The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. ith the anticipations of "A guine enough to expect present Government s warmly advocated in rand Cambridge Review for the present month. .e strongly contended that the Church should come support of the Whigs, as there is every i that party in the way of Church rvatives, on the one hand, or Pro )ne argument in support of this the Whigs found the left it eleven. We fear, red to by the reviewer. ntunter of colon however, that tt tween par tie of Liv )f several horses v 45 was .€3,433,112 want revision ebt Eibtrpoot talibarb. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 17, 1846 Ws live in a new Era—an advanced stage of nt. with respect to the aims which ought We have been earnest in our p food. We are an riving to improve the health of our population by sanatory regulations. Sweeping streets, cleansing courts and passages, sewering, dr fining, are objects of our everyday contemplation. Ask of a candidate, for parliamentary or local pre ferment, what are his peculiar claims ; and a reference to the besom or t htenme So direct legislation endeavours to procure cl xiousl sewer, a promise of more water and less filth, is his confident reply. The Reform Bill professed to sweep out one augean - We are now engaged, body and mind, with another, of which the collected nuisance to be re moved is infinitely more real and tangible. It never appeals, however, to have occurred to either legi.lators or philosophers, how much might be done, even for the promotion of this sanatory movement, by a simplification, in the first instance, laws relating to the conveyance of real pro _ and, in the next, by the removal of the quality of the taxes upon such conveyance. We :omplaints, on every side, of bad landlords — who will neither repair nor keep wholesome the But we never ask how ments•which they let that the thousands, who possess the means, eannot become their own landlords—cannot build, or buy, and keep in order, houses for themselves. Why is it that the working man, with his fifty or his hundred pounds in the Saving's Bank, or the tradesman, with his few hundreds stored up, cannot have a habitation to call his own ? The answer is —the exorbitant cost of its con- The stamp duty takes one slice of the ley required for such a purchase. But the lion's re is reserved for the lawyers. The title to real operty in this country has got into such a state confusion, by the aid of redundant legal verbiage, that no man can safely say what is his own and what is his neighbour's. Leases and releases, fines and recoveries, provisions for barring dower and other legal cobwebs, bewilder us on every side, a d render it a matter of doubt c iniliar to every on ther, after we have for a property, and satisfied the lawyer who has conveyed it to us, it is really our own. We must have a change in this state of things. We must be rescued from the oppressive bartl►en imposed upon the man of humble means, by the inordinate stamp duty imposed upon conveyances of property of small value, as compared with those ger extent, and by the absurd verbiage and Why should the conveyance , perhaps, of only cost twenty or thirty, s conveyed for as many of lawyers the value kitty or a hundred poun copyho Id prof Some of our a nary use y their .nts of Dperty ? I mower I with There can no satisfactory reason. have proved that the mplicated and unmeaning stuff in ordi may be got rid of; that the preposterous -- ordinarily made lest lay to which our con ay safely be cut down, without alteration of the existing laws affecting real property; but such an alteration might easily be effected, as would rent fer of such property, or its mortgage to meet any emergency—a verymaterial matter in a commercial country—as easy and inexpensive as a transfer of railway or any other stock. To do this, however, we must really have some rather better and more trustworthy agents at work than a mere lawyer, whether an ex-chancellor or any other functionary, whose mind is full of the cobwebs of his profession. We have had a multi tude of law reforms, from such authorities, of late years ; but what material good has ever accrued from them to the public we have yet to learn_ Wo have had established cheap courts for the recovery of small debts, for instance; but any pettifogger may still sue by the morevexpensive processes for such debts, and make the law, which was devised i instrument for wreaking exorbitant fees from nestly due obliga er less conceded to the fession, and some c requirement of re no statesman )1e of ridding us of such ex idalism, as those which are partmentof the legal profes- e person or with an occasional ted to emanate from displays in Council. on Monday vointment o a special which the Coun- approaches od and spacious tho- protection of all it barely able to We must Fund in every d -heth Mingled with much a n of sound s Willi- s in such a committee, to devise cil could be pros from the outskir roughfares be opened for its proper ventilation, and the convenience and comfort of its inhabitants. We have long ago, in cor-- -- hle rs of th non v some a he belong .8. and of of our leading medical men, advocated such irse, as one indispensable to the real improve of our sanatory condition; and, as much as Carle and Mr. Samuel Holine, we deplore that ahort-sighted and parsimonious policy of the Fi nance Committee which, by allowing the land upon the site of ( out of the hands of the Council, harTnatched from us for ever, or at least for a period NV. amongst us can expect to live through, the opportunity of effecting one of the noblest improvements of which Liverpool is capable. There is still, however, awi e field open for the investigation and exertions of such a com mittee. If we cannot pass the ploughshare of im- built over por st to take care that le erection of pal- rbs ; and that some )lan should be laid Id conipr files frittirea h property, in improve- may from time to time e is one characteristic in Mr. Earle, of which afraid, and must caution the gentlemen ing the committee against. The worthy o much given to the indul- gentleman is rather gence of the magnificent in his notions. His views of improvement, too, seem to travel in a par ticular circle, of which his pet Lobby, St. George's Hall, is the centre. Everything must come down which impedes a view of that erection. Every new thoroughfare must lead to it. All the world, he seems to imagine from the north, me ast, and west—come to Liverpool for the exnress urpose of seeing this fine specimen of the e Mr. Elmes, and the splendid -nrate body. Ask him to - ich places as Freema south, e architedtural taste of travagance of the a a walk % 1 von I son's-row, or amongst the courts and cellars of Ma rybone, Scotland-road, or Vauxhall, to ascertain what can be effected for their wretched population, and he turns from you with disgust, exhibited in a profane " God forbid." The widening of the road. to Aigburth or Wavertree, or any other subu:ban retreat of local aristocracy, may be thought of, — nay, is to be effected at any cost ; but the improve ment_ of more vulgar places does not seem at all to come beneath his contemplation. His colleagues, we repeat, must take care of him here, or he will infallibly swamp them with the magnificence and wrong application of his views. Upon one point, Mr. Earle is a little out in his notions—the expectation that the people of Liver• pool are very anxious to be taxed for this, or any other purpose. The people of Manchester, he says, submit to heavy improvement rates with great- complacency —a fact of which we entertain strong doubts. 'l however, are be cases, not pre cisely parallel. Manchester has no Corporate es tate, to which its population have been in the habit of looking for the improvement of their streets, and the erection of their public buildings; whilst the burgesses of Liverpool are quite aware of the ex istence of such an estate, and that it has a large and increasing surplus income. If Mr. Earle, therefore, or his committee, calculate very san guinely upon the approval of the town being given to any " comprehensive scheme," to which is ap pended a heavy borough rate, as the means of car rying it into execution, we are afraid they are reckoning without their host; for it is not pre cisely true, as stated by Mr. Earle, that the burthen of such a rate is paid by all "according to their means." Any shopkeepker in Lord -street, Castle street, or Bold-street, could convince him of this important fact. We do, however, hail the appointment of the committee with satisfaction, and look for great good as the result of their labours ; but they must not go too fast, however hard Mr. Earle may spur them. Should he grow importunate, they may point to St. George's Hall, and ask him how many filthy places, now breathing pestilence, and generating and hiding vice, might have been swept away by the aid of the vast sums which have been lavished in the mere decoration of that expensive structure ? We are happy to notice a renewal of the agitation amongst the manufacturing operatives for a re striction of the hours of labour in factories, and to see at the head of that agitation Mr. John Fielden, Mr. Ferrand, and our old friend, Richard Oastler. 'l'he time has surely at length arrived when ten hours of tedious toil and confinement will be acknowledged to be sufficient for either man or woman to endure as a day's labour. The manufacturing interest has Had its pound of flesh already. it has raised itself upon a hecatomb of human corpses, sacrificed to glut its grasping avarice. It has dwarfed the limbs of infancy, brutalised the mind of girlhood, and worn down the strong man in his prime of years to pre mature imbecility and now, at length, the Legisla ture must do its duty, and relax the grasp which has so long been thus debasing and destroying our po pulation. If we hope for any thing from the admi nistration of Lord John Russell, it is this act of justice to our working poor. He stands pledged to it by his vote of last session. Some of his most able colleagues are equally pledged to a Ten Hours Bill. They must not be permitted, when in office, to turn their backs upon those, whose humble supplication for protection from the selfishness of superiors they declared, when in opposition, to be a just demand. It is a little difficut to guess what can be now the g-ound of an opposition to this measure, on the part of any statesmen of any section of political opinion. It is not at all difficult, however, to produce satisfac tory replies to every objection which has been offered in past times. The selfish political economist may still reiterate his cry,—" Leave labour free;" and talk of " demand" and "supply," as the circum stances which are to regulate both the rate of wages and the duration of labour. We hare lately recog nised, however, a new principle in legislation. We have happily learnt and proclaimed the fact that it is the duty/ of a Government to protect, not only pro perty and capital, but the lives of human beings, expended in its production. We say to the builder,— " You shall not erect dwellings prejudicial to the health of their occupants." We say to those occu pants,—" You shall not continue practices preju- Jicial to the health of your neighbours." We say to the carter or the cabman,--" You shall not over drive your beast;" and we are surely privileged to say to the manufacturing capitalist,—" You shall not aggrandize yourself by daily sacrifice of the health, the morals, and the lives of human beings." We have already offered up the agricultural in terest of the country as a propitiatory sacrifice to the manufacturer. We have granted him the privilege of taking, and applying to others, his own prescrip tion. He ought to be, in accordance with his con fidant prognostications, in the most robust health, if not in a surfeit of prosperity. That he is not so is, at least, no fault of ours, or of his labourer; and that labourer must not be made to suffer the penalty of his master's mistaken quackery. We are now in a condition, so far as the privilege of importing food goes, to compete with all the world, and we must no longer be met with the assertion that, to do so suc cessfully, we must work up human life into the sub stance of our fabrics. It cannot be tolerated. Manufacturing superiority is a good, no doubt ; it constitutes much of the strength of this great empire. But we were not sent into the world merely to amass money. We have, both individually and as a nation, a higher destiny to achieve; and we are not ad vancing towards that destiny whilst, to increase individual or national wealth, we suffer any portion of our population to sink in the social and moral "Weak is the land, to fatal ills a prey, When wealth accumulates and men decay." It has become a clearly established fact that no relaxation of the hours of factory toil is to be looked for as the voluntary concession of the manufacturer himself—a strange fact, when it is borne in mind how frequently he is driven, in order to check pro duction, to work his factory for three or four days a week instead of six. Working ten or even eleven hours a day, he tells us, does not pay. He cannot get the same amount of profit out of the bones and sinews of the workers; and were he even disposed to make a'sacrifice, his neighbour is not willing to imitate his example. We have, therefore, no course left open to us but one, yip., the interference of the Legislature to fix a limit for all. To the men of Yorkshire and of Lancashire, who are now agitating this question, we say, therefore,—" Go on, firmly and peaceably, and success will at length reward your labours." A paragraph in the Albion of yesterday announces that, in consideration of the very onerous and in creasing duties of his office, it is in contemplation to advance the salary of Mr. Rushton, the stipen diary magistrate—at present £1,300 a year—and to place him more upon a par with the Town-Clerk, who is in the receipt of £2,000 a year. We are rather at a loss to account for this reference to the emolument enjoyed by the latter gentleman, as af fording anything by which to guide us in fixing the salary of a stipendiary magistrate. The duties and responsibility of the Town-clerk, involving immense labour of body and anxiety of mind, are, in our opinion, infinitely greater than these which are complained of as overburthening Mr. Rushton. Upon this point, however, we shall not remark. The salary of the stipendiary we shall presume was fixed on his first appointment at what was then the full value of his labours ; and if these have in creased materially, it is a legitimate subject of con sideration whether or not their reward should be increased in proportion. Before deciding the question, there is another which suggests itself, viz : whether by some better arrangement than the present, the labour, which falls to the share of Mr. Rushton, may not be materially lessened, and, at the same time, the administration of justice within the borough be greatly promoted. To any one who has been in the habit of occasi onally sitting a few hours in the Police-court, it must have occurred that the business was too great for one magistrate, or one bench, satisfactorily to ad judicate upon. Yesterday, the police sheet con tained seventy-six cases of drunken and disorderlies, felonies, &c. Last Monday it contained about 140. The average is perhaps between the two numbers for the Monday's sittings ; and the number on week days will be somewhere about two-thirds of the average of Mondays. Besides these, there are assaults, applications for warrants, summonses, &c., daily occurring and demanding magisterial atten tion—sometimes, too, requiring for` their proper de cision a degree of patient inquiry which, we fear, they do not and, under the present system, cannot obtain. It must be remembered, too, that the ma gisterial business of a seaport like Liverpool is more than ordinarily complicated—occasionally requiring in the party presiding some nautical knowledge, in addition to the usual legal attainments. Under all these circumstances, it cannot be wondered at that an impression exists very generally that the mass Of business coming before our Police-court is disposed of rather more summarily than is conducive to the ends of justice. Often, we are told, parties decline prosecuting charges, in prefer ence to submitting to the detention, occasioned by the inordinary demand upon the time of the court, and probably many an offender thus escapes. We have more than once suggested the advantage of having two Police-courts, one of which might he in the south end of the town, instead of the present central court alone. The town might be divided into separate divisions, according as convenience might be found to dictate. It appears to us that, before we resolve upon increasing the emoluments of Mr. Rushton, the present is the time to take into consideration the propriety of the course which we have , uggested. If Mr. Rushton can be re lieved of a portion of the hurthen, of which he, or hie friends, complain as being too onerous, an ad dition to his salary may not be necessary; and no doubt an efficient colleague could be procured for the amount of increase, or a trifle over, which it is said he is about to receive. MORE RADICAL CALUMNIES AGAINST THE EX-MAYOR The following letter we introduce in this place, because of itself it calls for some remarks from us ; but, princi. pally because we, like the Reverend writer, have some thing to s ap with respect to the paragraph which has called forth his communication. or exacti THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD: TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD Saa,—A truth-telling public press is one of the best social blessings which can be possessed by a free com munity; but in proportion as a truth-telling press is a blessing, a lying press is a curse. Ido not think myself at all out of my calling as a Clergyman, in exposing a falsehood, the tendency and design of which are plainly to injure (as far as impotent malice can injure) the repu tation of a public officer and an honourable gentleman. I have this morning seen the Mayor, who called my attention to the following paragraph in the AMion "The collection* amounted to £B4 Gs. Bd., being nearly £2O more than it was last year. The Mayor contributed a £2O note, being the amount that all his predecessors contributed, with the exception of Mr. David Hodgson, whoonly gave .10." After reading it, his worship said—" I did not give £2O, and if there was a £2O note in the plate it was given by some one else." The public will now judge how much credit is to be at tached to the other statements in the paragraph. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, HUGH WNEILE. *At St. Peter's Church, on Sunday last, for the Blue Coat Hospital, when the Mayor attended in his official capacity, as has been the custom for many years. Mr. M'Neile, it will be admitted by his political oppo nents—and they are not particularly nice in takinglfily course which tan annoy his feelings, or lower him in the estimation of his friends—is not in the habit of noticing calumnies directed against himself. It may be asked,...- " Why this voluntary defence, on his part, of the conduct of the ex-Mayor, Mr. Hodgson?" His letter points to the reason clearly. His notice was expressly called to the falsehood of the paragraph by the present Mayor ; and seeing it to be one put forth for the injury and annoyance of a gentleman who‘bas just filled an honourable public office, he could not do otherwise than lay before the public the evidence of such falsehood fortunately in his pos session. The misstatement noticed by Mr. M'Neile, however, is not the only one in the paragraph. The present Mayor not only did not give £2O to the charity, but that sum is not " the amount that all his predecessors contributed, with the exception of Mr. David Hodgson." On the contrary, the treasurer of the charity was, at the time of the previ ous collection, about to compliment Mr. H odgson himself upon the fact of his having been the largest contributor to the charity on any similar occasion, until he accidentally ascertained that Mr. Lawrence had given £2O in the year preceding. We have reason to know that the whole pa ragraph is an invention, as such pains were taken by the collectors to prevent the amount of the con'ributions of individuals transpiring, that it is impossible that any thing could he known by our contemporary. As to the gross amount of the collection this year exceeding that of last, it ma♦ be borne in mind that the corresponding Sunday in last year was a most dismally wet one, whilst this year it was a beautiful day. The authorities at the Blue School were applied to on Sunday afternoon by a reporter —we presume our con temporary's—as to the amount of the collection, which was promptly afforded. They were then asked what amount the Mayor had given? To this unusual question the reply merely was, that neither they nor any other person could tell. The whole statement must, therefore, be pure fabrication. In conclusion, we may congratulate our contemporary upon his good taste. His notice of the collection on both Sundays has been. very characteristically, made the occa sion of a spiteful and slanderous attack against Mr. Hogdson. THE MERCURY AND THE COUNCIL COM- M ITTEES Our Contemporary of Friday is fond of mare's nests. In complaining in his last, of the new member for Lime. street, Mr. Danson, being appointed upon only one Com mittee, he stumbles upon the parallel circumstance that Mr. Joseph Hornby was only upon one, whilst he might have been useful upon many. There is, however, with respect to Mr. Hornby, a very striking fact, which the Mercury forgets to notice. This gentlemen, we dare say, might have been useful on more ; but he did not happen to be very useful upon that one. The Committee in question was a very important one, the Watch Commit tee ; but Mr. Hornby did not often attend, or give his services to any of the various sub-committees which be long to it. Men do not usually go into the Council, or any other assembly, full fledged, and practical working members. The best way to prove a new man is to try him first ; and if Mr. Danson attends his one Committee better than his fellow sufferer, Mr. Hornhy, he will pro bably have work given him nest year. We may cbserve that the attendance of members appointed on Committees is very desirable on their days of sitting, a fact which we would impress, not only on our opponent's notice, but on that of one or two of our Conservative frit nds. GRAND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS.--THE BOHEMIAN BAND. The Lessee of the Theatre-Royal has provided us with a - gratifying treat, by his engagement of a band of inatru mental performers, selected from amongst those of the first talent and celebrity in Germany, by Herr Leipold, which made their first appearance before a Liverpool audience last evening. The troupe consists of sixteen solo performers, certainly of first-rite ability upon their several instruments; and was ably led by, we presume, Herr Leipold himself. As the hills, however, with which we were furnished, were somewhat meaizre in their infor mation, we are only enabled to arrive at this fact from the advertisements; and the same circumstance will prevent our referring to the various performers individually. The first part was commenced with the overture from the opera of Sandella, which was finely played, af t er which Herrs Hahn and Rittersch gave a concertante by Lindpainter, upon French horns, with great brilliancy and effect. The most attractive piece of the part, how ever, was the Musen quadrilles, by Straus. which were played with a precision which we do not remember to have heard even under the magic baton of Julien him self. _ _ _ Part second commenced with a grand pot pourri, enti tled " Paganini in China," introducing a number of favourite airs, or parts of them, taken up in solo by the various instruments, with an occasional full band, and producing a beautiful effect. This piece enabled us to judge of the powers and execution of nearly the whole of the performers seriatim, and established the fact of their excellence as musicians. A grand concerto, by Herr Sobeck, on the clarionet, followed, wnich elicited frequent bursts of enthusiastic applause from the audience, who seemed only to refrain from an encore by a consideration of the labour of re-producing such a piece on a wind instru ment. It was a splendid effort throughout, as was " The Post Horn Polka," which succeeded, and was encored. Two other pieces followed ; and the concert concluded with " God save the Queen," played by the whole band. The house was not completely filled ; but an audience appa rently more capable of estimating musical ability, and more enthusiastic, we never saw within its wells. We suspect that a bumper will attend this evening's per formances. CHARGE OF ARSON.—At the police-court, yesterday, a young girl, of pre-possessing appearance. named Ellen Mills, was charged by her mistress, Ann Capewell, who keeps a shoe-shop, No. 99, Church -street, with setting fire to the bedding in the room in which she slept, on Friday morning last. It appeared, however, that the prisoner was in bed when the fire was discovered, and that the stays she wore were partly burnt. She had left the candle burning in the candlestick, on the bed, a - - latter was found blacke lov ?Or. Rushton, on hearing all the evidence, said She had evidently been overcome by sleep, and tnoardonable care'essness in leaving the candle burning on the bed. The prisoner, to whose - character a SERIOUS ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN THE STREET.— On Saturday night last, about eleven o'clock, as a young leman, v town, was returiiiil hom,ward through Warwick street, Toxteth-park, he wag brnially assaulted by two ruffians in short coats, serinuslv injured, and finally robbed. One hem got him by t was making adesperate effort to es, :ape, tne other so that he fel violently with a life-preserver stuoified to the ground. While he lay helpless, the fellows rifled his pockets of all the money he had, about 175., also of a snuff-box with his name engraved upon it in full "J. A—." After lying a considerable time in sensible, he found his way home to Mill-street, and could not see a policeman on his route. He is still prevented from attending to his duties from the injuries he received, his eyes having been bunged up, and one of his tetrples cut.. His impression is. t. at his assailants hail left him for dead. It is to be hoped that this notice may lead to 'the discovery of his brutal assailants. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.—On Saturday, a deputation, consisting of the Rev. Thomas Nolan, John Platt, Esq., and John' Liwienee,. Esq., waited on - his Worship the Mayor, to request him to give his attendance at St. Bar. nabas' Church on Sunday next, when a sermon was pro. posed to be preached by the Rev. T. Nolan, incumb,nt, in aid of the funds of the Southern Hospital,_ to which the reverend gentleman is honorary chaplain ship received the deputation most courteously, but was obliged to decline the invitation for that day, on account of his having to attend St. George's Church. where a collection is to be made in pursuance of the mandate of a Queen's Letter. It was ultimately arranged that he will attend St. Barnabas' on Sunday, the 13th of December. His Worship, however, does not on the occasion go in procession from the Town Hall, but will meet the com mittee and the reverend preacher in St. Barnabas' school, whence they will proceed in procession to the church. We trust that on this occasion, and in behalf of this ex cellent charity, the eloquence of the reverend gentleman will be rewarded with such a liberal contribution as it is justly entitled to. We may remark in passing, that during the present year, according to the information erived from a friend, the persuasive appeals of Mr. Nolan to various congregations have been so powerfully attractive, that they have realised in the aggregate nearly a thousand pounds. In all probability that amount will be conside rably increased before the year expires. The fact of there being a necessity to enlarge the Southern Hospital will, we hope, be an additional stimulus to increased liberality on the approaching occasion. is Wor. N QT I CE S Victory over Death : a Sermon, preached in St. Augus tine's Church, Everton, on the Sunday next after the Interment of the late beloved acd venerated Minister of that Church, the Rev. Thomas Tattershall, D.D., F.C.PS who " died in the Lord," on Thursday, the 29th of October, 1846. By the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, M.A., Hon. Canon of Chester, and Incumbent of St. Jude's Church, Liverpool. London : John Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Liverpool: Arthur Newling, H. Perris. We gave last week a general description and some portions of the beautiful discourse preached by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, as a funeral sermon, upon the occasion of the lamented death of the late incumbent of St. Au gustine's. The following introduction of the subject, and the character of the deceased, drawn by one who knew him so intimately, will not be without interest for our readers:— ➢ly dear friends and brethren,—l am among you this morn ing at the request of one whose circumstances are well calcula ted to awaken the deepest emotions of our Christian sympathy. It has pleased Almighty God, in the mystery of his sovereign grace, to deprive her at once of the partner of her course, the consolation of her heart, and the support of her life. A "widow indeed," with three precious boys, is thrown upon the bosom of the church's compassion. To feel with her keenly and sincerely is the mournful privilege of devoted friendship; and I could not refuse compliance with her request, though at the expense of much personal feeling. And now I humbly and earnestly implore our heavenly Father, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, to pour upon us the riches of his grace, by the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven, that a discourse upon DEATH AS A VANQUISHED FOE may prove a blessing to us all, so that we may meet the foe without fear, and rest in peace upon the Conqueror's arm as our assured hope, as our beloved brother did, and does. It is not to praise the dead that I occupy this sacred placeo dearly beloved and highly valued as he was. The best praise which my departed friend could possibly receive from his fellow-creatures has already been recorded in the throbbing bosoms and streaming eyes of thousands who loved him. The circumstances of his life and the excellencies of his character were calculated rather to win affection in private, than to arrest public attention and challenge instantaneous admira tion. But he had better spectators tluin men. The moral and spiritual triumphs which he daily achieved, although unheeded by a fallen world, were such as caused joy among the holy angels—such as God himself delights in. They were Christian in the genuine sense of that word—Christian in their motive, in their manner, in their end. Jesus Christ was the centre of light and attraction round which all the features of his character continually revolved ; and none were there more remarkable than a sure, child-like confidence in God. This was his peculiar feature, as all who knew him will remember. In answer to one who saw and knew and felt what he was in the daily tone of his mind, who asked him, " Have you never any fears?" with sweet simplicity he said, "No, never; because God never changes." Nor will the following, introducing an extract from the last sermon preached by Dr. Tattershall, be less attrac- Live or interestint I have thought of words to describe him, both in conference with his fellows, and in intercourse with the world; and I know of no words in which to express so comprehensively what I have seen and known of him in both capacities as these :—" In con ference he was a sound man ; in intercourse he was an innocent man." His public ministry partook of both these qualities; it was at once solid and simple; more calculated to instruct than to attract; more addressed to the judgment and conscience than to the curiosity or imagination of his auditors. Christ was its sum and substance, not sentimentally or poetically adorned, but in close and conclusive argument, by fair logical deduction from premises not to be gainsaid, set forth as the basis, and the my brethren, are better qualified to judge of this than I can be, or the world at large. He has given but few specimens of his teaching. From them, chiefly, I speak. His discourses upon the doctrine of Election, and upon the Atonement, are ad mirable examples of theological perspicuity. lam kindly per mitted to introduce here a paragraph from the last sermon he ever preached, strikingly characteristic of his views, and of the repose of heart and mind, the sweet serenity which he enjoyed through confidence in the character of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. I hold the extract here, in his own handwriting : If we place our trust, our confidence" in the mercy of God pardon of our sins, which will, in due time, as that tnist - t;nd confidence becomes more strong, more definite, more intelli gent, more distinct and clear to our own minds, be followed with the consciousness of our acceptance with God, a sense of safety, a freedom from bondage, the fear of death, and from all anxiety and pain. But without such confidence in Christ we can obtain none of these mercies, but must continue under the dominion of sin and the sentence of condemnation • By trusting 3 • . • - over our own over our great adversary, the devil But, withoUt it, we car; . . ............. encounter such mighty foes, and we !mist at once fall in the contest, and be utterly vanquished. By trust in the wisdom of God, we may be reconciled to all the tri a ls an d struggles which befall us in this 1, in our tribulation, knowing that all things work together for oiir good, and that the furnace of affliction is buphe refiner's tire. With out such a conflict every adverse providence must appear dark and cold, full of misery , apprehension, and gloom. * * * * Again, uy trusting in (Joel's faithfulness, the unchangeableness of his purposes, and his love, we obtain confidence in our own final salvation : we obtain the assurance that we shall ourselves be enabled to endure to the end. But if we are without such con fidence, we cannot tell whether we shall endure steadfast for a day. We can never be sure there will not some day come some trial, some temptation, which God will not give us grace to resist, and so, after all, we may fall track into perdition. And then to talk of joy or peace in believing, of glory in tribu lations of a hope full of immortality, would be mockery—it would be an unmeaning accumulation of empty sounds.". A Workman that needeth not to be Ashamed: a Sermon, preached in Wallasey Church, on Sunday, November Bth, 1846, by the Rev. Thomas Byrth, D.D., F.A.S., Rector of Wallasey. London : Hatchard and Son. Liverpool: Newling. This is another affectionate tribute to the worth of the late lamented Dr. Tdttershall. The reverend author ap pends the following dedication to his discourse :—To the bereaved partner of his departed friend the foilowip. dis course is affectionately Inscribed by one who, she knows, loved, and was loved by him, as a brother." • Dr. l3yrth justifies addresses to the living in honour of the dead, from primitive example and from scriptural au thority, and then proceeds to dilate on some of the more prominent characteristics of a faithful Christian minister, and shows, in glowing language, that those features were sweetly exhibited in the life and labours of Dr. Tattershall, and that thus he illustrated the character of an approved and successful minister of the gospel, and shewed himself " a workman that needeth not to be ashamed." Whilst speaking of the intellectual powers which the head of the church sometimes calls into exercise, Dr. Byrth thus eloquently pourtrays the wonderful powers of mind possessed by his honoured friend : "PowerTul in its grasp, comprehensive in its range, keen in its perceptions, and vigorous and quick in its actions, it pos sessed every quality requisite to constitute a master reasoner. He shrunk from no subject, open to the investigation of the human faculties, on account of ►ts difficulty; was never satisfied with an indolent and half executed examination of an interesting question ; was not betrayed into hasty conclusions by over looking any of the essential links of an argument, nor allowed. himself to be embarrassed by the snares of sophistry, or to be silenced by the noisy pretensions of learned ignorance. His wonderful powers of thought were, as is common with men of the first class of mind, kept in constant activity. He loved thinking for its own sake; as the eagle delights in the exercise of its pinions, and cleaves the sky as it soars aloft for the sole gratification arising from the use of its strength, so did this eminent man live in the habitual enjoyment of his common faculties. His love of truth of every kind amounted to a pas sion. The natural reward of this noble feeling was an almost marvellous skill in the detection of error. The calm good temper—for he was never violent, and seldom severe—with which he would, almost with a touch, reduce to nothing the baseless fabric of some fond theorist, showed how little he had paradoxical Another quality of Dr. Tattersball, of no ordinary ad vantage, is depicted with exquisite beauty:— " He was naturally of a heart feeling, evrn to tenderness. No lofty abstractions ever removed him from the sphere of humanity !Ea rolatinnahin to +La family nC vv..... forgotteri, in his familiarity with trains of 'thought and specu lation, which seemed to entitle him to a place among beings of a superior order. How often have I seen that majestic counte nance, which I shall never see again, suffused with tears, and quivering with emotion, as he referred, or listened, to some instance of suffering or distress. He would leave the most fascinating society, or suspend the most interesting engage ment, at the call for his sympathy, or his assistance, without a murmur of complaint, or a sign of impatience. The lanes and the cellars of the town, amidst the darkness of the night, and the violence of the storm, after a hard day of labour and fatigue—l speak what I have seen—might bear witness to the perseverance with which he sought out the abodes of the wretched, and the liberality with which he relieved them. In no case was he contented with the bare expression of sympathy, self to the task of doing something to wipe away the i mourner's tears. Like his divine master at the gate of the city of rain. of grief. I hiveseen him witiilhenOiii:nqi: the sorrow : his expostulations were receivedw-itirtha"nikfuji-1 ness, for they were unaccompanied with harshness. The benevolence of his nature was especially manifested in the in- discussion at any time to amuse them seemed more happy . than when he had succeeded-in 'linking his mighty mind their plaything._ Well versed in all the de . .. dicity reduced to a tradec'he could'never derness of heart, sanctified by divine grace, you will easily perceive how well, in an important respect, he was calculated to do the work of a Christian shepherd, and to feed the lambs of Christ's flock." subjoined testimony is extremely valuable "Dr. Tattershall was a thorough Epiicopalian. And this form of Church constitution he thought he saw more perfectly exhibited in the Establishment of this country than in any other portion of the Catholic Church, at least for a long suc- cession of ages. 1 ought to state, diet in his notions of the importance of Episcopacy. he went far beyond the views of those who believe it to be the best of several allowable forms of polity : he believed that he found it prescribed by divine authority in the New Testament. He was from conviction, and not from education, a member of the Church of England ; and among all her sons, there was not one who loved her with a more ardent affection, or did her work with more unshaken fidelity. And Ido not think it inconsistent with the object of suchiicl;itiaCter before us, for grateful exultation in the possession of those seats of learning, and that apostolical confession of faith. by which. under the divine blessing, it was The Universities of the lttnd, - Snd the national greatness." SMUGGLING.—A sailor was yesterday fined, at the Police-court, in the mitigated penalty of £25 for smuggl log two gallons of whiskey on board of one of the Dohlin g ,, vernment mail steam ships. The full penalty is £lOO. STRIPPING CHILDREN.—A good-looking and well dressed young woman, named Sarah Haynes, was yester day, at the Police-court, committed for trial on two ,r g , 8 of child stripping. It appeared that she had taken a string of coral beads from the neck of one infant, aid a Victorine, or boa tippet, from another, wiling both of them into a bye place to accomplish her object. WALTON BRECK CHURCH.—This church, which is now nearly completed, displayed a lively appearance on Wed nesday last, a number of colours having been hoisted on the summit of the spire to denote that the top stone bad been safely fixed. We presume the church will be opened about the close of the present year. The interior displays a neatness and beauty we scarcely ever saw equalled, whilst the exterior is no less strictly in accordance with the best ecclesiastical and architectural taste, THE LATE ROYAL VISIT AND THE EX- MAYOR Whilst rcalumny at home has been pursuing the late Mayor, Mr. David Hodgson, up to the last hour, and even beyond it, of his retirement from office, it is pleasing to find that in a higher quarter—by the Consort of Royalty itself—his conduct in the administration of his office, as chief magistrate of our town upon a trying occasion, has been justly appreciated. We reported, at the time, the great satisfaction and pleasure with which Prince Albert appeared to regard the whole proceedings connected with his recent reception in Liverpool, and the sense which he frequently expressed to those around him, of the efforts of Mr. Hodgson, in particular, to render his stay amongst us agreeable and instructive. We have now to record a voluntary act of his Royal Highness's, most flattering to Mr. Hodgson, as proving that the expression of the Prince's feelings, whe❑ here, was not the result of mere impulse—not the mere prompting of a sense of politeness, combined with an amiable heart—but of a deeply seated conviction that the chief magistrate of Liverpool had gracefully and judiciously fulfilled the duties of his high office, and contributed materially, by his attention, to the pleasure of our royal guest. The following letter bas just been received by Mr. Hodgson from Lord Sandon, and has been shown us by a friend, announcing his appointment as a county magis trate, at the express desire of Prince Albert himself. London, November 14th, 1846. MY DEAR SlR,—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has begged me to announce to you, that, desirous of marking in some way agreeable to you his sense of the attention shown to him by you during his first visit to Liverpool, and his gratifica tion at the circumstances of his visit generally, and believing that it might be agreeable to you to be placed on the magistracy of the county, he has expressed to Lord Campbell, the Chan cellor of the Duchy, his wish that that step should be taken, and that accordingly the Chancellor has agreed to do it, con ceiving it to be one in every way fitting and right. It giires me great pleasui:e to be made the ° medium of this communication. [The remainder of the letter was private.] I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, To D. Hodgson, sq. SANDON. Any comment upon this graceful compliment is super• fluous. His Royal Highness appears to recognise the bear ing and manners of a gentleman towards him, although the Whig-Radical censors of Mr. David Hodgson do not; and feeling that something more than the every-day offer of knighthood was due to him, has thus been pleased to confer upon him an honour which he will value the more as it enables him to be of increased usefulness to his fellow creatures. THE GLORIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORMATION The Rev. Dr. Cumming, of London, the able and do quent advoCate of the British Reformation Society, is, we rejoice to perceive, advertised to deliver two lectures this week, in the Concert Hall, on Tuesday and Friday evenings, on the Romish controversy. We believe the rev. gentleman's reception in our good town will be most cordial. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile will preside, and the platform will be crowded by the clergy of the English and Scotch cliurphes. The following extracts from the report of the Reformation Society are sufficient to shew the strong claims that society has upon the affections and enercies of Eneli•hmen : " The Society its by , nas now adae, ,o its agency by appointing, in addition to a Secretary in the North, another in the West of England. The number of missionary meetings held by the Secretaries during the year, many of them with unparalleled success, amount to nearly one hundred." " The impressions made at Bridgewater, Taunton, and Tor quay, were deep and eminently practical. Many who were disposed to follow their minister, the Rev. Mr. Capes, into the Church of Rome, have been arrested and retained in the Church upon solemn and Scriptural grounds. Protestants have taken their children from Romish schools and sent them vingly enlightened and reclaimed in that neighbourhood. The Rev. J. Illingworth, the Superior of Cannington, and the Rev. W. Fanning, the Priest of Taunton,. successively entered into discussion with the Rev. Dr. Cumming, before immense audi ences of Protestants and Romanists, and were not only sig nally defeated, but were brought within reach of the most faithful exhibition of the truths of evangelical religion by their opponent; and it is known to your Committee, that great and lasting advantages were reaned by these discussions _» and without noise, ostentation, or c real good has been done." ay, a great amount of lowing is a statement of the valuable publications of the Society, sold at very reduced prices in the office, and thereby at great loss to the Society:-31,240 tracts; 90 vols. of 32,791 tracts ; 32 volumes of tracts ; 87 controversial ;o7G LYING-IN HOSPITAL —We draw the attention of our readers to the annual meeting of the subscribers to this hospital, and sincerely hope that public sympathy may be- come excited towards one of our most deserving charities. We understand that during the past year a greater num ber of patients have been admitted than in any previous year. We are sorry to add that its funds are in a very de pressed state. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile has kindly pro mised to preach a sermon in aid of its funds on the 16th of December, and we hope other Clergymen will follow in succession, in making public appeals for so excellent a charity. THE MERCURY AND ABERCROMBY WARD.—Tbe grave charge of our contemporary against the Conserva tive Committee in this ward, of treating, intimidation and bottling of voters, turns out to be a cock and bull story, amounting to nothing after all. A man going up to vote for Mr. Kaye, " said something in a low tone" to Mr. Muricaster, who, the Mercury's informant says, replied " you shall have a glass after, I'll see ;" and Mr. Hand. a member of the Select Vestry, was observed to walk up to the polling booth with a regisrar of - The bottling story was • told by a tory to a gentleman of our acquaintance," of remarkably gullible character, no What a pity that a party should be reduced so low, as to have recourse to such paltry charges to ac for their defeat ! THE WAREHOUSE "Fix."—The Journal intimates that we ought to make an apology for baying discredited his statement with respect to the difficulty encountered in getting insurances effected upon the Albert Dock ware houses. We do not see the necessity of doing so. Our contemporary, however, has proved so far right, with re spect to the existence of a combination amongst the in surance offices to charge a high rate, as almost to warrant a charge of being an accessory before the fact. The al leged " fix," however, is nowhere visible. Liverpool can insure its own without London aid. We may ask, how ever, what becomes of the confident assurances of Mr. Evans and others,. that the dock warehouses would be insured by the London Companies for a two-and-six penny rate. These companies do not seem overfond of such warehouses. ST. PAVL'a CHURCH ScnooLs.—The sermons which we announced in our advertising columns last week, as being to be preached at St. Paul's Church, in support of the schools connected with that church, were delivered on Sunday last ; in the morning by the Rev. John Jones, incumbent of St. Andrew's Church and Rural Dean, and in the evenir.g by the Rev. Fred. Parry, Minister of St. Clement's Church, Windsor. The civic procession at tending the new Mayor to St. Peter's Church, interfered very seriously with the attendance at the morning service. For as the schools are situated in Exchange Ward, the aldermen and members of council, for that and St. Paul's Ward, would gladly have availed themselves of the oppor tunity of countenancing and supporting the efforts making in behalf of the schools, situated . as th — ey are, in near pro ximity to the warehouses and offices of the merchants, brokers, &c., of this great emporium of commerce, and giving education to the children of warehousemen, porters, late the wealth of the merchant princes of Liverpool. The rev. gentlemen, for whose services the committee are so much indebted, exerted them very energetically to re commend the charity to their hearers, Their stirring appeals were of a character not to be evaded ; end the earnestness with which those appeals were made, must have carried conviction to every heart. The collections amounted to £2O, a sum very far from adequate to meet the urgent claims of these institutions. PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR THE NEXT SESSION.—The private business before parliament in the next Session bids fair to find our legislators very little less labour than they had to discharge in the last. Many of the parlipr however, are 0 a widely c ovemoer wit !most exclusively of The symptoms of mania for new pro • •• • - - - riety ; for they consis or amalgamations, , however, more than unusually prolific in their applications for private bills. Liverpool has produced four notices independent of railways; Birken- furnishes three, one of which is for the payment of a chairman, u judge of the quarter sessions, out of the Manchester and the neighbourhood about county rates ; way app 'ar as we can see from► a cursory glance over the formidable pages of the Gazette, will, in the aggregate, exceed a hundred, being scarcely one-fourth of the bills which perplexed our legis lators last session. Probably one ball of these will be un opposed, and if so, there will be a speedy release of the parties who solicit them; but in the case of many other bills, such as for the establishment of water works, we anticipate lengthened enquiries and strong 'opposition. Our neighbours, the Birkenhead authorities, are intending to take both gas and water into their own hands. THE EXTORTIONS OF RETAILERS.—In alt cases of scarcity of provisions, or of other commodities, advan tages seem to be taken of the consumers, by the levying of an extra profit by the retailer. The price of bread goes up a little faster than the price of flour advances; but it does not come down quite so fast. And thus it is with most other articles. Any increase in the cost of the raw goes most frequently into the pocket of the dealer. Wh o is there, for instance, who feels materially advantaged by the recent reductions of our tariff, which were to compen- sate for the ii , thenon of an income laX Few, indeed ! The saving is intercepted in most instances by the merchant, the manufacturer, and the retailer. We never noticed an instance of this so glaring as is af forded by the price charged at present by the retailer for the article of • potatoes. We have been told so often of the failure of the potato crop, that people imagine that there is no such thing as a sound specimen of that crop ; and week after week the poor consumer is called upon to pay for his supply a famine price. In the suburbs of the town two shillings for 20Ibs. weight is confidently de manded and obtained ; one :aid tropence is obtained in the town. Yet five shillings will buy from the farmer a bushel of excellent potatoes. cr in weight 921bs. The profit upon retailing this quantity is, therefore, little short of four shillings, or 80 per cent. upon the cost price ! If housekeepers would have their eyes open, and look occasionally at the market intelligence with which they are daily presented, they would save themselves from such exactions. Perhaps, for the benefit of the poorer portion of our population, stores might be opened in the town tor retailing au article of food so indispensable at reasonable rates. Nov. 17, 1846 SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Owing to the continuance of strong east winds, we have not had a single arrival of Wheat from any quarter since this day week, excepting 51 qrs. coastwise, and of other Grain thence, as well as from Ireland, the supplies are still extremely small ; whilst those fresh in from abroad comprise chiefly, a moderate quantity of Beans, Pease, and Indian Corn, with 10,654 barrels of Floar from the United States. We have had a dull market to-day. Wheat and Flour at the reduction of Friday, and other articles much the same as on that day, except Indian Corn, which is pressed for sale, and being without buyers, holders would accept 4s. to ss. per quarter less than was current in the retail sales of this day week. ARRIVALS OF CORN From the gth to the 16th November, inclusive IRE- COAST iCANADA;U.STATS ( LAND. I WISE. I AND I AND [TOTAL, COLONIS.EVROPE. Wheat .. Ors. 51 i 51 Barley Qrs. 29 IS 47 Malt Qrs. 59 44 g 4 Oats Qrs. 1394 203 100 1697 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 7 6 7 2130 2917 Pease Qrs. 603 570 1183 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. 3 5 93 3593 Oatmeal .. Loads 1021 149 1169 Flour. ....Sachs 2866 1613 3034 Ditto Bris. 11 63 8 10731 EX PORTS.—Foreign . Wheat, qrs. ; Ea rley,— qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oats, qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, sacks ; Flour, 117 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 3317 qrs.: Bar ley, 372qrs. ; Beans, qrs ; Oats, qrs ; Indian Corn, 1811 qrs.; Oatmeal, sks ; Flour, 932 sks 3934 brls. —Coastwise. Wheat, 497 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, 4 qrs.; Oats, 10. qrs.; Beans, 218 qrs.; Pease, 46 qrs. ; Oatmeal, sacks; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Flour, 346 sacks 814 brls. Average prices of Grain,:for the week ending Nov. 7.1846. Wheat 625. 3d. I Barley 445. 3d. I Oats 275. 3d. Rye 41s. 541, Beans..4Fs. 6d. j Pease.. lid Aggregate average of the six weeks Wheat 59 - s. 3d. Barley 303. Oiiial.2;s.TedlTßye 383.64 Beans.. 455., Od. Pease.. 48s. 3d, Duty on Foreign Producethis, week . Wheat 4s od I Barley 2s od Oats .Is6d I Rye.. 2s Od Beans 2s Od I Pease.. 2s ad I fdd.Corn Os Od I Flouin2s4id Doty on British Colonial Wheat.. Is. od. I Barley Is.od. I Oats, 1-, od. I Rye... Is. od, Beaus.. IS. od. Pease.. Is. Od. Flour. 4,101 cwt Liverpool Averages, week eliding Nov. 10, 1846 Wheat, It 9 qrs., price 5,,'5. 4d; Barley, 29 qrs., price 325. 7d.; Oats, 57 qrs., price 31s. Id.; Rye, qrs., price Os. od.; Beans, qrs.. Os. ud. ; Pease, qrs., price Os. Od. Duties paid in Liverpool', week ending Nov. 12 . Foreign.—Wfieat, 5522 qr . 's.; Barley, 168" qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 1324 qrs ; Rye, 6 qrs. ; Beans, 1498 qrs ; Pease, 35s qrs.; Indian Corn, 5267 qrs.; Oatmeal, loads; Flour, 4480 barrels. Colonial.—Wheat, Icno qrs.; Pease, qrs.; Flour,l4" 43 bsl, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE THE RIVER PLATE The London Times of yesterday gives the following news in addition 'to what we publish elsewhere : Mr. Hood's mission has failed, the chief cause being the disinclination of the French Minister in the River Plate to acknowledge the authority of Mr. Hood. The point on which the misunderstanding between Mr. Hood and Baron Deffaudis has arisen is, "Whether Mr. Hood's instructions were definite as to raising the block ade of Buenos Ayres, previous to liosas withdrawing the Argentine troops from the Banda Oriental." The result has been, that the truce which had existed for a short time between the besiegers and the besieged in Monte Video terminated on the day of Mr. Hood's departure. The blockade of Buenos Ayres is still enforced, al though a considerable contraband trade is nevertheless carried on between Monte Video and Buenos Ayres itself. The river Parana is still nominally kept open, the Comus being anchored at Obligado to prevent theerection of batteries.. '0 RTUGAL olclll G pa e r r t m o a f the insurgents, eeneountered u encountered, have ha ner v d efa C lle e e lest h i e n c o, whomthe the Algarve, and Schwalbach has returned from the plain be neath Viana, the scene of the late skirmish, to join the- Queen's force in investing Evora. Das Antas is at Leiria, 45 miles from Coimbra, and 80 from Lisbon, with, it is said, 6000 regular troops, and 8000 volunteers ; but the numbers are doubtless consider ably exaggerated. The Queen's troops in the northern provinces are not strong enough to attack Oporto. Casal, who commands for her most faithful Majesty, has only about 1200 men, and no artillery, and has fallen back on Penafiel; and Vinhaes, who is in Tras-os-Montes, is just as weak, and hemmed in by guerillas. On the 7th of Novembei, the Queen's troops under the command of Saldanha, now created a duke, marched out of Lisbon with a view to attack the insurgents. They did not muster more than 3,500 men, and were very weak. Lisbon has been left in charge of the Municipal Guard, 1000 strong, and the volunteer battalions. The Diario of the 7th contains a decree degrading Bomfim, Almargem, Celestino, Vasconcellos, Estevao, and others, from their titles and honours. cal l a a a e l , v o a nl ' 3% m u lle t' s o f f ro D u a t ' L A i n sli t t g . fm."" re%"" Martial laiv is proclaimed throughout Portugal . The Times of yesterday, referring to this intelligence, says :—At this moment it is not quite certain whether the Queen of Portugal still rules in her hereditary kingdom, or whether a revolt arising from very sufficient provoca tion has not deprived her of that crown of which England guaranteed her the possession. Loss OF £3oo.—On Wednesday, the c!e:k of an exten sive linen-draper, in Oxford-street, whilst proceeding from that district to Corn-hill, either lost or was robbed of a pocket-book, containing, in addition to other valua: ble papers, Bank of England notes to the extent of up wards of £3OO. No clue being obtained likely to lead to the recovery of the property, a large reward was offered bit its restoration. ATTEMPTED ENORMOUS BRIBERY OF A RAILWAY OFFICIAL.—The Sunday Times says that " some singu lar disclosures are likely to occur respecting an attempt to bribe a railway official, of high standing, to betray the interests of his company. We are in a position to state that the sum offered was £25,000! The offer, was, how ever, rejected with indignation." Our contemporary is perfectly correct. The terms offered were " £20,000 or £25,000, to purchase the gentleman an estate, and enable him to retire." We are in possession of the whole facts of the case, and know that the party who made the offer had a narrow chance of being thrown out of the window, and having his neck broken, by the official to whom t he insulting and scandalous offer was made.—Morn ing Herald. IRISH S UPPLIE s.—The importations of provisions into the port of Liverpool from the Irish ports, during the prise the following list of articles :-10,179 firkins, 309 half-firkins, 1,078 baskets, casks, &c., and 323 boxes of butter ; 312 casks and 602 barrels of wheat ; 1,952 sacks of flour ' • 196 sacks, 800 quarters, and 2,256 barrels of oats; 21 tons weight, 399 sacks, and 436 other packages . _ . m . of oatmeal; 50 barrels of barley ; 72 sacks of alt ; 512 boxes and tierces, and 35 other packages of linens and cottons; 50 tons weight, and 347 bags of meal; 11 bags. c and 6 casks of seed ; 317 kegs, and 8 casks of l a rd; 44 ;pal4ck2ag casks k s of o f general whiskey,provi sionsa nd bags of feathers; 259 barrels, 24 kegs, 42 firkins, an d 10 other ; packagesl./ packages ofam h ;13 8 332 bales of bacon. EARLY CLOSING.—The Times of Wednesday concludes an article on early closing by a strong recommendation that its advocate, should obtain an act of Parliament for !, • gest that, after all, an act of Parliament would be the most short and certain mode of effectuating the proposed object. It would be universal in its operation. It would admit of no partial exceptions or favouritisms. It would be bind ing upon all. It would be, we think. desired by all who hope to be benefitted by the change. There is more eloquence in ,a penal clause imposing a fine of five pounds than in the graceful eloquence of Lnrd John Manners, or the historical resumes of Dr. Vaughan. No man would resist it often or resist it lone." This may be very true, but it is an interference with the regulations of trade which parliament is not likely to sanction. SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.-00 Friday. a persOfie of very gentlemanly exterior, drove up in a gig to Messrs.. Early and Co.'s,. drapers, Holborn, London; and, entering the shop, as k e d to be shown some cambric sele cted that the e h al f-a- do z handkerchiefsn , paid sh o lOs uld . de.. be p h o %n i d t, ke a r n ch d ief direc H te e d hemmed, and he would call for them next morning. He. then asked Mr. Early if he could oblige him with a check upon his bankers for £B, in exchan ge fo r th e same num b e r. of sovereigns, which he placed on the counter, remarking that he wished to send that amount to a friend iii White chapel, and that he could easily forward it in a letter. The gentlemanly demeanour of the applicant induced Mr. Early to comply with his request, and he wrote a check for £8 on his bankers, Rogers and Co. The swindler, of course, acknowledged Mr. Early's kindness, and hoped that he would not be disappointed with his handker chiefs he then entered his gig and drove off. According to sub sequent inquiries, the check, shortly after two o'clock ! was presented to the bankers, a " 0" having b een a dded to the 8, and the letter "y" to the word eight; and, the correctness of the document not being doubted, one of the principal clerks paid the whole amount, £BO., in gold. The delinquent then disappeared. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 1846 , PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING JOSHUA FLETCHE R LACE, of 53. Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford street. At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT LIVERPOOL. Orders and Advertisements received by Messrs. 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