The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-04 00:00:00

most objectionable degree nt uncertainty and speculation to the trade. Nevertheless, the feeli ng as to the new duties is DD. the, Whole favOurable, and in 1864 there will be a further recluotion of about 15 per cent. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 3 s; . , FRANCE, (FROM OUR OWN coRREsPoNDENT.) P.Alis Tuesday EVening, Oct. 2. According to the latest despatches from Naples, !reeeiiied this evening, the Royal army was every Clay receiving reinforcements ; and the Terra de tabore, which is one of the most important of the Neapolitan provinces has, with the exception of those portions occupied by the Garibaldians, de clared for Francis 11. Garibaldi had completed the construction of his proposed mortar•battery for the' bothbardment of Capua; but dying to the blitit,i,tig Of two of his mortars, and the damage occasianed to the battery by this accident, he fvas compelled to suspend the fire for the present. It is stated that the officers sent to General Cial dini by tl;c Dictator are, among other things, to demand from him some heavy guns, of which the Garibaldians stand in the greatest need. It ap pears that without this aid they will not be in a condition to resume the offensive. It is announced also that the King, on receiving intelligence of the bombardment ordered , by Garibaldi j held a council of War, at which it was decided that, if the town wished to surrender in order to avoid the destruc tion with which it was threatened, the Royal troops Would limit themselves to the defence of the line of the Volturno and the fortress of Gaeta, which has immense resourdes, and is Surrounded by works of the most formidable eharactoe„ Vp.to the moment Of the clespateh tlie intelligence; the PiedniOntese,trecips, had net crossed the Nea politan frontier, although numerous stray bands of f *Ohniteefi were hastening to join themselves, to the standard of Garibaldi ' and were crossing the States of the Church for this purpose; nor had anything been deecided as to the siege of Gaeta. This is an undertaking which will have to be taken in hand by the Piedmontese, who are, no doubt, by this time on their way to unite their forces with the Garibaldians. The fleet is also expected immediately from Ancona. The arrival of King Victor Emmanuel at the head of a few thousand of his troops Would at once put tin- end to the struggle: That he will Conk , as aS the special Sitting of his Parlia.nient has tOeniinated, there dad iio lie rio Manner a doubt. « B following letter appears in the journal of Hdthe, dated the 26th ult., relative to the attitude of Austria : Different journals reproduce a fable published by the National Gazette of Prussia. According to that journal Cardinal Antonelli, by special directions from his Holi ness, and from regard to the peril more or less threaten ing of an invasion of the Roman States, called upon the Austrian Ambassador at Rome; at the beginning of this month, to declare publicly and Orth tinibage's, hdW far the Court of Rome might y , if matters same to extremi ties, reckon on the material support of Austria. The j'ourn.al adds that Baron Bach asked for instructions by telegraph to enable him' to reply to this demand, and that he received for answer, "Austria, so low- shall not be directly attack regard to tin one sees no reason, having old and reserved policy which all the oovereigns of Europe hate manifested toWard§ bet) to !tit:aloe in favour of, any state whatever, provided such interterefice be riot.iniposed upon her:, by regard to .her 'S)Wii interests." N,Ve can niost distinctly state there is not a v ( ordni truthi n this story, and that the whole is 3Dure invention of a hostile press. toils the • exposure of another canard, which gave no little employment to the electric wires for several days. ' In the Opinions; of Turin, of Sunday last, are the folloWing observations on the policy of France and Sardinia at the present crisis : "France 'did not interfere in Italy to let loose revolu tion, but quite otherwise to aid in reconstructing the Italian nationality. The work is reparatory, and not revolutionary. Europe, which calmly assists at Italian regeneration, would be filled with deep anxiety were the tendency of public affairs to threaten to lead to dis orders and social perturbations. All the Foreign Powers are at' one on this 'point, because they detest nothing SO much as revolution. The Italian cause has niet with Sympathy in Europe, solely beeattse, thanks to the Un 7 varying line pursted by our Goverinnent, it has been disengaged from - every revolntionary element. If at the Present moment an independent' foreign action were to be substiteted for the direct aCtian'of our Gevernnient, new complications would become inevitable. Those who Snrround Garibaldi at Naples are not alive US these dn.- bullies, but Italy has ablindariee of reason to realise them, and w e f ee l eon fideat that Garibaldi will ultiniately free himself from those persons who, even if they had the best intentions in :th ivoild, could not inspire that con fidence which is indispensable to the individual, be he „,_'who he inaY, who is called upon to direct public affairs. me impression produced in France by the acts of the Government of Naples, so far as' can be gathered froth the journals and their correspondents, can be removed only in conjunction with our GoVettiThent, on WhiCh must devolve the direction bf the destinies of, the nation, so as to cairn the prin.eiple Of non-intervention, to be respected, Arad to •Ceneiliate fOr its the public Opinion of Europe. It is y'robable .that before Piedmont actively Interferes in Naples, the King will seek to obtairi a vote of confidence in favour of his Gotentrient from his Parliament, which meets. to-day. This Would be a kind of national sanetion to the expe dition, as well as to the whole policy of the Government during the recent trying times. While it is useless to conceal. the gravity of a. step this kind, on the part of Piedmont,, the conse quences of intervention at this inetabrit are, as I have said, very easily foreseen. Once Victor Emmanuel shall have pat his foot on Neapolitan Soil, Garibaldi's occupation is, in a manner, gone; for the present absence of order, and the uncertain condition of - affairs generally, is natitrally the Subject of much anxiety and complaint through out the kingdom, but especially in Naples itself; iiad the absorption of his dictatorial powers by the Kingly authority, would therefore be viewed With very general : complacency. .Nothing has .transpired as yet as to what Passed at the meeting of the Papal consistory. The Pope made a speech, bat it has not been reported. No one seems to know whether he Will remain at his post Or not ; and very probably his Holiness does not know himself ! yesterday the troops of the garrison. of Lyons, who going to Rome, set off thither msfive nevi. at trains. Resides the force already Men 11Oned. as intexyled for that destination, there has !n added the company of engineers encainped at Satho:Lay. It received orders yesterday by tele graPti for its immediate departure 'CO Marseilles, ,_ _pa which port the men are to embark for l'kedme. At the national shooting match, which is to eettne off at Vincennes on the 7th, I observe that ritveral prizes, some of them for considerable AOirts have been sot apart specially for 'the rational Guards of the department of the Seine. There is an account given in one Of the Rerun Tapers of a duel which was lately fought in the heighbourhood of that city., tinder very peculiar circumstances. Two young men, who were, not acquainted with eac h o th er ' s appearance, having differed on some topic of dispute, the one sent the Other a written Challenge, to settle the affair with Pistols. The hostile missive, however, fell into the. hands of the twin sister of the iallenged party; and as there was a great resemblance between her and her brother, she resolved to take his place on the occasion. Her intention became previously known to the challenger, whose gal lantry induced'him, as a matter of course, to dis charge his .pistol in the air;: but the young lady, instead of following the example, took the best Wan she could, and the ball from her pistol grazed lier adversary's shoulder. This young lady is Worthy of being entrusted with the formation of corps of Amazons. The state of the Bourse continues to be satis factory. Rentes closed at 68f. 95c., and prices Were steady during the day. On Tuesday H.M.S. Majestic arrived in the Mersey, and proceeded to her old moorings in the Sloyne. , LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, M° l7 N l.l " PLEASANT.—Consulting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, Estl• ; I.irgeons, Dr. It.' Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins, T. ilickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty, - Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for the week ending Sept. " 29, 1860 cases tyes, 93 ; Ears, 35. Prescribed for, and received 21 1rgical assistance : Eyes, 329 ; Ears, 139. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—Returns for the month of September.—Fresh patients admitted, 15 3; Patients who have received treatment, 338; Patients remaining under treatment, 201. Honorary "Medical officers, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey; assistant ziedical officer, Mr. Rowe; treasurer, Arthur Dempsey, tsq.; honorary surgeon dentist, Mr. Newman. '''‘Accrnmrs.—The followinc, accidents were entered at the Northern Hospital on Tuesday :—Alfred Jones, Chapel-lane, Toxteth-park ; he scalded his hand in a Pot.of boiling pitch; at the yard of Mr. Sutherberry, in Great Howard-street.—Michael Cowel, 7, Stockdale atreet,- in taking dinner to his father, fell into the hold of a ship, and was severely shaken.—James Huddleston, I °Pitalllelds, painter's boy, fell off a . platform attached to a ship in the Bandon Dock, and injured his spine.-- James Bond, carter, Blenheim-street, fell in Love-lane And broke his leg, whilstin a state of intoxication. A CHARGE OF FELONY.—At the County Magistrates' C ourt, yesterday, Michael Shaughnessy was brought 'Wore Messrs. Boyd and Horsfall, on a charge of having stolen a steel yard weight and an iron cart stand, the T'operty of Wm. Voce, farmer, Walton-on-the-Hill. autohe prisoner was employed at harvesting on the prose r's farm ; and on Tuesday morning P.C. Richard trnsworth met the prisoner on the turnpike road, on the other side of Walton-on-the-Hill, having on his person tostolen articles. On being asked where he got them, replied that he found them on the road. He was 1 . 1411 1, ediately taken into custody on suspicion of having ''Oleo the articles, which were identified by Mr. Voce. ''sent to gaol for two months with hard labour. REVISION „ e OF VOTERS. — The following is the result the proceedings yesterday . , before Mr. Barrister 1 4'andeth, the revising barrister :—ln the Kirkdale arc' the Conservatives made 5 7 objections,' 50 were ,t ruck off and 6 withdrawn ; 3 claims were made, and 4 a llowed. Th e R a dicals made 6 objections, of which were struck off and 2 withdrawn; 3 claims were z ede an d 1 allowed. In E ver t on th e C onservat i ves 36 a 4 1e 26 0 objections, of which 212 were struck off and -w ithdrawn. The Radicals made 170 objections and „ tot 101 struck off, withdrew 24 and paid 10s. costs; -_e"fLalso made 16 claims, of which 6 were allowed. -471..eWest Derby (to the end of letter C) the Conserva „‘""_,e made 61 objections, of which 50 were struck off s.`,Nly6 withdrawn. The Radicals made 43 objections, i' ) ; core struck off and 4 withdrawn. Total struck off sery () - tiser Y a tives, 312; total by Radicals, 139. Con ative majority, 174, LATEST NEWS. (BY BRJTL3fI A.tii IRISEf MACIRETIC TELEGRAPkt.) IOLICY .OF OU, NT CAVOVR.—,APPEAL TO THE PIEDMONTESH CHAMBERS.— VENETIA, ROME j AND CiARIBALDI. TURIN, Oct. 3. The following are the most important passages of the Ministerial report.:—Henceforth Italy, with the exception of Venetia, is free. As regards, the latter province we cannot make war upon Austria against the almost unanimous wish of the European powers. Such an enterprise would create a formidable coalition against Italy; but in constituting a strong Italy, we are serving the cause of Venetia: These reasons also impose Ufa 'the day 61 . respecting Itoiiie. Tld pies tion of Rome cannot be decided by'the sword alone; it meets with moral obstacles, which moral force alone can vanquish. Alluding to a possible collision with France at Rome, the Ministerial report stigmatises such an act as one of mon strous ingratitude. Whatever populations may be freed from oppression their independence will be respected. In conclusion, it is announced that Parliament has been convoked to pronounce whether the present Ministry still enjoys it con fidence. This IS so much the more necessary as a voice which.is with reason dear to the people has Manifested its distrust of us to the Crown and the country; - . —Kr. J. Leigh, now stipendiary ulagistrate at Wolverhampton; succeed td the vacancy. in the '4\letrclpolitalijolice courts, caused by the 'death Of Mr. Jardine. • Mr. W. Partridge, of the. Oxford Circuit, is ap pointed to succeed Mr. Leigh at Wolverhampton. The Recordership of Bath, vacant by Mr. Jar dine's death, will be filled by Mr. T. H. Saunders, now Recorder of Dartmouth. The betrothal of the Princess Alice to Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt, is to take place • at Mayence dUring her Majesty's sojourn on the Continent. The. Prince has just completed his twenty-third year. BRAZILIAN AND RIVER PLATE MAILS. The mail steamer Magdalene has arrived at Southampton: Business dull at Buenos Ayres. Exchange,on London 6os to Gds dd per doubloon ; ounces 3351. Sugar quiet at Pernambuco; Cotton; fine quality, 7,900 reis ; crops promising; Exchange on London, 90 days, 251. Stock of Sugar smaller at 'Bahia than for many years; quotations, 3,050 reis per aroba. Cotton, $8 per aroba; supplies small ; Exchange on London, 254. At Rio money scarce ; rate of discount 9 per cent; Exchange on London 261 at 90 days. "THE FRENC A it PARIS, Oct. 3, 3 20 p.m. I ; he flourse has been animated, and prices have again improved. Rentes closed at 69f. 25c., or 30c. higher than yesterday. _4O following appeared in our later editions of yesterday t== . TIM it.CM.I3 , gURDER. The examination was resume ok yesterday morning, Sarah erslAe; cri at :Mr. Kent's, was .the first witness ~cAlle .; •Alte.iethert eleven witnesses were examined,' including three of Mr. gent's daughters. The complete ,self-possession of the prisoner never for a moment deserted her. The superintendent of the Wilts police at Trowbridge said he had never found any inconsistencies in the . prisoner's statements from the time the Murder was committed. Another of the same force showed that one of the prisoner's statements was not borne out in one instance, She said that she awoke about five in the morning., knelt up in bed, and missed the child; but an experiment showed that this ,could not have been the case, owing to the position of -the cot. The bed clothes were neatly folded on the morning of the murder. The prisoner had said to witness she thought it must have been done b e y a woman, bemuse a man's hand could not have drone it; Tfll WINE TRADE AND THE "NEW DUTIES. The increase of consumption was 16, per cent in the first, eight months 0f.1859,, and the increask 17qft has been 131 per cent. The iiirldititiMit dining the two periods Silw the great preparations for an aug mented demand. In the eight months of last year they did not reach 5,000,000 gallons, and this year have exceeded 9,000,000 gallons. The arrivals of South African have largely increased, but ; the consumption has fallen from 530,000 gallons to 318,000. German has increased froni 85,000 to 178,000 gallons'; and French Wines from 478,000 gallons to 00.9,000 galbins. The consumption of Port hat been stationary. The public inclination.. thus far, is clearly in favour of French and Ithenitib. The change of system will be mere fairly tested when still lower &dies come ino OperatiOn . next January. Mr. Pigott is retiring from the, rcretentali'M or Reading. The Liberal party has inqteu. Mr. Sergeant Pigott . to stand, The Pe t ri t6tre,4s6fiaent of the Tinies sa.Ys the note in the 411 - okititr, of Monday, is considered as a carte to Victor Emmanuel to announce all he thinks proper in Italy. The TMae publishes an ~41.thentie idi:Utillt of the insurgents in China, by Mr. Batas, a missionary. The notion that their dogmas are a Chinese equivalent of Christia4q, is not well founded; but they are free kin prejudice about outer barbarians. It is thought possible we May gain as Much by conciliating the insurgents as by coercing the Imperial Government. • GREAT FIRE THIS MORNING. A fire broke out shortly after one o'clock this morning, on the premises of Mr. Jacob Stonier, 48, Harrington-street, pickled sauce Makers, ivhiell entirely gutted the building. The fire Was discovered shortly after it broke 'out by Police-officer Larrigan (334). Inspector Valentine was one of the first officers on the spot. Mr. Hewitt and the fire brigade were imme diately at the scene, and rendered most efficient service. Adjoining Mr. Stower's warehouse is that of Messrs. Kirkwood and Barrell, provision merchants, in the top room of whose warehouse was stored very large quantity of loose cotton, the ender robins bein Stored with theese, Owing t 6 the infianitil'able nature of the materials the fire Made &cat headway, but from the efficient supply 'of - Water the fire was soon got under, but not until Very considerable damage was sustained. The firemen succeeded in bringing several additional hose to bear upon the rear of the' premises, by taking them through the shop of Mr. Wood, hatter, 73, Lord-street. The men got upon the roof of the back buildings, and being thus on a level With Vle windows of the burning warehouses, encrmons Volumes of water was continually discharged upon the flames until they were subdued. There were ten jets in ,full play, and we were informed by Mr. tonneau, the water engineer, who was in atten dance, that the supply of water from the jets was about . 1,000 gallons per minute, the water being thrOwn 80 feet in height. The officers prestnt A the fire were Major Greig, Divisional 6iiperidenclent Quick, Super intendents Haymes and Murphy, Inspectors Valentine, O'Brien, Hassall, Conlin, and Tomlinson. ITALIAN OPERAS - AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. " Don Giovanni," with a very strong east' with the exception of the libertinelimself, Iva,s, given last night at the Theatre Royal in prestae of an audience fully as brilliant and nnmerons as that which was assembled to witness "Le 'Trovatore " on Monday. We regret we are unavoidably compelled to reserve our notice of the performance until our Saturday's issue. To-morrow evening our readers are reminded they will have an opportunity of witnessing in this theatre the representation of Verdi's highly interesting opera of "Rigoletto," wh en the entire strength of la partie Italienne musicale will be made available for the grati fication of the Liverpool public. THE MANCHESTER COMPANY. AT THE THEATRE ROYAL., The public are specially reminded that this evening the admirable company from the Theatre Royal, Man chester, will again perform in the thrilling and romantic drama of " Faust and Marguerite." In point of acting, scenery, music, and decorations, as well as in other respects, this piece is, as we said in oar notice Of Tues day's performance, decid e dl y one o f th e mos t attractive and satisfactory representations that has ever been put u pon the Liverpool stage. It will be again followed by the "Maid and the Magpie." _ . WIRRAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We understand that the autumn exhibition of this society took place yesterday, and was well attended. ARCHITECTURAL SOC L IET T.—The first meeting of the winter session of.theLiverpool Architectural Society was held last evening, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street. ic THE LIGHT OF TILE 70RLD."—This splendid pic ture, which is now on view at the Fine Art Gallery, will be removed f r om Liverpool and London Those persons who Liverpool to-morrow (Fri qh a m d abye. ) r . s , have not seen this picture should avail themselves of the present opportunity. . CLERGYMAN. — The Rev. SUDDEN DEATH Or ~ Henry Addiscott, Independent Minister, who belonged to Taunton, in Somerset, died suddenly in North John street on Tuesday evening. He was com pany with his son, f rom the Ph r eturning, in ilharmonic bal l to the Angel Hotel, and complained of the w ant of breath; his son called a cab, but the rev. gentleman died before the vehicle reached the hotel. The funeral of the late James Robertson, Esq., will take place at the Toxteth-park Cemetery: Sraithdown 0. his late lane, on S a t ur d ay morn i ng next, leavin, e issued, residence, P ee l- s t ree t, at h a lf- pas t nine. V under stand that n o f orma l i nv i tat i ons have been excepting to his i mme di a t e re l a ti ves , but we believe it is the intention of th e W atc h Comm i ttee to be present, to pay the last sad tribute of respect to one so universally regretted. PRINCE ALFRED AND THE V OLUNT EERS.-- Prince Alfred, on his late tour, said he had been informed that one of the privates in his escort from the Cape Volun teer Cavalry was a milli ona i re, an d on b e i ng told that it was quite true, said h e s h ou ld much lik e to see the gentleman, who, regardless of the wealth at his com mand, thought it not beneath his dignity to serve her Majesty as a private in a volunteer company. M r ' W. fliddingh was pointed out to him, and the Prince appeared very much delighted at the idea. Prince Alfred may now be told something further of Mr. Wm. Hiddingh, who is in every respect as estimable as he is wealthy. He has given £lOO towards the Sailors' Home, and will, at his own expense, gi ve a b all in honour o f his Royal Highness, the expense of whi c h w ill be, at least £500.--Cape 4rgus. THE TOWN COUNCIL. The monthlt meeting of the Council was held yester day, at the To*n=halls The Maidt, T 4 Ds Anderson ; Esq., presided: TitE DEATIi dF 31R; RthiERtION, The . MAidß" said, before the bushittgd of the Ootindil *as cdninienced, lt.*aS s lkiS pa flutyi and hq it would be equally painful to all, to that within forty-eight.hours, they had, by gadded death, IpSt a most valued and respected friend, and member of thig Council. There was no doubt that they were all aware of the death of Mr. Robertson, one of the members for South Toxteth Ward. He need scarcely say to all, who knew him that in his death the C o un c il had lost a most experienced, intelligent, and useful member, and he (the Mayor) had no doubt, that all would feel that they had lost a warm'-hearted friend. 3 , lTi . Ce_Aitt,ts Tens've. was sure that the Council, as , he, id, would,feeLthezreatest regret at the thllloollCe. ment. Mr. Robertson did.,not,Ofteit sycak in the Conn ell, but he was a cons t a nt attendant on, the, 6:riniiti,e'es of which he was a member, and his services were most valuable. They must all regret his loss, and he hoped the Council would express their sympathy with the family in their bereavement. He moved that the Mayor express the deep regret the Council felt at the great loss his family had sustained. Mr. 'CLINT seconded the supestion. He passed a high eulogium upon the late sugg estion.. Robertson, and after alluding to the two deaths that had occurred in the Council, of two gentlemen, one from one side of the room, and one from the other, each of whom were very 'different in temperament, but were equally anxious to carry mit `their holiest principles. He tlionght the Council should ieceiVe a lessdn; and ridt waste their time in bicl eripg . 1 In etnieltisioil; he said lie had dtirixtg the seven years he had Sat, With Mi. IteliertSori,cin the r atch Conimittee, reoeiicd the gr eatest assistance from him: He was the chairman of tlic sub-committee for super annuation, and lent valuable services to that as well as the General Committee. It was with mournful regret however, that he seconded the motion. It was adopted in silence. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE SALE OF CORPORATE PROPERTY AT BIRKENHEAD. --- The proceedings, resolittions, and reports of the Finance Committee, comprising recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, clerk in the Town Clerk's office, from £136 to £2OO per annum ; and the salary of John 'Andrews, from £52 to £BO per annum; the consideration of which Was postponed at the last monthly council, pursuant to the standing orders. he 'commendation to increase the salaries Of i tr. Thomas Poole and Mr. Charles Robinson. , ColleCtors of Town and Dock Pines from . SllO to 1.30 per annum each. Report as to the mode of dealhig With the Aniitial income of the Corporate estate. In the course Of theg pici ceedihg, niention Was made dr a report i poii the gale of the Corporation property, at Birkenhead. The MA.YOri wished to know Whether it ids the Wish of the Council that the report shotild beretict - Mr. J. ai the chairman of tlie rinanCo 'Coniniittee, he hiiPed it Wcitild not Be t:e&l, ns it - might 'be injarietis td the inteicistA of the toW - ri,:as ft 6oiitatdd matters which might be brought before courts of law for to be adjudicated upon. _ Mr. WoounuFF thought the. report shoold be read. Mr. STITT said if the report was !l9t re ii might be implied that th+ were afraid, and. he thought secrecy would best be avoided. Mr. GLADSTONE strongly urged that the report should be read, Some eonYer§ation followed, after whigh The Tot.r,..cyfrtz there.wasAl qtte§tipg,hofore the Council, for as gentlemen. had requested the report should be read, it must be read. . The following important report from Mr. Weightman,' reference to the proposed sale to the Mersey Docks and.liarbour Board of ; the reversionary interest of the Corporation .in the property at Birkenhead, was then read 1— . TO THE CIEAtIMAN AND MENDERS Rtai, Estrry. SUB - COMMITTEN OF FINANUE GENTLEMEN,—In, accordance with the instructions of your committ e, I beg to submit the following redort and observa tions on the subject of the reversionary interest of the Cor poration of Liverpool in the lands at Birkeahead, now held by n fui d .conm il l a nt i nh b de o s u ,3 r las ß t iciedaar:dye,,:og' of nnndteeid• October,, b a y s c h e Be s 4 p Bc e .o c o - s p t ‘ 1 i ' n T e r rn i‘ g n i e e f r r n s p r e o y 7 r s t D i i e n c a k o r s s f "The Birkenhead Dock Company ;" and as ' regards the 6 1 sr Thist Tdha question m o f e D r seee,e hasmp December, e e bk r a je l ntw B a 2 wd , i. s. to Messrs. kar M :rs rb: e fo s Ain s une r rl s i ie . ititAclts letter u(? m lf:l.:o , w o n j he ti . remainder, under a contract for a lease for 7:5 years from the the geli e c t the i n h e chairman tp ai ad rm e l tn n i 6 " f T t h li e e l i r d st il y 6j D ock: C the Corporation to sell, and the board to piirchase; the reverSiorl testhe Birkenhead estate, and inquiring iiliether ilie COrnOra- • don Were willing to treat for the sale to ; the Ward of the reversion to the, preprty at Ilirkeithead„ held by the hoard under, u tile CorPerationj attd a Mat the tithird desired to puteliale This letter Was referred by the Finance Coniniitteil, third Whom I received instruction to report fully upon the question in all its bearings. In obeying this order of your committee. I think it may be a n n f d en Hnavrebrotiunigß Wallaseyoard. Pool to desirable to recapitulate the heads of the hi s t or y o f• the estate in question, at least so far as regards that po r ti on o f it now in the hands of the .MerseypuArbpoosuetstehoenYncee';4l B2 :ith the commerce of th e M erse y havi ng th D e Docks and s u gg ested itself to s ione eiV two, individuals, negotiati,ons took plate bet Ween Or partieN olktler Of the lands Upon the smith bank the said pOol for their purehaie, the scheme having got wind. The Corporation, becoming aware of the importance of the subject, secured, on the year before-named, possession by purchase of the whale of the lands•in einestion, that is, from Bridge End westward to the road called Ilehester road, comprising all the lands, now. 440 on ; lease by " The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board." as Well as other lands on lease to other,ild i t • • The landg so assured by the Corporation hi 1828 remained in their hands until 1843. In the last-named year the Corporation having determined to offer these lands for salei , a sudden demand appeared to spring up ; and in a short, period the whole, to th e extent before 'described; was disposed of, on contracts, for leases, to differerit ostensible purchasers. , Thus-:-In becenther, 1813, the CorPoilatidri totiteleted to sell to lqesirs., I. and W. Walker a Mail. piece, idf frdriting Wallasey row., the *eat side of Cathdart-atteet, containing 6,852 square yardo, on lea. for 75 scars, for the sum of £4,111 45., and which piece afterwards passing into tlie hands of "The 'Birkenhead Dock Company" constitutes the most eastwardly portion of the lands held by "The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board" westward (Atha tattoo of," Thetßirken head, Lancashire, and Cliephire-JuncOon dtailway Company.". . As. before mtatad, the more valuable portions; of the; lands frdnting Wallaee, port had Been 'edritracted for in PO . by various parties, Who, either as speculators or as tigenta for ail ulterior object, had been pnt forward to make the respective purchases. This remark applies to about two-thirds of the water frontage to the Pool from the eastward, and to a quan tity of 230,493 square yards, varying in price from 108 to 16s per yard. • The Whole of the Purchasers or agents b3fore referred to , having Aisposed of sor transferred , Uses ievoeat Mterests , in these perehases to Meisrti..POtter; Jaeßbori, BroWn figg, and those gentlemen having becoMe the purchaser of the whose of the remaining estate of the Corporation westward to Ilehester-road, took up a lease of the whole, dated the 31st December, 1844, for 75 years; as regards the portions obtained by transfers from the 15th December, 1813, and as regards the remainder from the Ist March, 1844, the total quantity so leased being 716,915 square yards, and the purchase money £265,090 Bs. Ort.' tion leases, and certain soecial This lease c on tai n ed covenants inSeited id•Corportt lands in qUiStion; Allah 4s ptimibaion (as regards tome *l'- 600 )Jthe 11 th ei) construct docks, basins, sea and wharf walls. It a l so conta i ns a coven ant imposed upon all leases of the Corporation i n the case of naked land; namely, to erect . .letizqtl ttn t s apPlis his to the within the term granted buildings of greater yearly Value than the value of the land; but with a provision in favour of these lessees, that the cost of -such docks, basins, sea or wharf walls, should be accounted in part satisfaction of the covenant. The lessees further covenanted, that they would, on or before the 10th of March 1816, erect a sea wall, or sea walls. along the northern boundary of the lands so leased, in such line as should be fixed by the finance committee, and appr..ved of by the Lords Commissioners for the Oepservancy,of the Nver * *er. sey or the acting Conseryaters appdintesl,by, clieb•Comiansft94-. ere ; such sea. Volls to beconie, as ideas they tiliould extend, the boundaries of the se dial pieties of land demised. the leading parties at Birkenhead and interested therein, having sedated thesel lands, proceeded to develop their plans, and in• 1844 obtained an Act of Parliament, which received the royal assent on the 19th of July in that year, entitled " An Act for Constructing Tid a l Basins, a Dock, and other Works, at interested in the tants Bir kenhead, and for ether purposes," being.the 7 7 th and Bth Vic., cap. 79, and which was the first Birkenhead Dock Act. fug gt docks, c P k a4 1 i ly a ma warehouses, 18teadndbi In the following year, 1845,, the, parties, more immediately x tioid t o h lt e le4 c.7 . E . L k . d li — o h n foi ,,‘ f ,a ii 4 qin ta re i: th e r d uc i dt a t whleh received the royal assent on the 30th of June in that year, by which the promoters were incorporated by the title of The Birkenhead Dock Company," with power to purchase lands and to construct works. To the company so constituted, the lessees of those lands (demised by the lease of the 31st December, 1814), transferred the entire land fronting the pool, betweex Walker's demise and Lichestcr-road, containing about 460,000 square yards, for the purpose of the works contemplated by the act o n f 105 ; themselves at the tine being rout . of t - wefre directdrt named in the act," and thb Chief promoters of the undertaking. Irt•puTstitiace of their object, and under the pow ers o f t h eir I a Act orrliament, the Birkenhead Dock Company gave 'the Corporation notice of their intention to acquire the reversion of the lands held by them under their agreement with, or assignment from, the lessees, including Walker's; and the Corporation having elected to proceed by way of arbitration to ascertain the value, arbitrators were accordingly appointed,— Mr. Sergeant Byles, now Mr. Justice Byles, by the Corpora tion, and Mr. Martin, Q.C., now Mr. Baron Martin, by the company. These gentleinen proceeded with the enquiry on the 81st Dec., 1845, and subsequently made an award in favour of the Corporation of £113,000, This award was . never taken tip by the coenpitny, in ednael quence, I presume, of . lack of ftindt. Subsequently the tid autliorged bodies directiqg the var lobs portions of the seliemes at Birkenhead, viz. the commis sioners for tonStrtieting the dock basins and outer works, and the Dock Company interested in the lands now under consi deration, proceeded with the execution of their respective works. These matters went on until, in 1848, the Dock Company applied for a renewal of the lease of the lands acquired by them from the original lessees, and, after considerable negotia tions, a new lease for 70 years from the 31st October, 1818, was granted to them of all those lands of which, in 1845, they had dfrom ckn and the pool sought to obtain the reversion, th at is to ear fronieas t t he or to n tfe t s h t between Cathcart-street arid Ilthetlet road, bounded o n th e bn south yyltvh no bi seaiya s r 0 o .e r p v,:ornhaia,tri landsfeni a b n ub d i el ti ß n e ig a nt u na f e o er r ee t o - .re ri ance a c id used s with the cove a, nants in the original lease or leases, and on the line of frontage shown upon the plans sanctioned by Pa rli ament , such land containing with the foreshore enclosed and recla imed by the aforesaid sea or wharf walls, and including the site of such the enclosed foreshore, so far as such rights exist al having walls, about 103.000 squa r e yards, the rights of the Crown in been granted under pa r li a m e ntary sanction to the lessees for the term of their lease or l ea ses, with reversion to the Corpo ration as owners of the reversion to the adjoining lands so leased. The company paying a fine certain for the renewal of the term expired of the original lease or leases and certain other charges, including the taxed costs of the arbitration ix respect of the value of the reversion, and further covenanting that they would abandon all future attempts to obtain that reversion. Having obtained this new lease as above stated, the com pany continued to struggle on; but their only further opera tions in the prosecution of their scheme appear to have been the erection of three stacks of warehouses, on the most eas terly portion of their land, with some adjoining sheds upon the wharf and the railways connecting the same with the railway-station and the western portion of their land ; and thus matters remained nearly in state quo until (the com pany's means being t otally exhausted) 1851. In pursuing the consideration of the question before your committee, namely, the reversionary interests of the Corpora tion iu this estate, it must be borne in mind, as an important element, that other work s th an their own - required to be exe cuted, that would have an i m p or t an t b ear i ng u pon the pros perity of the Birkenh ea d D oc k C ompany. H a d their own means enabled them t o comp l ete to t h e u t m ost extent their own works, their ultimate success would still be depen dent upon the completion of what were called the outer works and the deepening of the pool, to' afford that access to the company's lands and property, without which that property, however complete, would be comparatively valuelesS. These outer works were in the hands of the then Birkenhead Dock trustees, who, with about eight acts of Parliament and great parliamentary influence, were in a state of utter coll a p se ' for like want of funds. Ind these two bodies, after having expended about one and three quarter millions of money, without much profit or success, found themselves under the necessity of selling to the Corporation the whole of their seve ral interests and properties for the sum of £1,143,000, or 13s. 4d. in the pound of which su m th e Birkenhead Dock Company's share was £751,537. The subsequent history of Birkenhead and its docks is well known. The property so purchased by the Corporation in 1855 was, by authority of Parliament in 1857, transferred to the then newly constituted body s t y l ed " The M erse y Docks and Harbour Board," the transf er b e i ng of such interests, and such only, as the Corporation had acqu i red from t h e t r ustees of the Birkenhead docks and the Birk en h ea d D oc k Company re spectively, and for the stuns respectively paid by the Corpo ration to those bodies. • In' the interim period between the purchase and subsequent transfer of these properties, the Corporation commenced such works as were in their power—viz., the deepening of the pooh the inoneyS expended by them therein being by parliamentary enactment to be recouped by the Mersey Dock Board, and Parliament having at length sanctioned, in 1858, the improved plans for the outer works, designed under the directions of the Mersey Docks and H arbour Boar d . The execution of those works is pro cee ding rapidly. Birkenhead is be com i ngsa grea t fact, and thenigh some years may be required to develop its resources,d even an the r g r e n e n a t n s b n e n e b e u s t s little doubt of its ultimate progres sionßoth these forts and prospects for their consideration, but . , g if without the advantage of being able to look throu sta of the next 63 years, the Corporation is asked to consider eft propriety of selling the reversionary interest of this great estate. The Council, without expressing any opinion as to the fitness of the dine of the s de of such an important property. having sanctioned the principle of making such sale, referred the matter to the Finance Committee under the direction of fclut sitlaecirriinttteel I have given the most earnest censide falai( td the Stibiectl air beg to offer a few remarks as to what would hale deignWO ntion of such a question. pirst; the land Was dfighiallv purchased in lot 43, noting that in their calculations go fdreYeae is rtride to that portion of the land leafied to anti subsequently acquired by the Trus'tees of, the Birkenhead DockS: RON" filiwt big part ot the prnperty of ,the.Mewey Docks and Herhaifir Board, and the revision to which will have to be dealt with in connection with the larger property tindeF.discussion. The cost price on that year (1913) of the land leased to the Birkenhead Company in 1848 was abdvit 2240,900; nnt,leis ; and, supposing that the mean period of five Yearl Were required to bring the property to a state of promotiveness, the cost or • value of the land, adding interest of 5 per cent., would be about £305,312, and, adding a like sum for the buildings to be erected thereon, in terms of the Municipal Act, the total expenditure in land and buildings would be £610,612; and, supposing no great scheme to have been ventilated for the fatiire,of this prdoerty, and that both buyer and seller of the refersion - Were Milling to consider the present value as the only plenient on the calcination. The tilde on present money of the reVergion f r o' such a p i rdperft A tit full end of 75 fears wound he,.tit 3 per,.cent:, drid tilis gin% had It lien paid-in • 1843,, woUld pow. =lnuit; at t tient: dorapdund iutefest, to nearly S130,00(1; and; fel3Ote(ii,tlit th'i§ calculation containS Do element of increase devoid' from pros pective improvement. . , Secondly,—When the Birkerilledfi Dock Cmpany„at.the end of 1845. gav e no ti ce t o acqu i re th e reve rgl o n tinder titre Powers of their Act of Parliament; It must be borne in mind that at this time a most magrliff _ . ' cent scheme was propounded for the development of this pro , party, a copy of which I have now before me. This was the scheme of the promoters of the undertaking, of those gentle men who were seeking to possess themselves of the reversion and, therefore, the Corporation and their witnesses had foil rights to adopt it, for the purpose of estimating the present thhie Of their future interest in so extensive a property; they did 60 tide it; and tile tesnit seas an estimated value for the revergioli etpectant at the and cif 13 years!, amounting to Z2gfl.oQo, Or therealioutg. .The drbitratore made an awa.)..d faidtir df the CarpdratiOn, as before k stated, pf..E1D3,600, prfnclple,,dr data it is, not for me t o; di v i ne ,. certainly not upon any , evidengprofftieed before them •, probably their faith pi the future Birkenhead. Was ndt Ad trong as that of the prompters of the undertaking; but although the edrid_Clona docks,,•thm extensiye warehouses, the magnificent sampling rooms, th:. timber quays , and canals, had, with the evidence produced before them, alike vanished from their remembrance, they, doubting the future, and giving the promoters the Nil benefit of that doubt, reduced the esti mated value of the property at the end of the term from upwards of £2,400,000, as given in evidence, to about one mil lion, which would he about the capital sum due at the end of 13 years, anticipated in present money at 3 per cent., by the POtnerit ofthe £113,000 awarded. But Whatever the principle pursued by the arbitrators, that sum of 411,000 so awarded, ircsilfileicnt as I believe it was, if vie Wed in corineetidn With the data thiettcled by the plans of tilik,eip_dirupatif,, kn .d. r , the evidence the. ,tiedyeed_thereffetn, oven a' sutat pi+ Table rit the (bite of the award., would kiniotlnt, at fodr . per cent. intirdst, td k2lloioOo l. Corning down to the present period, Nt'e find the dk7l — leittion again renewed f or the sale of the reversion, but under iihich altered circumstances. New life has been infused into every thing around this property, and although the grand ideas of 11andel, in the shape of several docks, with bonded ware bouscs, fraivit,4hyds, ,and their accessories, may have dis dhpellred, ti •-• 4110 4 - Ine sti a ttzeniaias , :intact. The land in its *1194 giten ft rtishni, 114047drig Fcps•Ablt.l,7 , great float 'water, been deepened,. and now nearly red , y . rOeilee the water, and-thus render available soniething p three tht•iinatid yards lineal of quay, space ; while the outer works; ennSttueted up plans. plans of much greater, magnitude than those origindllY nrojeited,lare :un c ier powerful guidance ".The Mersey. ire_ Harbour making :e m it ProgreSs towarAq cdrity etionl and AK rgilways time eagerly. seeking' for eqM7 m veences to enable mtO Ovonottodate tie anticipated traffic. Everything, in fact, bespeak 6 reedi - ery front Collapse ;and decay, and justifies the assumption that a belief in die increasing value of this property, in the minds of the present 'promoters, is one e the chief motives for urging them now to seek for possession of the reversion thereto. The Corporation are not the movers in the proposed nego tiations, and if not urged thereto by the Dock Board would, in all probability, desire to wait at least for some five years for the result of the operations. lii conchision, looking at all the past and present eircum starieesi and the eotiree which etents have follo w ed an d are ndw felloWing . at Bitkerthead, it is hut reasonable t o b e li eve i n file pregtessitelY.:ine;tising .value of ,thjs prdperty ; and to asearrld • that by tie time the lease 411aVid p3pire ttiat value would be very far 'beyond itkift a,;t the present moment, when much that ninet •lidve en important bearing upon it is now in embryo, and all circumstances con nected with it is in transition; in fact, I am of opinion it would be difficult now to estimate correctly the future value, sat at the 'end of the next 63 years. the narrow VICA'A of the arbitrators of 1845 certainly could Rot rloW lie entertained by nay nos conversant with the rapid ettideg byirgkicii property in places like Liverpool increases in • value, /ilk:. lab c;ittli it May bp adirtitted that inn ch which inc eased the cations:tea , feVilete'c ,Aforo tho arbitrators has now disappeared, yet enough exists fad Sultifya . belief in the great value of the reversion, and that it must be e4im'aled far beyond the award of the arbitrators, if not to the eaten. tVe valuations tendered to those gentlemen, such valuations being, of course, corrected for the greater period lapsed in the lease or leases of the property. I venture to think that an alteration might be suggested in lieu of the sale at present of the reversion, an alteration which would place all parties in a fair position, without the proba bility of injustice being inflicted on either side, It being always understood that the Corporation are entitled, whenever called 'upon, Id Sell tothe full vain • in present money of the property at the Ovid of tlitt all the improvements upon it. . This ,iiltefahotl, if ildohlted, ifotild be to , renew the time `expired on the leasds at a, Nit' Valtiation under preient eircurtistaneen, the Merse# toafd tiridertokieredat to acute to obtain the revcirsion Until an ding period had elapsed, say• t w elve 4 ears, and then the Value to he settled by tratidit , .; „ „ . . • ; In tight tithe we plight e'Peet the future of liirOn'eeid to be far advanced, at least, to lie 11 mash pearer maturity kir better, or worse, and justice would be obtained inini facts; and not from draughts on the imagination. I think a course like this could scarcely be objected to tly either party, except from an apprehension that delay would injuriously affect tae result to the side objecting; and such objecti in, I am of opinion, would never be off•red by the Cor poration.---I remain, Mr. Chairman' and gentleman, your most obedient servant, Live pool, /Cat August, itdo. JOHN WEIOUTIVAN. The committee having had this report under considera tion, had rpsAYed to report to the Council that 500,321 :would be a right price to ehairgli for the property, 4ut co& oiAln 6;td3i - E•: „ The folldwing is the fepdit ds td the diode df dealifig with the annual income : The Ctouneil, at' the monthly meeting; on the Ist of August last, having taken into consideration the report of this com mittee on the powers, duties, and obligations of the Council, in reference to the property of the Corporation, adopted the • following resolution :--- • • Resolved,---That as the report of the Finance Committee on the poWers, duties, and obligations of the Council in reference ;td the pro Potty the Corporation, and the income thereof, and to time thereof' by sale in fee or on lease, or on the renewal of leases, and the. Etaplicittion 0f,,5111 proceeds of such sales, leases, and renewals involves very nripoiltant . cqn• siderations affecting the management of the Corporate estale; .especially in regard to the, uncertainty, which may arise,as to the annual income derivable therefrom, it be referred to the llnance committee tp consider and report wlfat course the Connell should, pursue under th e circumstances; i n or d er t o °Math the.difficulties which,may ariSe•frpin that uncertainty.' dberlieUen to this resolution, the finance committee have t now to epifiti-. • I. That as t o the proceedsfroM a l m i ° l4 te sale of any part of the p roperty o f the Corpo rataot Ouch grweeds .must be invested, subject to the approval of the Lords Cem missioners of the Treasury, a.nd the annual income derived from such investments is payable to the borough fund. The principal difficulty in the consideration of this impor tant question arises in reference to the proceeds from leases. AS :Aloft ill the former rep or t, th e a mount received in each year is subject td gtetft ductitations. In some years, in which sales of property whi c h has fallen into ppssesilon occur, the' amount is very, Jarge;and in other yeiirg, vflias tliere are no such sales. and the fines received are those 'Kenn the dritiriatY renewals of leases directed by time Council at each monthly meeting, the amount, is comparatiVely Sinai/. The Codneil may thus be in• the position, of not being , able, to ascertain its etc - Amble income in,.any one .year there ipight.be a! Very tiiegt stirnitil4 Over .Ohltgaory. expenditiFC, and jn nett Sikh a deficiene;y as td Make t'Poroulch rate necessary. The attention of your committee has eelf difeeted measures calculated to avoid the state of things, which wdtild manifestly occasion the greatest possible difficulty in the management of the affairs of the borough. The actual state of the receipt and expenditure of the Cor ,poration carnet be correctly known until the accounts ar e made up, after the 31st August in each year, on which d a y , underthe'llunicipal Act, the accounts of the year must be closed. All statements up to that period arc estimates only. In preparing the annual estimate of the probable income and ekpenditure of time Corporation it was the practice of late 3'e to Ott the proeccAs of Icapttig, La t., Jear,.the .aetual ,d';erage. froln .this source ,ddring th e la 4n,d i also • dnring the, whole period. since ,f4; e liaising Of the Municipal Act, was tiacertaineCto Ve426,00, which sum was, therefore, etimeted as income from that source. • ~, 41 , In order to avoid the serious consequenCeb `hie44 result from uncertainty of incethe, involving an immense ,plus one year, and perhaps a borough rate the next, the pru dent course would be to pay to the Borough Fund, in each year, the ascertained average from the proceeds of leases, COT ; reeling such average at stated periods, ain u il st s i opri: i s ie 7 a - e cc o o u u t n , tl the surplus a fund for the purpose of adj n g in efferyyear„on the principle of the reser ve fund of a gas or atgrcuppd,ntoillich is kept up to a cer tain amount in ord er equalise calise tht di,idendsof compny. Thus the Council would m each T e d !. He_ th:.exact sum applicable to the porough fund troni leasing, a the other items of ine.oine, which are nearly t he same m " •er7 year, would be enabled to adjust their expenditure, sd Its to avoid levying a borough rate, which, in the event . i - of a defi ciency of income to meet expenditifre, would be miperiftive upon theni to do: • i*ii Till tIiERIf. OF THE • PEACE. Alderman J. BRAMLEY-MOORE said before going i n t o the discussion of the proceedings of the Finance Com mittee, he regretted exceedingly that he should have to occupy the attention of the Council with regard to a matter personal to himself, more especially when there were such important matters to come under the discus sion of the Council. It would be recollected that at the last meeting he had made a statement in that room respecting the Clerk of the Peace, and that statement he made without comments of his own, simply narrating the, facts. , In consequence of that the Clerk of the Peace had tiublished st letter in the pnriers, arid he thought it due not only to himself but respectful to the Council that it should be noticed,—otherwise an impression would go abroad that there was great jobbery practised in the Council. He was charged in the letter not only with attempting to induce a gentleman to withdraw his claims and pretensions to an office, but he Was also charged there with endeavouring to persuade him to withdraw in favour of his friend Mr. Lloyd for that office I! and also the graver charge of promising t o provide him with a situation of £BOO a year. H e was not aware that such a situation would be in the power of any membe r of the Council to h old horses out of. It was, therefore , scarcely necessary t o go into it; still, the world at large did not know, an d so it became necessary that it should have a contra diction. Mr. Moore here read the extract from Mr. Wright's letter, which he complained of, and which has already been prominently published in our columns, and then said the Council would see that Mr. Wright did not positively assert that such a conversation to o k place, but.left the world to infer that it did, by asking him (Mr. Moore) did he recollect the morning of his appointment, and did he recollect his answer. Now, he had to assure the Council, and he did so in the most solemn manner, that he never had a conversation with Mr. Peter Wright on the subject of the Clerk of the Peace, of a private nature, in his life (hear) —that it was a pure invention and fabrication —that there was not one atom of truth in it, and not the slightest foundation for such a statement. (Hear, hear.) He should not for a moment have ventured to occupy the time of the Council on 'a matter personal to himself, but he felt it due to the Council that he should explain the matter, and give a co n t ra di ct i on to t h e s t o ry as put forth. He had always had a kindly feelingto Mr. Wright, but deemed it r i g ht to give that public contradiction to what he had sa id. Alderman J. B. L LOYD sa id his name had been brought forward in the letter of the clerk of the peace, in reference to what Mr. Bramley-Moore stated in the Council. He could only distinctly state that he was no opponent of Mr. Wright; but, at the particular request of Sir Thomas Braneker and Mr. James Aspinall, he had proposed him in that room. He had never asked him to retire, and he regretted that his name should have been brought forward in such a way. Mr. STEWART then moved the first recommendation, for the increase of the salaries of Edward Fitzgerald and John Andrews. Although these gentlemen were described as clerks in the Town-clerk's department, they were actually under Mr. Walters, the prosecuting solicitor ; and gentlemen were aware that by an arrangement entered into with the Treasury on the subject of the costs of prosecution, the salaries of these officers would now be repaid. Alderman gOOPER seconded the motion. Mr. JEFFERY opposed the recommendation,—not, he said, with reference to the individuals proposed, but they were about to have a revision of the salaries of the whole staff of the Corporation in each department ; and he thought if they were to have that revision, they had better have it before they attempted to advance salaries. It might be that those gentlemen were competent to fill higher duties, and he had no doubt ample justice would be done; but he objected decidedly that they should ad- THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1860. lance any salaries in the pay of the Corporation proper ! rOVision had been held. He moved, as an amend meat, ttLe tlte rebbniinendationbe referred back. Mr. BEcitvitrii sßiintled the amendment, which was alSo supported by Mr. Nicxsori—That, he said; - gaff fife la:sf monthly meeting of the Council ; and if they pissed' flinSe commendations, they should h ave i ncrease d s alarie s n -1Y wards of £1,200 last year. Alderman WoonnerF—Mr. Jeffery says we are going to have a revision of salaries. By whom ? Mr, JEFFERY—By this Council. The Finance Com mittee promised it two years ago. Alderman Vornlßtinr—Are they ? (" No, no," and laughter.)' I wanted to know who the " we" were. Mr. STEWART repeated ihnt the salaries would be paip b'Y ttS" Tleastiry;! and; oif Ur, Jeffery withdrew the airienttoient, The motion Was' then agreed to: ` Mr. STEWART theft antbilhEed tliaE the sedonit re commendation for increasing die' Salafibs of Mr. FOole and Mr. Robinson would have to stand oVeifei'a•mbtith, pursuant to standing orders. Mr. Stewart aaid'-ih to the corporate income, the report had been read, and every possible attention had been paid to it, and he did not know that he had anything further to sal 461 i it: Mr. Stewart briefly explained the obtects of. the it/M . 4164c1/ was to the effect that the coin ' mlttiee would' hale AA/ powers of dealing with the corporate estate: The' teptt Was a most important one, and as . ati t ch' he' WoUld tint pre'es rite adoption, with ou t the Cott&;it Wi i shedit, off thn pi'eeent ocCasiott Mr. JErrtuf WiWiecl` knOW what Would lie the effect if the report waa Atopted'ili ileteionce to' the next two orders on the paper? Mr. STEWART did not think !tee are' th at all bearing upon the other. That, hoWevd, *eV a nitre matter of opinion. Mr. STirr thought it would be most desirable that the (Sarisiderittion of a report of such importance should be dilly and properly considered ; as such could not be the case if, a distinsion was taken upon it at that meet ing,' he hoped that the' committee would have it printed, and' plabed in the bad& of every member of the Council, heshouldniete 6'4 its! considera 1, therefore tion be postp9ned for .a month. Me. l'itfAJE seconded , the proposition, and he did so because the fepocti &arty refprred to' a most important subject. It did not allude to' the &vines, for the past year, but it told them how they vfere to' deal With the finances for the future. He would ask what they Were going to do with their £lOO,OOO, surplus capital It was a most important subject for the consideration of the town. The Moon understood Mr. Stewart to say that he did riot Wish to pros 9 the consideration of the report tipciii ibis Ineetinir,: Mr. SirnifAti sdid lie lied not the slightest objection to have the discussion iio'dirdrted. It was then decided that the for it/oration of the report should be postponed for a month. In answer to a question put by Mr. Jeffery, Mf: Si.titAnT said he had been asked whether the relidff, rkldtife ftt ttg.d Birkenhead property would form part of the firUcliedirigs• gild Wad be confirmed if the general p.rdceefiin o eis llie tiOniniittee iVera, He would tell the Cohncil that they wefeydfi of fitv Itroceedi9gs, riot the slighted ohjectimi it) tlldt AV being d iiailoita, lie 3 W401 pierely tell them that thatfooft entirely reldidcl to' the plkhag of the lane at the At , kenhead docks. In the Poittlialsrule o the• dqeks there was other property, some of it held undeitlie Blik.enbead Commissioners, who were the owners in trtist !of that portion of the property which extended from Cathcart , street to the end of the pool on the river side. Mr. JEFFERY said he had understood that it was agreed that the discussion on this report was• to be postponed. He did not wish to have two discussions upon the subject, therefore if the discussion and con sidefatteWas riot to be taken then, he must object to Mr. Stewart 614 g Met) . the cluestbr-% i Mr. COOPER said the nforatiatiou I*. Stewart had given was very valuable, and it Woill'cr k fire Condi know exactly how to deal with the matter NVlltif it Was brought up. Mr. STEWART, in continuation, said all the land referred to was on the south side of Cathcart-street, and extended from there to the end of the pool. The pur chise of it amounted to £750,000. He was proceeding' wit (4,oge farther r emarks, when it was at once decided that the ealiTeeolr a the whole motion should be postponed. Postponed accordingly. • Mr. STEWART then moved the eiaiinthtiqtt of the general proceedings of the committee_ , with the eiVep tion of the above two items, which was seconded and carried, THE NEW EVELIO OFFICES IN DALE-STREET. Mr. JEFFERT wished to know what would become of the nest two orders on the paper. gel/oral voioss—" They will be postponed." the two ofders 9,114ded to were as follow :—Report of speeial committee to eolisider plans for new Public the Officps, -street,. the e'onsicieration whereof was : post po'n' V W ed tlie dolithly" defincil held iii Atigtsst last, until after the coneligratfon or the report of the Finance Committee, as to the Mode df dealing with the annual income of the corporatioli.= TtePbrt of the Improvement Committee, recommending' eerkin ilm provements at a cost of £300,000, the consideration whereof was postponed at the monthly council held in August last, until after the consideration of the above-mentioned report of the Finance Committee. The consideration of these orders were also postponed for the present. iltt*krthr 03±:iirtrnE Ailn STREET TRAMWAYS. The proceedingS of this committee were read, and the only matter of public filtered referred to" therein, was the sub-committee's report on tn'd Slt6et Tramways, which has already been published in the .t . dily .flints, •when that subject was lately discussed at the meeting of the Health Committee, and the report was referred ck for further consideration. Mr. CLINT moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Ffe said the only point to which he need allude, was the report pro the subject of Street Tramways. Ho said the seored ,teerr referred to a joint committee of tke Watch and Ifralth Cclinnittees,.. The Watch Com mittee had agieed to a report, and had gent it to the Health Committee, but that cjultinitts'e' hatf referred it back for further information. As the report had teen referred to the Watch Committee, to cenSider police regulations, and as that committee had made its repcf he , thought the motion had now better rest entirely with the Health Committee. They, as the cus todians of the streetg, and as*the tramways were to be laid in the streets", were the PYoper persons to carry it out.' The MA-You—That cannot be done without gflsttiiff .; in the standing orders. It was sent for a report of a joint ecmmittee, and we have only got before us the the report of the Water Committee. Mr. Dovtn, as Chairman of the Health Committee, objected to' the responsibility being cast upon that com *tee. it *as motion which seriously effected the llittrtic; as it ivVs a o'aestion of taxation, and one that might interfere With the. traffic in the streets. The committee, it being a subject of so' much finp ortance, had referred it back for further inforitiation. , The TOWN-CLERK said, in answer to Mr. Clint, that the proper course would be for the Council to confirni the proceedings of the Watch Committee, except so far as related to the report on tramways. After a considerable amount of discussion, that course was adopted IHE HEALTH COMMITTEE. The probeedingi of this committee were then read, when Alderman Dover moved, and Mr. Sheil seconded, th'ei'r confirmation: . Mf. fhte'iii:st asked whether the report was true that certain stieefs pUt do'ivn in the estimates to he paved were left over year after ye*. Aldernian DOVER was not awafe thsit Flag the case. The proceedings were then confirmed. ST. GEORGE'S-HALL COMMITTEE. The proceeding s of this committee were read, and on the motion of Mr. Alderman Turner were confirmed. THE MAIMETS COMMITTEE, The report of this committee was read, and amongst other subjects It stated that the stall in " 4 t. John's Market, forrner;y occupied by Mr. George Taylor, had been offered b e y tender, mid had been let to Mr. Charles Taylor, of Chester; at a rental of £3 per week. A memorial, signed by 6.5C1 of .the tenants of the several markets, praying the Council to alter the bye-law, and permit the markets to be kept open until eleven o'clock on a Saturday night, instead of ten, was read. /t stated that the early closing was very injurious to them, and that they were great sufferers by the alteration. 111. r. WOODRUFF, in moving the confirmation of the proceedings 'of this committee, said he had no doubt that the Council would be gratified to find that the income of the markets had, under its present manage ment, been increased £1,400. The present committee had done all it could in getting the markets to their present state, and he hoped that the result would be satisfactory to the Council and the town. He then alluded to the memorial, and said the committee had always considered that the alteration of the hours would be injurious, and he was convinced - so still, but as it was the act of the Council the committee had no power to alter it, and it was a matter that entirely rested with the Council to say whether they would continue to have the markets closed at ten o'clock, or allow them to be kept open until eleven, on Saturday night. Mr. Alderman TURNER wished to know what bad been done with Taylor's stall in St. John's Market. Mr. WoonauFr explained the circumstances con nected with taking the stall away from Mr. George Taylor, and added that he sent a memorial to the com mittee, but the committee could not alter its former decision • therefore they had pat it up for tender. For merly the stall was let for £1 2s. 6d. The first tender sent in was for £2, a second for £2 10s., and the third, from Mr. Charles Taylor, of Chester, was for £3, and his being the highest tender, he was accepted. ' Mr. BRCKWITH—The chairman of the Markets Com mittee is hoodwinking us. He knows well that the same Taylors are at the stall now. (Laucrhter.) Mr. Alderman TURNER thought that if the committee had the power of taking the stall away from Mr. Taylor, after he had been fined £5, they had no right to let him have it again. Mr. Alderman PARKER complained that parties should be fined in the new wholesale market in Isling ton, when no bye-laws had been placed up. Mr. JOHNSON then moved that the memorial from this market tenants be referred to the committee, with a request that they should report upon the necessity of rescinding the bye-law, and allow the market to be kept open until eleven o'clock on Saturday night as hereto fore. Mr. CRELLIN seconded the proposition. Mr. GRAVES expressed a wish that the present system should have a fair trial, and said that there could not be so much injury inflicted upon the tenants, when they took into consideration the fact that one of the stalls had recently been let for double rent. He moved that the memorial lie on the table. Mr. Alderman BRAHLEY-MOORE argued that as the shopkeepers kept open their shops for the sale of goods until twelve o'clock, it was an injury to the tenants o f the markets to compel them to give over business at ten. Mr. Picton and Mr. Clarke Aspinall, Mr. Tobin, and several other gentlemen, having addressed the Council, a division took place, when the voting was as follows : For—The Mayor ; Aldermen William Bennett and Thomas Dover ; Councillors John Johnson Stitt, Clarke Aspinall, C. J. Corbally, Edward Estill, Thos. Avison, ,W. Hought on Charles T. Bowring, Samuel R . G rav es , John Hays Wilson, Thomas Bailey Job, Jam es As pinall Tobin, William Earle, James A. Picton, T . Llewellyn Hodson , John Aikin, Francis A. Clint, Joseph S teel , John Far worth, and J. Gibbons Livingston. -21. Against—Aldermen James Parker , Joseph Cooper, J. Hayward Turner , Richard C. Gardner, J. Bramley- Moore, John Wooruff, Raymond and John Stewart; Councillors James Crellin, Richard Shell, John Shimmin, William Barton, James Tyrer, Thomas Ridley, \V. P. 'effreys, Th omas Wagstaff, John Rogers, James Johnson, George Nickson, and R. M. Beck with.-20. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE.—THE BANQUET TICKETS. The proceedings of this committee having been read, sfits also a mem or i a l. from the volunteer officers, a'sking if there would be a general holiday on the 18th, cB the occasion of the opening of the Free Public Librrq. Mr. lircerthl fat' to. ash the Council whether it was their, as it was the gefibeal , wish;, that th ere s h ou ld b e a holiday upon that occasion Mr. Alderman BaAmix - rlfoolit wished to know whether the sub-committees coriddetinm the arrange ment for that day reported to the t'Conheil.- had understood that the committee of arrancienient consisted of 150 persons. There were 64 geAki r jo i belonging to the Council, and he would ask if it *Mild not have been considered as selfishness if each of tee gentlemen had asked for six tickets each to attend the ban Vet, There was no doubt but that the Corporation had a right to have seats reserved for them that tliby Were entitled to. hot there was 150 on the make gao' ' perion. Be Wished to knnv • what was to conitattee acid they had each siit tickets, which would become of the public:. For his own part, he should have been ashamed td take sik tickets; and he thought he made a very great streteh When he took four —(Cries of " Oh, oh !")—and these he had &Versed amongst those who would be an ornarnent tog the banquet, and who but for that would not have been there. (Oh, oh). He did not think it right that each man should have had six tickets appropriated to his own use, tint he was actually told that some had as many as a dozen; some twenty, and some thirty. Mr. JEFFERY—AIR/ some forty. Mr. BlLislqtx - ie-Motyvt; How many have you ? (laughter.)' Mr. JEP'PElri—f !IVO only six in my own right. ("Oh, oh," ancl laughter.)' Mr. BRAISILEY-MOOHE Said that was not a direct answer, and from it he inferred that. he bad a great many more. He then showed the difficulty there even was in getting the tickets, because some of the gentle men had gone before the hour appointed for procuring them, and the rushing and pushing to get at them was very great and disgraceful. He said the whole arrange ment was disgraceful in the extreme, and the public were entirely shut out from participating in the banquet. PICTON then gave a very long explanation, and atteiatted to exonerate the arrangements committee from any blame in the matter. Mr. Alderinan Pknitml thought the Council were rightly served. A committee had come .and asked the Council for £2,000, and they had deputed the spending of it to others. For his part, he had gone for a ticket ; but when he found he was to be placed at one extreme corner, he came away without taking it; and he had not got a ticket, nor did he wish to have one. Air. J. R. JEFFERY, in a speech of considerable length, reviewed all that had taken place, in reference to the arrangements committee, and accused Mr. Bramley- Moore with acting unjustly, in attacking the "out siders," one of whom was Mr. George Arkle, the chair man of the conirffittee, when he was not present to defend himself. lie said the reason the chairman at the Dock Board had not had his ticket before the pre lions evening was, because all could not be sent out, end denied that it was an after-thought sending him ate, f 4.4 bad been suggested. Ile then stated that the ettra tike be had sot, were those of gentlemen who did not require the Ax, and as he had so many applica tion's' fOt tickets; Ire had asked them for those they did not reqiiire . ; and. he lied between Wen and sixteen, which, he had no' diurbti mould be distributed amongst the respectable ratepayeYS' of the' tovrtr. Mr. &LEM said the Council WI by this arrangemen learned what should be done on nth' occasions, and what should be avoided, and severely atitnudyerted upon the whole misarrangemeuts. He was one off those who had no ticket. Mr. Alderman COOPER was one of the original mem b'er's of the committee, but he had never been summoned to aftepti a single meeting. lie had applied for a tida l but the first time he was too soon, and the next time he Wit's' teb•lvtd.. Ile was perfectly ashamed of the whole affair. Mr. CLARKE ASPINAiL' VOVkltg also spoken in con demnatory terms of the whole" aiCir it his usual sarcastic style, and stated that one of 6.1 members of the committee had said he would be sati'sfied with twenty-five tickets if he could not get forty, which' was the cause of the six being allotted to each gentleman. /onNsox said that when he took two tickets i ns tead of six, he. believed he was serving the p u bli c , but in'skld of that. a member of the committee took the other four. Mr. TOBIN suggested to fitore gentlemen who had not made use of thew tickets, that ail except those they really required should be sent to the thntraittee for them to dispose of in the best way they could, so as to prevent the great inconveniences which must arise from tlis• pre sent system. He was willing to do so. Mr. GRAVES agreed with Mr. Tobin ; but urged that the whole of the tickets should be called in, and a new arrangement should be made for the disposal of the tickets. After a few more brief speeches from several council lors, each of whom complained of • the arrangement " lotgly and deeply," Mr, Pieron replied, and insisted that the committee had acted in the best passible way, and that, notwith standing the complaink everything. would go off suc cessfully on that day. The subject then dropped. GENERAL HOLIDAY. It was unanimously agreed that the Mayor should issue a proclamation calling upon the tradesmen to give their employees a general holiday on the •18th, which he said he should have much pleasure in doing. THE WATER COMMITTEE. The p . Meetlirigs of this committee, appointing Mr. George Parry de atsistant-secretary of the engineer's de partment, at a salary o'f 1'2;50 per annum, was confirmed, as was also the proceedings of tire Maths Committee. The coroner's account was ordered to Ire paid. ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH. - - The memorial to appoint an organist to this clintrch, as heretofore, was, after a brief discussion, referred to Le Finance Committee. The Council then broke up. AVti!,T DERBY GUARDIANS. The usual weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of Guardians was held yesterday, at the Workhouse. The chair was occupied by Mr. Ward ; the other mem bete present were, Messrs. Heyes, Wood, • Shaw, Williamson, Garrett, Pilling, Jeffreys, Roberts, Ledger, Abrahams, Ward/am, Medcalf, H. Edwards, Green, J. Edwards, Whitby, Clarke, Bolshaw, and Wensley. The following, cheques were drawn for out-door relief, Mr. Potts, £112; Mr. Lythgoe, ; Mr. Roberton, £3O. A letter was read from the Poor Law Board, stating that they had no legal power to sanction the payment of the expenses entered into by Mr. Gough, the Go vernor of the Workhouse, in the inquiry before the Coroner into the death of Mary McDonald from chloro form. A SMALL SCENE, Mr. SHAW wished to enter into an explanation regarding the inquiry into his character with reference to the . woman Elizabeth Wilkinson, alias Cross," &c., which took place at that board a few weeks ago, during his absence. This was th e first time that he bad bad an opportunity of clearing himself in the presence of the chairman, Mr. Ward. He proceeded to deal in persona lities, amidst a good deal of confusion. An angry discussion ensued, during which Mr. LEDGEK moved that the board should not reopen arid go into the matter until Mr. Shaw had carried out his promise of publishing a vindication of his character. The motion Was seconded by Mr. Edwards. The CHAIRMAA was ready to enter into the case if that were the wish of the board ; or, did the board refuse to entertain the subject, he was willing to allow it to drop. The motion was carried at length, and Mr, Shaw sat down. THE SALE OF THE HOSPITAL. Mr. LEDGER brought forward the subject of which he had given notice at the former meeting ; and after a few remarks, he proposed that the clerk be directed to advertise the sale of the hospital and the adjacent land. The motion was seconded by Mr. Edwards, and carried unanimously. Mr. PILLING then proposed that an overture be made to the Toxteth-park Guardians to receive the infectious cases for the board for the season, and that the Clerk ascertain the terms on which the Toxteth Guardians would receive them. The motion was seconded. Mr. SirAw strenuously opposed the motion, suggest ing that the Guardians provide in the workhouse for their own infectious patients, and he moved an amend ment to that effect. A discussion ensued, and The CLERK explained that unless the board provided accommodation for the infectious cases in some place apart from the other paupers, the Poor-law Board would not sanction the sale of the hospital. Mr. Shaw's amendment found no seconder, and fell, therefore, to the ground. The motion was then put to the vote, and carried. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT-OVERSEER. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to read the applications from the candidates for the office of assistant-overseer. He was, however, interrupted by Mr. SHAW, who said that since he was not allowed to enter into explanations respecting himself and the chairman, he would not interfere in the appointment of assistant-overseer. He would, however, like to know what right the chairman had to make an enquiry into the private character of any guardian. The CHAIRMAN—Do you ask me as chairman of this board, or as a private individual? Mr. SHAW--As chairman of this board. The CHAIRMAN—No right at all. A member wanted to know what Mr. Shaw's question was. Mr. SHAW repeated the question, and also inquired what extenuation the chairman had to offer for what took place on the 4th of July, since he admitted that he was not justified in making inquiries into a guardian's character. Several gentlemen protested against opening the ques tion again, and at length the matter dropped, Mr. Shaw leaving the room for a time, returning, however, and examining one of the books of the board. .The CHAIRMAN read the applications. The appli cants were very numerous, including Messrs. John M. Smart, Henry Gandy, Augustus Lingham, John Mont gomery, Thomas Smith, A. Dowdall, Richard White head, J o h n C . B ear d , B enne tt, Woodward, John Jones , Henry ling Mr. P ILLTNG ex pl a ined at some length t he nature of the positi on . The assistant overseer should collect all rates, and in all things be under the direction and entire control of the honorary overseer. He moved, in con clusion, a resolution to that effect, - fixing the salary at £135. • Mr. Wensley seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. Ledger proposed and Mr. Jeffre y s secon ded the nomination of Mr. Aug ustus Lingham. fir. Reyes second e d, who h as ac t e d Mr. Whitby proposed. and Mr . B olshavr seconded, the appointment of Mr. Bennett, and proposed, o sTe Thomas n a l a n sd Smith, .-Nlr theMnro. Abrahamsinatio for some years a s Mr. Cleaver's assistan t. Th e votes were rece ived. M r. Smith obtained 8, and mn of Messrs. Lingham and Bennett 7 votes each. Mr. ' Bennett received afterwards a large number of votes, and was at length appointed by a majority of 16 against 8 for Mr. Smith. . Th er e was no other business, and the meeting term inated. .. EVIPORTANT INQUEST AT BIRKENHEAD. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. H. Churton, coroner, opened an- inquest at the George and Dragon Hotel, Grange-lane, on the body of Mr. Patrick Whelan, wine and spirit merchant, residing at Clifton-crescent, and carrying on business in Grange-lane, in partnership with Mr. Thomas Oatfield. The inquest-was adjourned until half-past three o'clock, to enable Mr. Downing to make a post-mortem examination of the body. It appears that the deceased and Mr. Oatfield had ben in partnership in the wine and spirit business for a length of time : latterly, however, they were not on very happy terms of friendship. On Thursday evening week, about eight o'clock, Mr. Oatfield (who managed the wholesale department of the business) returned home in a state of ex)citement, and a quarrel with his partner immediately ens 1.. Blows were exchanged. It was said that Oat field strdcle deceased on the left side of the head. Counter evidence was; inwever, given by a nephew of Oatfield's, but on cross-exantrinatiOn by a juryman, his evidence broke down. The blow wais witnessed by Joseph Bond, employed on the premises. Tht,' left temple was a little bruised. On Friday the deceased complained of pain in the head ; on Saturday he was unwell, but he still looked after his affairs ; on Sunday he attended divine service. Returning from church, he became much worse, and complained of pain in the legs, in the head, and in the left eye. He also raised his hands to the mark on tile left temple, and said it was sore. That night he was seized with convulsions. He became utterly unconscious, and Mr. &mud Downing, surgeon, was desired to attend him. Mr, Downing continued his attendance until his death. Under medial treatment he rallied perceptibly, and one day he informed Mr. Downing that he had had a quarrel on Thursday week with his partner, who had struck him on the left temple, asking whether the pain resulted from that blow. Some time afterwards he added that Oatfield had kicked him on the legs. On Saturday he died, from what the medical man considered to be apoplexy, produced by great nervous exhaustion. He gave a certificate to that effect. In his post mortem examination he discovered no external marks of violence. On the scalp, however, there was a black mark under the spot on which it was said the deceased had been struck, and within the scalp, in a corresponding position, a quantity of blood of about the size of half a crown. There were evident marks of disease of the brain, which might have extended over a month. The skull was not cracked. All the other parts of the brain, the heart, the /mtgs. and body were in a healthy state. The effusion of blood on the brain might, in his opinion, have been the result of natural causes, or have been produced by a blow, or the inflamation produced by natural causes might have been accelerated by violence. After the coroner had addressed the jury, they con sulted for half or three-quarters of an hour, and re turned a verdict to the effect that death was produced by disease or inflammation of the brain, accelerated by the blow struck by Mr. Oatfield on Thursday week. The coroner recorded the verdict, but refused to commit Mr. Oatfield on his own responsibility on a charge of manslaughter, leaving it to the friends of the deceased to take any steps they pleased in the matter. The inquest was closed about half-past seven o'clock in the evening. CORONER'S COURT. ne•Geroner held the following inquests on Tuesday : On the body of James Tucker, 37 years of age, an engine driver at Messrs. Bancroft's establishment, Edmund-street. He was , struck by an engine rod, and received such injuries that he died in consequence. The unfortunate affair was purely accidental, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly. On the body of Joseph Shaw, aged 60, a labourer, who lived in Ilighfield-street. On Saturday he went toa warehouse in Rumford-street, and whilst in a state of intoxication, he accidentally fell over a staircase, and received stelf injuries as caused death. The jury found a verdict of accidental death whilst in a state of intoxi cation. On the body of John Rowlands, a carter, 60 years of age, who on the 12th September had his leg broken, by a cart passing over him. He was drunk at the time, and received such injuries that he died therefrom on on Monday, Verdict, accidental death from injuries recelted whilst intoxicated. On the body of a child named John J. Laird, eight months old. &vie days ago the child was accidently scalded in Broos-street, and the injuries caused death. Verdict, accidentally scalded, On the body of a child named Frances Bradbury, 21 years old. The death in this case' was the result of the child having eaten some beans, from which croton oil is extracted. It was purely accidental, and the jury found accordingly. SUDDEN DEATH. -- Frederick Force, a printer, who was at work at Mr. Parry's, Rodney street, fell dead in a lit on Tuesday evening, whilst at his work. DEATH OF THE REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER.—This gentleman, one of the most eminent Dissenting ministers of London, died on Sunday, at his residence in Essex, in his 84th year. He had been for many years past the minister of Finsbury Chapel, Moorfields. SALE OF PERTH TAEATHE.—This building, which was erected about 40 years ago, at a cost of upwards of £2,000, but which for many years past has been an unprofitable speculation for the shareholders, was a few days since exposed to sale by public roue, in the Royal Geurge•Hotel, at the upset price of £550. After a bnsk competition, the theatre was knocked down at £586. The purchaser, it. is understood, is to convert the build- ing to other purposes. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return for week ending September, 29, 1860: Admitted, :in-patients, 45 ; out-patients, 29; surgical casualties, 37. Discharged, cured, 18 ; relieved, and at own request, 13 ; made out patients, '2 ; irregular, 0 ; dead 3 ; remain in the house, 187. For the ensuing week (visitors) : C. B. Robinson and M. C. Jones, Esqrs.; physician, Dr. Vose ; surgeon, Mr. Stubbs ; house surgeon, Mr. R. Harrison ; junior house surgeon, Mr. H. G. Rawdon ; chaplain, Rev. Edwd. Poole; treasurer, Mr. C. Wilson. . . PRINCE ALIMBD AND THE FINGOES. -On August 11th, the Prince, with the Governor and party, left Grahamstown, and proceeded by Fort Blown and Koonap to Fort Beaufort, with much fun and loyalty all the way. He then went on to Heald Towns, on the frontier, an industrial school and institution founded under Sir G. Grey's patronage, and under the manage ment of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. The Fingoes who have settled around the mission there had held a meeting, and made preparations for the occasion, and they came up to Sir George Grey with a grateful address. It was Sunday,' and the Prince and Governor having inspected the institution, entered the (Wesleyan) chapel, where a native congregation was assembled. The whole of the staff attended, and the Rev. W. Impey officiated. The sermon was in the Kaffir language, and the conduct of the coloured people was excellent. It was an interesting sight to see a prince, a child of the greatest monarch in the world, worshipping under the same roof with some GOO or 700 natives.—Grahamstown Journal. STREET RAILWAYS FOR LONDON.—What with as, water, telegraphs, and traffic, our streets are becoming almost impassable ; and what is to be the result when the whole line of the Strand is taken up for two years, as we are informed is to be the case, in order that our other principal thoroughfare, the Thames, may be relieved from its present supplementary employment as common sewer, it is difficult to conceive. We are happy to see that some attempt at the alleviation of this difficulty is at length being made, and that in the new approach to Covent Garden the authorities have determined to construct a " subway" which will allow of access to the various systems of gas, water, telegraph, and other pipes which now keep our streets in a constant condition of barricade. Could this be done through out the metropolis, one great source of obstruction would be removed, and we hope to see the day when under every street in London a subway will afford ready means for all those subterranean operations which now obtrude themselves upon the upper world. But this must be a work of time, and when done would not affect the great difficulty, the increasing plethora of actual traffic. Something must positively be done to relieve our thoroughfares, or they will soon cease to be thorough fares at all. And, fortunately, one excellent remedy may be very easily applied. A few well-laid tramways along our principal routes would alone relieve the greater portion of the omnibus traffic, which constitutes more than three-fourths of the entire traffic. A pair of horses can draw over a tramway the load of half a dozen on stones or Macadam, and that with a silent smooth ness which the New Yorker or Livcrpoolian finds a pleasant contrast to the jolting and clattering of our London vehicles, and with a facility of instant stoppage by means of breaks, invaluable alike to man and beast. —John Bull. PRINCE ALFRED AS A SPORTSMAN.—The Grahams town Journal furnishes some interesting particulars of Prince Alfred's spurting excursions near Port Elizabeth. Writing of . one of these which took place on the Bth inst., our contemporary says :—" The distinguished party then moinited and rode into the bush on the American Flats. They hunted all the way to the Coega, and succeeded in killing two fine bucks and three hares. The Prince seemed lastly to enjoy the sport. His countenance was flushed with excitement, and his eye sparkled with delight. He was requested to accept one of the bucks, whereupon he requested it might be sent off to the Euryalns for the midshipmen's mess. We hear that all the game killed was sent on board. by Mr. George Reed, who had exerted himself to afford plea sure to His Royal Highness. The first chase, escort and all, galloped off in full pursuit, and on coming in at the death, the Prince seemed vastly amused to find the escort nowhere.' A most pleasant day was spent, and at the Coega the party separated—the Elizabethans to return to their stores and business, and the Royal visitor to pursue his journey, accompanied by his suite. All along the line there were indications of the loyalty of the scattered farmers--here there was a nose- • gay, and there a painted board perched upon a tree with the words Welcome Prince Alfred ;' shortly after which they came upon some flags waving in the air. But the greatest effort of the kind was a pretty triumphal arch erected near the Coega valley. The Prince and Governor stopped for the night at M'Loughlin's station, then at Coe's for the second night of the journey, and arrived at Grahamstown on the third day. On the road Com mandant Wilmot had met him with twenty-five of his burghers, and the Prince offered his riding-whip as a prize to the best shot out of ten picked men. There was some capital shooting, which so surprised General Wynyard as to call forth the remark, What would the French say if they saw such shooting ?' The best shot was a Dutchman, named Coester, who knocked an orange off a stick at a distance of 100 yards. The whip will be retained in the Dutchman's family, and handed down to future generations. the burghers seemed to have enjoyed themselves very much, and were highly delighted with the affability of the Prince. Commandant Wilmot says,—' he mixed up with them just like one of their number,' and that he is a 'regular nice fellow.' The name of Prince Alfred will be engraven on the memories of a thousand hearts in South ica." LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. CASTELLAIN.) THE BILLIARD MARKER'S CITE. John Hayes, whose appearance realised the description given of an. Irish Leprehaun to perfection (only he is not Irish), who was described as a billiard marker, over the water, was charged with having stolen £23 Ss belonging to Francis Darcy. When the prisoner was put to the bar an involuntary laugh burst from all who saw his comical appearance. He is about four feet high, and his nose put one in mind of the horn of that mythical animal the unicorn. His jaws resembled miniature balloons, and his eyes were like those of a dead codfish on a fish board. A quantity of black stubble protruded through the miniature balloons, and the quills on the fretful porcupine were only fools to what resembled the hair of Mr. Hayes' head. The shape of the head itself—or rather the no shape of it, was remarkable. The complainant was nearly as comical-looking as the Leprehaun, and from his manner and voice, seemed to be labouring under the effects of his last night's boozing. He told the following story, stopping about a minute between each word, although told frequently to go on with his tale.--I went into a public-house, and called for a treat for my se lf. That gentleman there, bad cess to him, was there too. I had my money here (inside of his vest in a pocket), and that gen tleman ran away with it. Mr. Castellain ; How did he take it? Why you see he sat down beside me, and by and by I missed it; and, says I, my money is gone, and then out he run and I run after him, calling out stop thief, and then a policeman boned him at the corner. Mr. Castellain : Was the money got? No, sir. Did you lose sight of him? No. Was there any other person there ? Only the landlady and this chap (a boy) here, who was with me. Mr. Castellain : Then he could not have passed it to any one, or thrown it away? Nu; I clb.n't know how he got rid of it except that he eat it. (Laughter.) Mr. Castellain : What public-house was it at, and where? At Park's, in Cheapside, between twelve and one o'clock. A boy who was it; company with the prosecutor said he saw the money w ith Dark just before he went into the public-house, but he el:Add not tell how it was taken. Mr. Garnett (chief clerk) : Were they sober? Not very sober; they were pretty drunk both of them. Airs. Parks stated that the prisoner was in the house sitting at ti:e counter, taking a glass of ale ; the door was shut, when the prosecutor knocked at the doer. and brought in a police-officer to treat him to a glass of ale. When the officer drank the ale he went away, and the prosecutor sat down. Mr. Garnett: Would you know the officer again? I would not, sir. She then stated that the prosecutor sat down beside the prisoner, and in a short time he said his money was gone, but she only saw a shilling with him. She sa id her opiion was that the prisoner could not have taken the money, even if the prosecutor had it, which she doubted. Mr. Block, for the prisoner, contended that there was no case, and his Worship agreeing, discharged the Leprehaten billiardmarker. (Before Messrs. CAS7'ELLAIN and BRANCKEIL) ASSAULTING A WIFE. John Murdock, publican, Great Homer-street, was brought up on warrant, charged with having assaulted his wife. Anne. Mr. Bremner appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Cobb for the defendant. Mr. Cobb said : This is an unfortunate case between man and wife, and before it is gone into, I offer res pectable bail for the defendant, to keep the peace towards his wife. He is a respectable man, and his own recognizance will be sufficient, as there are faults on both sides. Mr. Bremner denied that the latter statement was correct, and mid the magistrates had the power, under the Act of Parliament, to commit the defendant for six months, or to pay a penalty of £2O, and also to call on him to find sureties to keep the peace, but that was to be a bar to future proceedings under the statute. He feared that might have influence on certain pro ceedings that were to be instituted in the Divorce Court for a separation ; so he would only a , k the bench to call on the defendant to enter into sureties to k$ the peace towards his. wife, so as to protect her from further violence. Mr. Cobb objected to this, and said that would assil the party in the Divorce Court, for they would then sayr" Oh, we have had him before the magistrates, and they bound him over to keep the peace." Let the bench if they wished fine him £5, and that will not bar future proceedings. Mr. Bremner : Then let us go on with the case, as it is a most violent assault, and the• lady goes in fear of her life. Mr. Cobb : So does be. Let h be bound over in his own recognizance, and I have no objection, to that. After sonic further conversation, between the legal: gentlemen, it was agreed that Mr. Murdock should enter into his own recognizance in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each to keep the peace towards his wife for twelve months. Mr. Cobb : Or one surety in £lOO, as Mr. Murdock is a well-known and respectable man in business. The magistrates said one surety for £lOO would be accepted, and so the matter ended. THE VALUE OF CHARACTER GOOD AND BAD. Robert Shannon (known to the police as the Elephant) and Samuel Jones, were charged by James Malone, boarding-house keeper, 8, Salthouse-lane, under the following circumstances. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution, and said on Tuesday Malone went into a pnblic-house, having twelve sovereigns tied up in the corner of the scarf that he wore about his neck, and that corner was put under his suspender. The prisoners, who are notorious thieves, were in the house, and by some meting the corner of the scarf got lose from the suspender, and the Prisoners caught and felt it. Finding it was money, Bob got a. knife and made a cut at the scarf, but Malone got away at the time, but came back in a short time, when Jones put his hand into his pocket and took out ss. ;ad.. but Malone got it back from him. Whether the magistrates would think this was an attempt at felony, or a lark, he would leave them to decide, when they would have heard the evidence. Ma lone was then examined, and proved the above-mentioned facts. It was stated that Shannon was convicted of felony no less than twenty-three times, and Jones ten times. Mr. Castellain said he would give them the benefit of their character, and discharge them this time. Shannon said Malone was a thundering rogue, and well known to Mr. Murphy, of the Local Marine Board, and that he had brought the charge out of spite, because he (Shannon) would not sell him sailors as he used to do, having transferred his custom to another man, who bought them. (Laugh - ter.) The prisoners were then discharged. SHOP LIFTIN Michael and Mary Murray, who had been twice remanded on a charge of having stolen a quantity of drapery goods from the Liver House, were brought up. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoners. The details of this case were published twice lately. There were two other cases brought against the prisoners, and they were sent for trial at the sessions. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. BENEFICES AND APPOINTMENTS VACANT. RECTORIES. Kelsey, South, co. and dio. Lincoln: val. .E 687 with residence : pats. the Crown and J. Skipwith, Esq., alt.: Rev. L. Parkin, prom. 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