The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-10-12 00:00:00

ales bp OLD FUR TING, (bq Caracei,) 'ORD will SELL k-. Ad z we 314fIOGA ZEBRA VE/Y Elf RN. , 11 ,- BYFORD wi SELL bj—CTIO trecit;:p„ltn9w (Wednesday ll ). the 13th-itlstant. A a U t Eleven c iANY,SO . SEWOOD, and ZEBR. ejeworthy the attention of the *Tra horning of RAILWAY coN. 4R MERCHANTS ND .OTHER,S. BYFORD TA pply to Mr. BlrF ) VAN HOR ARS, & ' the . fol. .es of Mr .dent LORRIES, a GEARS, Stable S COMMENCE AT FOR 1 HORSES ONLY. LUCAS anct-CO. beg to apprise Noble Gentlernw6aving valuable Horses to disun :T SELECT SALT will take place 'Lied Lo be entl Tll7 l 22altory a t in VEEN A !lold Parson. ptqc previ Ls, and to I 'wo Days prior, the Sale. LDERNELAIVD GUEUNSEY COWS. owler's I,7.Klmportation for the Season will 'la TH-1:i theist ins SI SA T PLPFTWIT I I7r, r' /ZIWOR A ITARDROBE, I\ l' Axi - "„,ASE, SUITE OF ROSEWOOD DRAWING-ROOM b-INivtIORE ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER, MAHOGANY *Ce. r G s l AB ' LES, PIER G LAS S, AND OTHER AUCTION MART,. LORD-STREET. 4,,yrORTAS has received instructions to SELL dock AUCTION, To-Moßßow, tOe Precisely t the Mort, 75, Lord M... NO , - • a ;Priti n '"?,l and excellent' I-1 - 9,PS'EHOLD . FURNITUREsin, t of Mahogany T ddr Bedsteads, Iron Bedsteads, Malloga Wardrobe, Washstand and 'Ales, Two Mah - ,any Sideboards, Chiffonier, Maho- Nt I;, l s rj in HEir, apital Mahogany Sofa, Mahogany „ of ti:uKcase, Se of Dining Tablfs on Telescope Frames, 0 0 ,,"ewood awing -room Furniture in Damask, elegant ul Cabi with Plate-glass Back and Doors, and 81 b tla v , Hall Table, Hat Stand, Loo and Card Tables, P r ,,' ''Pring Clock, Mahogany Case, a few fine Engra -med Carpets, and other miscellaneous Effects for 0 , . ~......._ N ed prior to the Sale Ensurance. Notices t 1 i -- 'N- -- - ——— . `AL INSURANCE COMPANY LIVERPOOL. 2 ,000,000, in 100,00 n SHARES of £2O each. HEAD OFFICE, '44L IV oRTif J „_ BTUILD BRANCH, LTO HAMILTON-sTREET 4fient.—Henry Cole, Esq. rptP A SPECIAL NOTI C 'R to` R. V O E , S (WITH PARTICIPAtION) EFFECTED ON JJEEB NIEI eßily THE FIRST DI aION OF By THE RE LT OF THE COMPANY'S LIFE kw ve t "Ns TO THE T DECEMBER, 1854. 1011 g biLanY, theref offers Kpecial advantag 'Vr e ~.RING ' E 'PRESENT YEAR. IR,Qat~yisionto rofits every FIVE YEARS. of i,„ o .. f.Life Claims NEVER DISPUTED. except in :e to Parties ppors beg to announce that they_ continue to RE :i l ,' e lsr e ` f) C POSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES. it apital . of the Company, and the number and in ofr"s Proprietors • - t o ges in the kin rilc with the most " tre _,1% t e he etea ads , FIRE INSURANCES moderate rates of premium. The Company, ilLage of a resident Directory, will be enabled Lself hv ita n n nin ill in the Sattioniont n 1 h e 4 ' "zade for the Policy. `,, C0 111/ 34 LIFE BRANCH. gene,nY likewise assure Lives on any of the following V a i ler a I : CI LE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE Sul, Z s i 'trlTED NUMBER OF ANNI —The Premiums to PAYMENTS 11 to be p aya b le at age 60, or at death. 44 . 0,PREMIUMS ON CREDIT. 4 r i l - 6y. 1. N OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON OUg u ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED IN ~..tlqii;LC E O AYS, NOT ENUMERATED To MEET THE — "F THE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR . q7 ,,tn port l 1 1 nt advantages afforded by the Company in this I nclude the following, viz. :- 11 11 4 ,! L A %E OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL MODERATE PRE '4O uai L OF PROFITS '' A TALL PARTICIPATION CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT. BY &c. THE t co • • 5. A t mmission °m allowed to Solicitors. ea Referees are likewise granted by this Com. Pr PERCY M. DOVE, Manager . t 4 eforA falling,_ due at MICHAELMAS should be renewed me 14th of October next. ein ber, 1852. " • 'l* - O t • TRUSTEES. • ' James Cunliffe, Esq., Banker, Lona Arthur H. Heywood, Esq., Banke Manchester. ifir J. P. Brown Westhead, Esq., M.P., London. • .• , ~_'. .. 7 CHAIRMAN. NichiAs Heald, Esq., Manchestc DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. Jenkinson, Esq. Salford NOlc t DIRECTORS. Aranchester W. Pilkington, Esq., Blackburn • .1t i ,'ea Liverpoo! J. Schofield,Esq.,Littleborough Liverpool N. Shelmerdine, Esq., Salford r▪ ti, t 'N., Bury John Slater, Esq., Bolton 4 P,'1.? t ,, 4 1., Manchester S. Symonds, Esq., Manchester Stalybridge John Todd, Esq., Manchester Oijo e ,,,q, Manchester G. E. Wainwright, Esq., Man 11.0'en:isq,Manchester cliester 's .. ..v ,a q.,Mancliester B. Wood, Esq., Manchester. Broome, Esq., and Messrs. Child and •N:q t . linderdown. T etTOßSMessrs. Hall and Janion, AN I/NERS—J. A. }toilsome, Esq., and T. G. Richmond, Esq. - keb — Rs—Sir p. Heywood, Bart., and Co. snAL MANAGER—James Kenedy, Esq. ' t leb _ It -' I N LONDON -2, King-street, Cheapside. k, t) b J o DIRECTORS. ,11.44freti,4? Cheetham, Esq., M.P., Chairman. . N„,41" , ,Q 0 ,;r1ek Clare, Esq. John C. Pickersgill, Esq. Vqtl "vs "Der Esq • John James Saunders, A. 41 e: i qri ll ' R;(1. • Sydney Smirke,Esq.,A.R.A. 1. tv-rosdell, Esq. James Wagstaff, Esq. I t/, —4II NERs- - -Sir James Eyre, M.D., and H. Jeaf -1 A freson, Esq., M.D. l% ' e TuAtty—John Reddish Esq. LIVER POOL —3, HIGH-STREET, and 5, EX CIIANGE-STREET EAST. 'itij 4h, DIRECTORS. ii,Niiri b ,ESTe Evans Esq., Chairman. (141.48 Pi.bar,,Yshire, EN ' . I W. F. Hunter, Esq. 4 14 r;i eo , r ;s. - Frederic Lyon, Esq. 4 1- Ibli' l q• Daniel Powell, Esq. -,,Eb i "and, Es, I James Smith, Esq. 1 4 11,„ 44:,,c,,,". E XAM . lER—Tbos : Blackburn, Esq. - 14'01 ' -ENT SECRETARY—John Semple, Esq. tt ite re eto,. _ h lli t r i it l . t l l) e?, to call attention to the advantages held out ILI 1 8 office, both in the Fire and Life Departments. , (I ‘ l il , l l' e t II k . rES LIFE DEPARTMENT. d t) , , k 4 1*( 441 ,, are lower than those of most other Offices, , mot h are t ' to suit all classes of Assurers, whilst the Pin 'tir 0 the extent of 80 per cent. of the profits inthis I tt,, , h -ilie, s. II, II ,Ott.IIT AQ FIRE DEPARTMENT. N'itpl'eneu-',INSURANCES are now innrequirig to be i'•it c, t i, ° ltip," .e o, and there is no extra expense insuring N T 4 e.h 4. The BONUSES in this branch are to the 0(l• h e alf then 14 1 4 1 1) ti bri ti h e Profits. Vu l t wi„le 1 .. ,,, 8 Assurance Company of London is now ' l " L t ill be rtli q b e oltoanshire Insurance Company, and the renewal ''' r. 1. 4 .4 8, AT I ned from the agents as usual. jis -o - , st• e rcantile Rates, Forms of Proposal, and all . ttip 'on w • l tl 4 st ly. , ill be afforded at the Offices and Agencies tth'.'llk.Sl AGENTS. • • C. Bowker, Stationer. • • Richard Dewhirst. • • Thomas Reid. • • James Stott. • • John Ward. • • Thomas Sutcliffe. • • Edwd.'Woodward,LandAgent,Park-road • • Thomas Scholfield, 30, York-street. • • Thomas Sty ring, Wine Merchant. • • Alfred Bennett, Church-street. le•Tohn Farley, Slaithwaite. William Hanson, Post-office. Samuel Higginbottom, Church•square. John Holker, British School. per, Greenacres Moor. • • Samuel ( • • • James BAT tow. • • RJ. R. Postlethwaite. • • obert adwi • • ChWilliam Bentley Hes • • • Robert Allen. • • •Frederick Price. h • • H. Shaw. Parties desiriy, t J • 5 KENNEDY, Esq General Mai 26, Marl 1-street, 'Winchester. 7 1,Y0? the Greatl .EL 4,,C0 IRT HOF )NE-CAR iately of egge&gii - t El SRSES 144 , „R.0 y_ANTS, FLOAYS TWELVE O'CLOCK Orverew on the Morning of Sal( 1Y AI THE LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. HEAD OFFICE MA 26, MARKFT-STREET, 1 - 1 -- w . r Comriiitt T DE( th teitfimor must devOte the whole O k with Board and Loagin Candidate A R October, 1 umbr T,nnrinn XtUttllJll ITUI?E 'PLENDID OIL , Child rp HE Direct rPHE beet Station, L;ve ent in to the un signed, on or before 'SATURDAY wt . : The Directors do not bind them JUSTITIA proposes a compromise the ff 16th Oct I Lim A Man DENT T._ Thp kDIVD. GIBBON, Jun., Chai tracts. of delive icliixtrior next, the 180 instant, and -COAT HOSPITAL NIKA-CT for the supply 'HONIAS WOOD THE LIVERPOOL STANDATD, 1) authori t any ( to profi .te character 1 Standard is no occa party a HENRY BOOTH, Secretary 01, October sth, 1852. TORS AND BUILDERS COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL TO CON7'I, CONSTR DOCKS st November next, to receive in the formation of, ME , BASIN, the ALTERATION ( UCTION of the WORKS roposed WAPPING DO( he SALTHOUSE DO QUEEN'S I TRANCE'S BASIN, and cations. and the FORMATION of OUTER EN nd the DEEPENING ,of; the QUEEN': )they matters as are et forth in the Specifi The Plans and Specifications 9eil jii r seen on application at the Of of the Dock Surveyi_ yard, Coburg Dock, on and er the Ist October next The Dock Committee w . not bind themselves to take the lowest or any of the Te ers. above Works may be Dock- The Tenders mtVrlg -- sWaied, endorsed " Tender for Dock W orks," addresse o "The Chairman of the Dock Commit tee," and be sent-in to the Office of the Secretary. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock Office, Liverpool, Sept. 2, 1852. LADVERTISEMENTd PROPOSAL TO LIMI l' COMMERCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. (From the Liverpo, 'imes of Thursda,, October 7.) A party of gentlemen waited on Mr. Henley, at the Board of Trade, on Thursday last, with the view of obtaining a royal charter incorporating a joint-stock compapl, to trade with screw steamers between this country and We United States and Canada, with a limited responsibility op he part of the share- holders. Except, as relates to this linrft of responsibility, the parties who made the application, apd any others, are perfectly , . 'at liberty to form a joini-stock co any fOr this purpose, when ever they think fit to do so. Th aw already gives every facility for forming joint-stock com les for general purposes, but leaves them subject to that ovision of the general law of part nership which renders ev partner liable for the debts of his concern to the full exte of his means. What is asked in this case is the suspension a provision of the general law, which is alike applicable to • dividuals, to ordinary partnerships, and to joint-stock comp nies, in far our of the proposed company. There may be cases in which it is so extremely desirable, on public grounds, that a new and hazardous experiment should be tried, as to make it proper for Parliament to suspend the general law in favour of those who are willing to risk a portion of their property in trying it ; but there is nothing new, and nothing hazardous, (beyond the ordinary risks of business,) in stablisi -te - F,ngl ire es, ...Ament of screw steamers between ~and and America, and, therefore, nothing that calls for the suspension of the ordinary laws of rade. 'Hie application appears to us to be otiectionable both on general grounds and as relates to the particular interests England and America concerned in the commerce between In the first place, on general grounds, it is very desirable that the leading principle of the law of partnership should be one and the same kind in all kinds of commercial transactions. Whether unlimited or limited responsibility is the better ar rangement we will not now stop to consider ; but unlimited and ninety-nine transactions, nothing bui an essential differ ence of circumstances can justify the adoption of a different rule in the thousandth. An exception to general rules might have been justifiable when steam-boats were first invented by Robert Fulton; when Henry Bell introduced them on the Clyde; or when the first experiment in ocean navigation had to be made. But there is nothing like this in existing circum stances ; nothing that has not been tried repeatedly ; nothing that is not now in course of being carried out, as our adverti sing columns will show; and, therefore, nothing that can jus tify a change in the ordinary laws or commercial association. In the second place, it is not desirable, but very much to the contrary, that the joint-stock gambling Should be encouraged. There is no kind of joint-stock company that may not be made, and that has not been made, a mere instrument of gambling. In the early days of joint-stock banks they were scandalously abused for that purpose; dividends of ten per cent. were paid where no profits had been made ; shares were run up to pre miums of fifty or a hundred per cent. ; and . , in a few years, the wh-• 'ital of several --- 'thy' ks was ' F *here ..floie weir. oath,. los. .iacl U. been limited responsibility, the public would, undoubtedly, have been the losers, whilst the parties who had squandered the property of the various concerns, and those who had for some years received large dividends never earned, would many of them (setting dividend against capital) have escaped scot free ; but, under the law of unlimited responsibility, the pu nishment fell in the right place, and the public, who were in nocent, escaped. The lesson was a severe one; but its effects have been most beneficial, both as relates lo public interests, and to the management of joint-stock banks. The same obser vations apply to all other joint-stock concerns. They have all been abused ; have all had bitter cause to rue it; and have all attained to better management. In every case, a real responsi bility for all obligations incurred has been the check to restrain the prudent, and the rod to punish the imprudent; and we see no reason to believe that anything else would have done it half so well. The above observations apply to all joint-stock companies, and to the principle of commercial association ; but the appli cation for a suspension of the general law of partnership in favour of a screw-steam company between England and the United States appears to us to be objectionable on nnrtipnl.” as well as on general, grounds, for the following reasons: Several millions of money are already sunk in the business, wahout any exemption from the ordinary risks of commerce and shipowning. It was stated by Air. Samuel Cunard, in his evidence before a recent committee of the Ilouse of Commons, that the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Corn. pany had invested about a miliion sterling in their stcarn.ships, the est ress, that the I. cpuipiily had invesieeat least half-a= ling in a similar property. In addition to these two companies there are the Liverpool and Philadelphia and the Glasgow and New York Screw-steam Companies, both of which have invested large sums, and the general shipowners of England and the United States, whose ships, engaged in the trade with the United States and Canada, !oust be of the value of several mil lions. All these vast investments are subject to the risks of trade ; and not only these, but the whole property of the share owners and proprietors of the companies above mentioned, as well as that of the individual shipowners engaged in the Ameri can and Canadian trades. A contest between parties who risk everything, and parties whom the law allows to try for every thing, with comparatively little risk, is alike opposed to fair ness and to sound policy. For the above reasons it appears to us that charters, with limited responsibility, ought never to be granted, except for undertakings out of the ordinary course of trade, and which promise great public advantage at great private risk. STRAUSS AND HIS SOPHIE WALTZ.—Strauss, the waltz-hero, loved the daughter of a count. Sophie was her name. He would have given worlds to have won but one glance of love from this beautiful being, but she was cold and stern. Madness indeed it was fcr a poor wan dering musician, with nothing but his violin, to dare to love the high-born Sophie, who had as many noble ances tors as he had waltzes. Shortly afterwards Sophie became the betrothed of the Count Robert, lord chamberlain, who also could boast as many proud ancestors as the fair Sophie, but beyond these and his titles he had nothing else; One day Strauss chanced to be alone with Sophie; he declared his love, and besought her to give him but one word or look ere he was driven to despair. But no tears or protestations could move her, she was as cold as the inanimate marble. The ceremony was to be performed in the grand saloon of the city, and the count called on Strauss to request him to lead the orchestra on the occa sion, and to honour his bride with the composition of a new waltz. Strauss, the most miserable man in God's universe, promised them both. But his waltz ! a thought strikes him, it shall be the interpreter of his passion and his grief to Sophie ; it should challenge her pity, if not her love. Oh ! what glorious power, to be able to speak, to reproach, to plead ; and through his divine art. To work ! to work ! When all the great city slept, Strauss took his violin, opened his window, gazed out into the cold night, and improvised and moaned forth his sad tale of woe. The day of the wedding came at last. The fear ful agony of love bad given him a waltz every measure of which spoke a longing sorrow and despairing woe. The hall glistened and shone with bright jewel and brighter eye, but Sophie was more gloriously beautiful than them all. Strauss, a haggard, emaciated man, with brilliant and piercing black eyes, sharp and strongly marked fea tures, dressed from head to foot in black, as though he bad assumed this mourning livery for the bride now dead to him, stood sad and silent in the gallery above, direct ing the movements of the orchestra. Sophie danced now with one, now with another of the wedding guests, and, as often as she paused after the giddy whirl of the dance, turned her eyes towards the pale and grief-stricken Strauss. It was more than pity she felt—it was remorse, it was a kindled love. It sounded twelve ; Strauss gave the signal for the performance of bis new waltz. The gay dancers stood up—Sophie on the arm of the happy bride groom. All stand spell-bound with the magic witchery of those magic sounds. They forget to dance, they gaze in wonder up at the pal e man i n bl ac k, whose grie f-torn soul breathes out its woe through his beloved instrument. The bridegroom leads off the dance, and Strauss, with fascinated, tearful eyes, and t orn h ear t, f o ll ows th e fl y i ng pair in their giddy whirl. They dance, and dance, and dance, and still do not cease. Strauss plays and plays, and no stop to his wonderful waltz, which so fearfully affects both him and them. As sudd en l y as t h e light ning's flash the E of his violin snaps, and at the same moment the beautiful Sophie falls dead upon the floor. Violin and bow fail from his trembling bands, and with a cry of horror, he shrieks " Sophie!" and fall s f a i nt i ng on Since Sophies death, the waltz is called by loved ber to the last moment of his - Sophie the ground existence He, too, is now dead, but his chart( waltz still lives.—Mnical World. 3n of pr We shall :home of tween the Free •traders and es on paper, soap, an, .tter duty ' he enjo the muni Ical or general interest ; an to authenticate the same by their signs lot "-:atanbarb. ICAL FUTURE In to I nisterial Policy, ha almost nec to a series of spseulations as to the )robable course to be pursued by the various poli- sarily given rise parties in which public opinion is at present divided. Much of this has arisen from the opinions sed by leading members on each side on the tunities of which they have availed Ives to declare their sentiments. Some few since Mr. HENLEY, M.P., the President of the Board of Trade, addressed a meeting of his constituents at Banbury. In the course of his speech he defended the Conservative party from the charge of want of principle which has been industriously levelled at it by unscrupulous oppo- He boldly affirmed that his party has prin ciples of its own, mad has stuck to them; in proof of which he referred to several well-known eventsof the last twenty years—and the part which the Conserva tives had taken in opposition to the Whig plot for swamping the House of Lords, the infamous Lich field-house compact, the Appropriation Clause, and the successful resistance to the Shuttleworth scheme of National Education. He also referred to the split which bad subsequently taken place on the great question of Free Trade, which he lamented had not been made an open question, and spoke with some thing more than conventional respect of the mem bers belonging to the Peelite section. This latter circumstance has been laid hold of as a ground for believing that a union will be attempted between the party at present in office and the Peelites who last year held aloof from taking office on the sole ground of the differences between them on this one subject. Such an event is by no means improbable, more particularly as both parties have agreed that the question of Protection shall he waived until it becomes the subject of popular demand ; and the effect of such a union would be to establish the Conservative party upon so wide a basis as to ren der the assaults of , its opponents for the present at least harmless. .eral opp thems On the other side, Mr. BRIGHT, the member for Manchester, has been addressing a public meeting of the Liberals of Belfast ; but though several of our London contemporaries have occupied their columns with a full report of his speech, the drift of it may be expressed in a very few words. He laments the destitution which exists in Ireland, and which he attributes not to .their faults, but to - their misfortunes, as being the tenants of absentee land- lords, and hints in rather plain terms at the neces sity of adopting the spoliative principle, known as Tenant Right. With a string of false assertions and illogical deductions, he comments on their religious animosities, and winds up his harangue with an earnest entreaty to the Irish members to join him in obtaining the objects of English Radicals,—Vote by Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, &c.,—in return for which he promises to perform the part of Prime Agitator in favour of all the impossible Irish projects. His speech is in fact but a lame attempt to bring about that union of discordant materials, the impos sibility of which Mr. HUME laments in his letter, which we have commented on elsewhere. THE NATIONAL REVENUE. THE Quarterly Statement of the National Income made up to the 10th of October presents a most hort t that the decision of Parliament on their policy for the future has not yet been given. It has been long the practice to take the returns of the Excise as the safest test of the capabilities of consumption by the people, and if this be the course pursued on the present occasion, the most gratifying proof will be afforded of the rapid e present M sters have been Le, and the fac improvement going on under our present Rulers. This is the more evident from the fact, that while on the year the increase under this head is only £114,185, upon the quarter it amounts to the enormous sum of £163,901. It is true that the item of Customs shows a decrease on both the year and the quarter, for which our opponents would find it difficult to attribute a cause, as they are loath to admit that their favourite commercial policy is at all injurious. We are, however, content to stand by the Excise improvement as the best test of returning confidence in the Government, and leave the Free-traders to fight out the Customs decrease. In the other items it will be seen that on the year's account there is an increase on Stamps, Property-tax, Post-office, Crown Lands, Miscel laneous, and Repayments of Advances, but, owing to the enormous decrease on Taxes, amounting to £1,157,201, arising from the repeal of the Window duty last year, the decrease on the whole Revenue amounted to £437,397. The total Revenue for the quarter presents an increase of £28,929, a position the more favourable, as it is a comparison with that quarter of 1851, in which the Great Exhibition was at its height. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—Mary Whaling, a child 20 months old, whilst playing near the house of her parents in Collingwood-street, fell and hurt her head. Congestion of the brain set in, of which she died yesterday. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Patrick Carney, a dock labourer, whilst going over the stage of the brig Pedler, about ten o'clock yesterday forenoon, missed his footing and fell into the George's dock. He was got out in about half An hour, but life was extinct. WHAT JEWS CAN DO BESIDES MAKE MONEY.—Wbo composed "11 Barbiere ?" Rossini—a Jew! Who is there that admires not the heart-stirring music of the " Huguenots" and the " Prophet ?" The composer is Meyerbeer—a Jew! Who has not been spell-bound by the sorcery of " Die Judin ?" By Halevy—a Jew ! Who that, at Munich, has stood before weeping Konigspaare, whose harp hangs silently on the willows by the waters of Babylon, but has confessed the hand of a master in that all but matchless picture? The art st is Bendenaann—a Jew ! Who has not heard of the able and free-spoken apostle of liberty ? Boerne—a Jew ! Who has not been enchanted with the beautiful fictions of lyric poetry, and charmed with the graceful melodies, so to speak, of one of Israel's sweetest singers? Heine—a Jew I Who has not listened in breathless extacy to the melting music of the "Midsummer Night's Dream ?" Who has not we p t with " Elijah," prayed with " Paul," and triumphed with " Stephen ?" Do you ask who created those wondrous es? Felix Mendelssohn Barthold harms Jew ! , who was—a- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1852. OVEMENT zed by THE PROJECTED IMPR OF THE ,ME has at leng his comprehe TOWN )roiect for the iLADSTOIN zbfares of the tow speech, e the Mayoralty of M Council, that gen Dlained his plans, v ian, in ', met so far with the apE given to prepare the n ientary notices, with a view to apply for a new act ar. Of cot n the session of next e to be themselves are as yet immature, and will ha considered in detail. A special committee of the Finance Committee is at present sitting, fl purpose of inquiring what are the .1 of the Corporation to meet ti which will be required and the whole su be again brought forward before the Cou monthly meeting, the first Wednesday in November readers to learn the are and extent of the plans, iketched by Mr. HOLME orm a ne treet, of The first proposition is twenty-four yards Dart of the o wide, from North John-street 1 proposition I at the t opposite the end of hall. This was brought forward by Mr. Ho it was so brought forward, we to the Co lease of the Queen's was ca bleof being s of the towr ormin -hall. To a cer from the river to St. George extent, from some obliquity of mental vision on the part of the Finance Committee, the grand deside ratum of a future wide communication between the river and the centre of the town was lost sight of, and the Castle-street end of Cook-street allowed to be narrowed England on one side, and the Commercial Bank o Liverpool and a pile of costlysvarehouses on the other The new street, however, will st art from North John-street, opposite to the end of Cook-street, and will take down the whole of the warehouses on the south side of Temple-court, and a portion of the frontage of those on the north side up to Temple-lane. It will also take a portion of the backs of the warehouses on the north side of Mat thew-street. It will proceed from Temple-lane, leaving the Fire-station on the south, and taking down the warehouses at the corner of Temple-place, cross the bottom of Stanley-street, Derby-street, Cumberland -street, Sir Thomas's-buildings, Peter street, and Whitechapel, between the ends of Peter street and Croshall-street. It proceeds thence over the greater portion of Charles-street, to Marble street, taking away about half of the block of build ings between that street and Whitechapel. It then goes across the corner of Hood-street, the back of the Fish-hall, and of the shops fronting the north end of St. John's Market, across Queen's-square, takes off the top corner of the shops in Roe-street, adjoining the Amphitheatre, and across the corner waste-land adjoining the south side of the Fish- Market to the Haymarket. A mass of property of the very lowest description will be removed by the formation of this great thoroughfare, especially that from Sir Thomas's-buildings to Crosshall-street. It was further proposed that the whole block of buildings between Sir Thomas's-buildings, Dale street, Crosshall-street and the proposed new street leading to St. George's-hall, should be purchased by the Corporatiou—a portion of it, consisting of the site of the Saracen's Head Hotel in Dale-street being already their property; and that the new Magistrates' Courts, Bridewell, and Offices for the Police, Borough Engineer, and Offices of the Health Committee and Water Committee should be erected thereon. "By this arrangement," remarks Mr. Holine, "the whole of the business might be concen trated, and besides the public convenience resulting therefrom, a great saving might be effected." It was argued by Mr. HOLME, as it was by our selves a month ago, that the Corporation would not be put to so large an expense as at first would seem necessary to carry out such an extensive im provement. The property required might be pur chased at a reasonable rate ; and the Corpor_ition would have placed in their hands for sale a quantity of very valuable frontage land, which would well nigh repay them for the entire cost. The next proposition is to form a convenient access to the centre of the town, from Low-hill, Everton, and Edge-hill ; and this it is proposed to effect by throwing a high level bridge across Byrom street, at the bottom of Shaw's brow. In con nexion with this, a road would be formed from Commutation-row, crossing Christian-street, Clare street, and St. Anne-street diagonally, and entering Great Homer-street at its junction ith Fox-street This would make one of the best p nications between Kirkdale, I,Valtc COMITIU- and the centre of the town. The next important proposition is to relieve 0 hall-street from the pressure of its pr traffic, and to obviate the necessity for the carting from the timber and coal-yards passing the four turns round the Exchange-buildings, at the fre quent risk of life and limb, by the formation of a new street, 22 yards wide, commencing from the Dale-street end of North John-street, and termi nating near the Borough gaol. This street will ,nt vast take down nearly the whole of Leather-lane and Tempest-hey, between Dale-street and Tithebarn street. It will proceed hence in a slightly curving course, to accommodate itself to the levels of the railway and the canal, passing by the east end of St. Paul's Church, and terminating at the south corner of the Borough gaol. The above are the principal main streets proposed to be formed. There are, however, numerous im provements of streets, and purchases of property for public purposes, suggested in the Improvement Committee's Report. Amongst the most prominent of these are the proposition to widen Church.street, and bring it more into a line with Lord-street, by taking away a portion of the buildings between the end of Paradise-street and Church-alley. This will render necessary the removal of a small portion of the frontage of St. Peter's Church-yard ; and the property at the south-east corner of Church-alley is to be rounded off, so as to form a more conve nient thoroughfare between Church-street and School-lane. Hardman-street is to be made of the same uniform width with that part of it opposite the Blind Asylum. The property at the bottom of Water-street, and in front of St. George's Dock gate, is recommended to be purchased, so as to improve that great thoroughfare. There is not a more valuable portion of the recommendations than this, which will be especially grateful to the inha bitants of Cheshire, and persons having business along our dock quays, who will be relieved, in pass ing from the corner of Water-street to the west side of St. Nicholas's Church, from the constant dread of a barrel of flour, or a sack of wheat, falling upon their heads. By the bye, one of the greatest nui sances in this town is the system of hoisting heavy goods over the parapets of its streets. In Man chester an Improvement Act compelled all ware houses to have inside hoists. Park-lane is to be widened from Canning -place to Crosbie-street ; and it speaks little for the public spirit of Liverpool that this has not been done long ago, and a good approach formed from the park, Aigburth, &c., to the centre of the town, instead of the population, both on foot and in carriages, cuitous route by Great G using the c and Bold-street. B ane ar )rr: of Br Infi)nl, very ii gton Bush-road and L 1 15 tO the conveniene, We trust us with out of 1 of a mere t practical man town, and with tl e value of the prc o be taken tc better than Mr. SAMI st, but of No one portion of the borough of Liverpool 1 parties u hat a as been built was destined to take amongst the ports of the of the high position nay hp to repair the erations ; but generation nded to at prese vide for the health and beauty of the tow hich ought to have fo JOSEPH HI PH I I upon the cau of good the Editor of the Hull Advertis )1e proper o little light upon the condition of parties, making mani fest the strength of the Ministry, and the utter hopelessness of the incoherent and heterogeneous Opposition kt a mome hen con as to the probability of union and the various schisms of the Liberal teran Democrat steps in and removes all doubt Speaking in tl that his spe Hull letter of what is c eches and efforts have for ye evidence of his anxiety that st tv sho formed,—adding, " You si at the commencer ,ould know that I have , nt of two new Parliar attempted to form one." "But," continues Mr. HUME !oon make a rope out of the and of the sea Fore." The disappointed Reformer then proceeds to point out the source of the impotence of the " Liberals." " There is no common principle of adhesion among those that have hitherto been denominated Liberals, to join in the efforts which I have made to form a phalanx that would, early and late, and on all fit occasions, take the popular course, and support measures having the public welfare in view, and tending to increase the power of the people in the House of Commons." Mr. HUME'S perseverance is the most undoubted of his qualifications; and if his protracted and renewed endeavours have failed to combine and organise the exponents of Demo cratic ideas, we know not as yet of any one who is likely to effect such an object. Mr. HUME at. tributes the want of success of Liberalism (De mocracy) in the British Parliament to its right origin,—the want of a common principle. The Democrats do not, in fact, know what they would be at. They cannot point to any one definite object which they would wish to attain. They all desire to subvert and undo; hut how far to go, when to reconstruct, and in what permanent con dition to leave the social edifice, they seem to be quite undecided and doubtful. Moreover, they are, like all men without definite principle,—fickle, variable, not to be relied on. Hear how their veteran ally speaks of them. Experto Credamus "After repeated trials, and after grand promises, the most noisy in their professions have often been the first to desert their principles, and leave the party to make, as it always has done, a miserable and shabby appearance as to numbers. I could give you a list of deserters, on such trivial grounds and pretences, as would surprise you, and so fre quent as almost to deter any man from attempting such an effort again." Mr. HUME, professing the utmost willingness to aid the efforts of a " People's Party," throws cold water on the Hibernian zeal of his Correspondent in the Hull Advertiser, by the following deduction from experience : " Any party so formed, of 40 or 50 Irish, and 50 or 60 English and Scotch members, would soon have some extravagant proceeding from some of the Irish or other members, which would damage and discredit the party, and also frustrate all the efforts of the party, even in the best cause." Verily, Mr. HUME does not flatter his allies and disciples. But he knows them ch corn- operation with complacency and gratitude he tactics to be pursued by the Opposition in the coming Parliament, the Nestor of the Democrats declares— " At present, nothing, as far as I know, has been done towards a union of Liberals who may be doubtful of the acts of the DERBY Administration; and when I look at the hollow professions of those who preceded Lord DERBY, and note them throw ing up their cards rather than play out their game for the popular cause, by calling on the Reformers to join them, I cannot have much confidence in any thing they may do to promote the union of parties." Such language, from such a quarter, at such a season, is very significant and opportune. We feel much indebted to Mr. HUME for hie useful dis closures ; not because they contain any novelty, but because they will help to convince many who have hitherto been credulous on the subject, how absurd it is to believe in the existence of a great Liberal party, united by common political principle and sympathy, and capable of constructing either an efficient Government, or a formidable Opposition. IMPORTATION OF Orutar.—From returns just issued, it appears that there has been a great increase in the importation of opium. In the month ended the sth ult., 23,9911 b. were imported; in the like period of the pre ceding year, 6,6121 b. ; and in the month ended the sth of September, 1850, only 3,584. The cause of this vast increase is worthy of being inquired into. There has been little decrease that we are aware of in the consump tion of intoxicating liquors last month. Had teetotalism ounted for the t, we might have a been in the ascen increased import of this vile narcotic. The drinks with which teetotallers " bemuse " themselves are full of the BIRKENHEAD REVISION COURT IJAIPH 'vative pz ured to p nasty drug GRAND CONCERT AT BIRKENHEAD.—It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr. Ryalls, whose concerts have given such general satisfaction, in tends to give a grand concert at Birkenhead next Tuesday. We hope, as he deserves, he will have a crowded house. CURIOUS LEGEND.—The " Church of England Maga le" of this month has a notice of Swaffham Church, nrfolk. In describing the nova by John Chapman, a wealthy parishioner, who was churchwarden in 1462, the following curious tradition is related :—" The said John Chapman was a tinker, who came by his money in the following manner. He dreamed thst if he went to London Bridge he would hear news greatly to his advantage. Having gone thither, he was, after walking about for two hours, accosted by a man who asked him what he wanted, to which he rPnIL,A _! m tii a a n t . had heeded s lief vt I ry a fool as tdt h hhr e oee thereupon uh m spa came tnl, there rmfeoii.rgot o n, tt n ei sdh the anv, oAet vain alp sor to! e avg r e r ods a oi n idim d c of feyr eel dreamed that, at a nl a fd place called Swaffham, in Norfolk, dwells John Chap man, a pedlar, who hath a tree at the back of his house, under which is buried a pot of money ! On hearing this John Chapman hastened home, and digging under the tree, found two large pots of money !" to the r Mr: All kr. Allend The BArtr propert Mr , ried for, and he really cou- kllend -Yes, but I s or three t 'air. Jenkins said the question of value Mayhew pointed out that it would I sufficient qua could Struck off lon bad been i be allowed ons referr Priory-place The claimants were supported by 3 "am who said he was an accountant i duced the conveyam in twenty undivided shares In answer to the Barrister, ti the property was rated at £2B a year The BARRISTER MIN examined the deed, said the -.rtt , fletntitritarl consideration was £6OO, but prop, in value, he was disposed to look at the asses,.._ In answer to Mr. Mayhew, Mr. Lofthouse sa nett amount received from the £3l. 10s. property The BARRISTER.—Then in point of fact you do not receive a clear 40s. a year each I do Mr. Lofthou f the property, wh I no just 't mean to say that we do I contend that the deductions which ha , ought not to be taken into account. The f ceived, £4O. 16s lout taking into Mr. Mayhew said it appeared the Now, from that must be deducted o the township rates, which If that deduction was mad low the sum necessary to give a goal Mr. Lotthouse contended, with much volubility, that such rates ought not to be deducted from the value, and h.rristers had so decided. rted that other revis been made amount re- ounted to 3s. in the pounc le, it would reduce the value be- Mr. Mayhew said it appeared to him that, instead of the claimants having a valid qualification, they only re ceived 30s. each. The property might have been worth the required sum when purchased, but it was clearly now not worth more than 30s. a-year to each voter ; and if that was allowed, it might next year be reduced to 205., and in a few years to nothing at all. In fact, they might be what he believed they really deserved to be denomi nated now, nothing better than faggot votes The BARRISTER said he look at the value of t very mu i dispos 'property as it appeared in the ut, taking that fact into co with the evidence t 9 him, he was of opinion that the t sufficient to —I am ye votes to the parties Mr. Lofthouse.- here to prove tuu proptey ; and I. say ~.pon my oath that it product each party 40s. a-year, and there is no proof to tht. contrary. Mr. Mayhew : There is an act of parliament which makes it imperative on the owners of property to pay the township rates, and will any one tell me that such a charge does not diminish the value of property ? Mr. Lofthouse pertinaciously contended that in 2,000 (!) other cases he had succeeded in South Lancashire under similar circumstances, the Barristers deciding that rates ought not to be deducted from the property value of the The Barrister remarked, that in his opinion the qualifi tion had not been made out. Mr. Lofthouse : Then will you put down on paper the grounds of your opinion ; the case must be taken else where The BARRISTER.—The grounds upon which I reject the votes, are because you have not proved to n tion that each of these parties possess prt value of 40s. a-year. Mr. Lofthouse.—l am on my oath, and I Ttv to the wear it The BARRISTER.—Taking all the evidence into consi. deration, I am of opinion there is not a sufficient quali fication. Mr. Lofthouse.—Will you grant us a case take the matter before the Queen's Bench. BARRISTER.—I do not decide the matter upon I decide there is not a sufficient out We must legal cation Mr. Loft} The BAB RISTE r one hon as £lO 85 must folio e.—Will you grant us a case 1g to the d No, that is running t Mr. Lofthouse.—And you will not grant The BARRISTER.—If I did the Court wo got recd Mr. Craven appeared in support of three parties who imed for a house in Oak-street, the rental of whiph was £7 IGs. The parties had be€ ground that six parties claimed for t it appeared that it only belonged t whom Mr. Craven appeared. rc. but the others struck off. No other partip. the Come: The BARRISTER seein t , single properties and not appeaL...,, claims, enquired how it was accounted formed that the votes were " faggot votes appeared, and out of 112 objectior vatives, 109 were sustained. so many parties qualifying for THE RIP VAN WINKLE, one of Mr. MT which left the Mersey a few weeks ago for and was in- Australia, spoken on the 10th September in 13 south and 32 east, all well, by the brig Parada, bound to Ava. SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday morning a blacksmith, named Patrick Duggan. residing in 17 court, Lower Mann street, was found dead in bed. He was a remarkably strong robust man, and _ had never been known to corn. plain: He went to bed apparently hearty and well on Sunday night, and next morning he was found dead by his wife's side. PANORAMA OF THE NILE.—An ex hibi t i on o f a mos t interesting character was opened last night, at the Panorama-hall, in Bold-street. It is a gigantic pictorial representation, displaying about 1,300 miles of picturesque scenery on both banks of that mighty river which flows through Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia; and, as a work of art, is entitled to great praise. It is rendered further interesting by an accompanying lecture explanatory of the various objects ; and, in addition, the horrors of slavery are described by an intelligent native of Darfur, in the interior of Africa, who was himself a victim of that dia bolical system. We have no doubt that the exhibition will be extensively patronised. A SHOW OF BRIDES.—The Summer Garden of St. Petersburgh possesses another attraction, which it shares with no other that I am aware of, save with the of the Tuileries at Paris. Like the chesnl garden ded ave. nues of the Tuileries, this cardei is the of of crowds of the most charming c h i ld re thither, escorted by their mothers and nu, the solitary walks, and make the shrubby with their innocent mirth. Fifteen or sixteeo years these children reappear upon the same scene, but th . time with less artless i n t ent i ons, and to play a more pen, loos game. On Whitsuntide afternoon ere there to be ies resound later jewels, the daughter class of Petersburghers. Matrimony is t It is a show of brides. Yours - .nd down t , ov pa display and often )sed to mar i SCIB, criti , now walk t object of t achelors, d y inspecting them as th _ eye indicate that they have made a choice friend of the young lady's steps out of the ar rank joins the wourd:belvoer; and takes a stroll through the garden, informing him of the stances, of her family, dowry, housewifely and obtaining from him similar informati himself. Should they so far come to an hat the consent of the lady and her parents ht t : e ft me to o o t b hh i ee a r t; 7h e wo d uh , so t e h si e na ntmrdoa introduces meesda wedding ii e ntn r g c ti o o : tdhhueet. n c of the acauaintance.thus singularly c ommc it may seem, experience daily proves that these mart usual result , d, Odd as lance are for the 171 part s.—"Picturesfro St, originating entirely in t thy awakened by a first ductive of me h happine