The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

CHEAP TRIPS. TO TOURISTS AND ANGLERS , EXCURSION round SNOWDON every TUESDAY, THURSDAY ? and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, after the arrival of the Prince of Wales at Menai Bridge, per that splen did Four-horse Coach, the "TOURIST," via Carnarvon, Bedd gelert, and Llanberris. l; INSIDE, Ample time allowed to OUTSIDE,- ascend Snowdon. .e 1 105. For full particulars see Bills at the following Booking-offices : —Belle Sauvage, Ludgate-hill, London ; Independent Coach office, Bull-street, Bi rm i ng h am ; LATHAM'S, (late Morgan's,) George and Eagle Hotel, Fenwick-street, Liverpool; GILDER SLEEVE'S, Garth Hotel, Bangor ; Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon; Steward of the Packet; or Mr. SCOTMAN, 73, Bold-street, Li verpool. HAMER SCOTMAN and Co., Proprietors. I MP 0 RTANT INFORMATION TO MESSRS. HILES AND COMPANY. Gentlemen,—l have tasted several times the sample of Im perial Green. Ginger Wine with which you favoured me, and am of opinion it is much superior to most home-made %Vines. It may, indeed, be considered a good stomachic, and, even when taken diluted with water, will be found a safe and very refreshing beverage.—l am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, D. MACRORIE, M.D. Duke-street, May 6, 1846. IMPORTANT. THE SUBSCRIBER bep to inform the Nobility, -1 . Gentry, Merchants, Captains of Vessels, and the Public generally, that the LARGE SALE of his IMMENSE STOCK haS Commenced, and the whole must be sold without the least reserve. MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF PLAIN AND CUT GLASS, SPLENDID BOHEMIAN 6- BELGIAN ORNAMENTS, CLASSICAL FIGURES, IN ALABASTER, CHINA, &C. T. SMITH, MANUFACTURER OF FLINT GLASS, 2 AND GENERAL AGENT FOR SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM WARES, 54, BOLD-STREET, AND 66, WHITECHAPEL, LIVERPOOL, in tendering to his Friends his grateful thanks for the extended patronage he has hitherto received, begs to call their attention to his present Stock, which is the largest and most magnificent ever submitted to a Liverpool Public, comprising not only Glass of every quality suited to domestic purposes, but a variety of Ornamental Designs, that for style, fashion, and appearance, cannot be equalled by the efforts of any one manufacturer in the Kingdom. The price of every article, owing to T. S.'s ex tensive connexion and command of capital, is such as bids de fiance to all competitors; in fact, purchasers at this Establish ment will save at least forty per cent. The GLASS STOCK comprises rich Cut Dessert Dishes, in every variety ; Decanters, Rummers, Tumblers, Wines, Salts, Toilet Bottles/ Butter Coolers, and Finger Basins; Hock, Liquer, and Champagne Glasses; Ice Plates, Water Crafts, Liquer Bottles and Frames, Cruets and Frames, Hail and Table Lamps, Show Glasses, Deck Lights, Shades and Fittings, of every description of Glass that is"manufactured, suitable to the Use of Noblemen, Naval and Military Officers, Merchants, Cap tains, Hotels, Innkeepers, Lodging-houses, and Private Fami lies, both for home use and abroad. In order however, to give a faint idea of THE EXTREME LOWNESS OF THE PRICES, a few Articles are subjoined, and it must be observed that they are not mere catches, but that every Article is charged in like ratio : A complete Cut Glas - s Dessert Service of 10 Good in sizes, usually sold at Dessert Dishes, clear flint glass 2 Cut Quart and 2 Pint Decanters / l inger Basins, 6 different colours Cut Salts Best Cut Wines, fifteen different patterns. 41 5 0 per set 0 0 6 each 0 8 0 per set 0 0 8 each 0 0 4 per pair 25., 35., and 0 3 6 per dozen Cruet Stands, with three Bottles 0 1 3 per set Splendid Quart Glass Jugs 0 3 0 each _rearn J ugs from 0 0 9 each zest half-pintond bottom Ditto Cut Tumblers, 45., 4s. 3d., & 0 4 6 p er d ozen Di tto Diam 'u ~„e u t Sugar Basins ,000 4 to pint Royal Albert Tumbler s , Id. each, or 0 0 10 per dozen O 0 2 each 0 16 0 each O 3 0 per dozen O 0 10 per lb. O 0 6 per lb. O 0 7 per lb. O 6 0 per dozen 1 10 0 per 'set Victoa Decanters Splendid Cut and Frosted Hall Lamps 9,.fts Chimneys " , nfectioners' Show Glasses Plain Double Flint Tumblers beck Lights, all sorts and sizes Best Table Knives et of Ivory Balance Handles, 50 pieceS_ _ Set Tea Trays, in sizes, 16 inches, 24 and 30 inches ' _ Set Gothic, 16, 24, and 30 inches Set Paper Mache, 16, 24, and 30 inches, 0 4 0 per set 0 10 0 per set 20s. up to 4 0 0 per set Best Metal Teapots, from ls. 3d., 25., 2s. Gd., 35., 45., up to 0 8 6 each Bread Baskets, sd. each, 12-inch Waiter 00 41 each Set of China, 30 pieces 0 7 0 per set Set of Burnished Gold, with Coffees, 40 Half Dozen of China Plated-top Hot or Cold 'Water Jugs, pint .and it half Pl ve-Half-pints, 3s. each • 7-Half-pints pieces 0 16 0 per set 0 1 4 half doz 0 2 0 each 0 3 6 each 3 UST IMPORTED, , A large assortment of ALABASTER ORNAMENTS, in end .* variety, which will be SOLD from FORTY to SIXTY PER ""„ I ' 4 :T. under any yet offered to the public. 'dt v splendid CHINA CLOCKS, of the richest burnished — °" l , with Shades and Stands complete, .t . 5 los. each, war tante& Purchasers may have them One Month on Trial. ,i, InEAn the G ENERAL STOCK will be found CUTLERY, Metal ad COFFEE POTS and SPOONS, Papier Mache and other TRAYS and D . , Plated CANDLESTICKS, Plated Hot Water 41168 ' ' ll GOODS, ENGLISH and FOREIGN CHINA, 111 Tea Breakfast Sets, Fancy Urns, Vases, and Chimney piece ORN A MENTS, in the greatest variety, together with a most splendid and superb Stock of rich Cut, Plain, and Orna blental GT -, ".' p u - rchasers--QO, at prices astoundingly low. at this Establishment, to the amount of : tl, can it_ ae Goods Packed and sent CARRIAGE FREE to Edinburgh, rrP:eeilock, Glasgow, and Dumfries; Dublin, Cork, Belfast, riek, Waterford, Londonderni, Newry, and Dundalk; and ,i,xtl the principal Railway Termini in England. 43,f4.,p0rt_ Orders in China, Glass, Hardware, &c., to any exte t ot, kitiTznsihortest notice, Cheaper than any other House in he Go od • s carefully packed, free of expense. T. MITH, 84, BOLD -STREET S and 66, WHITECILIPEL. 'lli-ICTITRE, STONE, GRAVEL, and all Diseases by ir the Kidneys and Bladder, speedily and effectually cured tl - 4, 41. 'YOUNG'S URETHRIC MIXTURE. The eftwacy of it sun edicine in the above complaints has been long , proved by and iTaralleled success in a practice of many yeds standing , tally - i: . „ 8 Induced the .present Proprietor to make it more gepe the 11 0 :.: -1 1. Its object is to supersede the necessity of using tUse e „:sle, which, from frequent use, makes the passage snore vas, 4tlnle of disease, and frequently brings on a confirme< ess"' Dlseased Prostrate Gland ; it quickly removes all sone hly 4;tlllliets irritation, end allays the inflammdion that invaria es those painful diseases, STONE, GRAVEL, &c. ra;;leTese cases, (perhaps the most painful that the humai elhea,,,l.B.BlllljeCt to,) the Mixture will be found of the 4 iY th e ' it gently acts on the • • %kr Urether to the Bladd Gray,„ l 7 ll ? it not only disso °lit als o f ends to t R__,J)qrticle o S t -entu. bott' tone tl t the Gland •vrpo,,C , s'a veter Robert coo,. .41)(1 re ctspe "17, TO THE TRADESMEN OF BIRKENHEAD. GENTLEMEN, ALETTER has been extensi v ely c i rcu l a t e d i n the Township, addressed to the Ratepayers, some of the state ments in which deeply concern you. In fact, if the statements in that letter be correct, you are in this position :—lf you elect the Messrs. Jackson, and their fol lowers, the greater portion of the Dock Works will stand a chance of being discontinued; and after the effect produced in Birkenhead by the late strike, I need hardly point out to you the disastrous consequences that would be produced by their stoppage. NOW - Who are the partiei interested in the docks—is it Messrs. Jacksori; or Messrs. Potter, Lairds, and Brownrigg, and their friends? "A Ratepayer" distinctly states that the Messrs. Jackson have no interest either in the Dock Company's Works, or in the Railway connecting_the Docks and Birkenhead with the Manufact ur i ng Districts. Let me entreat you to look into this for your own interest. Again,—Was it not the Messrs. Jackson, Bentham, Greene, and others of that party, prevented the Sale of the Park Land, and other Township Lands? See the Report of the Commis sioners' Meeting in January, 1846, and judge for yourselves. Look at the fact stated in "A Ratepayer's" letter, as to the Assessment. Previous to the Dock Bills being passed, the As sessment had only increased at the rate of .t'3,290 per annum, During the three years that the measures for making Docks and Warehouses have been agitated the increase of Assessment has not been as before, .t 3,290 ONLY per annum, but .e 23,000; a clear proof that to the Docks and TVarehouses being carried out well and energetically, you must look for future prosperity and increase in your business. Well, "A Ratepayer" says it is the fact, that the Money for the Commissioners' Docks, now making, was raised through the influence of the party opposed to Messrs. Jackson, and that the Warehouse Company was got up by the same parties. Can the Election of the Meisrs. Jackson do you any good? They have resigned ; why, therefore, bring them forward again if the facts stated by " a Ratepayer" be correct, and every Tradesman in this place can easily ascertain whether they are so or not. What partie I will, ( iequenti ONE OF YOURSELVES, June 2, 1816. Manta'. 'CLERGYMAN would accept cif einployMent for J% Five or Six Wetics, commencing on the first Sunday after Trinity. . Address letters (post-paid) to A. 8., 3, Amber-street, Chat ham-street, Liverpool. WANTHD to RENT, in the neighbourhood of the Prince's-park or Wavertree, a DWELLING-HOUSE, Unfurnished,•containing Three Parlours, Six Bed-rooms, with Bath-rooms, tic. Address Box L 8, Post-office, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. LOANS OF MONEY. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS 1 DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they are willing to receive LOANS of MONEY, on the security of the Bonds of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of FOUR POUNDS PER CENTUM per annum interest, for periods of either Five or Seven Years. All letters to be addressed to GEORGE WITHERS, Esq., Trea surer of - the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office, Liverpool. By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary. Dock-office, Liverpool, 20th November, 1845. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND' GRANTON RAILWAY. rPICE Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS, on Debenture Bonds, for Sums of not less than .e5OO, for a period of Three Years, at the rate of 4,1 per Cent., payable at the Terms of Martinmas and Whitsun day, by the undermentioned Bankers: — LONDON Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co., Birchen-lane. LIVERPOOL MESSFS. LEYLAND and SULLINS. EDINBURGH CITY OF GLASGOW BANK. By order of the Board, ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary. 8, Abercromby-place Edinburgh, 21st May, 1846. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, No. I, OLDHALL-STREET. TPHE DIRECTORS HEREBY ANNOUNCE, that 1 they are ready to receive DESIGNS for their BUILDING proposed to be erected at the corner of North John-street and Dale-street, which Designs are to be sent in to the Company's Office on or before the Ist July next, The Architect producing, in the opinion of the Directors, the best Rhin, will receive a Premium of .t'so, it being understood that, in the event of the Company employing the Designer as their Architect in erecting the Building, no Premium will be given. The Araiitect producing the next best Plan will receive a Premium of .t - - Full particulars may be obtained on personal application to the Manager, at the Royal Insurance office. IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL Worcester, March 2 16. Gentlemen —I have tasted (conjointlywith others con 3, ver B4 ant with the qu a liti es ' of Wines) your Imperial Green Ginger Wine. I have also subjected it to Chemical Analysis. It is in our opi nion a GENITIVE ARTICLE, but also as a home-made Wine, one that may fairly compete with any beverage of similar preten• sions. As a STOMACHIC, taken undiluted, it is , warm and wholesome, and diluted with water, or added to Lemonade, it is a very salubrious and refre s hi ng d r i nk.—l remain, Gentle men, your most obedie n t servant, JONAS MALDEN. To Messrs. Hiles and Co., HILES AND CO. Most respectfully call the attention of the Public generally to the above Testimonials, from two of the most eminent Gentle men of the Medical Profession, whose names will be a sufficient guarantee for the article they recommend. H. and Co. also consider it their duty to state to the Public, that in consequence of the very great demand for, and the ex tensive reputation of, their IMPERIAL GREEN GINGER WINE, several persons have been induced to imitate their labels on the cork and bottle, and advertise them as Green Ginger Wine. The only GENUINE IMPERIAL GREEN GINGER WINE will have the-signature of HILES and Co., LIVERPOOL, on the label covering the neck and cork of each bottle, and all without will be spurious imitations. WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE, No. 7, PARKER-STREET, LIVERPOOL SAINT HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the SAINT HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Clai*idon Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on WEDNESDAY, the third day of June, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, when a Copy of the Bill now pending in Parlia ment, intituled "A Bill to enable the Saint Helen's Canal and Railway Company to snake a Railway from the Township of Eccleston to the Township of Garston, with Branches there from, and Docks at Garston aforesaid, all in the County of Lancaster," will be submitted to the consideration of such Meeting. _ Dated this fourth day of May, 1846. JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk to the said Company of Proprietors, PATENT ACCOUNT-BOOK WAREHOUSE - , 49, CASTLE-STREET. G. J. POORE AND CO., W HOLESALE STATIONERS and ACCOUNT-BOOK MAKERS. Books to Pattern in the shortest possillie time, Account-Books, &c., Paged by Machine. TARVIN HALL SCHOOL, The•HALP-YEARLY PTYISLII; EXAMINATION will take place on WEDNESDAY, the 10th of June, commencing punctually at Eleven o'clock. In the evening the Pupils will perform a Miscellaneous Selection of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, under the superintendence of F. H. S. PENDLE TON, EsQ., Music Master to the School; commencing punc tually at Seven o'clock. . The Principal will feel honoured by the attendance of the Pupils' Friends, and others who feel interested in the pros perity of the School. JOHN BRINDLEY, PRINCIPAL. TARVIN SCHOOL, HALL NEAR CHESTER, For the Education of One Hundred resident Pupils, under the superintendence and tuition of the following resident M as t ers: PRINCIPAL—JOHN BRiNDLEY, of Magdalen College Cam bridge; M.A. of the University of Gi essen; formerly Second Master of the Grammar School, Brigg, and Head Maste r o f the Oldswinsford Hospital Endowed School, Worcestershire. ASSISTANT—CHARLES JONES Trinity College Dublin. FIRST CLASSICAL MASTER—E. S. CROOKE, 8.A., Pembroke College Cambridge, in double honour*. FIRSTMATHEMATICAL MASTER—THOS. WADDINGHAM 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge, in double ho nours . , FOREIGN MASTER—Monsieur BOIN, B.A. of the University of Paris. ENGLISH MASTER—GEORGE SIMPSON Esq., C. C. College, Cambridge, late Assistant Mast er o f the Huddersfield College, and the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND ASSISTANT FOREIGN MASTER.— F. H. S. PENDLETON, of the University of Ghent, and Pupil of the Royal Academy of Music,_Ghent. GERMAN AND DRILL MASTER—JOSEPH DEMPSEY. Masters. DRAWING MASTER-Mr. T. Attendant BAILEY, Chester. DANCING MASTER—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester. VISITING SURGEON-Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester, THE OBJECTS AIMED AT IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT ARE : —To insure a thoroughly Scriptural and Gentlemanly Educa tion, under Masters of first rate attainments in their respec tive departments. _ _ —To_piovide a sound Classical and Mathematical Education for Pupils preparing for the Universities, Military and Naval Colleges and Learned Professions; and a comprehen sive course of Business Instruction, with daily practice in the modern Continental Languages, for such as are intended for Mercantile Appointments. —To maintain in every Department the strictest Discipline, united with kindness and moderation, and the absence of corporal punishment, except in extreme cases, and then to be inflicted by the Principal only. —To treat the Pupils as Members of the Family, providing them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with the Principal and Masters. —To include under one charge every expense both in the Educational and Domestic Departments, that there may be no extras whatever. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, KEY STREET ON SUNDAY Next, the 7th instant, TWO SER MONS will be preached in ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, by the Rev. W. DUNCAN LONG, M.A. And on TUESDAY EVENING, the 9th instant, a SERMON will be preached by the Rev. ALFRED HEWLETT, M.A., Incumbent of Astley, near Manchester. After each Sermon a COLLECTION will be made towards de fraying the Expenses of conducting the Services of the Church. Divine Service will commence on Sunday, at a Quarter before Eleven in the Morning, and Half-past Six in the Evening; and on Tuesday Evening at Seven o'clock. FOREIGN AID SOCIETY MITE ANNUAL MEETING of the above Society will be held (D.V.) in the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte street, on TUESDAY EVENING next, June 9th, Chair to be taken at half-pa s t 6 o'clock precisely, when the following dis tinguished Foreigners, and others forming the deputation, will address the Meeting: The Count de GEORGE, Geneva; le Pasteur DE LA HARPE, Professor of Theology, do. ; le Pasteur AUDEBEG, Secretary to the Evangelical Society of Paris, (who will speak in French); Rev. R. FRENCH, of Reading; and Major THORPE, the Society's Secretary in London. The Rev. HUGH Mc. NEILE, and other local Clergymen will take part in the proceedings. WILLIAM PRELLER, Secretary. North John-street, let June, 1846. TO THE MERCHANTS, OWNERS, AND PART OWNERS OF SHIPS, AND OTHER PERSONS DULY QUALIFIE= TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF MERCHANTS OR SHIPOWNERS TO FORM PART OF THE DOCK COM MITTEE. T DAVID HODGSON, Esquire, Mayor of the 1. Borough of Liverpool, in pursuance and by virtue of the' powers and authorities of the Act of Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, mtitnled " An Act for the further Improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for Altering, Extending, and Amending the several Acts relating thereto," DO HEREBY APPOINT a MEETING of the MERCHANTS and SHIPOWNERS of LIVERPOOL, (duly qualified,) to be held on SATURDAY, the 6th day of June, 1846, in the Commit tee-room of the Dock-office, Revenue-buildings, Canning-place, in Liverpool aforesaid, between the hours of One and Four of the clock in the Afternoon, for the Election, Nomination, and Appointment of one Member of the Committee for the Affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, to supply a vacancy in the said Committee, caused by the death of William Smith, Esquire, on the 27th May instant. DAVID HODGSON, Mayor. Tows-hall, 28th May, 1846. _ _ _ _ The qualification orkembers of the Committee as fixed by the Act is as foitcrwsolilmely _ " A natural-born subject of the United Kingdom of Great " Britain and Ireland, or a subject duly naturalized according " to law, and who shall have resided in the Town of Liverpool, " or the vicinity thereof, for five years previous to the day of " Election ; and shall have paid rates and duties to the amount " of .e5O on his individual account, or as agent for others re " siding not less than eight miles from Liverpool, or ..tlOO if " paid by any house of trade in Liverpool in which he may be " a partner, within the year immediately preceding the Elec " tion." The Qualification of Voters, as fixed by the Act, is as fol lows : "Merchants, Owners, Part Owners of Ships, and other per " sons being Principals, inhabiting the town of Liverpool, or " the vicinity thereof, or being Agents, living in Liverpool, or " the vicinity thereof, for Principals residing more than eight " miles from the said town, who have paid either as Principals " or Agents as aforesaid, rates and duties to the amount of 410 `• within one year previous to the Election." And from every Voter one of the following declarations, with his signature thereto, will be required at the time of his voting, which must be by personal attendance : [ln the case of a Principal above described.) . " I do hereby declare that I liave paid as a Principal, inha " biting the Town of Liverpool, or the vicinity thereof, rates " and duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of 51 George 111., c. " 143, or the Dock Act 6 George IV., c. 187, authorised to be " raised, levied, and collected, to the amount of Ten Pounds " within one year from the day of the date hereof, and that I " am thereby duly qualified to vote at the Election of Ratepay " ers to serve as Members of the Dock Committeee. " Witness my hand this day of June, 1846." [ln the case of an Agent above described.] " I do hereby declare that h v live in the Town of Liverpool, " or the vicinity thereof, and that I have paid, as an agent for " a Principal residing more than eight miles from the Town of " Liverpool, Rates and Duties, by the Liverpool Dock Act of " 51 George 111., c. 143, or the Dock Act of 6 George IV., c. " 187, authorised to be raised, levied, and collected, to the " amount of Ten Pounds, within one year from the day of the " date hereof, and that I am thereby duly qualified to vote at " the Election of Ratepayers to serve as Members of the Dock " Committee. " Witness my hand, this day of June, 1846." Printed copies of these Declarations may be obtained at the Dock-office. TERMS Inc111(11115 Instruction in Greek Latin, French, German, Ma thematics, Navigation, English, singing, Drawing, Dancing, and Drill; also the charges for Stationer, Drawing Materials, Washing, Seat in Church, and ordinary Medical Attendance: Under 12 years of age Forty Guineas per annum. Above 12 and under 15 years of age Fifty Guineas per annum. Above 15 years of age Sixty Guineas per annum. Private Pupils One Hundred Guineas per annum. A Quarter's Notice will be expected previously to the removal of a Pupil. Payments in advance, either Quarterly or Half Yearly Tarvin Hall, near Chester, May 19,1846. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—ADJOURNED INQUEST, YESTERDAY. ( Continued from page 3.) the Sea Nymph, I saw her to the larboard of our paddle boxes. After the word was passed to me from the gang way, Peter M'Farlane, the second mate, said—" There are two lights on our larboard bow ; you must port a little more, William." After the Sea Nymph was reported, and before the collision took place, a very short time elapsed. The night was clear, and could not be called dark. If I had been leaving the river at that time, and known it to have been clear, I would have taken cne or other of the shores. By Mr. Myers.—lf I bad been for going down the Rock Channel, I think I would have taken the Cheshire side. In leaving the Clarence Dock, an hour before high water, the action of the tide would have the effect of throwing her head up or across the river for some time. By Mr. Harden.—Two steamers passed us about the breadth of a vessel from us as they approached the dock. One was the Hercules, and the other, I believe, was the Dundalk. It might have been the Foig-a-ballagb. I was called out to port the helm before we came up to these vessels in order to pass them. Did not observe that either of these steamers bad to stop her engines to prevent a col lision. There were a great many steamers in the river that night, but I have no doubt the vessel with the lights of which I have spoken, was the one which ran foul of us. Peter M'Farlane ( wh oi was examined on Saturday) was recalled and cross-examined by Mr. Harden.—When the light ahead was first reported we were about a minute round the buoy ; at that time we were so close in shore that we could not go safely any closer. The man at the helm said he could not port any more without running the vessel ashore. I was Standing close to the side looking over the quarter, right opposite the helm, when I first saw the smoke of the Sea Nymph past the paddle-box. I then saw her starboard light and her funnel light, and afterwards her larboard light. It ap peared to me that she was taking a sheer. She must have been porting her helm. To the best of my knowledge, the Rambler was aground at the moment she was struck ; because, the next day when the tide was out, we found the head-rail on the ground, close to the paddle-boxes. We could not tell whether it , was knocked off by the collision ; but there was every probability of it. The ship never moved after she was struck ;'she lay with the same list the whole time. The lead was thrown after we were aground, and not be fora .This au g ht tell2o sio tight there 117112 jui 111.Cflittl 1..12. it John Walker being sworn, said—l am a fireman on board the Rambler. Just before the collision, on Mon day night last, I was standing on the crank hatches. It was my duty to pass the word from the captain to the engineer. I heard the mate sing out to the captain there was a steamer coming out from the docks. After that, I saw her lights bearing on her larboard bow. The captain cried to the steersman to port the helm ; and, shortly after, the captain and the pilot, both at the same time, called out port—hard a-port ;" and shortly after that the captain ordered the engines to be stopped. I passed the order to the engineer, and they were stopped. In about a minute and a-half after, the Sea Nymph struck us. By the Foreman.—Did not see them heaving the lead ; but they might be. The engines were not reversed ; there was no order given to that effect. James Macgregor, engineer of the Rambler, confirmed the testimony of the last witness as to the stopping of the engines. It was fifteen or twenty seconds from the stoppage of the engines to the collision. By Mr. Hassall.—About two minutes after she struck, I received orders to back her ; and, after about two turns, the captain ordered her to go on as hard as I could ; and he came to me and said, " Jena, stand by the engines as long as you can. we can do no more." I then kept the engines going until I was up to the middle in water. John Brodie, a seaman on board the Rambler, con firmed the foregoing testimony. He conveyed the word " port" from the chief mate to the captain, who after wards transmitted it, by a sailor named Campbell, to the steersman. Thomas Hargardon, pig jobber, a passenger in the Rambler, described the approach of the Sea Nymph, and the circumstances connected with the catastrophe. The only new fact elicited from him was, that the captain of the Rambler told the captain of the Sea Nymph to take his vessel off; and that the latter afterwards stood a mo ment or two, at a short distance, and it was expected that she would take the passengers of the Rambler on board, but she did not. Some conversation took place between the coroner and the legal gentlemen, respecting the witnesses to be called, in the course of which, Mr. Hassall stated that the cap tain of the Rambler was confined to his house by the inju ries he received, and a medical certificate to that effect was produced. l p a a i 1 t o t t tu r eeca, whichl led , s a was i d a —He bu h u o t v e a t q h u e a la a e d r p twice William m t s h e D e l f a y ; n w i t e e h i r s e: in two and a half fathoms; and after that another man heaved it and they were in two fathoms. At the rip-rap it was heaved and the water was three fathoms deep. Robert Campbell, one of the hands on board the Ram bler, passed the order to port from the captain and pilot to the helmsman. His evidence was confirmatory, differ ing only on one point from some of them, as to the vessel being aground at the time of the collision. He believed she was not then aground. Samuel Easter, chief mate of the Sea Nymph, said— Our steamer's engines are of 350 horse power; she was bound for Newry, Point Warren, with a general cargo, and from 80 to 100 deck passengers, and 7 or 8 in the cabin. We sailed from the Clarence Dock on Monday night, May the 25th, at 20 minutes past 10. Captain Joseph Thompson is the commander of the Sea Nymph. Th e Thigh* woo Irma arra ciaar, - ana *ha - tides Traa three-fourths flood. Half-past nine was the time we were advertised to sail. After clearing the dock-gates, the tide turned the vessel's head up the river, and her helm was put bard-a-port, in order to bring her head to. We then took our course down the river, so as to clear the vessels at anchor on the Cheshire side. 1 saw the coal hulk in the river, which is stationed off the maga zines, to supply the New-Brighton boats with coal ; we passed her on the larboard side about a ship's length off; the hulk is a sort of mark for steamers going out. We then made for the Rock Light, which was three-fourth of a point on the larboard bow; just so that we might give the riprap a buff as we passed her. I was on the forecastle head, and shortly after passing the coal hulk I saw a light coming round the rock, which turned out to be the Ram bler's masthead light. I asked the captain if he saw the light on the starboard-bow ; and he said, " Yes, I do ; all right." The light came at a tremendous rate round the Rock. When I spoke the light was on the starboard bow. I stood about 100 feet from the captain, and did not hear any command given to alter the course of the Sea Nymph. The next thing I heard was the steam blowing off. In aboutaminute and a half after I spoke to the captain I saw the Ramblers white light on the starboard bow ; and then I became aware that it was a steamer. I had seen no steam or anything before to make me think so. I then told the captain it was a steamer, and that it would be best to keep the helm " hard sport." I did not hear him make any answer, the steam made such a noise. I do not know whether or not he heard me. I then saw the larboard light of the Rambler on our starboard bow, and I could then see she was porting her helm. I could by this time see the full length of the vessels hull, and that she was flying up to the westward with her helm sport. I could also notice oar vessel's head going off to the east ward, though it was but slowly, as we had lost a good deal of our way, and were only going four knots through the water. I sung out to the captain again that it was impossible for the vessels to clear, the way they were both going, both helms aport; I did not hear him make any an swer. and in a few minutes the collision took place. We struck her nearly stem on, on the larboard bow. We stopped some seconds entangled together, and after we were clear of her, I went down the forecastle to see if there was any water coming in. I found her stem and cutwater and both bows gone. Both steamers were iron. I told the captain he had better run ashore, or get back to dock, but he would not do that, and ran our bowsprit over the mizen rigging of the Rambler, and asked if he could give any assistance, but I do not know what answer was given. We returned to the basin. If both vessels had continued their course, they could have passed each otter, as the Rambler was coming right up the middle of the river. Our vessel was too broad off to clear the Rambler, by putting the helm hard aport. If the vessels had been more ahead of each other, they might have cleared, by both helms being ported, but as it was there was not space enough left to get the head of our vessel properly round. If the Rambler had stopped her engines at the same time that we did, and reversed them, the collision perhaps might have been avoided, but its result could have been very trifling. As we left the dock, the cargo stage fell into it, because it had not been unhooked properly. If the captain made any remark, I did not hear it. I was perfectly sober ; I had not drank a glass tvaen.dl vessels been etn together . was illustrating m y r . M Harden the quite of grog for 14 d ays . Th e capta i n was perfectly sober also. About f our m i nutes elapsed after we saw the Rambler, before th e co lli s i on took place. B possible that the Sea Nymph's helm sh ou ld b e hard-a-port at the moment of brought Harden.—lt aerdshsethe collision. I t was both porting their helms that his questions by refe rence to two small model steamers ; and the Coroner said, as he had been given to understand that had both vessels had their helms ported collision was impossible, the jury must be kind enough to note the manner in which the queries were put. Cross-examination continued by Mr. Harden.—When I first saw the light by the Rock light, it was going to the eastward. The Rambler was then making a broad sweep round the Rock. At the time I first reported the light to the captain, no collision was apprehended. if the Rambler had held on that course, she would have cleared us by a quarter of a mile. A few seconds before the collision I saw what was going to happen, and drove all the people and some of the hands off the forecastle. I found the mate of the Rambler and others on board the Sea Nymph. I told the mate that they might get on board their own vessel if they liked, when we went up the second time. Our compartments, which were damaged, were full of water as high as on the outside, and if she had not been built in compartments, she would have sunk and gone down. It was therefore necessary. to get her into dock, or some place of safety, as soon as possible. I have known Captain Thompson five years, and have never, on my oath, seen him in liquor TO THE RATEPAYERS' OF BIRKENHEAD. GENTLEMEN, AS the approaching Election of Commissioners fo r this township is exciting considerable interest on both sides of the water, and as the great majority of the Ratepayers of Birkenhead have located themselves in the township within the last few years, it appears desirable for their information to take a review of the history of the township, of the causes which have led to its rapid increase, and of the men by whom it has hitherto been directed, and who have hitherto originated the great public works that beautify, and, if properly carried out, will enrich your town, First—As to the persons who first directed public attention to its great capabilities. The first person who saw the commercial capabalities and foretold the future greatness of Birkenhead was the late Mr. W. Laird, who, in the year 182 4 1 established the works o n Wal lasey Pool, now carried on by his son, Mr. John Laird. A short residence m Birkenhead soon convinced the late Mr. W. Laird of the great natural advantages which Birkenhead po ssessed for commercial purposes, and, in the year 1828, that gentle man. in conjunction with Sir John Tobin, employed th e l ate Mr. 'Telford and Mr. Nimmo, with Mr. Stevenson, to survey Wallasey Pool, for the purpose of converting it into Docks— though they could not then be fully developed for want of pro. per support from the public. In the same year, in connexion with Mr. Thomas Forsyth,, he laid out Hamilton-square, (so called after a mutual relative of both parties,) with the main streets leading from it, and introduced that complete system of sewerage, which has since been followed o u t w ith suc h advan tage to the township, and which, more than anything else, has contributed to make your township the healthy and favorite residence it at present is. Up to this time all the streets had run in the direction of the old Turnpike-roads. To prevent this great evil, Mr. Laird got Mr. Price, the Lord of the Manor, to employ Mr. Gillespie Graham, Architect, of Edinburgh, to 11,y out the whole township to a p l an , and to sell land by it, giving in the streets, without charge, which secured the m a i n lines being eventually carried o u t. From this plan, Mr. W. Potter and Mr. Staniforth, on Mr. Laird's recommendation, purchased, in the year 1828, several large parcels of land, in the line of Prices-street, At this time, therefore, the two great features which distin guished Birkenhead over other towns, viz.—the perfect system of drainage, and the regularly formed streets were established, and its commercial advantages demonstrated by the eminent engineers employed as before mentioned. About this time also Mr. W. Jackson made his first purchase in Birkenhead, from the late Mr. Laird, of a small piece of land in Cleveland-street. In 1828, the first Chester and Birkenhead Railway was pro. jected by the following parties :- Heyes Lyon, Esq. R. Bryans, Esq. W. Ravenscroft, Esq. Sudworth, Esq. After a severe parliamentary other application was made to anapices of theititiovrfng gentir R. Bryans, sen., Esq. W. Dixon, Esq. C. Bentham, Esq. M. Humble, Esq. John Laird, Esq. J. R. Pim, Esq. W. Stevenson, Esq. And this bill was successfull' In the year 1833, the first Im was passed. The following ro F. R. Price, L. Addison, Thomas Anderton, John Aspinall, James Ball, John Betteley, Joseph Betteley, Thomas Brassey, Joseph Brotherston, John C. Coxon, Wm. Comer, Thomas Chegwin, Joseph Clarke, Michael Conner, James M'Donald, Alexander Day, Thomas Forsyth, John Forshaw, Richard Finlow, Wm. Fairhurst, Wm. Greene, Joseph Greene, Jonathan Griudrod, Wm. Hetherington, Wm. Hetherington, jun. Thomas Harrison, Michael Humble, Alexander Kerr, Thomas Kaye, William Laird, At this time neither of the Mr Five years later, in the year ket in Birkenhead was obtainea. In 1841, an act was obtained for a private company to light the country from Eastham to New Brighton with Gas, and to supply Birkenhead with Water, although' several of the Com missioners for the time being OPPOSED the Gas Bill. In 1842, an act was passed authorising the purchase of Wood side Ferry. In 1843, an act was passed to create a Park, &c. ; also an act to make a Cemetery. In 1844, an act was passed to purchase Monk's Ferry. The whole of the above measures may be looked upon merely as stepping stones to the Dock Acts, and the formation of the Dock Company, the three measures which gave the first great move to this township. How these measures originated, by whom they were carried, and who have been throughout and are at present the active promoters of them, I shall now point out to you, and to this part of my letter would wish to call your particular attention; as on the success of those measures, and the energ y, go od f a i t h , and activity with which they are prosecuted, depend more than on anything else the success and continued prosperity of kenhead. It was understolid that Mr. Cburton would adjourn the inquest on the thirteen bodies in Cheshire, which was summoned for to-morrow, until that on Roach and Geogban was concluded. rovement Act for this township [nes are those inserted in the John Laird, John Leicester, Jonathan Lockwood, John Lomax, Joseph Mallaby, Randal Newby, Wm. Potter, J. S. Penny, James Queen, Robert Rigby, Wm. Ravenscroft, Thomas Scott, Joseph Storey, S. Staniforth, J. Sudlow, S. Stansfield, James Stevenson, Edward Segal., Joseph Sharpe, J; Shanklin, J. B. Tipton,• Sir J. Tobin, Knt. Hugh Williams, Thomas Ward, John Watson, Charles Watson, Wm. Walker, John Walker, Wm. Wardell, Robert Woodward. Jacksons were Commissioners 1838, an act to establish a Mar THE BIRKENHEAD ELECTION TO THE RATEPAYERS OF BIRKENHEAD AND C LAUGHTON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—On my arrival here, late on Saturday night, I was informed that a meeting had been held at the Craven-rooms, on the preceding evening, when it was unanimously resolved that my brother and self should be placed in the list of candidates as commis sioners at the next election. After so marked an approval of our conduct and ex pressions of future confidence in us, it is with the deepest regret we have to state that we cannot comply with the wish of the meeting, for we feel that, having resigned our seats at the board on the question relating to the gas and water, and entertaining the strongest conviction of the irnpolicy and folly of the township attempting to make a purchase which must encumber seriously the present rate payers for the sake of the contingent prospect of future advantage, and yet, from our personal interest, that we are precluded from urging these views at the board, with out incurring the imputation of self-interest, we cannot, whilst that' question remains undecided, resume our seats. greatest co I am, with great respect, ladies and gentlemen, your obliged and obedient servant, WM. JACKSON. 9, Hamilton-square, June, 1846. STREET ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, a child, named John Samuel Davies, was accidentally killed in Ormond street, by the axletree of a loaded cart, belonging to Mr. John Taylor, coal-merchant, breaking down. POTATOES PROM NORWAY.—A cargo of 40 tons of potatoes from Norway is announced for sale in the pre sent week, in London, as applicable either for seed or consumption. DEATH BY BEING DRIVEN OVER.—On Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, a boy named John Malone, who resided in Hatton-garden, was run over in Vauxhall road, by a cart going at a quick pace. The poor boy was killed. RAPID PASSAGE.—The last trip of the Princess Royal steam-ship, from Glasgow to this port, at which she ar rived on Friday, was accomplished in fifteen and a half hours, or at the speed of upwards of fourteen miles an hour. If further improvements in naval architecture and engine building continue to be developed, the wide ocean itself will become one general " railway," or certainly a water level, and on which no inconvenient curves will have to be made to avoid hills or favourite country seats, and the gradients to be encountered only strong head gales. In June, 1843, Mr. John Laird applied to the Corporation of Liverpool to purchase the land on which his present. works stand. He only wanted for his purpose 10,000 yards of land. The Corporation would not sell less than 50,000 yards—the willingness with which the Corporation offered to dispose of their land, naturally suggested to Mr. John Laird that the time was arrived when a vigorous effort might be made, with advan tage, to carry out the Dock plans of his late father. • Mr. Potter, a gentleman of high mercantile reputation, and who had always taken an active inte res t i n Birkenhead since 1828, was consulted, and a meeting of parties likely to promote -4450 esoll own o wace holat .t Mr. J,, Lturd's house. in Juno, J94a I that meeting consisted of the following gentlemen:— Mr. Potter, Mr. Mallaby, Mr. J. Laird, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. W. Laird, Mr. J. S. Jackson. Mr. Jackson, and immediate steps were taken for engaging the Parliamentary Agents, Mr. Bendel, the Enginee r , an d f or ra i s i ng a sum of .t 25,00, to guarantee the expense of forwarding the bill through Parliament ; the • subscribers t o th a t fun d were as follows : W. Potter, J. Laird, W. Jackson, R. Vyner, J. and S. Beckwith, H. Cole, W. Laird, - THROWING STONES.—For a considerable time past, the practice of lads throwing stones in the streets, and in the outskirts of the town, has increased to a destructive and alarming extent, especially on Sundays. Facilities for this kind of mischief are afforded by the loose mate rials of - the niticudatnlzed filgtiways, - now - 8O generally introduced. Not a Monday now arrives but a number of lads are brought before Mr. Rushton for the offence, and he and his brother magistrates appear to be determined to put it down with a strong hand. Yesterday several youths, who had been essaying their powers in this way, were each fined ss. and costs, or, in default, ordered to be imprisoned for three days. Complaints of the nuisance, and of alarm to females and others, in all quarters, have latterly been very general. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF SPlRlTS.—Yesterday, at the Police Court, two men—Robert Johnson and Thomas Kitts—were charged with having stolen a quantity of spirits, from a warehouse; and two others—James Kitts, senior, and his son, James Kitts, junior, with having been receivers of part of the stolen property. Mr. Davenport appeared for the Kitts's of the same name, and Mr. Owen for Johnson. The prisoner Thomas Kitts had been for some time warehouseman to Messrs. R. W. Preston and Co., wine and spirit merchants and rectifiers ; and Johnson was warehouseman to Messrs. Woolley, Bell, and Co., merchants, Rumford-place. The police had, from information received, heed watching the movements of these two parties for some time past. Constable Lloyd said that on Saturday, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the prisoner Thomas Kitts, come out of a bonded spirit warehouse, in Laun celot's-hev, (of which he had the key), and heard him call on Johnson, who was in the street, and to whom he handed a bottle. Police-officer William Cunningham, of the detective force, was with Lloyd at the time, and Johnson was followed and detained . Upon him, besides the bottle given to him, were found several other bottles containing spirits—one of them in his hat. He said, at the time, that he could prove whence he had obtained them, adding (as we understood) that he had got them from the mate of a vessel that had gone to sea. Lloyd, on apprehending Thomas Kitts, aiso found on him several bottles of spirits; and proceeding to the house of James Kitts, senior, who is a shoemaker in Eaton-street, Vaux hall-road. He there found several other similar bottles, two of them up stairs, said to be the property of James Kitts, junior. Police-officer Cunningham also searched the house, and got access to all except to a drawer in the kitchen, the key of which he inquired for. The old man said the drawer was his younger son's, who had the key, and was then out. Shortly afterwards the latter, (James Kitts, jun.) who lived next door, entered and brought the key. In the drawer some small quantity of spirits, in similar bottles, was found, but it was intimated for the defence, that this and the other had been provided against christening, which the younger prisoner was about to delebrate. There were produced in court about two dozen and a half of apparently pint sample bottle., a tin bottle, &c., all of which contained spirits, chiefly rums, with the exception of eight which were empty. One contained rum, much diluted' with water. Mr. Preston examined several of the bottles and their contents, but could not swear positively to them, with the exception of one found on Johnson, which contained Guernsey gin, an article in which the firm to which he belonged, alone dealt in this town. They had rums similar to those in the bottles, and bottles similarly made of unusual thickness, to avoid breakage. He added that they had lost great quantities of sample bottles, of which he had been robbed over a length of time, and could not account for it. Mr. RUshton said, that the case as against Thomas Kitts and Johnson was too plain to admit of a doubt as to the course he should take with regard to them. With respect to the old man and his youngest son (James) he scarcely could divest himself of a suspicion that they knew the spirits found in the house had been wrongfully come by ; but he should give them the benefit of the doubt that hung upon his mind, and, accordingly discharged them. The other two, Thomas Kitts and Johnson, were then committed for trial at the sessions. MR. FEENEY'S ORIENTAL DIVAN, CAFE, AND RE STAURANT, CLAYTON• SQUARE: This establishment, which has just been enlarged and splendidly fitted up by the present enterprising proprietor, is one of the most agreeable resorts in the town, whether to enjoy the good things of this life, or to while away an hour or two in social converse. Excellent dinners, &c., are provided on most reasonable terms, as are the best wines and other liquors. The billiard. room is also a great attraction, the tables being the best that can be procured, and the arrange ments in every respect superior. We are glad to find that a daily accession of visitors gives assurance that Mr. Feeney's exertions to please meet with their due reward. BATEI HOTEL, WATERLOO.—This admirable establish ment, conducted by Mrs. Sillitoe, has already been so re cently and fully described in our paper, as well as the peculiar adaptation of the locality for sea-bathing, and as a resort for all who are in pursuit of health or recreation, who may be accommodated at the inn, or in the numerous elegant cottages that spread along the shore, that to revert to the subject at length would be superfluous: S uffice i t to say, there is not a more delightful or invigorating M. F. Brownrigg, J. Walker, W. Cole, J. T. Clay, T. Gilbertson, McGregor Laird, And several others. The amounts subsc►ibed by Mr. Potter, Mr, J. Laird, and Mr. W. Jackson, were in equal proportions ; the amounts sub scribed by other parties were various, according to their inte rest in the place. The success of this bill was greatly facilitated in Parliament by the acquaintance with the subject shown by Mr, Potter and the Messrs. Laird, who had been thoroughly conversant with all the late Mr. Laird's views and opinions on the subject. The money to carry out this measure was almost wholly, if not entirely so, procured by the exertions of Mr. Potter, Mr. John Laird, and Mr. Brownrigg; and to the interest these parties and their friends still hold in the Docks, do the Bond holders now look to secure themselves against loss, a contin gency not likely to occur, provided the management of the Dock Works be continued in the same hands as heretofore. In session 1845, the Dock Commissioners second act for mak ing the Upper Pool into a Dock passed. The Birkenhead Warehouse Company was projected and carried through Parliament. The Birkenhead and Manchester Railway Bill was got up, but lost on a technical point. The application for this Bill was renewed during the present session, and has been carried suc cessfully through the House of Commons. ..... With. is bill, although it is of such immense importance to Birkenhead, Mr. Jackson has nothing to do. The above measures were attended to, during their Parlia mentary career, by Mr. Potter, Mr. J. Laird, Mr. B rownr i gg , Mr. McGregor Laird, Mr. Maßaby, Mr. Bendel, and Mr. W. Laird; but during the greatest part of the time they were in Parliament, Mr. W. Jackson was in Italy. The Warehouse Company alone have already expended in land and Works at Birkenhead the large sum of nearly .W 400,000. They have this week Contracted for Warehouses to accommo date a very large guantity of. Cotton, and the Works will be commenced immediately. In the year 1843, the year the Dock Commissioners first act was sought for, the assessment of Birkenhead was 451,153. In the five years previous to that period, during which years the act for establishing a Market, the act for establishing Gas and Water Works, that for making a Park and Cemetery, and that for the purchase of Woodside Ferry and Monk's Ferry had passed, the assessment had only increased from £33,694 to -'51,153 in 1843, or an average yearly increase of .e 3,290 per annum. From 1843 to 1846, during which time the two Dock Commis sioners' and Warehouse Co.'s Acts niLempri_ the L CleG (400C•345/aViii nas increased from £51,153 to £121,000, being an average yearly increase of £13,000, thus clearly proving that, although the in crease of Birkenhead had been progressing previous to the passing of the Dock Acts, yet that the true foundation of its present prosperity and its future greatness lays in the carry ing out of those successful acts, and of the Railway to Man chester. • • Looking, therefore, to what can hardly be questioned, viz.— that the success of Birkenhead depends upon the success of its Docks, of its Warehouse Company, and the other public works in connection with them, I earnestly call upon the Ratepayers to entrust their suffrages only to such men as will enable the Commissioners and the Dock Company to carry out the works. In those works Mr. Jackson has no interest, having sold his in terest in the Dock Company some time ago, and disqualified as a Director. There is another subject on which I should wish to say a few words before I close this rather lengthy letter, and that is the sale of the Township Land. The sale of the Township Land has been uniformly opposed by Mr. Jackson. Among other reasons, in his speech of Janu ary,AB46, he gives the following. : "He deciaivd the principal Object in advertising his own land for sale was to enable him to purchase the land offered by the township. It was quite natural that he should dispose of his own dear land in order to purchase a•larger quantity.of the Commissioners' cheap land." At the same meeting, Mr. J. Laird proposed, Mr. Brownrigg seconded, and Mr. Wm. Laird voted in favour of an amend ment to the effect that the land be sold, and that the Finance Committee be empowered to accept ehgible tenders for the same. The foregoing statements are made with a view to point out to you that the rise of Birkenhead is not owing to the exertions of any one man, but to the united exertions of many—and to show that with the principal works now in progress in Birken, head, and the Railway to connect those works with the great manufacturing districts, Mr. Jackson has no connection, and has in two cases, that of the Warehouse Company and that of the Railway Company, disqualified himself from taking an ac tive part in either. Let the facts I have laid before you speak for themselves —and lead you to judge for yourselves—and not to be led away by appearances. _ Read the Commissioners' debates, and see what men have done their duty to the township, and what men have not —see who have advocated the Sale of the Township Land, and who did not—see who vote'', to go to Parliament to raise an addi tional ''loo,ooo, and who did not--enquire why . an additional rate has been laid on, and what necessity there is for it, if it be not required for the purpose of enabling you to hold back your • He was sober on the night in question. • By Mr. Duncan.—When the Rambler left the Upn Buoy, she went right into the middle of the river. S have been a long way off the New Brighton sta it, nearly in the middle of the river. S -place on the north coast of batt affords b and, or one that I who are more e a's of la or drivt when she We My fill was abrea, of the' NCN :e, or tt 4n to port her helm and t .low the coal hulk sot: it more than about half a quarter of a mite between t vo vessels when, the Rambler altered her course. Su when si We were b distan r the letting of c AND BUNIONS CURED, lame bar hare taken p 1 would have passed us to the west- calves, tvetly - e pigs, wcre destroyed by a f the villese of itpttishapi, near Cambridv skill in removing those distressing annoyances, Corns without Pain, Loss of Blood, or any other inconvenience 3y Air. Harden.—l have been about twelve years in ry yOlll 01 life. The prisoner was remanded fora week. LONDON N T C E O S R T N INTELLIGENCE. ExcHAN3E.—v RATEPAYERS OF BIRKENHEAD. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—ADJOURNED vessels going out to Ireland. The course we took on that • EN, INQUEST. YESTERDAY. night was the one usually taken by steamers going out. (iir EXPRIISS.) nvaching Election of Commissioners for Continued ( from page 3.) Lawrence Heagan, seaman on board of the Sea Nymph, 'for free foreign was exceedingl u limil p ecl; in bnded or n f.o. r j. ..E r STE . RDAY. nship is exciting considerable interest on both the Sea Nymph, I saw her to the larboard of our paddle stood beside the last witness on the forecastle head, and w Thee ddid ii supply oth e aorf ofE English l y i s t h r a W n fromh t :a m t thes . Essex,nrsilKne. theil , er, and as the great majority of the Ratepayers boxes. After the word was passed to me from the gang- was on the look out with him ; and saw the light ahead was moderate this morning, which enabled f ac t ors t o realise are have located themselves in the township within way, Peter M`Farlane, the second mate, said—" There are coming round the Rock. It was about two points on our the same prices for it as on this day se'nnight. The • qui [rs, it appears desirable for their information to - two lights on our larboard bow ; yon must port a little starboard bow ; and on it being repotted, heard the cap of the history of the township, of the causes l, and a turn cheaper. Fine oats MARKET.—igYht, a lia d l tiiuc Suffolk,n to its rapid increase, and of the men by wh om more, William." After the Sea Nymph was reported, tain say " all right." Tbe light seemed to approach us ; k ß e e t a s n a s r a e r u e n di al ffi te c red ult ;pfmd ß eisp l og i sa ES • r we RR re D , A but II '- been directed, and who have hitherto originated and before the collision took place, a very short time and witness did not hear the mate report it again, or say alarnedsetahrceree,iasnsodmmealdnetamiannfdormforerthperikeehsin; is works that beautify, and, if properly carried elapsed. The night was clear, and could not be called anything about it. Heard the steam blown off, butheard Barley and Peas remain nominally t e b b . e ec ut s l a m i m gh n e g t ' a q s uali las t t ie w s ee a k re . your town, dark. If I had been leaving the river at that time, and no orders given as be was too far distant. He remained the persons who first directed public attention n EL th D os C e A o TT n t L h E is known it to have been clear, I would have taken ens or on the forecastle until just before the collision took place. rather lower. abilities. son who saw the commercial capabalities and l was driven off. About a quarter of an hour elapsed weather, more than equal to the wants of the tare greatness of Birkenhead was the late Mr. By Mr. Myers.— other of the shores. If I bad been for going down the after seeing the lights before the collision took place. The arrivals of beasts fresh up this . • morning, though coast_ in the year 1824, established the works on Wal- Rock Channel, I think I would have taken the Cheshire About twelve minutes elapsed from the reporting of the de owing to carried on by his son, Mr. John Laird. A short side . In le av in g the rkenhead soon convinced the late Mr. W. Laird saue. the action of water, the tide would have the effect of light broad off, about two points, when the Rambler came butchers; since the beef trade was in a very a S y rm M le i s T s il t:a inactive state, at itural advanta,,o•es which Birkenhead possessed barely,but at nothing quotable beneath,last week's prices. purposes, and, in the year 1828, that gentle throwing her head up or across the river for some time. round the Rock. The numbers of sheep were seasonably large ; yet, on the iction with Sir John Tobin, employed the late - By Mr. Harden.—Two steamers passed us about the Timothy Hagan, second mate of the Sea Nymph, was - mutton trade was steady , andprevious d Mr. Nimmo, with Mr. Stevenson, to survey breadth of a vessel from us as they approached the dock. at the wheel ;on leaving the dock he put the helm bard wel l whale, the . instance. supported in every Iflodrutuh t t tu e r u p%s e eof converting it into Docks— One WB6 the Hercules, and the other, I believe, was the sport, and kept her about north. When they got across The supply of lambs was moderately extensive, yet the sale fully developed for want of pro- Dundalk . lt might have been the Foig - a-ballagh. I was with her head on the tide, steamed northward until they for that description of stock was firm, at very full , ' prices. in the public. In the same year, in connexionwas doing at Friday's depressed figures. Las Forsyth,. he laid out Hamilton-square, (soport the helm before we came up to these called out to hulk . reached the coal Witness did not see anything him- In calves very little Thewas unusually dull,andthe • pork trade nutual relative of both parties,) with the main vessels in order to pass them. Did not observe that either self, but he heard of a vessel being ahead. In two or three downward tendency. 'rom it, and introduced that co m pl e t e system of o f th ese s t eamers had to stop her engines to p reven t a co l - minutes after, an order was given by the captain to port The general quality of the stock was very good. i has since been followed ou t w ith suc h advan- lis i on. There were a great many steamers i n the river the helm. Witness did so, and continued porting until PRICES OF STOCKS, fkc.—YEsTssr,Av. [ship, and which, more than anything' else, has that niht but I have no doubt the vessel with the li hts the collision, no other order being given. The collision Neither the funded nor unfunded -debts have given rise to make your township the healthy and favorite o f ' spoken,the which foul g took place about three minutes after first • porting the which I have was one ranof us. day to transactions of any extent or interest. The quotations present is. Up to this time all the streets had ction of the old Turnpike-roads. To preventhelm. Before he received the order to port the helm the Peter M'Fa r lane (who was examined on Saturday) was , are steady ; but we hear of no activity. New Three-and-a_ 4r. Laird got Mr. Price, the Lord of the Manor recalled and cross-examined by Mr. Harden.—When the captain told witness to " steady starboard." Could not Quarter per Cents. have been 971 to 971; and the 3 per Cents. lillespie Graham, Architect, of Edinburgh, to light ahead was first reported we were about a minute say whether the first order given before the vessel was 951 to 951. Bank Stock is quoted 2061. Consols are 961 to 961 le township to a plan, and to sell land by it, round the buoy •at that time we were so close in shore reported ahead. He only put the helm a spoke or two for money; and 96-z for time. Exchequer Bills have not been. lower than 16s. to 17s. premium. treets, without charge, which secured the main ld ' t o safel an man a The t the starboard to steady her • ; was doing that when witness was Up to the present time the rally in Portuguese Stock has atually carried out. ' From this plan, Mr. W that we coll no g y y closer . 'W. helm said he could not port any more without running ordered to Staniforth, on Mr. Laird's recommendation re year 1828, several large parcels of land, in the the vessel ashore. I was standing close to the side I By Mr. Harden . — The first order on leaving the dock occurred on Saturday, when the Lisbon news came to hand. reet, looking over the quarter, right opposite the helm, I was " hard-a-port,'' to put the head of the vessel down The aprehension seems to be that the Costa Cabrials may yet ,herefore, the two great features which distin- when I first saw the smoke of the Sea Nymph past the river. When about the coal-hulk, the order to star- attempt to retain power, or agitate their country, and that the revolution will then become alarming, and of some duration; lead over other towns, viz.—the perfect sy s t em t h e pa ddl e- b ox. I t h en saw h er starboard light and board was given ; and in a minute or a minute and a half circumstances which must drain the treasury, and lead to a [ the regularly formed streets were established, funnel light, and afterwards her larboard li ht. It gt. ap- after, the order was given " port," and then " hard-a- permanent increase of the army. The Converted Bonds are rcial advantages demonstrated by the eminent Feare d to me that she was taking a sheer. She " The c a ptaingave the lasto rder v. loud and pert. lyed as before mentioned. About this time also l made his first purchase in Birkenhead, from must have been porting her helm. To the best of quick ; witness did so, as hard as he could, and a seaman are rather heavy at 291 to 291 for the Actives, and at 15i to 151 rd, of a small piece of land in Cleveland-street. my knowledge, the Rambler was aground at the named Fisher helped him. Had been in the habit of for the Deferred. irst Chester and Birkenhead Railway was pro- moment she was struck ; because, the next day going backwards and forwards for three years, and that lowing parties:— when the tide was out, we found the bead-rail on the was the course they always took against a flood tide. The THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE. , Esq. John Aspinall, Esq. groun d, close to the - paddle-boxes. We could not tell captain of the Sea Nymph was sober. The Sea Nymph During the past week, the teetotalers of Liverpool have Esq. IW. Wardell, Esq. whether it was knocked off by the collision ; but th ere answers her helm readily. been favoured with a visit by that most indefatigable lady, roft, Esq. Joseph Harrison, Esq. was every probability of it. The ship never moved after By Mr. Hassell.—Were not far from the Cheshire Ws. Celine, who may be known to many of our readers t, Esq. And others. arli it p amentary contest, was defeated; but an- she was struck ;'she lay with the same list the whole time shore in heti the order " hard-a-port " was given ; were as the companion in prison visiting of the late Mrs. Fry. The lead was thrown a f ter to awe dand ' were spoon , not be- close p easure- oat at there. Although she has attained the advanced age of seventy n was made to Parliament in 1837, under the. ~ , .. tritowlng gentlemen : - - - • •-•- Fora- •The..tuglitasiassaJaght_theer r a a _Da occasionfarAL It being a quarter __tO six, a conversation ensued as to two, this most devoted lady perseveres unweariedly in her John Walker being sworn, sa d—l am a fireman on the co urse to be pursuid, the coroner being anxious to •.. —•• •• •• . From herex riencein the mise •Pe miseri es ;en., Esq. R. Bryans, jun., Esq. o James Bryans, Esq. board the Rambler. Just before the collision, on Mon- adjourn so as to meet the views of the legal gentlemen, of those whom crime has led to prisons and to peniten , Esq. T. B. Colborne, Esq. day night last, I was standing on the crank hatches. It and that of the Cheshire coroner ; and it was agreed to tiaries, she is folly competent to depict the ravages corn- Esq. W. Jackson, Esq. was my duty to pass the word from the captain to the meet again at twelve this day (Tuesday), and the court witted by the evil she is so energetically opposing. Esq. F. R. Price, Esq. engineer. I heard the mate sing out to the captain there was accordingly adjourned. The activity and zeal which she displays in the attempt :sq. „.. _ W. Ravenscroft, Esq. was a steamer corvine out from the docks. After that. I It was understood that Mr. Cburton would adjourn the to rescue perishng souls—the earnestness o f h 1 _Pr -A finnan,. During the past week, the teetotalers of Liverpool have been favoured with a visit by that most indefatigable lady, Ml's. Celine, who may be known to many of our readers as the companion in prison visiting of the late Mrs. Fry. Although she has attained the advanced age of seventy two, this most devoted lady perseveres unweariedly in her -- plittawthropiweirorts.--From hereaperiencein the miseries of those whom crime has led to prisons and to peniten tiaries, sbe is folly competent to depict the ravages com mitted by the evil she is so energetically opposing. The activity and zeal which she displays in the attempt to rescue perishUg souls—the earnestness of her language and manner—carry at once to the hearts of all her listeners, the conviction of her sincerity. She has, since her ar rival, addressed several public meetings, and has ad ministered the total abstinence pledge to at least ninety or a hundred persons. Besides these public labours (where she trusts that her age is her defence from animadversion) she is most active in her private endeavours to iecl;i - m j the drunkard. In one of these private excursions, accompanied by a medical gentleman, who is a well known adv ocate of the principle sbe upholds, she went to the house of a man whl was on the point of losing an important situation'througl strong drink. He was a foreman over some workmen and his master placed the very in every other respect, and would gladly continue his ser vices but for this dreadful propensity, but he bad just signified his intention to dismiss him. Mrs. Carlile had previously been informed of these particulars ; but, on • •••• entering, misled by his respectable appearance, she forgot what his condition was, and addressed him as follows :-- " Well, my friend, if I may judge by your appearance, you belong to our happy society of Teetotalers, and I congratulate you on your having got free from a delusive and destructive snare." She was gently informed of her mistake by his unhappy wife, who bore testimony to his general good behaviour, with tears in her eyes. The result, however, of the inter view was, that the husband signed the pledge, and Mrs. Carlile departed amidst the blessings of the delighted wife. Many persons, too, who have never been drunk ards—several from among the more educated classes— have been led over by her powerful appeals to join her cause, and they, it is confidently expected, will exert their whole influence in the same direction. On Monday last, she addressed a meeting in the Music Hall, and received many signatures. She uniformly begs the meeting to abstain from showing their applause of her sentiments in the usual manner ; but the silent, eager at tention with which she was received was very flattering. At the close of the meeting, it was stated by the Chair man, that any respectable person who opposed these views would be heard at any subsequent meeting, which are held on Monday each week, thus proving the desire of the managers for fair discussion. The labours of Mrs. Carlile are not confined to Liver pool, but where she is invited she willingly goes, as far as opportunity permits, and she has established many so cieties in various towns among ladies who visit the poor provided with tracts, &c. She says, when interrogated as to the reason of her activity, " She has but a few days to live, so she must live by steam." We understand her visit to Liverpool is not yet ended, but whether she will appear again in public is doubtful. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . The German Gazette of Frankfort states in a letter from Breslau. 21st ult., that the Jesuits were seeking to obtain a footing in Prussia. Several young men, who had commenced their studies in that place, were about to-•.t,- . •at....&.... Rome, to make themselves thoroughl acquainted with the doctrines of that society, when he y t would return to the former city. ALLEGED. MitSSACRB OF FRENCH PRISONERS Br A131 ? -2 L - KADER.—Accounts have been brought by the Algiers papers of the 24th ult., stating that Abd-el-Kader fallen i d e i s nt s o ga h i i n s s t I ' t a h n e d s r,. e T a l , le and rea t o a n t were pri soners a s th w a i n io cin h g ad on fa a had ordered to b e massacred, in cold blood , the 300 pri assigned for this horribl e act i s that the Morocco tro ops be, for the purpose of committing to his cause the Alge rine tribes who had emigrated with him into Morocco, had ordered his prisoners, with the exception of the officers, to be shot. INSURRECTION IN PORTOGAL.—Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 20th instant. The insurrec tion in the north of Portugal had been successful, owing chiefly to the treachery of the Governor-General (Vin_ bees), wbo had consented to an armistice with the insur gents, and to forward to Lisbon a proposit ion on their part for a change of ministry and a modification in the system of local taxation. Upon this intelligence reaching the-metropolis, ministers, no longer able to cope with the revolt, tendered their resignations, which were accepted unconditionally. This occurred on the 17th, and the Queen immediately sent for Count Villareal to form a new Administration. His efforts for twenty-four hours were utterly unsuccessful. The Queen the n sen t f or th e Duke of Palmella, who arrived in Lisbon from his country seat just twenty-four hours before the sailing of the packet, and proceeded to the task, in which, like his pre decessor (Villareal), he had considerable difficulties to encounter, from the rival pretensions of the Septembrista and opposition Chartist leaders. Two hours before the departure of the packet be was stated, in the highest quarters, to have definitively composed his cabinet of the following persons : Presidency of the Council and MI Affairs—The Duke of Palmell try of Foreign Interior—Count Lavradio, Finance (unchanged)—Count Tojal. War—Jose Jorje Loureiro. Justice—Souza Azevedo. Marine and Colonies—Jervis Atbougia. This is apparently a firm and stable Administratioi MATRIMONIAL SPECULATION At the Guildhall (London) Police-office on Saturday, Joseph Mortimer, the pretended American merchant, who obtained nearly £7O from Eliza Loper, under the pretence that he was a widower and intended to marry her, was again brought up, when the following additional evidence was given : A blind man, yarned Benjamin France, stated that the prisoner had written to a woman at Liverpool, who adver tised for a situation, and had succeeded in inducing her to come up to London, when, after marrying her, and getting possession of her property, he deserted her. Mr. Alderman Musgrove read a letter which he bad received from Mr. Hart, of 81, Lord•street, Liverpool, from which it appeared that the prisoner got with a young lady who kept a respectable . sc a►ry for young ladies; and be told the same story of being man at New York, and ex ting a remittance . _ He induced her to become his wife. They were married by license, which Mr. Hart saw, and he sold them the wedding ring. The consequence was she broke up her establishment, and went with him to America. Be lieving the prisoner to be a very dangerous fellow, Mr. Hart thought it his duty to state the matters within his knowledge. The Alderman also read another letter he bad received from Mr. Dawson, a solicitoriu Bloomsbury street ! Bedford-square. It stated that Mortimer became acquainted with a Mrs. Loughorne, in June, 1839 , and proposed to marry her, agreeing that sheahould sett l e her property (about £1,200) upon her two children by her former marriage. With this concurrence the some re e m m e e m rc b b e arn my d iz e name, a pt n, e, andalso th deed of settlement was engrossed , but at th e last momen t he refused to sign it, and ultimately he mar ried the lad y , and got bold of her property. It was sub se q uentl y discov ered that he had a wife living in Irela nd, and one or tw o' - oencu eeeada' of name of my client's westmoreland-place, Cit y - r o a d , h a d a l so America, ands clerk of Mr. Dawso n followed the prism to Liverpool,a i hin give will w ellu up m chased with Mrs. Langhorne's money. Notwithsta me the exposure, the poor woman accompanied him to r n eg dth made heer,prisoner York. Th ere be treated her in, the most cruel ..,au Mrs t n e e r r c, Brown, even concluded, mother, Mrs. Col. Hi n d." sent a letter stating that in answer to an advertisement for a housekeeper" - sonar, and she a " My dear Madam, — have any thouts of cha I rely am the chap, I du and I have lived over to merchant at New York only doter an with wone cl