The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

%oh 5' 1850. -...-_, TER LIVERPOOL STiNDARt - I AGRICU LTURAL DISTRI, ; SS. had declined to 40s. per quarter--sti// no free trade i A deputation of master pilots of Liverpool, consisting Mara al/ iI AT Is ...... ......o'i THE ID The remedy again was an increased issue of money by the of Mr. William Hughes, Mr. William Hudeon, and Mr. __......_ -RLMEDY TO BE APPLIED Bank I and temporary prosperity, the usual result. James Wilson, with Mr. Cooke, superintendthit of pilots, From 1837 to 1843 we had again a restricted circulation, accompanied by the members for Liverpool, Sir Thomas 0 . _=---,......- ..._. r selet A ix-. fi : o i r tl'jl tato-..wiener---__ *. with more or less depression during the intervening pe- Birch and Mr. Cardwell, had an interview with the' Right i the as tin e aii Ca s and Tenant Farmer* ofLaxashire. riod. The d efi cit in the revenue in these years amounted Hon. H. LaboUeliere On Thursday, at :he Wee Of the as delil o i 111 1.1,0, 4 ..se was a r . A.,, ISE 4 , to £10,072,638 ! and the Whigs, who had been in offic3 Board of Trade. Stowell, So, • l'lt that. , ' lobe youduring this disastrous management of the national DEATH BY ErRNING.—On the Bth Ult. a retail dealer Inglis, ..t4. held h ave invoked a meeting of your finances, went out, and Sir Robert Peel came in and in coals, aged 49. living in Limekiln-lane, and who being ,pied the or s d o ll _ e of at you r on Thursday next, for the reb:ored the solvency of the state by his income and pro- for some time back subject to fits, was attended by a me primal,' P u n a ,J 'tg, Illernoriwalhisiienif t tl o i e r h e i p g r h es s e h n e t ri t ff o ➢ totheealclraown,to perty ,' s •x. dical man, was left alone, and, on his wife returning, he society, 11 ,.abr • %rati. count y Thus far, then, the operation of the act of 1819 had complained to her of his arm, stating that he did not aS 91 ' It ellt odd, . OP . ittid tip of disaster and prosperity, some- know what ailed it. The wife found the shirt he had had trated h is f o re s'lfferie to the country the produced an altero griev o o f usnature of times ending in speculal.. iye mania, the disaster occurring on lying on the floor, and nearly all burnt. She then had been, at o a ree. Re) caused by the adoption ' free-trade moral' 900 ,setreri mo vement is a natural one. The fact of Ele canton 114 n , Tli g h : el be e in g the strict provisions ofactcarried t founddeceasedmuch • when felt is undeniable and the prosperity, followed by wania, when Government and right side. He was next day sent to the Northern and we re end there liab le ' gs la tii stepped in to earn a little temporary popularity by allow- Hospital, where every thing was done for him, but he But county ing the nation the free use of its energy and enterprise. died from the injuries on Friday. and as BP fth l'4 . a fe w ° d foThey _ecePuresent a py a s-paa3La.re .somewhat idle clemonstra_ In 1844 the great currency doctor, and author of the act BLUE COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY.—This excellent 1, and vi b e , p r eo l f n the Columns of th e pres s ; which had worked thus injuriously, put his hand to the society has now been in existence twelve years, and each took at A t ~ g , Ire forgot t a Y s as atO iy,,,, athi en. The Conversation in the district • ; work of amending, or, as he conceived, perfecting, his succeeding year has increased its usefulness. Its eleventh contras , . 0 '''"'dr to wit h Yo i„ q uest i o ns which men are asking, previous measure; and the operation of his new progeny annual report is now before us, and exhibits the advan your.distress, are-" Have is thus most correctly described by the reverend gentle- tares derived from the society's watchful superintendence 'nriDgeltieni::l:gettesl7:t' : yo u IreagidseqaPtr°lsea°d -70,4,1 . read "e upon which you are all agreed ? man from whom I have already quoted :- ' over the boys apprenticed from the school-the average of the Gold 11 a tu press forward your demands "The act o f 1844, a worse act than that of 1819, but de- number of whom visited during the year was 145. The ,wer, ."" eea' 1 , ...."'11e of -re ' lal ote co nsel ido l e - n, ,„,, You see ..,.. '.I afraid the answer must be scribed by Sir Robert Peel as a 'self-acting system,' which behaviour of the boys has been most gratifying-. A t he l an ' c i o Vo e uld thuusovriiisi.ng beyond the reduction of would prevent overtrading speculation, and fluctuations in the clothing fund has been established in connection with the If the indi'i n tb f or fol o d b r i i) g lozvr t i the end love. t bere; t t P save i ti r • sin s of the legislature ar s t o p society. The state of the finances appears to be very ese topies , ., oo o , , fi nancial reformers, and in s c se re d a . se A it n s c i Tr il c u u ' lat o i deed, to do so; money became very abundant, speculation . gratifying, and the expenditure has been judiciously apportioned and economically managed. le sePe rs ' s i teo wil ' th e er ,,,,,, - anD govern the country by petty lop- was fostered, was forced on the people by the cheapness of national 51 tiara expenditure . Some money, and the railway mania of 1845 and 1846 was succeeded COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.-An inquest was held d:t,l.flft4atiatiBo,7%,,erns!Sid vodeanslyeaen,aidtrethe er li ee n ab alliarle o a prohibitory corn-law, by the panic of 1847, in which,_ as Mr. Richard Spooner stated at Wallasey, on Tuesday, on the body of the captain of in the House of Commons, 239 millions of property were sac- a schooner called the Port of Runcorn, who was drowned, ...,'.'-. F ~it use ando ned b r-a consummation which has — it E 0 Y of v of to ft ,,,, Y the advocates of your interests rificed. What then does this review of the experience of the owing to a collison between that vessel and the Sea et Prt srt . nt ere - " i s as beyondcountry for 30 years teach us? It teacaes us that a contracted ,d, -9 ' 11 % • l' a , li agre ed ill - • possib ility ; and the currency has invariably lowered prices and brought distress; Nymph steamer, on the 10th of January, in the channel. the dels)l., k iv 11 , to v ap lcnt „,the wish for a dissolution of that an abundant currency has allowed prices to rise is a re- The pilot on board the steamer stated that the schooner s , a nd mu" !eel e, p e li hleh y ou But you have not, by any of the munerative levee, and restored prosperity." was in her wrong track for an inward-bound vessel ; that A teat , 1 400 1 le ailii !, are divided, a bold and compre- the schooner was not seen until the steamer was upon 'tide awaY I ask you now, gentlemen, with these facts before you, ter daY ; t bef°li B Of tnB QO4 out by which the agricultural in- what is the policy which you ought in your present con- her, and no light was observed until after the collision ; , er thougb co d 0 1)4 ki t h is Or ,:lth tho other industrial and trading in- dition, and in the present temper of the country, to insist that in.mediatelv after the collision the schooner sank; ich they T e b pd , ‘ ,911 of i tor t crary, all lead t ind; 'Oll 'ealtl, eta, st , Can be snatched from the gulf upon. Protection merely ? It would not be submitted to but the steamer's boats were lowered, and all the crew of % You wo l re l d hr.. . restored permanently to a con- for an hour, if made co-existent with a restricted currency the schooner were saved except the captain. Three wit th eyes q lee fe r 4 nesses having Etated that . the steamer . was in . the wrong ions, arlD,, g la re, o oir 4TI Nir a " veteUgressiv e prosperity. based upon gold. Besides you had protection up to 1846 ; track, t h e inquest was adjourned till the 7th instant. r h gi s fi s i t le e u sea. aa w l i i r krkla t ›,a e wtl ; ,.tl a Z e.... l in a recent debate, by a mem- and every second or third year was one of su ff ering and gue 0 ay liti le 4 q t ,: 4 .... lx4i',Doli ti . s. n . c . an honoured member, but ruin, not only to yourselves, but to every interest of the FRENCH OPERA COMIQUE.-We find that an arrange e d ee , 14 an, tl, a rt.lea ;tl itli.;Nr Japes Graham-that the country. You want a reversal of that " most improvi- ment has been effected with Mr. Mitchell, the manager of the French Plays in London, by the enterprising lessee of , d free• the DI t at v..k. ,i! '6 24 h e l'?,. p•ful in th state, when once dent bargain which could have been made by any class," ured Pr, , o r Pe' e ik ijes3e s . 1 4 Ne ve :Toed, as an . indispensible con- viz., the substitution in 1819 of a gold currency for that our Theatre Royal, for the representation, in this town, aF i e r , c s i k a T eo idt r i a , itl e l 7 041 .' 0 b tt 44 those sympathzes of the country at domestic paper circulation, under which you prospered of Opera Comique, by the admirable Company of St. James's Theatre. Although we have had in Liverpool heir cla ss greate: o l, rai i ,joth e , t ae eti l i e 1 ,,,,,: P'mpathies at present in your for a long series of years. By a return , to that system I Italian and German Operas, this will be the first time the ri ,-thou l j tra te tal k p's, ti on yn lose . them in any attempt to believe firmly you would be able to bear up in the race of of t hy trader lo ra , ki te !t at . 4o Were t e .."Y Which other classes, suffering competition, even against Free-trade. Such a policy inhabitants of this important sea-pert have had an oppor tunity of witnessing this unique species of entertain did'st fur! ~,_ s b, t han tt er i_' to be equally advantaged. You would raise, along with yonr own, every other branch of one for which our neighbours the French enjoy a ia t boi,rle.' h , stP Zell b b e e 5a ,,,! , g . classes from their present pros- industry. It would give you a flourishing commerce, and social and almost exclusive celebrity. Vv - e have no doubt d within '4 Aati le ,pf,, eff ort Z,e, lever with which you raise your- flourishing manufactures, satisfied and well employed refit the Dunisl y aki, ,'llli t irart er "De a vain one . Wheat at 80s or that the representation of the chefs • d'auvres of Auber , with the , ,i o ;„ita.,,,e , ua t .4 1 . ,as th e _ . is .•, labourers and artizans, and consequently increased cus and other composers of equal celebrity in the language' trite maia,_ ou t t , se Nteq oe t th is . te ne n f result of protection, . incom- tomers for the produce of your skill and industry. Delay for which they were written, by a company of such excel me througuot. ki a,„ , tl,or 91. miss 20,000 sempstresses in Lon- the demand for such a comprehensive policy-and it lent and perfect ensemble will excite great interest, and can con e bol`' eis n a ti n d d eb t ith ti ,-rable wages by more miserable can only be denied by mortgagees, usurers, and the un then the speculation will amply repay its projectors. The id cbesP i , ,, p lies • In, to kth e ttet :iiat of other forms of that squalid productive classes, who are battening upon your toil-and goods ayi s s Nt a :e k tri '. and, L , which is to be found in large no dissolution of Parliament, no measures of merely an performances will, we believe, take place early in April. and Pr° o ell. N,, , e9 10 ,Nto r ijeh in your rural villages and ham- CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.--Mr. Ramsay, who has for Rd" s tile . -'"ei ia e h L . -,,s of Lancashire , moreover, possess economical nature, can avert your ruin. Adopt it • let the Lancashire agriculturists set themselves to the task of re- years commanded a ship belonging to this port, received a -tisticd,siSß;, ly tl. ' ts 4 P e a , r ge, Coq i s e u w ,..?thers of their brethren possess. few days ago a letter from a relative in Wetherby, York -11 Engin u olio . pairing the hippy to their country, which the Manchester dies the ~„' s t ' tl y ez qaor a. ';l, l g markets on every side, and at cotton spinners have inflicted, and England, once happy shire, announcing the dangerous illness of a near relation nal Ref"' tre at $ t i;ePted phey have always been treated as and glorious England is herself again. of Mrs. Ramsay, and wishing that lady to hold herself i w ka t ,( 3 by he y nn the effect of the blow dealt With an apology for the length to which I have ready to go over. Captain Ramsay's wife accordingly M , l i I oti e fled actu,in trade ; and to be benefitted by trespassed upon your attention, but at the same time an employed a dress-maker to make her a suit of mourning, DL 0 r r,,fi, ti vop t tile! ) g Prosperit which it was to create. as she expected a letter next day, or the day afterwards, ppo- p a4t et of ~! thu s . Y earnest entreaty that you will reflect deeply and seriously announcing the demise of her friend. No such letter was SIVg.- : Oti, the ulB4 circumstanced, involved in the upon the facts and arguments which I have placed before OT il 'ei 4 4 1 N P ePre "Sr the conclusion to be drawn is, - you, received direct ; but the dress-maker called on the next ACK C- - ,,, 6 1 ' ,h. th e , k the !entations - made to them, as to their day, with a letter addressed to herself from a neighbouring I beg to subscribe myself, ;, frdn 7hre e i l es b.-Teactt work free trade merely, were false, town, and having no reference to Mr. Ramsay or his rela a 1 ii t oo •-- Agriculturists of Lancashire, tive, within the outer folding of Which she had found the NC.6 , i ill 4e Pow, , work an agency, whose opera rDE (i lo t e % iltt e I 'lol for their otherwise favourable expected letter to Mr. Ramsay, duly stamped and t t t, r Cap ful sf., ~ 1 % ert on e, nclusion, I suspect, will be found marked by the post-office. The letter to the dress- EDICA; a L b 5 11 ,, ,' f'r t4 adi l ' y 4e , f t , e freSuch an agency has been at work maker was written on a common sheet of post paper. and VERPu o arl et o !II ill mep ress . e trade was dreamt of ; and has folded without envelope. By some curious chance in the 19th Feu _AI? Gir i ,. tere at i ng the condition, not only of the movement or shaking of the letter bag, in which both injuf' 1 4 (lb IP • 'hut ,--- ONE WHO HAS WATCHED THE FATAL OPERATION OF SIR ROBERT PEEL'S CURRENCY ACTS UPON THE INDUS TRY AND AGRICULTURE OF HIS COUNTRY. tly to • , • lc cep t At h • of every i nd ivi dual interest in whop tow n j k lid ,tlie a as b ee n steadily pressing down every to grant the f or l ot' 'old -41 14 141 ee t a nt. the capitalist, led pa per' 'Pk se a l, , o a l ovvr . the mortgagee, I 1 v. , he m edics , t o, 1 di n ,. it h as ' level, and some, to the lowest, th e ' i lt fa pas, and Periodically filled the land with !conomicet t hi l' eti !Aired f u Pauperism, amidst which, ne •geons e u re t b l it f , the ti i l lte a l 1 ew have been enabled to climb remark "el, only, however, to be thrown a large r' 0 t l wr ib kt b O th io u . e ti: e ir lt surging of the same wave, which nedical at, t ie' , ein mine ' 100,40,,!? i nsid f o r ti oud position for a time. I, of ii ii l ' o i ttilist s of S gtgency ? Who were its pro that stile' ale South Lancashire, I must re to the w o li b ° B nif 7: 4 e , p lt.rti a ,ParetiiainrclOrrol"V than in anger," that it was npted t V , 1, 1 '''onet 'nt in which your own representa nearly e s 0 ~ s , 1 and st - ,04 that „__ range to say, a Protectionist I I werp,b4 r ;ii i. , d tiL 9 of 01 were led on to your own de -014, L,'" ~ ler e etst eo great mass of the industry of cause , v• ,r o .b y o, it, ni to the scoffing taunt upon the sub ; that o m Pe o 7o ti t . 42 -, o s a : e speech to Whic'a we have already stay te -Th a t 1 ''tie al apostate statesman —Sir James mrrect ; ' ' „5.., 14 4 111Ns - nost ohT i° ,i j oi toe c o l 4+o, c ,:oteed eds War se in the eii 1,,,, / ,a o ht. W e ith toes anti the hon. member . for a bar t, scot made l b lie most improvident liar g.reat class ?ea.! that c tore f e kiog:' , 4, ‘a."'! in 1819 ;7"y 1 corfr. ci hid . of up tl ul icb ~,...e , ;he n in consideration of lei y _,g 4 _ 4,a , t _a 80.. ~,:."L them the sole possession of Lid are e'liliti ~,iti _ .(4.:pre cip ,' quarter, they consented to the an d it eilior 'Ap ri 7e . ci at :no o,: rtandard of value—a standard , he f 0 opt ,li e ... Ir icleat' i _f . a quarter of a century. That must . o r usrgain I thought then, and I think •equiring,iii4 .r.11.1741t4t, ether tin • bi r tilZCNtp 9e fatal mistake priviler t y kte tlittitikitirlst andthe ; and since its commis ,l,l2l' ot l NA t iee! i n the .entire industrial interests of graiesocial scale. By this suicidal l fe th r e s y l p i r ie , , , , t i .' et o et t, th e tax . were kept up for a time ; but ;est A , i .. h ti ..., ation of the country, the pres ) g uiner dur tttih t rer m nu other money liabilities of indivi ose ill tOr ieb I I ! ith. 4 t F e " a third The climax only of the rant 0 3 .00 eV iettl ;4 B o:e . it o th r° e l n pr l e t e , was . the introduction of free cinentll l lile yo grain was reduced perma e res ec e 4 :411 15 Of 1 111 ' ‘„e uti, P 0 itln, ttn, , the el., whilst the fundholders, the r is incl, i tl . ,,t, Itl i N' t e i tl d e t t .vereditor s portion of the bargain 50 per c v d e r do illj o l 1 th, l °ll9 e are now paying, as the result, Isto 1° r rts N i 0 ki d genCY of an increased price of money difficul t • e li -1. s Of te st of vs in vi hi t iie i t it etei. for e _,Peace ; for two quarters of corn a • insutiscl° ' trjlig,. Y Az o ,, "Y Paid ; and have doubled the s e' at t - ict l i s peo pl e „ I , 0 bli.a tion C be quentlY...4 f o 0,, k tloi s ,M e ? . • an we otherwise )n the P . ' l, j 1 44: 1 2!(:! 1 be ti ; s af South Lancashire, or, at least, i. orf t ' 4 14 " , lie „ "un have lived long enough, cannot series., • 4e k To ' pe ratio poor • in f ,. , di .., t _ r etmod 1.1 upon them of that unfortu -1% tie r we h a ,„ , a them, however, of it, and to edicinee ° til eof tie le• • 0 Vll o Y v tr ace ` ab l e d low prices and agricultural r requ e"s l;ed ti htti Nt b 14 g eXtr to other causes besides free so that yr y Nltu 7 th e aet from a speech. delivered in 44i tl ? . f threlsts, traders, John Twells, Vicar of Eaton, atients• ode , L a ,,ea roe uers, and others, at East Rettord, r or ther a• to . st i o e 01 , ./ ..I ,, ) ,:kit er r 4: attention of every agricultural insinu 0 i l . l . h',..o'e_li th e rring to that system of paper ien su ch - Ist , i l l itktr ;ey , bells.alion, whilst it contributed GOO an immense revenue from mat Presef, t b e , on a io lues .\ latt at Zed i n i _ Il i g and arduous war to a success ! porish t u r o fP 3 Plea o tistry, prosperity, and wealth, to I .loY men sr' t ilt “ e d in a n - too hig h 0 0 0 0 + 11 404p Y Other country, proceeded as hold I I 4 10 NI tiho nae li„ Ib Al eat tot a eto an it the ~-`') ; iiilly 'qqt,Y, b o a t o end: e,V, and the prosperity of the y in uee liele , i tti) tfliti l e isiof peace , e entered on a period—not of and poverty. How was this yes, Ibe N ii , s ;i' 4 l l if it ikt ": t dr t s , t d la s s ts re u so e l s ved_T e return s to t cash pay circul ion of the etting, B ri l v 1'h r :40 4 1 , 1 . 18168 wits I in 1813 and 1814, was reduced 'g l Of t t th 4 t e a a nd 181 uP 3 d eo 1 ,1 e a Q 9i elat 7. What followed Irish saretbol Dt et hij a 914 0 . 1 'oat and commercial distress ! a to say ber t, „ 44 ., e4t c , d istre _in January, 1817, Mr. Tierney ,e, t i ,,, - et.. 1_ .- , y, to t O ld I t? eorbr _ss had reached a height wholly 7erfor° 3 t ‘ datio lb , Itlp:9a.Deacillt history since the Norman conquest.' (I mo te p )B. ! a ti e I , b s_uistress arose from ' the transi ir Prli ott` ~ ti t? th:de abu e n rvernment took alarm. Paper _ant, and the distress was re ust c li l b • k . ;,R 4 1 4 th eDee c h est' I'', tllj t t ill t tilt !, gr eatest rrorp the throne declared 'The • w ine at ob, k 0 k1 . 11 4 ,. a ~ ..c lo s , c0....._ satisfaction in being able to in mde, 0 7 , 4 104 be .11 , 1 _ 4 t fl ou T a eyce, and manufactures of the bow sol c i t o tos at %treed from. 1 hing condition.' The state of a, OAS tit ; , ,0 41 , 4, _ • a qu _ the fact, that wheat was at an nses . _ o lk i ,. Pk„ 100,0 00 ,Irrer. The revenue increased in E c htor ii p r i et of Pitrat o _ • little Cr t e'i se I; It, / : ell.4l4le4treaSktePs, themselves, for the erection obedient St i ,l eitN•c• t pNit.' based upon, and convertible into AB,18,0" , :` ; ,,,^lst 4R Tion i : VW, and necessarily involving a A RAI 0 ) l e t) i , tr i Oti on, .!,:, the entire industry of the ish rot 0 , :t t iet , te h 4 m i t i l e pa,s w e li .. ich was only relieved by the w e pig i i' i Ba'tiPe told r a P , a r se l naapy abundant. As the of 0 el , . 5 4 h e 0 !, ittu al ft Ea re, in two years afterwards, trio °f . f ill 4 '1 14 n to /tr y _° the throne that " trade, d i et mt li Of were in a most flourishing con charge Ito ct•yliYttli4,7rl,,efOrWilgat bad risen from 64s in Jan. , noW it i h / ' 1 ) t il a ht. t i;40( w )0 . 4 (4 845., and the revenue had .000 Y , =notwithstanding this evidence Iwl di e Cp,t),,eon. t wo B „—n the that '' ble ti 'N'tid,solit tt xstet,,_ effect produced upon the 7 --- o pt tlj, ty b r 4 lati on ', in 1819, four months after led is 4 t ati ''ill . Paper s 11 P an the country's eminent of 6 110 h.th i to ti m in system, Sir Robert Peel passed g N ti , 4, , li g h 0 .. November tr , r_ oo o I ,c i ~.N . qits.4l4isrsosirrtoer";e_the manufacturing districts. l os, , $ , I NN p h ecti o _ members, or has heard of the „pOO P IO ''!ieN t eti' e hoid " which prevailed. " Peterloo" E '''• the oi 4: 44 t ) 4 'am world. The farmers shared this ' din il l ('' . • l ht t 4 oce e were ' • 1.0°'00.10 NI, I, et d a ......... ruined by thousands. The ian rb co t; ' e l l S l s4t lB2l . nishe d .0 1 0 , 4 N ,' ase n nt 18,, . g - 00 •-, 0 , Se, i 4, ,e „,g at 465. %e re abundant, and . wheat ~let, dato fr , toe v.. 44 ah e di _ 2d. a quarter, and in 1822 .1 life, - toof p I ,t, tt b N t ott 4 epe e oe , it 4 7 i s re e ss .. was now ascribed to over listing! a g 0 414 t,itcle food we) . gut, had sent too much food — le su l* 10 kil y . , i ll uo . d .„_ e starring, and a King's letter ooglitevr 0qr5:N0.49,),1. 'Brauratife Irish. In 1823 Lord Lon note bill; 400,000,080 was e n w hor fe llA i let!,S ) l 4ti t ' ot tt s. ::? i n ' prices rose, and prosperity returned. ex le an if OVI Sokottitittp tire en 7 l according to Mr. Tooke ex oh 0 4 lics as iv to, 0 82 5, b .. ?that it had been in 1823 • 'd in 1 3 ,.,„ be st!, de o ' . e,b rol , :• ttile p t ‘ td l st,Al 4 h ..e. ~.I : ,,,l l , a, i _esty,.st .na id `there nev ' e . r a' u ' -as a I.- „ te , of Jew c 50 5 1 1/ ' e e ofl n. to;' , att rulng a g n ux i . all the great intersts . 1 ?On.' Mr. 'Prosperity' e.a..st _this time. The rise in the price , o l f ri :ul ! I :, tp: t e 4 I%hk', - ;iern' s „oeco , c 1 .4 t e 4 01 4. iy ie Tre gold at .'3 17s. lOad. an 1 the viPt i g h 0 4 41 , s i s lits„ d.,, ank withdrew its notes, and of t b° olci 0 1 kOp PllZ9litit it vi o ns of, IN 9 a Ilit ts tlo a har v „ t „ he 0 1 $ O ,O itp t ,4 4 ab he -.... ne s and low prices, with a t.. Ile , lo p t o b I, o o 4d aod f ,free trade at that time I— n e ht "ni ne • his d l i n gt 0 114 lithe) 0 4 ~ Again'the country relieved ic lu , io gr i o, . PAte, culation and a few millions of aine°,t 'O D ; ' k., th bd' 6 3 return . to restricted issues, Bart,; 0 0 0 0 4 1,,,21 t . , , h ), 0 1 1 this o A uld 'l 7 ° l i r 't 474: htt` , sled s tie d tooccasion, the people were . du ol ° O t t • ef that , • I k er t, s t o ,, much ; they had worked rl r e 0.01 , . °11 4 1 /41 ' Or, V aligist‘'„ ra any calicoes and woollens. ere a att l i r, "Iv tm th Wilt -- Lnese Hi ee - te J . ni le rs . o A_ e , a , e ,,,. overproducing spinners a be • t , i 'r tl , i v o r rr ti2 b 6 e o Zuf ac r u l r n i d n s u , s . , c . ontained a state tool t 0 0 15 ' g the s d 0 t ell . a B ty . yis Y fot o . b , g di stricts 200 families over ,. or ui l tht , , A r ial., w blankets amongst them" ! your but ,l IN tsi b , of as stopped by an increaged 'tort,4o af yA t old .£1 notes discoveredby na n ; bil°l ll . ' ;k 4 to the r Hors tN. 0/ 0 tio * lti 4 4 t i llB i4 "untr ,T t ant a Bank director, sir, ,fi tit 11 di e t „ i erabi., Y. te• into e 4 , 14 .1i f t tarellettetg theseent, continued, however, ee a P i ljet h e tr e f t ,, , t , o h __ fah . o D o l t ,. Years the attention of the e e d s P ilfr it oo 4 %i, r ~ '- ‘ 4 : 41;1 .1 8 tr irtetivilt7ebeeede'dleaini hurrying as the remedy. an d 0' of I h (5 t 8 IT, l it Ni t . ....urrring on the passing A 4 be e 'oo 10 'lt t4t e nt id of , • woiveri Att A 1 - 0 0 0 r _ ig r o .y f 3 " 0 - st ilti # 4 0 1 ti the4troLto-I.4ll7johwhieh o i t s im l9 was th Y e re — a w l i f o rd tp • b er o f, kt44Boatc.itbiailia:s. .iii, buatteklferdeentortagenlaynts the tin t ho d e, te • leck e , )1100,0100 11111 41 e °,7,„c — ouir t aue , iation of the distress the ;JP elle ° et , !i t ') l 'lti its ca .:. when Parliament never obar ° be'Ct w " ? And in 1834 Wheat .400 0 letters had been put, Mr. Ramsay's had got into that part of the larger letter, into which curious parties are prone to peep, with a view to ascertain as much of the contents of an epistle as they can without breaking the seal ! Had the larger letter been within an envelope, no such chance " enclosure " could have taken place. The circumstance is certainly remarkable, for no connivance could have ex isted to bring it about. ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH—DR. FISHER'S LECTURE. —On Tuesday evening last, this learned and eloquent gentleman delivered an interesting and instructive lecture on the solar system. The diagrams exhibited were of the most perfect and costly character, and must have tended to impress the mind of every beholder with a vivid idea of the " wonderful works of God." In addition to the astronomical lecture, Dr. Fisher exhibited a sele , tion of his splendid dissolving views, and closed with " Chroma tropes," in which the juvenile portion of the audience appeared to take the greatest interest. St. James's School-room was crowded to excess, and at the close of the lecture a vote of cordial thanks to Dr. Fisher was moved by the Rev. the Incumbent of St. Saviour's, and seconded by A. F. Jones, Esq., churchwarden of Trinity Church. A similar vote to the Rev. H. Hampton, for his kindness in allowing the use of the School-room, was moved by the Rev. S. Simm. curate of St. Saviour's, and seconded by James Rhind, Esq., churchwarden. It was announced that the proceeds of the lecture, together with the donations which had been received, would more than pay off the whole debt on the church enclosure fund, leaving a balance to be devoted to additional improve ments. Too much praise cannot be given to Dr. Fisher for his great liberality and kindness on this and very many other similar occasions. SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—We are glad to perceive that appeals are about to be made on be half of this valuable institution, in St. Saviour's Church, Liverpool, on Sunday morning next, the 10th instant, and in St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, on the evening of the same day. We trust that these appeals will be responded to with cordial liberality by the friends of scriptural edu cation in Liverpool, and at Birkenhead : and we cannot doubt that the following extract from a paper recently published, and now being circulated by the society will commend its claims to Christian sympathy, and secure for it not only the alms but the prayers of all who desire that the " Word of the Lord may have free course and be _glorified" in Ireland. " There were in connexion with this society on the Ist of January, 1848, 2,936 schools, containing 224,171 scholars. It is important to state that about one hundred thousand of the scholars, from poverty and other causes, do not attend week-day schools, and consequently that many of them derive the entire of their instruction at the Sunday schools. There are upwards of 20,000 teachers who devote their time, gratuitously, to the work of Sunday school instruction. It is impossible to value too highly such exertions in Ireland, whether in a religious, moral, or social point of view. It is not only on Sunday that the teachers render services to the scholars, but also during the week. A bond of Christian love and kindness having been formed it extends to the temporal as well as to the spiritual condition of the scholars. The various classes of society are thus brought into close con nexion—the strong support the weak—the learned teach the ignorant—and the rich impart to the poor. Many of Ireland's woes and miseries might be alleviated if this Christian system was still further extended through the length and breadth of the land. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The usual celebration took place on Friday, to commemorate the return of St. David's Day. The annual examination of the children in the Welsh schools took place in the morning, Robert Wynne, Esq. president. Among those present were Mr. ex-Al derman Griffiths, Rev. R. Davies, Rev. W. Hughes, and other gentlemen. A very satisfactory examination was passed, calling forth the highest commendation from the worthy president, and reflecting vero great credit on the conductors, Mr. Edwards and Mrs. C o pt een We a r e sorry to find that these useful charities are in want of funds, and that, if not rallied round, they will soon have to be closed. A very powerful sermon on their behalf, was preached at St. David's Church, by the Rev. Mr. Morgan, followed by a collection, amounting to £l7. In the evening the thirty-fourth anniversary of the Ancient Briton's Society, composed entirely of natives of the principality, was celebrated at Mr. May's Hotel, Rane lagh-street. About three o'clock upwards of eighty gen tlemen sat down to an excellent dinner, amongst whom were Messrs. R. Wynne, G. and W. Casson, Rev. Mr. Owen, Rev. Mr. Aubrey, Evans (solicitor), Evans, jun., E. Jones, Mr. Lodge, (surgeon to the society), &c. &c. The chair was occupied by Mr. Peter Roberts, and the vice-chair by Mr. Owen Hughes. After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and most loyally responded to, interspersed with airs upon the Welsh harp by Mr. R. Hughes, the chairman proposed " The Anniversary of St. David's Day." The Rev. Mr. Owen responded in the Welsh language, giving a short and interesting history of the life of St. David, from which it appeared that the Ist of March is celebrated in memory of his death, which took place in the year 544. Other suitable toasts fol lowed.—The 43rd anniversary of the Cambrian society was celebrated by a public dinner at Mr. Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel. Between 60 and 70 gentlemen sat down. The dinner was served up with all the elegance and profusion for which the worthy host is celebrated. Mr. Edward Hughes, on the harp, much enlivened the evening's proceedings. Dr. Games, of this town, was in the chair; Mr. J. Conway ably fulfilling the duties of the vice. Amongst the parties present were—on the right of the chair, the Revs. W. Hughes, J. P, Morgan, and R Edwards, the latter vicar of Mytton, in Yorkshire ; on the left, N. Marsh, Esq.. surgeon ; R, Griffith, Esq., John Jones, Esq., and W. Morris, Esq. And amongst the company J. Griffith, Esq., W. Wynne, Esq., R, T. Wynne, Esq., Capt. Williamson, Caradoc Eyton, Esq., Mr. John Thomas, and Mr. J. Edwards.—" The Queen" was enthusiastically drunk, and Mr. E. Stafford Jones sang in Welsh (the company standing), the national an them, with striking effect. Then followed " the Prince of Wales," and other loyal and usual toasts. The Rev. Mr. Hughes, of St. David's Church, responded in a very patriotic speech to the toast of " the Bishop and the clergy of the diocese." He was proud, he said, to meet them on St. David's Day, because he deemed it an honour to be one of the ancient Britons. Britons, he showed, had never been conquered by the Romans. Mr. John Jones proposed the health of the Rev. Mr. Morgan, who had preached the sermon that day, on behalf of the Welsh Charity Schools. This was duly responded to. Several appropriate toasts intervened previous to Mr. R. Griffith (an ex-alderman of Liverpool) proposing " the president, and su ccess t o th e C am b r i an S oc i e t y ." He stated that the number of sick members, during the past year was 25 ; the amount paid £ll9 10s. Bd. There had been but two funerals of members, and three of members' wives, the amount paid being £3B. New members en rolled, seven. Since the commencement of the society (43 years ago) to the present time, 536 have been relieved, and the amount expended is £5lOl Os. sd. There have been 163 funerals since that time, viz., 101 members and 62 wives and widows, and the amount thus expended was £1743 10s. The amount of cash in hand is £238 16s. The toast was enthusiastically responded to. The presi dent made a suitable reply The president, after some eulogistic remarks, proposed the health of the treasurer, Mr. E. P. Jones, and in the course of doing so presented that gentleman with his portrait, beautifully painted, by Higgins, and also a very beautifully written complimen tvy address. Liverpool, Ist March, 1850. o ral On Thursday Mr. Alfred Whittle, of this town, was admitted a member of Apothecaries' Hall. A female who recently drowned her child in a pond at Newry has been arrested in Liverpool. Workmen have commenced preparing the ground for the new Blind Asylum, in Hardman-street. The Royal Union Building Society, at a dinner at the Wellington, on Thursday, presented to Mr.E. P. M' Knight, their president for seven years, a handsome massive silver tray. The Tranmere Relief Committee have about £lOO in hand after extending assistance as it was needed. The amount has been placed in the Savings Bank to meet any crisis of a similar nature: The Rev. W. M. Falloon preached two sermons on Sunday week in Trinity Church, Ripon, on behalf of the Church Pastoral Aid Society. On Thursday he addressed a public meeting at Richmond, Yorkshire. Mr. D. Neilson, of Liverpool, and Mr. Vincent, accom panied by Mr. Cardwell, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere, on Monday, at the Board of Trade. On Wednesday last, during the operation of making a drain at the back of an uninhabited house in Lime street, one of the workmen discovered the body of a female child. It was wrapped in an old black shirt. J. H. Thom, Esq., jerquer at this port, has received the additional appointment of comptroller of warehouse accounts, in the room of F. M. Holder, Esq., who is placed on the redundant list. G n s. A.n unequalled variety of Chandeliers and Lustres for Gas will be found at the Manufactory and Show-rooms of WILLIAM PENN -SMITH, 26 and 28, HANOVER-STREET, opposite the Tax-offices. The Rev. H. J. Marlon, 8.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, (son of the worthy incumbent of All Saints, in this town,) was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Man chester on Sunday week, and licensed to the curacy of Whalley. Mr. H. C. Chapman, who presided at the meeting of the timber trade, on Monday, gives it as his opinion that they will carry the business over the water, to what he terms Port Jackson aad Laird's Inlet. New cl;signations for the Birkenhead Docks. The Rev. George Winter Warr, Incumbent of St. Saviour's, has been appointed (under the sanction of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese,) Organizing Secretary of the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the Archdeaconry of Liverpool. The Liverpool Ship Joiners' Friendly Society cele brated their fifth anniversary on Tuesday evening last. They partook of an excellent supper, supplied in his usual excellent style, by Mr. Thompson, Preston Arms Inn, Market-street. A large number f the members attended. The splendid packet-ship the Guy Mannering left the Graving Dock on Monday, after undergoing a thorough repair, and being newly caulked, coppered, and painted, and is now berthed in the Waterloo Dock, taking in cargo for New York. She is advertised to sail on the Bth instant. We perceive by the Hamburgh papers that Mr. J. H. Schroder, of that city, and premier of the firm of J H. Schroder and Co., of this town, has given the munificent sum of 1,000,000 mares banco, equal to £75,000, for the erection and endowment of a number of almshouses in Hamburgh. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.-At a meet ing of a Board of Examiners held on the 26th ultimo, and also on the 2nd instant, Captain James Davies, master of the Lady Charlotte Guest, of Cardiff, and Captain William Ridley, late master of the Ursula, of Liverpool, were severally found duly qualified for first class masters' certificates. On Friday, shortly after two o'clock, an open chariot and pair were driven along the north bridge of the landing stage; then along the length of the stage, and back to the south bridge. The police on duty were rather taken aback. The adventurous Jehu was no other than the Earl of Sefton, with a " tiger " beside him on the box, and three ladies and a gentleman inside. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Monday, a distressing accident occurred on one of the Birkenhead steam-boats, by which the captain, Jonathan Robinson, came by his death. A number of horses were being conveyed across the river in the boat on Monday, and when the animals were being taken on shore, one of them kicked the deceased in the lower part of the abdomen. The poor fellow died from the effects of the injuries on 'Wednesday. THE TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM AMERICA.—Th news brought from New York to Halifax by electric tele graph, and which was first published in the Liverpool Standard, is fully confirmed by advices received by the packet-ships Albert Gallatin and A. Zwhich, arrived here on Friday. The buildings destroyed at San Francisco — thirty in number—were situated in the best part of the town. The fire was scarcely extinguished when steps were taken for reconstructing the buildings. PIGEON SHOOTING.—On Friday, a number of sports men assembled at Mr. Richardson's, the Victoria Hotel, Upton, to witness a sweepstakes to be shot off with forty pigeons. Mr. Thomas Gotgreave shot three birds ; Mr. Kendall three ' • Mr. John Gotgreave two out of three ; Mr. Kendrick two; Mr. Richardson one; Mr. Booth two ' • Mr. F. Cotgreave one. The tie was shot off between Mr. Thomas Cotgreave and Mr. Kendall, and was won by the former. HIGHWAY ROBBERS.—A few days ago as a respectable gentleman, residing in Bold-street, was returning home from Prescot, he was attrcked by several ruffians, within a mile of the town, on the Liverpool and Warrington road. They ill-treated him, taking his boots from his feet and emptying his pockets of his cash. The milkboy, who travels between Rainhill and Prescot,was also stopped; and the shop of Alexander Penn, grocer, of Rainhill, was entered, and many articles stolen therefrom. THE VANHENHOFFS. — The Liverpool public will see with satisfaction that Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff have this season, at Drury-lane Theatre, taken that high place in the drama which of right belongs to them. Mr. Van denhoff is now totally acknowledged by the London critics to be the first of living actors. Speaking of " Ion," which was produced on Thursday night, one of the papers says :—" Mr. James Anderson was the lon, Mr. Vanden hoff the Adrastus, and Miss Vandenhoff the Clemanthe, being far away the best lon, the best Adrastus, and the best Clernanthe, who have yet sustained the respective characters." INQUESTS.—The following inquests were held on Tuesday, before the borough coroner:—On the body of a child, aged two years, named William Grindrod, resid ing in Upper Mann-street, who was scalded to death, o Saturday, by a kettle of boiling water falling upon him. — On the body of a man named John Beaton, who died on Monday, at the Southern Hospital*, from the effects caused by a balk of timber falling upon him in one of the dock yards.—On the body of a man named Richard Lightfoot, aged 18, who was found in , the river just out side the Nelson Dock, on Monday. He had been missed since the 27th December.—On the body of a man to known, who was %And. dead in one of brickfielda, near , Phythian-street. RESTORATION OF THE SEACOMBE STAGE.—The stage at this ferry, whose destruction during the storm of last month we noticed at the time, has now been restored, and placed in a state of efficiency greater than it could boast of previously. It may be almost said, indeed, to have been re-constructed ,• for the timbers are new . it, which w ill a ll ow, throunhoot, and of ash instead of pine, as b e f ore; i t i s sin:sll;ly bolted togt,..tfr , and an increased width o f one foot sevet inches has been Addeo for the first time, of the itiSagfe along it of cart s an d waggons with furniture, &c., which hate always hitherto had to be unloaded, and their contents carried over, loose on deck, causing a great increase in expense and a con siderable loss in time, breakage, &c. The benefit to the inhabitants of Wirral thus reaped will be a very great one, as not only such luggage, hut gentlemen's carriages, gigs, &c., will, for the future, be able to cross at all hours of the day excepting an hour before and an hour after low water, thus avoiding the necessity, now felt to be a very grievous one, of such carriages being sent round the Pool to the Woodside or the Birkenhead ferries. SHOCKING DEATH BY DROWNING.—About midnight on Saturday, a man named James Gibbons, one of the crew on board the Corporation steam-tug Sylph, met his death under very melancholy circumstances. It appears that the man had' been drinking,' and at twelve o'clock he went down the slip of the Birkenhead Ferry to unloose a small boat he had - there. The tide had risen considerably, and the water was some feet over the ring to which the rope of the- boat wgs attached ; but, notwithstanding this, Gibbons,. who was far gone in intoxication, ventured down the slip with the vitrw of liberating his boat. However, he lost his footing and fell into the water over the side of the slip, and, had it not been-for the prompt assistance of Mr. Jones and two other gentlemen, the man must then have been drowned. These gentlemen managed to drag him on shore, but he insisted upon unloosing his boat from the slip, and went into the water again for that pur pose. The gentlemen did all they could to dissuade him from this enterprise, but he would have his own way, and the result was, that he again got over the slip and out of his depth. Mr. Jones and the gentlemen did all they could to rescue him a second time, but the man got alto g&ther beyond their reach and was drowned. At six o'clock on Sunday morning a man named James Chad wick found the body on the beach near to the slip, and an inquest was held on it yesterday. ROBBERIES OF WATOHES.—tioring the last few weeks several parties on the Birkenhead boats have been robbed of their watches and other valuables, and, as is well known, there have been several serious robberies of a similar character on each side of the water. It now ap pears that the gang of thieves have been acting in concert with some thief who pursues the avocation of a journey man watchmaker, and we are in hopes that the discove ries of the past week will be instrumental in leading to his detection. On Friday week, as some of the men acting under Mr. Burgess, the superintendent of scav engers, at Birkenhead, were cleaning out the gully holes belonging to the mains in the streets, to their surprise they found some score or two of watch wheels, pinions, frames, and mainsnrings, mixed up with the sludge. Of course this led them to examine the refuse more carefully, and it was found that there were portions of some half score of silver and gold watches mixed with the dirt. These, after being washed, were handed to Mr. Burgess. But matters did not terminate here, for, on Thursday. some of the men were engaged in cleansing another gully hole, near one of the ferries, when, to their astonishment, they found another lot of watch springs, plates with the makers' names, chains, and other portions of the internal works of watches. It is quite clear from an inspection of these articles that they are portions of stolen watches. The jewels, with the exception of one diamond, have been picked out of the holes, and the silver and gold cases have been taken away, and no doubt melted. There are the names of the makers and the numbers on some of the brass plates. The name of the maker and number of the watches are quite clear. THE OPERATIVE PORTERS.—The disputed question, in which the porters are deeply interested, having been re ferred by them to William Brown, Esq., M.P., Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., M.P., Alexander Henry, Esq., M.P., and H. T. Atkinson, Esq., Mr. Brown has drawn up a series of resolutions, which he thinks will meet the views of all parties. The substance of the resolutions is as fol lows :—That the law, as it now stands, empowering mid dlemen to step in between the employed and the em ployers, is not satisfactory to the parties most interested. The middlemen (master porters) must necessarily deduct from the operative porters' wages a remuneration for themselves, as they can only charge a fixed tariff to the consignees of the goods. That those middlemen, or master porters, should not have the power of claiming the ex - dusive right of doing this description of business. That the captains of vessels, and also the owners and con- , .._... signees of the ships alone should have the right to employ one set of men to do this work, unless they wish to hand it over to the largest consignee of the cargo, which, in some cases, they may think desirable. That the loading off the quays by one set of porters is the best security for economy and despatch, which has a direct tendency to in crease the trade of the port, and necessarily a demand for more men to do the work. That to resort - to the former mode of each consignee of goods sending down a separate gang of porters to wait their goods coming out of the ships caused more men to come from other places to Li verpool than were necessary to do the work, and in bad or slack times made greater competition for the little that was to he had, operating against the older established hands, I and increasing out: poor -rates, without benefitting the merchant, as the wages paid by them fluctuate very little whether there is much or very little work to be done, the usual wages being 3s. 6d. per day. That we do not con- template any interference with the Dock committee in the Albert Dock, or sheds, or warehouses attended to by their porters. LOCAL MEETINGS. Docx CONIMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting of this committee, on Thursday, Mr. Thos. Littledale presided. The business transacted was of small importance. On the recommendation of the sub-committee of works it was agreed that a portion of the moorings of the north west light-ship should be galvanised, as an experiment. It was also decided that cubic nitre and saltpetre should not be stored in the vaults of the Albert Dock. The tenders of Messrs. Harris and Co., for stationery, and Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co., for printing, were ac cepted. Some conversation took place as to whether the tenders should be for one, two, or three years ; some gentlemen thinking that it ought only to be for one year, as an alteration might take place with regard to the paper duty. Eventually the question as to whether it should be one or two years, was put to the vote, when, the num bers being equal, the point in dispute stood over till next week. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE EAST.--A meet ing was held in the School-room, Market-street, Birken head, on Tuesday evening last, the object of which was to aid the efforts now being made by the Bishop of Jerusalem to diffuse education amongst the ancient Christians of the East. The Rev. W. D. Veitch, chaplain to the Bishop of Jerusalem, attended as a deputation, and the Rev. A. Knox occupied the chair. The room was crowded. The Chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, which was to render pecuniary assistance to the Bishop of Jeru salem, to enable him to diffuse a knowledge of the Gospel, not only amongst the Jews and Mahommedans, but also among the Armenian Christians who were scattered over various parts of the country. The Rev. Mr. Veitch de tailed the position of the English Mission in Jernsalem and the Holy Land with reference to the Jews, Mahom medans, and Greek Christians. The Rev. Mr. Baylee addressed the meeting, and urged very strongly upon those present the propriety of supporting the Bishop of Jerusalem in spreading a knowledge of the Gospel among the nominal Christians of the East. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting on Thursday Mr. Parker took the chair. The committee agreed to give Mr. John Robinson, late building surveyor, testimonials of character, he having. applied for the same, as he is applying for the situation of inspector of nuisances at Ashton-under-Lyne. The medical report stated that there was an increasein the deaths (17)as compared with the previous week, but a decrease of 47 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The temperature was higher than the average, except on the Saturday. It was agreed that the Town-clerk should take proceedings against all persons in arrears for drainage, piping, &c. The Town-clerk reported on the memorial of the ware house owners, for a reduction of the rates. After a con sideration of the various clauses, he was of opinion that the Council had no power to grant the relief prayed for, except in particular cases, which come under the 178th section, where it could be shown there was inability to pay in consequence of sickness. Mr. Dover said what the warehouse owners asked for was a reduction of the rates, or rather for the assessment. They wished their property to be valued for what it was worth, and a reduc tion similar to what had been made by the parish. After some conversation, it was agreed that the report of the Town-clerk should be entered on the minutes, The Town-clerk was instructed to watch a bill now before Parliament, which, if passed in its present state, would give the entire management of the public roads to the Poor Law Commissioners, and thus probably increase the rates. On the motion of Mr. Chalmers, the dangerous state of Dale-street, near the top of Manchester -street, was referred to the sub-committee. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, the weekly meeting of this body was held at the Workhouse ; Mr. Roskell, chairman. Mr. Austin, the assistant poor law commissioner, was present, having come down to confer with the board relative to a proposed addition in the number of guardians for several of the townships. A letter was read from Mr. Snowball, to the effect, that he was authorised by Mr. Shaw to state, that if the amount of his bill, with costs, was not paid by Friday, proceedings would be taken against the board. It was resolved to pay it.—The subject of an increase in the number of guardians for the township of Toxteth-park, West Derby, and Ever ton, was brought under the notice of Mr. Austin, and considerable discussion took place. Mr. Batten called attention to Toxteth-park, for which an increased number of guardian 9 was required. He went into some statistical details, showing that Toxteth-park contributed a very large proportion of the total expenditure of the Union ; in 1849, out of a total expenditure of £37,442, Toxteth park supplied £16,275 ; and during the present year it had increased £s,ooo.—Mr. Harrison said that, in Tox teth-park, the proportion of the guardians was one to 12,000 inhabitants; West Derby, one to 9,500; and Everton, one to 7,800; the smaller townships numbered one guardian to 400, or rather less. During a conversa tion which took place, Mr. Austin said it might be a ques tion whether they could not adjourn the board to Toxteth park, or hold a sort of committee meeting there for the transaction of the business of that township. After some remarks from Mr. Ledger, Mr. Lloyd, and some other gentlemen, Mr. Batten, seconded by Mr. Jones, proposed a resolution to the effect, that present circumstances re quired an increase in the number of guardians for Toxteth park, West Derby, and Everton,. or some alteration in the mode of granting relief 'to the paupers in those town ships—On a division, the, MCitiOUWAS lost by a majority Of been to gartrultural anti R?ortirultural N. season ; fork carefully between the plants, surface, which ought now to present a very and rake the neat appear- GLUM I an ce _„,„ Kitchen Ga r d en .—C ontinu3 to make sowings of beans, This season of the year arouses all our fondness for peas, and lettuce ; get in potatoes without delay ; dress flowers ; and wi:Ather in the open air or the conservatory, asparagus beds, taking especial care not to hurt the young the eye rests with peculiar pleasure upon any blossom, roots, which are now beginning to push forward. however simple. How is it, then, that so little attention is paid to the early-flowering greenhouse plants ? And ----- ANSWERS TO CORRESPO NDENTS. why should they meet with legs care than those which ex- Cottager.—Your auriculas are suffering' froth want of pand their blossoms at a time when the beauties of the sufficient air. They require a thorough ventilation and a garden lessen their value, and make us feel that the open moderate supply of water. air and the gay songs of birds are more attractive than J. N.—You will run a risk of losing your the close and damp atmosphere of a glass plant-house, you sow now : the latter end of the month is even with the gaudiest flowers in bloom, Winter and enough. spring, then, are the seasons when the greenhouse and John Symes.—The principle of demandi• conservatory ought to contain the greatest attractions, money at exhibitions is quite fair, pre-'' because we have no others of the same kind to fly to, made between subscribers and non-subscribers and a covered walk is desirable. Gardeners ought, there- of the former. fore, to exert their skill fully as much upon those plants Amateur.—The following six roses will form which flower in winter and spring as upon those of variety as it is possible to have with so small a i summer. Geant de Battailes, Madam Laffay, liazrisor There is too much reason for supposing that the neglect Hip, Smith's Yellow, and the Luxembourg Yof early flowering plants is one of the evils of summer ex hibitions. These plants not being available for that par- "-- pose, they are in many cases begrudged even house-room, and scarcely ever meet with that attention which is neces sary to fit a plant for the exhibition table. In this respect gardeners are decidedly wrong. The pleasure and gratification of their employers should be their first consideration, and ought to be paramount to the profit and honour of successful competitorship. There are two distinct classes of plants available for spring decoration : one, soft, herbaceous plants ; the other, hard -wooded. The former are all worth care, be cause they are extremely easy of culture, and produce a fine effect when judiciously placed amongst other plants. The latter are all capable of high cultivation, and there are but very few amongst them which are not deserving the greatest amount of attention the cultivator can be stow. There are many of the heaths which flower in the winter and spring: these are all beautiful, but we rarely see them grown as specimens. The Epacrises come bet ter off ; their extreme beauty is so conspicuous that it cannot fail to be appreciated ; nevertheless, we are very far from perfectly understanding their culture. The le guminous plants of Australia furnish numerous speeies which flower in the spring, all capable of that artistic training which is considered the height of horticultural excellence. The Chorizemas are neat in growth, and very gay : the light and lively Pultenteas, the Mirbelias and Kennedyas, several of the Acaceas, and the neat and elegant Hoveas, are of this class, and all available for spring use. Besides these, there are the Pimeleas, than which no plants:are more beautiful or capable of higher culture. Camellias and Rhododendrons, which are almost too large for small conservatories; but they are sure to secure a full amount of attention from the fact that they are fashionable plants; notwithstanding which, they are not more worthy than those we have mentioned, and are rendered much more attractive by being placed in juxta position with the gayer flowers of the smaller plants. annuals if quite early g en trance rence is favour i good a mher:--• Globe, OLONI P 0 L C Y. Colonial policy engages The minds of legislative sages, But Lord John R usse ll seems 'to doubt if they' know what they talk about, And so, to clear away k:11 mystery, He gives them a colonial history; And then, with a true statesman's view, Says what he would and would not do. He tells his listeners wondrous tales Of what he'll cto for New South Wales; Unless his crime is very grave, A convict shall not cross the 'e; And those who live in Goo ope's Cape Have had a wonderful e pe, Foi' all the desperate nsport band Are packed off to V Dieinan's Land, One thing his Lo ship dwelt upon,— That all mono.. y was gone, And favour'. :hould no nation be, To check c. mercial policy ' • The trad• :nd produce of each land Should • • ual with all others stand. So Hy only seeks to be • Uni uenced by monopoly : Gi • him a fair and equal trade, • d then of naught is he afraid ink not he tempts with vain device Because his goods are low in price ;- Come to his Mart, inspect and see,• And let yourselves th e judges be; Examine well each coat and vest, You'll find them of the very best; His overcoats and trousers, too, Are choice and of a cut quite new. You'll say at once they far surpass All others as to price and class; Dismiss, then, from your mind all doubt. And Hyam's worth you'll soon find out ;• Home trade with him will better be Than all colonial policy. HYAM, NATIONAL CLOTHIER, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. PAPERS ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY NO. XXII The method of using lime, and the instances in which it can be used with good effect, must now be noticed. In these respects it e lifers from any other substance used as manure. It can be used both as a carbonate, in the form of chalk, and as caustic lime: the latter is in every re spect most valuable: As a general rule, it should not be applied to a chalky soil, or to land which has been heavily limed. In the latter case deep ploughing should be re sorted to, because lime sinks deep in the soil, and may be brought by that means to the surface, and made availa ble; but if, upon examination of such land, it is thought that the quantity of calcareous matter is insufficient, it will be well to apply ;t lightly in the caustic form, after a dressing of farm-yard manure, the effect upon which by the lime is quite extraordinary; almost every particle of the dung is speedily rendered available for the purposes of nutrition. An extraordinary assortment of BUCKSKIN and DOM TROUSERS, for Men and Boys, from Bs. 6d. a pair. Elstritt litlUs. It is said that the Earl of Carlisle will succeed Lord Campbell as Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster, Considerably more than £2,000 has been subscribed for rebuilding All Saints' Church, Manchester. The Bishop of Manchester will preside at the annual meeting of the Manchester Lord's Day Stociety to be held this evening. On Sunday week, the Rev. R. Wilde, curate of Tad... ton, preached his farewell sermons. He has been ap pointed to the living of Bangor, in Trelard. At Preston, a man was killed by a dose of cayenne pepper and herb tea, administered by a quack. To Burn ley, Martha Lord, aged 18, was also killed by a quack who prescribed a decoction of heterogeneous herbs. Nearly all the depositors in the Rochdale Savings' Bank have received back their pass-books, and signed an engagement to release the trustees and managers on pay. ment of 10s. in the pound. The petition in favour of the Manchester Rectory Divi sion Bill, which was forwarded to London last week for presentation, was signed by 13,000 persons, including thirty-one clergym en o f th e par i s h . On Sunday week, at noon, two houses in Oldham street, Manchester, at which some alteration was taking place, fell into the street, fortunately without injuring any one in the houses, or passing by. A herbalist, at Oldham, has been committed to Kirk dale on a charge of manslaughter, for having caused the death of an ailing man by ordering him vapour and shower baths. As a general indication of the sufficiency of lime in land, if it produces the common colt's-foot and thistles in abun dance, and rich crops of wheat, thickly mingled with the red corn poppy, then there is no need for any additional liming. But if the soil is sandy, and produces heath, rushes, lichens, or buck-wheat, then lime may be applied with benefit, and, strange to say, will soon destroy the heath, bent grass, rushes, and other weeds peculiar to land deficient in lime ; and, fortunately for man, those plants against which it wages war, are those which are useless, and upon its application they are speedily destroyed, and give place to meadow clover, which springs up spontaneously, accompanied by sweet, nutritious grasses. It is on waste heaths and moorlands that the great va lue of caustic lime is most powerfully shewn ; for if spread over the surface, the heath, gorse, bent, and other coarse grasses give way, and are replaced by a fine herbage, thereby rendering such places capable, in the first in stance, of producing good pasturage. If further improve ment is desired, it will be found of much advantage to pare off and burn the surface, which still retains a portion of the lime applied ; this, by the process of burning, is again rendered caustic, and reacts beneficially upon the soil when the burnt heaps are again spread over the sur face. The land thus treated will bear heavy crops of wheat, of a fine quality. But poor soils, of a healthy cha racter, may be materially benefitted by the application of any soft kind of limestone; thus the fine wheat of Port land Island is owing to the debris of the Portland stone (Oolitic limestone), with which the few acres devoted to its culture are thickly strewn. The disintegration of the fragments of stone proceeds slowly, and furnishes the wheat with just a sufficiency. The grain produced is ra ther small, but very plump, thin-skinned, and of superior quality. Much as it has been used, our knowledge of the uses and proper application of this valuable manure is far from perfect, and we believe that much will be gained by future experience. LANCASTER ASSIZES.—We understand that there is no instance on record, previous to this year, of the criminal business at these assizes having been concluded in one day. _ _ The overseers of the poor of Manchester have purchased the Socialist Hall, at Campfield, and intend to appropriate it as a free lending library and news-room for the work ing classes. Few people attend the meetings called in the different towns to petition in favour of the Marriage Bill. At Preston the attendance was so small—though the meeting was convened by the mayor—that it was obliged to be postponed. A boy was accidentally hanged at Breightmet, near Bolton. He was taking a swing from a tree when, by some means or other, his neck became entangled in the rope. He fell, and his neck was disjointed by the jerk. When discovered he was quite dead. On Sunday e ening-, as the down train on the Yorkshire line was leavit g the Upholland station, one of the guards, named Thomas Taylor, in attempting to get on the train, missed his grasp and fell, when a portion of the train went over him. He was so shockingly mutilated that he died in about an hour. A respe"table meeting was held in the Town-hall, in Manchester, on Tuesday last, to open a subscription towards defraying the expenses of the industrial exhibition of 1851. The Mayor presided, and the Bishop, with other gentlemen, supported the project. The sum of £2,635 was subscribed. Several firms subscribed £2OO each, others £lOO, and others £5O. The block of Ravenglass granite, weighing six tons, has been removed from Sto n y Kn ol ls t o Peel-park, Manchester, where it may long remain to remind the reflective mind of those mighty changes which, in the lapse of ages, have been effected, since the unknown year when this stone was torn perhaps from the granite rocks in Cumberland, and deposited in the once clayey sea bed, where stands Broughton Church. A deputation from Manchester, consisting of the Rev. Canon Stowell, Mr. Robert Gardner, Mr. Robert Glad stone, accompanied by Mr. Heald, M.P., had an inter view on Thursday with the Marquis of Clanricarde upon the subject of closing the post-office department through out the country during the 24 hours of the Lord's-day, including both the transmission of the mails as well as the delivery of letters. LOVE AND DISAPPOINTMENT.—At the Manchester Borough-court, on Friday, Robert Hodkiason, a shoe maker, was summoned by Ann Fryer, servant to Mr.. Alfred Sowcroft, butcher, Church-gate, on a charge of assault :—" Wo cooartet 'gether," said she, " for abeawt three months, an' he didn't offer nowt gradely like weddin', an' so aw ginn him th' bag—an' he will keep comin' ; an' this time he geet howd o' my hont, an' stuck to me whether or not." Mr. Walsh " Well, you hear what she says ; she does not want you—will you go to her again ?" Defendant (scratching his head) : " Now; awl ha' no mooar." (Laughter.) The case was then dis missed on payment of costs. NOVEL CASE OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—AIII2. Eason, of Crewkerne, applied at Chard petty sessions, on Tuesday, for an order of affiliation against Henry Stuckey, of Merriott. The justices were satisfied witk the proof, and were on the point of making an order, when a suggestion was made by the bench that defendant should marry the girl, and so compromise the matter. The man instantly said—" I have no objection to marry her, and would have done so before, if it had not been for her mother." The question was then put to the girl if she agreed to the terms of the compromise, when she, without any false modesty, very innocently answered " Yes." The man was then directed to seal his bargain with a kiss. The girl was very strenuous in insisting that the marriage should take place as early as possible, and begged that the case should stand adjourned till the next justices' meeting, when, if the man had fulfilled his promise, she would beg that the information might be dismissed. TILE ST. HELEN'S SAVINGS' BANK.—The total actual deficiency of money deposited is now ascertained to be about £lO,OOO, and when interest upon the various ac counts tampered with is calculated up to the 20th Janu ary, the two brothers are found to be indebted to the St. Helen's bank about £13,400, as far as is at present ascertained : but a considerable portion of one of the ledgers has yet to be examined, and it is feared that what is there discovered will make the entire sum (with inter est) not far short of £14,000. The trustees have taken. prompt steps to realise the assets placed in their hands by the deeds executed by the brothers ; and are making ar rangements for the payment of a first dividend of 6s. and Bd. in the pound upon all legal claims out of the money held by government and that in their hands, and they wilt make krther divisions as they realise the property. The time for the trial at Liverpool now fast approaches, as the commission for that division of the county opens on Thursday the 21st of March. We hear that Mr. Sergeant Wilkins has been retained to conduct the prosecution, and will be assisted by Mr. Hall, recorder of Doncaster, and Mr. Aspinall, who appeared before the magistrates. Mr. Pollock has been appointed for the defence of Mr. John Johnson ; who will appear for his brother. has not yet transpired. The indictments will be voluminous do cuments, and not fewer than thirty witnesses will be re• quired to support the allegations made in them. MODERN FIGIITING.—The hurried, hasty, indiscrimio nate, reckless, abandoned manner in which both sailors and soldiers now-a-days fight is really painful to any serious-minded, methodical old gentleman, especially if he chance to have systematized his mind as an accountant. There is little or no skill and bravery about it. Two par ties. armed with lead and old iron, envelop themselves in a cloud of smoke, and pitch their lead and old iron about in all directions. If you happen to be in the way, you are hit; possibly killed; if not, you escape. In sea actions. if by good or bad luck, as the case may be, a round shot fired at random through the smoke happens to send over board your foremast, another to unship your rudder, there you lie crippled, pretty much at the mercy of your foe; who, accordingly pronounces himself victor, though that honour properly belongs to the law of gravitation opera ting on the enemy's balls in the smoke. Instead of tossing this old lead and iron into the air, therefore, it would be much better amicably to toss up a copper and let heads witi.—White Jacket; or, the World in a Man. of MISCELLANEA. Remarks on Rose Sfocks.—The dog rose (rosa canina) is the kind of stock which is so extensively employed for roses in the nurseries of this country. It is almost exclu sively used for standards and half-standards, and to an unlimited extent for dwarfs. All things considered, it is greatly superior to any other stock ; with the exception of a few, which shall be hereafter noticed, most classes will grow well upon it. Provins, Gallica, Moss, Hybrid Provins, Alba, Hybrid China, Hybrid Bourbon, Damask, Austrian, damask perpetual, Hybrid perpetual, with many of the free-growing Bourbon and Noisette kinds, will grow vigorously upon it. Many of the delicate varieties in the two latter classes, as well as a few sorts scattered through the others, will, however, not succeed upon this stock. The Manettii stock claims attention next. It stands at the head of all cultivated stocks (not, of course, including the above), and is very superior to the crimson, Boursault, Celine, &c. Its good properties consist in its free, vigorous, and continuous growth ; in this latter property it is superior to every other stock, continuing to grow until it is stopped by the winter's cold • it also ripens its wood well, becomes h ar d, fi rm , not subject to decay, nor are the shoots gross and pithy. The Crimson Bour sault stock should be used with caution. I am aware that some growers speak highly of it, and have used it extensively, but it is nothing more than a good nursery man's stock • namely, one on which delicate ro ses w ill grow beautifully for a time, but on which they will soon perish. Celine is a very vigorous growing Hybrid China. Mr. Rivers considers it to be the best stock for the Cloth of Gold, and it suits many others equally well. Duc Decazes is a vigorous-growing Hybrid Bourbon, having many good qualities to recommend it; namely, free growth, firmness, and solidity of wood.—John Saul in the Journal of the Horticultural Society. The Wild Rose.—Wedelius, in a treatise " De Corona Christi spinea," has honoured the wild rose, or Rose canina, by supposing it to be the plant with which Christ was crowned ; and also that it composed the bush in which Abraham caught the ram, and that in which the angel of the Lord appeared to Moses as a flame. See " Physics Sacra." Sandys found the wild rose growing plentifully near Jerusalem ; and Chandler saw no other tree or shrub within the walls. The dog-rose had, by the instruction of an oracle, the honour of pointing out the site for the city of Locies. See " Hillier's Hierophyticus." —Gardener's and Farmer's Journal. Berberis Asiatica for Hedges.—About eighteeen years ago I received a packet of seed of Berberis asiatica, from which I raised about one hundred plants. After keeping them two or three years in the nursery, I planted them out singly in different situations, both at Kellerton and Holmcote. The plants grew vigorously, were allowed to take their natural growth, and in a few years in the latter place began to seed. Being near the sea, the late spring frosts did not kill the blossoms ; and from those plants we have now for several years obtained many pounds of seed, the plant being upwards of fourteen feet high, and as many in diameter. From the commencement of their ripening with us the seeds have been sown annually in drills, or broadcast in beds, in the open ground, about the first week in March, in a light soil, letting them remain in the above situation until the spring after. I then plant them out in the nursery in rows, about fifteen inches from row to row, and about six inches from plant to plant. In two years they make fine strong bushes for permanent situations. Finding the plants to be free growers, nearly evergreen, and very strong, and raising many thousand per year. I began, by the desire of my employer, to plant them out for hedges, and they succeeded particularly well, either planted on banks or on the bare surface. The latter I can highly recommend for dividing allotments in cottage gardens, the berberry being free from mildew, and it can be kept clipped with shears or shorn with a reap hook to any width required. When planted on a bank it makes a beautiful hedge, by cutting out with a knife the very luxuriant shoots about twice a-year to within an inch or two from whence they grow, allowing the side and weak growth to form the hedge. I have a hedge at Killerton so treated, which has been planted upwArds of 12 years, and at this time it is not more than four feet high, and about the same width ; and with the same treatment it can be kept to the same size. I should recommend, in planting hedges, to keep the plants a foot apart, and, if the hedges are to be kept shorn, in a single row ; but if to be kept in the more natural growth, plant two rows, not more than one foot apart, and the plants the same, but put in alternately. When strong, this berry is proof against any cattle. Last spring I planted a stout bush in the deer-park, without protection. They have battled it with their horns, but they have not killed it. It can be planted nearer a fence, where cattle have access, than any shrub I know.—Mr. Craygs, in the Journal of the Hor ticultural Society.—[This is a very valuable suggestion.] OPERATIONS FOR THE WERE. Stove Conservatory, 10.—Most of the stove plants will be benefited by a timely examination, and, if necessary , a good shift, usin g a goo d . fib rous compos t o f heath so il and hazel loam. Many greenhouse plonts are now bloom ing, and should be brought forward in the conservatory, so as to increase the show of blossoms as much as possible. Flower Garden.—lf not already done, go over the bor ders, and remove all the dead flower stalks left from last ~~ x ~ l , 0 ," r I --w'--~