The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

nsiderat st repeat, that we c iere the writers' names d EIR ILtbtr4) Yearl tiserit ;otally un ited to he country, and tc which call for i rst inst mpels )n and its c itv in th ,est against rr~+a TO CORRESPONDENTS deed to circa and inc the present circuin: 3 free trade policy e a must be comme: °WS t of paper whi we have go which is not an inst: .at an exc rs a little earlier in the .cept of communications D not appear. This applies to an n's, and a complaint sent us on Men. If the siriter of the latter she may depend upon it he is an the profession in Liverpool. We , f men on anonymous authority. "tailbarb. ~ 1847 cy is one w bold an led, b the act of 1844 ha ling continually merce is carried or be fed, which is the very eireurn- ion. If a deficien. gely of food which eiorito find gold h it issues. nsion of paper_ issues, followed by con: tal co ystetn. Lon- )bstinately wedded to :ice of the iillion and an kingdom :elusive metallic Cl Bank of hay ied in this county man conversa the evils le author of tk es ha% have alrc Ir. Alison's late pa ion at all co_ mix ver, in the cou from its propriety The point at dental point of no how ever, had thi from Mr. Alison, it iults of the restrictive n transfer an It is proper to o shed two vE ,sed upon the poss€ ion ti its commerc aars to me to lan any ott ;ed to the possession of )ne measure licans, I by which the iaracter of the country feeling may he destroyed ;sary toleration of usury, at a tract from ieir in- lat of trade and -manufactu in the currenc I believe .nd the subse- than by the di: f issue since they were first 1 the question can deny of the bill of 1 annot say hat its con- iistinctly predicted. T n able article in Blac ;ent month, shews that Alison two years ago m respectful remonstrance of tai variance of his finan- a were entertained by his ex- take leave to draw 3 to a rather remarkable pas nphlet, entitled " England in entirely with the views enter er ; and we should be happy a arguments with year 1845, thought Alison, which rike us asprticul rather a trivial one ; for lot apply himsc Ae nervier impeached the Alison, but fastened upon good effect, that it elicited a hich he points out so distinctly aeasure, that we cannot do tract from his postscript to our that this postscript was ye the public to judge vations .STER PORTERS o, and this adve mount .s tiie avowed lied in the beyond the into custody, she returned the money. She was Ordoret to be discharged having received a severe reprimand from the bench. THE AUTHORISED N past the walls of the town were placarded with an a nouncement to the effect that the Authorised Master Porters of Liverpool would hold a meeting yesterday evening at 6 o'clock, in the Clarendon-rooms, for the Banking Act of I transaction of important business. In consequence of —For a few days will be becom- to work their notes vance, DAY of the a 10,000 c currency is contracted, and so obviate the ruinous and lasting effects of such temporary diminution on general mercantile classes watch the sky ; that rain for a month in autumn gives a serious shock to credit, and that stock of all kinds rises or falls with the barometer ! The Banker's Act of 1844 should be styled—' An Act- for the more effectual trar.sferring of panics from agriculture to commerce, and for perpetuating commercial catastrophies in Great Britain.' " age wit fleet that a bad h actually taken place ;t has occurred, and screw put on—v there are few ,1 melt in the country w' ling that Sir Robert Pi ho will not free with as the philosoph 1 had really accepted D is to it this CI ten dift amazement ympus, c ff bur th -rn preserver him of 3s 'lore hE by the 1 M 4 EXAMINATIONS OF MASTERS AND MATE S OF VESSELS. We all along entertained considerable doubt as to the general and efficient_operation of the act sought for some time ago, requiring masters and mates of vessels to sub ject themselves to examination as to nautical qualifica tions ; our impression (in which many practical seamen concur) being, that replies to the series of questions to be put might, for the most part, be prepared catechisti cally, or by rote, without being dictated by experience, and that thus a very superficial knowledge of sailing tactics, or spherical and astronomical calculation, might enable a candidate to pass muster. We furth ict us on that no series of estions, however framed, would ade quately prove aptitude in practice in managing a vessel, entering or leaving a difficult port, or in handling her mechanically, under the multitudinous t emergencies attendant upon a seafaring ion of which, nothing short of seeing effect, on board, can The contemplated corn was withdrawn, as being obnoxious to men of n the profession, on whose ing doubt ; and in its Trade have issued a -ot the po .ect or exp erienc ustly int •ds of 131 rred a moil vy Council ters and mates to pass in order to obtain CE lasses to be awarded. I 3 amount of qualifies- nor the many most important poin 4- ;ation ; so that the ordeal con though of steamers short of tat a successful examination, Many maste appreciated, accord :ontemplate memorialising their lordships and th ad their merits be dt on the Ippeal (the heads of wh ned) is highly honourable to themselves in place of aiming at the avoidance of an examination on essential points, it invites a more strict and enlarged sphere of qualifications applicable to themselves. They express their willingness and anxiety to be ex mined according to the present system, being fully ware of the importance attached to the subject, which recommendatory paper do not embrace the duties required of persons commanding steam-vesssls, which differ materially from sailing vessels. They also state that the present board of examiners, (who are principally teachers of the theory of navigation, and not practically acquainted with steam vessels,) are not capable of judging of the quali fications requsite in the management of steam-ships. They agree that parties commanding vessels trading to foreign countries should be well acquainted with the theory of navigation, with reference to lunar observations, chrono- ThPlers. ...aa such qualifications are not requisite in the coasting trade, particularly when the passage is short, or under 24 hours. They submit a list of qualifications' which they consider requisite in any person having charge of a large steam ship ; and !Ng their lordships, if the memorialists sug gestions be approved of, to sanction, without delay, the appointment of skilled and competent Boards of Examiners at the principal steam ports. The qualifications which they point out appear to us to be so sensible and compre. hensive, that we make no apology for inserting them at Ist.—The party must have been at sea at least ten years, and not less than three employed in steam, nor less than one year a first tiffirer nn nrnhatinn 2nd.—Must be - able to read and write legibly. 3rd.—Must be a first-rate coasting sailor, well acquainted with the rocks, shoals, lights, soundings, and various sets of tides, on the lines he is usually employed upon, and to have a gene ralknowledge of most lines on which steamers are employed. and to be able to conduct hiivesseisWiot,VtCoutCrepnd. th.—Should be able to produce first-rate testimonials as to character generally, sobriety in particular; must be cool, cautious, persevenng, and collected, in the discharge of his various duties t —Should be well acquainted with the principle, as well a 5. the working of the steam eugine, and a good judge of cause want of experience in this bi•anch of steam navigationl' h.—Must be able to prick off courses, take cross bearings, and understand the nature and uses of charts generally. As the undoubted object of the Lords of the Council and voyaging public that security from loss of property and life which adequate talent, ex- tee to the commer perience, and good conduct in commanders and mates can alone supply, we hope and trust that these reasonable suggestions will be sanctioned by their lordships. and been required since steam navigation became so general we should have been spared the pain of recording, over few years, many di s, the result of incom- firmly established, for the benefit not only of the owners but of the public at large. There need be no "compulsory" examination, as all competent captains will willingly pre sent themselves for examination ; and we shall know in what light to regard those—few we imagine —who shall decline the test. IMPORTS OF FOOD INTO LIVERPOOI A walk through An of all kinds, rice; meal, and Other arti'cles of food, discharged from the American and other ve s se l s w hi c h li ne them. We regret to say, however, that there is not the evidence of a corresponding export of British manufactures. A cargo of emigrants and ballast is the ruling one, the shipowner being anxious only to get back for more imports and the excellent freights which are being paid for food. CRICKET MATCH.—On Wednesday last, the 30th ult., a match was played between the St. Hele n 's club and th e f 01- -f this - the ground of the latter, in ;own, on 37/1 one innings, with 100 runs to spare. The batting of the Olympus wrs decidedly superior, Mr. Ryall having scored 87, Mr. Williams 28, and others a round number, making a total of 206 ; while the St. Helen's, owing to the effective bowling of Messrs. Bright and Ryall, managed to get only 49 runs, and 17 byes and wide balls in their first innings, and 32 runs and 8 byes in their second, making a total of 106. The return match will be played at St. Helen's in a short time HEALTH OF TOWN —During the last week, parties have the town in measuring all the ground —floors, back yards, &c., of the whole of the pren;ises in the respective streets, for the information of the Health Committee. The questions arise, -.vith respect to old buildings on valuable sites that have not area sufficient for due ventilation, whether the owners are to be required to pull down or condense their houses and enlarge their yards, or- whether the committee will do this for them, or by merns of jack-screws extend their walls ? In lieu of, in most instances, the useless cost of such a survey, we would suggest that the act relating to nevi buildings should be rigidly enforced, and that the window-tax should be greatly reduced or entirely abrogated, so that the winds of heaven may pass freely through buildings densely packed. STREET ROBBERY.—A degraded looking character, named Robert Howlett, was yesterday brought up and charged with committing a violent assault and robbery on the person of one John Lee. The prosecutor stated that he went into a public house in Vauxhall-road on Saturday night to have a gill of ale, when he was followed by the prisoner and another man, the former of whom demanded a gill of the ale for himself and his friend. To this demand the prosecutor complied in the hope of getting rid of them, and left the house ; but he was followed from thence into Sawney-pope-street, and on into Fontenoy street, where the prisoner knocked him down with a " life )led him. He then robbed 6d. in silver and copper. Shortly after which or " colt, dy. COnhmitted for f —Yesterday a young with forcibly entering ti in Duke street, and steali which wa a meerchum pipe, a cap The constable, in statir. .efused to come forward and prosecute, and there ould only pro•r..e one branch of the case. It ap peared that the Constable heard of a robbery about half past 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and on going up Duke street about half an hour afterwards, he saw the prisoner )ing into the kitchen of a man named Cronan, where he Mrs. Hughes, on being examined, stated rties who robbed her house must have enter door at an ly hour on Sunday morning had been late in going to bed the fig! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. man— nd noob voluntarily yore, a deputation, !complish the sacri We have to ask of our respected ME and there are ere Ought to be -few of his Mends who will not be .nxiousto pay him so well deserved compliment as is the request that he will once - e need say no mori .er were in love with Liberalism. Even iiashy talent of Lord Brougham could never reconcile us to the heartlessness of the doctrines which are propounded by the school of politicians to which he belongs. The rental of the land, he told us whilst advocating the New Poor-law Bill, 's in danger of beng eaten up by the pauperism e agricultural labourer man of common feeling would exclaim, "if the renter of the land will not pay its cultivator as much in the shape of wages as will keep his de ng I pendants from pauperism." Every man has a duty "Be it ,;:i," every its fellow-man. The labourer has to to win his bread by the sweat of his brow. armer and the landowner have to pay for that 'orm to can live, proiided that he toil It suited the views of the excessively liberal m - a. v } lum be ed, to proclaim to the world a di Men were to be punished +bc. although o work , wheneve telt it co: wenier man was to be degraded for'the rich man's selfish- His affer awns were to be outraged for the man's shortcomings ces or in Poverty, in short, and, in 3g abse can t in circumst was made a crime ; clop of poverty was to be treated - worse than a red felor ened good sense and cl try, however, was bev,innn writable feeling ithors of the new 'Poo; Lay however, is mpertt t the )f his pet measure :he debate upon the Amendnient Bill the ,;cts upon the ary time he retie ist the ;e, and separation of married paupers aboVea prescribed a„, he tendered his respectful but hearty th an ks to the Go vernment for having gallantly opposed that proposition." The certain age referred to was sixty years ! Lord Brougham thinks it wrong that poor infirm wretches of sixty years of age should not be torn whom God from each of luerat s trom omas Booth and Wm. Dixon, Police Cour GE, LONDON Bench yesterday At the examination on the Ist inst., our talented young townsman Robert ( Williams, son .3 the senior nrize Williams, Basne -street, was of honour in the senior Latin, Greek, and Higher Mathe matical classes, and Comparative Grammar. We may remind our readers that this young gentleman who has so distinguished himself was educated at one of our most celebrated institutions in this town, and has distinguished himself year after year in every branch of his studies at John Murphey, a esterday, committed to the Sessions for lay night, and rob LtY AT N logging a gentian of the road to Waveree, on frequent &RI( GROWTH OF CORN. — Some splendid pecimens of the oat crop have been left at our office, which were grown in a field belonging to Mrs. Clegg of Higher Tranmere, and which promise a most prolific and early harvest. One of the specimens is 5 full-grown stems, bearing heavy heads of grain, and grown from one EXTRAORD root ; the other is one stalk measuring 4i feet in height, and three-eights of an inch in the diameter of the bar rel. We counted the quantity of grains on this head, and found that it contained the amazing number of 403. After this, who despairs of our having cheap markets ? CAUTION TO SEUVANTS. - Mr. lican, yesterday appeared before to prefer a charge of robbery ag Mary Livingston by name. and his wife had gone out o inomas Brown, pub- Ate borough magistrates ;ainst, his servant girl— It appeared that Mr. Brown Sunday forenoon to take a 414 . -f his +- walk, and that he had lett X 1 7s. (id. in one of - trouser, pockets ; but on his return, he found that 3s. 6d. of it had been abstracted. On the prisoner's being taken t we last n: se of r Yesterday a young lad, well known in the Police-court, named Flannagan, was brought :harged by another lad of most respectable ap -1 stabbing him with a knife on c - Robert Leeds, the lad in guest y evcnir- 1 OF STABBINC evening that on as met by the prisone her lad, who commenced abusing him. -He en svoured to make his escape, but could not do so for th dent abuse which he received. After he was knocke, te prisoner v FHE OPEI s Committed for trial We understand ed to accede —the rest the M trust ti stion will re to been j 1f f klthot al purl 1 foron their proc OY4L.-' E A their workmer POPERY UNCHANGED. There is just now an infinite amount of laudation bd= stowed upon the present Pope, on account, however, mainly, of his liberal policy in state matters. The follow ing extract from his encyclical letter will prove that in spi ritual matters he differs little from the most blinded of his predecessors : " But in order that our most merciful God more readily incline his ear to our prayers, and may grant that which we implore, let us ever have recourse to the intercession of the most holy mother of God, the imma culate Virgin Mary, our sweetest mother, our mediatrix, our advocate, our surest hope, and firmest reliance, than whose patronage nothing is more potent, nothing more In noticing this paragr ?h, the Church of Engh Quarterly remark " Here we have the mariolatry of the modern Church of Rome most ' unflinchingly' asserted. St. Paul in deed (i. Tim. ii. 5.) says that `there is one mediatt tween God and man.' As an inspired apostle o Christ, it may be supposed that he knew somethin this doctrine : but no, says Pius IX in the plea - his usurped infallibility, ' the immaculate Virgin e patronage NC nt • Luke said of am ii. 16.) is equally t ll.' ! ! ! a Rom idolatry :' and it is well known to,every observant traveller who has visited that city, that Cit!/' is upon, the worship of the Virgin Mary has' almost sup seded that of the Holy Trinity :' while `in Italy t Virgin Mary, in the popular appreh dressed up doll, and our Lord Jesus Christ, a g seated in her lap, and under the tutela don, is a g under the sanction of the Romish titular bishopof Olena, who calls himself vicar apostolic of the London district, it bas received every authorisation which can give it in the eyes of English Rornanists : and it fur- weight rich.. that the modern Church of Rome is as unchanged in her doctrinal errors, as she is unchangeably an idolatrous Church, whatever pseudo-liberals may assert or insinnate to the contrary." THE FEVER SPEECH OF THE LATE SIR R. PEEL, BARI. MAY 24, 1819, On presenting petition of Merchants, Bankers, TraderS i and others of London infavour of Restriction on Cash Payments, and against the Bill of 1816. The following, which we extract from a pamphlet, pub lished by. Simpkin, Marshall and Co., may be interesting in the present crisis which he had never experienced before, although he had sat in that house forty years. The petition which he was about to submit to the house was from a body of men the time of put xnd pecuniar want, were the ;he IlVPrn man f very first to come f nld wish to call to the recollection orsor 1, now heard him, whet' tins; of the m er they did and bankers tcd, at Lave pL uld pay partienlar attention to the w held in his hand. It was one o: THE L TO THE EDITOR 0 ver,"in the Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday last, I perceived a statement announcing the deaths in St. Paul's and Exchange Wards to be 126 for the last week. As lam the registering officer for those two wards, which constitute the district of Dale-street, I conceive it my imperative duty to the public to this statement the most rP- 'ctful contrr 'tin-- to ~ aux.. n ; anu ,ay, that the deaths in both wards for the week alluded to onl) numbered 54, of which 26 only were cases of fever. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, EDWARD LOVATT, Regiserar. 41, Union-street, sth July, 1847. NEW RECOMMENDATION FOR A CANDIDATE.—The Mercury is very wrathful against Sir Digby Mackworth, and devotes to the discussion of his claims part of a leading article and no less than three distinct paragraphs. The baronet is guilty of the several enormities of being a military man, of having distinguished himself whilst tributed to preserve one of the leading pOrts of the-king dom from being sacked by a mob, and of having done various other matters. Mercury's own candidate is much more favourably situated. No one can say of Sir Thomas Birch that he . ever did anything, or said any thing. or wrote anything, to distinguish himself from the dullest and most commonplace of mankind. What he may have in him, to be developed hereafter, we know not. Re may have talent sufficient to make a great statesman, or only just enough to discover that . breakfast is ordina rily taken before dinner, or that people generally go up stairs to go to bed. The unexceptionableness of Sir Thomas's claim appears to be, that nobody knows what it is, or anything about him. _ AWING FAVOUR ONVICTION OF UANDIDATES In OF - PROTESTANTISM.—Different men of liberal opinions are freely and explicitly stating their resolution to resist all further concession to Rome, of whatever kind, and under whatever pretence : and we are disposed to think country. Among these, we are inclined to thia,is&; be ranked Mr. William Jackson, of Birkenhead, who is a candidate for Newcastle-under-Lyne. We would re commend our clerical friends connected with that borough them, on this head, the most complete satisfaction. In other respects he is a suitable member. And little as we tl to join in the current abuse of Sir Robert 3gard his talents as a financier and Peel ; high as we re office, simply on this broad and clear ground, that under his Administration Popery is more likely to make further any facility given her for a complete triumph, than uncle arrangement that is li ly to arise THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.---With respect to Lancashire and Cheshire, we but repeat what appears in all the journals with reference to every county of the land we live hi, when we say that the weather during the past week has been most propitious for all growing crops, and that the country never presented a more promising ap pearance -Mr an abundant and, we may add, an early harvest. Summer has visited us in real earnest, and the warm suns of the day have put vegetation to an- almost the first five days of the present month, the thermometer stood in the hottest part of the day, and in the shade, respectively at 71 ' 69 deg.,,78 deg., and 71 deg., the last being yesterday. We are indebted for these statistics to Mr. Abraham, of Lord-street, who keeps a journal of the temperature, Sx., for the government registration department. The heat on Sunday andlester day may be said to have been sultry, but the ground is so generally, covered with luxuriant vegetable matter, that nothing like parching is observable. Great efforts have grain to impress the public with e potato crop would be a dead failure, and that we had little to' expect from other kind of edible produce, either at home or abroad. The pre dictions of these interested hoarders of grain, (for the purpose^ of bolstering up prices,) will, we trust, be utterly falsified. The potatoes, taking. the whole breadth sown, never looked better. Slight disease may have here and there appeared, but potatoes were never without partial taint in this country in the most abundant years, and there is no ground for alarm at present. Wheat and oats will undoubtedly, unless• we are overtaken by an unexpected unfavourable season at harvest time, yield above the average bulk, and all other field crops, with the exception of some barleys, are equally promising. The' sun has been most favourable for haymaking, and much is already gathered in. The crop is generally heavy. Turnips and mangels. are thriving, and all garden stuffs are prolific. It will be found by perusing another column of our paper, that the prospects of farmers in America and in Europe are equally propitious; and that as a much greater breadth of corn and other agricultural seeds has been sown, the deficiency of last year will not be much felt, even if our own potatoes should fail here after to a large extent. The food market has already receded from exorbitant . prices, and we trust, that ere• long, the necessaries or ' life will be tangible by the humblest of our industrious labourers. We have no sympathy to spare for those dealers in corn who have, by false representations, so long extorted undue gains in the_ sale of their commodities; and we look confidently to a, revival of commercial prosperity from the happy change brought about by a benign Providence. IRELAND.-An account from Dublin, dated Ist instant, states—" Nothing can surpass the beauty of the weather; i more of it, and the hay cm would be saved been made equally entitled to it He happened, on that occasion, however, to be in company with some whom he could not but deem the best friends of their country ; but he should not do justice to two persons who attended 4- say that .unt and he did n, they behaved in a manner the least disorderly in the world, which he attributed to.their new and singular alli ance with his majesty's ministers, for they supported the xneasure in question: they inveighed against any attempt at defeiring the period of resuming cash payments. He must confess that the circumstances so new of these men being supporters of the administration constituted the outline of a very good caricature the noble lord and his honoui:atle friends on the one hand, Messrs.. Hunt and Wooler on the other, united in their attempt to pull down the_ mighty fabric erected by would implore the House to pause was taken which might forward si before any rash st uch an attempt. I really thought the resolutions were of a very extraordinary character. It was true that he should have to oppose-a very near and dear relation. But while it was his own sentiment that he had a duty to perform, he respected those who did theirs, and who considered them to be pa- , ramount. The gentlemen who opposed him at the meet-. ing of which he had spoken, were rather indignant at his mentioning the name of Mr. Pitt. His own impression was certainly a strong one in his favour ; he always thought him the first man in the country. All of us had some bias ; and he shouldpot quarrel with those who preferred e observed to some friends who were standing near him, that the man who discharged his duty to his country in the manner in which Mr. Pitt had, did most to be admired, and was to be imi tated ; and he thought at that moment, if his own life and I that of his near relation should be spared, he would one day Le same path It was very natural that inch. should be his wishe;, al though those who did their duty might at once be con tented with their conduct. He was well satisfied that the head and heart of that relation were in their right plac and that though he had deviated a little from the patl propriety, in this instance, he would soon be restored to it. He had entered more largely into the subject than he had intended ; any other observation he should reserve to a future opportunity, and concluded by moving that the petition be brought up." CORK ELECTION.—The repealer has won the day. The gross poll at the close on Saturday was, for Dr. Power, 831, and for Mr. Leader 550, being a majority for the former of 281. The election was to fill the place of the late Daniel O'Connell, for the county. It is stated that Mr. Leader resigned on finding himself so far behind,— the term allowed for the electron not having expired. We were mistaken in supposing that the constituency of Cork after losing their champion, wanted a " Leader." It appears they - only wanted " Power." The election is available merely as a feeler .for the county,. and will prob ably supercede a contest at the great Aruggle after the m was c he half eclared on Friday to, —year end ing May-31, at the meeting of the directors and proprie tors, held at the Company's house, in Prince's-street. Mr. J. D. Fowles, the secretary, read the report of re ceipts, expenditure, &c. The income of the company for the six months, to May 31, was £198,626 lls. 5d., against £191,246 12s. 7d. in the corresponding period of 1846. The expenditure for the six months was £108,114 3s. 8d., . . being about £lO,OOO more than to May, 1846, owing to the payment of additional taxes, &c. The number of loaded vessol which entered the docks during the six-months was 548, of 150,570 . t0n5. For the half year to May 31, 1846, the number of ships was 593, and the tonnage 142,533 tons. The stock •df goods in the London Dock warehouses on May - 431st last was 103,106 tons, or about 2,000 tons less than , at the corresponding date of 1846. CHARGE OF ORTAIN/NG 12,000 ;:VMRTII OF BILLS UNDER FRAUDULENT_ PRETENCES, PROM' PRINCE NA- POLEON BoNapauTE.--On Friday, l'inee Napoleon Louis Bonaparte attended to prefer a charge against Charles Pollard, gentleman, of No. 10, Exeter-street, Strand, for having obtained from , him, under false pretences, two bills of exchange £l,OOO each. His Highness wished to defer the charge until he had an opportunity of obtaining the professional advice of his solicitor. Mr. Hardwick said, before he could remand the prisoner, he must have some statement on which to act. His Highness said—On the 14th. of June, the prisoner called on him at his apartments, in King-street, St. James's, and stated he was a money-lender. After some conversation, the pri soner induced him, to give X 2,000, in two bills of £l,OOO each, into his hands, for the purpose of getting discounted. The prisoner, at the same time, said, if he (Prince Napo leon) would sign the bills, he would bring him the money on the following day. say he couldsign not bring edthebilis the The prisoner called the next day to that day, but he would the day after. Since that period he had neither seen the bills nor-the prisoner. The bills he priso in question were drawn h_ interview, was provided with statn, that Messrs. Bush and Co. his soli_ _ sion of letters-which would throw a coral transaction; and he should wish to de.,,. explanation he could give until,a future day . wick appointed next day to go into the tharg( THE GREAT BRITAI the imperfect Mr. Hard- DELLA, WEDNESDAY, Last few days has been remarkably. fine, and the wind light, consequently the tides have at length ebbed out sufficiently to allow all the work outside and inside the ship to be proceeded with, but the boxes not being all up,, and none of them having been filled, no attempt has beenmade to raise her higher ; the springs did not rise to the calculated height next springs, it appears by the progress made, fourteen boxes being in places, and two more on the move, that their power will be tested. The small spars have been rapidly , disappearing, from off the breakwater, aud are used up as shores to the upright bulks, or the boxes thetn . selves; and many have, under Mr. Bremner's direction, been- brought down to the rock, in a line of four or five yards—abreast ofi the engines, remarkably close together— between and beyond the boxes, spars, thsreabout, to which they are attached by a stout beech tree, resting on the top, and abreast of them. smaller ones, and. about six feet high. This, at first. gave an idea they were-intended. to sustain the spars against the sea, should a sudden gale come on from the southward ; but Captain Claxton kindly ex- plained to us that t which the large spar the butts under the re intc breakwater were to rest with and at the upper ( Te either to be suspended, or ballast laid in bags, so as to act like ballast it is presumed down .fk ng placed day on this fuleivm ) feet 1 'out seven 'erage will be 1 as a. set of American tram]. for rower will 20 boxe the Royal Engineers, whose name we could . pot le, to the ship with Captain Claxton on Mor some hours on die. foundation of the • and afterwards in the ship. Yesterday I taking ,nd passe, water, ani notes and making - mep and Captain Claxton ; h€ :ornmunication nothing the ebbing of tl went, for the c the wheat well filled' and hard, while the early pi also a cigar mann. ROBBER V IN She identified the property stolen, when tl is committed for trial. A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER.—The neighbourhood of Mill-street has long been infested by a set of irregular and disorderly characters, and scarcely a night passes without ct of street robbery being the perpetration of some darir committed in that locality. of this genus, named Parr, was brougnt up and charged by constable D ora gang of thieves who were mond-r From Wilson ght last, a " k iery had been committed, and that he kiwi, to he a dangerous character, and t] rested him, with the view of tracing the robber The prisoner stated that he work( the employment of Mr. Gooldson, of Chatham-stree , d that he had nothing to do with the robbery in_questio 1 3 ;i:kinsonsaidthePriZner had been often b a efc court, but had never been convicted. Hewasaccor -ere caution Charles Did i amateur performance, in as Jerold, and other liters: in Manchest pp . ear, ;ill take plac Need t upplies are pouring into the markets, and acceptable at he prices of ordinary years at this period. Fish and 'egetables are also in benignant profusion in the Dublin sarkets ; and throughout the country, famine, with its has ceased to exist ns, which, though widely p: ratter. Belfast, strange to say, is the chief victim to fever. On Tuesday night, the fever pa tients in hospital amounted nearly to 2,000, and half that Fever is have been pitched outside the town, a course which has been adopted' in various other districts, on, the recom mendation of the Central Board of Health.” - STEALING. Vi ATCHES.—A female named. Wilson, was yesterday committed for three-months for stealing a watch from the person of a foreign seaman named Nichols ; and PRESTON ugh-court, three pria iTßEET.—Yesterday, at the rs named Peter Mack, Eliza- Singleton, and Ann Morris, were committed for trial by the magistrates, for robbing a young. man named Joseph Jones, of the sum of ss. 6c1., on Saturday night last. I:LING.—A young,. but well-known offender was lay again brought up and charged by Robert Crooks; rocer, with pilfering from his.shop some potatoes, and other articles. The offence having been =milted for three months. ING A WATCH.—A cigar- maker, late of Rich w, named William H. Harrison, was, yesterday, .:(1 for two months, for stealing a watch, the pro- Atli° Wilhelm Orland, of the ship Newville, now Ist in quest of I lying in the Queen's Dock. • wed; the prisoner v ) the credit of its proprietor ith such liberality—is d parties. The programn Independently of the us, ater for the pport of all rawing the si for this week is a. rich one I entertainments, on Wednes. formance for the benefit orp drantatiqiie. On . Thursday, a splendid gala held by the order of Odd-fellows,„ who will exhi r splendid paraphernalia ; and, on Saturday, the are to be opened by arrangement with the pro of the Saturday Evening Concerts, the charge play of tirewor ~, i character, but that of a great and important _ at those re- mdy, all of the first respectability, praying olutions which were intended to be übmitted to the He begged leave not be carried into effect, the best T of the Country, the most experienced ;t quatfied from their connexion with our I commerce, yet they had not been exa- he hoped, therefore, that be- re a measure so destructive of the commercial' interest! the country was passed (and when he said that, hon ,embers would conclude every other interest to be cons would pause awhile in order to collect that information which they so particularly wanted. In looking at the re ports which had been published on the subject, he must say, that the witnesses were not men likely to give any information to government, not men state of the country ; the last men who should have been questioned, if government wanted to arrive at the merits of the case. In attending, lately, a meeting in London, he begged it might be understood, that that was the only one he was ever interested in, except the meeting of 1797, rgesses 01 the IaTICOUS with government intended shortly to suppress all custom-houses through the interior of the country. A small column of troops had been detached from the garrison of Madrid hr pursuit of a band of insurgents, who traversed with fin ivainted With the laity several .istricts of the province of Toledo. The Bar celona papers state that the Cabecilla party has mustered ZOO men to give battle to the Queen's troops, but they were defeated by even a smaller force. PORTUGAL and near Li le prisoners lest zure sent to Lneir homes. The Government had issued a decree to the mer chants in expectation of raising a loan on payment of the duties at Oporto, but money was very scarce: The har vest is premising. There is no fruit for shipment. The ships Royal Tar, Mindello, Oporto, and Eighth of July, captured in the employ of the insurgents, were all given up, and are now recommissioned by the Portuguese Go vernment. The Spaniards under General Concha were virtually in possession of Oporto. The English• residents are respected and protected at Oporto. At Vigo the English ships which have been detained by blockade were about to sail en the 30th ult., for Oporto. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of one of her Majesty's ships at Parts mouth, on the 3rd instant, we learn that Sir Henry Pot finger intended - wintering on the frontier. The Caffres still continued their predatory incursions. ROLLS' COURT-SATURDA-:., JIILY 3 TIIE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION Ort CHESTER Mr. Turner and Mr. Blunt, for the plaintiff, moved for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the mayor, alder-- Yrs cm r. mi 1, • C a 1 • 0 !Y . . " from receiving, _Mates in the cause; fora receiver; and also for payment of X 1633 2s. 4d., admitted by their answer to be in their hands. The in fbrmation stated the foundation of a hospital in Chester, consisting of three priests, two to say mass in the church, and the third in the chapel, and thirteen poor brethren, and it prayed to have it ascertained what the rents of the charity estate consisted of ; for a declaration of the court that the whole of the estates belonged to and were held by the defendants in trust for the charity, for the delivery of the possession of the estates and title deeds : for an account of all moneys received by the defendants in re spect of the estates or from sales of any part thereof ; and for a declaration of the court that the defendants were bound to make good what upon taking the accounts should fnvlnhl rl ,, I rian nos, an v... 1 c 1042 . when. .., master of the Rolls made a decree, declaring that all lands granted to the defendants as the possessors of the hospital were subject to the trusts of the charity without prejudice to the question whether the corporation in re spect of the grant of the office of Master were entitled to any - portion of tl , - , ts reference _ rei and directing a rt. to in quire what the property belonging to the charity consisted of, and the Master was to approve of a scheme for its The corporation had applied the rents and • hpen nart of the.borough Mi. Kindersley, for the defendants, said, they recog- nized the rents to be arising from part of the charity lands ; but it still remained to be found what portion of the said sum of £1,633 2s. 44. belonged to the defendants as part of the funds of the corporation. The hospital. it,k;lf was a corporation. _ _ Lord Langdile made an order for appointing a receiver , .1 le sum hi the House of Lords, on Saturday, the Militia Ballot Suspension Bill and the Corn, &c., Importation Bill se verally passed through Committee. The Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess of Clarendon and suite arrived from this port at Kingstown early on the morning of Saturday last, and immediately repaired to. Phoenix Park. Upon the railway now being formed to connect the val ley of the Neckar with the Danube upwards of a thousand_ women and girls are labouring as " navvies." A large number• are also employed on the Prague and,Dresden. railway-works. By a decree of the Austrian Government any pmployi of A railway causing an accident by negligence, is liable to from five to ten years' imprisonment ; if the accident be very serious, with from-ten to twenty years and if death be causes death is the punishment. —I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking V ia upon this nation, and those who advance it will..stop at nothing to carry On their designs • and I am , heartily sorry that many Protestante.give their helping hand to it. WEST INDIA PINES.,----The Trinity Yacht,: Captain Hounsell, has arrived in twenty-five days from. the West 'tidies, consigned to Keeling and Hunt, bringing-. an entire cargo consisting of the enormous quantity of 35,000 pines, a portion of the same being brought on the deck of the vessel, growing in the soil in which they were .originally planted. — Times of yesterday. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—•A statement, dated_ Edinburgh, July Ist, is to the effect that the Queen has taken Laggan from the Marquis of Abe rcorn f or th e shooting season. The lodge s t an d s on the. margin of Loch Laggan, at Ardvrecki e . The court will remain there from the beginni ng of August to the beginning of September. Her Majesty, it i s understood, will visit Inverness on her way to Dunrobin, the second week in September, coming.down the Caledonian canal from Fort BANQUET AT GE.AV 7 S4NN.—On Thursday last, the benchers of the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn gave a sump tuous entertainment-.in their old hall to the benchers of the other inns of court. The number that sat down to dinner amounted to 86, including Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Vice-Chancellor of England, Sir E. Sugden, the Right Hon. C. Wynn, the Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, the lion. Sir R. Comyn, and the Attorney and Solicitor- General. The Right Hon. Sir H. Jenner Fust, Treasurer of Gray's-inn, presided on the occasion, being supported on. his right by Lord Brougham, and on his left by Lord. Campbell. The dinner was of the most rechercee quality, and the wines and dessert of the choicest description AP - he (0). health I-1 1---- _der t _ .aueen's —.Li had been proposed and drunk: with the greatest loyalty, the health of Sir H. Jenner Fust was proposed by Lord Broug,burn in an eulogistic speech, in which he thanked him, in the'name of himself and the other guests, for the splendid repast that had been. Lne company shortly after separated. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—The accounts are nearly made up, but we have not yet received an official, copy.. state, however, that there will be (according to a London contemporary), an increase on the re of the.quarter, as compared with the correspondi ter of- last year. The amounts received on Excise Duties, Stamps, Post-office tax, exceeA enue of :count of amounts ret 1 Income- quarter ending July sth, 1 when made up to the sth red from the sources in the auch over or'under the an i. The Customs revenue, ant, will probably be not eipts therewill nt received from that item compared he July quarter of last received in 1846 from C iiince 'Of the na, which - amounted to about half a million in that quarter, and at v.— has been received in the quarter now just, ending `rich nothing This do not wholly swamp it been as productive as us )randaes, if it r taxes have iNN, infant c: ter of Mr LIVERPOOL : SDAY, JUL,N ay last Brem --- - PRINTED AND PVBLISIIED - EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, and far as LEONARD ADDISON, of 1 . • For At NA 4, ST. GEOR.O''' ted to Orders for AdvertisemP - mot rd-street ENT, LIVERPOO Co., 'W inly 6,1841. I LATEST INTELLIGEAN; (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTV:RDAY - - • The lYcather has become most splendid for the growing crops, which, combined with the abundant arrivals of foreign Wheat, Oats, and Beans, had the effect of depressing still more the value of these articles, and the buyers continui ng t o ac t on the reserve. the trade is almost narnh,..d ■.ubHan ',lieu., au"livu s ix ouLyi L ui supply, met a (Mil sale, a a further reduction of about Bs. per qr. Foreign was freely offered at a similar decline, and only a l►mited business resulted. Barley, Malt, Peas, and limns 3s. to 4s. lower. es effectec an 3s. per barrel 'goes in fair request where quality can he relied n-ii SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, IiESTERDAY arrivals of Beasts from our own sere tolerably good. Although there were ade-up droves on sale, the general quality of this stock was by no means prime; and the butchers it Without cause, that the Beasts " die" badly_ ling the weatber was unfavourable to slaughter-. trade, owing to the increased attendance of both town and country buyers, was steady, at prices fully equal to, but at nothing quotable beyond, those obtained on this day se'nnight. The plainest Scots were dispo se d o f at f rom ss. to - grazing districts several well )ply of Lambs on show, irrencies. The highest de was .h were but slowly al In Pig LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL SPAIN ;imo state issued ( lid that eason co 's Mercur will be eats the beg to suggest to these thousands of people the advisableness of consulting some other journal, Is our contemporary cannot afford them timely informs- Lion. How is it, by-the-bye, Mercury's thousands don't currency, that of having an se e his Tuesday's publication That w ow ld b e i n ti me , elastic quality which causes it to expand when the metallic lire should imagine, bushed and TALL, LORD NELSON-STREET.—On Satur rday vocal and instrumental concerts were h Hunt. The followin by Mr. Dickens to a ling of the above object :- before reading this that t )n of Mr. I You.wi granted him a pension of £2OO a-year. This most p rous and worthy act of a liberal administration relieve iated in the prof losedy€ ;is expected at Coy( Theatre are no longer necessary to his support and corn fort. But we do not propose to relinquish the intended representations in Liverpool and Manchester, as there are ,nt Hire reasons which render them still exceedingly desirable and Sunderland useful." Active preparations are Already on foot to render Ryall's " the perforinaece interesting, firs t night is half by Mr Sunderland, Mr, Ryall Signor r. Goodall, pupil of De teriot ; Mr. Rohner the piano -forte. They went off well ; and tistes were received by a discriminating audi !arty applause. Where all was good, it is elect what to praise. Mr. Goodall's " Re- ioio on a theme of Beethoven," however, deserves to oe ticed. The piece is one of immense difficulty, and has , ys been considered as one which no other violinist t Vieuxteraps could master. Mr. Goodall, however, rough triumphantly. We need not say that Mrs. nd's singing was beautiful throughout. Mr. Mother, he's goipg away," was the gem of the except Vieutorips - 43;! -- boiler-inalit cars, and visitor Minifurther inside ; 0111 seem to have had their most of the smooth . water crease, if one may ju4 by the he will ince Monday ;corns to in- nor twelv days hence,) it is not imety tu nut OH. a large lot of stones has been col lected to place under her, after the plan adopted by Capt. Claxton, which has succeeded in keeping her up nearly five feet. It is said M r . 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