The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-15 00:00:00

' .10 .4,,... SELECT VESTRY, • The usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held la the thDe 18 / 1 offices, Brow n low hill, at ten o'clock, yesterday— torßector C amp b ell occupied the cha i r. Th e ot h er ers present were—Messrs Woodruff, Shaw, Bairstow, ha:, IN. n ick son, Danton, Mellor, Smith, Whitty, Chesney, J. ; ''' v en, Taylor, Luff, Critchley, W. Joncs, and Cook. P!rnall, poor law inspector. was in attendance. 1 ' Minutes of the last meeting were read. T he Chair CONDITION OF THE UNION teeet man said Mr. Farnall desired to lay before the hi m I f n g some inf ormat i on w hi c h it would be convenient for ° 40 just then, as he had to leave early. Farnall sa id : I have the honour of attend i ng h ere to h f s i lit 'PlY to perform my duty as poor law inspector, and nut 14 4. 11 . 0 g any parti cu l ar su bj ect under t h e not i ce o f t h e grial.d before 'at I hav e a f ew f acts an d figures which I wish to bring hee ee . e a, as I thi n k th ey are lik e ly t o b e interesting to you , Ana er ; e „ t heY will s h ow you t h e exac t p os i t i on of your affairs, also h"„ 4 " 1 speaking, for some two or three years hack, and ha ve the Yoe stand as com p are d w i t h the rest of the district I p opei `fie honour to inspect. That district is a rather large and tie„ eus ( me, because it extends, to take the outer line, from th rn ' where we now are , to L ancas t er , th en crossing over liretgit Settle and Skipton to Leeds, passing through Leeds, to ) 4 fi eld, R o th er h am, Sheff i eld, an d S toc k port, an d crossing the se aT h eater and Li verpoo l aga i n , i nc l u di ng in the line all large towns. MrChairma n : Wh at i s t h e popu l at i on ? Leta F arnall : Th e popu l a ti on i s a b ou t th r ee millions six kiiiired thousand, and the net rateable value about ten th ee "' Per annum, its wealth and population being thus more the i ie l a u d a B l to some counties which have placed crowns upon I . of the rulers, (Hear, hear.) Now, to go back am , 0 1, Your own peculiar affairs. I shall lay the figures I hit e ; to read upon your table, so that any gentleman may fr o w h a lls refer to them as he pleases, which will prevent you Weeki„" i ng the trouble of making notes of them. The average Whi ch '. not:ober of poor upon your books in 1854 was 13,948, Lo o k s In cludes all the men, women, and children, upon your 158 0 - 6 4 the time. In the year 1855, you had on your books le er , Persons weekly. In 1855, therefore, there was an ae o n , Pauperism to the number of 1,857 in the weekly Pee That was an increase equal, to 13 3.loths th e 1 , - at. But while your pauperism thus increased at eo ate of 13 3.loths per cent., the district which I have the 22 Per t ° represent increased at the rate of 21 7-10ths, or nearly aver s e cent. I shall now pass on to the year 1856. The g e number upon your books weekly of 1856 was 14,517, d lo et that y ou will perceive there has been a very material Presi re o ate • You. numbers went down to 1,283 from the a f ro f; ' year. Th a t w a s a decrease of 8 per cent, and "ea e c a"" ---8 2.loths in fact. While you thus de of the district increased generally at the rate le an o.l oths per cent ; so that you perceive you stand eXtr ornely favourable position as regard the comparison to th il : R i de • So much for the numbers. I shall now pass on ando,:ast of these numbers. In 1854 you spent in relief in tely t h i ' t of doors £57,468. That includes no salaries or You.„:, n ,F) but the pure relief administered to the poor by ho e 'Lie bread, money, and other appliances which the poor thi e received at your hands. That £57,468 was spent in en a Y --- relief in -d oor s, £21,138 ; out-doors, £36,330. door ref pass on to 1855 The amount disbursed for in- Rla 6 re . ie f that y ear was £27 . 935 ; an d f or out -d oor re li e f, 'acre, 5 ; making together, £72,490. As there was an 'acre se of Paup er i sm t h a t year , so t h ere was necessari ly an ain oe - h t ' e of exp en di ture , w hi c h i ncrease , you w ill perceive, that -7 : et ' to £15,022, or, in other words, 26 per cent. While dist r icterease of 26 per cent was going on here, the whole th ott . e xpenditure increased at the rate of 19 per cent--so rather Point of expenditure for relief, your relief appears 'tete . t° „ have exceeded in its per tentage the cost of the of et generally. Now I shall pass on to 1856. You are all to Md s e aware that the poor law year goes on from Lady Day th e gY Day, therefore these estimates are made up to include of ttelitlaerter ending on each Lady Day. In 1856, the amount tooki h ie "Pent in-doors was £28,910 ; out of doors, £39,763 ; less ",g,, a total of £68,673 ; in other words, £3,817 bsi ev ` g an , that of the year before. Now, I shall tlp , ztla tters a little farther down, as nearly as possible, fourth . the present moment. I have taken the h ays " week of the last September quarter, and I so put the whole of the pauperism of the district together, th „.,: e have a comparative table before me of the condition Of Vie e oC °le of the unions within it, and I find that in tha t easi, e Ye u had 12,799 persons on the books. Now, you per il that the average weekly number, for the three years I l a 67 o ,,amed, was upwards of 13,000 in 1854, upwards of the Ss i n 1855, an d upwar d s o f 14,000 i n 1856. Coming to 12 i799Pteroher quarter, an d t h e f ourt h wee k o f it, we h ave estim at e d Your p opu l at i on, at t h e present momen t, canno t he 1 2.101.'4 under 270,000. That estimate is got by adding cens us Per cent, per annum to t h e amount returne d in the h„ increases of 1851 , wh i ch is the ratio in which England inorer°Pulation. Your town may, perhaps, have increased in a the ra r f ,P i d ratio th an 1 2-10 t h s per cent. , b ut t h at, h owever , is this t° In which a ll E ng l an d i ncreases, an d i t i s sa f er to ta k e Le _ callow-- . ratio as the b as i s o f our ca l cu l a ti on , th an t o a d o pt ite ' i eo 7-lectural p roport i on. T a ki ng that then as the rate o f at 2 70 ' , You will find that your population may be estimated PopulatB7. If you divide your pauperism among your cent, I ° ll , you will find that 4 8 -10ths per cent., or nearly 5 per Course I` Who Population are receiving parochial relief. Of Dumb w nea I speak of 12,799 persons upon your books, that sod Meet be understood to include all the men, women, p a d cruet children,even the child of one month old, among the at t G er ialt I have named. Now, while this union is pauperised iaetl liit rate of 4 8 - 10ths per cent., the district generally is pauper ter, f t he rateof 3 2 . loths per cent. But Liverpool and Manches- May e T nit heir peculiar locality and their peculiar difficulties, I th e ut oat say,will bo always pauperised to a greater degree than f Livdistrict generally. In the first place, the confined areas o z , 4 Pool ;b e and Manchester keep within themselves a great i ehoo. r of resident poor who may almost be said to go out to led, I', and come back to get paroc:iial relief. You find th _ed, all the suburbs of large towns infinitely less pauperised 04 a the towns themselves, which form the heart of the corn /Is catty. If Mancheste r were to b e compare d w i t h S a lf o rd, with iteestwies, or wi.h Chorlton, you would find immediately that noiroauPeriarn was nearly double that of either of the other to to ?! I have named. B ut if, on the other hand, you were weep Man c h ester and connect it with these unions, and put w eep ° numbe rs together, you would then find that the result t i." will not exce e d the average pauperism of the whole district. be also found in the case of Liverpool. If you take West Derby, and one or tw o o th er ne i g hb our i ng p l aces —b u t 4 , 4 erby in particular—add them to the Liverpool union, goit °MPute all other figures together, you will find yourselves get " ee low in the ratio of pauperism as the whole of the district k e , s er _ a , ll Y. It is, th ere f ore, never a fa i r test to take L i verpool or o`!'un s ter separately, an d compare i t w i t h t h e di str i ct genera ll y . 40. °Yr bring the calculation d own t o th e w ee k e n ding the yttirf October —the last week bt one—and lam hap toe t tell o 1. you that your pauperi u sm is rapidly on the decline. h t „, h ave now on ly 12 , 3 00 persons on the b ooks, and, as I `e quart just t o ld you, in the fourth week of the September 1 .1 had 12,799—that is to say, you had in the week "din gt h 6 4th of October, very nearly 500 paupers less than el the other week. 500 paupers are a great many, as you will W r , ll Y suppose, to be reduced from the books within that time. r w, I have also, in addition to computing those numbers, e k e ala ified the pauperism in such a way that you may be able to pr e lV Precisely the persons you have under your care at the s f l f e ,nt moment, You will see that there are many thousands 00 ,;Te people in such a position as to give you no cause for q u 'i r t , nOught. beyond that of affording them relief as they re in it. For instance, you have of old and infirm persons poor o ld 1,035 and out of doors 2,BlB.making together 3,853 r"or old and infirm persons, whose work is done, and who must, j am afraid, be for the rest of their lives, very probably, i e Pend ant upon the poor rates of Liverpool. But they ~,° r° 3 a class o f persons w h om , unques ti ona bly, no one would "4/1 to disturb. (H ear , hear.) Workhouses were not built t4O; t eat th e age d and i nf i rm. Th ey were b u il t to tes t on ly the 4aolute, the idle, and the vicious—to give a shelter and an 1 3Itt ° 1 to those who have no other home. (Hear, hear.) ; er e is another class of persons about whom we need not give rie....-rselves any other thought than that which we are already jY i ng Out for their protection and advantage—l meanthe . t h -4 0 1 of children. There are 1,502 children within your work l i ° l l B e Walls receiving education. I have every reason to t i ' ;,' e Ye th e education they receive is the best the guardians can t e e „,, th ,eco, because I find that of these children 879 are a e t l l :', ll 4 the schools, and of these 879 who are really the 4 4,; ° " 1 , there are 449 receiving industrial training. Now, I I I St ated before at this board, and I think from the gentlemen it as a round me I have met almost all of you before, and gave 141 4: 1Y h umble opinion that industrial training ought to be reo ra ia 4 Much care of, and made of as much account,' as the very : e n d mental training of the children, or at all events ab e're " Y so. We cannot, of course, put industrial training tr;'o 4 ; 1) 1 1 2 4 1 training, but it is of almost equal importance to to 2 ,• r ; "feu in thi s world, that they should he taught how best their daily b roa d by their own honest industry. Reading, watt o ed t- tYPhering, an d so forth, are excellent portions of ()); c of that kind which may be called precept, but th e qttire for these children practice as well as precept, to show f tio o lt y he w to make themselves useful and happy members o ; and th,o more the guardians in connection with these teXcellent schools, Ood the more the visiting committee, or those l e , whore the care of !hese schools is entrusted, carry out that t atthenii_o industrial training, the more likely they are, I think, p ° -a " a happy community bye and bye, and to check the chrooTe__ e l, es of p auperism. k,,now, indeed. of no other means of he a c r tg Pauperism but the yo Ong blood of the people, (Hear, Ri ce / These child ren are as yet: uncontaminated by anything the stain of pauperism ; and it i s no t a t a ll P o ssible that th ese 1,502 ma y liv e to be themselv es the parents of childrea who will know how to maintain themselves, having been that their parents could mairOain themselves. But paten `grow up t o b e p au p er s, and th emse lves h erea f ter t h e other paupers, all our systems which attempt to check b y - L r,behmeans the spr ea d o f pauperism can do little or no good. helix that industrial training for these children, showing . _a e etn hoo work, and h ow b es t to work, is the greatest secret 70tIcan gi w t ve them for the f u t ure co m fort and prosperity next of rse to their mental and moral training. (Hear, hear ) hav e T iler now account e d f or a groat num b er o f th e paupers, tro e °Le, howev er , 45 4 also which g i ves us no grea t t..:st,?in ble They are t h e in-door able-bodied poor. W e are g them to the best o f ability, and we can do nothi ng more our 12,3 0 ,, • This account s f or 5 , 809 person s out of I now come to the class which gives us the g_reatest cause f or consideration— _ l mean the able-bodied ,adult poor receiving out-door relief, and the children who THE belong to them. There are 1,804 able-bodied adult persons receiving out.door relief. They are divided in this way : 93 are men, 1,677 females, and 34 non-resident poor. Now, 93 males form, by no means, a very great number receiving relief out of doors in a population of upwards of 270,000. (Hear, hear.) Moreover, the great probability is that, if you examine your relieving officers on this point, you will find that most of these persons have been bad from sickness, or that something has occurred in their families which has suddenly obliged the relieving officer to step into the lodging or the cottage of these poor persons, and give them immediate relief. No doubt they ought to be tested with the workhouse, if they require it. lam sorry to be obliged to say that, throughout the whole of this district, from circumstances which you will all understand, our able.bodied population, in the receipt of ample wages, many of them are in the habit of throwing themselves on the rates almost immediately on becoming out of work, or falling sick lam afraid that there is a very considerable degree of drinking going on in this great district ; and, of course, although this does not affect society generally, still there are many families who, in consequence of a little economy and foresight, and looking out for a rainy day, throw themselves upon the rates, almost immediately upon being out of work, or sick. It would be an excellent thing that the relieving-officers should keep their eyes upon one or two of the families who throw themselves so rapidly upon the rates, and, by testing them with the workhouse, have some means of checking the habit. It would be, of course, a great deal to throw nine or ten persons into the workhouse suddenly ; but still it would be an advantageous rule, because the neighbour hood would learn that the guardians would not limit the bringing of any number of a family into the workhouse, if it were requisite. I have shown you that a great number are females, 1,677, and of these, I dare say a great many are widows, with what are called long families ; and when that is the case, no one, I fell sure, could wish to bring a widow with a family into the workhouse, if she cannot support herself. (Hear.) It is not her fault, generally, and if she is living the life she ought to live, there can be no necessity for testing her or her children with the workhouse. Now, I have gone through the whole of the figures connected with your town, and have shown you the numbers and the cost of pauperism for some few years back. I have some other figures to lay before you of a more general character. I have brought before you the cost for the relief of pauperism, but there are many other expenses connected with Liverpool not for relief of pauperism. There is a building account, there are salaries for officers, a funeral account, and a variety of other things. Now, just take one year. I have before me a table containing seven years of expenditure. I shall lay it on your table, and it will not be requisite to read it through ; but I shall give you now that of the year 1856 to show you what I mean. The total receipts from rates for the year 1856 were £132,068, the total expenditure f►om that amount was £110,928, therefore there is a balance due, of course, to the Vestry, which, no doubt, is in the hands of their bankers. Now, the question is, how was that money spent ? It was spent in this way—The amount spent in maintenance, including the relief of irremoveable paupers in the house, was £28,910 ; the amount of out-relief, including the cost of lunatics and asylums, funerals, and other matters, was £39,763 ; other expenses, including emigration loans, salaries of officers, and all other charges of the kind, exclusive of relief given to irremoveable paupers, £31,685. These figures altogether show that in that way there has been spent £100,359. A few other expenses also are connected with it ; there have been vaccination fees, £539 ; registration fees, £999 ; local rates, £3,803. These sums together will make (if you add the odd shillings, which I have not mentioned) £110,928 expended for 1856. I have now given you all the information I can give you with regard to the Vestry—every thing I know myself. The only place you can be compared with fairly in this great district is the city of Manchester. You run upon such a complete equality almost at all times with Manchester as regards the per centago of your pauperism to your population, and the cost per head, that you may almost be said to be on an equality in all points. Ido not think either one or the other can be sail to exceed in either way. It sometimes happens that you have a sudden decrease of pau perism, and it may happen that Manchester has a sudden increase, or the contrary, but, taking one year with another, they are quite on a par. The salaries paid in your town and in Manchester can be covered by a very small amount of collec tion on the rates, notwithstanding the very heavy sum expeuded in each place. I believe the nett rateable value of Liverpool to be upwards of £1,060,000. Now, a very small amount of levy would, of course, upon that large sum, produce a great aer of thousands. The salaries to the officers of this or Manchester can be got by a levy of 1 tid once collected d once collected on the nett rateable value would pay officer the Vestry employed. The amount expended for relief amounts very nearly to is in the pound—ls to the poor and lid to the officers is about the proportion in which you and INlanchester manage your salaries and your poor. There re other expenses, for, of course, a levy of is ld would not expenditure Mr. Woodruff asked if the salaries paid in Manchester were not rather heavier than those in Live:pool ? Mr. Fatuall: Yes. Manchester rather exceeds in the per tentage of salaries. I have only in conclusion to congratulate you, that in this great district at the present moment, there are no more than three people in every hundred receiving relief. (Hear, hear.) . . Mr. Woodruff moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Farnall for the very satisfactory statement he had made. The motion was seconded, and unanimously adopted. Mr. Farnall then expressed his acknowledgements to the board and withdrew. WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee were read. It appeared that the number admitted to the vagrant shades last week were 237 males, 79 females, and 27 children—in all 343. The number of sick cases in the hospital on the Bth instant were 601, including 26 fever and 25 itch. The number in the house on the Bth inst., was 2,142. Mr. Shaw moved the adoption of the proceedings, and in doing so gave notice, that he would move, next day, that the salary of the Governor he increased. _ _ _ At the suggestion, however, of several gentlemen, Mr. Shaw withdrew his notice, and stated that he would bring the subject before the notice of the Workhouse Committee in the first ins'ance, The proceedings were then confirmed without further discussion. pace —ll , every INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS COMMITTEE, The proceedings of this committee contained the following resolution, adopted on the motion of Mr. Whitty, seconded by Mr. Cook, and carried by four votes against three :—" That permission be given for the appointment of one boy and two girls, from the Roman Catholic children in the schools, who may be found most eligible as pupil teachers." Mr. Nickson objected to that part of the proceedings. Mr. W. Jones said he could not support that part of the proceedings. It could not be doubted that the intention was to give religious instruction, and he objected to the selection of Roman Catholics. He would not object to a pupil teacher being chosen, because he happened to be a Roman Catholic, but he objected to Roman Catholics being specially selected because of their religion. He, therefore, moved that the pro ceedings he confirmed, with the exception of that portion. Mr. Nickson protested strongly against the resolution, de claring that it involved a question of principle, of right and wrong. He urged that whatever education Roman Catholic children had in .his country was owing to Protestants. The Church of Rome never gave any education, except when corn pelted by stern necessity. He did not believe there was a single gentleman in that room, except one, who would ❑ot shrink from the idea of having his children, or even his domestics. taught the Roman Catholic faith ; and he should like to know by what process of reasoning they could hold themselves justified iu allowing to the poor children, that which they would shudder at as dangerous, if applied to any connected with their ow❑ families. They would punish a boy for breaking the eighth command. ment, and yet here, by passing this resolution, they were facilitating them in breaking the second. The same authority gave forth both commandments. Mr. Owen objected to the resolution, not on the grounds urged by Mr. Nickson, but on the ground that it was super fluous. _ Mr. Bairstow moved the confirmation of the whole proceedings, including the resolution. He explained that he found that 213 Roman Catholic boys were drafted into a room under the charge of one solitary boy, denominated a pupil teacher, and 161 Roman Catholic girls were drafted into another room, under no charge whatever, while the Protestant children were receiving their religious instruction. Now, he contended that this state of things should not be allowed to continue, and that these Roman Catholic children, 374 in number, had a right to be properly taken charge of. 4s they had a Protestant chaplain and Protestant teachers to conduct the worship of Almighty God by the Protestant children, with proper reverence and order, and as they thought it necessary to open and close their schools with prayer, he contended that these 374 Roman Catholic children had a claim to be enabled to conduct their prayers with the same reverence and order. (sear, hear.) Mr. Whitty dwelt upon the fact that, at the time the Pro testant children were receiving religious instruction, the Roman Catholic children were turned into two rooms without any proper supervision or authority at all. Consequently, it might be supposed that much mischief, or, at least, irregularity, would arise, and an unprofitable waste of time take place. So long as it was considered necessary for the welfare of the Protestant c hildren to receive religious instruction, it was not just that nearly 400 children of the Roman Catholic faith should be placed idly in a room, and not permitted to receive the instruction necessary for their welfare. It would not cost the board any money, as the salaries would be paid by the Com mittee of Council on Education. Mr. Nickson had conde scended to insinuate that the Roman Catholic church taught vice, while his own church taught virtue. He would not deny that Mr. Nickson's church tau g ht virt u e, but he stron g l y denied before .. that I :ca rd and the public that the Roman Catholic church taught any child vice, or d taught it to break the commandments. (Hear, hear.) Ho declared Mr. Nickson's observations a gratuitous and very insulting insinuation, which his limited stock o f knowledge d:d not justify him in using. If that were a proper time or place to treat the question con troversionally, he should not be much afraid of the result, even although Mr. Nickson appealed to higher sources of informa tion than his own very limited stock of knowledge. He might very easily point out to Mr. Nickson many things which had struck thoughtful men in his own church as requiring to be set to rights, lie might remind him of things which NORTHERN TI IVIES.- would teach him to be less ostentatious when he stood up to speak in public. Mr. Nielson : Mr: Whitty accuses me of having said that his church teaches vice. All I said was, that the same authority which said " thou shalt not steal," has said " thou shalt not bow down to any graven image." Finally, Mr. Bairstow's resolution was carried by nine to seven, and the whole proceedings confirmed. FINANCE COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee contained nothing of any importance. Mr. Woodruff, in moving their adoption, gave notice that he would move next day for the appointment of Mr. Story as a rate collectors clerk. The. proceedings were confirmed. Mr. Denton moved, according to notice, that no more money be paid on account of the contract of Messrs Hohne until the measure- ments were had flow. Mr. Weightman. Mr. Critchley seconded the motion. Mr. Woodruff nrged that the adoption of a formal notice was unnecessary. The resolution was, however carried This concluded the business. METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL LAW ASSOCIATION The aggregate meeting of the members of this associa tion was held at eleven o'clock, yesterday, in the Library, St. George's Hall. In the absence of Mr_ Sangster, of Leeds, chairman of the ass)ciation, the chair was taken by Mr W. W .S. Cookson, of Lincoln's Inn, Deputy Chairman. The attendance included deputations from the Law Societies of Messrs. W. Shaen, (Secretary of the Association,) C J. Manning, (Assistant Secretary,) E W. Field, A. C. Hems ley, Jas Anderton, and J : S. Torr, London ; Messrs. - - Edward Balmer, Wm. Radcliffe, Ambrose Lace, J. R. Ste venson, :Geo. Webster, M. D. Lowndes, J. 0. Watson, R, Williams, R. Dukp, R. A. Payne, Thos. Avison, Josh Russell, H H. Statham, J, B. Lloyd, Wm. Wareing, R Norris, H. Jenkins, T. Mariin, Thos Dodge, M. J. llore, John Eden, Lawrence Peel, James Thornpley, Wm. Shuttle worth, and Peter Wright, Liverpool ; Messrs. John Hope Shaw, John Balmer, Edwin Eddison, and Henry Snowdon, Leeds ; Messrs. A. Ryland, and Vim. S. Allen, Birmingham ; Messrs. Thos. Baker, Francis Marriott, Stephen Heelis, George Thorley, James Street, Thomas Baker. and Francis Marriott, Manchester ; Messrs. Jas. A. Jackson, John Hill, and C. H. Philips, Hull; Messrs. Thos. Swainson, Robt. Jackson, John Hail, John Sharp, and Lawrence Holden, Lancaster; Mr. Wm. Beaumont, Warrington; Messrs. H. Gaskell .Taylor, _and J._Ansdell, St. Helens ; Mr. J. Lewis, Wrexham Messrs. John Marsden, and E J. Pickslay, Wakefield ; 11ir. Thos. Hodgson, York ; Mr. E. J. Heves, Wolverhampton ; Mr. W. Hunt, Nottingham ; Mr. Henry Hall, Clithero ; Mr. Edmund Ward, Prescot ; Mr. J. A. Parkinson. Horncastle ; Messrs. Alfred Cox, and lE. Z. iWasbrough, Bristol ; Mr. John Bavldon, Horbury ; Mr, Langley Langton Bankes, Tattershall ; Mr. Richard Caparn, Holbeach • Mr. H. E. Silvester, Mayor, Beverley; Mr. John Case, Maidstone ;yr. J. Moore, Lincoln; Mr. Jas. Tree, Worcester ; Mr. Henry Fisher, Newport, Salop, &c., &c. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said they would concur with him in the expression of regret, that, on this occasion, they!were not to have the 'benefit of the presidency of their chairman, Mr. Sangster, and they would regret it the more on account of the cause which deprived them of it, namely, Mr. Sangster's very serious illness. He was sorry, too, to hear that though Mr. Sangster was recovering, yet he was still far from well, and it would be a long time before he would be able to resume his duties. He (the chairman) had personally to regret it, because he felt that Mr. Sangster would so much more ab'y and efficiently discharge the duties which devolved on the chairman than he could do. However, he hoped that he would meet with the indulgence of the present company, and that they would excuse any omissions or defects on his part. (Hear, hear.) There were some slight inaccuracies in the paper of the business , of the day which was laid before . . It was there stated that he would commence the business with a paper, comprising a• review of the proceed ings of the committee of the association during the past year. The proceedings of the association up to the month of April, 1856, were stated in the annual report, which was published at the time, and as he thought he might reason ably calculate that that report had received the attentive consideration of the profession, no report of his could contain anything which was not comprised in it. With reference to the subsequent proceedings of the committee, he had not the means of stating with accuracy what had been done. He had been for several weeks absent from London ; the secretary and assistant secretary had also been absent, so that the materials from which such astatement . •• • • - • could be cAlected were not available to him. He did not know that there would be any very great loss to the society on the present occasion ; the egenda in other respects promising sufficient to interest them. But, in the absence of a report on the proceedings of the committee since April last—beyond the mere statement that the hills that had been under the consideration of Parliament hdd required much time and labour at the hands of the committee,lin the preparation of petitions and deputa tions to members of the Houses of Parliament, with a view to the corrections of inaccuracies in, and objections to such bills—he would read to the meeting a paper which he had drawing up on the crying evil of the present imperfect manner in which legislation was conducted, particularly in reference to the practice of the law. (Hear. hear.) The - Chairman then read the paper entitled " Suggestions for the Revision of Bills in Parliament by a Commissioner." The paper pointed out the evil arising from the manner in which bins are introduced into the House of Commons by members unacquainted with law, and then passed couched in language most vague and contradictory. As a remedy to this evil, it suggested that there should be some properly qualified officer or board, to whom every bill should be re ferred for revision before receiving the royal assent. B .fore concluding his paper, the Chairman referred to the subject of legal education, and observed, that though the Council of the Incorporated Law Society found great difficulty in the details, yet that they did not eventually despair of being able to suggest some course—some standard of qualification —which would accomplish the end they all had in view. Mr. Ryland, of Bifmingham, suggested in reference to the subject of the paper, that if the officer of revision were not an officer of the House of Commons, that body would have insuperable objections to such a system. In the report of the Statute Law Commission, considerable space was given to this very subject, and as a remedy for the evil, the commission recommended the appointment of an officer or board to advise on the legal effect of every bill which either House of Parliament might refer to them, pointing out its legal effect, and also the existing laws which such bill might affect, but offering no opinion whatsoever on its policy. Mr. E. W. Field considered that the Council of the In corporated Law Society had not done their duty by the profession in the question of legal education. The present system encouraged to the greatest degree of evil of " cram ming ;" and, in order to remedy that, he would suggest that, instead of being required to pass an examination in one day on every subject in which proficiency was required from the clerk seeking admission, the clerk should be allowed to go up at any time during his apprenticeship, and pass his examination on any one of the branches of legal education he might choose. At the end of his time he could produce his certificates and be admitted. Mr. Shaw, of Leeds, concurred with Mr. Field that the Council of the Incorporated Law Society had not done their duty by the profession in this matter ; but he believed that an education in the law alone did not include what, in the opinion of the profession generally, was necessary for per sons seeking to practice as attorneys. (Hear, hear) He thought their education should extend much further, and that, in addition to a legal education, they should also be required to qualify in the ordinary branches of a liberal education, in order that they might have that security for conduct, manners, and intelligence which a liberal educa tion undoubtedly afforded. He did not know whether the Incorporated Law Society could take tap that branch of the subject, but if the society could not, he hoped they would all co-operate to obtain for it that power, (Hear, hear.) Mr. Anderton, of London, hoped that no such pOwer would be obtained by the society. He should like to know where Lord Kenyon, Lord St. Leonards, and many other such men, who had risen to eminence in the profession of the law, would have been had such a qualification been required ? They never bad a liberal education, and yet they became very excellent lawyers. If a man paused his examination in the law necessary to enable him to practice his profession in his own or other countries, he thought that should be quite sufficient, without caring whether he knew Latin or not. He considered Latin of very little use to the profession. (Laughter.) He had never been taught Latin—(laughter)—and yet he had got on very well, and was quite content with his position. If he had been sub jected to such an examination, he never would have been admitted into the profession—he was fully convinced of that. (Laughter.) Mr. Shaw replied that not only should he express entire dissent from the observations of the last gentleman, but he should say that the instances of Lord Kenyon and Lord St. Leonards were no proof against the necessity of a liberal education for the profession in those days. (Hear, hear ) If it had been required of them to obtain such a qualifica tion, no one could doubt but that they could have so quali fied with perfect ease— (hear, hear)--and, indeed, no one could say that they had not done so. In all probability they could not, without having so qualified themselves, have risen to the eminence they afterwards did. (Hear, hear.) Far be it from him to say that there were not many men in the profession who, without the advantages of a classical or liberal education, practised their profession with honour to themselves and profit to the public. They, however, had now to deal with masses of men and not with individuals, and they could not take exceptions as a rule when framing rules for the masses. Mr. Field observed, that it was intended that the additional qualification should only extend to parties entering under twenty years of age, otherwise clerks of long service and ability would be altogether excluded from the profession. Mr. Ambrose Lace concurred with 111 r. A n derton. lle thought the effect of making classical education a qualifica. tion, would be to exclude many young men of abitity from the profession. He did not underrate the value of a classical education, but he still thought that the only LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. qualification which should be insisted on was a legal qualification. The Secretary, Mr. W. Sheen, read the classical qualification which it was suggested by one of the societies should be reqaired. It comprised a knowledge of the first two books of Euclid, Latin Grammar, Caesar's Commentaries, Virgil, &c., &c. Mr. Anderton : I should like to know how many of the council of the incorporated society could pass such an examination ? (Laughter.) Scarcely one; I am sure. (Laughter.) Mr. Hensley observed, that the advantages of a liberal education were best shown in the contrast between the tone and bearing of Lord St. Leonardo and Lord Lyndhurst. Mr. Thorley, of Manchester, remarked, that Lord Kenyon, the instance of whose success was relied upon by Mr. Anderton, had studied at the Manchester Grammar School, and that he was a most excellent classical scholar. In conclusion, Mr. Thorley expressed himself of a liberal education as a qualification. Mr. E. Ward, Mr. Field, and other gentlemen spoke in favour of a like qualification. Eventually the following resolution was adopted : " That, considering there!had now been before the Incor porated Law Society, since 1853, important suggestions on the subject of legal education, not only from this society, but also from most of the principal local law societies, this meeting feels bound to express a hope that the authorities of that society will shortly be able to deal with the subject." The next business was Mr. E. W. Field's paper—" Should the Bar be autocratic ; and should there be an enforced tariff of prices for legal work ?" In this paper Mr. Field contended, that the admission to the bar should be assimi lated to what is the practice in America. He urged that the Inns - of Court were the only corporations which had been brought with , e the ; they were, in fact, above the law, and their reital).l . 3 rnonop4sed, most unjustly and improperly, the highest t.frices in the legal profession. He dwelt on the injustie.: done to attorneys in the rule restricting their admission to the b , r, and urged that the principles of free trade should also be applied to the law. If the public wanted to have their legal business done well, cheaply, and expeditiously, they should encourage the number of lab lurers in the profession of the law. At present, it was estimated there were 14,000 legal gentlemen in this country, and of these only 3 000 were practising barristers. - Mr. Anderton concurred with Mr. Field, that one of the most important questions affecting the profession, was the principle on which parties were now admitted to the bar. An attorney could not he admitted until his name was first taken off the roll, and yet he knew of a bankrupt tanner, and a gingerbread baker, who was now practising at the Chancery bar, having been admitted while following their business. (Laughter.) Mr. Balmer, Mr. Heelis, Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Addi son, and other gentlemen, also expressed concurrence with the paper, andparticularly with the portions having reference to the exclusion of attorneys from the magistracy. It was agreed that this subject should be again brought up this day, after which the following resolution was adopted :—" Without at present further discussing the question, whether the arbitrary demarcation should continue to be imposed between the branches of the profession, this meeting expresses its decided opinion that the rules which restrict attornies from keeping terms for the bar, and exclude them from the higher honours of the profession, are exceedingly unfair, and fraught with disadvantages to the public at large." Mr. Banner moved the following resolution :—" That all scales of taxatior., if any are to exist, ought to be directed to encourage the attorney to perform his duties efficiently, and that so far as any rules tend to the undue employment 1 of the bar, or permit the neglect of the barrister of the district, which by the receipt of his brief he has undertaken toperfor perform, aralr, h.)j o e p a pose e d ar toevery object that can justify their existence." 1 Mr. Ryland seconded the motion. Mr. Field supported it, and, in doing so, characterised the etiquette regulating the fees to counsel as a digr .ce to the country and a crying shame. He frequently saw tables covered with briefs, and, though counsel received the fees, he would undertake to say that none of such briefs were ever even opened. Nothing was so dishonest or dishonourable as the conduct of the bar in questions of fees. The morality of fees with them, so far as he could judge, was immorality, and, in a word, the rule of etiquette with the bar in that rPspect, was a rule which, when observed by attornies, caused them to be struck off the roll. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Anderton : Many of them ought to be indicted for receiving money under false pretences. (Laughter.) The res elution was unanimously adopted. The next paper was by Mr. A. Ryland, of Birmingham, on "The expediency of a regigration of the names of partners constituting trading partnerships " It pointed out that this registration existed in almost every ether country but England, and urged in favour of its adoption here, that under it creditors would not have to encounter the difficulties which they now had, when suing a firm the names of all the partners in which they did not know. Mr. Field observed, that this end would be more easily attained, if creditors were allowed to sue firms by the name, simply, under which they obtained credit. This, however, required much consideretion, touching, as it did, on the very difficult question of limited liability. " Public Prosecutors and a Minister of Justice" was the title of the next paper discussed. It was written by Mr. C. A. Smith, of Greenwich, but, in his absence, was read by the secretary, Mr. Sheen. The writer review,d at great length the advantages claimed for a system of public prose cutors, and contended that the evils of the present system were much exaggerated. He enumerated the points in which the present was defective, and suggested that a remedy could be found in paying magistrates' clerks, for the conducting of prosecutions, by salaries, instead of fees. _ The unanimous feeling of the meeting seemed to be against the system of public prosecutors, as contemplated by government. It was denounced as another attempt at centralisation ; and it was urged that the work, like all things else under such a system, would be baly done, and with poor results. They were of opinion that the work would be better done if conducted by local practitioners; and, in conclusion, adopted the following resolution : " That no system of public prosecution can work efficiently that does not throw upon the different localities the respon sibility of the proceeding, awl does not provide for fully indemnifying prosecutors for all reasonable expense attach ing to the prosecution." • On the motion of Mr. Beamont, of Warrington, seconded by Hr. Bakes, Manchester was appointed the next place of meeting ; and it was also arced that it should be held in the first whole week of next October. The meeting adjourned at five o'clock THE GREAT DOG FIGIO I BETWEEN MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL. UNLUCKY DOGS AND UNLUCKY MEN !—The p dice, for some days past, have been on the qui vin, as certain infor mation had led them to conclude that the great dog fight, between Manchester and Liverpool, would " come off" some place in the vicinity of Whitechapel. Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning, the "little bird" that does the " spirit rapping" business for Mr. Clough, informed him that the " match" was actually "on," in the great cockpit at the top of Crane's beerhouse, Preston street. Wilson and Scott, two detectives, headed some dozen of policemen, and away they marched for the Redan of Preston street Arr i v i ng at this f or midable spot, Count Marshal Pelissier, Wilson, like a true soldier, in order to set an example to his men, made right up stairs for the "cockpit," which was held at the top of the house. This beautiful apartment was filled with the elite of the canine fancy, to the amount of over twenty persons, and, throu g h the house generally, over one hund re d i n di v id ua l s were found. In the pit were two bullel-gs eating each other to death. One belonged to Robert Boardman, of Pendleton, Manchester, and the other to a man named Thomas, better known as Brickey, who keeps a beerhouse in Bevington hill. 'the scene, as described by Wilson and Scott, was of the most revolting and brutal character. Two dogs were quite exhausted—one was dying, and when it attempted to raise its head, the other caught it by the throat, and killed it outright, The parties in the room, when the officers entered, attempted to escape, hut were prevented. Wilson and Scott, knowing the greater part of them, were content to take their names and address, in order to summon them, and then they were permitted to go away. There were three persons who were taken into custody, and brought up at once before Mr. Mansfield. These gave their names as Robert Boardman, Pendleton, Manchester; John Jackson, Bolton; and Thos. Berry, Salford. The first named is the owner of the suc cessful dog, the two latter being what is termed " setters" and' handlers." It appeared that the " game" was for £25 aside, and that the Manchester men," " done" the " Liverpool (fancy) gentlemen" of some hundreds of pounds on this " great event." Both the living and dead dogs were produced in court, but Mr. Mansfield said he did , not want to see either of the animals. The prisoners made hardly any excuse, and Mr. Mansfield ordered them to pay a fine of £5 each, or, in default, to be imprisoned for three months. The persons whose names were taken by the police will be stimmoned to answer the charge, so that a " field day" may be expected. ALLSOP'S WAX-WORK EXHIBITION, TEUTONIC-HALL LIME -STREET. LIVERPOOL.—DOVE, THE MURDERER.—The only correct likeness of this criminal is to be seen at the above exhibition, and is placed by the side of Palmer. Both these poisoners are full-length, and are acknowledged by all to be perfect likenesses. They are surrounded by upwards of 100 wax figures, large as life; together with 500 statues, busts, casts of beads, &c.. &c. ; also a great number of Stereoscopic and other views. The proprietor begs to state that the likeness of Dove and Palmer are most positively the only true ones taken. Palmer was modelled by Mr. Geor ge Ewing, of London, during his trial at the Old Bailey; and a sketch of Dove was take n by Mr. John Storey, of York, and afterwards modelled expressly for Mr. Allsop, by Mr. William Leland, of Liverpool. Open from ten, a.m., till ten, p.m. Admission, Sixpence. A quadrille band in attendance. Observe the name of Allsop's Wax work on the two lamps over the entranoe.—Adv. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION The annual general meeting of the Young Men's Chris tian Association was held in the Collegiate Institution, at seven o'clock, last night. The attendance was only moderate in numbers. The chair was taken, amidst loud applause, by Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., MP. Among those present were the following—Revs. W. M. Falloon, W. H. Wright, H. H. Cheetle, H. S. Brown, W. Harcus, T. C. Cowan, and H. J. Garrod ; and Messrs. J. Cropper, J. Torr, J. Matthieson, it. A. Maefie, Dr. Fletcher, J. G. L-yland, R. C. Hall, G. Thomson, &c. The proceedings were opened with a prayer, delivered by the Rev. Mr. Wright, after which a portion of a hymn was sung. The Chairman said : Having had the pleasure of presid ing at the last anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association, it is not my intention to occupy your time this evening with anv lengthened observations of my own, but rather to claim the privilege, in common with yourselves, of l's'ening to the interesting addresses which I know some of our reverend friends near me are prepared to deliver. I cannot, however, refrain from observing that I am one of these who attach much more importance to such associa- tions as this than many others do. I look upon the Young Melt's Christian Association not only as of social but of national importance. For it is impossible to conceal from ourselves that it is to the rising generation we must look for the future character of this Country ; and I rejoice to think that the young men who form the members of this association an not content with inviting to a mere profes- sion of Christianity, but are anxious that their members should exhibit in their lives and conduct, a sound, consis• tent, and practical Christianity. (Rear, hear.) I bold in my band the report of the society which has just been printed, although not, I believe, generally circulated, and as it is not intended to read the report this evening, I shall, with your permission, make one or two remarks with reference to it. (Hear, bear.) The report contains several extracts of letters from young men who have experienced, and have felt it right to express the benefits which they have derived from the efforts of this association. I would most earnestly recommend to those v 4.10 have the opportu- nits, and I hope all who hear me have it, the perusal, not only of these portions, but of every portion of this report. It also refers to a sort of alliance, or confederation, which the association has formed with other similar associations in different parts of the ciuntry. And now I would contrast the position of a young man who is not a member of such an association, with that of a young man who is a member of such an association. We will imagine ourselves a young man located in Manchester, where he is, perhaps. surrounded by friends. He is required, either on his own behalf, or on the behalf of his employer, to remove to Liverpool. He comes among us a stranger. He is thrown upon his own resources. Again, in a short time he is neces sarily perhaps transferred to London. He is again thrown, not only upon his own resources, but he is surrounded with all the trials and temptations which abound in that great metropolis. Now, I would contrast in the words of the report the situation of a young man who is a member of this associa• tion. The report says—" We cite one instance, and it is an instance which has occurred among many others. A young man oho had business in Manchester, and was connected with the association there, came to Liverpool to a situation. He bad been furnished with a note of introduction to the branch of the Young Men's As• sociation here ; and when he left Liverpool to go on business to London, he was in like manner furnished with an introduction to the association there, and in each place he was at once received into the friendship and estem of the members. This is but one out of several instances of the kind which would prove the advantages of being connected with so many other places, and the importance of a mo r e close alliance to the several branch associations." Now, I i a mi m epno v , r e s t ry acn h h t r a qi p sut p ei y as tni t oo Associationnfi nd, whal which h o fromthe , h r a o t so k a excited lively report, so that nn the Young reehst iinnt etrheasgtt throughout the country—the due observance of the Sabbath. (Applause.) The Young Men's Association presented, or forwarded, a petition to the House of Commons on that subject, praying that no interference might take place with the proper national observance of the S tbbath, and I had the privilege of presenting their petition to the House. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now, I can easily conceive that among Christians there may be, and there are, differences, perhaps, as to the details of the view which they take regarding the observance of the Sabbath; but I can hardly understand that any difference could exist am -ng Christians in insisting upon a national observance of the Sabbath. (Cheers.) For I believe that it is with nations as with individuals—" Him who honoureth me I will honour." (Hear, hear.) And there are those who can speak from their own experience, that they have been blessed and prospered during the week as they have observed the Sabbath. (Hear, hear.) I shall give you an instance, a striking instance, of the experience of a great man, and as I prefer giving it to you in his own words to quoting it, perhaps incorrectly, I have tran scribed it. It is very short, and I feel confident you will listen to it with pleasure as the expression of Lord Chief Justic? Hale—" I have found that the due observance of the duties of the Lord's Day hath ever joined to it a blessing upon the rest of time, and that the week which hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me; and, on •the other hand, when I have been negligent of the duties of that day, the rest of the week ha c t'h - been unsuccessful and unhappy to my secular eniployment." (Hear, hear, and applause.) Now, Ido not quote this as a motive—l quote it as a result. I would only call to your recollection the motive which ought to actuate our conduct, and which was so beauti fully brought before us by those who addressed the mag nificent meeting in St. George's Hall, for the defence of the due observance of the Sabbath—the principle of love and duty to God. (Cheers.) I would, it it were my duty this evening to occupy your time any further, have made some observations on one or two of the absorbing questions of the day, more particularly that of national education, in which we all feel interested. (Hear hear.) I shall, however, abstain from doing so. I would also have made a few remarks on another question in which I feel a deep interest—and that is the subject of the Maynooth Grant. (Hear.) Ido not, however, wish to introduce here this evening any subject of controversy, although there probably might be very little difference of opinion upon that topic. (Hear, hear.) Yet, upon the subject of education, I just beg to make one remark. During the last session of Parliament, three schemes were proposed to the legislature—one by Lord John Russell, one by Sir John Pakington, and the third by Mr. Milner Gibson. Not one of those schemes would I have supported. (Hear, hear.) They, none of them, acknowledged the great principles of Christian education, founded upon the truths and the principles of the Bible. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Why I allude to this subject now, is simply this—that I have no confidence in any scheme of legisla tion, in any scheme of national education at least, emana ting from the legislature—and I do hope, and believe, that if the Christian young men of Liverpool would unite with the Christian ministers, of various Christian denomina tions, some scheme might be propounded to the legislature which, having the support of the people of the country, the legislature would be compelled to adopt. (Hear, hear.) But I have no confidence in the legislature itself, unless compelled to do so, adopting any system of education which should be acceptable to the people of this country. (Cheers.) I shall not occupy more of your time, except to say, that I have been requested to call the attention of the young men of Liver pool to this valuable institution, and to point out to them that there is a valuable reading room connected with it, the subscription to which is only 5s a year, where they may read the most interesting books of the day, together with various periodical publications. The library already contains 17,000 volumes, with, I believe, the assurance, that if the number of the association reach 600 by the end of 1858, a very large additional library will be placed at their disposal. I hope, therefore, the young men of Liverpool will not only join this association and reading room, but will also be encouraged to do so by all who have any influence over them, or any interest in their welfare. (Hear, hear.) The chairman then resumed his seat, amid loud and general applause. The Rev. Mr. Falioon next addressed the meeting on holiness. After dwelling on the seriousness of the subject which had assembled them together, he prooeeded to point out to the young men who were present, the sacred duties which they were daily called to discharge. He asked each of them to say for what end they lived ? It was good and right to have some great object in view, and to struggle to attain it. Without such a purpose no ma► was ever yet successful; for a heart without an W object was generally nerveless; and such a heart wa. even associated with a useless man. (Hear, hear.) lie detailed the object—the great Christian object which every young man should propose to himself, and pointed out the manner in which that object should be attained. Jesus Christ was the example which every young man should imitate, and, in presenting this great example, he urged that the burdens of holiness were not severe or heavy. He showed how holiness would, in all things, even in his most secret actions, shape the conduct of a young man, and would, if necessity lead him to habits of temper ance, sobriety, and chastity. He warned young men against bad companions, and inculcated on them the cultivation of habits of truth, combined at the same time with civility and courtesy. They should also cultivate, not for conscience sake, but as a privilege, a habit of constant prayer, and, above all things, should keep holy the Sabbath Day. (Applause.) temptations e denounced The subject of being select in to inculcate on young men the necessity Rev.of companionship—the Henry Che et e a d addressed soe of the t ediscourse meeting onbe being their acquaintances, wh li c h h e the theatres and dancing saloons as nurseries of vice, and declared that the magistrates did not do their duty, if they had the power, in not suppressing such places. The Rev. H. S. Brown then addressed the meeting, his subject being, " the reward that attaches to a life of god liness," which he treated in his usual forcible and eloquent manner. - After a few other addresses, the meeting separated.' BIRTH. On the 13th inst., at Abercronxby-squure, Mrs. George Melly, o fa daughter. DEATH. On the Bth inst., after a lingering Illness, deeply l a mented, Elizabeth Jennison, aged 35 y ears, an d n i ec e to the late Herbert Millington l , 'ooles, Esq., merchant, of Hull. Mrs. Marriages, and Deaths, ID- Births,when sent to our ' Office duly authenticated. are only inserted TRADE REPORT.- TUESDAY. LIVERPOOL COTTON : There has been a steady market to-day, and a moderate business has been transac'ed, at yesterday's rates. The sales—including 20 Pernatnbucos 61d, 280 Bahias WO to 6iel, 20 Maranhams 6id, 300 Egyptians 61d to lid, 600 Surats 53 to 51d—are reported 7,000 bales, of which 1.500 are on speculation and for export. SUGAR : The market continues active, and rather higher p^ices have been realised ; 300 hhds Jamaica are reported at 46s 6d to 48s 3d, 20 hhds Antigua at 47s to 47s 6'1,7,000 bags Bengal at 47s to 493 for Dates, and 493 6d to 50s for Benares, 450 bags Ceara at 44s to 47s :6d, 4,800 bags Paraiba and Pernams at 293, and 3,900 bags Pernams to a"rive, at 28s 6d per cwt in bond from the quay. MOLASSES AND Rom : Nothing has occurred. COFFEE : 30 tres and a few barrels of Jamaica have been sold, chiefly at 70s to 85s 6d. including a few tine at 103 s per cwt. RICE : The sales comprise 3,250 bags. at 9s 9c for Bal lam, up to I3s 3d to I3s 6d per cwt for good middling Bengal. . S tLTPETRE : 250 bags have been taken at 34v per cwt for al per cent refraction. CASSIA LIGNEA 20 bales sold at 1053 per Cwt. JUTE : 120 bales sold at £l7 bs per ton. SCOTCH PIG IRON : Our market for warrants closes at 67s 91 to 683, cash. Total Shipments of Pig Iron from Liverpool in Sept., 1856 Do. do. do. do. 1855 Do. do. do. do. 1854, . 2,195 . 2,539 . 4,219 Total Shipments of Manufactured Iron In Sept., 18 5 6.......21,271 Do. do. do. do. 1856.......20 59s Do. (10. do. do. 1864......20,522 Pig Iron from Liverpool to the United States in Sept , 1856..1,681 Do. do. do. do. 1855.. 1.862 do - : 1854..3,839 Shipments from Glasgow last week Do. do. corresponding week, 1855 Do. do. do. 1854 Aggregate shipments from Glasgow from Jan., 1856, to date, 400,975 Same period, 1855. .. 434.629 Decrease Price this time last year, 76s - • . CORN : At to-day's market the attendance was hardly so numerous as of late. A fair consumptive business took place in wheat, principally the finer descriptions, at the full prices of Friday. But little Egyptian was on offer ; Saidi was quoted at 7s 91 to 8s 31. Bohi at 8s 9d per 70 lbs. Flour—Good qualities still exceedingly scarce, and bought up readily at the extreme quotations of this day week. There was a further considerable enquiry from millers for sour. The prices paid were. Ohio 36s to 3 as, Philadelphia 34s to 355, Western 30s to 343, Canadian 31s to 40s per Uri. Oats in good request, at fully Id per 45 lbs above the figures of Tuesday last. Oatmeal slow, and Is per load lower on the week. Egyptian beans—Holders very firm ; 37s to 383 per qr was realised, being an advance of Is to is 6d since this day week. Grinding barley was sold at 6s per 60 lbs. Indian corn—No great amount of business was reported, but the rates obtained were fully 6d higher than those of last Tuesday. LONDON SUGAR : The market has opened with an upward tendency, and rather higher prices have been paid in the private contract market. The public sales are progres sing briskly. The refined sugar market has ',advanced 6,1; lumps, 55s 6d to 59s 6d. COFFEE : The large public sales are going off steadily. TEA : The market is steady but not active. RICE : 7,300 bags Rangoon were offered in public sale and bought in at a very full price, IN 6d; 5,000 bags Madras sold steadily from 9s to 103. Rum remains steady. SALTPETRE : 900 bags were offered ; one lot, refrac tion 41, sold at 37s ; refraction 2i to 2i bought in at 38s. COT roN : 500 bales sold yesterday on 'Change. In other articles no material alteration. TALLOW : The market is firm, with but little doing : —Town tallow is quoted 52s 6d, nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 533 ; last three months, 52s 6d to 52s 91 MINES: Only a limited business is going forward in British mining stocks, and the market is dull. In the Stock Exchange to-day, United Mexican shares have been dealt in at 31 ; Mariquita at 103 ; and New Granada at 7s 6d. Subjoined is a list of yesterday's transactions in the Mining Exchange :—Great Alfred, 101. 11, f, i; Great Baddern, 32s 6d ; Lady Bertha, 15s ; Sortridge Consols, 34, 5-16, 11, 5-16, 4; Trewetha, 34, ; Wheal Edward, 2t, 2; Wheal Grenville, U, 5-16; Wheal Mary Ann, 37, 4. In the Stock Exchange :—Sortridge Consols, 33 ; Wheal Edward, 21, i ; Wheal Wrey, u ; Great Wheal Baddern, 245; Wheal Grenville, 2; Lady Bertha, 13s, 1 _53 ; Chancellorsville, Gs 3d. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.' YESTERDAY, Latitude c CLEARWELI. STARES. i I Sydney Seven ran. Persia SELLING HANDICAP. I I Inspiration Seven ran. Besika HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. I I Firmament 'Four LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 7 to I agst Vengeance ... 1 ... Polestar 10 ... 1 ... December 10 ... 1 .. Malacca 14 ... 1 ... Barfleur 18 ... 1 ... Fulbeck 25 ... 1 ... Cotswold (offered) 33 ... 1 ... Homily (taken) 33 ... 1 Mr. Sykes 33 King of Scotland (taken) 33 ... 1 .. Middleton (offered) 40 ... 1 .. Brother to Grey Tommy (taken) 66 ... 1 . Aleppo (taken) Scratched :—Merlin and Falstaff. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 15 EITIGH WATER—Morn. 12 0 —Even. 12 I—Height, 21 ft. 0 in ARRIVED Oct. 13.—Champion of the Seas, M‘Kiril 7, from Melbourne —Asia (R.M.s.), Lott. New York. Oct. 14.—Comberlan s, Sobrion, arid Sunshine, all from Bonny —Euxine, Bombay—Godavery, Caldera— Henry Curwen, and Eugene, Maceio—Getteveire, Ceara—Everton. Savanilla—Cambrian, !Jamaica—Olseonthe, New Or!e , ns—John Haven. Apalachicola—David Crockett, John .T. Boyd, Albion, Mary E. B ildi, and Manhattan, New York—Queen of the Lakes. Montreal —Devon, Quebec —Elizabe:h, Newfoundland—Lilly, Patras --Lady Kinsale, Denia—Maria and Ante, Malaga—Victoria, Liabon— Napoleon, Bitboa—Mark That! Caen—Actor, Conception—Moira, Valparaiso—Charger, Levi, Woodley, and Ocean Wave, St. John, Croll (a.s.). Alexandria—Major Wolf, and Knicker bocker, Cron stalt Theodore, and Secuni'ina, Hamburg—Heinrich, Altana—Henrietta, and Cornelia, Amsterdam—pelican (a.s.), Rut. terdam. SAILED. Oct. 14.—Cintra (s s.), for Lisbin—Thebes, Alexandria—lsaac Webb, New York—Young Eagle, New Orleans—Ellen Radford. Valparaiso--Greenock, Mobile—Empress, Cronstadt —Champion. Bahia—Mary Ano, St. Thomas—Wonder, Demerara, MARITIME EXTRACTS Liverpool, Oct. 13.—The Champion of the Seas, arrived here from ➢felbourne, sailed from Hobson's hay, July 10, and Port Phillip [leads on the evening of July 16; has 59,570 ounces of gold. She has brought home 163 passengers. She had a fair run to Cape Horn in 23 dais ; saw no ice, and has experienced unusually fine weather. Since crossing the line the winds have been eel light, and generally easterly. —The letter from the captain of the Tipiree, reporting his having put into Lisbon, does not mentio❑ a w-rd of the ship being leaky, hut states that it is expected he will get away in ten days. The passengers were all well. Ulcutta, Sept. B.—The Euphrates, Stailenson, from Calingapa. tam to London, put into the river Hoogl.ly, and must discharge.— The Anger, WhitefiAd, hence to Liveipool, put back. August 25, very leaky, and will have to discharge her cargo and be docked. Melbourne, July 9.—The Jalawa; has been docked and surveyed, the whole of her copper stripped, and the ship c ,ulked throughout. —The Shalimar continues to make water, and it is feared that the leak is of a serious nature. Mauritius, August 27.—The Alma, Giber.. from Bombay to Liverpool, which put In here leaky, August 8, Is discharging. Falmouth, Oct. 14.—The Camite, from Calcutta to London, with foretonmast and sails gone, leaky, and ste.ring badly —Hope (British brig), waterlogged and abandoned, Oct. 10 in let. 48 W., lon. 12 W. and, in the same 1-:cality, a three-ros , ted vessel, with ports, and without topmast, bowsprit, and spanker set, and foretopsail in pieces. abandoned, with her head eastward.—[`•fem ; The Camite put thik port, but got afloat by discharg ing Mauritius, July 27, leaky, and was discharging.] from Calcutta, off Mauritius, I , qdry, but rioLLnentig:vviss'eehihr:rreapoperroodteG: of : fe a t fA s n h t l ho e : n o r ngu i lu cg T t ah :: ditgaalioir3sr Trianon, vohnwie'trgol entering nui tgh, iron o r enteringo re , wh : c h h e Duldin, Oct. 11.—The Standard (s.sJ, from Liverpool, in coming up the river this morning, during a fog, ran into the Minerva (Pru,sian barque), and stove in the whole of her stern. The steamer was uninjured. port, (se and h 0o sailed ,e r). for of Swinemunde, Qct. Liverpoollo.—The to Stettin, ran the river, with coals, ran into the Grace Darling Newport, Oct. 11.—The Peru, for Alexandria, while towline down immediately sank at 1 the river's mouth. FOREIGN PORTS. Falcon sailed from Meibourne for Point de Gallo, July 17. Branscombe sailed from Melbourne for Vali:ler:Aso, July 18. 1 Helen Wallace sailed from Melbourne for Calcutta. July 93. British Flag, hence ; and Alberta, from Aden—both ac Bombay. . Arthur the G reat, and Cartyne—both from Melbourne t Bombay. Calypso,lCaglh(.untit n e f . , Enright, and M elbourne Ab on tntall from Kunachu, at Bombay. Ch al ce. Persia, Dm, and Berhamoore —all hence at Calcutta West Derby, from London; and Monarch, from Moulmein—both at Tiber ( s.a.), from Trieste at Ancona. Armenian (a.m.), hence at Genoa. . hence at Vigo. D ii i in n h ub o e o ( . a s ..s ) .2 h , o h o e c n e ee at at t G is i bo bra n !tur- • B A e rm i r o e u n t i a !s. h a e .) . . c h: e a l t i a 8. Marseilles. Rattler (s.s.), hence at Opo rto. e D n e c e r h a y 't' cle ared l Re vel. t ' i t l l 'e i 1 Alfred Storer-- Douro (0.8.), an d Frederick Gustav, hence at Danzic. i in Cook cleared Melancthon called from Bombay, Captain at Calcutta, August B h t August 22; tee an a. 26 ; Isabella Harnett, August 29 ; Aracaa, A ngust se; Ifereyna, Sept. 2; and Prompt, Sept. Beth, Enna@ cleared 4—all for Liverpool. at Calcutta, August thi; and Athestan. Sept. 4 both for Demerara. Sept. 10; and Mary Stenhouse, Earl Sept. 1 2—both for Liverpool. Amoor sailed from Bombay for China, Sept. 2. Sept.' 4. Calcutta Calcuttaf or Genoa,fo for China, Anglia sailed from Galle for Penzance, Sept. 2. Chebucto sailed from Rangoon for Hong Kong, S e pt. 13. John M'lver cleared at Calcutta, Sept. 3 ; Emigrant, Sept,l7; and Contest, Sept. 22—a1l for London.