The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN (5- co GONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 1848, a loan of 23,006,000 dollars will be required; " if, I however, Congress should, at th e presen t sess i on, i mpose ANOTHER MAIL FROM INDIA. a revenue duty on th e p r i nc i pa l art i c l es now em b race d i n Lieutenant Waghorn has arr i ve d by th e G erman route, the free list, it is esti ma t e d th a t an a ddi t i onal revenue of about two millions and a half, amounting, it is estimated bringing despatches in anticipation of the Indian mail , on the 30th of June, 1848, to four millions of . d o l lars : The latest dates are Cacutta, Nov. 22 ; and Bombay, Dec. would be derived from that source, and thP, loan required 2 ; being a foitnight later than our previous intelligence. would be reduced by that amount. It is estimated also, The news of the conclusion of the Cashmere insurrec- that should Congress graduate raid reduce the price of Lion is confrrmed. The Sheik Emaum-ood-Deen surren- such of the public lands as have been long in the market, , the additional revenue derived from that source would be dered himself into our hands on the 31st of October, and annually, for several years to come, between half a mil troops adyancing on the lately disturbed country were immediately ordered to return to quarters. Sir John lion and a million of dollars, and the loan required may Littler's force commenced their retrograde movement on be reduced to that amount also. Should these measures the 4th, and reached Lahore on the 12th—the general be adopter ` the loan required would not probably exceed himself having quitted them on the march, and proceeded eighteen or nineteen millions of dollars—leaving in the to Loodhiana. The troops sent from Ferozepore to oc- treasUry a constant surplus of four millions of dollars." eupy for a time the Sikh capital moved out oi . ! the 991, 1 T he p residp „, ..-.s. 41—, al._ 1 . _ _ _ And tnnir +bnii. cony in +1,,,. A:....-....4.:-- -r La_ o_ , brigade of Colonel Wheeler were at Sealeote, in the Jul tundur Doab,- on the 10th. The Mooltan misunderstand.. ings seem fully Arranged, and there appears every reacnn I to believe that the provisions of the of mr zer will be satisfactorily carried out, and our army within our own dominions by January, 1847. Scinde continues quiet. Rumours are rife of the im mediate retirement of Sir C. Napier from office. Accord ing to one account he r twenty years auth Loan shou be contracted taw JLAJCII anu pay it off, a t an earlier period, at i ts market value out of any surplus which may at..iviTttima h ' a 4 ue sury applicable to that purperae, Mexico tiny •LFIIIC m trea is to be held re sponsible for the expense of the - war. The President goe2 on to recommend warmly n system of duties on foreign goods imposed merely for revenue 'purposes, •which he considpm to h. ft he restric- quip itnrracnee on She 12th Tne recent relaxation o f tive system o f Great Mitain with evid en t pl easure as an December; according to anothe r , h e w ill ex t en d hi s stay till March : no one expects that he will remain till the unanswerable argu men t i n f avour of a similar line of po approach of the h o t season. The climate 'within the licy on the part o f the U n i ted States, expressing his opi- Eelta continued co o l an d h ea l thy, b ut at St bon that other p owers would find themselves obligedkkur con- by circumstances to follow th e example. He recommends siderable sicknes s prevailed. Three n _ companies of artil- 41- ipry hind a force °ut 15,000 men "uui tue to be drawn from India will now ~- „.., ....,........6 u nq tuturons or the navy, and he also re leaving still be alance r equired ov th - t ' i. O - O — M — mends 'the extension of the laws of the United States er e erritory of. Oregon. . tore fall hapl, fr. snout a millio n a year. T he five percent.loan, wtwhich v this fearful amain has created, i s filli ng up s l ow l y, and one The Queen has appoi n t e d Si r J o j r G aspar d L e Mar of six per.eent. is talked of. chant, Knight, Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, •to be The Gover nor -G eneral had, by latest accounts, reached Governor of th e i s l an d o f N ew f oun dl an d . The Samarang ar r i ve d a t S p ith ea d on Th ursday, with Loodbiann o n his Vgty to the Jullund ur D oa b. The Corn xnander-in-Chief had not ' yet quitted Simla. Th e G o - Etpers&n2!e Cape 1 . Good Hope of the 24th o f Octo ,f vernor the Nie. Immo,' to: the -presidency Jll ms way oaca rrom tiangalore 'to The Governor of Bombay has re as also has Sir T. NV-Mahon. The new muster at Hyderabad, in the Nizitin s ;sdoni mions, has giatn much satisfaction by the manner in which he has commenced -his career. His salary is £30.000 n year, independent of as much more in the shape of per .cpaisites of Office. end money. scarce. of the 24th Octobl s quiet and contented ; trade is da The steamer with the London ma] le departure of the mail from BoM arier skirmish had taken p. some provoking and unsatisfactory results. nine had been wrecked in Waterloo-bay. The valet of the Archbishop of Vienna went mad the other day, and rushing into his master's room with a razor declared that Jesus Christ had order- I' to cut tl ace, but with The Cathe- _,ret, _um Ilk archbishop's throat: The archbishop desired the man to pray before he executed the command. The servant com- - • as madman was secured nA The Emperor of he room and iich his carriage,;bi _ --- . -.., ..... w.,.. adiu pi mayitateu It into me o -- ---- ....... a0......t auLG 11.11ViVa.. . water. The Emperor, with Count Orloff, who was also itess. in the carriage, was obliged to escape th roug h th e win (From the Chamb er o f C ommerce O verland Price Current) dows and wade up to his middle in the water, and as the Since the depart ure o f l as t ma il our market BOMBAY,Dec. cl. current was running ver y s t rong l y an d t h e river full of ice, for i . orts no little danger was incu rre d. has continued in a very d epresse d state. The sales of THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE STATES OF THE Alnßl the past fortnight are limited in amount, and prices gene- CAN UNION.—Of the twenty-seven States which now rally exhibit a considerable reduction upon those current com prise the Union, the following nine have no public. a few weeks ago : this state of 0-Antra boa 1,,..v. ~......--1 entirely by the gambhng bargains in opium, o which we alluded in our last issue, and until the result of the Go vernment -sale of opium which was to 'take place on the 30tIrult—at Calcutta becomes known here, we cannot but have commercial distrust amongst the native mercantile community, and serious interruption to business. The Marwarree dealers are deenly invol transactions, am in the meantime their purchases, usually large at this season, have been entirely suspended. (From the Calcutta Overland _Price Current of Nov. 19.) Just as our last despatch of the 7th instant had gone to press, we were put in possession of London dates up to the 24th September ; the commercial intelligence brought by which being of a more cheering nature as regards some of our principal staples than what has been received for some time past, has had an e&hilarating effect on our busineqc export market neaany going on without any un h ea lth y exc i tement. In imports we have also experienced a steady demand during the month, and, although we cannot quote any 'very decided advance (except in metals), still the stocks have been gradually moving off at fair rates. may now quo' ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA The royal mail steam- hip Caledonia arriv LALya Lay Licitne Len clock on Wednesday night, from oston. The Caledonia left that c ity on the 16th ult., but brings Halifax accounts of the 19th, one day later The Cambria had arrived out at than our usual dates, Halifax. Rhode Island: Delaivare ampshire,Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina_ and Missouri (at least, none in England). The following nine States have regularly paid their interest without in terruption :—Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennes see , an d Ala bama. Pennsylvania suspended payment in August, 1842, Our accous from ew York b this arrival dto the close o f the 15th ult. N Letters of the 12th from exten Wash ington, published in the New York Journal of Commerce, state that Mr.• Sevier hilt] ham,. 1 ana resumes in r enruary, 045. The following eight have failed to pay their debts, and are still in default : Mississippi failed to pay in May, 1841 ; Indiana, July, 1141; Illinois, January, 1842 ; Florida, January, 1842 ; Michigan, January, 1842 ; Maryland, January, 1842 ; Louisiana, (on part of her debt), December, Arkansas, 1841. SECEDERS FROM ROMANISM AT NEW YORK.--A reli gious meeting of Germans was held at New York, on the 13th ult. It consisted of a body of about 2()O , uerman Catholics, who resolved on a formal secession from the Roman Church. The movement appears to be something similar to that of John Ronge and his adherents int Ge rmany. These seceders, one of whom was a eafh.1;,..„.;,..+ have been in the habit for sOrnetfm; past of holding by Christ and his apostles, and that Rome has superadded to that church some things not only unauthorized, but forbidden by the primitive institution. Their plan, it is understood, is reformation bark to thc• true orimitivp church, not Protests] sect. This, however movemen uon D tne uemo cratic senators in caucus as their candidate for for chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and that the Presi dent had determined to nominate Senator Bagby as 'Minister to the French Court. Mr. King was expected to succeed Mr. Bagby in the senate. They also state that " the Mexican citizen who has been in correspondence with Mr. Buchanan in relation to the northern province " Mr. Buchanan declining to enter into any EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON.—The Journal de la Haye published a letter from Cologne, describing a most extraordinary phenomenon which occurred on the night of Saturday the 19th ult., on the banks of the Rhine, oppo- of Mexico, perfect vo] [clinic eruption, preceded and negotiation accompanied by a subterraneous noise, which might have been mistaken for an approaching hurricane, has created a mountain (of fragments it is true) of from 180 to 200 feet in height. There exists on the spot referred to a quarry of basaltic stone, used for paving, the roads in the neighbourhood. A large plain extends between the Rhine and the quarry, which is traversed by the high road ; this plain has been transformed into a mountain. of ruins, and the road has been thrown at least 100 feet into the air. Nothing can be more terrific than the appearance of this oay me correspondent of the Journal, " did not propose that the Northern Provinces should be annexed to the - United States, but that they should declare their independence, and that the United States should guarantee their independence. The provinces for which he assumed to speak were Tamaulipas, New Leon, Cohahuila, Chi huahua, and Durango. He says that the people of these states are not fit to come into this Union.' The pro mountain ; it is a chaos, which represents marvellously the confusion produced by an immense mine which has been exploded. On the north of the quarry there exists a lofty mountain, which was cleft from top to bottom at the moment when the plain was raised into the air. A MISTAKE.—CLIERBOURG, DEC. 24.—Last Monday morning, the 22d instant, orders were given here to all the authorities, civil and military, to prepare for the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, accomna r rum LIM soutn accounts naa peen received announcin the quiet investment of Saltillo by General Worth, an, the return of General Taylor to Monterey ; and it is state( by the American journals, that it was the intention of th, General to concentrate at Tampico the whole of the force not employed in garrisoning the several ports on the lino of communication, with a view to future land operation, against Vera Cruz. General Wool, with the army of thi centre from Monclova, was expected to effect a junctiox with the army of the left at Monterey. From the mouth of the Rio Grande we have account stating that large forces were being shipped for Tampico including a company of sappers and miners arrived at thi Brazos from New York, and the 4th Regin;tent of Indiana volunteers. • Some bold measures were fully anticipated. From the Gulf squadron and other scenes of operation there are no later accounts. Many rumours were curren in the southern American ports with regard to privateers and in New Orleans the apprehensions entertained in con. sequence had acted favourably for British freights. From the interior of Mexico we have yet no definite accounts. ment the guard-ship fired 'three guns, which ; repeated by two of the batteries on shOre. At about five p:m. a signal was made by the pilot watching the other side of the breakwater that the steamer was in sight ; the guns were fired . as ordered, the Garde Nationale beat to muster, every one wad on the qui vine, when the Prince of Wales steamer, bringing a newly m.rriPa ,„--, 5 uuupie Irolll Guernsey, came into harbour. They landed amongst a crowd of people come to see the Prince, and no doubt were not a little astonished at the bustle created by their arri val. Had they remained in the roads a salute of 21 would m all probability h ave b een fired. The parties were Mr. Miles, M.P., just married to the daughter of General Napier, and that lady. Another steamer, the Finisterre, from Havre to Morlaix, put in here last night from stress of weather, when the same mistake was made, but as it was later the troops were not mustered. We now expect his Royal Highness hourly ; he comes here to witness the trials of a new steamer, the Pomone. THE COURT AND FASHIONABLE WORLD 1n the domestic rifairs of the Union there is nothing new. A discussion of the slavery question in Congress was expected. The payment of the Pennsylvania interest due in Fe bruary next was beyond question. Commercial affairs had been active. Cotton, since the last dates from Europe, by the Caledonia, to the 19th No vember, had steadily advanced both in prices and in de mand ; while for bread-stuffs the prices had declined, but the demand was still great, and very considerable shipments had been made, and were making, to Europe. Money was in demand, but not scarce. There was ti midity among the banks, mainly because of the operations of the law which exacts coin in payment of all dues to the United States, and locks it up while in the treasury. The exchange on England ranged from 6 to G*; though there had been transactions at sf. The expectation still was, that a considerable amount in coin must necessarily, in The Court leaves Windsor for Claremont on Thursday, returns to Windsor about the 16th, proceeds to London nn the following Monday, and next day, Tuesday, the 19th, her Majesty will open Parliament in person. The usual Ministerial circular has been issued by Lord John Russell. It announces that " business of great import ance will be proceded with on the opening of the session." Lieutenant-Colonel the -Honourable Charles Phipps, brother of the Marquis of Normanby, is to succeed Mr. Anson as private secretary to Prince Albert. The Queen has appointed Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, K. C. H., to be her Majesty's Master of monies, in the room of Sir Robert Chester, Knt., re signed. The Earl of Harrowby, with Viscount and Viscountess Sandon and a family circle, is at Sandon-hall, Stafford shire. such a state of the exchanges, find its way hither fror. England. The Earl of Derby, who is in the enjoyment of excel lent health, is surrounded by a family circle at his seat, Knowsley-park. Lord and Lady Stanley and family, the From Canada we have no accounts of importance. From Havannah dates to the 2d instant had been re ceived. The English mail-steamer from England due Havannah on the 29th ult. had not arrived up to twelv o'clock on the 2d. Fears for her safety were begiunin to be felt. The new crop of molasses was beginning t come in. ..... ~utonei ana mrs. Manley and family, and Mr. and Lady Charlotte Penrhyn an d f am ily, are among hi s lord , , 1 , ,-. ... snips guests. On Tuesday, his lordship gave a grand ball in celebration of the Hon. Miss Stanley's birhtday, to which all the neighbouring nobility and gentry were invited ; and a ball and •supper to between 400 and 500 of the noble earl's tenantry was nivnn nn Wnrinnadav_ FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Dresses of damns, with wreaths, salines, moires an tiques, broches ; merveilles, and various other rich mate rials, are equally fashionable for soirees, as visiting dresses, according as the colours are li g ht or d ar k ; small . A gouqur. _ feathers are used to ornament the mores broche's in gold or silver, each confined by on ornament of precious stone; for dresses of greater simplicity feuil loges of ribbon are intermixed with bouillonnes of tulle; black and white lace is universally worn in deep flounces; for young ladies taffetas dresses are trimmed with crape retty lirld fante trimming In evening dresses the skirts offer more variety than the corsages ; berthes and revers are so much in favour as to preponderate over the corsages drapds ; the sleevet . 3 remain trimming of the corsage. For morning dresses there is much variety in the make of the sleeves ; some are l'Amadis, others tight, with pretty jockeys, or wide straight sleeves fulled into a deep wristband, or almost t'-'-"• • *de festn- tight, ending at the elbow, or wide amt open, -onnea, or piped at the bottom, &c. Under the name of passe menterie, a variety of new trimmings are constantly intro duced ; those forming foliage in velvet have a very rich effect on satins, moires antiques, and other rich mate rials, as also fringes headed by a crite dentelle. Black velvet is always used en neglige, whilst colours are reserved for dress ; these are trimmed with lace.; the point it l'aignille is much worn, with the colour oreille d'ours as well as deep blue. Furs are also fashionable for trimming dresses at this moment of pink and white satin, whilst mantelets and sorties are lined throughout with er mine, which always preserves its pre-eminence for soirees; sable is fashionable for pelisses and muffs ; they are worn a little larger than last year. Satin capotes are much used for morning wear, many are covered with tulle - bouillonnee ; coloured blonds matching the bonnets are also fashionable ; plain velvets are lined with a different colour, and feathers to corres pond. Ribbon and figured velours epingle are used to ornament the interior of bonnets. Flowers will be universally worn this season ; various new coiffures are introduced, some of the prettiest are the wreaths Luisa formed of marine flowers and coral ; the Norma offeuillage and gold, the vi&ye, a reath of white rose buds, or a very narrow cordon on the forehead, and pendant flexible flowers at the sides, sparkling with pre- Caps are worn very small, showing the hair as much as possible, with profusion of flowers ; with lappets, on the contrary, the ornaments should be light and simple. Caps are without bride*, with double and triple rows of lace trimmed with gauze ribbon, the ends falling low. Blond is again used, and Whether of lappets or deep lace of gold or silver, charming coiffures are made of it, sometimes THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGI The message of President Polk was read to the Ameri can Congress at its opening on the 9th of December. I commences by stating that there has been no period ii which " all the elements of national prosperity have beer so fully developed ; general good health has prevailed abundance has crowned the toil of the husbandman ; ant labour in all its branches is receiving an ample reward while education, science, and the arts are rapidly enlarg. ing the means of social happiness. The relations of the United States with all other countries except Mexico are of the most amicable character. After alluding to the peaceful spirit of the American nation, and his own d sire to culth e mellow and commerce with every fo reign power, the President goes on to speak of the provo cation suffered by them from Mexico, as fully justifying war, and to charge that republic with having commenced hostilities. Scarcely had Mexico achieved her inde pendence (he continues) th an s h e b egan to i nsult and plunder the citizens of the United States who traded to her ports ; and she had continued the system ever since, in defiance of repeated promises and treaties. The de mands of the former for redress were met by Mexico ad raiding claims to the amount of 2,026,100 dollars, which had, however, not been paid. The annexation of Texas, he maintains, was no just cause of offence to Mexico, since the states of that republic were severally indepen dent, except as they chose to unite for federal purposes, and since the abolition of the state constitutions by the military government formed at the Mexican revolution of 1835, freed all the states from their allegiance. All our attempts to preserve peace have been met by insult and resistance on the part of Mexico. The war will continue to be prosecuted with vigour, as the best means of secur ing peace. It is hoped that the decision of the Mexican Congress, to which our last overture has been referred, may result in a speedy and honourable peace. The war has not been waged with a view to conquest ; but having been commenced by Mexico, it has been carried into the enemy's country, and will be vigorously prosecuted there, with a view to obtain an honourable peace, and thereby secure an ample indemnity for the expenses of the war, as well as to our much injured citizens, who hold large pecu niary demands against Mexico." He states that the Pparush government has agreed to treat the holders of Mexican letters of Marque as pirates. He recommends that letters of marque should be issued in order to make r,ePrisals against the Mexican flag. He proceeds to state ;ne m imports for the year at 121,691,797 dollars, of which ' 045 ,174 dollars were retained for home consumption : the exports amounted to 113,488,516 dollars, of which Th 102,141,893 e r dollars' worth was of domestic production. eceint s dollars. ‘Thelat° the Treasury amounted to 29,499,247 expenditure to 28,031,114 dollars; and the balance in hand on the Ist of July last was 9,126,439 dol lars. The amount of the public debt, including treasury notes, on the Ist of Decemb er , 24 256 494 dollars, of which 6,467,694 dollar s hind been was incur ' red since March 4, 1845. If the war should be Continued to the 30th June, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, sbU MOM THE BENCH AND TH . 7,., ; BAR. .1 • of St. Bees, has been placed The on the thE R. P cotaanirkii ssln of the peace for Cumberland. Thomas Dawson Esq., Allan] Bank, Grasmere, J.P. . for Westmorel an d and Cumberland, has been placed in the commission for this county. The appeal to the judges from the Bench of the Inner TeMple, respecting the rejection of a candidate for the bench, which we noticed at the time of the argument, has now been decided. The judgment recognizes and con firms the absolute power and discretion of the Benchers in the election of their own members ; but recommends that in future a better mode of election should be pur sued than that of ballot, a single black ball excluding. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—In the Morning Herald of the sth ult., a report was given of an extraordinary case heard in the Palace Cou r t, o f a p erson w h o was originally summoned for a debt of 6s. 11d., and who was ordered to be committed for 30 days to Maidstone gaol, as he resided in Kent. On Wednesday the warrant was enforced, and the man was conveyed to Maidstone gaol. He is a work ing man, and offered terms which his plaintiff refused. This is the second commitment, and by a provision in the Small Debts Act, under which the commitment was made, the same proceedings may be adopted, as often as the court may think fit. 1 LAW OF COPYRIGHT.—The most interesting case in Westminster Hall during the past week, was one which was tried before the vice-chancellor. The plaintiffs were the Messrs. Longman, who moved for an injunction to restrain the defendant, a Mr. Healey, from publishing in the Medical Times, reports, contributions, &c., fur nished exclusively to the Medical Gazette, of which the plaintiffs are the publishers. The articles are paid for, and it was therefore contended that they were copyright. The Vice-Chancellor said, that before he should be called on to issue an injunction, the matter ought to be tried at common law. The injunction was therefore refused. BREACH OF CONTRACT.—In the Jury Court, Edin burgh, last week, the case in which Messrs. Vincent Higgins, and Sons, iron merchants in Liverpool, were plaintiffs, and Messrs. Dunlop, Wilson, and Co., iron merchants in Glasgow, were defendants, came before the Lord Justice General and a jury. It arose out of an offer made by the defendants to the plaintiffs of 2006 tons of pig iron at 655. per ton ; but as the plaintiffs did not an swer the letter containing the offer by return of post, the defendants held that they were freed from it. Damages were laid at £6OOO. The plaintiffs produced six witnesses to prove that according to the practice in mercantile mat ters that they were not bound to answer in course of post, while the defendants brought forward an equal IRELAND. Lord Morpeth has sent £lOO to the Pand for the relief of the Irish poor. DEEDS, NOT NORM !—J. L. W. Ishtper, Esq., of Loughcrew, has converted his kennel yard into a soup kitchen, .and is now killing his fine herd of deer, which have been the pride and ornament cf his family for a cen tury* of years, to provide for the hungry people. The Galway Vindicator reportsthe death of a labouring man from starvation, when fifteen days' wages were due to him by the Board of Works, and he could not procure a penny to purchase food. Several other deaths are men tioned in conmvnnications from Galway. The horrors of the west have quickened private charity. The funds in the hands of many of the relief ccommittees re, •if wisely administered. - -qte t o a large amount a .4414 an hand ; the .f. 564 ; and the W es tp or t comm i ttee over £5OO . On Tuesday last, there was an important meeting of the landed proprieters of Londonderry, -attended, by every magistrate in the county, to consider the propoktion of Sir Robert Ferguson, that the landlords should submit to a voluntary uSsesSment of ss. in the pound for reproduc tive labour. All acquiesced in the proposal, but few were -, adequate The Castlebar•committe,e has STATE OF Roscommox.—Coroners' inquests have been held on the bodies of three men in the course of last week, and from the evidence adduced it was fully proved that the wretched creatures had died from absolute hun ger. In consequence of the continuance of outrage and robbery, the magistrates of the enmity haves marls OTI plicatilin for an additional police force to be stationed in the barony of Boyle. No man can count on the posses sion of his sheep or cattle fora single night. OUTBREAK IN KERRT.—On Monday, about 306. pe rsons assembled at Killerglin, opposite the relief commit tee stores, and menaced the gentlemen employed in dis tribution. The police had to interfere to ward off a direct assault on the establishment. They seized a fat ram at the house of Mr. de Moleyn. The military were sent for ; but before their arrival, the police succeeded in dis persing the mob. The cause of the attack is said to have been the stoppage of the public works in the neighbour hood the day previous. DEATHS FROM STARVATION.--The Mayo Constitution of last week publishes seven cases of coroner's inquests on persons died from starvation. One was found lying dead in a field. Another, who died in a sheep house, was with her family in the utmost state of destitution, and one of the children had nothing to wet the lips of its dying parent but a drop of water or a little snow. The body lay for eight days before a few boards could be pro- tne locality. A third was on a boy, one of a numerous family. The evidence of the mother as to their destitu tion was truly melancholy. The last words of the dying child to his famishing parent were, 'Mother, give me three grains of corn.' THE bust' LANDLORDS. — Government must have some bitter pill for these gentlemen, to warrant the Morning Chronicle using such language as the following which appears in that paper on F " ......, ~.,........., .., tile practice LO render the transaction obligatory. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs— Damages, £l5OO. THE GUARDIANS s A de i ef s da i tnhsgoeumrl,aerc ti m a p s te e . occupied Mr. Vice-Chancellor Bruce l as t wee k . I t N re o la rt te h d , to for t m he er c l u y s o to f d t y h H e : PfE four r t I children r v N w i s c e .ll—o . ago, he then being a member of the Established Church. The widow has recently become a convert to Romanism, , in conse of which the grandmother and other ren _ -.lim ..istration and social influence were con- tives have e interfered, and having obtained permission of centrated in the hands of the landed interest. The day the children, Mrs. North had them brought before the of reckoning has come at last, and no class that we have court on a writ of habeas, to try the right as to their cus ever heard of has so many sins, both of commission and tody. After very lengthened arguments by counsel, the omission, to answer for. The Irish landlords, then, are. Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that this was a case in entitled to no favour from the Legislature ; stern, which the Court should interfere, and direct that these rigorous justice is the utmost they can claim. They children should be brought up as members of the Church alone, of all people in this vast empire, require to be of England, and that if they were placed with the mother taught the great lesson that property has its duti es as t h ey might receive an inclin a tio n an d a di spos i t i on towards well as its rights." the Roman Catholic religion, in which it was the d u ty o f A DEMAGOGUE'S LIBERAL ITY .—At a mee ti ng i n D u b - the Court to see that they should not be educated. The lin to provide funds for the distressed in that locality, children were consequently ordered, ad interim, into the Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., presented his own dona- care of their Protestant relatives, and to reside at Hastings, tion of £lOO, viz. £5O to the Dublin Fund, and, as evi- - the mother to have access daily for two hours, in the pre dence that his liberality extends further than to the popu- sence of one of the guardians, but wholly to abstain from lation which he once represented, another £5O to a general religious conversation. The case was then, referred to fund. A voice in the meeting, where this large contribu- the Master in the usual course. tion was made towards the necessities of a people whom he has assisted to impoverish, asked the question, " Will you give up the repeal funds ?" The reporter of the' RAILWAY meeting says nothing as to any reply being made ; but he - During the two centuries which made Ireland what'we now see her, 1 • • AFFAIRS, very naively remarks that the - hod. member " made a 10. uke of Rutland will cut the first sod of the Am lway this week at Bottesfield, near Nottingham. ie present month amount to halfp'orih Of cheese, in Falstaff's tavern bill. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting was held on Monday. The attendance was above £4,717,200 An extensive central railway station is about to be built us average I at Chester, to cost £BOOO, and a commodious approach to "- -"-- - 'so contemplated. For the latter purpose, ;ended station told us that he belongs half to Norkshire and half to Lancashire, and I am sure you iih be all glad to join me in twining a chaplet of red aura white roses to bind upon his respected head. It has been observed that the quar rels-of railways are like the quarrels of lovers, and I can only hope that all such will end in the closest nuptual embrace (laughter and cheers). I feel that you must all have better opportunities than I can have of becoming acquainted with the excellent qualities of our worthy chairman, but short as my opportunity has been, I can readily understand th e a d vantages the North Western Railway must derive from the co-operation of one whose public spirit and good humour are so conspicuous." Wily ARE NOT OUR RAILWAY CARRIAGES WARMED ? - -It is now nearly two years since this question was first propounded in this paper. Since that time railway car riages in America have been heated ; and during this winter some of the Belgian and French companies have . also adopted means to warm their carriages. Have any English companies taken up the scheme ? No, not one that we know of. Some may ask, is the thing practicable ? or will it pay ? It is easily practicable, and it will pay better than other outlay on any line adopting the plan. The swift boats on the several canals have long had the scheme in operation—to warm their best cabins. Copper tubes, about four feet long and six inches in diameter, are filled with hot air, and laid on the cabin floor ; these will preserve and give out heat quite sufficient for comfortable warmth during a space of five or six hours. Indeed, we have travelled with one for eight hours, the water un changed, and there was a comfortable heat at the end of the journey. How you may say, c an thi s p l an be applied to carriages ? Nothing easier. In all carriages a narrow recess or box may be made across and under the floor tthreemsta, make eeotwixf thet tehaerriszetsfr, frame p w ar he a r ll e el t wi he th p t a h s e se m ng ; will allow of an outside openin g t o p u t i n th e h ot-water tubes they may be fitted, with doors. If this i s no t passengers if practicable, let the door be in the floor, and be perforated, shutting over the door, and then covered with the mat or carpet ; this will equalise and diffuse the heat. One or two stations will require a boiler to heat the water ; there must be tubes to hold it, and the present staff of porters would place them in the carriages in a few moments, even in the longest train. Think of going to London, or elsewhere, this cold weather, warm all the way, and warm feet at the end. Reader, would you give an extra shilling for such a luxury ?---Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING, FRlDAY.—Concluding Ties.—Sefton Cup : Mr. Ball's Breeze beat Mr. Eden's Eleus. Molyneux Plate : Mr. Deakin's Dusty beat Mr. Woolf's Intrepid. Croxteth Purse : Mr. Hornby's He resy beat Mr. Ball's Madman. Altcar Stakes : Mr. Deakin's Dot beat Mr. Matthews' Mountain. Christmas Box : Mr. Jebb's Lapwing beat Mr. Swan's Sovereign. West Derby Stakes : Mr. Ball's Miss Elis beat Mr. Jebb's Hazard. Lancashire Stakes : Mr. Eden's Energy beat Mr. Garvin's Grinder. New Year's Day Stakes : Mr. Bennett's Byron beat Mr. Woolf's Nimble. The mile race for £lOO aside came off on Monday, at Bath, between Davies and Maxfield, when the former came in winner by about thirty yards. 7 HE CHASE, - The Cheshire hounds, on W e d nes d ay , at• Bruera Staple ford ; Thursday, at Oulton Park ; Saturday, at Tatton Park—at half-past 10. Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds, on Tuesday, at Dudleston Chapel ; Thursday, at Carden ; Saturday, at Penley Hall. uney naa a nome into troregate-street, opposite to the ancient outpost called government, Ireland could not be in such a state of the Bars, which, when completed, will be the handsomest wretchedness, for, if a parliament were sitting in College- approach into the city ; and, in conjunction with the sta green, the ports would be onened. and flipv v.'s+ b vlicy WILI 111/1. told that the - 1/11 Irish should starve, lest the English might erected suffer in their trade. Mr. O'Crynna 4,„,„ +h. Government has ordered an inquiry into the condition upon a most magnificent scale is to-Ee meeting at great length observing-, ------,--..... Lue Jnauester ana Bolton Hay, would have au address issued t o the people, ca lling upon at the request of ut the town council of Bolton, and of them to desist from attacking or plundering convoys of several county magistrates. provisions —to resign all resort to violence, to give up all The Colebrook Dale Company and the firm of Bailey force, and to endeavour to assist each other in the terrible Brothers, have taken the contract for 35,000 tons of rails, crisis which was upon them. Some sums of money were for the Great Northern Railway, at £lO per ton, 721 b. then handed in ; the rent for the week was announced to rails. be £57 7s. 4d. • LONDON AND YORE.—The contract for the works from FATAL COLLISION Peterborough to London (7" miles) 1-- 1 , -- 1 3rassey, by a sort of half Ir. On Saturday week, near Dungar a proceeded to the place to arrest a ies _ms neen let to Mr. .ivate, half public te n d er . It i s ,vgluan, on a c h arge of I said that M r . Brassey's tender was no less than £120,000 murder. On entering the house, the candles were put below the next highest bidder. out, and a man named Michael Mooney cried out that The cutting of the first sod of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, " Coghlan should not surrender," which, it is stated, he and North Western Junction Railway took place on Wed offered to do. The police were then assaulted with the nesday, near Clitheroe, by the youthful Lord Ribbesdale. utmost violence ; in fact, chairs and tables were literally The Rev. Ambrose Dawson was among the company pre smashed on their heads, their carbines were broken; and sent. their baronets lost or taken in the melee. In mif-defem,T, Ou the morning of Saturday, owing to the fog, an acci the police Were' obliged to fire, when Coghl an an d d en t occurred on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Ashton _ and the notice effected railway. Two trains cameslnn life . into collision, a w nd as s lost om T e. of the i blues and t Tree bayonets be carriages w passengers were much alarmed, and a delay of forty mi nutes took place. A new locomotive engine is now in the course of con struction at the manufactory of Sharp Brothers and Co., Manchester, possessing greater power, and lik e l y t o ac complish a higher speed than any yet attained. It has been invented by Mr. M'Connell, Engineer of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, and is calculated to be equal to between 70 and 80 miles an hour on the narrow gage. From a correspondence between Mr. Saunders, of the Great Western Company, and Mr. Glyn, of the North- Western, there appears to be slight hope of any cordial agreement betwen the promoters of the broad and narrow guage respectively. The Morning Herald, however, says that there is every prospect of an amicable arrangement being come to. The wor Railway have ulne p r s r e e s e m n p t l e o d y t e o d Aolnr. t H h e e n C r y h es t e r Watson,ai late locomoti ve super i ntendent, with a handsome service Birkenheadd of silver plate and gold snuff box, on his removal to the Liverpool and Bury line. The plate was manufactured by Mr. Wordley. The testimonal was presented to Mr. Watson on Friday night, at a splendid public dinner, at Mr. Harwood's, Market Inn, Birkenhead. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Friday a fatal accident oc curred on the Ayrshire Railway. One of the guards on the luggage train, which leaves Glasgow at five o'clock in the morning, when between Paisley and Johnstone, had accidentally fallen off the train, and was instantaneously killed. The second guard having missed him immediately stopped the train, and in going back found him lying on tht. uae of the truck; ha;;ing passed over his j boay. - On Thursd a y, L ord Morpeth cut the first sod of the North Western railway at Settle, amid unusual rejoicings. The line commences at Skipton, and passes in a north westerly direction, through Settle, Ingleton, near Kirby Lonsdale, Sedberg, and near this point, joins the Lan caster and Carlisle line. There is also a branch to Lan caster; and including this, the line will be sixty-one miles long. A very handsome silver spade, with rosewood haft. was nrpam,+,--1 ie occasion to _ -On Friday D ISTRES a re acci uunu occurred upo n th e Lancaster and - Carlisle Railway i iovernment has under near Kendal, by which a man and two ho rses were killed. a royal com m i ss i on of It appears that whilst the man was engaged removing some earth from one part of the line to another, he had ACCIDENT iord Morpeth consideration ti project of sendin inquiry to both the. Universities. Last Tuesday's Gazette contains an order in Council I ov ( approving a scheme of th e E cc l es i ast ipo . ime at which the train was , and was ----......qu comm issioners crossing the li ne w h en th e t ra i n which leaves due Preston at for augmenting the incomes of the smaller bishoprics from half-past nine in the morning came up and killed both the revenues of the Bishop of Durham. horses and man, mutilating the anim a ls sho c ki ng ly. Christianity The Rev. Lewis W a y, w h en th e Society for Promoting It is mentioned in Herapath'g Journal, that Mr. G. among the Jews was on the point of dissolu- Stephenson, C.E., has invented a three cylinder engine, tion, subscribed XlO,OOO, an d th us preserved it for future that is, one with two outside cylinders acting both ioge efficiency. • ther the same wan in the same ane, and a rd cy- The Rev. John Ly ons , a t one t i me Incumbent of All Ender, with a ay crank d in the middle pl of the axle,thi at right Satt leints Bo ,in this town, b u t more recent l y of St. George's, angles to the plane and c ran k p i ns o f the other cylinders. Lilton preached his farewell sermon at th e latter The middle cylinder is double the capacity of either of the place, on Sunday wee k. - The Archdeaconry of Derby has been conferred on the reported as so least wriggle takes Rev. T. K. Hill, M.A., vicar of Chesterfield. The replace at the highest velocities e p e e r o fe n ct dr t s h at a i t o n no h t y t h t l e i is middle cylinder is about four miles from T T--;nn line on Tuesday last . --., train leaving Wigan at vontleman has been appointed chapl a i n t o Dr. Shirley,v, RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—AI; accident occurred on the - - ishop of Sodor and' Man, formerly JVCI uy. . Wigan. When the passeng THE Bisnoe OF IVIANenusT.B...- - wo hiwo.onom.,oa :half-past six for the south had proceeded a short distance the intention of government to make Lancashire into a along the line, it came in contact with a coal train which separate see, under the like of " the Diocese of Mu l ches- was comi ng do w n a b ranc h t o th e ma i n li ne, b ut wh i ch, ter." In addition, we may state th a t th e W ar d en an d' ow in g t o the dense fog, was not disti ngu i s h e d_ Th e Fellows of the Collegiate Church of M , ••••••., anchester are con- crash was awful, two waggons were smashed to . , -- ...— ~...,,„„ „,„,, ~m , ,,, (fie see of Manchcs- and the engine was forced upon a thi r d. Th e stoker per ter will be in the province of York. Mr. Murray, of ceiving a collision inevitable, jumped olf the tender, and Chancery-lane, has been appointed Registrar for the new the engineer laid himself down amongst the cok e , an d diocese. The annual income of th e t» ,1,,,,, L ,_ _ ~.. ~ f L„,.,_ , ... .. .. . . at,500 per annum. --- 'l . ' .41 Ottill IJAVU uut.o uut , peu wirn sugnt inju ries . O ne o f t h e guards was - .1 . £4 a little bruised, and some of the passengers suffered a few On Thursday, a gentleman came before Mr. Yardley, scratches. The man who was in charge of the coal wag at the Thames Police Office, to complain of the conduct gons has been taken into custody for neglect of duty, as of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector of St. George's-in- •he omitted to make any signal wh a t ever . the-East, who had refused to r ea d t h e burial service over At the banquet given by Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey, the body of the applicant's sister-in-law. The dispute is and Mackenzie, the contractors, in celebration of the between the Rev. Bryan King and his nr.),.;.1,;„,,,,... i n onen i ne of the " ' -at- 'C— - -- consequence of the innov- _uancaster ana ,arlisle," the following - c.-.....i.0i.r., Lii ~.....__ _ ations he has introduced in the facts were stated in a speech from Mr. Mould, the con service of the church, and the numerous vestry meetings tractors' superintendent. In the blasting of rocks no less held on the subject must be fresh in the recollection of than 4,800 barrels, or 200 tons, of gunpowder had been our readers. It is understood that the rev. gentleman used. The patent fusees alone, if put on a line, wou ld has determined not to perf orm t h e funeral rites of the reach 400 miles. The number f nights during which the church over the corpse of any one supposed to have com mitted suicide. Hence ar ose th e men worked was 152,147. Th e num b er of horses em present singular appli- ployed was 10,500. No fewer than 400,000 yards required cation to the bench. The deceased had been found blasting, as it could not be removed by any other means. drowned, but there was no evidence to lead to the sup- The number of bridges on the line was 219; of culverts position that she had destroyed herself. Mr. Yardle said he could not interfer e . y 230, and of viaducts 500. The greate s t num b er o f men employed was about 10000, and the number of workmen TRACTARIAN INNOVATION. —The Church after invit- altogether was equal to y 3,000,000 in one day ; whilst the ing the attendants on Divine worship to come to the excavations averaged 100,000 cubic yards per mile. Th e Holy Communion, directs any who are troubled with number of waggons employed was 2,200, which, if ex scruples and doubtfulness," to come to some minister tended in a line, would reach nearly five miles ; and the . and open their grief." Considering how many there temporary wheeling planks, placed end to end, would ex lways are who doubt their fitness and worthiness to come tend to 35 miles. ) the sacrament, nothing could be more proper or judici- PIADSEY DAWSON, ESQ.—At the banquet on the ocea ns than such an instruction. Yet this plain and simple sion o f ra i s i ng the first sod of the N or th W es t ern Rail lirection, for " the removing of d ou b ts ," is now wrested way, on Thursday, Lord Morpetb, in proposing the health to the purpose of authorising regular, stated, auricular of Pudsey Dawson, Esq., C,hairman of Directors, thus confession. Dr. Pusey, in his last sermon at Oxford, alluded to that respected gentleman :—" Gentlemen, I boasted that there were thousands in England now prat- think it right to interpose, because really if we go onpro tising confession to a prie s t, un d er cover of this injunction. posing any more railways, our map of toasts will begin to Whether this is not a vast practical innovation,—a re-in- look very much like the gridiron which objectors to rail troduction of Popery among us, under cover of a violent ways say our country is about to beFome. You will, no wresting of the Church's meaning, any man's common doubt. antieinsit. .-..,, 4---- , --:- -- -- --.al practice of t} Church for 'centuries, will Oas-il tisfy hin val.. 1 VCIII,III - 1 tO propose Without the leave of your worthy chairman it is his good health I ask you to drink (cheers). Re ha: ,wo car autiLL LIICU,. Onortly atter, a patrol of two men, Sub constables Donohoe and Lane, hearing the shots and noise, proceeded to the house, when Lane, seeing a po liceman's carbine in the hands of one of the peasantry, immediately took possession of it. The crowd, having cried out for revenge, would, in all probability, have put • • their threats into execution, had not the police presented their carbines and threatened to fire. THE ENTIRE PEASANTRY ARMED.—We firmly believe that this ill-fated country is doomed, by ,sf . the culpable • ~ aparny or the Gover nmen t, t o become the scene of riot, disorder, and bloodshed, at the bare contemplation of which humanity shudders. The earnest desire which the peasantry evince to furnish themselves with weapons of destruction—the avidity with which they expend large sums of money in purchasing them, is m a tt er o f astonish other country in the world, save Ireland, whilst the vic tims of famine and destitution are dying in hundreds ; numberless others, scarce removed from a similar fate, arm themselves. And for what purpose ? Society will be dearticulated, if a stop be not forthwith mit to the propensity of these misguided people, who conculcate all the recognised laws of society. Not later than Saturday night last, a party of military from Caher, were on patrol in the neighbourhood of Garnavola, a shot was fired at them, from the window of a farmer's house—the ball grazed the forehead of one of the party. The owner of the house admitted he fired the shot, but alleged as an excuse that he thought they were robbers, who came to plunder. It mattered very little in his mind, what fatal results followed from his want of caution. The law has • at•.../ become paralised. Mr. Serjeant Howley, the able and excellent assistant-Barrister for this county, was obliged to be furnished with an escort, on proceeding to Clogheen to open his court, on yesterday. The military and police are harassed, shots are to be heard at all hours of day and night.—Tipperary Constitution. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. POLITICAL MISCELLANY. George Byng, Esq., who has represented the county of Middlesex, in Parliament, for fifty-six years, has an nounced his intention of retiring at the next election. The Hon. W. 0. Stanley, M.P. for.the county of An glesey, states that he has no intention of resigning the representation of the county as reported. W. F. Campbell, Esq., son of Lord Campbell, has an nounced his intention of coming forward at the next election for the borough of Cambridge, in conjunction with Mr. Adair, on the liberal interest. The Standard announces a probable contention for the seats on the front opposition bench, between Lord George Bentinck's followers and Sir Robert Peel's, on the opening of Parliament. Lord Stanley has issued cards to a distinguished circle of Protectionist peers, inviting their presence at a grand banquet to be given to his lordship on the evening of the 18th inst., the day before the opening of Parliament. Lord Stanley has formally taken up the leadership of the opposition in the House of Lords, and has addressed a circular to the protectionist peers hoping they will be in the house the first day of Parliament meeting. MR. MASTERMAN AND JEWISH DISABILITIES.—The above-named gentleman has publicly declared his hostility to the removal of the disabilities under which the Jews at present labour. Mr. Oastler and Mr. W. B. Ferrand, M.P., have been well received in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other places in Scotland, held in support of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Two influential meetings have been held in Edinburgh, at which Sir James Forrest, Bart., presided, and resolutions in favour of the measure advocated by Oastler were una nimously agreed to. The Morning - Chronicle says, that the most prominent place in opposition during the ensuing session will be conceded to Lord Lincoln. This does not, however, ap pear likely, except on Irish questions, about which his lordship will most likely take a leading part, from his connection with Ireland under the Peel ministry. The Dublin Mail ho w e ver , says , t h at Sir Robert. Pool will not relinquish the leadership, and that to that end Mr. John Young has issued circulars to the Conservative members. THE STATE IN DANGER. (From the Morning Herald.) We have just read a letter addressed to the Premier by the Rev. Canon WlsTeile, of Liverpool. The letter itself is introductory to the republication of a series of letters, written in 1778, but as applicable to present circumstances as if prepared in 1846. With4Ut committing ourselves to all the sentiments which have been thus resuscitated, we very much agree with the eloquent and single-hearted minister of St. Jude's that the substance of these letters not only embo dies THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS, but involves the im mediate peace and prosperity of the empire. "In vain," says Canon M`Neile, shall the fiscal arrangements of the country show a balance in favour of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; in vain shall the interests of agriculture and manufacture be harmonised ; in vain, with all due de ference to Mr. Macaulay, shall literature be encouraged and flourish—there is ' a worm in the gourd' so long as this questicin is neglected or dealt with in opposition to the unchangeable principles of revealed truth and right reason. Why is Ireland the ' burdensome stone' under the weight of which one British minister after another sinks and retires ? Because this question has been so far answered wrong." The letter of Mr. M`Neile merits the immediate and earnest consideration of Lord John Russell. Its state ments are of vital, paramount, and pressing value. Let it at least be read. If they be true, (and history with a thousand tongues, and the Bible with one, but that one emphatic and imperishable, declare they are true,) let us act accordingly. Indifference is as absurd as it is unreasonable in thi matter. The closing appeal to Lord John is extremely effective. " Contrast," says Mr. M`Neile, " the miserable, crest fallen Whig of 1846—0 f course I mean in his public cha racter—with the high, the noble, the patriotic, the Chris tian, and Protestant Whig of 1688 ; and after your wan derings among the fogs and mists a Liberalism, w Scriptural Church." g Whatever opinion the present ministry may form of the y h o a u v r e ltohredshhaipppoinuesths,earnodayoaurmicinoutihiterydatyhilgshatfeotfyE, oufgesiumesleigs principles of the Church of Rome, there is no doubt that the progress and growing power of the great apostacy will soon force the whole subject on their notice. A crisis—a religious, and, therefore, the more awakening—is rapidly approaching. No man—above all, no cabinet minister — should allow it to overtake him untaught and unprepared. m money e? finis - worshipper i s p h p o e u r A Popish emissary may m i srepresent , a sceptic may sneer, a s letter, but a Prime ldniraeyadscito.rn, IRELAND. able-bodied EL ND . . men on (From the Morning Chronicle.) The :. „ . ,T.o;lll:7DaneEndStTtohlfeTrncUouTnl gieOtquNudeensltNof commo ot Ireland ; but with regar d t o these facts, it is importan n t to keep in mind that the strong representations which reach us refer to less than a third of the area of the country. We are not at•present in possession of the numbers em ployed in the various counties, but we may meal attention to the conclusions furnished by a return which we pub lished on the 20th of November last, and which had refe rence to the middle of that month, when there were 150,000 men on the public works. From that return, it appeared that more than sir -sevenths' of the whole num ber were employed in ten counties of the south and south west. They were thus distributed : Men employed. 23,899, or about one in three of the able bodied male population. one in three. 1. Clare 2. Roscommon.. 20,106 3. Limerick ....18,283 one in four 13,149 6,823 8,918 3,548 one in seven one in seven 7. Kerry .. 8. Leitrim 9. Tipperary 10. Cork . one in ten 9,718 10,565 one in twelve one in twenty Total 129,723 In ten of the northern and eastern counties, the nun bers stood thus : Antrim Armagh Carlow Dublin Men employed • 520 • .. 107 ... 182 Fermanagh Kildare Kilkenny Monaghan Queen's County Wicklov or less than one in two hundred of the abl population. _ Since the making up of this return, the gross numbs of those employed has more than d ou bl e d ; b ut We ma f.,.1 :1- a e up to the pre n enormous inequality in the urn ME sent time, would still show number employed upon public works in different d Jan. 5, 1847. CORRESPONDENCE. THE DISTRESSED IRISH PROTESTE.NIFS Persons are daily and hourly applying to me for em ployment, many of whom I know to be on the verge of starvation, but I am compelled to dismiss them with a single meal, as I dare not add to my number. The greatest and most extended good I am able to effect is by the sale of meal for money at a reduced price. As my funds fail, I am turning my mind most to this • and when I can colle c t w h a t w ill enable me to make a 'larger pur chase than hitherto of Indian meal, I hope to continue my wanting. anticipate. Indeed relief for some ti me , th oug h I fear scarcely so long as you No e exertions s my yr entire care o ti n m m e, y a p s a v r y t ell sh a all sthat be of every member of my household, is occupied in this work. I am most truly grateful for your exertions in our behalf ; .you have done for us truly great things. I sincerely wish some of the Liverpool and Birkenhead brethren could be persuaded to advocate our cause from their pulpits. In the latter place, I presume to think I am not quite forgot ten, and that many would wish to aid their former minis ter. I rest the strength of my case on the fact that my application is made for Protestants, members of our National Church ; and although I refuse not aid to Romanists whom I find to be in destitution, yet my ex ertions are made not for them, but for my own poor Pro testant people. With grateful thanks for your past kind exertions, and asking your prayers for a blessing on our work, I remain, faithfully yours, [Mr. Groves, we are told, will be happy to receive any contribution.] SUPPRESSION OF STREET NUISANCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—Notwithstanding the frequent applications to Parliament for the enactment of bye-laws, Liverpool may, I think, be considered the worst regulated town in the, kingdom. A casual observer may notice the daily infrac tions of our local acts, in many insta nces , suc h as wheeling loaded barrows of coal, &c., whipping tops, and trundling hoops over the par a p e t s . —D ur i ng the late frost I observed a dozen, or more, boys sliding on the footwalk near St. Jude's hurch. Another important matter to which no attention is paid is the want of system in pedestrians having no regard whatever to the security of their neighbours, but walking as it seemeth good in their own eyes. * In passing along our crowded streets you are continually in danger of being hustled off the flags, or receiving a severe concussion, and probably at the same time a con tusion, from coming in contact with other parties. Stringent rules and regulations are laid down for the government of cabs and coaches in the drive or centre of the road ; why not, then, enforce on the causeways a similar law to keep our erratic footsteps in the right path. Ist January, 1847. ARGUS. LOCAL MEETINGS EVERTON.—At a meeting of the ratepayers, on Wed nesday, prior to the transference of the highways to the Corporation, the accounts of the surveyor were passed, and that gentleman, who has held the appointment for upwards of twenty-six years, was cordially recommended to the Corporation. The case of the collectors, workmen, &c., was also recommended to the Council. A subscrip tion has been set on foot in Everton, for the purpose of raising a sum of money to be applied to the purchase of a suitable testimonial to be presented to Mr. Shaw, on his retiring from office, after twenty-seven years' faithful services. WEE '' the Meeting on Tues day a letter from the Poor-law COmmissioners was re ceived, expressive of their concurrence in'the resolution of the board, to change the day of its ordinary meeti ng . from Tuesday to Wednesday. The next sitting of the board will be held on Wednesday, , (to-morrow.) The medical officer of the fever-house reported that to the fif teen patients in the house, as stated in his former report, one only had been added.; that four had been discharged the ea r ed number now in greatlythe h o o n u se was thede decline, eleven. The hcurad v e , dfe t ' h ae e nr re da f p or p e, deemed it proper to take steps for re ducing the number of nurses. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At a special meeting of this board on Wednesday, the clauses of the Improve ment and Building Acts were considered. The only clause materially altered was No. 211, which provided that no burying should be allowed in any burying ground than the proposed cemetery at Flaybrick Hill three months after its opening, and authorising the infliction of a pe nalty of £2O on any person burying or causing a corpse to be buried. Mr. Mallaby said this clause was calculated to excite a strenuous opposition, if not from the bishop of the diocese, from the incumbent of St. Mary's, the Rev. A. Knox ; and that if the House of Commons passed such a clause, it was sure to be thrown out in the Lords. Mr. Mallaby recommended that the church-yard of_ St. Mary's should be excepted from the operation of the clause. It was eventually agreed to make the clause prospective, and to relate only to such burying-grounds as may be made after the passing of the act. SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting on Tuesday, a state ment was made as to the relief afforded during the previ ous fortnight, similar to what we gave in our last. Mr. Dowling wrote to say that he had observed Mr. Rowlands giving relief on Christmas morning to a woman and her child. The child was crying with the cold, and shoes procu r edf wi it streel e (Infdr. stockings , immediately ychildin Fenck later on the same day, and it was a owling) were sai v then crying again, a n d without any shoes or stockings. A n app li cation was read from Mr. Gray for assistan ce i n his department, in con sequence of being overworked ; and the Finance Com mittee were authorised to afford him temporary assistanm, Certain alterations were then agreed to in the staff of the Industrial Schools, with a view of rendering its efficiency greater ; and the annual examination was announced for Monday. There are 906 children in the Industrial sortsSclio f o o ls, d a is n e d ase. of these 212 are labouring under divers —aTldieW recommend Sub committee a list. of offim ce for the warehouse No. 4, at DOCK COMMITTEE, wereau Albert Dock, re cently finished.. The chairmansaid they h a d 1300 appli cations for the different situations n ow i n h and. It was thcrTse n d uß to sp select -r n . ordered that a general bond should be given to the Customs for duties on all goods warehoused in the Albert Dock warehouses, and for the due exportation of the said unnds portion of the letter of the Ainerican Chamber of Com merce, of the sth November, recommending that vessels discharging in the Albert Dock should have a preference of berths in the Salthouse and Canning Docks was re ferred,th- co m aft m e i r tt s e o e T thecoe other portionsnversatidh, of the letter having to the Harbour-masters. Sub-committee, Albertthe minit t o e c e c . o p if t d w t a h s e r a e t p i e o n r t t e i o d n t h o a f t M t a T h a r l e e h o o f u r a s i t n e f S o u r b t - h e e o Dock received the signature of the Mayor, the Chairman of the Dock Committee, and the senior magistrate, on the 29th ultimo. The Chairman called the attention of the committee to Prince Albert's coat of arms, handsomely executed for the banquet-loom, on the occasion of the visit of his Royal Highness to Liverpool, which had been placed on the eastern wall of the committee-room, and was intended, with the approbation of the committee, to be permanently fixed there. On one side of the shield floats the union jack, and on the other the ensign of St. George. It adds very much to the appearance of the already elegant room, in which the Dock Committee hold their meetings. FINAL MEETING OF THE HIGHWAY BOAR D.—On Wednesday, the fi na l me eti ng o f th e Commiss i oners of a . - W pie a ce lthew presented a report on the rj a to s h t e h l e d tra a ns t f h e e re p n a c ri e s o h f their office. powersTh The was ordered to be paid to state of the Green-lane Water Works, from which it t o A s s iu e T f r i e mtg v s hh i s c e r wo e s f s a . C°Y i D fi n svr' a Pe iv i i .e s gra i ui 4 p a t . arai n n d en iur at' C so unningham, the surveyors, for extra ap peared that the well was 185 feet in depth, that water could be obtained to the amount of 800 gallons per minute, and that the total cost of the works was £70,000, £50,000 of which had been borrowed. In a few days, the report stated, the engine would be at work, and the water would be conducted to the reservoir, and the board were con gratulated on the fact that the water from Green-lane might be very much increased hereafter, and that it ruiht be made to supply fountains for the use of the poor, 4-nughs for the use of cattle. A report from analysing go read, stating that the water at Green -- —ntained less magnesia than. the ilarrington wa ided by Mr. P On the motion of lcfr: ter, the board recorded ti Aspinall displayed by Mr, Duncan, assistant to Mr. Simpson, and they recommended him to the authorities in order that his services might not be lost to the town. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. John Holmes, who had for so many years been chairman to the board, and on the motion of Mr. Procter, a subscrip tion was agreed to be opened for the purpose of having a portrait of Mr. Holmes, with liberty for him to nresent it Count Tyrone, , 1846. Mr DEAR MR. GROVES, — y The pressure of 2Bth my various duties during the past fortnight prevented my doing more than hastily acknowledging your kind note of the 17th, and remittance of £l2 in further aid of our suffering poor. I have now to report to you how we progress. The intensely cold weather led us to make inquiry into , the wants of the people as to clothing, and the result exhibited a state of wretchedness beyond what I should have thought possible. Large families sleeping in one room, on different bundles of straw, without anything to cover them except the tattered garments worn by day . They had been usually able at this season to buy som-. clothing for their persons, and perhaps to add a blanket in place of the remains of what was once deserving that name ; but now they want food to sustain life, and have no means of obtaining clothing of any kind. The ex treme suffering and privation thus caused we deemed it well to alleviate promptly, and expended about £8 in clothing this month. Our funds, however, are scarce half expended as yet, though did I entertain a tenth part of the applications for relief, it would not last one fort night. We are at present entirely supporting about 23 or 25 families, giving employment to the men, and selling them meal considerably under market price ; and we aid in the support of others who have large families, and whose pay on the public words cannot feed them all, by giving them also the meal at a low price. The value of soup for the poor is so highly commended, that in addi tion to giving it daily to the persons we employ, we are arranging this day to afford it also to families at home. You see our operations are extending, and may think we are too lavish when spring will add so much to the num ber of the destitute ; but if we struck off one, we would be entailing on such certain and immediate want. lam convinced, but for the assistance received from Liverpool, several of those whom we have been enabled to clothe and feed would before this have died from cold and hun ger and nakedness. • public institution he pleased. also passed to the law-clerk (Mr. Deane), a,na to Mr. Capes Aihlin, the S. vote of the loft , obji quit the e IZ aOre an ii Gres aide S 0111( the ( deco; bead, Walk quay M'A i burns by hi