The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

aics by Auction. &MILT-IMPORTANT SALE OF ABOUT 1.500 DOZEN OF WINE, OF VERY SUPERIOR DESCRIPTION. • By Mi. BRANCH, C i n THURSDAY next, the 31st instant, and FRIDAY, the Ist of April. at One o'clock each day, at the Hanover - Rooms, AVERY well-selected STOCK of capital WINES, comprising nearly Fifteen Hundred Dozen, including several Bins of peculiarly fine quality, which Mr. BRANCH respectfully recommends to the notice of connoisseurs, a believes the whole to he well worth The Wines consist of the under Letitioned, viz SHERRIES 48 Dozen—Peter Domecq. 97 Dozen —Duff, Gordon, and Co. 78 Dozen—J. W. Burdon. 80 Dozen—Gonsalez and Dubose. 62 Dozen—Mouseley and Co. 45 Dozen—J. Romano. 71 Dozen —Duff, Gordon, and Co. 43 Dozen—Sandeman's Bottle. 150 Dozen —Bruno. Silva, and ( vintage of •ee years in Bottle. 80 Dozen —Cockburn, Smithies, arid Co vintage years in. Bottle. 35 Dozen—Cioft's ; van., 105 Dozen—Sandeman's ; vintage of 1834 ; twelve years in Bottle. 63 Dozen—San 48 Dozen —Croft's ; vintage 1828 ; twelve years 100 Dozen—Smith. Woodhouse. and Co.: vin van's ; vir n years seven years in BoitlE 42 Dozen—Ofiley's t vintatre 1840 ; five years in 10 Dozen—Henry Donaldson and Co.; vintag years in Bottle. FRENCH. 1. 5 Dozen Johnstone's first growth, Claret, 1848 Li) Dozen Chateau Lafitte, 1834, as imported. oi Dozen Chateau Margaux, 1828, as imported, 42 Dozen Champagne, Moet's first quality. N Do.- -- cond quality ' 46 Dozen Chatnim'g:ne . , Moet's set. The principal portion of the Vines may he tasted TO-310R lOvv, (Wednesday.) the 30th instant, between the hours of .t.Welve and Two o'clock, and also at the time of rale. Catalogues may be had at Mr. BRANCH'S Will be forwarded per post on receipt of Four Stamps s; or t TVIYES IN BOND, By Mr. BRANCH, of Bottled Wines, THE undermentioned WINES, i n B on d, o f known brands, all Warehoused within the last two and Twelve Quarter-c /four ripeo s of PORT, and Four Hogsheads Twenty 'Quarter-casts of SHERRY. Catalogues may be had a day or two before the Sale. 174LUABLE SHOPS, DWELLING-HOUSES, WORK. SHOPS, N AND PREMISES, IN SCOTLAND-ROAD LANE, MARYBONE, AD CHERRY - "NE, LIVERPOOL. By Mr. THOMAS BRANCH, On WEDNESDAY. the 6th of April next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liver- P. °ol , subject to'conditions, a nd in the following or such oth er Lots as may be agreed on at the sale, Lott, A LL that Piece of LAND, with 'the SHOP 1. and DWELLING-HOUSE thereon, situate on the w est side of 'Scotland-road, No. 69, containing in front 17 feet M Tches. and 'in depth on the north side 49 feet .8 inches, on the Arth side 50 feet, and in breadth at the back IS feet. Tenant, Thomas Wilson. that of LAND, tbe SHOP and ,EL LING-HOUSE Piece thereon, adjoining with Lot 1, No. 67, being bac kwards to Sc o tl an d- roa d 1 6 f eet 6 i nc h es, an d running in d epth fe tt l ' w ards on the north side 50 feet, and nn the south side 50 Tenant ches, and being in breadth at the badk 17 feet 6 inches. , Mrs. Ann Gillon. that Piece of LAND, with the SHOP and in f LING-HOUSE thereon, adjoining Lot 2, No. 65, being ba r g,"nt to Scotland- roa d 16 f ee t 6 i nc h es , an d runn i ng i n d e p t h isi4 s „ w ards on the north side 46 feet 6 inches , and on the south T e Meet, and being in breadth at thetack 16 feet 10 inches. L' d lts, the Misse s Pendlebury and Casterdine. 114,... 4 ,•, — A1l that Piece of Land, witirthe Eight DWELLING 14inth'''':S thereon, situate on the west side of Maryb . one and feat', of Cherry-lane, containing in front to Marl hone 17 Th e Vnehes, and in front to Cherry-lane 191 feet 8 inches. 14 4 ,„ ~011SeS all front Cherry-lane, are in the occupation of 13, -7 "lighes and others, and are numbered 1,3, 5,7, 9, 11, and l•ot liotN - ,;—All that Piece of LAND, and the Nine DWELLING l'Arth'.,§_ and SHOPS thereon erected; also, the extensive wAREHOUSE, SHED, STABLE, and COUNTlNG situate on the North side of Naylor-street and north gj fe side 0f Marybone, containing in front to Naylor-street lsortc ?plebes, and to Mar ybotiet9s feet 10i on the feet Slu e 111 feet 10 inches, and in breadth at inch the es, back 73 containing in the whole 640 superficial square yards of and Ca ther ea b ou t s . Th e Y ar d , Warehouse, Shed, Stable, !tree," n ting-house, and Two of the Houses, front Naylor -6140111nd are occupied by Messrs. C o pe an d O wen an d M essrs . oth e „Vlrst and Rooney, and n u mb ere d 77, 79, 81, an d 83 ; th e 19, 2 ', even Houses front Marybone, and are numbered 15, 17, The 25 , 27, and 29 ; let to Samuel Lann and others. r , e ,whole is Freehold of Inheritance. , 1 3 1 , r . eg l i a t e 0 t 1;110MAs CROOK and SoN, Accountants, Exchange and to W. K. TvREE, Solicitor, North John-. TO ' PUBLICANS BREWERS, AND OTHERS. • BYFORD will SELL by AUCTION, •on fwiteFRIDAY lst of April, at Three o'cl P ock in the eron for Fourprecisely. crn the Premises, RINCE OF O c, INN, 27. Fleet-street,llanover-street (in consequence Thy TENANT'S UNEXPIRED TERM for 3 Years in the m n eaaut PREMISES, toether with the FIXTURES •and ii i ;ENSE, which may be removed by the Purchaser. The 1 . 0 " 1 - 1 Se is convenient, and contains five Bedrooms, two Club ers, two Parlours, Bar Vault, large Kitcben, and good larage. From its central situation. may be made into an excellent CDmmercial House or Restaurant. Rent very moderate. Immediate possession may be bad. For further particulars, apply to Mr. BYFORD, Auctioneer, Layton -square. vii ILi lIMJA Y N EAT, H OUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a powerful-toned Cottage Piano-forte, in a superb Rosewood Case, handsome Winged Wardrobe, Pair of Mahogany frame Toilet Tables, -rich B ove-veined Marble Tops, -a Choral Glass, Two elegant „Chimney Glasses, massive Four-post. Half-tester and other Adedsteads, Dinner Service, Table Cutlery, Six Pair of prime Itlankets, a few articles of Bed and Table Linen, and Eight day GRICE respectfully announces that he has bis instructions from the owner, who is goine abroad, to tr P °SE OF by AUCTION, on the Premises. 17, St. Anne ci,Theet, on THURSDAY next, the 31st instant, at Eleven o'clock llittir, the whole of the truly valuable and modern lURNl etter " ' Pri sing in Bedrooms massive Four-pest, Half and French Bedsteads prime Goose Feather Beds, 11IWhozany Winged Wardrobe ' , Cheval Glass, Blankets, Heir 00l Mattresses, superb' Pair of Marble Toilet Tables, e a a p i Lnganv Chests of Drawers =Dressing Glasses, Comm?des, 'Tij' e PT,ls Bath, and the whole of the Painted Chamber Articles. C:h a i r " - 'ining and Sitting Rooms include Set of Mahogany bi„ ; R Pedestal Sideboard of rich wood, capital Telescope I ne "'ng Table, on massive legs, with extra leaves, a Sofa, in f Ch o idi Prder, Couches Bookcase, of good wood, with glazed ai n r g doors, Cabriole 'Chair, and a Reclining' Ditto, Easy Tabi e ' e ntl Rocking Ditto, Dinner Service, China Tea__ teY Gi a u uerY, Chiffonniere with Drawers, Two elegant Chun ,Apn e ttes, several Brussels and Kidderminster Carts and 131 '64,,,, i nn_a Ornaments, Oblong and Loo Tables, handsome tvirpec, renders and Fire-inins. Hall and Stair . s—Stair and Cil 'leek APd Rods, Hall Chairs, Spring Dial, capital Eight-day Cloth, Door Mats, Hatstand, with the usual Kitchen "Wect s nary items, Dish Covers, Dresser, Plate Shelf and ~a l o~ hole `'e , the M- viewed on ...ornin of Sale anc l 'rea ) , "gtles Nad i from Mr. G RICE, 43, Whitecha g pel; or on th< WA/Pt. SALE TO.MORROW (WEDNESDAY). ,OLD FURNITURE, MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, 13,ky TtOIIE. PIANO-FORTE, PIER GLASS. EIGHT *Oen:MG CLOCK, FINE. FRAMED ENGRAVINGS , R DRAWINGS. &c. 7,; BOSOMWORTII will SELL by AUCTION, "'n e k" ) tAtonnoNv (Wednesday), the:3oth instant, at Eleven e„, t ile•tnnlPt, at his Rooms, 34, Duke-street, r_icirTC3.T.MT Ta DTI 7011,1111. roccenent riuuzrriui.l) r u g Mahogany Sideboard,Mahogany Chairs, j 41 48 ,4er, Mahog.any Cabinet Bookcase, Loo and Pembroke P (I C,.; 1:- . 8 3r and Rocking Chairs, excellent Mahogany Sofa, ecl% t Li en, Square Piano-forte in Mahogany Case, set of Tudor -bre sds • 11„%ain, ,:,_ v vith Hangings, Dressing-tables and Ni . raslistanils, 4;1"n0g4,..h 'aes. Night Com mod e, Feat herßeds, Hair Matt res . s, tki tom Y and Painted Drawers, several , flne Engravings in eB tiek, e ,frElnes, Silver-plated Tea and Coffee Service, Can rapier Mach 4 Trays, Eight-day Clock in Mahogany lirDe Q- Sal - o r ts, Fenders, Fire-irons, &c., re m o ve d f or conve ct -I,fer, Letters of evey description of Proerty made, for of Adm r inistratio p n, Probate D p uty, &c. Tra. -44471,1L,PCA5, LivERPOOL.—SELEC r SALE. v ALUABLE HORSES AND A PEW CHOICI LOTS OF SADDLERY. T R ,„.. By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., rttheir next, the 31st instant, et T we l ve o ' c l ock, IiIRTY"r k pository, Great Charlotte-street, Liverp oo l, .ta HORSES of a superior descripti consisting of 2 Brougham HORSES. 10 Well-bred Summer HACKS, 5 Short-legged useful GIG HORSES, 5 Well-bred Carriage HORSES, 3 HUNTERS, up to weight, 5 Harness HORSES, A few choice Lots of SADDLERY. On View two days prior to the Sale. i i ..B.—Extensive Sale of Alderney and Gnerr 'Dorted by E. Parsons Fowler, of W. Clemer“ ttle-srs• LUCAS and Co. e- 4,,tleinen of this and tik arrangements with k Ai(l4'• to select from the 4 4t 817. and Guernsey Cows tt th Tiler e 4 Importation. 2 Gt , be a Sale at the Repo' Aucti _ n, and \Vv. 'n, on T . y Forty of co — en` tle „ iten 'l o u r R-3 1 ) ,..; u tl 4 l e , vieel e p a r ': "are Caflal:uing their address to Messrs. LUCA t o the gties forwarded of dates of Calving, .__.______ Up F RIDAY next, theBytelirA April. at Elf QtTAN , r, Rooms,Park-lane, A on . , a Iry of FORFEITED PLEDGES, being CoApril `' l. ',Y Pledged in the respective months prior to the o tt oli ttn, lB4, with the following Pawnbrokers, viz.: Asher ,ber t IrTMtli Castle-street • Edward Byford, Dale-street; f;tterta,Yes, Kent -street; 'Wm. Cowpe, Mill-street ; Robt. &.,41144.",glifield-street ; James Heald. Scotland-road; James Oto.att,,St- Anne -street; Messrs. Smith and Hammond, 4 . e at tk e , e '; James Gillaird, Brownlow-hill ; Thos. Roberton, K °o dirlif f w ard-street ; John, I . Spencer, Richmond-rovr ; John AZ,k.lari % S cotland-road and Pembroke place; Eliza Callan, k'ner, /:, Henry J. Sued, Park-lane; Messrs. Bridson and 45behnan e gent-street ; Eugene Gregson, Copperas-hill ; Lewis ~act,',Yhitecha el • Thomas Stott, HarMrd-street ; John hi l t ,, rB ,'sv v j arren ; str P eei ; Alfred Tunstall, London-road, Robt. 15h' , 11 0 4,, aMes -street ; Escott Richards, Parlinient-street ; ktr Phi,n, Bridgewater -street ; John Barlow, 3.10 y-street ; - eet ; ,"1,11)_,a Bedford -street ; Wm. A. Maeferson, Tithebarn lessrs. Morley and Thomas, Dale-street. n o'clock, at I Insurance Notice - RATION HE THE LONDON ASSURANCE 7,OYAtthEaIAVA I MNHILL and No. 10, REGENT-STREET,-LONDON: su G OVERNOR , , Edward Burmester, Esq. R - GovEallou, John A. Arbuthnot, Esq. 11,,,, ttp tivy ,E mpry-GOVERNOR, James Dowie, Esq. Pe 1 % to' ,`,'IjRANCES effected upon every description of Pro (4.iSed*" the usual reductions allowed on and in Buildings of • to lA.ltarehouses, 4 , c. and for single management, accord h, " owest rates current. i - ,,t1150„, FIRE NOTICE. tiii i ;',, 4 e p„`l i 8 . ASSURED AGAINST FIRE by this Corporation, iti'ed recies expire at se c ur ityAY are respectfully re- I lia p-iat, for their own ;they should renew them ri I rr,REiv DAYS from the said QUARTER DAY. °l}Vleag ' ''SU RRN(TS.This branch of the Corporation's b ra DelB Farried on without Assuredce for management, and lingluir advantages to the . frolaiirle, Mercantile Fire Rates, and all other . infprrna e lad at their Offices, or sent free, on application to JOHN SCOTT, I, India-buildi ngs, Water-street, F . C. CARNE, 13, Rumford-place, , Agents for Liverpool and adjacearts Birken h ead or to 4•IPWA, RODERTS,, Sandford- etreet, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, Zo be f*Jiti or let. VERY ELIGIBLE BREWERY IN LIVERPOOL. TO BREWERS AND OTHERS. TO be LET, with early possession, a capital BREWERY, of recent erection, containing all the modern improvements for facilitating the process of Brewing, and economising labour. The Buildings consist of Brewhouse, with Steam-engine, Malt Mill and Machinery, capacious Coolers, Fermenting Rooms, well-ventilated Cellars, Warehouse Rooms, a commo dious Dwelling-house, Offices, and good Stabling. P- .., ne Brewery is capable of Brewing easily Two Hundred Barrels of Ale per week; and, with a comparatively small outlay, may be increased. It is centrally situated in the town of Liverpool, and possesses an inexhaustible supply of excellent water, (admirably adapted for Strong and Bitter Ales,) from Springs on the Premises. Tte said Brewery will be Let with or without some adjoining Premises, intended for Mailings, and with or without 370 snuare yards of vacant !And. ennti- . . . guous thereto. For rent and further particulars apply by letter, addressed to T. R., Box W 18, Postoffice, Liverpool. QUEEN'S PARK, CHESTER, THIS picturesque, finely:efeWtiecl7and extensive ESTATE, situate on the south side of the RIVER DEE, and immediately adjoining the City, with which a close com- Of DREDGE'S PA.I reach by either I I lately established by the erection of one NT SUSPENSION BRIDGES; is within easy ghtful Viii ge of ECCLESTON Park cOrr extensive v country, including the rnctlP and the. Ppr forton Hills; and, on the othei• side Walls. the esithparni nnri C.n.tla 9 of the Dee Banks, City abrity of f atmosphere and its man advantages, frontage giving facilities for fishing, boating, &c. ; and being within ten minutes' walk of the Cathedral; and as the Chester General Railway Station is within fifteen minutes' walk, LI VERPOOL is distant only an hour's journey from Queen's Park. The Property has been recently laid out in BUILDING LOTS for the erection of VILLA RESIDENCES, and will be sold either on Chief Rent or entirely Freehold ; Lithographic Plans of nr further particulars, may be - 'n a- ,tion unta, to Mr. HITCHEN, in the Park, at Chester LMessrs. SON, SAuNnEtts, and ATKINSON, Solicitors, Norfolk-street, or Messrs. GOLDSMITHS, Architects, Bond-street, Manchester : TT pplica A TK IN ;uitt•street; LiverpoO TO IRONMASTERS, CAPITALISTS, AND OTHERS . TO be DISPOSED OF, by TENDER, all those valua ble and extensive WORKS, known as the PARKFIELD " . "'"l2 RS naar ItOPERTY thereto belonging. rise Four BLAST FURNACES and vo newly-erected Condensing, STEANI- HOT-AIR OVEN construction. and in the bes't possible Working condition; most ample Boiler-room and Appurtenances; together with all the other necessary Plant and Machinery for carrying on the Works. The Mineral Property consists of 100 Acres of Freehold Land, with a good part of the Mines thereunder ungotten ; 57 Acres of Leasehold Laid, 54 years of which remain unexpired, and about 30 Acres of the Mines unbroken ; also 102 Acres of Lease- bold Land, the Leases of which expire at various periods. The Mines under the same are now being worked. These Works are admirably situated for Canal Conveyance ; and the Stour Valley Railway runs withi❑ 500 yards of the Furnaces, into which a Siding is contemplated, and can be attached at pleasure; indeed the whole forms a most desirable investment to capitalists or men of business. For particular; apply to Mr. JOHN PUGH, Iklanaging Partner, at the Works; or to Mr. W. Klux, Works, Engineering, and General Agent, Auctioneer, and Valuer, 24, Princess-street, Manchester. The Tenders to be sent, by post, to WILLIAM T - TENRY COPE, Esq., Holbeche, near Dudley. on or before thelsth day of April next, and to contain, with the amount offered, the mode of payment, the names of all the Parties making the offer, and all other necessary particulars, which will be treated as strictly confidential by the Directors, who do not bind themselves to accept the highest offer. An early c*, after the above date, will be fixed for a Meet. ing of the Board, to take such Tenders into consideration. Insurance Notices. L'' SUN ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON MANAGERS. CHARLES BELL FORD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. The Right Hon. William Felix Ladbroke, Esq. Beresford, M.P. !Henry F. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. Hon. P. Pleydell Bouverie Henry Littledale, Esq. Harry Chester, Esq. !George Warde Norman, Esq. Samuel Pepys Cockerel], Esq. I Brice Pearse, Esq. liaikes Currie, Esq., M.P. Charles Richard Pole, Esq. John Drummond, Esq. . Lambert Pole, Esq. Russell Ellice, Esq. 'Ch a rles R an k en , Esq. William Franks, Esq. !Henry Rich, Esq., M.P. William R. Hamilton, Esq. !John Shepherd, Esq. Captain H. G. Hamilton, R.N.lHenry Stuart, Esq., M.P. Joseph Hoare, Esq. ;Claude George Thornton, Esq SHARE OF PROFITS INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS The Managers beg to remind the Public that persons effect ing Policies with this Society now, or before _Midsummer, 1853, will participate in four fifths of the Net Profits of the Society at the next Division, in proportion to their contributions to those profits, anti according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Offices in Threadneedle street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. Mr. N. D. BOLD, 4, Exchange-street West. Liverpool. { mi .. mi. -..----- IT u•,,r'iN , Royal Bank-buildings. Blackburn, Mr. Wm. Stones, Leyland, Mr. J. D. Woodburn. Builder. Manchester and Cherley, Mr Blackpool, Mr. E. K. Brook. Robert Duck. Bolton, Mr. Giles Cross, and Prescot, Mr. Edmund Ward .... • rl me noiton Dank. I Preston, Mr. James Ha Burnley, Mr. Rd.Holdsworth, Mr. Henry Je nn i ngs . Agent Leeds Union Canal Rochclale,Mr. J. H. Lancashire Company. Stalybridge and Ashton-under- Bury, Messrs. Woodcock and Lyne, Mr. W. Butterworth. Son,andMr.Thos.Crompton. Stockport, Mr. Samuel Hunt. Chorley. Mr. John Winder and Ulverstone,Mr.H.Remington. Mr. Richd. Jackson. I Warrington, Mr. Thos. Smith, Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. W. wine merchant, and Mr. F. Moore. John Ashton. Holyhead, Mr. 0. Owens. Wigan and Ormskirk, Mr. F. Lancaster, Mr. Richd. Bond. Dutton. ayes and T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ESTABLISHED IN 1836. Empowered by Acts of Parliament. OFFICES. 37, CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, 20 5 , 21, POULTRY, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. Adarn Hodgson, Esq. Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq DIRECTORS IN LIVEILPOOL. ph Hornby, Esq hairs en , and Jos Chairman Deputy-( Thomas Brocklebank, Esq Thomas Booth, Esq. Francis Caesar Braun, Esq. William Earle, Esq. George Grant, Esq. Thomas Haigh, Esq. _ _ —.ph C. Ewart, Esq. George IL Lawrence, Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. William Lowe, Esq. Alexander Macgregor, Esq John Marriott, Esq. q. I W"" Nicol " Francis Haywood, Esq Robert Higgin, Esq. villiam Nicol, Esq. Charles Saunders, - Esq. John Serainson. Esq. James Aspinall Tobin, Esq ton Molt, Esq. IN LONDON. George Holt, gsq &creterry— Chairman —Wi Ilinr Deputy-Chairman—Geor Edward Barnard, Esq. William Brown. Esq., M.P. Sir Wm. P. de Bathe, Bart. Matthew Torster, Esq., M.P. Evart, Esq.. M.P. ;e Frederick Young, Esq Hon. F. Ponsonby. John Ranking, .Esq. Edward Thompson, Esq. Swinton Bonn, Esq., Secretary to the Company. Ross 1). Ma ,les. ts( Resident ,ecrkaro—Be Auditors—T. B. Blackburne, CONSTI' Liability of the entire body o FIRE DEP. PROPERTY INSURED AGAIN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Ti )iamin Henderson, Esq. Esq. and Daniel James. F 'UTION. ' Shareholdc ATAIENI A unlimited. T LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE E BRITISH COLONIES, AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The Premiums received In 1837 were .e 11,987. In 1847, .W 41,402.. LIFE INSURANCE IN AL GRANTED ON LIFE AND REITEi ANNUITIES IMMEDIATE OR DEFERRED. The Premiums received on Life Policies amounted In 1837 to £1,755 it 1842 to .E 3,163. In 1847 to £21.197 in 1852 to .i , 50,800. THE BONUSES OF THE COMPANY ARE GUARANTEED WHEN THE POLICIES ARE ISSUED. Persons whose Fire Policiestrith this Company expire on the 25th instant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool and London, and in the hands of the respective Agents ; and those who, preferring the security offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Insurance, are Wormed that no expense wilt be incurred by such removal. Farther particulars may be had on application at the Offices, 37, CASTLE-STREET, Liverpool ; and 20 and 21, Poultry, London ; or to any of the Agents in the Cou n t r y. SMINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London. 37, Castle-street, Liverpool, March, 1853. in 1842, x'23,804• in 1852, .e 98,655. L LTS BRANCHES; LOA NS RSIONA RY INTERESTS, AND )bert Hu street, Hamilton square William Stevenson, Esq., Hamilton-squar NO ERROR WILL VITIATE A POLICY. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 1797, D, LOMBARD-STREET, CITY, and 57, CHARING CROSS, WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. Robert Gurney Barclay, Esq. — 'Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. William Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. (Thomas Hodgson, Esq. William Davis, Esq. , Hen ry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Jas. A. Gordon, M.D., F.R.S. C. HampdenTorner. Esq. F.R.S Henry Grace, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. AUDITORS Emanuel Goodhart, John Davis, Esq John Haggard, D.C.L. BONUS At the division of Profits declared up to 3d July, 1847, the Bonus added to Policies effected in the seven preceding years on the " Return .System" averaged 33 per Cent. on the pre miums paid. Four-fifths or Eighty per Cent, of the Profits are divided amongst the Policy-holders. in connection with N Life A A L S U P r R a F f l a C i lu o n it{ approved Security. A required for the Assurance of ..'lOO for the whole term of life 'Age 1 Without Profits. With IA n . o l Without I With Profits. Profits. Prcfits 15 1 41 11 0 41 15 0 ' 40 £ 2 18 10 <t'3 6 5 20 113 10 119 3 50 4 0 9 410 7 30; 2 4 0 210 4 60 6 1 0 6 7 4 ROBERT TUCKER, Se AGENTS. THOS. CROOK and SON, Accountants. LIVERPOOL.... JAMES ODDIE, Agent to the Manchester Fire-office. JAS. and THOS. LEWIN, Wine-merchants. f J no. Itailton, St. Paul's Foundry. 1 James Willson, Old Bank. f J. Mawdsley and Son. 1 James Knowles, Solicitor. Thomas Dolgate, Wine-merchant. !Thomas Crompton, Bookseller. 1 William Harper, Solicitor. Chorley Richard Cliffe. Lancaster Richard Hinde, Wine -merchant. William James Tate, 57, Ki ng - street. Manchester { Henry Clarke, 38, Princess -street. .John Fairhurst, Miller. Edward Peddar, Banker. . S. Procter, Grocer. !James Woods, Attorney. 1 Jonathan Nield, Bank-manager. Ulverstone James Mason, Draper. ...flames Bolton, Ironmonger. Warrrington Thomas F e ll . Old B an k. Wigan f Woodcock, Part, and Scott, Solicitors. 1 John Acton, Gentleman. .cretary Blackburn Bolton Burnley Orm sk irk Preston .. Prescot .. Rochdale Manteb. I WANTED, a YARD CLERK, accustomed to the delivery of Coals. A good handwriting indispensable. H., Box 47, Postoffice. Address, WANTED, in a Merchant's Office in town, a YOUTH, of respectable parentage, as APPRENTICE. Applications to be made in the handwriting of Applicants, and addressed M., Standard-office. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITUTION. THE GOVERNORS will meet on TUESDAY, the 12th April, at One o'clock, to ELECT an HONORARY SURGEON to this Charity._ _ _ Candidates must be members of the Royal College of Sur geons of London or Glasgow, and lodge their Diplomas at the Institution not later than Six p.m. on the previous Evening. JOSEPH KITCHEN, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer. There is at present a VACANCY fora PUPIL. PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. CONTRACT FOR WORKS THE SELECT VESTRY of this PARISH are - - - - I prepared to receive TENDERS for the ERECTION of Additional STORIES to one of the WARDS of the WORK HOUSE, and for the PULLING DOWN of the CHAPEL and its RE-ERECTION upon a different site. The Plans and Specifications may be seen at Mr. WEIG HT MA N's Offices, Pemberton-buildings, Fenwick -street. Sealed Tenders for the said Works to be delivered at the Office of the undersigned on or before SATURDAY, the 9th day of April next. __ The Select Vestry do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. By order of the Select Vestry, CHARLES HART, Vestry-clerk of the said Parish Parish-offices, Brownlow-hill, 22nd March, 1853. Insurance Notices. YORKSHIRE FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1824. _ _ Parties having Annual Policies falling due on the 25th of MARCH, are respectfully informed, that they should renew the same within Fifteen Days from that date. /WENT& LATHAM HAMMER, Jun., 1, Dale-street. F. L. MAWDESLEY, 3, Cook-street. JOHN ATKINSON, 25, North John-street. LITHERLAND and GROOM, 42, Lord-street. Insurance Notices. N ORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1821. CAPITAL £550,000. TRUSTEES The Right Hon. Lord Hastings Edwd. Wellborn Martin, Esq The Lord Walpole Thomas Amyot, Esq. Sir Henry Jardine, Knt. Henry Brown, Esq. __ - . .... —_ &c. &e. &c. DIRECTORS. an Stracey, President—Anthony II lid son , Esq. Vice-President—Lieut.-General Sir Robert John Harvey, C.B. Charles Evans, Esq., Chancel- George Durant, Esq. for of the Diocese of Nor- Robert John Harvey Harvey, wick. Esq. Edward Stewart, Esq. Sir William Foster, Bart. Thomas Blakiston, Esq.,R.N. Henry S. Patteson, Esq. Timothy Steward, Esq. I John Wright, Esq. SECRETARY—SaMUeI Bignold, Esq. The Public are respectfully reminded, that all Insurances renewable in the LIVERPOOL AGENCY on the 25th day of MARCH, 1853, must be paid at the Office, Exchange-street West, on or before the 9th day of APRIL next, or the Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured. This j Society . paid £74,660 3s. Bd. Duty to Government for the year 1851, in England ; Ireland, and Scotland. It INSURED, during the same year, £9,163,913 Farming Stock, which is Free of Duty. _ In proof of the, public approbation of the principles and conduct of this Company, it may be sufficient to state that its Business now exceeds SIXTY MILLIONS. ROBERT NEILSON, AGENTS { JOHN ANDERSSON. T HE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE JL COMPANY. INSTITUTED 1837. 62, KING TVILLIAM7 STREET, LONDON. CAPITAL,-ONE MILLION, DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, M.P. George Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Pirr, Esq. Jacob George Cope, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. John Wilks, Esq. Wm. Hunter, Esq.. Aid. Edward Wilson, Esq. Jas. Pilkington, Esq., M.P. _ PARIS[-I OF LIVERPOOL, VWANTED, for the \\TOR_ KHOUSE, Brownlow bill, the following OFFICERS, at the Salaries stated, with Rations and Board in addition, namely : . . , at a Salary of R3O per annum. ....9spital Nurse ~ £l2 10s. „ One Ward Mistress 99 £l2 10s. , ~ As these Officers will be required to reside within the Buil d: ing. and to devote their whole t' 'to ti-- - - One Wardsmar .ime —tem respective duties, as defined by the Board, it is expedient that the Candidates appointed should be either Single Persons, or others having no Letters of application in the' Candidate's own hand wr iti ng, together with Testimonials as to qualification, to be forwarded to the undersigned on or before WEDNESDAY, the 30th instant. The age, with die present and past occupation of the r.ndi_ date, to - be stated By order of the Select Vestry, CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk of the said Parish, Parish-affices, Brotonlow-hi11,22d March, 1853. Contracts. CONTRACT FOR WORKS. rpHE FINANCE COMMITTEE of the COUNCIL j. of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL are prepared to re ceive TENDERS for the execution of the Works to be per formed in completing the BUILDINGS at the NEW GAOL, WALTON. as wishing to Tender for the 3ove Works may see the =cations, and obtain Printed Forms of'Tender, .cessary information, at the SURVEYOR'S Office, Sealed Tenders for the said Works, and endorsed "Tender for Works at the New Gaol, Walton," must be left at the above Office, on nr before Twelve o'clock at noon on THURSDAY. the 21st day of April next, after which time no Tender will be received. The committee will not be bound to accept the lowest or any Tender. Surveyor's Office, Totenhall, 3farch 19, 1853, WEST OF ENGLA INSURANCI ESTABLII TRUS ND FIRE AND LIFE E COMPANY. SHED 1807. "EES. I Right Hon. Earl Fortescue Sli 7 T. D. Acland, Bart., M.P. Right Hon. Earl Morley Edward Divett, Esq., M.P. Right Hon. Lord Clifford Samuel T. Kekewich, Esq. LIFE DEPARTMENT. . . . A moderate scale of premiums, combining the benefits of the mutual with the security of the proprietary system. Four fifths, or eighty per cent. of the profits, appropriated to the assured every fifth year, which may be added to the sum in sured, as a bonus, and payable therewith, or applied in reduc tion of the future annual premium ,or payment may be obtained in cash of their present value. Insurances effected, without participation of profits. at reduced rates. FIRE D EPARTM ENT. Property insured throughout the United Kingdom. Half of the surplus premiums returned to the assured every fifth year, on policies of .e3co and upwards, of two years' standing. The sixth return, at Christmas, 1847, amounted to ten per cent. on the premiums paid. CHARLES LEWIS, Secretary. Excter, March, 1853. AGENTS AT LIVERPOOL: WILLIAM 'GREGORY, jun.,'ll, L'xchange•buildings. D. and 3. B. NEILSON, 3, High-street. J. A. HORACE JEE, Lancaster-buildings. SAMUEL BULLEY, 18, Exchange- buildings. THOMAS HAIGH, 7, Castle-street. ARTHUR JACKSON, Exchange-court, Exchange-street East, The Company's Engine and Brigade are maintained entirely at their own expense, and are despatched to all fires, free of charge, special protection being given to 'property covered by the company's-policies. R OYAL IN S LI TI VE R R V OI C E COMPANY, PITAL, .€2,000,000, in 100,000 SHARES of £2O each. HEAD OFFICE, NORTH JOHN-STREET AND DALE-STREET TRUSTEES. John Shaw Leigh, Esq.lli:ll B. H. Blundell, Esq. DIRECTORS. Charles Turner, Esq., NI.P., Chairman. J. Bratnley- Moore, Esq., a mlEdmund Molyneux, Esq., Deputy. Chairmen. Michael Bousfield, Esq. 'Richard Houghton, Esq. Thomas Bouch, Esq. Edward Johnston, Esq. Ralph Brocklebank, Esq. Roger Lyon Jones., Esq. David Cannon, Esq. James Lawrence, Esq. William Claxton, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq. Thomas Dover, Esq. George Maxwell, Esq. Richard Harbord, Esq. Robert M'Andrew, Esq. R. F,llison Harvey, Esq. William Smith, Esq. T. Dyson Hornhy, Esq. I John Torr, Esq. George H. Horsfall, Esq. BIRKENHEAD BRANCH, _ OFFICE—HAMILTON-BUILDINGS, HAMILTON -STREET, _Agent.—Henry Cole, Esq. Sargeon.—Jaiiies T. Vale, - Esq., 'Hathilton-square. The Directors beg to announce that they continue to RE CEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES. The large Capital of the Company, and the numberancill fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages offered to the Public. FIRE INSURANCES Will be effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company, having the advantage of a resident .13irectory, will be enabled to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of Claims. No Charge made for the Polk y. LIFE BRANCH The Company likewise assure Lives on any of the following contingencies, viz.:— For WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums to cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. For a Sum to be payable at age 60, or at death. PREMIUMS ON CREDIT. A PORTION OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON CREDIT, ORR, ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED IN VARIOUS WAYS, NOT ENUMERATED, TO MEET THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR ANCE. The important advantages afforded by the Company in this Branch will include the following, viz.:— GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL MODERATE PRE MIUMS, LARGE PARTICIPATIO N OF PROFITS BY THE ASSURED, SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, &c. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors. Fees to Medical Referees are likewise granted by this Com pany. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. POLICIES falling due at LADY DAY should be renewed on or before the 9th April next. 19th Mareh, 1853. T HE LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions, HEAD OFFICE-26, MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER. CHAIRMAN. Nicholas Heald, Esq., Manchester DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. William Jenkinson, Esq. Salford DIRECTORS J. M. Brooks, Esq., Man ciWtet 7 ngton, Esq ~ Blackburn B. Darhyshh e, Esq., Liverpool J. Schofield,Esq.,Littleborough George Glen, Esq., Liverpool N. Shelmerdine, Esq., Salford John R. Kay, Esq., Bury S. Symonds, Esq., Manchester J. Knowles, Esq., Manchester John Todd, Esq., Manchester J. Leech, Esq., Stalybriage G. E. Wainwright, Esq., Man- J. Mayson, Esq., Manchester chester Wm.C.Moore,Esq.,Mancliester, B. Wood, Esq., Manchester. Joseph Owen, Esq., Manchesterl OFFICE IN LONDON-2, King-street, Cheapside. John Cheetham, Esq., M.P., Chairman. John James Saunders, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. OFFICES IN LIVERPOOL-3, HIGH-STREET, and 5, EX CHANGE-STREET EAST. DIRECTORS. Eyre Evans, Esq., Chairman. Benjamin Darbyshire, Esq. W. F. Hunter, Esq. Thomas Fry, Esq. Frederic Lyon, Esq. George Glen, Esq. Daniel Powell, Esq. Charles Holland, Esq. I James Smith, Esq. MEDICAL EXAMINER—Thos. Blackburn, Esq. RESIDENT SECRETARY-3011n Semple, Esq. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Eighty per Cent. Bonuses, triennially after the firft five years, applicable as the Assured may prefer. Bonus Rates I With't Bonus £ll7 0 .e 2 6 0 £3 06 £4 6 9 .€6 7 6 1 13 10 2 2 6 2 16 9 4 2 6 6 2 6 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Fifty per Cent. Bonuses Annually, on Policies of three years' standing. LADY DAY INSURANCES now require to be effected or renewed, and incur no extra expense by being done with this Com pan y. Prospectuses, Mercantile Rates, Forms of Proposal, and all other information, will be afforded at the Offices and Agencies of the Company. ApplicatiOns from parties desiring to become Agents to be addressed to JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., General Manager, 26, Market-street, Manchester. AGENT FOR BIRKENHEAD : MR. WILLIAM HENDERSON Respectable Parties required as Agents for Bootle, Rirkdale, Everton, EditOM, how bill, Windsor, seacombe j and Eve, Wont Districts, .4,P 4. 4., 5 ; z.v, 2„;41,!ri.'. A E 3 1100. ,ti.L ~ [. ,!'• v, si ,1 1 , 1 p,,,4, ,, ' , . .•;,!;, 1! : '-' v.-VI ~.,,,O v 4 t ' 4 ' - - ~ ,111,.. ~ ..__, SECRETARY—Thomas Price, Esq., LLD, The LADY DAY FIRE RENEWAL RdCEIPTS are now ready, and may be had on application at the Head Offices of tne ey i "•. r In the LIFE DEPARTMENT the Company transacts all business relating to Life Assurance, Deferred Annuities, and Family Endowments upon the most liberal terms, consistent with sound principles and public security. LOANS from .eloo to .etooo advanced upon Personal Secu rity and the deposit of a Life Policy. AGENTS TO THE COMPANY : Mr. DAVID MARPLES, Lord-street. LIVERPOOL Mr. R. STILL, Peter's-place, Rumford-street. Mr. G. E. HOLT, 25, South John-street. Mr. I. 0. JONES, 14, Brunswick-buildings. Ashton-under-Lyne Mr. William Leach. Ashton-in-Mackerfield Mr. J. Sumner. Altrincham Mr. W. Burrow. Bury Mr. John Vickerman. Bolton Mr. Thomas Parkinson. Blackburn Mr. James Dewsbury. Burnley Mr. Wilnam Hughes. Chester Mr. A. Booth. Chorley Mr. William Tootell. Colne Mr. T. Wiseman. Lancaster Mr. William Welch. Manchester Mr. S. Giles. Ditto Mr. Thomas C. Hill. Ditto Mr. W. Pooley. Northwich Mr. C. Green. Oldham Mr. J. L. Quarmby. Ormskirk Mr. J. Wareing. Preston Mr. F. Cotman. Rochdale Mr. Edward Taylor. Wigan Messrs. Hutchings and Roberts. Warrington Mr. J. Forrest. P.S.—VACANCIES exist in the AGENCIES of the COM PANY for the following places, for which applications may be forwarded to the Secretary : Dukinfield, Winwick, Lower Tottington, Poulton, Clitheroe, Prescot, Eccles, Pilkington, Newton, Prompton, Todmorden Ulverstone, Worsley TO CORRESPONDENTS. H. 0. D. should try again. He has good ideas, but his lines have faults in rhyme and rhythm. Ax ISRAELITE quite mistakes us, in supposing that we have any feelings of hostility to the Jews as a body, or individually. Indeed, there are many of them who deservedly enjoy the respect of all with whom they are acquainted. Our opposi tion to the Jew Bill is purely upon principle; and we believe that the Jews generally care very little for the bill, it being designed for the aggrandisement of two or three individuals. We may also take this opportunity of stating, that at no time, in expressing our opinions upon any public question, do we make reference to individuals. Our hostility is always upon principle. Riberpoot :7--P3taitbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1853. THE AFFAIRS OF TURKEY. THREATENED EUROPEAN WAR. EUROPE has but just escaped from the dread of a general war between the great powers of the North on the battle-field of the South. An important Plenipotentiary from RUSSIA had made demands, it was said, upon the SULTAN Of TURKEY, ini mical to the interests of ENGLAND ; AUSTRIA had sided with the Autocrat of the North; the British Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, in the absence of the Ambassador, had sent to Malta to request ADMIRAL DUNDAS to bring the British fleet to the mouth of the Dardanelles; and LOUIS NA POLEON, not to be out of the quarrel, had sent a French fleet from Toulon to the scene of the ex pected conflict. All this, however, is happily at an end. The demands of the Russian envoy have turned out to be no more than. he was perhaps justi fied in ant ng , though asking, and t the e p e r e mp tory h e Tu rki sh to n e wh i ch Government tl,a a assumed may be questionable : the British Admiral has refused to move his fleet at the request of a subordinate officer, without orders from the Home Government; and the official organ of the French Government has announced that the whole affair is in prospect of settlement, without compromising the good understanding of the European powers. We may therefore briefly review the circumstances which led to this temporary broil, and calmly dis cuss our own position with reference to the position of TURKEY among the States of EUROPE. It will be remembered that when Louis NAPO LEON was devising high-sounding titles, by which to give at least nominal eclat to his assumption of the dignity of Emperor, he claimed that of Protec teur de les lieux Saintes, or the Holy Shrines, in Palestine, which had been long under the keeping of the Greek Church, with tacit innovations of the Latin Monks. In order to give a colourable pre tence to this claim, M. DE LAVALETTE was de spatched to Constantinople, and he succeeded in obtaining a firman from the Sultan in favour of the Romish, to the exclusion of the Greek Church. The latter remonstrated, and succeeded in making the firman a dead letter, but French diplomacy was again at work, and the Greeks, in despair, applied to the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, who has generally been recognised as the head of that Church. In the meantime, the Turkish Government made an insane attack on the Christian population of MON TENEGRO, which afforded AUSTRIA a pretext for moving an army in that direction, for the ostensible purpose of protecting her frontiers, which was menaced through the number of Hungarian refu gees in the Turkish army. During all this time the Courts of ENGLAND, AUSTRIA and FRANCE are represented at Constantinople by simple Charges d'Affaires, when they are startled by the arrival of a Russian ambassador, with great pomp, to demand the reinstatement of the Greeks in the charge of the Holy Shrines, and, consequently, to dispute the claim of FRANCE to the protectorate of the Romish Church, which seemed put forward to strengthen her influence in the East. Alarmed at this sudden demand, which was made in a tone which implied a determination to enforce it, the British deputy minister sent for the fleet at Malta, under pretence of assisting Turkey against the threatened aggres sion of Russia, and the French minister, mortified at losing all the fruits of his predecessor's wily diplomacy, also sent for assistance, which led to the despatch of the French fleet from Toulon. RUSSIA has not, however, in this instance at least, shown a disposition to claim more than she was entitled to, and when the demands of Prince MEN SCHIKOFF, her ambassador, were fairly discussed, they proved to be only for a substantial protection of the Greek Church against the insidious designs of FRANCE in favour of the Romish Church. It is charged against RUSSIA that she has ulterior de signs against TURKEY, but in this instance the aggression comes from FRANCE, who employed the threat of coercion in order to wring from the Turkish Government the firman which RUSSIA interfered to resist. The part which ENGLAND has taken in this matter may not be so easy to define, inasmuch as it would be difficult to show in what respect we have any direct interest in the custody of the Holy Shrines, nor need we concern ourselves in any great degree whether Greek or Latin priests have the advantage in this particular. It has, however, been so long a popular prejudice to view the proceedings of Russia in reference to Turkey as being designed for some future inroad upon our East India posses sions, that it has become a ruling principle of British diplomacy, ever since the untoward event at Navarino, to view all such i n t er f erence w ith suspicion ' and therefore the very app earance o f t h e Russian Ambassador at Constantinople was the signal of alarm which led to the immediate call for a British fleet, although all that was demanded was the acknowledgment of a claim, the justice of which we were not prepared to dispute. iu an in. rUESDA MARCH 29, 1853. Mahon' . medan nation Can be maintained by a MR. GLAD S T O N B'S FIN Christian state, however necessary its existence may STATEMENT. appear to be. From the time when JOHN SOBIESKI hich depen Icommercial operati o rapidly weaker from inherent decay; and_much as I, We ITIUS after the E, ,sfaction. We may premis e that we Russian Government has not shown itself so anxious to resort to hostilities as sumo i statement with any reference to our own vie -4P•--- with Sir JOSEPH BAILEY, on be? Dock Trustees, who had suggested the d csirabilitv of 1 the Docks on both sides of the rive sane fear of the extension of Russian influence at grave complaints. There have Leen times in our Constantinople, we were about to become the mere history when such a determination would have tool of the French Emperor,and lend ourselves to the been attributed to any other motive than those support of a demand which ought never to have which a British Minister would have cared to avow, been made, and which was itself an aggression, in —when the fact of a wealthy company obtaining order to gratify the ambition of Louis NAPOLEON peculiar privileges, to the detriment of other in and increase the influence of the Romish Church— terests, would have been supposed the natural con two objects which we ought to be the last to support. sequence of their command of capital ; and when that "every man has his price," would p A l n ae d ed wh si y de ha b s y aalildethwisithbeen FR ANCE done, i a n n dE thisN G u L n A h N o I v y h th a e ve sa b y e i e n n g believed to have no exception, at least dispute ? It can only be traced to the apprehension in high places. Such a supposition, however, can of the designs of RUSSIA, and the belief that it is not be entertained at the present day; but what the interest of ENGLAND to maintain the Empire ever the motive, there are few who will deny that of TURKEY as the only efficient bulwark for the the interests of Great Britain in India are of far integrity of our Indian Empire. If we admit that too much consequence to be lightly entrusted the destinies of nations are guided by human fore- to a body of irresponsible men in London, without sight, and the progress of mankind the result of a searching inquiry into their mode of administra human wisdom, we cculd readily believe that tion. It is to be hoped that our independent legis- ENGLAND was justified in protecting, at all hazards, lators will, in this case, exercise their own judgment, so important a key to her Eastern trade as the and not permit the Charter of the East India Corn- Empire of Turkey : but we have a right to look to pany to be renewed at the mere bidding of the a higher fountain of wisdom than the policy of Minister, without due inquiry into the question in diplomatists; and therefore we cannot believe,what- all its bearings. ever appearances may present themselves, that a A.NCIAL was the defender of Christian Europe against the Infidel Turks, the followers of MAHOMET have NOTWITHSTANDING the anxiety with which most people been decreasing in numbers and importance. For are now looking for the Budget of the CHANCELLOR of years past the Empire of TURKEY has grown the EXCHEQUER, and upon w ait until that early day _ we may dread the designs of RUSSIA, our Christian .aster recess, when its announcement has been faith compels us to believe that that of the Moslem promised. In order, however, that our readers may be must become utterly extinct, and TURKEY no able to indulge in some speculation upon probabilities, longer remain the only exception to at least the and also that Mr. GLADSTONE may* some assistance in nominal Christianity of Europe. Such a result no the difficult work i n whi c h he i s eid, we subjoin the human power can avert, and it is folly to attempt chief points on which, if he is a prudent man, he can, it; but it does not, therefore, follow that we are consistently with his party predilections, construct a to submit to the extension of Russian domination, financial statement which may give the largest amount of which we have so much interest to prevent, As, but rather ~ WILLS rugaitt `"., .w.... ......,_,...,-. ----,1-,..:„.. t1,..,,,n,t,..ai been so desirous to make it appear; much may be done by pacific negotiations ; but if we needlessly principles of the party now in offi ce . I n d ee d, we put seek a cause of quarrel, we shall but precipitate the forward the statement somewhat in the light of a pre catastrophe we wish to av o id. diction ; and, should it be r ea li se d, we sh a ll c l a i m s ome credit from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for our THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, disinterested assistance to him in his difficult task. AND ITS ABUSES. To begin, then, with the re d uc ti ons o f t axa ti on ,— w hi c h are always looked for with the most anxiety,—he will pro- THE announcement by the Government of their pose to reduce the duty on tea from the present rate of intention to introduce a Bill this session for con- 2s. 24d. to ls. 6d. per lb., which, calculating at the present tinuing the Government of India, for a lengthened rate of consumption, would entail a loss to the revenue of period, upon a mere modification of the present £lc,oBoosidooerOab; considerable e u i se t n a cr s e t a he r in ed t u h c e ptticoonnswuimll,nioondoue willbt, le staedti. o system, has excited more than ordinary attention t o a n ' h this important subject. So long as the peculi a r mate the loss of a com a tait to nlre £1,300,000. Followingeof the House of the recommen dation Commons, he will then powers exercised by the East India Company were propose to repeal the Excise duty on Paper, and also the based upon a legal charter, granted for a definite duty on Advertisements, which will have the effect of period, there was no disposition to interfere with relieving an important branch of home manufactures, and the privileges of the potentates of Leadenhall-street ; also of giving facilities to trade by increasing the means but a proposal from the Government to renew of communication. These reductions he calculates will amount in round numbers to £1,000,000. Th e nex t item, those privileges puts the question upon quite a i w different footing. It is almost a matter of surprise which he will approach with som e tr e pid a ti on , i s th e renewal of the Property and Income-tax, which expires that the administration of affairs in India has not on the sth of April. He will propose to renew the tar, long since excited more of public attention than it but at the reduced rate of 4d. instead of 7d. in the pound. has hitherto done, and been made the foundation This will amount, according to the present scale of of a grievance by those restless legislators who are assessment, to a reduction of about £2,300,000, but in never better satisfied than when they have something order that it should be more equally levied, he will pro to grumble at. It is not for wan t o f magn i tu d e posei ll t o o redu ceases to thel limit of e o f ta exemption ol t y o £t that portion a year, but o f of the interests at stake, f o r th e p o p u l a ti on o f our income which is in charge Indian empire is at least four ti mes as grea t as th at excess of the above limit, so that of the United Kingdom ; nor could it ba because a year, being 4d. in the t pound upon the additional £4o. f persons possessing £lOO a year will have to pay 13s. 4d. e i f ' o c r o e m calculate oni there was no room for improvement, for a cloud r u ea e li w se il j a pr ls o o pe p r r t o y p i o n s lrSan and n he t will therefore of witnesses might be brought to prove the con- the total reduction at £1,500,000. This, with the other Crary. Still, whatever might have been the cause, reductions, will make a n aggrega t e l oss to t h e revenue of £3,800,000. the management of this vast appanage of the It may be supposed, that in order to make this large remission s o ms additionalo f th ptauxbalitciabnurdsuencisl, as s e British Crown, with the exception of the acquisition l i s is abO re l ec t e O ss p o r r op i o la s3 of the territory of Lahore and the desultory war in done in his scheme for doubling and extending p the House Burmah, has aroused very little of public discus- c p u tt t ty • byliceonlinrinGli.iAsnastrteooNtlizo)owtiell thesteer r c e l: e a o r t o f o t s h i i t s io d o i ffi o - f sion. It is time, however, that the British Le is- the tufty. by Debt. The House will present that in lature should be aware of the vastness of the interests rleBSuelett.here of wtpel New a saving e o t i £625,000 a year by the Y t 0 Three ion pr Cent, a w nd he e w a ill paroQpu o a se rte to r p m e a r k C s e a nt re s c t i o a e a k upon which it will have to decide, and the heat responsibility of deciding hastily where the issue tion of a similar amount on the interest of Consols. This is so important. Were it not for the simple fact aw ill effe-t a savin g to th e coun t ry o f about £1,250,000 year, making together £1,875,000 ; an d es timating the that the controul over this magnificent territory present surplus revenue at only £2,500,000, there will be t 7sr ing aft i e n r to th s e cco p u ro n p t os th ed e i r n e c ti r l e t as cti i o n n o s re of has been, from its first acquisition, nom i na lly veste d at a x m a t a i r o g n i n w o i f t hf u 5 in the East India Company, it would be difficult to ceipts owing to the prosperous state of trade. Having imagine that the British Governm en t wou ld consent h ex pounded his views, he will move for leave to bring thus I in bill to effect the proposed reduction in the interest of to the delegation of powers of such magnitude to the National Debt. but We t 1 a h r a e r a e t only n s t s y v g e i r v a e l n the smaller rticu i t l e a m rs s wql f i which e w lil u check has been the right of veto on certain of the to swell the catalogue. He will allude to the reduction major details by the Board of Controul ; but the fthe reduction interest on aa te Exchequer ere Bills,interest o andtiep deposits t s a fl ingSavings' immense amount of patronage and all the minor Banks as sources of revenue ; while, on the other hand, parts of the system—which contribute, perhaps, in a h t e a w c i m ll a p l r i o a th o l u y n o t ropose an equalisation of rec e ipt s t am p s the greatest degree to the results—are at the will of the East India Directors, who, in this respect, possess a power not inferior to the highest offices in the Home Government. Had this plan worked successfully—had the resources of India been de veloped to anything like the extent which might THOSE who imagine that the increase and prosperity of reasonably have been anticipated, and our power in Bir kenhead will prove any detriment to Liverpool,—that the East been proved the means of ameliorating the indeed there is any rivalry or antagonistic interest between condition of above a hundred millions of t h e the two sides of the Mersey,—indulge in a popular error heathen population, reduced to subjection by the which is the direct converse of the truth. Birkenhead is force of arms—the wisdom of a change of system to Liverpool what the suburbs are to London, one of the might have been questionable. The results, how- main sources of her greatness, and all that tends to ex ever, are far otherwise. India, which should form tend and improve the one is felt in a material degree by by far the largest market for our exports, consumes the other. In Birkenhead new buildings have been raised only to the extent of Ten Millions a year ; and a within a few years, to an extent that ri va l s th e a l most country which, in its days of Pagan rule, maintained magic celerity with which new towns spring up i n A me . many princes in barbaric splendour, can no w b are ly rica ; but they furnish commodious residences and purer pay the expenses of its Christian rulers. It may air to those who have their business in Liverpool—the not be chargeable upon the East India Directors that each man has only his own i n t eres t t o serve , population of Birkenhead h a s i ncrease d, an d i s increas ing, but they f orm new cus t omers f or t h e tra d e o f Liver and that the whole system is but a scram bl e f or individual gain ' • but it is clear that w ith th e pool—and even the shopkeepers on th a t s id e t h e water patronage vested in irresponsible persons, who have derive the greater part of their supplies from this side, to take advantage of an elevation gained with diffi- aided by the excellent accommodation afforded by the culty, incompetent persons are placed in offices of several steam-ferries. Even the Birkenhead Docks, trust, and the interests of the whole are subordinate, which by many have been looked upon with jealous eyes if not absolutely sacrificed, to the private ends of as rivals to our own magnificent line of docks, have been these nominees. Whenever the affairs of India in reality adding to the trade of the port by increasing its have been commented on by those who have had accommodations ; and, as the shipping business is still opportunities of observation, without being in the interest of the Company, it ha s b een s h ewn that extending, their value will become a l mos t every d ay more the whole object of the sy s t em o f Government apparent . ' There have, however, existed obstacles t o t h e due development of these advantages, which it should be appears to be to give value to the patronage of the Directors, without the slight es t re f erence e i t h er to the object of every one to assist in removing, an d it i s the improvement of the popul a ti on o f I n di a or to with this view that we have called attention to th e su bj ec t. render it a source of perman en t a d vantage to t h e It is well known that the construction o f th e Birken trade of this country. So long as India yielded head Docks wes commenced upon so gigantic a scale sufficient to pay the salaries of the officers and the the funds at command proved inadequate for their corn. dividends to the holders of stock, nothing pletion, and the difficulties were further increased by more was required ; and every step that has been disagreements between the chief promoters. Much of made in advance, such as the promotion of rail- these had, however, been overcome, and in October last a ways, has merely been as a precaution against the contract was signed for the completion of the outer works, increasing inadequacy of the revenue to meet the which are now in course of construction. Still the coin expenditure. mend of capital is not so ample as to inspire confidence in Let us suppose, however, that all this was e iv e e d r y po rC ol ai D iSa oc ti k O s n . 0 h t e he s o u r b i j g e i e n t a i r d e s si g b n r , o u a g n h d t w h i l e a f t o r i e s altered ; that the Governo r was th e di rect nom i nee the Dock Committee Thursday, in as e c i his rs were duties ; t g h o a v t e r h n i s o r c o f o u r n t e h i l e a e n ffi d c o i e t h n e t r p e rfo subordinater ma nc e o of ffih really wanted is the efficient on assistance of t the , Trustees of of the Crown, and re s p ons ibl e as any ot h er colonial t t l h i the sp eedy CHAIRMAN that h e h a d h a d a core also appointed by the C r o wn ; an d t h a t t h e whole system of government was under the direction of, and immediately responsible to, the Executive at home, and liable to be freely discussed by the Legislature ; England might furnish a host of efficient men for the performance of the several duties required, who have now no opportunity, because they have no friends among the magnates of Leadenhall-street. The resources of India might he made available to render us independent of America for cotton and of China for tea; and the perseverance and enterprise of the Saxon race, unrestrained by the chilling and baleful influences of favouritism, which now prevents all competition, might FOOD render this mighty empire in the East, with its fine climate and unlimited command of labour, a market for our products exceedb ,;- all our exports, and a means of employment for our mercantile marine, which would be continually extending. If India were opened to our country men as freely as Australia, under no other ensign than the British flag, Liverpool would have to increase her docks in order to accommodate the East Indiamen which would leave the port freighted with English goods to return loaded with the riches of the East : but little improvement can be hoped for so long as the administration of our rule in India is at the dictation of the twenty four individuals known as East India Directors; who, from the temporary nature of their tenure, cannot be expected to have any other object than the advantage of the present time, without any reference to the interests of the future. The opportunity is now afforded for effecting very desirable alteration, owing to the period for which the charter of the East India Company was a last renewed soon drawing to a close ; and yet, notwithstanding the reasonable demands upon the Government to postpone the question for a year, in order that a committee of inquiry may bring their investigation to a close, and any proposed system for the future receive that careful consideration to which it is entitled, they have avowed their determination to bring in a Bill during the present Session, to continue nearly all the abuses which now form the subject of such LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD.-UNION OF THE DOCKS. ,went by the ,n in London of the Birkenhead haying one manage• ment, and recommended a conference between the respec tive parties interested. The result of the discussion was the appointment of a committee, consisting of Mr. CHAS. TURNER, M.P., Mr. BOLD, and Mr. ROBERTSON GLAD STONE, to confer with the representatives of the Birken head Trust on the terms of arrangement, and to report to a future meeting of the Liverpool Trust. This is a good beginni ng , th e i ce h as b een b ro k en , an d it is to be hoped that no petty jealousies, unnecessary par simony, a o y r o in f o e r ff d e in ct a i t n e g id an ea s s r o ra f n g 3 a e in m w en il t l be allowed to stand prove beneficial to both parties. The Shipping trade of ance, and to furnish sufficient Dock accommodation on sacrifice far more valuable property, and in less convenient situations, than by taking advantage of the ample space this side the Mersey the Trust ees afforded on the other side. Nor will the guardians of thepeelaledtov iew , when h e n Birkenhead it i s remembered property be g t u h i l a t t y t of he any completion great sa sacrifices fi t c h e e s in making liberal concessions to accomplish the end in Docks under the auspices of sub stantial value to all the property in the • vicinity, and make t h ose resources available which are now comparatively worthless. The negociation must be .- entered upon in a spirit of liberality on b•ath sides and predict that the realisation will ; we may confidently prove of incalculable ad vantage to the port of Liverpool. It is gratifying to observe ninny satisfactory signs of Inc . Birkenhead rec • overing from the depression which she has experienced for some few years past. The number of elegant residences recently erected at (Won, Claughton, Trantnere, and the other out-lying districts, have materi ally added to the population and increased the business of the tradesmen, and the opening of long untenanted shops betoken a return to activity. In the neighbourhood of the docks there are far more signs of industry, as shown by the larger receipts for railway tra ffi c. The extensive ship-building yard of Mr. LAIRD is furnishing full em ployment for hundreds of busy artisans. Messrs. A. and G. HOLME have lately taken a very spacious plot of ground for purposes of business ; and PRICE'S Patent Candle Company, which now employs many hundred hands at Vauxhall, near London, is about to establish a factory in this vicinity for the convenience of its export trade. These are all evidences of Birkenhead rapidlyrising into increased importance, and Liverpool should not neglect the oppor tunity now afforded of possessing such an ample auxiliary to her Dock accommodation. p i will i Liverpool l l exten t vih ei ll e og a mni glue import.