The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. In the adve:ti , ement of the Licensed Victuallers' Ball. in our last public , tion, the price of the tickets was stated instead of Jos. The gentleman alluded to by" Fair Play" is certainly deservng of :he hon birth, dignity. and princely liberality; and wer we assured that he desired the office, we sh uld be the first to enforce his c.aims to the utmost of our power. We were compelled at a late Hour to withdraw several letters and paragraphs. Ebt Eiberpoot TUESDAY MORAING, NOV. 5, 1844 'We should imagine that the result 'of Friday's municipal contests must have convinced all but the stupidly obstinate of the Radical party in this town of their unhappy and hopeless political imbecility. " The friends of justice to all classes, and the welfare of the town at large,"—as our 'poor Mercury ludi crously styles his faction—have been victorious in one contest! " A number of persons of a certain description"—as the same oracle styles the Conser vative candidates for municipal honours—have de feated, in fair fight, the " well-connected gentlemen, it to appear in the pubac service, and able to com prehend the bearings (f• questions effecting the general and local policy of this great community ; and— strange to say !—that community itself has had the casting voice in the struggle. Surely in this there must be something Radically wrong. We must _ . _ _ want a reform of the Municipal Reform Bill ; and we long to know what is to be the specific, by which the Radical faction—the rejected of the people— the despised of the constituencies which themselves created—are to be restored to authority in the local affairs of our borough. Positively, if things go on at the present rate, before long we shall not have a single specimen of the genus to ornament and en lighten the Council chamber—a calamity to be de plored! We w 7 sh we could say that the faction have made their exit from the political aren;,, like gentlemen. They have not. Their proceedings on this occasion have exhibited them in a very different light, as we shall briefly' spew. In North Toxteth they carried the contest to a close, with a candidate who had not only declared, by letter to his committee, that he •• could not, on any consideration whtever, under take the duties of a common councillor," but had even intimated that, if they persevered, and he was elected, they must "he prepared to pay the fine of his non-serving of the (dice.' Surely this was wan ton and disgraceful factiousness ! In South Tox teth, again, the► fought the contest against the Con servative, with a candidate wit) had previously de clared by letter that lie " must decline, in the most explicit manner, the honour" of b ing proposed; and enumerated such a list of bodily afflictions to prevent him, as renic'red the liberty taken with his name a piece of heartless cruelty. The very letter in which this intimation was conveyed, and which stated that, "whilst I am writing I am writhing with pain," should surely have preserved him from being so indecently trifled with, and from the additional pain of the defeat which has resulted. The nomina• tion of Mr. Gladstone - for Great George's Ward, in the Radical interest, contrary to his expressed wishes, is similarly scandalous, whilst the pro ceedings of the faction in Pitt-street are perfectly disreputable to all parties connected with them. The most rotten of the disfranchised rotten boroughs never took more scandalous measures for getting up a contest, or proved themselves less worthy of the franchise, than the parties in question. We are sure that the whole of these proceedings will meet with the reprobation of the respectable • members of the Whig-Radicil party. No course can he imaoined, so . eininently calculated to prolong their exclusion from the confidence of their fellow townsmen, than a continuance of such practices. We beg pardon : there is --one influence almost equally efficacious, viz : the twaddling insolence with which their opponents are continually bespat tered by such scribes as those of the Liverpool Mercury, of which the article from which we have quoted above, affords a few specimens. Whig, Radicalism in Liverpool has indeed cause to ex claim " save me from my friends ! " The announcements conveyed in the address of Mr. Moss, at the meeting of the Grand Junction Comp'tny, on Friday last, possess an interest not only to the holders of shares in that Company, but to all who are embarked. in Railway undertakings. IVe are now formally made aware of the fact, which we ha I always anticipated, that those two great Railway properties, the Grand Junction, and the London and Bit mingham Lines, have ceased to be carried on in concert with e ,ch other—have entered indeed upon a course of antagonism; and we hare, in the address in question, the opinions of a gentle man, perhaps better and more intimately conversant with Railway management than any other man in the kingdom, as to the effect, upon the interests of the Company over which he presides, of the unfor tunate split which has taken place. These opinions we purpose examining, having tirst, however, briefly noticed the proceedings which the Grand Junction Company have resolved upon adopting, with a view of strengthening their position. The course, Mr. Moss states, is for the GrandJ unc ton, "to be prepared for any alternative"; and an nounces that, accordingly, "all needful measures are being taken for putting before parliament their Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, and also their Shrewsbury and Stafford Lines," relying upon the judgement and fair consideration of the Board of Trade, to decide which of the rival schemes offered, are the most likely to be conducive to the public benefit. Mr. Moss cannot think that parliament will allow new lines to be made, running parallel and close to the Line of the Grand Junction Com pany ; but, allowing the worst to happen, and such competition to be directed against them, he believes that, " the lines authorised, or to be authorised, north and south, as well as in Ireland, will, to a great extent, compensate them for any loss of traffic which threatens them"; and, he reminds the share holders that they possess an advantage in the race of competition, arising from the cheapness of con struction of their own Railway. He depends, too, upon the arrangements recently made and contem plated, for promoting the convenience of the public, amongst which, he mentions most prominently, the increased number of second class trains already pro vided; the increased comfort and reduced price of the third class trains, and improvements now mak ing, and hereafter to be made at their stations. From all these considerations, he deduces the con clusion that, "if parliament would only protect them against unnecessary competing Lines,, the public would be vastly benefitted, for the Company have no wish for exclusive advantages, their view being to divide with the public the profit of increased traffic, both in the way of low prices, and increased accommodation." We agree with the hulk of the opinions here ex pressed; and, with Mr. Moss, feel assured that par liament will not sanction any needless competing Lines, provided the Grand Junction fairly, and in earnest set themselves to the work of providing all the reasonable accommodation within their power to the various important localities which lie adjacent to their Line. We cannot, however, but regard it as an unfortunate circumstance, and one calculated to weigh seriously against them with any Commit tee, before whom their claims to protection may be laid, that they have hitherto done so very, very little in this direction, considering the vast margin of profit at their disposal. A Company, which con cedes to the loudest requirements of the public only upon compulsion, is not usually the object of public sympathy, when attacked in their monopoly :and we are not, therefore, so certain as we should other wise have been—nor, we suspect, is Mr. Moss him self—that several of the proposed competing Lines, to which, as natural appendages to their own Line, the Grand Junction Company might have fairly laid claim, will not be thrown into the hands of their present projectors. The legislature, as evidenced by the Railways Regulation Bill of last year, appear to have arrived at the conclusion that some strong coercive policy is required to force existing Corn panics into concessions to the convenience of the public; and there are many schemes sanctioned last session, which tend to prove that the weapon, in which their greatest reliance is placed, is encourage ment to competing Lines. We cannot, therefore, assure the proprietors of the Grand Junction Line, o f immunity from legislatorial reprisal for the past. Their fancied exclusive property in the country through which their Line runs will, we are confident, be strongly and successfully attacked; and, although we rely, with as great a confid ence as Mr. Moss himself, in the elasticity and resources of the con cern over whose interests he so ably and honestly presides, we fear that, for a time, the shareholders must prepare for some sacrifices of interest upon their investments and less imposing dividends. The future welfare of the concern to, however, still in the hands of the direction, and may be ad vanced, or sacrificed,- according to the extent to which they prepare themt•elves to carry out those improvements of which, their important Line is so capable, and, we may add, so greatly in need ; and here we may address to them a few words of advice —of complaint inOeed—suggested by that portion of Mr. Moss's speech which points to the proposed future proceedilgs of the Company. Mr. Moss al ludes to improvements to be made in the Company's stations. We have heard too of projects for short ening the Line from near Warrington to Liverpool, by which, the outrageously large angle, at present seen upon the map of this line, will, to some extent, be cut off. But really, and seriously, we must tell the Board that, such alterations as we have heard are in projection will not satisfy, and ought not to satisfy, the public. The Company must do some thing on a more extended scale. They must not hope to be permitted to drag their traffic some miles round to a junction with the Liverpool and Man chester at Iduyton or Rainhill, for the sake of saving the cost of an independent station. Both stations of the Liverpool and Manchester Line are already incompetent enough for the accommodation of its own legitimate business ; and when so great a dis tance can be saved by the Grand Junction, by a di rect line from near Runcorn Gap to the south end of the town, the expense of a separate station and tunnel ought nor to he an object of consideration, with a Company so wealthy and prosperous as this has ever been, and is at the present moment. In such an effort the public and the legislature would recognize a bona-fide desire on the part of the Com pany to make the best use of the extensive means at their disposal; and without such an effort we are satisfied that the encroachments of rival undertak ings must go on and become, at no distant date, seriously damaging to their interests. We have made these remarks with all good feel ing towards those of our fellow -townsmen, and others who are embarked in this undertaking, and we trust that they will he taken in the same spirit in which they are offered. They may be found worthy of consideration. The retirement of Mr. Sands from the office of Mayor, at the close of the municipal year, affords us an opportunity, which we gladly embrace, of making a few remarks upon the mode in which he has dis charged the important functions of that high office. Mr. Sands, it will be remembered, entered upon the discharge of those functions under circumstances of some difficulty. A charge had been preferred against him, affecting his private character as a tner chant ; and some men there are who would have preferred to waive their claim to such an honour, rather than undergo the searching ordeal necessary to clear them from the imputations brought against them. Mr. Sands was not such a man. He went boldly to the proof of the perfect purity of his actions. He was absolved from every thing which could savour of even the appearance of dishonoura ble conduct, by arrimpllrtial tribunal ; and he en tered upon his duties, as Mayor of the second town in the empire, with a character for probity and honesty, not sallied in the slightest degree by the attempt made to do it injury. Entering upon such an office under such circum stances, the conduct of Mr. Sands in his official ca pacity has naturally been more strictly subjected to criticism than, otherwise, it might have been; and we rejoice to say that even the tongue of malice can not bring against it an imputation. We do not affect to say that it has been to our own perfect sa tisfaction. Upon one subject, and upon one alone (which will be sufficiently recognized by those who have been in the habit of perusing our leading columns), we have felt it necessary to object to his proceedings and opinions. We pass this by, how ever. We know that, on that occasion, the conduct of the Mayor %ITS dictated from motives the most pure of what he was led to believe was his duty ; and we:readily forbear all further notice of the subject We can well afford to an honourable man the right of private judgement, and esteem him still honest and consistent, although he may differ from us upon any particular point not all-important to the cause of which we are the humble and unworthy advocates. In the hands of Mr. Sands,—and we have watched his career attentively,—the duties of the Mayoralty of Liverpool have been performed•with dignity and credit to the tow- , , over which he has had to preside. It has fallen to his lot, during his tenure of office, to dispense the hospitalities of the Town-hall to many distinguished visitors. It has been his privilege to entertain royalty ; and none who have attended his entertainments upon any of these occasions can say that the honor and credit of this great town were not munificently sustained by him. But better even than this,—because mere vanity and ostentation could not be said to have been the impelling causes of action—we point to the readiness shewn by Mr. Sands, on ali occasions, to make his high office subserve to the cause of charity and the social amelioration of his fellow-townsmen. In this use of his dignity no man within our memory has excelled the gentleman of whose merits, as Mayor of Liverpool, we are at present recording our humble opinions. We take leave of the subject. It required not even this length of remark. We may, h :wever, further express our grateful sense of the personal amenity which has ever distinguished Mr. Sands, whilst occupying his high office; and assure him that he will retire into his station as a member of the council with the good wishes of all, with whom his more elevated station has brought him into contact. A paragraph appeared in the Journal of Saturday, and was copied into the Albion of Monday, contain ing statements respecting the forthcoming election of mayor, and aldermen of this borough, to which we feel hound to give the most decided contradiction. It is asserted—and sneeringly asserted too—that Mr. James Lawrence is to he elevated to the mayoralty, by a species of compromise with other gentlemen, supposed to be aspirants to the office, and agreed to at a preliminary meeting of Conservative members of the Council ; and a list of names is given of the parties to be elected aldermen, as a set off to the withdrawal of opposition to Mr. Lawrence. The whole of these details are. pure inventions,—as false as they are utterly ridiculous. No such preliminary meeting as is spoken of has been held. Of that we are well assure& And, further, we are perfectly confident that Mr. James Lawrence would never submit to owe his elevation to the mayoralty to such a degrading compromise with other aspirants, as is alleged to have taken place. Mr. Lawrence submits his claims to that honour entirely to the unbiassed and unbought con sideration of the members of the Council ; and we believe will be elected by their unanimous voice, although certainly in accordance with no procon certed arrangement by which his honor can be com promised. _ _ _ With respect to the parties to be elected to the office of aldermen, we are assured that not only has no such arrangement—no such "compromise"— been entered into, upon the terms alleged by the Journal, and copied by the Albion, but no arrange ment at all has, at this moment, been come to, or, so far as we are aware, attempted. We could not point, nor do we believe that any other man could now point, to the name of a single gentleman whose aspirations to the honor of election to the office of alderman is secure, or, from any other consideration than his merit, likely to be responded to by the majority of the Council. We are unwilling, for reasons which on a former occasion we have given, to enter more at length into this subject, or to suggest anything to the Council with respect to the course for them to adopt. We leave the elections to he made unreservedly to their good judgment and consideration. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funds have scarcely supported the currency of yesterday. b us i ness having been limited, and the market closing early. Con sols for money left off this afternoon 991 to 1 ; and for the account, 991 to par. B ink Stock closed 203 to 205 • India Stock, 287 to 289; India Bonds , 89 s. to 9 1 s. pre mium ; '1 hree per Cents. Reduced. 99 to 1 ; New Three and-a-quarter per Cents., 1011 to 101 ; and Long Annui ties, 12. Exchequer-bills continue to feel the influence of th, increased demand for money, leaving off to-day at 655. to 675. premium, which within the last fortnight shows a decline of Bs. premium in these securities, the quotation having been previously 735. to 755. premium. In the foreign market business was of the least impor tance. Spanish is quoted rather firmer, but the Stock Exchange had closed before The Times was received in the city with the news of the attempt to assassinate neral Narvaez and Baion de Meer. The effect is antici pated to be unfavourable when the market opens on Mon day. Spanish Three per Cents. this afternoon closed at 351 to -1 ; Five per Cents., an to 24. The other prices were—Belgian, 101 to 102 ex div. ; Brazilian, 851 to 864 ; Chilian, 101 to 103; Colombian, 131 to 14; Danish, 881 to 894; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 621 to* ; the Four per Cents, 954 to I ; the Five per Cents., 984 to 99 ; Mexican, 341 to 4 the Deferred, 15 to 1: and Russian, 1181 to 119 i. THE WATCH .COMMITTEE AND THE LATE HEAD-CONSTABLE. We must say that we hav e se ld om approached a subject with greater difficulty—with greater regret, that the duty should be imposed upon us.—than we now approach the consideration of the questions at issue between Mr. Miller, our late Head-cons , able, and the Watch Corn• mittee. Upon the appointment of this gentleman to his onerous and important office, we imagined that we re cognised, in his character and reputed fitness, abundant motives for his selection by the Watch Committee. We advocated his claims accordingly ; and, via to a very recent period, we have been wader the impression that he was fulfilling the expectations of that committee and of the town Tke event of his retirement, even, we regarded as only attribu'able to a mistake, on his part, of his duties, and a wrong impression as to the extent to which he was subject to the controlling power of the Committee. Upon this subject We knew that differences had arisen, which we trusted that the good sense of Mr. Miller would ena ble him to reconcile with the perfect performance of his duty. Entertaining these views, we regretted the ne cessity which be felt of resigning his tru , t, and were pre pared to part with him. in the perfect conviction that he had done his utmost t t earn the respect, even although he could not fulfil the expectations, of the body by whom he was appointed. We would willingly have been left under these imnres. sions, as, we are sure, would the - Watch Committee. But—oh what a curse it is to have injudicious advisers, or a headstrong temper!—Mr. Miller has- not been con tent with the considerate manner in. which the reasons for his retirement have been sought to be placed before the public by the Watch Committee, but has rushed into print, with an evident inclination to provoke a contro versy and a sifting of the whole subject of his conduct in the office which ht held. With the letter from him which has resulted it is now our duty to deal ; and being driven by himself to the performance of that duty, be cannot complain if we do it unreservedly. Mr. Miller wishes it to be understood that the sole ground of his offence is his disobeyal of express orders on the day of the laying of the foundation stone of the docks at Birkenhead. Of the precise degree of his cul pability, here. more anon. In the meantime we must beg to remind him that. although with the charitable intent to allow his character to go forth to the world with as little damage as possible. his admitted neglect, or viola tion of orders on this occasion was alleged by the Watch Committee as the ground of their dissatisfaction with him, it was nol, as he nau,t well know, the only ground. Mr. Miller was not discharged because of his proceedings on that day. A select committee had for a week pre viously, as was well known, through the press, and par ticularly well known to himself, been sitting to inquire into the general conduct of the police, his own conduct included. On the very day of his admitted delinquency, the general committee had been summoned, by the secre tary's letter, dated four days previously, to receive the report of the special committee. It was received during his absence from the duties prescribed to him on that day; and we state without reservation that, will that re port before it, independent of any thing else, the Board could have had no other alternative than that of enforcing Mr. Miller's removal from his office. The late head cow. stable therefor. , is a little disingenuous when he makes use of the Board's kind consideration for his own future pros pects, to raise a charge of undue severity against him. And now, with respect to the circumstances under which Mr. iller went to Birkenhead, in direct contra riety to the orders of the Watch Committee. We give, at foot, his own statement,. and proceed to supply the real facts, which are a little tortured, and such parts of them as it suits h s purpose to conceal suppressed by him. An application was made to the Watch Committee of Liverpool, by the Birkenhead commissioners, for a num ber of the force to attend on the.occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the new docks, in order to prevent any breaches of the peace which might occur. To this application the Watch Committee acceded, by granting a force of fifty men for the occosion, to be sent under the superintendence of an inspector; and; on a subsequent application from Mr Miller to be permitted to accompany them, he was informed that the arrangements were already made, and that an inspector was sufficient. The subsequent Proceedings of Mr. Miller are detailed in his letter sub joined : but some very important circumstances, bearing materially upon the conduct of the chairman of the board,' whom Mr. Miller accuses of unauthorised interference, are omitted to be mentioned. Mr. Miller says, correctly, that on his return in the afternoon, he was reproved by the daily board, then sitting. He was, in addition, in formed that he must for the remainder of the day confine himself to the superveillance of the force in the town ; and that the charge of the police attending at the Pier head and at Birkenhead was to be confided to Mr. Dow ling. A resolution of the daily board to that effect was duly recorded in their minutes ; and yet Mr. Miller's own letter acknowledges his contumacious disregard of its requirements. He deliberately took upon himself to perform Mr. Dowling's duties. He ordered an additional force to be sent over to Birkenhead; an-t, when remon s:rat sel with by Mr. Lawrence and reminded of the res.)- lotion of the Committee, he persisted in refusing to v ith draw that order. He argues in his letter, in defence or such refusal, that he was not subject to the individual orders of the Chairman of the Watch Committee. We say that he was at least bound to obey the resolution of the Board itself, and abstain from interference with that portion of the force which had been placed under the orders of Mr. Dowling. We tell him MO' eover that Mr. Lawrence had authority to interfere, being auti orised -by he Committee t see their orders carried into effect; and we tell him, further, that Mr. Lawrence never did so in terfere as he has represented him doing. Mr. Lawrence never sent back a man of the, Force. Mr. Dowling, who was in charge of the Force, end to whom it wasl,St tojmige of the necessity of their proceeding to Birkenhead, did what Mr. Miller states to have been so officiously shone by the Chairman himself. We are sorry that Mr. Miller has compelled us to enter into these particulars, and much suspect that, in the pro ceedings which he has taken in this matter, he has been misled by evil advisers. We know, and he knows hilitself too, that the conduct of the board towards him has been most considerate ; they were forbearing to the last. Wilful men however—and he certainly appears a most wilful on , -- will have their way, and must of course bear the conse quences. If Mr. Miller is not satisfied to do so—if he wishes a public investigation into his case—let him de mand an enquiry into all the circum-tances of his conduct since he took charge of the force, and we are confident it will not be refused him. Will he try this issue ? It is a more wanly one than the course which he is at present pursuing. of this responsible office. I will add, in conclusion, for the satisfaction of the many influent al gentlemen in this town who took an interest in my election, the following cwilmunication which I received from Sir J3mes Camp bell since my arrival in Liverpool, tes , ifying the opinion which he and a large portion of the. community of Glas gow entertained of my services as Superintendent of Po lice there, after a discharge of the duties during - . eight years. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, H. MILLER. Liverpool. Ist Nov., 1844. [Mr. Miller then gives a letter which enclosed the very handsome subscription of £360 by persons in Glasgow.] LETTER OF CONDOLENCE TO A FRIEND IN MISFORTUNE. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,--The following letter was left at my house on Saturday last, evidently : by mistake, and as the direction was torn off, I take the liberty of forwarding it to you, under the impression that by your extensive circulation, it may meet the eye of the gentleman for whom it seems to have been intended. I with the postmen would be more careful. The seal was unfortunately broken. I am, Sir, Yours obediently, PHELAN O'BOTLIEREM. Clarence Dock, Nov. 4, 1844. DEAR told you a week ago how it would be! but you are a pie-headed fellow, and will always have your own way. Why on earth did you compromise the dignity of the family, by contesting such an out of the way place—such a compound esseoce of vulgarity—such an Australia and Caliphornia as St. Anne's Ward. I re collect seeing by the newspapets, that there was indeed such a spot; but it was one, where nothing but savages had been seen, and where it was destruction to a gentle man to have been heard of in its precincts. Don't you see now what a fool you have made of yourself, by putting out such a ridiculous placard on the walls? And how all sober, sensible men laughed at it! The most provoking thing of all is, that notwithstanding the lies put forth by the Radical press, about Parker's beer barrels, and the poor Papists, whom he bribed to sell themselves for a quart of his double X, there were scarcely any of the gentleman in the ward would condescend to favour you with a vote. I went in a quiet way to look at the fellows who voted for you ; and I am ashamed to say, that striking a fair average, the lowest of the low, the priest driven creatures and the cadaverous homunculusses who registered their votes for you, ought to sicken you for attempting any more to get into Council. Your attenuated dignity is gone for ever, and the best thing you can do, is to quit Liverpool, until your unseemly speeches are forgotten, and until your services are wanted! Depend upon it that you and Bolton, and Ra'hbone, and Shiel, and Holt, and Dicky Vaughan—what's-his-name I—are a flock of gone geese. Your cackling has betrayed you, and the whole of you may be politically slaughtered a hundred times over, belere any golden eggs can be discovered among the whole batch. You see what your violence and folly have done. It would not have signified a farthing if you had made a political suicide of yourself; but you have sunk our party—we are irrevocably and irretrievably ruined. What with your furious and dirty speeches—Walmslev's ambition—Evans' warehouse scheme—Barclay's stories in the Wavertree omnibus—your discharging all the old and tried servants of the Town-hall, and your republican aristocracy, we are done for, for the next twenty years; and those cursed Tories, who seem most unaccountably to have the popular voice with them. will ride rough-shod over us for the rest of our lives ; and they have got the government, the parish, the corporation, the docks, the highway board, and everything else, down to the very news-rooms, under their own thumbs. It is lamentable and abominable; but it cannot be helped, and the best thing we can do is to submit with resignation. We shall have two Tory representatives for the rest of our days. as sure as a gun. I don't think there is the slightest chance for us - now, unless we could get up a cry of universal suffrage and annual parliaments, and so come in again for a year or two upon the surge of the revolutionary wave ; and I think it would be a capital move. To be sure Louis Philippe won't fight • O'Connell is going down, and the Anti-Corn-Law League is already gone; the church is ton strong; people are sick of the school question, and think that the schools are going on very well as they are; and then there's Brooks and MtNeile among the parsons—(confound them both !) ' • and there's Jim Aspinall amongst the gentlemen ; Sir Thomas amongst the merchants; Sam Holme amongst the trades , men ; and scores of those hard-headed, ignorant ship wrights, and others of the Conservative democracy, who are all ugly fellows to grapple with, and are not easily put down. What fools we were to throw the whole in fluence of the town into the hands of the shopocracy and trading classes! Why, there's dozens of tradesmen who have had the audacity to learn Latin ! and unless we hold the candle to the middle classes, as they call themselves, we have no resource but to budge. But, my dear Will, you must turn over a new leaf : you must not be so very violent ; you must not call yourself a " tetrier," a " leveller." and such like ugly names; you must try to be a very "sucking dove," speak coolly, use a little soft sawder, and get your stomach itro better condition by swallowing a few grains of blue pill now and then. Ellison will supply you with good one.. And when you have got 'he mastery of your ill-tempers, you must mount the balcony of the Bull Inn, Clayton square, and tell the people that they are plundered by the Tories—that they pay a shilling a husliel too much for their corn (but don't tell them that, if foreign corn is imported duty free, they will have 6s. a-week knocked off do it wages)—tell them that the advent of the Whigs to powe r would be attended with the inestimable blessing of having Billy ::wart again as our r, p-csentative in park trent, and you as member of our Town Council—that they would then have - sixpenny loaves for a !atriot:toy, and that money would tumble in without the tro-ahle of working for it, and that the primeval curse is all no isense. And then you can say . tliat Annual Parliarrent , , Uni versal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and all the Yankee nostrums are great blessings : and would speedily lead to the repudiation of the national debt, the extinguish ment of the peerage, (all but Lord Sefton, becaus.s you have once or twice dined with him); that a president with £lOOO a year would be cheaper than a monarch ; and that the bishops and clergy should be like M.D.'s, only se it for to physic people when they want it ! This would ta'ie with the fools. and they are always the majority ; and so, by a little cajolery, and a good deal of humbug, you may perchance, as you dearly wish, get again into that room, which you once described, in your own elegant phrase ology, as " the most ill ventilated room in the too n." You see, my dear Will, I am tendering you good ad vice, if you have only the good sense to follow it. Let me add, however, that the life of a demagogue is any thing but easy ;—he must go forward, or be left behind The expectation of the " people " travels rather rapidly ; and, being easily gulled, they are unfortunately in the habit of believing all that you mob orators say to them. But I shall not moralise, for I know your temper is none of the best, and that a little quiet will be henoficial to you. Perhaps the Conservatives may yet make you an alder man! To be sure a little more cubical space might help you ; but the vast extent of your mind will always be a drawback upon your body, and I rather despair of seeing you look any better. All things considered, you are better out than in. You would be continually saying things that would disturb your repose. David Hodgson, however, is revenged ; and as to poor Thornhill, when he beard you had los: St. Anne's Ward, he jumped—he stuttered—he swallowed two pints of half-and-half—he smoked three pipes of shag,—and. after throwing up his shocking bad hat to the top of the ceiling, he shouted out * * * [Here the MS. was so torn that we could not make it out.] TO THE EDIFOR OF THE STANDARD Sia,—A report of the Daly Board of the Watch Com mittee having now been published as part of the proceed ings of that committee read at the last Council, wherein I am charged with having " been guilty of a flagrant dis obedience of orders," I feel it necessary to the vindica tion of my character with the.public to enter into an ex planation of the circumstances which led to my resigna tion of the office of Head-constable ; and I hope you will allow tre the medium of you , paper for that purpose. I at once admit that my orders from the Daily Board, with respect to the Birkenhead festival, were, that a force of fifty men, under a superintendent, should he sent to attend there, and, as readily, that I subsequently deviated from those orders. But, under what circumstances, and whether I was justified by them, or, at any rate, that the committee are not justified in using the strong expres sions above quoted, are points on which I confidently appeal to the public. Mr. Laycock had, previously to the festival, invited me to breakfast with him on thatday, which friendly invitation I accepted. On the dad before the festival, Mr. Laycock called on me, at my office, and, after a few minutes con versation and renewing his invitation. was leaving the room, when Mr. James Lawrence and one or two other gentlemen entered. A few words th-n pa'sed between them, Mr. Laycock saying, that he wished Mr. Lawrence had permitted me to take charge of the force, and Mr. Lawrence replying, that the committee had already granted a force of fifty men ; and that he thought that, with a derEßmr..R itDioas Then thef ntoA S :r a ,Lare l i,H i wti C s 6 b caoch u l ahiLfrpaiay,t andti Giea E nrNnE s od q , rßptet f iloa,: o i.siA r sutt et i L ,R7noG i tsi n Eio, ii c og(i: a Nleads s : ; t e yhhro r . co . John Paley, Esq. is the mayor elect for Preston, and x f superintendent, would be quite sufficient. It might be inferred, from the report, that an application had been n y c a e l w mail ith steamshi p tiusuale made for my services, and a refusil, "in the strongest e r , fo E n : N s o u . r -g L - , terms possible," had been formally given by the Daily wing Board. If so, I was not acquainted with it, and only heard the passing conversation above alluded to. resident in Lancashire, h ave h a d th e h onour of fellow- In the evening I made what appeared to me sufficient arrangements for preserving the peace in Liverpool ; and ships conferred up on them Jam e e I s t . h n r w p th Manchester . Nanchester J C o h i rt it rle c s . B . op Cooper, oo , , e e r r , po Liverpool the morning of the festival, I crossed over to Mr. Lay ol cock's, and with no other intention than of accepting ;gym. Jas. Wilson, Manchester John Prince Halton. Liverpool his invitation. and returning again to Liverpool about Thomas Turner, Manche-ter John Maurice Banner, Liverp. ten o'clock. When the procession was forming, some con- John "outflower Manchester fl. Bainbridge. Liverpool fusion occurred from the pressure of the multitude of J. A. Ransorne, Manchester Henry :Stubbs. Liverpool , people, and I was then urged by several influential gen- Joseph Jordan, Manche ter Wi tam Gill, Liverpool tlemen to marshall the procession. Fearing mischief Samuelj W indsor , ftarto a a h ri c c h t e i t e e r r James a I r . r o I N f o L d i v h o d l ale might ensue if this act were not at once promptly per. James Dawson, Liverpool .1. Stockdale Harrison. Law.. formed, I consented, and gave my services, and, as the Robert,Bickersteth, Liverpool Samuel Gaskel , , Lancaster first necessary step, I took the Liverpool force under my THEATRE-ROYAL—The performances at this theatre own orders, thereby, as I admit, deviating from the di- during the nights not occupied by the concerts noticed sections of the Daily Board. On my return to Liverpool, elsewhere, have been principally those dramas in which I was called before the Daily Board and reproved for this that excellent tepresentative of Scottish originals and ec interference. I expressed my regret at having given centrics, Mackay, has won for himself so many admirers. offence, but that 1 was not conscious of having acted In one of these, "The Rights of Woman," Miss Mon wrongly. tague has succeeded in making a decided hit, and shown In the evening, between eight awl nine o'clock, I re- that she is equally at home in comedy and in tragedy. ceived official reports that the men who had been on duty Her Widow Blandish is a delightful piece of acting. Last the whole of the day at Birkenhead were completely ex— night Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean entered upon an en hausted ; and that the crowds of people in the streets, gagement, when the " Gamester" was performed ; and and about the terry, rendered a reinforcement indispens. we may look for a series of our best standard tragedies. able. I, therefore, acting on my own responsibility, We are sorry, by the bye, to record the loss of Mr. Comp. ordered an inspector and twenty men to proceed to Bir- ton, who appeared for the last time on Saturday night, kenhead. When this additional force was on the point previous to proceeding to t h e Princess's Theatre, in Lon of embarking, Mr. James Lawrence called at the rentral don. The high success which his talent deserves attend Station, and asked by whose authority these men were his steps. sent. I answered, by my own. He desired me to with- COMMITMENTS.—At the Police-court, yesterday, the draw the order. I declined to do so, stating that I con- following persons were committed to take their trials at ceived that 1 was carrying out the views of the committee the sessions, on the several charges stated : A boy by supporting the force which they had ordered to go to named George Hill, charged with stealing, on Saturday, Birkenhead, and that I did not consider he was entitled, a cheese, value 65., from the shop of Mr. Twineham, in in his individual capacity, to interfere. Mr. Lawrence Whitechaoel. John Tarleton, for stealing on Sattorlay, then left me, went down to the Picrhead, and, in direct a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Henry Plimer, Dale. opposition to me, ordered the men to go back to their e.reet. Mary Watkins, for stealing from the person of beats, with the exception of four or five, whom he di- Alexander Mc Kiulay, in Brunswick-street, Iss. i r mo• rected to proceed to Birkenhead. Mr. Lawrence shortly *ley. Mary Jones, for stealing from the stall of Joseph afterwards gave instructions f or th e withdrawal of the Birtles, in St. John's Market, 3lhs. of mutton—a second whole force from Bit kenhead. About midnight I again offence of the same kind. Anne Green, charged with rob-. saw Mr. Lawrence, when he informed me of this inter- hing James Cawell of 255. in a hsusa of ill fame, in Al ference, and I then told him that he had compromised bion-street. Eliza Hampson, also an abandoned female, me in the eyes of the whole f o r c e, a nd that I felt it was fur robbing William Rigby of his watch, which she after. impossible for me any longer to retain the office of Head- ward threw on the ground when the police-officer came constable with advantage to the public or with honour to up. Charles Turner, on susiieion of entering and myself, robbing the house of William Williams, in Boundary- Had the report of the committee which is published street, during the absence or the family on Sunday. He been confined to the result, namely, my resignation, or, was seen to come out of a back window, and attempted to having entered into so m e d e t ai l, h a d i t g i v en an impartial escape by a back passage, after passing several yard walls. narrative of the above circumstances, I should have re. Several drawers were found to have been opened, and a mained silent ; but I cannot allow such reflections as it quantity of welting apparel, &c., removed for the conve contains to p ass unno ti ce d. I t i s i m possible for me, in nience of being carried off. The prisoner was not before this limit e d s pace , to enter i nto an y ex pl a nation of my k nown to the pol i ce. Sarah Stowrnan, for ro bbi ng a man general conduct. The committee and I differed as to the named Wiliam Neild of a sovereign ; Mur extent of power a n d di scre ti on w hi c h ought to be vest e d in p h y, f or stea li ng i n B ann i ster-stree t, on S a turday, a the Head -constabl e for the due and efficient performance jacket belonging to Joseph Blood. and Josepn I am, dear Will, Your own chum, Aqua-street, Nov. 4, 1844. ** * * * LIVERPOOL JEALOUS OF BIRKENHEAD ! The expOsition which we gave last week of the increasing financial resources of Liverpool, and t e accounts which have since been given of the growing prosperity of our noble Dock Estate, ought really to furnish matter suffi cient, in the minds of all reasoning men, to absolve us from the trumpery charge of viewing, with anything re sembling jealousy or fear, the projects of our neighbours of Birkenhead. For all this, however, we may be excused if we allow ourselves occasionally to smile at the absurd vaunts which reach our ears with respect to these proj-cts, of which we give here a couple of specimens, extracted from a letter of Mr. Elerapath, addressed frOm Liverpool to the 1? 'array Magazine of last Saturday. BIRKEVIIHAD - SPWCULATIONS.—The following may. I believe. be depended on. One gentleman, in a small way, has cleared :6'12 000 by and speculations; anothe assured me he had cleared .e!3,90- in a fortnight ; a third bought some land, several years tt.o, for .€3,000. and thought be did exceedingly well to sell it, some years after, for el ,0 a, but his successor has actually re sold the same land, lately, for £BO,OOO. Now. is not such bra gadocio sufficient to tempt any man, who is not possessed of lamblike meekness ani the gravity of a stoic, to retort upon the boasters or to expire in a fit of laughter ? Might it not tempt one to remind these fortunate speculators of a fact, which we suspect they know already. that " all is not gold which glitters;" that debtor and creditor statements which look surprisingly well, on paper, do not always wind up suite so well. It would be wisdom in such men to keep their gains secret until they are actually in hand. Puffery of this descrip tion is rarely the accompaniment of bona fide prosperity. But let us proceed to extract No. 2. BIRKENHEAD AND LIVERPOOL —Many will, doubtless, he the lets and hindrances enhc , d will have to encounter, but it is and must continue to be a rising place. Whether that ris,g will be to the prejudice of Liverpool is another matter. Few think it will • hut many think that London will suffer by it. I have heard ;hat London merchants have already prepared for making Birkenhead their head-quarters. The Wallasey Pool is a place which nature seems to have formed for docks. It is a long narrow lake. of 150 acres of water, which, besides wharfs and warehouses, requ'res little to render it one of the finest floating docks upon one of the nobl st rivers in England, and in the very heart of our manufactures. Birkenhead, therefore, can hardly f=il to rise, and rapidly; and it appears to me, that, instead of Liverpoo' being jealous of its prosperity, it should re joice and foster it. as it will he the means of concentrating on this spot, more and more of the export and import trade of England. If any parties should feel alarm it is London. Bristol, Hull, &c. These places may suffer, but Liverpool hardly can. This is almost too provocative of mirth to be withstood. The London merchants "already prepared for making Birkenhead their head quarters!" The Trinity [louse, the new Royal Exchange, the Ea-t India t-louse, Lloyd's Coffee House, the Gold,mitit's Company, and all the other companies, migrating to Wallasey Pool Why the whole peninsula of Wirral will shortly become worth its weight in gold ! - - Seriously this is sad stuff. The parties who have been beguiling Mr. Herapath have much to answer for. THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY v. THE MEMORY OF THE LATE RICHARD RADCLIFFE, ESQ. When, last week, in common with others of onr brother journalists, we had imposed upon us the task of paying our humble tribute to the mem,ry of the late town-clerk, we certainly did not conceive that we were in danger of drawing down upon ourselves, or upon them, the censure of one individual in this community. We spoke of Mr. Radcliffe's talents and manly honesty of character in terms which our feelings, as well as our observation, dictated to us as just and well warranted. We had, occasionally, had to express our objections against some of his public acts and opinions ; and we never hesitated to do so freely, hut without. acerbity. The hand of death, however, had just sunk alike the public officer and the man in the lot of our common humanity ; and we thought we could, at such a moment, aft rd to suom op the excellencies of both, with out an imputation upon our motives, or being compelled to search with loa prying a g •ze for frailties by which they might have been obscured. We erred, however, it would seem, in common with our contemporaries, as the following rebuke, administered to us by the editor of the Liverpool Mercury, and to which we beg to direct the attention of our renders, will show : " DEATH OF THE TOWN-CLERK.—It will be seen from our obituary that Mr. Rade' ffe, whose health had, for some time past, been visibly dec.ining, departed this life on Friday night last, at Leamington. The important offices he held under the Corporation of this town, at a salary of .t'2soa a year. are now vacant, and will probably be filled up on the gth of November. The deceased had the reputation, in the minds of many persons, of being a sound and ready lawyer, and is described by some of our contemporaries as being possessed of many excellent quali ties in all the relations of lite —indeed, of all the virtues that can adorn a human being. We are sorry that we should have been compelled, by the indiscriminate and somewhat injudicious eu logiums, confounding all distinctions of the real characteristics of our fe low-mcn, which they hive lavished on the memory of Mr. Radcliffe, to intimate, even thus vaguely, our dissent from their opinions. So far' as private feelings are concerned, the maxim de mortals nil nisi bonum may be a good one, but for the public good and the ge eral welfare of society, we must say that we consider its cuunterpart, de mortuis nil nisi V BRUM, infinit ly preferable." Upon the charity and (4niability of heart (!) which prompted this most unealled-f,r paragraph, we will not trust ourselv , s to remark. Let it speak for itself. We are bound, however, to say a few words in vinlication of our own course in this matter ; and to enable us to do so, we beg of the ilitrcztry to point to that portion of our notice of the deceased ag.ainst which he so strenuously '• dissents." We do not conceive that it is any part of the duty of the joutnalist to drag from the newly-closed grate, and to holdup to the contemplation of the world, the private frailties, of any roan. Ours shall never be the hand thus wantonly and unnecessarily to lacerate the gr;eving heart and flood the weeping eyes of the widow and the fatherless. The Mercury thinks differently; and, as the out.s , ion is only one of taste, we leave him to folio v his pith, and shall keep to'our own. But, so far as rega*ds the truth and justice of what we have writ ten of Mr. Radcliffe, we challenge him to show how we have offended, and have little fear of the result. Nearly £26,000 has now been subscribed for the Man chester public walks and parks. EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Tuesday, at one of, the Metro politan.police•offices, a young man named Whitton was charged, upon his o.vn confession, with hav'ng embezzled he 'property of a butter factor at Liverpool, in whose service he lead been as confidential clerk. He had gone up to a pol c , .man, and delivered himself into custody. He was remanded for inquiry. When hi was again brought up, a letter horn Mr, Powell, of this town, (the gentle man who=e money the prisoner had embezzled,) was read. in which Mr. P. stated that he declined to prosecute, and the young man was therefore discharged. RIBBONISM IN LIVERPOOL.—At the meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, Mr. M. O'Connell was obliged to confess that ribbonism was " but too prevalent in Liverpool, and Manchester,under the names of Friendly Brothers, Hibernian Societies," &c. Perhaps it is not out of place to call the attention of the magistracy to this lamentable avowal frum one not likely to confess too much as to the exiatenee and spread of this frightful con federacy amongst us, a participation with which, as Mr. O'Connell added, " was criminal and dangerous, and likely to bring those guilty of it to Norfolk Island or Van Dieman's Land." LIVERPOOL GUANO MARKET. — During the past week, several large parcels of lchaboe on the Spot are currently reported to have changed hands at £6. That price has been offered and re'used for several cargoes deliverable in January and February next; 100 tons have been taken for export to Hamburg. A new feature in the market is the receipt of orders from France for the vineyards there, at limits, however, a shade below present prices. On Thursday last, the cargo per Sphynx, in the hands of Messrs. Priestley Griffith and Cox, and the cargo per Tantivy, in the bands of Mr. Richardson Part, were both offered at public auction ; £5 15s. being the highest bid for each, both shiprne is were taken in by the selling brokers at £6 ss. The cargo per " Aurora " held by Mr. Vincent Wanostrocht, North John-street, is by far the best yet imported from lehahoe. It very much resem bles the Peruvian 'n colour and dryness and possesses, according to Mr. H uson's analysis 78 2.5 per cent. of rich, available fertilising matter. The first contract was ef fected from the quay. on Thursday last, at £6 55., but the bulk has gone into the bonded warehouse, originally the station of a Customs locker, who was immediately compelled to quit his quarters, owing to the noxious efflu via threatening his health. It has just come out that several crops manure d with guano have been utterly de stroyed in Scotland, and on tracing the affair it turns out to have been imported from here, where the article was artificially manufactured last year to a great extent from sea sand, the refuse of hide cargoes, and a ll sorts o f rub bish. rom this it is evident how essential it is to have it either out of the bonded stores, from the ship's side, or from parties of the first standing, whose character is a guarantee against all frauds. SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—On Saturday even ing last, the first of the concerts for the winter, (with lite rary and other recreations,) for the working classes took place at the Nelson-street Assembly-rooms, under the patronage of his worship the mayor. The room, which is admirably adapted for the purpose, whether as regards ac commodation for visitors, or facility for hearing, was well, and, we may add, respectably attended, the body being well filled with honest men and bonnie lasses of the indus trial order, and the reserved seats and gallery above, by a concourse of well-dressed persons of both sexes, anxious to partake and contribute to the general enjoyment. The entertainment went off throughout with the greatest eclat. Miss Whitnall, Mr. Ryalls, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Crank, kindly contributed the'r undout ted talents, as vo calists on the occasion ; and the excellent selection of songs, duetts, glees, &c., was only equalled by the taste and precision with which they were accomplished —many of them being loudly encored. Where all was so good, we shall not attempt to particularise, especially as we have but little time to spare, and hope to hear the same talented singers again, on a similar occasion. The mayor honoured the meeting by his presence—having come from Aigburth to countenance these rational recreations for the mechanic and his wile and children, at the close of their weekly toil. He was enthusiastically received, arid more than once addressed the meeting, in a facetious and agreeable manner, dwelling on the advantages of such amusements to all, in preference to the wasteful and demoralizing se ductions and indulgenciss of the tavern. Those present were also addressed, at intervals, by Mr. W. Rathbonee Mr. John Smith, and others, to a like effect. Mr. H .V. Lewis presided at the piano, and favoured the company with a splendid " Fantasia" on t hat instrument. At the close, thanks were heartily voted to Miss Whitnall—and also, separately to the gentlemen vocalists, who bad so handsomely come forward to gratify those present ; the treat closed by " God save the Queen," as a grand finale-- and three hearty cheers for the mayor, who enjoyed the concert to the end. The greatest order was preserved throughout, and it is confidently hoped that other musical individuals, as well as literary and scientific gentlemen, will come forward to lend their aid on future occasions, and thus realise for their less fortunate townsmen and their " sweethearts and wives" the delights of " Saturday night a-More."4 SPAIN. •5. 1844. The following important news has been received bY press from tbis quarter. 14 MADRID. O C I• 21., 1 "A fresh conspiracy has just b een discovered. Genet; Narvaez was to have been as sass i nate d a t the zee 0f t o French Embassy, where be dined. General Prim , arrested this morning. Other arres t s were made 10 night and this morning." " BARCELONA, Oct. 27 , "At 8 o'clock this a ft ernoon t wo assass ins wer e . 7 ); rested at the moment they were about to attack the peo de Meer, who was alighting from his carriage at tbe tbr t : tre. They were rescue d f rom t h e guar d w hi c h w as eo l l ing the m t o t h e A tarazAnas b y a mo b , cons i s ti n g least 500 armed men. " Four o r fi ve hundred 'Ba c wearing Er.N a r persons,' their heads, pro cee d e d to t h e R am bl a, and seizt'd °P a r Alcade and hi s d eputy, w h o were rescued by the Monhe o d OCT ea 1 2 ) 9 ; 01 the Foreign Legion. Other troops arrived, a 9u jog rioters W ere di sperse d . T he B aron de Meer on leav the theatre proceeded along the Rambla. Forty Pold were arrested. T wo o ff icers an d a gen d arme wer e stabb ed with knives." EARLY CLOSING OF ATTORNEYS' OFFICILS 3 : attorneys of Ortnekirk com mence d c l os i ng t h e ir offil . seven o'clock in the e ve n i ng , on M on d ay, t h e 28th 121 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—We subjoin the retariti the Municipal elections of a few of the nelltb °uri cee towns., At Manchester thi r t een R a di ca l s an d three 6 10 servatives were returned : at Bolton seven co nserot i l o 4 and five radicals : at L ancas t er four conservaiiveo two radicals : at Wigan all conserva ti ves, an d on ,N when the three radical aldermen go out the c ouncil ,; ( 1 be wholly conservative : a t L ee d s t h ree conserva tives,' eight radicals : at Preston all conservatives. GUNPOWDER PLOT.—This day is the anniversary the happy deliverance of king James 1., and the three; tates of England from the most t ra it orous an d bloodY' 4 tended massacre by gunpowder, and also of the he o 1 arrival of his majesty Ki ng Willi am , f or t h e d e liverance e „ our church and nati on .' We understand that in eni formity with the requirements of the rubric, there ; o l d be divine service thi s m o rn i ng a t St. J u d e ' s Church* th e in the evening at St. Si mons , Gloucester-street. ° n o ,* latter occasion a se rmon will be preached by the David James, in aid of the funds of the Protestant °Pe' rative Association. ll h e busts SOCIETY.—A meetin g o f thi s soc i e ty vin Ba held in Liv er p oo l on M on d ay week, and more L " twenty sermons will be preached in its behalf on Sivas! , the 17th instant. We rejoice that such a society has re. ceived the promise of such support in Liverp oo l, Ito e tr ject is to instruct th e I r i s h- spea ki ng popu l ation of ! r elit! i in the Scriptures in their own t ongue . an d a l ready it b: been instrumental in teaching multitudes, many of will, are liv ng witnesses of the h a ppy resu lt s o f sea rching ife Scriptures, and making the sacred v olu m e the stando' of doctrine and rule of life. r FAST SAILING..—.OII Tuesdsylaste the new pe , a-. George Canning, No. 7, recently laueched by Mr. Pelt Cato, Brunswick Do c k, ma d e h er tr i a l t r i p to test be e sailing qualities in competition with No. 12, hitherto the swiftest sailing boat of th e fleet. Tne two boats lef t tfl o a , Prince's Pier-head togethe r . th e w i n d bl ow i ng s t ro ng fro g S.S.E., and proceeded up the Mersey to Rock Ferry•sP from thence back and round the Crosby Light St,i 14 ; beating back against the ebb tid e an d strong w i n d. George Caening acquitted herself to a d m i ra ti on , be te d i s t No. 12 in every point of sailing; and when she arrivedip the George's Pier-head, No. 12 was a considerabl e eci tance behind. The George C ann i ng i s a b eaut if u l s a l ) , e es men of naval architectu re , we ll fi n i s h e d . and te“:"teel great credit on her build er . H er appearance es bas universal admiration ; though a little out of trim, s he proved herself the fastest boat in the service. ee Orf, THE ROYAL MERS EY YACHT CLUB.—The ae-- eI of this flourishi ng Cl u b h as rece i ve d separate an d sPe c t s warrants for upwards of twenty vessels beloogi n g t es members, authorising them, under the hand and serf' ol der Lords of the Admiralty to carry the Blue E ns i g n of Majesty's Fleet, with the distinctive mark of the Cla,!'d the Crown and Liver. We have now therefore a Cla:i tif our own town, having the honour and privilege of fi yi i o the national flee, irrespective of any other yacht club. :a promptitude and condescension of the Lords of the Al a , miralty in thus attending to the wishes of the Club , c. veyed through their honorary secretary, affords a g" 1" of ing proof of their desire to encourage the fine sciences it building and sailing ; a n d if we may j u d ge from t he spee d in which the matter has been taken up arid patroei' it i here and elsewhere, w e ma y ven t ure to say that they p ea have no cause to repent of the confidence they have Pil e d in the members. Th e mont hl y meet i ng w i l l ta ke P io l place this eveni ng , w h en a l arge num b er o f additblesi members have to be b a ll o t te d f or , an d a b ou t an aq ua number are to be proposed. • • COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—George Godwin, -- 6 9 F. R.S., F.S.A., the H onorary S ecretary to t h e Lon d o n , 8 Art Union, to whose e nerg y an d t a l ent t h e public 8 ,4 mainly indebted for the eminent success of that refic' be and refining s,,ciety, as we ll as i ts exempt i on from t o , penalties of the Lotte r y A c t, i s now d e li ver i ng a We i ,j, successful course of lectures, upo n th e Hi s tory of Are,",, tecture, at this in s tit u tio n . I n hi s l ectures of Tuo° 3 , and Friday last, he h a s t race d t h e progress o f architert ar ', from the earliest record o f it i n G enes i s , t o the period .?• its most successful application by the ancient Greeks , lustrating his reerarks by a great number of beauti.tu ;, diagrams, representing the best specimens of the tecture of the ancient nations whose ruins are now esto r Twq lectures only remain undelivered, in which 31 , „ r ' Godwin proposes to consider the li ornan , and Gothic architecture—summing up with a review Of the present state of architecture, and eg)ecially as it aP' pears to exist in our town. We are glad to find Mr. Goilwin's audiences to be increasing, a sure sign of aP' predation ; and we trust that it is not the last time be will honour us by his presence at this institution•L" Among's! the audience on Friday we noticed the Rev. I P M`Neile and family, and several of our town-councillo rs and aldermen. Nov SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, Nov MBER 4.—Wind N.E. SAlLED.—Henrietta, Pearce, for Vera Cruz —Satisfac t' T Weakner, and Grace, Scorgie, for Ichaboe—Hotspur. burn, for Antigua—and St. Martins, Vaughan, for St. John --- St. Helena, Deslendes, from Gold Coast, at Cove in 69 daleOn 28th Oct. in lat. 46, lon g . 15, s p o k e th e C ro wn, hence Mobile 0 0 Ann Wis", Smith, from Rio Grande, at Cove. in 68 days: _o• p 23rd Oct. in lat. 47, long. 13, spok e th e W a lt on, h en ce to ' dad. Randolph. Campbell. from Ichaboe, at Cove Ann, Gondre. from Galatz, ditto water' Selina and Thomas, Davies, fr om N ew f oun dl an d, at " rord Wiry and Jane. Osborne. from Naples, ditto Mary Worrell, from Valparaiso, at Kingstown Bounty Hall, from Africa, ditto olt h O ct ' Hawk. from Malaga to Liverpool, was spo k en 2it the Smalls. Lydia, Jones, henCe to Antigua, 25th 'Oct. ►p 49, long. 7. Emuotis, Short, from Newfoundland, oT Cape Clear 6 tit John Cock, Stealing, from Ichaboe, at Cove. In 12 ' 0 0* long. 25 W, spoke the Fre Queen. ' s t eamer ) h ence to Ca w e. CovE, Nov. 2 —TI e heal tu ard of a vessel named , ot„' n ,' was picked up near the lighthouse yesterday. Mem minga sailed from Live pool for Bciston 27th October. f ifer' WARREN POINT, Nov. 2.—The Schooner Mary, fronar 58 115 , pool to Killybegs, put in here this afternoon, with loss 0 1 01 to and cargo shifted. Nov. :I.—The Orissa, from Liven,hef Bombay. struck on Carlingford Bar, y es t er d ay ; unshiPP`,,4% rudder, and drove on sh me on the Scar, where she Is e ' a i t to badly, with her bottom injured. A ss i s t ance h as been s lighten her. ~ too! DUBLIN, Nov. 2.—lt has been blowin g a he a vy 0' 0 01 1 " E.S.E. for the last 24 hours. The Ki ngs t on , f rom LiverP ro iti Africa, is sunk and burnt, and the Capri corn , f rom St. 0° to Liverpool, is sunk in the Old Kingstown Harbourl w fol" saved. The Sovereign, Rogers, fro m Li verpoo l to r' ae o: N.S. is on shore at Greystotes, with masts cut away. and 11,,* ther vessel is on shore at the B reac h es , b roa d s ide 00 ' c i t o , Rosebud, Montgomery, from Quebec to Belfast, drove o t ", - ba v i e at the Skerries duri ng th e ga l e, b u t d oes not apPea r , vess e .: received any dam .ge ; crew and p assengers save d. g name unknown, is reported to be lost, with all hands , 1 3 gCl t briggan. Nov. 3.—The Willi am an d I sa b e l , f rom Arch° . ere i Gloucester, is sunk in the Old ['arbour of Kingstow i l i c i o gen: saved. The Shannon, Collins, i s a t o t a l wrec k at Kin ° _„ c aelt da and the Bu.y, Hughes, from Dubli n t Liverpool. is. I " to the malted, in Kingstown Harbour. M em — t n a dditi9 o d 1 , o( above casualties, the Iron Duke, (steamer) that aril , ' titer. of verpool this morning from Dullin, reports that the J.lP,bot!'i Milford, and Commerce, hlso sunk in Old Kingstown F. 14 jul lfi r , crews saved : and that the Kish Light-shi broke al"; ye3t e the gale, and put into Kingstown, bat was towed . day to her station. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, NOVEMBER 4. 0 4; Wind at Holyhead, East, moderate breeze, in the I n° East stron breeze in the evening. t ta per' Off Poin t Lynas inward bound, No. 89,53, Nimrod. 5 at 10 a.m., and 3912, Flora, Sc. at 2 3D p.m hai a pilet:_________ ------- b. d LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, NA v t . o r ec i v ° e§ There is not the slightest turn in our Cotton mar^ e the rris,., to during the past week. The trade have supplied wie", o o very readily, nevertheless, holders have evinced fi r d ag ed realize in this way. The daily business has av, e „,,, 0 ! 2 id , bales, to-day 4,0 i 0. Speculators have also to tapis, arid taken several thousano bales of Surats g' The market closes with a quiet feeling. =-----,,, Nov. 5. 00 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MA RKEif e tilv e it , The Butter market is rather quiescent , ar the Earth q uot o ate n disposition at all is evinced by holders to lessen ma to to e for tions. Fine Kilkenny, Carlow. and select Cork s d ' e nasn a ,cl. cOri b s i ,. cie _ r :e t) e leo6g. hi , h a figute as 85s to 86s. Belfast Bls to Sts pick ed Butter is much checked by the recent vance in price. The nominal rate is Sts per cNct• W ra i ar ket i ;,r There is very little good Beef and Pork left in the , to 7 1 '00 the former brings 85s to 90s per tie ce, the IA enr..,68 care' barrel. No change in Bacon. Prime Hams v " ; s ,7y worth 56s to 68s. -------," LIVEROPOL LYING-1N fIOSPITALJ, HORATIO-STREET. [MONTHLY REPORT.] ,4 OUT PATIESTg.., g Admitted • 5 Di charged. cured • • , I f Total admission for 4 year . ••''' Thos. Blackburn. Esq• ' . jun. Esq., India-hu!cli.:•,o'r._, IN PATIENTS Admited Dis harged, well.. • - Remaining in Wards Mothers Infants Total admission for the year ......... 106 .... Cons ting Surgeon. Treasurer, Samuel Woods LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, ISO. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNii - _ BY t SO JOSHUA FLETCHF:R LACE, of 53,Grove-stre e l. LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford- 8 tr ee b. A INo.4,sl',Gsoaox's CazacENT,Livaarot