The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. wre beg respectfully to call tl attention of Merchants, Brokers, luctionters and other to the important fact that the LIVE F,RPOOL FANDARD IS NOW TI ON LY NEWSPA PUBLISHED WI which can u. of Manufacturer TUESDAI wsrcom town and th 'ortance that :d other THE TUESDAY'S MANCHESTER MARKET The STANDARD is taken at and respectable surroundsng manufacturing district A SECOND EDITION i MARKETS, and any ne may arrive in the course of the morning Zitnrpcol &tanbarfl. TUESDAY THI on Monday week TORNING CH 7 apologiz peech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ginally announced by I some statements which are weaken whatever smal tion of the pub the financial ability of inent. Nay. may have he Imost chance to: 1. and Less ; whether the cloud, which nd our industry 3equer am sorry to say y are not so rapic g quarter of fallen rds of ent to emp . five of much of oui• cc ratter of t our eyes ti the last yea pect of an inc country's r Winch we are abut deficiency thus which is estimated sterling, we have ha( the existing I a fit of almost submit ; and we are r driwing upon the t exchequer to relea We much fear estimates for the C( fairly looked thi the deficiency is they have eal with us a question of very ialtin any por led to place in y's NYhiggovern- country haTs as yet a venue has loss;ered over our has passed by, or whether we have yet f otshadoW. At present we look in vain for of coming sunshine still relaxed : and c suspended We hay from the lips of the Cl himself. It is not," h what the inc( that symptom in their progr though the) 1847 was no to say, that the receipts up to this time hat of, as compared with it. t £400,000 , ntofug And," he adds hat notwithstandin an expectation of some E the excise depa of the April qi the deficiency z linary receipts in uarter, he is not / oared to say that Dui let us seewhata;ei i heaata Upon which the Chancellor of the Exchequer bases his estimates for the coming year. " I estimate," he says, " the C We' have had one year of extra another of extraordinary nrosnE ustoms at £19,774,000 ,ary adversity, and .ity. Perhaps the best with reference to the sum recent._ in the year 1845-6. That was the year after the reductions made in the tariff by the Right Hon. Gentleman cpposite (Sir Robert Peel), and I assume that the sum to be received in the ensuing year from the Customs will be about what it was in 1845-6." Now, we must contend—and we do so, fearless of -that wehave not theslightest right course is to frame the esiim"at( 1 from the Cust allcontradiction- to anticipate for this year a c ins revenue ec to that of 1845-6. That year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer states, preceded one of "extraordi )wed, it is true, by " but it is not ne of thin nary prosperity, which w cessary, or in the usual cou should alternate between extraordinary s that we sperity at next one of extriord ,eritv because last year I tv. We decline h to sickness ; but we do was one of extraordinary ad rapidly enough from hea. CIEs descensus—; sed retrogra - li, hic labor, est." We have in the social, as in the corporeal conchtton— the valetudinarian -to pass through and a weary and oft- system, a tr condition— times tedious passage we find it features which dis tinguished the financial year 1845-6, which we are told are to be the characteristics of the year 1848-9, But let us It preceded, we a ordinary pro the year of " extra but it was also itself rite. The spirits. of 'ently been inflated ion in the duties of a raw materials rted largely, and .. lopulation was at the year of no ordinary prc the commercial classes hE by the boon 'of a ze red t of• manufacture We had consumption of ou ,ry branch Of industry being fully the latter part of the yeir s, e had the first visitation of the potato disease in Ireland ; but we are told by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that this maximum, ( _ employed. _lt is true tl not tell upon the state of the July quarter, in which the re year 184 In the bered 'verse circumstance did venue till after the pts were very large. ver, it will be remem- had a surplus of income Kpenditure, amounting to three millions ster ling, which enabled him, after re-imposing the property and income tax, to give a further stimulus nportation and to consumption by th e '" • ' her of duties, which country, by en- over ( pressed upon the indust hand le people t ground for the We car aSSUIT may be fairly m-( ze produ with t production ; and there is litt me to come of such vill be required to an increased conse take off our surplu stocks and give new life to Our tea tradealarge revenue has been notoriously a losing one ; and the receipts from this nnething approaching n in 184-6. The le is not very pro- very branch of industry d the ear doubts our foreign trade producing trade for the last three y( source may be set down a to a milli - on sterling less ti prospect of a large timber t ,ituated as air .t the pres ;they articles, which contribute largely to our cus- toms revenue It is very ( whether any revival tivity can be antici- Dated within months, sufficient to ordinary ability to a or excisable her is s of Le cotton crop of th dulging in the hor fully our manufaCturina r 'don ; and it mi a d-4 be borne in mind ti ineans of paying the f ft maim' nnot import without y lueing derar ect ett affairs. There is no pros' ry_signal increase in the number. o our monetar employed in railway formation ft__ fact which, connected with further short xcturing distric some tim time working in tell s the Cha rely not only u as ",.11 WA 1 n our C lue, viz., st s, must atoms but the hequer overrates the pro: pcirtant branches of the es, and income tax, from 16,690,000. It will be found, We fear, that de. creased commercial activity and retrenchment forced upon all classes of the community, will combine to disappoint his expectations from these sources: Of course, we have no wish to stand forward as alarmists, or to destroy the confidence Of tim corn- in Uiu i 1 UXat ti144.1.46/- 1 resources. But we cannot withhold the expression of our honest opinion, when we are impressed, after mature consideration, with a conviction, that the nation is being misled, and that its position is painted too much in coulcur de rose. Of course, our opinion will pass current only for what it is worth. But so long as even a doubt can be raised as to the correctness of a Minister's calculations, we hold it to he sheer folly to be satisfied with meeting an admitted deficiency by borrowing from accidental exchequer balances, and most dangerous to delay for an hour the duty of entering upon a full and detailed examination Of our actual position, with a view, if practicable, to place the revenue of the country upon a more solid and certain founda tion,—one less likely to be affected by the constantly changing circumstances of our foreign and internal commerce and industry. We must, however, upon this part of .the subject reserve our remni Jr another art ich SUDDEN AND LAMENTED DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED TOWNSMAN. We regret to anno' ie sudden demise of Mr. Elijah interest I been for many years a mer in that character, as well as in —such were his Christian deportment and ex was universally respected. He had recently left. his residence, at Chalcot, in Wiltshire, to which he had retired, hut from which (owing to old and endearing associrtiuns,) he returned to this neighbourhood, asive benevolen, about twelve months ago, and occupied the house, in Toxteth Park, (rec, ntly inhabited by Mr. C. H. Horsfall.) His lady had for some time been seriously ill, and indeed she is not yet entirely convalescent. On the 25th ult. deceased visited his beloved partner in her chamber, and, while talking with her complained of a slight pain in his chest. He retired to another apartment, hoping that a brief repose would relieve him from a little languor, of which he had also spoken. Shortly afterwards some letters were read to him by his niece, while he reclined in lit till- , was being done, as it by a singular pre proaching dissolution, he made a re luis strong feeling of the inefficacy of a ince, and then he complained of to his throat, and affecting his Itly his bead fell and he swooned male servants of the establishment end happening to meet rmerly Mayor,) and his lady, ex ss his opinion that his master was in a fit. Mr. hastened to the house, and Mrs. of her husband's dangerous illness, iortunities, assisted from her him. The two ladies Lawrer ststanm reached his bedside only in time to witness his de parture from this world of sorrows. Mr. Harrison was 61 years of age, and the immediate cause of his death is stated to have been defective operation in the region of the heart. He had no family and was interred at St. Michael's, roxteth Park. lle has kit a name behind untarnished as I more than ordinarily emblazoned . He was always usefully em re here as an active honorary gious and charitable societies, said reflected the deep seated inciples which guided him continually. in his charaet pinyed during , veral of our reli The Woodside ferry committee have decided on con tinuing the present plan of running the steamers. works on Wednc ;ered into possession of the water- On Mc _ 1 child, five years old, named Robt. Reed, living in St. Andrew-street, was burnt to death whilst left with some other children Gilt tryin his hand as a trod Isle of Man, under the firm of " Trowsdalc and Co." or- Bering goods from Liverpool Per It is understood that the Improve- I the Finance Committee are to con fer together as to the completion of the alterations in this street. On Monday week, Robert George Swann, a little boy, living with his parents in Comus•street, pulled a pan of hot coffee over himself, by which he was severely scalded. He lingered until Tuesday. The Juvenile Charitable Society has relieved during the past two months no fewer than 601 families. In each A new market has Been commenced at Lytham. The Architect, is Mr. Charles Reed of Liverpool. The build ing will be in the Roman style, to accord with Lytham Hall, c!ose at hand, the seat of T. Clifton, Esq. THE KNOT!' MONUMENT.—Mr. Edward Davies, sculp tor, of Fitkroy'4quare, London, son of the late Dr. D. Davies, Physician to the Duchess of Kent, -and a native of Carmarthen, is the successful competitor for the statue of General Knott, to be erected in this town. The first application of self-acting water closets to cot tages, under the sanatory act, was introduced by Mr. Jo seph Spencer, architect, of Clayton-square, in some buildings lately erected for Mr. John Lane, brewer, of this town. in_Cnelcs_pur-street. near Pownall-square. FEMALE DEPRAVITY.—An inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on Thursday. ou the body of an infant, still she resides with her parents ( poor people) in Colling wood-street. The girl delivered herself during the tem- nce of her mother, Levantine," bound for Malta and Constantinople, which sailed hence on Saturday week, was driven on shore upon rocks near Wexford, on Sunday week. She was full of water, hut her cargo will be saved. w steamer The "Levantine" was a fine vessel of 210 tons burth€n, and the property of Messrs. Mongredien of this town. CURE OF INFLUENZA.—A clerical friend, who resides in the Wirral! district of Cheshire. informs us that after much from a lingering attack of i n fl uenza , he , in.med: '9l'. 9- ' sufferir gate relict, and, soon after, perfect ,as he thinks) from taking the following preserip- Jn :—A tea spoonful (when the disease is most afflicting) of a mixture composed of equal parts of spirit of nitre, paregoric, and syrup of squills. _ „ . . SUDDEN DEATH OF JOSEPH RIDGWAY, ESQ.—A pain ful feeling was excited on Thursday on 'Change by the announcement of the death of Mr. Joseph Ridgway, cot ton broker, Rumford-street. The deceased was in his own office a few minutes before one o'clock, apparently in good health and spirits, and was attending to a person who was looking over samples of cotton. He retired to the water closet, and was discovered there in a few minutes afterwards quite dead. His death was the result of san guineous apoplexy. A REFLECTION.—The Liverpool Mercury and the London Times are very like each other—particularly the Mercury. The leading journal is remarkable for its oneness; produced by many, a unity of tone nevertheless pervades it, and the general combination results in an exact uniformity. It is precisely the same with our local contemporary—but with a difference. The Times is brilliant—the Mercury is for ever dull; it never deviates into sense or brightness, eternal darkness rests upon its who write in it, prints it Off in that kind of acid milk which is endued with a strong affinity for lampblack. The acorn contains a miniature oak, and in the natural history of the Mercury the paragraph encloses the germ of the leading article. Like Pope's tasteless landscape, one ugly thing reflects another, and a leaden dullness deprives all of vitality. The stupid are always vulgar, and ill-manners are the inevitable sequence of ignorance. If we look for all these in the Mercury, we shall not be disappointed ; and where so many bad attributes are collected, a slight disregard of veracity is in perfect keeping. The Mercury has betrayed feelings of discomfort of late ; perhaps good advice nay restore his heavy somnolency. The advice is this : to cater for the indulgent and venerable ladies who Lose who turn, and them.— ive large questions Journal (radical paper) DAY.—Wednesday last bein Patron Saint of the Principality, the usual. celebrated by the natives of Wales ST. DAVID S resident in this town of the Welsh Charity ed St. David cnnuren 's Caurch in the forenoon, where Divinc spected incumbent, the Rev. W. Williams_ Llanddyfuan, Anglesey, preaching on the occasioi ing for his text, Romans, chap. xiii, verses 11 At the conclusion of the sermon, the annual examination of the children took place in the school-room, Russell street, A. F.llaliburton, Esq., presiding on the occasion. The result of the examination was as gratifying to the respectable auditory as it was creditable to thi In the evening, the annual dinner of the Car ciety was held at Mr. Whiteman's, the Brun Hanover-street, where a numerous and big able company sat down to an excellent eni got up in Mr. W.'s best style. R. D. Jones sided, supported by the Rev. W. Hughes, Rev NA, Williams, Rev. Mr. Edwards, J. Games, Esq. M. John Lloyd, Esq., Dr. Marsh, &c. ; Capt. Jont ;, Pm madoc, E. P. Jones, Esq., Edward Roberts, Esq., Thos Hughes, Esq. Edward Williams, Esq., &c ANCIENT Esq., SOClETY.—Wednesi st beir St. David's Day, the anniversary of the above old es' blished benevolent society, was celebrated at the BIT wick Assembly Rooms, Hanover-street. About members and friends sat down to a sumptuous din._ up by Mr. Joseph Jones, the proprietor of the room. a manner that gave great and general satisfaction. ti R. P. Williams, the president of the society, occupied the chair • the vice-chair was filled b y M r. J ohn Ro b erts; on the right and left of the chairman sat Ellis Jones, Esq., R. T. Lodge, Esq., M.D., Messrs. Thos. Hughes, Wm. Evans, Edwrxd Hughes, David Pugh, Maurice Williams, John Conway, John Evans, and Thos. Hughes, of Aber- Notes were read from Richd Griffith, David Evans, Mt Evans, Esquires, expressing unfeigned regret able to attend, and stating their determina the society as they had heretofore done. -Gls drawn, the following toasts were given nd received a most enthusiastic reception :—The Queen, - - -.J e n be long, prosperous and happy i the Prince lay last being After the Cloth IN of Wales, may he be a protector to his principality ; Prince Albert, and the Tato:if the royal family ; the Bishop an d Clergy of the Diocese; the nobility of Wales, in particu lar Lord Kenyon ; Sir Watkin William Wynn , Bart. ; the May.. am 'Nun Cnnneil of Liverpool ; the honorary members of the society • Ellis Jones, Esq., sm surgeon of the society; 'R. T. Lodge, Esq., M. perity to the.: Ancient Britons' Society ; Oes laith Cymraeg. The proceedinfr' enliybnetl by numerous SC7 by Messrs. Roberts, Abraiiam.. R. Evans, accompanied on the y Byd i'r of the evening were filets, trios, and quartettes, Thomas, I. Evans, and sh harn by Mi. John Thb company broke up about ten o'clock, much del ui~ni with :bultia‘MCl,ltt THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.-At the, last meeting, Mr. .1. A. Forrest read a paper " on a new mode of manufac turing white paint." He suggested that an excellent body paint, superior to that manufactured from lead, might be made from the white oxide of antimony. It had many advantages. He had ascertained that though it was now high in price, were there a demand for antimony, that metal could be obtained in abundance at about £l2 a ton, whereas the lead used Losts £24 10s. The new paint was consequently much cheaper ; it was not so apt to lose its colour, and would spread over a much larger sur face than an equal weight of the paint manufactured from lead. Mr. Forrest was prepared with apparatus to show the process of preparing the antimony, by means of sul phuretted hydrogen, but a wire broke, and the operation failed. WELSH CHASM( SCHOOLS.—Wednesday last, being St. David's day, the annual examination of the children of the Welsh charity-schools took place in the school-room, Russell-street, in the presence of the directors and friends of the institution. The girls, after reading a portion of the sacred scriptures, were questioned by their mistress (Mrs. Cotteen), ar.d acquitted themselves in a most satis factory manner. The boys were examined in reading, geography, English history, &c. ; and by the ready an swers they gave to the multifarious questions put to them by the master (Mr. Frederick Edwards), evinced a tho rough acquaintance with these several rudiments of edu cation. The Rev. William Hughes, pastor of St. David's then addressed the children, and exhorted them to carry into practical effect the religious education which was daily inculcated to them in these schools, without which educa tion was worse than useless. A. Fowden Haliburton, Esq., presided on the occasion, and after complimenting the directors of the institution upon the present efficiency of their schools, strongly adverted to the necessity of con necting religious instruction with the education imparted in our elementary schools, and would rejoice to see this principle recognised more extensively than heretofore throughout the world. Mr. Alderman Griffith, in pro posing a vote of thanks to the president, observed that he had received from him the handsome donation of £2O, in addition to a subscription of £2 25., which, for many years, he has made to the institution. After singing the national anthem, the children each received two buns and a penny. _ WIRRALL FARMERS' CLUB.—The annual meeting took place at Neston, on Thursday, and the attendance of the gentry and agriculturists was numerous. The show of live stock took place at Hinderton, and some good specimens were brought forward. Amongst the principal prizes awarded were to—Mr. W. Walker, Stourton, best stacking and thatching, first prize, £3. Second prize— R. W. Barton, Esq., Caldy, £3. Third prize—Mr. Vaughan, Landican, £l. Best Stallion—Mr: Ellison, Woodchurch, £5. Best Boar—Mrs. Grundy, £3. Best Bull—W. Webster, Esq., £6. Best Cow—Mr. Charles Ellis, £4.—The ploughing match took place on the race . course, a short distance from Neston. There were a num ber of competitors, and the contest was maintained throughout with considerable spirit. The principal prizes were-Ist class. George Pearce, ploughman, Mrs. Hart, owner, first prize; 2nd class, John Knowles, first prize. After the ploughing (in which 39 ploughs were engaged) a number of gentlemen who had taken part in the pro ceedings of the day dined together in the National School room, where a substantial repast was served up by Mr. John Wright, of Neston. The chair was occupied by Charles Stanley, Esq., and the vice-chair by Thomas Hoggins, Esq., agent to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Amongst other gentlemen present we noticed J. D. Case, Esq.; Robert King, Esq.; Ellis, Esq.; Gregory, Esq. ; Stewart, Esq. ; Parry, Esq. ; Dr. Bruit( ; Case, junior, sq., &c., &c.—The usual loyal toasts having been given, the Chairman read a letter from the Hon. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., the president of the club, stating his regret, that the pressure of important business in Par liament precluded the possibility of his attendance, and also stating his. desire to do all in his power to promote the interests of the club. He concluded with proposing the health of the Hon. Lloyd Mostyn, observing that that gentleman had laid cut large sums of money in im proving the dwellings of his tenantry. (Applause.)—The chairman in giving " Prosperity to the Club" remarked upon the benefits and improvements which had resulted from it. It was now absolutely necessary, in consequence of the opening of the trade in corn, that they should cul tivate the land at the cheapest rate, and this was only to be done by availing themselves of the modern improve ments in agriculture. They would then be able to keep pace with the manufacturers and get the greatest quantity of produce at the least expense. The other toasts were " Sir W. Massey Stanley, Bart., the Patron of the Club," " The Chairman," "The Earl of Shrewsbury," &c.— The prizes were hen distributed, and the utmost convi viality characterised the proceedings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ILLICIT DEALING IN WHEAT.—On Friday, the three mates of the ship Samuel Hicks, were sent to trial for selling wheat, what they termed " wheat sweepings," but which, in reality, was good. The buyers, two Irishmen, were also committed for buying an article which they must have known to have been stolen. CELLAR OCCUPATION.—Forty-six informations were heard against parties occupying unhealthy cellars on Tu esday, and the usual tines inflicted. The occupiers in many cases hold possession with a tenacious gray, and the duplicity of some is most extraordinary. The Health Committee have an herculean task before them. PoAcniNo.—Ori Thursday, two men, named Henry Norman and James Swift, were brought before the Bir kenhead magistrates, at the Police-court, charged with poaching on the preserves of Sir William Stanley, Bart., at Storeton. Norman, who had been twice previously punished for the same offence, was sentenced to two months' hard labour, and SWift to one month. OVERLOADING.—SeveraI cases of overloading vehicles were heard at the Police-court on Tuesday, arya fines in flicted. Amongst the parties was an omnibus driver, named Smith, against whom an information had been laid by a gentleman named Wood. - The omnibus, which was constructed to carry eleven persons, was laden with fiften. The driver was fined twenty shillings and costs. ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On Wednesday, a young man, named John Markey, was brought up at the Police-court, and charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of silver plate, consisting of two silver egg-stands, one salt, three spoons ; together with a Bible,. the gift of Sheridan Knowles to the daughter of the owner of the property, Mr. Emery, of Bootle, whose house was robbed on Mon day night of about £5O worth of plate.—Mr. Rushton ordered the prisoner to be taken before one of the county justices, he himself having no authority to take the case into his consideration. • EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF WEARING APPAREL.—OR Wednesday, Rose Mullen, and her husband, Michael Mullen, were committed for trial, charged by Lewis Howell with stealing wearing apparel from his house at Evcrton. It appeared that on Tuesday evening the fe male prisoner went into the complainant's house, and, watching her opportunity, carried off some clothes and two pair of boots. The theft was discovered almost im mediately, and the prisoner detected while in the act of coming through the lobby. She had the property upon her, which she threw down on being discovered. A va riety of wearing apparel and other articles were found in the prisoners' house, a portion of which were identified as having been stolen from persons in Prescot-street and Brownlow-hill, a few days ago. COINING: CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Saturday Thomas Rowe, an Irishman, was ,charged with having base coin in his possession. The prisoner lodged in and, in consequence of iniormation received - , Mr. Super intendent Anders, with two or three. officers, proceeded to search the room occupied by the prisoner, where they found some plaster of paris, a crucible, a pi:ce of metal melted down, and, in the ashes, two base shillings. It was some time before the officers could gain admittance, and they thought they heard the window of the upper room (where the landlord himself slept) opened and some thing thrown out. Search was instituted, and three rusty o'd pistols (one of formi(eile size) were found lying upon the ground. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the articles, and said that, although he had taken the lodgings three weeks ago, he had only that night commenced their Remanded. Mr._ Baron There is a monster Irish repeal meeting announced to take place in the Free-trade-hall, Manchester, on Satur day, the 18th instant. On Tuesday, factories at Ashton-under-Lyne, with steam-power equal to 1200 horses, were reduced to short mpted to show I time. On Sunday week, an affray took place in the township of Leagrim, near Stoneyhurst, between Henry Greenwood, which resulted in the death of one of the latter. On Tuesday morning a boiler exploded at the cotton mill of Mr. Richard Walker, Blue Pitts, near Rochdale, by which three persons were killed almost instantaneously, and two others seriously injured. Mr. James Fell, the out-door inspector of weights and measures in Manchester, has been appointed inspector of weights and measures for Liverpool, at a salary of £2OO per annum. Mr. Fell has rendered great service in Manchester. STOCKPORT.—A gentleman passed through all the leading streets in this borough one day last week, and thoroughfares, he did not observe one customer in any A young man, named Joseph Johnson, living in Man chester, paid a visit, few days since, to some friends at Huddersfield, and, after leaving the latter town, nothing was heard of him until Tuesday last, when he was found 4ntre, having to all appearance been acciden tally drowned. How he came there cannot be ascertained. A RAINY MONTH.—Last month was by far the wettest February Manchester has had for the last twenty years. The averaze fall of rain in the February of 16 years is Just 1-31 inch ; and the month of February, 1848, in Manchester, has had a fall of rain very nearly five times greater than the usual quantity falling in February. At the late Lancaster assizes, a witness was called to verify the signature to a deposition, by the counsel for the prosecution, and being rather t- ent-ring the box tartly s -- I the cause of the delay " She's so deaf, my lord, that she can't read writing, ex claimed the crier of the court, without betraying the least consciousness of the bull he had perpetrated. MR. COBDEN'S POPULARITY INMANCHESTER.—It was proposed, last week, tore-elect Mr. Cobden Chairman of the Manchester Mechanics' Institution, for which honour the name of Mr. Aspinall Turner also stood for election ; a vote was taken, and Mr. Cobden was rejected by a majority in the proportion of five and a half to one, the numbers being—For Mr. J. A. Turner, 109 ; for Mr. R. Cobden, 20. Not even Mr. Cobden's boasted in fluence as the first man of all the free traders is able to influence the old proverb that " no prophet bath honor in his own country." People will soon begin to doubt whether free trade itself is so popular in Manchester as it has been represented to be. LANCASTER ELECTION.—We are glad to see that the Hon. E. H. Stanley, (eldest son of Lord Stanley, and grandson of the Earl of Derby,) is a candidate for the representation of Lancaster, vice Mr. Gregson, unseated for bribery. Mr. Stanley refuses to give any pledges, but says:—! have no hesitation in declaring that t am firmly determined to maintain and uphold in its full integrity, the Protestant church, as established in these realms ; and to consent to no measure which I may believe to be detrimental to the interests of that church ; that I de sire to promote and encourage. the religions a'ul moral eduoation of all classes of the community ; and that. while I desire that commerce should be fr,e from all unnecessary restrictions, I hold myself bouad to follow up no theory, however sound in itself, to an extent which may he prac tically at variance with that encouragement which it is the interest and duty of every government to extend to the industry of its own subj..cts." Mr. Armstrong is the liberal candidate, and the election will take place to-mor row (Wedneseay). MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SO- ClE•rv.—The first annual ploughing match, io cmmexton with this amalgamated society, to , k place on Thursday, at. Winwick. One field not being suffLient to accommo date the entire entry. two suitable grass fiAds were selected for the occasion. The comvtitors were diviled into two classes, having two separate prizes, —the first for adults, and the second for young rit.,n not more than twenty years of age. Seventy-two candidates started for the first class, and six for the second. There was a numerous gathering of spectators of the interesting scene. The quantity of land ploughed was about seventy statute perches for the first class, and sixty for the second; and the time occupied for the completion of the work averaged from three and a half to five hours. A dinner took place in the evening, Robert Neilson, Esq., of Halewood, in the chair, when the following were named as the success ful compe!itors : Ottners. Ploughmen. FIRST CLASS Ist—Andrew Caunce 2tl—James Glassford Newton.... Wm. Canneer Lostock.... Geo. Glassford SECOND CLASS Ist—John Swinton D.►resbury.. Thos. Swinton 2 I—Mrs. Higginson Plumby . Wm. Fliggillioll. GROWTH OF COTTON AT PORT NATAL.—Some most gratifying evidence of the capabilities of Port Natal to produce abundantly and constantly every quality of cot ton required for manufacture. was given at a meeting of the Blackburn C3mmercial Association, on Wednesday. Seine questions were asked as to the respectability and probable stability of a company which had been formed at Port Natal for the cultivation of cotton. We are in a great measure enabled to answer the inquiry by a refe ,rence to the proceedings which took place at a meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Thursday last. It appears that a gentleman named Berthed, of the firm of Messrs. J. P. Jung and Go., merchants. of Cape Town and Port Natal, who was one of the originators of the company, in which be holds fifty shares, attended the Manchester meeting., and offered excellent evidence both as to the respec t ability arid prospects of the Cotton Com pany, and the easy means by which cotton could he cul- tivated at Port Natal. Families of Germans had been sent out, and were earth to receive 210 acres of land from the Company-10 acres to he quite free fur their own use, on condition that they cultivated cotton on the other 200 acres, and took the crops to the warehouse of the owners. It was shown that for small capitalists, say v £4OO, a very profitable cultivation of cotton could be forthwith commenced. All the papers published at Cape Town and Port Natal. spoke very favourably of the Company. Out of 2,000 shares, 1.500 allotted to Cape Town were taken up in less than two hours : the other 500 were re served for Port Natal and England ; and we shall be very much surprised if a single share is by this time left.— Blackburn Standard. MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—LOSS AND EXTRAOR DIN ARY RECOVERY. — The Manchester Courier contains particulars of the following extraordinary affair:—On nager of the banking establishment of Messrs. Hardcastle, Cross and Co., of Bolton,. was in Manchester, and dined at the Star Hotel, Deausgate, with several other gentle men from Bolton, amongst whom we may state was Mr. Thomas Cross, bleacher, of Mootfield, one of the partners in the bank. After dinner, the party, numbering about a dozen, adjourned to the " smoke room," where, after remaining in conversation until about tour o'clock, Mr. Thomas Cross rose to leave for the Bolton Railway Sta tion, on his return homewards. Wishing to have some conversation with him, Mr. Appleton accompanied him to the hotel door, where they remained together some few minutes, when they mutually shook hands, and separated, Mr. Cross proceeding to the railway station, and Mr. Appleton rejoining his friends in the smoke room of the Star Hotel. On re-seating himself, however, he made the painful discovery that lie had lost fr6m his pocket a roll of notes amounting to £1250. He searched his dress and every portion of the room, but in vain. The other rooms of the house where he had been were also searched. He had felt the notes in his trowser's pockets shortly before. He then acquainted Mr. Beswick, chief constable, who advertised bills, offering a reward. Mr. B esw i c k after wards entered the smoke room, where he found about a dozen gentlemen whom he had seen there before. He told them the notes were lost there, and addressing one of them, a wealthy man and hitherto considered respect able, he inquired if he know anything of them, saying al=o that he must make a strict search. The man appear ed indignant, but being peremptorily questioned further, he at length falteringly and fainlingly acknowledged that he had picked up " something." "Do you know what it is, have you looked at it ? ' exclaimed Mr. Beswick, " No, I don't," was the rejoinder of the gentleman ; when hurrying him into an adjoining room, Mr. Beswi c k, who from the momen t h e laid his hand upon the gentle man's shoulder seemed to be convinced he had got hold of the right_mani r .nhertly riatervierl with the lost note* in his hand. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ELECT. On Monday, the Council and magistrates of Chester proceeded in state to the Palace, preceded by the police force and the civic regalia, for the purpose of presenting an address to the Bishop, on his preferment to the see of Canterbury. The address, after expressing sentiments of reverence and affection for the professional and personal character of his lordship, and regret at his removal from a city where he had done so much to ameliorate the con dition of the u . ifortunate , the distressed, and the destitute, contained the following sentences " It is no part of our province, combining as we do persons of various shades of opinions, to enter upon questions affecting the present position and future prospects of the Protestant Church as established by law in these realms, but we may be privileged to express our sincere belief that a more vigilant de fender of the principles of the Reformation than your lordship is not to be found within the pale of the Establishment, and our ardent hope that in these (lays when public opinion (not hastily expressed but deliberately matured) is favourable to an en. lightened toleration being extended to all classes of her Majes ty's subjects, that the advancement of your lordship to the highest honour and trusts in the Established Church will tend to preserve, strengthen, and enlarge the influence of those principles, and that they will be upheld in their full integrity so far as your lordship's example and influence may prevail. We congratulate your lordship on the attainment of honours which are most worthily bestowed, accompanied, however, by grave responsibilities, which our past experience of your lordship and your labours within this diocese assures us you will faithfully discharge. We congratulate the Church that in these times, when somewhat of disquiet has fallen to her lot, that in the ele vation of our lordship she will enjoy the pastoral superinten- ••,• se All 11l puppy. .•••, faith and a lover of peace. We congratulate the people amongst whom your lordship will hereafter dwell that they will have the advantage of the residence of a prelate not only pre-eminently fitted to fill the highest station in the Church, but who is de serving of their affection in the less dignified but useful capaci ties of friend, neighbour, and citizen.' The Bishop, on receiving the address, spoke as follows : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—lt is difficult for me to ex press the strong emotion with which I have heard your address, speaking of me as it does in terms far more honourable than I had any right to expect, or am conscious of deserving. My appointment to the Primacy has been received in many qvar ters with a favour which 1 could not have presumed to antici pate. But the opinion which is especially valuable is that of my neighbours and fellow-citizens, who have had opportunities of judging concerning me, and speak from their own observa tion ; and I must be devoid of all proper feeling, if I did not acknowledge a high degree of gratification for the testimony which you now.offer me, founded on the experience of twenty years. during which we have been known to each other. I may advert to another source of satisfaction derived from your Ad dress. I cannot but be conscious to myself that lam removed to a station of far greater responsibility, and far greater diffi culty, than that which I have hitherto filled ; 'and I cannot but feel an apprehension, lest I should prove inadequa'e to the right discharge of my duties, many of which are new and strange to me. Under such disquietude, there is consolation in reflecting that the duties which I have hitherto discharged were once new to me, and that in the opinion of kind, but dis passionate observers, I have been found faithful in the fulfil ment of them. Jn this thought I take courage, trusting that the same Power which has hitherto strengthened meonay sus- tain me still, and the same grace which has prociired me tavour in the judgment of my fellow-citizens at Chester. may prove sufficient for me in the high eminence to which I am now' called. Certainly in one respect you do me no more than justice. I do hope to be always a vigilant defender of the doctrines of the Reformation. Toleration, in its fullest legitimate extent, will always be my principle; but toleration must not slide into indifference ; there is an essential distinction between truth anti error; and one of the chief dangers of the present day is the danger of confounding them. The Scriptures assure us what is Truth • and what I receive as truth from the Scriptures, it will always be my endeavour to maintain, uncorrupted by German neology on the one side, or by Romish tradition on the other." occu pane JUVENILE DEPRAVITY.—A young lad, well known to the police, and whose name is John Wainwright, was brought before Mr. Rushton on Thursday, charged with .having glen part of a 'shoulder of mutton from flu of Mr. Harking, in Lime-street. He innocence, but signally failed, and was corn A mere child, who gave his na charged by Mr. Prati with stealing a kettle from a shop door in-Great Charlotte-street. Though so young a child, it was not his first offence, he havicg been dismissed when in custody on a similar charge some time previously. The chief superintendent of police offered it as his opinion 'that the boy had been instructed to commit the theft by the mother, who he thought had disposed 'of the proceeds of the former act. The woman was sent for, and said she had six. children to provide for, having lost her husband. The magistrate, after a caution, gave the child up to her. A LUNATIC IN BRIDEWELLI—About noon on Friday observed a -man named Philip Dunn, with a crowd of twenty or thirty persons about him. The officer went to ascertain the cause,.and questioned Dunn, who was acting in the most incoherent manner, where he wick-st lived. He replied, "In Heaven.!" Further answers and extravagances satisfied the officer that the man was in- sane, and he took him tor pit Dock Bridewell. Mr. Jones; the bridewell-keeper, sent the officer to the South Dispensary.; Mr. Leech returned with him, and pronounced the prisoner insane, giving a certificate to that effect. News of the occurrence was sent to the Porish-office, in Toxteth-park, and Thomas Challis Case, one of the overseers, came down and hand cuffed the lunatic, but refused to take him away till another medical certificate, independent of that of Mr. Leech, could be obtained. No other medical gentleman of the officer, to the workhous but the governor red, in the absence of a proper order, to take him in ; and he was conveyed to the main brid rence was investigated by Mr. Rushton in the morning Mr. Case produced a document to show that he would not have been justified in removing the man on the certi ficate of any medical gentleman filling a public office. He had gone, he said to seek Mr. Magee, but he was not in, and his absence was the cause of the delay which had oc curred. Mr. Rushton said he should have called in some other medical gentleman.. It was the duty of an overseer, in such a case, to take the man before a justice of the peace, and have him removed without delay to a lunatic asylum. Bridewell was no place to keep such a person in. The moment he came under the care of the overseer he should have been removed to a ward house, or some convenient place. Mr. Case said the Toxteth-park autho rities had no such place. Mr. Rushton : Then you must get one. You are liable to penal consequences otherwise,, and I advise you to lay the whole of the cir cumstances of the case before the authorities, stating the difficulty you are in." The occur- LOCAL MEETIN GS DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—PIans of small build ings to be erected on the pierhead, to furnish additional accommodation for the water-guard department, were submitted, and ordered to lie on the table for a week. -- The sub-committee recommended that, under the pecu liar circumstances stated, the British and North American royal mail steamer America should be accommodated with a berth in the graving -dock on her arrival here, for the purpose of being examined by the Admiralty surveyor. Confirmed. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was held on Wednesday; Mr. Sheppard in the chair. During an inquiry upon the expediency of giving money to pau pers who were desirous of leaving the workhouse, Mr. Latham, the relieving officer, stated that at, the la.t meet ing of the board 10s. was given to a Mrs. Hunter, and in two hours afterwards she was found lyinz upon some steps in Upper Harrington -street, in a helpless state of intoxication. A gratuity of £25 was given to Mr. Taylor, of the fever hospital, in consideration of the arduous duties he performed, the risk he ran, and the small amount of his salary, which was only a guinea and P half a week. The Chairman said that there was now .EIBDO in the bank to the credit of the board, and this too at the close of the year, notwithstanding the great amount of pauperism which they had had to contend with. Mr. Harrison proposed that application should he made to the Town Council for the amount expended (.£300) in the formation of a sewer in Mill-lane. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Vestry was held on Tuesday. Mr. Thornely moved that a return be made of the number of children in the Indus trial Schools, and at the WorkhOuse in Brownlow-hill, and also at the house in Soho-street, specifying boys and girls, who are orphans, who have fathers, or mothers, or both, whether the parents reside in the parish, and whe ther they (the parents) have a settlement in the parish. After a brief conversation, it was carried.—The Sub committee reported that Mr. Blanchard's claim would be met by a payment of £221 Is., and they recommended that the sum named be paid him nut of the voluntary rate, provided he received that sum in full of his arc mot. —A letter was read from the vaccinators, repudiating certain charges which had been made against theni at the last general meeting of the board.—For the week ending the 26th of February, it was reported that 3,341 Irish cases had been relieved at a cost of £BO 43. enl., and that the number of fever cases visited in the town and the workhouse that week was 880. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. From the proceedings of the committees, which were read by the Law-clerk, it appeared that the board had issued a writ against the commissioners, requiring them to pay a sum of £3OOO which was owing. It was stated that the bank held £55,000 of bonds as security against the £3.000. Mr. au action against the board at a time of such difficultattd pressure, and when the commissioners were about m4king an arrangement with the government to carry on the works. It appeared as though the bank were taking an unseemly advantage, and wished to obtain snm. preference by such a proceeding, and the fact ought to - go forth to the public. He thought that Mr. Matlaby, as chairman of the board, would not sanction any such pro ceeding. The Chairman said Mr. Mallaby had no doubt been ordered by the bank to take proceedings. Several other members considered the course pursued by the bat.k as objectionable and uncalled for, seeing that they held the X 55,000 as security. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meet ing, on Thursday, the special sub-committee cppointed to con,ider the bye-laws, reported the great difficulty which ••••••I •••••• CIVIC suggestea its repeal 6everal members thought that no unreasonable impediments ought to be thrown against bathing; hut ultimately the decision was deferred for a month. The Law-clerk said the special Ferry Committee had taken measures for opposing the bill which was likely to he framed by the crown, relative to the future (locks and great float. In the bill passed in 1844 the commissioners had had a clause inserted, secur ing the right of the inhabitants of the several townships 4,1 _ I • , . ..• ..... endue WHICH was to oe constructed, to have slips constructed in the sea wall, and to have the right of thoroughfare at Birkenhead. The committee had reason to believe that the Dock Commissioners had sold their right at the time they gave up the docks and works to the Crown. Mr: Mann said it was the duty of the commis sioners to watch the matter. The Law-clerk said it was the intention of. Lord Morpeth to frame a bill relative to the great floodgates, and bring it before parliament. After some conversation, it was agreed that the Crown shotild be petitioned on the subject, and that every, effort should be made for having the privileges sought in the bill of 1844. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday. It appeared from the Finance Committee's report, that Mr. Neilson had been sent to Manchester to obtain the charges there for coroner's inquests, and he reported that the aggregate charge for the last five years in Manchester was £2895, whilst in Liverpool it was £9309. Adding one-sixth for Manchester, to make the population of the two towns equal, £482, that would make £3377, and would show an excess, supposing the populations to be equal. of Liverpool over Manchester, to the amount of £5932. In Manchester no allowance is made to jurors, xhereas ; in Liverpool every juror receives for every in quezt Is. CA. In Liverpool, too, more money is psitl to surgeons than in Manchester, in the proportion of £B7 to £24.—Mr. G. H. Lawrence hoped some reduction would be shortly made in the coroner's charges, but as the matter was still the subject of negociation, discussion ought to be avoided. The proceedings of the Education Committee were confirmed, after Mr. Aikin and Mr. Rathbone had com plained of the small salaries given to the teachers in the schools. . When the Health Committee's proceedings had been read, Mr. Harbord called the attention of that committee to the necessity of passing some stringent regulations with reference to the wretched lodging-houses of the town. He said that shortly the sprint , tide of emigration would be commencing from Liverpool, and that the emigrants would be sent in a state of fever on board ship, by stay ing after their arrival here in those lodgings.—Mr. Tinne admitted the importance of the subject, but said it had 'been postponed in order that the by-laws might receive mature consideration in the first instance.—A watch rate of one penny was laid upon Liverpool, Everton and Kirk dale, and those parts of West Derby and Toxteth-park which are within the borough.—A rate of 3-16th parts of a penny was laid, under the provisions of an act of par liament for the establishment of museums. Mr. Earle moved the appointment of Messrs. Earle, Hornby, Morris, Cooper, Bennett, Parker, Denson, Turner, Tinne, and J. Holme, as a committee, to report whether any alteration in the present system of laying and recovering parochial and other local rates be advisa ble. He complained that many persons able to pay rates failed to do so, and that they, particularly the cripples, came whining and crying before the committee, repre senting that they could not pay, when they really had plenty of money. He therefore sought for a change, and hence the necessity for his motion.—Mr. Tinne seconded the motion.—Mr. Harbord said that hundreds of thou sands of poor wretches were systematically robbed in Liverpool by the landlords promising to pay rates for tenants, and then declining to do so.—The motion was carried. A motion by Mr. James Thompson, for the opening of Burlington -street from Love-lane to Great Howard-street, was referred to the Finance Committee.—Mr. G. H. Lawrence said, however, that the improvement was im practicable, and that the landlords were asking such im mense sums for the property that £12,000 would not effect it.—Mr. Parker thought that Limekiln-lane ought to be improved before Burlington -street was opened. ♦,.3istrirt tb3s. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE The proceedings against the Bishop of Hereford are not to be carried into the House of Lords. _ _ _ THE LATE PRIMATE At the meeting of the Gospel Propagation Society a few days since, there was a very large attendance of members, including, among otners, the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Llandaff, Exeter, Salisbury, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P., the Dean of Manchester, Archdeacons Sin clair, Jones, Thorp, Hale, and Hamilton, Hon. and Rev. C. Si H. R. Dukiufield, Rev. Drs. Spry, Russell, Jelf, Wordsworth, Vivian, &c. &c, The Archbishop of York presided. The Earl of Harrowby moved, and the Bishop of London seconded, a series of resolutions expressive of the grateful sense of the society alt . , and In the sorrow at the loss it had ex 3erienced in his Beat} course of his remarks Earl Ilarrowby said :—How can I —how can any one of us—forget that winning gentleness of manner, that graceful simplicity of demeanour, which so peculiarly distinguished our late Archbishop ?—qualities which, in him, were by no means incompatible with firm ness of principle and even energy of action, whenever Occasion called for them. It is no time now to go into evidence on this point as to the general government of the Church ; but, at any rate, within these walls this union of qualities will not be questioned. By his conciliating spirit, by the largeness of his views, he harmonised ele. ments amongst us not always of themselves most harmo nious ; and the facts stated in the resolutions show the spirit and the energy which he threw into our proceedings. When he first guided the operations of the society the principle of Episcopacy was scarcely admitted into our colonies. During his administration. and under his guidance, the absence of it became the exception —an exception, happily, fast disappearing. He found 5 Bishops in our Colonies, he left 21 ; he foimd 122 Missionaries in the service of the society, he left full 334, and thew March 7, BA certainly not less zealous, not less fitted for the task of spreading the Gospel of Christ amongst our extended Colonies, than the smaller number." CA LC UTTA CATHEDRAL.—From th e fi na l R eport of S t. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, we learn that " the sacred edifice was consecrated according to the edifying forms of our Protestant National Church, on Friday, October 8, 1847, being the anniversary of the day when the first stone was deposited in 1839." It is recorded with grati tude to Almighty God, that, from its commencement to the present time, this difficult undertaking has been one of continued progress and success, without a single failure in any part. The estimate of the cost was four lacs of rupees ; the actual outlay has been rather more than five. The building is now complete, inside and out, with clack, bells, painted windows, and organ. The style is denomi nated by the Bi s h o p " Indo or Christian Gothic." Some parts are imitated from Norwich Cathedral, some from Canterbury, some from York; some are new variations occasioned by climate. The material is a kind of brick, dressed with Chunar stone, and covered inside and out with chunam, which takes a polish like marble. The external length is 248 feet; width 83 feet; length across transepts 116 feet ; height of the spire 206 feet. There is no nave, but a western vestibule 46 feet by 22. The Cathedral may be made to receive 1,300 or 1,400 people. It is intended to be at once a Parish Church, a Mission Church for service in the vernacular languages, and a Metropolitan Cathedral. There will be a body of six Cathedral Clergy, who will help forward the cause of the Gospel by their literary labours. The staff of lay officers is also complete. There are to be two full services on Sunday, daily morning prayers at seven a.m., and Holy Communion once a month, and on certain Festivals.—. Colonial Chronicle. RAILWAY AFFAIRS. -*- The line from Hull to Louth was opened for public traffic on Wednesday. The Directors of Rastrick's Direct London and Man chester Railway are about to make a further return of 10s. per share. Captain Claxton has been- engaged by Mr. Stephenson to assist him in transporting the Conway tube for the Chester and Holyhead railway. The line of the Scottish Central Railway from Stirling to Greenhall, where it joins the Edinburgh and Glasgow, was formally opened by the directors on the 22nd ult. At the Eastern Counties Railway Meeting. Mr. Hud son announced an increase of traffic on the half-year amounting to £70,000; but the dividend is only Bs., owing to the consolidation and extension of the stock receiving dividend. The list of calls for March exhibits a total of £2,203,659 being a decrease of £1,304,406 as compared with the cor responding month of 1847. Of this amount £1,262;000 are called upon French and Belgian lines, the shares of which are but partially held in this country. The meeting of the proprietors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway was held on Saturday. when it was again adjourned for a week, Mr. Mozlev stating that matters were in progress, and that he hoped an amicably settlement would be come to in a few days. At the half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, on Thursday, a dividend of .Z 1 13s 9d: per £lOO share, free of income tax was declared. A re solution was passed approving of the recommendation of the directors to work the line independently at the expira tion of the present lease. RAILWAYS V. SHIPPING.—At the annual meeting of the Berwick General Shipping Company on Tuesday last,. a dividend of 10 per cent was declared. During the pro ceedings it was remarked that railway communication ie. inflicting great injury on the shipping of the port, in the conveyance of goods between Berwick and Leith, and Berwick and Newcastle. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—This important railway was. opened throughout for traffic on the 15th current, between Carlisle, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and all places in connection with the London and North Western and Lancashire and Carlisle railways. Mail trains now run twice each war daily between London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, without change of carriages. From official returns it. appears that the amount of traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3,518 miles of railway, was £148,323, thus accounted f0r:—£68,325 for the conveyance of passengers only, £42,829 for t he. car riage of goods, and a remainder of £37,169 for passengers• and goods together, not respectively apportioned; being an increase of £23,911 over the corresponding week of last year, when the mileage was 2,711. The average earrings per mile last week were £42, whilst in 1847 they were £45. LAND SLIP ON THE NORTH UNION RAILWAY.-011 Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, it was accidentally dis covered that an embankment between the Buxton and Coppul stations, on the North Union line, about sight miles from Preston, had given way. Before eleven o'clock • one end of the wooden bridge had sunk considerably, and the embankment adjoining suddenly fell in to the depth of about twenty feet, carrying with it both lines of rail, and• leaving a frightful chasm, into which the express train from London, then coming up, would, but for the dis covery, have inevitably been driven. ALARMING RAILMAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday. s fearful railway accident was well-nigh happening, by the carelessness of not attending to the signal at the station at Weedon. There is an iron bridge to let government boats through, for the service of the barracks and military: prison. This bridge was open and the proper signal given, but owing to the inattention of the guard, no notice was taken of the signal, and the engine fell into the middle of the boat, which instantly sank- No lives. happily, lost. Had it b een th e express t ra i n, wh i ch wa s nearly due, the consequences might have been fearful. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.—TheIIaIf-yearly meet ing of this company was held at Manchester, on Wednes day last. Mr. Houldsworth, the chairman of the com pany, presided, and gave a satisfactory account of the state and prospects of the company. Notwithstanding the commercial depression of the country for the last six. months, the gross income of the company, on the same extent of mileage, exceeds that of the corresponding months of 1846 ; the sums being, for 1846, £260,667 ; for 1847, £273,220 A dividend of 31 per cent. on the half year was declared, subject to the income tax. The length of railway which the company has in course of construc tion is 127 miles, of which 51 miles will be opened by July, and other 51 miles by December next. A call of £5 will be due on the £5O Manchester and Leeds shares , in April next • and at the same ti me a ca ll o f £5 w ill b e made up on the Liverpool and Bury £5O shares. THE FRENCH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. pGouMl Guizot o ioci l t e aon i r— s T m mh u ui eccrlhsi mmoHorr eee c o oio u fs f N an T a mo wastatenoif n s much more of a th an e 6 th or y ld e , ar th , a a n n e d it he de scended of an illustrious legal family. Early in life, mo r e than forty-five years ago, he entered the service of France under the First Consul, as Auditor of the Council of State, and subsequently filled high administrative functions under the Emperor. Mole has been a French peer for many years, and therefore his discourses do not figure in the Chamber of Deputies. But although his name be not in the mouths of the public, like the names of Guizot. Thiers, and Berryer, every educated Frenchman knows that he is one of the foremost and most considerable men of France. He is rather a man of the world than a litte rateur, or a man of science ; yet he is infinitely more of* scholar and a man of science than M. Thiers, and under stands all questions of diplomacy and administration infi nitely better than either Thiers or Guizot. Though not so brilliant, showy, or lively a person, in public or society. as the deputy for Aix,—though less quick and apprehen sive and ready, he is more solid, steady, and reliable. Though he could not write a state paper so quickly and so glowingly as M. Guizot, yet when written by him, after being fully perpended and slowly elaborated, it would be less open to criticism or objection—it would be more neatly and more succinctly drawn up, and present fewer assailable points' to a rival or an enemy. Mole, though not so ready, is sounder and safer, and his style, in speak ing and writing, though not so glowing, is more classic and pure than the style either of Thiers or Guizot. His language is rather choice and correct than flowing, rather distinguished by propriety and eloquence than by copi ousness or. strength. He is calm, clear, neat, often inge nious; always equal to his subject; sometimes, he rises far above it. Now that Talleyrand, Hauterive, and Ro ederer are dead, he is possessed of more anecdotal history than any living homme d'etat in Paris, and is, perhaps, the best and must classic raconteur in France. His countenance is open and gentlemanlike, and there is breadth and elevation in the forehead. He is rather tall, thin, and delicately shaped, and possesses in an eminent degree what our neighbours call the "air distingue." M. ARAGO N MINISTER OF MARINE .... Is one of the first savans in France, and his reputation as an orator is brilliant. He was born in 1786, and is per. petual secretary of the Academy of Sciences, member of the office of longitudes, and one of the most illustrious scientific men of the age. The Republican prints say he is moderate in expressing his opinions, though holding extreme views. The Morning Chronicle, however, says that even in the scientific world the great mathematician is known by the violence of his temper and the harshness of his character; his politics are of the most ardent repub licanism. The Times says he cannot string three words together in public, although he has long been called by his flatterers " the Consul Elect of the Republic." M. DE LAMARTINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Is known as the historian of the Girondins. He is de puty for Macon, and more than thirty years ago served his apprenticeship as a diplomatist, and was named Minister Plenipotentiary by Charles X. in 1828 and 1830. Lamar tine, now in his fifty-eighth year, is a gentleman of birth and fortune. He is everywhere a poet, even at the tri bune. Like most poets, however, he is rather fickle and inconstant, vain, and imprudent. For a length of time he occupied a very undecided position in the Chamber, but he eventually ranged himself on the side of the Oppo sition. From that period M. de Larnartine took n decided part in favour of progressive. reform, and ridiculed the Guizot Cabinet as the Ministry of "limitations." He voted against the Pritchard indemnity, and was prized by the Opposition as an invaluable acquisition. The follow ing is an expression of his policy in his own words : " The organic and progressive constitution of ' the entire democracy, the expansive principle of mutual charity and social fraternity, organized and applied to the satisfaction of the general interest." It appears by a parliamentary return just issed that the number of persons in trades or professions whose incomes amounted to £l5O, and did not exceed £2OO, and who paid the income tax for the year ending the sth of Aprils 1845, was 38,392. The gross income on which duty for these persons was charged amounted to £6,102,195; and the sum received for income tax, to £177.980 13s. 9d. The total number of persons engaged in trades and pro fessions who paid the income-tax in the above periods was 111,818. In 1846 there were only sixteen persons who paid the income tax on incomes exceeding £50,000. and the amount these sixteen persons paid was X 34,966. The wealthy are caught sometimes. There were 319 pee' sons with incoule*between £lO,OOO and X 50,000.