The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

March 17 1 1846. Korai anti Vrobinrial DAM The Great Liverpool steamer was insured for £30,000. Workmen are erecting at the Zoological Gardens a co vered saloon, which will contain 4000 persons. CELLARS.—On Wednesday nearly thirty parties were fined by Mr. Rushton for letting off cellars for habitation Which were not in accordance with the act of parliament. Captain Clarke, SOD of the venerable Archdeacon Clarke, of Eastham, fell in the late battle in India, bravely fight ing for the honour of his country, On Wednesday, a man named Williams, in the employ •of Mr. Parrett, of the rice mill, Seel-street, met his death from the breaking of one of the grinding stones. A very spl en did s il ver can d e l a b rum h as b een p resen ted 'to Mr. James Wheeler, solicitor, Manchester, for profee alone! services in many arduous public undertakings. William Brown, Esq., of this town, has purchased from '1, 1 ; le Marquis of Waterford the extensive estate of Ford, in o rthumberland, for £300,000. William M ac L oug hli n , age d 16 months, residing with his parents in Albert-street, Tosteth.park, pulled a pan of boiling water off the fire, and was so dreadfully scalded as to die almost immediately. °n Tuesdae, John Bennett, of Boundary-place, was fined 40s. by Mr. Rushton for refusing a billet. The de fendant said the soldiers left his house in a hurry before receiving a proper answer. Ire h vessels continue arriving at Liverpool and in the r iver, laden with heavy freights of provisions ! This Peaks w e ll f or I r i s h l an dl or d s, w h o can th us d ra in a land • which is on the eve of famine. On Thursday, several parties were fined 10s. and costs, for selling fish unfit for human food in St. John's Market. Also several dealers in pork were fined 20s. and costs, for • selling unwholesome pork. On Wednesday week, a whale, weighing twelve tons, and measuring 44 feet in length, was cast on shore at Pen- Inaen, Wales. It has since been towed into Liverpool, and is lying on the shore at Tranmere. Mr. Ingram, of Birmingham, Iles been selected by the c ommittee to execute the enamelled paintings and decora tions for the grand staircase of the Town-hall at Liver- Pool. The estimated cost of these decorations is nearly 41,000 . Mr. Robert Angus has been appointed manager of the Liverpool Commercial - Bank, in the room of Mr. *Gregor, who has been elected a director. The nett Profits of the year 1815 were £46,752. and after paying t he half yearly dividend of five per cen't., there was a balance of £12,829. BIRKENH.:AD HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.•—On F riday the annual meeting of the above institution was h_eld. D ur i ng t h e pas t y ear u p w ards of 280 patients had been attended to at a cost of 6s. each. The total expen diture for the year was £657, and there was a balance of due to the treasurer. LOCAL BILLS.—The Herculaneum Docks Bill passed sta nding orders on Tuesday. The object is to sell the docks to Birkenhead parties. The following bills have been read a first time :—The Birkenhead Improvement Bill, the Birkenhead Small Debts Bill, and the Warring inn Waterworks Bill. The Birkenh ea d, i ron s team-frigate, recently launched from Mr. Laird's building-yard, at Birkenhead, has been ordered to Sheerness to be fitted for sea. She is the lar gest iron steamer in the British navy ; her engines being collectively of 560-horse-power, and her tonnage, car penter's measurement, 1.400 tons. The pilot-schooner which left New York the slay before the Patrick Henry, and was supposed to have been de .dstepiraetdched by Mr. Pakenham with the Oregon correspon dence arrived at Cork on Friday.week. She bad encoun tered bad weather, and had been obliged to lie to for e ' e n days. The Patrick Henry arrived at Liverpool on Monday fortnight. G uANo.—UPvcards of 11,000 tons were offered for sale I'.!xhursday, consisting of Ichaboe, Saldanha Bay. Chi r°, B, e- About 600 tons sold at £7 12s. 6d. to £6 for an haboe. Th e rema i n d er was ta k en i n c hi e fl y a t £7 17 a . d £8 for fine Ichabne, £4 10s. Saldanha Bay and Pos session Island, and £9 15s. Peruvian. The sale was but inqiffi-rently attended. ANICS' INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting was held on W e d nes d ay. T he g i r l s ' sc h oo l i s no t on l y paying Its expenses, but has contributed a handsome sum to the eeneral fund ' s. The institution will have been in exist epeee,r tw enty-one years on the Bth June next, and a strong _•Or t is t o b e made to pay off by that time the de b t w hi c h Zll remains aga i ns t t h e i ns tit u ti on . by th e time that it electe h ave attained its majority. Mr. W. Brown was Su presid en t f or t h e ensu i ng year. co ra ,: m sPnCRUELTY.—On Wednesday Mr. Rushton borribiitted omen to gaol for fourteen days, for having tine •t°Y t ?t t t w ured a eat. They applied spirits of turpen adri. i th e animal's tail, set it on fire, and turned it ulti t ran into the street in ex reme agony, and was d aot “‘ele killed by some persons passing. The defen- Sea-b were employed at the Coalbrookdale Ironworks, eme , r ow ; but the manager, on being apprised of their THE conduct, had dismissed them. a_STRIKE AT BIRKENIIEAD.—The joiners, who turned out last week for an advance of 3s. per week, still remain idle, the masters refusing positively to give the - jaddition. Yesterday week, the ranks of the idlers were oined by the masons, who refuse to work under 28, per Week, their former wages being 265. Nearly all the works in Birkenhead are consequently stopped. The • bricklayer s and plasterers have declared their intention of striking to-day. COMMERCE OF LIVERPOCL.—The town dues for the half-year ending 28th February, as compared with the correspoodina period of last Year, is in excess by upwr ris of £4,5C03 hnd it is more than rrobt.ble, the gross income from this source, for the whole year, will produce upwards of £80.000: this amount, when contrasted with • the receipts for the years 1824.5 (a little over £44,000). Will, at once, evidence the rapidity with which the com merce of the port has increased in the last twenty years. The building business in Manchester is all but at a com plete stand. Masons, bricklayers, joiners, plumbers and i!t at az a iers, painters, t ire a ll out; th e mas t ers i n f ac t, i n many . ont at refusing to employ ev en the f ew th a t o bj ec t t o turn gh e e ,t_' o doubt i n fl uence d b y th e op i n i on th a t no e ff ectua l with ° c " Can be put to the unreason a ble demands of the men so _ e tit turning the entire adrift, and by this means, in fre°2 degree, prevent the few who might be employed • in Co ntributing to the funds of the various trades' asso eiattoos. At a . deter .meeting of the select vestry on Saturday, it was ermined that a deputation, consisting of Mr. Scholfield, paielioughton, and the Vestry Clerk, sluutd be dis the rd to London that evening, with full powers to adopt 'll o ,r e ,gt means of having a clause inserted in the new pi n "' nil', which would have the effect of making the Wrap: Dock Warehouses liable to the payment of church and tl ot : *r att 5 , like the Albert Dock Warehouses. It appeared l e ~ h e ock Committee had been written to on the sub ve_lw butte at they declined to insert the clause. An inter lejt will be obtained also with the Mayor. Gan a it e t c"sir•—At Salis'iury assizes, on Tuesday, Daniel for s i, e ' e re a private in the Ist Dragoon Guards, was tried tan i e u°tlng at his wife. He had been absent a fortnight, wife's e, and on his return heard some reports against his after character, which, however, were unfounded, and lou se * ltda explained. Writhing under the pangs of' jea .fired'ene went out and got intoxicated, and on his return Ili$:1:8 carbine at his wife, but without wounding her. eatr eol a yacter had always been good, and he had been acri oitt elY kind to her. She pleaded for him and he was • pool • e i c i •—[Gallagher and his wife belonged to Liver 11siee rte w ends then a very well-behaved young man. He led tom,his friends in Liverpool during the furlough that I, o4 `uts unfortunate occurrence.! !Ilti tn :l Socteetes.—On Thursday, upwards of twenty °QU I C n 'es against defaulters to various lean societies, tr ates urru term and sureties, were heard before the magis eless ' The defendants were generally of the humbler tit e o (1 f society, many of them apparently in distressed der,i st aneeS. S t .me of the s u r e ties stated that they un on,,,°°,l their liability only extended to the payment of th "If or ohe-third the amount borrowed, according as "e Dr e , se , gYt be t wo or th ree sure ti es . M r . R us ht on ex his belief that loan fund societies were a bounty d adl t he Prodigality of the poor, for whom they worked . b e , 0 Y; He directed that an account be kept of the num hew!, eases bro ug ht into court by each society, as he be- Or tbne t here was s om e d e f ec t i n th e managemen t o f m any at 4 1 1. ° 1 . There were some societies who never came there felt E S T DERBY UN ION .—At th e meet i ng on T ues d a y a fir ioz _watt read fro m th e P oor l aw C omm i ss i oners , con oshee'nrg the election of Mr. John Roe land, as relieving . Me, t of Toxt e th- par k di str i ct o f the un i on ; h ut de.clt oth;, ° sanction th e appo i ntment o f M r. T r i stram f or t h e th e e • it2lo districts; and urging the beard to proceed to eff ect s'"!•on of a separate relieving-officer for each ; to k r. „ Which, at t h e next sitting, a notice was entered by at ta e se e a nrn therbarrow. The next subj-ct was the proposal Ines . w atissioners to assign to each of the more nowt nships.—Tuxteth-park, West Derby, and Ever- Pr ew „an a'lrhtionel number of guardians. The additions 1 10 4 ,Ced were, seven for the Park, making the whole te wris i i t twelve ; two for West Derby, making five for that alr e , td i 'P ; and one for Everton, in addition to the two shi ps Y. sent from thence. The expenditure of those town . e _sNl ' I °r the three years ending on the 25th of the pre- Nt' s , s t nonth, was as follows •—•Toxteth-park _ • • £6,412; IP W ed 4.3,a35 ; Everton, £1,0 78. Mr. Lloyd re the s motion of last week on this subject, assuring the pie ," missio ners th at the Board cordially acquiesces in "ttre4.l)?steod. arrangement; and that they be respectfully ,Te et w `,°, issue their inst ruc ti ons t o h ave it carr i e d i n t o 1i . ,:2 0 nt delay. A lo ng di scuss i on t oo k p l ace , w h en ee t l e ,, 'fell the Proposed an amendment, that it be rehcom ve 'too t o c9rnuriseioners to give to West Derby and e additional guat diens proposed, and to reduce rae nt s',7-ler for the Park from seven to four. The amend enas carried by a majority of 12 to 5. ik:since me 0. nucr.—About six or seven months : 1 1 ‘ ,, k 0 1 ;; -E ; s t-1.. C. of N L oc k w Lockwood, near 11 . udd . e - sfield, being at euece e o e _;etell in with a young girl, a Miss B. 8., and ' 'er, In obtaining permission to pay his addresses to th_ T4all e • e ts h o .. fact, he bad a wife and four children. Since 1 7, 1 ? ti 0 tis r io . d . he has been most unremitting in his at e`_ , t fr,,,,„2_°e; visit being rarely Lss than once a fortnight. .wi,ir e TT,lY twice and thrice a week. A short time since t b l n lelt i le l l i f !er to prepare everything for the marriage, ori ai . e g the °ruled her should most certainly take place tee Pre•ent month. In most way the affair passed "tee r ' a t Week, when the lady receiving a very acibigu ous . wh ieh lr°4l her decciver determined to pay him a visit, the e s he did e Sunday last, in company with her bro eeee.(l'eclunido P i l , t o : l , n ti at the Swan Hotel. The brother pro heagrne to tl Lockwood, to find his sister's lover , and both t he rtl ess _ r , e Inn, where they tookafter which the ..4.4o.teen,svnleetch escorted his dupe round the town. In Arog on : •, the neglected wife having heard what was r et . e ced e d tit ._ c 9. ll nPany with her mother, and other friends, tmuerrei,ent ntolle_ hotel. Her husband, however, on his t e ! h e hi f s ur s t t il l e i r . titan the . frent door of the inn, plain,g the room ignorent victim good night. On 4 1 . t e '`q ',M an and being informed of his accotn ost t.. short time sae was completely horror-struck ; but ' , es te -ere oob e she rallied, and her indignation and dis set r i tna ounded. The wife returned home i n a s t a t e aesied t a t L i d t h an ! des c ribe The brother and sister verpool ;40. :ssion was made gal ly floating the pro- - phut arch, b a ll, two r ected. In a beautiful . numerous atertained mg %dum s i ng to to ul to Lull so proud ti ford, has 100 to the [lop Ale%- a notice►' Jniversitf ; that its —Messy!. ice. It is includ- Mr. Sin k in coa• ing on 5 're Sod- ' ions, the rtheranee the Rev. has beeD' :on verted t of alter•• nd. won vrB9 .t. by the :tion was )1 grant, sting the church. Court of ;went in iinst the )1 of Sa st wow . had not I of oar ched his equitted ler, sad His text the Ist inted to rho copY family crean► exander uncorn, d by the ereafter of pre- chester 15,000. vernber , 043; lii present 75,69 5 teed in irhood• ATloN rubric) rst page era may licatiou )xford ; What ; what ation- - page 5► r names of par .(' with t of the rs that, • in rich is nd the Ltion to Iginen - Lurches 54. A ;ndow ad new ►d that • there of the maul 14 dis ission- s, five ng land tv, and nt law ; of the :rbury• I Mon- at 1 116 )f rrr it, has 50 and that , or the much theta ►esdaY' pinion , twelve ancerf &g ainst all, for to th e >ir ha ft ;b Mr ,e pre mvers• Mr. J obn TITE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DENSE FOG.—During the dense fog which prevailed here on Thursday morning, the Sarah, Cromwell, which put into this port on the 7th instant, from St. John's, N. 8., bound to Liverpool, in coming up the river, got on shore near Rownharn Ferry. With the assistance of three steamers she was got off at seven the same evening, very much strained and otherwise damaged.—Bristol Journal. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present, Mr. Bram ley-Moore and sixteen members. Mr. Dawson, of Gro nant, reported the loss, on the Bth instant, cf the " Com mander," on West Hoyle, and the services of the crew of the life-boat. Mr. Henderson stated that Lieutenant Lord's vocabulary for enabling vessels to communicate with each other at sea, was ready for circulation, and it was referred to the sub-committee to fix the price. Mr. Ripley stated, that not only the Bencoolen, but the barque Helen was recently wrecked on Taylor's Bank,. the crew of the latter saving themselves with difficulty. The lights were seen by the life-boat establishment, but they could not afford any assistance. He mentioned this to show the necessity of a life-boat being stationed at the place pointed out by him. Ile had mentioned the matter to Mr. Mann of the marine sub-committee, but had received no support from any member of the committee. It was stated that 278 applications had been made for situations of clerks, wharfingers, warehousemen, coopets, &c for the Albert Dock and warehouses; and it was directed that advertise ments should be inserted in the papers, fixing a day, be yond which no further applications could be received. A letter from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company was received, urging the formation of the cut to connect the canal with the river to be executed with as little delay as possible. Referred to the Sub-committee of Works. CHARGE AGAINST MR. BRYDEN.—On Tuesday, in compliance with a requisition, a general meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Society was held at the institution, St. Anne-street. Mr. Godfrey stated the nature of the case. He read four letters, to the effect, that the late Mrs. Warren died on the 2d May, 1815. He referred to evidence which had been taken, and which went the length of showing that her will had been drawn un by Mr. Bryden, from an original written by the late Mr. Hughes, of the Town-hall, and that it was attested by the said Mr. Hughes, and also by Mr. Bryden's son. By this will she left the sum of £lOO to a Mrs. Burton, an old nurse, and £2O to a Mrs. Nicolls, a servant of the family. She appointed Mr. Bryden her executor, and Mrs. Bryden her residuary legatee, by which, it was alleged, a sum of £3OO or £4OO had been realised by the Brydens. By disposing of her property in this way, she had passed over her cou sin, Mr. Rothery, and other members of her family, and it was insinuated, but not satisfactorily proved, that attire time she trade the will, a day or two before she died, she was either drunk or insane, or, at all events, .that she was not competent to make her will. Mr. Brvden, us defend ing himself, said he had made the will according to de ceased's dictation, and that shepositively refused to leave her relations anything._ Ale bad lent her considerable stuns of money, and when accounts were settled he should be very little in pocket. A motion was made that Mr. Bryden he removed from the office of trustee of the Li censed Victuallers' Society. This was met by a direct negative, and, on a division, the original motion was lost by the casting vote of the chairman. The numbers were —for it, 25 ; against it, 25. THE LIVERPOOL SANATARY REGULATIONS AND IM PROVEMENT BlLLS.—These bills were submitted the Standing Orders Committee i f the House of Commons, on Thursday last, The committee consisted of Mr. home. Drummond, (chairman,) Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Forbes Mackenzie. The Sanatory Bill was opposed on the part of the Toxteth-park commissioners, by Mr. Coppock. Mr. Burke appeared for the Corporation of Liverpool, assisted by the Town Clerk. The petition was read to the effect that it was desirable to improve the drainage and sea erage, which could not be done without an act. The Petition from Toxteth was also read. Mr. Burke object ed to the reception of this petition, on the ground that it referred to the paving, sewering, and watering hill, and not specially to the sanatory bill; but the committee De cided to receive it, as it was headed " Liverpool Sanatary Regulations Bill." The whole of the formal proofs of serving the notices being completed, Mr. Coppock pro ceeded with his case ; he contended that due notices had not been given to the commissioners, who held property in Toxteth •, had sewered three miles of street; had leased a public office for 14 years; and had borrowed money under the act. The Corporotion, however, sought to take their poWer from them, and to vest them in the council. He called a witness to prove the facts stated. It appeared, however, tiler, the Commissioners had no personal interest except as trustees, and that they held the rroperty merely as representatives of the public; and as they had received notice as such, the committee unani mously decided that the standing orders bad been com plied with. The other allegations, which depended on the main question, were then withdrawn, so that the bill passed its first ordeal. The Itnproxement Bill was next taken, and there being no opposition, it was declared to have passed the standing orders. MORE ROMISH SQUABBLES.—Mr. Eastwood, of Brin dle Lodge, hoping that the. parties against whom a true bill has been found for an assault upon him in Brindle Roman Catholic Chapel, would refrain from a repetition of their outrageous conduct. ;es. hed not to bring the case before the grand jury. This, it appears, was taken by the men who had been held to bail to answer the charge for assaults at tire sessions, as a triumph; since, no sooner were the grand jury discharged on the Saturday, than they, with several of their friends, assembled at the Crown Inn, where refreshments on a liberal scale were ordered for them, and ribbons were purchased to decorate themselves with. With these decorations they proceeded homeward, stopping to regale themselves at several public-houses on the road. At Brindle Chapel the demand of a penny a head, which le l to the first assault, has continued to be made on Mr. Eastwood, and each member of his family, every Sunday ; and every one of the family persists in re fusing to pay the demand. The consequence has been, that in the scuffles that have taken place, the plates of mo ney have been' emptied on the pavement, and the chapel has presented a scene of brawling, suds as the old reform ers describe as scandalising the early church during the collections of " Indulgence money," and " Peter's pence," prior to the purifications which followed the preaching of Martin Luther, Ridley, Latimer, and others. On Sunday last, Mr. Eastwood and his family were escorted to and from the chapel by policemen, in consequence of alleged threats of ou'rage to which they would be subjected if they again attempted to occupy seats without paying a penny each. The appearance of the police prevented any open act of violence being committed, but the scene that took place on Mr. and Mrs. Eastwcod leaving the chapel after the service was over, was of a character which can not be too strongly reprobated. From the chapel door to the entrance of the burial ground, a distance of about 20 yards, a number of ill-conducted persons arranged them selves, so as to form an avenue, through which el r. East wood's family had to pass; and, no sooner did the family make their appearance. than they were assailed with hisses and other coarse and offensive modes of testifying disre spect and malevolence. This, we understand, has been the case almost every Sunday of late; and, it is added, that many of those who now attend at Brindle Chapel, go avowedly to " see the:fun," and not to worship.— Preslon Chronicle. [The preceding is from a liberal paper, and it affords a melancholy instance of Romish irreverence for the House of Prayer.] HIGHWAY BOARD, Tnoßenesr.—At the weekly meet ing there were present Mr. Holmes, (chairman,) and 14 members.—A clause was ordered to be inserted in the new act of parliament, making it compulsory on parties erecting coal-vaults to adopt an improved and more secure iron cover than toat now in use, according to a pattern. —An application from Mr. Hammond to put up four lamps opposite the Adelphi Theatre, in Christian-street, was rereired to the Commissioners of the district to re port upon.—lt was agreed to serve a notice on Mr. Ford, prior to removing a step at the corner of Renshaw-street, he being compensated.—The Chairman said a deputation from the board had waited on the Dock Committee, but that bode had refused the introduction of a clause as to the warehouses paying rates. Mr. Cooper was astonished that no one of the Council had attended to the interest of the burgesses by getting a clause introduced into the dock bill making the warehouses to be built round the docks li able to parish rates. The ( hairman stated that the amount of property which would be destroyed in the making of the docks would be in value £26,447. The parish rats on it would be £2920 3z. 9d.; the paving and sewerage £1212 3s. ld.; lightinz and cleansing. &c , £550 19s. 7d., making a total of ;£1,683 6s. 5d., in the shape of rates now paid to the parish on the property. Besides, they had paid £3,032 for sewerage, £7l-1 for water pipes, and £2 934 for pavement in that district. The Law-clerk said Ire had received a note from the Dock Solicitor, etsting that the Dock Trust would not intro duce any anon clause as that proposed by the Board. Mr. Proctor said the only course would be to oppose the bill. unless the clause were inserted. Mr. Gladstone was not disposed to rate the warehouses, as these and the docks were for the benefit of the community generally. Great numbers of railways were now, being made in various parts of the country for the purpose of connecting towns and facilitating intercourse, and Liverpool would, no doubt, be brought into the race of competition with those places ; because, by means of those railways goods might be sent to Manchester l and other places. He contended that it was not a qne t tion for the warehouse owners merely, but one aff ctine every trade in the town, for it was to the interest of all that as many ships as possible should be brought to the port. His advice was, rather than make a stand against what, in his opinion, was for the benefit of the town, to make a compromise. Mr. Lawrence said that by taking down the property in ques tion the rates were increased on another class, and he thought the mercantile interest ought to pay in such a case. Mr. Cooper could not see the benefit of taxing all other property, aqd leaving the warehouses untouched. If Mr. Gladstone's principle were sound they ought to take the taxes off the present warehouses. Mr. Tinne said Mr. Gladstone owned as much property in the town as any one present, and he believed had spoken disin terestedly. It was a principle of free trade. (Laughter.) It was finally understood that the clause should be ap plied for, rendering the warehouses liable to the rates.— A letter from Mr. W. Rathborre, referring to the slippery state of some of the macadamized streets, was referred to the surveyor to repot t upon, and the Board adjourned. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—AdmiraI Sir Hyde Par ker has it is said been a martyr to the Gout during the whole cruise, and confined t' his cabin for half the time, and compelled to carry on his observations under intense suffering; but had he known of Blair's. Gout and Rheu matic Pills, so serious a calamity to himself and inconve nience to the public service would have found a full and speedy antidote. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS, A CERTAIN CURE FOR ASTHMA. —Read the following cure :—James Holmes, a cotton spinner, residing at Ancoates, Manchester, had been asthmatics) for these last three years; he was frequently so bad, that when rising from his bed he could scarcely speak or breathe, and would cough and spit for half-an hour together, and often expected he would be choked. He was much reduced in strength, and after every other means of cure failed he used these wonderful pills. which have removed every symptom of asthma, and he is now as free from it as when he was a child. SUPPLY OF WATER.—NO one can doubt that a very large additional supply of water is requisite for Liverpool ; but it is not so easy to calculate the precise q,uaratity needed. The amount taken for domestic uses must, of course, vary according to the habits of the consumers.. Those who are cleanly in their persons and :houses will use more than others who are not so ; but in any case, we do not consider that our working classes are sufficienbly informed as to the great importance of water as a sanitary agent, to mske use of the quantity which we yet hope to see consumed. The present supply, for domestic pur poses, is probably much less than it ought to be in ever y town in the kingdom, for it is found to vary considerably in different places. Dr. Playfair states, that, "according to the evidence of well-informed witnesses, the cottage consumption of Liverpool, even in the case of a family of more than ordinary cleanliness, rarely amounts to 20 gal lons daily." Taking the average population of our cot. tages at 7 persons, as given by Dr. Duncan, this would al low less than 3 gel'ons a day to each. Mr. Gravatt calcu lates the consumption for domestic purposes, in London, at 4 gallons a-head per diem. The experience of Not tingham and Preston is, that a labouring man's family re quires between 40 and 45 gallons a day, which would give about 8 gallons for each ; and at Greenock and Paisley. the amount actually taken for domestic use is about 12 gallons a day per head. How truly insignificant at the most, do these supplies appear, when compared with what we lately mentioned of modern Rome, with its 250 gallons a day d spensed to every inhabitant who chooses to use it, or the still greater quantity of 312 gallo in the days of the empire ! Only a small portion of this could ever be used for household purposes; but there is a great princi ple involved in it, which we wish to see fully recognized and adopted in practice, namely,—on abundant and con stant supply for all who choose to take it. Nothing short of this will ever extend the use of water as it ought to be. We must have a water pipe to every cottage, and the water must always be on at pressure; and if there be those who are so poor as not to be able to pay the moder ate rate required, they must be provided for by public fountains.—Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate. THE LATE DEARLY• PURCHASED VICTORY IN INDIA. The following abstract of an affectionate letter written by an intelligent and gallant soldier, named O'Connell, to his sister in this town, forms an interesting epitome of the three days' fighting between our troops and the Sikhs ; and as it contains, moreover, some few facts that may not have transpired from other quarters, we make no apology fur its insertion. The writer, who dates Feroze pore. Feb. sth, after stating that he had over three months heeo attacked by fever and ague, for which he had been in hospital, says:— " Dear sister,-1 have in fact been in the field of bat tle, and such a one as has not been seen in India for years back. This station ix the highest belonging to the Eng lish, and is only divided from the large territory of the Punjaub by the river Sntledge. The inhabitants are called Sikhs (pronounced Seeks), a strong warlike nation, being disciplined and commanded by French officers. Some dispute arising between our government and theirs, they crossed the river some time in November, and took up a strong position about six miles from this place. We, in the camp, were immediately ordered about a mile from barracks, with the other troops of the station, and were served with 60 rounds of ball cartridge per man. On the Isth, 16th, and 18th December, reports coming in that the enemy was marching for our camp, we were turned out, and marched about t wo miles, when we took up our posi tion ; but. thank God ! noth ng occurred, for if they had had heart to come they would have cut every one of us up, as all we could muster was about 8000, and they were 70,000. However, there was at this time a large brigade marching here under the command of Sir Hugh Gough, commander-in-chief, and Sir Henry Hardinee. Governor- General. It consisted of the 9th, 29th, 31st, 50th, and 80th, the Ist Regt. of Bengal Europeans, and the 3d Light Dragoons, besides a large brigade of native horse and foot. The Sikhs attacked them on the 18th, and were beaten. Twenty •one guns were taken from them. We marched out on the 21st, and after moving on about 12 miles, met the other brigade, when we marched in a body on the enemy, who opened a fire on us with cannon, about four o'clock in the afternoon, at a distance of about half a mile. Our regiment being in advance, suffered se verely. In the first charge we were forced to retire, and in the second charge I was shot in the thigh by a grape_ shot. It passed through without fracturing the bone, and I crawled to the rear, and was obliged to lie on the cold ground all night, my wound undressed, and not a drink of water, until I was found next morning. On the third charge which our brave chaps gave them, they ran in great confusion, leaving behind their camp, and 80 guns, mak ing in the whole captured 101 fine brass one?. They con tinued firing all night, and attacked us again on Monday morning, the 22d, but were again completely routed, since which time we have heard nothing of them. I have since been told they are about forming about 70 miles from this, and preparing for another attack. The European army here is all to be presented with a medal each man, for their good conduct in the field. Most of the native troops ran away. Our regiment lost 93 in killed, and 193 were wounded, besides 7 officers. My leg pains me much. In a few years more I will be home, wearing my medal." COURr SPONDENCE. ON THE SANITARY_E4TATE_OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DEAR MR. EDITOR,—What think you of that "mtrn dus alter et idem" (that other world, and set the same), where a "good old old town—previously supposed to be the pink of salubrity and pattern of a seaport by its dom ing inhabitants —was, in an evil Lour. as many thought, demonstrated. by the revelation of facts and logic of figUres, to be the most unhappy specimen of a dense po pulatisn; whilst her crest-fallen inhabitants, inst,ad of congratulating themselves upon possessing a healthy home stead, had to walk humbly in that day of proof that their town was not only low in the scale of provincial towns, but absolutely the "lowest of the low"—that the rate of her mortality, the density of closely-packed population, and her street ventilation and drainage, for badness ex ceeding that of the teeming hive of the metropolis itself— a Modern Tyre, in the several points of crowding, filth, disease, and death, far outstripping a modern Babylon ? What think yon, Mr. Editor, would these modern Tyri ans do ? Would they slumber upon the humiliating de monstration, and, like the ostrich when hunted, hide their head under their wing, and because no longer seeing the pursuer, fancy such pursuing facts to be reduced to a similar non-plus of extremity ? Would such a course be wise, or would it not rather be the infatuation of the for mer conviction Presenting it-elf a second time under the paralysed attitude of a dilemma ? What if that town suddenly found itself precipitated from the supposed regions of health, into the depraved condition of some serion; and dangerous malady ? would she act wisely in neglecting to arm herself with all the means and appliances for rests ring her lost sanitary state? Were she to make a Turkish fatalism the grave of her Hope, c uld such a course be commended ? Or, suppose she may base languidly raised her arm first in the theatrical attitude of ;appalled dismay at so close a ranger, then dropping it slowly, taken up the pen between her but half-energized fingers. and at the dictate of a re turning semi-consciousness, applying for an act of parlia ment, which might be Mended to remedy some at least of those evils staring her in the face daily and nightly ; then let the arm of prowess subside into harmony of inaction with its listless fellow reposing beside the trunk entangled gracefully in the folds of the wrapper of despondency. And suppose further, that "an act is obtained, and that it was innocently designed by its legal framers and House of Commons manufacturers to remove some sources of disease, some abuses of the body social, and to evacuate some dens of their in-humanized inhabitants. Yet, if the benevolent purposes of such act were frustrated in a thou sand ways through its imperfect provisions, so that a coach and six might be driven between its clauses, or if it be so deformed respecting its purposes as to resemble a Pro crustean bed—" a bed shorter than a man can stretch himself on it"—or, if like Gulliver's coat, it be constructed upon t e mathematical principles of engineers and survey ors alone, without practically taking the dimensions of the party to be fitted,—if the measure have not been taken by the tailor himself, nor obtained from the only party who ever did or could take the measure rightly,—how should a fit be obtained? Again, if the working of this " blessed act" be difficult —he next to impossible —an issue in absurdity—whereby, unless matters be closer glappled with, the condition of those upon whom this act is fired off will be rather da maged, if it be possible to compute and express, by adjec tives of comparison, evils incomparably ereat,—the adage " out of the frying pan into the fire" might be written, as embodying the bittr-r experience of modern Tyre, touch ing the in.sanatary woikiag of her Act of Parliament, upon the back thereof, and it might be tied up with red tape, and duly enrolled amongst the obsolete memorials of the past. What think you, Mr. Editor. of " bearding the lion in his den," unless you are well prepared for the encounter you provoke? Would you not arm yourself so as to se cure all the chances of final victory over the provoked strong one? Would you pass from the effort of a manly combat, on to the child-like act of toying with his mane, until his blood boil, and his fired eye announces the awful bound of his fury upon you, his rash challenger and un guarded victim ? Or, what think you of that happy marriage of acts of Parliament with local police regulations, in this mundus alter et idem, which passes away precious time in doing a thousand unasked-for things—performing officious ser vices in one quarter, bestowing partial cures in another, a sort of french polishing of some streets, and a coating over of others with black japan varnish! That munduv alter et idem to which I have thus, Mr. Editor, intro duced you, in the pardonable language of allegory, for the sake of illustration, is the good old town of Liverpool itself. _ You may feel, perlrips, indignant at the portrait. and accuse it of being a caricature. We often quarrel with the truthful profile of a friend or acquaintance, just be cause it does not correspond with our ideal of that friend ; and, therefore, we may discard the accurate for the ficti tious tracery of features, because our own judgment is warped by the prepossessing ideal. But I shall he able to convince you in my next letter, that, with a trifling con ventional allowance for figurative expression, the truth holds good in the main, and that your flattering ideal of your own town is as much a fiction as the Apollo Belvidere himself is a fiction of human form—a correctly formed figure of a man, plus the infusion of the ideal of the sculptor—an embodied fable of splendid Greece—but ne ver a fact, scarcely, perhaps, a truth. I purpose to show you, unveiled, the insanitary working of the present act. You may feel rather melancholy when I have sketched in the features of " Liverpool Proper ;" but weigh all, and let conviction, when wrought, energis e your pen and voice, and all other pens and voices, and all other heads, and hearts, and hands, until the wretchedness and degradation be mitigated a hundredfold, and the cen sus of Liverpool can be fairly taken as that of so much human life. Sanitary Acts, and Building Acts, and Water Acta, and Highway Acts, and Anti-Landlord Monopoly Acts, and all other similar acts, ought to be based upon medical evidence as well as engineering data, or they must ever be only so many folio sheets of law descriptions and parodies upon the first line of Cowper's " Alexander Selkirk In conc;uding this first part, though in one sense I write for the public—that is, for their benefit—yet in another sense I don't write for them, merely to give them pleasure.. They may be pleased or they may be dis pleased; such is only an accident either way, incident to the path of duty. For the present I remain, S'r, Yours, faithfully. G. C. WATSON. Liverpcol, March 12, 1846. EFFECTS OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN. LAWS. If the quantity of the food is increased in any country, there is a corresponding increase of the people. " When goods increase, they increase that eat them." Eccl. v. 11. The effect of the abolition of the corn laws wilt, therefore, increase our population to the extent that foreigners can supply this country. Suppose two millions of English people to have been brought thus into exist ence, and to be fed upon foreign corn; this would be a most precarious subsistence. When the people of any country become dependant on foreigners for the supply of the staff of life, they are thereby subjected to the loss of their own liberties. The condition of the Poles would be much improved by the exportation of corn, and they might, on that account, begin to eat the wheat which they raise themselves. or war may suddenly stop the supply. Ireland and British North America would be injured by the abolition of the corn laws, as those countries are much favoured by the present laws. All agricultural labourers would be injured, and conse quently the poor's rate will increase. Factory labourers will have their wages lowered to meet the new price of corn. The home consumption of manu factured articles will be lessened, and perhaps to a greater degree than the expected increase of articles exported. The abolition of the corn laws would cruse corn to fluc tuate in value more than it does at present, which would be a most serious evil. It would also be followed by the poorer lands being thrown out of cultivation, and turned into sheep walks. C. ARTHUR. MR. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH'S FLIGHT FROM STAFFORD. Mr. Lawrence Heywortb is far toe virtuous and pure minded for this naughty age of ours, or for association with the unscrupulous gentry who compose the Anti- Corn-law League. A few days ago, in a fit of exuberant love for cheap bread, he bet off, per rail, for the truly pa triotic purpose of indoctrinating the cobblers of Stafford with. his own beloved principles of free trade, and procur ing his return to parliament as their representative. There was every disposition on their parr, we learn, to listen and applaud; but the " men of wax" are a dry generation. With Shakspeare, they felt disposed to exclaim to the can didate, " dost think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?" They loved cheap bread and free trade well ; but they loved free taverns and eleemo synary beer better; and after listening to an hour's lec ture upon enlightened commercial policy and other mat ters, they thought fit, it seems, in imitation of Canning's " needy knife-grinder," to suggest that " Maybe his honor would give them each a sixpence, to Drink his honor's health." Whether the reply was precisely that of the patriot in the poem— I give thee sixpence ! I will see thee -- first, Wretch whom no sense of wrongs cAn rouse to vengeance! Beer-bibbing vagabond, reprobate, degraded, spiritless cobbler !" —or a free parody, such as we have furnished, we know not. Certain it is that Mr. Lawrence tleyworth turned his back upon Stafford,' and returned to Liverpool dis gusted with the degeneracy of that shoe-making consti tuency. A correspondent of the London Times says that a deputation waited on Mr. Heyworth from 300 freemen, who drew him into town, and who demanded 2s. 6d. for their work. To this Mr. Heyworth is said to have ob jected on principle, which, no doubt, was the case, as the Staffordshire .41Fretery says that on being informed by his committee that the expenses were £330 he gave a check immediately fur £250. At the nomination, however, on Thursday, an opposi tion was got up. Capt. Carnegie, who has accepted the office of a Lord of the Treasury, was opposed . by Dr. Sleigh (a protectionist), and Mr. Watkins (a member of the Anti-Corn-law League.) The show of hands was greatly in favour of the latter, and nest for Dr. Sleigh. A poll was demanded by Capt. Carnegie and Dr. Sleigh. Only the two latter went to the poll, and at the close the numbers were, for Carnegie, 733; for Sleigh, 25. THE WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB. The anneal ploughing match of the Wirral Farmers' Club took place on Thursday, in a field near Hooton Hall, the seat of Sir Wm. M. Stanley, Bart. The day was fine, and a large concourse of farmers, spectators. and gentlemen of the surrounding district, was present. There were thirty-two competitors, and the ploughing was pronounced to be unsurpassed in this part of the kingdom, or even in Scotland. The teams were much admired, and the whole proceedings showed that the so ciety had been the means of rousing the energy and acti vity of both farmers and husbandrnen. Draining and manuring are consequently now more in vogue than for merly throughout the hundred, and were strongly urged by the speakers at the dinner. The country, in fact, is undergoing a surprising and gratifying change, and has already become much more productive and attractive. Sir W. Stanley invited the judges, the committee, and other gentlemen, to lunch with him at Hooton Hall, after the 'matches. The dinner took place in a pavilion erected for the purpose, near the Eastham Hotel, and tastefully decorated. The dinner and wines were excellent, pro vided by Mr. Nichol!, and about 120 gentlemen sat down ; Sir Wm. M. Stanley in the chair, supported by distin guished guests. After the usual preliminary toasts, and " Success to the Wirral Farmers' Club," the Rev. Mr. Fielden. in terms of high eulogium on his character, as a skilful and ener ge►ic farmer, an excellent landlord, and a gentleman, proposed the health of the Chairman, who feelingly re plied. Since, he said, he bad been in possession of his estate. he had drained upwards of 900 acres, at the rate of 2000 tiles to the acre. (Cheers.) This, he did not disguise, bad been a work of considerable expense, but he did not regret one shilling that had been so expended. He hoped all his neighbours would follow his example; for, although it had been the practice of some to speaa with disfavour of the hundred of Wirral, he was convinced it only required industry to bring the land into the finest state of cultivation. (Cheers.) When first be came there, be was told it would not grow barley, and it would not grow turnips; indeed he dd not know what it would grow—(applause and laughter); but let them look at last year, the weather of which was not generally considered the most favourable, and for himself, he asserted fear lessly that he never saw finer crops in . any part of the world. (Great cheering.) fne list of prizes was then read, as follows : PLOUGHING. FIRST CLASS - TWENTY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. _ _ I.—John Morris, ploughman; W. Webster, Up ton, owner; More on, maker. 2.—Joseph Griffiths, ploughman ; Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., ow.ier ; Barrowman, maker. 3.—Robert Di-bury, ploughman; R. W. Barton, Esq., Caldy, owner; Wilki,, maker. 4.—Charles Birse, ploughman ; Tinley Barton, Esq., Barnston, owner; Moreton, maker. SECOND CLASS-FOUR COMPETITORS. I.—George Johnson, ploughman ; Mr. J. Broster, Upton, owner; Moreton, maker. 2. —Charley Bythell, ploughman ; Mr. George Jackson, Noctorum, owner; West, improved by Moreton, maker. 3.—Jost:pb Davies, ploughman ; Mr. J. Belman, Brom bro', owner; Moreton, maker. 4.—Wm. Knowles, ploughman; Mr. John Knowles, Ledshani, owner ; Thomas Edwards, maker. A number of toasts, general and agricultural, were then ably introduced and as forcibly responded to,—the prin cipal speakers being (besides the Chairman), H. Craken thorpe, Esq., of Essthani ; J. R. Shaw, Esq.; Charles Stanley, Esq., uncle cf Sir W. Stanley ; W. Neilson. Esq. ; John Stanley, Esq. ; Robert Neilson, Esq.; Wm. Jackson, Esq.; and Mr. Hicklin. Mr. Jackson, .after alluding to the rising prosperity of Birkenhead, and is inseyarable connection with the . agricultural welfare of the surrounding district, announced that be would give a prize of £lO for five successive years, under the regula tions of the society, to the best thatcher and stacker.— (Great applause.) After the Chairman and principal guests had retired. Mr. Cooper was called to the chair, and the harmony of the evening was admirably sustained until a late hour. THE " NEW" THEATRE IN CHRISTIAN-STREET. The theatre in Christian-street, recently known as " The Queen's," and in former years (when it wa a win ter adjunct to the then only " Theatre-Royal," and un der the smite proprietary) as" the Circus," has for a con siderable time past been, through the enterprise of new narties, undergoing a renovation and chance in every de partment (even in name), which promises to render it an entirely new and respectable place of recreation, and, at the same time, through its exterior adjuncts, to be an adornment and an example to the locality. '1 he inn, forming the distinguishing frontage, has been, we may say, remodelled and beant;fied, presenting, in place of the former plain brick building, a highly orna mental facade, of greater elevation, in _the decorative "composite" or Italian style, with handsome cornicing, and an entablature and coping to be surmounted by three classical figures in statuary. The entrance has been en larged, and its cornicing, as well as that of the windows, is architecturally enriched by florid trusses The building Presents two small wings; the corners arc ca,bellished with rusticated quoins ; the lower windows glazed with huge sheets cr plate glass ; on the attic appears in Grecian raised letters the inscription " Royal Adelphi Theatre ;" and tlse whole has a novel and pleasing effect. It should be stated that the former internal communication with the theatre (which was in many points objectionable) is cut off; so that it stands in its integrity as an inn, so newly planned and improved %ithin (will a coffee-room below, and a spacious saloon above), that various grades of customers can be adequately and separately accommo dated. The theatre itself, which was originally one of the best planned in this country, had become, from neglect and disuetude, much out of repair; and it has outwardly and inwardly been entirely redeemed and highly improved at a great outlay. The box and pit entrances are still from Christian-street, but " the gods" must make their " en trances and exits" by a separate wide passage in Mans field-street, which will prevent confusion of classes. The lobbies are most spacious; a new and appa oved system of ventillation has been introduced, and no pains have been spared to ensure the comfort and convenience of all. Tho pit, boxes, and gallery have been fitted up with much taste and judgment. The style of ornament adopted is of the Elizabethan order, rich in ornament, and light and cheerful in colouring. The procenium has been raised by eight feet, and every one seated in the house will have a full view of the whole scenery and performances. The stage department has a decided advantage over that of the other theatres in the town, in receding much further back, so that processional and dist int scenes may be brought out to great advantage. The pit has been renewed on an incline, which admits of every o.e obtaining , a distinct and easy view and hearing, independent of huge bonnets, should they unhappily again come into vozue. The lights, amongst which is a splendid central chandelier, are dis posed in a novel and brilliant manner. The stage, the machinery, and all the scenery are new and beautiful ; and the drop scene, yet unfinished, will be in itself a chef d'oeuvre. Mr. W. J. Hammond is the lessee, and•he purposes to engage the first-rate talent of the land in the legitimate, as well as the lighter walks of the drama. Amongst the first performers announced are the Miss Cushmans, 'Ma dame Celeste, and Mr. Webster. There will be an excel lent orchestra, conducted by the zealous Mr. Cummins, second leader of the Metropolitan Italian Opera. Many distinguished families and individuals, becoming aware of the spirVed operations in cours of completion, have al ready declared their intended patronage, and the " Roya. Adelphi," will assuredly put all the other " Royals" upon tht it mettle. OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. The papers laid on the table of the House of Commons on Monday night, and ordered to be printed, exhibit some very interesting results. The first of these is an account of the number of, ves sels, the amount of tonnage, and the number of their crews, on the 31st of December in each year, from 1820 to 1844. In 1820 the number of vessels was 25,374, the tonnage 2,648,593 the number of men employed 174,514. In 1841 there were 39,052 vessels, of 3,512,480 tons, manned by 210,198 men. In 1844 there were 31,320 vessels, of 3 637,231 tons, and 216,350 seamen. The number of British vessels entered inwards in 1832 was 10,762, whose united burden was 1,936.846 tons ; the foreign vessels were 3,865. of 561,047 tons. In 1845 the number of British vessels was 15,964, and their tonnage 3,662,855 ; the number of foreign vessels 7,895, and their tonnage 1,353,735. The declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactur?s exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries and our colonial uos: - essions was in -1827.... .. 1:36,860.376 1843 ... £52.279,709 1841........ 51.634,623 1844........ 58,:;81,292 /842 . . 47,381,023 The net revenue of the 6ustomv, and the amount of duty received from corn, from 1839 to 1815, were as follows: Revenue. Corn Duties. 1839.... 1810. 21.781.499.... 1,156,06 1811 21,898,841.... 563,310 184 ! 21.025,145.... 1,363.969 1843 21,033,717.... 758.293 1814... ...... 22,504.821.... 1,098.382 1845 20.196.859.... 367,008 The quantity of silk of all kinds entered for home con sumption in 1814 was 2,119,974 lb.. in 1824 it had risen to 4.011,048 lb.. but in 1834 it had only reached 4,522,351 lb., while in 1844 it amounted to 6,208,021 lb. The declared value of British silk goods exported ff om the United Kingdom in each year between 1826 and 1815 exhibits since the year 1835 a comparative decrease. The value of the silk exported in 182 G was £168.801, but in 1835 this amount had increased to £973,786 ; and al though from that time the value declared continues to in crease, it had in 1845 only reached £761,424. The quantities of foreign silk manufactures retained for home consumption since the removal of the prohibition upon them in 1826. exhibit a gradual rise from 115,278 lb. in 1827, to 310,153 lbs. in 1815. The table respecting wool and woollen manufactures. proves that an increased importation has had the effect of increasing instead of lowering the price of domestic pro duce. In 1821 the number of pounds of foreign and co lonial wool imported was 22 564,485 ; and the price of Southdown wool Is. 2d. a pound. In the following year the duty upon colonial was removed, the import increased to 43,816,966 lb., and the price of Suuthdown wool simul taneously rose to is. 4d. a pound. During the next 20 years the price fluctuated from 6d. to is. Bd. a pound, and in 1843 it was 113 d., with an import of 47.78a,061 pounds. In 1814 the duty upon foreign wool was entirely removed, the quantity entered for constitution increased to 65,079,524 lb., and the price of English wool rose at once to Is. 2d. In 1845 the amount imported had fur ther increased to 76,828,152 lb., and the price of domes• tic wool had risen to Is. 44. Between 1831 and 1845 the declared value of British exports of woollen manufactures had risen from £5,389,124 to £8,741,728. In 184'2 the tool amount of revenue, exclusive of the corn duties, was £32,178,814; in 1845 it was £33,415,431, although during that period the amount of Customs and Excise duties remitted was £5,197,074. The amount of reductions in the public expenditure effected by the repeal of the duties on auctions and glass, in ]845, is not less than £52,636. A number of extracts from the letters of glat , s manufac turers in every part of the kingdom, stating the immense increase of consumption consequent upon the removal of the glass duty, is appended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ALTCAR.—An open meeting will take place over these grounds on Thursday and Friday neat. It is said that on one of the days a match for £lOO will be run between " Harlequin," the winner of the Waterloo Cup at Altcar the week before lost, and " Oliver Twist," which in that race was " ran up." AQUATIC.—A match has just been made between Cambridge and Oxford Universities to row a match from Putney to Mortlake, on the 3d of April. SPORTING MA 'refl.—Last week, Thomas Harrison, Esq.. of Harrogate, ba. ked his hunter Bachelor, for a bet of £5O aside, to leap 15 feet of water. Turnharn Brook was selected, and the horse cleared 16 feet with perfect ease, winning the wager gallantly on his firs. essa y. PEDESTRIANISM.—On Tuesday, some interesting foot races came off at the Beehive-ground, Walworth. The first race, for a silver cup, was contended for by Marlin, Pattcrscn, FitibinF, and Jenkinson (the London Stag), 3uo yards, with 15 hurdles at equal distances, and was won by Martin in two heats. RAILWAY INTALiduEACE. The Ely and Peterbormigh line will be opened in June. There are 3 400 men employed on the line. The railway receipts for the last two months of the pre sent half year amount to £789.155, being an increase over the corresponding period of 1815 of £114,294. It was decided at Croydon assizes last week, that a director on a railway is responsible although be never acted. RAILWAY :MISDEMEANOUR.—At Maidstone, James Bow►iey, 21, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, for throwing a stone at a train on the Rochester Railway. The London and Yo:k railway bill was rend a third time in the Thus? of Commons on Friday; so were the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, and the Direct Lon don and Portsmouth Railway Bill. The Chamber of Deputies of Bavaria adopted. on the Bth instant, by a large majority, a bill for the construction of a railway, at the expense of the state, from Bamberg to the frontier of the kingdom. The Admiralty have decided against the plan by which the promoters of the Mold Junction Railway propose to cro-s the River Dee, at or near %teen's Ferry. This re solution, we presume, will be fatal to the At the Chelmsford assizes, last week, a clerk named Jones recovered from Mr. Watts, a provisional director of the Irish West Coast Railway, remuneration at the rate of is. per day for his services to the " company." On Friday evening the London and York Hallway Bill was read a first time in the house of Lords. It only passed the. Commons the same evening, so that parti:- , s can move at railway" speed at other places than the " rail." At a meeting of the inhabitants of Wolverhampton. on Tuesday. an amendment against the proposed conversion into a railway of the B•rm , ngham and Liverpool Cala!, which runs from Antherly to Nautwich, was carried by a large majority. A v:rdict was given, last week, in favour of the pro prietor of the Surrey and Kent Mercury, at the Maid stone assizes, to recover the amount of the bill for adver tisements connected with one of the projected Kentish railways, to which the defendant acted as solicitor. The total number of labourers and others employed in constructing the various railways in Perthshire are 2057, of these 1768 are Scotch, 114 EngliA, and 175 Irish ; 1582 are employed on the Scottish Central, 393 on the Dundee and Perth, and 82 on the Scottish Midland, Which has only recently commenced operations. As an instance of the facilities for locomotion afforded by " rail," we may mention that Mr. P. Miles, M.P. for Bristol, took part in the debate on Monday evening, in the Douse of Commons, and was also present the same evening at the Batc'nelorse Ball at the Bath Assembly rooms, more than 100 miles distant. \VEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—This company have again a locus slandi in parliament, the committee on standing orders having reported to the house '' That in the case of the West Riding Union petition, for leave to present a petition for a bill, the standing order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to pre sent a petition accordingly." The Liverpool and Leeds direct railway bill has bean wiihdrawn ' and they have abandoned all opposition to the West Riding Union line. The proprietors of the former are to be paid £5OOO towards their evacuees, and have allotted to them 12,000 shares in the West Riding Union. These 12,000 shares are to be delivered at 335. each—being an allowance of Os. per share, or £5,-100 to wards the expenses of the Liverpool and Leeds district. RAILWAY TELEGRAPH BL'IAVEEN LONPON AND LIVERPOOL—At a meeting of the Trent Valley Railway Company, at Manchester on Monday last, Mr. Edward Tootal announced the intention of the directors of the amalgamated companies to have a telegraph laid down immediately from London to Liverpool, and from Lon don to Manchester, by which communications may be transmitted from London to Liverpool in three minutes or less, and an answer received in three minutes more! FURTHER LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE-MEN.—MORE "DIRECT" Liss.—At the Maidstone Assizes, on Wed nesday, Mr. M'Dowall, a printer, of Fleet-street, reco vered £167 from a gentleman named Dunnington, being the amount of his bill for printing suppled to the " Lon don, Nottingham, and Sheffield Direct Railway." Otithe same day, and at the same place, Mr. Finlayson, a sur veyor, recovered from Mr. Pilbrow (known for his min°. spheric apparatuc) £32, the balance of an account for sur veying the " Gravesend and London Direct Atmospheric Railway." In.the latter rase, the brother of the plain; iff, speaking of a visit to the offices of th- company, said . ' he took away one or two of the prospectuses, in crder that he might see whether they cont-ined the names of any responsible persons from whom he might recover the money due to him one of these odd days." One of the witnesses for the defence was Mr. Beaumont, the " Engi neer,in-cbief of- the company." He stated that " about the beginning of October they were desirous of preparing to go before parliament. 1 4 e went to toe Rail of Com merce, and saw the plaintiff walking about wish a level on his shoulder. (A laugh.) Mr. Chambers-1 suppose that was to indicate that he wanted a i.ob?' (Veuewed laughter.) Witness supposed it w-ts." POLITICAL NOTAI3I LIA. Ralph Neville, E! , q., has been apnoin'ed.a Lord of the Treasury, and was re-elected for Windsor on Saturday without opposition. At a large meeting of the protectionist peers last week it was resolved t o o ff er the most strenttous opposition to the government measure in the Lords. Lord Ashley last week attended meetings at Bradrord, Huddersfield, and other places, to forward the short time Sir Howard Douglas was prevented, by unavoidable business, from voting asainst Mr. Dunco m b e ' s mot i on f or the release of Frost, Williams, and .Tones. Lord Fezwilliam is returning from Rome to vote against the government measure in the House of Lords. his lordship being in favour of a fixed duty for the pur poses of revenue. Brneenienem.—lt is said that a requisition is now in progress in Birmingham, addres - ed to Sir Robert Peel. soliciting him to become a candidate for the representa tion of that borough at the next election. On Friday, in the House of Commons, Lord J. Russell gave notice that on Tnursdav, the 26th of March, he would move that the house should resolve itself - into a committee of the whole house cn the state of Ireland. WIGAN ELEcrto.N.— We believe little doubt now exists that Mr. Gladstone will be brought forward, it being un derstood that there will to no opposition on the part of the Balcarras family to his return. In all pie bability the right hon. gentleman will be elected without a contest. A report has existed for some days that Gov , rtin - eat were prepared to reduce immediately 10s. a load on foreign timber, instead of a gradual reduction in 1847 and 1848. In reply to a memorial from Hull, the petitioners hive been informed that ministers adhtre to the proposal alrfrady subtnitted to parliament. FOR AND AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS. —From the sixth report of the Committee on Petitions, it appears that up to the 17th of last month there were 582 Petitions presented to the House of Commons for, and 1766 against the repeal of the Corn Law:. ! There were also presented up to that time, 70 petitions in favour of Sir Robert Peel's proposed measure. and 632 against it. STRANGE TITLE TO OREGON.—The most singular and exciting portion of the debate in the [louse of It: present atives, on .the 9th ult.. on the Oregon question, was the speech of John Quincy Adams. After some preliminary remarks, he requested the Clerk of the House to read the 26th, 27th, and 28th verses of the first chapter of Genesis, and then went on to say, "Th,t, in my judgment. is the foundation of our title to Oregon, and of all the title we have to any of the territory we possess. It is the foun dation of the tit!, by which you, sir, occupy that chair. and by which we are now called on to occupy Oregon, and cannot do it without the termination of the convention in which we have agreed that we will not occupy it." Mr. Adams then requested the Cl , rk to read the 6th, 7th, and Bth verses of the second Psalm, from which he said his case found additional strength. The Times says on this subject, " There are moonstrock madmen both in and out of 13.(11am, whose lunacy takes a colour f om Holy Writ. and is the more awful and distressing from the distortion. and debasement of the sublimest truths which are cm bodiedin human language; but when we learn that the raving of one of these fanatics were listened to with in terest and excitement by one Drench of the most import ant legislative assembly of the New World,—when we are told that the text of Scripture, which was to be polluted by this insane commentary, was read, by the clerk at the table of the House of Representatives at Washington,— and when we remember that all this blasphemous extra vagance is uttered as the apology or the pretext of an at rocious war, and that the promises of God are invoked to justify the rapacity and the lawlessness of man, we look in vain for any parallel for such au exhibition except iti the midst of anarchy and revolution." TO TEII4 RT. HON, SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., &C. &C. &C. SLR,—No minister that has h:therto wielded the desti nies of this mighty empire ever commanded appliances mere ample and means more potent for carrying on the government of the country than you did on your advent to cower in 1841. _ \Vitt: overwhelming disgust prevailing from one end of the kingdom to the other, at the unexampled imbecility and criminality of a previous ten years' destructive ‘Vhig government; with a total bankruptcy of the exchequer, and an all but total bankruptcy of the country; with the experienced difficulty of shaking off the bloodsucking leeches that clung td place with a tenacity that defied all shame, that repudiated alt responsibility to public opinion. and resisted every attempt to dislodge them from the clutch of office; with public favour running high in your behalf, and an edministration formed by yourself, and conees quently on your own model, there was nothing to prevent your carrying any measure calculated for the public weal. Without supposing you to he a profound, still we were disposed to consider you, probably the best, but certainly the most honest statesman of the age. With all these ad vaiitages it is little to be wondered at that so large a por tion of public confidence was yielded as to enable you, without particular offence, to impos4 a property and income tax, so generally obnoxious as well to that portion of the community to which you looked for support, as to your patient foes, and also to carry other measures, including your tariff, without jeopardising your own position, or weakening the confidence o' your friends. This was a prowl eminence to attain—one that any individual, however 'exalted, might envy, and one well calculated to carry dOwn its fortunate acquisitor with honor to posterity, and clothe his name and character with imperishable fame in the annals of statesmen, and in the list of benefactors sl to :leme h lp i sticountry.during ctffih the first. e U fi. r p s o Ft n h From andoti s thise high co. pedestal np de apex could u sessions yoo you t d i f 1:;oiror his k oßobertre sumption on your political opponents with unseaken firmness and unblanched cheek. hut, alas! how short a period was requisite to shake that pedestal to its base. to humble that pride to its fall, to destroy net confidence, and to alienate that affection which would have supported you against all opposition, carried you through ail difficulties, and vindi cated you against all defamation. Your first act of delinquency was to desert your prin ciples by proposing and carrying an increase to the May nooth grant, notwithstanding the tables of the house groaned with the number and weight of the petitions pre sen'ed against eren the original grant. This was the more obnoxious, inasmuch as it was gratuitous on your part, not only not being expected. but not even called for, by the Romanists themselves. This was a stab to confi dence unworthy of you to give, unworthy of your patty to receive. Nothing could justify your wounding the feelings of your supporters—the protestant, and conse quently the more enlightened and respectabla portion of the community—by an act so revolt ng to their minds as this most iniquitous proceeding. If there were one hope, one wish more deeply indu'grd than another, it was, that you would stop that headlong career of destruction to the Protestant Church which had formed the characteris.ic of your predecessors, and brought upon them that distrust and odium which ultimately overthrew them. This was a proceeding that staggered your most confiding friends— that robbed you of that countenance and support which would have enabled you to carry a specific bill to put down Ireland's agitator and agitation, and give the full benefit of that prosperity which had set in for her in the increased improvement of the times generally, and in the erection of her railways particularly—to have crushed, by another specific measure, the Anti-cern Law, and conse quently the anti-English, League. These prime and ne cessary measures might have been propounded and carried by you with the greatest ease : the times demanded and the country looked for them. These advantages and opportunities were thrown away i • nay, the very opposite course of procedure was adopted. Steps antagonist to Protestantism, and derelict of principle, were taken with an avidity that emphatically proclaimed the desertion of our leaders and the disruption of our party. Reman Ca tholic c ,lieges were endowed for the propagation of error —more priests created to distribute the poison of disaffec tion, which is now deluging Ireland with blood by the midnight assassin and the face-of-day murderer, render ing that country a byeword and a proverb, clearly prov ing it to stand unequalled in ignorance and cold blooded ptrocities by any country of savages in the known world. What crime and responsibility does this state of things fasten upon these priests and that religion which can only be maintained by keeping the people in a state of the most barbarous ignorance ? What a still heavier respon sibility must attach to the minister who, knowing these things, encourages them, not negatively only, but by act of parliament, thereby destroying the integrity of the em pire, by making the non-consenting Protestant portion of it parties to the crime. I will not charge you with hypccriiy in religion, but I must confess my utter inability to reconcile your sincerity in the belief of those articles of the church of which You are a member, with that conduct in the state of which you are the minister—conduct that depresses the one church which You declare to be true—and that elevates the other which you dec'arc to be false. With all true Protestants, this aratuitous and uncalled for countenance and support of an heretical and idolatrous church and its demagegues and incendiaries will be looked u t on as the crowning iniquity of your administration. By politi cians. however, the palm of guilt may possibly be yielded to the last act of the farce: your attempt to withdraw protection front the most important and overwhelming interest in the kingdom—the agriculture!. Taken toge ther, they are• monuments of man's contradiction and weakness, and will denude you of that fair tame with which you might, but for these two acts, have passed to posterity. To prove your own dishonour and impolicy of the measure, we need only look how whiggery, radicalism, and dissent, watch like vultures_ over a dead carcase, for the consummation of this diabolical ovation of the anti corn-law league, by which they hope to realize their fell intention to destroy the church in its temporalities , . Well might O'Connell say, that if he " did not succeed in car ryiee repeal now, it would be his own fault," and well did his compatriot Bowring add, "that in four yours they would rid the House of Lords of the presence of the Bishops." These are declarations and signs of the times too significant to be mistaken. In another letter, I shall enter further into the subject of your political conduct in still more recent days. 1 have the honour to subscribe myself JACOB FAITHFUL.