The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

Jan, 25,1548, Just Published, Price Is. H 0 P E F By O TH R OAI T As H Bo E yu e A N A L S —.... .....____ ._ PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. ' Containing information of the mostxital-imPortance to Rail THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE will Manufacturers, Proprietors, PassolErs by Railway, Merchants and all wh er send or receive Goods. .1. be ready, at their Meeting, to be held on WEDNESDAY, the 2 6t h ..4 instant, at Ten o'clock, to receive Applications from London: SIM PKIN, RSHALL, and Co. ; Birmingham: J H. BEI LBY •of th uthor , 5, King - street, Wolverhampton "-tes t .- --- ^ ST ' I ATION ,61 - ENGINEER a t ... the andal l Boo k sellers.'' Manta. -....tutlt cor tht . ' 1 SCHOOLS. Besides aking p r incipally required t a assis One who has been accusta ferred. Salary 2,5 a. per eft' Candidates to atte the day and at th• our aboN carte the Engine, he will be Washing Department. LIVERPOOL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND latter duty would be pre- DUMB. ay- Olf.ce th their testimonials, on A T the _ red. Subscrlt HART, Vestry-clerk. 20th Januar at., 1848. CHARI Parish -office, Fetzwick-street, 18t ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the held at the Institution, on Thursday, the LOANS OF MONEY. COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that thez are receive LOANS of MONEY to a LIMITED A `- Security of the Bonds of the Trustees of at the rate of FIVE POUNDS per ( for Bering. --- RATHBONE, Esq, in the C I of the icc of the Con carts, be printed and mittee. _ Liverpool' on to Miss ~• ~ er Annuml Interest, School, fo r h l Subscrintioi aced under t • ,iuus of either Three, iw seven I ears. Al letters to be addres o GEORGE WITHERS, Esquiri easurer of the Liv • Docks, Dock-office, Liverpoal. it of Bo formerly a Private in the andes Donation of Ten Pounds, and Annual T Pounds, presented by her to the Institu- he thank to the 01 this Meeting t ittee, for their Chairman, and ( year. and that the following DANIEL MASON, Secretary DoelcoSiee, Liver littee for the enathig year 0001, October CONTRACT FOR STATIONERY AND PRINTING. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS . HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are ready to re ceive TENDERS for the supply of STATIONERY and PRINTING, which may be required for the different depart 4nents of the Dock Estate during the,giuyerit-year. The Tenders for Stationer Printing must I ,- 'Separately. The various Book Forms, in use at each department, 'Maybe seen at t ffice of the Secretary, where printed forms , ;:l Tender, containing a list'of the same, together with an esti- Mate of th - "- ------i— n, nuantity required durinre " _n; pluumutu num Year, may be obtained oni 24th instant the Sealed 'Tenders to be addresse Special Sub-Committee - on Statioi this Office, not later than TUESI next, under Brarder, Dock Office, Re Buildings, Gentlemen be the I It. Mr. Edward Banner, Secretary. Mr. Harmood Banner. }Auditors Mr. William M'Crackan, _ _ v. Thos. Bold, v. James North, Mr. Thomas Malley Mr. James Mmvdslo Mr. WilHim Bann Mr. Samuel Marti i Mr. Charles B. Banning, Mr. Richard R. Rathbone. Sir Arnold J. Vnight;Consulting Physician, Mr. James Barton Nottage, Surgeon. Mr. Richard Lloyd, Dentist. Mr. Cecil Wray Townshend,letil6r. Resoked.—ghat any Clergymen preaching a Sermg hool, and . collecting a SUM exceeding Tin Pounds ; ne a Life Member of the Institution. RICHARD RATHBONE, Chaiman. the thanks ef this Meeting are dtu SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND. AT the GENEu.AL MEETING of this CORPO RATION, duly convened aneheld at the institution, 21st January, 1848, - R. W. HOUGHTON, Esq., in the Chair, its for the year 1847 hnving been exhibited and sp it-was ordered that a Report of the state •of the published as speedily as possible. Resolved,—That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to William Brown, Esq., the President, to the Rev. -Jonathan Brooks, M.A., Mr. R. W. Houghton, Mr. Edward G. Deane, and Mr. Jaques Myers, the late Vice-presidents ; to Mr. Thos. Mills, the Treasurer, and to the. Rev. Edward Hull, 'M.A., the Chaplain, for their attention to the interests of this Institution; also, to , the Physician, the Surgeon, the Visitors, the Auditors, and the Committee, for the attention they have bestowed upon the duties which devolved upon them ; al hose. Ladies and Gentlemen who have presented ns in aid of the funds of this Charity. n o a vg y off; The Chaplain having stated"rhat lie had been in communica nt with Mr. Booth, wt he part of the London and North estern Railway Coffipany, relative to the Removal of the beol and Chapel, but that he had not been able to come to any finite arrangement; and having expressed a wish that some orrnniniati to advice act with him in carrying on the negotiation Resolved,—That:iheCommittee be directed to appoint one of the Rectors of Liverpool. the Treasurer of the Institution, ➢fr. Banner, and Mr. M'Cradten, for this purpose,-and the said five members be authorised, and they are hereby authorised, to enter into and complete such arrangements with the Railway Company as they may deem expedient. Le Meeting were voted to the Chairman for thanks of his conduct in the chair The follow b officers were appointed for the year 1848 : PRESIDENT. William Brown, Esq., M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Jod Banner Mr. John Locket, ustusCampbell, M.A. I Mr. Adam S. Gladstone. TREASURER. "Mr. Thomas Mills. COMMITTEE. Brooks. M.A. Mr. Robert Hutchison, Mr. E. T. Kearsley, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Robert Lewin, M.D. Mr. James Lister, Mr. William McCrackan, Mr. J. W. S. May, Mr. Minshull, Mr. Samuel Minshull, Mr. Jaques Myers, Mr. Nicholas Crooke, Mr. W. Todd Naylor, Mr. Edward G. Deane, Mr. John Nicholson, Mr. William Earle. Mr. William Oxley, Mr. Abram Gartside, Rev. J. C. Prince, 11. A. Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. Edward Parry, Mr. Charles Groves, Mr. Frederick Peel, Rev. Edward Hull, M.A. Mr. Henry Stubbs, ' Rev. Thomas Horilby, M.A. Mr. John Swainson, Mr. G. G. llornby, Mr. Arthur Thompson, Mr. R. W. Houghton, Mr. Thomas Todd, Mr. Frederick S. Hull, Mr. J. H. Turner. Mr. Har Rev. Aug Rev. Jonah Rev. Thom Mr. James Mr. L. R. I - Mr. William Bennett Mr. Robert Benn, Mr. Joseph Brereton, Mr. R. L. Carr, Mr. H. K. Claypole, Mr. J. J. Currie, s Bold, LIVERPOOL -SAILORS' HOME REGISTRY AND SAVINGS' BANK DER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY PATRON AT the ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the LIVERPOOL SAILORS' HOME REGISTRY and SAVINGS' BANK, held January 21, 18413, . ... , CHARLES COTF.SWORTH; Esq., in , the Chair, The Report of the Committee for the year 1547, together with the Treasurer's Accounts for the same period, having been read by the Secretary, It was moved by• Mr. RANKIN, seconded by Admiral BELL, and . I?esoleed,—"That the Report as read be approved and adopted, and that the Treasurer's Accounts now laid before the Meeting be pas s ed, and that the same be printed and circulated Moved by Mr. YOUNGHUSBAND, seconded by Mr. T. D. AN DERSON, and That the Mernb the Committee,retiring by rotation be re-elected." Moved by Mr. AN D R seconded by Mr. TOMLINSON , and Resolved,—" Tha thanks of the Meeting begin en to Cap tain Ainley, Su tendon ; Mr. Boardman, Secretary ; and the other Officers of the Institution, for their very efficient ser vices during the past year." Resolved,—"That the thanks of the Meeting be tendered to the Committee of the East India and China Association for the use of their room on this occasion." Therhairman having vacated the Chair. It was resolved,—" That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairman for his able conduct in the Chair." COMIIITTE William 1848. Prowse, James Bold, George Kendall, John Clint, John Archer, C.D. Robert Bibby, Thomas Chilton, Thomas D. Anderson, Joseph Pinder, James Williamson, George Atkinson, William Ferguson, Charles Cotesworth, William J. Tomlinson Thomas B. Horsfall. George Grant William Shank, Andrew Low, J. P. Younghusband Robert C. Crosbie, Rear-Admiral Bell, Thomas Sands, Alexander C. Dunlo Robinson Duckworti John J. Currie, James Aikin, J. Lewis Phipps, Josias Booker, John A. Tinne, James Tyrer, The Treasurer begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow ing Donations : 4. 5. d. Mrs. Thomas Brooks, second Charles B. Banning lO 0 0 Sir Thos. B. Birch, Bart., M.P 5O 0 0 John Faram James Fairhurst 1 10 0 Richard E. Hyde 5 0 0 50 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 63 19 0 2 0 0 7 17 2 Marlo nd verf Also; , a yea' VELL 3-Street, s by 153 her o r sorrielt UPPe, r i : ng, an r Baths, VNUJI of the '2,75e; !rpooi• Noo l :tions to eeditlC with jg, ana n, 0 yard!: tua g ,is Land be see n Esaler,s,l Not T $ EHOELL,,bI ltage tOj i;;(tiaT ived tb I will t tO o! r , the j urces o f be. prove. DiniA 'ive De ° ath, SO"' rid Piet OVS % ' 1-roomto :ache* theba , a go ° : he baoli len, an :1 7 11 " i 35 ' erpool• 1-street. [1) go,°‘ l ., HOtW, gen r-stree,l a lan. , „ ear Gil t, Vet n ett, ° f ) Osfl ey is P l ot" vievi bout 61:, with tw,. Gardi' d i in a boi e w.bou- mitab_„ le L „J roil I ," 5 t ree P .----‹ RB I@ . mush . mil !eta n A lsine!: is up° lid At net4ft be P' end oe: eld at our " ce onli oP e t be , 0 11 tiful Poe ally, v y o )10 he ab°l° he er°llr: el e ir.ro yl 7 and 1 ' 0 0 ag e 01 iair_ ; • 0( no ~" 10 ctions ;rovrt1;00 un,..°14( i fe p l ; u nci cla t toci: i 1' tbe tr O rs %ce cs 4 i as ( IvettP;r; the I b 9 1 .„ 'lll' _. ~~ Ili• ~ ~ha~" Hie" Chairman of the ' and forwarded to 1 the Ist day el DANIEL MASON, Secretary. I aration. BIRKENHEAD HOUSE, BIRKENHEAD. THE MISSES GOLD 1-100 L will:be RE OPENED Tins , tv !sday,) the 25th instaill MISS . COLLINS, Pupil of CIPRIANI Pcrrrrn and J• 1 /"SIR CHATTERTON, begs to inform the Ladies of Liverpool end its. Vicinity that she purposes giving INSTRUC TION on the PIANO -FORTE and HMO. Thelanarter will commence on tTsinstant. _ Ter ybe known on cation at Mr. Satrrti's,. Music Seller se m i, No rd-street , Bold-street ;or ather Residence, . I9,,Breck-road, Everten. • THEROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, Head Master, the Rev. DAWSOIV W. TURNEII,II.A., late Demy of Magdalene College, Oxford, REO ' the 27th instant. Mr. I URNER receives into use Boarders, who during their hours of preparatio their play-hours are under the constant personal su ntendance of himself or his Resident Assistant Master, Mr. C. T. HUDSON. ELOCUTION-EN( ISH AND FRENCH MR. READ. who has been engaged in the first circles in England and on the Conti nt, gives LESSONS bf the Course or Term, in Sell° amilies. Readings in the Sacred, ---- atic;;;nTaerlranches of Li terature delivered in ' to Circles. .'NO: 57, CHATH M-STREETyLiverpool, 19th January, 1848. tgal Atittress, ALL Perso ns having any .demand on the ESTATE of the late Mr. THOMAS COCKBAIN, Plumber Glazier, and P a i n t er, are requeste n t h e i r Cl aims , an d Pay all Money which may h o the Estate, to Mr. EDWARD wiLLIAms, Flambe , reat Charlotte-street. ELIZABETH RIMMER , DECEASED. A LL Persons having any C Upon the ESTATE of ELIZABETH RIMMER, late of CLAIMS or DEMANDS Prescot, in the County of Lancaster, Widow, deceased, are requested to send the particulars of their respective Accounts to me, - at my Office, No. 1, King county, on or before the 22nd a n . ---• Li erpool, in the said .rftPr that the same may be itn7esiiga‘tZ, Z'''.7:37TfnloauririTecxol'r.reclut, dis charged, so far as the Assets"-will extend. By o rder of the Trustees. FILODSHAM. 24th January, 1848. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF LANCASHIRE, HOLDEN AT LIVERPOOL "WHEREAS, a Petition. of WILLIAM KEATING, at present and for four ye rs last past residing at 127, Park-lane, in the .of .iverpool, in the county of Lancaster, dealer in o es, tailor and draper, ••an Insolvent Debtor, havingAeen Merl in the Liverpool Dis trict County Court, and vf interim order for protection from Process having, been given , to the- said William Keating, tinder the provisions of the statutes in that case made and Provided, the said William Keating is hereby required to appear in Court before WILLIAM LOWNDES, Esquire, Judge of, the said Court, on the thirty-first day of January instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, at the Liverpool District, "ninty Court, No. 11, Lime-street, Liverpool, for his first exa nlination touching his debts, estate, and effects. and to be further dealt with according to the p rov i s io n s of the said statutes. rind Notice is hereby given, that the choice of assignees is•te take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said William Keating, or who have any of his effects, are .not to pay or deliver the same but to WILLIAM STATHAM, Esquire, the Official Assignee, at his Office, No. 11, Lime-street, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL BANKING .COMPANY APUBLIC MEETING of the DEPOSITORS in the LIVERPOOL BANKING CO PANY will be held, in the Clarendon-rooms, South Jo reet, 0-MORROW, (Wed nesday,) the 26th instant, a o'clock in the Afternoon, to decide on the best me f getting a prompt Settlement of their Accounts. Ca of Address will be taken at the Door. JOHN BENNETT, 87, Lord-street. Liverpool, January. 1847. 'ebruary I forth I shall I BANK OF -LIVERPOOL, THIRTY-FIRST DIVIDEND. THE DIRECTORS of the BANK of LIVERPOOL do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE to the PROPRIETORS that they have declared a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of J6lO Der Cent. per Annum, on the increased paid-up Capital of the Company (being 12s. 6d. per Share) from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1847, and that such Dividend w ill b e paya ble at the Bank of the Company, in at irqlreet, on and after FRIDAY, the 4th day of Febr ext, between the hours of Ten and Three on each day. Dated at Liverpool, thi th day. of January, 1848. By orde the Board, JOSEPH LANGTON, Manager. Each Proprietor will be expected, (if required , ) on applying for his Dividend, to produce the Certificate or Certificates of his Shares. --- The Transfer Books will be closed until the 4th of February teluslve. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor,,!' G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. SER-TEAN T' S LOTION, the only.effeetual Remedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout. Sciatica, and Lum. "ago- Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERSEANT, No. 7, Lo. veil's-court P a t ernos ter-row, London; andby all Vendors of i Medieine. ' Price 2a. 9d. per Bottle. The astonishing success which has crowned the application of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases; when the unhappy sufferer h despaired of ever gaining i the least relief, and this aft he ablest advice and every ether Means had completely* ed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medi • e, so universal) y esteemed, is unat tended with the l eas t anger or inconvenience; hundreds have "exPerienced its luiPpy and salutary effects since it was first introduced; and such are the properties of this invaluable specific that persons labouring under the most distressing Kheumatism, Rheumatic . Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. Amongst many which are being daily received are the follow trig testimonials Well-street, Cri,pplegate. STR,—I have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout and Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from pain,, and as helpless as an i n f an t : not even a finger could I move. In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me diearattendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might have been to this day confined fO my bed.. After a close appli cation of four days, my troublesome companion began to - dis appear; in a week I was capable of walking about my room, and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi cine was enabled to leave London. Fearful of another attack, you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servaml,---- D. W. Morlefres Hotel. Slraad, 18th August, 1846. SIR S I have hitherto had a prejudice astainst having recourse to advertised medicines, but as 1 have for years been a severe sufferer from Lumbago, as well as Sciatica, and having tried several of the moat eminent Physicians of London and Paris, I was, induced by a friend to make a trial of your liquid, called Segjeant's Lotion." I think it in gratitude due to you to sa y in less than an hour from the time I applied the Lotion, I felt the most pleasant and indescribable relief. The immediate effect was to produce a short but tranquil and most refreshing slumber, from which I awoke to enjoy that which was, from its novelty, the greatest happiness—perfect quietude and freedom tom pain. The number of poor souls that suffer as I have is immense, and if the publication of this testimony can induce one to accept of the salvation you offer, I shall feel that I have not lived in vain.—With many thanks. I am mire, iimiai VlLizxNevs. 4. Paterawer-rev, "Sits,—Having been informed of tne surpnsing cure of .4ir. Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that hew*. compelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent pis Cpmmitting any violence, and whose case was considered ea tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, ask 4 being satisfied of the truth of my iniormation, encouraged ane to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining little hopes of success, having been many years so severe a sui firer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam very happy iu being able to add my testimony of the benefit I derived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend Inv business, and, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my life. To those. however severely afflicted and hopeless their case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. Health is a great biessinr, to those who can enjoy it, but to those who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades man or nrchani t , as it generally causes loss of business, and brings ruin on families. I shill at all times feel it my duty to make it knows to those a ffl icted, to evince how grateful I as for my restoration, and am, sir, yours truly Octeitrr 20, 1t!,44 G . E . ORGB PO LLA RP Sold try Pendletittry, RIIRSCD Ft reet : Titheringtolli Oxf o rd street; flocarth, Great George.-Ftreti Fisher, ma-street ; Conpland, Parker-street; Generd, Pa.rkinsire., New Scotland-roeil; Neal, Scutisaid-road t Simpson, Scotland road, opposite St. Martip's ; 'Vauxhall-road; Britten, corner of Pule-street and Ilayniark4; Stnitla, Great Homer-street; cox, Fox-street ; °Math, Richmond-row; Law, Istington;• Walker, London-road; Pam*, Cbristian-street Wagstaff, Great Gesect-place ; Priestley, Lexd-ureet Smi th . iff't WI/yolre° F. L. S. Hausturg Alexander Fowc J W., per Rev. George and The Miss Long -0- - len Haliburton, Esq. . Hugh M'Neile, P.l) mum Irvine Edge-hill A, and Macgregor. Maclure, Wfacdi Mackie and Gladstone Rev. Hugh M'Neile, 1).D., proceeds of a Sermon, per C. Coteswoith Miss Prince, Mount Vernon Sundry small Sums A CERTAIN AND SPEEDY CURE FOR INFLUENZA, COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, INCIPIENT CONSUMPTIONS, AND ALL DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND LUNGS._ QPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR, carefully prepared from the Recipe of theIateC,SPENCER, Surgeon, &c., Salford, Manchester, deservedly celebrated as the most successful practitioner in all pulmonary affections. Of all complaints incident to the human frame, those of the Lungs appear to be most peculiar to this - climate, especially in damp, foggy weather, and during...the winter months; whilst personS of every age and station .eff life are alike the subjects of attack. SPENCER'S Putidowc ELIXIR is admirably adapted to promote expectoration . ; ease the breathing, loosen the phlegm, abate lever, allay the tickling sensation which occa mons the cough, with/out tightening the chest. The Put-smile Mu mu was originally prepared by the late Mr. Spencer, w se signal success in dispensing it can have the ready tes ' ony of thousands, who have experienced its efficacy. recipe is now solely known to the present Pro prietors, who purchased it from the widow of the inventor. The two great characteristics of the Elixir are, the allaying of all irritation in the delicate and susceptible coating of the throat and chest; and the imparting of tone and vigour to the respiratory organsywhereby they are enabled to discharge their functions freely, and thus to overcome all difficulty of breath ing arising from a cold, foggy, or impure atmosphere, and to threw off those insidious attacks which too often lay the groundwork of Consumption. For all temporary and local affections, as Whzezing, Irritation of the Throat, Huskiness of Voice, and Influenza, the PonstoNic ELIXIR gives instant relief, while in more Chronic Disorders (as periodical Coughs or inveterate Asthma) it is equally efficient, though of course requiring a little more perseverance in the use of the medicine. Innumerable cases of well-attested cures have been received by the Proprietors of SPENCER'S PULMONIC ELIXIR. The following is the most recent : _ " Messrs. MOTTERSHEAD and CO., of Manchester, beg to hand the following Testimonial, just received by them, ad dressed to the Proprietors of SeENcEit's Pimatoicic Et.txtlt. SIRS,-1 feel it a duty I owe to you and the public to ac knowledge the great benefit 1 have received by taking SPEN CER'S PITLMONIC ELIXIR. I have been troubled for the last three years with a severe cough, and a disease on my lungs ; I have consulted some of the ablest medical men in Manchester and Nottingham, but without receiving anything but a tempo rary relief, for a short time, and always at a great expense. At the latter end of 1844, I had occasion to visit London. Before this time, I never heard of your invaluable Elixir; a friend of mine recommended me to try it. As I found the London air made my cough much worse than it had ever been bet me, I did try it, and experienced great relief from the first dose 1 took; t persevered, and one small bottle of your Elixir, price Is. lid., did me more good than l have ever received for twenty times the amount, for which I feel very grateful •" 1 remain, Sirs, yours, thankfully, 41 it M . f " As this person does' not wish the naMe to appear in print, any one doubting the authenticity of this may apply to Messrs. MOTTERSI.I EAD and Co., Cheansts, Manchester, woo will vouch for its genuineness." CAUTION Persons desirous of testing the efficacy cd.thie medicine. must observe that on each bottle are the words " SPENCER'S PULMONIC -F.L11:11t," and that each wrapper has a fac simile of the Proprietors' signature, " T. ROBERTS & Co." Prepared only by T. ROBIIRTM and Co., Crane-court, fleet street, London; and Sold Wholesale by Edwards, 67, St. Peril's Churchyard; Barclay and-Sons. Famnation-street ; Sutton Si Co., Bow Churchyard; Sanger & Co., Oxford-street, Loudon ; Mottershead and Roberts, Manchester; Wines and Co„_Edin • burgh; and Noble, Bostti; and Retail by alt reanectanle dicine Venders in the Kingdom. In Bottles, at la. lid. owl 2s. 9( 1 , PAO), * z.. riot{ e 8 at 28. 9d. ceintai.o nearly three man, LIVERPOAL STANDARD. MONEY LENT on PLATE, WATCHES, JEWEL LERY, SILKS, VELVETS, WOOLLENS, and every description of PROPERTlLjwStnitraf-not less than £lO, or up to ~eiooe. Apply at 66, Se (Private House.) SPECIAL METING OF THE SELECT VESTRY Yesterday forenoon a special meeting of the Select Vestry was held at the Parish Office, Fenwick-street, to take into consideration a motion, of which notice has been given in the Council by Mr. Alderman J. Bramley- Moore, that the resolution come to on the 10th instant be rescinded, that the Dock Bill be proceeded With in the present session, and that powers be therein sought to enable the trustees to build warehouses in conformity with the 60th section of the Dock Act 9th and 10th Vic., cap. 199, and that the warehouses to be erected shall be limited, for the present, to the quays of the proposed new dock at Wapping; and that a proviso be introduced into eree t .e ms the bill, that the warehouses so to be erected shall not be e opened by the said trustees, for the reception of goods, wares, and merchandise, until it shall be determined by "e, Parliament whether such warehouses shall or shall not be " h . subject to the payment of parochial and other local rates in the parish of Liverpool. In the absence of the Rectors, Mr. Churchwarden Fer 'e guson took the Chair. sle The attendance of Vestrymen was rather limited. The. CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet ing, said that he exceedingly regretted the absence of the Rectors, on account of illness, and he had been compelled to take their place. It had been found necessary to hold that meeting of the Vestry on that day, instead of the day following. Having read the circular convening, and stat ing the objects of the meeting, the chairman said that the object of the meeting of the Council seemed rather ampli fied, and be should not have been doing his duty as Churchwarden of the parish if he and his colleague had not called the special meeting of the Vestry, so as to en able them to decide whether a resolution should not be passed, or memorial presented to the Town Council on the subject. For his own part, as Churchwarden, he must say that the Dock Trustees had not dealt fairly With the parishoners. (Hear.) Some time ago, a deputation was appointed to meet the Dock Committee. He had before him a report of what took place on that occasion, but he would not read the whole of what took place. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Rector Campbell, myself, (Mr. Ferguson,) Messrs. Poole, John son, and Steens. Mr. Campbell stated the object of the deputation, and said they appeared as a deputation from the Select Vestry, and took the liberty of inquiring (with respect to the bill which the Committee were now solicit ing, to enable them to build additional dock warehouses) whether that bill contained a clause for the rating of the dock warehouses, similar to that which referred to the Albert dock warehouses ; and if not, to suggest that the Committee would cause such a clause to be inserted; because the Vestry thought if dock warehouses were to be exempted from rates, it would be an act of injustice.— The Chairman said, the bill, as it stood at present, was not yet in the hands of the Committee, therefore he Ap prehended, so far as the request went, it must be prospec tive. The bill was in an imperfect state. It would have to be laid before the Committee, and then passed by the Council, before it went a stage further. At present it was in the hands of a Parliamentary Committee.—The Rev. Rector Campbell said the Vestry were in a state of ignorance on the subject, and they wished to get some in formation ; also, to convey to the Committee an intimation that they certainly should object to the exemption of dock warehouses from rates, and would do every thing they could to get insertion to a clause subjecting them to rates. —The Chairman said, he was sure that any suggestion coming from the Select Vestry would receive every atten tion by that Committee; but, at the present moment, the bill was not in that state of forwardness for them to say ' whether that clause was or was not introduced.—Mr. Ferguson : Perhaps, should you determine not to insert the clause, you will have the goodness to inform the - Select Vestry, and give us a copy of the bill.—The Rev. Rector Campbell : In tirne.-- , The Chairman : Of course. He might state, as from himself, that the trust, generally, being exempt from the payment of local rates, he did not know how far it might be disposed to impose them volun tarily.-The Rev. Rector Campbell : The Albert docks are rated.—The Chairman : That was an especial agreement. This matter, they were aware had been discussed during the last session; but the warehouse clause having been with drawn, the clause proposed to be inserted by the parish was withdrawn also. All he kthe chairman) could say was, the committee were obliged to the deputation for the trouble they had taken, and every attention would be paid to their suggestions.—Mr. Poole said the ware house property formed four-tenths of the rateable pro perty in Liverpool. The assessment of warehouse property was £400,000, and that of rateable property about a million ; therefore, it would become very impor tant, when they bore in mind the large claim which the parish had on this description of property.—The Chair man : I hope you will continue to receive local rates from warehouse property.—Mr. Ferguson : We shall receive much less if you build warehouses without being rated. — Mr. Johnson said they would have &serious loss in property which would be destroyed for the erection of these ware houses.—TheChairman said those observations were made when the last Dock Act was before parliament. —The Rev. RectorCanipbell: Are you now in a petition to tell us when the bill will come before Council ?—The Chairman : Very soon. It has been delayed longer than usual, in conse qeenee of the vacancies in the Dock Committee.—The Rev. Rector Campbell- It will not comebefore the Coun cil at the next ,meeting ?—The Chairman : No. He would, however, undertake that the parish authorities should be furnished with a copy of the bill as soon as it was.ready.—Me. Fer g uson ...ea it mss th' intention of the Vestry to memorialize the Town Council, if it was not the intention of the committee to put the clause in the bill.—The Chairman said there would be ample time for that. They would not steal a march on them. The de putation then withdrew. The CHAIRMAN continued :—They did not receive a copy of the bill, and therefore the reverend rector was obliged to write for one. In the next place, they, did not give sufficient time to the Vestry to consider the bill, but they took them by surprise, and they knew the result. The Dock Committee made another attempt to introduce the bill without giving any notice. This time they were going to move to rescind the former resolution of the Council. It therefore appeared to him that the Dock Comniittee had not treated the Select Vestry with the respect which they should have shown to the representa tives of the ratepayers, but on the other hand, he thought they were treating the parochial authorities with con tempt. In conclusion, he would state that a memorial should be laid before the Vestry, and any suggestions that they offered should be attended to. ( Hear.) After &few words from Mr. Woodruff, which were in audible, Mr. Bereeierr said that he had not been able to take any part in the agitation which had been going on against the new bill which was about to be applied for by the dock trustees ; but he objected to the principle of dock ware houses being built without the sanction of the rate-payers —whether the warehouses paid rates or not. He would therefore move, " That, it appearing to be the intention of the Dock Committee to submit, through their chairman, to the Town Council, at a special meeting to be held on Tuesday next, an altered bill for the erection of dock warehouses, without any provision being made therein for rendering such warehouses liable to parochial rates,—Re solved that this board, after further consideration, are more deeply convinced that additionalburdens would be cast upon the inhabitants of the borough through the Town Council, as ratepayers, and gross injustice done to them, should the Dock Committee succeed intheir present efforts, in oppo sition to the almost unanimous voice of the inhabitants, to obtain through the Town Council powers for the erec tion of dock warehouses exempt from parochial rates ; that, therefore, this board deem it their duty to call upon the Town Council,i the representatives of the ratepayers, to withhold their consent to any bill having for its object the erection of dock warehouses unless it contain a clause rendering such warehouses liable to rates, and unless there be good grounds for believing that such a clause, notwith standing any want of conformity with the standing orders of the House of Commons, would meet with the sanction of the legislature." Mr. EARLE.—I think you had better leave out the latter portion of the resolution which refers to the sanc tion of the legislature. Mr. BENNETT observed that there was no new matter in the bill, so that the resolution would at once shew its own meaning. Mr. EARLE said that he understood there would be some scheme provided at the Council meeting of the next day, by which they would not interfere with the standing orders; but he did not know in which way the thing was to be done. • Mi. Tootes.—ln that' case, the latter portion of the resolution had better stand. Mr. EARLE said that if the Dock Committee went for their bill, it was doubtful 'whether they could get a rate- paying clause inserted in it. Mr. AVISON observed, that as the bill stood at present it contained no rate-paying clause. Mr. BENNETT said he should give the bill his most de cided opposition, unless he had a positive certainty of the rate-paying clause being included in it when passed. Mr. EARLE.—A certainty which you cannot possibly obtain. (Hear.) Mr. Beleserr.—Then 1 shall vote against it. Mr. WOODRUFF said that' he did expect, from the va rious explanations and discussions which had taken place in the council chamber, that the Dock Committee would not have come before the council again for any measure respecting the docks, without a positive undertaking to put the rate-paying clause into the bill. He thought that after what had taken place already in the council, and elsewhere, the Dock Committee would have waited twelve months, and that they . would then have given the parlia- I nientary notices, and included the rate-paying clause in ROMANCE Or REAL LIFE.—The author of " The the bill. - He had great pleasure ir, seconaing the motion. Metropolis," one of the most successful poetical squibs The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which passed ever published in Ireland, was a barrister, named Forcott. unanimously. We have not seen his singular career noticed elsewhere, Mr. BENNE'rr moved that a copy of the resolution be and it is too strange to be omitted. He was a man of sent to the Mayor and the Town-clerk. fashion, and a constant guest at the castle, where he was Mr. EARLE.-1 think there would be no incivility in made welcome, not merely for his social qualitiei, but sending a copy to Mr. Bramley-Moore, the chairman of still more for the sums he lost,at play with the notorious the Dock Committee. Duchess of Gordon. The funds flowed out so much The CHAIRMAN'.—They have scarcely ehewn us any faster in fashion and piquet than they came in from briefs civility. and booksellers, that he became ruinously embarrassed. Mr. BENNETT.—At any rate, that will be a gentle Met and was glad to obtain a place under government in to them. Malta, which his interest at the castle enabled him to do. Mr. POOLE then rose and said, that with respect to the Here, too, his unfortunate passion for pleasure led him subject of a motion, the notice of which he had given at into vice, and rumours of a very grave charge obliged him the' last meeting, he thought that the time had arrived again to fly. He went to Constantinople, and turned when it was highly necessary that something like an un- Mahomedan. After a few years, he began to repent of derstanding should be come to by the parish on one hand, his change Of religion, and contemplated returning to and the dock estate of the town of Liverpool on the other. Christianity. He told his design to several, and, among They might search the whole of the civilized world to feel others, to the Dragoman of the British embassy, who an instance of a town where a quantity of valuable. land, frequently warned him of the certain death with which producing one-fourth of the entire revenue of the perish, the Turks visit any apostate who again releases from their was not contributing one farthing towards the oaroehial . creed, and advised hi m to keep his purpose secret, until rates. The dock estate was established in 1710, when he had an opportunity of esca ping from the watch of his the old dock site (where the old dock originally stood"; co-religionists; but, with characteristic imprudence, he and where the custom-house now stood) was converted continued to talk freely ..of hie intention. The result was into a dock. On that occasion, an application was made the fate of which he had been warned. his betty was to parliament to empower the trustees to borrow the very found one morning, stabbed with a vataghan, in the back, moderate swn—as compared with the dock ekpenditure of in a place called the Little Burial Ground, near the resi- the present day—of £6,000, and also asking for power to dance of the British embesey.— reitique in the Dublin raise money to pay the interest on the sum laid nut on the Unieereily .I(4K:in.& dock. to a few yews eftervrarde they applied again in a l- et, two doors from Back Colquitt-street BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, to wit. GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ., RECORDER. THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held, in the Crown Court, in the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, on MOND A Y, the 7th day of February next, at Ten o clock in the Forenoon. No Traverse will be tried unless entered on the first' day of lie Sessions, or previously. at the Offi the Clerk of the nice, No. 6, Brunswick -F . And nll Indictmen , meanours found at these Ses • WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace 26th Jan., 1848. Clerk of the Peaces Office, AT the ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the SOUTHERN and TOXTETH HOSPITAL, held in the Board-room of the Hospital, on Monday, the 17th day of X 264 4 January, 1848 JOSEPH B4JOKS YATES, Esq., President, in the Chair; The Treasurer presented his accounts, which, having beer duly audited, were unanimously he Chair lid it was ordered That the said RePort, together with the Accounts, Lists of Donations, Annual Subscriptions, Collections, &c., be printed and circulated as soon as possible. The following Resolutions were then passed:— Moved by the Rev. T. NOLAN, and secottlect-by-Mr.Thos. HOLDERNESS, " That the thanks of this to Joseph Brooks Meetliwge given —sq., the Presidentalutible services during the year, and that he her ested to continue in office during the ensuing year." Moved by Mr. Join(on, •seconded by Mr. JOHN AIKIN, That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Edward 'P.a., the Vice-President, for his attention to the -^;tal, and that he be also requested to con "Cropper, Esq., the Vice-I interest of this Hospirel tinne in office-" JAMES 1 the Rev. HENRY HAMPTON " That the thanks of This Meeting be presented to Benjamin Platt, Esq.; the Treasurer, and that he be requested to continue his valuable services during the ensuing year." Moved by the Rev. JAS. CROOK, seconded by the Rev. JohN ROBBERDS, _ " iiiittitetrianks.of this Meeting he presented to Matthew Gregson, Esq., and William Watson, Esq., Auditors to the Board of Economy, for their valuable services for the past year, and that the Auditors be requested to continue in office during during the ensuing \year." Moved by Mr. STUDLEY MARTIN, seconded by Mr. iwoaast, " That the grdteful acknowledgments of this Meeting are due to the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M., Honorary Chaplain, and that he be requested to act as Chaplain during the ensuing year." Moved by the Rev. HENRY HAMPTON, seconded by Mr. JOHN JOB, " That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Honorary Medical Officers for their gratuitous and most valuable ser vices during the past year, and that they be re-appointed for the ensuing year." Moved by Mr. THOMAS HOLDERNESS, seconded by Mr. GILBERT HARRISON, " That the thanks of this Meeting are due to the House Sur geons and to the Matron, for their great attention to their several duties." _ _ Moved by Mr. JOHN AIKIN, seconded by Mr. JOMN JOB, " Thattlie sincere thanks Of this Meeting be given to the Clergy and Dissenting Ministers of this town, for the aid they have given to this Institution by the eloquent appeals to their several congregations in behalf of the same." Moved by Mr. J. M. Mt Nstium., seconded by Dr. PETRIE, " That the thanks of this Meeting be given to , the Ladies and Donors who have given Linen, &c., to this Institution." Moved by Mr. STUDLEY MARTIN, seconded by Mr. JAMES INGRAM, " That the following gentlemen constitute the Gommittee for the year 1848 : Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq., President. Edward Cropper, Esq., Vice-President. Benjamin Platt, Esq., Treasurer. Matthew Gregson , Esq. , Auditors. William Watson, Esq., COMMITTEE. Mr.'John Aikin, I Mr. Gilbert Harrison, Rev. Thomas Bold, A.M., Mr. James Ingrain, Mr.'Harmood Banner, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. H J. Brown, Mr. John Job, Mr. Charles Challinor, Mr. James Lawrence, Mr:Charles Chaloner, Mr. John Lawrence, Rev. James Crook, Mr. Studley Martin, Mr -John Irving Currie, Mr. Samuel Minshull, Mr. Roger Fisher, Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M., Mr. William Fisher, jun., Mr. John Platt, Rev. Henry Hampton, A.M., Rev. John Robberds, A. 8., Rev. Wm. Hesketh, 1.111 , Mr. Wm. R. Sandbach. Mr. Thomas H. Holderness, Rev. Thomas Nolan, M.A., Honorary Chaplain. MEDICAL OFFICERS. John Grindrod, Esq., M.D., Physician. Mr. Joseph Churton, Mr. J. L. Minshull, }Surgeons. James Petrie, M.D., Mr. Thomas Morris, House Surgeon. Mr. Thos. A. Cammock, Assistant House Surgeon. Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Matron. The President having left the Chair, it was resolved unani mously, " That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the worthy Chairman for his services in the Chair at this General Meet ing:" DONATIONS TO SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL IN . 1847. The Treasurer begs to announce the receipt of the following Donations : s. d. H. C. Beloe, Brunswick-street 2 10 , 0 _ _ _ _ John. Harrison, Colquitt-street Arthur Thompson, Abercromby-square Mr. Hardman (per Rev. T. Nclan) R. R. Hyde (per S. Martin). William Furness, Lawton:street 10 10 0 10 0, 0 5 0 0 1 I . I Job Brothers, South Castle-street Mrs. Hugh Jones 10 '0 0 10 o'o Robert Ashley, Water-street .. William S. Bird, Dingle-mount 1 . 4 0 5 0 0 Miss R. (.per Matron) George Holden, Esq. (per Rev. W. Pollock), Mrs. Sarah Mather, Park-road. 1 040 20 0 3 0,,0 Jesse H. (Hudson, L. James's-place Jonas Dixon, Peter-street F. L. Hausburg t Church-street o 2 0 . 0 1 1 0 Dingle Misses Yates. Dingle British and North American Royal Mail Packets, pro portion of cash received for viewing their vessels, (per D. aad C. Wirer) Rev. Henry .Hampton, Parliament-street Emanuel Zwilchenbart, Esq. John Torr, Esq A Friend (per Rev. T. Nolan). Ireland Lowe, Nelson-street The Mayor, George Hall Lawrence, Esq. Christopher Leyland, Esq. J. G. Bull John C. Jack, E q. (per Rev. D. D. Stewart) William M. N. Fisher, Great Ce•:_;e-street Academy, collected from his Pupils Fines from Men in Liver Foundry (per Thos. Pearson and Co.) Charity Boxes in Hospital 20 o'o 15 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 1 1 0 1 o'o 5 o'o 50 0 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 10 16 ' 0 0 15 1 0 7 1 STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE, AND WHOLESALE AND RETAII L A C AND STATIONERY WAREHOUSE ADDISON, STANDARD, 'PUBLISHERS OF THE LIVERPOOL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONER, ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS AND PRIN'7.ILS, Have in Stock, and Manufact order, LEDGERS DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, J NALS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BIT OOKS, & WASTE BOOKS, IN NVE VARIETY OF STYLE PAPERS, Front the Mills oT Whatinan, J. R. Jones, and other approved Makers : CREAM, LAID, NOTE, AND LETTER PAPER, LARGE AND SMALL POST, IN FOLIO AND QUARTO, LAID AND WOVE FOOLSCAPS, 111EMYS, ROYALS, IMPERIALS, DRAFT, BRIEF, AND COPYING PAPER, AIORISON'S BLACK, COLOURED, AND COPYING INKS. BRRY'S, HARWOOD'S, YOORSANGER'S, AND OTHER STERL . PENS. • PAPER' CASES, • WITH AND WITHOUT LOCKS AND REIM PENCILS, SUITED TO MERCANTILE AND OTHER PURPOSE* ENVELOPES OF EVERY SIZE. QUIL LS AND PE NS OF EXCELLENT QUALITY CARD CASES AND POCKET BOOKS, IN CAL?, RUSSIA, AND MOROCCO. WRITING DESKS. HARWOOD'S METALLIC MEMORANDUM BOOKS SEALING WAX, WAFERS, LETTER FILES. ANNEXING RIBBON AND TAPE. SHAREBROKERS' SALE AND PURCHASE BOOKS, BOUND IN MOROCCO, /OR THB POCKIIT. LETTER-PRESS PRINTING : REPORTS, CATALOGUES, SHAREBROKERS' BOOKS & FORMS, BILLS OF LADING, CARDS. CIRCULARS, INVOICES, CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTRIES, &c., EXECUTED WITH THE LITHOGRAPHIC AND C GREATEST PROM PTITI7D E. !OPPERPLATIL PRINTING MACHINE RULING, &c, STANDARD OFFICE, 4, ET. GEORGWE-CRRSCIINT. LORD-STRERT. • LIVERPOOL. similar manner for leave to give land also belonging to the burgesses of Liverpool, upon which the Canning and Salthouse Docks now stand, and also for power to raise further monies. _ . Mr. BENNETT.—When was that ? Mr. PooLE.—lt was in 1737. In 1761 they gave the land on which George's Dock is now constructed, and they applied for power to borrow £25,000; so that it would be at once seen that from the year 1710 up to 1761, the burgesses found the whole of the land for the docks. (Hear.) In the year 1784, they applied for power to purchase the land on which the King's and Queen's - - -A Docks now stood ; but then they ceasea to give tee Jana. They applied for power to purchase the land,—the price to be repaid by the Dock Estate, From that period up to the year 1811, the Dock Estate was managed by, and formed part of, the Corporate Estate of the town. The management of the Dock Trust merged in the general Corporate Estate, and was thereafter looked upon as part of the Corporate property. In 1811 a change took place in the constitution of the trust, f in that year one persons were constituted the Dock Committee ; but it was rcquired that they should be members of the Cor, poration, and they were elected by the Corporation, who were themselves a self-elected body. In 1825 a far greater change took place in the management of the trust. It was done through the instrumentality of the dock rate payers, who conceived that, inasmuch as they contributed the dock rates, they ought to have a voice in the manage ment of the estate. He believed it was then arrange , ' that , a ____ elect Dock Committee out of their own body ; leave being given to the return thirteen other members, making up the number to twenty-one, and stipulating that the clmirman of the Dock Committee should be appointed out of the the thirteen nominated by the Town Council. That mode of government existed up to the present time. There was, however, one important matter to be taken into consideration. The Town Council who nominated the thirteen members out of the twenty-one, also pos sessed the power of vetoing any of the proceedings of the Dock Committee which might come before it. Now, although the mode of government established in 1825 was that which was now in existence, there could be no doubt that there had been considerable changes since the municipal reform bill ; for the corporation had previously been a self-elected body, but afterwards it had assumed the character of vox populi, and by the operation of the municipal reform bill the Council had got a consi derable quantity of the voice of the people infused into its influence and composition, which, of course, was wanting, in the will of the parishioners, when it was under the old regime.—(Hear.) It had been asked how this monstrous injustice had been permitted to continue from 1708 up to 1848. He (Mr. Poole) declared that he could not account for it. It appeared to him that it must have been owing to the apathy and neglect of the people who were interested in the matter. In the first dock act in ]7OB, they left out the clause empowering them to pay parish rates, and when they were subsequently asked to pay them, the Dock Committee said that they were very sorry, but the fact was, that their hands were tied up by the act of parliament. In the year 1825, the parish assessed the dock estate at £50,953, and this was appealed against by the dock trustees who took the question to the court of quarter sessions, where it was de cided against the parish, and then the case was taken to the court of Queen's Bench, where the decision of Lord Tenterden decided against the parish authorities. ( Mr. Poole here read a note of the judgment.) He then pro ceeded to state that the dock trustees had disbursed £259,000 in the shape of wages to dock labourers. Sup posing each individual got one pound per week for the time, this would represent the employment of 5,000 in dividuals-who got their living by daily labour, and in the direct employment of the dock estate. Now these 5,000 labourers would represent a population of 25,000 souls, — taking each person to represent himself, a wife, and three children. There must be a vast amount of pauperism re sulting from this state of things. The revenues of the dock estate were £259,000. and deducting the expenses, which would be £59,000, the net income would be £200,000. This, at a rate of ls. fxl. in the pound, would give £15,000. or about 6 per cent. on the gross income of £239,000. Now, concerning the tax upon the goods re ceived at the port :—he had been at some trouble to ascer tain what would be the amount which each description of goods would have to pay. A bale of cotton, weighing 4001b5., would have to pay one halfpenny ; a ton of coffee would be charged one penny; and a ton of sugar, one penny ; whilst the dues upon a ship that went to China and back, a voyage of about twelve to fifteen months, would be £1 13s. After some other observations, he moved that a committee be appointed to consider the propriety of rating the Liverpool dock estate to the relief of the poor. Mr. URQUHART seconded the resolution. Mr. EARLE said he did not rise to oppose the motion, but he would remark that the opposition to the rating of the docks was grounded upon the fact that in the docks there was no beneficial interest vested in any one, and that the rating of them would be opposed by the govern ment of the country. In Bristol and London, where the .docks were rated, they were the property of private com panies. The rating might perhaps bedone on this ground, that they were obliged to send all the Irish who came from Manchester and Stafford and other places home again. He had every respect for the opinions of the bur geoses, but he would not go into the Council as a mere Pu re t iJactUnakT - then rose, and producing halt n grime of foolscap, read a long speech, which was indistinctly heard. He said that he had no sympathy with Mr. Earle in his statement that they had nothing to do with the rates. The rates on the parishioners were greatly in creased in consequence of the immense amount of pro perty belonging to the Dock Trustees and the Corpora toa from which the rates could not be obtained. The Dosk Trust augmented the poor rates more than the whole town besides from the extent of uncultivated labour they employ, and the inducements they give for that class of labourers to locate in Liverpool, who, from their poverty, are no sooner out of work than they are on the parish. The reply almost invariably, given by appli cants at the relief board was, that they were in some way connected with the dock works. To give an idea of the amount given to that class of labour, the Dock Trustees paid last year to labourers, quarrymen, &c., £279,324. The number of parties engaged in constructing the docks would not be less than 50,000, who were on the verge of pauperism. The greater number of the inhabitants of Pitt-street, St. Paul's, 'Vauxhall, and Scotland Wards were employed under the Dock Trust, and they occupied dwellings for which rates could not be collected. Mr. Urquhart ,then contended that the Dock Trust, by the erection of the North Docks, and by the clearing away of Nova Scotia, had driven from those sites parties who were large ratepayers for slate yards, ship-building yards, &c., and were going further to decrease the rateable property of the parish to the extent of £52,000 by the destruction of the buildings in Wapping. The Trust had, moreover, driven from the port ship-building and other trades, and if they carried out the power they were now seeking, they would secure a monopoly of the warehousing trade to the loss of the parish of rates on at least £200,000 worth of property. For these reasons he contended that it was unreasonable that the Dock Trust should be exempt from parish rates. Mr. Urquhart then read extracts from letters received from Southampton, London, Bristol, Hull, Leith, and Dundee to show that the docks in those places were rated to the poor and other local taxes. It was not for them nor the committee to dwell on who the Dock Trustees are trustees for. Sir 'William Blackstone says " the -lands of England belong to the people of England;', [Mr. Avrsorr: That is rather a dangerous doctrine ; "3 but Mr. William Earle contended with us that the docks of Liverpoo' belonged to the whole world, " therefore (said he) we could not, nor had we any thing to do with, rating them ; that we were interfering with that we did not understand, nor had anything to do with." If Mr. Earle's views were admitted the bond holders would soon cease to hold a beneficial ' interest or hope to have their bonds redeemed ; and who would advance money for the future to trustees whose trust wss without a locality ? However, the act of George 111., ch. 143, settled the nature of the trust, and gave the conned, who had exercised so much judgment and discre- Lion, a ,e t o - on all the acts of the dock tilast. There were members of the Town Council Who were convinced of the injustice of the dock trustees taking public property and employing. it to oppose the burgesses in any branch of trade or commerce, and felt the impossibility of any pub- tic trust competing with private enterprise and inciuitry ; but there were other members who had many years contended for untaxed warehouses round the docks. 'Flee cause of the advantages from those docks did not arise from untaxed warehouses round their docks, but from the competition of dock and warehousing business; warehouses on the quays are the means only to facilitate the advan tages which are appreciated by the merchant., and these docks are enabled, from their charges, to pay poor-rates, rents, all expenses, and a large annual profit for the in vestment of capital. If the same Mode were adopted here it would rectify all the existing evils, and could be *easily attained. •Let the quays round the docks be sold on Cor poration leases, with restrictions to build warehouses, within a limited time, as to plan and construction': let these warehouses be built round the docks now constructed-- and cv ry advantage would be gained to the commerce of the p 0 t,'to the profit of the merehant,and to thedespatch of trade. The dock trustees would cease to carry on ware housing business, or any other trade, as incompatible with them as trustees, and, in conformity with that character, pay poor-rates on the amount of their income, and do away with every possibility of any interest in that trust, using public -warehouses at rates that do not yield . their expenses. And as the warehouses would belong to private individuals or companies, the rates would be easily ob tained, tints doing away with the necessity of putting down mare rateable property, or making more dock», or ex pending above five millions of money to complete the works contemplated in the hill coming before the council. The members of the council should reflect that they are trustees over the interests of the burgesses. and are blame able if they allow their selfish views to injure their trust. Again we have thew who consider the interests of their fo reign correspondents of more importance to them than the interests of the parishioners, who maintain that the docks belong to the whole world, therefore, they have no right to pay poor rates to any parish for the use of these docks. After listening to such logic a gentleman moved hat 1- .th Town-council roon- corn that board and went .into . ne and stated that he did nil he could to conrinee us that the docks, warehouses, and all, " , belonged to the eommu »ity," while the troth is, he contended, their advantages belonged to the community of l.iverpool, in perpetuity, while they paid the local rates in common with the parishioner; :he doggedly maintaining against us, I hat they belonged to the whale world, not witlicAanding his low jeer at the wiseacres be saw at this hoard, and the luminaries lie - felt extinguishing his inviter tight, as friction pro duced it. • - . 3fr. BENNVIT / 4 &,F12 to order•. . Mr. WIIITRY Mr. 'Earle bad re►nais►e►t to tit,teo to it. liruausimaT saia if gentlemeu Lad trail , iu tilts mattes iirioy would not be ! ,- A) impaticoi 0MMM1.............r.ii....m,....mal Mr. STEAINS szlid he was on the sub-committee, mid felt deeply interested in the matter ; but he was a worker • and nova talker. • • • Mr. URQUII NET continuer application of the light of thi mind, within forty-two hour Yet, by the continue& his obtuse from them, he reflected an atom of it it room, without stating it was coi those gentlemen of whom he was temptuously. But• from the siz churchwardens' intellectual lumit others, pity that one who has mental light as Mr. W. Earle, s , d the light .e'Council to him by ng so e.mi- feel with pacity for , 111, dill} of the ,nducted entative Mr. Urquhart to say such ob there was no gen bservations could .diati Society, an& of cireurn . stances, , be lilac( had he not been the lesser light of this b selfish, meagre;. and 'into be submitted to the Counl himself as he did towards of the light of, his, sectic bow great the darkness ! He conclu to vote for the committee. La, he v Mr. BHNNErr.—Did I and the little mind of Mr. Earle ? Mr. URQUHART.—I said the ( Mr. Avlsow.----'-It is not usual to m tions in the absence of gentlemen. Mr. BENNEIT was understood to say tleman in Liverpool to whom such be so inappropriately made as to Mr. l Mr. StEAtiva thought it desirable th the Board sbould express their distil: posed by Mr. Poole, was crrried u Mr. Smethurst, Chairman to the Gt Mr. Reay, the Secretary, then en deputation from the Guardian Sod operation of the Vestry in opposition to the Dock Bill Mr. REAY said they had prepared a memorial to the Council, praying that body to adhere to their lution not to proceed to Parliament f - had no confidence in the promoters of therefore, they could not leave it to t insertion of the rating clan limously d the r( Iri s as a y, to sot t reso- They a to obtain ti At the request of the Chairman 3 leputation the resolution which h, HART re ,d to the passed by the . . _ Board, and the interview closed. After some little conversation, Mr. Hugh Molynenx was appointed to the vacant seat at the Board, and the proceedings terminated a little after one o'clock. In reference to this subject, the Guardian Society hap sent a letter to each member of the Council, in whicA, after alluding to the intention of the Dock Committee " to renew the discussion on the Dock Bill with a view to rescind the resolutions already passed by the Council, the Society calls the attention of the Council to a memorial from the Society, to be presented at the Council meeting to-day, in which the memorialists state that they " deem such a proceeding discourteous and unjust, and, therefore, calculated to destroy that confidence in public bodies which they are ever anxious to maintain. The memorial ists, therefore, respectfully, but earnestly, urge upon the Council to be again firm, and carry out in its integrity the resolution passed on the 10th instant." The separation of his faithful follow Kader had obviously prothiced upon his so alarming. that orders were given for their confinement in the same prison with their illustrious chief. •s from Abd-el h an effect The beautiful model of the battle of Waterloo is still ow view. The gentleman in charge of it gives an interesting and graphic description of every object delineated, and every spectator becomes thus minutely and accurately ac quainted with the occurrences which have been of such momentous consequence to his cou- ,ry's history THE FEMALE AMERICAN SERENADERS.—The first of five concerts, by the Female American Serenaders, was given last evening, at the Concert-hall. Lord Nelson street. The attendance was extremely good, and from the rapturous applause that followed each piece there could be little doubt of the general satisfaction the concert gave. As a body they are clever, and play the various instru ments assigned to them with great precission. Their costume is characteristic of American Indians, and many of the melodies they execute are of a more refined charac ter than those usually produced at Etheopean entertain ments, but here and there are introduced such songs as " Old Joe," " Buffalo Gals," &c., &c., which have the effect of enlivening the affair, and from the quaintness with which they are given, keeping the whole audience in laughter. THE NAUGHTY NUNS OF NEWINGTON.—At Newing ton, in Kent, are the very slight remains of the nunnery of Newington. By whom it was founded no record re mains. Tradition, however, gives its Gothic walls and cloistered seclusion an evil repute. The nuns of Newington strangled their prioress in her bed, and, to hide the deed, cast her body into a deep pit. The crime was, however, discovered, and Henry 111. delivered the unscrupulous sisterhood who were guilty over to the secular power, to be dealt with according to their deserts. After this be filled their cloister with seven secular canons. This fra ternity, however, seem to have been as bad a lot as the sisterhood they succeeded ; for four of the shavelinga, very soon after their admission, murdered one of their brother canons and they were ousted and executed in turn. So much for the nunnery of Newington ! FALSE HUMILITY. — Amongst the false humilities by which the world is most flattered and beguiled, is that of bniznusrrom an censure and reprobation of what is evil, under cover of the text, " Judge not lest ye be judged ;" as if it were the intent of that text, not to warn us against rash, presumptuous, and uncharitable judgments, but absolutely to forbid our tak ing account of the distinction between right and wrong. " It is not for us to judge our brother," says the humi- 1 tarian of this way of thinking ; "we know not how he may have been tempted ; perhaps he was born with stronger passions than o'her people; be may have been ill brought up ; peradventure he was thrown amongst evil associates ; we ourselves, had we been thrown in the same circumstances, might have been in like manner led astray." Such are the false charities of a false end popular humility. If we are to excuse all the moral evil that we can account for, and abstain from judging all of which we can suppose that there is some adequate explanation, where are we to stop in our absolutions ? Whatever villainy exists in the world is compounded of what is inborn and what comes by circumstance ; there is nothing so base or detestable b'ut it is the consequence of some - adequate cause we are to make allowances for all but causeless wicked ness, there is an end of condemnation.—Taylor's Notes from Lffe. THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER.—There's a world of buxom beauty flourishing in the shades of the country. Farm houses are dangerous places. As you are thinking only of sheep or of curds, you may be suddenly shot through by a pair of bright eyes, and melted away in a bewitching smile that you never dreamt of till the mis chief was done. In towns and theatres, and thronged assemblies of the rich and titled fair, you are on you. guard ; you know what you are exposed to, and put on your breast-plates, and pass through the most deadly on slaught of beauty safe and sound. But in those sylvan retreats, dreaming of nightingales, and hearing only the lowing of oxen, you are taken by surprise. Out steps a fair creature—crosses a glade—leaps a stile. You start, you stand lost in wonder and astonished admiration ! You take out your tablets to write a sonnet on the return of the Nymphs and Dryades to earth, when up comes John Tompkins, and says, "It's only the farmer's daughter." What! have farmers such daughters now a-days ? Yes, I tell you they have such daughters. Those farm-houses are dangerous places. Let no man with a poetical imagi nation, which is only another name for a very tender heart, flatter. limself with fancies of the calm delights of the country—with the serene idea of sitting with the far mer in his old-fashioned chimney-corner, and hearing hna talk of corn and mutton—of joining him in pensive pleasure of a pipe and jug of brown October—of listening io the gossip Of the eointo - rtable farmer's wife of the pal: son and his family, of his sermons and his pig—over a fragrant cup of young by son, or rapt in the delicious turn ries of custards or whipt creams—in walks a fairy vision of wondrous witchery, and, with a curtsey and a smile of winning and mysterious magic, takes her seat just oppo site. It is the farmer's daughter, a lively creature of eighteen : fair as the lily, fresh as May dew, rosy as the rose itself, graceful as the peacock perched on the pale there by the window; sweet as a posy of violets and clove gillivers, modest as early morn, and amiable as your own imagination Dt!?deniona or ertrutio of Wyoming. Yes are lost. It's all over with you. I woulirnt jive an empty filbert or a frog-bitten strawberry for your peace of mind, if that glittering creature be not as pitiful as she is fair. And that comes of going into the country, out of the way of vanity and te'inpiation, and fancying farm houses nice old fashioned places of o!d-fashioned content— ment.—" The Hall and the Hamlet," by William Howitt. How TO Cuai ITYSTERICS.—Mr. G. Corfe, in the Medical Times, gives the following as a specimen of MO4 of hysteria frequently met with at the Middlesex Hos pital :—" It is usually about the dead of the night, at least most commonly in the evening, that a large posse of police, with a fair attendance of women, parry into the out-patients' room a f emale, strapped down on the stretcher. It is stated that she has had a fit, and screvrneel and became so violent that all efforts to control her were quite ineffectual. We are summoned to the case just as we have retired to bed, perhaps ; we fold a fat, healtl-1, looking young woman prostrate on this stretcher. 131cr eyes are fixed, pupils dilated, act7ng slightly under a strong lamp ; she is pinched, slapped, her hair pulled, rz.4 every effort made to rouse her, but all is in vain• hapt we may see through the case at once, howeve moral force here is invariably more effectual than the phys:cal. We notice a nictating eyelid, and a snort or groan is given, yet there she lies , utv.n.--:- - to all that is going on around her. ing and authoritative order, that inediately_ excluded;' thus, r--the actous, apparently, We raise a com mead -11 pexsoas shall be be- Policemen, turn out the whole el - these persons, both male and fernal paeemen s'op here to as9ist us ;"- poljeernen, bring her up to the light again patusinj '`Sonu severe measures mast be takerrin this tz.l3. liOit!se-surgeon." Nnrse bring in two or three pails full cf cold hater!" "You, night nurse, go and pro oureitwo or three thick blauketi." " Call up the gummy man'to shave the head.' " Get tlit sto ranch one order follows another ; all attention and mute' there is a pause between each order: So riven ; the mediral officers whisper tegethes roto the prnbi7ble expos 6. that will 60011 take plaet., and whit It the cold water is running into the pails, and the blanketu• are belt* passed around her waist, and the clack - of Cho t ;rge scissors is heard over her fine but dirty hmka of hit* the patient opens her eyes, ancry4tii (apparent astonish meat cries out, ''Where am le ~;%1- a t-jtre., y oa going in do with me ? Lei me go•hoja.li (Vniuther,'dolahe.mee away from these cruel lyrtlers,"..--,,-.--a4,1 4114 on one! ,ften does our paticat get i laftftem!,the stretcher, rn. her eyes, walk about the ro4ftujitall kiere'thkhuiLding witimet a situtle attempt. made 0tr,1:41.E,;,1*.t- thia rclqi. le poliv. , :ilen stare, and are