireland with salt. The brig Hooton, from Fleetwood for Portmadoc, with coals, (a complete wreck) ; The Mary Anne, of Aberystwith the Anne, schooner, of Barmonth ; the Swan, Jones, of Barmonth ; the smack Providence, of Jersey • the Two Brothers, of Barmonth ; the Catharine, of Aberdaron ; the Rosamond and Jane, of Falmouth. Up to the mo ment of my leaving no hies have ben lost." Augus ______.,._____ MELANCHOLY DISASTERS ON THE FORMBY SHORE LOSS OE THE BRIG " MARY" OF LIVERPOOL The brig Mary, Captain James Turner, sailed from the Bay of Honduras—with a valuable cargo of mahogany, logwood, and cocoa nuts for stowage, and called at Cork for orders, proceeded towards this port. Until she reached Holyhead, she held a favourable gale, and on Thursday morning took a pilot. On the afternoon of that day, it came on to blow, and she was laid too until two o'clock on Friday afternoon—when the gale moderated they run a short distance—and let go both anchors; unfortunately, however, the best gone way—and as the larboard anchor was only an inferior one, and could not in any probability hold —it was s hi ppe d, and the crew reefed the fore-topsail with the intention of again laying her too; but, so violent was the gale at this time all attempts to set it after it was THE SHIP ST. PETERSBURGH.—The passengers on board this ship, bound hence for New York, have pub lished a statement, dated 25th Oct., in which they say, that "in conse quence o f t h e v i o l ent gales, head winds, I Sydney sl i e sail:4or iti , g he 19tapore, ( which h . ti and heavy seas whi c h we cont i nua ll y experienced since v e sse l was " t .ti ..ok.eb owners our departur e f rom th e por t o f Li verpool, the ship sprang ed , ;£ tvv 2o e o n . tY , : t r a leak, and k e pt th e pumps cont i nually going, without gaining on th e wa t er; an d a f ter fi ve days S and night s b e i ng paint, and oth er goo d s, which ssolotossed about in the chan ne l, d ur i ng w hi ch time we did admitted a n or d er f or £3 ss. Bd. u to the arrival at New not make more pr ogress th an one d ay ' s sail, at length, on Zealand, t o w hi c h place she had carried freight. As the the fifth night, a most te rr ifi c ga l e arose, together witll a vessel went from New Zealand in ballast; it was con very heavy sea, which repeatedly washed the deck, where tended that the men could not receive compensation for it was dangerous to remain. The seamen on board, and their services after her arrival there. Mr. Rushton de others long inured to the sea, said that they never beheld tided that the men were entitled to the residue of the a vessel in a more perilous situation, (the weather being proceeds of the goods saved, after deducting expenses. very thick,) than was the St. Petersburgh on the whole Mr. Payne said the amount of wages was £200; the of the day of the 24th inst. Thb sea raged mountains balance of proceeds was £33. Mr. Rushton said there high ; the winds whistled with tremendous violence, dash. must then be an equitable adjustment of the claims of the ing the foaming billows, momentarily, over the bulwarks men, each receiving according to the proportion due to of the vessel, rendering it dangerous for any other than a him. Having examined the account, Mr. Rushton found • seaman to venture on the deck." The captain, it appears was desirous of p rosecut i ng the voyage, but the seamen' that the captain's passage home w a s c h arge d as an item of the expenses, and deducted fr om th e pr2eeeds. This worn out at the p umps, refused to work the vessel out, amount was X6O. This was added to the 411640(144i00L total of £93. Mr. Davenport inquired if ferr taxa' R n and the passengers one and all agreed to the resolution of salary were included in the £2OO. On" l atdettalEk ' w the sailors. This left the captain no alternative but to that it was so included, he reminded the tkag;t:tivatpj-it return. The passengers returned their thanks to the cap_ salary captain did not claim under the earn ~ /asa r--- - n tain and officers for their exertions, and declared the for men. The money due to him was a m . Ctilrolit---‘l3 41.,> _, mer to be a perfect gentleman, and a brave, intrepid, and owners. Mr. Rushton acquiesced, an - '4. :4 - .4 thorough seaman. The ship, on her return into the port captain, £3O, was deducted from the £ --d - . Alp of Liverpool, on the 28th inst., narrowly escaped total amount to £l7O. It was found that '' " - g- to ,ir shipwreck, she having dragged her anchors in Bootle Doidge was £3 165., which, added tot • Bay, when no steam-tug would venture to give her any mitred, amounted to £7 ls. Bd. -' assistance. H3dV(ISAt3hI reefed proved abortive. With the fore-topsail shaking, she was held as close to it as she could go, but making great lee way, she touched the shore about ten o'clock on Saturday night. As the tide rose, she again floated, but only to drive further up, as she was now perfectly un manageable—the sea making a clear breach over her — until daylight the crew suffered greatly. The agent at Lloyd's, Messrs. Tyrer and Eccles, who with a person of the name of Meadows were on the alert at daylight, suc ceeded by the assistance of a pony in conveying the crew on shore. One, however, was missing, and on the agents returning, be was found lying dead on the deck. His face was dreadfully mangled, and from all appearance he had been washed by a heavy sea beneath some loose spars on deck, which on the water leaving them had crushed him to death. An inquest will be held on the body this day. The unfortunate individual was cook and steward, and we learn belonged to •Sheffield. The crew, inclusive of the captain, consisted of twelve persons, all of whom are con siderably injured, and have lost all their clothes. After the crew were got on shore, the principal portion of them were taken to the receiving house, where they were most kindly treated. A number of sails and other articles have been got on shore, as also have a quantity of the cocoa nuts. The vessel herself has every appeara nc e o f b ecom i ng a t o t a l wreck, her hull having parted near the bends. She is the property, we believe, of Mr. Morrison of this town. TOTAL LOSS OF THE LADY BENTJNCK AND ALL HANDS. Early on Sunday morning a large portion of grain and other cargo were washed on shore between Southport and Formby, but principally near the latter place. From the marks it bears it is evident that it is part of the cargo of the Lady Bentinck, which sailed on Thursday last from Waterford for Liverpool. The crew must all have perished, but none of the bodies have yet been recovered, nor has a vestige of the wreck been seen. The cargo was insured, but we could not learn whether the vessel was or not. SUPPOSED LOSS OF ANOTHER VESSEL We learned that a large quantity of butter had been washed on shore near Southport, and as the Lady Ben tinck had little or no butter on board, it is to be feared that some other vessel has shared the same unfortunate fate. LOSS OF THE VERNON OF CASTLE-TOWN, ISLE OF The sloop Vernon, with a cargo of potatoes, the pro perty of Mr. Cain of this town, was driven on shore about two miles to the northward of Formby Point. She was much damaged, and will no doubt go to pieces. She was from the Isle of Man. Such was the force of the gale that she was driven up on the beach into three feet of water, so that the crew waded on shore. The Forrnby life boat was out during the gale, but was unable to render any great assistance to the distressed vessels that were seen, Owing to the frightful state of th CORONER'S INQUEST-MYSTERIOUS CASE On Friday last, and, by adjournment, on Saturday, an inquisition,was held before Mr, Statham, deputy coroner, on view of the body of Ellen Wareing, a respectable young woman, who was found early on the morning of Friday week in a stone-quarry in Tosteth-park, apparently a good deal injured, and after a lapse of some hours conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where, it since appears, she died ott the following Monday. Mrs. Emma Billinge Fait_ in Mill-street, and deceased, who was 26 years of lived with her and her family as servant. On the night of Tursda) the 19th instant, the deceased went out with a pint of ale in a bottle, for her brother, a youth who wa! working at the Mersey Iron Works, near the Potteries Her nearest way (and by which she was frequently customed to sband ke s, and which is at ene part about forty yards from a quarry in one of the fields. Witness expected her soon home, and, as she did not come, sat up for her until one n'elnek when, as she she had gone at the time—particularly as she sometimes went there and stopped all night. On the following morning, about nine o'clock, they heard that she had been found in the delf in 'question; and, on going towards it, they fonnd her seated on - some balks, a short distance from it. and apparently in great pain. On asking her what was the matter, she said •she had teen abused by two men, carpenters, one of whom she knew by sight but not by name. She also stated to Miss Billinge, witness's daughter. (who went to her,) that one of the men was in the habit of frequenting their house ; but she showed an aversion to be then ques tioned, saying she would tell her more in the afternoon. A coach was procured, and she was immetately taken to the Southern Hospital. It was there at Alice found that her left collar bone was fractured, that she had also two or three ribs broken, and that her left ear was slit. She was carefully atteuded to, but died on the following Monday afternoon. Witness said that deceased was a sober, well behaved girl. Lid not make her appearance, she conjectured EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND NEWHAVEN RAILWAY We have pleasure ita directing the attention of our readers to the Parliamentary Notice, in our columns this day, by which it will be seen that, notwithstanding the - - virulent and ignorant opposition of our Contemporary; the Railway Times, the Directors of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven line are enabled, by the confidence of the public, to proceed to the actual carrying into exe- s, upon the cution of the proposed Branch undertakin b advantages of which we have previously remarked, and o which our opinion is in unison with that of every nalist who has noticed them with the single exception of the Railway Times ! With a sincere wish to enlighten our splenetic contem porary with respect to his isolated position upon this sub. ject and the inferences which some people ',my drawfrom it, we beg to place before him and the public, the follow ing judicious remarks from the Caledonian Mercury of the 28th inst., the jusliice of which, so far as Liverpool is concerned, we can fully verify. Referring to the antici pations contained in the prospectus of, the Directors, the " Our opinion of the undertakinv ;- writer says s even in advance of theirs ; not from a consideration of whh actually exists at present , but of what may and assuredly will, happen, as soon as the Forth is connected with the Clyde by a continuous line of railway, passing in the immediate neighbourhood of the mineral districts of the west. We happen to have _ __re us at this moment a plan of the city and docks of Liverpool in the year 1728, and a plan of the same city and docks in 1842. At the former period the whole of Liverpool occupied , an area of not more than a mile and a half in circumference; at the latter, it extended over a space of more than nine miles, while the magnificent docks alone, second perhaps to none in the world, are nearly four miles in length. It is per haps not generally known that this unexampled increase in the size and importance of Liverpool proceeded mainly, if not entirely, in the first instance, from that port's being able to furnish to traders discharging there, back cargoes of salt and coal. Leith has nothing of this kind at present to offer. Vessels discharging there must seek their return cargoes at Grangemouth or St. David's, which they receive in the shape of coals or pig iron, actually leaving the port of Leith for this purpose in bal last. It thus requires but little foresight to predict that when by means of a railway communication, with the minerals of Airdrie, &c., coal and iron can be shipped at Leith as cheap or cheaper than they presently are at Grange.. mouth, the trade of Leith will increase to an extent not at this moment easy to contemplate." In some observations addressed to ourselves, our cor mrinrary cave that Is !ciined a defence of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven „enetne and of Menagement ; ” and further th a t we have "su its Board ested" a prosecution for libel, a s th e p roper course for the direct ors to pursue in reply to his injurious aspersions. With respect to the first item of his complaint, we can only say that we never declined and will not decline, when we see it attacked by anything more worthy of notice than foul mouthed abuse, a defence of " the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven scheme." We only declined to answer the insolent questions which our stilted contem such an ex-cathedra air chose to cut to _ son for so declining was our acqulintance with tn... less source from which his eaves-dropping information was porary, with Ind our rea- derived, It was quite within our con mporary's powe to satisfy himself, if truth and - not t, J unworthy spite had been his object, that th Edinburgh, Leith, and Nevvhaven Railway is compose, of men, far above the suspicion of unworthy practices,o irracrnin ritioa it. , e gratification of Board of the atico. respect to our suggestion of a prose cution for libel and.its apparent incompatibility with the sentiments which we have expressed upon the law of libel generally, we have only this explanation to give. When a journalist offends only as we had offended at the time the law of I s, at c and tyrannical ; but our contemporary's sweeping con demnation of a body of respectable men as "disreputable" and dishonest is not a case in which we could wish the rigor of the law to be one tittle relaxed. In the perform ance of its duties we would gladly see the press protected; for a harmless pasquinade, or a mere passing jest tortured into an imputation, we should not wish to see it crushed, at the caprice of a fool or a pettifogging attor ney; but when a Journalist sits down to slander a num ber of men, and erects his editorial chair into an inquisi tion, a court of Law is the only fitting place in which respectable people are justified in replying to his impu dent queries and rebutting his designinr falQplinna. SINGULAR EXPLOSION , , g last, al on a lc Insion, of an unusual the corr towards t Loudon-road. The polio , 1 said he saw two cars con rate, Co ins with eact The defend a down, and the wheel ired his neck and shoul- s drunt d recommended the Rilibton g he hac ke away h ;ion beside: STATE OF TFIF .1 - accident Of protect Con , d "on . Georg ... 6 oLage. it arav, with one Smith, Mumford, and Co., wnen, trom some cause , and backed the dray e edge of the , Lipped ove leartY one of ble . oue, v as retnarkab: s of restiveness ed by a fla hattered, was nden Collard letter containing 3