The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

April 2:3, 1844. THE PROPOSED LIVERPOOL DOCKS OUSE OF COMMONS COMMITTEE. WEDNESDAY. The tOmmittee on this bill resumed its sittings this day, at twelve o'clock. Messrs. Austin, Talbot, and the Recorder of Liverpool Mr. Henderson.) appeared in support of it ; and Messrs. d Yard and Webster against it. , Mr. Joh n H art l ey and his father (Mr. Jesse Hartley) _Were the first witnesses called, arid they were examined at some length in support of the original plan as lodged, !wing that, although other plans had been made by them accordance with suggestions by the committee, yet • they were still .of opinion their original plans were the A:cost advisable to carry out. Mr. John Hartley stated the total estimated cost of the works at the north end to be £507,465, and at the south end £269,976, and he was - ? lo Pitlion the works could be completed within those es timates.. A breakwater as a protection to the gates at the 1 4 ?rt c h end was on the plan, but it was not finally decided wanociloher it should be erected or not. There was good an 11 P o or t rc e ther4ge all along the Cheshire shore, much better than Li veipool side, and this anchorage was of great itri to the port of Liverpool. Mr. John Hartley did Per • know whether the conservators of the river had given mission for the erecion of the breakwater, or that they wild do so ; but it was a fact that the navigation of the liver never Was better than at present. Mr. Hartley con ned the testimony of his son in every particular. He gave evidence also of the want of dock accommodation, Particularly of a large steam dock at the north end of 'tee town ; that it, as well as the timber trade, should be ePt separate; and that the junction between the canal and ul docks was required for the convenience and advantage or the port. In answer to questions by Mr. Hildyard, he said he had been asked his opinion respecting the expe diency of a dock in Wallasey Pool, and he had said a dock aight be c onven i ently constructed there for vessels lying p. In Show the necessity of a large dock for steamers, and Of the advantage to be derived by having all the steam trade together, at the north en d of the town. He does ao`approve of docks o n th e Ch es hi re coas t. and knows hing about Wallasey Pool. Mr. Martin gave similar testimony. In cross-exami nation be said he had known the port for twenty years, and should say a considerable portion, probably seven tenths, of the whole commerce of Liverpool pissed into raltha.reoeetsauittnrotpineforgrtihtoiedro,niscthietly to the manufacturing districts, and a nrietthe exports are brought from the mann -8 also. On re-examination, he said ma nufacturing towns were on the Lancashire side of the Alersev, and a largerpo portion of the exports were brou g h t by railw a y t o Liveol. Mr. George Kendall, one of the Dock Committee, and chairman of the Shipowners' Association, gave evidence of the great want of further dock accommodation being reqUired. He believed that at his recent election be suc ceeded in consequence of being of opinion that docks were required both north and south, in opposition to his oppo nent, who was against the south docks. In cross.exa . mi nation, he admitted Wallasey Pool would be a conven ien t site for a dock ; but if it were merely a half-tide basin, he would not take his vessels there. Mr. M`Bride, master of the Clarence Dock, was next called, and his evidence went to prove that further dock accommodation was required. His cross-examination Was deferred until to-morrow. _ _ At the rising of the committee, Mr. Hildyard asked the chairman to report to the house that Messrs. Aikin and Evans had declined to give evidence before the cora inittee, in order that a summons might be issued. This W as agreed to, and the committee adjourned. THURSDAY. The committee met at the usual hour this morning, ques tion from en Mr. M`Bride was called, and, in answer to a Mr. Hildyard, said he was in the employ of the Dock Committee. Mr. Austin.—You are not afraid to give your inde pendent opinion, notwithstanding that, are you? Witness. —N o . Mr. Hildyard.—l should like to see an independent thwitness called —we have not yet had one who is not under e control of the Dock Committee? Mr. Easton, master of the Brunswick Dock, was then examined. He gave similar evidence to that already de- Posed to as to the necessity of further dock accommodation, 48 did Mr. Easton, master of the Queen's. , Mr. St ewart, of Liverpool, was the next witness, and ne Proved the value of the land required ; that for the no rth docks belonging to the cot p ora ti on , h e est i mate d a t A OO O, and that belonging to the Earl of Derby and J• S. Leigh, at £193,000. Mr. Weightman, architect, of Liverpool, deposed to the value pf 1 27,563 square lands of land belonging to the Harrington Dock Estate, proposed to be taken for docks at the south end, to be £208,205. Mr. Withers, the trasurer to the Dock Este, stated that the income of the e docks for the last five years was k 9 97,101, and the expenditure £848,243, including the nterest on dock bonds. The income of the estate had oubled itself during the last sixteen years. The surplus i d c i rne last y ear was £76,039, so that there would be no c ultY in borrowing funds for the proposed docks. Mr. A ustin said he had now to enter upon another class itofatirdence, a n d s h ou ld as k t h e comm i ttee to adjourn 'Until to Mitt - morrow. but before doing so he begged the com a ee to resci n d th e reso l ut i on come to yes t er d ay , re - P e cting the application for the Speaker to issue his waiinaedrrdsaeansitli,,f,nor the attendance of Messrs. Evans and Aikin. after the' - ai F o t dt e hy d ey th w eir refusal to attend as a mere pretext, were members of the Dock Committee, ihtrhoesvyivvere legally generally had agreed to ask for the present b o i f ii bound to further that bill, instead throwing obstacles in the way of, procuring it. It Would, therefore, be very improper on the part of the comm ittee to co mpe l their attendance. . Mr. a d asked Mr. Austin to inform the committee What as the ' nature of the evidence he proposed to give, " on that would depend the question whether he should press for the attendance of Messrs. Aikin and Evans. Mr. Austin declined to stale what his evidence was. Lnrd Sandon suggested that the matter should he de ferred until the evidence given in support of the bill was complete, when the question might be revived. Mr. Hildyard acquiesced in this suggestion, and the resolution of the committee was rescinded. Mr. Hildyard then applied to the committee to examine Captain Evans, the conservator of the Mersey, as that gentleman wished to return to Liverpool to-night. Mr. Austin declined, on the ground that he did not know whether it Would be necessary until the arrange ments were complete with the Admiralty. He expected "they would have been complete last night, but a difficulty bad arisen which, probably, viould be settled so as to enable him to go on to-morrow. An honourable member complained of being called to tether merely for an hour and a half and then adjourning. Mr. Austen assured the committee that he had not an ticipated being unable to go on. He had anticipated that the matter would have been settled last night. At present he could not say whether be should call Captain Evans 'or not—he did not say whether he would or would not. The committee adjourned at two o'clock. FRI DA Y. ,_The C omm i ttee resumed sitting to-day at twelve o' c l oc k, Major Beresford in the chair. ,1/2 T he proceedi ng - were opene d b y a resolut i on of the Ottimittee requiring - the report of the Liverpool Censer ilancY to be laid on the table of the Committee as evi ell.ee i Austen t inquiry. Arr. then read a letter from the Lords of the t - a - t r i nn ir a o l t t,Y. wherein their lordships expressed their appro sendin the roposed works, and also their intention of g two n aval P commanders to be examined by the pronanters on the expediency of improving the harbour by the erection of more extensive docks. Ill r. ea Ptain Emerou was then called, ad examined b Austen.-- m The s effect of the witness's n evidence was y a concurrence in the necessity of carrying out the proposed• Fork s , w hi ch he thought calculated to be of great service the i nterests of Liverpool generally. M r. Page, the eminent civil engineer, was next examined Tht° suffici-ncy o f t h e p l ans proposed to be carried out. glee witness stated that he had but just returned from Li o r Peol, where h e h a d i nspected the site of the proposed _ck s, and gave it as hi s op i n i on t h at under the able ` _ l4 _ v a e niagerne n t of Mr. H art l ey, the company ' s engineer, ..ry promised advantage could not fail being carried out. ft.vilt. uckse xar Hudson, for thirty y ears a p i lot in Liverpool, was would greatlyi s benefit the hipping ited for itat they were according to the plans in every w a y eaten , safety and convenience to vessels of every class. Mr. Vi gno l es , l a t e government engineer in Ireland, wag e xamined.—The witness expressed himself highly confi dent of the general utility and efficiency of the works, as well as his high opinion of Mr. Hartley's engineering ex perience, which he had no doubt would bring the works to a s uccessful issue. Mr. Duncan Gibb, an eminent merchant of Liverpool, was next examined as to the general efficiency of the mea sure, as well as to the value of the land to be occupied in the cars ying out of the works. • This was the case'for the preamble. Mr. Talbot then summed up the evidence, and con cluded by calling upon the committee to declare the pre amble proven. Mr. Hild yard addressed the committee for-the op ti7eots, contendink that the promoters had not made out tr tp the case by the evidence adduced. The learned counsel, course of his argument, laid great stress upon the N ,4 1 0f Mr. A us t en re f us i ng, or objecting, to produce the tee :sees who voted in the minority of the docks commit ltaatePc° the discussion of the present application to par- Initi ee Ai% Hildyard would not insist upon the com hrnueltexicecising their power to have such witnesses fuspurse wo°Lward for two reasons : first, because that e I oecu much of the time of the hon. mem fus• °Ocl, Occu py log t o eoondly, because the learned counsel's re evidence P r oduce them had admitted the fact that their v ' hi ch he w °old bear hard against the present scheme, ter n ., th__(.llr, Hildyard) could not designate by a milder could hang that it had been unnecessarily concocted, and L l ooa of Ze no further effect than to take an enormous ;n.iixedeeo4l3..,ovrantieoynoOuft of the pockets of the public to enrich Liverpool. The learned counsel con e,.."toaajtverY able and energetic address by requesting the vrea ra we to dismiss the present measure by declaring the „The : 0 11 , 3 %Proven. s afte r ittee then ordered the room . to be cleared, Pealte "%lt wer r hay' a quarter of an hour's consideration, Mr. th e e call ed i ' t f)g been announced at prayers, the parties c °tatei.. and informed by the gallant chairman that peast not having yet come to a decision, the fur i°ooratn of the preamble of the bill would be , Jio rd ... rbaj ost "ph t he d has lodged a protest of nineteen articles Con t ages b y c''sion of the House of Lords in the case of racti Pr b • tigi a ng p R es yterian clergymen, where one of the and rt les is a member of the United Church of Ireland. SPO IZTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY. THE CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Lord G. Beiitinek's Bramble (taken.) 9 1 --- Col. Cradock's Pagan (taken.) .10 1 Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh (taken ) 12 —.l Mr. Collett's Cattonite (taken.) 13 1 Duke of Richmond's Red Deer (taken.) 25 1 Mr. S , ephenson's Freedom (taken, after wards offered.) 25 1 Mr. Stanley's Vakeel (taken and aft. offd.) 35 1 Mr. Wrather's Nutwith (taken, and af wards offered.) 25 1 Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn. 30 1 Mr. Worthington's Hooton. 40 1 Mr. D. Cooke's What (taken, and af. offd.) 40 1 Mr lgoe's Broken Down: Every horse included in the above Est was backed, but only the first five with any approach to spirit : the odds we have quoted against them would have been taken up to the close. DERBY. 500 even between two and the field. 12 to 1. agt Col. Peel's lot (taken.) 5 2 Mr. John Day's Ugly Buck (take 11 to 4.) 3 1 Mr. Crockford's Rattan (take 7 to 1.) 20 1 Sir G. Heathcote's Campun.-ro (taken.) 20 1 Mr. Lichtwald's Leander (taken.) 25 1 Col. Peel's Orlando. 30 1 Mr. Scott's Bay Mornus. 33 l— Mr. F. Ongley's King of the Gipsies (taken.) 35 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles. 40 1 Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice. 45 1 Mr. Bowes's Siddle Bow. 1000 —lO Mr. Forth's Ashtead Pet (taken.) 1000 —lO Mr. Moffam's Dr. Phillimore. 250 —5O The Ugly Buck winning 2.000 Guineas Stakes and Derby (taken.) 1000 5 Dr. Phillimore for the same event. In addition to the prices, it is only necessary to say that in the course of a long and mo.t particularly dull after noon, not above a dozen bets were made ; we saw only one of 3 to 1 against The Ugly Buck, and none whatever against Ratan ; 30 to 1 to £75, and 2,000 to 60 laid against the King of the Gipsies, 1,875 to 45 against Saddle Bow, 750 to 25 against Bay Momus, 1,000 to 40 against Orlando, and 1,000 to 25 against Apprentice, the odds against each, with the exception of the Ugly Buck, being currently offered to the end. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Ree. 12 1 Col. Anson's The Princess. 20 1 Lord Westminster's Fanny Eden (taken.) The following horses joined Scott's lot at Newmarket o❑ Wednesday :—Lord Maidstone's Cockamaro 3, Lord Chesterfield's The Bee, and Col. Anson's The Princess, and Joe Love!!. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. FRIDAY EVENING.—In the early part of the week considerable sums were invested on the Goodwood divi sion, Bramble and Deer, the former being backed rather freely at 9 to 1, and Red Deer being supported at 16 to 1, and afterwards at two points less. Roscius fell back ma terially, 10 to 1 being offered in vain. Several small bets were laid on Pagan at 10 to 1, and Cattonite at 15 to 1 ; there were also several sums laid against Rowland and Xanthus at 40 to 1 each. For the Derby The Ugly Buck and Ratan were alone in request at 3 to 1 each ; there was, however, no very great amount of speculation even about these two. Yesterday and to-day have witnessed several changes in the odds for the Chester Cup. Bramble and Pagan hare each advanced two points, the former, how ever, still holding the premiership. Red Deer's success at Bath has not advanced him so much as might have been anticipated, 13 to 1 being his present fieure. Seve ral bets have been laid against Cattonite, Xanthus, and Nutwith, at the prices quoted below. For the Derby there has been little doing. The following are the closing prices : THE CHESTER TRADESMAN'S CUP.. 6 to 1 agst Bramble. 2O to 1 agst Roscius. 8 -- 1 Pagan.- 20 1 Hoooton. 10 1 Pharaoh. 20 1 12 —1 Cattonite. 120 1 Nutwith. 13 2 Red Deer. 20 1 Xanthus. 20 1 —AliceHawthorn 25 1 Everton. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 7 to 4 on Ugly Buck. DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Ugly Buck. 3 1 Ratan. 20 1 Campunero. 21 1 Leander. 25 1 Orlanda. 30 to 1 agst BayMomus(t2B) 32-I—King of Gipsies. 34 I—Mount Charles (offered.) 40-1 Apprentice (tk.) . 0 betting. BIDSTON STEEPLE CHASE. On Saturday afternoon last the packets to Woodside and Birkenhead were crowded to a more than ordinary excess, by man and Horse, and every vehicle at Woodside speedily put in requisition for the Foot Steeple Chases, to be run by young gentlemen of Liverpool at Bidston. The ground selected was that marshy flat land behind " Croft's Egg and Ham" Public-house, which lies be tween Bidston and Wallasey, and is admirably adapted for such sports. The course was marked out by red flags, and the half way distance'by a white flag. There was only one hedge to be jumped, and 'that was at starting, but there were many wide marshy ditches to be crossed. By four o'clock a large and most respectable company had assembled, the day was fine, and the parties particu larly interested, and many of their friends walked the course preparatory to the race. FIRST RACE Was one mile, £1 each, and ss. forfeit. -------- . For this race six started and went off well together, the running and leaping being excellent until they reached the halt-mile distance, (the white flag,) when three fell at the leap and gave up the race, the three only who clearedl the ditch continuing, the race, and with great spirit cleared the remaining leaps, and arrived at the winning post in the following order : M r. B. Littledale Mr. Clarke, Mr..Clewes Mr. Littledale headed Air. Clarke about ten yards, and Mr. Clarke headed Mr. Clewes about the like distance. Mr. Clewes was the favorite at starting, and after the race walked about the ground apparent y very little ex hausted. • SECOND RACE. Half mile race tor a purse. The gentlemen running this race were started from the white flag, (half mile distance,) and ran in to the winning post. Twelve started and made an excellent race; the three first arriving in precisely the same manner as those did in the first. _ . 111 r. J. Smith being the winner, and arriving about ten yards a-head. THIRD RACE. A steeple chase of two miles in a straight line towards Wallasey and back, between four gentlemen on horse back. On reaching the white flag at the half mile distance, the gentlemen who rode the black horse was thrown, and the horse ran on to Wallasey, the remaining three re turned in close order nearly neck and neck, but all had been up to the saddle in the ditches. This race was got up on the spot, the horsemen having attended ni the first instance merely as spectators. We were therefore unable to obtain their names. FOURTH RACE. This race was got up on the ground, and run by far mers' servant men, to be run round the white flag (half wile distance) and back. £1 for the first ; 10s. for the second ; ss. for the third ; and ls. for every one that started. These gentry, preparatory to starting, took off their coats, waistcoats, and shoes, and one ran in his drawers and shirt only. ' Twenty started, all took the leaps well, none of them got into the ditches, and about six arrived at the winning post in very close order, the winners being but a yard or two before the others. Patrick Fagan Maddocks Davies This was an excellent race. and as each-arrived at the winning post he was rewarded with his stakes. Maddocks leaped the hedge and ditch at coming in first, and was within four yards of the winning post, and by turning his head to see where the others were he fell, and Pat passed him. Before the whole of the persons running this race had reached the winning post, it was discovered that Pat had not rounded the White Flag, but as he had received the sovereign on reaching the winning post, he was non eat inventus. Thii ended the sports of the day, and all merrily re turned to their homes, well satisfied and highly delighted. Before the races commenced, the horsemen leaped their horses over the ditches to be jumped by the steeple chasers, and three of them got in and bad to be pulled out by ropes. If these races are continued, no doubt there will be in future a large number of competitors in the latter race, as they must all win something. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.-At Taunton, Mary Ann Sea ley, aged 21, sister of Faith Sealy, who was acquitted of the charge of administering white arsenic to their father, Wm. Sealy, was acquitted on that charge, no evidence being offered, and then put upon her trial, charged with the wilful murder of her Aunt, Betty Sealy, an old wo man of 79, who lived with the family, by strangling her, on the Sth of December last. The evidence was strong, though circumstantial only, and it was corroborated by confessions made by the young woman herself to her fellow prisoners in the gaol, but the jury acquitted her. The Times of Friday says, " it is impossible to describe the excitement occasioned by the verdicts of Mary Ann Sealy and Faith Se ly. After the verdict was de livered, the governor of the gaol thought it prudent to endeavour to deceive the crowd, and he therefore kept the prisoner in the court, anti sent the van off at a quick rate; the people followed it, hooting and yelling, to the gaol, but when they found she was not in it many re turned to the yard of the court, others remained around the goal-door, and it was not till ten o'clock at night that it was considered safe to remove her, when she was taken away in a fly, followed by cries of ' Let her loose,' ' Burn her,' Let's have h er , an d we will do for her.' There is but one feeling on the subject, and that is, that the jury were actuated by a f ee li ng aga i nst cap i ta l pun i s h m e n t. The jury were let out of court singly, to prevent their being maltreated. It is understood that some means will s b h e i pa,claospt the e d f t e o eli s n ed the gnagains against two e them sisters out stro i n n g a t n h aetmi it emigration t i i m o possible for them to remain in this country." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL MISCELLANY. The Archbishop of York is now the oldest member of the House of Lords; being 87 years of age. A beautiful phenomena of the conjunction of Mars and Venus appears iifivi' etery evening in the west. The Lords of the Treasuty have authorised the Com missioners of Customs to admit prussiate Of potasli at the duty of 2d. per pound. The Queen has graciously signified her intention to give a series of brilliant state balls at Buckingham Palace during the present season. THE SEASON.—The weather continues exceedingly fa vourable, and both field and garden culture go on ad-' mirably.—Lancaster Gazelle. A considerable quantity of foreign wheat has been re lieved from bond at Gloucester, on the pay ment of 16s. per quarter duty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer bas to acknowledge the receipt of £25 enclosed to him in a blank cover, which he has paid into the Exchequer. Earl Howe has liberally consented to giie a sufficiency of land for the intended new church proposed to be erected at Oldham ; also ground for the site of a school house in connection with the church. - - We rejoice to state that the wheats on the Cotswolds present a remarkably vigorous and healthy appearance. The oldest farmer never remembers a better prospect.— Gloucester Chronicle. A person on Bolton-moor, named William Flitcroft, received, on the 24th ult., the following additions to his family, within the space of two hours: two children, eleven pigs, four whelps, and three kittens—in all twenty. An immense number of very clever counterfeit crown pieces have been recently manufactured in Birmingham, and many sharpers are at present in several towns in the kingdom endeavouring to pass them on the unwary. Her Majesty has been pleased to grant a gratuity of fifty pounds to the widow of the late Henry Solomon, Superintendent of the Brighton Police, who was mur dered a short time since. In the United Kingdom upwards of X 20,000,000 is an nually expended in gas; in London alone the sum paid to the several gas companies has exceeded £2,000,000 an nually. The Bush coach office, in Bristol, where an extensive business has been carried on for, we believe, more than a century, was last week closed, in obedience to the giant power of steam, and the absorption of its business in the great vortex of railway monopoly. MESSRS. FIELDEN BROTH ERS.—SEIZ ORE 'UNDER E INCOME TAX.—During the week government has again distrained on Messrs. Ftelden for the second year's in come tax. There is no doubt but the law will be per mitted to take its course, as in the previous instance. The governor of Knutsford gaol has been dismissed. The charges against him mainly were that he had em ployed felons and other prisoners to do work for h m, and had used materials belonging to the county for his own purposes. The state of things in reference to the colliers "on strike," in the Potteries and neighbourhood, is daily as suming a different aspect, and it is evident that unless something extraordinary occurs, the turn-out will soon be at an end. Mr. Wilson, the celebrated singer, has, during the last ten weeks, travelled upwards of 5200 miles, and given sixty-five entertainments, in London, Manchester, Edin burgh, Glasgow, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge, and other places. The annual amount of duty paid by the wholesale bard confectioners of the United Kingdom for sugar used in the trade, is about £2.000,000. The enormous quantity of from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of sugar are used in the me tropolis alone. Ten services of communion plate are ordered to be sent to each dock-yard, to be placed in charge, of the store keepers, who are to furnish each ship to which a chaplain is appointed with one service of plate. It is to be given in charge to the chaplain, who will be held responsible for it. MASTER AND SERVANT'S BILL.—A petition from the Letter-Press Printers of this town, against the Master and Servant's Bill, was on Monday evening transmitted to William Birkett, Esq., M.P., for presentation to the House of Commons. The petition was signed by 89 ope rative printers and 2 masters.—Leeds Intelligeneer. GOOD FRIDAY AT HAMPSTEAD.—III the archives of the register of this parish, there is a singular bequest of 100 loaves, to be distributed every Good Friday. The testatrix was a lady who contracted a fatal disease, which was supposed to originate from her fasting too long on Good Friday. BLACKPOOL.—AIthough so early in the season, the re. cent fine weather has induced several families to repair to this delightful watering place. Great preparations are now being made at the various inns, boarding houses, and cot tages ; and several additional houses are also in oourse of erection, for the reception of company. Mr. Daly, the celebrated steeple-chase rider, betted a wager with Mr. Sefton, of Grantham, that he would jump the rails and dike in front of the Lincoln stand with the reins in his mouth and the stirrups over the saddle; and this he cleverly accomplished after the second race, on a horse he bad not crossed before. PROPOSED ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN GLASGOW.—A proposal has been issued for the establishment of a Zoo logical Institution in Glasgow. The suggestion is, that a joint stock company should be formed for this purpose, with a capital of £20,000, divided into 4000 shares of £5 each. STEAMER ON THE SEVERN.—The Shrewsbury /Vews says that a steam-boat is the next novelty meant to be introduced into Shrewsbury. A party of gentlemen in the town have purchased a small pleasure-boat, with an engine of fou: and a half horse power, which, in course of the next fortnight, will be placed on the Severn, and ply about for the amusement of its proprietors and the asto nishment of the fish. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. The Town Council, by one of its committees, has made.another effort to abate the smoke nuisance in this Borough. Mr. Thomas Cockshott Rusher has been appointed to inspect the furnaces of the 170 mills and manufactories in the Borough, and to report how far the law is obeyed with a view to its more perfect enforcement.—Leeds Intelligencer. A noble example has .been set by Edward Woodcock, Esq., of Springfield-house, Wigan, who, during the past week, has appointed out a field of about two-and-a-half acres, in Gidlow-lane, in allotmentsowfh3oB4wissobutaoreocycaurpdys each, to such industrious poor people their leisure hours in spade husbandry, at the rent of ss. per annum each. INTERCOURSE WITH FRANCE.—In the week from the b2edtwtoeetn Englandhe9ttnstaantt,d, the number b w e as r of as pe fo rs ll o o n w s s w :_ h b o y passed Bou logne, 1,183; by Calais, 369. At the corresponding pe riod last year the numbers were :—by Boulogne, 754 ; by Calais, 346. It thus appears that the opening of the railroad has conferred great advantage on Folkestone and Boulogne. NAVAL UNIFORM (PonTsmouTn).—There is a report in circulation at this port that another change will take place in the naval uniform. It is said that the present epaulettes are to be entirely abolished, and in lieu will be substituted elaborately embroidered collars and cuffs. There is no special authority quoted for the report ; but naval men seem to think that it is possible such a change may take place. ANCIENT SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHER.—The late Mr. Hartley, bookseller, of Rochdale, was probably the oldest Sunday-school teacher in Lancashire, perhaps in England. He commenced a Sunday school in the year 1785, in a garret, and laboured in that vocation up to the time of his death. The lag time he was at the school, which was but a few weeks ago, he delivered a very earnest address to the children, exhorting them to react and study the scriptures. Notwithstanding the strike of the pitmen, great quan tities of both round and small coals continue to be brought every day down the Durham and Sunderland Railway for shipment at the latter port. It is understood that the stocks at bank at many of the collieries will supply the demand for a short time, and it is fully expected that measures will be speedily devised to get some of the prin cipal collieries set partially, if not fully to work, as men can be obtained who will gladly go to work on the terms proposed by the coal owners.—Newcastle Herald, • STATE OF PUBLIC FINANCE.—The Gazette of the 12th states that the amount of builion in the Bank of England on the 30th of last month, amounted to the large sum of sixteen millions three hundred and twenty-two thousand pounds sterling. This, then, is the present financial po sition of the country :—the revenue having improved at the rate of more than four millions in the year. The Three per Cent Consols are half per cent. above psr. Sixteen millions three hundred and twenty-two thousand pounds in gold and silver in the cellars of the Bank of England. ART-UNIONS.—It appears by a treasury notice, dated 12th instant, addressed to the secretary of the Art- Union or New Association for the Promotion of the n 3 imani remedy yt t l m o o tat y s e u r bi p ee p s r . f e u s u s l nt d t h i s e f u s t e or t bh b ee o d hi i no e jp s ue , r d y a , a h t o i h n w o f s e r i v Fine Arts in Scotland, th a t government have deter plisuibolgicthaensde a th ss e oo p i r a o ti f o es o s s o , r o s r oiof v t e l s ie tio li g n m e ov a e rt rn s, o3 e o te w r i b th y n ien g rii i , n it g ehtea t td he usop l m a u w ne ' against a tlehge d a iscretionary power to permit the existence of those which are Ecaoleyu.sla,tteLdwtjtoiLy DESTROYING benefitL the public. A still) _mr the te ei dd l ianayen, procured the shipbuilder c eo William r a o i ll f l i l a Ipswich, CriminalwS c i l i Simpson in dictedsn Court,to eminen t cast away the brig Colina, with intent to defraud the un derwriters, &c. The case mainly rested on the evidence o f Simpsonlwho had pleaded guilty to the charge of being W fo n h . a ß v o e i ipi a g d * an accessory to the crime alleged against Mr. Read. In his cross-examination he acknowledged that he sank the vessel, 61 miles from Rotterdam, by boring holes in her bottom ; he had previously when in Glasgow, threatened to be revenged on Mr. Read, for dismissing him from the command of another ship. The Jury acquitted Mr. Read ; and Simpson was sentenced to be transported for life. GUANO : ACCOUNT OF AN EXPERIMENT AT CHARD STOCK, NEAR CHARD: POTATOES.—TDE application of guano as a dressing for potatoes has been attended with surprising results. In a piece of hilly ground where the soil is poor and stony, but clean, were planted two rows of potatoes, each occupying 6i perches. Guano, at the rate of half a cwt. per acre, mixed with a moderate proportion of coal ashes, was hand-sowed over the first of these rows, while none was applied to -the second row. During the growth of the potatoes a manifest difference was observa ble in the luxuriance of the two rows, and on taking up the crop the result was as follows :—First row, manured with guano, produced 4391 b. • second row, with out guano, 239 lb. Extra produce from guano, 2001b.--Dorset County Chronicle. The following clerical appointments have recently been made in this county :—The Rev. C. Bissett, to the in cumbency of Upholland ; the Rev. E. Pigott. to the living of Longridge ; the Rev. Richard White, to Wribby with- Wray ; and the Rev. T. Lamb ? to St. Mary's, Preston. SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS.—The following vessels, belonging to the royal navy, are shortly to be bruught to the hammer, at Somerset-house, viz.:—The Lyra, 10 guns, 236 tons ; Delight, 10 guns, 231 tons ; Jasseur, 16 guns ; 387 tons; Plyades, 18 guns, 432 tons; Algerine, 10 guns. 231 tons ; Weazle, 10 guns, 237• ions ; Termagant, 10 guns, 23 1 tons; Swan (cutter,) 144 tons ; and Harriet, (lighter,) 83 tons. WHITBY.—We are glad to find the revival of trade has reached this place, the advance in Iron has caused an in creased demand•for ore, which is procured along the line of the railway. The quarries also, with which the district abounds are in full work, having some extensive contracts on hand, the workmen making extra time. The shipping interest in which the port is largely interested, is consider ably affected by the turn-out in the coal district, but the owners look for a higher freight when that cause ceases. LONGEVITY.—Last week a few friends met in Walton ledale, to enjoy each others company over a refreshing cup of tea, when their conversation turned npon their relative ages. It was ascertained that there were three in the com party, whose united ages amounted to 260 years and all in excellent health. The names of the three individuals were Fanny Barnes, aged 91 in March la-t; Henry Pres cot aged 88 last Michalmas day ; and James Whalley, in his 81st year. PUBLIC WALKS AT OLDHAM.—A grant of £l,OOO, being the first , grant from the fund of £lO,OOO voted by parliament, for the purpose of providing public walks for the use of the inhabitants of large towns has been allotted to Oldham; and a communication having been received to that effect a short time ago, from Thomas Freemantle, on behalf of government. It is understood, that additio nal funds will be required to carry into effect the highly desirable object in view ; and measures are to be taken forthwith to promote the design. REDUCTION OF THE HOURS OF FACTORY LABOUR.- We are informed that the proprietors of one of the most extensive cotton factories in Preston have intimated to their spinners, and other workpeople in their employ ment, that if they wish it, they will reduce the hours of labour to eleven, da , ly. The spinners, generally, have expressed a willingness to accept the offer, and there is little doubt but the whole of the bands will take advan tage of it. There will, we believe, be a proportionate reduction of wages.—Preston Chronicle. A WEALTHY PICKPOCKET.—A very respectable-look ing man, who gave his nameas Thomas Collins, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to ten wears' transportation. at the . Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday last, for picking the pocket of a clerk in the house of Baring Brothers and Co., on Saturday last. It appeared in evidence that he kept an account at a bank, lodged in expensive apart ments, had an ample and elegant wardrobe, and had con trived to acquire a reputable character with a number of respectable tradesmen. From his case it appears that careful habits, and apparently correct conduct, are not incompatible with dishonesty. SAGACITY OF THE Don.—Among the many instances of canine sagacity or memory, the following may be re corded :—An excise officer in the west of Fife, in his perambulations found a fine pup dog, which, from the circumstance, he named " Trouve." This he kept for some time, till getting a notice of removal, he gave the dog to a friend who resided in Leith; but the dog was not long in his new quarters till he showed symptoms that he was not at home, and soon after disappeared. No more was thought of the animal; but upon a late night in February, with snow upon the ground and the sea between, the former owner heard his howl at the window, and opened the door, found his faithful " Trouve," cold, wet, and weary, with feet worn and jagged. It is need less to say, the poor dog found that welcome to which his affection and sufferings entitled him.—Edinburgh paper. A MONSTROUS POEM.—A poem about King Alfred has lately been published, in six- large octavo volumes. The author of this huge work was a Mr. John Fitchett, who died in 1838, after having consumed the best part of his life in the attempt to sing at fitting length the valo rous deeds of the great Anglo-Saxon Monarch. The en tire poem is arranged in forty-eight books, and it is said to contain no less than 131,238 litaes ; so that if poetical worth were measured by bulk. the name of Mr. Fftehett would rank far above that of Homer, Virgil, or Milton. The Iliad contains only 15.693 lines ; the Eneid, 9,985 ; and the Paradise Lost .of Milton only 10,565. It would therefore take four Made, four Eneids ' and four Para dise Lost: to peke one King Alfred. The most surpri sing thing about the poem, however, is the last book, containing 2,500 lines, the whole of which have been fur nished by the editor, Robert Roscoe. After this let us hear no more of the flimsy writing of the present age. PUBLIC PETITIONS.—The total number of petitioners to Parliament on various important public measures amounted, according to the last statement issued by the House of Commons, as follows :—For a repeal of the Le gislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland, to 738,911; against the union of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph, 6,435; against any further alteration in the existing corn laws, 48,866; for a repeal of the cotton duties, only 173 ; for a reduction of the duties on tobacco, 55,676 ;_ against a Ten Hours' Factory Bill, only 483, and in favour of a limitation of labour in factories to ten hours a day, 7.853, this number being actually greatly below the mark, from the circumstance that in two in stances the petitions, which represented the opinions of a large concourse of persons, were only signed by the chair man on behalf of the meeting; for the establi-hment of local courts, 2,980; against the Masters' and Servants' Bill, 690; for an alteration of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1,189 ; for a free competition in the carriage of goods upon railways, 8,968' and, lastly, for withholding the supplies until the " grievances of the people 'are investi gated and redressed," 59,869. DEATH OF OLD STUART.—This singular being lived amongst us a relic of hoar antiquity, connecting our mra with the far-off reign of George 11. ;. while, -according to his own unvarying tale, he was the lineal and the last surviving descendant of the royal race of Stuart. He this week paid the debt of nature. Endowed with a tena city of life, of which we have always regarded his extra ordinary feats of personal strength in former days, and the extreme old age to which he reached at last, as the joint confirmation ; his time could scarcely yet be said to have come, in the course of nature, for his death was the result of an injury in the hip j occasioned by a fall on Thursday last week. In his anxiety to get out of doors, to enjoy the recent sunny weather, his foot got entangled, and he was thrown down. Any injury, however slight, was almost sure to have proved fatal, and accordingly the utmost care and skill were unavailing. He expired on Thursday Morning, at the advanced age of 116 years, 31 months. On the Tuesday morning before his death, his senses appeared perfectly acute, and his appetite was un diminished. He called to his wife and asked in a gurgling voice for his breakfast, eating a little bread and treacle to his tea. Shortly after he had finished it he requested a gill of beer, which his wife went to purchase, and in her absence the old man gave vent to an expression of dis pleasure at her delay in bringing it—saying he thought she had gone to Berwick for it. On Tuesday one of the last ordinances of the church to which he belonged was administered to him. After that morning, recollection and observation only recurred at fitful intervals. On Wednesday his son visited him, and was recognised by the old man. He has three daughters living—one at Aln wick, one at Lowick, and another at Bennington. It may be satisfactory to know, now that all poor Jamie's wanderings have ceased, that the fund, which the kind ness of a few munificent individuals (including our gra cious Sovereign, and several of the leading names in the land) had placed at the disposal of Mr. Jaffrav, book seller, in Berwick. and ourselves, has amply sufficed to smooth the last asperities in his path ; and the old man lately bestowed his blessing on Mr. Jaffrey, and said that " he hadna been sae weal aff this hunder year."—Berwick Warder. DEPAUPERIZING THE POOR. —For the information of the public as to the meaning of this clap-trap phrase, so much in use of late by our " philosopher s, we give the outline of a most painful case, which has just been tried before the Central Criminal Court. The accused, a woman of 40 years of age, was arraigned for the murder of her infant child by drowning under the following cir cumstances, which, as in the main facts, it agrees with the evidence for the prosecution, we give in the words of her own defence. The wretched woman, on being called upon at the conclusion of the evidence, said, that " while she and ber children were in the Whitechapfl workhouse, they were well treated, but on going to the Bethnal-green workhouse the eldest child became ill from some affection of the head. It was removed to the infirmary, and sent down again to her, and its head became a second time so bad that it was ordered to be shaved. The barber who performed this operation Was drunk, and in consequence he cut pieces of f lesh from the head of the child. The wounds became very bad, a nd continued so for some time. An eruption and on their being cured the child's eyes became sore. a l so appeared all over its body, which she attributed solely to the fact of the child being fed at the workhouse on hard beef. She requested that it might be changed for mutton, but this was refused. She then came to the determination of leaving the house, and after hav ing obtained a loan of 6s. from the guardians, she went about amongst her friends, and by small contributions from them she got a few shillings. She obtained employ ment at shirt-making, but as they only allowed lid. for a shirt, and by working hard she could only make three shirts a day, she was compelled to relinquish it and seek some more profitable employment. She then determined to lay out the small stock of money she had in the pur chase of a few ribands, &c., to make up dress caps and sell them, to try and eke out a slight subsistence for her infant. She accordingly set out to do so, but, on arriving at the shop, she found that a little green silk purse, con taining her money, had been lost or stolen from her pock et. This occurrence increased, if possible, her distress of mind, as she had then no friend in the world who could assist her, and no other prospect before her than to re enter the workhouse, to which she entertained such an aversion, that she preferred death to herself and her child. (.0 (The prisoner faltered at this part of her state ment, and spoke in so low a tone, that nothing but the words, I fell off the plank at the wharf," were heard.) She then sat down, much affected." Here, then, is the process of " depauperizing l" Here is the process by which workhouses are to be depopulated and parish rates reduced. The lives of the wretched inmates are rendered FO insufferably miserable that they grasp eagerly at any opportunity, however hopeless its prospects, of throwing themselves once more upon society ; and, in the event of failure to earn a livelihood, prefer death, or a felon's lot, to a further experience of workhouse tyranny. The result of the case of this poor woman has been a verdi c t o f guilty, and a sentence to undergo the last penalty o f th e law; and S et great as undoubtedly is her cr i me, we much question whether morally she is one-half so guilty as th e harsh a e ! ! and unc hristian system which h as i mpe ll ed her to DUTIES ON TEA AND SUGAR.—A petition to the House of Commons, praying for a large reduction of the duties on tea and sugar, was laid down on Fr:day for signature at the Royal Exchange, Glasgow. The petition alludes to the very liberal tariff of the Chinese, and the important mark et opened up in China for the sale of our manuf.ctures ; and sets forth that the extension of our trade in that part of the world will be materialiy re tarded, unless we consent to receive the tea grown by the Chinese, at a greatly reduced rate of duty. "1 he petition states that at present the duty ranges at the rate of 100 to 200 per cent„ which limits the consumption to about liln. per head per annum, for the United. Kingdom, in place of from 51b. to /Vbs., which is about the annual consumpti on per head in families in easy circumstances. The con sumption of sugar, the duty on which would require to be reduced simultaneously, is about lblhs. per head, i i plate of 56Ibs. which is the usual consumption where the means of freely purchasing it exist. Of course no possible re duction could place the unrestricted use of these articles within reach of the poor; but it is calculated that a really liberal reduction in the rare of duty would cause the con sumption of both to be at least doubled, thereby raising the importation of tea from 4,000,000 to 8 0,000,0001bs„ annu ally, ald of sugar, from 200,000 to 400,000 tons.—Seol- Judi Guardian. FIRES IN MANCHESTER.—It is satisfactory to learn, that, in consequence of the late disastrious fire at Man. chester, by which property to the amount of £12t,000 was destroyed, the merchants, manufacturers, and other proprietors of warehouses, are likely to follow the example of the inhabitants of Liverpool, arid improve the con struction of their buildings, with a view to add to the security of the town, anti prevent the extension of fires. The fire offices have paid losses on warehouses alone, within the last tour years and a half, amounting to more than £200,000, the largest portion of which loss has taken place in those warehouses which were lined with wood, were fitted up with well holes, had imperfect party walls, and external cornices. Though the rates which have bt en lately fixed for the risks of warehouses appear high, Net very large reductions are provided for as soon as improve ments are made by party walls being rendered perfect, and by the removal of wood linings, well holes, and ex ternal wooden cornices. The fires have been of late years increased to so great an extent, the investment of capital in insurance companies has been found so dangerous, and the rates have been so wholly inadequate to the losses and expenses, that upwards of 40 fire offices have discon tinued their business since the year 1825.—Manchester Guardian. LEAGUE PATHOS.—The imposing effect, in the list of Doncaster subscribers to the League, of " R. Milner, and Miss Milner, and Miss A. Milner, and Master C. Milner, and Master F. Milner," has been the subject of much amusetro ut in our town. It is a grand conglome ration, which is universally felt to be " a heavy blow and great discoui avinent " to the corn-laws. But it is gran deur simply ; it is wanting in the deep pathos which dis tinguishes the following exquisite morceau, announcing a donation to the League from a daughter of free-trade Quaker Bright :—•• Helen Priestman Bright, Rochdale, to help papa, and Richard Cobden, and Robert Moore. to get bread for poor little children, 2s. 6d." How af fecting ! Such pathos from the touch of a sing'e half crown is most wonderful. It is clearly a cut above the Milner demonstration. But, " from the sublime to the ridiculous there is one step," says a cynic Frenchman ; and that step is made by interpreting Miss Helen Priest man Bright's effusion into plainer. English—" To help papa, and Richard Cobden, and Robert Moore, to reduce the wages of their workpeople, 2s. 6d., " or by giving the Milner demonstration in the intelligible language of Al derman Brooks—" Lord love you, we are all for our selves and low wages: signed R. Milner, and Miss Mil ner, and Miss A. M. Milner, and Master C. Milner, and Master F. Milner."—Doncaster Chronicle. THE COST OF THE POOR.—From returns just prepared for parliament respecting the amount expended for the relief and maintenance of the poor, &c., it appears that there are 590 unions in England and Wales, of which the population was 13,993,967. The average annual expen diture for the relief or the poor, three years prior to the union, was 5,608,934. In 1841 the expenditure was £4,288,520 ; in 1842, £4,438,660 ; and in 1843, £4,679,495. Under this head of expenditure are included the cost of maintenance, out-door relief, establishment charges with salaries, workhouse and emigration loans re paid, and other purposes immediately connected with the relief of the poor. The number of in-door and out-door paupers relieved in 1841, in England and Wales, was 1,116,523; in 1842, 1,235,437; and in 1843, 1,333,247. The number of illegitimate children (in-door and out door) relieved during the quarters ending Lady-day, 1841, was 29,123 ; in 1842, 29,357 ; and in 1843, 29,699. Thus the proportion of illegitimate children, in 1843, to every 1,000 of the total number of paupers relieved in that year, was 22.3; and the proportion of illegitimate children in the same to every 1,000 of the population was 2.1. This return is exclusive of places not united under the Poor Law Amendment Act. The above will show that the ex penditure has been yearly increasing at the rate of abuut £6,000 or £6.500, and the number of paupers from 100,000 to 120,000, while the number of illegitimate chil dren increases annually at the ratio of about 300. POLE-CATS OF THE PrtEss.—A Mr. Wells has told a moving tale to the Lord Mayor of the sorrows and hard ships of Barnard Gregory, prisoner in Newgate. "He is compelled to associate with felons," says Mr. Wells— doubtless, a dreadful indignity to the late editor of the Satirist. whose co-mates and fellow-labourers in the vineyat d were men of the nicest sense of honour-gentle men "of the first house, the very'first house." More over, the said Gregory " sleeps on an iron bedstead, with rope mattress and rug covering" —a shocking circum stance, when we remember the beds of roses that the said Gregory was wont to spread in the columns of his news paper for certain sufferers. " Mr. Gregory is only allowed the prison diet !" Considering the extreme delicacy of his appetite, that for years fed upon lying and slandering —a moat cruel punishment! "Mr. Gregory's health is suffering," and therefore Mr. Wells will " call a publ , n meeting to address the Queen" upon the matter. We know nothing of the state of Mr. Gregory's health ; but this we know —men, on board the hulks, who, it may be, have only wronged society to the amount of a few shillings, fall ill, and find no sympathy in their sickness from the Home -office. How, then, is the late editor of the Satirist to claim any indulgence denied to late abstra c t or (t o use a soft woad) of pocket -handkerchiefs? Mr. Sheriff Musgrove " regretted to declare that Mr. Gregory's health was declining." Has the sheriff no sympathy for the declining health of many a wretched conv;ct at Wool wich ? Can he only find compassion for the convicted slanderer that turned his venom to profit—has he no touch of tenderness for the declining footpad, the wasting housebreaker? Let Gregory's ill-health plead successfully for his pardon ' • but let the same pardon be aw ar d e d t o sick culprits of every denomination.—Punch. THE COLLIERY DISTRICTS.—ThE colliery districts continue in a state of gredt agitation. Various rumours have reached this town as to acts of violence having been committed, but we are happy to say they have either been considerably exaggerated, or traced to' no satisfactory foundation. The pitmen in most instances have exhibited a very improper spirit, being apparently determined to secure by force what they have failed to acquire in peaceable manner. Matters will not be much better, as long as the pitmen are led by men, whose object is evi dently to live—and live well—by the poverty and crimes of the ignorant. The Sunderland correspondent of the Times says :—The sailors' strike being just over at this port, the pitmen's strike threatens to inflict still greater mischief on the shipowners and al , n the sailors, many hundreds of whom are out of employment. Reports of slight disturbances among the colliers in the Durkim coal field are constantly reaching the town, and these, es well as the conduct of the pitmen generally, form the ordinary topib of conversation. The opinion among those best in formed on the subject appears to be, that, considering the present advisers of the men, the strike will be a protracted one, provided the shopkeepers in the pit villa2es will sup ply the men with goods on credit. lam inclined to think many of them will do so, for they are bound up in feeling as well as interest with the men, and are easily persuaded that the c olli ers are an i n j ure d body, and that the masters are disposed to grind them into the dust for the gratifica tion of their selfish and sordid purposes. A Chartist lec turer, named_ Dickenson, is endeavouring to enlist the sympathies of the working classes on behalf of the pitmen by the delivery of exciting addresses. A petition ema nating from a public meeting of working men (including many of the colliers lately employed at the Monkwear mouth Colliery) is also in course of signature against the Master and Servants' Bill, which it is supposed (I do not know with what reason) will press with peculiar severity on the mining population. The petition has already re ceived about 1,000 signatures, and when completed it is to be forwarded to Mr. Duncombe, for presentation to the House of Commons. Mr. Ferrand and the members for the borough and the county being especially requested to support it.—Newcastle Herald. CATHEDRALS.-Mr. Hume, on Thursday night, pro posed a resolution, which promises to be periodical, that the public should be admitted freely to the cathedrals of this country. The motion was negatived, without a divi sion, on the old ground that the question was no affair of the House of Commons. We quite agree with Sir Robert Peel that it is not very consistent with the dignity of the house to pass a resolution which it is utterly powerless to enforce, and which in all probability will have no other effect upon those whom it is desired to influence, than that of " putting their backs up"—of rousing a very natural suspicion of intended usurpation, and a not less natural readiness to resist it in limine. We bear no bigottect at- .... tachment to deans and chapters. They have fallen griev ously short of what might be fairly expected of them. With the funds of which they, or at least some of them, are possessed, our cathedrals should hare been in a state of continually growing magnificence. The ravages of the rebellion should havd been remedied, the unfinished de signs of other ages should have been completed, the effi ciency of the cathedral schools and choirs continually increased. They have not, it is true, had at their com mand the wealth which in former ages was employed to build those stupendous works of art ; but they have surely had enough to mend what their forefathers created. It has been, however, the fashion during the last century to take a strong view of the domestic obligations —of the duties of giving good port wine to our friends, leaving ou r sons in comfortable circumstances, and keeping carriages for the use of our delicate wives and daughters. Our own flesh and bone, it has been thought, is nearer and dearer to us than stone and mortar —antique monuments and painted windows ; and so, while piedining-roorn s of dig nitaries have marched with civilization, and partaken to the full in all the growing luxuries of the age, the mighty and beautiful buildings which had a prior, if not a c l oser , claim upon their pockets , h av e continually increased in dismalness and disrepair. Now at last public scrutiny has been sternly fixed on them their guardians, partly from the constant pressure of opinion f rom w i thout, an d partly from a participation in the gr ow i ng spirit of the time, are s l ow ly awakening to the duties of their situation, and some part of cathedral incomes is again being appro priated to strictly cathedral purposes.—London Times. LOCAL NEWS. EARLY CLOSING.—It is worthy of remark that a no less number than forty of the booksellers of this town have consented to close at the hour resolved on at the late public meeting. EMIGRATION.—Vast numbers of emigrants from• all parts of the empire are now flocking to this port, on their way to Cana a and the United States, with a smaller number for other colonies. so numerous are they at pre sent that passages are difficult to obtain. ERRATUM.—IIOYAL COGNAC BRANDY.—In our short notice of this excellent article for which Mr. Groves, 'M School-lane, is the agent, and which i manutactOred from Sir Felix Booth's patent by Mr. Grituble of London, was erroneously stated as cnanufactu. cd by Mr. Ginihle. TEMPLETON'S CONCERTS.—Mr. Templeton has con tinued his entertainments this wed( in the Liver -theatre, and in Birkenhead and Seanombe on the alternate &ye. On Saturday evening he gave a selection of his songs to a numerous auditory at the Mechanics' Institution, which was loudly applauded throughout. STEAM-SHIP FIRE QUEEN.—This beautiful Iron Steamer, built by Messrs. Gruidrod and Co., and intend ed for the East Indies, sailed a few days ago ; but when about two hundred miles on her voyage, was obliged to turn back to Liverpool, in consequence of one of her piston rods breaking. On her return her average speed, under canvas, without the aid of steam, was nine knots per hour. THEATRE -ROYAL.—The performances last week have consisted of a piece, new to Liverpool, entitled Poor Jack, of the incidents and character of which we need scarcely say more than that it is one calculated to bring prominently before the public the acting of Mr. T. P. Cooke. It con tains. however, an underplot, in which Mr, Compton was excruciatingly comical ; arid a new member of the com pany, Mr. Braid, made his debut to some advantage, and has during the week made a very favorable impression upon the audience. We cannot, by-the-bye, omit no ticing the very naive acting of th- younger Miss Coveney in this piece. It was highly creditable to her, and con firms the opinion we have formed, in common with num bers, of her great promise as an actress in not the least difficult or least useful class of characters. The Lady of the Golden Locks continues to draw, and will probably run for some time longer. BRITISH HOLLANDS.—The term British Hollands may app‘ear a little paradoxical, but it is, perhaps, the only one that could be found to correctly designate a fine descrip tion of liquor manufactured in England, yet identical, in every respect, with the genuine Schiedam. The adver tisement of Mr. Windle, the agent, will furnish those who are curious with all the information necessary res pecting a spirit which, equal in every essential quality to genuine hollands, can, tieverthele-s, be sold at half the price of the duty paid foreign article. This liquor is not an imitation, merely approximating in flavour to genuine hollands, but a spirit whi,•ll the best judges'shouid at once pronounce to be the right Schiedam, and we are assured that it is manufactnred precisely in the same way, the materials necessary for its production being as plentiful here as in Holland. In order that we might judge for ourselves, the agent sent us a small sample, and. had we not been informed that it was manufactured in England, we should at once have pronounced it to be of foreign distillation. Several judges, to whom we had an op t): srbteou of o i E t i y inag o ni f di : s h. o a b rnn n ad -, int were u ti r n i g c t i us t ur , er d i.L e r c i l sA a e r di e b d iwo i hn t e. , n w i i n t o o r u a t , e hesitatithatont WA —We have tested the quality of this spirit and fully concurring in t,enti- Enema entertained of it by our contemporary, refer our readers to the advertisement of the agent, Mr. Windle of Chapel-street, which appears in this day's paper. BIRKENHEAD HOUSE AND COTTAGE OWNERS' Asso ct&TioN.—A meeting of the above association was held at the Waterloo Hotel, Birkenhead, on Monday last; Mr. Robert Hughes in the chair. The proceedings were opened by the Secretary (Mr. E. G. Willoughby). The Chairman stated that Mr. Walthew, member for South Derbyshire, intended to introduce several clauses into the new Poor-law Amendment Bill, seriously affecting the owners of cottage and other property. The clauses be alluded to were not brought in by government, but by a person who knew nothing about cottage property, and be thought it the duty of every town to rise up and petition against the measure. Mr. Willoughby read a letter from the chairman to Sir P. Egerton, Bart., and John Tolle mache, Esq., the members for the county, and the replies of each of those members, in which they both promised to do their utmost to oppose the clauses in question.— Mr. E. Knapper then read several letters and the replies to them, on the same subject, from Lord Sandon, Sir H. Douglas, the Boroughreeve of Manchester, &c. Mr. Knapper said he had always considered such a measure as unconstitutional, inquisitorial, and pestiferous. It would bring great hardship both to landlords and tenants, and perhaps bring many to the workhouse.—A petition to the House of Commons, to be presented by the county members, was read and agreed to. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Knapper, for his services to cottage-owners generally. PATENT WINDLASSES.—In our report of the trials at the assizes, in our last, was one of considerable interest to the shipping community. It was an action brought by Mr. Pow, of Shields, against Mr. Taunton, of this town ; for an infringment of his patent for the improved purchase windlass, in which a verdict was entered for the plaintiff. The advantages that the shipping interest bas derived from these inventions are too manite.st to need the slight est comment so truly valuable are they, that it is now almost a rarity to see a new vessel of any important ton nage without a patent windlass. Some slight difference exists, however, in the mind of the public, as to the comparative merits of the two patents before them ; and it is somewhat strange that Messrs. Betteley & Roberts, of the Brunswick Anchor Works, (whose advertisement appears in another column,) who were the defendants in a recent action for infringing Mr. Pow's patent, and ob tained a verdict in their favour, have now been appointed .by Messrs. Pow and Fracus their agents at this port. In point of power there is, in our opinion, but little difference between the patent of Mr. Pow and that of Messrs. Bet teley and Roberts; the merits of the latter resting more particularly on its simplicity, and its being almost impos sible for it to get o e r re b p p a t i h r — 0 t n lie t he formerexterior r w i oorrlai and dg theon the exterior, an interior, of the racked wheel. - --awever ..0 , the patentees piio will be of the one are the agepts for the othe r , able by comparison to jud g e of th e i r r e s p ec and will no doubt opine with us, that they are so advan tageous, and have so far superseded the ordinary mode of heaving with handspikes, that they must now be consi dered as one of a ship's most essential requisites, and that it should be the duty of the merchant, as well as of the underwriter, to influence their universal adoption. . Emulation, in whatever pursuit, where general ut;lity is the object kept in view, is one of the immutable pri vileges of genius ; but it requires no slight degree of per spicuous attention to distinguish originality from imita tion, and the exercise of caution becomes of more than usual importance, where the effect of a remedial applica-• tion (both as regards health and personal appearance) is the subject of consideration : these observations' arc im peratively called for from A. ROWLAND and SON, of Lo..don, whose successful introduction of many articles of acknowledged and standard excellence for the Toilet has given rise to fertility of imitation, perfectly unprecedented : they would have deemed observation unnecessary were tempor ry deceptions unaccompanied by permanently in jurious effects—it is with reference to ROWLAND'S KALYDOR for the Complexion, that the public are par ticularly interested in the present remarks. This prepa ration, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating; the result of scientific botanical research, and equally ce lebrated for safety in application, as for unfailing efficacy in removing all Impurities and Discolourations of the Skin, has its " Spurious Imitations' of the most deleterious character," containing mineral astringents utterly ruinous to the Complexion, and, by their repellant action endangering health ; while, to render Deception less palpable to the incautious, and to facilitate Substitu tions, the language in which ROWLAND and SON are accustomed to address the public is unhesitatingly copied : they therefore respectfully and earnestly invite attention to these remarks—the return of Spring, and with it the well known prevalence of Cutaneous Defects, rendering it the Season of an anticipated harvest to unprincipled and speculative imposture. The genuine article has the words "ROWLAND'S KALYDOR." *** All others are FRAUDU LENT COUNTERFEITS 1 ! 1 WESLEYAN MISSIONS.—On Tuesday evening last, the annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society was held at Brunrwick Chapel. The chair was occupied by the mayor, Thomas Sands, Esq., who, after stating the necessity which existed at the pre sent time for united support in carrying out missionary operations, especially when a nucleus might be formed in. China for most extensive usefulness, called on the secreta ry, the Rev. Mr. Sbettle, to read the report. It appeared that the efforts of the missionaries in the various parts of the globe had been attended with great success, and they were abundantly cheered by the hope that a spirit of reli gious enquiry was rapidly spreading in those nations which have been brought under the influence of Christianity. The following is a summary of the society's operations : —Principal stations, 277 ; missionaries, 366 ; other paid agents, as catechists, &c, 327 ; unpaid ditto, 4518 ; full and accredited Church members, 95,198 ; on trial 3617 ; scholars in the various schools, 60,404 ; printing presses, 7. From the statement of accounts there appeared an in come of the Liveipool district of £2804 lls. Ild., being an increase of £lBl ss. sd. on the preceding year. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. Atherton seconded by Mr. T. Crooke, the report was adopted, and the latter read a letter he had received from London, showing the total in come of the society for 1843, which amounted to £99,000 : the expenditure was 112,000, caused principally by the operations in New Zealand, Western Africa, and other heathen lands. Towards the excess £4500 had been re ceived in answer to the special call in December last, and from the grants of the Centenary Fund, and other sources, £6900, being in all 11,400, leaving a balance of £l7OO to be provided for out of the income of 1844. The Rev. Mr. Horton gave some interesting details of their opera tions in Australia, where he had been labouring, and where above £4OOO had been raised in one year. The meeting was also addressed by the Rev. J. Lomas, of Manchester, and others, after which a collection was made, and the proceedings terminated by the singing of the doxology. The proceedings were continued on Wed nesday evening at Pitt-street Chapel, the Mayor, as on the previons occasion, occupying the chair. The chair man, on opening the business, said that unless their friends came forward more liberally than they had done, they would fall far short of their neighbours in Manches ter, whose subscriptions exceeded those of the former year by more than £200; he wished some of the rich members of the south circuit could be induced to follow their exam ple. An abstract of the report, and also the treasurer's account, were then read, after which several gentlemen addressed the meeting, including the Rev. Mr. Horton, the Rev. J. Lomas, Dr. Beaumont, &c., and a collection having been made, the meeting broke up. Ind • or al.' at- I I