The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-17 00:00:00

TO - CORRESPONDENTS, The length to which our report of the meeting held last night has extended prevented the despatch of cur paper by the first post. The report has also clowde.l out several articles, which would otherwise have been inserted. Ely Eiberpoo gOanbatii. TUESDAY MORNING, JUAE 17, 1845. We understand that the proceedings of the Pro ttestant Operatives of Toxteth, whose meeting we re ported in our last, and especially the introduction, 'by Mr. C. H. Horsfall, of the name of Mr. Pringle, as a candidate worthy of the suffrages of a Protes tant constituency, has given some little umbrage to a portion of the Conservative party. So far as the other speakers who were present at the meeting are concerned, we need not offer any defence of their conduct on the occasion. They need it not. They spoke boldly the feelings which the present crisis of that great and holy cause, so dear to them, is cal culated to inspire in the breasts of earnest men. They spoke, moreover, to .the point, with a distinct end in view, to be carried out by practical and con stitutional means; and for so doing they have cer tainly our thanks, and that of the great majority of the friends of the constitution and the religion of this realm. With respect to the speech of Mr. C. H. Hors fall, which we regret to say was of necessity very imperfectly reported in our columns, we cannot do better than quote here the following letter, which has been addressed to us, and which conveys all which we could have said, much better than we could have said it. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The proceedings of our meeting in the Music Hall on Monday evening, the 9th inst., were necessarily protracted to so late an hour, that it was out of your power to give anything of an accuratereport of the speeches, much less of editorial comment upon the entire. Many have regretted this, especially with reference to the speech of Mr. C. H. Horsfall, who seconded the first resolution. It was valuable on its own account, and additionally so from the deserved weight and position of the speaker. Had the report been more full, misapprehension had been im possible, for the respected speaker was sufficiently guarded and explicit ; and in introducing the name of Mr. Prin gle, asa suitable representative for Liverpool on some fu ture occasion, Mr. Horsfall took especial care to say, that he did so, wholly from himself, without either concert or consultation with any individual wh.tever. Indeed it was evident, that the mention of Mr. Pringle's name by Mr. Horsfall, was but the tribute of a congenial mind, to the integrity and manly independence, that preferred prin ciple to place, and refused, after the example, and at the bidding of the Premier, to betray the constituents that made choice of him as their representative, and to surren der the principles which he was elected to represent and maintain. Mr. Horsfall knew that the meeting he was addressing was a religious and not a political body, and therefore, although exercising the undoubted right of throwing out any sugee,tion he thought proper, in the midst of his admiring townsmen, and supporting it with the sanction of his own honoured name, he was very properly and very pointedly careful not to involve in any share of the responsibility of so doing, either the associa tion whom he addressed, or the beloved and respected president, Rev. H. M`Neile, who occupied the chair. The Record, and other papers, have fallen into the mis take. that the Toxteth Operative Association have taken it on themselves to nominate a candidate for Liverpool. To rectify this error, I have ventured to call attention to what actually did take place, and to request your insertion of what I have written, the substantial accuracy of which can be attested by any one who can subscribe himself as I do. Your obedient servant, " ONE WHO WAS PRESENT." Liverpool, June 16th, 1845. Whilst upon this subject, may we ask what steps are taking to carry out the recommendation of Mr. M Neile with respect to the registration ? Our op ponents are busy, and vaunt of the certainty of suc cess, whenever a struggle may come; and if Pro testants are in earnest, they must skew it practi cally. Meetings and excellent speeches are valua ble aids ; but work only, and hard work too, in this case, can achieve the end in view. The unvarying tactique by which the present go vernment have succeeded in carrying their measures has been the coup-de-main. And yet, after each new surprise, we are told that we have no reason to be surprised at all ! Session after session the Premier and his colleaguesiave come down to Parliament, clad in portentous mystery, with some great measure, or string of measures, to announce ; and, when their vastness and antagonism to the understood princi ples of their authors have alarmed their usual sup porters and amazed the opposition, Sir Robert has pointed, with a bland smite, to some obscure and ambiguous passage, in some speech of a previous session, which, he has contended, ought to have plainly shadowed forth the course which he was prepared to take. " How can hon. members af fect to be taken by surprise ?" has been the ready rejoinder to complainants; and they have been forth with knocked down and silenced by a quotation from some past declaration of opinion, which, though em balmed in the pages of Hansard," was, up to the very hour of its reproduction by its author, as unin telligible to nine-tenths of mankind as would have been the contents of the Sybelline leaves, or the inti mations of the Delphic oracle. The Premier has thus ambled off in triumph upon his ingenious de vice, whilst his supporters have arrived reluctantly at a sense of their own stupidity. This throwing up of the straw to indicate, or to be referred to hereafter, as having indicated, the fu ture policy of government, is in progress at the pre sent moment ; and it may not be amiss if, to guard against fresh surprises, we endeavour to spell the enigma. The extent to which the movement making for the endowment of Popery in Ireland is to be carried out, is a question, just now, of no small interest, which is nevertheless kept studiously in the background. Our readers must remember how promptly the assertion of Mr. W. E. Gladstone, that the endowment of Maynooth involved the endow ment of the Roman Catholic clergy, was repelled by Sir Robert Peel ; and how assiduously it has since been endeavoured by his colleagues to disconnect the two measures. In the House of Lords on Wed nesday, in reply to some remarks upon the subject which fell from Earl Fitzwilliam, the noble Presi dent of the Council, Lord Wharncliffe, a very can did man, thus expresses his views as a member of her ►Majesty's government, to which we beg the at tention of our readers as conveying a little more perhaps than lies upon the surface : " He" Lord Wharncliffe "admitted that the govern ment were anxious to do what they could to produce a better state of feeling amongst the Roman Cathorcs of Ireland than at present existed. At the same time, the measure was no earnest that the government had any in tention like that which the noble lord had attributed to them. With respect to himself, and (as we understood) other members of her Majesty's government, he must say that they bad undoubtedly on former occasions expressed it as their opinion that the Catholic priesthood should be endowed. He and his noble friend near him did, when they were in the House of Commons, vote for that Ties. tion when proposed by Lord F. Egerton. But he would fairly state that, until he could see that the people of England would be favourable to such a measure, he did not think it would be prudent in any government to pro pose it. He did look forward with hope to a time when a change would take place ; but there were now so many difficulties in the way, that ha did no know how any one could conceive that the government had any intention of proposing such a 'measure. It would be for the govern ment to watch !lief ding of the country on the subject, and in the meantime they proposed this measure as one which was important in itself, and as an earnest to the people of Ireland that it was their wish to do all that lay in their power to conciliate them." His lordship, then, and " other members of her Majesty's government," some of whom we doubt not have been advanced to their present high station by the aid of Protestant constituencies, are quite ready to endow the Roman Catholic clergy of Ire land. But the country, unfortunately, is not favor able to such a measure, and therefore Lord Wharn cliffe "does not think it would be prudent in any government to propose it." What deference to the country I His lordship, however, does not despair that a change will take place in public opinion —that the " many difficulties now in the way" will he re moved. "does not know, however, how any one can conceive that the government has any intention of proposing such a measure ;" yet they would " watch the feeling of the country on the subject (.9 and IN THE 3IEANTIME"—what in the meantime ? —" 43 the meantime they proposed this measure (the endowment of Maynooth) AS AN EARNEST to the people of Ireland that it was the wish to do ALL _ - that was in their power to conciliate them." P. Really there must be some change in the mean ing of English words--some different mode of in terpreting sentences—since we were at school, if this is not an intimation of a coming endowment of the priesthood of Ireland. There confusion, indeed— perhaps a "studied confusion—in hie lordship's lan guage, " Government has no "intention;" and yet they only "watch" for an opportunity ! They have nothing definite in prospect ; and yet they give" an earnest." To us, however, Lord Wharncliffe is per fectly intelligible ; and we are quite prepared, even at as early a period as next session, to see such en dowment proposed, and this very speech pleaded as having been quite sufficient to rebut the objection that the country has been taken by surprise. So much, then, for the future policy of govern ment, so far as Protestantism is concerned; and now let us endeavour to convey to the landlords of Eng land a foreshadowing of the fate which is in store for them. ' The agricultural interest—the country gentlemen, as they are termed—have supported the government of Sir Robert Peel in all its recent inroads upon the Constitution, on the understanding, apparently, that however careless' that government might be, with respect to the maintenance of Protestantism, it was at least sincere in its resolve to maintain intact our domestic agriculture. To those who have objected to the Irish policy of government the prompt re mark has been " if you overthrow Sir Robert and his colleagues in these their pet measures, where are the men to be found who can maintain a front against the Whig and Radical opponents of protec tion for the land ?" The answer is now furnished us to these selfish enquirers. It is not Sir Robert Peel's government, at all events, who will support the British landowners, or the British farmers, in their efforts to ward off the measures of spoliation with which they are threatened. On the contrary, by that very government such measures are already determined upon; and they only await a fitting op portunity and a fitting pretext for being carried into effect. Upon this point hear Sir James Graham, in the debate on Mr. Villiers' motion on Tuesday night last : " I am as ready as any man to acknowledge that the prosperity of agriculture mainly depends upon the pros perity of other branches of industry, and that the pros perity of all rests upon free intercourse with foreign na tions; and I agree with him, further, that those objects are to be effected by a sae and gradual consolidation of those laws which have the tendency to establish a nearer approximation between the policy which regulates the importation of corn, and that by which the importation of other commodities is governed." An approach to FREE TRADE IN CORN! and how is that approach to be made ? by what gra , duated steps•? By that of a moderate fixed duty, it may be said. But no. Sir James Graham knocks that modicum of consolation from beneath the feet of the agricultural interest. "Will respect to a fi - el duty," he says, "if you impose a high duty, in years of scarcity you prevent the importation of corn when you most require it ; if you impose a low duty, I mutt, notwithstanding what fell from the honourable member for Wolverhampton, main tain my opinion that it would be no protection whatever.• Sir James scouts altogether, Lord John Russell's proposition of a 4s. or a 6s. duty ; and if the alter native was offered him of accepting such a duty, or a perfect free trade, he would choose the latter. And see how completely and bow adroitly the right hon. secretary changes his ground from the position which has always been occupied by the advocates of fair protection for the agricultural interest; we quote from the same speech : "The honourable member for Wolverhampton (Mr. C. P. Villiers) has said, and truly, than an abundant supply of food for the labouring population is a matter of primari , legislative importance. I admit the truth of that observation ; but the point at issue is, what system of legislation will, in a series of years, yield with the greatest certainty this abundant supply of food for our large popu lation? (Hear, hear.) If the honourable gentleman could show me that, upon the whole, in a series of years, free trade in corn would most certainly secure that object, I will say that all other considerations—remembering the amount of population in this country—would be secondary to such proof, and that, as far as I am concerned, he would make a decided convert to the doctrine of free trade in corn." Cheap corn, then--for " an abundant supply" of any article implies cheapness—is the primary ob• ject ; the fate of British agriculture is altogether se condary ! Sir James may indeed fence with the question, as he does, by expressing his doubt whe ther a perfect free trade in corn would lead to low prices; but the subterfuge is too transparent. The whole tenor of his remarks lead only to one con clusion, that the measure of total and unconditional repeal is determined upon ; and with respect to the time of its being carried out, the following admis: ion too clearly points it out : " I admit that the success or failure of the present law cannot be tested till we have a bad harvest : and I admit that, since the law was adopted, the seasons have, on the whole, been good." With one bad harvest and the clamour of the manu facturing districts to refer to as their apology, the fate of British agriculture is sealed. If additional proof were wanting of this fact, it is to be found in the following passage from the mi nisterial organ—the Morning Herald of Thursday last : " Sir Robert Peel may think, as we certainly do think, that if the system of moderate protection be steadily maintained, a time will come when a highly-improved stole of agriculture shall render any corn-laws needless; but if that is Sir Robert Peel's opinion, he acts with per fect consistency in defending the corn-laws for a time, in order to get rid of the corn-laws in the end." What to us, however, renders this a greater mat ter of certainty than it would otherwise be, is the se rious alienation which the events of the last two ses sions of Parliament have created between the land owners and the British people. Day by day they have been throwing from them the affections of some portion of that people, and there are, we fear, few now who would warmly second their efforts to avert the coming danger—few who in the hour of need would cry " God save them 1" Such a feeling is to be regretted for the country's sake—for the sake of its " bold yeomanry," or the little that is left of that valuable class—but it is lamentably prevalent ne vertheless. We bad prepared some remarks for our last week's publication, upon the proceedings at the previous week's meeting of the select vestry, which want of space compelled us to withdrlw. We cannot, still, at this distance of time, refrain from directing the attention of our readers to the following remarks, which fell from the assistant commissioner on the • occasion in question : " The Hon. Mr. Clements said that unless the board established a more efficient management in the relief de partment, with which Mr. Gray was connected, they would have done very little in the shape of improvement. He had urged the subject in committee, but it was then thought better to wait until Mr. Hart should have be come thoroughly master of his duties, and until he could suggest some practical remedy. The point he considered essential in the relief department was, that the visiting officers should be made more closely responsible for visiting the paupers. (Hear, hear.) Refound that there .were 250 cases brought before the quorum daily, and that 'those 250 cases, which were casual cases of persons out of employment, had remained on the books three months without being visited. (Hear, hear.) The board could not take too much pains to fix the responsibility on the officers ; and he called upon them to pass a resolution, requesting Mr. Hart to report as soon as possible respect ing the more efficient management of the relief depart ment." (Hear, hear.) Such a statement as this going forth to the world, upon the authority of an assistant poor-law corn missioner,—seized hold of eagerly, as it will be by the Central Board in London, and by them reported to the Home Office,—might very justly lead to the conclusion that there is something lax in the admi nistration of out-door relief in this parish. We fear it will be made use of to diminish the amount of that out-door relief, and to bring upon 'us the more general application of the workhouse test. "Two hundred and fifty casual cases of persons out of employment remaining on the books three months without being visited !" Why, if this were a cor rect statement the world might justly say that the parishioners of Liverpool were mad to tolerate such wasteful expenditure of their own money. But the statement has, we feel convinced; been made on misinformation ; and the gentlemen who appear to have cheered the commissioner when he uttered it, ought rather to have stood up at the time and ex plained a charge which, if true, would have reflected very little credit on their own management. We must endeavour to place before the public the real state of the case. There are, we believe, about 250 cases daily of parties coming before the quorum to receive out door relief; but these are not, as stated, " casual cases of persons out of employment." They consist of, first, Liverpool poor who have settlements, and are generally old men and women, or widows, with families. These have granted them a relief card, on the presentation of which, weekly, they receive an allowance according to their circumstances. They are visited fran time to time, and every three or four months a fresh report of their condition is ordered and a new card granted. This class con stitutes a large portion of the cases requiring relief. The second class consists of Liverpool poor not settled, and who are out of employ men t or s i c k . These receive temporary assistance according to their emergencies. Those in health are regularly visited, and the sick are required to produce e ac h wee k a doctor's certificate. The third class consist of Irish or Scotch casual poor (travellers, &c.) and of those who receive relief under circumstances of temporary pressure. These cases seldom remain upon the books more than a fortnight. With these facts before us as to the classes re ceiving out-door relief from the quorUm, the impu tation of laxity and irregularity in its distribution falls to the ground. We are confident that in no town is this department of the poor ;laity adminis• tered with more strict justice towards the rate payers, mingled with kindliness and mercy towards the unfortunate poor than in Liverpool ; and when we bear in mind the peculiar circumstances of this parish,—that thousands of the poor of every part of the empire, and of every country, are annually thrown upon our hospitality for temporary assist ance, which we must either render or see them perish in our streets,—we are satisfied that to tighten the hands of the authorities, and to check, by the cumbrous and inflexible machinery of Somerset House, the flow of our charity, would involve con sequences which every mhn whose heart is not har dened by Malthusian philosophy must shudder to contemplate. In proof the excellent management of this depart ment of our parochial affairs,—of this tempering of justice with mercy by our local poor-law authorities, we refer to a case heard in our police-court yester day, and to the excellent and ..highly laudatory remarks of the stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Rushton. Such a case could never have come before the bench if the relieving department of the parish had either been conducted in the loose manner described by Mr. Clements, or the screw harshly applied to our poor. With respect to the vaunted reforms introduced into the management of our affairs by Messrs. Ur quhart, Earle and their Whig-Radical colleagues, or the changes made amongst tha officials of the parish office, we shall not express a very decided opinion until we have an opportunity cf seeing a little of their working. One saving, however, spoken of in . the vestry,—viz., that of b an k er ' s in terest,—which is to be effected by using greater urgency in the collection of the rates, so as to always secure a balance in hand, we are satisfied will prove productive of hardship to the ratepayers. There are three months in the year, July, August, and October when the time of the collectors is nearly absorbed by the business of the registration ; and if the attempt is made to whip up the collections during the pret ions months, from April, when the rate is laid, until the end of June, much greater severity will have to be used than is at all desirable or necessary. It is all very well for such gentlemen as Mr. Earle to say that he is ready to "summon the rich merchant as well as the poor labourer if payment is postponed." A little more experience on the board, or a month's practice as a collector, would be sufficient to show him that the sharp practice which he recommends would involve much more " summoning" than even he would like to go through, for the paltry saving contemplated. With the income tax, the assessed taxes, and our heavy local rates to pay, there are very many of the ratepayers of Liverpool. not " poor labourers," who have quite sufficient difficulty in paying at all the many calls made upon them, without being made to undergo in addition an unnecessarily harsh and stringent mode of collection ; and these will not greatly relish this "liberal" proposition of the Radi cal portion of the Vestry. If Mr. Earle and his friends are resolved upon always being in funds without calling upon the aid of their banker, let them face the odium of proposing an additionalrate for the purpose. Let them declare to the parish that the present rate of 2s. 2d. in the pound, which a Conservative Vestry has always made to carry them through the year is not sufficient in the hands of great parish Reformers. Without such a step we are confident that all their proposed " summon ing" will not enable them to ride this hobby. THE LIVERPOOL, sTANDARD. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The London markets of yesterday will be found in our sixth page, and the meeting of the Foreign Aid Society last night on the third page. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 16. Notwithstanding the fact that consumers already hold a considerable stock of Cotton, the continued lowness of price tempts them to keep buying, consequently the daily sales are heavy without any advance in prices. It is generally acknowledged that the market has seen its lowest point of depression, and although no immediate rise need be feared, yet the circumstance of the present imports barely clearing the outlay, induces many to put them aside for a time, and the good demand is not so well and freely met as many would suppose from the fact of so large an import in a fortnight amounting to about 200,000 bales. The sales to-day reach 10,000 bales, 2000 of th?rn to speculators, remainder to the trade, and the market closes firmly. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The third undress concert of this society took place yesterday evening, at the Collegiate Institution, and was very numerously and fashionably attended. Patt I. of the music provided consisted of a selection from the opera of Jessonda , by Spohr, this being the first time of its per formance in Liverpool. The overture was finely played, but, to our fancy, is not a first-rate composition. The introduction chorus—a pretty composition —was pleas ingly sung, as was a solo by Mr. Armstrong (" Light's golden gates"). These were followed by a quartet (Miss Stott, Miss May Swain, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. Armstrong), which, with a chorus, was very effective. A duett (Miss May Swain and Miss Stott), " Spirit love plighted," is a pretty composition, and was very prettily sung. The quartet following, by Mr. Ryalls, Miss May Swain, Miss Stott, and Miss Leach, is a fine piece of music, and was beautifully sung. The recitative following, awl the air by Mr. Armstrong, were not pleasing compositions, and did not do justice to the singers. A trio, however, by Miss Stott, Miss Leach, and Mr. Ryalls, was beautifully sung, and is a fine composition. The splendid voice of Miss Stott was displayed with fine effect. A chorus which succeeded, " What song or sound," was the finest piece of music in the part, and was de servedly encored. This was followed by a duett by Miss Stott and Mr. Ryalls, a beautiful composition most chastely sung. Miss Stoa, in particular, acquitted her self in this piece to admiration. Another duett between Miss. May Swain and Miss Stott was greatly admired. The first part concluded with the fine song and chorus from Handel, " Haste thee, Nymph ;" the solo by Mr. Armstrong, which was splendidly given and encored. Part 11. Commenced with the overture of Fidelio, Beethoven, the performance of which reflected great credit upon the orchestra. Miss Leach's Solo and Chorus (Bishop) " Daughter of Error" was beautifully given, as was Calcott's Glee—" Soft and Safe"—by Miss Stott, Messrs. Swain, Case, Ryalls, Thomason, and Armstrong. The " Chough and Crow"—a glee univer sally popular —was well sung by Mr. Haddock, Miss Fairhurst, and Mr. Pemberton. The gem of the second part, however, was the Glee, harmonized by Hawes, " Here awe, there awa," which was very finely given by Misses Stott and Swain, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. Arm strong. NITRATE OF SODA.—Papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 18th April have arrived, which advise the discovery, in the neighbourhood of the Orange River and Angra Pequina, of nitrate of soda, which it is expected will give profitable employment to the shipping engaged in the trade of the coast. We stated some months ago that several vessels had left London and Liverpool for the purpose of visiting that part of Africa on an experimental trip of this description, and hence there is reason to be lieve they will prove successful in the adventure. Lord Roden arrived in this town on Saturday. His lordship attended divine worship at St. Jude's on Sunday. MEETING OF THE JOINERS AND CARPF.NTERS.—A. meeting of the operative ii;ners and carpenters was held, last night, at the George the IV. tavern, Hood-street, for the purpose of forwarding the objects of a meeting no ticed in our, last. Several resolutions were agreed to, for the reduction of the hours of labour, and for establishing a better understanding between the several classes of ope ratives connected with their businesses. MINISTERIAL IMPARTIALITY (!)—The private corres pondent of the Dublin Mail states that " another attempt is in progress to induce the government to make a grant in favour of the Irish Church Education Society ;" and that a correspondence, which will be published imme diately, is going on between the Archbishop of Armagh and Sir Robert Peel on the subject. "The 'attempt," he adds, " to change Sir Robert Peel's views• has been fruitless." Of course it has. The Ethiop cannot change his skin ; and the apostate from the principles of Protes tantism can as little bring himself to do an act of mere justice to the Church. THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE CONTEST.-011 Saturday last, the parliamentary committee, under whose investigation the important question of the broad and narrow gauges has recently passed, visited the Pad tlngton terminus of the Great Western Railway for the purpose of witnessing the working of the machine con structed under Mr. Brunel's superintendence, for shifting goods to and from the broad and narrow gauge lines. When the machine, which is very simple and under per fect control, was put in operation, the coke was shifted at the rate of five tons in somewhat less than a minute; but with a long goods train, in which case the waggons would have, at each removal of goods, to be brought up to the machine, the time would, of course, be rather longer. In mineral traffic, it was thought, twice or thrice the weight could be shifted with the same ease and rapidity. The committee were also shown the mode in which it is proposed to take the narrow gauge goods waggons upon the broad gauge. This is accomplished simply by plac ing the narrow guage waggon in a broad gauge truck, which is effected with ease and considerable rapidity. The committee expressed their high admiration of the fa cility and rapidity with which the goods were shifted to and from the broad and narrow gauges. THE CUSTOMS.-LANDING-WMTERS. TO THE'EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sut,—Will you do me the favour to insert in your paper of to.morrow the two following notices, which were posted in this Exchange News-room last week ? I should not have thought it necessary to trouble you, had not some notice. een t kken of them in the Albion of this day, cal culated to give an erroneous impression : " Town-hall, 131 h June, 1815. "The committee of the town council on the customs' re strictions, feel it their duty, in the present great demand for landing waiters, to give as much publicity as possible to the fact, that on special application to the inspector-general, greatly increased facilities are given in the landing of cotton, and other articles exempt from duty, by permitting one landing waiter to attend the discharge of several vessels at the same time. (Signed) " THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Chairman." " In consequence of the above notice, application has been made for two ships, both cotton laden, to be attended to by one landing-waiter, on the ground that as they were alongside each other, and to one a landing-waiter was appointed, while the other had been waiting five days, and has not yet a landing-waiter. The reply is, that the Custom-house cannot entertain the proposition, and that the notice in the Exchange Room is not official. (Signed) " June 14th, 1815." ' 6 R. L. BOLTON. In consequence of Mr. Bolton's notice, I requested Mr. Alderman Nicol to accompany me to the Initpector ge leral this morning, when I read over to him the notice which, at the request of the committee of the council, I had placed in the News•room, with my name appended to it. He stated that the information contained in the notice was perfectly correct. fle said he was quite aware of the application to which the second notice had reference, but that the parties mak ing such application required the lauding-waiter to take, at the same time, the weights of both cargoes, which was of course impracticable. I understand further, by the Custom-house return of this morning, that the vessel for which such application was made, was not even then in a berth. With reference to the notice in the News room not be ing " official,"—nobody could suppose that it was in tended as an official communication from the Custom house, but simply what it was,—an authorized official communication from the Committee of the Council on Custom-house Restrictions. June 161 h, 1845. THOMAS B. HORSTALL. SINGULAR APPLICATION.-DREAD OF THE WORKHOUSE. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Dowling, made an application of a singular and unusual character to the magistrates at the Police Court yesterday. It had refer ence to a female, a widow, named Margaret Maclean, with three children, living in a cellar in Eldon-street. Mr. Dowling stated that the whole family had been found by the police in a state of starvation, the mother stating that she bad had no relief from the parochial authorities. A report was made to the overseers, when this statement was found to he untrue, as she had, been relieved t w i ce , and the alternative offered to her either of being taken into the Workhouse, or removed to her settlement in Scotland ; but she refused both. Unless something was done the children would die of starvation : they were liv ing in a most miserable place, without anything to lie upon, or anything to eat. The landlord had taken off the door of the cellar, with the view of driving the family out; and she still refused either to go into the Workhouse or to be sent to her own settlement. Mrs. Maclean, who was decently dressed, and seemed to be a very intelligent woman, here said she had no home to go to in Scotland. She had lived ten years in Liverpool ; her husband died here, and she did rot wish to leave. All her children were under eleven years of age. Mr. Rushton represented to her the folly of persisting in her present conduct, and told her that in the workhouse her children would be sent to school and carefully educated ; but, at present, she was destitute, and their lives and health were endangered by the privations they were undergoing. If she opposed an obstinate resistance to the offers of the parochial.authori ties merely on account of the landlord, it would not avail her, for the landlord might give her notice to quit, and under a recent statute she could be put out of the cellar into the street. She was a foolish woman for so acting.— Mrs. Maclean said all she wanted was work to keep her and her family ; but, in the meantime, she wanted some thing for her children. She was both able and willing to work if she could only get something to do.—Mr. Ruth ton said this was one of those cases in which the magis trates could only give advice: the overseers must deal with it.—Mr. Dowling said he had mentioned the case lest anything should happen to the children,—Mrs. Mac lean repeated that she was willing to work.—Mr. Rush ton again said the case was one for the overseers, and not for the magistrates. He bad never known the overseers fad in their duty; but, on the contrary, any order or re quest from the magistrates had always been promptly and kindly attended to. If they refused her raiment or shel ter, then the magistrates would be able to make an order ; but they had no', refused, for they had not only given her temporary relief, but offered her shelter in the workhouse. If she would not go there, the magistrates could not make her. They had no right to force people to go into the workhouse. The woman was behaving inhumanly to wards her children.—The subject then dropped, without Mrs. Maclean stating whethershe would or would not accept the offers of the overseers.—She was afterwards taken to the Parish-office, where further temporary relief was furnished for the family ; but what future steps will be taken in the matter we have not heard. CRICKET MATCH.—A match is announced to be played to-morrow (Wednesday), between the Manchester and the Liverpool Clubs, on the ground of the latter. MARINERS' CHURCH DAILY SCHOOL—The half yearly examination of the children at this school, it will be seen, takes place on Wednesday, at the Church, in George's dock. We cordially second the invitation of the rev. president, Mr. Maynard, and urge upon all who are interested in Scriptural Education to attend. COMMITTALS YESTERDAY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, the following parties were committed by the magistrates --Alice Cook, for five days, for stealing a petticoat ; Bernard Martin, for three months, for stealing a pair of boots ; Martha Helsby, for fourteen days, for stealing shoes; Catherine M'Grath, for trial at the sessions, for stealing four and a half yards of flannel; Marcella Falvey, for trial at the sessions, on a charge of having robbed a seaman, named Augustus C. Savons, of £2 195., of which 14s. were found upon the prisoner ; Richard Howard, for one month, on suspicion of having stolen 3s. 4d. from John Humphreys, in Gascoyne-street, on Saturday night. FURIOUS DRIVING.—A young man of respectable ex terior, named James Brookes, was chirged at the Police court yesterday, by constable No. 327, with furiously driving a horse and gig in Great Homer-street, on Sunday. The defendant was in a state of intoxication, and from the account of the officer, his conduct seemed to have been most violent, ultimately the vehicle was very seriously in jured, and he was placed in custody. Mr. Bunnell, the owner of the gig and horse, said the defendant had hired them that day, as he said for a drive of four or five miles : and the gig was now in the hands of Mr. Archer, with the hind part damaged, and the shafts broken. Mr. Rushton convicted the defendant in the penalty of 40's. and costs or in default of payment, to be imprisoned for fourteen days. Mr. Bunnell asked what steps he should take for the recovery of the gig and horse, which were in the pos session of Mr. Archer ? :Mr. Rushton referred him to the officer in the case, who would see what could be done ; and recommended him to take proceedings against the de fendant, to recover the amount of the damage. CONCEALING TOBACCO ON B OARD AN A MERICAN VESSEL.—James Creighton Nicholls, the captain of an American vessel, called the Roger Shearman, from Charleston, now lying in Victoria Dock, was charged at the Police Court yesterday, with having 151bs. of manu factured tobacco concealed on board his vessel. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Brookes, and Mr. Ambrose Waln appeared for the accused. It ap peared that the vessel arrive& on the 31st ult. and was then rummaged. On a further rummage on the 3d inst. the tobacco in question was found concealed in the cap tain's state room, between the lowest of a tier of drawers and the desk. The defence was, that the captain had placed it in that place to secure it against a dishonest steward, and that he had totally forgotten to report it to the Custom-house officer, all intention of smuggling on his part being positively denied. At the close of a long investigation, Mr. Rushton said the magistrates had no alternative but to convict. They would, however, state upon the face of their return that the captain said he placed the tobacco where it had been found, in order to secure it from a fraudulent steward, and as the present was the first offence, they would recommend the defend ant to the merciful consideration of the commissioners. A penalty of .ClOO was t h en i mpose d . —Th e vessel is de tained by the Customs, but it is probable she will soon be released. Trig LIVERPOOL ORANGEMEN.—The Cork Constitu tion expresses a hone that the example of the Liverpool Oiangemen in abstaining from a procession on their ap proaching anniversary will be followed in that country. Our contemporary, in connection with the subject, has the following just observations. "We know it is hard to ask it—hard to expect men, smarting under the provoca tion which Government so unwisely permits to be offered them, to forego the celebration of days and deeds dear to every free- m i n d e d man ; h ut Protestants can dispense with ' demonstrations.' They need not exhibitions of physical force to impress ' the enemy' with the strength of their claim and the hopelessness of resisting it. They want neither to coerce the Throne nor to intimidate the subject, nor do they require the restraints of law to in duce them to refrain from observances which, however gratifying to themselves, tend only to afford to others a pretext for the continuance of processions of which all that is respectable in the community complains. We hope, then, that the maligned men whose fidelity, and the fidelity of whose forefathers when Popery was Rebellion, helped to preserve the country to the Crown, refusing to take adVantage of the opportunity for publicly parading their numbers and their banners, will content themselves with a private and social celebration of their anniversary, and the interchange of that good fellowship which has always marked their meetings, and which tends to strengthen those ties of loyalty and friendship which have a deeper and healthier root than the enthusiasm to be gathered from an exhibition of flags and mottos." ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB SAILING MATCH, YESTERDAY. . Yesterday the first sailing swatch of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. came off, accorctiog to announcement, and the interest excited was great, though the day was by no means favourable. Much rain fell at an early hour in the morning, and up to nearly nine o'clock, and though it afterwards subsided for a time, the sky and the tempera ture still continued threatening, to the discouragement of parties, especially the ladies, intending to join the Prin cess steam-ship, at the service of the club for the day, for members and their friends. A goodly company, not withstanding, mustered upon the Prince's Pier about ten o'clock, the hour appointed for the departure of the steamer for the Rock Ferry, and in half an hour after wards she started up the river, with the commodore and officers of the club, and about 250 ladies and gentlemen of the first respectability. The commodore's flag was displayed, and an efficient band of music (Mr. Parker's) was on board, who played nautical and popular airs. An immense number of persons crowded the quays as the steamer departed. On arriving off the Rock Ferry, all the yachts that had beep entered, (thirteen in number,) namely-Ist class, The Phoebe, 32 tons ; Seagull, 32 ; Leda, 32.-2nd class, Mermaid, 25; Clutha, 25; Black Bess, 20; Racer, 1G; Ariel, 19 ; and 3rd class, June, 15 ; Hebe, 15 ; Editha, 9 ; Vestres, 8, and Fairy, 8. They'were all anchored off the Rock Ferry pier, with their distinguishing flags, &c., ready for the start, and presented a fine appearance. The larger vessels near were decorated with flags, and the shores near the ferry lined with spectators. The quaran tine hulks also showed their flags. The yachts of the three classes were arranged at anchor in lines respectively, the smaller ones being astern, as the wind was from the south, a cable's length being allowed in favour of each of them at starting. The course was from a flag-boat oppo site the Rock Ferry pier, down channel, round the Bell Buoy, and back to the flag-boat, a distance in all, out and back of about thirty miles, exclusive of variations in steering. The yachts had their after-sails set before getting under weigh, and many of them bad jibs and gaff-topsails of such an apparent size, compared with the vessels, as might be almost pronounced to be " presumptuous." Those on board, however, knew what they were about, as slight airs only prevailed. The Ayrshire Lassie steamer, loaded to the " brim" with passengers, came up; also an Egremont Ferry-boat, with a like party. One of the Royal Rock Ferry-boats that afterwards brought a number of persons on board the Princess had, between her paddle-boxes, a moving device of a circle, with four little yachts, self-moving (or chasing each other) around. The little screw-steam-yacht, be longing to Mr. M'Ardle, (of the City of Dublin Corn— pany,) was in attendance, and was of great service through out the day. At a quarter before noon,—the previous signals for pre paration having been made,—one gun was fired from the Princess, and the whole of the 13 yachts made a beautiful and almost simultaneous start,—the band playing" Hearts of Oak." The Black Bess,—an ordinary-looking vessel, but deceptive, and hard to beat on some occasions,—was quickly round and off, but the lead was soon taken by the smaller Editha, and maintained nearly all the way down to the extreme distance out. The wind was very light throughout, with the exception of a small and partial oc casional breeze, of which some of the yachts obtained the advantage, while others missed it,—so that, upon the whole, their respective qualities could scarcely be said to be fairly tested. The race was, however, admirably con tested, •and on several occasions afforded subject of inter esting discussion amongst the " nauticals," and even those all unused to the sailing mood. Shortly after the start, Mr. M'Ardl!'s little steamer, " The Dedalus," which acted as a tender to the Commodore, was clumsily run against by the Robert Wilson, iron steam-boat, of Sea combe Ferry, (which took passengers to see the race,)'and damaged in her head work, but not materially; and her owner will, no doubt, make good the cost of repair. The yachts formed a beautiful little fleet in passing op posite the town, and the quays, all along the sea walls, as well as the steps, were crowded by spectators. The new yacht called "The Racer," (dandy rig,) soon got far astern ; and we did not wonder at this, as, although she appears to have a fine and likely bull, she was awfully short of sail, and all the sails she had were ill cut and diminutive. In passing the Rock lighthouse, at half past one o'clock, , the Seagull, with her terrific topsail and jib gained rapidly upon the Leda and Phoebe, which were ahead of her. The Editha kept her ground, well ahead ; but after all the tide was doing more for the whole fleet than the wind, which was extremely moderate. The " Princess," steam ship and the others kept astern of them, so as to give each a fair ch ance . *A t one t i me ten of them were nearly all together in a cluster. At one o'clock a shower fell, and rain was afterwards frequent, but the ladies in the " Princess," and their friends, were protected to a consi derable extent by an awning over the quarter-deck, and others found their way to the tables beloW, which were amply plenished with viands and liquors, by Mr. Fisk, of Berry-street, who provided the entertainments. The greatest harmony prevailed, but the vessel was much crowded, and the means of accommodation consequently scanty. The fore cabin, a fine apartment, was also open for gentlemen, who were well provided for. At the Crosby lightship, soon after one o'cleck, the position of the racers was,—Edetha 1, Helm 2, Seagull 3, Phoebe 4, Leda 5, Black Bess 6, and with the latter the others in a cluster. The Ariel touched Bourbo Bank, but got off with little delay. The sight at this time was very beautiful. The Seagull here took in large jib and gaff-topsail, and instantly set smaller ones, there being every appearance of a squall ; but she lost much ground by the change, and being before partially disabled, which was not at the time known, could never afterwards regain her ground. _ On approaching the Bell Buoy the wind became more easterly, though still very moderate, and not one of the yachts could round it without a tack, Mr. Ewitrt's beau tiful yacht, the Edith, and another of nearly equal tonnlge, here came up, but they were not engaged in the race. A variety of interesting manoeuvres were performed by the sompeting yachts from this point home which we have not space to detail. The following statement will, how ever, show how closely the race was contested : Yachts. Reached Formby Light Ship at Editha Hebe . Phoebe Leda . • Seagull Mermaid Black Bess Rounded Bell Buoy, 1 Phoebe 2 Helie 2 26i 3 Editha 4 Mermaid 5 Leda .. • • - 2 35 6 Clutha 7 Seagull Black Bess Reached the Flag Ship coming in. 1 Phoebe Thomas Moss, Esq, 4 281 2 Hebe R. B. Prestun, Esq. +4 37 45 3 Editha . J. Edward s , E sq . 4 37 5 0 4 Mermaid . John Grindrod, Esq. 4 40 5 Leda 6 Clutha ..... Thomas Birchen, Esq. 4 44 7 Seagull ...... Henry Melling, Esq. 4 44 32 8 Ariel .. ...... R. C. Naylor, Esq. 5 8 The others n ot placed. To the Phoebe was awarded the Ist, prize, for the Ist class ; to the Hebe the 2d prize, for the 3d class ; and to the Mermaid (the Commodore's craft), the 3d prize for the 2d class. Hour. Min. Sec, 1 35 1 38 1 39 1 401. 1 41 ....... 1 43 The prizes were delivered to the successful competitors, after suitable addresses, by the Commodore on the quar ter deck of the steamer, amidst a large concourse of ladies and gentlemen on board ; and the receivers replied to the compliments paid to t? - .em, in humorous and appropriate terms. The healths of the principal officers ; of Captain Prior, of the steam-ship ; Captain Sarsfield, the marine superintendent of the City of Dublin Company ; of C. W. Williams, Esq. and the directors who had kindly lent the vessel for the day ; o f th e l a di es ; the unsuccessful can didates, &c. &c. were drunk out of the splendid three cups run for, and many animated speeches were made in pro posing and replying ; but as the' proceedings did not close until nearly seven o'clock. we cannot attempt to grapple with the notes we had taken. Suffice it to say, that notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the attention of the officers of the Princess, the stewards, Mr. Fisk, and others, was so unremitting and effective, and the whole affair so well managed under difficulties that could not be foreseen, that all on board appeared to be delighted, and that " blow high or blow low," it may be anticipated that Liverpool will become a first-rate yachting port, and that the races to come, with anything like fortunate weather, will, on every successive occasion, become more and more gratifying, and elicit that nautical talent which ought to be the pride of all En glishmen, and which must redound to our national inde pendence, honour and security. There was a fair wind, such as it was, for the yachts all day; saving in rounding the Bell Buoy; and it is but justice to state that, shortly before starting, the Seagull had been so much injured, by part of her keel forward being accidentally stripped off, that it was found that she had to a great extent lost her qualities for beating to wind ward. EDINBURGH AND GLASGW RAILWAY.--We under stand that a meeting of the Liverpool and Manchester shareholders of the above line will be held on Friday next, at the Clarendon Rooms, when matters of interest con nected with the projected and existing Scotch lines will be laid before the shareholders. We understand that the foundation stone of a new church, to be built at Birkenhead, by John S. Jackson, Esq., at his own expense, will be laid at noon to-day (Tuesday.) The site fixed on for the intended church is in Grange lane, between the Roman Catholic Chapel and the Park Hotel. COMPARATIVE CONSUMPTION OF COAL IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND IN LONDON.—II is stated on good au thority that the amount of coal consumed per head per annum, by the populations of York, Durham, Northum berland, and we can add from our own authority, part of Lancashire, is from to 2 tons and upwards; including men, women, and children, whilst in London, with all the demands of steamers, factories, mills, and manufactories, it is only about one ton per head per annum, one-third of the whole amount being required for manufactories, &c. PROPOSED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE SALE -ROOM.— We are informed that arrangements are being made for opening on an, extensive scale an Exchange-room, where stock will be submitted to public auction at a certain hour daily, in the same way as other descriptions of property. This mode of doing business, it is thought, will be advan tageous both to buyer and seller, who will thus have an opportunity of seeing their own stock bought and sold, and will also tend to establish bond fide prices ; and the abolition of the auction duty will materially conduce to its general adoptions. June 17, ISi:5, THE RIVER PLATE. By the Dani s h b r i g M argar i t h a, M oos , from ß ae Ayres, advices have been received to April 9. reif Mr. Ouseley G ore ,. t h e B r i t i s h m i n i ster , had in . " ( c hi ed at B uenos A yres; and to this date the m ntter.e e jia non-recognition of the more strict blockade rerna t iblt. the same state, th e quest i on b e i ng i n a b eyan ce 0 0 Gore's advice was obtained. r the Is ° In relation to the already published version 0... the battle, of March 27, at India Muerta, the Brills° '- gives the following statement : , :he atiog A signal victory has been achieved by the in„ Gra' arms of the Banda Oriental, under the command Urquiza—a victory which must prove an e ffectual:l ol od blow to the mad p re t ens i ons o f t h e Ri ver i s ta rebelisag their foreign a lli es . Th e f o ll ow i ng b u ll et i n copra the official particulars:— " ' Field of Victory, India Muerte, March 25, to TO H. E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, DIER DON ORIBE• 5 "My dear Friend,— Re ceive MANUEL a thousand embraeS,,, L, t it is now nine, a.m., and the most splendid tritiniPor• crowned the efforts of the federal troops under 04 e mand-800 kill e d, an d a b out 350 pr i soners are m e spoils which th e i ncen di ary P ar d e j on Ri vera has le"diera testimony of his cowardice. Among the prisonersoe' is a great number of so-called officers, among thee; 0 . 1 0 mio Izaurel, an d Fl ores, t h e Cbi lian, the l a tter Lori!' commanded the infantry, all of which fell into o ur .ce of as also a bra ss four-pounder, which was the only c artillery they had. loss is so trifling that it is not yet pere, e o ' l " A little before seven the battle co mmence de , more than two hours was requisite for the compl e te struction of the ruthless Unitarians. " 'The purs u it i s b e i ng v i gorous l y f o ll ow ed UP' li stA tt cannot be more le ng thy ; but' I must not omi t t h °, Psi' that with 3000 va li ant so ldi ers I have sought 00 t t;i dejon, who o pp ose d us w i t h 4500 shadows of men' " Adieu, my dear friend, io , " JUSTO J. Da 'UR°, 00 4 " P.S.—The Pardejon left-the field with 200 fel' e dael but the pu rsu it being so hot there ultimately reTor 14s with him on ly eight, with whom he was making, ara rds Mariscala, i n th e di rect i on o f the pass of L as pee ;11. Cebollati. I estimate the killed to exceed 1000, a prisoners On the arrival of this intelligence at Buenos Ayr es ogig greatest enthusiasm an d excitement prevailed; t,b, e the fort and M ar i ne O ffi ce were hoi s ted and sale .„, , r°' fired. In the even i ng some thousands o f c itize oo , l os. ceeded to the governor's quinta to offer their ccl: o cit tions, as well as o n th e ausp i c i ous event o f hi s exee'- happy completion of his 52d year. Ran ce/ Exchange, 4d. per dollar upon London ; upon 44 to 44/ cent. per dollar. .y e a r n s ` The following vessels were loading at Buenos F this port :—The Aristocrat, William Peile, Argentine. 11 0 e 5g The King and Qu een o f th e B e l g i ans ar e Wee ' Lord Sefton is rapidly r e cover i ng f rom his recentitejo arrive at Ostend on Thursday. to the Lord,Mounteashel has addressed a long letter t eel Times, deprecating the Maynooth Bill in strong b e pointed language. 001 The United Servi ce G aze tt e s t ates t h at , i n conveq,,,t 0. of the massacre of th e crew o f t h e W asp on the °faro° Africa, it has be en d eterm i ne d to g i ve no quar ter to 6 offering the slightest resistance. no tat DES TRUCTION OF A S CHAPEL BY FIRE.-- day morning last, the Wesleyan Chapel, at Liskear 000. totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at An insurance was effected for £5OO. dad° THE REV. MR. NEWMAN.—The Herald of y e- , r itiA states that this rever en d gent l eman is engaged in - of and printing a w or k, w hi c h i s to b e hi s man if e sto o ° o 'lol ting the Church of England, and joining the rank s .0 ar most implacable foe ; and the open act of secession I f r ay derstood to be only d e f erre d unt il t hi s d ec l ar ation ° sons shall be ready for publication. ric si i MORGAN'S IMPERIAL HOTEL.—Fashiona,,,,,e a l d se during the past we e k : —L or d and L ady B e resfor o od family, Hon. Mr. Daley and friend, Right Re 4 1, Kenrich of Philadelphi a , R ev . M r. B er kl ey , T. stir, Esq., Barrister, C a pt a i ns H am il ton, Brown, , 80 Date d venson, F. M. Down man E sq ., l a d y an d f a mi ly' Birsell, Esq., Du n f erm li ne , H. E rr i ngton , Esrl• , „a. city Too GOOD TO BE TRUE.—A rumour was in ge", - „,bat" culation in London, on Wednesday, that Mr • rt, s ' o fo' late M.P. for Carlow—" the most incorriprehensi b .. to imaginary vagabonds"—had di e d, leaving - 100 'e ° ft Mr. O'Connell.—Dublin Mail.—[ Were, the above be tea correct, Daniel would have the Jew sainted, we times the incomp re h ens ibl e vaga b on d h e h as e xile " —ED. L. S.] cf , Cauriorr.—The act of r h e reg- „ter parliament for the is_ w hiv joint-stock companies contains several enactment s t the the public would do we ll t o a t tent i ve l y stu dy just : 0 011 present. The effect of the se , t o w hi c h we nowsPio e allude, is, that any p erson con t ract i ng to se ll sha re b -, y e.e•l' company before it is complet e ly reg i s t ere d, (which, tion seventh, cannot b e d one till t h e d ee d o f s ett'e";,. rood signed by one-fourth o f th e s h are h o ld ers ) renders u l o oS liable to a penalty of £lO, to be recovered by s i c% t informer before two ju s ti ces o f th e peace ; an' ;0 1 " shareholder can g et qu it o f hi s l ia bili ty f or the debts company till the whole of the capital is paid up one FATAL EXPLOSION.—On S a t ur d a y last, a°," 4 00' o'clock, the steam-boiler at the foundry of ~;c i e9, Nasmyth, Gaskill, an d C o .' s , at P atr i cro f t , near ''''er o exploded, by which the engineer, named Rogers, has h od killed, and two others so severely injured that thei r , o ,o o , are despaired of. S uc h was t h e f orce o f t he ciP` s ea that one part of the boiler, measuring about 26 fe et , t o or weighing upw ar d s o f t wo t ons, was shot l ik e a e31.3014' ball into the canal, a distance of at least foot) 6o ner,' knocking dow n th e wa ll s o f t h e eng i ne-house , the shed, smith's shop, and a large wooden shed, " I w o the " dresser s " wor k, an d carry i ng everyt hi n g l'e'" r her" In fact, eve r y par ti c l e o f b r i c k work in the ne ighbo o n sa tiS' of the engine•h ouse i s comp l ete l y i n ruins. N., et• factory origin can be g i ven t o accoun t f or the acclu e EFFECT OF RAILWAYS IN DEVELOPING /111 'O: SOURCES OF THE LAND.—In his evidence before ~ * C mittee•on the London and York Railway Project, Joseph Pease, late M.P. for South Durham, a n- „ i a clits; prietor of extensive coal fields, opened out by the o `: ts tru; and Darlington and other railways in the distric t ,'; o lP e i ; that be could himself raise at present 2000 tons of ns" day, and make 2000 tons of colts per week. rf e " q uet to the formation of railways through the distric t hid, oar; tion, these colli er i es , some o f which were not oPe ne d vvel c supplied the consumption of the neighbourhood , a rl brought from the pit mouth by carts, waggons , ''-`e..,,,"erit ti Pease himself now forwards them per rail for shiP'dire, c 4 London, and inland as far as Gloucester. cou ld railway to London, at 3s. 4d. per ton per miler deliver best coal at King's Cross and six miles r°- tol £l. 4s. 73d. per ton, which is now charged 28 5 ,,,• 11 , 9 0, and coke at 21s. which now costs 28s. to 325- witness stated that the Stockton and Darlington '—er Company is new conveying about 2,000,000 tons 00s; num to the Tees fo r s hi pment . Th e or i g i n al Pa r r l oic ° tary estimate for thi s li ne assume d on l y a coal ' 50,000 tons per annum. &fe l" ; ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUlClDE.—"Gre at ves rls e ment was caused in the city of Durham, on, ~ by evening last, by the re p or t o f an attempte d natlrn e ;ifef be of the superintendents of the rural police of his ty. 4 a gentleman occupying a high legal office in tbe r !, real facts, so far as th e y are at present as certo necl t he 5 d d these. On the evening in question, Mr. Gonile'„,.e, Bois perintendent in qu es ti on , was seen to enter his bli;etrlAo shortly afterwa r d s a v i o l en t a l tercat i on was hear. .1 him and his wife, f o ll owe d b y t h e report o f a Pist°oo, 50, gentlemen, who were p ass i ng , (M r. W a lt er S . ,,er ° JePs,"ol licitor and deputy- c l er k o f the p r eace. and m r. ite" J surgeon,) ran towa r d s th e h ouse ; but, b e f ore the 9 lie Of e o it Mrs. Goulie ran into the street, and Mr. G ° etu r :be a pistol at her, which took effect in her left area, % l ed:A the bone. Goulie is said, after this, to have n ur t - he , two gentlemen, who had come up on hearing , 00 ; ', c ot and to have violently assaulted one, Mr. Sern‘ or res`• this fact is not yet in evidence. He was speed"de c ritlf.. and conveyed to the county gaol, where he P3 . 3 ,,09t "0 perate attempt on his own life by cutting h i s to. c 0 a penknife, but not, however, dangerously. The ,d i aelis submitted to a preliminary examination o n Thug and is adjourned until Thursday next, when jef' fully gone into. ,ater - f re SEIZURE OF A STILL.—At the Police-court /-0, Thomas Brown, Andrew Rae, and Jane J r ° 9 , e , charged with having worked a private still for t" facture of whiskey at a house in Elgin-stre et " frY ili fe 4 constable No. 197 saw Brown, on SaturdaY , basket, and having some suspicions, he exanlit r t:r,T f e' found in it a b o ttl e con t a i n i ng one an d three-cl - ., eP,ts lons of whi s k ey . H e i n f orme d Mr. Al sto n, a'a t h officer, who proceeded to the house, and fon° t he s e re gallons of wash, some vvbiskey, and a fire nrif ier n ersL which was the n runn i ng. The other two Pr'l" , ,, o rl'7o s in the hous e . B rown, i n defence, said' he did ° ,-get ~ef the house, and th a t h e was on l y car , ying the. friend. .„Rae said he was a sailor, lodging t n and knew nothing of the business carried on yl ters`bil and be pl•oduced a seaman, who confirmed his st'1 a 0 di h 0( Jones said the prisoner Brown kept the hous e p 'l, - . ; ;teil she and her husband hint lived there only a we ' rented two rooms from him. The magistrates vircitboitt,g, Brown in a penalty of £25 for carrying spirit lung Permit ; and in def au lt h e was comm itt e d fort hr.i• The other two were remanded for further ing nit a DlED—Yesterday, aged 72, at her residence' i h;rit‘joils Parliament -street, ELIZABETH, widow of t he , he fst CALLIN, Esq. She died as she li v ed, firm to her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 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