Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-26 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAI DAY EVENING not p our - cotton - market .its to Urc I have ,eason, which our best in- put down ho but price taken on specul nodes 111 1 nteu at 21. per cent after s ie flu thehighest point of the day, Jiand Railway, especially, was ,urrentl .eported f 5- 1 , per Lefty d Chester and Birlenti )untiOs, 11S. to 11 Lancashire and Yorl th Western, f 5 to 951- field, to . l 0, Smith Eastern, 21Z- to 21 lts - nezleeted, with the (mbar do-VCnetian, - which are in reque lers_, came forward. A feeling is eviden to mat the Vill ; and may t Fhe r ron, m 4 Teter, op llie Tumour Mat the French Government con templates a reduction in its military and naval forces hasziven. some buoyancy to the funds, and caused an improvement in prices. Consols close at 941 to 95 for. money, and 94;4 to 95 for the account. Exche lone .at 28. to 31, and the New London Share Market opened quer B rather I with a fair business doing Ivanced, but chest quot ms were n orkshi to .96; London and North Western, NI Midland, Io4a to - 105 ; and Dovers, 721 to 73 a / day, but there is no change to quote in the prices of the leading a r ti c l es o f consum-otion. 11r n tr. S. Griffiths, of ular, dated Saturday, says Volverliampton, in his weekly )f South Staffordshire presents - The manufacturers - are well sup- Leularly for boiler-elates and Q1,..f. .th ord s are very -Jii - Ly 25, i moderate ported 7,000 bale; of wl 1110NETA :ecranv - i 194 lb, LANCASI siding EETING OF THE ,-Th( , vement closed at oit several of the 1 been received during the wee. America. The demand ,for the de and the colonies is ver ,ois week - , owing to the large __ e tas which was done at Birmingham on quarter-day. On' the 'other 'hand, melters have found ready buyers, and onsiderable business has been done in them, at rates quite ual to: those obtained last week.. All pigs are firm, and let steady, at quarter-day prices ; and for all native there is every prospect of present prices being well ned through the quarter. from Paris state that the im prownient in trade in France is net so' great as an ticipated from the announcement of Peace. , Samples new wheat were sold at the market of Arras on The price of wine is rising, in consequence )t the state of the grapes. Lt c.:;0111M( Saturdal LIVEIII , 0 '4N MARKET rnsiness in Cotton to-day a at 81d. to Bfid " Bd. to 101 d 4d. „ 6d. 1,000 are on speculation I I pr export. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.--:-JULY 25. We have ne change to notice ; with only a Lento demand, added to the firmness of holders, tI 9 0 hhds, Jamaica at 395. 6d., ttGAT mess is confined to s Benzal 'wrung .4- A Hi I'vana. .tos. Asa., 18U boxes grainy whit( and 2,800 bags clayed Manilla at 38s. pet MoLAssEs, RUM, AND COFFEE : Nothing has taken plac RICE : Nottung to notice. SALTPETRE per cent. 300 bags are reported at 40s. per cwt. for EAPESEED: 3,000 bags, at 365. for Scinde, 38s. to 445. Dr middling , to fine brown Bo m b ay , an d 4 8 s. 3d. per uarter for rlnzAr.t LONDON MINING MARKET._JULY 25. In the Mining market to-day a considerable amount of business has been done in shares in West Seton, Wheal Seton, Wheal Clifford, East Basset, Stray Park, and Hingston Downs mines. Prices generally are firm. Foreign -- 3 shares remain without alteration. Port ire marked 10s. LONDON CORN MARKET.—JULY 25. ttendance was fair, and the tone firm but quiet. 'most articles of the trade were slightly higher 'or Prices ( f home-grown grain was small. The in into London since last Monday were as 'fair of flour, large of wheat and reported this mormi oats, and fair of barl( WHEAT.—For English an advance of ls. to 2s. per qr. over last Monday's 'prices was asked, but there was a slow sale. A parcel -of new white English wheat, not prime quality, hed 455. per quarter. Foreign held at ls. per qr. over rates. English white, 40s. to 465. ; red, 355. Dantzic and Konigsberg, 445. to 58s per 50s. to 525. ; other Baltic ports, 40s. to 40i. to 50s 50s. ; Fi Flow i but quiet, at last Monday's prices. Town, )rfolk, 28s . to 295. per 2801bs. ; French, 30s. Amer., 17. S.—per barrel: at about last Monday's rates. English, rter ; Baltic, 28s. to 38s. ; other sorts, BARLEY slow sa. - 475. to 325. per quarter. • OATS sold slowly at about last Monday's rates 245. to 325. per quarter ; Russian, 21s. 6d. to 'Aber Baltic ports, 225. to 28s. per quarter. • English and Egyptian unaltered, at last Mon- English tick, 365. to 425. ; harrow, 425. to Foreign, 40s. to 50s. per qr. Egyptian, 335. British , 3s. per qr 4 6 8. per qr °L' qr. PEAS quiet at last Monday's rates. English boilers, 48s. ) 50s. ; hog and grey, 38s. to 425. Foreign, white, 48s. Pi ! owrirro CARGOES. — Since last Friday 14 grain-laden ported ,arrived at ports of call, viz., 7 wheat, 1 beans. 1 millet seed. The demand for SALE OF WORDSWORTH'S LIBRARY.—The sale of this library of nearly 3,000 volumes in every class of literature, for which, the literary world had looked with some anxiety, took place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, last week, under the management of Mr. John Burton, of Preston, who occupied the rostrum with much ability, and manifested no little tact in the manner in which he expatiated on th e volumes, and the assoeiations connected with them. The mode in which the books were arranged and catalogued was superior to anything of the kind previously seen in the pro vinces, where a huge poster is generally the only catalogue I nut. AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR. JOSEPHJOSEPH BARKER, p rov id e d f or t h e pu bli c . Th ere was a l arge attendance of IN ANiERIoA.—On Monday last, Mr. Joseph Barker, the booksellers from London, Dublin, Manchester, and other 11 -known infidel orator, was arrested at Virginia, for towns, of clergymen, `and private buyers. Among the latter ig some time back incited the people to rebel against were Lady Cranworth, Sir John Richardson, of Arctic fame tel slavery, in his tour through the United States, and Dr. Davy, the brother of the inventor of the safety-lamp In haVing spoken in' strong terms a g ainst .the American and the Rev. J. Wordsworth, a grandson of the poet. Th e revivals and the christian slaveholding churches. For first day's sale seemed somewhat affected by the weather, several months the spies belonging to the slaveholders have the rain pouring in torrents, and preventing a thronged been on the watch for Mr. Barker, expecting that he would attendance. On the second day there was more animation unthinkingly, walk unmolested through the Slave States ; in the biddings ; and on Thursday, the concluding day, when LONDON TALLOW MARKET.—.Tuur 25. to suffer in a dark dungeon for ten solitary months, if even he the books sold were principally in verse, the bulk of them The market is steady. Prices, which exhibit little move_ but his manly courage has been overtaken, and he is doomed being presentation copies from their authors to Wordsworth, ment, are q uoted as follows :—Town tallow, 50s. 6d. net should b ear : t h e i nhuman tortures of this kind of pr is on life. there was much com p etition, some of the lots bringing re. cash ; Petersburg ye., on the spot, 535. 3d- ; July, 538 0 . ~6 d 2• Mr. Barker, with all- his opposition to christiamty, g oes to warkab!y high d a . mounts. It should be noticed that auto use,—cincinnati Herald, graphs mserte in most of the books gave them great addi. August, 535. 9d. to 545. ; October to December, 645, ou. to 548. 6(1. prison in a virtuous and god-hke Ca tional value in the eyes of the bidd ers. May, 1859, vessels were — r 4 maize, 1 IT ale - /Lot , ~,nee Monday, rather inactive. The latest Salonie reported before was that of an arrived cargo of ha need m aize, 275. 6d: per 480 lbs. Importers ask en - -erma. frront has been LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.- Che following public sales are declared for to-morrow gar : 600 hhds. West India, 4,000 bags Mauritius, and 0 bags Madras. Coffee : 3,000 bags Costa Rica, 250 ks plantation Ceylon, and 1,500 bags native. Tea : 7,000 .kages. Rice : 2,000 bags cleaned. ; UGAR : The market wears a steady appearance, but we w ei without business of importance to report by private hal pal tract since Friday, except two floating cargoes of Ha aah for the United Kingdom. JULY 25 -4- TEA remains firm have a steady a toms ( )elieved, vould be following 'shares 711 to Great Western lanch 16. Forc aVnin RAILWAY AFFAIRS AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY CO-1%-iP-AN-Y- _ adjourned meeting of the shareholders of_ this company was held on S'ltiday, agreobly to the resolution _ of the special . . chi 'Att .. e: , lSpi .. thcco;aA iti . The meeting was quite lotmal, and only occupied of an hour. The solieifor,.;llr. Lewis, read the preamble - and - the catchwords of a bill to enable the company to construct a branch line from Oldham, to Rochdale and Royton. The bill was read a thirditithe In the House of Commons on Priday. The earliest' . day" on Which' it could come before•a 4 conunittee of the.. Lords-was the., 4th Aug-ust. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Marshall, the bill we pproved unanimously. The proceedings con cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ' •'• •NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE • RAILWAY. — The following are among the, most .important portions of the .report of the directors to be submitted to the half-yearly, meeting of the compaiy on Fri.6,y, next :—" The arrangement with the Midland' CoMpany, by which a portion of the - London traffic of the .NOrth Staffordshire Company was conveyed at e tra s d a li gr as ee - t e n n t il Cross, terminated in March - last, and since that time; wth conductedthe Londonulder t the terms d ~ t o h f_ i t v h e el e r r e ; ..but And, comp Any has not been ableto.furnish ,ae necessary accounts, -of , their traffic, passed, .over the North Staffordshire line, the effect of which will be, to increase the revenue of the , ensuing half-year. :In order t o give sufficient time for this object in future, the direc tors propose to submit to the coming general meeting, a resolution ,to change the time for holding the future ' half-yearly 'Meetings from the months of January and July le those Of February -a n d August' The directors have 'therefore, on this . occasion, only to deal with their ordinary traffic ; and they are enabled from that source alone to propose a dividend of 12 per cent. for the last. half year... 'They. are also glad to state that the working, arrange ments contemplatect.by the preliminary agreement have proceeded in a very. satisfactory manner, and there is no reason to doubt that the result will he highly beneficial to both companfes, Company ; well as to. the public. .Aliiiongl;tlTe only inc,as - ure the North Staffordshi re Company had.to pro pose, to Parliament wa s f or the construct i on o f a short branch to the town of Hanley, the peculiar position. of the neighbouring companies, the bills prothoted by theni kas made this the heaviest session in the history of this under taking; and it will be necessary for the information of the shareholders to state. the proceedings in detail. The share holderS will remember mention being made at the last half yearly meeting of a schenie for a railway from Madeley, on the Lond.on and North:Western line,' to Silverdale ' near New castle. This was avowed by the promoters to be calculated to compete for the pottery traffic; and;originating whilst this company and the'London and North-Western 'were in a state of hostility, was alleged by'the promoters to have the continued support of that company. Bills were introduced to authorise the making of this' line, and to legalize Mr. Sneyd's lines in extension of it. As the whole project was aimed at 'the interests. of this company, the most strenuous Opposition was made to it in the committee ; and after a Severe contest the Madeley Bill was thrown out, and that brought in by Mr._Sneyd passed. . The London and-North- Western and Midland Uompantes had rival schemes for lines into and around Burton. In the end the London and North-)Vestern Company withdrew their bill, having secured the advantages of those lines by an agreement with the Midland Coinpany. As the North Staffordshire traffic with Barton is very large, and appeared likely to be com promised by this arrangement, the directors petitioned against the Midland Bill, and were heard. This contest terminated by the committee directing that the North St"' 1y cl- atordshire Jompany shout, oe secures., ~causes, the Same advantages as those to which the London and North- Western were entitled under the agreement. The contract with Messrs.'Wright and Son for working the traffic of the North Staffordshire lines expired on the 30th June last, and the working is now in the hands of the company. The winding-up of the recent contract is in course of adjustment, and any contingency that may arise thereon is nrnvidod fnr by the existing reserve fund. The traffic for the last half year has shown a satisfactory inerease on that of the corres ponding period of 1858 ; and there is every reason to expect a continued and steady improvement, as the staple trades of the district can hardly yet be said to . have recovered from the shock of 1847-8. ACCIDENT ON TILE NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—AII accident happened at the Malton Railway Station, on Satur day, by which a porter named Rawling had one foot cut off, the other partly so, and his skull cracked. Rawling was un coupling some horse boxes, and stepped out between the lines of rail, and was caught in the back by the buffer of an engine approaching on the other line, knocked down, and inured as described. The m e di ca l men did not think him sufficiently strong to bear a journey to the York infirmary, but it is hoped he may recover. - THE C 411 , BENOCR. KAILWAY ACCIDENT.-Mr Ilamil Jacobson ' so severely hurt on S a t ur d a y wee k i n th e catav• trophe that occurred on the Greenock Railway, is dead. It will be remembered that he sustained concussion of the spine, and subsequ en tly b ecame para l yse d . f rom t h e neck downwards. He remained in much the same condition till his •death, being, with a slight exception, sensihle all the time. He spoke , freely of . his approaching dissolution, and directed that the railway company be prosecuted with the utmost, rigour of the law, disposing in various ways o f the damages which might be so realised, as well as his personal property. All the other sufferers by this sad accident are progressing favourably. MARINI AFFAIRS DREADFUL SUFFERINGS AT SEA.—The melancholy loss of the ship Fleetwood, off Cape liorn, by striking on an iceberg, was made known on Saturday. The ship, which was commanded by Captain Dale, was on a voyage to the Friendly Islands. On• the 2nd of May, when in 1at.,60 S. long. 71 W., late,in the evening, she came in contact with an iceberg, which carried away her stern, jib-boom, bow sprit, and did other damage. On soundinc , the pumps, it was discovered that she was fast sinking. For twenty hours the crew worked steadily at the pumps, but the water in creased, and it was deemed advisable to abandon the ship— a desperate alternative. It was a beautiful night, and the sea rolled terrifically ; only a portion of the crew, however, could be induced to leave in the boats. The remainder of the men continued on board the ship ; and at daybreak the boats,. which had previously pulled off, resolved to return to the ship, and on approaching her saw that the whole who had, remained by her had been swept off, and no doubt had perished. The ship went down soon afterwards. For five days the boats. struggled against heavy seas. An intense cold prevailed, and the men, not having the least nourish ment, suffered dreadfully. At length they were picked up by the British barque Imogene, from Liverpool. They had to be hauled Up out of the, boats, such was their ex hausted condition. They were afterwards safely landed at Valparaiso. WRECK OF THE " ALMA," AND Loss OF TWENTY LIVES. —Advices which have reached Liverpool from Calcutta give an account of the total wreck of the Liverpool ship Alma, bound from Calcutta to London, and the loss of twenty lives. The letter which contains the announcement is dated Calcutta, June 14, and merel3 states that the Alma was a total wreck, that the pilot, (one of the oldest on the river, and just about to retire into private life after this trip,) Captain Munce ' wife and child, lady passenger, leads man, and fourteen of the crew, perished. The Alma was a splendid ship, and was owned by Mr. Sinclair, of Liverpool. Since writing the above; we have received the following from Messrs. Sinclair and Co. :—" Since furnishing some of our local papers with the names of fifteen of the crew saved, we have received letters 'from Calcutta that the total num ber of those saved will be about twenty-seven, but we have no further names. The leadsman (Mr. Cole, who has been captain of different sailing and steam-vessels sailing out of Liverpool), who was at first stated to have been drowned, now appears to have been saved ; but Captain Munce, his wife and child, a lady passenger (wife of Lieutenant Ruck), the pilot, and five or six sailors, are still believed to have perished. Names of fifteen knolvn to 'be saved :—John. Miller, mate ; Joseph Munce, carpenter ; John Cargill, se cond mate ; William Jones, carpenter's mate; Henry Hal mer, steward ; Lachlan WKinnon, George Redman,, George Waters, William Brummit, Vincent Vevid, John Simpson, Samuel Anderson, William Thompson, • seamen ; Henry Walker and Robert 1 `Clinchy, apprentices." LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY (BEFORE S. MANSFIELD, E5Q,,:,41.) AN UNFORTUNATE EXCURSIONIST.—JOII tilchirri, who said he -was on an excursion-from-Bradford, -was brought-up of being. drunk and fliqorderly, in Tithebarn- ,02,1 a char row, and he asked him to keep quiet or go away.' On his interfering, the prisoner became very violent, and committed a violent:assault on hill'. The prisoner was asked the usual question, "What have you to - say ?" He said he had a very . great, deal to say. He then gave a narrative of his having come from Bradford,On an excursion, and the various inisfortmies that had befallen him since his arrival in Liver , pool. The cause of his being arrested was a dispute with a tobacconist about snuff. He pledged his word that, if he was once back at Bradford, he would never appear in Liver pool again. He was discharged. A DISORDERLY MILITIAMAN.-7-111Chael Lowery, a dis charged xnilitiaman, was brought up on a charge of assault ing police officer 391. Tho complainant , said the prisoner was fighting with a lot of other militiamen who had been discharged. He went to disperse them, when the prisoner struck, him and kicked his shins. He then ran away, pur sued by the complainant, and, after sundry cuts and turns, he succeeded in. getting into a h ouse , an d ran u p s t a i rs , an d then out of a window on, to the roof of a house,,which he fell through. The officer took him into custody while in, that position. He was fined ss. and costs, or seven days' im prisonment. ASSAULT.—Stephen Riley, a careless-looking fellow, was charged with assaulting a woman, named Ann Hannigan, who was in a delicate state of health. Mr. Bluck was for the defence. The cotnplainant appeared in the witness-box with her head bound up. She' gave her evidence in a very low voice, the effect of which was that several persons had been beating her, and amongst them was the prisoner, who gave her a kick on the side. The surgeon who dressed the woman's wounds s a id s h e was i n great danger. The prisoner was remanded for seven days. NEGLECTING A CHlLD.—Margaret Shuffieton was brought up charged by officer Patrick with neglecting her child. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the prisoner resided at 55, Pitt-street, and that the child had been so neglected that it had died. She was remanded until , Wednesday. Tint-T.—Thomas Barnes, in the employ of Maxw.ell, Brothers, was charged with stealing about 301bs. of flour from - his emjoyers. Mr. Bluck was for 'the defence. Thomas Delemere, warehouseman, was examined, and stated that the prisoner was plaeed over a number of men as fore man. From information he received, he went to a house where he found 'the flour pawned ,for a shilling. The prisoner was paid by his employers at the rate of 21s. a week. Anna Crowther said the, man brought the flour to her shop, and left it, saying, hp would call for it on Monday, and borrowed a shilli ng , from her. The prisoner was sent to gaol for seven days. BEFORE MESSRS. TURNER AND HAMILTON SEAMAN'S WAGES CAsE.--James Smith summoned John James Johnston, captain of the ship Lord Dufferin, for £2l Os. 4d., alleged to be due to him as wages for services ren- uuicu via uouru ine aetenuant's ship, as carpenter. Mr. Black was for the complainant, and Mr. Tyndall for the defence. The complainant stated that he was shipped as carpenter, on board the Lord Dufferin, at £4 155., on the 10th of February last, bound for .New .Orleans. lie per formed the voyage in the ship ; but the captain disrated him, and told him he would only pay him ,at the rate of, £3.165., as he was not fit for his duty. He had never beeri at sea before, but had served his time as a carpenter, and that was the reason that he had taken less wages 'than a first-class man. Lte captain. wanted to deduct £3 I7s. off his wages, at £3 15s. per month, for the loss of a head-board. For the defence it was urged that the 'complainant had not sufficient tools to do his work, and that, through his negligence, the ship had lost the head-board. The magistrates decided that the complainant should be paid at 'the rate of £3 155., without making any allowance for the loss of the head board. The total amount awarded him was £l5 6s. 7d., with 4s. costs. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. HONOUR TO THE. PRESS - Ff4Ti4loNi o i4To- r vn, MV,KI,IN AT CHESTER A 'well-deserveo. mark of respect has bcen,Aild to Mr. John Hickliii;for'ifittn years editi!)iiif the Ches ter Courant, but to whom Lord Derby lately gave the appointment , ofbistribiltot'bf Stamps for Derby-' shire. The testimonial'donSistS of an epergne, which stands 22 inches in height, and-is made of solid silver, after an admirably artistic Gothic design. Four beautifully-chased branches sustain as many richly cut glasses, three of which upon this -occasion con tained fruit, and the fourth a purse of 120 sovereigns. The centre dish, also richly cut, was filled with choice flowers. On the foot is the following inScriptiori:— " Presented; with a purse of 120 sovereignS, to John Hicklin, Esq., by a numerous body of his friends .and well-wishers in the city ,and neighboinhood of Ches . - . ter, in testimony of their high esteem and reSpect for his private character, and to manifeit their sense of his valuable exertions in the cause of social and in tellectual improvement, as editor for sixteen years of the Chester Courant." . The presentation took place 'in, the Lecture-room .of the Cheshire ArchceoloFical Society, and. was attended by a very distinguished 'company. In the. unavoidable absence of the Mayor, the chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Smith ; a and . Mr. Thomas 'Hughes, the h on o rary secretary, read letter which had been addressed to him by; the Lord Bishop' of the Piocese, expressing great regre,i that circum stances had prevented his accepting the invitation of the. committee to undertake the presentation of 'the testimonial on.behalf of the subscribers. This being the case, the presentation was undertaken by the Rev. C. Bowen, Rector of St. Mary's Chester, who, in a long and able Speech, paid . a well-melited tribUte to Mr. Hicklin's public services and private character; and especially eulogised the ability, honesty, and fidelity with whiCh his duties as a public journalist had been discharged. Mr. Bowen was followed by Mr.. John Trevor, treasurer of the Cheshire County Courts, by Major Egerton Leigh, and. by Mr. Randle • Wilbraham,. by all of whom Mr. Hicklin's public conduct was spoken 'of in terms of warm 'but well merited praise. Mr. Hicklin then rose amidSt approving cheers, and said :—Mr. Alderman; Reverend' Sir, Ladies, and Gentle 7 am sure you will believe that I speak the words 'of sincerity, when I assure, you that I never felt' so inade- A.I.N EXPERIMENT IN REFORM (From the Saturday Review) reatest difficulty in the settlement of the reform knowledge. which: Mr. - - J. LAG 1. 11 .U11111/Mil y Chadwick, with a sublimuindiffereace to the conctinns of a gr ea t. p o li t i ca l , pro bl em , propose d t o gain by the agency of a Reform Commission, would really be Very serviceabl e if tli er 0„,, , i+ - ••,...c any 111,141 IJI it, It. The numbers and character of the voters who would be added to the electoral body by any ,of the .proposed fran chises are matters of the'first' itnportanc e , on wind' one is • o seize upon an y authentic information which may — be Political Reform cannot well, be - tested ex- The leap must be • taken in' such light or as .we enjoy at present ; and if it lands us in a quagmire; we must make the best of a position from which perimentals darlules The little revolution which the Small Tenements Act effected in,municipal elections is almost.the ,only eperiment which can be matic , COrrn _ or yarliamentary uunsinutency is not exactly. the vile body on which .a philosophical inquirer would desire totest his theories, it seems, from the evidence reported by the Lords CoMmittee on the subject, to satisfy the condition more nearly than even the worst of retteuloroughs. The'histOry of the . experimentis curious. The frdnchise eStablished,by the Municipal Corporation Act of 1835 was limited to occupiers of three years' standing who had paid up their arrears of poor-rates, with the exception of such as might heave accrued within six months before the settlement of the lists. happened that the poorer occupiers were not mud habit of payin,g their rates, and the consequence 1, 7 7 tne municipal burgess roll comprised a vety small proportion of persons who were rated below £6.. The good government of corporate towns does not appear to have suffered from the exclusion, of the lowest class of voters ; Jut it Was thought important to , give the parishes the, ; means'- of collecting o+C.a •nril;nb any. +llrs 1 ' . more to . enfo] than they brought into the parochial treasury. This ;a; the only, or the only ~ avowed, object of the small. Tene- Ments Act 'of 1850. By that statute, such parishes as chose to adopt it were empowered to assess. the landlords, instead of the occupiers, of all tenements rated _below £6: During the progress of th e bill. a nla'aQ. • • all occupiers, ,` . -hose rates were paid by their landlords, and the result has been, in many cases, to double the numbers of the bur , resses by the ad dition of those who pay no direct contribution to the pa rochial rates. As, the act was plainly beneficial in a pecuniary point of view, it was adopted by the vestries, without much consideration of ita effect on municipal, elections. The fuU extent -of ;the-mis chief has not even yet shown itself. From the nature of • the qualification, it took three VPA. A r ffn, _ r OI the act before its influence could be much felt in .b6rough elections ; and it is only since 1865 that the exrrinient of an unconditional re ti na franchise .has ,r_ JULY 26, 1859. was a severe contest between a very respectable man and a tinker, who did a little b us i ness as a rece i ver of The tinker was beaten by one vote ; but stolen goods or the ttecideAt'W. beitz 'eolitinkted to hour before the election ended PtiT l- 1= course, arervicction9l oasts ; 1 -tint pvef one!foloniiiais.bi#lfefi in the Houk 61COniunons.'wduld searefely , 13e; weld6m'eil as 9 *desirable associate by politicians--of the most advanced iteorm .84.1.1 to satisfy everyone is-too mush - t 0 expect even from the old-established house of Russell ; but going .too 'far in !recommending the 4, n extend the franchise• perhaps we _ are not electors who are likely to sell their vot pot of beer. IRELAND THE GALWAY PACKET STATION A public meeting was" held at Galway on Thursday, for considering matters connected with the packet Station ily gays an account of his mission to London,: wit o forwan , ch,'he read tge follom4ng letter 'frOiri the Lords of the Treasury Treasury Chambers, July 15, 1859. Sir,—l am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that, my lords have had under their careful consideration your letter Of the 6th instant, addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a nd the memorial addressed to her 'Majesty's Government on the subject of a grant of public money in aid'of Galway Harbour. It has been ithriossible for' my lords to - consider 'this case 1,1 without referrinz to the ireneral nilostinn of linybniirs of refuge, and" to the numerous similar applications now pend ia...froth other places, both in Ireland. arid Great Britain. A b select commission' of the House of Commons, and a royal commission 'appointed last year to report upon the qudstioa , of harboUrs of refuge, 'pointed out several localities in Great Britain and Ireland Where Such harbours would be of great utility for the protection of life and . for the security or ship ping but the demands on the T reasury for other purpose! have prevented such r eco mmendations from being for the pre sent even considered. It i s o b v i ously still more difficult entertain the application of any place for. harbollf Of rehr g which is not included in the recommendation s of the commit. tee anu commissioners; and the claims of Galivay must rest for the present entirely an the establishment o f a ma il serv ice thence to America. The contract for this service Waling just been referred, with other existing and pending contracts of a similar nature, to a'gelect committee of the House of Commons, it, would clearly be premature for her Maiestfs Government to enter upon an Pledge for,- the . expenditure, of 'public money Upon any harbour d e p en di ng upon any 0 1 the contracts so referred, until the result of that reference aeration of Parliament, My lordi further observe that ,ase [lnes not appear to b 8 one of extreme urgency, as .the naval officers who reported to the Admiralty of the 30th of November, 1858, in favour of Galway as a packet station, state,. that some light works, which may be executed at a cost - of about £2,000, and which not appear to require any government grant, beir _ quate to give expression to nay feelings on any previous oc- t,ne i m ca y si s o e n lf, as an n d ow in ; b in e o c s a t us e e as t e o s -d w a h y en lf e e a el use t d ha n t po l n m t u o st a si d e r a ns k s o a num a f Li a public meeting, it ha s usua lly be e n with reference to the 'YI some interests of others, or in supp or t o f m general principles Lay 7 e, which were 'considered essential to the comfort and PPe the u of mankind.. On those , oppo r t un iti e s T ' c advocated views conscientiously held, but so held, I trust, . oe ma : ti ic never to give unne cessary pain or annoyance to t h ose who ems, i ; a differed from me. (G rea t cheering.) My reverend friend ouncil fled ri Mr. Bowen, who suceee d s at St. Mr in another dear friend lie noi b e id of mine, whose b o d y now awaits. n the calm seclusion a mu, tole 7 , of your pictu resque cemetery the resurrection of the just, has , en trig ed c ri told you that it h as a l ways b een my desire, in supporting the mina ie a r principles I a vowe d, an d i n promoting all moral and social accoi alwf I interests, to do that w hi c h I b e li eve d to b e necessary for the lama se t tt general welfare o f th e commun i ty ; and looking back upon a termii , ec ti o period of nea r ly thi r t y . years, spent in the service of the the col r b o , lit re con g( , lv newspaper press, there has been no class of labours, the momin her e retrospect of which has been so satisfactory as those devoted in th her lei to the moral improvement of my fellow-creatures, and which, vs ; b resey laj under submission to the Divine will, have been sanctioned, Tr, if I may so speak, by the spirit of religion. (Hear, hear.) I warn epor nfl In the perfo r mance o f m y civ i c d u ti es , t oo , it h as always been for M ; M e e is the of a iVI my aim to effect as much good as possible. In becoming a e local that .re member of the Town Council, I had no political object in its am offi( ua view, no party interests to . promote, no personal advantage ho hay flat ns, to seek; it was my sole desire to be useful, to give my disin the ne tw, ) a; terested aid in the cause of social progress and improvement, ton- est ch, for the benefit of the city at large. (Cheers.) And here I is desci £ 1 led may add, that separated,' as my worthy friend Mr. Trevor has told y ou I was , f ro M hi m on pol i t i ca l quest i ons, I was the I 'ei Tls re broi t p le I always sure of his earnest and generous assistance in sup- Tennint ,v c eO. port of any measure introduced for the public good; we were 'the ,e ( Pt cordial fellow-workers in the field of sanatory improvement, 'Cowl le is and in many projects for the public advantage. I never had ' he sa v , _ 4.- ra e t sa ih i turi tbi e s g e f th oaon e i psec i tit, d- t w any political differences with the Council, and, therefore, 1 ii to trust that I have so far discharged my duties there as to give ape id; satisfaction to those ,with whom I have been associated. (Hear, hear.) My reverend friend has also referred to my n'tY ' iwil lional rdots w a h th i tie c he h tne ion the exertions in connection with the general interests of litera a a: tore. In them I have taken great delight; they have been, Newcastle elections; but the must real will as -11 °.im• Reerton Leigh has intimated, my pastime, my . van holiday amusements, when relieved from the severer pressure of laborious duties. I have to the best of my aaility sup- deform - the - purity.; of moving force seems to be supplied entirely by malt liquor. ic " GEORGE ALEXANDER HAMILTON. To. the Rev. Peter Daly, Imperial HOtel; Dublin." 'ported. those institutions - which have for their object the. There is no hesitation about Mr. Jennings' opinion on this. diffusion of useful knowledge, and the inculcation of that point, as the following extract from his evidence will show :—Father Daly proceeded to comment upon the jealous) that had been displayed, by rival packet interests in gland spirit of intelligent inquiry which in Chester can always be inhabitants of your town towards the New Irish Transatlantic Steam Packet Coin. exercised with interest and success. (Cheers.) And now, y The steamers building by Mr. Palmer, he said, .perhaps, I may be permitted to say, with all modesty, but Q. 553. Supposing two respectable were to stand as candidates for the Town Council, and one of them would Pan cost. ' 595,000 . each, _and those building „by gr. Sincerity, ' strictly ,determined not to give beer, and the other gave beer, Samu.elson, of Hull, would cost £98,000 each. The which, in your opinion, would be certain to win the contest ? contract time in which they were to run from GalwaY `.`l've done the state some service, and they know it ;" A. The beer. or else, with a grace and generosity which I never can fully to New York in the winter season was,thirteen days, and appreciate, Lord Derby would not have appointed me to This answer is the concentrated essence of the evidence in . the summer season ten days and eleven hours. Well, the position I have now the honour of holding. For that from beginning to end. Witnesses - differ as to the com- when these steamers were on the line,it was quite consistent office I have since been informed' there were more than parative purity of the old and the new' constituencies, but to reckon that their passenger fares and freights of cargo forty competitors, so me o f w h om were hi g hly connected all acknowledge that success depends in a greater or les would cover all working expenses; and th en th e subsidy with the aristocracy of the 'country; and yet I had the degree upon the excellence and abUndance of the candi- would leave a profit of 20 per cent. on the capital for honour of receivi ng th e app o i n t men t, no t on ly i n recogni- date's tap. The soaking process is described;_ as beginning the shareholders. the then announced th a t b e f ore l eav iug tion of my fidelity t o th e Conservative p ar ty, (I hope I. may a fortnight before the election, and eentwuing without London he had purchased a handsome ne w s t eamer to ply on say thus much politi ca lly), b u t of th e services I had intermission until the votes' are, polled. The, cost of a Lough Corrib, which was now being built a t G reenoc k, a nd rendered to the public independently of all party considera- contest, mainly due to this ~, cause, is variously would be afloat on the . waters of thei r lak e on th e I s t of tions ; and, whe n th a t app o i n t men t w as confirmed to estimated at from £l5O to * X 3 ° O . The indulgence October. The price of her would be £1,500, an d th e w h o le me in Downing-st r e e t, it was accompa n i e d by a graceful is not confined to the voters ; for it seems to be the rule for of it was taken by five persons, of wh om h e hi mse lf was on e. expressi on o f satisfacti on , which induced a full gush of the canvassers to retire together to the Public-house, .to - (Cheers.) He had also negociated - a l oan f or £lO,OO , gratit u d e t o my f r i en d s i n Cheshire for having given refresh themselves at the candidate's expense, at the close of per cent., for building waterworks and ma r k e t s a t G a l w ay, G w a as lwa p y ass me, as it wer e , a certifi ca t e of character which seemed each day's work. One 'gentleman, a kind of municip a l ' which were now all but completed, and w ou ld b e imme to justify the Premie r i n o ff er i ng me th a t appoi n t men t. Frail, gives the essence of his experience in an instructive diately available. an e d d it to s paFeaktehtesrtaDtioalny, and dr the (Cheers.) 'You have no w a dd e d ano th er t o th e ma n y token s anecdote. He tried, with a simplicity remarkable in A vote in o b f ch th alf an o k f s Of your regard ; and I recei ve thi s elegant embodiment of practised election agent, to impress upon a knot of. voters a ,exertions . your good will with a thankful ness wh ic h I cannot suffi- the doctrine that the franchise is a trust ; but the 'only re- meeting separated. ciently express, because I shall look upon it with pleasure, as joinder was, "Mr. Harrison has given us_ a g f ood tuck-o u t ; , uRDER AND niathoiarsm. bmou r in s ,l :h w o o . n ha t v f e orni shelte suggestive of friendly memories, to the latest hour of my will you give us something better ?" _ Ope o th e stoutest On Friday,_ Chief Justice Monaghan opened the assizes for life; and when I have passed "to that bourne from whence defenders of the extended franchise admits that seve r al of Westmeath, _a its .which is afflicted with the pest of I re t d lv a a n s d at ai l d V ed est t m he ea as th sas th sw at no traveller returns," those who survive me will regard it the elections have been very discreditable, that some 'of the h ß is ib n b e o i n gh is with 'a chastened joy, as an evidence that he whom they loved non-paying v - oters are very ignorant, and that a 'margin of Mr. Jec.op was murdered with the knowledge of many of once ;was accounted use f u l i n his day ; and will transmit the them are perhaps purchaseable the corrupting medium in. his memorial from one generation to another, b • ' in . as a en as 'all agree, rather drink than money. his escape from justice. In his address to the grand stimulus to others to do their duty in that state of life to The quality of the voters is not the only point on which jury, the learned judge said : " Alth h - Although the calendar was which it may please God to call them ; and as a significant lesson of the Small Te- very light inpoint a may be learned from the working of numbers, he could not congratulate illustration of the fact, that to those who may be stuo•of th nements 'tot. In a large !l umber of towns, a_ majority with the cares, and anxieties and sorrows of life, a brighterrllglig thebelow burgesses is now composed of the class who are rated that,' since, he had the honour of addressing them last, a day will come, if they patiently labour, and wait, and ho pe, £6, and in some districts the constituency ut is al le g e - most barbarous murder had been committed in their county, till the reward and the rest is bestowed. (Chee lt is ther swamped by the gentlemen who contra : loo . !lain gto ' under circumstances of. great atrocity. The Crime woo recorded, sir, of one of our English queens, that ') in a day of the rates which the 'council has to expend One.example 'perpetrated in the presence of despondency and defeat she affirmed that, several persons, and the when dead, the will suffice to show how completely a rating _ franchise would ass • 'who must have been known,_ had not yet been ade , name of Calais would be found engrav 011 her he ar t ; extinguish the' vo i ce o f all but the lowest class. , In one amenable to justice, It was a shocking thing: that one m of that word was burnt in by the scorchin g fi res of shame, ward of Newcastle there are2l4 rate-paying voters,' besides the bills that would be laid before them - had reference to fr humiliation, and dishonour; and so I may say ~ flesht say that the name 149 others who, having qualifications elsewhere, cannot be threatening notice that had been sent to the wife of the ' of Chester is 'impressed on the f 1 tables of my heart, depended on for this particular district. Against this body who had been murdered. He need n t yth t when man' not in the bleared letters of • sorrow,. but in sunny there are 302 buresses who owe their franchise to the act of a state of things existed in their county, * sa a • suer characters of light and love, traceedlal y, it was most. imperit.: of y kindness with a 185 0. The one class pays upon an assessment £15,000, ant that every ❑ magistrate and gentleman of property should power and permanence which will y cheer land animate while' the predominant P ar tY l .s r l at n ell u o r V s y on Th £ e 66o, and for all in his power me through the pilgrimage of life, and with thosefigures . ortil such men lam ina e saw before him co-operated id latest aspirations, when the fluttering soul on even this quota is paid theny their theorists a who rail at the se on the confines of will, doubtless; delight. influence putting an end to such crimes and disturbances as at present' eternity turns to take its final retrospect 'illustrationof the Radical things, (Cheers. Ain • of earth and earthly of property. It is a grand - disgraced them, they could not hope to restore t • • ranquillitY trine that representation should be co-existent with taxation, to their fine county!' .. . cordially and kindly for tai permit me to thank you most to see £660 outweighing £15,000 ; but even if the more which will be an is valued tribute of your esteem incentive to the dis•charof duties numerous class did not supply a liberal margin of votes to aright in the place where Providence discharge my be bought with beer; it may be doubted whether those who has now cast my lot ; an where, too, I have e 95 per cent. a the local taxation ought to be left in a kindness, which has made n received! with an open-hearted 1 3 9 7 minority in the election of the officers by whom the rates Bible and honourable otucethe assumption of a highly respon of Chester has been m "a cheerful duty ; for the kindness are to ta administered. ca i k ble voice of the country has,with great derive will again y poccsprort there. I hope that many sense, unm declared s against Mr. Bright's pro act of a • • t u of renewing the pleasure I good lt teparliamentary franchise to that bwhichssinll - from my visits amen y . town to do all I can to remote theou ; for I shall always be happy a m g. P dandthere • councillors are returned ; tual pursuits, to the en social r • ecreations, the intellee feature about the evidence given before the committee, from its venerable anti g to show how far Reform • which seems may be carried with the an associations, And must ever be an object of interest toout debasing the constituencies to the level of the lowest, the British empire. eers (Ch eve intelligent mind throughout Permit me, in conclusion, to class of municipal voters. The • occupiers of houses rated at eipress the earnest hope • £6 and upwards are described by several witnesses • that the same good Providence in very who has watched over - favourable t Th • • erms. ere are artizans in such y ,,, path, "in whose hands are the factories as issues of life and dealt Messrs, Stephenson's and Sir W. A tr destinies of the world, but fixesand who not only controls the of as in every way , worthy of the franchise who are spoken even "the bounds of our who are rated at from £6 to £lO are dattehise ; and those habitations," may bless you all. with the enjoyment of every _. escribed as the very earthly blessing ; and as best class of working men. may each But it seems impossible to the tide of time lls n ro o , . descend lower than this revolving year bring to an increase without throwing the predominant your hearts and homes of happiness. And (to influence into the hands of the • ing poet Longfellow)—P P are hrase the words of the charm- . publicans and making elec tions turn almost entirely on th ' e supply of beer. The most ~ .... it any thought of mine •enthusiastic Reformer would perha h • • ps hesitate to adopt this , printed or told, simple method of deciding th merits • Has ever given deli on e of candidates for a ght or consolation, Ye have re aid seat in the legislature. Many highly ' espectable men, it B this b P ' ' rap back a hundred-fold, y right sign and friendly salutation. is true, still retain their seats at the council r board of New- Thanks for the sympath*have shevro ! castle, as well as in other places ; but some of them are said Thanks for each kindlles that word ye each g enerous token ! to take little part in the business, which is not surprising, if That teaches me, whe n seeming most alone, Friend s are around us, though no word be spoken." a graphic picture in the evidence of one of the Town Council is to be taken as typical. "There is Mr. Lamb," observes (Prolonged applause t he c onclusion of M. ,se followed this candid councillor, "he seldom attends ; and when ilicklin's speech,) - there, is hissed by the parish surgeon." The selections Thanks havin. been ..I._a se a t o the Chairman, and friendly greet 'tug Pas ._ . ~.. _. made in other towns, seem to show an occasional indifference and congratulations to zar• Hickson and on the part of the voters to the social status of their repre the raeullm s o f f • t, the raeetiag equated. eamiy proem sentativea, In Warrington, it is related that there _more rover, only one-third o the members of town councils go out of offipe ever y year, and it was, therefore, not till last year that the whole of their num hp r . , g quite alive unitornilv uencies. m all such cases for the influence of the old members, it will probably take several years yet before the councils will reflect in its integrity the public opinion of the non-paying occupiers who 'often con stitute the bulk of a municipal constituency. The experi ment has not yet been. tried long enough to produce much deterioration in the management of municipal affairs, and it is mainly from the accounts given of the election pro ceedings that the character of the constituencies must be judged. The abrupt termination of the last Parliament cut short the inquiries of the committee itt a very early stage, and, their discoveries are confined to a few localities, of which Newcastle is the most prominent. There is of course a certain amount of discrepancy in the statements of witnesses who take opposite party. views ; but enough remains uncontra dieted. to give a useful warning t. o+. .0.. .um- commissioners, will prO• vide for the •more pressing works of Galway as a packet station ; and that passengers and goods might then generally be landed and embarked without risk, and the steamers might be navigated with safety, and be in the roadstead with tolerable shelter and security ; and they only recom mended more extensive schemes, in case the experience for twelve months shoUld prove that a permanent packet station at Galway is require'd for Ireland, or for the general advantage of the United Kingdom. Neither is the existing evidence respecting the'proper *de' and cost of improving Galway Harbour sufficiently distinct : and matured to warrant the government in pledging themselves to any advance of public„ money w ith ou t f urther i n quiry, even , other, circumstances admitted of their doing , so. At present the only evidence upon the subject consists of the report of the commission of naval officers of 1852, who de cided against Galway as dangerous or unfit 'for the. terrnino of a rapid and regular mail service, giving preference for that' purpose to, the Shannon ; and the.report of the naval officers above referred to, who, in the qualified recommen dation which they give of a comprehensive scheme, after twelve months' experience, describe those alternative places? estimated to cost in two cases £300,000 each, and in the other .£156,000, without expressing any 'decided preference for either. Under these circumstances, mylords feel it to be inn possible for them to give any pledge at the present ,moment of recommending to Parliament an advance of public money, either by way of a loan' or grant, for the purpose 3 of G:- 1- way Harbour. At the same time, my lords would w i s h to assure the me mor i a li s t s o f the deep interest which they feel in this or any other undertaking promoted by Irish enter' prise, and conside re d lik e l y t o b enefit Ireland; and the„ inevitable pre sent postponement ,of any decision must not he taken as indicating any indiaposition on the part of her Majesty's government to give the application as early and a s favourable o i dciati as circu ms tanceswill admit obedient servant, disposed to bid too high for Mr. - Bright's support. Mr. Patrick Jennings is the witness who gives perhaps the liveliest picture of the local politics of Newcastle. _The borough, according to this auth or it y , i s d i vided into two sections—the old party, who have not quite lost, their majo rity in the council, and the new party, who draw their chief support from the non-paying voters. The witness betrays his sympathies by his description of the rival parties. " The one call themselves the poor man's friends ; the other is the party which have brought the town from what it was to what it is." Mr. Jennings' reflections on the new franchise fall n a t ura lly i n t o th e s h ape w hi ch. might be expected from a shopkeeper ,of Conpervative tendencies. "The greatest part of the change," he says, " is from a second class quality of candidates coming forward, and trying to undo those that have managed the town before." Perhaps his estimate of the councillors returned by the opposite party may be thought vague,. and possiblY prejudiced ; but when he comes to the details of a great .contested election for the ward of All Saints, his evidence is as specific as the must nmild dpgiria hfhipnop, hAnry, and toreortatioll "e touched upon as —mg t" • MARSHAL M'MAHON AND HIS IRISH SWORD. The sword of honour of the Irish hero, who obtained a ducal coronet at Magenta, is likely to prove a more sub stantial weapon than that which flitted before the bewildered sight of the Thane of Cawdor. The Nation reports progress for the week drawing to a dose. Enough of money has been contributed to meet the cost of the blade, and a batch of letters is acknowledged from a score of places wherein Ribbonmen and Phcenix conspirators are regarded,. as patriots of the second order. The handle has yet to be pro vided for ; and the sympathisers with England's enemies' are . informed that any sum, no matter how muchi may be ex-- , pended upon this essential part of it Here is one of the selected, for, publication, doubtless pour encourager to autres " TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'NATION.' " "My dear Sir,—Enclosed I send you £1 sterling as my subscription for the:WMahon testimonial, thanking you for originating the- movement, and trusting that I may live to see the sword, and the hand for which it is intended. "I am yours, ," AN ARDAGIi PRIEST." His reverence does not tell the editor whether it is at the head of the Zouaves in Ireland, or elsewhere, he hopes to sea the sword wielded by the French field-marshal. By the way, it may be observed that the Nation, finding it had excited some interest for its hero, has gone to the extraordinary course in ,this country of procunng a goodly-sized ' p or t r ait of the Duke of M•agenta, which it has issued as a supple ment to-day. If At really be a likeness, his grace cannot deny his origin, Put a Short pipe in his mouth, and y9tt will have an undeniable picture of a Munster man of the present generation, According to his biographer, Marshal Pat has descended, like the patron saint of I . 7i3laud, from 3 distinguished stock. His mother Was 'ci Sullivan, hi s a unt an O'Grady, his His an Q' c;a11 b. and his cousill ag an, was a i3rady. WATER COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Water Committee was held yesterday, Mr. Hodson in the chair. , The other members of the committee present were : Messrs. C. Turner, Crellin, Farnworth, Riley, Rae, Bennett, Wagstaff, and Woodruff, The engineer reported that the rainfall for the week had been 0.92 inches, and the depth of water in the Roddles worth and Prescot reservoirs had increased respectively 0.74 inches and 1.5 inches. There was a fall of 5.10 inches in the Rake reservoir, 0.10 in the Anglezark reservoir, and 1.21 2 inches in the Ri v i ng t on reservo i r. In answer to Mr. Bennett, Mr. RAE, the chairman of the sub-committee, said that there was no rental received for the pipes laid down in the direction of the warehouses, inas much OS they were necessary for the protection of pi °Fel ty, autl the public. Mr. FARIVNVORTH having drawn attention to the im mense waste of water, CRELLIN stated that he believed a great waste of water was caused by the ball taps in th e diff erent cisterns being out of order ; and, in proof of that, he referred to an instance where, during last week, he lead been employed in the course , of business, Mr. BENNErr ,called attention to 'the revenue on the water account. He said that, notwithstanding they had received an immense increase in the water supply at an expenditure of several hundreds of thousands of pounds, and that the expenditure since 1847 had been nearly doubled, yet there was only an increase in the revenue of £5,000. That must arise from a mistake in the figures, or there must be very great waste in, the water. Mr. RILEY said it did not folio* that, because there wa as great inerease in the water supply, there must necessarily be a corresponding increase in the rental ; neither did it follow that there was unnecessary waste. They had had a great increase of water in consequence of the completion of the Rivington works, and no doubt the water was used in such a manner as to promote the health of the town. A great deal of water was sent down the sewers, which was highly beneficial in a sanitary point of view. He should be sorry to advocate any unnecessary waste of water ; but so long as they had the water, he thought it ought to be used for the general benefit of the inhabitants, without a charge of waste being brought against the committee. The matter then dropped. The subject of the forty fountains erected by the Mersey Dock Board was again brought before the committee. The CHAIRMAN, in reference to the application of the Mersey Dock Board, that the fountains be gratuitously sup plied with water, said that he believed all public bodies ought to be charged, and he thought it was a great mistake to exempt any parties. A lengthened discussion took place, in which several members of the committea took part Mr. TURNER said that the water used by the Mersey Dock Board at the fountains was mainly for public purposes, and not exchisively for the accommodation of labourers in con nection with the docks. The CHAIRMAN drew attention to the original application of the Mersey Board for the erection of the fountains, from which it appeared that they were for the use of the dock labourers. Mr. CRELLIN said that if the water from these fountains was to be supplied by the Water Committee, the expense would fall upon the ratepayers in the long run ; and the question was, whether this committee or the Dock Board ought to pay for it. Mr. RILEY contended that the Mersey Board ought to pay for the supply. Mr. FARNwonrx and Mr. BENNETT were of an opposite opinion. Ultimately, a motion by Mr. WOODRUFF, that the water be supplied to the fountains gratuitously, was carried by a majority of 5 to 3. This was the whole of the public business, and the re porters withdrew.