The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. rpm ANNUAL EXAMINATION of the CHILD -1 BEN who are now receiving Education in the SCHOOL for the DEAF and DUMB in this Town will take place, at 11 , ROYALINSTITUTION, Colquitt-street, on THURSDAY nev:.,, the 21st instant, at Twelve o'clock. R. L. TOWNSEND, M.A. ti — On. Sec. Liverpool, 15th May, 1846. MEDICAL CLAIR I_TERR V. GOENNERN voYARcE j_ many respectable part w i' sll, ft the * request of Madame V. GOENNERN'S ' Who have been benefitted by time, during which per Avite, palong his stay for a short for the purpose of sr ..41 he Will give a few more SOIREES VOYANCE, in detp-' ,oWtog her astonishing powers of CLAlR scribing unero- ..,At tig :any disease or illness, and also of pre- MORROW, (v ...t temedies. The Soirees will take place To the afterp• •" 441e8(1aY,) the 20th instant, at Two o'clock in 4 and or ..-akti, for Ladies only; and on FRIDAY next, the 22d, in the . NIoNDAY next, the nth instant, at Eight o'clock 4 vening, for Ladies and Gentlemen, at his Residence, 159, DUKE-STREET. Admission, 2s. 6d. 'Persons afflicted with BLINDNESS, and other diseases Which have hitherto baffled medical skill, may have their corn plaints fully developed, and, if undertaken, cured. PRIVATE CONSULTATIONS DAILY, from Eleven till Four. Terms, One Guinea. Patients may he accompanied by their own Medical Adviser. Testimoniali from many highly respectable residents in Li velrrroelqmuealt.ebde, inspected e wiVaTtne . nd Private Parties in the Evening at their own Residence. Standard-office, Two o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. THIS DAY. Considering the arrivals collectively since this day week, we are rather scantily supplied with the leading articles of the trade, both Coastwise and from Ireland ; whilst the import of foreign Grain is moderate, and of Flour from the United States and Canada together, 16,754 barrels. We have had a pretty good attendance at market to day, and a moderate fair business in free Wheats, at the prices of this day week : in Free Flour little change, but both these articles in bond are neglected to-day. Beans and Pease in fair request at our last currency. Oats Id. to ld. per bushel, and Oatmeal 6i. per sack cheaper, with scarcely any business passing. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 12th to the 18th May, inclusive THE MOSSLEY HILL PARK LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY. Igib T is raposed to establish this Society for the pur- Rote•of Purchasing a N'ery etile Plot of Freehold Land, containing about 93,000 yards. situated in the most delightful locality in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. A most desirable opportunity offers itself to any parties wish ing to secure to themselves a choice Lot of Building Land, free f rom any nuisances, in a healthy and pleasant situation, and at an easy and gradual payment. j Persons desirous ofjoining the Society, may see the Plan, aatobtain Prospectuses and information, by applying to WM. PRIEST, Accountant, Clarendon-rooms, South John-street. LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON RAILWAY COMPANY. itOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Holders of Scrip, or of ankers' Receipts for Scrip, of the LIVERPOOL , ORM SKIRK, d PRESTON RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held, pursuant 1 0 the Resolutions of the two Houses of Parliament, at the ~CLaltaNnoN Rooms, in South John-street, Liverpool, in the 11u,,,..abz-of Lancaster, on MONDAY, the 25th day of May instant, pending in One ' O'clock in the Afternoon, when a copy of the Bill now Parliament, intituled " A Bill for making a Railway If9M the Liverpool and Bury Railway. to Preston, and to the 169ackburn and Preston and North Union Railways, with Mulches therefrom, to be called the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and 'ton Railway," will be submitted to the consideration and approval of the Meeting.—Dated the Bth day of May, 1846. By order, WM. FEILDEN, Chairman. JAMES J. GRAHAM, Sec. y i fflees of the Company,. 6, Lord-street, Liverpool. or ‘ ,B no Party will be entitled to Vote at the Meeting until his, s er 9er, name and address, and the denoting numbersaf all the ~, !P 'or Reeeipts are first recorded,.and the Scrip produced, . zc ripholders are particularly requested, with a view to the con venience_ of the Meeting, to send their Scrip or Receipts to the secretary forthwith, with the form filled up, which form may be obtained at the following places :—The SECRETARY, 6, Lord nfeet, Liverpool; Messrs. LLOYD and WALK, 8, Exchange- VeY, Liverpool, or 30 E , Parliament-street, London ; Messrs. SitZIArILLE and AINSWORTH, Solicitors, Blackburn ; Messrs. T. d and J. GRUNDY, Solicitors, Bury, Lancashire ; Messrs. aL,A.T.R. and H EELIs, Solicitors, Manchester • Messrs. 1 SKERST AFFE and MYRES, Solicitors, Preston; MI:WE-LS.IIY, solicitor, Orinskirk ; Mr. CHARLES NA.YLOR;SOIiCitOr, Leeds. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL AND O DOUGLAS NVIGATION. NTICE IS HEREBY. A GIVEN, that the next GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the COMPANY of PROPRI ETORS of the CANAL NAVIGATION from LEEDS to LIVERPOOL, and DOUGLAS• NAVIGATION, will be held, at the Talbot Inn, in• Bradford, in the county of York, at Eleven of the clock in the Forenoon of FRIDAY, the 10th day of April next, when, by reason of that day being Good Friday, the Maymbly will be ADJOURNED to FRIDAY, the 22d day of Assemblyhour; it will be proposed and taken into consideration that the said Company shall adopt the several powers granted in and by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Bth and 9th Years of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, cap. 28 9 intituled "An Act to empower Canal Companies and the Com missioners of Navigable Rivers to vary their Tolls, Rates, mind Charges, on different parts of their Navigations," and also in another Act of Parliament, passed in the said Session, cap. 42, intituled " An Act to enable Canal Companies to become Car riers 'of Goods upon their Canals." And at such General As sembly the Proprietors, by themselves or their Proxies, are re quested to attetl. By order, SAM. HAILSTONE, Law Clerk to the said Company. Bradford, Yorkshire, 4th March, 1846. - WEST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in compliance -with; the Sessional Orders of the Houies of Parliament, a MEETINGofthe SCRIPHOLDERS of this Undertaking will be held, at , thePALATI NE HOTEL, in MANCHESTER, 011 TUESDAY, the 2¢th day o f M ay instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, and that at such Meeting a Copy of the Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled "A Bill for making a Railway from Liver- Pool to Southport, to be called the 'West Lancashire Rail " will be submitted for the consideration of such Meeting. Doted this 13th day of may„ is 46. • THOMAS WELD BLUNDELL, Chairman. HENRY NEWBERY, Deputy-Chairman. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCAS TLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE IS IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING of the Holders of Scrip, or Bankers Receipts' for Scrip, or t Posits paid in respect of Shares,.iathe Liverpool, Manches be eweastle-upon-Type Junction Railway Company will at the PALATINE HOTEL, MANCHESTER, THURS -1,0,Y5 the '2lst instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, at 1 49 1 Meeting a Bill,' now before Parliament, and which has Ino e.ved the sanction of the Committee of the House of Com %Os: for making a Railway from the Extension of the Leeds Isradford Railway to the Richmond Branch of the Great 2rtri of England Railway, with a Branch from Aysgarth to an , s , by this Companv, in conjunction with the Lancashire the ' orth Yorkshire Railway Company, will be subrait!ed to mallei,_nsi,deration and approval of the Holders of such Scrip and All j e i s e , la i teceipts. e arnemi ~ era o f requireitz-e Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, as aforesaid, are together • ° quested to attend the Meeting, where they will be exhibit their. Scrip or Bankers' Receipts attached in order to facilitate the business of the Meeting, Zh n e d y f in o r i - lirPose of having their Votes correctly recorded, pos likewise forward to the Secretary, with as little delay berg le. their names and addresses, with the denoting num to Pld amount of their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, according which may he obtained at the Company's Offices. end Re Holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts cannot at : 0 f the Undertaking, Af eeting, but who wish to record their Votes scrip may effect that object by forwarding their 4(ldea or Bankers' Receipts three days•previous to the Meeting, ste t . , ,sed to the Secretary, at 22, Parliament-street, Westmin her N)ho will return the same after the Meeting, in such man -48 th ei r may direct. CHRISTIAN ALLHUSEN, Chairman. 22. W. H. INGRAM, Secretary. par liament -street, Westminster, 12th May, 1840. • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORD AND fiLETCHLET JUIVCTIUIN COMPANY. CAUTIOIV TO THE PUBLIC. WHEREAS some Forged Certificates have been discovered among the Scrip presented at this Office : Parties holding the Scrip of this Coinpany are requested to send it in immediately for verification. After verification, the Scrip, stamped, as having been com pared with the counter foils, will immediately be returned to the parties sending it in. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman of the Cominittee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. 29, Great George-street,. Westminster, May 6, 1846. CHURCH MISSIONA:y SOCIETY. A SERMON will be PRE.ACHED (God willing); for -Cl_ the above Society, in ST. CHIJRCFLwn Tit uR.S DAY next, at Two o'clOCk. tie Afternoon, ( to• the Juvenile Missionary Association,) bj 'the Rev. HUGH .srowELL.— Also, a SERMON will he PREACHED, in Si'. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, on FRIDAY EVENING, the 29th inst., by the Rev. CLOU, of Chelten ) ; l nm, for the same object. S. MARY'S, KIRKDALE. nN 15$DAY next, the 24th instant, TWO SER MONSk, will be Preached at this Church; that in the Mcirinveg, by the Rev. S. W. SAUNDERS, M.A., Vicar of St. Lslnrfael's, Pembrokeshire. and that in the Evening, by the ittN. H. HAMPTON, M.A. Minister of St. James's, Liverpool, 'lifter which COLLECTIONS will be made in Aid of the SUN DAY SCHOOLS.' • Divine Service will commence at Half-past Ten and Half past Six o'clock. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY. CALL OV .e 5 PER SHARE. NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in pursuance .1.1 of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are hereby requested to PAY a CALL of FIVE POUNDS PER SHARE, on or before Mos- DAy, the 15th day el June next, to Messrs. GLYN and Co., Lombard-street, London ; or to the ROYAL BANK, Liverpool. Should any (..11 remain unpaid after the day above-named, interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum will be charged thereon. By order, MACGREGOR LAIRD, Secretary. Birkenhead Dock Company, Offices, Argy'vre-street,Birkenhead,lBth May, 1846. •On the Mornings of SATURDAY, the 30th of MAY, (RETURNING FROM LONDON OR the 13th of JUNE,) AND ON MONDAY, the Is of JUNE, (RETURNING FROM LONDON 011 the Bth of JUNE,) AT HALF-PAST SIX O'CLOCK EACH MORNING. FARES TO LONDON AND BACK: THIRD CLASS £1 1 43 SECOND CLASS Children under Twelve Years of Age, Half-price. Tickets may be had of H. R. MARCUS Conductor, at the Ex cursion Ticket-office, Basnett-street, Leigh-street, Liverpool. TO LONDON IN NINR HOUR'S! IRE- COAST. UNITED Po_ LAND. WISE. STATES. REIGN. T OTAL. GRAND TREAT 1 FOR THE WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. Wheat.. ... Ors. 939 387 770 3040 5609 -.. Barley Qrs. 55 169 224 EXTRAORDINARY Malt Qrs. 37 1546 1583 Oats CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON AND BACK, Qrs. 2988 50 3038 FOR Rye Qrs. TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS, ' Beans Qrs. 284 1263 1544 6 Qrs. 110 737 IN COVERED CARRIAGES, Pease ALLOWING SEVEN OR FOURTEEN DAYS I N LONDON. 3 ShelledßarleyQrs. THE Public are respectfully informed, that the Di- Indian Corn. Qrs. 1330 1330 Rapeseed Qrs. rectors of the Grand Junction Railway hive granted EXCURSION TRAINS for the WHITSUN HOLIDAYS TO Oatmeal ..Sacks : 152 15 167 Fl LONDON AND BACK. our. .... Sacks 3106 524 250 3880 The Trains will leave the TUNNEL STATION, EDGE-HILL, Ditto Brls. 11931 16754 EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley,— qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oats, IS qrs. ; Indian Corn. qrs. ; Oatmeal, sacks ; Flour, 61 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 1282 qrs. ; Bar. ley, 94 qrs.; Beans, —qrs ; Oats, qrs ; Indian Corn, 3211 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 186 sks ; Flour, 20 scks, 10 brls. — Coastwise. Wheat, 504 qrs. ; Barley. qrs. ; Malt, 112 qrs.; Oats, 190 qrs. ; Beans, 6 qrs. ; Pease, 57 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 10 sacks ; Indian Corn, 43 qrs. ; Flour. 346 sacks 401 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 9. 1846. Wheat . s6s. Bd. j Barley 295. 7d. j Oats 235. 9d. / Rye 335. Sd. Beans.. Us. Sd. j Pease.. 345. 7 d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 565. Od. ; Barley 3is. 2d. Oats 235.1 d. Rye :d. PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT ON THE LIVERPOOL LOCAL BILLS. The Sanatory Regulations Bill, the Paving, Sewer age, enti Watering Bill, the Water Bill, the Harring ton Water-works Bill, and the Toxteth-park Improve ment Bill, having been referred by the committee of selection to the South Lancashire lists with three selected members, the proceedings commenced on Tuesday last. The selected members were Mr. Ward, Mr. Gisborne, and Mr. M'Geachy. The Corporation, the Highway Commissioners, the Liverpool and Harrington Water Company, and the Commissioners of Toxteth-park, were respectively represented by counsel. The Sanatory Re gulations Bill was first discussed. A petition was pre sented against it from the Toxteth-park Commissioners, and another from the Abattoir Company. Mr. Austin stated the case for the Corporation. Mr. Serjeant Tel ford, for the Highway Commissioners, said his clients had prepared two bills, with a view of effecting some of the principal objects proposed by the present bill, but having by a recent public meeting ascertained the feeling of the inhabitants, they would not persist in their own bills, on the understanding that a clause should be introduced in demnifying them for all expenses, in which case he should offer no opposition. Mr. Rushton, the magistrate, gave evidence showing the necessity for the municipal regula tions which the bill, provides. This bill, so far as he knew, had been prepared in entire conformity with the recommendations of the sanatory commissioners. as far as they were applicable to Liverpool, with such modifications as local circumstances rendered necessary. No important regulation was omitted for the cleanliness and health of the town, and it was inconvenient that the duties thereto appertaining should be confided to different bodies. What was elicited from M r. Rushton in cross-examination tended to confirm his evidence in chief. Mr. J. Lawrence and Mr. H. G. Harbor(' were examined at great length.—On Wednesday, the inquiry was resumed, the Chairman con fining it to the question of jurisdiction between the Town Council and the Toxteth Commissioners, excluding for the present the question of the Water Works Company. Mr. Anibrose Lace was called on behalf of the promoters, and concurred with Mr. Rushton as to the injurious effects of a diyided jurisdiction. He expressed strong opinions in favour of the bill. Mr. J. B. Williams, civil engineer, gave evidence in favour of the drainage, &c., being under one management, for the sake of economy and effectual working. This closed the case for the Council. Mr. Macauley was then heard for the Commissioners of Toxteth, and entered into statistics of the sewarege they had accomplished. They wished for further powers to catry on the improvements, and the inhabitants were in favour of those powers being granted. It would be in jurious to the rural portion of the township especially if those powers were denied them, as otherwise the loss in rates would be equivalent to sd. in the pound, and in ex penses as much more. Several other gentlemen gave evidence in the same behalf. This closed the Toxteth Commissioners' case. Mr. John Stewart being called, stated that the sewerage proposed by the Corporation would be effectual in draining. Speeches were then made pro and con, and the Chairman (the room having pre viously been cleared) said, " It is the unanimous opinion of the committee that the preamble of this bill is proved." The committee again adjourned. On Thursday, the com mittee proceeded with the clauses. On one of the clauses being read, and a question put by the Chairman, it was stated by the agent for the Toxteth Commissioners that they did not intend to proceed with their bill. Some discussion took place relative to Mr. Etches's slaughter houses; and the position of the Abattoir Company, who, it was stated, had expended £30,000, and only wished the act 26 Geo. 111., on the faith of which they had acted, to be carried out. The committee recommended that the clauses affecting those parties should be postponed, so that they might arrive at some principle that would put an end to all doubt, and give the Corporation adequate sanitary powers in respect to slaughter houses. It was eventually agreed that the provisions of the old act, 26 Geo. 111., should be revived, so that no person be allowed to slaughter for wholesale, except in the slaughter houses of the Abattoir Company: and also, that for retail pur poses. the Corporation should have power to grant licenses as under the provisions of the Improvement Act. After deciding that the whole case, both as affecting the Corpo ration and the Water Company, should be gone into next day, the committee adjourned, having passed all but the Abattoir Company and water clauses. On Friday, the discussion took place on the question of the additional supply of water. The members of the committee pre sent were Mr. Ward, Mr. Gisborne, and Mr. Rice Clay ton, from the selected list ' • from the South Lancashire list, Lord Sandon. Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Cornwall Legb, Sir P. Egerton, Mr. Tollemache, Mr. Ireland Blackburn, and Mr. Entwisle. The bill of the Liverpool and Har rington Water Company was brought up by Viscount Sandon and Sir H. Douglas. By the title, it purported to be a bill to amend the two acts of Geo. IV. for sup plying the town with water. The company were repre sented by three counsel, and the Corporation bad also en gaged three counsel, only one of whom appeared, (Mr. Austin,) and that just before the committee rose. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham spoke at length on behalf of the Water Company, contended' that they had been misre presented, and that the opposition to their bill had arisen from misapprehension of the state of the law, and of the existing rights of the company. He related what had taken place with regard to the water legislation at Liver pool, but we are not provided with any report of the ad dress. At the close of his speech, and before the evi dence was taken, the committee suggested the propriety of a compromise being entered into between the contend ing parties, and adjournment until yesterday morning was agreed upon, in order to afford time for consultation to take dar.e. and the enmornmige. if nne,ihlo in ha affontaA The Birkenhead Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed, in the House of Commons, on Friday. A beautiful brigantine vessel, purchased by a company in this town, and intended for the West India trade, was launched on Monday at Plymouth. RAPID INCREASE OF MANCHESTER. - FrOM a report, prepared by the chief constable, and read by Alderman Kay, at a recent meeting of the Town Council, it appears that since the census was taken in 1841, there has been a clear addition of 59,770 souls to the population of the borough, being more than the increase from 1831 to 1841, which was 53,373. The entice population is now reckoned at 295,277. NAVIGATION OF THE MENAL—It appears that many perilous obstructions exist in the bed of this river, and that applicatiOn is about to be made to government for the purpose of removing them. The North Wales Chro nicle says :—" Had it pleased heaven to bestow upon Wales a man like Cobden or O'Connell, better luck would attend our supplications ; but a voice from , Wales was rarely or never heard in the senate, and there being no agitator to bully the minister into compliance, the minis ter buttons up the public purse. This is exactly the po sition of the principality. Gainsay it who can ?"—Welsh Paper. [Why not fill up the straits at the narrowest part, and thus kin Anglesea to the main land ? No more money would be required than would be necessary to re move these " perilous obstructions ;" in fact, of what use is the navigation of the Straits at all, when the Irish Channel answers the same purpose ? This done, the Holyhead Railway Company need no longer bother their heads about a bridge, as Anglesea would then be part of the main land, and enable them to cross with their line.] THE LOST FonNn.—in November last several vessels sailed from Canada for this and other ports. The lapse of months-bringing no tidings of their fate, the crews were at length considered amongst the dead, the ships amongst the wrecked. Such, and so unfortunate, appeared to have been their fate. On Tuesday last, however, one of these long-lost vessels suddenly entered the river, after having disappeared from view for upwards of six months, bring ing tidings of delight, not only to the relatives of her own crew, but also to those of four others. The Syria, it ap pears, left Montreal for this port in November last; expe rienced in th f of St. Lawrence very severe gales; and, at lengt*, the 12th December, after having been on shore and discharged part of her cargo, put into St. George's Bay, on the west coast of Newfoundland. There she found a vessel named the Athole, also from Montreal, and there the two vessels wintered, sailing together for their proper destination, on the 22d ult. Of the remain ing missing vessels we learn that three, the William Han nington, from Quebec for London ; the Suir, from Que bec for Llanelly ; and the British Union, were wrecked in the bay of St. George's, in the month of December, but that the crews of the two former vessels were saved : the crew of the British Union was far from experiencing the same happy fortune. APPREDENSION OF THE CELEBRATED HENRY NORMAN.—On Wednesday, much curiosity was excited I in the Police -court, owing to the examination of a man who gave his name George Blake, but whose real name it was al'eged, was Henry Norman, whose "extraordinary confession" in a letter sent to his late employer in London, lately went the round of the papers. Be was apprehended here on Tuesday, at the instance of a man named Daniel Beard, who accidentally met him in the streets, and in stantly recognised him as a person who had acted as a clerk in the customs of Jamaica, and absconded with the sum of £750, The prisoner, who is a man of dark com plexion and well-dressed, appeared to be about 2G years of age. He was defended by Mr. Davenport. Beard, upon being sworn, stated that in the year 1840 he was acting as landing-waiter in the customs department, Kingston, Ja maica,, and at that time the prisoner was a clerk in the Customs, Two or three days after the prisoner left the employment the sum of £750 was missed. Witness believed that the prisoner was the man who committed the robbery, he knew him well, and he recollected that at the time be was in the service of the CUraarris, be went. by the name of Henry Norman. The prisoner was remanded that the necessary inquiries mi g ht be made in London. On Friday . ; a letter was read in town to the effect that the Customs would not prosecute, as they should have to send the pri soner to Jamaica for trial, and as it might be difficult to procure a conviction, as the circumstances occurred eight years ago, and some of the necessary witnesses might not be forthcoming. He will, however, be tried .in London for robbing his late employer, Mr. Hoof, the railway con tractor, of the sum of £57. On Saturday, the prisoner was brought up again, when, by. Mr. Rushton's orders, he was given up to a London Inspector of Police, who had come down. At the prisoner's lodgings in Upper Pitt -street, the sum of £2O, and a large bundle of manu scripts were found, which were taken possession of. One of the manuscripts, which, if put in type, would form a tolernbly•sized pamphlet, was entitled " The Tragedy of the Knave and the Dupe," and was in the prisoner's handwriting. The scene is laid in one of the lowest quarters of the metropolis, and the piece is made to end in the murder of the Dupe. The prisoner described him self as an author, hut, upon being closely questioned, said that he had never published any work. He stated that he was a native of Birmingham, and that he had come to Liderpool 'after having attended the Chester races. He was a " smart man," apparently about twenty. eight years of age. He can read and write in a superior manner, and held his situation in Mr. Hoof's employ ment about two months. It is said that, in the United States of America, several bills of indictment have from time to time been found against him. May 19, 1516. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the above SOCIETY will be held, at the SAVINGS BANK, Bold-street, THIS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 19th Instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon. The Worshipful the MAYOR. in the Chair. R. L. CARR, Secretaries. R. APPLETON, 4, Queen-square, May, 1846. L ANCASHIRE AND NORTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING 01 , „ of the Holders of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipts foy Scrip, IsT o l ,.'lPosits paid in respect of Shares, in the Lancashire and. Ti N ;`",..Yorkshire Railway. Compan_y, will be held, at the PALA at EIOTEL, MANCHESTER, on THURSDAY, the 21st instant, lin - twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, at which Meeting a Bill, tfw„befo re Parliament, and which has received the sanction of fi n e , -;orrimittee of the Houseof Commons, for making a Railway Ric hmond the Extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway to the vamilond Branch of the Great North of England Railway, a Branch from Aysgarth to Hawes, by this Company, in „ — iiction with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-. t r'n-Tyne Junction Railway Company, will lie submitted to ib"e Consideration and approval of the Holders of such Scrip and .3411kers' Receipts. All Holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, as aforesaid, are earn es tly requested to attend the Meeting, where they will be. .et qu ired to exhibit their Scrip or Bankers' Receipts attached together; and in order to facilitate the business of the Meeting, and for the purpose of having their Votes correctly recorded, t hey must likewise forward to the Secretary, with as little delay torssible, their names and addresses, with the denoting nu.m and amount of their Scrip or Bankers' Receipt, according. Vorm which may be obtained at the Company's Offices. atinose Holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts who cannot their of the Meeting, but who wish to record their Votes in .fa tOr of the Undertaking, may . effect that object by forwarding ffl . rip or Bankers' Receipts, three days . previous tolhe ch e — lng, addressed to the Secretary, 31, Princess-street, Man t„Ater. who will return the same to them after the Meeting, in "1 manner as they may direct____ - - FRANCIS BILHAM, Chairman. C. MOORE ,Secretary. WILSON ----_______ 3l ' Prin ce *-street, Manchester,l2th May, 1846. LIV p.ii POOL. MANCHESTER, AND NEWCAS- I T LE.UPO, AND 441sI CASHIRE N AND TYNE NOR JUNCTION TH YORKSHIRE RAILWAYS. 4 3TICE „„,„ IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a JOINT • M E.I . ING of the Holders of Scrip, and of Barikers' Itbneelpts for Scrip, or Deposits paid in respect of Shares, in the )4:je Undertakings will be held at the PA LATI NE HOTEL, Dr4IIESTER, on THURSDAY,the 21st instant, at One o'clock hi e at which Meeting a Bill, now before . Parliament, and Of Co ;. , as received the sanction of the Committee of the House 4441111110n5, for making a Railway from the Extension of the kre,4 .and Bradford Railway to the Richmond Branch of the ? " ti tt ,flp_rth of England Railway, with a Branch from Aysgart n h is. nne " JZl rtli e ß L a igr a poo o llan a ches a t n et: i ar e tri n • e c n a s sl l l i e r - e up: fid togli Yorclkshire Railw 7 ay Company, and for uniting the two liab44llies, for the purpose of constructing the same, will be tlich Steil to the consideration‘ and approval of the Holde . rs , of NAli OP and I3ankers' Receipts in the said two Companie— ft„,..,eiders of Scrip or Bank.ers' Receipts, in both the above eetr"..'e!,,as aforesaid, are earnestly requested to attend the tottrikerz nßeceipts(y will be required to exhibit their . Scrip or vote attached together, in order to entitle them titke.,ll..ftther particulars will be found in the foregoing adver '"ell;til r,elating to the said two Companies.. , jai A N ALL Il USEN, ofttehre aLni,vieZwolariealcilens: LV• R. IgtLAT, Secretary Tyne Junction Railway . 7 AZIS,BILTIAM, Chair- Company. C.lilO ORE WILSON - - -of the Lancashire and N or th N ri , Se- Yorkshire Railway. J cretary i l t la i r i jo in o 6. ffi tcr cl, 2 ll, m P fl a si , •11 1 ' asnxi t-street, SAINT HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL j GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the SAINT HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on WEDNESDAY, the third day of June, at One o'clock in the 'Afternoon, when a Copy of the Bill now pending in Parlia ment, intituled "A Bill to enable the Saint Helen's Canal and Railway Company to make a Railway from the Township of Eccleston to the Township of Garston, with Branches there from, and Docks at Garston aforesaid, all in the- County of Lancaster," will be submitted to the consideration of such Meeting Dated this fourth day of May, 1846. JOHN WHITLEY, Clerk to the said Company of Proprietors. • CHEAP TRIPS. TO TOURISTS AND ANGLERS. EXCURSION ROUND SNOWDON every TUESDAY, THUESDAY, and SATURDAY AFTER NOONS, after the arrival of the' Prince of Wales at Menai Bridge, per that splendid Four-horse Coach, the "TOURIST," via Carnarvon, Beddgelert, and Llanberris. OUTSIDE, 106. Ample time allowed to . ascend Snowdon. For full particulars see Bills at'the following Booking-offices —Belle Sauvage, Ludgate-hill, London; Independent Coach office, Bull-street, Birmingham; LATHAM'S, (late Morgan's,) George and Eagle Hotel, Fenwick-street, Liverpool; GILDER SLEEVE'S Garth Hotel, Bangor; Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon; Steward of the Packet; or Mr. SCOTMAN, 73, Bold-street, Li verpool. HAMER SCOTMAN and Co., Proprietors. TEAN AND DOVE VALLEY AND EASTERN AND WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. THE Directors have the pleasure to announce that their arrangements for winding up the affairs of the Com pany, have met with the cordial approval of a large majority of the Shareholders, who have accordingly received a return of Twelve Shillings and Sixpence per Share, pursuant to the Ad vertisement dated the 13th ultimo. It is requested therefore, that all outstanding Scrip be for warded to the Company's-Offices, at Burton-upon-Trent, on or before the 31st instant. The amount of the return of Twelve Shillings and Sixpence per Share, will be forwarded to the re maining Shareholders within one week afterwards, together with a Certificate of their being entitled to the return of a fur ther sum on winding up the affairs of the Company. The necessary Forms for sending in the Scrip may be obtained from the Secretary. Parties sending Scrip are advised to register their Letters. A Statement of the affairs .of the Company will •be laid before the Shareholders as early as practicable. By order of the Board, JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Secretary. Burton-on-Trent, llth May, 1846. TEAN AND DOVE VALLEY AND EASTERN AND WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. IT is particularly requested that all Accounts against this Company, be immediately sent in. By order of the Board, JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Secretary. Burton-on-Trent, 11th May, 1846. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. PARTIES who have sent in the Scrip of this Com pany for the purpose of being produced at the Meeting held on the 9th current, are informed that in consequence of Forgeries of the Scrip of this Company having been discovered, the Committee of Management deem it their duty, for the sa tisfaction of their Shareholders and the protection of the pub lic, to verify the Scrip which has been sent in before they return it to the parties sending it in. The Scrip, when exa mined and found correct, will be stamped and immediately returned to the parties sending it in, and the examination will be made with all possible despatch. All parties holding the Scrip of this Company are recommended to send it in imme diately for verification. HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM. HARDING, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 29, Great George-street, Westminster, May 11, 15''16. The Bills of this Company were unanimously approved of at the Seripholders' Meeting held on the 9th current. PRIESTLEY'S CONCENTRATED' FLUID EX TRACT OF SARSAPARILLA, which is so universally recommended by the faculty, and which has been proved the most safe and effective remedy for all Di seases of the. Skin, such aS Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Di seases, Secondary Symptoms, &c., arising from tdiseased state of the System at large ; for removing Blotches, Pimples, &c. from the Face, it stands preeminent. The Fluid Extract pos sesseS the advantages of portability, and of keeping in any Cli mate. Prepared and. Sold only by JOHN PRIESTLEY, No. 52, Lord street; Liverpool. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWthatS, which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of preparing PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ YOWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combine scientific skill with great accuracy; and though num bers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imitations, they have invariably been found to be.spurious compounds, neither possessing the agree able flavour nor the medicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. • Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to make one, dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases. For Bilious, Liver, and gtomach Complaints, Indigestion, a r e., PRIESTLEY'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS. prices Is. lid. and 2s. 9d.. per Box, duty included. These Pills will prove highly efficacious in Bilious Complaints, Scorbutic Complaints, Affections of the Nervous, System, Lowness of Spirits, Palpitation of the Heart, Rheumatic Pains in the Head, Limbs, and other parts of the Body; Oppression of the Chest, Indigestion, Redundancy of Bile, Dizziness of the Eyes, Violent Pains in the Temples and across the Forehead ; Impaired Me mory,,Sick headache, Tremulous Action of the whole Frame, Restlessness and Frightful Dreams, Stuporific Dozing, Flatu lency, Costiveness, &c. PRIESTLEY'S COUGH AND ASTIIMATICAL DROPS, For Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Consumptions, t3 , c. 'This invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs, Colds. Hoarseness, Diflictilty of,.breathing, and Huskiness in the. Throat. ' These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken against SPITTING Of BLOOD, and AFFECTION OF THE. LUNGS. Persons troubled with ASTHMA are considerably relieved by ',taking a few (loses of. the Drops, as they tend to promote ex pectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the speedy cure of the HooPlxo COUGH, they are no less efficacious. Those who are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the Throat which deprives them of rest night after night, by the incessant Cough which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find immediate re lief, and one bottle, inmost cases, will effect a cure. Sold only at 52, Lord-street, Liierpool, in Bottle s, at 2s. 9d, 4s. 6d., and Family Bottles, equal to 5 small, II s. PRIESTLEY'S PECTORAL. LOZENGES. To those Persons with whom it would be inconvenient to take the Drops these Lozenges are admirably adapted ; they give in stant relief, and are a rapid cure, for .the most severe Asthma; Cough, Cold; Difficulty of Breathing, Phlegm, &c. In that state of the Lungs where liability to take Cold exists, and a se vere Cough succeeds the slightest exposure, these Lozenges pro duce the most marked results, and at once relieve the Cough and other symptoms. Sold in Boxes, at 2s. Gd. each, duty included. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and re novating the human Hair. It eradicates the scurf; nourishes the Hair, prevents it falling off, produces a most beautiful na tural curl, and gives to artificial Hair a peculiar softness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold, in Bottles, at Is. 3d. and 3s. each. ESSENCE OF RENNET, For making delicious Curds and Whey. . This wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates all the uncertainty of making Whey from the Rennet Bag. • PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC . TINCTURE. A pleasant and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of Ap petite, Wind, Flatulency, and all complaints arising from in ward debility, weakness, &c. • MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour, added to Custards Puddings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c. , communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds. Sold, in 13 . 41ttles j. win Direcitons, Is. 6d. and 3s. PRIEStLIW!S FURNITURE „, For Cleansing and Polishing Furniture without labour or trou ble. The Paste is used for cleaning and Polishing every de scription of Furniture; • whatever , preparation may have been previously used for that. purpose. It adds a. high lustre to French polish. Sold in Pots, at Is. each, or Three Pots for 2s. ed. GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE. This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning all manner of Gold and Silvea Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Mea sures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks, Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c., &c., with half the usual labour which is generally required with other preparations, the above lustre leaves a beautiful Polish on the Aletal. Sold, in Squares, 6d. and Is. each. PHYSICIANS' AND SURGEONS' PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY PREPARED. FAMILY AND S EA MEDICINE CHESTS FITTED UP. Beans.. 355. Od. I Pease.. 345. Id. Duty on Foreign Produce this week. Wheats is od I Barley 8s Od I Oats .. 5s Oct Rye.. gs 6d Beans 76 6d I Pease.. ss 6d I Ind. Corn os Od Flour gs 7ad Duty on Canadian. Wheat.. Is. Od. 'Barley.. 16.0 d. I Oats .. Os. 6d. Rye.. Is Od Beans Os. 6d f Pease 03.6 d. I Ind. Corn Os.Od. I Flour . Os 74d Duty on other British Colonial. Wheat.. 3s. Od. J Barley.. Is. Od. 1 Oats, 6d. J Rye... Is. Od. Beans.. Os. 6d. 1 Pease.. as. 6d. 1 Flour. Is. WI. Liverpool Averages, week ending May 5, 1£146. Wheat, 1694 qrs., price 52s i Id ; Barley, :59 qrs., price 28s 7d; Oats, soy qrs., price 255. Od.; Rye, qrs.. price Os. Od.; Beans, 281 qrs.. 41s. 10d. ; Pease, qrs., price Os. Od. ANALYSIS OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S DIVISION. THE MAJORITY-AYES, 329. _ Conser- Libe- vatives. rals. Total. • English county members........ 12 13 25 English borough members English university members .... 2 2 Welsh county members Welsh borough members. 3 6 9 Irish county members ...... .... 4 16 20 Irish borough members ....... 7 19 26 . Scotch county members Scotch borough members . 106 223 329 THE MINORITY-NOES. 231. English county members English borough members English university members Welsh county members .... Welsh borough members ... 2 2 Irish county members .... ...... 13 1 14 Irish borough members .. • • •.. 2 2 Irish university members........ 2 2 Scotch county members Scotch borough members 1 1 Isle of Wight member 1 1 9 231 Absent (Conservatives). Ditto (Liberals) Speaker Seats vacant —Sudbury .. MISCELLANEOUS. LARGE SALMON.—A salmon, the largest caught this season in the Tay. weighing 4.3 i lbs., was taken at Black lug station, last week. This fishing is rented by Mr. Young, Watergate, who had £4 75., remitted to him from his agent in London for this fine fish, being 2s. per lb., or 10d. more than the market price. —Perthshire Courier. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—A few days ago, whilst a man was employed in repairing the ceiling of the Preston theatre immediately in front of the gallery, from which was projecting a bar of iron, a portion of the scaffolding gave way, and he was Immediately precipitated into the pit, falling with his head downwards. During the fall his head Cam ~in ermtart witlathe hair irnn in front nf Si r gallery, which it broke, an also in the pit the poor fellow s head again struck upon and went through a temporary wooden step in front of the centre box ; but, fortunately, he was not hurt beyond a few bruises, and is now at work again. EXPEDITION OF MR. HUDSON M.P.—On Friday week this gentlemen left the House of Commons at two o'clock in the morning, and proceeded to his home to sleep, He rose between seven and eight. took a walk in the Park, returned to breakfast, then attended four consultations, passed three bills before Mr. Greene's Committee, gave evidence before the Commission on the metropolitan ter mini, attended Mr. Morrison's Committee, was in his place in the House at four, dined with the Duke of Buck ingham in the evening, and afterwards attended tLe She riff's Ball in the City, which he did not leave until two o'clock in the morning. CHAPEL BUILT BY ONE MAN.—Every stone of the chapel for the Bath union workhouse, mentioned in our last, was laid by one man, John Plass, a mason, aged 78, who was residing in the house. The dimensions of the chapel are 67 feet in length, by 35 in width, and it is ca pable of accommodating 455 persons in the body. At the west end is a gallery, which affords room for 256 children. In the west porch a stone is thus inscribed :—" To record the services of John Plass, inmate of the workhouse, who at the age of 78, working with much zeal and industry, laid all the stones of this building." Weare glad to bear that he has been treated liberally by the guardians.—Builder. MURDER.—A few days back, a respectable farmer, aged . 70 years, named Daniel Delany, who resided at Oldcourt, near Bathdowney, Queen's County, was . inhu manly murdered under the following circumstances : The deceased, who held a large tract of land from Mr. Robert Drought, of Cappagolan, King's County, was em ployed to serve ejectments on a tenant who owed large ar rears of rent, and for which act he was followed from the market and murdered on the road not far from his resi dence. The person upon whom the ejectment was served, and a stranger in , that locality, are in custody, fully charged with the committal of this fearful crime. EDITORIAL PLEASURES —A gentleman, called Doo little, educated at Harvard University, and a native of Connecticut, was tranaplanted south to edit a violent party paper in a locality where " revolvers" ad infinitum and a whole armoury of bowie-knives and a strong influ ence in preventing the freedom of speech. He held his situation six months ; was stabbed twice, shot three times, once well cudgelled, and once thrown into a horse pond; but he congratulated himself from never having been kicked. He retaliated upon his tormentors by shooting two of them as dead as doorposts, and then he departed for more peaceful latitudes. A New York parer declares this is a fact.—Montreol Courier. The experimental squadron passed Falmouth to the westward on Thursday at 4 p.m., in splendid style, with a moderate breeze at east and fine weather. They consisted of three three-deckers, four two-deckers, and four steam ers ; the last under canvass only, as well as the former. A large two-masted steamer. with thirteen sails set, was con siderably in advance of all the fleet; a three-decker with a broad pendant, and a three• masted screw steamer (close together) were next; and a three-decker (without a com modore's flag) was the sternmost of the lines ; w hilst two schooner steamers (one with two funnels) were a mile or two astern of all. All the sailing ships were under simi lar and easy canvass, and during the period occupied en nassant from off Pendennes to the Manacles were busy in exchanging signals; they appeared to haul to the south ward and westward from Falmouth. A CASE PUT.—Let us put a case. Let us suppose a most mild and benevolent Roman Catholic clergyman in the north of Ireland savagely murdered ; let us suppose him a person who had never interfered in politics, so as to draw down upon himself any marked dtsplessure, and who bad given of his substance indiscriminately to all who were inAvant ; let us suppose the miscreant Orangeman, by whom he was waylaid . when on a mission , of charity, arrested ; let us suppose the charge proved against him, so that no human being could entertain a doubt of his guilt; let us suppose that the jury, nevertheless, upon some point which does not touch the merits of the case, acquit the prisoner; let us suppose that upon his enlarge ment he is surrounded by exulting friends, and that lifting his arm with fiendish joy, he exclaims, " there's the hand that done the job ;" let us suppose this ruffian returning to his native village, all inhabited by brother Orangemen, and that this village is illuminated at bis approach, as if to celebrate this triumph over law, as well as to hail the liberation of their associate, who was acquitted by a mockery of justice ; let us suppose all this taking place in the north of Ireland, and the actors orangemen, and we ask, would not the press ring with the indignant re cital? would not the Parliament and the empire be agi tated by it? would it not be made to resound through Eu rope? Would not the Orangemen be denounced as mon sters who were not fit to live in human society ? And would not the ministry be hurled from power, which could continue to regard them with any peculiar favour? Now, what we have imagined in the case of the Orangemen of the north, is nothing more than a tame and spiritless nar rative of %hat is literal matter-of-tact in the case of the Romanists in the south of Ireland ! The Rev. Irwin Whitty is the murdered notestant clergyman to whom we allude, and every circumstance which we have sup. posed respecting the trial, the acquittal, and triumphant welcome home of the liberated murderer, is but a tran script of what actually took place when the felon was en larged who gloried in the field of blood!—Dublin Univer sity Magazine. Mr. Williams, the estate agent, again offers some va luable plots of land for sale. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, THIRD EDITION. DINNER TO SIR WM. STANLEY, BART. On Saturday last the gentlemen who have been hi the habit of hunting with the celebrated fox-hounds belonging to Sir Wm. Stanley, of Hooton, out of compliment to the kindness and urbanity always displayed by him, gave the worthy baronet a dinner, at the Monk's Perry Hotel, Bir kenhead. The " meet" was truly splendid. 'Upwards of one hundred of the gentry of this neighbourhood and the hundred of Wirral were present, and with very few ex ceptions, which rather tended to give relief to the scene, all were attired in scarlet. The dinner was provided in Mr. Hilliar's best style, and for profusion and excellence has never been excelled, if ever equalled. It was served up in the most admirable, scientific, and orderly manner, calculated to conviwe one that steam, which tends to produce regularity in all our motions, had intruded itself even into the department over which the jolly god presides. The wines, too, were first-rate. The chair was taken at seven o'clock, by Hardman Earle, Esq. On his right sat the worthy guest, Sir Wm. Esq. The vice-chairs were filled by John Stanley, Bart., and Ch ar l es St an l e y, E sq . ; on his left, John Stanl ey, Laird and D. Neil so n, E sqrs . ; an d amongs t the company we noticed Joseph Aspinall, (who acted as secretary on the occasion,) Michael Humble, Wm. Hind, Frederick Lyons, and Joseph Dawson, Esqrs., and Colonel Talto, (stewards,) under whose management the company were so placed, that not the slightest confusion took place, and the evening was spent as though the company had been a merely social party. In other parts of the room we ob served J. Somerville Jackson, J. H. Hind, R. Ashton, W. Brancker, H. Barton, T. Bushby, H. P. Cooper, It. Bushby, H. Earle, jun., T. Earle, T. Green, W. Pike, J. Grindrod, W. Hancock, J. Sh a w L e i g h, To dd Naylor, H. T. Naylor, J. Okell, C. Rawson, jun., M.N. Raynes, J. Solomon, J. Stevenson, Jerome Smith, S. Willoughby, Hugh Williams, J. F. Williams, H. Watson, Bolton Case, E. Parry W. Watson, H. Crackenthorpe, J. Simpson, Hill, G. J. Wainwright, J. H. Steele, Worthington, W. Cockerell, Esqrs., &c., &c. A party of glee singers were in attendance, under the leadership of Mr. G. H olden, and.sang some excellent glees during the evening. After the cloth had been removed, Non nobis Domine was sung with novel effect. The CHAIRMAN then rose, gave " Her Majesty the Queen." Then followed his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family, and the Queen Dowager, all of whom were drank with great en thusiasm. 1 The CHAIRMAN said, the next toast embraced two 'branches of the public service, of which every Englishman had reason to be proud. (Cheers.) It was to their con stancy and courage that we owed our existence as a nation. (Applause.) The Army and Navy. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave, the Lord Lieutenant of the County. (Drank with loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN having called for bumpers for the next toast, said the toast he was about to propose was the toast of the evening; it was the health of their esteemed guest, Sir William Massey Stanley. (Tremendous cheers.) He was speaking, he was sure the sentiments of every gentleman present when he said it was a source of the highest gratification, and most congenial to the habits of Englishmen, to pay their respects to Sir William Stanley —(applause)—not only as a private gentleman, but to convey to him their grateful acknowledgments for having so many years allowed them to enjoy that most noble, invigorating, and popular sport of fox hunting. (Cheers.) Nor was it a small obligation to a community constituted as that was. Few of them possessed any land at all. Most of them had nothing more than the mere house and gar den which they occupied—they bad no farm, no woods, no preserves ; and consequently, it would be difficult, if not impossibl, to keep a pack of foxhounds in this coun try. (Hear, hear.) But the value of the favour was very considerably enhanced by the manner in which it was conferred (hear, hear); in fact, every one who was in the habit of going out with his hounds, must have been highly gratified by the urbanity of manner, the kindness, and exceeding courtesy which was always evinced by the worthy baronet. (Loud cheers.) Even on those occa sions, when the zeal of some, and the inconsiderateness of others, led them to transgress the rules of sporting, on those occasions, exceedingly trying to the temper of a sportsman, Sir William never forgot what was due from one gentleman to another. (Cheers.) Apart, however, from every selfish ponsideration, they must all desire that he might long have the spirit and the health to continue that sport. (Applause,) He might rely upon it, that I nothing contribut e d so muc h to t h e secur i ng o f a green ' old age as the pursuit of so manly a sport. (Continued cheers.) It was better that life should wear away than that it should rust away ; and in the course of those few enjoy ments which man could enjoy, nothing contributed more to the maintenance of health as horse exercise, because it was exercise without fatigue. (Loud cheers.) The wor thy chairman concluded by proposing the health of Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., which was drunk with three times three and one cheer more. Sir WM. STANLRY rose to respond, and was greeted with renewed cheers. Would that he were gifted with eloquence, or that he had the command of words to ex press in proper language the feelings that be then pos sessed. (Applause ) The sumptuous entertainment they had that evening given him was wholly unexpected, and he felt happy to find that during the four years he had been master of the hounds his conduct had met with their approbation. (Continued applause.) And so long as be continued to keep the hounds he should be happy to see his friends from both sides of the Mersey attending the hunt. (Cheers.) Any expense, any trouble he might have taken in the management of the hounds would have proved perfectly useless had he not been supported by the cheers.)" - rotioli gentlemen, they in common with him self owed a deep debt of gratitude. (Continued cheers.) It was impossible to name one who more than another contributed to their gratification in this respect. The worthy baronet then went on to compliment Mr. E. Parry, Mr. Feilden, of Mollington, a friend at Barton, Mr. Mainwaring and Mr. Green, of Poulton, Mr. Ash ton, of Gayton, Mr. Shaw, of Arrow Hall, Mr. J. S. Leigh, ending with the name of Col. Glegg, whom he was sorry was not present, all of whose names were loudly cheered. From all of them he bad on all occasions re ceived the greatest civility and the greatest consideration. (Cheers.) Before he sat down he hoped they would al low him to propose the health of the Chairman. (Ap plause.) A harder rider or a better sportsman never en tered a hunting field, and he was glad to see that he was bringing up his sons in the same way. (Cheers.) He trusted they would follow the steps of their father in the field as well as elsewhere. (Applause.) He begged to propose the health of the Chairman, with many thanks to him for the manner in which he had proposed his (Sir William's) health, and he assured him that the day was far distant when he should forget the gratifying proceed ings of that evening. The toast was drank with three times three. The CHAIRMAN said, before he proceeded to return thanks for the handsome manner in which they had drank his health, be begged to explain how became to be placed in the position he was—a situation which he did not feel himself entitled to fill. An excellent friend of his, a true sportsman, Colonel Glegg, had promised to preside over them, but a severe and unexpected attack of indis position, though he (the Chairman) hoped it would not prove of long duration, had prevented him. (Hear, hear.) No one regretted the absence of the gallant colonel more than he (the Chairman,) for he felt he had not sufficient standing to give that effect to a meeting like the present, that it ought to have. After thanking the company for the compliment paid to him, the Chairman concluded by pro posing the better health of Colonel Glegg, which was drank with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. John Stanley, which was drank with all the honours. Mr. JOHN STANLEY thanked them for the honour done him. He felt still more deeply indebted to them for their mark of approval of his conduct as for as bunting the hounds was concerned. It was extremely difficult to please all parties but on the present occasion they all seemed unanimous. The present year was now over, but he could give promise of many foxes for that which was to come, and they had a pack of hounds which was likely to afford them good' sport. He therefore begged to give them " Fox Hunting—and prosperity to another year." ( Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN begged to give the health of another member of the house of Stanley whom be was happy to see amongst them—a gentleman who, from his kind and gentlemanly deportment, must always be an acquisition to 'any field—" Mr. Charles Stanley." Drank with three times three. Mr: CHART STANLEY returned thanks, and in do ing so acknowledged the handsome subscriptions he had received through the hands of Mr. Sol,mon fur the pre servation of foxes. Mr. D. NEILSON, in ti complimentary speech, proposed the Farmers of Wirral, and coupled with it the name of 'Mr. Tinley Barton. (Applause.) Mr. BARTON returned thanks, and in doing so thanked Sir W. Stanley for permitting the Rock Beagles to hunt over his estate. . The CHAIRMAN next gave the Magistrates of the county. (Cheers.) Mr..l. LAIRD, in a complimentary speech, proposed the health of Mr. Robert Neilson. (Loud Cheers.) Mr. NEILSON in an eloquent speech returned thanks. The CtiAtamAN proposed the health of Mr. Parry and Mr. J. S. Leigh as good preservers of foxes, to which both those gentleman responded. . _ Mr. D. NsitsoN proposed the . health of Mr. Wil loughby, with thanks to him for the extreme kindness and facility he bad always afforded to them in getting their horses across the water. ( Loud. cheers.) • Mr. S. WlLLouottnar felt extremely obliged. for the kind compliment paid to him. Nothing, he assured them, gave him greater pleasure than to forward the wishes of sporting men. •He was fond of sporting himself. It had grown with his growth, though that was bat little. (Cheers and laughter.) Pleasure, like happiness, was born a twin ; and no man living by himself, or acting for him self, could feel anything like happiness. It was by know ing that he was contributing to the happiness of others that he felt happy himself. (Loud cheers ) Sir W. STANLEY next proposed the health of the vice presidents. Mr. Laird, he was sorry to say, bad not attended the hunting field lately, as in days of yore, but he had .been engaged in other pursuits; and whilst it would have taken him (Sir William) to have raised a gorse cover, Mr. Laird had built a city. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours. Mr. NEILSON and Mr. LAIRD returned thanks. The former concluded by • proposing " the health of Mr. Jo seph Aspinall." (Loud cheers.) It was to that gentle man's admirable arrangements that they were indebted for the splendid banquet they that day enjoyed. (Conti nued cheers ) Mr. ASPINALL returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "the Cheshire Witches," which was drunk with enthusiasm, and responded to in an amusing synch by Mr. Robert Neilson. The " health of Mr. Solomon," and several other toasts were drunk, and the harmony of the evening was main tained until midnight, when the company separated. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) NORTH KENT RAI LWA 1,8cc.--Thecoromittee vesterda7 came to the decision that the North Kent line preamble was not proved. They also decided that the South Eas— tern Company had not proved the preamble of the line from Canterbury to Dover. The South Eastern portion of the bill from Maidstone to Strood is not proved ; and the corn- • mittee will amend the preamble of the South-Eastern Company's 8.1 l from London to Chilbam, so far as concerns the maki ng o f th e li ne f rom L on d on to Graves end, and no further. The result of this decision sanctions the promoters of. the South Eastern Company to con struct a line through Greenwich Park to Gravesend. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. —YESTERDAY. The supply of Wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, by land carriage samples, was moderate at this morning's market, and in order to make sales it was necessary to submit to a decline of 2s. per quarter from this day week, and at which reduction the stands were cot cleared at a late hour. Foreign remains nomi nally the same; sales, however, can only be effected in retail quantities to release by certificates, which are held at 11s. Of Spring Corn the quantity fresh up has been very trifling. Barley, Beans, and White Peas are unaltered in value, whilit hog Peas maintain late prices. The demand for Oats is limited, which, with rather more offering, causes a heavy trade, and the prices of this day se'nolght cannot be supported. SMITHFIELD MA It EET.--YEsTERDAY. Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, the beef trade was, on the whole, steady, at last week's quotations; the highest figure for the best Scots being 4S. per 81b. Still, however, a clearance was with difficulty effected. The numbers of Sheep were again on the increase, and a very small portion of that description of stock was beneath an ave • rage. As a very limited number was in the wool, it must be oh srved that our quotations refer solely to those shorn. Prime old Downs moved off at previous rates, or from 4s. to 4s. 4d. per Sib.; but the value of alt other breeds suffered a decline of 2d. per Sib., and a clearance was not effected. From the Isle of Wight 500 Sheep and Lambs were re eived per railway. In Lambs a very limited amount of business was passing, at a depression of 4d. per Bd., the prices ruling from as. to 6s. per 811. The Veal trade was dull, at barely late rates. Pigs, the arrivals of which from Ireland were large, moved off slowly at previous cur; encies. . ORANGEISM.—A few days since an address of sympathy was forwarded from the Liverpool Orangemen to their Irish brethren, assembled at their Grand Lodge meeting, at Fermanagh. A reply has been received from the Irish Grand Lodge, addressed to the Senior District Master of the Liverpcol Lodge, expressive of their warm thanks for the interest manifested in their grievances by their English brethren. The reply, also, says, that they are sensibly, alive to the suggestions of their Liverpool friends, and that at no time in the history of Orangeism was onion more necessary than at the present period. They add, that they will at all times be most happy to receive com munications from England, and will be most happy to - join in any proceedings calculated to advance the objects..objects..- of the order; The reply was forwarded through W. A. Dane, Esq., Grand Secretary of the Fermanagh Grand' Lodge. PICKING A GENTLEMAN'S POCKET OF £26o.—Ott Saturday. John Roberts, alias Peter Keenan, a dashingly dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having picked the pocket of Mr. Andrew Leighton, of the firm of William Leighton and Co., of his pocketbook, containing bank notes to the amount of £260, which be had the same day (Saturday) obtained from the Branch Bank of England. He had the book in the hind pocket of his frock matt, and in passing along Hanover street he felt a slight twitch behind, and on putting his, hand into his pocket he discovered that the book was gone. On turning round he saw the prisoner, and he at once said to him, " You have got my pocket-book." The prisoner did not attempt to deny the fact : he acknowledged that he had it, and, drawing it forth from the pocket of his coat, be politely handed it to the complainant, and begged to go quietly about his business. Air. Leighton seized the prisoner, who tried bard to be set at liberty, offering for that object six sovereigns, the gold rings off his fingers, and the watch from his fob. Mr. Leighton permitted him to walk arm in arm towards the bridewell. He attempted several times to escape, and once got off, but Mr. L. overtook him. The money was found in the pocket-book, as it had been placed. Mr. P. Williams, of Preston, stated that he distinctly saw the prisoner pick the gentle man's pocket. The prisoner declined to say anything in his defence. He was not unknown to Mr. Parkinson, having been five times committed and eight discharged. He made his last appearance at the Liverpool Police-court in 1842; and it is supposed that he has been almost ever since then acting professionally in London. Latterly, he has been living at one or two very respectable hotels in Liverpool, in first-rate style. FIRES.—On Thursday night, the premises of Messrs. Mackay and Co.. boatbuilders, were found to be on fire, but it was put out with little damage done. On the same night, a fire broke out in the upper attic of the shop of Mr. Gardner, grocer, Cleveland-square, but it was extinguished without any material injury. —On Satur day night a fire broke out in the hold of the barque- Marshall Bennett, at present lying in the Brunswick Dock. This fine vessel, of which Captain Walters is the master and owner, was, at the time, heavily laden with cotton and a small quantity of cannel cull, for the Baltic, and was ready to proceed to sea. For several hours the efforts of the firemen were baffled in consequence of it bring impossible to ascertain the precise position in which the fire was raging. An engine was kept playing on the smoking cotton during Sunday morning. The fire was a • , smouldering one , throughout, and dense volumes of smoke issued from every cranny. The damage to the vessel and cotton is not so great as might have been expected from • the length of time the fire lasted ; but the vessel having lleeli..cLanlftdv. tllart-ha t&R,iteriors.eicev- dle3 V e-hhita.- We understand that the captain is insured.—On Sunday forenoon, a little before eleven, a fire broke out in a stable, and hayloft overhead, situate in Rigby-street, off Oldhall street. The premises in question are occupied by Mr. David Williams, a master carter and the keeper of a public house in Plutnbm street. Notwithstanding the shortness of the time within which the engines reached the spot, the stable and hayloft were entirely consumed, together with the whole of the hay and straw in the loft. But the worst part of the loss has to be mentioned. There were eleven cart-horses in the stable, only three of which were rescued from the flames, the remaining eight being burnt to death. The sufferings of the poor animals are described as dread ful in the extreme. On feeling the heat and seeing the flames approaching they lashed terrifically, and tore away from their fastenings in the mangers ; hut no human effort could save them from the effects of the devouring element. They were eight very valuable horses. One of them is said to have cost one hundred guineas only a few days since. The origin of the fire is involved in mystery. Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Dowling, and the fire brigade were very active. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT OFF DOVER.-011 Tuesday mornlng, Mr. Alfred Fector Bazely went off in his pleasure 'boat for a short trip to sea—the wind at the time was blowing . strong from the north-east, and very squally. At half-past 4in the afternoon, some fishermen a belonged a time h ey afterwards, knew n oa r , grating, and other gear, were washed on shore, which led _ to pic k ed Il r. up ß a z a e r iy u , d s d b e o r a a t n , d an t d ill a tiller, short every one to believe that the boat had upset in a sudden squall, still great hopes were entertained thar,as Mr. Bazely h rt icht was an excellent swimmer he had succeeded in reaching the coast, or had been picked up by some craft passing down the Channel. These hopes, however, were dispelled between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, by the boatheing found bottom upwards, and the body of Mr. Bazely was shortly afterwards perceived lying on the rocks, under the castle, quite dead, the sea having left it high and dry. Deceased was thirty-six years of age, was the son of the late Captain Henry Bazely, post-captain in the Royal navy, and nephew of the late Rear-Admiral John Bazely. —Kentish Observer. SUGAR.—Mr. Hawes has just obtained an aceramt show ing the quantities of sugar imported into the united king dom, and the quantities retained for actual consumption, together with the rates of duty charged on the home con- Isumption, and the net revenue accruing therefrom in each year from 1841 to 1845 inclusive, with a comparative statement of the average prices of British plantation and foreign plantation sugar for the same period. The im portation of unrefined sugar in 1841 was 4,905,018 cwt. ; in 1842,- 4,756,011 ; in 1843, 5,020,569 ; and in 1844, 4,880,075 cwt. The average within the year 1845 was 5,820,890 cwt. The quantities retained for home con sumption were, respectively, 4.057.878, 3,868.437, 4,028,307. 4,129.443, and the average in the year 1845, 4,856,604 cwt. The net revenue from duties on sugar was, in 1841, £5,11.4.300; in 1842, £4,874,812; in 1843. I £5,076,3 0 6 ; in 1844. .£6.203,270 ; and in 1845, £3,574,471, on sugar entered previously to March 14, and ion sugar entered from that period. The average prices of 1 sugars are stated. Brazil sugars, exclutire of duty, was 20s. sd. per cwt. in 1845. . DINNER TO LORD DUDLEY STUART. — On Saturday, Lord Dudley Stuart, the indefatigable friend of Polish independence, was entertained at a splendid dinner in London, on the occasion of a presentation to him of a testimonial by the ladies of Poland. Lord Morpeth pre sided, and was supported by a large number of noblemen, ainongst whom were Earl Fortescue, Lord Sandon, &c., &c. Count V. Krasinslti was deputed to make the pre , sentation, and after a suitable address from the Count, a damask certain was thrown back and disclosed to view, suspended on the wall at the chairman's le - t, a magnificent piece of tapestry, wind: was a chef d' vivre, in the art of needlework. Its dimensions were no less than 57 feet in length by 19 feet in width, and it was worked with wool on canvas by the ladies of Poland. In the centre were the arms of the kingdom quartered with those of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, surmounted by the White Eagle and Crown of Poland, and wreathed with the civic oak and the military laurel. The order of the White Eagle was suspended from the arms. and the 27 ancient provinces of Poland and Lithuania were re p resented b y their respective escntcheons. It will be seen from an advertisement that M essrs. Tasker, Wren, and Co. have been ap p ointed sole a g ents for the patent signal lamp , an invention favourabl y no ticed in another part of our paper. THE ORIENTAL DIVAN, CLAYTON-SQUARE, is now re-opened, and, from its central situation, the elegant manner in which it is fitted, and promptitude and neat ness with which every thing is provided, there is every probability of it becoming the fashionile restaurant. Mes.rs. Clements and Son, whose eminence as carvers and gilders is almost universal, and who have contributed from time to time so many valuable siecimens of art to our polytechnic exhibitions, have opened a branch esta blishment in Bold-street. Amongst the stock are many beantiful frames, the designs of which are chaste and elegant. ZOOI.OGICAL GARDENS. — Owing, to the unsettled state of the weather yesterd,ty the gala was deferred until to morrow kWednesday) evening, and we are glad to learn that arrangements are now complete for giving e n ad ditional evening reel , week. The day selected is T en day, and galas will now, t lit tefore, tuke place every Mon- i day, Wednesday. and Friday. We trust the atteridanc t. e to-morrow evening will h,. such as the exertion M r. . kits has used, and the beauty of producti on meriandt; that he may be hailed by a "bumper" on the opening . A night.