The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. The lines headed " England's Chiirch" possess some merit, but they are not sufficiently finished for publication. The overseers of the poor have, of course, the power of pc emoting parties from the payment of rates on their showing an inability to pay them. Ebt Eibtrpool &tanbarli. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 13, 1848. Several of the London papers of Saturday an nounced, on the authority of their correspondents at Marseilles, the rumoured revolt of the Sikhs at Lahore, and the massacre of the British troops. We are glad, however, to allay the painful excite ment created by those reports. Important events have occurred, but neither so important nor so disastrous as those which were announced. There has been a revolt in Moultan, and two British officers have been cut down by the insurgents. But the Khalsa troops were, it appears, on our side, and there seems to be nothing more than a vague surmise that the Lahore Durbar was secretly concerned in the movement. We give, in another column, all the details which had reached Bombay when the steamer Semiramis, with Mr. George Clerk on board, left that port. THE majority of 117 in a House of 471 mem bers for going into committee upon the Govern ment Bill for the repeal of the Navigation Laws will probably not surprise our readers. That the Peel section of the house, with their chief at their head, would give in their adhesion to this further onslaught upon the industry and greatness of the country was a foregone conclusion in most men's minds. But there were hopes entertained, upon what were imagined to be fair grounds, that a few exceptions would be found ; and that amongst these exceptions—amongst those parties not yet prepared to sacrifice so large an amount of the property of the nation as that which is invested in shipping, of the industry employed in our building yards and which mans our mercantile marine— would be found the name of one at least of the representatives of Liverpool. We refer to Mr. Cardwell ; and our ground for the anticipation that he would be found by the side of the large and influential portion of his constituents, who are interested in this question, was the remem brance of certain passages of his various addresses delivered during his canvas here and when stand ing at the hustings. Certainly no direct pledge was given by Mr. Cardwell as to his conduct with respect to these laws. But the impression which was left nevertheless upon the minds of his friends was that he was not prepared to deal with this question as one to which the principles of Free Trade were applicable. We may Ca - 11 the attention of the electors of Liverpool to one or two of the occasions upon which Mr. Cardwell afforded them something very like an assurance that he regarded these laws with favor. At a meeting of his friends, held in the Cotton Sales Room on the- 26th of July, we find him speaking of them in the following terms : " He had been asked whether he would consent to any change in that system of laws known as the Navigation Laws. He had already stated that he knew what these laws were established for—they were established for the maintenance of their com mercial marine, and for the security of their national marine, through both of which the country had ar rived at her present high, proud, and noble position. He had paid to the subject the utmost of his attention ; and, as he told them before, he agreed with Adam Smith as to their usefulness in promoting the national greatness and prosperity. He had never said one word in opposition to these laws. He should feel it incompetent in him to rashly interfere with the present system of laws which had been for more than two centuries interwoven with the interests of the Empire." These assurances were received with hearty applause, which left no doubt as to the impressions they had made that Mr. Card well was opposed to any sweeping or to any change at all in the Navigation Laws : and we really think that an explanation of the particular reasons which have led to a total reversal of his then opinion is due to his constituency. At another meeting, at which Mr. Cardwell attended on the same day at the Shipwrights' Hall, in Bond-street, similar sentiments were uttered by him, and received as satisfactory by his audience, and by the Chairman of his Committee, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore ; and we may remark that even so lately as at the meeting held to petition against the proposed measure, that gentleman expressed him self satisfied as to what would he Mr. Cardwell's conduct with respect to it when it should come on for discussion in the House of Commons. It maybe urged, of course, that thus far Mr. Cardwell's vote does not pledge him to any definite future course ; that he is only willing to go into committee with a view to enquiry into the subject, and that •in his speech in the house he expressly objected against the injustice of submitting the shipbuilder and shipowner to a competition so long as the raw material, timber, continues to be taxed. There is still the possibility that he is favourable only to some slight modification ; but we must confess that, after the speech of Sir Robert Peel on Friday night, we have little hopes of such an event as Mr. Cardwell's opposition to any material part of the scheme—of anything, in fact, beyond a skir mish or a sham fight. Should this be the case, the constituency which returned him have a simple duty to perform, to which, at present however, we shall not further allude. As the Council to-morrow may in a great degree decide the question as to the source of our future supply of water—important to the ratepayers of the town in many respects—we may be excused if we put a few facts before the public, for the guidance of our municipal representatives when giving their votes on that occasion. I st.—Although it has been frequently asserted that . the . main object i n o bt a i n i ng th e Ri v i ngton Pik . e was to enabl e th e C orpora ti on to g i ve a daily supply of water to the people, it is an impor tant fact, perhaps not generally known, that since the Water Committee gave instructions that the water of the present works was to be appli e d t o th e best advantage possible to the p u bli c , t h e o ffi cers of the late Harrington Company have commenced giving a daily supply to the tenantry of that com pany, from their own works, irrespective of Green lane or any other sources; and they are confident that an ample daily supply can be continued, and an abundance given for all public purposes.besides. 2nd.—Mr. Hawksley stated some three years ago—and the statement was published in our paper of that date—that it was his conviction that the resources of the two water companies were amply , sufficient for every purpose, both public and pri vate, which the inhabitants of Liverpool required. 3rd.—The effort which has been made to make the actual yield of the present springs square with Mr. Hawksley's estimates, by deducting the water used for the condensation of steam from the gross yield, is by no means creditable to the parties who made that effort. The fact is that until the com pletion of the late experiments no exception what ever was taken to the quality of the water on that account, and none whatever ought to be taken. The water so used is rath er i mprove d than otherwise, and being,. as in reality it i s , dis tilled water, its mixture with the gros s quant i ty should by sequence tend in some degree to improve the whole. It is by no means true that it i s polluted by grease or other matter by bei ng in con tact with the condensers, as has been industriously circulated. The water so mixed is the same which the inhabitants of Liverpool have been using for the last half century, and they are the best judges of its alleged impurity. On this subject the following . extract from the preface to a very able pamphlet, just published by Mr. Grantham, is valuable and accurate : " A short notice has appeared in the newspapers giving, as is supposed, the correct yield of the wells lately belong ing to the Harrington Company, and as measured by the gentlemen appointed for this purpose—who have, no doubt, given a most accurate return—l regret, however, that this sh or t s t atement leaves out an inirfortant item which is likely to mislead the public—while it would lead to the conclusion that Mr. M'Donald, myself, and others, who have ve n t ure d to state, in figure's the probable yield of the wells, ha ve b een greatly mistaken—now this is not the case I will attempt to show. The total yield of the five wells is thus given ;-1,865.000 gallons when pumped at the usual level and 2,374,000 ga ll ons when pumped within eight inches of the wind bore, not including the condensing water, leaving about four feet water in the bottom of each well. Now this condensing water has been set down at various amounts, at from 500,000 to 1,000,000 gallons—l think it should be about 500, 000 gallons for the first experiment, and pe r h a p s 650,000 gal lons for the second, as the times of working the engines was much greater in the second than in the third experi ment—thus we see that the real yield would be (if I am near the mark in the amount of condensing water) about 2,364,000 gallons in the first case, and 3,024,000 gallons in the second—very nearly the figures given in my state ment. " It would have been much better to have given us the exact amounts in the published statements to have saved us from guessing. "Now the public will ask what does all this mean about the condensing water. The explanation is a simple one. " For perhaps forty years the Harrington Company have generally returned the water used for condensing the steam of their engines back into the wells, and this has been afterwards pumped up again (a great waste of power by the bye) with the other water and thrown into the mains. "We have, however, discovered since the Rivington Pike scheme was commenced that such water is very bad for the public use, and therefore must be thrown to waste. " During the late experiments the condensing water was thrown into the sewers, but it is now again turned into the wells. I have carefully examined the water under both conditions and cannot perceive the slightest difference. "There is a great stress laid upon this condensing water by the opponents to the local supply, but let us learn on the other side bow many engines are to return their condensing water into the reservoirs at Rivington Pike, besides the various other deteriorating circumstances to which that water will be subject. 4thly.—Having touched on the asserted impurity of the supply from the Liverpool sand stone, let us contrast it with what we are to get from Rivington Pike, if that scheme is to be thrust upon us. The testimony which we are about to offer is that of a highly respectable professional gentleman—Mr. J. B. West, C.E.,—and is taken from a pamphlet of his, just published, on the subject. He says,— " Now then for the quality of the water. In flood time, or heavy rains, it comes down charged with bog matter, sulphate of barytes, and iron. There is a stream called Middle Brook, or Boundary Stream, which separates the township of Rivington from Atherton •, and a man who lives just at this boundary, near the Black Boy, told me, in answer to my inquiries, that they never used the water from the stream for any purpose, but fetched it from a well at some distance, and would rather go m il es than use it. He also stated that, at most times, if you were to wash a white shirt in it, after three or four times washing, it would be as yellow as a sovereign. And now, to cap all, and give the inhabitants of Liverpool a decided relish for this water, they must understand that it re ceives the drainage of two graveyards, viz., Rivington Church-yard, and the Chapel-yard. I do not pretend to say but that it might tend to soften the water, but the idea of drinking it is not very pleasant ; and, unfortu nately for the projectors, the yards are so situated that they cannot be drained, excepting into the proposed re servoir." sthly,—Now here is a fact which bears upon the proposed supply which we are to have from Riving ton, and one which the Council should ponder on before they sanction this scheme. Mr. West says :—" The last day I was at Rivington was on Tuesday, the 30th of May, and I should estimate that, if it were possible to collect all the water that flowed to the proposed reservoir, a 12-inch pipe would be more than sufficient to carry it; but I have no doubt parties who have an interest in carrying out this monster scheme will state it differently. I found at the river Douglas a person keeping an account of the quantity of water per diem in that rivulet, and he told me, when he returned from guaging it, that the stream was 4 feet wide and 3 inches deep. This I could not credit, having just looked at it, therefore I borrowed his guage-rod and he followed me. There could not have been more than five minutes difference of time of guaging, and I found the depth of water, instead of three inches, to be just a full inch ; therefore, for that stream, and for that day, he has booked three times as much water as there really was." With these facts before the Council, we would earnestly call upon them to pause before they adopt this plan. Let the report of the Water Committee be received to-morrow, but at the same time allow the members and their constituents some reasonable time to digest its contents. Let them have time to form an accurate opinion upon its justness, and, if need be, embody that opinion in a memorial to his worship on the subject. If this be done we fear not for the consequences ; hut if not, then we must say that the mind of the ratepayers of Liverpool has not been consulted on this very important question. Amongst the suffering people of England, there is no body of men who have so fair a case for commiseration as the planters and owners of property in the West Indies. From first to last our legislation towards them of late years has been full of dishonest and hypocritical juggling. For years they were made the object of insulting re proach and misrepresentation, from every conven ticle, and in every liberal journal ; held up to the gaze of the world as monsters of inhumanity, branded in every company as solely guilty of the existence of an institution which the legislature it self set up and forced upon them. And when malignity appeared to have done its utmost and sham humanity achieved its triumph ; when the slave was declared to he entitled to freedom, was the solemn compact which had been made fulfilled? It was violated most unblushingly. Even this, however, was not sufficient. That slavery had ceased to exist in the British colonies did not change the course of the relentless persecutors of the planters. They were subjected in their changed circumstances to every species of harassing restric tion, to insulting interference with their affairs, denied all chance of procuring a supply of labour; and when at length struggling with ruin, without hands to work their estates, borne down by heavy imposts for the support of the very government which had oppressed them, they were forced into competition with the foreigner, with his ample supply of slave labour. Our humanity had eva porated; and the saintly people, who had canted for years of their abomination of slavery, discovered that slave raised sugar was cheap and would stay upon their stomachs. The result of this competition is now established to the satisfaction of the whole world. We have ruined our Sugar Colonies, sacrificed property to the amount of millions, destroyed a valuable trade, extensive markets for our manufactures, and shall have shortly to buy the slave grown sugar of the foreigner at his own advanced price. We have given him, in fact, a monopoly; an incentive to increased exertions in the unholy slave trade, and an interest in goading his wretched bondsmen to more toil and more suffering. We have perpetuated, in fact, the institution of slavery. The result of our policy towards this body, and its effect upon the general interest of the country, have at length been deemed sufficiently important to attract the attention of the Legislature, and a committee of the House of Commons has just con eluded an enquiry and in its report, on the motion of one of the honourable members for Liverpool, Sir Thomas Birch, made a recommendation as to the mode of relief to be adopted. To deliberate and to give expression to the opinion of the mer cantile public of Liverpool upon the recommenda tion in question, his Worship the Mayor, has con vened a meeting, which is to be held to-day, at the Sessions House, at which it is most important that every lover of right and justice, and every real friend of humanity should give his countenance and influence. This is the more necessary as we observe that a very disingenuous attempt is making by the free-trade party, to get up an opposition to the views of the promoters of the movement. We refer to a placard, which has been extensively posted throughout the town, stating that the ob ject of the movement is to sacrifice the principle of free-trade—to make sugar dear—for the exclusive benefit of the East and West India proprietors. This is a most unfair statement of the case. It is proposed by Sir Thomas Birch's recommendation to do justice to these parties certainly ; to extend to them a moderate measure of protection until they shall have had an opportunity of providing themselves with a supply , of labour. But it is far from stopping here. ' The ground upon which such a course will be advocated, will be the necessity which exists, that there should be rendered certain the prospect of permanent cheapness of such im portant articles as Tropical produce, which can only be done by ensuring competition ; that a fair trial must he given to the experiment of raising that produce by free labour; and that the sacri fices made by Great Britain to put down the slave trade, and slavery itself should not have been made in vain ; that we should not stultify ourselves in the eyes of the world, or be branded for all time to come, as a people so steeped in selfishness, that we voluntarily threw away the professions of years, and the result of the labour of years, for a paltry pocket consideration of a farthing saving in a pound of treacle. JUDE'S Ncnoot.—The annual sermons in behalf of these schools will, we perceive, be preached in St. Jude's Church next Sunday, by the Rev. Drs. Car penter and lWNeile. We are gratified to hear that the designs of our towns man, M r . Hay, the architect, have b een so generally ad mired that he has been called upon to prepare drawings of a new church to be erected at Greenwich. This is no or dinary compliment to the provinces, seeing that three or four metropolitan architects are engaged on different works here. PUBLIC MEETING ON THE SLAVE TRADE.—A meeting of the merchants and others interested in the tr a d e w ith Africa, has been convened by his worship the mayor, for Tuesday (to-day), to discuss this subject, and to consider the propriety of supporting the measures relative thereto, propounded by Sir Thomas Birch to the Houseof Commas. The Rev,. Dr. IWNeile will be one of the speakers. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. An adjourned meeting of this board was held yesterday morning, in the Board-room, Argyle-street, present— John Laird Esq., (in the chair,) and Messrs. Bryans, Cole, Prichard, Walker, Watson, Williamson, Pike, Hughes, Greene, Adamson, Nicholls, Bentham, Stevenson, and Hicklin. The CHAIRMAN announced that the object of the meeting was to name four of the Commissioners to be inserted in the new bill as Dock Trustees. Mr. HICKLIN wished to be allowed, before that business was proceeded with, to state that he feared the committee appoihted to arrange with'regard to the disputed accounts between that board and the Dock Warehouse Company would be placed in a very awkward position, in conse quence of the decision come to by the board last Friday, relative to Mr. Bendel and Mr. Brown, whose evidence was required to enable the committee to make out their case. As those gentlemen had been dismissed, it was not, likely they would attend unless they were paid for their service. This led to a lengthy discussion, in the midst of which the CHAIRMAN said Mr. brown had expressed his willing ness to assist the Committee of Works as far as he was able, and to make all his books and accounts quite straight before he left their service. The conversation ended by the CHAIRMAN stating that, if the committee found any difficulty about the matter, of course they would report to the board, and steps would be taken accordingly. Mr. BENTHAM, and subsequently Mr. GREENE, in formed the meeting that they could not attend the meeting of the committee. Mr. HICKLIN then moved that Mr. J. H. Greene's name be inserted in the bill as one of the Dock Trustees, and in doing so paid a high compliment to his commercial talent, business habits, and straightforwardness of pur pose. Mr. NionoLLs seconded the motion. Mr. BRYANS moved as an amendment that the voting should be for the entire list. Mr. J. WALKER seconded the amendment. Mr. WILLIAMSON said he came prepared to vote for the entire list of those proposed on Friday, and called on the mover to show the superior qualifications of Mr. Greene. Mr. BENTHAM spoke in favour of the motion, and eulogised the character of Mr. Greene as well qualified from his long experience as a commissioner and his business habits. The CHAIRMAN was about to put the amendment, when Mr. Nicholls handed in a protest against the newly elected Commissioners being allowed to vote, on the ground that they had not qualified as Improvement Com missioners. The CHAIRMAN, however, put the amendment, when there appeared against it Messrs. Hughes, Greene, Adam son, Nicholls, Bentham, Fox, and Hicklin ; for it, the Chairman, Messrs. Bryans, Cole, Prichard, Walker, Watson, Williamson, and Pike. Mr. BRYANS then moved that the namesof Messrs. J. Laird, W. Cole, R. W. Prichard, and W. Pike be in serted in the bill as Dock Trustees. Mr. GOLBORNE seconded the motion. Mr. HICRLIN moved, as an amendment, that the names of Mr. Mallaby and Mr. Greene be inserted as two of them. Mr. Fox seconded it. The amendment being put, was lost by a majority of two,—the parties voting as above. Mr. NICHOLLS handed in a written protest against the proceedings as illegal for want of proper notice. Mr. IIicKLIN gave notice that he should lay before the board, at their next meeting, some Parliamentary papers relative to the estimates of Mr. Rendel. The Board then adjourned. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LATEST FROM PARIS. ARREST OF NEARLY TWO THOUSAND PERSONS. _ _ _ PARIS, SUNDAY, 6 30 P.M. The circumstances which I described in my letter of this morning as having been arranged for surrounding the attroupement last night at the Porte St. Denis led to. the capture of 1,925 persons, who were immediately marched to the prefecture of police, in the courts of which they have been retained under guard. It is expected that this stringent measure will put an end to the attroupements, at least for the moment. Complaints of 250 persons having been robbed in the attroupements have been !aid before the Commissary of Police of the quarter St. Denis. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ITALY. Letters from Bologna, published in the supplement to the Contemporaneo of Rome, of the 2d June, announce that negotiations are already on foot between the Austrian government and Charles Albert. Austria is to retire her troops from Italy, on condition that Italy shall take upon it a part of the Austrian debt. It is said that the Pope will be the referee to settle the question. CHARTIST PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY. STATE OF LONDON AND' THE COUNTRY. The precautions taken by the authorities for the main tenance of public order, have, it would appear, proved amply sufficient. Up to the moment of going to press we have not heard of the slightest disturbance in any part of the metropolis or the provinces, except &slight skirmish at Bradford. Bishop Bonners-fields, London, the scene of the in tended great Chartist demonstration yesterday afternoon, by twelve o'clock, was in a state of considerable excite ment. The determination of the Chartist leaders to hold the meeting, according to the manifesto issued by the executive, had given rise to increased terror in the neigh bourhood. Shops were closed, and trade was com pletely at a stand-still, many of the public-houses having bills posted up on the doors intimating that business would be suspended for the day. In the early part of the morn ing, several troops of pensioners and police, and 100 mounted police, arrived. Between 300 and 400 of the pensioners were marched into the Bethnal-green workhouse shortly before noon. About 1 o'clock a number of persons had collected about the fields, but evidently more to witness the movements of the police than for any political object. The autho rities, however, were informed that the Chartists were fast meeting at the different clubs, and that they were de termined to hold the meeting. Shortly before two o'clock Dr. M`Douall and other leaders who had signed the manifesto calling the assem blage appeared upon the ground. They seemed in great excitement, and Dr. M`Douall, addressing one of the members of the K division, inquired if the ineetir, would be allowed to be held. The officer replied that it would not.—Dr. M'Douall then said he must see a magistrate, or one of the principals of the force. On his way he met Mr. Superintendent Johnson, of the R. division, and that gentleman assured him that every means would be taken to disperse the meeting.—Mr. M`Douall thanked him for the intimation, and said, "Then we must see about it." He then sent a message to Mr. Arnold, and received the same positive answer alluding to the strong force brought on the field to carry out the order of the government. Dr. M'Douall and his friends then departed with a large mob after them, and it was understood that they had abandoned the idea of holding the demonstration. At half-past two all was quiet at Bishop Bonner's-fields. The stragglers were far outnumbered by the armed police, detachments of which were in occupation of the ground, while a body of Chelsea pensioners was held in reserve. BIRMINGHAM, 124 P.M.—There will be no meeting of the chartists until six o'clock this evening, and as the races take place to.day, it is expected that the attendance will be small. MANCHESTER. — The meeting called for yesterday was, in consequence of the mayor's proclamation, adjourned till last night at the Hall of Science. The placard making the announcement denounces in strong and in dignant language the unconstitutional interference of the magistrates. _ _ NEWCASTLE, NOON.—The town is quiet. A meeting is announced to take place at 3 p.m. HULL, NOON.—Hull is quiet. A meeting is called in the Town-hall for this evening, under the alleged sanction of the Mayor (who is absent), to protest against the in terference of government officials in the selection of ju ries, and to form a subscription for the benefit of the wife and family of Mitchel. NOTTINGHAM, 1 P.M.—The meeting now being held here consists of about 2,000 persons, mostly idlers. All quiet. WARD MEETINGS ON THE WATER QUESTION• ST. ANNE'S WARD. Yesterday evening, a meeting of the ratepayers of St. Anne's Ward took place at the Portico, for the purpose in effect of memoralizing the Town Council to suspend their decision respecting the Rivington Pike scheme, until the public had an opportunity of digesting the evidence taken before the committee of the council. The room was nearly filled, notwithstanding the notice given was short and imperfect. Mr. VINCENT HIGGINS was called to the chair, and briefly explained the object in view. All strangers, he said, remarked, when they visited Liverpool, that they knew of no town worse supplied with water, which was not seen to flow in any direction ; nor had they either cisterns or public pumps. He thought that the Council ought to pause in proceeding with so large and expensive a scheme as that which they were precipitating. In conclusion he referred to several pamplets, pro and con, and amongst the writers was M r . Sp encer , w h o was ra th er in favour of the corporation scheme ; yet he concluded his remarks in words to this effect :—" After all I think it of great im portance that three gentlemen should be appointed to thoroughly investigate the locality and the quality of the water at the Pike, one of whom should be a geologist, one an engineer, and one a chemist." Mr. BROWN moved the first resolution, which he re Id to the following effect :—" That in the opinion of the meeting, before further proceedings be taken with respect to the Rivington Pike scheme, the capabilities of the present works should be fairly tested, and therefore we call upon the Council to postpone further consideration of the question, in order to give the ratepayers time to con sider the question maturely." It might be said, perhaps, by the advocates of the scheme, that it had already been fully tested by the recent enquiry ; but the Council had kept the public in the dark as regarded the evidence obtained. The inhabitants, he thought, who would have to pay the cost, ought to know upon what grounds the adoption of the scheme was founded, and at least to have such infor mation as would satisfy them that it was likely to be suc cessful. In his own opinion the friends of the measure would find themselves mistaken in its results, were it car ried out. He quoted the opinions of two gentlemen of his acquaintance, who had long lived at the Pike,—one of whom declared he Lad sometimes known the whole proposed ground and streams to be quite dry, and the other was of a similar opinion, and also stated that the water was gene rally impure. Another gentleman who had long been con nected with mines in the district, said the promoters of the scheme were totally mistaken, and he instanccda tract of the ground, where the water was so little that it ran twenty miles before it produced what is called a mill stream and a half. The expense, too, would be great. He had heard, that the Corporation had already guaranteed £2,000 a-year to a mill-owner, on condition that his mill should not be worked. With respect to our own home resources many clever men were of opinion that by boring a little deeper we should obtain a sufficient supply— so much, indeed, as ten millions of gallons per day. It therefore behoved all ratepayers to do their best to pre vent further outlay upon so uncertain a scheme. ( Hear.) Mr. JEFFERY seconded the resolution, and began by saying that the Council had certainly got into a puddle, and he was much mistaken if they did not come out of it dirtier than ever. ( A laugh.) They had appointed a committee of inquiry, but they had kept the ratepayers in ignorance of their proceedings, and the facts upon which they had acted, for no reporters were admitted to their meetings. Pamphlets had been writ ten, and most of them ably, on both sides- of the ques tion, but the ratepayers not being in possession of the evidence, were not in a position which enabled them to decide, and he thought the Council ought to pause before they proceeded further with a scheme so-apparently uncertain, and which would entail great expense upon the town. The local taxes, they (the ratepayers) had already to pay were enormous, and they had a right to know what the Committee had been doing. The report was expected, but they wanted the evidence. The question, he thought, divided itself into four shapes, First, — Could sufficient water be raised from our present wells ? Second,—lf it could not, would the use of salt water for the streets, baths, and sewers, make up the deficiency. Third,—Would additional wells make up the required supply ? And fifth,—Was the water to be got by the Rivington scheme of good quality and sufficiently abundant for our wants. Supposing it were, would it not be difficult, as well as highly- costly to introduce it, as the mains mustbe laidover coal mines, and uncertain and dangerous ground in which, as had been said, the simpleblow of a sledge hammer might unsettle the land andmake a coal profitable, (meaning, as we understood him, that if an unprofitable mine were flooded, the Corporation would be called upon for heavy compensation in damages). The next plan was the Bala Lake scheme, and he had never heard that they could not have enough of water from that source. The cnly difficulty was its conveyance thence, and if this could be removed, and our own wells were found insufficient, that would probably be the most desi rable scheme. He thought the Corporation ought to offer premiums to qualified parties to expound the best plan to be pursued—say £5O, £3O, and £2O. What the ratepayers asked was not to endeavour to blame the com mittee, many of whom were estimabl4 men, but to be satisfied by the evidence of competent individuals before they were drawn into enormous expense. As to opposi tion to the Bala scheme from the Admiralty, he thought that unworthy of notice. The Admiralty could not sail their fleets on the Dee, and their opposition in such an emerzency as the supply of water to nearly half a million of persons, would be merely formal,—they being conservators of shores and rivers. He then referred to a letter in the Mercury, which had remained uncontradicted, and might therefore be assumed to be true. The writer stated that the Pike scheme was entertained for Manchester, and Mr. Hawkesley being called in, gave it as his opinion that it would not do, and that the water was insufficient in quantity and of the worst quality. But when the same gentleman was employed by the corporation here he said as to the Pike that the water was copious and of the very best quality ! (Hear, and a laugh.) It had been said that if we did not agree amongst ourselves the matter would be taken out of our hands, an we should be placed under Lord Morpeth's act. For his part he would rather that the thing should be so if they had an assurance that the work would be well accomplished. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WEST, C.E., came forward, and said that he would stake his reputation, that, if tried, they would get an abundance of water from under their own feet. As for surface drainage, he considered it a childish idea. Having been at the Pike, he would explain to them his impres sions of it, It was altogether a mountain country, down which the water came highly charged with barytes, a very strong poison, and the.sulphate of iron. Instead of the works costing only £400,000, he would venture his repu tation that they would not get off for £2,000,000,. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried by acclamation. Mr. DANSON, in conjunction with the other represen tatives of the ward, having been called on, stated that he differed from his constituents on this question. He entered into a long statement, which was received with marked disapprobation. Mr. J. B. LLOYD was also in favour of the Rivington Pike scheme. A RATEPAYER then asked if the two members who had last spoken would vote for the postponement of the question ? Mr. DANSON said he would not. Mr. LLOYD said he would support the postponement. Mr. DANSON explained that if he could at the eleventh hour see a good ground for the postponement proposed, he should not object to meet the wishes of his consti tuents. The resolution was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Mr. HENRY CLAY POLE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, seconded by Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. Jeffrey having previously asked the meeting to include in the motion the members for the ward who had favoured them with theirbresence, it was carried unanimously. Mr. DANSON repeated his half .promise of compliance, on Wednesday, with the desires of his constituency. After the proceedings had terminated, Mr. Jeffery came forward and reminded the ratepayers that a meet ing would take place in the Sessions House next day, in which they were all interested as tax-payers; and urged them to 'be in attendance at a quarter before twelve o'clock. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. - - We have a somewhat decided improvement in the funds this morning, which may be partly owing to the greater confidence inspired by the display of more vigour on thepart of the French government in putting down mobs in Paris, and partly also to the demonstration of energetic measures for preserving the public peace of this metropolis against the threatened Chartist meetings of to-day. Consols have advanced to, and now are, 84i to i for the account, but for money not so gooa as for time, at 84d to 4. The rise upon the last quotations of Saturday is equal to I per cent. Reduced Threes are 821 to 3/. Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., 831 to 4. Exchequer Bills, 38s. to 41s. premium. Bank Stock, 191 to 3. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. A moderate supply of English Wheat, by land carriage samples from the nearc °unties, was readily cleared off at prices fully equal to those on Monday last, and in some few instances that day's rates were exceeded. There was also rather more demand for foreign Wheat, and its value was well maintained. Barley sold slowly, at the quotations of this day se'nnight. All good fresh qualities of Oats were a ready sale, at previous prices, but anything out of condition was very difficult to quit. Beans were a dull sale, at a reduction of Is. per qr. Peas were in slow request, but cannot be quoted cheaper. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts is not so large as it has lately been ; consequently, although the demand is not great and the trade slow, a choice Scot, &c., makes rather more money. The number of Sheep is by no means excessive, yet the trade is perfectly inactive. We have not known so few buyers in at tendance for many weeks, consequently prices are lower, and many remain unsold. There is scarcely any trade for Lamb, except for a few of the choicest kinds, and these are lower. Calves are selling about the same as on Friday last. Trade i s rather better for Pigs. From Holland we have 321 Beast, 1,950 Sheep, and 176 Calves ; from Spain 95 Beast; Scotland 300 ; and I,boo from Norfolk and Suffolk. • TARVIN HALL ScHooL.—The examination of the pupils at this excellent school took place yesterday, and the progress of the young gentlemen gave the very greatest satisfaction to their parents and to the other ladies and gentlemen present. The Rev. T. Bowstead, Vicar of Tarvin, acted as moderator. In the eveni ng , a miscellaneous concert of vocal and instrumental music by the pupils afforded the utmost gratification to all who heard it. Their performances were most efficient, ST. PETER'S WARD. A meeting was held last night, at Mr. Whiteman's, the Brunswick Hotel, for the purpose, as stated in the placard convening the meeting, of memorialising the Town Council to suspend for the present any further steps in the Rivington Pike scheme, until such time as an oppor tunity for a full investigation into the real position of the town, with respect to its supply of water, had been fully and satisfactorily entertained. On the motion of Mr. M. THOMPSON, Mr. Frodsham was called to the chair. He adverted shortly to the position of the Council, and expressed his opinion indi vidually as to the duty of that body. In relation to the water question, he did not conceive they had any right to inflict a permanent tax for that which, in its present state, was but a problematic benefit. Mr. BURDEN then rose. He said the object of the meeting was not to express any particular view on any particular project, but to give the rate-payers time to de cide on the best and the cheapest means of obtaining a better supply—to solve the discrepancy of evidence, sci entific evidence ; and more particularly to urge our local legislature to ascertain whether the present works would yield a more adequate or continuous supply. He moved the first resolution, which was as follows : "That, while admitting the necessity of an adequate supply of water, and willing to support the local authorities in their endeavours to provide the requisite supply, at the least necessary expenditure, it is the opinion of this meet ing that, until the rate-payers are in possession of evi dence of a more satisfactory character than has yet been submitted to them, on this important subject, the Town Council are not justified in proceeding with a scheme involving the expenditure of so large an amount of public money, and respecting which so great a diversity of opinion at present exists." Mr. A. HENDERSON, in a suitable address, seconded the resolution. Mr. MARPLES proposed the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. MACTAGGART, and carried unani mously. It read as follows : " That a deputation from the ratepayers of this ward, consisting of Dr. M`lntyre and Mr. Arthur Henderson, be appointed to wait on their representatives in the Town Council, to convey to them the views embodied in the foregoing resolution, and to request them to urge on the Council the postponement of a decision on the subject,for the purpose of affording the ratepayers an opportunity of obtaining fuller information, and of expressing their opinion thereon." A vote of thanks was then proposed to the "chairman, and the meeting, which although not numerously, was highly respectably attended, then separated. The House of Commons stand , adjourned until Thurs. day. RE BARTON, IRLAIII, AND HIGGINSON. PROPOSED LIVERPOOL GENERAL `4 ARE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.) HOUSING COMPANY. Sia.—ln the report on the affairs of the late firm of Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, attributed to Mr. Turner, the official assignee, which appeared in the Mail of to-day, I find a statement, which as book-keeper to the house in question, 1 feel it due to myself to notice. The statement is to the following effect :—" The delay which took place in filing a balance sheet arose chiefly from the books of the firm not having been correctly balanced for two years prior to the bankruptcy." In reply to the assertions contained in the above paragraph, I beg to say that no delay whatever arose from the cause stated, and to refer to Mr. Badham, the accountant, who prepared the balance sheet, whether such is not the fact. Nor is it true that the books had not been balanced for two years ; and it will only be necessary to state the facts to shew that a very erroneous idea is conveyed by the report. The house stopped payment in October, 1847, and although the balance to December, 1846, had not been arrived at within some such amount as £lO, yet it must be borne in mind that in no year was the annual balance made earlier than the September following, in consequence of having to wait for balance papers, &c. from Barbados, and the delay in question (a delay of only a month beyond the usual time) arose from the necessity of preparing numer ous statements, proposals, &c. of which the assignees were well aware. In no sense could the books be said not to have been balanced for two years, and, in conclu sion, I may be permitted to say that the balance complete to December, 1847, was effected in March or April, 1848, and to repeat that no delay whatever was experienced from the cause assigned in the report. I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, J. H. YOUNGHUSBAND. Elm Vale, Fairfield, 10th June, 1848. We have received a prospectus of the above Prof company, detailing the objects of the projectors , w st o appear to be the adoption of the most efficaeio . ! that could have b een d e t erm i ne d upon to secure Irenlo tual confiscation the immense capital invested in illoP property within the port. Met and menaced es . t re e , individual holders of su c h p roper t y , b y t h e power Vie`' petition of a public b o dy, i nves t e d w i t h great Priv'iteo and with the most complete machinery, there 01 ,0 plan more likely to e na bl e th em t o ma i nta i n tbeol' e than by a general an d ex t reme union, which Will g i' d the local warehous e s th e advantage of a centr al or efficient manageme n t, an d th e same appliances 101 c; long to the Do c k W are h ouses. T he principle oi r scheme is that as many owlers and lessees as ean be v g vailed upon to adopt it, shall place their property the entire control of th e company. to b e managed joint stock undertaking by a board of directors andP4 officers, who shall endeavour to procure powers ofil2 lar character to th ose p ossesse d b y t h e Dock T ru stees' which it is anticip a t e d th a t muc h sav i ng wou ld be 0 10 plished, and a fair profit b e earne d to b e divided °°l d the company in the prop or ti on o f th e proper ty P ess by each member. The details of the plan are verYci'o fect ; and we confide n tly t rus t th a t it will be carrie 0 4 At the preliminary meeting on Thursday, there ti d warehouse proprietors present representing a re t ? £30,000 per annum. J. R. Shaw, Esq., was 1 11 chair. , Some further riotin g t oo k pl ace l ast n i g h t , a t BO aforl ; The body of a gentleman was found last week 19,; 11 the shore of the river near Battersea. A pistol bun 9 e p t been extracted from his head, and it is confidently that he has been murdered. His name is unknown. gi RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday evening an dent occurred at the station at Crewe. A train cam e ol unexpectedly and ran into another that was stoppingy in which was a detachment of soldiers. Several car' ~0 were smashed, and fourtee n p ersons ser i ous l y among whom were sevel officers. t o ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —Another important attrs e o has been added to this favourite retreat—the birt ll lo 4 of the bard of England, Sh a k s p eare ,— a model in a ir point ; and we only regret th a t h av i ng prepared nae,:titr4 tion we are compelled to w ithd raw it. I n t h e weanwe must urge our readers ( more par ti cu l ar l y v i s itors. it t: to omit the present salubrious weather in paying ilifer so very interesting and i nv i gora ti ng a resort as the pool Zoological Gardens. FATHER MATHEW.—III a letter from the ioh„v • t o , bald Mathew to Colonel Sh er b urne o f t h e U n ited i tt ie and which was published i n an even i ng paper of oil' day, he communicates the painful fact that not t tbz v ling of the pension (£3OO a -y ear ) grante d to hi•in &q government can be appropriated to his own use. 0 0 (says the rev. gentleman) been assigned to pay P r : o f tb e of insurance on my lif e f or £6,000, the ammo" 5 0 1 .; balance of a debt I have contracted in my perli a P e pt• prudent zeal to promote the great temperance movet o ge Mr. Porter,.the presiding ma g i s t ra t e a t th e Eseuto court Police-office, Dublin, refused o n Saturday to re , the to the sessions the inf orma ti ons grante d aga'n'clooli policemen as stated in anoth er co l umn , f or tearing, s oo' . the placard from a shop wi n d ow , a ll eg i ng t h a t it du'osti appear on the face of the informations that there t hat indictable offence disclosed. His W ors hip was tol ch, an application could b e ma d e t o th e Queen's B ell a 1 1 °, compel him to return th e i n f orma ti on. The ode' caused great excitement, an d it i s sa id t h at Mr- has acted under the direction of his superiors. ,tess i j Loss OF THE STEAM-SHIP ARIEL.—The on- jell ,- ship Arid—one of the finest and fastest of the T et her Company's fleet—was wrecked on the 2d inst. on t c oss t ' gerous rocky shoals of Mal-di-Vetro, on the Italis n gt ,the to the southward of Leghorn. No lives were 10 other crew and passengers being landed from the wreck a y steamers steamers which came to their assistance. The si . s o the t . seems to have gone too near in shore, but the ,„ 1 , was in all probability fine, or she would most parP c i soon gone to pieces. Next accounts will give zne r „i an culars. She was 850 tons burden, and the yes cargo are valued at £150,000. rs have THE Inter' LEAGUE.—The Dublin repeal PP e ct of a ' all last week been in extacies about the prop it it oft union between the young and old Irelanders , r o t gun' appears that Mr. John O'Connell, always o' l • „artY• powder, declines any connection with the &S o r g e e xtent He says that " difficulties of detail have to s great but his d'll intervened upon points of great importanc e, spee reason for fearing that the coalition maY or ter occur is the reception from a most important en _ pst remonstrance couched in the very strongest ter,ra Daniel giving up the repeal association founded by " O'Connell." POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY the whole may was of so little general interest that 00 e. , comprised within a brief p a ragraph. Thomas L o charged with having, on Saturday, stolen a grinc . l:i ses , from the new market, was committed for trial at titb sions. Joseph Foram, charged by Luke John RYa n „ t for having stolen seven coats from his shop, was also se" s 0 trial. Charles Joinson, for stealing, on SaturdaY, of bran, worth 75., the property of F. B. Jones, Wa s lg ed laxly committed. John Wilcock, an old offender , ell a f as with being concealed in the house of Richard Moss' committed to gaol for three months. John Mu s g o oli also known to the police, and who was found suspicl business of theit o rt lurking about in Ben Johnson-street, was committed like time. tee ur MR. FORSTER'S N EW P ATENT F ILTE R.--T „ °• port of the water discussion at the Poly fil: oniterf few weeks back, we gave an account of a new has been introduced into Liverpool by -, ar a n ed m i red 13 / of South John-street. The filter was Breaaccount its self' the scientific gentlemen present, on account' from its (n ti ; cleansing and self-acting principles, apart ir° — e tion bility. A more minute examination of the tl 0 the office of the patentee, enables us to say commendations fall short of the really simple d , features of the filter. Its utility to shipping see.r i 3 o tere 6 l culable. As the water question is exciting Inue°, ea utifti at the present moment, an inspection of this u n t grir contrivance to disengage water of its impurities 'WI' tify all who take an interest in sanatory matters. ee THE WAR PRESS.—The first number of a new " tended i n ter' no Dublin paper, entitled the Irish Tribune, and "wed It as a successor to the United Irishman, was i s- Saturday. It is scarcely fair to criticise harshly ap a tio t appearance on any stage;" but it must be confe ss- protcr the new war organ falls immeasurably short of ;lice lac; type in almost every feature which characterized of t he technic Sorciviel ter. :There is none of the daring invective, 011- of t " "open and advised" preaching of treason, noq ch lktr; withering denunciation o f " h um b ug, " o f wh i t't Mitchel was so perfect a ma st er . I n d ee d, bey ° d pes fact of its being published in the same street , ant co'i; door to the office of the defunct j ourna l, and th le pii;; tains a few shado w y all us i ons t o th e b eau ti e s oft n a 9 ) , there is no resembl a n ce b e t ween th e Tribunetoiersb,, United Irishman, It is em b e lli s h e d w ith faithful likeness, engraved on wood, of the de,P,'-- ar ,tate vict. Amon g th e con t r ib utors to the light I.lLe Mr, Carlton, the novelist. In t € n or THE DIVISION ON THE NAVIGATION LAW 01 - 0 majority for the bill to repeal these laws, were In ° l3rig`' % , local men, viz., Brown, Birch, Cardwell, Cobden , P/ s . Brotherton, Bowring, Bolling, Crawford, Ew e rfieili e ; Gibson,, Gladstone, Greene, Grenfell, Heywood , 00 0 6 ) Kershaw, Patten, (!), Pilki ng t on , Li n d sa y, T h i o -lott Townley, Villiers, (and th e Vi scoun t, P ee l's son_ ns . Thornely, the two Thompsons, and the two Wils ° Lancashire members, there were absent HenrYbregoo land, Hornby, W a lk er , (B ury ,) D uncu ft, and ober W. Jackson was also absent. Th e f o llowing voted amongst the minority :—Lords Mandeviir a 'or' i ham, Brackley, Ing es t r i e , t ent i nc k, G ran by, 1% ,, e 05° tf Ossulston, a n d B ernar d ; M essrs. Law, R. SteP . a tb G. Hudson, R. Sp ooner, an d Colonel Sibthorpe ;fr. 3 „f following Whig members rather unexpectedly ;,* ;oe s, T. Baines, M.P. f or H u ll , and son of Mr. D s ) n" Leeds ; Earl of Mulgrave. M.P. for Scarboreerttion; son of the Marquis of Normanby ; an d Mr. rio M.P. for London. Nearly a ll th e P ee l par ty wer: majority. LENCE. SHIPPING MONDAY, JUNE 12.—Wind N., moderate. ARRIVED.—EmeIie, Wulff, from St. Petersburg, at this P . lrpt, SAlLED. — Desdadeo, Raymund°, Havana—Belmont, q_rde, St. John, N.B.—Scotland, Thompson, and Indepenaso Campbell, Quebec—Siddons, Cobb, New York -03 11114 Rollins, Boston—Steadfast, Parr , Bahia—Minerva , ' t o Naples—Mary, M‘Ferran, Danzic—Nova Felix , De CO., gnera—Susquehanna, Dunlevy, Philadelphia—Lord CO., ron, Quebec—David, Vaughan, St. John, N.B. Emma Graham, hence at Oporto 4th June. • Bridgetown, Wilsons, hence for Quebec , at Cove, lea lg:r. • st . Regulus, Tweddale, from Honduras, at Cove. 00 4 6 rived FAL o 3 fr i o t o h i s u p , 0 1 r O t t h t 0 .1 -d u a n y e . f — r o T m h e p S e r w n e a d m i s h h u b c r o i , g s poke d e 71: , , ,,:, e i , sis s e t; , off Scilly, a Danish frigate, cruizing and overhauling ' _ SO PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN BIRKE TNT -11 it , MARKET, JUNE 10, 1848. a. 5 ' i s. a. s. d. 1 s• 2 tol o 0 Beef 3)) Ib. 0 6to 0 7a Strawberries.. • • I 0 •-- 0 0 8771 Black kr e i s pe sit Mutton Veal 0 0 10 5 -- 0 1 Fresh Pork - 6 ---- . 1 __. 0 6 Bacon ...., g A Hams 0 9—o 10 ;Chickens , .... 3 0 4 1 Salmon Soles Cod Fish - vll 0 0— 0 0 I Turke...• esc 0 0 0 i Turbot Lamb, per lb. _---- 0 0 0 6 0 8 Geese entry fed „ 0 .--• n Haddocks 0 0— 0 0 Partridgesmbrco!. O ---• v o ( Whiting 0 0— 0 0 (Plovers ........ u 0-- 0 0 Lobsters - 0 8 0 D i'o u w ck is s , l' . ........... .. 4 0-- 0„ '0 Fresh Butter 1 0— 1 1 "Black Game ••• • 0 0 4 Salt ditto - Eggs.... 7p , 120 4 10 0 0 Hares ... ... each i! 0-- P Potatoes, .4.Peck 1 6 1 10 Pigns, .......... ... ... ... °4 2 8 4 _ _...- -- - .8 1 f l ig n v..couple :1 4 -- Gooseberries, qt. 0 Li— 0 2 Rabbits ........ ' TIDE TABLE. Di otot Hob/ - - DAis. MORN. I EVENO.I HORT. June.' h. m. h. m. Tuesday..•..l3 9 3 924 Wednesday.l4 946 10 5 Thursday .. 15 10 24 10 42 Friday ....16 11 0 11 17 Saturday ..17 11 34 11 51 Sunday ....18 - 0 8 M0uday....19 025 043 ft. in. 12 10 13 9 14 7 15 3 15 9 16 1 16 4 Trinity SU°Mr' LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED 1•1 . 1 $ d EVERY TUESDAY MOR—lgoi Ey JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of. 53, Grov scr e e et, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Grat Orford-stri. At No. 4, ST. GP:MOWS CliEsCgziTi LlVollr°° Jane 13, ISO, RE-BARTON, IRLAM, AND HIGGINSON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stu,--In reply to Mr. J. H. Younghusband's letter, which appears in the Albion of this day, I beg to state that at the time of the bankruptcy, in November last, no correct balance sheet had been obtained of a later date than 31st December, 1845. I have before me the trial balance sheet for the year 1846 in Mr. J. H. Yonnghusband's writing, which shows a difference of £2l lgs. 10d. The error was not dis covered until March or April, 1848. Mr. Younghusband's services having been retained by the assignees of the estate in order that he might perfect his own work.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES TURNER, Official Assignee. 53, South John-street, Liverpool, June 12, 1848. THE SHIPPING AND THE NAVIGATION LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—l shall not attempt to apologise for trespassing on your valuable columns, on a aubject of such vital inte rest to Liverpool as the repeal of the Navigation Laws, respecting which the London Time:, in attempting to be jocular on so serious a question, dared to insinuate that most of the shipping were sailing about empty under the present laws—by hinting that even the owners of car rying donkies did all they could to avoid the want of load cr freight on their return homewards. _ There is, however, no semblance of truth in the afore going inuendo, as respects Liverpool ; for,.. in each of the last three years, out of 2800 British vessels that arrived here from foreign parts, only five came in ballast, which is but little more than 1 in a 1000; and of foreign vessels that left this port, only 53, on the average, sailed in bal last, out of more than 1200 vessels each year; and any one conversant with trade is aware that, from the incapa bility of some places to supply a return cargo, it will ne cessarily happen that a vessel is obliged to' leave it in ballast ;• and should any change in the Navigation Laws take place, I am quite persuaded that there will be many more empty ships sailing about than there are now. I consider also that Sir R. Peel's peroration on Friday night was far from a happy one, as he referred to the advantages that had ensued from Huskisson's opening the East India and China trades, without considering that in that instance it was extending the trade from one class of our countrymen to all of them, whereas, in what is now contemplated, it will* lavishing it on foreigners. Yours, ALIQUIS. FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MR. W. J. HAMMOND. Last night, this old and well known favourite of the Liverpool public took his farewell benefit in the Amphi theatre, previous to an intended professional visit to the. United States, on which occasion it was announced that he would deliver a farewell address to his numerous friends. The attendance was good in all parts of the house ; and the feeling displayed towards Mr. Hammond was most kind throughout. After the close of the entertainment, certainly a most rich one, entitled " Heads of the People," he came forward and spoke as follows, which, we need not say, was warmly received by the whole house : Ladies and Gentlemen,—An intimacy of twenty-one years with a Liverpool audience will, I trust, justify me in the familiarity of saying —for some time at least—fare well. lam further emboldened to hope that the recollec tion of the many occasions upon which we have met—the pleasant memories of the many nights passed in the sym pathies of audience and actor —may assure to me your kindly wishes across the Atlantic, to my new home; or, at least, to my some time abiding place; where, though I may not propose to become a " settler," I - at least hope to be permitted for a year or two to "squat." " With, I hope, only a fair share of modesty—for I would not monopolise the virtue—in my own stage capa bilities, I assure you that at this moment of parting, I did not think it possible that I could be so little of an actor as I really feel. " The greater part of my career as a-public man has been passed in this town. A good space of the journey of life, both as passenger and coachman, have I travelled upon the Liverpool stage—a journey, it must be owned, of ups and downs; now all smooth and pleasant as a bowling-green, and now on somewhat heavy roads. Now, too, a wheel may have come off ; but I hope, Ladies and Gentlemen, you will not lay such mishap to the rashness or neglect of the driver. If, too, the stage has stuck now and then, I trust it will be allowed that the coachman did not seat himself upon a mile-stone—light his pipe, and call upon Mr. Hercules—the public —to clear the vehicle ; I hope it will be, at least, allowed of an old servant, that he put his own shoulder to the wheel, and did his best to make all right again. . . " If this 'be so, I am bold enough to ask for a twenty one years' character at your hands; for folks here are known across the Atlantic to be rayther men of business ; and New York may haply not give a less kindly welcome to a stranger for bringing a character direct from Liver pool, his last place. " Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln all sincerity I thank you for the expression of your sympathy and good wishes; and with mingled emotions of gratitude for the past, and hope for the future, I respectfully and cordially bid you— FAUEWELL !" In parting with Mr. Hammond we do not conceal our opinion that we lose an actor of no ordinary power, full of versatility of talent and racy humour; and we do not scruple to predict that, in the new land to which he is pro ceeding, he will win fame, and perhaps fortune. • HISTORIC SOCIETY.—We have already noticed on seve ral occasions the steps which have been taken in the for mation of this interesting society, and we are glad to find that his Worship the Mayor will preside at a public meet ing, on Tuesday next, for the purpose of formally estab'- lishing the society, which it is proposed shall embrace the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.-0n the Ist instant, while the ship Harvest was on her way. to this port, where she now lies, in the Prince's Dock, one of the Seamen, named Edward Sage, fell from the topsail-yard down to the deck, striking a rail in his descent, and was much hurt. The vessel arrived in the Mersey on the sth instant, and the man was taken to the Northern Hospital, where every attention was paid him, but he died on Saturday last. GAMBLING BOARDS IN THE STREETS.—A woman Was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, charged by a po lice-officer with having been found in the street with a large folding card with points, with a turning horizontal spindle, called, we believe,. a " wheel of fortune." The officer said that he saw the prisoner take money for play ing at the game, but none of them won anything - . Indeed he thought the chances 1000 to 1 against the player. The only prizes (for some of them were_bmught into court by_ the prisoner's - husband) were, apparently, neat looking ladies' work-boxes, made, it appeared, of glass of various colours. The officer said there were various parties up and down the town who plied the game, butwhen an officer in uniform went towards them, the cry was " NL !" and the owner of the board folded it up, and escaped by flight. He was in coloured clothes when he detected the prisoner. Mr. Davenport said, in behalf of the prisoner, that she had a large family to support. Mr. Rushton or dered her to be put down. TRADES' CONFERENCE.—The annual meeting of the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry was held yesterday, at the Brunswick-rooms, Hunter-street,—Mr. T. F. Green in the chair. There were about forty delegates in attendance. The usual routine of receiving delegates, and examining their cre dentials having been gone through, the secretary proceeded to read an address from T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., president of the association. The hon. member depre cated all government interference with labour, because calculated to cripple the self-reliance of the people; and, it was a question whether it would be expedient to have a government measure to compel employers to provide workshops, in all cases, for the working people. He ap proved of useful public works, under the superintendence of a minister of labour; butexperience led him to rely less on the written laws of a nation than on the honesty of those who were appointed to administer them. The address was received with loud applause, and the asso ciation then went on with their ordinary business. ROSCOE CLUB, GRAND CONCERT. Our readers will perceive by the announcement in another column, that the first grand concert under the auspices of the Roscoe Club will shortly take place. The attractions will be found to be of the highest order. Mr. Sims Reeves, whose metropolitan fame has of late been sounded through the length and breadth of the land, is in himself a host. But he will be effectually supported by Miss Birch, a de servedly great favourite in Liverpool and wherever a pure musical taste prevails ; by Miss Whitnal, by Signor Paltoni, and by a full orchestra under the able conduct of Mr. Herrmann. A new aspirant for the laurel wreath ; also, Mr. Henri Lawson, of whose talents the busy tongue of rumour already speaks highly, will appear on this occa sion. We understand that Mr. Lawson has just finished a two years' study of the violin, under the distinguished German violist, Molique, from whom he .has testimonials of the highest character, and that great interest is felt in the musical circles to witness his Mat. 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