Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HUNGARIAN. The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw steam-ship Hungarian, Captain Jones, arrived in Liverpool yesterday evening, bringing news from Quebec to•the :J sth instant, the day she sailed thence. .The Hungarian brought the Canadian mails, a valuable cargo, and 143 pas sengers, of whom fifty-seven were in the saloon. In her passage, the Hungarian reports having met the following vessels, viz :—ln the St: Law rence, October 15,—Hannah Moore and Cornish man, bound down ; LeVanter, below Grosse Island, at anchor ; Illustrious, bound Up; Springfield, at anchor, Eden, Vere, - Polly, and Envoy, in the Traverse, bound down; Irene, Montezuma, P ladda Brothers, Countess Of Louden, Cuthberts, Minni sotta, Jane Glassen, City of Manchester, in the Traverse, bound up.—October 16 : Screw-steamer North Britain, off,Green. Island, bound up.--Oct. 26; -Mohongo, 56 23 N., 11 30 W. By this arrival we have intelligence from the United'States to the 13th instant--one day later than that brought by the• Asia. The Washington 'correspondent of the New York Times, writing under date of the 12th, says :—"Advices from Washington state that Mr; McLane is about to resume his official post near the Mexican Government; that there is a rumour afloat that Mr. Thomas F. Meagher has gone to Costa Rica in the interest of Ex-President Mora, and will make an effort, with the aid of his Irish countrymen, to assist him in regaining power ; and that the action of Com. Tatnall and our. Minister Ward, with regard to the recent events in China, has met with the entire approbation of Government." • 'A communication has been received through Lord Lyons, from the British Government, re gnegting that their acknowledgments may be con veyed to our Minister to China, and also to Com. Tatnall, for friendly conduct in the affair 'of the Peiho.. • NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—The parade of the Sons of Malta last night, was a very, imposing and successful affair. The turn-out numbered about 1,300 persons, and, the streets along the line of procession were densely crowded. Two noted characters, named Andrew and Wm. Curtis, were arrested in this city-yesterday, on a charge of being concerned in the late heavy jewellery robbery at - Albany. A quantity . , of jewellery was found upon their premises, besides burglars' tools, - wax impressions of various 'locis, &c. President Buchanan, on his journey to Wheat land, on - Wednesday, left the cars at Wrightsville to walk the bridge to Columbia, as is his custom. On the way, s ays the York Star, he met several acquaintances from York County, and . turned to speak - to them, and while in the act his foot met some obstruction, and he fell. He was gitinned by the' fall; ,and was assisted, to arise by his friends ; after a few minutes rest, he recovered Sufficiently to continue his walk to Columbia. CANADA. "On the subject of French Canadian loyalty, the Montreal Commercial Advertiser says "In the address presented to his Excellency the Governor-General, by the citizens of Three Rivers, on his Excellency's recent visit to that city, we find the following pertinent allusion to the disloyal sentiments expressed in L' Ordre—a French Canadian journal published in Montreal— and which created quite a sensation at the time : "We arc proud of having the opportunity, pub licly and solemnly, •of repudiating and rejecting with our whole strength, the injurious doubt that a certain article in a Montreal journal may have given birth to, respecting the loyalty of the French Canadian population of this province. The remembrance of the ancient mother country may still be very lively in our hearts ; we may be proud of the glory acquired by the great nation from which we have descended; but these sentiments, however natural they may be, will never cause us to forget the amount of liberty and happiness we enjoy under the title of British subjects. This title, and this liberty which it ensures us, we fully appreciate ; we feel satisfied, we feel proud and happy ; and never can we entertain the unworthy and culpable thought of betraying for one moment the govern ment which has so generously given us, and which is willing and able still to perpetuate to us these advantages ; no more than we can for one instant flinch before whatever enemy of the British Empire may undertake to ravish us of *sm." In reply to this strong repudiation of L' Ordre's language, his Excellency remarked :—" The news paper articles to which you allude can never make me doubt the loyalty and good faith on the part of the -people of Canada ; but they serve to re mind us of the fact that \ve live in a country where ti liberty of the press guarantees the right of every citizen. This liberty, Mr. Mayor, obtains and protects the free institutions of Eng land, as well as those of Canada." THE LATEST. (BY TELEGRPH via FATTIER POINT.) NEW YORE, October 15, Evening.—The Cotton mar ket is unchanged ; the sales to-day amount to 700 bales, and of the last three days to 1,500 bales ; and middling Uplands is quoted at 111 c. Breadstuffs : Flour, not withstanding large receipts, the market is active ; and State and Western have advanced sc. to 10c ; super State, $4 60c. to $4 67c. ; round hoop Ohio, $5 50c. to $5 55c ; Southern, $5 25c. to $5 50c. for mixed to good. Wheat is dull, and prices are nominally unchanged; red, $1 20c. Indian corn is firmly held, but the sales are quite unimportant. Provisions : Pork is dull and heavy. Mess, $l5 12c. to $l5 25c. • prime firmer, $lO 75c. to $lO 90c. Beef steady. La rd quiet, at 11c. to 114 c. Groceries quiet. Spirits of Turpentine firm, at 47c. Rosin dull, at $1 60c. Freights rather more active. Cotton to Liverpool, id. ; flour, is. 74d. to is. 9 2d. NEW ORLEANS, October 14, Evening.—Advices from San Antonio state that General Twiggs has responded to the call forwarded to him from Brownsville, Texas, that he has not men enough at his disposal to drive the Indians from the frontier, and can therefore do nothing. The Ranches on the Texas side of the Rio Grande have been abandoned on account Of the Indian depredations. The citizens of San Antonio were raising two CM' panies of rangers, and other places were . volun teers ut -, ;;:z i 2nt of General Twgq' s i nability to protect the country. The CottM market is without change, the sales to-day foot up 5,000 bales. There has been a heavy and ex tensive rain today. Middling quoted 102 c. to 107 4 c. —The sales of the week 43,000 bales; receipts of the week 66,000 bales, against 49,000 bales in corresponding period last year. Exports of the week 38,000 bales, making a total this season of 119,000 bales; . increased receipts a this port, 148,000 bales. Sugar quiet. Pork Sterling $l5 Oc. to $l6. Lard firm. C offee firm. Exchange, 60 days, 0 4 1 - to prem ium. MOBILE, October 14. Evemng.—Sales of Cotton to-day, 2,000 bales ; middling lOac. Sales of the week, 19,200 bales ; receipts of the week,.22,395 bales, against 14,150 bales same time last year ; increased receipts at this port, 30,670 bales ; stock in po . rt, 82,500 bales. Freights to Liverpool, 9-16 d. Sterling Exchange on London, 60 days, 9 to 9 4 1 per cent. premium. PHILADELPHIA, October 14.—A cricket match was co mmenced this morning between the North o f En g lan d and the South of England, assisted by six Americans on each side. The play was stopped this afternoon in con sequence of rain. There were about 2,000 persons pre sent on the ground, and the North of England played splendidly. The English cricketers will leave to-morrow for Niagara. A grand banquet in honour of them will take place this evening at the Guard-house. BOSTON, October 14th.—By an arrival at this port we have received advices from Gonaives, Hayti, to the 23rd September, and from Cape Haytien to the 26th. We learn that arrests continue to be made in all parts of the island, excepting the south ; of those persons who were engaged in the late conspiracy, many of them were th o se who sided in the overthrew of the Emperor Souloque. It was not believed that any great number .of 1 them would be condemned to death. • WASHINGTON, OCT, 14.—The President authorises the emphatic denial of the truth of a dispatch which stated that Colonel Forney had received a notification from him of his intention to institute a prosecution for libel, on account of an article which had appeared in the . Press, in relation to the death of Senator Bro derick. MONTRIIAT, Orr. 15, Evening.—A new monument in honour of General Brock, was inaugurated at Queens ton, on the 13th instant, in the presence of a large num ber of persons, including Sir W. F. Williams, Sir Allan M'Nab, and s large body of volunteer militia.—Several persons have crossed the St. Lawrence on the Victoria the last week.—A trial for murder has bridge, beengeduring decided in this city, after lasting for eight days. The prisoner, a French Canadian, named Beau regard, was convicted of .having murdered a rich farmer, named Charron, for the money on his person, and was sentenced to death.—The ship Pride of Canada passed .through the new channel of Lake St. Peter to-day, drawin g 183. feet, thus proving a depth of seven feet greater than the bed of the lake. This will be a great advantage to the trade of Montreal. The imports to Toronto up to the 30th September, for nine months, have been $3,024,908, against $2,821,026 in the same period of last year: Imports to Montreal for nine months, ending September 30th, were $12,556,914, against $9,237,726 last year. Excess of-duty this year, $54,311. The Great Western i receipts of the week were $50,809, against $47,695 last year ; Grand Trunk receipts for the week $70,903, against $57,491 last year. Flour very firm, but not much doing; small sales of superfine at $4 70c. to $4 80c. ; fancy, $5; extra, $5 25c. to $5 50c. Nothing to report in grain. Ashes in better demand ; sales at $5 66c. Pearls very heavy, at $5 50c. to $5 60c. LIST" OF PASSENGERS.—Passengers per (s.s.) Hunga rian, Captain Thos. Jones, from Quebec to Liverpool,. Saturday, 15th October, 1859:—Mr. Hugh Walker, Mr. I. Pirme, Mr. P. Maissoner, Mr: R. Pirme, Mr. H. M`Blain, Captain W. Kennedy, Mr. James. Douglas, - Dr. I. It. - Kirkpatriek, Mr. F. W. •Kirkpatrick, Mr. O'RoOke and lady, Miss Sewell, Miss A. Jeffrey, Ifiis M'Gillivray, Mrs. Forsyth, Mr. C.. B. Hall and lady, Mr. I. C. Crookihanks and lady, Misses Cartwright (2), Mr. C: Cartwright, Captain Wishart, Mr. R. D. Parker, Mr. M'Nab, Misses Parker (2), Mr. Holwell, Mr. L S. Watt, Mr. R. Wolff, Mrs. A. Cuvillier, Dr. Seelye and lady, Lieut. Garneer, Mr. F. Field, Rev. Mr. Usbornei Mr. W. Lonch, Mr. H. Jenkinson, Rev. -M. Penerost, Mrs. M‘Moodie Misses Stewart (3), Rev:Dr. O'Meara, Mr. M. Tiisot,' ? Miss White, Mrs. Pollock and two chil dren, Mr. It. Hunter, Mr. G. Beling, Mr. P. Valhi, Mr. A. White, Mr. M. Duclos, Mr. M. Douglas, Mr. A. Reid, and Mr. Horseman. 57 cabin and 88 steerage passengers. OPENING OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH, FINCH-STREET. The opening of this church yesterday, was inaugurated by the celebration of Divine worship at noon. A large and respectable audience were in attendance. The seats in front of the pulpit were almost wholly occupied by a number of the clergymen of Liverpool, and persons who have taken an interest in the erection of this edifice. The first portion of the service was conducted by the incum bent, the Rev. Mr. Baugh, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. Rector Campbell, " On the duties of the clergy to the people, and of the people to the clergy." The sermon was elegant and impressive, and received from the congregation the greatest attention throughout. Immediately before the close of the services, the rev. rector intimated that there would be a collection, for the purpose of assisting to pay off the debt still on the church. The , congregation responded to the appeal in the Most liberal spirit, the amount collected being £33 108. It may not be inappropriate to refer to the origin and design of this church. It is the practical embodiment of a philanthropic movement which has been going on for fully thin:: years, and in which the Rev, Rector Campbell has taken the most pc ominent part. Its object has been to provide for the, spiritual destitution of that district, the centre of which is Finch-street, bounded by Islington, London-road, Norton-street, and Moss street, —a district which has long had an unenviable notoriety for the low state of morals amongst its in habitants. The promoters of this church have carried their idea out to the full extent, by makine the seats entirely free. Accommodation is thus provided for 800 persons who may not have the means'of paying for seat rent. The style of the building is Gothic, of the decorative period. The materials' are principally brick, with the mullions and tracery of the windows in stone. Facing Finch-street there are four large three-light windows, with lofty gables over each, the most westerly of which is surmounted by an elegant bell turret, and a floriated iron cross, about eighty feet from the ground. Within the walls the church is seventy feet long and forty wide, consisting of nave and aisles; the aisles with high arched gables run at right angles to the nave. The gallery runs round the three sides. The roof is of open and framed carpentry ; which, torether .with the pews, is stained and varnished. The Aancel is floored with Mintow's tasselated pavement; the rest of the church with ordinary tiles. Altogether, though evidently not an expensive edifice, it is a most comfortable and commodious place of worship. TOXTETH-PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS. At the usual weekly meeting of this board, held yesterday in the boardroom of the Public-offices, Park road, Mr. H. S. Alpass presided. There were also present—Messrs. Moss, John Wilson, H. Leyland, Carter, Ogden, Harrison, Brundrett, Grindrod, Joseph Wilson, ifunter, and Baynes. A cheque to the amount of £95 was granted for the out-door relief of the poor. The Governor of the West Derby Workhouse re ported that there were in that establishment, belonging to the Park, last week, 335 ; this week, 363 ; against 372 in the corresponding week of last year. Of this number, 28 were sick and in the infirmary last week ; admitted since, 4 ; discharged, 4 ; remaining this week, 28. The board proceeded to open tenders for supplying the new workhouse with coals. After some discussion, it was agreed to accept the tender of Messrs. Bourne and Robinson, at £147 1 ls. 2d., to be supplied according to specification. Mr. Moss asked if the Building and Visiting Com mittee had brought in any report for the week ? The CHAIRMAN said they had not been able to meet. Mr. Moss said he wished to say to the chairman of that committee that several gentlemen had been asking him if it was the intention of the board to illuminate the clock on the new workhouse. It was a subject that had been much discussed in the neighbourhood, and it had even gone so far that some of the parties resident there had proposed to subscribe something to illuminate the clock, rather than that it should be in darkness. He thought it was the duty of the board to accommodate the public and the inmates of the house, so that they could see aftg dusk how the time passed as well as in day light. Mr. HARRISON replied that the subject had been under the consideration of Mr. Bulshaw, the architect, and they wished to know what the people were willing to contribute, and then the committee intended to lay the matter before the board. The CHAIRMAN observed that the subject had been well discussed when the clock was to be put up. Then the guardians thought they would not be justified to expend the ratepayers' money, for the benefit of the people in the immediate neighbourhood, in a way from which the great majority of ratepayers would derive no benefit whatever. At the time the matter was under consideration, it was thought by Mr. Kulshaw that it would be difficult to keep the face of the clock free from the smoke of the gas ; but he thought, as the clock on St. James's Church was not di rt i ed by the smoke, the one on the workhouse would not be dirtied either. Mr. JOHN WILSON said, if the people in the neigh bourhood wished for this accommodation, the board should take care that they paid all expenses for the present, and for the keeping of it in repair afterwards. Speaking of St. James clock, the Corporation paid for the light, and the poor church had to pay for the keeping of the clock in order and wiping its blacked face. He knew it was a tax upon that poor living, and it was only last year that he had to pay £7 for the repair of the clock, which he was sure he would never get back. He would make bold to say, that if the neighbours around St. James's Church he di w d ou n l o d t st p o a p y th s e om el e o t e h k i . ng for the keeping it in repair , eNwEisansadit hienwcaognsneoqtupenrecpeaorfedhtios propose o having e Mr. B r. A N Y seen M whichn postponed. This h given notice last week, and he resolution o ltherefor eutio wished it e hadoabe on This terminated the business, NOIIIIIE RN Ii THE MERSEY kOCSS AND HAREOUR The weekly raeriibg of this body was held'yeiterilar; Mr. Charles Turter, chairman. The other members present were—Messrs. Littledale Shand,_Brocklebank, Monde', Langton, Inman, Moss, Lockett, Bon For wood, Segar, nubb ack , Laird, Tobin, Arnold, 'Smith, Bushell; Roanhwaite, Rankin, Holme,Maelver, Ander son, and Hutchison. The tender of Messrs. buff and M'Elroy, of a cargo of greenheart timber, was accepted. It is Intended for, the construction of dock gates ; and Messrs. Conway'' and Co.'s tender was also accepted, for a supply of uniforms for the men at the landing-stage. A report was read as to the ship Crimea going into one of the docks whilst there, was a fire in her ho!d, , although the fact had been concealed from the dock master.—The matter was referred to the solicitor. Mr. FORWOOD said it was satisfactory to know that the Water, Commissioners had placed before them the plans, of the proposed new hydrants ; and he wished the Engineer and members to direct their attention to them, and see if the sites selected around the docks were those which would be-most available in case of fire. A letter was read from Messrs. John and Henry Gre gory, solicitors, stating that they had been consulted by Messrs. Pickup and Buchanan, •in reference , to their claim against the board. It consisted in a charge for cranes of £750, and for crosses and switches £319 odd. They requested the favour of the early attention of the board.--Referred to the solicitor. Mr. Court, the secretary of the Underwriters', wrote, stating the leakir.ess of a shed at the Waterloo Dock, by which - several packages of goods had been spoiled.— The Engineer's attention, it appeared, had already been called to the matter, and the repairs are already in progress. • A - long letter was read from Messrs. Itodocanachi, embodying . a complaint against Messrs. Bibby and Co., as to the master-porterage of a vessel in which they were both interested. Mr. FORW,OOD thought that gentlemen conscious of the present position. (if the laws, as to master potterage, should not be allowed to proceed as they had been doing, without some public recognition king taken of their conduct. The CHArinIAN did not think they should assume that any one was to blame, until they had had a report. —The matter' was referred to the Master ; Porters' Committee. A letter from Mr. Reid, manager of the Woodside ferry, enclosing a list of vessels moored in the track of the ferry steamers, was referred to the Pilots' Com- Mittee. _ WORKS' COMMITTER. - - The proceedings of ,this committee, which contained a report with • reference - to the approaches of the Landing-stagelviere read. " - • The CHAIRMAN said, as Mr. Inman had asked their Solicitor to give them his opinion on the subject, it might be well to have that opinion then. Mr. NORTH then read as follows : At the last meeting of the board I was instructed, On the suggestion of Mr. Inman, to be ready to advise at the present meeting upon the effect of the 69thsection of the Consolidation Act, as to the appropriation of the north landing stage to sea going steam vessels, such instructions having reference to the proposed use of a portion of that stage for the approaChes to a new ferry for"goods, from thence to the intended new landing stage at Woodside. The section above-mentioned necessarily followed the-word ing of the 28th section of the aet of 1837 (an act not promoted by the Dock Trust), by which the stage in question is de nominated as "the landing stage- for sea-going steamers," but neither act contains more than this incidental appropriation of the stage to such pitrpose. In this respect those clauses differ materially ' from the terms of the 39th section of the Warks' Act, 1838, which expressly prohibits the ace of the portion belonging to the beard of, the intended new landing stage at Woodside, "except by steam vessels plying beyond the port." lam of opinion, therefore, that the effect of the two sections applicable as above-mentioned to the Liverpool north landing-stage is to give 'a preferential right of using it to sea-going steamers, but not an exclusive right, so long as less than the whole shall continue, as now, amply sufficient for their purposes. And it follows, in my opinion, that, subject to that qualified right, if and when it shall be exercised, the board are not now precluded from devoting a portion of the stage to otherpurposes of their trust. It is true that thiscon struction shifts rather than extinguishes the difficulty, - because it is manifest that the . portion of the stage now proposed to be devoted to other purposes could never be restored to the bse of the sea-going steamers if required by them ; and the time may come when this difficulty will require the intervention of an act of parliament, but at present it seems too, remote to be of much importance. I was also instructed to alvise upon that portion of the re port of the committee of works by which it is proposed that the ferries making use of the proposed new works shall agree to pay a per tentage upon their traffic, towards the interest of the outlay. I think that such an 'agreement would be binding on the parties entering into it, and I see rio legal difficulty (the ferries having no present right to the use of the North Landing-stage) in confining the benefit of such agreement to the parties accepting it, by excluding from the use of the new works those who should refuse so to contribute to the cost; but the agreement must in its terms be a voluntary one, and its object cannot, in my opinion, be effected by the imposition of any till. In considering this subject, another and more important difficulty has occurred to my mind, - and though T, have not been expressly instructed to advise upon it, - rtliink that I cannot properly withhold the opinion I have formed from the consideration of the board, more especially as it ,arises upon the construction of the acts of parliament. It seems to me, then, to be a grave question for the consideration of the board whether in the present position of the trust the proposed outlay would be a legitimate expenditure of its funds. There is at present no fund which can be applied to this purpose, except the surplus revenue of last year—a scurce quite proper to be resorted t 4 for the construction of works already autho rised by act of parliament, but very questionably so as respects new works. Ido not mean to say-that circurastanees might not arise which would warrant the board in exceeding in some cases (probably by anticipation only) their authority in this respect, but then the necessity to be proved ought to be very urgent and the utility unquestionable. If lam right in this view, i; fellows that in the present case the first step is to require it to be shown with more than ordinary force and cer tainty that the proposed new works will be very beneficial to the dock estates at Liverpool and Birkenhead, or one of them. But as to this I hear that there are conflicting opinions. Of course I offer none of my own, for I have nothing to do with the merits, and I assume (rather than assert) the - doubt in that respect only . because of the duty which it clearly iinposes upon me of advising additional caution as to the legal difficulty. • On the whole, I recommend that if the work be determined upon it should not be undertaken without the sanction of Parliament. There is still time to give the necessary notices for next session. ' JOHN NORTH. 27th October, 1859. Mr. BROCXLEBANK moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Rankin. Mr. MACIVER moved a direct negative. The CHAIRMAN said that as it was only. announcing which way Mr. Maclver intended to vote, he could not put it to Ahe meeting. Mr. MAclvEn then proceeded to give his reasons for having determined to vote on that side of the question. He did not believe that it was legal, and the board had no right to appropriate one inch of the Landing-stage to the use of the ferry steamers. If they proceeded with the scheme as contemplated, before five years they would be glad to take it up again, He would go still further, and enter his protest against their interfering with the Landing-stage being set apart to any other purpose than that mentioned in the act of parliament. Mr. SHAND said, when the corporation constructed the Landing-stage, it was for the purpose of saving the town dues ; but as they had lost the town dues, they sold the Landing-stage to the Dock Estate. The approaches to the Landing-stage had been condemned as defective, and the best approach that could be made to it was the one proposed in the report. By having such an approach as the one recommended in the report, they would have the best means of developing its resources. They could not carry it any further out into the liver without inter fering with the navigation, and, considering everything, li to support the motion for the adoption Mr. J. EinNrn expressed his surprise at the remarks of the report. made by Mr. Maclver. He had to construct works on the other side of the river, and did not hesitate to say, that he had found it. mach cheaper to transport such goods by railway as was necessary for the completion of these works at Crewe, than he could do by the ordinary mode of conveyance across the river. First they had to get goods taken to the pier head, then to the boat ; and on the other side they were to be discharged, and then re-loaded ; and on these grounds alone he was prepared to say that he would support the adoption of the report. The Dock Estate had a large quantity of land on the other side of the river, which he did not think would be required for com mercial purposes, but might be wanted for matters con nected with commerce ; and he asked, how was it pos sible that people should be expected to give a fair price for this land under the circumstances ? It was not for large quantities of commercial goods that this was to be of much benefit. There was no doubt but large quantities of goods could be sent by flats much cheaper than by this proposed scheme; but when they considered that there were thirty thousand people on the other side of the river who were continually changing about •from one place to another with their furniture and market stuff, and that the total interest was £4,000 a year, he could not see why they should hesitate. The letting.of the_land on the other side was to be looked at. Whad been admitted - that the bridges were useless. (No, lio:) Well, any one , zvho looked at them, could judge. Mr. MONDEL—Not for the out-going steamers. Mr. HOLME admitted that they were not useless for I the out-going steamers, One thing that was contem- ILY TIMES. Platvadu theeontruction of the Landing-stage, and that wsz:te; faeilitsle the landing of passengers after tide lime. This fiaea would be carried out, for every sea-going stcamer•ttrciuld have more facilities by a better approach to the Landing-stage. It was quite clear they could not. leave . the stage in its 'present Condition ; and the best thing- they could do was to adopt the report, seeing it was their duty to facilitate the means of commtuncation with both: sides of.the river. _ . Mr. INMAN said he could speak from experience that, he had to land from ocean steamers over the decks of other steamers, and the difficulty would still be increased if the. Landing-stage was taken up for such a purpose as that, proposed. When the Landing-stage was taken up by the board they were to allow the south Landing-stage to 'be used for ferry steamers. If both. ends of the north Landing-stage was to be used by ferry steamers, and boxes, loaded carts, and carriages were to be taken the whole length of the stage, where would be the accommodation for steamers ? He did not see that.carts- and carriages had anything to do with the Dock Estate, or the manner in which they were to be conveyed across the river. If this proposed scheme were carried out, it would throw the traffic across the river 'into the monopoly of the Woodside Commis sioners. He had heard that the Birkenhead. Commissioners were to provide . boats, but he thought the board were somewhat hasty is coming to a determination before they knew what was Co be the character of the boats the Commissioners were going to give. As regarded accidents, he thought it very likely that more accidents would occur by horses taking fright when on the stage, than. by the present method of carting goods to the pier-head only. , Mr. MONDEL said that he .had carefully read the report, and he was at a loss to see any necessity for_ the alteration, or any advantage that would arise from it. When the stage was formed, one object in view was the protection of emigrants, and it was not more than twelve months ago since it was thought adirisable to remove the Magazine lifeboat to the Landing-stage. But under this project there could be no safety. He did not consider that the days taken as a basis on which to form their calculation, was a fair average., lle was convinced that this was a matter that they should look narrowly into before.. proceeding with it. It would first involve the condemning of the .bridge which had been constructed at a cost of fifteen or seventeen thousand pounds, and then the cost of a new bridge at a contemplated cost of £38,000, as well as the-loss of two important berths, which never wanted vessels. One of these berths was at a crane, and on that account was still more valuable. As regarded traffic of any consequence, it would all cross the river by barges and not by carts. He had heard that Mr. Laird had guaranteed to give the Dock Estate 25 per cent. Mr. LAIRD—You are altogether wrong informed. Mr. MONDEL went on to say that it was printed in the report that the Birkenhead Commissioners should pay 25 per cent.. but he would not take the word should as a guarantee that they would. - Mr. SMITH said it appeared .to him. that there was a very great" misunderstanding. This ,question came before the board .so, that they were bound, to make a new landing stage on the other side of the water. It was referred to, the Works' Committee, and in such a form,that they were to decide--was it, or was it not, practicable to make such an : a r rang emen t on the Landing-stage that, without interfering with the pur poses for which. it was intended, they might obtain a means of pasing carts to the othe7 side. If they looked at the plan they would find that, at each end of the stage, there was a place for ferry steamers,. and a loaded cart could go from a steamer unto the stage and take its de parture to Any place. This arrangement- was so good that it, would not interfere with the purposes that the act of parliament had appointed it for. They knew they had a very large property on the other side of the water, and, it would be a very desirable property, if it were made so. He knew that such things as ships' stores could be sent across at a much less cost in the proposed way than by the ordinary process. It was his conviction that, in five years, there would he , a profit on the outlay instead of being otherwise. Mr. LAIRD then said that, on looking at the minutes which referred to the proceedings of the Works' Com mittee, he thought it was admitted that this accommo dation was desirable to the Dock Trust. Some of the gentlemen wished to know what the Birkenhead Com missioners would do ; and he had to say that the Bir kenhead Commissioners were prepared, if the plan of Mr. Hartley was carried out, to give twenty-five per cent. of the gross receipts for all goods carried by the extra accommodation. The Commissioners were also prepared to support the board in parliament, and to give a boat equal, if not superior, to any of the Ameri can boats, to be placed on the ferry. That boat, he might say, would, by this time, have been half built had he not stopped its being constructed, because he did not think it was judicious to have the boat built till he would see what the board were going to do. With regard to the traffic, he might say that the actual amount of receipts on the Woodside Ferry for the last year was £2,124 for goods. He might, therefore, say that the sum of £7,000 per annum was the amount paid for traffic across the river at the present time. With regard to the legal question, he had placed a man on the South Landing-stage on onday and Tuesday last, and the2rre suit was, that of foreign steamers there were none, coasting steamers 18, tug steamers 63, and ferry steamers 23, had visited it during the two days. The present bridges were not safe nor fit is get down to the landing stage by. He could not see why the report should not be adopted. He for one would support the motion. Mr. LANGTON could not see that any merchant would be inclined to send his goods down to the North Landing stage and have them' exposed to the weather, and then have them sent across to the extreme end of the Birken head docks, instead of the centre of the docks. It seemed to him that it was unfair to ask the board to sanction an outlay of £60,000 for carriage traffic alone. He would be willing to support any plan that would have for its object the enlarged idea of accommodation, in connecting both sides of the river. Mr. FORIVOOD expected that those gentlemen who were deeply interested in Birkenhead would not have presented that report, as it would not, if carried into effect, be of any use in the traffic of merchandise. He for one, as a shipper of goods, could say that the pro posed lan would be entirely useless. Liverpool was the most important port in the kingdom, and he would protest against their taxing goods in going on board a ship. Mr. BOULT was of opinion that if they made any such arrangements, Mr. Willoughby would land corn along side the Landing-stage with his steamers, and not pay the board one farthing for the accommodation. He stated that as the words of Mr. Willoughby, as it had come from him in a conference which he had had with him. He did not believe- that they were in a position to throw £40,000 or £50,000 into the sea for the per sonal accommodation of any one. He was quite sure that, if this course was adopted, Mr. Willoughby might go and get a mandamus, and, he thought, the Court of Chancery would support him in it, as it would be a serious injury to him. Mr. C. BUSHELL moved for an adjournment of the question at this stage of the proceedings as he knew there were some members absent, whose engagements had prevented them remaining to the cud of the discus sion, and they were not in a position to take the votes. The motion was carried, and the board broke up. AL, the first sitting under the bankruptcy of Ernest Jones, the chartist, a preliminary statement of affairs, prepared by Messrs. Palmer and Saffery, showed debts of £1,464 ; the assets, consisting chiefly of copyrights of small publications, are of uncertain value. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE NAPOLEON AT PORTSMOUTH. — The French Imperial steam-yacht Le Dauphin, Com mander Roca, arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday from Southampton, having on board his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. Immediately on arrival the Prince landed and left by the South Coast Railway for Brighton. The Dauphin is to wait orders at Portsmouth. She is accompanied by a pretty little steam-yacht of eight tons, named the Mary, which the Prince purchased at Birken head for his private use. Chevalier Van Den Bergh, the French Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, proceeded on board the Dauphin to wait on the Prince immediately on the yacht's arrival. EXTRAORDINARY CASE or FRAUD.-At the usual weekly meeting of the Nottingham Board of Guardians, on Tuesday, the 25th inst., several ratepayers attended to prefer a charge of fraud against one of the collectors, named Jacob Wilkinson. Evidence was adduced, which proved that in many instances where a tenpenny rate had been granted he had charged for a fifteenpenny one, and had not accounted , in 'the books for the balance, thus pocketing the difference. It was then proposed that steps should be taken to prosecute him, and a warrant was that morning obtained for his apprehen sion. The delinquent has decamped, and the polic have not yet apprehended him. The cases wherein Wile kinson has defrauded the ratepayers are very numerous, METING OF MR.. SHIMMIN'S SUP . PORTERS, LAST NIGHT . A meeting of the friends and supporters of the above gentleman was held last night, in Mr. Batley's, 7, Scotland- road. There were present upon the occasion Henry. Lafone, Esq., chairman of the committee ; Mr. Thomas. Mahouy, vice-chairman ; Messrs. H. Moore . (hon. sec.), E. Blundell, J. G. Ockleston, D. Hill, F. Lloyd, J. Jones, G. Wilson, J. Entwistle, E. Haskoyne, ,J. Riding, J. A. Collard, E. Hall, J. Singleton, P. Sharkey, W. W. Hunnon, &c., &c. The meeting was appointed to take place at half-past seven o'clock, but previous to. that hour the room was filled. After the preliminary arrangements had been settled, • H. LAFONE, Esq., rose, and said that he felt proud indeed of seeing so influential assembly as there was upon the present occasion ; and although it was intended that the present meeting was only a precursor to the one to be holden on Friday evening, yet he was sure they would be very glad to know that their late, representative for Vauxhall Ward,—and he might safely assure them their future representative, too, in the Town Council,—labouring under indisposition, had, even at some risk, ventured . mit "to 'meet them there that evening. (Cheers.) He was convinced that there were none there that evening who were not supporters of Mr. Shimmin. He was convinced they would return hitt'. at their next election for the ward. If they were enabled, at the-last South Lancashire election, to return two members of Parliament for the county, he thought that their exer tions ought to be used on the present occasion, not so much as regarded the principles Mr. Shimmin pro fessed, but for the services he had rendered to the town during the time he was the representative for Vauxhall. (Applause.) He called upon them to exert themselves as men, and show to their opponents that they were determined to do their duty towards a 'gentleman who had faithfully performed his duty towards them. Yes, he would say, let their hearts and souls be in the matter ; and, at four o'clock on Tuesday next, he hoped they' would return him by a triumphant majority. (Ap plause.) Mr. Lafone then referred to a report of the Daily Post, in which Mr. MiGregor, the chairman of Mr. Ceasns' committee at the Atlantic Hotel, at which he (Mr. M'Gregor) felt indisposed on the-occasion.. He was sorry that Mr. WGregor did not feel more indis posed as to carry and enunciate the falsehood .as he did there. (Hear, and cheers.), If there was anything in the world which he loved, it was honesty ; but Mr. MacGregor'S honesty on thg ,occasion ,referred to, was not what it should have been. (Heir, hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. Lafone) pledged himself, on the word and honour of . a gentleman, that the reverse of what Mr. McGre g or stated, as it' appeared in. the Daily Post, was the fact: He could not permit such, a stigma to rest upon the ward. He was there to say that what Mr. McGregor said was both filse and untrue respecting him., ((Applause.) In support of what he said, he would merely read to the meeting, a letter from Mr. McGregor, and his (the Chairman's) reply : " Liverpool, October .26th, 1859. " Sin,—ln the Mercury of this day, which I send herewith, is a report of a speech made by you last. even ing at a meeting of Mr. Shimmin's friends. As I see you are reported to have used my name very freely, : may I request that you will inform me whether the report is correct, especially in that portion alluding to me ? The bearer will wait for a reply.—l am, sir, your's respect fully, '" WALTER. F. MACGREGOR. " To Henry Lafone, Esq." " Liverpool, October 26th, 1859. " DEAR SYR —The report of my speech made last night at Mr. dole's, given in this morning's Mercury, is perfectly correct ; and the part relating to you, not the less so.—l am, &c., • "H. L." " To W. F. MacGregor." Now, he had no intention of backinc , out of any expres sions he had made use of respecting Mr. M'Gregor, nor should he. (Hear, hear.) Many had said that Mr. Shimmin was a collector of taxes. Might he ask what was Mr. Cearns. ? He had boasted of living among them for so long, but where he only paid one shilling of tares, they were sure to pay one shilling and sixpence. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Cearns knew Oxton well ; and that was a locality often frequented by him. Mr. Cearns was sure to have his wheat well sifted, but he hoped that when the oats came to be separated from the tares and the wheat, Mr. Shimmin's bushel would be full. (Laughter.) Mr. Lafone then went on at great length to descant upon the false reports published in Dale-street and Lime-street, during the late contested election for South Lancashire ; and said, he trusted they would imitate the example of the Lime-street committee in Mr. Shimmin's election—to allow no false reports to be published ; and stand by Mr. Shimmin to the last. He would call upon them to issue no " squibs," or to descend to personalities, but let them . go to their - work early, and work determinedly ; and the result would be, that Mr. Cearns would find himself nowhere, nor would he stand the slightest chance of being returned. (Applause.) He would propose, therefore, that they should use their best and every endeavour to return Mr. Shimmin, at the present coming contest, for Vauxhall Ward. Mr. E. BLUNDELL seconded the resolution, in an appropriate address. Mr. SHIMMIN then rose to address the meeting, and was received with the warmest applause from those present. He stated that he had been labouring for some time under indisposition, from which he had not re covered ; but he could not, although in a very weak state, be prevented from attending their meeting. The reception they had given him was one which he should never forget, and the kind feelings they had evinced towards him that evening, plainly told that he had per formed his duty to their satisfaction. That duty, he was glad to say, was not irksome to him, as he did it from a pure conscience and with clean hands. (Applause.) The two years he had been in office he had endeavoured to meet the views of his constituents by reducing taxation, and looking after the corporation affairs. In fact, every dentleman that had spoken to him on the subject of the uties he had to perform while in office, said he did them well. He had endeavoured to reform their mar kets by getting honest men to mind them. (Hear, and cries of " you did well.") Mr. Shimmin next referred to the parties who had promised to support him, and then said he was not the party opposing, but the party who was' opposed. With respect to those who were about to support him, he could only say that he had never asked a man for his vote; but all he had asked was, "Are you for me, or against me ?" He was happy to say that the warmest support had been accorded him; and if they did their duty towards him, he would do his best to satisfy them. [The above is only a brief outline of Mr. Shimmin's speech.] Messrs. Geo. Hall, Thomas Lloyd, John Hill, Thomas Mahoney, and Handel Moore, each addressed the meeting in lengthened speeches, during which they referred to the services which Mr. Shimmin had rendered the ward during his two years of office. Thanks tvere then voted the chairman ; and three lusty cheers having been given for Mr. Shimmin, the meeting separated. COURT OF PASSAGE .-YESTERDAY. _v ESTERDAY. [Before EDWARD JAMES, Esq., Q.C., Assessor.] RAISING . A VESSEL IN THE RIVEIL—WILKINSON V. RAWCLIFFE.—This was an action to recover the sum of £lOl for work and labour done in the raising of the flat Lucy, which had sunk on the Plackington Bank. From the evidence it appeared that the flat Lucy sunk ; and the owner, Mr. Rawcliffe, made arrangements with Mr. Wilkinson for her being raised. The owner of the flat said that he had made arrangements with Mr. Wilkinson for the raising of the flat for a sum not exceeding £5O. The flat was raised ; but there were so many difficulties in the way, that there was an outlay of £lOl. This sum was claimed by the plaintiff, but the [defendant demurred, and the present action was accordingly brought. For the defence, it was averred that Foyer means had not at first been taken, that the cams engaged in the raising of the vessel were not strong enough, and that the extra expense was caused solely by the negligence of the plaintiff's servants. The pramtiffs witnesses, however, gave evidence to the effect that several con tingencies occurred over which they had no control ; the weather had turned out unfavourable, fogs set in, and the flat could not be raised in one or two days.. It occupied the par . t f a a t c fi t r st that ath anticipated, the servants of the plaintiff much longer time than was entirely nder tak i to ng . the ....._ The learned Assessor, in summing up, said that all the whether the plaintiff had used jury had to consider was, fulfilment of his contract, an elem en elements did dtl.is not d that there was no negligence on iv fa as vou7rh g e u ou the of him or his servants. If they thought so, then the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. If, on the other hand, all the precaution necessary for the due they were of opinion that there was negligence OCTOBER-28, 1859., part of the plaintiff, then the verdict would be in favour of the defendant.—The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. L7O. KAYE V. REVES.—This was an interpleder. Mr. Reyes, the defendant, lent his brothei-in-law, one lir' Rimington, a car proprietor, a sum of money, far the purpose of extending his business. Reves could not obtain repayment, and he brought an action against Rirnington, and obtained judgment. The serjeant.at mace executed the judgment, _and seized ton's cars. Miss Kaye, the plaintiff; then tur" up and says, ."This property you hive seized . 15 mine ; I advanced money to Rimmington, and hale • a bill of sale of his property." This was report"' to the court, and Miss Kaye Was ordered to come forward to prove her assertion. To-day she stated that she had been a waitress in different hotel!r and that she had saved up a great deal of money ; that she had lent various sums to Rimington, amounting in' all to £250, and that as security Rimington had tratti ferred his property to her. On the 25tk of Augus , however, when the property was seized, Rimingto n ' 5 name was on the cabs, and he was carrying on the business as usual.—The learned Assessor said ' that the jury had to consider whether the alleged transactions between Miss Kaye and Rimington were bona ji(!e , or only for the purpose of preventing Reyes from obtaining a settlement of his account.—The jury returned a ver diet for the defendant. LEATHER V. WEBBER.—Mr. Brett said that, to this case, which was tried the previous day, he was requested to ask the learned Assessor would he order an indict ment for perjury against Leather i—The Assease r; " No, do nothing of the kind; the parties can plc 3 themselves what course they take. They may enter suc an action if they choose." KEATS AND OTHERS V. Pron.=-The plaintiffs in °l' s case were Messrs. Thomas Keats, Henry Hall, and John Evans, carrying on business as the Uttoxeter Brewer)" Company; and the defendant a publican, in Williamse r ; street. The plaintiffs claimed £37 17 s . 6d., f or ale an beer sold and delivered by and through their agents Liverpool. Evidence was given as to the ordering a n delivering of the beer.—The jury returned a verdict for the full amount claimed. WENSLEY V. RAWLINSON. AND AxorirEn.—This f ; s : a dispute about a builder's co n t rac t. Th e plai n r ,„' ; , — ," is a plasterer, and the defe n d an t s are b u ild er s. plaintiff, it appears, was engaged to do some 10 1 - for them. Their architect, Mr. Lloyd, measured " work, and the plaintiff sent in his account for sel £317. There was some dispute about the payment, the the defendants proposed that Mess r s. H o warth, architects, should re-measure the work, and that it s hoal,. be paid for on th e sca l e o f th e Li verpoo l T own Book o ` Prices, less 10 per cent. Mr. Howarth did re-meal. t o the work, and. put dow n th e T own Book of Prig s' each item in which it applied, and his decision amonnt td to £240. This amount th e d e f en d an t s are p r epared pay, but the plai n tiff sa y s th a t h e i s en titl e d to £ 30 "" Mr. Aspinall, after the examination of some. Witn esses ' contended that the plaintiff should be non-suited, en the ground that the work was to be performed unde r g i certain written contract, and of which no evidence ha, been adduced to the jury. Mr. Brett, in re ply, proposel to put in the original contract.—lt was ulti m ately agre e ' to take a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to,referenO . Moog v. KNOWLES.—This was an action'" for_ breach r o warranty in the sale of a g r ey mare , which E lie defendant sold. r ta the plaintiff, in August last, for Messrs. Aspinall and Scott appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for_the defendant. Th e pl a i n tiff was extensive cart-owner and contractor, at Seacomhf, t carried on much birsines.s in Liverpool. Tlie defeill t was a respectable man, also in the same business. appeared from' the evidence, when the mare was tak ento e Seacombe boat, there wa s a l ar ge' discharge from th e ,, nostril, and on being taken over to S ea combe plaintiff submitted her to Messrs. Procter and Vrlic, arid afterwards to Mr: Lucas, veterinary Burgeons, t all condemned her. The result was, that the defendian, refused to take her back, and she was ultimately' ze by the police, and sold for £4 16s. The defendant pledged his word to the mare's soundness, and stat e ' that she was as sound as a foal. Evidence t o the e facts having been given to the court and jury, M r. Btes. t,' spoke to evidence in a lengthened speech, the defendant was called, whose testimony.gave d de negative to the statements of the plaintiff. [The fendant, in giving his evidence, stated that he had bee: afflicted with deafness for the last "fifteen years, occasioned Mr. Brett to speak in a emery ster or l,. s . manner in court; however, on cross-examinatio n Mr. Aspinall, much laughter was caused in court, owl to the apparent ease with which he heard the questicn e i j put to him by the latter gentleman.] The learnt. Assessor having recapitulated the leading points of Il e , case to the jury, a verdict for the plaintiff was give n £2B 9s. ectiOil t WINSTANLEY V. CAMPBELL. — This wag " to recover the sum of a bill of costs in the Corter., a flea Bankruptcy, and extra costs incurred for the 0 0 1 the , mand of a stay of execution" upon the goods 0{ had defendant, amounting to £l5 55., and which sum. been paid the plaintiffs attorney by the plaintiff Dio self, and to which sum the defendant became li able el the transactions referred to. - Mr. Deighton aPP ea r lt for the plaintiff, and Mr. Temple for the d e fendant a ' Ae appeared that, to save his credit, and not to be In' rain er bankrupt, the defendant agreed to place a c number of horses to the credit of the plaintiff at Lu c th e Repository, which he failed in doing ; and br eke r dict agreement. The case having been fully heard, 3 c , e t hca for the amount claimed was returned.—The cau l ' adjourned until nine o'clocirAhis morning. • I. 0 LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEsTfi' cwytths.ueaumrrsnnedTog fellows, darnnephya odry:eteen, namedvape morning, ataznisttaken dh eprosecutor u s t n r g e e ea (Before Mr. MANSFIELD.) iCnOlosuterwedaryto-Blaci'' STEALING £3.—A coloured man, named Aar° ll ,,,a tic° who said he was a cook on board a ship, ella r t" - A /oh° Williams, with stealing £3 from a box at his loor n 3te G ho t alfe o etood e u r encu n tk h r n,taio a dtan n el d ngda Bdpp that pi l a r ltt a ua n i vbcbew3teyocifhdnidreesas. public -h° i n r : oe i cteei o r l ia:0 1 .1 : I..; : placed therein instead. The prisoners bad been: , e - isoa Remanded for seven days. 0 11- ANOTHER IMPOSTER.—Margaret Simpson, , 3 was attired person : who was remanded from Tuesonetter again placed in the doek, charged as a beggino - or tig imposter. She had went about with a letter purY ~. her to be from the Rev. Mr. Chanuing, recommeliaLli;e to to the notice of several gentlemen. She had,c le tter , t i bai l n h neh g a edhen t : aspritol they prisoners Mr. Bolton, a magistrate, and showed him till b y the which stated that her husband had been kille°, aita' falling of a building, and that she was left in 4: - , 3 10 tion, with five children unprovided for. The le ` ye reig n i stated that he (Mr. Chanmng) had given her a se peer said whereupon Mr. Bolton gave her 10s. The prix fitted to she only received Mr. Bolton's money.—Comin ' jail for three months, with hard labour. •r ir A Suspicious CASE.—John Corkhill, balecrldo et (, ' street and Roscoe-lane, and William Glue, ciTstealing Margaret-street, were charged, on suspicion, °, ot or• - "" several watches. Mr. Cobb defended the Eird e eti l3 ,l Detective-officer Scaife said, in consequence ox ge t ol e tion he received, he went to Corkhill's house. ake 50 13 , 0 him: he was a police-officer, and had come to r f il owi cl 6 .` 0 , enquiries. He searched the house, and as ked hi be ydxoesenhd!annr ocitsdnh S a watches and two pawntickets. He (witness) . s ea if he knew a Mr. Harrison, or Harris, a taile r ;ysteh at said he did ; and he asked him if he sold him ala biro i l l 3g . and he said yes, two. Mr. Harris had to .4 me at , : t he had bought five watches from him within he bleu!, He accounted for the watches by saying th at e had to them from emigrants going to Australia. a wos , d , one of the watches, which was worth 2 b .- stre et " Wi n Messrs. Ross and Son, watchmakers, Slater - ha d bee, they said it was their make, but the uri c ff e toq defaced, and another one engraved lt. Castle-streetant: another to Owen Owen, watchmaker, , s re • ha L' f oae he stated that it was his make, but it . ke t o 4 christened. He said he bought the pa wn, er o.- t from Glue, about seven months ago.-31r.Co bb d n ot 3 examined the witness at some length, hilt all alter the case.—Remanded for seven da Y s• [Before Mr. Tong.] fire white, a itio g ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.---JOhR . assail b man at St. George's-hall, was charged I I t 3 f r ' e t e' Officer 93 (Isaac Lomas), on the 15th i s n t s ated that lie appeared, for the prisoner. The officer in nu estio n ' bo tween twelve and one o'clock on the nightlie pi :l o ner, I to , was on the steps of St. George's-hall. 1 ing 4 he was very drunk, was helping to remove d asked hil l ' inri the bazaar. He came up to him _a , n , ...,, 0, „ an d the s r tbe wanted to fight, to which he r elied .04, and e" him acros.al s soner said he would make him, struck several tt 1 ; face, knocked him down, and kicked him on the legs,—Fined ss, and costs, Ale 3 ,the •••' • Y ' . 4 ' 1