The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS Neither one nor the et Telation,htp betwe ; there is not the slightest Lipp ttintTool 4,tanlan. TUESDAY MORMNG, OCT. 21, 1845. We are happy to announce that Thomas Little dale, Jun., Esq., of the firm of T. and IL Littledale and Co., has consented to stand for election to fill the representation of this ward, vacated by John North, Esq., at the ensuing election. Mr. Little dale has the countenance and support of the influ ential electors of the ward and the Conservative As sociation ; and, independently of this support, his own well-known Conservative principles, and his ac knowl,d2ed ability and standing as a merchant, he wid be found a firm and consistent advocate of the present system of religious education in our Cor- poration t"chools Some weeks ago we intimated our conviction that the late fearful doubts, as to the state of the harvest, dad sealed the fate of the existing system of protec tion for native ag,riculture, and that Sir Robert Peel was prepared to repeal his own pet measure of 1842. We are already assured, en the authority of no less influential a nobleman than Lord Ashley, that we were not singul r in entertaining such con viction. In a circular, from the Dorset County Chronicle of October 16, addressed to his con stituents, his Lordship thus expresses his opinions upon the subject of the Corn-l.ws "J will seek this occasion ti. touch the subject of the corn law end the certain result of the present movement against them. It appears to me that their destiny is fixed; and that the leading wen of the great parties in the Legisi,ture are by no means disinclined to their eventual abolition. The debases of last session have left no doubt on this head—hoih the candidates for power, and the occu pants of it, approximated so much more closely than at any fGra er period, that most of the hearers were induced to hel , , re that their diff,ret.ce was ltss a matter of prin ciplr than a question of tube." N quest ion of time only! We admit it, and are confident of it, although we are somewhat curious as to the kind of argument with which the fact will be enforcer), that this question has been determined, and that now is the time. It is, aho, not easy to guess whether Sir Robert Peel—to whose conversion Lord Ashley evidently points—is prepaied to fly in the face of his opposition to Lord John Russell's pro posal of an eight shillings duty, or to go the whole length of total and immediate repeal. Uur impres sion certainly is—and we take a hint from the past — that he is prepared to in,4ke a much greater step in advance than that which he strongly opposed when attempted to be made by Lord John Russell. Sit Robert is no half and half propounder of mea sures of apostasy; and we would, therefore, warn our :tricultural friends to look ahead, and be wise in time. Lord Ashley, however, appears to think that there is time yet left for the adoption of a tem porizrig policy. He says, in the sentence following that above quoted, " If this be so, it is need'es , to a ue the policy or im r b would wise to policy of 3uch a change; con sider in what way you can break the force of an inevitable blow. The sudden repeal of these laws would be destruc tive ; the gradual ahol:ti , l) of them would be less inju . You have, at this moment, the power to offer -rms ; there is n, certainty that you will retain it much i.inger—our actual prosperity must come toan end; and then the wide and fearful pres,ure of commercial dis tress, with the hostility on the one side, and the indiffer ence on the other, of the great political chiefs, will leave you, in au hour e.pecial difficulty, altogether without a refuge or resource The advice offered here, to he prepared with measures to break the blow impending over the heads of our agriculturists, is full of wisdom ; but will the opportunity be allowed them of following it ? Where is now the strength of that class ? They have, we are afraid, almost lost it. They have weakened their hold upon the minds of the working classes, by their advocacy of the New Poor-laws. They have lost the middle classes by their conduct with respect to Sir Robert Peel's anti-Protestant measures. They have compelled the mercantile ..,racy of the country to see that, with the present management of our land, the profits of the be et directed commercial enterprises are liable to he swamped by the effects of a few showers of rain, a blight in the potato crop, or any other agricultural calamity ; and, lastly, they are fast bringing such parties as Lord Ashley to the conviction, that men who will not help themselves, their fellow-country men will ❑ever go out of their way to help. Of course, there are many individuals amongst the agricultural body to whom these remarks do not apply, but we are speaking of them as a class. Entertaining these views, we feel perfectly assured the defection of Lord Ashley is only the fore runner of numerous other defections. It is almost the admission of the landowners of the country themselves, that their title to legislative protection can no longer be mantained, and that they must henceforth sustain the encounter, which enterprise and capital in all other avocations are compelled to with external rivals. sustain In our remarks last year upon the accounts of the corporate estate, as shewn in the yearly ab stract published by the Finance Committee, we en -2d to prove to our Readers, that, by the sagacity and prudence with which their affairs are conducted by that body, together with the growing commerce and population of our port, we might calculate this year upon a large surplus income, ap plicable to purposes of public improvement, or to the gradual liquidation of our bonded debt. In this anticipation we have not been disappointed. On the contrary, an attentive comparison of the pre sent year's accounts with those of the last exhibits our position as even more favourable than we ex pected it to he. The total ordinary income of the borough is stated this year at £146 301 3s. Bd., an increase over that of last year of £14,229. The total expen diture has been £103,303 4s. 11d., which is less than that of last year by nearly £28,000. The balance on the year, or surplus fund, is £42.997 18s. 9d., whilst that of last year was only £1,291 7s. Od. deavou The principal portion of the increase in ordinary income accrues from the town dues, which have pro duced this year a nett amount of £77,333 6s. Bd., against -.E73.129 14s. Id. last year; from renewals of leases, and the generally increased productiveness of the estate. It is, however, to the great decrease in the expenditure that we are to attribute the existence of our present large surplus. Last year, the debit, under the head of "General interest ac count," was for a balance of £39,395 12s. 43. This year, however, the same item is reduced to £19.039 18s. 9d., the interest on the sales of land at Wallasey Pool, and on the North Shore and Salt house Dock, operating as a material set-off against that of the bonded &ht. A provision for the fur ther and permanent reduction of this item of expen diture has been made, by the conversion of about £420,000 of the bonded debt, now at 4 per cent., into Vi t . per cent stock. This operation, however, has not as yet come into effect, so as to tell upon the present year's accounts. n the amount charged under the head " Constabulary force," there is also a reduction from £17,668 14 , . id. last year to £14,449 121. Bd. this year. Such reduction, how ever, must he taken as merely apparent, the balance charged under this head being regulated in amount by the forwardness, or otherwise, of the payments towards it by the Dock Trustees and the Parish Collectors, The same circumstances account for an apparent increase under the head of " Lighting, cleansing, and fire police," which is, this year, £4,212 17s. 9k1., against £3,525 4s. 90. last year. Of the " e xtraordinary" account the leading fea tures are the receipt, on account of the Wallasey Pool and Birkenhead estates, of £245,576 Os. 9d., and the payment, in liquidation of outstanding bonds, of £324,225 18s, 101 This, however, al though a permanent relief to the estate, will not operate to increase the surplus of next year; but will rather have a contrary effect, inasmuch as for the Wallasey portion of the property, sold and un paid for, the Finance Committee have been receiving s per cent interest, whilst upon the amount paid off with the money they will only be saving 4 per cent. The present general financial position of the estate may be briefly, and, perhaps, as lucidly as by any lengthened array of figures, summed up as fol lows :—The amount due to it by the bankers, the dock trustees (for their purchases on the North Shore and Salthouse Dock), from the purchasers of Wallesey Pool property, and other parties, is £478,451 4s. Bd. Against this the estate owes £15,127 Os. 5d., thus leaving a balance in its favour, applicabl e to the further reduction of the bonded debt, or to the improviment of the town, of £463,324 4s. 3d. In addition to this amount, the corporation possess land purchased under the im provement act of 1837, valued at £31,407 15es Od. of course, we concleda that the debt will be the first thing to be dealt with; and we then come to the question,—what is to be done with the present year's and our growing surplus revenue? With our present prospects—with the rapidly-in creasing importance of the town and of its com merce before us—we cannot think it would be poli tic to fritter away our surplus of nearly £43.000 in any attempt to reduce the bond debt, which stands now at £871,448 4s. 10d. The expansive character of our estate, and its increasing value, will of themselves suffice to effect this, before many years elapse. The best course would be to bestow the benefit of its outlay upon the present genera tion, by devoting it to the improvement of the town —to the removal of the known causes which depress the health of our population—to the advancement of our charitable institutions—and to the promotion amongst us of religion, morality, science and arts. It is pitiable to trace through these accounts the paltry amounts contributed to these objects from an estate so wealthy as our own, and to compare them with those which we pay for the repression and de tection of crime. We pay £15,000 a year for a police force ; other thousands for prisons, a stipen diary magistrate and other administrators of justice; whilst for schools and other agencies for the amelio ration of the minds of our growing population, by which a great portion of this expenditure would he rendered unnecssary, we contribute comparatively nominal sums, unworthy of our town, and most unwise. Our subscriptions to the public charities may, we hope, now he, at all events, doubled. In this direction we would pray of the able chairman of our Finance Committee to turn his attention, and to urge his influence with the Council. We cannot think that he would find ample support wanting him ; and we are certain that ne would be rewarded with the gratitude of his fellow townsmen, and, what is better, the approbation of his own con science. A strange paragraph was published last week in the London Times, the statements in which, as they are making the rounds of the public press we feel bound to contradict, for the information of those parties unacquainted with the locality, whom they may mislead. Here, of course, they would only be regarded as absurd. The paragraph in question, which purports to be from the pen of a " noble diplomatist," (!) says " I have made a very agreeable trip to Birkenhead, which is a place rising, as if by enchanrment, out of the desert, and bidding fair to rival, if not eclipse, the glories of Liverpool. Seven years ago there were not three houses on that side of the Mersey—there are now above 20,000 inhabitants; and on the spot where Sir William Stanley's hounos killed a fox in the open field, now stands a suuare larger than Belgrive-s quare , every h ouse of which is occupied. At Liverpool there are now ten acres of oocks, the charges for which are enormous ; at Birkrnhead there will be forty-seven acres, with rates two-thirds lover, which will gradually diminish until (supposing trade to continue pr.sperous) they will almost di.appear, and the docks become the property of the public at the end of thirty years." We have not of course the slightest wish to dis parage the growing importance of Birkenhead or the enterprise of the g ntlemen who are so energeti cally promoting its prosperity. That this great Port stands in the humiliating relation towards its new rival, described by the " noble diplomatist," we must deny altogether. It is not true that seven years ago there were " not three houses on that side of the Mersey." There were nearer three hundred. Hamilton-square, upon the site of which Sir W. Stanley's hounds are said to have killed a fox, had part of it built upon and the centre enclosed more than 12 years ago. Liverpool, which is said to have only ten acres of Ducks now, has one hundred and eleven acres of enclosed water space, with upwards of nine miles quay room. We have also 40 acres of new Docks at present forming. Some wag has certainly been gulling the " noble diplomatist," or he must have visited the "new city" in a state of bewilderment. A few weeks ago we suggested the propriety and justice of an attempt being made, by the opponents of the New Poor Law in Liverpool, to raise funds, by public subscription or otherwise, to meet, at least a portion of, the expenses thrown upon Mr. West lake of Andover, by the harassing mode of con ducting the enquiry into the conduct of the master of that Union, forced upon him by the Poor Law Commissioners. Since doing so, a communication has been opened with Mr. Westlake by an influen tial party in Liverpool ; and the following letter has been received from the former ge ntlernan— Andover, 16th Oc/ber, 1815 The labours and anxieties necevarily attendant on the recent Poor Law enquiry, added to an urgent pressure of professional engagements, have precluded the possibility of my attending to the very numerous commu ►nications made to me by unknown, though most truly kind and considerate friends of humanity. To you most particularly is an apology due, and very sincerely offered, since the noble spirit which prompted your letter on the 15th ult., cannot otherwise than call forth the warmest admiration. Although aware at the time of requesting the enquiry that expenses would inevitably be incurred, yet 1 certainly had no idea either that such , nquiry could be so protrac'ed, or that I should be driven, by the extraordinary conduct of Ihe assistant Commissioner, to the heavy expenses attendant on the assistance of counsel, and therefore shall not hesitate to accept, in the same spirit of liberality in which it may be offered, the pecuniary assistance of any Friends of the Poor. And lam decidedly of opinion that public meetings would be att-nded in other respects, with the best conceivable consequences, since the Govern ment. there is too much reason to fear, will only be in duced, through a pressure out of doors, to legislate in a spirit of justice to the poor. Believe me, wi h the deepest sentiments of respect, Yours, faithfully, T. C. WESTLAKE. At present the mode of proceeding, in the pur suit of this act of justice towards a humane man and a friend of our unfortunate poor, has not been definitely decided upon- If, however, any of our Conservative friends are wishful to partake in so good a work, we shall be happy to take charge of their subscriptions ; and in our next we hope to he able to announce the course to he taken in carrying it out. TFIE SHOOTING CASE.—The police officer continues to improve, but the ball has not yet been extracted. WOODSTOCK ELECTION.—The Borough remains quite quiet, and so little does Lord Alfred Churchill appear to dread an opponent, that he has not yet visited Woodstock or taken any steps to secure his election. MR. NEWMAN.-Dr. Pusey has just published a fresh letter—the fourth within four weeks, on Mr. Newman's secession. The object of that letter is to persumle people 1. That the loss of Mr. Newman is a great calamity ; 2. That this calamity has been directly end plainly b. ought upon us by our own sins, and especially by the sin of not valuing Mr. N. as we ought to have done: THE WEATHER, since our last publication, has, in this neight:ourhood, again been variable, with occasional heavy rains and boisterous winds. Sunday was as gloomy as a November day and wet withal. Yesterday was, however, fine, with a brisk and drying breeze. Luckily nearly the whole of our corn is safely under cover. and we bear of no particular complaints of the potato crops, which we still hope to have a favourable time to gather in. The turnips are admitted on all hands to be unusually fine. A letter from a gentleman near Edinburgh states that the potato crop is much more diseased in that part of the country than was generally supposed. He says he men tions the circumstance " to put farmers on their guard not to store their potatoes till they have minutely exa mined them. Probably the only way to preserve the sound ones is to hand-pick the whole after a day or two's exposure to the air, when it is said the disease appears. The infected ones should be immediately made into potato flour. All accounts from England show that the diseased potatoes, if so used in time, make excellent and whole some flour." OT A TO E coIumnDISEASE. t the I s N pre l a n d E L o f A IRELAND.—We h D i e W s t e i e h n a c v e e . noticedTlLE P inanother The accounts on Sat ur d a y f u ll y corroborate 'thpose previ ously received. They sp ea k gloomily of the rapid pro gress of the infection in Derry, Donegal, Tyrone ' Mayo Sligo, and Roscommon. Th e midlandcounties appear ' comparatively to have escaped the pestilence. A gen tleman residing near Drogheda has had nine acres totally destroyed ; he estimates his loss at 2001. Another, still more unfortunate, in the county of Tyrone, has had no less than 18 acres infected, which his tenants have pur chased at a pound an acre. The Clare Journal calls upon the inhabitants to drop their political agitation, and to form central and district committees to adopt every precaution to avert the impending danger. Let not the brewery and the distillery, says our contemporary, "con sume the food of which mortals are deprived. Let the quadrupeds be fed upon the herbage of the field, and let not a stone of wheat, oats, or barley, leave our coasts." At Newry market, in the beginning of last week, oats reached the high figure of Is. 2d. per stone, and oatmeal 19s. per cwt. Advices from the county of D,,wn lead to the expectation that the unfortunate disease is in some measure arrested in its destructive progress, the com plaints being far less general, and some situations where a week ago, the number of apparently diseased tubers was fearfully great, exhibit now very trifling symptom of its presence. The Lord Lieutenant has directed en quiries to be made zi to the probable prospects of the crop. si THE LIVERPOOL STANDAitfi. CHARGE AGAINST THE GOVERNOR OF THE WORKHOUSE On Saturday last Mr. J. W. Evans, the go vernor of the Workhouse, was summoned before Mr. ushton, at the Police-court, to answer the complaint of Mary Ann M'Clelland, who charged him with having committed an assault upon her. The complainant, a young woman decently attired, stated that about half past eleven o'clock on Friday, she went to the workhouse with another female, Smith, in a cab, who was in a wretched state, by order of a Mr. Richardson, her emp'oyer, when, according to her evidence, she was violently threatened by the Governor, who pulled her within the gate, locked the door, and, in the presence of the porter and others, called her "a drunken faggot" and other unseemly names. Her master, Mr. Richard-ore having deposed to the fact of his sending two women from his estebloihment, which he described as a kind of private penitentiary, stated that his servant was quite sober at the time. Mr. James Graham, assistant house-surgeon and su perintendent of the Lock Hospital, was then sworn, and deposed as follows :—Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Chorner, who is our chaplain, and chaplain to the Infirmary aad Lunatic Asylum, called upon me with the complainant, who was crying. Mr. Chorner said she appeared to have been very ill-used at the Workhouse, where she had taken Smith, the Infirmary being too full of patients to admit her. She then told precisely the same story as she has told to-day, and we directed her to make her complaint known at the Police-court. She was quite sober at the time. Our porter went and brought up Smith to our establishment, of which she is now an inmate. She was decidedly in a very bad state, and scarcely able to put one leg before the other. lam here to-day partly by accident ; but as I was previously aware that cases of this kind had occurred at the Workhouse, I thought it my duty to coma forward in the present one. When I was assistant-surgeon at the Workhouse for fif teen months, I have known persons to come there under similar circumstances to these; that is, I have known persons to come in coaches at night. Mr. Rushton here remarked upon the necessity that such cases ought to be reported at the time to the paro chial authorities, when Mr. Graham stated that he had done so, and added, " I have saved Mr. Evans, the governor, from a great deal of disgrace, and have proba bly saved some lives." Mr. Rushton then wished to have the evidence of the cab-driver and Mr. Chorner, who were ordered to be summoned. In the mean time he allowed Mr. Evans to make his own statement, which gave sorn , what a different version of the affair. He said that the complainant, when she brought the woman, had " a sort of jaunty tossing air," and was very much ex cited, which led him to the impression that she was tin der the influence of liquor; that be sent the patient in troduced immediately to the Assistant Surgeon to be examined; and only then mentioned the disease which she had, upon which complainant burst into tears, and manifested great vexation that she should be induced to accompany her. He solemnly denied that he had used to her the language attributed to him. Mr. Rushton then adjourned the case until two o'clock yesterday, to pro cure the evidence of Mr. Chorner and the cab-driver, and to hear witnesses for the defence; and on Mr. Evans stating his opinion that his own witnesses would so clearly demonstrate the truth of his statement as to ren der it unnecessary to proceed further, in imated that it was too serious a case to be disposed of without a full enquiry. The further investigation of the case was resumed yes terday afternoon, at a quarter to four o'clock, before NIT.. Rushton, Mr. Ilardmao Earle, and Mr Wm. Rathbone. The magistrate who before sat with Mr. Rushton (in the place of another) not being present, the evidence given on Saturday was all read over, and Mr. Snowball, who appeared for the governor ; cross-examined the witnesses. It appeared that the only part of the case which the Ins gistrates could deal with, was merely the alleged assault on the complaining female, M'Clelland. The cross examination left the case in much the s rme position, but an attempt was made to e icit from the complainant that she had herself before been in bridewell, or before a ma gistrate. 'I his, however, utterly tailed, and she received a good character from Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Graham, assistant house surgeon at the Lock Hospital. An at tempt was also made to cast some stigma upon Mr Gra ham, with reference to some forreer disputes between him and the governor; but this was also met by the witnes s, and further recriminations were suppressed as irrelevant to the case. The car-driver who drove the two females, first to the Infirmary, and thence to the Workhouse, was also called, and corroborated th'ir statement so far, he having left them both at the latter place, w , thout having heard or seen all that pas-ed. The woman Smith bore testimony to the main facts. Mr. Snowball then called. four witnesses, belonging to the wore house establishment, who said they were present, some of them during the whole affair, and others during part of it ; and they all said they did not see the Governor conduct himself as stated, arid that he neither laid hands upon the complainant, nor used, towards her, the opprobrious lan g uage stated, otherwise they must have seen the one and heard the other. One of them, (the task-waster,) was himself at first of opinion that the complainant (who is stated to be a teetotaller) was drunk. from her being so agitated and indirect in her replies ; but before she left he expressed himself to the effect that he had been mistaken. These witnesses generally, said that they had never heard the Governor use such language as that imputed, and did not believe him capable of doing so; also, that when he saw the complainant crying bitterly, he endeavoured, in the lodge, to console her. Mr. RUSHTON, at the close of a long investigation, (ot' two hours.) said that he and his brother magistrates were of opinion that the charge of assault was not proved, but he was sorry that the humane intention of the parties who had sent the diseased poor woman to the house, had been defeated by a some what precipitous rejection. He thought some proper arrangements should be made to meet such cases of emergency, and that the officers of the workhouse should not s and upon the strict letter of the law. It was clear that the woman was ill and in pain, and it would have been an easy matter to give her a note to the Lock Hospital, where she would have been immediately taken in without scruple—in place of being left friendless in the street. It was probable that as the word " prostitute" had been used, the complainant had taken it up as applied to herself, and hence her agitated manner. There was, he thought, no imputation upon her character ; and he acquitted. Mr. Evans of the assault, and also of the foul language imputed. He should have been surprised, indeed, had the result of the enquiry led him to a different result. The parties then quitted the court. THE CASE OF DROWNING NEAR SUNDER LAND. The fol'orving additional particulars relating to the dreadful calamity, mentioned in another column, which occurred at Hendon, near Sunderland, on Wednesday last, will be read with melancholy interest: — It aepeare that the younger Baird when he lost his footing was not tar from another boy named Scott, and Lennie was beside another named King. Scott was an excellent swimmer, and he heroically exerted himself to save Baird, who, it appears, was either not a swimmer or swam very indifferently. He was unsuccessful, how ever. owing to the strength of the waves, and the des perate energy with which he was held by his youthful companion. It was oily by diving and swimming for the shore that his own lite was saved, and even teen be would probably have been lost, but for the circumstance of the tutor ( Downes) grasping him as he was sinking, quite exhausted, near the s hore. On his coming to land he was unable to stand, and had to lie down some time extended on the earth before he fully recovered. The boy Lennie, after every effort to save him by King, seems from trepidation to have lost his hold of his gallant com panion, who t en, greatly exhausted, was drawn ashore by Downes. Lennie, a moment or two after,was seen floating with his back partly above the water. Iu tbisextremity Mr. Baird, who, though he is an excellent swimmer, had not, on account of his health, entered the water for some years, nobly hazarded his life and plunged in. After some swim ming, he at length reached the buy, whom he laid hold of and pushed towards the shore ; but, before he came with in feeling of ground, his strength failed him, and he left hold of his little charge, and was sinking himself, when Mr. Wilson, one theorhertutors,observing his extremity, pushed towards him a scaffolding stake several yards in length, which. reaching Baird, he with one hand caught hold of it, and with the other grasped the boy. Wilson, who before pushing the stake had been swimming strenu ously in the same direction, speedily got hold of the other end and assisted Baird, with the untortunfee boy, ashore. The boy, however, who had not been more than 10 mi nutes in the water, could not be recovered, though taken immediately to the bath-house, and every exertion made by Dr. Brown, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Ward, three medical gentlemen, who were shortly in attendance. Little is known of the tutor Speciall and the elder Baird. Mr. Speciall was seen exerting himself to reach Scott and the younger Baird, and, as the elder Baird was also seen near him, it is supposed he perished in attempting to save his brother, as there is no doubt that the tutor Speciall was lost in that way. All the bodies were found, on the re ceding of the tide, near to where they were drowned, in a part called Hendon Smooth. Speciall, who belonged to Sunderland, where his brother, who is also a schoolmas ter, resides, was a very amiable and intelligent young man, of considerable attainments and very great promise. The family at the Grange have been thrown into the deepest distress by the melancholy occurrence, which has produced a strong degree of sensation throughout the district. It is considered that at so advanced a period of the season. and after the cold unfavourable weather ex perienced for some time past, the bathing might have been dispensed with ; but, on the other band, it may be stated that the day was extremely mild, and the pupils were re markably fond of the healthful recreation, to which they have been long accustomed, and that many of them were excellent swimmers. In consequence of the great decli vity of tae shore, caused by the silting up on each side of the breakwater, the backwater, or reflux after the wave has spent itself, which forms an under-current next the ground, was very strong, which made the difficulty of regaining a footing after having once lost it extremely great. In any other part of the beach no danger from this cause existed, and the shore between Hendon and Sunderland is generally considered safe for bathers at all times of the tide, and it is frequently resorted to by the inhabitants of the town and district. An extensive bath ing establishment exists at Mendon. St. SIMON'S DISTRICT.—On Sunday morning last. after a sermon by the Rev. Hugh M'Keile, the sum of £74 was collected at St. Jude's Church, in aid of the fund now raising for the erecti on o f a c h urc h i n St. Sim?r! , 3 district. We congratulate our readers on the probability there is of this desirable object being now speedily accom plished, and no doubt the promoters of it will be grateful for this seasonable addition to their funds. The Globe of last night calls her Majesty's trip to Liverpool, aboutswhich so m uc h a ff ec ted knowledge has been manifested by a ,local contemporary, •‘ A far off visit," LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS The Quarter Sessions of the peace for this Borough commenced 'yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq. the Recorder. The Calendar contained the names of 112 prisoners charged with felony, and eight with misdemean ours. Of these it appears 8 only can read and write well ; 52 can read and write imperfectly ; 16 read imperfectly ; and 41 can neither read nor write. Of three of the pris oners no account is given. _ _ _ _ The following gentlemen were sworn of the Grand Jury. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, Charles It Simpson, merchant, Rodney-street, Foreman. Edward Pellew Arthur, manager Steam Tug Co. Breck-road, Everton. Charles Ellis Ashton, stock and share broker, Woolton h alt. 'William Nevin Bell, merchant, Bankfield, Eastham. Robert Lewin Bolton, merchant, Gambier-terrace. Thomas Brown, broker, Netherfield-road south. George Bennett, wine merchant, Everton-crescent. John Bristovre, merchant. Hope-street. Alfred Castellain, merchant, i,haw-street. Charles Frederick Came, merchant, Church-street, Everton, William Crosfield, wholesale grocer, Rake-lane, Edge-hill. John Murray Gladstone, sailmaker, Everton-road. Robert Hutchison, merchant, Grove-street. Thomas Haigh, cotton broker. Elm Hall, Wavertree. John Wrigley Macrae, cotton broker. Hult•hill, Tranmere. Daniel Powell, corn merchant, Islington. 'Edward P. Parry, wholesale grocer, Seaforth. William Budd Prescot, merchant. John Smith, wine merchant, St. Anne-street. David Taylor, broker, Holland -terrace. Henry H. Salisbury, wine merchant. Daniel Willis, merchant, Rake-lane, Edge-hill. H. J. Webster, cotton broker, Rumford-street. George Warden, merchant, Rodney -street. The RECORDER, addressing the Grand Jury, said, that the number of cases in the calendar was large, but perhaps not larger than might be expected from the long interval of time that had elapsed since the last sitting of the court. There was one charge to which their attention would be called. It was against the captain of a ship, for having put one of his crew ashore on the coast of Africa, and there leaving him. Now, captains of vessels ought to know that it was an indictable offence to force on shore any seaman without his completing the voyage, and not bring him home. The accused was not justifiable in doing as he (the Recorder) thought he had done from the facts as he had read them in the depositions. Another case that would bri brought before them, was that of a youth who had taken a pocket book, which a person had left be hind him in the office in which the prisoner was employed, and had removed it. It should be known that if any pro perty is left behind anywhere, or dropped by hurry or mistake, the party finding it should take care of it. He had no right to take it as his own, but to endeavour to find the owner. if, on the other hand, he endeavoured to convert it to his own use, and to deprive the owner of his property, he was guilty of larceny. The question for them to consider in this case was, whether the accused had or had not such guilty intention, and be guided in their find ing accordingly. Several cases would be submitted to them, on which they would have to consider the slightest removal of goods, and with what intent. In one case-a hoy had got into a kitchen, where he removed a watch from one part of the place to another, but being seen, he replaced it where he tumid it, and here too the question hinged on the intent. After the usual instructions rela tive t.. finding bills against prisoners in cases only in which it night appear that the party could be fairly put on his tri,il, the Recorder requested the Grand Jury to retire to their duties. _ Several true bills were found in a short time, and the trials proceeded ; but the cases disposed of throughout the day, were not of sufficient interest to be reported iu de tail The following was the result at the close last night : Ten Years' Transportation.—Mary Farrell, aged 39, for stealing a quawity of wearing apparel ; an old offender. —John O'Neal, IS, for stealing a spoon; , also a previ ously long offender. 7'hree Month's Imprisonment. —Andrew M`Donough, 22, for embezzling certain sums, the property of Messrs. Re. jarnin H yam arid others (Lord-street), his emi,loyers. (Fourtr en days s .litary confinement.) Two Months' Imprisonment.—Edward White. 15, for stealing a vest, the property of James Smith. (Fourteen day's solitary confinement, and to be once whipped.)— E-ther Martin, 15, for stealing a watch from the person of Reuben Lowe. (One week solitary.) Eleanor Ban tv.r, 15, for stesling various dresses from shops, &c. and Mary Banner, 9, for the same offence, one week solitary imprisonment. One Month's Imprisonment —Frederick Osborne, 15, for stealing a sovereien, the property of his master. (One week solitary confinement,)—William Dunn, 24. stealing a purse with money. (Same pun;slJunerit.) The other prisnners convicted were sentenced to vari ous terms, from six weeks to ten days. In looking over the calendar, we find that Jo , ialt Thomas Arisdell, aged 3-1. an attorney, aim was com mirted on the 2nd August, for having assaulted and struck two females, has been removed to the Asylum, as " in. sane." IMPORTANT FROM NEW ZEALAND.-COL LISION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE NATIVES. By the arrival yesterday of the Trvphan - , from Ntw Zealand, we have advices to the 17th of May, the con tents of which are of some importani e, as showing the unsettled and dangerous state of things in the colony. Our last advices were to the 3rd May, and stated, gene rally, the fact of an outbreak of the natives and the capture of Pomare by her Majesty's forces. The more recent accounts give details of the further operations, directed principally against a stronghold in the possession of a rebel chief. John Heki, which, however, do not seem to have been successful, although serious loss of life is said to have been the result to Heki's followers, amount ing, by one account, to 21)0 men killed. On our side the loss is stated at eleven killed and thirty-seven wounded, The position of the natives was a very strong one, and very obstinately defended. The British force, conststing of troops of the 58th and 96th Regiments, with 'eamen and marines from the Stains Castle, Velocity, and Aurora, ul imately retired in gond order from the scene of contest. It is doubtful, from the accounts, whether the affair will not rather encourage then depress the re bellious followers o , Heki, who is still at large, and ex pected to be very trouble•orne. Several of the reports are very contradictory. One of them states that, during the absence of the troops, the boats of the Hazard and North Star burnt five village=, and destroyed ten cocoa canoes belonging to John Heki, and sent off four European boats which bad been stol-n, and, with the canoes, were hauled up amongst the bushes. After the action the whole of the parties engaged, with the wounded, were embarked, and returned to Auckland. APPEAL TO THE PROTESTANTS OF ENGLAND. An adjourned meeting was held in Belfast, on Friday, which was attended by noblemen and gent eaten from the several counties in the province of Ulster, the Earl of Roden in the chair. Air address to the Pr , testants of the British empire, proposed by the Earl of Erne, and seconded by the Hon. Somerset Maxwell, was unani mously adopted, and ordered to be signed by the chair man on behalf of the meeting, and of the Marquis of Down shire, the Earl of Enniskillen, Viscount O'Neil, and several other noblemen and gentlemen. This document has not yet been made public ; but the substance of it is to the following effect :—lt sets out by calling on the Protestants of lireat Britain to give the case of their Irish brethren a calm and unprejudiced hearing, as they believe that their fall would be the signal for the fall of Protes tantism throughout Christendom. It then refers to the strenuous support the Irish Protestants gave to the pre sent Government on their accession to office, notwith standing the mlsgivings of others whose fo , esight has now fully justified the course they have adopted ; still they die claim any indisposition to co-operate with Ministers in a conciliatory policy towards the Roman Catholics, but it must be on terms of equality with both parties; that the advancement of the church of Rome is not to proceed part passu with the depression of Protestairism. They object to the endowment of Maynooth, contrary to the remonstrances of a million of British Protestants, while a peremptory refusal wag given to the reasonable petit it n of the Irish Protestants for some slight did towards tie in truction of their cLildren in a manner which they con ceive to be conformab!e to their faith ; they are therefore driven to the startling conclusion that it is the design of the Minister to govern Ireland through the medium of the Catholic party, whose influence is to be purchased at any hazard or by any concession. Under such circum stancts, they naturally enongh are led to suppose that the next step will be the project of endowing the Roman Catholic clergy—one which, they hesitate not to say. would strike at the maintenance of the established church, and thus shake one of the fundamental articles of the Act of Union. Reference is then made to the general state of Ireland—the murders, the conspiracies, the immunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of the tautest deeds, and the comparative innocuousness of the power of the law. To meet these evils, they propose to associate with their Eng lish brethren in the spirit of men who can appreciate the value of religion, confident in that veneration for consti tutional liberty which makes an Englishman jealous of any encrom hment of his right of free expression of politi cal opinions. The recent dismissals of magistrates are then instanced as acts both harsh and arbitrary, and as an attempt to establish a principle that to unite for any purpose, however legal, may expose the parties to the same penalties as if their objects had been unlawful. To carry this prin c iple out, any Government so inclined might convert the Irish magistracy into a body of politi cal partisans, and all confidence in them by the people would be at an end. The appeal concludes by calling on the Protestants of the kingdom to strain every energy to secure a taithful representation in the House of Com mons, and no longer to neglect the registries, if they would not have their political influence wholly paralyzed. Fur ther apathy, and the triumph of the foe would be com p lete. On Sunday week, and on Thursday last, being the Romish festival of St. Wilfred, Mr. Newman, and the gentleman mentioned as having joined him in his secession (with the exception of Mr. Christie), attended mass at the Roman Catholic Chapel at St. Clement's. INTERESTING FACT FOR THE FRIENDS OF SCRIP TURAL. EDUCATION.—OD Monday, the 12th instant, school was opened by the minister of St. Simon's, in the spacious room built by the Socialists for a school. Four years ago this heresy flourished ; but, owing to the zealous exertions of Mr. Briudley, the ever-to-be-remem bered Anti-Social lecturer, and the common sense of Englishmen, Socialism has been extinguished. Their ball is now used for public mee.ings, and their school by the Church of England ; St. Simon's School was opened in it, with 150 children, and it is hoped that, before long, the number will be greatly increased, as the room is capable of holding 300, and the mistresses are young per• ions of the beat ability. TOTAL LOSS OF THE BARQUE MARY, FROM NEW 60U11 - 1 WALLS FOR LONDON. The Bucephalus from Bombay arrived at this port Yes terday, and having spoken the Indian, from Launceston, on the 6th instant, was put in possession of the following lamentable particulars of the loss of the Ma v, Captain Newby, and 17 passengers. " The Mary sailed from the Heads of Port Jackson, on the 24th May, when the wind being favourable a passage through Bass' Straits was attempted, but as it veered to the westward all hopes of going by the Cape of Good Hope was resigned, and in putting the vessel about, at about a quarter past 11 o'clock, she missed stays and struck on a reef. In a few minutes she became so completely shattered that the mainmast dropped through the bottom. The only boats avail able were the whale boat and the long boat, the former slung on the quarter, and in these the passengers and a portion of the crew contrived to cram themselves. Tne fore and wizen masts next went by the board, and no hope was then left of launching the whale boat • but fortunately the ship broke up, and threw her rten:foremost into the sea, when it was found that both plugs were out of her bottom, and she was rapidly sink ing. The holes were eventually stopped by the sleeve of a shirt; but having only one oar they could not get under way. About this time a seaman swam from the wreck with another oar, when, from the cries. (supposed from the long boat) they proceeded in search of her. On a portion of the wreck they found twelve of the crew and Mrs. Evans, who alone had been miraculously saved from the long boat, which had swamped, but who had lost no less than six of her children. From the wreck they ob tained five oars, and, with the assistance of some calico formed into sails, they reached Hinder's Island on Sunday night, where, for some days, they subsisted on fish. The captain and two men proceeded in search of the settle ment, and were most kindly received by Dr. Milligan, who immediately despatched a supply of provisions to the sufferers, forty-two in number, who afterwards proceeded to the settlement. The following is a list of the parties lost :—Three daughters of Mrs. Newby ; one servant, Mrs. Turnbull ' • Captain Collin's two daughters and maid servant, Sarah Foulks ; six children of Mrs. Evans; Mrs. Heath and two children ; and Mrs. Gray. Total, 17. As not a single article of any kind was saved, a sub scription, which had been liberally responded to, had been set on foot for the sufferers, and on inquiry as to the sea worthiness of the vessel was about to take place, it being asserted that she was making six inches of water per hour at the time of sailing. MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET-YESTERDAY (From Mr. J. B. Locke's List) The few transactions in this market, yesterday, ex hibit a declining tendency. The sales were—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, £ll ; Boston, New ark, and Sheffi , ld. 54 4 6; Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, 21; British arid Irish Union, 5 ;: Caledonian, 14 ; Ditto Extension, 43; Cambridge anu Lincoln, 54 15-16 4 15 16 6; Chelmsford and Bury, 2; Chester and Manchester Direct, 34 4; Derby, Stafford, and Worces ter Junction, 3; East Lancashire, No. 1, 181 ; East Lincolnshire, 4 ; Exeter and Falmouth, 11 ; Fleetwood and Preston, 4 341 Grand Union, 3 1.16 3; Great Grimsby and Sh ffirld, 26 ; Ditto Dock Extension, 111 ; Leeds arid Thirsk, 131 14; Leeds and West Riding Junc tion, 121 ; Leeds and York, 41 •, Leicester and Bedford, 35; Liverpool and Bury, 32; Liverpool and Leeds Di rect. 51 5; Liverpool. Ormskirk, and Preston, a 4 4; Loudon and Birmineham, 220; London and Alancoester, (llemington's )434 4; Ditto, (liastrick's,) 6 ; London and Yofk, 51 4 4 - ; Manchester and Birmingham, 86; D‘tto Continuation, 24 1• Manchester and Leeds Fifths, 141 pm. ; Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 54; Man ch ster and Rugby Direct, 24; Manchester and South ampton, 51 5 ; Manchester, Wigan, and Southport, 34 ; North Kent, 44 ; North Staffordshire, 74 8 1 1-16 4 1-16 4;: North Wales, 64 ; North ‘N estern. 54 4 8; Notting ham and Boston, 44 11.164; Notts and Man-field, 51 s ; Nottingham, Boston, and Grantham, i 4 i; N.,ttinghani, Erewash. and Amberdate, 61 ; Oldham District, 51 Oxford. Wilsey, and Chelt en h am. 24 Preston and Wyte, 43;: Ditto Halves, 104; Ditto Ex:ension, ; Sheffield, Leek. arid Crewe, 2; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 6 54 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and the-ter, 74 ; Worcester. Shrewsbury, and Crewe, 3 24; York and Carlisle, 41. IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE (From yesterday's Herald) We have just received a commuoication from an es teemed correspondent at Carlsruhe, on whose means of information we can place every reliance. He announces the most gratifying intelligence that the Zollverein Tariff is at length finished, and wid speedily be made public. He is a good German, and seems ro grudge our advanta ges, for he says, the duties on British manufactures are not raised at all on any one artic'e of the least impor tance; indeed, only one or two trifling things, as needles. He speaks of th- national feeling (so we render his votertandiselie Gefuhle) bring somewhat disappointed. Because there are, no doubt, in Germany as elsewlv-re, thoughtless peop e who suppose the benefits of commerce with this country are not mutual, and thus grudge us our commercial prosperity. However, our national feelings are, of course, now exceedingly gratified. Hawthorn, i m eu e t , e m n a a i n d t : s en p d lat fo e u o r f o l t o h o e g rs u . ineas, At the Curr ag h races on Th urs d ay L ord W ater f or d' s b W e ° st if ts " ; g A w li o ce n Lord The Manx Sun slates that the potato crop in the Isle of Man, is an extremely good one, but that the prevailing disease has made its appearance inithe Island. We are requested to direct attention t, the advertise ment of the Ladies' Benevolent Society for Clothing the Scottish Poor, announcing that the annual sale will take place on Thursday next. We understand that a meeting of the directors of the leading railway companies is about to be held, for the purpose of considering the best means of checking un heal by specu'ation inlshares of qtvstionahle companies, and upholding 'he characti-r of those which are legiiirnate. The Court-martial on Lieuten , int L. B. Burnell, of the Superb, closed on Saiurday ; the Court found him guilty of the charges—namely, being on shore out of unif.,rtn, contrary to the orders of his captain, and tieing found asleep while on duty—and sentenced him to be dismissed the se-vice. We refer our readers to the advertisement of Mr. T. Martindale, (from the firm of Messrs. Gillows and Co., London,) who is about to open a Cabinet Furniture Show room in Birkenhead. The firm with which he was con nected is a guarantee of the quality of furniture he a ill manufacture. Dr. Wilberforce will, we balieve, be the new Bishop of Oxford. By the translation of the Bishop of Oxford to Bath and Wells, and the expected elevation of Dr. Wilberforce to the episcopal bench, the Deaneries of Canterbury and Westminster will be vacant. Dr. Ball, Canon of Christ Church, is mentioned as the successor of Dr. Wilberforce in the Deanery of Westminster. ACQUITTAL. OF LIEUTENANT HYDF,R.—The proceed ings of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant klyder, of the 10th Hussars, the issue of which has been looked for with great interest by the army, have terminated in the official announcement of that , fficer's acquittal on Friday afternoon at Leeds. Mr. Samuel Warren. de fended Lieutenant Hyder, for which, we understand, he received 300 guineas. ROBBERY or PLATE.—At the Police Court yesterday, three young men, or rather lads, Charles Dough, James Welsh, and Joseph Routledge, were committed for hay. ing been concerned in plundering Mr. Wiight's house, No. 92, Chatham-street, of numerous articles of plate, of considerable value, part of which was found deposited in the midden of the house. A female servant had been employed to clean it, and bad left it in a basket in a pantry. The yard door was shut, but not locked, at the time, ( Saturday last, at noon,) and the articles being missed, the prisoners were found loitering about the premises. On one of them the sum of £1 lls was found. Two of them had before been in gaol for felony, and as further evidence is expected they were remanded. COMMITMENTS TO, THE SESSIONS, AT THE POLICE COURT. YESTERDAY.—IsabeIIa Monks, for stealing, on Saturday, a gold breast.pin from the shirt of a man to whom she had spoken lin the street. Sh.e at. empted to place it again upon his person in Bridewell but it dropped on the ground.—Mary Shaw for stealing from a as an the sum of £8 and a handkerchief, which was after ward s found in his bosom. She bad before been im prison ed 7 months for felony.—John Connolly, for rob bing the shop of Mr. Bell, draper, Paradise-street, where he had been a servant, of £l7 lOs in gold, £8 in silver, and a considerable quantity of silk handkerchiefs, and wearing apparel. The prisoner is an elderly man, and was poorly clad. THE CAMBP.IDGIESHIRE STAKES.—Mr.Watt has sold the Baron to Me. E. R. Clarke : the price has not trans pired, but we understand it is either 4000 guineas ( ut right, or 3000 guineas down, with an additional 1000 guineas, contingent on his winning the Cambridgeshire. Mr. Watt's right to " do as he likes with his own " cannot be doubted, but as the horse has been backed heavily by the public, we may be excused for expressing a hope that until after the race he will not be removed from the care of a trainer who has brought him succe-sfully to the post on two great occasions. The latest betting on the Cam bridgeshire—and it has been consequent on the sale—is 6 to 1 against Alarm, 12 to 1 against Wolfdog, 20 to 1 against Wee Pet, and 1000 to 20 against Devil's Dust (taken freely). Offers to back Alarm against the Baron. GALLANT RESCUE.—On Wednesday night last, the sloop Stag, coal-laden, struck upon the north bank, and immediately filled. The crew, consisting of three hands together with the master's daughter an d grandchild, be took themselves to the rigging, in which exposed and perilous situation they were, at eight o'ciock the following morning, providentially descried by Captain Gowan, of the steamer Sea King, on his passage from Belfast to this port. Captain Gowan, with the chanicteristic humanity of a British sailor, immediately bore down with his valuable ship to the relief of the sufferers, and having approached as closely as he could with safety to the edge of the bank, the long boat was speedily over the side, manned by the mate and four other brave volunteers. Toe feelings of the passengers on board the Sea King were at this moment intensely excited ; the safety of the boat's crew, in such a tremendous sea, being to all a para mount consideration. The subjects of his marine majesty were, however, never for an instant daunted in their exertions to save thelives of their fellow-creatures, and, after an absence of an hour arid a half, accompanied by We crew of the devoted sloop, a poor helpless woman and her child, in the most exhausted state, they safely stood upon the deck of the steamer, welcomed by many an honest, hearty cheer. Tern' orary relief was liberally ren dered to the poor sufferers, and Captain Gowan has kindly undertaken to receive any subscription that may be left on board the Sea King, in the Clarence Dock, for their benefit. The unfortunate master of the sloop has, we understand,; lost all he had in the world by the disaster, Oct. 21, ISib. LAST NIGHT'S MAIL' •.,.• MARK LANE CORN MARKET—YESI .0a ' bo The supply of Wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, _ b n 9 _,.„, carriage samples, this morning was moderate, the conditio ante s' . rally very indifferent; nevertheless a to erable clea ranc e nos' . We obserca bed eifected at fully the rates of this day se'nnight. teration in free foreigi. Bonded was sparingly offered,_sw s ad for high prices ; business in the same was limited• Earl i s par Beans are is dearer; white Peas 43 ; maple and dun Is t,..,. so d quarter; blue sell at 48s to 58s per quarter. o s t s , both 'ff:; . bonded, meet a brisk demand, at an advance of 2s per quai l. " ef. SMITHFIELD MARKET—YEsTE RD- do Since ihis day se'unight the imports of live stock into 'f uer . Ilanobro', aI by steamers. At Southampton, have consisted of 3 . oxen, 34 cows, and 400 sheep tra m froal darn ; 35 oxen and 16 cows from Harlingen ; and 26 oxen „ e a landed from Spain ; and at Hull, 9 1 beasts and 200 sheeP tote" Rotterdam. To-day we had on sale 105 oxen and cov): 1 • 13 . s ts ther with 340 sheep from Holland and Germany. 0 'Wier' oxen from Spain. The general quality of this stock was ably good, and nearly the whole foui.d buyers at fu ll P "c r e tess ll Fresh from our own districts, rather a large supply °, is OS came to hand this morning-200 having reached us fro and northern, 6 , ta from the eastern, and 40 . from the weaterafrom midland counties. From Scot and we received 1011, W i dget! Ireland i 1 0 beasts—the remainder of the stipplY being - _. derived from the neighbourhood of the metropolis. t han w g Notwithstanding the quality of the bea is was bett r . fo ra have noticed (or some weeks pas'', the beef trade, aris' n° ,,, ad. the large attendance of buyers, was somewhat active. a Bl bs,, Vance in the quotations obtained on Monday last of 2d. Pe r and at which a good clearance was effected. 0 . t Alli ell The number of sheep were on the decrease. owl°. -„°,., stir the mutton trade was brisk, and previous rates were Ire `" ported. A b sipe gg In calves, the supply of which was small, a good -%1 was doing, above quotations. 24 oXeo tiaverroul PRICES OF STOCKS, &c.—YEsTERDA:"cf. The funds have to•day again shewn a downward teolovi At the opening of the market, to were quoted a; g ro real 9st to 9 for money, and 961 to 97 for the aceollo , . be tfle cause is stated, by parties generally well-informed, 10 . it is repeated sales of stock on the part of the scotch banksareolla_i well known that those banks purchased to a very tare the' . in the English funds at comparatively low prices. vid` t o ther was no better means of employing capital, and now th ,,ellia and better investments present themselves, they are freely at good profits upon their oliLtinal purchases. It Consols partially recovered at a later hour of the dal. now several years since they marked under 97. r .1 The foreig stocks are down a little as well as - . U we c 7; securities, but the former are not " Beared" tO the ',., fear' tent. Spanish New 3 per Cents have been 3 LI, and the v.; " e bete 16. Portuguese 4 per Cents are 58i. Mexican n ,nds h r t te b 3l} to :1 for the Actives, and 17 for the Deterred. w" per Cents are marked 58i. PRICE OF SHARES.-YESTEgDO* but Railway Shares suffer in common with other securitiTof there is an impression that although the indi erent s od be permanently and deservedly depressed, the bona .1; .0 1 more promising schemes wilt, in the course of a rev ., sod after the weeding has been effected, again take their prnPe', o do perhaps even a better position. There is an ind.sp tl un tO business at present, and this is more the feature than a r u :., sO sell. Prices, however. must go down w ere buyers e 7 shy. even if the sales attempted be but - . moderate. Thae material decline this morning. CH ESTER AUTUMN MEETING wo A n f o T y a n m di re a s p k e S r w ra ee t t s , t : lc T e , s ,tt o e f n s o s tn ov . s. with 20 adder,i; The Hooton Stakes, was won by Mr. Mangan 5 HooThkev, ate the Bat.) e Grand Stand Stakes was won by Sir C. M° nck Va i0:1. by g r. The Selling Stakes of 5 , sovs. each was woo Osbaldeston's Euston. NEWMARKET OCTOBER MEETING• t° At the Newmarket Second October Meeting. the tat amount of the stakes was £ 11,910. of which E11,54° 010 1b iC' the result of private subscription, arid £6OO was p be t mot ey given. The number of races was 42; the "" 5 .. of horses entered 298; number of horses st.rted 171;r, ces won by the favourites 14, and by non-favourites l n ' The forfeits ar:d walks-ovrq. were 9. SEIIPPING IN TELLIGENCE MONDAY. OCTOBER 2 '.—Wind N.M.N. fresh. ARRIVED.—The Science. Rees. from Calcutta: St. Helena 2nd -ept.—Bnchet. Constance, from Seneca I a n _Du Helena—Tryphane. Henderson, from Sydney, from tlo of Cornwall, from Saldanha Bay—Bucephalus, Sa",• nn iber Bombay—Callao, ‘A hiteside, from Calcutta—l ynx, ,' from Tampico—Berk Ha•terich, Ball, from r ewfou"t, bal- Wm. Penn, Stephenson. from St. John, N.B.—Hazard. .' 00 . last; and P. H. Dean, (in ballast from Pos ession isla nd rothy, Ganntlett. from Taganrog, and Clara and Herma ,n, h, from Danzic. sailed from the S r e n ag P u o ll ts (P a a t Ayrshire. Bailey, from Quebec. at Bristol Erin. M Do , ald. Coin d,tto at Waterford c w ke F t a .) m was onth t , s th ai A l t u r: . m Rio Janeiro for the 14°f' Alexander, Murray, hence for Jamaica. at Iklilford Black-eyed-Susan, hence for Ancona, at dlto Ardent for Harlin ,, e' at The Junin Fletcher ', from hence' Quebc ec, that arri - ve n dhere ditto 18'h Oct...aas of contact 2 ist Sept. off Point de Monts, with the Marg ar- s isr- New Ross, for Quebec. The Junior lost cutwater, but the jay garet (lid nf,t appear much damaged. The mate of th e Id d tbe ret, two of the crew. and a passenger. jumped on boa o rd Junior during the collision, arid were afterwnrds put on u the Triton. fOr Qoebec. The Mary, Newby, from Sydney, N.S.W., for London,.Aped,., tally wrecked 24th May, in Bass's Straits: 17 passengers dro", Was :‘ lo l o in g do t i o .o ; ( s o , f i, i i 3 b o e s Tai on . ), fc Reported by the Indian, from Launceston for I.oudon, dust be , spoken 6th Oct., in lat. 37 N., by the Bucephalus, arriv d 1 1 , 4 a t i l: ai t s l o c:. s ,: i n me lac. da 4 y 9 ; to-day from li,,mbety. 13 11 ' Oct.. Vessels i i a , spoken . lo : n g T h l e 2; Messenger, l pr hence e ce if:: Cape NevN ev o t f l 1.61 e p s % ' , ll a o l v 1; raiso. 10th July, in lat 57, long. 66 W. ; Horsburg, ea re ►WI ro , Nei, foundland for: myrna, 12th Oct., in lat. 44 N., long. -.. 47, Duke of Marlborough, from Af ica for Cork, 14th Oct., in 1a.• 4 0 long. 18; Thomas Worthington, from China for London, Oct., in lat. :Pi N , long. 34 W. Ju11 0 , ;, f ,v7. 'l7l::tials"'s;"' 'lir' . V 5 The Queen Doweger arrived at Windsor Castle on Sa" turday last on a visit to the Queen. f the ORMSKIRK--On Monday last, after the play °- " Stranger" had been performed at Butterworth ' s thee!, the gallery gave way, and the people were precipitateo,i't the bottom of the place. Great alarm was created, u fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Information from Genoa of the 3d of Octobe r Ei p ti g; "ouncesantdhaotthveer provisions,• rylargecon s a ig r r e im p e r n ep rs ali o n f ic Pinietdhmerpmorr-th wheat, destined for the Netherlands. t v tO A covered market and slaughter-houses are sho rt, be Th.. expensLe erected in sanc fathe ster, Leag by t ue, he tinown-ctheorecent reg istra t uncil. ti° proceedings, are said to exceed, for Lancashire alone, " sum X 25.0.. r o be temporaries e rogue oo successfully hoaxed our metropolita n be temporaries last week with a fabricated report of death of Li , .ut. Colonel Metcalf, of Elstree. 00 The royal mail steam-ship Caledonia sailed hence ja , Sunday, with the North American mails of the 19t4 stela and upwards of a hundred passengers. r , The Earl of Sefton, who has been suffering from aeon le indisposition, is much improved in health. The "nea r earl and his family have returned to Croxteth-park" L verpool, from Ryde, Isle of Wight. , The Dublin distillers have made a considerable auvpp fo in the price of whisky. The failure of the potato c : i 9 and the consequent antic:pated consumption of oat' the cause of the advance. ril 4 THE EMPEROR OF USSIA.---1 he Attem ti Gazelle states that the Emperor of Russia 113 ",, t he' nounced his intention to proceed to Sicdly throng . ' B sphorus and the Straits of the Dardanelles. Oct' Dr. Lardner, in a letter to the Times, dated Paro , o te• 16, denies that he ever, on any occasion, made a e bb ment to the effect that " to cross theAtiantic by s teer' mathematically impossible:" a 0' ~ YOUTHFUL INCENDIARIES.—TWO boys. age. -l e o; in a boyish freak, set fire to a wheat sack, near r oa Bay, on Sunday week. The magistrates suitably sva the prisoners, and dismissed them. irfl ° GREECE.—A revolt has broken out in Maina• %c ite hundred Mainotes, after having endeavoured to etroll• the people to revolt, took possession of an old O f 0 . 1 41' The second day after they were dispersed by tl e g°, of° ment troops, after a sharp attack, in which sever s killed. 1. THE COLLIERS OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIR E ' colliers of this district, it is said, are again about Oeverf out for another advance of wages. The thick co al ' g . now receive 4s. Ed., and the thin men 3s. 6d, 1 4 , 00 0 0 This advance is equivalent to an addition of ss. 0 1,..10, manufactured iron, and no doubt occasioned by t i t le 1 advance made in the market price of the staple Br ae tiei' the district. Whether justifiable or not, it 0 9 pated. „ oj ece A new opera, called "The Fairy Oak," was - Peot i. at Drury-lane on Saturday, wivh the external otn' 0 e ibif g irt be of a great success. Every piece that co uld 1 us Phe be encored was encored with vehemence, nun:leen The - of hands were brought into collision almost ceaseless vocalists were called, and the composer was called . Or laurels, we mean not literal wreaths, were in ca , t P o e" sion ; the only question is, whether they will pro" ta° greens The. town of Saltash and its neighbourhood is in serer' of great excitement, in consequence of the body of a t plac e ' man, named Joseph Clatworttiy, a resident of O a f orli! r : having been found on the banks of the river, frit% is i ll evidently the result of severe blows. One i lia- of ! I : i g custody, and the constables, under the directinn ioo ki 4 mayor and magistrates, are actively eliployed in tics° after two other persons, who, it is imagined, are imp in the affair. 1 5 * *-- net. , t bia THE POTATO DISEASE.—THE HAGUE, : h i We have accounts from Copenhagen of the a o toet month, which state that the disease in the P° Lo u spreading more and more in Denmark, as in Fun brrl: land, Falster, and likewise Sealand, especially th e wit. near Copenhagen. It has likewise appeared in of golf er hie. It is stated that the disease is beginni n the tib self in Sweden, and as the crops, particularly ands, it s!) cai kinds, are more backward than in the Nether'. tbef ti , o 01 11 feared that the disease ma spread wider. It 1, , ll° fore, be advisable to take m e a sures in the diae.: a ti of cargoes from that country, to ascertain the q ual/ potatoes. are se e o f . OYSTERS.—The natives in the finest order rc roft , moo b o of tised in our paper, of to-day, by Mr. Hanover-street, whose supply is not only la rge, _„% the first quality , figWureAsltislia'rveurntixses exhibitions are enlivened by emblematic Pa in agic lantern and dissolving views. nAouvrepryapeexri:oelfleton!dcaoyl.lelipooenses°lifionliPsibe: LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, IS 45 ' ~i Of PRINTED AND PUBLISHED „ Q . 1;• TUESDAY MOB"' BY and JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove.atreet. LEONARD ADDISON, of 14. Great Orford atrest• At No, 4, ST. Gaol:0101 CAMICIINT, LITI1PrO"" EVERY