The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

Solent. For New York : Sancho Palma, Sky lark, and Surprise. Cleared for London z Chryseis. MAIL NIWS. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 26. The Royal Mail steamer Asia, 6.ptain. Lott, from New York, on the lOth instant, passed Roche's Point at 5 30 a.m. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2i. The R.M.S. America, from Liverpool, for Halifax and Boston, arrived here at 10 p.m., and after receiving out board mails, &c., site pmeee6d onwards. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. While preparing for publication this morning, tie receit - ed intelligence of the arrival of the Asia in the Ater. We shall furnish to our readers, in locr edition, any intelligence of importance she "fluty bring. THE POPE'S COLLECTION". The collection in the Roman Catholic Churches at Dublin yesterday amounted to £ll,OOO. The following appeared in a portion of our impression of Saturday : THE REFORM BILL Lord John Russell last night amioiineed that the Reform Bill will be broUght forward. on Thursday next. MR. BRIGHT AND TRE GOVERNMENT, The Herald makes the following annotincenient : It is rumoured that her Majesty's Government are about to testify theft gratitude to Mr. Bright by making bin Postmaster-General in the place of . the Earl of Elgin, whose appoinbriont as Plenipotentiary Extraor dinary to Chin, was announced last night by Lord John Russell, I`lB2k . T IiEFOIIM MEETING IN DMILIN. DUBLIN, Saturday Morning. tit Freeman's Journd of this morning contains a l'eport of the parliamentary reform - meeting which was held last night in the Queen's Theatres The attendance Was most numerous. The chair was occupied by the Lord Mayor. The meeting was addressed by Alderman Curran, Alderman te7olds, Dr. Grav, and a great many others. ; Resolutions in favour b . f the extended franchise r the ballot, and the, removal of the present k . estrictions on the obtainment of the franchise • were adopted. The meeting is decribed as a complete Success. THE DIVISION ON 1141 WIDGET, The Herald dots not contain any comment on the division. • 'flat Asst says that Mr. Gladstone's speech of last hight was never surpassed in the history of Parliament. ' The parliamentary debate, last night, occupies the Unprecedented space of twenty-nine and a half columns of the Times. The Times remarks that the majority against Mr. Du Cane's motion is just what might be expected, from the remarkable fact that not one of its supporters, howcver ingenious or eloquent, has produced one real objection, to the treaty with France, and the financial Meastnes of Government: The Dail!? 'Netts says the battle iii which ancient jealousies and exploded errors have been invoked in vain, protection may tio* go back to its holes and take the spirit of War with it, for through the House Corn- Mons the cohattp has declared for peace and free-trade. The majority is triumphant. This majority will resound th k-04. 11olit Europe, and its fruits will be blessed by our thildren's children. The Post says the verdict of the country on the bud get of the Government has now been adopted and affirmed by the decision of the House of Commons. By this division the house has pledged itself to good policy towards England and good faith towards France. No eloquence could. be so effective as the recapitulation of the facts. The second attack on the Government in one Week has been defeated by nearly double the number that fixed the fate of Mr. Disraeli's first attempt on Tuesday last. Such a result will give immense effect throughout Europe. The aggregate railway traffic return of the United Ringdom, for the week. ending February 18th, shows an increase of £27,963 over the same week last year. At the late Eastern Counties contest, Mr. Love was supported by proxies representing £2,950,000 stock and 4 7,800 votes; and Mr. Waddington and his friends by £760,000 stock, and 16,300 votes. TRADE CIRCULAR. STAFFORDSHIRE IRON TRADE. Mr. - Samuel Griffiths, in his weekly circular, says The iron trade in South Staffordshire has -presented no features worthy of special remark during the past we ek. The m os t no ti ce able incident is the general scarcity of "al, which prevails through these districts to such an tent as in many cases to rende r it difficult to su pp l y t he demand for the works; several of the blast furnace e stablishments having frequently of late laboured under this inconvenience in a much greater degree than e mills and forges, - the proprietors of these Latter being regular large customers to the coal prn- Wietors; and as the article used for manufacturing tlrposes is of better quality, and consequently invoiced higher rates, the scarcity of coal up to the present ,tarte has not affected them so much as the pig makers. Large quantities of house coal are being brought by Tails from Cannock Chase, and the deficiency here has likewise stimulated the trado in Durham and Darlington cokes, in which an increased business is now being thine ; a deficiency of rail way. trucks, however, is complained of for this department. The business done in native pig iron this week has been on a moderate scale, which is generally the cast tinting the middl e month of the quarter,' owitr , to the large purch ases genera ll y ma d e b y t h e mann ': fatturers at quarter-day and as there is nothing either in politics or the immediate .prospeCts of the trade to justify extra purchases of pigs, manufacturers are generally working into their stocks, preferring to see the end of this month before entering into buy ' I ng transactions for the next quarter. The pig 1 akers are likewise not 'disposed to push busineSs, 11 a 'iog , ample order's on their books to carry them through this quarter. The few sales which have taken place during' the week have been quit e b li P, to current rates, - the stocks of best all mine brand s C log very low in the hands of the makers. The quantity of cinder pigs going into censumption is small, ( s then are but few furnaces in blast for this kind of iron; the production is about 'on a par with the con sumption. The haematite pigs from the North are still arriving here in considerable quantities, and are spoken highly of by the manufacturers. Brymbo likewise continues to supply pigs to this market, which, together vith the Forest of Dean, give satisfaction to the manu facturers. The mills and forges are all fully o ccupied in the manufacture of malleable iron , al l t he leading houses being, tolerably well off for Z ders f or most sor t s , p ar ti cu larly for boiler plates and ° °,l 4 s.. The 'demand likewise continues very b risk for nail rods, one houSe having received an order this week f or, 500 ton s , in a line, of their best rods, for the Foo f,'°ow4oo market.. Most of the rods now made for the Xijoa market have the bundles marked in Chinese ch aracters. Owing to the enormous freights now demanded. for China direct, Iron is being shipped by trading vessels, which take a circuitous route, and con spuently make a longer passage, but at reduced freights.' he demand for common bars continues limited, on the ° ther ha n d, T I r on and angle bars are in fair request ; a f specifications have likewise been received for sheets. T hu second-rate makers have no large amount of orders on „..their books ; specifications nevertheless, drop in week by reh, sufficient to keep the works in full operation. The r ade in North Staffordshire continues in a satisfactory "adition ; coal is likewise scarce here; the number of collieries open is much greater in proportion than in the South, and as the men work with greater regularity, " o ?tWithstanding the immense demand for the Potteries, th e supply hitherto has been adequate to the demand ; N the works here are working full time, and the orders 1 , 11 hand for bars and plates are extensive at most of the The trade in Shropshire is good for Pig iron; the 111 S who supply South Staffordshi re havin g heavy , -a otra c t s in hand for forge Iron for this district. One Allvio of the works are well off for orders for bars and „tes• All are in full w ork ; some few, however, e Plain of the smallness of t he orders, and re p resent the demand as being a little slacker. The tr ade of . "weaStle-on-Tyne and the Middlesborough district eantinues 'active, particularly in the latter district, w here large orders are in hand for rails and other Iron for the Indian railways. The strike of the Colliers in Scotland unfortunately still continues ; arid the determination to resist each other by both iron masters and colliers is reported to be unaba ted. ; there are 82 f urnaces st ill damped, and the diminution of production of Pig Iron already amounts to 50.000 rumouredtons. It is rumoured to-day, in Glasgow, that some of the m en o f the Govan Works are willing to return to their work ; we sincerely hope this is the case, as the con sequences of the strike are now beginning , to be felt, and it appears t o us that the longer the strtiggle, the greater the misery of th e p oor men and their families, who in the present state- o f th e trade must in the end give way. 'Dr strike in Scotland-causes much anxiety through the whole Iron districts, for however the Scotch dispute may ter minate, South Staffordshire, North Staffordshire, Shrop shire, Wales, and other districts, could not., . with the present price of Iron, entertain the question of enhanced labour. The. official list of prices of Staffordshire finished Iron is as follows:—Common Staffordshire bars, £7 10s, at the works ; best bars, £8 lOs ; sheets, 9 ; doubles, £lO 10s; nail sheets, £B' lo s ; latin, £l2 ; boiler plates, £9 ; best and best best in proportion ; co mmon rods, £7 10s; hoops, £8 10s; gas strip, £8 ; C anada l a t es , £l2 ; and all other sorts in propro portion.P It must be understood that these are the °,,",eial f e es. Current prices of Pi g Iron : . Star f-NshireP Cold blast, £4 10s. ; native hydrate pigs, 15 8 , to £4 2s. 6d. ; first - cla ss all m ine grey forgetl. ch i g B, £3 10s. to £3 155.; good mine pigs, with a moth " , 111 of flue cinder, £3 to ss. ; mine pigs, deterior ated by cinder, £2 15s. to £3 2s 6d.; grey• forge cinder Vtrs' iron, £2•lss. to £2 17s. fd. White forge cinder £2 10s. to £2£3s. Melters, Nos. 1,2, and 3, al l. 17s. 6d. to 2s 6d. ; superior makes of mine melting Iron £3 10s. to £l, according to L oan and quality. Favourite Shropshire and Forest of brands, £4 10s. Metals : The recent convulsions ' 1 the money market, occasioned by the restrictive policy Of the 4_ Bank of England towards a certain class of tr aders have no doubt operated most unfavourably upon ! 11 metals, which • depend so much .for their steadiness an d value on the regularity and even tenor of the money arket. Speller has suffered considerably; the price ho w must be considered £2O 10s. to £2O 15s. = per ton. Str £l3O, b a nca £136105. Smelters maintain fiae , s cl rates for English. Copper: The market quiet , little En„ smelters firm, Lead : Spanish 1q better offering; ` better demand; English maintains the late improve ent• Tin Plates continue languid ; selling at the low rates4sa mentioned last week. Regulus : French Star, ". Quicksilver : Price £7 per bottle, less 3 per cent. i j cash. • S we di s h Steel : Swedish scarce; price £lO B *, equal assortments. The Board of T retrns for the month of January a ve just been issued and u sent repr 1'9,366,497 against 4 9,573 ,423 in 1859, 'rad e and £7,221,600 in 1858. Li beral NIGHT'S _DIVISION.—OnIy one English - V ) eral v o t e d f or t he notion--viz., Sir Ti', Baring. The 1 t 1 1 , 41 1 Roman Cath o li cs , B ow y er , G reene , Hazard, Lever, I. °3', and the O'Donoghue were in the minority. nty-eight C o n serva ti ves vo t e d w ith the Govern enillt we • Lord Stanley and Sir S. Cairns were absent. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. EXTRAORDINARILY PASSAGE.—The Liverpool and Wexford 4tOrn Navigation .Company's splendid screw Isteiniship Montagu, Capt. W. Clarke. made the Petit fl.em Wetfol-d to Liverpool last Week, with a large cargo of goods and cattle, in 131 hodrs, frOm quay to quay, a distance of 170 miles, _ FATAL RAiLIt'A.Y Aecti)Et4l.-=tin gaturdav, at the Kirkby Station of tilt Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail ws_y,. the station-master (Mr. Lee), not perceiving the' approach of a pilot engine, was knocked known by it while he was crossing the rails. His body was cut in two, one part being projected sonie thirty yards: The deceased has left a widow and three children. . INQUEST AT BIRKENIIEAD:011 Saturday Mr. Chur ton, the county coronet, held an inquest at Birkenhead over the becly of Moses Wymperley, residing at No. 9, Morpeth-bnildings, who died Oa Thittsday from severe injuries of the back, whioh lie received about seventeen weeks agrr, *Writ working . at .the Birkenhead Dock - works. Verdict of "accidental death" was returned. COLLIERS' TURN-OUT AT ST. HELEN'S.--=tp to PH day the number "out" was stated at 3,009, which was increased in the after part Of .day by ebottt '3OO mote. An advance of ten - per cent. is demanded. .Open air meetings are being held, and the "turn oats" are encouraged by the expectation of a similar demand add strike at Wigan. i large body of county constabulary has been stationed in the rieighbonyhood. There i s already a deficieriey Of Coal-=the stocks at the mines having of late been Very to*. ItaLE Coups.—A correspondent pro poses thn formation of a "Tradesmen's Rifle Corps," to include in its ranks the assistants in our shops and warehouses, maintaining that. a finer corps could not be formed in the kingdom than they would make. One of our leading bankers, it is stated, was lately heard to say, that the principal property in and around Liver pool was owned by the tradesmen. "Arid who so fit to protect it," asks our correspondent, "as their men assistants ?" The occasions of' drill, it is contended, would afford them healtbfal and agreeable recreation. LOCAL VOTES IN TILE DIVISION ON THE The following local members voted with the Government in taverr of the Budget :—Mr. norsfall and Mr. twart, Liverpool; non. A. F. Egerton, South Lancashire; Mr. Greenall, Warrington ; :Bari Grosvenor and Mr. num berston, Chester; Mr. Baxley and Mr. J. A. Turner, Maiithester; -Mt. Massey, Salford; Lord Hartington and Col. Patten, North Lancashire; Sir. C. P. Grenfell, Preston; Capt. Gray and Mr. Joseph Crook, Bolton; Mr. Itornby and Mr. Pilkington, Blackburn ; Mr. Woods, Wigan ; W. J. Garnett and W. S. Gregson, Lancaster; Right lion. F. Peel, Bury. The following voted against the lindrr-et :—W. J. Legh, South.Lanca *shire ; Col. Lindsay, Wigan ; Mr. Cross, Preston ; non. W. Egerton. North Cheshire; Sir P. G. Egerton and Mr. join. Tollemache, t oath. Cheshire. TRADE , 3IE'N'S GRAND FANDV AND FDLL DRESS BALL.—'this entertainment, which takes place, morrow - evening, promises to be one of the most brilliant and numerously attended balls which have ever taken place in St.. George's-hall. Everything conduces to warrant this expectation, and to ensure its ftilillment. The .charities,. *hose hinds are to participate in the profits ) are most dcsertedly popular among all ranks and classes of Our felloW-toiviisinen. The labours of the todimittee to secure the comfort and enjoyment of all who attend have 'been most judicious and. unremitting ; and we are glad to learn that the sale of tickets has already , been so great, as to ensure the success of the uticlertaking, while the demand for them seems still on the increase. BANNS OF MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN IN THE PARISH CHURCH.—An event of so rare occurrence as this is, took place in St. Peter's Church, yesterday. On the proclamation of the banns of marriage between a certain young couple, for the third and last time, having been read out as usual by the clerk, a female rose in one of the pews near the desk, and forbade the banns ; but she did so in a. quiet and inobtrnsive manner, and the cir cumstance attracted little notice. The objector in this case, we understand, is the mother of the male aspirant to the honours and responsibilities of matrimony, who is said to have reached the mature age of sixteen !---a fact which no doubt has something to do with his 'maternal parent's remonstrance, thus formally tendered, as a bar to his immediate happiness. We believe such a circumstance has not occurred for the last seven years in the parish church of Liverpool. WILJALBA Frininm..—The Theatre Royal was. crowded on Saturday . afternoon by a numerous and fashionable audience, consisting of the elite of the neigh bourhood from both sides of the Mersey. In the pit and upper boxes were stationed the children of the Orphan Asylums and Blue Coat Schools, and their happy faces beaming with pleasure at the incomprehensible tricks of Professor Frikell, lent a charm to the whole entertainment.' The elderly portion of the audience was equally delighted, and it is hard to say which lett the theatre the most pleased: During the week Professor Frikell will introduce some new tricks, and on Saturday next theme will he a mid-day performance at 2 pan. All who have not witnessed the extraordinary talent of Pro legsor Frikell should do so at once. CrtullcH_liATl s.—The fourth report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Public Peti tions brings the returns down to the 10th of this month, inclusive. Petitions against the total abolition of church-rates had been presented during only thirteen evenings : they amounted to 2,305, with 95,143 signa tures. Of these, 41 were from this town and other portions of the arehdeaconry of Liverpool ; and 15 were from Chester and other portions of that archdeaconry. Of the whole 56, Earl Grosvenor presented 5, Mr. I , :wart 3, Mr. HUmberston 4, Mr. Horsfall 27, the Hon. A. Egerton 5, M r . Tollemache 8, and it duos not appear who. presented the others. During the same period there were only 12 petitions in favour of the hill, with 407 signatures in all. Six of these were signed officially. Five of the official petitions, identical in, form, were from Chester, signed by 21 persons ; and a sixth from Chester, in the same form of words, had 13 signatures appended. INSOLVENT COURT, 'LANCASTER.—The cases heard by Robert Segar, Esq., the judge of this court, on Friday, were decided as follows : Discharge 4 : John Venn, beerseller ; and John Christie M'Kenzie, licensed vic tualler, Liverpool ; John Burden Pedler, (sued as John B. Pedler,) schoolmaster, Bootle, near Liverpool ; Francis Taylor, beerseller and greengrocer, West Derby,' near Liverpool ; William Hoyle, provision-dealer and commission-agent, Rochdale ; Richd. Wainwright; tim ber carter, carter, and common porter, Edward Eames, tailor, Thomas •M'Coy, tobacconist and billiard-roont keeper, William Slater, merchant and engineer, Leopold Solomon Phillips, cigar and general dealer, Sarah Ann Robinson, retailer of ale, beer, porter, and tobacco, and Richard Williams, joiner and builder, Manchester ; and Charles Openshaw, publican, Shaw, near Oldham. _Adjourned to next court : Thomas Rogers, builder and coal-dealer, Liverpool. Adjourned for a month : Jas. Nuttall, builder and bricklayer, Liverpool, and Richard . Ormerod, coal-dealer, Bury.. Three m o nths : William Pilling, grocer and tea-dealer, Bury. Four months : Geo. Bowler, butcher. and grocer, Heage, near Belper. Six months : William Davenport, grocer and provision dealer, Liverpool. GRAND . PARADE OF THE LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.—Those of our readers who were present at the swearing in of this corps may perhaps form some idea of the effect which their parade in fell dress on Saturday created in the town. About the time at which the corps was expected, the principal thoroughfares through which they were to pass were thronged with spectators, whose admiration was expresed by repeated cheering as they came in sight. The corps, which is, we believe, the largest in town, mustering as it does upwards of six hundred men, left the Bircbfield Bar racks about half-past four in the afternoon, and marched down Islington, along Lime-street., Parker-street, Lord street, and Castle-street, to the Exchange. The efficient and powerful band preceded the corps , which was headed by Colonel Bourne on horseback. The various companies, eight in number, into which the corpsis divided, followed in their 'numerical order after Colonel Bourne. The Exchange was too crowded to admit of the volunteers going through many evolutions. The corps afterwards marched down Castle-street and returned to the hare cas by the route we have before mentioned. Yesterday the corps attended divine service in St. Nicholas' Church, on which occasion a sermon was preached by the Ven. Arch deacon Jones, who took for his text the well-known pas- Sage in Timothy, " You have fought the good fight," &c. From this text an impressive and appropriate sermon -was preached, in the course of which the rev. gentle man referred to the splendid appearance of the volun teers, and hoped that they would never do anything derogatory to the position they occupied. CONSTABULARY AND POLICE.—The following is the third report of Lieut-Colonel John Woodford, inspector of the constabulary and police forces in the northern district of England and Wales for the year ended 29th ,September, 1819, made to her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State, under the Pro Visions of the statute 19th and 20th Vic. c. 69 : --Liverpool. This large and important body of police, having had an augmentation of nine men within the past year, amounted on the 29th of September last to 982 officers and men. This estab ment was inspected on the 15th and 16th June, and found in its customary high state of discipline and di eiency under the teaching of the able and zealous head constable Major Grcig (who has devoted much care and attention to this important and needful part of his duty.) This fine body of men has acquired a very competent e P clothingeaee mid howso ever knowledge of military move ments, sufficient to a dmit of their being broug ht to bear with precision and deci sive they may disturbers of feoftliiiend. public Tb accoutremen t s in the possession of the men were in numerouseffe6t (seed condition , the books well and accuratel y ke p t, and Pale station-houses, offices, charge-rooms ' and cells for prisoners at t he several bridewells elean arid in good order, though in the opinion of the inspector there are some two or three of the smaller brideviells that ought to be condemned as unfit. The inspector has .much satisfac tion in recommending this establishment to favourable consideration. LOCAL Bru,s.—The committee sat on Friday, on the London and North-western Railway and St. Helen's Canal -and Railways Companies bill. A petition in favour of the upper Mersey dues • purchase and censer valley bill has been presented by the directors of. the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Petitiens praying to be heard by counsel against the following bills were presented : London . and North-western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies-1, from the council of the chain ber of commerce for Birmingham and the midland dis trict ; 2, from the Great Western Railway Company 3, from John Robinson M'Clean. London and North western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and Midland ,Railway Companies from the council of the Chamber of Commercefor Birming ham and the midland district ; 2, from the Great Western Railway Company ; 3, from John Robinson M‘Clean. London and North-western Railway (No. 3) bill, from the corporation of Liverpool. London and North western Railway (No. 3) bill, from St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill--1, front Wallasey Local Board of Health ; 2, from William Rushton Coulborn and Edward War burton Coulborn ; 3, from Richard Burton Phillipson, (as acting trustee under the will of the late Francis Richard Price) ; 4, from St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company ; 5, front merchants and others trading upon and using: the river Mersey, &c. Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway bill, from Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company. The two follow ing unopposed hills will be heard on Tuesday, (0 -mor row), February 28th, at two o'clock :—Droylsden Gas. Committee to be composed of the following members : Chairman of ways and means, Mr. Charles Forster, and Mr. Bazley. The Widnes Gas and Water bill. Com mittee—The Chairman of ways and means, Mr. Charles Forster', and Mr, Cireenall. FIRE IN MILL-STREET.--Yesterday smorniYt 7 between one and two o'clock a fire was discovered in Mr. Jones's boot shop, Mill-street. The reels from the' Brunswick Dock and Essex-street were promptly in attendance, and the fire was Semi subdued.- Considerable damage lids been doe to the property, btit *e• believe it will be COefed by the idsiltt.~l f PyrtiotiS #ilit LiSi: Nrfirti.-A. • MOst destructive ore occurred last night in the apartments adjoining Hewson and Proctor's printing o ffice, North Castle- Street, in the third storey of the building.-. IL was first discovered by a. cabman on a stand there, Who observed flames and smoke issuing from the upper portion. of the premises. lie immediately conimrinicated the intelli gence, to the Central Fire Station in Hatton:garden, and Mr: Hewitt's brigade *as Men engaged iri sribdning the fire; brit the place where the fire originated was greatly burnt before the engines could be brought into operation. A continued play of the hose upon this portion of the premises, hOwever, had by-and-bye the effect of partially subduing the flames, which had now ascended to the roof. At about ten o'clock the fire was at it.s height, and from that fink the combined Ants of the West of England and the Liverpool fire engines succeeded, in obtaining. the mastery over it. SI br ly after ten o'clock roof-ladders Were raised, and the firemen were thus enabled to play upon the premises adjalent, which but for this *mild probably haVe been deStroyed. The fourth storey of the Wilding,. which *as severely injured by the flanies, is used as a larder by Mr. Ander son, and we believe that it contained a considerable amount of stock. In about an hour from the arrival of the fire brigade, the flames were completely extinguished, and though considerable damage has been done, the. insurance will probably cover it. The premises are the property of Matthew Gregson, Esq.; the shop imme diately adjoinin g is the cigar warehouse of Messrs. Pearce and Son. but no injury has been sustained by the latter. In the course of the fire valuable assistance was rendered by Major Greig, Mr. H. Jackson, Captain Falkner, and other tradesmen of the street. The origin of the are is unknown. CONCERT AT THE PHILHARMONIC HALL A morning concert took place at this gall on Satur day, The vocalists being Mad'lle. Piccolomini, Signor Aldighieri, and Signor Castelli. Signor Belart, who was to have appeared,.was suffering from an attack of hoarseness, and Madame Rudersdord' sting iii his stead; an arrangement which necessitated a considerable devia tion from the original programme. The ,solo pianiste was Madame Moritz (her first appearance here), and the accompanyist Signor Arditi. Mad'ile. Piccolomini sung Mozart's " Vedrai carino," the brindisi from "Il Traviata, " a duet with Madame Thidersdorff, and a valse, "Il Bacio," by Signor Arditi. The latter, which is a very clever thing, and was a very good piece of singing, received an encore, an honour which was also awarded to Balfe's " I dreamt that I dwelt," for which the lady substituted an Irish ballad, a species of music which is not, we think, suited to her style of singing. Madame - Rudersdorff, both in the duet and in a solo which she introduced, sang exceedingly *ell, and gate much pleasure to the audience. Signor Aldighieri gave, in conjunction with Castelli, Rossini's "All' idea," 40 took part Piccolomini in the brindisi and the duet " Pronta io son" from " Don Pasquale." His render ing of the the Romanza from " Il Traviata" was very pleasing in expression, but ha was not, always very well in tune. Signor Castelli's voice told very well in two ducts with Signor Aldighieri; he also took part in the chorus of the brindisi (which was rather inadequately represented by three solo voices), and in Martini's laugh ing. trio, "Vadasi via di qua," which concluded the concert.. As.a niece of Hummel and sister of Roeckel, Madame Moritz is entitled to some attention from a musical public. Her performance of Thalherg's fantasia from " Mose iu Egitto" showed that she possesses neat and brilliant execution, and a very light and pleasing touch. In the second- part of the concert she played two . of Mendelssohn's " Lieder ohne worte," ihe allegretto in A from Book 5,' and the presto from Book 6. In the first we should have liked a rather stricter adherence to the tempo, but the second was admirably rendered, and the same may be said of her brother's " March Valaque,." Ma•;!ame Moritz, we understand, has settled in this town with the view of pursuing her profession here, in which we hope she will meet with the success which she cer tainly merits. We must not omit to mention Signor Arditi's accompanying, which. was perfection in its .war. The hall was very well tilled, the body being crowded, but the audience was, for the most part, remarkably cold and apathetic. . X. CONCERTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL. Mr. Best's usual organ performance on Saturday con sisted of a selection from the works of Beethoven, including the "Men of Prometheus" overture, a Romance in G, a selection from "Fidelin," the allegretto from the Bth symphony, and the "Hallelujah" from the "Mount of Olives:" It was very poorly attended, owing prob ably to the concert at the Philharmonic Hall on the same afternoon.. Besides these two, a third performance was given in the evening by the Glee and Madrigal Union— one of the most enjoyable things to which we have lis-. tened for some time, and which seemed to be thoroughly appreciated by the somewhat scanty audience, who (lid not fill the hall. The programme included Callcott's " Queen of the Valley," Webbe's " _Discord, dire Sister," Hatton's " Homeward Watch," and Orlando Gibbons' "Silver Swan"--the latter a faultless picce of part singing. Several solo songs were given by different members of the Union, among which Glover's "The Voice that we Love," sung by Mrs. Lockey, was one of the best; and "The Anchorsmiths," by Dibdin," was given with great spirit by Mr. Winn. Thq part-singing, however, was of course the hest part of the concert; and as long as the Glee and Madrigal Union continue to sing in their present style, the oftener they pay us a visit the better. We see that four members of the Union—viz., Miss Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Loekev, and Mr. Thomas — are engaged for the next Philharmonic Subscription Concert. ----- The Vocal Union. advertise a performance of Mendels sohn's "Elijah" for the 13th of March; fur which Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, Miss Hiles, and Mr. Mason are engarzed. X. COSTLY SERVICE OF PLATE. On Saturday we were favoured with a.view of one of the• most costly services of silver plate perhaps ever executed by any manufacturer in this country, which has just been completed by the Messrs. Elking,ton, of London and Liverpool, for the Bishop of Mauricastro, in Malta. It consists of a dinner, dessert, and tea service, for thirty persons., the total value of which is £12,000, and contains 1.8,000 ounces ,of silver. Down the centre of the dinner table there are three large centre pieces, or candelabra, richly gilt, the design of .them is the date palm tree, with the plantain clustering round them. • • The centre piece has a beautiful group at foot, repre senting "The halt in the desert"—a young girl draw ing water for the camel, who is standing patiently by waiting for the welcome draught to quench his thirst after a weary march across the desert, while the traveller is sitting at the foot of the tree smoking his chibouk. The other two pieces have the following animals at foot, viz., the giraffe, antelope, lion, buffalo, gazelle, and elephant.. At the top and bottom of the table are two large venison dishes, and down the sides are twelve dishes and covers to match ; also, eight centre dishes and covers, eight warmers for ditto, two large, soup tureens, two three partition vegetable dishes; eight mus tard pots, sixteen salt cellars, four sauce tureens, four sauce boats, two . souttlet -dishes, two cruet frames, two oil and vinegar ditto, two pickle frames, two gilt water jugs, one hundred and twenty dinner plates, thirty soup ditto, two large cabinets, Containing spoons and forks to match, one gilt rose-water dish, thirty vase goblets, two knife trays, two spoon ditto, one large fish dish, one small ditto. The above are all manufactured in rich arabesque, engraved to .suit, and the arms and motto (Spec Christus meg) engraved:upon each piece. • The dessert service is all richly gilt, and consists of two epergnes, four salad stands, four large fruit stands, four smaller fruit stands, two etruscan claret jugs,. two ice cream vases, four bottle waggons, thirty vme plates, two wine coolers, six sugar baskets, two large vase goblets, four palmerstons or wine bottle stands.' The epergnes in the dessert service represent the "halt in the desert," but different in design to the former ones, different figures being introduced. The salad and fruit stands are ornamented at the foot with various animals and birds, such ,as the horse, ibex, fallow deer, kookoo, and eagle, vulture, heron, crane, peacock, Muscovy duck, pheasant, and wattlia talegalla, parrot, woodcock, lapwing. quail, &c., &c. The „tea service consists of coffee, tea, sugar, and cream, kettle and stand richly embossed, two cake or bread-baskets, two better coolers, two toast racks, two egg frames, one foUr-glass decanter stand, one large tea-tray, one smaller ditto, two 18 inch salvers; two 16 inch ditto, two 12 inch ditto, and four 10 inch ditto. All the pieces are engraved with the Bishop's crest. The service is contained in sixteen large French pashed oak canteens, lined with green baize. • As it is to remain on view for a few days, we have no doubt it will be eagerly . inspected by our townspeople, whom it cannot fail - to impress with a very high idea of the vast capabilities of the firm as manufacturers of silver plate. uvEßrooL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY SAVAGE ASSAULT. —James Johnston, a bailiff 'in the County Coprt, was placed in the dock charged with having ae‘aulted his wife. It was stated that on Wed nesday last the prisoner came home about ten o'clock, n.m., and immediately commenced to beat his wife. He then stripped her naked, and turned her out into the yard. The prisoner next took a lighted candle, which he held to several parts of her person, and committed otherbrucalities too horrible to mention.—Mr. Cobb, who appeared for the prisoner, urged that the prosecu trix was a woman of very drunken habits. That she .had stolen the • prisoner's property, and got drunk with the money she obtained by its sale, and that her con duct had been extremely aggravating. lie also con tended that •as no one had witnessed the assault it was probably not so barbarous as had been stated. This however was denied by Mrs. Johnston, who said a neighbour saw her in the yard. The case was adjourned till Tuesday. CAUTION TO STONE-THROWERS.ard Barchall, a carter in the employment of Mr. Jackson, of Oldhall street, appeared in answer to a summons, upon a charge of assaulting a child four years of age, named James Ellison. The defendant was driving his cart in Thomas street, when some boys commenced to throw stones at him. 11e, being annoyed, took up a pi ece o f coa l, w hi c h lie threw at the boys, and which struck the child Ellison in the eye, inflicti n g a severe injury. The surgeon of the Northern Hospital, who attended the child, said that when the child was brought to the Hospital the sight of one eye was entirely gone; the other one was also affected. .Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the defendant, said it was no doubt a very painful case for both parties; but he could assure the Bench that the prisoner had no evil intention - in throwing the stone. a s p ro c p h e a r r t g y e (1 of wit h itr Mr. Rallies re commended the prisoners o give some compensation to the mother of the child ; d was ultimately tendered and accepted. Ax I.INrouNDED CllARGE.—Benjamin Sayles, a 11 11 Z Copeland, in whose service the prisoner had formerly srteesapleicritgablae dog gokiaintri yaouenhgickieliiia, been. Mr. Cobb, for the defence, showed that the pri soner had been arrested upon the information of a young woman with whom he had been on intimate terms. H e also showed that the dog had been in her charge for the last few weeks, and she might therefore have taken it herself. The bench did not consider the charge preyed, Ond dismisssd the prisoner. LAUNCH OF A MAIL STEAMER,. THE DAIL/ TIMES, MONDAY; FEBRUARY 27; 180; One of the finest, vessels which has ever been in the litefsey Was hitindhed on Saturday from Air. Laird's yard at }iirkenliead. The event Yids bit Intetesting only, but impOrtabt; for; if "The Ulster" accomplishes all that is expected.from her—and there is little doubt entertained of her doing so—she will create a revolution in steam-ship building." The Ulster is one of four vessels now in course of erection, for the Conveyance of Passengers and mails between Holyhead and gingsto*n. Two of the remain ing; thTee are to be built by Mr. Laird, and to lie launched respeetively in March and April, and the third by Messrs. Samuda and Co., of London. The Ulster, like the other vessels; , is 350 feet long, 35 feet wide, her hold is 20 feet deep, her draught of water will be 12 to 13 feet, and her burthen 2,000 tons. Her engines, which are being constructed by Messrs. James Watt and Co., ate oscillating, their nominal horse power being 700, their indicated horse power 2,500. Mr. Laird has adopted his well:known wa-Ve principle to the hull of his vessels,. which beats a striking resemblance td those fast-going steamers constructed by him some years ago, namely, the Countess of Ellesmere and Ellen Vannin. Like these steamers, the new Holyhead steamships have a considerable spring in the keel forward, and a rise aft, making the entire keel a strong segment of an inverted arch. The vessels will be very little ornamented externally, but they will appear very much like steam yachts when on the water. they will each have two funnels, and two comparatively slender masts for fore and aft sails to steady them in a heavy sea, their great speed rendering them otherwise independent of the 'wind. The speed at which these' vessels are to travel through the water, and the chance there may be of collision with passing ships, rendered it a matter of paramount interest that they should be unusually strong. The vessels are constrncteil Of the best Staffordshire and Mersey iron Works iron ; and the latest improvements have been applied in the distribution of the material and its relative fastenings. As a further precaution, and as combining great strength and safety, the vessel is secured by numerous water-tight bulkheads, of which there are no less than nine, extend ing to the upper deck, and thus dividing the ship into ten water-tight compartments. Quite a new feature is introducedin this respect, viz., the separation of the engine room from the boiler-rooms by central .bulkheads, which divide the engine-room and boiler-rooms into separate .compartments. thus guarding against fire and water, and rendering it almost impossible to impair the efficiency of the machinery, even in case of collision amidships, which, with the ordinary arrangement of bulkheads, would prove fatal. The great object sought to he obtained in the con struction of these vessels is the attainment of a high rate of speed. It is supposed that the Ulster's average rate of speed will be twenty miles an hour, and that at times she will be able to go . at the rate of even twenty-two miles. At twelve o'clock, the time appointed for the launch, lb) yard was filled with spectators, among thorn being a large number of the leading merchants of Liverpool, and the principal inhabitants of Birkenhead. A stage had been erected near the how of the Ulster, and upon this were the Marquis anti Marchioness of Chandos, Mr. Laird, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen, who had been invited to witness the launch. At twelve o'clock precisely, Lady Chandos, with a small hatchet, divided the silk cord which apparently held the vessel in her place, and in a few minutes the Ulster was floating in her native element, having descended with almost incredible smoothness, amid the cheers of the assemblage. THE DEJEUNER took place in the ball-rJom at the Monk's Ferry Hotel. The company comprised the representatives of the va rious companies interested in the new undertaking, a number of gentlemen from Dublin, several members of the Liverpool Corporation, of the Mersey Docks and. Harbour Board, and a few of the Birkenhead Commis sioners, besides a number of ladies. Mr. Laird, who presided, was supported on the right by the Marchioness of Chandos, and on the left by the Marquis of Chandos. - There Were also present, Sir John Kingston James, Captain Mends, of H.M.S. Majestic ; J. A- Tinge, Charles Turner, J. A. Tobin, J. Smith, J. K. Rounth waite, C. Bushell, B. Darbyshire, G. Grant, G. H. Law rence,. H. Littledale, Watson, &c. The - 11 wing disposed of the toasts of "The QuCen," who, he sail, was as much interested as -II any one in the undertaking that day inaugurated, and of " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," gave " The Army and Navy." Captain MENDS, R.N., in responding, said they bad that day seen one of the most beautiful forms which he had ever beheld launched upon the waters —the element to which England owed her commercial prosperity. He had seen almost the first plate-laying of the Ulster, and he thanked Mr. Laird for giving him the opportunity of seeing the perfection to which she had been brought. The CuxenalAN said the next toast was what might be called the toast of the day. " The health of Lady Chandos; and success to the vessel which-she had that day christened." (Applause.) lie had built and launched a great many vessels, but he must say that he had never a lady perform the ceremony will more ease and more dignity than Lady ChandoS did. (Applause.) She held th vessel suspended as it were by a single silk thread, applied the hatchet and the vessel moved on. And he was sure Lady Chandos would forgive him for mixing up the name of a gentleman with the toast, and he could not help expressing his regret that Captain Williams was not present to receive what he has sure would be paid to him : the respect of all parties in that company. (Applause.) He thought it due to Mr. Williams, now that iron ship -building was considered a national affair, and it was also due to the City of Dublin Company, to say that the first order he ever received was front Captain Williams. He gave bins an order in 1839, for a small vessel 60 feet by 13, which was then considered a great undertaking. (Laughter.) He hail al ways recollected the year with great delight. (Applause.) That vessel he was told was yet in exis tence and doing good service. Three years afterwards Captain Williams gave another order for a vessel 130 feet by 18. That was considered a very rash step, but he was happy to say that the gentleman who launched that vessel on one of the lakes in Ireland, and who was then present, had told him that she was working as well as the (14 that she was launched. (Applause.) There was great difficulty in continuing iron ship building, but lie was quite convinced that iron was supe rior to wood. lie must have turned out 90,000 tons of ships numbering about 250 to 260, and he attributed the start he had to the patronage he received from Cap tain Williams. (Applause.) He concluded by calling upon the company to drink a bumper to Lady Chandos, and success to the Ulster. The Marquis of CIrANDOS, in responding, expressed his admiration at the perfection of the arrangements for the launch, and said that though he had seen many a launch, from a three-decker downwards, he had never seen one more successfully carried out than the one to-day, under the auspices of Mr. Laird and his sons. (Applause.) It was not without great feeling that one could witness at any time the transference of a vessel of that size into the element she was to grace, and it was with more than ordinary feelings that they witnessed such an event where, as on that occasion, every glance of the eye revealed the monuments 'of British industry and British perseverance. They could look around them and see that forest of masts which adorned and graced Liverpool, a magni ficent array of docks planned not by national skill, but planned under the guidance of British merchants and the commercial men of Liverpool, and carried out and extended tilt they formed a system unequalled , in Eng, land, or even in Europe. (Applause.) And looking on that side of the Mersey, no one who had seen that place a few years ago could help thinking what the skill and industry of Mr. Laird had accomplished. (Loud a ppl a use.) Within a few years they had seen every plan adopted which science could call forth for the construction of those magnificent vessels, and now Mr. Laird had intro duced a new fabric for the manufacture of these vessels, having brought steel into subjection for the purpose of framing vessels for the Indian service. Within a year ten or twelve of the vessels which they had seen that day had been launched from that yard and were probably in India. (Applause.). There was, he thought, not a person who could have seen the launch that da.y without reflecting what the skill and perseverance of Englishmen had done in this district, and what had been accomplished in that very yard from which the launch had been made. (Applause.) He could look back and reflect that some thirteen or fourteen years ago the question was not whether the boats which were building for the service with which he was connected were too small, but whether they were not too large, and he could not but recollect, when he looked at the magnificent vessel which was that day launched, that she was condemned by many as far beyond the require ments of the service. The vessels built in that yard were never too large for the service, and the Cambria and others had done their work well, and had done their duty to their owners ; and, he trusted, confident that he would be joined by everyone in that room, that the vessel which had been that day launched would open the way to a far more successful era in steam navigation. Looking back at the ridicule which was thrown upon the originators of die Liverpool and Manchester Rail way, and reflecting upon the wonderful progiess which science had made, and the great advances in both rail ways and steamluats, they could not help remem bering that these had been • accomplished by private individuals and by private capital. (Hear, hear.) And, remembering this fact,. it must be a great pride to Mr. Williams to know that the City of Dublin Com pany, which was one of the first companies formed for steam navigation, and of which, he believed, Mr. Williams was the founder—it must be a matter of great pride to him that that company, beginning with the small boats of which Mr. Laird had spoken, was now interested, not only in the vessel which had been launched that day, but in three other like her—(applause)—and these were leading the way to the attainment of a speed across the ocean which a few years ago was thought impossible on land. He must ask theM to join in drink ing a bumper toast to the success and prosperity of the City of Dublin Company. (Applause.) The toast having been drank, Mr. WATsos, in responding, said it was no wonder that Mr. Williams was absent, for he was past eighty years of age, yet the vigour of his mind, and the interest he took in the prosperity of the company was unabated. His absence on that occasion, and the reluctance of their chairman, Sir John Kingston James rendered it incumbent on him to thank them for the high honour conferred upon the City of Dublin Com pany. It was a proud position to occupy, and he thanked them most cordially for giving him an oppor tunity of doing so. Eight years Ago be brought forward a proposal for improving the communication between the two countries. The proposition was that steamers should he built to run twenty miles an hour, and that in connection with them there should be special trains. The proposition was rather novel at the time, and was met with so many difficulties, that at the time it was pronounced to be impracticable, and attended with great danger to human life. Ultimately they, with the assistance of the London and North Western Railway Company, called the notice of the Government to the matter, and induced them to entertain the question as a very great social and political undertaking between the two countries. He trusted that when these boats were on the station, the Government and the public would be satisfied, and be hoped the boats won: accomplish what was expected from them. (Hear, hear.) He believed those vessels would be superior to anything in the world. He had asked if there was anything in the United States that could approach them, and lie was told there was not, but the citizens of the United States could come and look at them, and take a lesson from this country, as they had done before. Laying again expressed his thanks, he said that, with the permission of the chairman, he 7,:puld prisopose a. t oast. They i could not have done the work alode, fiatad esteied into, arrangements with the London. and N - orfli 2 Wiern,, Railway Company to divide the service. - "The City of Dublin Company felt under deep obligations to the Marquis of Chandos, and the other directors of that railway company, for the confidence reposed in them. He concluded by giving `The London and North- Western Rail Way Company," coupling with it the name I of the Marquis of Mandril. • The Marquis of CRANVOS returned thanks for the manner in Which the tOaSt had been received. When the arrangements were being made, : the Government thought that sea and land ought to be in the same hands, • hilt the railway people felt that such an Undertaking as the successful working of these boats would require the individual attention and .energy of persons well conversant With steam navigation, and whose attention was undistraeted by ailsi dther matters. The confidence reposed in the City of Dublin Company was well placed, and he believed the matter would be brought to a suc cessful issue, and that the satisfaction of the Government and the public appreciation would be the reward of the establishment of these boats. (Applause.) Mr. WATSON. in proposing the health of Messrs. John Laird, Sons, & Co., said that haying made the arrange ments with the Government, the next question was who spas to, build the boats. They considered the matter very carefully, and without, as in the ordinary way, asking, for tenders, they thought the wisest course was to go to parties on *limn they could depend to give them a good article irrespective of price. Tenders Were, how over, forced upon them, brit hd_ was happy to flay that they were fairly able to decide between them all in favour of Mr. Laird and Messrs. Samuda & Co., of London. (Applause.) Ile was happy to have the opportunity of testifying to that . assembly that nothing could be more satisfactory than the way in which the work had been performed. (Applause.) ' He trusted they would drink a bumper toast to John Laird & Sons. What Birkenhead owed to Mr. Laird.no one could say; and if Birkenhead got a member they all knew who to calculate upon. (Applause.) .., . I 1 The CHAIRAAN thanked them for the toast, and could not help-saying that from first to last there had not been. ' a difference between him and the City of Dublin Com pany. His endeavour had been to make the vessels the hest that could be built. The vessels were.divided into at least twenty water-tight compartments, ten of which might be stove in by a collision without the safety of the ship being endangered. If iron ships were not safe, it was because the builders were not allowed to do as they chose to make them so. There was not a ship crossing the Irish Channel fitted with bulk-heads, which the pub lic believed to be safe, but would go down in a few mi nutes if she were cut in the middle. He had suggested that in these vessels the engines and boilers should be divided by separate water-tight bulk-heads, so 'that if one of these vessels were struck in the engine-room her im mersion would not be increased more than a few feet. (Applause.) - Of course there was a great competition, and he believed he was right. in saying that the boat built by Messrs. Samuda and Co. was from a model by< Mr. Oliver Lang, whose name was celebrated. His son, Mr. William Laird, had the who!e of the designing of the vessel which had been launched, and thus came into competition with one of . the most celebrated men of the, day; and, if he succeeded, it would place him in a very good position. (Applause). Mr. Wm. LAIRD. responding to repeated calls from the assembly, also expressed his thanks for the way in which the toast had been received, and added that great care had been taken in constructing the Ulster. They had not gone merely upon theory, but obtained all the information they could as to what had been done before. • He really believed that the vessel was adapted to the high rate of speed which was expected from her. (Applause.) • Mr. BUSHELL being called upon by the Chairman, said that to a reflecting mind there had been something More than the mere launch of a vessel which was to diminish the time which was necessary to make a journey . between England and Ireland. One of the results of the great progress made in ships of late years was that it enabled them to bring together not only the three kingdoms,. but even men of the most distant nations on earth, and that perhaps they might accom plish the purpose of Divine Providence, "That his name might be known upon earth and his saving love among all nations." (Applause.) That was what had been done that day. They had done what would bring, in a much higher sense, into the closest communion the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and would make them, in a much higher and holier sense, united kingdoms. He ventured to say that there was before them an opportunity which, if they availed themselves . of it; would tend to bring into closer union with them a nation which hitherto had not been regarded with that confidence which was desirable for the promotion of peace, and he trusted that. the treaty which had been entered into between Great Britain and France would be the means of putting aside those jealousies and differences, and that distrust, which had hitherto existed too much. He had been requested to propose "The Dublin Chamber of Commerce ;" and he expressed a hope that that Chamber would see that their duty was distinct from legislative politics, and their only object to promote the welfare of their race. (Applause.) Mr. GEORGE RoE, in responding, spoke encouragingly of the present prosperous state of Ireland. In conclu sion, be gave " The Members of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board," to which Mr. Chas. Turner responded. The remaining toasts included "The Engineers,. Messrs. James Watt and C 0.," responded to by Mr. Blake ; "The Lathes," . proposed by Sir J. Kingston James, and responded to by Mr. Carey ; "Mrs.. Laird and Family," proposed by the Marquis of Chandos, and responded to by Mr. John Laird, jun. ; and "The Press," replied to by Mr. Sherlock. 1 The assembly then broke up THE FRIGATE CLIPPER GREAT TASMANIA. The New Zealand trade has long been confined almost exclusively to the Thitucs, but the energy of two Liverpool houses has succeeded in transferring no mean portion of that business to the shorts of the Mersey. Anticipating a large trade with this splendid colony, Messrs. James Baines and Co. have just put on the berth for Melbourne and Auckland, New 2calf;nd, the magni- ficent frigate-built clipper Great Tasmania, which is under the command of our old and esteemed friend, Captain Gardyne. She is 2,163 tons register, and 4,500 tons burthen. This frigate clipper was built at Boston expressly for the owners of the " Black Ball " Line, by Donald WK:ty, Esq., the builder of the celebrated clippers Lightning, Champion of the Seas, Commodore Perry, Donald AP - Kay, &c. The Great Tasmania is daily expected from Calcutta with 1,100 troops, having taken out 1,000 to the Mauritius, and 600 from thence to Bombay. She is the largest ship by several hundreds of tons that has ever been despatched to New Zealand ; and from her vast proportions, accommodation is offered to passengers impossible to be found in the smaller ships usually employed in the trade. She will 'only remain in Australia a week, during which time the New Zealand passengers will have an opportunity of seeing their friends in Melbourne and Geelong, without any additional expense—a privilege that will doubtless be availed of by many passengers, and which is charac teristic of the well-known desire of Messrs. James Baines and Co. to make their passengers as comfortable as possible, and to afford them every possible privilege that shall not interfere with the discipline of the ship. A short description of the Great Tasmania may pro bably be interesting to our readers. The Boston Atlas (U. S.), no mean authority in naval architecture, says :. —This 'is unquestionably the most magn ificent full modelled ship that has ever been produced in this country. She has three decks, a full poop and top gallant forecastle, a large house abaft the foremast, and a moveable house over each of her hatchways. 'The following are her dimensions, as measured by the Custom House officials :—Length 212 feet, breadth 45 feet, and depth 29 feet, including 71 feet • height between each of her decks; and register 2,163 tons. Her lines are slightly concave below, but boldly convex above, expanded almost semi-circularly at the moulding of the plank-sheer. For a head she has a full figure painted white, and relieved with carved work in the rear and on the pedestal. Her stern is rounded, and is beautifully formed, particularly in its base, :is it rakes . from the run and curves from the sides. The topgallant fore castle is tastefully fitted for accommodation of her crew. She has moveable housesover the main and after hatch ways, and these arc neatly pannelled, well lighted and and ventilated, and can be made available for a variety of purposes at sea. There are two beautiful cabins. The after one is 20 feet long by 10 wide, and is wain scotted with satin wood, rosewood, and mahogany, set off with double pillars between the panels, and is elegantly ornamented with gilded carved work and artificial flowers. It has four spacious state-rooms on the larboard side, and three on the starboard side, with an armoury and other apartments, and the state-rooms 113 well as the cabin are neatly furnished. A rich'sofa spans the stern, a cushioned seat surrounds, the base • of the milder casing, and a mirror in the after square of a ventilator, in the forward part of the cabin, gives a reflected view of the whole. The forward cabin, or • dining saloon, is painted white, relieved with flowered gildina• around the panels, Cornices,. and pilasters. It is 23 feet long and 10 wide, and has double state-rooms along both sides, the pantry on the larboard side, and has a mahogany table the whole length, with settees on each side. On each side of a square ventilator is a door with six feet length of pas sages, which lead to the saloon, and leading from these are also state-rooms for the officers. Over the cabins are three skylights, set in mahogany frames ; the stern. has four square windows; in every state-room along the side there is also a square window ; over those towards the cabins are deck lights, and between the beams there are perforated ventilators. In design, furniture, light, and ventilation, her cabins are all that could be desired. Her main leek is also designed for the accommodation of passengers, is painted white, and bas a tier of square windows along its sides, skyligh'A and ventilators along the sides of the house on deck, a square ventilator forward, as well as the two already noticed, which pass through the cabins. This deck is as light as the cabins, and perfect in all its appoint ments. The lower deck, too, might also be made ava il a ble for passengers, as all the midship means of light and ventilation could be continued front the deck above. The ship herself is a wonder of strength. R er masts are nearly upright, and consequently receive more support from the rigging than if they raked. • In isetting up the rigging of a raking mast, it either drags the mast aft, or brings too much strain upon the stays, without giving the mast that 'side support so essential to make it stand well. '' t k i l i s e o, ri i g n gi l n ig g h a t Ud wi c n h d a , f s e a , il w s h o il l e l raking masts flap against on upright masts, they hang clear and almost sleep, giving the ship the full benefit of the breeze. She is very heavily sparred, and will spread about 12,000 yards of canvas in a single suit of sails. Of her materials and the style of her construction it is not necessary to say much, for she is nearly the same, in these particulars, as the Champion of the Seas. The style in which her hull is finished, both inside and outside, has not been surpassed, by any ship which Mr. M'lcay has built; t 'e l gia this is saying much, when we call to mind the number of beautiful vessels he has turned a b ut of hand. She was built at East Boston, by Mr. Donald M'Kay, and is designed for Messrs. James Baines and • Co.'s Black Ball Line of British and Australian Packets. The Great Tasmania sails for Melbourne and Auckland on the sth of April next. D E „„Is SuBSCRIPTION ltotyms.—Few trades have made greater progress of late years than that of the hairdresser ; and amongthe no n numerous can er establishments recently dedicated to the in elegance and comfort that of Mr. toilette Deakes, 83, Church-street, where the subscription system of one guinea per annum has been found to answer most suceet , - fully. Here all the operations of the toilette are conducted in spacious apartment°, fitted up in the latest Parisian style, by assistants fully equal to the occasion, and whose efforts to give iiatiaaetiort haye been well rewarded by the public, lw-rarl3 BIRKENHEAD ItAILWAY COMPANY. The ordinary - f:d.trydaiTy' general meeting of this company was held in the board-ir^i.'in' pc the offices in Cathcart-street, Birkenhead, on Saturday. Mi. E: G. Salisbury, the chairman of the company, presided, a'al amongst the other shareholders present were—Messrs. Titherington, Belpe, Tyrer, R. Bryans, Barber, Ban croft, Mills, DoWdall, 'Taunton, King, Maddock, J. Fate Lee, &e., &e. The usual preliminary business having been tran sacted, the following reports were pregented: The capital stock entitled to dividend, and in the hands of prOprietOrs (elelnsive of for feited shares), stood on the 31st day of December last, at the sum of £1;941,505 10 0 The loan and Mortgage account stood on the same date at the sum of The tour per cent. perpetual debenture stock isstted by the comoany is 494,972 15 0 6,170 ,0 0 Total liabilities on shares, loans, mort gage, and debenture stock £2,442,648 5 0 The Expenditure on Capital Accoilnt during the Half-year has been... £21,429 6 10 f viz. Payment for Land form ing part of Bridge-end Station £7,616 9 3 Payment for Land, Par liamentary Expenses. &c., on account of Hoo ton and Helsby and -Traamere Extensions 6,871 16 4 Pkyment for Land pur ekitsed from Trustees of Borough Bank. ad joining the Bridge- , end Station 4,375 0 4 Parliamentary Expenses in the . Sessions of 1358-9 - Expenditure on Stations, Sidings, 6:e 1,255 3 0 Ditto, on norses and Flats 1,207 16'11 103 0 0 £21,429 5 10 crane: The' We goire id goods revenue, but should be credited td., sitspeuse account, and it was only fair td' the leasing companlcailitie fliaf erforstdald be itcorka, and it would be provided Min' the next half year's acCo - Lents. Fie nest alluded to fte whitt a ti. oo between the MThehliad! Company- and the Oreail Western Company, in refennte to the demand of the former of a sum of .£5;000 a-year, for the turnpike, as it was called by Lord Shelburne, hOttevn Birkenhead drid Clrister. The Great Western Company wanted to get rid el - the £5,000 altogether, and the Birkerther4 Company were Minions to add something to the £5,000. The arbitrators" mef!rp:' December, and the umpire was a lawyer, Mr. noggin's'. The Birkenhead Com pany paid £4lO for the avfatc!,- and they got the very handsome return for the retit of the line frorrn the 19th of April to the 31st of Decenthei" of ZlOO. ,(Laughter.) Their own arbitrator, Mr. Hawk ewe, refused to sign the award. They had given notice feta new arbitration. - • 141, V• After some desultory debate on the advisabilit y or necessity of a new arbitration, The CILURMIN proceeded to state that the report recommended they . should construct the propo se d li ne at Tranmere Pool at once ; and that they. should proceed with the necessary works u p on t he Hooton and Helsby part of the line as far as Sutton village. The estimated expenditure on excavation, & m i ng, bridges, culverts, and conting encies betw een the main line and Sutton village would b e £9,0 ' 00 . The advan tages of prodeeding Ntith that - portion• of the --Hooton and Helsby line was twofold . The fir st was, that supposing their agreements were not confirmed by Act of Parliament, and they had to revert to the state of things prior to that. arrangement being entered into, it was undoubtedly the interest of this co mpany that they should make their nearest p ossible approach t o Man chester as quickly as possible. hear.) (Hear, The directors felt that no further time should be w as t e d in proceeding with that important link in their system. Then, a second reason why they should proceed with it at once was this, that the rock which they wou ld obtain froin that portion o f the Hooton an d lielsbv line, between Hooton and Sutton, could be brought to Tran mere Pool for the construction of the p r oposed branch line at Tranmere Pool; and the en gineer assured the Board that would save an exp enditure of £3,000 upon the cost of constructing the Tranmere Pool portion of the line. The cost of constructing the Tranmere portion of the scheme would be £12,784; and, although he did not intend proposing a resolution authorising the Board to spend about £21,000 upna the construction of the Tranmere Pool branch, and so much of the Hooton and Helsby branches as lay between Hooton and Sutton ; still he thought it right to inform the shareholders that they contemplated such au expenditure of money. The Chairman concluded by referring to the retirement of Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Evans from the directory, and urged the adoption of the recommendation that the vacancies be not filled up, in order that the board mie-ht be reduced in number. Mr. BAIiBER objected to the recommendation in reference; to reducing the board, on the ground that there was ample work for them all to do iu the pending Parlia mentary contests. The tiILAIRMAN, at some length, supported the recom mendation, stating that a small board would be more punctual in attending to its duties, that a greater amount of responsibility would attach to the respective directors, and that there would not so much danger of two policies existing at the board. Mr. BARBER went on to say that the most important business would be over before the next half -yearly meet ing ; and it would not matter who was then on the board. Ile thought the Birkenhead railway was a magnificent property, and he did not care to sell his shares. He was so strongly impressed with the importance of in- - creasing the number of directors, that he should here after move it as a 'recommendation to the board to fill up the vacancies. Mr. MILL thought that with a small board the share holders got responsibility; and he was therefore opposed to Mr. Barber's opinion. In reference to the appropria tion of the unclaimed dividends, he expressed an opinion that the directors had acted illegally, and protested against the passing of the accounts in the shape then , presented to the meeting. Ile complained that -the line was not well managed; and urged that the directors had depreciated the value of property on the line by with drawing facilities for travelling that had been enjoyed for a long time by residents near the roadside stations. Mr. TAUNTON asked what was the amount of un claimed divide:•7ds. Mr. &LOB said he had better read an extract from the letter- which be had addressed to the chairman of the board on the subject. It was as follows : "1 have only one further remark to make, and this I do. with some hesitation, as I am not confident how far I am exceeding the duties of my office: . You will doubt less remember, that in my audit of Felaiary, 1859, I bad occasion to remonstrate with the board on the transfer of unclaimed dividends to general revenue, and, at the suggestion of the auditor, the beard cancelled the entry and transferred the amount to suspense account No. 2; and in the balance-sheet for August last I found this account credited for £1,500 7s. Bd. In my examina tion to-day, I found, to my great surprise, this credit altered to a debit of £632 12s. 9d., the change being caused.by a purchase of the company's own stock on the 31st December last., at. 'the price of £77 10s., and to the extent of £2,000. It is not for me, as an auditor, to make any comment upon any investment the board may choose to make with its surplus funds, but I nevertheless feel it my duty to notice the fact." The CIAIRMAN said the board had not been guilty of any illegal act in the conversion of the unclaimed dividends ; but if they had they were quite willing to take upon themselves the'reiponsibility incurred by that act. With regard to the management of the line, he . said that the receipts from the roadside stations, when trains were run almost every hour to suit residents there, had hardly paid for the management of those stations, and an alteration therefore, became necessary. As to leasing the line, he held that the overwhelming majority . of proxie*, and the numerous lettt:irs of approval sent by shareholders , to the directors, had settled that question, and so great was the confidence in the directors, that if the board proposed to let the agreement drop and work the line as heretofore, he believed the shareholders would again give them their cordial support. Mr. KING thought the conversion of the unclaimed dividends was illegal, and therefore hoped the directors would retrace their steps. Mr, MILL said he was determined to take the opinion of the meeting on the point, because if the act was a legal one, the directors might be speculating in the stock of lines all over the country, on the plea that it was for the benefit of the company. The CHAIRMAN said he would put the resolution, along with Mr. Mill's protest. , Mr. MILL again asked if the legal ad v i ser would give an opinion upon the point. The CHAIRMAN deprecated the putting of such a guess tion as unusual, unwise, and detrimental to the interests of the company. After considerable discussion on the subject, 'Mr. LLOYD said it was his opinio n that the board were legally entitled to invest in the stock of the com pany,what as a trust fund, the unclaimed dividends which stood in their accounts. It was only foll ow i ng out the Government did, which was to invest the o u t n it e n l c ait unclaimed dividends at the Bank in consols from time to The amendment' was then put, and rejected by a large majority ; and the original motion was Passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that the'dividend for the half year ending the 3.1.5 t of ,December last., on the consoli dated .stock of the company, be declared after the rate of £2 10s. per cent. per annum, and made payable after the 2nd of March next. Mr. TOWNSHEND seconded the resolution, which was at once agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said that this was the whole of the ordinary business, anti they would now resolve them,• salves into a special meeting for the purpose of sub mitting to the proprietors, for their consideration and approval, the draft of a bill intended to be introduced into Parliament during the present session, "for v el ti iv , the Birkenhead Railway Company in the London and North-western Railway Company and the Great Wes tern Railway Company, and for other purposes." Mr. LLOYD having read the preamble and the marginal notes of the bill, The CHAIRMAN moved the following resolution : " That the hill which has been now read is hereby approved, e subject to any alteration which Parliament or the directors may consider advisable to make in the same during its progress in Parliament ; and that the directors be hereby authorised to oppose sack bills as they may consider in any way injurious to the interests of the company." • Mr. tOWNSIIEND seconded the motion. • The CHAIRMAN explained that it was simply a bill to' carry out the agreement entered into between the directors of this company and the directors of the London and North Western and Great Western Companies in the month of June last, and signed by the respective solicitors in the month of August last. lie was sorry to had made little or no progress in inducing say that they those two companies to deal fairly by this comp any s i nce i he addressed t he shareholders n January last. In som e respects, the comnanies were further asunder than th e ywere then. The London and North-Western Company offered to leave to unconditi ona l ar bi trat i on the two points in difference between them se l ves an d t he Great Western Company—first, as to th e w i t hd rawal of the running p ower over the South Junction Railway, an T d, secondly, as Great to the tolls and. rates for the use o f the line. he Western Company also off ere d t o leave to arbitration the p oints in differenc e , but they could not agree with the London and N or th-W estern. C om pany that' those points which they raised were the precise points in difference between the companie s . I n , a •. e ltter which Mr. Saunders sent to Mr. St ewart, on the 16th o f January, an entirely differ ent i ssue was raised, and questions were involved which undoubtedly the London and North-Western would meet by a direct denial ; they would be no parties to any such arbitration. It was their duty clearly to go on with the bill, f or t h e other 'Companies h ad conic to an agreement upon which the bill was foun ded, but owing to disput es between them they refused to assist: the Birkenhead Compan in obtainin g the bill, and indeed the North-Western ywas i the very first to petition against t In that petition it wa s stated that the Birkenhead Company sought t o impose upon the North Western an agreement- which was most onerous, and one which they were not prepared to adopt and carry out. Mr. Swift wrote a letter: to Mr. Lloyd, stating that in consequence of the then eisting state of things it was impossible for the North- Western to be a party' to that bill, and stating their hope that the Birkenhead C om p any wou ld w ithdra w the bill. The board instructed. Mr. Lloyd to reply that the Birkenhead board not only meant to proceed wi t h the bill, but that they would bring it before the eot um i ttee, and state t o th e conimittee all the facts lucid( ut to th e question. It was manifestly the duty of the Birkenhead Company to actin good faith upon the agreement made with the London and North-Western and the Great Western Companies, and that they should leave no stone unturned to obtain Parliamentary sanction to that agreement. -The bill would he in committee in a few days , and although lie had not much h o p e that the bill would pas s , y e t it was possible that Parliament might point out some mode by which the two leasing companies - could get out of their difficulties. There was a resource left .to the Birkenhead Company in the last moment, which they, as at present advised, felt inclined to take ; and in all probability the two leasing companies rnight find out if Parliament felt justified in greeting the Birkenhead Company what they asked, that they had played a very foolish and a very ridiculous game Hi this matter. The Chairman then proceeded at sonic length 'to refer to the other bills affecting the interests of the Birkenhead Company, and stated that as the London 'and North Western Company proposed to take the St. Helen's line -- and dock, and as they had running powers over the Birkenhead Coinpany's line to the Birkenhead docks, they (the Birkenhead Board) thought that this company REVENUE ACcorNT, The gross receipts for the half-year on revenue account amount to £74.667 19s. 3d., which, added to the sum of £909 Is. 7d. (being the balance of the amount brought over from last account, inclusive of the amount of £3,204 Us. 2d. to the credit of renewal fund, after the payment of compen sat:on to the parties injured in the accident at Mollington, and sundry other items, as authorised by the proprietors) makes a total to credit of revenue of £15,577 N. 10d. Deducting the working expenses, amounting to £34,103 3s. 3d.; rates and taxes and passenger duly. £2,218 7 d. ; interest on loans and Mortgages, £11,599 Is. 4d_, there remains a nett balance of £27,656 13s. Bd., out of which your directors, recommend the payment of dividend at the rate of 24 per cent. per annum, leaving a surplus to be carried forward of £3,310 4s. The traffic receipts show a decrease of £137 15s. 4d: as.com •pared with the corresponding period of 1858. Your directors have, however, to remind you that in the corresponding half year the passenger receipts were increase•! by extra traffic occasioned by the Royal Agricultural Show at Chester, pro ducing upwards of V,700. The goods receipts, also, were credited with . the sum of £.1,500, received from the Great ' Western for station accommodation, fur - which there - is no equivalent in the present account. The closing of the Great Float at Birkenhead in September last, to enable the Mersey Docks and llarbour Board to proceed with the Great. Works, which, under the provisions of the Mersey Docks Act, 185,i, should be opened on the 31st March next, rendered it necessary for the goods traffic of the company to be conducted at the temporary station provided by the Dock! and Harbour. Board upon the Egerton Dock Quay. The coatraction of the water area, and ckinserent obstruc tion thui ocCasioned, - have most seriously impeded and curtailed the merchandise and mineral traffic. - The limited spact;, inconvenient access, and absence of proper facilities for the management of the traffic, such as are provided upon the ompitnv's own station, have together led to a greatly increased'expenditure in wages, blat hire, and the employment of additional horses and engines for shunting. Your directors, acting under legal advice, have given notice to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, that the repayment Of these additional expenses and of consequential damages Will be claimed of that bOa rd. The wgirkine expenses generally, with the exception of the items referred to in the last paragraph, compare favourably with thole of the corresponding period of 1858. TOLLS UPON THE' GRrAT WESTERN COM PANT'A GOODS TRAFFIC, The award of Jose, 1856, fixing the tolls payable by the Great Western Company having expired on the 18th of April last, a new reference became necessary, and an award was made, under such reference, determining the payments due to this company for the period ending 31st December, 1859. I IThe directors considered this award most objectionable in many respects, but, having rexard to the short period of time over which it ran, and to the terms of the agreement for the lease of this company's undertaking to the London and North western 'and Great Western Companies as from the Ist of January last, they did not feel justifie in doing more than to give the necessary notices for a new arbitration as from the last-named date; and ix doing sa the directors have conveyed to the Great Western Company the intimation that the action of the Birkenhead guard has been taken for the purpose of reserving the rights of the company, and not from any hostile PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS AND THE AGREEMENT FOR LEASE OF THE LINE. Numerous bills affecting the interests of this company have been applied for in the present session of Parliament, and will require attention during thbir future progress. The directors cannot refrain from calling special attention to a bill promoted by the London and North \Vest'rn Company, with a provision for the repeal of the powers granted to this company in the last session to use the Maneliester, South Junction, and Altrin cham , Railway. A petition has been presented agains such repeal; and the directors will ask the proprietors to aid them in protecting the valuable and important privileges now pos sessed by this company, and generally to watch and take action upon the bills before Parliament, as the interests of the com pany may require. . . . - - - Ili accordance with the provisions of the agreement • settled between the respective boards, of this Cowiany, and the London and North Western, and the Great Western Railway Companies, approved by the proprietors at special meetings of each of the companies, and signed by the respective solicitors, your directors have longed a bill to carry out the lease or this undertaking to the London and North Western and the Great Western Railway Companies. - • This bill will be submitted to you at the special meeting, to be held immediately after the ordinary general meeting, at Birkenhead, on the 25th instant, and authority asked to prose cute it in the present session. The Great Western Company have also lodged a Leasing Bill, but as this measure contains provisions in excess of the agreement , settled in August last, your directors have taken the necessary steps to enable them to appear before the com mittec, to which such bill may be referred by Parliament. The directors regret to say That they hare 'not succeeded in inducing the two companies to seal the agreements for the lease of the Birkenhead undertaking. They have done all in their power to aid in an amicable setileme t si the differences between. the North-Western and Great Western Companies; sail they still retain the hope that friendly intervention may shortly lead to an agreement upon the disputed points in a manner alike conducive to all the interests concerned. atooroN AND HELABY, AND TRANNPRE TIRANCNE. The directors could not 'procce t in the construction of the necessary works upon these new lines until the two companies had had the opportunity of proceeding in Parliament for amended powers. The companies have made no such applica tion, and in the existing state of things as respects the agree ments, the directors consider that it is important not to delay for say longer period the construction of the works ir question. It is proposed to proceed at once with the Hooton and Helshy line as far us 'Sutton ; and to lay out the works at Tranmere Pool in such a way as to form the nitc/eas of a Mineral Dock scheme at that point. Agreements have been entered into for the land lying between Grange-lane station and the l'ool, and the directors confidently believe that this short branch will become a valuable adjunct to the existing lines of railway, and a permanent source of profit to the undertaking. ILFTIREME ST OF DIRECTORS. Messrs. Bancroft and Evans !riving resigned their seats at the board, your directors recommend that the vacancies thus created be not filled up. E. G. SALISBURY, Chairman. Birkenhead, 20th February, 1860. Engineer's Office, Birkenhead, Feb. 3, MO, To THE CHAIRMAN AND DIREC MRS OF TILE BIRKENIIEAD RAILWAY COMPANY. GENTLLMUN.—I have to report that the whole of the works of the railway are in a satisfactory state, with some trifling exceptions, from the effect of the frequent and long periods of wet weather, severe frosts, and subsequent rapid thaws, but not of such an extent as to cause any great expense in repairs, and will easily be put right during the stuntner. From the accompanying. retur , . of miles run and amount expended in working and upho dine the rolling stock for the past half-year, it will be seen there has been an increase in the number of train mites run of 10,690, while there has been a decrease in the expenditure of £726, on the corresponding period of last half-year. The locomotive engines and tenders arc in efficient working condition. In the carriage and waggon department con siderable repair.; have been effected, with the view to strengthen and lengthen their durability ; the condition of this stock has been generally much improved during the half-year. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, referred to the statement in the report with regard to the revenue account and the expenditure on capital account.. He deprecated the style in which railway accounts Were usually rendered, and thought an intelli gible abstract would be more useful. He round that the expenditure on the half year had been £33,900 on the working of the line, and of this £16,500 had been paid for salaries and wages—a large sum in the groan, it was true, but spread over many departments. As usual, the Chester station had been a heavy expense to the company, who had paid, :is their share of the working exrnses of that station during the half year, no less than £1,700. The London and North- Western were now beginning to complain of their share of the expense, and in conjunction with that company, the directors of the Birkenhead Company were doing all they could to save unnecessary expenditure at the Chester station. During the halt' year £1,600 had been paid for materials for the. repair of the line; £2,200 for coal and coke for the locomotives; £1,400 for hydraulic, steam, and horse power; £l,OOO for directors' travelling and other expenses; £l,OOO for telegraphic communications, law, stamps, insurance, and clearing house expenses ; £l,OOO for advertising, printing, and stationery ; £7OO for oil and cotton; £6OO for gas and water ; and £2OO for clothing. He thought a saving might be effected in some of the items if the line passed into other handS, but he would be doing them a wrong if he did not tell them frankly that, in his opinion, they could not of themselves make any great saving in any of the items to which lie had called attention. Possibly they might reduce the amount of £11,600 which had been paid for interest on borrowed money. That item contrasted favourably with a similar one in the previous half-year's accounts, but Mr. Hobson, who had that depart ment more especially in his keeping, would no doubt pay particular attention to it for the future. During the last three half-years the capital account had been augmented by £37,600, but it should be understood that 'of this sum £20,300 had lte)en employed in discharging old liabilities that should have been met years ago. There had been spent upon the Hooton and llelsby and Tranmere branches the sum of £9,750 ; there had been paid for a piece of land near the station formerly belonging to the Borough Bank, and formerly offered to the company for £9,000, the sum of only £1,850; and the whole amount of ex penditure for the last eighteen months, during the time he had been chairman, upon the railway itself, apart from the items he had. called attention to, and ad ded to the capital by the present board of directors, was only :alOO. As regarded revenue, he had also the satisfac tion of stating that all old claims on revenue . account, with the exception of £l6l now in dispute between three companies and themselves, and which had been referred to arbitration, were all discharged. He had requested Mr. Belee to draw his attention to any matters in the accounts that required notice ; and that gentle man having favoured him with a letter, he would briefly explain one or -two matters. At• the last half-yearly Meeting there was a sum of £3,201 to the credit of the renewal fund, which did not appear this half year. A resolution was passed some. time ago that £5,000 a year should be credited to that fund ; but when the agree ment was made with the London and North Western and the Great Western Companies to lease the kenhead line, it was understood Birkenhead Company the irkenhead Company should not lay by £ 2,500 to the renewal fund for the past half-year, and the conceivingrs nd was fl that all the money to the credit ofthat au U d not of th it, e property of the Birkenhead Com pany'f the balance of leasing company, had transferr ed it to revenue, but had not divided it, and it form ed p art L3,:. , 10 carried to the next account, would d o that if the line be availabl f were not taken over the money w il o el u oe had very air renewal purposes in 1860. N ti • t on the 30th properly of J one, called his attention to the fact 1859, there was a suns to time cred,.it. unclaimed dividend in the susp ense account \Ole t did. not now appear. The directors i held that that ought not to pass to the leasing companies, but should be held in trust for n' claim it, and they had the parties entitled to ey accordingly invested it in Birkenhead Railway Stock for the benefit of the shareholders. Mr. BELOE sa id there was an it em of £875 16s. Id. which had been improperly credit e d i n t h e prev i ous accounts, a t the last moment; at 'l eas t th a t was th e opinion of the auditors. The CntonmAN said that was a sum received from the Dock Doard, on mount of the purchase of a steam - should have 'similar powers in respect of the Garston Dock. Mr. TAUNTON—Do you say our bill goes into com mittee next week ? The CD:AIRMAN—Yes, I expect so. The Chairman then put the motion, which was carzied 111/filibiTTlO usly. 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