The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-16 00:00:00

L IVERPOOL BOROUGH COURT. (AMENDMENT OF ACTS.) OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is intended to prep made to Parliament, in the Session of 4 53 , for an Act to al, alter, extend, amend, or enlarge re lne . of the provisions of the following local and personal Acts ri2Sting to the Local Court of Record, commonly called the etirt of Pass Age, of the Borough of Liverpool : that is to say, nAct of the 4th and stb William IV., cap. 92 ; an Act of the and 7th William IV., cap. 135 ; an Act of the Ist Victoria, A,13. !the an Act of the Ist and 2nd Victoria, cap. 99 ; and an .` sth Victoria. cap. 52. And it is proposed by the i 7 ,41 Intended Act to alter the jurisdiction of the said Court, .2d to limit, and in certain cases to'extend, such jurisdiction, ;u1 to confer powers to improve-ind simplify the practice in Z i e.onduct of actions therein/and the trial of issues and pro iio,:lts subsequent theretO, and to render the said Court Ire efficient for the admitiistration of justice. ipD NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN, that Copies of the c,2 l Will be deposited ifl the Private Bill Office of the House of Lortlons, is on lsth /ay of or beore the November, 1 3lst daf 59. December next. ated thoB WM. SHUTTLE\VORTH, Town-Clerk of Liverpool. Solicitor for the intended Act LIVERPOOL SANITARY AND OTHER LOCAL ACTS (P R bOVISIONS RELATING TO BUILDINGS—SEWERS AND ‘, RA INS—STREET IMPROVEMENTS—NUISANCES AND AN. "'IAN . CES—WAGOONS AND PUBI.IC VEHICLES—LODGING rSITSES AND PLACES-POLICE SUPERANNUATIONFUND— , ' , POSITION FOR RATES—MORTGXGES- A MENDMENT OF nen.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is 1, intended to be made to,Parliament, in the Sess ion of 1853, t . ,;`. 41 1 Act to repeal the Vcal and Personal Act, fifth of Vic berr'aa chapter forty-four,tcommonly known in Liverpool and I naftr referred to,a's " The Health Act," and to re-enact, „:"Ject to certain alterations, additions, and amendments, all i, 4l tite of the provisions of the said Act, and to make further a tr isAtititouchipt theFonstruction, al fillingteration, repair, fencin up, and r egulation of buildings, excava iit_ n , and other works fr or d , w. .1 .yo..e.ngs, or of a ature thereto, with i n the contacte Borough of t Liverpool, and also %Ohm; the materials and foundations of buildings, and all 4 1 ,7' matters incidental thereto, or otherwise in any manner ra t '''t , lr to buildinos, excavations, or works, as aforesaid ; and touching interments of the dead within the said Borough, tact, amend, so far as may be rendered necessary by the re r„..' of the said Act, such of the prdvisions of the Local and I,l , ' B onal Acts 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 109, and. 7th and Bth ietoria, cal 51 as would be affected by such repeal. kt e nd it is' . pro'posed by the said intended Act, to extend, a, enlarge, and regulate the powers and duties of Survey- A,of Buildings within the said Borough, and to authorize the tasointment of Official Referees, to decide, determin e , or a itg rt in relation to the construction or alteration o f buildings, Ora" Powers for regulating the payment of such Surveyors an d t.9a l Referees, and enforcing compliance with their orders, -sPorts, or determinations. th A e lld it is proposed by the said intended Act, to make various to...rations in the Local and Personal Act, 9th and 10th Vic chapter 127, (commonly known in Liverpool hire herein referr«l to as the " Sanitary Act,") wit pect to 10 " 8 , sewerage, and drainage, within the said Borough, and bZbarge, rate, or assess the owners of lands, buildings, and An'editaments with the cost of sewers. sewerage, and drainage hiteertnin cases, and to direct the implication of such charges, es, or assessments, and to repeal the provisions of the Saul tiroY Act, enabling the occupiers of property within the said t ai l nlah to deduct one-half of the sewer rate levied upon and . ti te Z by such occupiers from any r e n t p a y a bl e to the owner o f ta Property. and in lieu thereof to authorize such occupiers s 4 :leduct the whole, or a larger proportion than one-half, of tent sewer rate from the rent Payab S le by such occupiers, and end the period limited by the anitary Act during which l'e na ' ls 7ar, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the said Borough are waned to pay a certain annual sum of money for sewerage Lll/poses, within the Parish of Liverpool, and to alter the ap th.ration, directed by the Sanitary Act, of moneys arising. from 11,; rates levied and received by virtue of that Act, and from 4i tale of dirt, dust, night-soil, and filth ; and to authorize the m 'hyor, Aldermen, and Burgesses to expend such mpneys let o nexecution of works by the Sanitary Act or the said in thirell Act directed or authorised to be executed by them ; ba r t 0 enable the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, to lviii;" llss e or lese and to hold lands or bui sementsldings wprlithin o.r e otit the lim i ts of the said Borough, or ea Over or upon lands or buildings, for sewerage, or,onage, A enFing., and other purposes. 4, 1 4 9 it is proposed by the said intended Act to alter or amend let. a 4 n lll of the provisions of the Sanitary Act wi th respect to th e v,inz, paving, and flagging streets, and other places, whe tifo:_nighways Or not, and to make further and fetter provi tal,"Lwitli respect thereto, and to extend the provisions con tiaju in the sections of toe Sanitary Act, from 39 to 43 inclu- Nf and from 102 to 104 inclusive, to an and draining, as Aa a ti.levelling, forming, pavina, flagging other purposes. lit'` ov n.6 . lt is proposed by the said intended Act to make further braprY , Ps as to laying out anti making streets, and to alter the ot tt i lons of the Sanitary Act, with respect to fixing the level to h: e els and measuring the width of streets, anti with respect teG i Gvidirm end constructing, cleansing and repairing, or dis• house-drains water-closets, urinals, cuss-pools, or ash-pits, and other works of the like maitre, in or near kae 1 0 connexion with houses, warehouses, manufactories, 44.,°ther erections, already built or hereafter to he built; Itije a ,° l- nake new provisions, and to give the Council of the 1 14 tter lsOrou g h further powers, in respect to all or any such +tad •• . is osed by the said intended Act to make further til ler 4 }9n f or p p reventing nuisances, whether from smoke or tlta• W ise, and for enforcing the use of furnaces and fire-places 4 41 the said Borouah ;lid in steam-vessels on the River constructed on rinc.ple . for consuming or prev.,t -gea'")lce, and for enforcing the raising or altering of con., kl z i t : , or the adoption of other means for the prevention of annoyance from smoke, gas, or vapour. f ict o ' c r ;' , to much of the Local and Personal Act sth and 6th tlay chapter 106, (commonly known in I iverpool, ce h ereinafter referred to as the Improvement and Po t A(1 . en ‘ >) as relates to the removal of night soil or other to .oNstructions, nuisances ct and the Sanitary Act :g injury to carriage ways and foot .! 1) , especially by enforcing the cc ig provisions for pre ways within the said mstruction of proper drawing, or wheehng such footways, and injury thereto, together with a copy of this Notice, be deposited before the tame day at the Residence of the PARISH-CLERK of that Parish. Printed Copies of the Bill will be deposited at the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons, before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Dated' this twelfth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk to tke Company LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY. (REnuc nor: OF TOLLS FOR USE OF PART OF THE LANCA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY—LEVEL CROSSING IN NORTH MEOLS—POWER TO LEVY TOLLS IN RESPECT OF AINSDALE BRANCH—AMENDMENT OF ACTS.) IOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Applic a tio n i s intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Session, by the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Company. for an Act to alter the existing tolls, rates, and ditties - limited by "The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Act. 1547." and by " The Liverpool, Crosby, and- - Southport Railway Amendment Act, 1850," or either of them, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from p,ayinent of such tolls, rates, and duties, and other rights and privileges, and also to alter and reduce the tolls, rates, and cjiarges payable in respect of the passage of all traffic cominyto or from the Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway, on or along that part of the Lanca shire and Yorkshire 1 !way which lies between the terminus of the said last-men • tied Railway, at Titheharn-street, Liver pool, and the poll} of junction of the same Railway with the said Liverpool v erosby. and Southport Railway, such part of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway being wholly in the county of LAncaster. And it is proposed by the said intended Act, to take powers to enable the said Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Company to carry over the line of the said Railway on the level, a certain public road or highway, commonly called Hawes Side-lane, in the township of North Meols, in the parish of North Meols, in the county of Lancaster, either as such road or highway at present exists, or as the same may hereafter be deviated or diverted ; and also to levy tolls, rates. and ditties in respect of a branch line of Railway constructed by the said company, commencing at or from the Ainsdale Station of the said Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway, in the township of Ainsdale and parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, in the county of Lancaster, and terminating at or near Segar's-lane, in the township of Halsall, and parish of Halsall, in the said county. And it is further proposed by the said intended act, so far as may be necessary for the several objects aforesaid, or any or either of them, and also for other objects, to alter, amend, extend, enlarge, or repeal, or to amend, repeal, and re-enact, all or some of the powers and provisions of "The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Act, 1847," "The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Amendment Act, 185 p," "The Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (Sale or Lease) Act, 1850," "The Mahchester and Leeds Railway Act, 1835," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, 1837," "Time Manclester and Leeds Railway Act, 1839," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, 1841," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, 1844," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, No. 1. 1845," " The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act. No. 2, 1845," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, 1846," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, No. 1. 1847," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, No. 2, 1847," "The Manchester and Leeds Railway Act, No. 3. 1847," "The Ashton, Stalybridge. and Liverpool Junction Railway Act, 1844," "The Ashton, Staly bridge, and Liverpool Junction Railway Act, 1815," "The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Act, BM," " The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Act, • 1832," "The ;Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Act, 1835," "The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Act, 1838," "The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway Act, No. 2, 1846," "The Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Canal and Railways' Act, 1845," "The Liverpool and Bury Railway Act, 1845," "The Liverpool and Bury Railway Act, 1846," " The Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Railways Act, 1846," • "The fludderafield and Sheffield Junction Railway Act, 1845,'' "The Huddersfield and SiteflieldJunction and Manchester and Leeds Railways Act, 1846," " The West Riding Union Railways Act, 1846," "The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway Act, 1845," "The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway Branches Act, 1845," "The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port of Goole Act, 1846," "The Manchester and Southport Railway Act, 1847," " The Oldham Alliance Railway Act, 1847," " The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act,1848," An Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intitnled "An Act for vesting in the Grand Junction Railway Company and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, the North Uhion Railway, and all the works, property, and affects apper taining thereto," an Act passed in the said Session of Parlia ment, held in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intitnled " An Act for enabling the MB and Selby Railway Company to lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the York and North Midland and Manchester and Leeds Rail way Companies, or one of them, and to antiorise the raising of additional money by both or either of the la-t-mentioned com panies for those or other purposes," an Act passed in the said session of parliament, held in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intitnled "An Act for making certain Lines of Railway in the West Riding of the County of York, to be called The Sheffield, Rother ham, Barnsley, Waktfield, Huddersfield, and Goole Rail way,'" " The York and North Midland (Bull Station) Rail way Act, 1847," "The Leeds Central Railway Station Act, 1848," "The Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North Western Railways (Preston and Were Railway, Harbour, and Dock Vesting) Act, 1849." "The Lancashire and York shire Railway Act, 1849," " The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act, "The Lancashire and orkshire Railway Act, 1852," " The York and North !Midland anti Lancashire and Yorkshire Arrangement Act, 1852," "The East Lanca shire Railway Act, 1844." being an Art for making a Railway from the Manchester and Bolton Railway, in the parish of Eccles, to the parish of Whalley, all in the county palatine of Lancaster, to be called " The Manchester, Bury, and Roesen dale Railway ;" " The E as t L ancas hi re Railway Act, 1845," " The East Lancaahire Railway Act, -1815, (No. 2,)" "The East Lancashire Deviation and Branch Railways Act, 18'6," " The East Lancashire_ Railway Amalgam a tion Act, 1846," R2:il;mliy Act the town of The East Lancaslii. Railway Act, Extension,)" "The Blackburn and t'reston 844," being an Act for making a Railway from lackburn to the North Union Railway, in the :on, near Preston, all in tI d Prestitn lintlwny Act. 18:15," "The BlaCkburn andPre;tWliail;;;;;cct,7B46," " The Li verpool, Orniskirk, and Preston Railway Act, 184 G," " The East Lancashire Railway Act, 1849," and " The East Lanca- MICE 'IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN, that Copies of 2, in the Pr e Thirty-first day of December, 18 ce of th. House of Commons. 2nd day of November, 1852. ZUAREY, and DUNCAN, Liverpool Solicitors for the Mi. Dated the DU.N H. and W. 2, l'arliament=itreet,Westminster, SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY, ',CONSOLIDATION AND A:5l ENDM ENT OR NT OF SHARE CAPITAL, BORROWINO POWEII rOAGI•: DEBT OF THE COMPANY-CONVERSION OF SHARE CAPITAL INTO STOCK-SCAtE OF VOTING-CREA NEW SHARES FOR PAYMENT OF DEBT-POWERS MOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is pi intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Session thereof, for an Act to alter, atriend, extend, and enlarge, or to repeal in whole or in part, and to consolidate and re-enact, with such nmenf?ments as may he necessary, the /vets hereinafter specified, relating to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ; (that is to say) Local " - and Personal, 7 and S Victoria, chapter 99; 8 and r 9 Victoria, chapters 42 and,ns; 9 and 10 Victoria, chapters —' 914, and 275 -- V; - wards Mid 14)0, 23►, , -,JI 10 ancill ViCtoria, chapter 141; 13 Victoria, chapter 55; 14 anq 15 Victoria, chapter 131; and 15 and 16 Victoria, chapter 46; by which Act it is in tended to dissolve the Shrewsb y and Chester itailway Com pany, and in their stead to i orporate into a new Company the present holders Of sha .s in the Shrewsbury anal Chester Railway Company, and transfer to and vest in such new Company the whole Rail' ays, stations, shares of joint stations, piers, wharves, jetties, anding places, works, lands, property, capital, stock, shares state, and effects, of or belonAing to the said Shrewsbur and Chester It•ilway Company, and all the rights, powers rivileges, and authorities vested in and exercised or en' yed by the said Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Compt4 • and to enable such new Company to levy tolls, rates, and duties for or in respect of the Railways, wharves, piers, landing places, and works, vested in or belang ing to the said Shrewsbury and Chester :tailway Company ; s, rates, anc tarrying into effect the above objects or some of them, it is intended by the Act to alter amend, extend, and enlarge, and also to repeal, if need be, ail or some of the powers and pro visions of the several Acts of Parliament above mentioned, or some of them, relating to, or affecting the said Shrewsbury and Chester Railway; also, of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Act, 1851; also, of the Acts relating to the Chester and Holyhead Railway (that is to say), Local and Per sonal, 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 65; 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 33: 10 and 11 Victoria, calls. 147 and 238; 11 and 12 Victoria, cap. 6); and 12 and 13 Victoria, cap. 41 ; also, of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Act. 1852; and of the Acts relating to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway; (tll4t is to say), Local and Personal, 9 and 10 Victoria, caps. 307 and 3 1 . 8 ; 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 80; 12 and 13 Victoria, cap. 85 ; and 15 and 16 Victoria, cap. 165. And NOTICE IS ALSO HER EBYe FURTHER GIVEN, that on or before the 31st day of December next, printed copies of the said Bill will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the Horse of Commons. Dated this Ist day of November, 1852. H. KELSALL LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, (AMENDMENT OF ACTS; EXTENSION OF POWERS FOR CON STRUCTION OF OLDHAM BRANCH RAILWAY; DEVIATION OF LINE; AND ALTERATION OF LEVELS . ) E t ß e Y pa G ri i l a V m E en N t , i t n li t a h t e A ., ppl . icati f o l n Bs is rc intended O TICE I t S o U r l e E made ß for an Act to alter, amend, extend, enlarge, or to repeal all or some of the powers and provisions of the several Acts of Par liament, or some of them, following, relating to the London and North Western Railway Company (that is to say): local and personal Acts, Bth and 9th Vic., caps. 36, 37, 43, 105, 112, 123, 156, and 198 ; 9th and 10th Vic., caps. 67, SO, 82, 152, 182, 154, 192, 193, 204. 231, 232. 233. 244, 248, 259, 261, 262, 269, 300, 309, 322, 328, 331, 359, 368, 369, 380, and 396; 10th and I lth Vic., ceps. 73, 107, 114, 118, 121, 131, 132. 139, 159, 161, 178, 183, 228, 236, 270, 278, and 294; Ilth and 12th Vic., caps. 58, 60, and 130; 12th and 13th Vic., cap. 74; 13th and 14th Vic., cap. 3n; 14th and 15th Vic., caps. 28 and 94; and 15th and 16th Vic., caps. 98 and 105 : And it is proposed by the said intended Act to revive the powers granted for the purchase by compulsion of the lands and houses or some of them required for the Branch Railway by "The Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham Branch) Act, 1847," authorised, and therein described as commencing at or by a junction with the main line of the Huddersfield and• Manchester Railway, at or near Shaw Hall Bank, in the township of Quick, in the west riding of the county of Yo , and terminating at or •in the town of Oldham, in the to ship of Oldham, in the parish 6y6 ,K" of Prestwich-cum-Oldham • the county of Lancaster, by a junction with the Mrimp Extension of the Manchester and Leeds (now Lancashir , and Yorkshire Railway), at or near Mumps Mill, and p, ing in, through, into, or along the several parishes, tow ships, extra-paro chial and other places of Rochdale, Sadd worth, Quick, Lydgate, and Lees, in the west riding of t e county of York, and Ashton-nnder-Lyne, Prestwich-cum Idhain, Knot; lanes, Hartshead, Lees, sind Oldham, Oldh m above Town, and Oldham below Town, in the county of Lancaster, and to extend the time limited for the construction of said Branch Railway; and to make a diversion and alteration in the line and levels of the said Branch Railway within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places aforesaid, or some of the same. And powers will lie token by the said intended Act for the purchase, by compulsion or agreement, of lands and houses for the purposes thereof, and for altering, varying, or extinguish inc all existing rights, powers, and privileges connected with shot lands and houses, which would impede or interfere with the objects of the said intended Act ; and also for crossing, varying, divertine, or stopping up permanently or temporarily all roads, streets, footpaths, and other ways, as it may Ire ne cessary to cross, vary, divert, or alter, in carrying the purposes of the said intended Act into execution; and also for levying tolls, rates, and duties upon or in respect of such proposed diverted and altered Railway, and for granting exemptions therefrom ; and also for abandoning such perts of the said Railway as now authorised as may become unnecessary by reason of the proposed diversion or alteration. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to enable the London and North Western Railway Company to apply to the purposes aforesaid any moneys which they are now au thorised to raise, or to raise a further sum of money. And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that a pub lished map, and plans and sections describing the proposed diversion end alteration in the line and levelsof the said Branch Railway, and of the lands to be taken for the purposes thereof, toeether with a book of reference to such plans, and a copy of this Notice, as published in the Lo,idois Gazette, will be depo- Sited, on or before the thirtieth day of November, 1852, with the Clerk of the Peace of the County of Lancaster, at his Office, in Preston, and with the Clerk of the Peace of the West Riding of the County of York, at his Office, in Wakefield ; and that copies of so much of the said plans, sections, and book of re ference as relates to the several parishes, townships. and extra parochial places in or through which the said Itaitwey is pro posed to lie made, together with a copy of this Notice, as puh fished in the Landon Gazette, will be deposited, on or before the said thirtieth day of November, as follows (that is to say) : in the case of parishes, with the parish clerks of such parishes respectively, at their respective places of abode; and in the case of any extra-parochial place, with the clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto, at the place of abode of such parish clerk. • And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that printed ' copies of the proposed Bill will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, on or before the thirty-first day of December, in the present year, Dated this Ilth day of November, 1852. SAMUEL CARTER, SWIFT and WAGSTAFF, Solicitors. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE. When Humboldt wrote his " Cosmos," he thus sums up the question of what we may term the psychology of earthquakes, or " the cause of the deep and peculiar im- pression produced on the mind by the first earthquake which we experience, even if it is unaccompanied by sub terranean noise" :- " I do not think ' says this great savant, " that this ed by the recollection, at the moment, of the dreadful images of destruction which historic rela tions of past catastrophes have presented to our imagina tions: it is rather occasioned by the circumstance that our innate confidence in the immobility of the ground beneath us is at once shaken. From our earliest child- y of the ear.h : all the evidence of our senses have confirmed this belief, and when suddenly the ground itself shakes beneath us, a natural force, of which we had no previous experience, presents itself as a strange and mysterious agency. A single instant annihilates the illusions of our whole previous life we feel the imagined repose of nature vanish, and that we are ourselves trans ported into the realm of unknown destructive forces." The Baron is right, and by concurrent testimony we . . , many, more familiar with thieves and robbers than with nature, fancied their dwellings had been assailed. It took place on the morning of our last publication, about 4h. 29m., a.m. The antecedents of the earthquake ber3 have been continued easterly winds and an unusually high tempera. tare, with most gloomy skies. This may be easily ex plained : the easterly winds, loaded with vapour, approach ing colder regions, have precipitated the invisible moisture, first in clouds, and then, when the atmosphere could no longer suspend these " couriers . of the air," in rain—and al currents sped on, and the clouds drifted north_ Abroad, Etna has been, violently erupting, and s fearfully shaken by an earthquake on the 3d the West Indies have not yet The earthquake visited us, as observed, at an hour when " man sleeps" and nature is in repose. Hence the drop: we have literally gone a-begging: From evidence gathered we find that it occurred somewhere from twenty minutes to half past four, most accounts fixing it at a minute or two befote the half hour, and to have com menced by a sort of upheaving motion, followed by-others undulations, vibrations, tremblings, and such concus- sions as would be caused by a 'heavily laden wagon passing close by a slightly built house. Though it shook s, agitated pieces of furniture, and made ,orne instances producing destruc- Kibtrpoot fitanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 16, 1852 THE PARLIAMENT. THE new Parliament was formally opened for the despatch of business on Thursday last, with a speech from the throne, by Her Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, upon which we have commented in another article. The address in reply to the speech was carried in both houses without a division, but in the lower house the Free-traders took exception to the paragraph which related to our commercial and financial policy. Mr. C. VILLIERS gave notice of a motion for the 22d, to force a distinct avowal from the Ministry of their adherence to free trade policy, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he would make the ministerial statement on the 26th inst. On Friday messages from the Crown were deli vered in both houses respecting the funeral of the late Duke of WELLINGTON, and the subject was taken into consideration yesterday (Monday). Petitions were presented in the House of Commons against the elections for Bridgenorth, Tavistock, and Great Yarmouth ; and Sir A. COCKBURN pre sented a petition alleging systematic bribery at the late election of Mr. T. B. HORSFALL for Derby, and complaining of the undue interference of Major BERESFORD on that occasion, and gave notice that on Friday next he should move for an inquiry into it. The bringing up of the report on the Address led to a desultory discussion, in the course of which complaints were made of the allu sions to Ireland in Her Majesty's speech. ',RB, and by Tirobibi for the recovery of darra he said intended Aet to m proposed by t— iPon With respect to descript the licensing `,lB of everion in use within the drive y rs,.conduc tors, a d others n it the - s about the same. and for regutat' - ', carts, and other such-IW ,, • , and t o amen d the S"- A. e .Act - sach-like vehicles, and the loading -itary Act and Improvement and and btilldingigreater powers 'Piers thereof for carrying int( o effect. the provisions of ier her-editamenta, by yrorks'autborized or to be snarl! ' l Ythe Sanitary Act or the said intended Act s 2t i 8 proposed by t o mokepr, rig over-erowdi. in places used for unman .iter such •of the provisions of the Net ns re :e to be given 4: ing the occupation of cellars pr ng against such provision such provisions . - and to extend - I to fix pecuniary pc T the Lt 1 of sue 4;' l ot ' her provisions, with respect to places used or In- I- - - - • • • t i t IS also proposed by the said intended Act to repeal or tail 80 th and 81st sections of the Sanitary Act requiring Council to give notice and hold a meeting prior to provision abandoning• certain works, nnd empowering le, and to 2 lieu ti by the said intended Act to enable the or securing the safety, health, comfort, or inhabitants and others within the said ri , oposed by 11 on of the I e said intended Act to repeal or d Police Act re d to authorize tr übd °r L iver I and supi after, belonging ,e relief of their !41 ren, 1 2ns Ly such officers and men, and by payments to ad by means of the payments, interest, s, now made or payable to the said Liver- Infl ; and for reeallating, such Sunerannua nvestment of moneys payable thereto, by Trustees and otherwise. ) ronnsed by the said intended Act further to amend n(I of t liorize 1 ul of the Improvement and et 21 George H., said Borough to !I or to such committees rs for carrying the said- Acts and the said execution ; and to .authorize the Council the owners of Tenements within the said borrowing of t, or the said lue under' or by virtue of . the provisions of ;pectively ; and with rest rarity of the rates by the g authorized to be levi( 1 to regist .rut to paying off money isferring mortgages, or I 7.att Mg o such ma. 1 1 , /4, :'' , CF. S HEREBY rtgages ALSO GIVEN, that copies of I ' „ l he deposited at the Private Bill Office of the House en or before the 31st day of December next. *b day of November, 1832. IVAI. SHUTI'LEWORTH, Town-Clerk of Liverpool, Solicitor for the intended Act. .LIAAIENT HELENS CANAL A P int . lON, IR D RAILWAY OF ACTS.) e4 I ,INT HELENS CANAL AND It foLANY intend t) apply to Parliament i he Session :!n r ;:. 7 ,!ve to introduce a Bill which will c tain the fol- qt , te 11.. Ct n Branch Railiay, cominenc" 3; by a Junction / N i ph e 6''n Line of their Railway, at o lit:a/. to the point !ltiolltl)::t),9fesra_r_(l's, Brid-e . Branch joins e Main Line, in the ~1,,, A,,,, , : 1it0a, 3n the Parish oty scot, passing through i ',3.1 p r ".e, Hardshaw-witW• dle, Saint Helens. Rain 'l33Zol 4 1 , c e t 5 e,... 0 t, and terminatin by a Junction with the k tii,Y, at 0 zury Line of the ancashire and 'Yorkshire ti Brad it ai Llrar to the Bridg y which News-lane is carried ti"t"ch allay. I . 4 o; ?o ?te vi ,ftsay entirely - Rainfcrd aforesaid,. leaving the t ri tl i t a""s , Y desc . ribe at or near to a Held in the 0c93- (14 e , he p_ .nd Willi Woods in te Township of Rain ,( kit!o,l4iris.l3 of Brocot. and terminaling at or near to a t, 11,!1z , r ( 1.77 t 9 the 43-1 of Derby, and in the occupation of !:1 , i1,.!/ , c13 '.Z er ' -- - " ad"e z 0 1 , t ia.iivrti;/ commencing by a Junction with the itranch of the Saint Helens Bailway, at or c o :lu the occupation of Messrs. Bromilow, Had- Dati: u rPany, in the Township of Sutton, and Parish of it y) ,Ing through Sutto n , Fceleston , Prescot, and Saint tv,..;rrniimiting at s Field in the occupation of Mr. n.4 ns ur ton, in the said Township of Eccleston. r 2shi r ,",!,S c lations of the Saint Helens RAlway ; in the nt iT e l a new Road, commencing in the Public Road Of th ens to Warrington. commencing at or nest. the ei „ e Gerard's Bridge Branch with the Main Line of a% Railway, and terminating in the same Road, at unction with Parr-street, all which Works are in aUOVe La r k . and Houses compulsorily for the pur orks, and to extinguish all rights that may tnd to levy Rates, Tolls, and Duties for I.3ranch Railways and Works. _ _ .Shares of the Corr preferences and the Company, or LUG 01Ithed Pounds Pre f ."! C_ontpany into Two or more Shares, or d to attach to each portion to convert the Debt nd privil( ;ecured nd provisions of ti tie prc IV., car THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1852. TO CORRESPONDHNTS. T.—His first suggestion, to avoid the occurrence of railway collisions, would tend rather to increase the danger of them. The second proposition is useless, as the object proposed is already accomplished. C. S. R., MACCLESFIELD.—We are already making arrange ments by which the inconvenience of which he complains will be obt fated. J. letter can only be inserted as an advertisement. AN ASPIRANT.—There is no excuse for the peculiar mode of spelling in his letter, when an English Dictionary may be bought for ninepence. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH THE meaninglessness of Kings' and Queens' Speeches had passed into a proverb. Those productions had long tended to verify the naughty saying of the witty diplomatist, that " lan guage was given to man to enable him to conceal his thoughts." The late Government, in particular, had arrived at the acme of skill in that oracular style of expression from which diametrically opposed deductions might be drawn with some show of logic. The new Government, being composed of unhackneyed Ministers, capable of making and taking a line of their own, have forborne to follow the example of their Nazepredecessors. A QUEEN'S Speech at last means something, and unequivocally expresses what it means. The Address delivered by our most gracious SOVEREIGN to the assembled Parliament, on Thursday last, was a great, comprehensive, signifi cant manifesto of the policy of a vigorous, able, and earnest national Administration. Let the detractors of Lord DERBY and his colleagues peruse the pro gramme of business put forth by the Government, and let them repeat, if they dare, their sneers about the purposelessness of Her MAJESTY'S present advisers. Never has a Government undertaken a task of more varied utility and importance, for the work of a session, than that which is indicated in the QUEEN'S Speech. Should they not be pre vented, by factious opposition, from carrying their schemes into execution, the session which has just commenced will, in all human probability, be one of the most memorable of our age. No one who peruses the Speech can fail to be struck by the fact, that the tendency of all the measures foreshadowed in it is of a progressive and reformatory character. Indeed, they are all such as must help to convince the country that true Conservatism is far from hos- tile, in principle or in practice, to safe progress or wise reform. Beginning with a graceful acknow ledgment of the national services of the illustrious dead, uttered by Her MAJESTY in tones in which personal grief was mingled with Royal dignity, she proceeded to acknowledge the readiness with which the people have responded to the Government, in carrying out the project of a defensive Militia, which received the sanction of the immortal warrior and statesman on the last occasion on which he addressed the legislative assembly, of which he was a decus et tutarnen. Congratulating her Parliament upon the satisfactory state of her relations with Foreign Powers, Her MAJESTY had an opportunity of assuring them, that in the recent negotiations with the United States, as to the much debated Fishery Question, the rights of the subjects of Great Britain have been firmly maintained, and the friendly spirit in which the question has been treated affords a foundation for hope that the result will be an extension and improvement of the commerce between the two countries. The Speech suggests to Parliament the necessity for legislation on the subject of the future govern ment of the East Indies. Her MAJESTY announces that an extensive and comprehensive scheme for the promotion of the fine arts and of practical science will be submitted to the consideration of the Legislature. The con- dition of the country was the topic concerning which the most curiosity prevailed in political cir cles. Her MAJESTY did not hesitate for a moment fully to acknowledge and congratulate the country on the existence of great prosperity, adding, how ever, that if the recent legislation, which, combined with other causes, led to this good result, had afflicted certain important classes, it would be the duty of Parliament dispassionately to consider how it might most effectually mitigate such injury. With respect to IRELAND, relying on the aid of Parliament to restrain the spirit of insubordination and turbulence which prevails there, the QUEEN recommends at the same time the adoption of a liberal and generous policy, such as may encourage and assist the sister country to rally from the de pression in which she bas been sunk by her recent sufferings. Anxious that the fullest efficiency should be given to our great National Church, the Government express their desire that the propriety of an inquiry into the capitular institutions should he considered ; and, in the interests of Religion and Education, a hope is expressed that the Legislature will offer no impediments to such amendments and reforms as the Universities at large or the several Colleges may be anxious to effect. The abandonment of the punishment of trans portation to Van Diemen's Land is announced as another subject for investigation made of fresh schemes of Legal and a promise is Reform, especially with respect to testamentary causes Such is but a cru le outline of this remarkable satisfied the curiosity of the pub- document, wl lic last Thurs falsified the prophecies of the opponents of the Government should have any pi Lest cavillers ext for suggesting that the general terms of the Qul peech, Zvi th respect ;y, were evasive and indis- to ou tinct, the I 3Y in the House of Lords, and the CHANC EXCHEQUER in the House of Commons, to opportunity of verdict on mpt would be made ernme :n pose dutie s upon imports, but that their endeavours would be devoted to the promotion of the general prosperity under the Free-trade policy, and to adapting the financial policy of the country to the new commercial system. What more would the " Liberals" have ? We shall see. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. THE usual monthly returns of the Board of Trade have just been published, from which it appears that, during the month ended 10th October, there has been an increase in the declared value of expor- tations, as compared with the corresponding month of last year, to the extent of £1,035,293. This in. crease is perceptible on all kinds of goods enume rated, with the exceptions of Soda, Candles, Refined Sugar, Wool, and Woollen Yarn, upon the whole of which the decrease amounts to f 34,269. The largest increase is in Cotton and Woollen manu factures and metals. This statement has been eagerly seized upon, as an unanswerable argument in favour of our present system of commercial policy. It would be difficult, however, to show in what way these effects are traceable to free trade causes, unless by a course of reasoning which the free-trade organs would be the last to adopt. If the distress and want of employment at home have produced that wholesale emigration for which our harbours are crowded with magnificent vessels, and which necessarily leads to a demand for an increased exportation of British productions, are the legitimate results of free-trade policy, there can be no cause for congratulation that hundreds of thousands of our population are leaving the land of their birth, to seek in other countries the employment which they cannot obtain in their own. But let us attri bute it to another cause, and ask whether the dis coveries of gold in California and Australia are owing to free trade. Either of these are far more legiti mate causes than any others that can be assumed, for it has not, nor can it, be shown that the exports arc to countries from which we receive supplies of foreign corn. It, therefore, follows that the increase of our foreign trade arises from circumstances alto gether independent of our commercial policy, and would have taken place equally the same had Sir ROBERT PEEL not induced the Legislature, under the fear of a coming famine, to abolish that protec tion which enabled the cheap loaf to be produced by our own countrymen, instead of being purchased from the foreigner, and imported in foreign ships. It must not, however, be supposed that the increase just referred to forms any test of the rest of the year, for during the nine months, inclusive of the last return, the whole increase was only £886,460, a sum less than that of the last month. The returns we have quoted show a considerable decrease in the quantity of Flour entered for home consumption, and also a decrease in Provisions, British Coffee, and Foreign Sugar ; but an increase in British Sugar, Foreign Coffee., Tea, Wine, Spirits, Tobacco, Opium, and raw materials for our manufactures. LAWS RELATING TO COMMERCE THE proceedings at the meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, a report of which we pub lished last week, were more than ordinarily impor tant with reference to the subjects discussed. It is a singular anomaly, that in the greatest commercial nation which the world ever knew, the transactions of which are so enormous in amount, and influenc ing, as they do, almost the whole of the civilised world, the state of the law should be so defective and uncertain as to demand an immediate and searching reform. With the exception of the Com mittee of Privy Council on Trade and Plantations, there is no recognised Minister of the Crown whose duties are specially devoted to British commerce ; and in matters of dispute, nine-tenths of which might be satisfactorily decided by experienced chants, the disputants are compelled to resort to the dilatory and expensive process of an appeal to lawyers, very few of whom knowanything about the usages and customs or even the law of trade. For shipping cases there is a court which consults experienced mariners and decides accordingly, but merchants must clog their causes with the costly uncertainties of legal technicalities, and rarely ever arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. What is wanted is a corn- petent tribunal, as inexpensive as a County Court, in which mercantile experience shall have its due weight, where commercial integrity shall he the foundation of justice, and equity the principle of law. Liverpool, with her splendid array of mer chant princes, could find ample materials for such and its purpose might be defined like the inscriptions on the old copper tokens—" For the honour and love of Trade." The question is about to be brought before the serious attention of Go vernment, and with such men as Messrs. Turner, Horsfall, and Brown, in Parliament, we may an ticipate a successful issue to their exertions. a court, Another subject which was brought before the Chamber of Commerce was a comparison between the Bankrupt and Insolvent laws of England and Scotland. When the latter country was just emerging from the semi-barbarism of Highland warfare, and the Union had done little to cement the two , countries, it was perhaps of little conse quence that she retained her peculiar code of laws, in which no doubt she felt some national pride. Now, however, that Glasgow has become a second Manchester, and every large Scotch debtor bas perhaps a majority of English creditors, it becomes of the last consequence that the requirements of trade should be no longer hampered by peculiar legal difficulties, but that the laws affecting trade should be so far assimilated as to afford the same facilities to one country which are enjoyed by the other. There can be no national rivalry on such a question. If the Bankrupt laws in England are better than those in Scotland, there can be no reason why the latter should not undergo the same or still further improvement. If, on the other hand, as was stated by Mr. HASTINGS, the law respecting mercantile contracts and the recovery of debts is better in Scotland than in England, there can be no good reason why the latter should not undergo revision. It is, however, a gratifying circumstance that the whole subject is under the consideration of a committee of merchants and others associated for the improvement and assimilation of the Commer cial and Bankrupt laws of England and Scotland, and it is to be hoped that under such auspices it will undergo that careful revision which will not only recommend it to the Legislature, but obtain the expected advantages to the trading community. SPECI AL CONIMISSION.—We understand the winter Special Commission, for the trial of prisoners for the southern division of this county, is fixed for Monday, the 6th December. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Richard Hand land, glass manufacturer, St. Helen's, came before Mr. Commissioner Perry, on his adjourned last examination : hut, as the balance sheet had not been filed, a further adjournment took place to the 27th December. EXCISE DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARY.—The officers of ()cm held a preliminar3 last Friday eve with the view to have count c deductions from the 4 and 5 Wm. IV.. c salaries, now made under the act 24, appropriated to a fund, to be established for the r( lief of their widows and which object is very d justly flue to that part TITUTION WHAT THE LIBERALS SAY OF THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. THE desperate attempts of the Anti-Ministerial p..ess to find cause of quarrel in the QUEEN'S speech are, unfortunately, far from amusing. Like the miserable equivocations by which a few oppo sitionists in the House of Commons strove on Thursday night to cast odium on the manifesto of the Government, the newspaper phillippics have proved flat and stupid failures. If the expressions in the speech which have been the topics of a hos tile comment could by a single honest hearer or reader have been for a moment misunderstood, the explicit manly declarations of the leaders of both Houses of Parliament must have removed every cause of doubt. Her Majesty's Ministers have dis tinctly declared that as respects the question of our commercial policy—whatever may be their theore tical belief on the subject—they bow, as they are bound to do, and as they have always declared they would do, to the clearly expressed opinion of the majority of the people. But then the self-appointed teachers of government and people demand aloud that Ministers should recant their faith, abjure their errors, acknowledge that Free Trade is the truth, and its apostles, true apostles. Oh ! how rejoiced they would be were the Government to pursue so dishonest a course. Then would there be some show of reason for accusing Lord DERBY and his colleagues of tergiversation, inconsistency, and im posture. Surely it is not because the majority of the people think Free-trade a wise policy, that the minority must give up its opinions on the subject nor because the Government may reg et recent CHURCH OF ENGLAND I by our adver who is to and, wh to the obsegt ms to ou El 0111 S ing column's that the committl provided for the public of I !searing the career and charm neration ng, as st I re pr€ vary, or increase t the said Railways, wlvirves, piers, lending places, and Works, and to enable such new Company to levy other and additional tolls, rates, and duties, and to confer, vary, or extinguish ex emptions from the payment of any such tolls, rates, anti duties, and also other rights and privileges. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act, to confer . _ on the said new Conmany further and more efficient powers than those at presen t possessed by the said Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, in reference to the construction, maintenance, regulation, and management of the several un dertakings of the said Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com pany, and also to fix, regulate, ascertain, and determine, the share capital and borrowing powers of the said new Company ; and to regulate, confirm, and determine, the rights of the dif- to authorize the conversion and consolidation of all or any part of the shares of the capital of the Company into a general ca pital stock, and to•fix and regulate the scale of voting in respect of such shares or stock, and also to authorize the closing of the register of transfers of shares at and for such period prior to any Special or Extraordinary Meeting of the Company, as the Company or the Directors thereof shall think fit, or as may be provided in and by the said intended Act. And it is also intended by the said Act to enable the said Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or the said new Company to be incorporatei in their stead as aforesaid, to borrow money, and to convert the money borrowed, -or which may be borrowed by them, into capital, by the creation and issue of shares or stock bearing a guaranteed or preferable dividend of such amount, not exceeding three-and-a-half per centum per annum, and with such special privileges as shall be fixed by the said Bill. And it is also proposed by the said intended Act to enable the said - Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or the Company to be incorporated in their stead as aforesaid, to run over and use with their own engines, carriages, and waggons, or with engines, catriages, and waggons coming to or from the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway or any of their branches or stations, tine several lines of Railway following : (that is to say) the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Rail way, and the Chester and Holyhead Railway, from its point of junction with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway at or near Saltney, in the Parish of „ in the County of the City of Chester, to the terminus of the said Chester and Holyhead Railway at Holyhead; and also the whole stations, sidings, watering places, wharves, landing stages, and other works belonging to or connected with the said Warrington and Altrincham Junction .Railway, and Chester and Holyhead Rail. way respectively ; and to alter and limit the tolls, rates, and duties, authorized to be levied under the Acts relating to the said Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company, and Chester and Holyhead Railway Company respectively, so far as the same would be leviable in respect of such engines, carriages, and waggons, passing on and along the said iNar rington and Altrincham Junction and Chester and Holyhead Railways respectively ; And it is also proposed by the said in tended Act to enable and require the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or the Company to be incorporated in their stead as aforesaid. and the said Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company, and the said Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, to book through all passengers and other traffic passing to, from, or beyond the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, from, to, or beyond any point or place on the said Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway, or the said Chester and Holyhead Railway, and to receive, forward, and convey, to their or its destination, all passengers and other traffic so booked, by the first practicable train conveying the like , description of traffic, along the route over which the same ....., Is to be fOrwarded, a n d , to vary or extingu;sh all rights or privileges, if any, which could or might interfere with the ob jects aforesaid, or any of them. . .. And it is atm; proposed by the said intended Act to authorise the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, or the new Company to be incorporated in their stead as aforesaid, and the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company, to make, and enter into, and carry into effect such contracts and r ar ,- ^,nent-- as may be or may have been mutually agreed upon by or on behalf of the said Companies. with reference to the conduct, management, and direction of the traffic upon their respective Railways or any part thereof, and the division and apportionment of such traffic, and the tolls, rates, and charge' arising therefrom between the said two Companies; and enable the said two Companies to appoint Committees c Joint Committee for carrying into effect any such contrac' arrangements, anti to exercise, by means of such Come' or Joint Committee, or otherwise, such of the rights and privileges, whether with reference to thr. rates, t rates, and duties, or otherwise_ ctively, an( rut privileges dually cariyi nd the Shrewsbury and Birmi ally to communicate the powe over and using the lines of ilwny belonginc , b to other Coii;panies. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that for to be taken for or in rescieet of j "" U " "Y tion •of t , it does not appear to have been accompanied with any very audible sound of its own generally ; but a loud noise is said to have been heard in Wales and elsewhere. So difficult is it to determine the directions of an earthquake, unless instruments have been in readiness with which to ascertain it, that opposite statements have been received on this point—here, it has been described as moving East and West; elsewhere, as North and South. If, as we believe it to be, this earth quake was a wave, proceeding from remote and deep subterranean action, it certainly would pursue a deter minate course; but it is possible for local circumstances to change its apparent direction. The geological nature of the situation, too, seems to have produced an influence, (and this we are prepared to admit as an undisputed fact) for parties residing i❑ those localitimavhich have a light, dry, sandy soil, seem to have felt the shock most sensibly. With regard to the extent of country over which the vibrations have been felt, we are scarcely yet prepared to pronounce positively ; but as far as present accounts go, the shock has visited Dublin and its vicinity, Carlow, Conway. Holyhead, and Mould. It was felt at Seaforth, Waterloo, and other bathing places sn the Lancashire coast (particularly Southport, Lytham, and Fleetwood); at Manchester, Bolton, Bury. Ramsbottom, and even in some parts of the midland counties. Several persons in Wolverhampton and neighbourhood felt a tremor or shaking of the earth ; and it awoke a lady and gentleman near to Nantwich, who have communicated to us the fact. Birkenhead and Chester experienced it. Besides creating considerable alarm in Harrogate, Manchester, Chester, Congleton, Birmingham, Worcester, Shrews bury, and Warrington, it was sensibly felt at Bangor, and along the Welsh coast, at the Isle of Man, and parti cularly in Ireland. At Dublin the greatest excitement was occasioned, as it was generally feared that there would be a recurrence of the phenomenon. It was also felt at Bray, Kingstown, Kilruddery, Dalkey, Glengarry, Howth, Clontarf, Glasnevin, Carlow, Drogheda, Phibs borough, Monkstown, Kilbride, Ranelagh, and other places. The foreman of the engineer department of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway was aroused by the noise. and, fearing that some explosion had occurred among the engines, started out of bed, and ran, half dressed, followed by his wife, who was terr:fied almost out of her senses, to the supposed scene of destruction. A correspondent, writing of the shock as experienced at Wicklow, says, "We can think of nothing else this morning. The house rocked in a most fearful manner, the bed pitched like a ship at sea, the clock stopped on the mantel-piece, jugs and basins danced a fearful jig." The shock was felt in Ireland about a quarter of an hour after it had been experienced in this district. The vibration was also felt at West Bromwich, Oldbury, Tipton, . Wednesbury, Hales Owen, Wolverhampton, Brewood, Tettenhall, and Ironbridge. The duration of the phenomenon is variously stated, from five to thirty seconds ; but it is impossible for the ordinary observer to determine this point with certainty. The last time that we were visited by an earthquake was on the 17th March, 1843, about 1 a.m. BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT.—On Friday last an action was brought by Mr. Charles Seed!Jim, formerly the landlord of the Waterloo Hotel, Birkenhead, to recover the sum of £l4 193 9d from Mr. Robert Hughes, estate of Birkenhead, for refreshments supplied at the election of commissioners for that township in 1847. O❑ the occasion in question a very severe contest ensued be• lie two parties into which the township was then alleged on the part of the plaintiff that an active member of the committee, and as such gave orders for refreshments to be supplied to voters. On the ocher band, it was proved that Mr. Hughes refused to be upon the committee, and never gave orders at all except a few to his own tenants, and they were in writing. An order in writing for two t nroduced in the handwriting of the defendant laintiff pool, sue John Jones for "£26 ss. for five clerks for five days each, at £1 is. per day, the plaintiff WEIS non-suited. but no law-stationer, of I legislation that it should, therefore, refuse to conduct the administration of affairs LORD DERBY iS accused of disingenuousness in giving but a quali fied assent to the proposition that existing prosperity is attributable to recent legislation. Surely he, cr any other man, must be very blind or very stupid who does not see that a considerable portion of the popular prosperity, for which exclusive credit is awarded to Free-trade, must necessarily be attribut able to the simultaneous operation of a great influx of gold and a great efflux of population in enhancing wages and preventing a redundance of labour. The spirit of Lord DERBY'S opponents has been well illustrated by certain querulous gentlemen, who choose to overlook the recommendation in the Speech to adopt a liberal and generous policy to wards Ireland, and who call the Government to task for daring to allude to the existence in that country of an "unhappy spirit of insubordination and tur bulence." The only other kind of fault we have happened to hear attempted to the Speech is, that it was not so brilliant and startling as certain members of the Government could easily have made it. For ourselves, we are much gratified to find that though there is abundance of stern, useful, and difficult work cut out for themselves by the Government, there is not one note of self•laudation nor of high sounding promise. Her MAJESTY'S Ministers, taking the country as they find it, taking public opinion as it has been expressed to them by the general election, determine to waive their own theoretical views on one important subject, and to proceed to make the results of recent legislation as beneficial to the great mass of the people, and as little prejudicial to particular depressed classes, as may be. The country will not have long to wait a full opportunity of judging of the practical ability of the Administration. The means by which they propose to adapt the financial to the newly estao fished commercial policy, will be announced by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on the 26th Till that time the world will remain in a state of excited curiosity; but we cannot for a moment doubt that our anticipations, founded instant upon the unquestionable talents, the laborious patience, and the straightforwardness of purpose, of Her MAJESTY'S Government, will be fully realised, and the prosperity of the country be ensured. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY ATTEMPT TO MURDER A CHILD.—On Friday, and, by adjournment, on Saturday and yesterday, Ann Allanson, servant-woman to Mr. Richmond, Field street, was taken before the borough magistrates under the following circumstances :—On the night of Monday, Nov. Ist, while alone in the kitchen, the gave birth to a fine illegitimate child, which she placed in the midden of the adjoining house. where it was found by the neigh bours. In the morning it was discovered that she was the mother, and, on being interrogated by the police, she stated that, when She placed it in the midden, she did not know what she was doing. The child, which had been conveyed to the West Derby Workhouse, is alive and well. Mr. Owen, solicitor, who appeared for the pri soner, contended that the evidence was not sufficient, to justify the magistrate in committing her. The magis trate, however, was of a different opinion, and the pri soner was committed to the assizes, to take her trial for assault upon her child, with intent to murder, ROBBERY CHARGE OF —Jane Wilson and Patrick Carroll, a person with whom she lives, were charged with robbing a sailor. named Henry Dorstell, of £ll 155., on the night of the Gth November. The male prisoner, it appeared, pro tended to be a police-officer, and introduced the prose cutor to the female. They went to the brothel kept by the prisoners, when he was fleeced of his belt the money. Committed for three months eaci containing SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Wilson was committed for three months, for stealing six shirts from a shop in Mill -street. PICKING POCKETS.—A youth, named James Downing, was committed for two months, for attempting to pick pockets in Byrom-street on Saturday night. INTIMIDATION OF Wonxmrw.—Three porters, named Patrick Welsh, Henry Brown, and William Reed, were brought before Messrs. Mansfield and Booth, charged with using threats and intimidation to prevent dock por ters from working. It appeared from the evidence that the porters in the employment of the Waterford and Cork Steam-packet Company were set upon by a mob of about 150 porters. who used violent language, beat, and threw stones at them. The case of Reed was first gone into, and Mr. Blair, who appeared for the complainants, called several witnesses, who deposed to being at work in the Clarence Dock on Wednesday last, (there being only 13 or 14 of them altogether,) when they were set upon by the mob. Reed was identified as being one of the mob.—Mr. Chilton, who appeared for the defendant, called a witness, but did not alter the facts of the case. Mr. Mansfield said it could not be allowed that men, who were honestly earning their bread by the sweat of their brow, should be interfered with in such a lawless manner. The magistrates were determined in such cases to afford all the protection in their power. The defendant must be committed to hard labour for three months. By the advice of their attorney, the other two defendants pleaded guilty, in the hope of having a more lenient sentence, but Mr. Mansfie said they could make no differe gaol for a like period and the ere sent to THE STEAMER. SARAH SANDS arrived at St. Vincent with the mails, on the morning of the sth October, al well, and left for the Cape of Good Hope on ith October FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, a fire broke out in the top room of the premises occupied by Mrs. Carter, window blind manufacturer, Cases-street. The alarm was immediately conveyed to the West of England Fire Station, Mount Pleasant; the engine was taken out at once, and the fire was got under in a few minutes. Mrs. Carter was not insured, but the building is. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL. — The congregation of St Augustine's Church, Everton, have presented to the Rev J. Herbert Jones, A.M., (on the occasion of his marriage, which we understand will take place this morning,) ealehgaanndt design, hearing hicecoafripnlgatet,hvealufeoitlw2ion,eof inasecrhipatsitoena:n± " Presented to the Rev. J. HERBERT JONES, A.M., by the congregation of St. Augustine's Church, Everton, as a token of their affection and esteem. IGth November, 1852." The plate has been manufactured by Mr. Word ley, of Lord street, where it will be exhibited during the week. LAUNCH OF A PILOT -BOAT.—On Saturday, there was launched from the building -yard of Mr. W. B. Jones, at the south-end of the town, a fine schooner-rigged vessel, intended for the pilot service, to replace No. 3 boat. She was named " The Duke," by Miss Robert the senior master. Her dimensions arc feet 11 inches ; breadth, 17 feet 4 inches : inches ; tonnage, 63 new, and 94 old measur draught of water when launched was 9 fe dßughter o lepth, 10 feet t ent. Hei nd 7 feet forward The Duk as been modelled son Upon the Amer upright stem, and a very light and handsom and is altogether a beautiful specimen of nav: THE MAYOR'S VISIT TO ST. P en Sunday forenoon, the Woi ,n - pool, (Samuel liolme, Esc he Archdeacw g- and other c RC' of Liver- several members ( tended Divine cession, whici: state of the weather A. set by the .A.I. T 3rooks, the e of the loca of the Cot pectgble_ it as invest )11 was preached by tl them not, for of such is its conclu aid of the