The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have not a copy of the work referred to by " H. C." in our poesession, nor do we know where to procure it, or we sliould de:.;htless comply with our correspo n d en t' s ki n d sugg estion. Zibrupo&)l gPtanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 12, 1348 A writer in the Albion, who signs himself "A Town Councillor," and complains that "the Liver pool press, with one exception, has either been si lent on the question of rating the Corporate and Dock property, or has sided with those who advo cate" such rating, has stepped forward to support - the continuance of the present exemption of that property from contributing to our local burthens; amt.], as he seems to intimate to us that he is the -chosen champion of his party, in the Council or the Dock Committee—one of the many, " inde pendent of professional editors. who are able and willing to expose the superficial arguments in sup port of," what he styles, " this extraordinary con -oeived act of spoliation and of municipal suicidal folly;" we shall, contrary to our usual custom, with respect to invisible and anonymous letter writers, offer a few words in reply to his production. The communication is of itself somewhat in the nature of an attempted refutation of the various arguments offered in favour of rating ; and we -submit that he scarcely puts some of these so fairly as he might do. Our first quotation is an instance -of this unfairness. The wiiter says : "The first argument to notice is, that " the present de- pression of trade and the prospect of increased local bur dens" render it convenient to seek alleviation by throwing 2s. of the 35., the present rating of the parish, upon the Dock E- ate. Thus, for the purpose of screening trades men and others from the distress of paying taxes, the trade of the port, the source of Liverpool's prosperity and commercial existence, is to be preyed upon and weighted with a new and heavy annual burden, while - competition with other ports, which are now furnished by - railways, affording ready access to the interior, demands the throwing off every incumbrance possible, to enable Liverpool to hold its own with some, or to outstrip others, rivals in the commercial contest." The italics are our own; and we contend that 'this is neither a true exposition of any argument put forward by the promoters of the movement, - nor is it a correct statement of facts. We may add also that this is scarcely the spirit in which the question can be argued. The "tradesmen and others" of the port " have no wish to "screen themselves from the distress of paying taxes," but seek only to be asked to pay no more than their fair proportion of such taxes. They see this port the resort of a vast commerce, enriching the ship owners and the merchants, not only of the suburbs, or the neighbourhood, but of the whole empire; and they ask only not to be made to pay the whole cost of the pauperism and other burthens which this commerce brings with it. There is surely nothing unreasonable in this! If a capitalist chooses to fix his factory, or work his mine, in any given locality, does he say to the inhabitants "see what custom I am bringing to your shopkeepers and your artisans; then don't tax the profits of my -enterprise to your poor and other rates ?" Cer tainly not. And the commerce of a large portion of the empire having fixed itself here, upon the margin of the Mersey, and within the parish of Liverpool, from which locality it distributes wealth and employment to the manufacturer, the mer chant, the shopkeeper, and the working classes of the most populous district of the empire, has no right to be permitted to saddle the whole of the burthens which it brings, upon the parishioners of this particular parish. But, "A Town Councillor" misrepresents a ma terial fact in the case. The rate-payers do not wish •to "throw 2s. of the 35., the present rating of the parish, upon the dock estate." Their proposition is this :—lf the whole of the property within the town, including the dock and corporate estate, contributed equally to the burthens of the parish of Liverpool, a poor-rate of 2s. in the pound would -suffice for its ordinary wants. This 2s. rate has been laid ; but, if the dock and corporate property refuse to be rated, then another Is. rate will be re quired, which will fall upon the already over-bur thened parishioners of Liverpool. This is a rather different story from that of our letter writer, that - we wish to abstract 2s. out of 3s. of our rates out •of these estates. Perhaps, however, the mistake may be involuntary. At all events, it says some- thitig as to the amount of iftforniation on the sub ject upon which he writes—or the want of it—pos sessed by "A Town Councillor." We are quite as well aware as he that it is advis able that the port charges of Liverpool should be kept as reasonable as possible; but we deny his assertion that " low charges, merely, compel a pre ference to be given to the port where they exist." Whilst we remind him that the charges of the port of Liverpool are much below the average scale, he must permit us to doubt that, were we even under bid, our commerce could be seriously diminished. But we will argue with him upon his own text,— that " low charges compel a preference," &c. Now, upon whom will " low charges"—and bear in mind that we have these already, and that the chance of lower being established elsewhere, the accommoda . Lion given considered, is very distant—confer the power of even competing with us ? "A Town Councillor" admits as one of the advantages of any port the facilities of communication with the inte rior of the country. What port on this western coast possesses these in a greater degree than the port of Liverpool ? We have communications with every quarter of the kingdom ; and no other port can beat us upon this ground. Here, then, we are safe; and "low charges" merely, therefore, transfer a profit into the pockets either of consumer, manu facturer, or merchant. Low port charges convey something into the pockets of the railway pro prietors, and others, who are concerned in the transfer between the manufacturer and consumer and the shipping port. It is rather too much, then, to ask that the rate-payers of Liverpool should be the scapegoat of these various parties to whom low port charges are so desirable. We are prepared to reciprocate ; but such a species of free trade as is insisted upon is very one-sided. "A Town Councillor" is triumphantly eloquent upon the point, that it is happy for us that the docks of Liverpool have been a quasi-public instead of a private property; and in his remarks that "a tax upon the former would fall upon trade in the abstract; in the latter, it would fall upon private profits, 'which must be immense in all cases, where the supply and competition of docks is not in excess beyond the demand for dock accommodation." This is the first time we ever heard, from what we con clude to be a free trade authority, that public works are cheaper than private, or that competition is not more likely to be found when the supply of dock accommodation is left to private and individual enterprise, than when it is left to a monopolist body. Had George's Dock been permitted to com pete with Prince's, or the King's Dock with the Queen's, should we not have seen these docks in finitely better worked ? Or, had private indivi duals, or companies, been permitted to compete with each other in the formation of new docks, should we not have seen docks more cheaply constructed ? Of course we should. The zeal of our letter writer, here, has a little outrun hie dis -cretion_ _ _ _ The main question, however, which "A Town Councillor" very cleverly blinks, lies in a nutshell. It is simply whether the parishioners of Liverpool are to pay the burthens imposed upon them by the commerce frequenting this shore of the Mersey. And such a question is rapidly affording its Own ...solution. We cannot do what is so unreasonably required of us. We might possibly put up with the burthens imposed upon us, if the rates were spread over the whole area, now occupied by those whom the commerce of the port benefits, if the -out-townships would join with us, if Aigburth and Wavertree, West Derby, and Everton, Walton and Kirkdale, would contribute fairly towards the - rates of the port. But that the " Shopkeepers and others" of Liverpool can pay all is simply an im possibility. Tim Free-trade portion of the community, by this tire, we should suppose, arc finding out that -- matteri3 are not exactly as they ought to be. Pro phecies have been left most remarkably unfulfilled, and anticipations most lamentably disappointed. Last year, of course, was a bad year to test the working of this great remedial measure. It was not an ordinary year, We had a potato rot, and all the ills that such a rot is heir to. We had Ireland, too, to support. Last year, therefore, we generously put out of the catzgory of the years of prosperity, which free trado was to have ensured .to us. _ But, this year? Surely, some of these years, we - shall have our new system allowed a fair operation. This year—a fortnight ago—we had some rumours, many of them very fairly grounded, of disease in the potato crop ; we had showers and the prospect of weather most unsatisfactory to our farmers. A short while before- these awkward symptotna of home agricultural failure came upon us, we were beginning to feel something like a revival of busi ness amongst our manufacturing community. Eu rope was becoming tranquillized. The'revolutionary mania was, we thought, dying out; and stability was about to succeed the prospect of universal change. We ought not, therefore, it would have been ex pected, to entertain much fear of a temporary failure of the potato, so long as the affairs of Europe re main moderately tranquil. We might require in creased importations of food for our own popula tion. But we had been taught to believe that such increased importations of foreign food were a boon to us ; that they were universally paid for by in creased exportation of manufactured goods, in pay ment of such food ; and that, as for our own home trade, it would be advantaged by such increased importations; and that, what we lost, in the home grower's inability to buy, would he made up fourfold in the stimulus given to our foreign demand. What was the first result of the fears which went abroad of a failing potato crop and a deficient harvest? The manufacturer suspended his opera tions. He saw before him a decreased home de mand. But did he not, as promised him by the Free-traders, see clearly that if we had to take the grain of the foreigner, he would have an increased measure of custom from the foreigner? He did no such thing. He saw every foreign buyer suspend ing his operations. He saw foreign orders, pre viously given, countermanded. He saw men be ginning to set their houses in order, in anticipation, or in fear, of another monetary panic. He saw nothing to assure him that what be had been pro mised as the result of Free Trade—increased ex ports to pay for increased imports of food—was likely to occur. He took to his account the warn ing of past experience; and he has probably saved himself from ruin in so doing. We shall not pursue the subject. It is only a text that we have given. Will any of our free trade friends explain to us the reason of this fresh dawning of their coming convictions? If they will not we must do so for them; and we shall not de lay in so doing. A SUBJECT FOR A PAINTER, We have seen some dozens of portraits of Jenny Lind ; but she has yet to be painted as she appeared at the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, according to the critic of the Mercury. " Mademoisell e Jenny, " we are told, " was supported by M. Roger, the eminent tenor, from the Academie Royale Mnsique, Paris, Signor Belletti, and Signor F. Lablache, both of her Majesty's Theatre, assisted by a full orchestra, the principals being selected from the same establishment, and led by M. Nanaud ; the whole under the direction of Mr. Balfe." A sin gular cortege ! Poor " Mademoiselle" Jenny—whence got she that prefix ?—must have been a little poorly on the occasion, to require to be supported by the three powerful singers named, assisted by a full orchestra, led by M. Nanaud, and the whole directed by Mr. Balfe, who we suppose acted as a sort of whipper-in on the occasion. The details of this suggested companion to the pilgrimage to Canterbury our contemporary promises, as usual, " on Tuesday." THE LATE FIRE ON BOARD TUE OCEAN MONARCH. — The vote of thanks passed in Council on Wednesday, on the motion of Mr. Bramley-Moore, to the numerous par ties who assi:ted in saving the crew and passengers of the Ocean Monarch, has given universal satisfaction ; but the country at large has a right to be proud of the efforts of the clergy, the merchants, and inhabitants of Liverpool generally, to alleviate the condition of the sufferers by this sad calamity. Never, perhaps, were such efforts distin guished by a more munificent spirit, more promptly re sorted to, and more judiciously conducted throughout ; and, in addition to the consoling reflection which every one who contributed to the success of those efforts will carry in his own breast, he will have the satisfaction of believing, in years to come, that by many a nearth, in many a house, in their own, or in the new country to which these strangers were departing, and to which many of them have since proceeded, the name of Liverpool and its merchant princes will be remembered with respect and gratitude. What a lesson are the whole proceedings throughout this melancholy event capable of teaching to the world, if we would read it aright! What elements does it contain of solemn warning for monarchs, forstates men, and even for the poorest and most heart-stricken of their subjects!! Who can contemplate this spectacle of princes, of the wealthy, and the toiling, fusing instantly all considerations of rank, of country, of blood, and of con dition, to rush to the succour of their fellow-beings in the hour of calamity, without having impressed upon them the folly as well as the wickedness of nationalenmities, and of feuds and estrangements between class and class ? Many of those, in whose behalf these noble efforts were made, were leaving their native laud in bitterness of heart, taught to look upon England and upon Englishmen as the cause of their past woes and their expatriation. Some had had inculcated in them lessons of the utter selfishness of wealth. Many, it is but too probable, had but recently been on the verge of rebellion against all authority, and of society itself. They, too,' may with advantage contem plate the ample proofs given them of the falsehood of their past conceptions of human nature, and that they are not quite the despised units in the earth's family which they painted themselves. Unhappily there are men upon whom such lessons are bestowed in vain. Nay, we have had an instance of one—we blush to say an editor of an Irish paper—whe has clothed the circumstances of this sad catastrophe with malignant falsehoods, in order to aggravate in the minds of his ignorant fellow-countrymen their blind hatred of this country. Few and far between, we trust, are such men to be found ; and, in the name of truth, let all honest men avoid them I THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ON THE IST OF NOVEMBER. —A singular recoil in the minds of the public will be ex hibited in the course of the elections of members to sup ply the annual vacancies in the council on the first of November. Last year, on the same occasion, we had every candidate for corporate honours playing off, as his most valuable card, his zeal for the improvement of the sanatory condition of the town. It formed the head line of every electioneering placard ; the leading topic of every electioneering speech. The community were to be watered and sweetened forthwith. The council was to be a body of doctors and scavengers, wetnurses and night men. Unhappy wight will be that man who, on the coining first of November, shall so much as mention the term sanatory." The possessor of a chartist pike will not be regarded as more to be shunned than a candidate who is suspected of a design to introduce the Rivington article of that name. Our aspirations after cleanliness, sweetness, well swept streets, and even an anxiety to lengthen the lives of our population appear to have vanished into thin air. How is this ? all the world is asking. We fancy that, in part, we may attribute it to the fact of our legislature having been too fast; and alarmed the constituencies in that very sensitive quarter, the pocket. The accumulated evils of a century's neg lect cannot be removed in a day, or for a trifle. Miles of sewerage, draining, flagging, and paving to be constructed ; I an army of scavengers to be kept, with engineers, sub engineers, architects, inspectors, and officials of all titles and descriptions, made up an awful prospect for strug gling ratepayers to contemplate, at a period of general stagnation in business, and with increased pauperism pressing upon them on every side. The future Elysium held up before them had been too tempting to resist ; but when the bills of costs began to come in, they turned away from the soft seductions of those who had wooed them to what they now regard as frightful extravagance. In fact, we doubt if any portion of the community, when they so eagerly entered into this most desirable effort to improve the sanatory state of the town, and to cheek the great expenditure of life and health, which was being occasiou;:d, had ever sufficiently, if at all, attempted to count the cost. And we fear that those—the Health Committee, and the council—to whom they delegated the mode and the extent of its being carried out, will find that they have used their trust with too little considera tion for the circumstances, and respect for the opinions and remonstrances of the ratepaying public. There has been a little want of tact shown. The patient required a little coaxing, instead of coercion. He had opinions of his own on some matters, which argument might have removed, but no mere pelting with great names would stir him from. We are sorry for this sad mistake, on two accounts : first, that it threatens to impede a great movement, from which the most valuable moral and phy sical results would have flowed, and, secondly, that it has' produced lamentable estrangement amongst parties and individuals, and threatens to deprive the town of the services of many gentlemen, whose absence from its coun cils we should regret to witness. A BRIDEWELL TENNNT.—A wretched-looking female was brought up as a " drunk and disorderly." Mr. Par kinson said that she was brought to bridewell and booked on the same charge every week. " I can't be here every week," retorted the defendant, "for I'm not always in town." INFORMATION AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF A STEAM BOAT.—.-Yesterday, at the police-court, Mr. Wain ap pearedla behalf of the Commissioners of Birkenhead, to support an information laid against the Seacombe steamer, Thomas Wilson, the captain of which, had cut a rope, contrary to the act, belonging to the Kingfisher, a lug gage boat. It appeared that on Thursday afternoon, the Seacombe boat was at her berth at the stairs of the Prince's-pier, one of the Welsh steamers was to the north of her and pretty close, and the Kingfisher, on coming in a-head of her was shouted to, the captain of the Thomas Wilson saying that if they went to make fast there, the packet would not have room to get out, This was not heeded by the Kingfisher, and when the packet attempted to get out, she carried away her flag-staff against the hawser of the luggage boat, upon which the captain, being irritated, cut the hawser. Mr. Rushton, after a long hearing of the case, said both parties were wrong, the luggage boat in going so near the packet, and inter rupting her egress when the bell rang ; and the captain of the packet for cutting the rope, for which there was no justification. He awarded the complainants 6s. Bd. for the rope, and fined the packet ls. for damages for having cut it.—The fine might have been £5O. LIVERPOOL POLYTECNIC SOCIETY. INTERESTING PAPER ON THE SMOKE QUESTION. The general monthly meeting of the Polytechnic Society took place at the Royal Institution yesterday evening, and was pretty numerously attended. The President of the Society occupied the chair. C. W. WILLIAMS, Esq., made a communication on the subject of the Smoke Nuisance, which (he said) had lately occupied so much attention. The operations of the pro visions of the Sanatary Act hal given fresh impulse to the enquiry. That act had, however, given dissatisfaction to those who had to pay for its infringement, and a memorial had been presented to the Council, complaining of the proceedings under it, and alleging that it required more perspicuity in the letter, and more toleration in the spirit. The sub-committee, on the other hand, report, on this me morial that the act had been carried out with great lenity. The speaker then quoted the statements of the memorial, as introductory to his discourse, and these were to the effect (after stating what the act required that parties should do to consume or prevent smoke) that intelligent practical men had acknowledged that science had not been able to lay down any positive law, nor had experience dis covered any certain method by which this desideratum could be accomplished. The same, said Mr. W., might be said of any branch of science. Certainly no law had been laid down by which the desirable end of perfect combustion, without smoke, could be accomplished, while we proceeded at random in the erection of our furnaces, and without adopting those means and pre cautions which nature dictated as necessary to succ‘ ss. The assertions of the memorialists applied equally to the prevention of smoke from oil lamps or gas burners. Yet the burners and lamps before them disproved the assertion. The nuisance of smoke could not he universally avoided. But if ill-constructed lamps omitting much smoke be used, it is no reason that we should be justified in adopting no means or method by which smoke from lamps may be avoided. The question of the omission of smoke from furnaces turned on the perfect or imperfect combustion, not of the coal, but of gas generated from it. In our gas-burners we saw it could be effectually consumed ; and why not the same in furnaces. Chemistry pointed out the laws which govern ed combustion in both. What then were those laws, and how should we carry them out ? We must not only pro vide the proper ingredients, but also adopt proper means for effecting our purpose. It was seen that the perfec tion of our gas-burners was attributable to the mode in which the air was brought into contact with the gas; yet we made no enquiry whether the air as admitted to the gas, was admitted to our furnaces in a proper manner. It was generally supposed that a sufficiency of air passed up the bars. We might as well expect that air could pass up through the lungs of one man to support the life of ano ther. Yet the lungs were but the chambers in which the oxigen of the air was brought into contact with the carbon of the blood. This is what takes place in the furnace. He showed that this was purely a chemical question, as it involved the combining of carbon, oxigen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Yet many professional burners affected to despise these chemical views. The term " burning smoke" might pass in ordinary conversation ; but in dis cussing scientific subjects such an expression could not be admitted. With respect to the economy of the practice of admitting air in proper quantities to the gases in the furnace, Mr. Williams illustrated it with reference to the Trafalgar steamer, in which the consumption of fuel was 38 cwt. per hour; but under the process of admitting air to the gases, it was reduced to 25 cwt. The dense volume of smoke no longer appeared, and the generation of steam was improved. But we had proof sufficient, in this town of land boilers, in which perfect combustion was effected. Why then not succeed in other instances ? Mr. W. here referred to the works of two public bodies, the Liverpool and llarrington Water Works in Soho-street, and the steam-engine furnaces at Edge-hill. Our object, he said, ought to be the obtaining the largest quantity of heat from coal, without the gene ration of smoke. That was effecting perfect combustion of the constituents of the coal. This led to the inquiry what were those constituents. In general terms, coal contained 5 to 7 per cent. of hydrogen, and 60 to 70 per cent. of carbon or coke. Their combustion was effected by their union with oxygen. Mr. W. here went into a consideration of what combustion was. Flame was not combustion, but merely one of the preparatory stages. Combustion then was the chemical union of the combus tible with the atmospheric oxygen. If, for instance, one volume of hydrogen were brought into contact with halt its volume of oxygen, and raised to a given temperature, they would instantly chemically combine, and form water of the exact weight of the two gases. So also of the carbon of the coals. Mr. Williams then pro ceeded to skew, by diagrams, that, in the combustion of the gas from coals, each cubic foot of gas required 10 cubic feet of air. This he proceeded to explain not only theoretically, but practically,—combining the gas and the air in a glass jar, and therein effecting the combustion. He also illustrated the effect produced when the air was not supplied in the required quantity, in which case the gases, in place of exploding, burned down in the jar, only in proportion as the air was supplied. In this way Mr. W. clearly showed the necessity of attention to the three following conditions :—namely--- Ist. Providing the quantities of air required. 2nd. The necessity of mixing it, and 3rd. Maintaining the required temperature in the gas. The experiments were most successful and excited much interest. The lecturer, who was listened to with great interest throughout, sat down amidst much applause. The CHAIRMAN having invited any remarks, an inter eating discussion ensued. The Chairman first put some questions to Mr. Williams, relative to the effect of cooling the gases by their coming in contact with the colder sur face of the boiler, which were answered satisfactorily. Mr. GRANTHAM, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Williams, for his interesting address and experiments, (which he did in termsof high praise,) referred to the recent differences between the engine -owners of the town and the Corporation. Some parties amongst the farmer had chosen to be personal in their remarks regarding himself, but that he cared not for. They had stated, too, that the provisions of the act had been carried out most rigorously. But not only was notice given to them six months before the act was passed, but six months after it passed elapsed before a single information was prosecuted. No fewer than 669 notices had been given ; 220 informations had been laid for nuisances, and of these only 45 were gone on with, and out of these last only 33 had been fined, he himself having advised the withdrawing of many of the cases. He did not call this severity. The reason the in formations were withdrawn for a time was, that as parties complained of severity to the council through a deputa tion, the latter body had to make inquiry, and the depu tation had on their last interview gone away satisfied that the Council had acted considerately towards them. He denied a rumour that he had withdrawn himself through fear from acting for the Corporation ; and said that he should act again professionally for them when called upon, and do his duty without being frightened by any cabal whatever, for he considered the abatement of the nuisance would greatly benefit all large towns. The vote was passed by acclamation, and Mr. WIL LIAMS briefly acknowledged it, promising the remainder of his discourse some meeting night this year. Mr. C. I. SMITH then spoke at considerable length, quoting Dr. Brand and others, and expressing his opinion against Mr. Williams as to the combustion of smoke, which he contended, could be accomplished to a great degree. Mr. WILLIAMS ably replied. After some further conversation the meeting broke up, highly pleased with the intellectual treat of the evening. Miss Burdett Coutts is at present staying at the Adelphi Hotel here. An association has lately been formed, under the title of the " Royal German and British Musical Society," which promises to be conducive to the advancement of music in this country._______ . . A Docx THIEF.-William Allwood was brought up for having been found, with two other boys, under suspi cious circumstances. on board a vessel lying in Brunswick Dock. The prisoner, who has been ten times previously committed, was sent to gaol for three months. _ COLOSSEUM. BIRKENHEAD:—There is now before the public a prospectus for erecting at Birkenhead, a little to the north of Woodside Ferry, a colosseum, on the plan of the building of the same name, Regent's-park, London. The capital is announced at £20,000, in 1,000 shares of £2O each ; but it is calculated that not more than £8 per share will be required. DREADFUL INTELLIGENCE.—A contemporary, remark ing upon the fact of Mr. Lawrence Heyworth being re turned for Derby, in the place of Sir Joshua Walmsley, who was unseated on petition, congratulates the electors, " that Derby will not, at all events, have to complain that we furnished them with a silent member. Mr. Heyworth can talk." This is shocking. Another addition to the talkers of the house will render that body almost unen durable. PITCH AND TAR UNINFLAMMABLE.—On Saturday af ternoon some highly-interesting experiments took place in Mr. Hoyden's yard, Baffin -street, with the view of test ing the non-inflammability of pitch:and tar, prepared by Messrs. Bagot, Boissage, and Tindel, merchants, of Bor deaux The tar prepared by the new process is applicable, we believe, to sails, rigging, and other general purposes, and it is stated that if a ship's bottom be coated with it, it will 104.3 as effectually preserved from worms, shells, and seaweed as if it were sheeted with copper or zinc. THE WEATFIER. — The past week was, on the whole, very favourable for the completion of the harvest, there being some tine sunny days, with drying winds. On Sa turday and great part of Sunday we had again a good deal of rain ; but yesterday was fine, though with a sensible change in the atmosphere, for the colder. The grain in this neighbourhood is now, with very little exception, put under thatch. It would appear that the late fine weather has arrested the further progress of the potato disease, if, indeed, it has not to some extent restored it to a heathier condition. Other field crops are looking well. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.-It will b e seen on re f erence to our advertising columns that the untiring managers of this establishment have succeeded in engaging Madame Rossini, whose wonderful evolutions created such a sen sation, and drew such crowded audiences when last an nounced. Apart from even the attractions of expensive eigagements, these gardens are by far the most exten sive in the provinces, and now that the verdure is par taking of the rich autumnal tints, they present a prome nade that cannot fail to gratify as well as advance the taste of every patron. Mr. llastie, the member for Paisley, has offended some of his constituents. Resolutions were unanimously agreed to at a public meeting of the electors, finding fault with his votes and general conduct for some time past, and that he has incurred the displeasure and lost the confidence of the great majority of the electors of Paisley, a nd ca llin g upon him to resign his trust into the hands of his consti tuents. In replying to the resolutions the hon. gentleman declines accepting the hint about resignation, stating that next election will be a sufficient opportunity for settling as to the further continuance of his services. LIYfJI•'OVL STANDAtti. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. A belated Cockney once took refuge in a roadside inn in Yorkshire, and, mixing with a somewhat rough com pany of bumpkins whom he found there, was tested as to his qualification for drinking, smoking, writing with chalk on the table, et cetera, in all of which he far dis tanced his new companions, and then retired to rest. Scarcely, however, had he reached his chamber door, when o.ie of his discomfited rivals shouted atter him, " I say, my men, I'se coming to fight thee i' the morning." And so it is with our German friends at present holding a Chartist meeting in Frankfort. They have proved to the world that they are a sorry set of dunderheads at legislation, and poor Baron Gagern is to be pitied when he contemplates the bearded nothings whom he has been so instrumental in calling from an abstract into a political existence. Bewildered in their own mysticism, and wrathful at their incompetency, they are determined, since they can do nothing else, to fight somebody ; and the Schleswig- Holstein dispute, in their hands, is likely to lead, not only to a bloody war, but probably to the dismemberment of Germany itself. The confirmation of the news of the Frankfort decision has had a very discouraging effect on the Liverpool Exchange, and a number of orders for produce previously on hand for Germany have been countermanded. In London its effect has been neutralized by the more favourable news confirming the acceptance of the English and French mediation on the part of Austria, in refe rence to her dispute with the King of Sardinia, and the English funds have consequently remained without varia tion, the only quotations for Consols throughout Saturday having been 86 to k for money, and 861 to for the l'ith of October. The Times of this lay contains a letter, remarking upon the inconvenience and loss inflicted upon our Indian trade and intercourse by the suppression of the Bombay mail, which used to be dispatched from Southampton on the 3d of each month. The following extracts show that the subject is of great importance to those of the mercantile community connected with Inda :—" the heavy tax thus imposed on correspondence, especially on such matters as invoices, bills of lading, price currents, circulars, news papers, &c., in the shape of French postage, is a far greater burden than would be generally believed ; indeed, in the case of my own individual firm it may be stated at not less than £3OO to £4OO per annum." In further elucidation, the writer goes on to de monstrate that " not only is there a direct loss to the country of £lO,OOO per annum by this new arrangement, attended with great inconvenience to the public in India and England, but that there is an indirect loss to the extent of some additional thousands, the whole of which additional loss is paid by this country to France." The SHARE Market which had been drooping daily un til Saturday, rallied a little on that day, and continues firmer TO-DAY. London and North Western shares are heavy, in consequence of the severe losses sustained by the late accidents. London stock is 111 to 113 ; the k shares Ito I dis. Midland 86 ; k shares 9to 8 dis. A decline in prices has again to be reported for Corrow; but although all kinds have submitted to the deprecia tion, " fair Mobile" is the only description which has receded a full quotation of kd. from the rates of last week. On SATURDAY 4000 bass were sold 600 being for exportation. TO-DAY the sales were 7000 bales, 1500 for export. The market was heavy, and prices rather in favour of the buyer. The imports of WOOL for the week have been—of Foreign, from Jamaica 5, West Coast 2400, Iceland 120, Kingstown 7, Alexandria 31, Lisbon 92, previously 51232, total 53887; Scotch, 394. previously 8698, total 9092. The market TO-DAY is still rather dull, but on the whole we think there is a little more inquiry ; prices are without any material alteration. The grain crops in this district, and in the south, have been nearly all saved, in better condition, upon the whole, than was expected •, the harvest is also going on rapidly in Ireland, from which quarter we hear no complaints of the weather. The yield of Wheat throughout the United Kingdom is expected to fall somewhat short of the ave rage, while that of Oats and Barley, to use the trade phraseology, is anticipated to be good for the forner, and fair for the latter. OUR MARKET has been firm SINCE FRIDAY for most articles of the trade, especially for Wheat and Indian Corn, the latter of which is in im proved demand for Ireland, at an advance of Is. upon Friday's rates. Our imports into this port since Thurs day have been :—Wheat, from Ireland 166 qrs., coastwise 1026, Europe 1568 ; Barley, Europe 2650 qrs. ; Malt, coastwise 66 qrs. ; Oats, Ireland 60 qrs., coastwise 40 ; Beans, Europe 500 qrs. ; Indian Corn, U. States 10,584 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, U. States 920 brls. ; Oatmeal, Ireland 430 Ids. ' • Flour, Ireland 787 sacks, coastwise 300 sacks 107 brls., Canada 3531 brls., U. States 4007 brls., Europe 350 sacks. Exports:— Wheat, for Ireland 275 qrs. ; Beans, coastwise 40 qrs. ; Pease, coastwise 12 qrs. ; Indian Corn, Ireland 1845 qrs., coastwise 27 ; Indian Corn Meal, Ireland 320 brls., coastwise 70 ; Flour, coast wise 60 sacks 26 brls. The accounts of the Potatoes are still unfavourable, although very healthy supplies continue to be sent to market. We give the following extracts : Belfast, Sept. 7 : The advices from the country become alarming as to the state of the Potato crop, and although I am unwilling to credit the current reports to their ex tent, I cannot but admit that the greater number of my own private advices give good cause for apprehending that the crop is in very imminent danger, and scarcely to be relied on as food for the people.—Limerick, Sept. 9: Of Potatoes we have no new feature to report, and the market is fairly supplied. Sound qualities command high prices, but the greater part of the supply is infected with disease—many loads very badly.—Waterford, Sept 9: Our market is not so well supplied with Potatoes as on this day week ; quality various, and prices range from 21d. to 6d. per 161 h. For the last few days the Sugar Market has presented a very gloomy appearance ; fortunately holders have not pressed sales, had they done so, much lower prices would have been the result. TO-DAY the market looks more healthy, and the opinion is that very shortly prices will rally. Since Thursday last the sales 230 hhds. Barbadoes, 355. to 41s. 6d. ; 50 hhds. Demerara, and about 1,000 bags Bengal, chiefly damps and damages, at steady rates. The refiners have taken 80 hhds. Cubits, at 355. 6d. For Mo lasses there is little inquiry, a small parcel fetched 16s. per cwt. from the quay. Rum continues dull of sale, a few puncheons Demeraras, 35 per cent. over-proof, realised 2s. Bd. per gal. Saltpetre is very heavy of sale the late ar rivals being large, say 20,000 bags. Bengal Rice is not much sought after, at auction to-day 12s, was only bid, for fine white ; 800 bags small broken went at 105.6 d., a full price. —ln Mincing-lane the amount of business transacted has been much less than usual, a general disinclination having been shown on the part of purchasers to enter into nego tiations. The sales of sugar have been small, but the importers have been compelled to make slight concessions in price, and the market has been characterised by consi derable heaviness. The inquiry for AMERICAN Lard was pretty brisk at the commencement of the week, and although the trans actions have not been to a great extent, an advance of Is. per cwt. has been realized. 1000 boxes of Cheese were sold by auction last week, at prices varying from 30s. to 555., which latter price was paid for one small parcel only of very fine, and is 3s. above the general quotations. Beef is still scarce, and in good request. The low prices o Pork having created a demand for Ireland, a conside rable business has been done at an improvement. A fair trade has been doing in Bacon, at about previous rates ; but Hams have moved slowly, holders wanting to increase prices. Shoulders are scarce, and sell at an advance of 6d. per cwt. A parcel of Canadian Butter, of fair quality, sold at auction for 665. to 68s. per cwt. Prices current ; Cheese—(duty paid)—Fine, 48s to 528 per cwt. ; middling, 43s to 45s • ordinary, 308 to 355 . Beef—U.S. (free)—Prime mess, per irce. 3041 b. 85s to 90s ; ordinary, 808 to —s, old 408 to 60s; extra, India, family, &c., —s to —s; ditto, per half-barrel, 26s 6d to 35s ;—mess, per barrel, 200:b., —s to —8 ; ordinary, 408 to 468, old —s to —s; prime, 388 to 408. Pork-- U.S. (free)—Prime mess, 3fis to 58s, old —s to —s per barrel, 2001 b. ; prime, 36s to —B, old —s to —8 ; mess, family mess, &c., 50s to 568, old —s to —a. Bacon—(free)—Eastern, —s to ; western, 33s to 458 ; shoulders, 20s to —s, old —s to —s per cwt. Hams—Dried, (duty paid,) 358 to 428 per cwt. ; in salt, (free,) 30s to 345. Lard—(frce)—Fine, in kegs and bar rels, 44s to 45s per cwt.; good, in do. do., 42s to 438 • ordinary to middling, 38s to 40s ; inferior, and grease, 30s to 365. Butter—Canada, (duty paid,) 64s to 68s per cwt. ; grease, (free,) 548 to 565. .Soda B.scuit—(duty paid)-26s to 288 per cwt. The IRISH PROVISION Market is still characterised by inactivity ; and although the subjoined quotations for Butter shew no reduction from those of last week, they were barely maintained in the few transactions which took place. The trade for other articles is also limited. Prices in Liverpool this day :.-Butter: Waterford, 80s. to -s. ; Kilkenny, Carlow, and Clonmel, 78s. to 80s. ; Carrick, 78s. to -s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 78s. to -s. ; Belfast, 765. to 78s. ; Ballymoney and Coleraine, 765. to 775.; Banbridge, 745. to 765. ; Newry and Dundalk, 68s. to 70s. ; Londonderry, 70s. to 755. Bacon : Long Mid dles, free from bone, new, 545. to 565. ; Short Middles, free from bone, new, 565. Hants: Dry, 655. to 725. Lard : Fine Keg, 50s. to 525. Arrivals for the week ending this day : - Butter, 6936 firkins, 1542 crocks ; Bacon, 12 bales; Hams, 2 hhds. ; Lard, 5 tierces. Our Scotch Pig IRON Market has been rather :ouiet to day-but more business has been done in Glasgow during the week than for some time past. The quotations for good brands are as follows :-No. 1, 465. to 465. 6d. ; Mixed Nos., 455. 6d. to 465. ; No. 3, 455. to 455. 6d. free on board for cash.-There has been a little more busi ness transacted in the mining share-market this week, and the inquiries for paying mines, as well as those that have recently improved, continue to be made. Since the 31st of August, the arri va l s o f T IMBER f rom British America consist of 9 vessels, 6,219 tons. Of St. John Pine a small parcel was sold at Ls. 41d., and Birch at Is. 2d. per foot (the Pine 181 in. calliper.) Of Quebec, three cargoes were sold at ls. 21d. for Pine, Red Pine at Is. 51d to ls. 6d., Oak at Is. 94. to Is. 104., Elm at is. ld. per foot, Deals at £7 per standard, Standard Staves £3O, and puncheon at £lO per M. By auction, a parcel from Maton, port of Quebec, was sold at is lid. for Pine, Oak at 24-d. to 2s. 10., Red Pine ls. Bd., Pine Deals at 21d. per foot, Spruce Deals at 1 9-16 d. to lid. per foot of 2 inches, Standard Staves £35 per M, and Lathwood 655. per fathom, and in like manner some third quality Yellow Pine Deals at £8 10s. per standard. Of Spruce Deals, the sales consist of a cargo of St. John at £7 per standard for the Deals, and £7 ss. for 7,000 21 inch Battens ; a cargo of St. Andrew's at £7 ; a cargo of Richibucto at same price, a parcel of P.E. Island at same price, and by auction about 1,500 St. John Spruce Deals and Battens at 1 11-16 d. to lid. per foot. Of Yellow Pine Deals, a cargo from Richibucto was sold at £B5 (with Sprace at £7 7s. per standard), and to-day a cargo of Miramichi Yellow in the yard at £9 to £lO 10s. per standard, averaging nearly £lO per standard. A cargo of Spruce Deals, yarded in the spring, is reported to have sold at £7 10s. per standard. Two cargoes of Spruce Deals are being yarded for importers' account. Of Mahogany and Furniture Woods, at the sales of the 6th inst of 373 logs Cuba Mahogany, per " Lord John Russell," 225 logs were sold at an average of 6 5-16 d. per foot, leaving all the better logs unsold ; and of 110 logs per " Clydesdale," 82 logs were sold at 6 7-16 d. per foot ; of St. Domingo, 98 logs, ex " Ripley," were sold at 4 13-32 d. per foot. Of Havana Cedar, 12 logs were sold at sd. to 5 - /d. per foot. Of Rio Rosewood, 79 planks were sold at an average of £l4 105. per ton ; and of Bahia, 39 planks at £9 10s. per ton. 1,030 Choice Lancewood spars, per " Clydesdale,' were sold at 6s. 3d. to 12s. each, aver aging 10s. 2d. each. The return this week from the Bank of England, being for the week ending the 2nd of September, is of special importance, as embracing the accounts to be submitted to the meeting which will be held, we believe, on the 21st inst., for the declaration of the half-yearly dividend. Compared in the usual manner with the previous week, it gives the following results : Public deposits, .e 5,021,591; Increase, .4=153,217. Other deposit& 8,824,607 ; Increase, 108,725. Rest, 3 826 382 • Increase, 269,696. On the other side of the account : Government securities, .e 12,462,735 ; the same as before. Other securities, .. 11,368,814 ; Increase, .e 469,814. Notes unemployed, .. 8,784,795; Increase, 50,555. The amount of notes in circulation is £18,098,710, being a decrease of £20,170; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £13,509,662, showing an increase of £5.999, when compared with the preceding return. The rest on the 4th of March last was £3,980,840, which, after deducting £509,355 for the dividend of 3 1 per cent., and £145,530 for the bonus of 1 per cent., left £3,325,955. On the present occasion the rest is £3,826,382, and 3} per cent. deducted from this would leave only £3,317,027. It is obvious, therefore, that no bonus is to be anticipated. The advices from Amsterdam mention that prices on the Bourse were declining in consequence of sales. The apprehended interference of the Frankfort Diet in the ratification of the armistice concluded between Germany and Denmark exercised much influence upon the specu lators in public securities. MONSIEUR ROBERT HOUDIN'S MAGICAL PERFORMANCES. We have heard of sleight-of-hand performances, and seen a good many, which, in our simplicity, we suppose, we set down in our own minds as nothing short of diable rie. We have seen pancakes baked in bona-fide hats, and on oneoccasion, and we trembled forit,forthe hat was ourown, and our best—pigeons, and others of the feathered crea tion, flying out of pockets never meant to hold such rare ayes; handkerchiefs set in-a-low on the stage, and when the fair owners trembled for their existence, after seeing them reduced to cinders, reproduced in the middle of new laid eggs ;. watches smashed to fragments, and then held ticking to their owner's ears ; card tricks, and all kinds of tricks ; but we never before saw the wonder of magicians and of magic. as they appeared last night in the person and performances of Monsieur Houdin. We had heard much of him from our contemporaries of London and of Man chester, in which latter place he has won wreaths of never-dying fame, and even startled some of our hard and dry utilitarian and free trade contemporaries into the confession that " There are more things 'twixt heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy;" and that, of Mr. Hondin himself, it may be said that " The earth hath bubbles as the water hath, And he is of them." • Mons. Houdin's performances are as totally different from those of the ordinary jugglers and sleight-of-band performers, and even of the best of those who preceded him, as twilight is to the full noon. His tricks, trans formations, &c., are clean, and leave no suspicion behind of machinistical management. He does not bring before his audience a perplexing and suspicious array of the means of deception ; but for all the audience can see, the whole of his performances could as well be carried on in a drawing-room as in the theatre. The first part of the performance was extremely clever throughout, especially The Wonderful Orange Tree" and " The Marvellous Fishing." The performances, too, of " Auriol" and " Debureau" were very unique. In Part 2nd, "The Fans and Cannon Balls" were very clever, but too like the ordinary feats of jugglery to be very greatly relished. The performance called "The Trinkets" was superlatively clever ' • but the " Portfolio" was the greatest piece of sleight of hand we witnessed in this part. The most admired and amusing pieces of the whole of these two parts " The Handkerchief with Bon bons," which Mr. Houdin threw to every part of the house, causing a perfect scramble in pit, boxes, and gallery, and " the inexhaustible bottle," which we really thought would never be emptied, distilling, as it did, all recorded varieties of liquor. We should imagine that there was scarcely one sort which it did not receive a call for. A more triumphant exhibition of leg erdemain we never witnessed. In part 3, M. Emile Houin exhibited his extraordinary powers of second sight, naming, with his eyes blindfolded, various objects presented to him. Another wonderful deception was that in which M. Emile Houdin is encompassed in something like a long chimneypot, and fired at with a pistol by his father, when on the first occasion he reappeared on the opposite wing of the stage, and, on an encore being called for, in one of the opposite side-boxes. The concluding effort of this part of the evening's per formance, which we cannot dwell upon to-day, was the part entitled " Suspension Ethereenne," by young Eu gene Houdin. This was a singular feat. The youth was first placed upon two arm supports, and the ether (?) given him to imbibe. Directly, one was knocked away ; and still he remained, as if supported upon the one arm. Afterwards, he was placed in the position represented in the bills of the performance, and remained so suspended, as it were, sufficiently long to convince the audience that something uncommon was the cause of so uncommon a posture. This was, we repeat, one of t1: - .! most clever impostures—we use the word advisedly, of 111. first night with us ; and it satisfied us as to his talent in the art, which he professes, being supreme. The house was a bumper one, and was uproarious in its applause throughout. The exhibition of paintings will be opened to the public to-morrow. The figure-head of the " Ocean Monarch" has been washed ashore at Southport, and was found by a lady belonging to Halifax, who, we believe, prizes it as a valu relic. It was a representation of Neptune. THE CHINESE EXHIBITION.—This extraordinary unique exhibition continues to attract an immense number of visitors. We intend next week to present the interesting collection before our readers in a somewhat different light to what it has hitherto received. THE OCEAN MONARCH.—A spirited and well-drawn representation of the burning of this ship has been pub lished by Mr. E. G. Jones, of Lord-street, who has kindly devoted the whole of the proceeds to the sufferers by this disaster. It is deservedly patronized by his Worship the Mayor. THE TRISH PARLIAMENT,—The Rotatory Parliamen Committee had a meeting on Monday, Lord N. Fitz gerald presiding, when they resolved that their object was not to obtain a triennial assemblage of the parliament in Dublin, but an assemblage for such period each year as would suffice for the legislative interests of Ireland and the convenience of the empire. MR. BROUGHPS NEW FARCE.—We have, from a very early period of his labours as editor of the Liverpool Lion, predicated success to Mr. Brough as a humourous writer ; and we were confirmed in this opinion by the superior quality of his burlesque, recently so successfully produced at the Amphitheatre. We are therefore not surprised to learn that he has just been most successful in a new farce produced at the Adelphi Theatre, .London, which is spoken of most eulogistically by the Morning Chronicle. JENNY LIND IN MANCHESTER.—The Swedish Night ingale once again met her numerous friends in Manches ter, at the Theatre Royal, on Saturday evening. The piece selected was Lucia di Lammermoor, and the audi ence was numerous, enthusiastic, and highly respectable. The theatre presented the most brilliant appearance, and although the prices ranged from ss. to 31s. 6d., every available seat was occupied. At the close of the opera, Jenny was called for, and loud were the congratulations she received. She appeared last night in the opera of La Sonnambula, and the whole of the seats were taken on Saturday. THE LIVERPOOL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. The meeting of this society, last evening, at OarAlden buildings, was well attended. The discussion was upon the best mode of cultivating the vine, with particular reference to the colouring of the grapes, and was opened in an able speech by Mr. John Smith. Several fine spe cimens of plants, fruit, and vegetables, were shown. Prizes were awarded to Mr. Skirving, for Lilium lanci folium album ; to Mr. Wilson, of Allerton, for black Hambro grapes; and to Mr. Taylor, for red celery. Cer tificates of merit were awarded to Mr. Taylor, for Bud dleya Lindleyana, and to Mr. Young, for Slanhopea in signis Harrisonii. TRAINING COLLEGE AT CHESTER.—The report of the Chester Diocesan Board states that the demand for mas ters from the Training College at Chester greatly exceeds the supply. Twenty-eight masters have been appointed to schools since the last report, making a total of 120 since the opening of the college, exclusively of masters who have resided a shorter time than the rules require, and of 40 who have attended the National School with a view to the improvement of their own schools. The number of students in residence is 50, being more than at any former period. The Agricultural and Commercial School in connexion with the Training College has also had an accession to its numbers since the last report ; it contains at present 40 pupils. Certificates of merit have been awarded by the Committee of Council to 17 masters of schools trained at the Chester College, and to 7 students in residence. ATTRACTIVE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE. —The public will perceive that the gallant officers of the regiments sta tioned here have agreed to don " thesock and buskin" in aid of the fund for the relief of the surviving sufferers by the destruction of the Ocean Monarch. The performance is to take place to-morrow evening, at the Royal Amphi theatre. The occasion honours the efforts of the benevo lent amateurs, and we shall hope to see the house crowded to excess. The pieces selected for representation are Charles the Second, the ballet of Myrna, and the farce of The Unfinished Gentleman. We understand that Mr. Mark Howard, late of the Adelehi Theatre, has been the chief mover in bringing about this effort of benevo lence ; and hope the next time he comes before the Liver pool public on his own behalf he will meet with better success than has attended his previous endeavours. AMATEUR PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS OF WHITE MAN'S BRUNSWICK CLUB FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SUFFERERS BY THE OCEAN MONARCH.—We regret that we omitted in our last, by inadvertence, all notice of the performance given by the amateurs, must of whom are members of this excellent club, in aid of the funds for the relief of the sufferers by this calamitous event. It is now too late to enter into details. It is sufficient` to say that the effort. a successful one, was made with a promptitude worthy of the cause and of the spirited character of those who made it ; and was not one of the least interesting evidences of the zeal of our fellow-townsmen in behalf of the unfortunate beings, whose sad case was the object of general sympathy. The Mayor has written to the Bruns wick Club and acknowledges with thanks, on behalf of the Committee, the receipt of £l's9 for the sufferers. Sept. 12, is4s. LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. SERIOUS INSURRECTION AT LEGHORN. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 6th states that Leghorn was the scene of a new insurrection on the 3rd. The decrees closing the clubs, and prohibiting tumultuoul crowds, besides the orders for the arrest of several Per' sons, emanating from the extraordinary commissioner Cipriani, were the signal for it. The government bills were torn down from the walls; the people rushed into the square, and invaded the governor's palace. The troops appeared, and fired in the air; the people returned it by killing and wounding several; artillery was thee drawn up and swept the strada, but was ultimately Vs' pulsed by a violent fusilade. The cavalry were also re pulsed. The troops retired with the governor to the fortress. The military lost GO men killed, other accounts say 120; and add that a part of the military laid dowU their arms and fraternised with the people, who were pre: paring to attack the fortress. A provisional government was immediately formed. GERMANY. The business letters from Frankfort take a very dis heartening view of the probable course of affairs consequent upon the Ministerial defeat on the armistice question ; and the occurrence either of a civil or a European war is in the annoyance of the moment confidently predicted. At t h e same time. it is said the majority did not desire the resig nation of the Ministry, or intend their vote to be under stood as one of want of confidence, and that many merel/ voted as they did from a feeling of indignation at Prussia having departed so far from the power delegated 0 her as to conclude an arrangement of such a sweeping and permanent character. The matter, however, bas had the effect of reviving all the tendency to political excitement which during the past two months bad been rapidly subsiding, and hence in its operation upon commerce it was likely to have a most injurious effect' The Frankfort fair was going on, but the booths were filled with loud and angry debaters instead of purchasers . Previously to this, there had been a general tendency towards a restoration of confidence, and German securi. ties of all kinds were improving in the market. Mond was still abundant at 2 per cent., and the discount on Austrian paper money was 8 per cent. Letters received at Lloyd's from Salonica state that the cholera had made its appearance, and had created suc h alarm that the town was nearly deserted, and th e bazaa r s were all closed. Among the dismayed fugitives were many' of the local medical profession, who chose to retire from the scene of practice rather than encounter the virulence of the disease. NEWFOUNDLAND.—On June 26th, the new Church of St. Philip, at Broad Cove, Conception Bay, was cense' crated. The Bishop preached. A socialist banquet was lately held, and attended bi MM. Pierre Leroux and Proudhon, at which the latter, declared that he did not despair of being Minister o f Finance within three months. A great number of workmen of Paris-20,000 it is sea —are anxious to go with their families to Algeria, and oe; cupy themselves in colonisation, owing to the want ot work, and the consequent misery which exists at Parrs' but they require an advance from the state. ROYAL CHRISTENING.—The 12th of August, imports° in Mecklenburgh-Strelitz as the birth-day of the am iable Grand Duke, was this year made additionally interestie s i by the christening of the young Prince, son of their RoV Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess. The infant Prince was held at the font by his venerable grandfathiev the Grand Duke. The august mother was sufficienui recovered to be present, graciously receiving the cone . ; tulations of the assembly on the auspicious event. I"' number of sponsors was twelve, the young Prince recet ing his names, is follows:—George, Adolphus, Frederick , Augustus, Victor, Adelbert, Ernest, Gustavus, Willialet Wellington ; may this last be an augury of future facil e in European renown ! The sponsors were Queen Vi e ' toria, the Queen Dowager, the King of Hanover, O . Duke of Wellington, &c. A BOLD COACHMAN.—We mentioned recently that the Niagara Falls had been bridged, and had been crossed bl the engineer in a one-horse vehicle. The American pate! : give the following letter from Mr. Ellet, dated the ro of July :—" This morning I laid the last plank of 01 foot-bridge on the Canada side, and then drove over s e t back again in a buggy. 500 feet of the bridge was withn e t railing on either side. My horse, though spirited, We l l along quietly. touched up occasionally with a whip, just w show him that he was in command and give him course' On returning, I directed one of the drivers to bring on 1 1 1 team, a two-horse close carriage, weighing over a ton sn j a half. I took his place on the box and drove over as i back. The horses went quietly; the flooring is but eig ht feet wide, 220 feet high, and 762 feet long, and with ou t railing, over such a torrent as yon never saw, and nev e will see anywhere else." DREADFUL TRAGEDY. — Last week a female of unsou nd mind, in Mr. Shaw's lunatic asylum, r t W o odbridge , murdered an idiot girl, about 12 years of age, by stranglieg her with an apron string. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, William Howard was committed for trial for neglect of duty the Ashton branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway,. The prisoner had neglected to turn the points, whica, caused the one o'clock passenger train to run off the lir Several passengers and the engine-driver jumped train, afraid of their lives, but no one was injured. The engine and some of the carriages were broken. Ohser- MATRIMONIAL SPECULATORS.—The Bradford per, of Thursday, contains an advertisement, headed: .` from whicth tve make the follow tract :—" Two gentlemen, about to emigrate to ° (l . l , ll d i r Australia, are desirous of' meeting with partners in l, j ,`" future life. They are members of the Established Char'"' off the and they would not wish the ladies' ages to exceed over ty-five years. A few hundred pounds are decidedly requisite." LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY CC?' PANY.—RETSHEMENT OF THE SECRETARIES. -- "W e lei !!! with unfeigned regret that Mr. Creed and Mr. Booth g i ll' in their resignations on Saturday. It is not necessary di' we should say of these gentlemen more than that filel 4 and Mr. Saunders, the secretary of the Great Weet e ,'Ll are universally acknowledged to be three of the shi railway men of the day. We believe that both Mr. Cft' and Mr. Booth join the direction. THE CROPS IN IRELAND.—The country reports CO! tinue to be favourable. The markets are well supP, ll lo with new grain, which is of very good quality. I he prices are consequently falling. The accounts about ti g :o potatoes are to the effect that disease has attacked 0 , kinds, but is not as virulent as on the former visitatie u t o Ulster, which was comparatively free from the O S A disease, is now suffering in common with the other PIL;; vinces. It should, however, be observed that in &Is districts not more than a third or fourth of the era affected. Leyland, h° THE WORD " HALIFAX."—Mr. F. A. -designer of the new corporate seal, derives the " Halifax" from two words meaning " Holy F'co, Whitaker, the historian, gives a different interpreta ti m, —ln the deep valley, then emhosomed in the Igloo where the parish Church of Halifax now stands, tß t io stood anciently an hermitage dedicated to St. John r ot Baptist, the reputed sanctity of which attracted a g by number of pilgrims from all quarters. Four waY s aip which the modern town of Halifax is entered, still tr o tinctly point to the Church as their common ce° h ed these were the roads by which the pilgrims approa c o f the place of devotion ; and hence the name of Halifa x Holy Ways, fax being in Norman French, an old P' noun denoting highways.' " ildo le THE CHURCH.—The incorporated society for bu and enlarging churches has during the last year been, it , 0 to give assistance to one hundred and four paris h es extend their church accommodation, in doing whit less than 38 new churches will be erected. The population of these 104 parishes and dis tricts is The number of churches existing therein at pre- 15, 0 sent is To which will now be added The present provision of church room will ac- 64 6 com modate Of which free sittings amount to To this amount of church accommodation will ~156 now be added na 2 Of which will be free an d unappropr i a t e d about -e'eU STIAKSPEARE'S BETROTHING-RING. --A few since, Mr. Crofton Croker, the well-known author , stet' chased, for a few shillings, of a silversmith in Glon ce c oo" a massive gilt ring of the time of Queen Elizabeth, 100 taming the letters "W. A." in an untied true, knot. The silversmith stated, in answer to an i ng n oo r i made by Mr. Croker, that he purchased it froin woman of Stratford-on-Avon, in whose garden wit been found about five years ago; but it is only " c or the last few days that an opinion of its probable,oo: nection with the great dramatist has been entertat#l, On comparing the scroll with that on the poet VOO ring described in " Halliwell's Life of Shakspear e, 101 " with a similar scroll on a piece of pai n ted g lass fr" tha t Place, competent judges have come to the con clusl o it; the ring thus singularly recovered by Mr. Croker all probability the betrothing-ring of William ail e nti',i Shakspeare. The heraldry of love-knots, which has,,V,, to decide this question, exhibits in a curious trio ll i ' v es often branches of archaeological inquiry, in theins e "„plic!; significant, become of real use and importance in ° ;',,1i 0 ,0 tion. 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