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

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. LATEST FROM AMERICA.—ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. By the arrival of the Caledonia mail steamer, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, after a run of thirteen days and a half from Boston, we have received American ad vices to the Ist instant. The news brought are not of a very striking character. The latest from the army on the frontiers of Mexico is from Monterey on the 6th ultimo. The evacuation of the city by the Mexican troops had been effected without disturbance, and the An ericans had completely invested it. General Taylor's force there was reported to be 5,000 men. Santa Anna, with a force of 13,000 men, was said to have reached Saltillo on the 28th September, and at once commenced fortifying that im portant vosition. He was also stated to be fortifying the lines of Rinconader, and warm work for the invading army of the Americans was expected on the termination of the armistice. Reinforcements were on the route to join General Taylor. Two duels were pending at Ca margo between two pairs of the leading officers; and the Indians and Rancheros under Canales were committing serious ravages and even murders. From the Army of the Centre a forward movement had been made. The advance, consisting of 1.500 men, set out for San Antonia en route toward- Chil - uahua, on the 26th September; and, on the 29th, General Wool, with the rear brigade of 2,000 men start; d. The route of the expedition would be along the Prendo de Rio Grade, from which place the passes of the mountains are distant not more than forty miles, and these could be defended by a few resolute men against great odds. Many supposed resistance would be made. The difficulty of obtaining supplies, it was apprehended, would be great. Letters from the Army of the Right had been received up to the 11th September, dated Santa Fe. General Kearney had made a successful tour in New Mexico ; and numbers of the inhabitants, with many tribes of Indians, bad come in to tender their allegiance. General Armigo bad arrived at the town of Manzano, with only 60 men, being all that would follow him from Santa Fe. lie states to the Commandant-General (Ugarte) that the popula tion was generally in favour of the American Government, and that the United States troops in Santa Fe, he was certain, did not exceed three thousand, nor fall short of twenty-five hundred. General Ugarte subsequently marched at the head of such troops as 1 e c add find in the department of Chihuahua, for the pu•pose of proceed ing to Santa Fe, followed by General A roaijo with his sixty men as a rear guard, but while on the road, General Armijo, who was one day's march behind General Ugarte, sent an express to the latter to inform him that he had learned positively, and beyond all doubt, that six thousand Americans would appear in the presidio del Norte on the last da; of August precisely. Whereupon General Ugarte came to a halt. From the Pacific squadron we have accounts of conside rable importance. The investment of Monterey took place on the 7th June last; of San Francisco on the 9th. On the 15th July, the frigate Congress arrived with Com modore Stockton. On the 16th, the British admiral, Sir G. F. Seymour, arrived in the Coliingwood, SO ; and an interchange of courtesies and assistance took place, and on the 23d be left for the Sandwich Islands. The circum stance of his visit was viewed as affording an evidence that England would not interfere to prevent the absorption of Calitornia in the American republic. The whole coast, from San Diego southward, had been declared to be under blockade, on the 19th August, by Commodore Stockton, who had assumed the title of Governor of California. San Bias was to be made the rendezvous for prizes. Two coasting vessels had been seized by the United States ship Cyane, and a third had been cut out of the harbour of Mazatlan. The late governor of the department of Cali fornia had massacred three Americans at Monterey, early in July, and had afterwards retreated southward. Fremant, the explorer, with a company of riflemen, had been de spatched southward, in order to intercept their route to Mexico. The original revolution in California, it appears, arose from Castro having attempted to dr.ve from the country all foreigners who were not lioman Catholics. Certain Fremant took up arms in consequence of his baying been attacked, and joined the inhabitants in their The advices from the Gulf of Mexico extend to the 6th October inclusive. Affairs remained undisturbed. Alva rado and Tampico, it was generally anticipated, would be immediately attacked. The Mexican schooner recently captured had been fitted up with four forty-two pound carronades, and was destined, it is said, to lead the attack upon the former place. A Texan ranger, captured in May last, bad escaped to the fleet. Fre- communication was open with the Mexicans at Anton L'zardo. A French brig, with a cargo of warlike si ores, had run the blockade with success. The accounts from the interior of Mexico inform us that the government is involved in some straits to carry on the war, but are assisted enthusiastically by all classes of the population. A decree of the 11th September, by the Mexican Go vernment, admits any merchant vessel forcing a blockade to any Mexican port free of tonnage duty, and receives the cargo at three-quarters the importation duties. The Spanish Government had i s sued a decree forbidding the granting of any Mexican letters-of-marque in the is land of Cuba or its deperdencies. The neutrality of Yucatan had been rut a stop to. The political and domestic affairs of the Union are un important. Winter was rapidly setting in. Snow had fallen both north and south. The Hon. Henery S. Fox, late British Ambassador at 'Washington, died in that city on the 14th of October. We have accounts of further disasters from the Havana hurricane. The United States Brig of War, Perry, bound for Charleston, was lost on a reef at Key West, comman der and crew saved. An immense fleet of other vessels met the same fate on these reefs. Key West and Sand Key lighthouses were vraabed down ; and the town of Sand Key itself has almost disappeared, not more than six out of six hundred houses having escaped injury. Most of them are unroofed or blown down; and the streets are tilled with rubbish, and the whaves, &c. swept away. A great many persons were drowned or killed by the falling of buildings. Accounts from Venezuela and from Carraccas announce the occurrence of revolutions in both those states. Snow had fallen at Quebec. The advanced price of colonial staples in this country had given a great impetus to the produce trade. Vessels were .scarce, and freights were higher. MONEY MARKET. Since the date of our last is-ue the steamer of the 4th October, from Liverpool, has brought us most.important commercial intelligence from England and Europe gene rally. The effect of these advices upon our produce mar ket was very similar to that produced by accounts of the same character which reached us on the Ist of November, 1815. Flour immediately rose to $6,25 per barrel for good brands of Genesee, Troy, and Ohio and Michigan, and fair descriptions of Wheat were sold at from $1,2.5 to 41.33 per bushel. In Butter, Cheese, Lard, and Pork there were also considerable advances, but not so great as thi s in Flour and Grain. But as usual in the United States, and particularly in our market, the furor was as brief in duration as it had been violent, and the price of Flour began to decline from this high mark within the next twenty-four hours. Thus far the commercial community has experienced but little embarrassment from the long continued move ment of government funds in one direction. Money is easily obtained from the banks at the customary rate of 6 per cent., and the prices of stocks are an evidence of the slight fluctuation in the money value of property. The quotations for the principal stocks sold at our Ex change boards will scarcely show a variation of one per cent. for the last two weeks. United States Sixes and Fives have declined within a few days perhaps about 1 per cent. Pennsylvania Fives have risen perhaps one per cent. in all, and are now quoted at 671 for cash. Railroad shares have generally experienced a slight improvement, and nearly all these concerns in the United States are doing a most profitable business this year. COTTON. Previous to the arrival of the Caledonia, the market became languid, and sales were very limited, and previocs rates with great difficulty maintained. On the receipt of the news, sales became more active with an advance of kd. during the past week. This week, the advent of frosty weather, which leaves no doubt of its having ex tended over the cotton region, and arrested the further growth of the plant, has had the effect of stiffening the market, which has advanced another Id., making the whole advance since the arrival of the Caledonia equal to 4d. a cent per lb. THE RIVER PLATE Her Majesty's aTearix frigate Gorgon, Commander Crouch, put into Fa!mouth on Thursday, under canva , s, fuel being exhausted, and after three days' hard thrashing in the Channel with the prevailing easterly and north easterly winds. The Gorgo❑ left Monte Video on the 13th of Septem ber; Rio Janeiro, 22d; and Bahia, 30th following, being bound to Spithead with Mr. Hood, the late commissioner deputed to settle the differences between the Buenos Ayrean and Monte Videan republics, and who, accompa nied by his son and secretary (Lieutenant Hood, 8.N.), landed at Falmouth, and proceeded for London. By this arriyal we are sorry to learn that all the at tempts strenuously and faithfully exerted by Mr. Hood to mediate between the belligerent parties have totally failed even at the moment of completion, Rosas having at last refused to come to terms unless the blockade was first raised, which could not be complied with whilst his army remained in the province of the Oriental Republic. It is supposed Mr. Hood has hastened home for fur ther instructions, and after conferring with the govern ment will embark on his mission, and endeavour to es tablish peace. The officers of the Gorgon represent that matters were in a very unsatisfactory state in the river on their depar ture, and were likely to continue so until hostilities were put an end to by negotiation or otherwise. Lord Brougham dined on Friday week with M. Guizot. Dr. Conneau, the accomplice in the escape of Prince Louia Napoleon, has been released from prison, and in tends, it is said, to go to England. A grand banquet was given on the 30th ult., to the ce lebrated Ronge at Brunswick, at which 180 guests were present. The health of Pope Pius IX. was amongst the toasts. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE CANADAS. — We understand that his Excellency the Earl of Elgin, whose departure for the seat of his government is expected to take place in about three weeks, will not, in the first in stance, be accompanied by his bride. To brave the seve rity of a Canadi an winter is considered an experiment ra ther too hazardous, and the voyage of the countess will be put oil until the ensuing spring, when she will rejoin her lord. This will not be the first visit of L a dy Elgin to our "North American colonies, as sh e accomsan i e d h er l a t e no ble father, the Earl of Durham, when he went out to as sume t h e administration of their affairs, an d rema i ne d w i t h him daring the whole of his transatlantic reside IRELAND. All the flax spinning mills at Belfast, amounting to twenty-seven, have been put on " three quarter time." A boat was sor.et a few days since at Waterford, and five persons drowned. Upwards of £70,000 was remitted by the Irish Board of Works to the country for the payment of labouters in the course of last week. On Saturday week, three carts of flour on their way to Ballinasloe were attacked by a mob ano seven sacks stolen. More would have been taken but the police came up. The Marquis of Conyngham has made a reduction of twenty-five per cent in some instances, and of fifteen in others, to his numerous tenantry in the County Clare. In a letter to the Nation, the Rev. John Kenyon, a Roman Catholic priest, talks of " the desperate infamy lowering over the close" of O'Connell's career, and con tends that it is time for Ireland to seek another leader. All the Irish markets in grain and other kinds are going down; and this is general in every quarter. In Scotland, the same results are experienced ; the farmers who held back being satisfied that they played a foolish card. Messrs. Hayes and Co., coach proprietors of Down patrick have had nine horses poisoned within the last few months. On the death of the ninth horse, a veterinary surgeon was sent for, and detested a large quantity of poison in the stomach. The Irish Court of Queen's Bench has grantedto Lord Lncan a conditional order for a criminal information against the proprietor of the Mayo Telegraph, tor a libel on his lordship. The articles complained of reflected on his lordship's character as a landlord. The Dublin Post says that the Irish Romish prelates have resolved to petition for such alterations in the Be quests Act, "as will render it acceptable to the bishops, the clergy, and the people of Ireland." Their reverences must be clever bands if they can effect a settlement of such a question to please every body. In a letter to the Freeman's Journal, Sir Robt. Knae denies the statement that the potatoe commission cost the country £18,400, and doubts whether it cost the odd £4OO. He, himself, gave his services gratuitously, and his colleagues, Professor Lindley and Playfair, had three guineas a day and their travelliog expenses. A man named Cornelius Crowley has been committed near Cork, on the charge of the wilful murder of his wife. When the poor woman was found, her skull was broken to atoms. The husband said he was starving, having nut eaten anything but an onion for twenty-four hours, and that his wife had plenty of money. On searching her £3 10s. Gd. was found in her in,cket. Numbers of persons well able to pay have refused to liquidate their parish ran-s in the county of Mayo, but they are to be proceeded agait sr. The work house at Cas. tlebar would have been closed, and 200 wretci es left to starve, but the Earl of Luca'. has advanced from his private purse money for the last six weeks to sustain the paupers. The papers received from the King's County, the counties of Limerick, Tipperari , P.attrford, end Cork contain lists of outrages perortr,tted siiihin their bound aries during the previous tew dais. With the exception of a few, there is no variety in he general character of the offences from that which is so common—namely, the plunder of provisions and fire-arms, assaults, and the posting of threatening notices, &c. . THE GUN TRADE FLOURISHING.—" Of all trades a-going" the gun trade in Tipperary is the best. The market is brisk, and prices moderate. Every man is li censed to shoot, and human game appears to get the pre ference. From all quarters we learn that " the fowlers" are out early and late, and every man has either a handy detonator, or one of the old stock in good order. How long will such a state of things be permitted to exist ? Tipperary Constitution. BARBAROUS MURDER.—On the 2d inst., a barbarous murder took place at Clogbeen. Mayo, of a man named Michael Burke, by his wife. They had been married but a few months, the woman having been the widow of a former husband. It seems to have been managed to make the unfortunate man drunk, and then, when got to his bed, he was murdered in his helplessness by a blow on the left side of the head, above the ear, which frightfully broke in the greater portion of the skull, the brain awfully protruding. Burke had been a man of great physical strength, and a very harmless and inoffensive person. LORD JOEN AT A DISCOUNT. —The priests of the diocese of St. Jarlath's have unanimously pronounced Loid John Russell incompetent to the duties of his situa tion—that his conduct towards Ireland is "a base delu sion"—that he has " agg. avated the sufferings of the people by specious and hollow promises, which he had no intention of fulfilling." In their speeches and letters to the local newspapers, the Mayo priests boldly advocate the return of Sir Robert Peel to power, and the priests of Limerick, Clare, and other districts are nearly as ex plicit as their brethren In the county of Mayo. The Limerick Reporter publishes four affidavits made on the Ist of Nov. mber instant before Carbery Scully, Esq., J.P., at Newport. in the county Tipperary, which disclose a fearful sate of destitution. In the first a labourer swears he has a wile and two children to sup port, is able and willing to work, but cannot obtain em ployment, and that the previous day they had but one meal, which consisted solely of cabbage and salt ! The second man deposes that he has a wife, mother, sister, and child to support, can obtain no employment, and that they have subsisted on cabbage and an occasional turnip. The third man has a wife and five children, and the fourth a wife and four children. PUBLIC ti UMILIATION.—Dr. Whateley, the Arch bishop of Dublin, has fixed Friday next, the 20th day of November, to be observed throughout Ireland as a day of pub is humiliation and prayer, in reference to the scarcity in Ireland. His Grace considers it most important that the sacrament of the Lord's Supper should be adminis tered, and that in the sermon the congregation should be shown how to view and meet the calamity, and in parti ..t.- 4 • procsoonaZlng to r-ouounce that those of their neighbours who are special sufferers are necessarily objects of Divine displeasure." He wishes the congregation to he warned against desponding. and such of them as are not likely to he personal sufferers against regarding the exemption as any sign of being special favourites of heaven. Tim O'CoNNELL TENANTRY.—On Weenesday last, about three hundred labourers, chiefly resident in the neighbourhood of Cahirciveen, met at a bridge about a mile east from that town, and marched in military order to the house of a magistrate, Mr. J. Primrose, who has been distinguished for his exet tions in procuring work for the distressed peasantry. When arrived there, the gen tleman in question was not at home; and they returned to Cahirciveen to endeavour to persuade the engineers to set them to some work which would enable them to pro cure food. The whole are said to have exhibited signs of horrible destitution, tottering as they went along, from weakness and exhaustion. Where is their middleman landlord, Daniel O'Connell, in such an emergency of his tenantry ? One would imagine that to him, instead of to a Protestant neighbour, they would have applied to pro cure employment and food. IRISH POVERTY AND WILLINGNESS TO LABOUR.— It appears, by a semi-official statement that the number of persons receiving employment through the Board of Works, was 110,251. But even these are not permitted to work unmolested. At Mallow, the magistrates have determined to call in the military to protect such of the people as are willing to work. 250 labourers, earnine some Is. Gd. a-day, others Is. 8d , were actually driven off the road by a band of miscreants acting under some mis• chievous delusion. The readiness to combine for any mischievous or irrationally selfish purpose, is strikingly illustrated in the Irish correspondence of The Times. A person in Mallow took a contract for 1000 wheelbarrows. No sooner was this known, than the carpenters advanced their price for working up the materials from 2s. Gd. to 4s. Gd. ; the smiths in like manner raised their charges ; so that the contractor, if he had not been able to call in some country carpenters, would have been compelled to pay Its. for what was worth 10s. This, too, in a period of great privation, and when the object for which the con tract was given was purely a charitable one. THE "FINE PEASANTRY."—A short while ago, the Swallow steamer, whilst on her passage from Limerick to Tralee, with a cargo of meal to relieve the wants of the destitute people, was driven on shore by a strong gale. An officer of the Shannon squadron thus describes the conduct of the peasantry of the neighbourhood where she is beached :—" At the time of writing this, the Swallow is still on shore, although the Pluto, Alban, and a party from the Madagascar are getting all ready to set her afloat. The copper has been stripped and carried off by the very honest peasantry, and the marines and sailors have been plundered in a most shameful way. As a sign of the times, the Lieutenant who has the direction of getting the Swal low off, employed thirty men at Is. per diem—fourpence more than the standing wages. He required on Friday two hundred more to get the vessel off ; the magistrate kindly got the men : they were only required for half an hour and were to be paid the Is. per diem for their half hour's work, when just as they had manned the purchase fall a miserable, half-starved fellow stepped out and said, ' Captain, what will you give us ?' When he was told they were to receive the Is., he gave a regular Irish howl, dropped the fall, and rushed off, exclaiming, Bad cess to the soul of the man that would work for that ; they can not do without us, boys, let us off," and off they went, leaving the thirty that were there before. The tide had fallen, and there remained the Swallow. This is a sample of the starving people." REPEAL.—Mr. O'Connell addressed the repealers at Conciliation Hall on Monday. He complained that they were likely to have a Tory Lord Mayor at Cork, through the handiwork of Young Ireland, and then went on to say—" Now, the Nation, of Saturday, had stated that he (Mr. O'Connell) had called that party a phalanx ;' but he begged pardon of the Nation, and wished to say that it had originated the name itself, and he had only adoped it, and M. O'Brien had confirmed it. He did not care what the young gentlemen ceded themselves; whether a young phalanx, or an old phalanx, or a noble phalanx ; they might adopt the latter name if they pleased ; and they themselves were still satisfied with being called Old Ireland. There was then a noble phalanx on one side, and the Repeal Association on the other. Mr. O'Brien, the head of this noble phalanx, said he (Mr. O'Connell) was ugly, but, unfortunately, he could not help it, and he thought it was rather harsh to abuse him for what he could not help; however he was satisfied with the reflec tion, that some of the Young Irelanders were no great beauties themselves, and he wondered would any of them ever live to stand before an Irish audience to ask if they had struggled for their country for half a century. This noble ' physical force phalanx' were employed in doing nothing for Ireland. Why, he would ask, did they not form an association for themselves? Ile would tell the reason why. It was because they were afraid, with all their professions, and thought it safer to tight with types and printers' devils, than to resort to the sword, which they lauded so much ; they were, as they said, a literary phalanx, with no brigadier-general ; at least, who was to fill that post he did not know. It was to be a literary violence they were to employ ; they were to use their quills as pikes, and their pencils as bayonets; such was the Young Irelanders' courage." The rent for the. week was £BB, including £7 2a. Gd. from Liverpool. THE LTVERPUOL STANDARD. RAILWAY 11V7 E LLIGEN CB. The Railway Record says that an amicable .trrange• ment is likely to be come to between' r. Hudson and the Great Northern Railway Company. THE RAILWAY BOARD.—The Gazelle announces the appointment of Mr. E. Strutt, Earl Granville, Sir E. l(yan, and Capt. Brandreth, R.E., as the• Commissioners of Railways. They commenced to act on the 9th inst. THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—The works of this line are proceeding very rapidly. The junction has been formed at Rugby, and there is every prospect of the line being opened early next year. _ - A railway bridge recently erected at Mortimer, near Reading, over the Berks and Hants branch line of the Great Western Railway, fell suddenly last week, and the lives of three workmen were unfortunately sactificed. At a special meeting on Thursday, Mr. Hudson car ried into effect the long-expected measure of raising the .El-1 16s. shares of the Eastern Counties' Railway Com pany to £20., by means of a small additional payment, and a bonus of £4. The Scottish Central Railway is about to pass into the hands of the London and North-Western, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Caledonian Companies, and the shareholders of the undertaking have approved of the terms upon which a lease in perpetuity is to be completed. Loss OF LIFE ON THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE LINE OF • RAILWAY.-It has been computed that one man has been killed on every two miles of the above line ; but we think that this calculation will fall much below the average, as between Plumpton and Hughes Cragg Viaduct, two men, if not three, have lost their lives to every mile of railway formed. — Kendal Mercury. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. — The works upon this line are rapidly progressing towards completion. On Friday week a train left Carlisle at seven o'clock, and arrived at Lancaster between twelve and one o'clock—the actual travelling having occupied about three hours and a half, inclusive of stoppages. This was the first train that came through. Several of the directors as well as the en gineer, were well satisfied with the state of the works. They have resolved to open the line throughout as early as possible. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM, DUDLEY, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY COM PANY.—An arrangement has been come to by the direc tors of these amalgamated companies with the Great Western Board, for the sale cf the united lines. The terms are £lO ss. premium per share, to be paid on the completion of the lines-5 per cent, to be paid on all calls made in due comae, or 4 per cent. if the whole share capital be paid up at once. The Great Western are to provide all additional capital that may be required. LIABILITIES OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMEN. — In the Court of Common l less. an action was brought by Mr. Parrott, advertising agent, to recover from the Hon. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., the sum of £2OO, for advertising the prospectus of the Birmingham and Buckinghamshire Railway, of which it was alleged defendant was a pro visional director. The plaintiff, not being in a position to prove that the prospectus in which the name of the de fendant appeared had been issued by the officers of the company. was nonsuited. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday night week a dread ful accident took place on the i ancaster and Carlisle railway, near Kendal. A party of sub-contractors and others decide 1 on a pleasure trip to Shap, to celebrate the completion of the line, and proceeded with two en gines. On returning one of the engines preceded the other, and was incautiously left standing on the rails, in the way of the other. A collision was the consequence, which dashed the former engine to pieces, and dreadfully injured those on the latter, which were thrown off in all directions. One man was forced into the engine furnace and was most severely scorched. SFEED ON THE NARROW GAUGE.-4t iS stated to us on very good authority, that one of Mr. Stephenson's outside cylinder engines, with six feet-six driving wheels, took a train of eleven carriages, weighing about fifty-five tons, over the London and North-Western line between Leighton and Tring—viz„ nine miles in twelve minutes — that is, from station to station, including getting up speed when departing from the Leighton, and reducing it when arriving at the Tring station. This gives an average speed of forty-five miles per hour. Of the nine miles, six are on an ascending gradient of 1 in 330, and the remaining three on an ascending gradient of lin 1,650. If our in formant be correct, this is certainly the greatest perform ance yet achieved by the narrow gauge engine, as seven of the nine miles must have been travelled over at upwards of sixty miles per hour. THE LEVIATHAN RAILWAYS.—The Morning Herald sums up a long article at the head of their railway intel ligence in the following terms :—" We repeat there are indications of a better understanding between certain great railway companies—namely, the Great Western and the London and North Western. We believe we fully understand how amity between them may be conducive to their interests, apart from the saving that must be effected by a discontinuance of their opposition ; and even exclusive also of any agreement that may be come to, or may have been come to, that the Oxford and Birmingham line shall not, as the Railway Record, the best informed and most able of the railway journals observes, be made ' needessly and wontonly a source of offence and discom forture to the neighbouring North Western.' That it is the interest of the Great Western and London and North Western Companies to act with and not against each other, no person will dispute. We believe that they will soon act together, but we trust we shall not see the amity of these two great companies followed by their united opposition to another aigantic union of railway interests. Such a contest might justify, if it did not occasion, par liamentary interference." FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK. (From the Britannia.) SATURDAY MORNING. The Consol market has been much steadier during the week, and prices have now recovered the sudden fall they experienced a fortnight back. A fair share of business has been done, though there seems generally an absence of speculation. The exchanges continue to decline, and it is thence in ferred that we must speedily expect a considerable export of bullion to take place. By the Bank returns, however, it would appear as if the drain were rather on the decline than the advance. The Gazette return of last night an nounces the stock of gold and silver bullion, for the week ending Saturday last, to be £14,235,885. as compared with £14,309,595 in the week previous. This shows a de crease of £74,010 in the issue department , but in the banking department the stock of gold and silver coin has risen from £498,184 to £524,621, so that the total de crease is less than £50,000, a sum quite inconsiderable when compared with the large stock of bullion at the Bank disposal. As, however, considerable purchases of grain are still being made, and the premium on English bills in America has risen to nearly 0,90 per cent., it is not improbable that a considerable shipment of bullion will shortly be made. Money is much less plentiful than it has been for some time past. No certain change has heen made in the rates of discount, but paper is not so readily negotiable without an advance. Consols left off firmly last week, week at 94f1 for money, owing to a large purchaser corning in for the Court of Chancery. On Monday prices were merely nominal, from the bustle of Lord Mayor's-day. Tuesday the market was fair at an advance, Consols for money and account being 941 to 4. Wednesday another improvement took place, and, as stock was scarce, prices for money and the account on the 28th were the same figure, 914 to Thursday prices were reduced by one-eighth, being done for money and account at 941 to 4. Yesterday the amount of business was not large, and the prices remained unal tered. For money and for the approaching settlement they were as on the previous day, 9-la to 4. Bank Stock has been done at 2041 : India Bonds, at 235 to 237. Exchequer Bills, lls. to 11s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 95,i to 951. In the Foreign Market we notice an improvement in Spanish Stock. The Five per Cents. were done yester day at 264, and the Three per Cents. at 374. Portuguese Bonds are still deplorably low, 384- to 381, but more con fidence seems to be felt in the success and stability of the Government. The quotations are only nominal at pre sent. Equadot have been marked 3: ; Spanish Deferred Stock was quoted 171 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 59 ; and the Four per Cents. at 9li to 9?-1 ; Mexican Five per Cents. are 224. The Share Market has felt a partial reaction after the late rise ; but prices are still well maintained, and in some lines continue to advance. Less business has been done this week, but on the whole the market still wears a healthy aspect. A good deal of speculation still goes on in Oxford and Birminghams. There is still no very satis factory or well-authenticated account of the rumoured ar rangement getween this company and the Great Western. The terms which we find are most generally relieved to be the true ones by the parties whom we would expect to be best informed are, that " ten pounds or ten guineas " per share of premium is to be paid on the completion of the line, which it is understood will take place in two years from this time, and that in the meantime interest at the rate of four per cent. is to be paid upon the " calls " which have been paid up. These we give as the terms which we find most generally believed by the best in formed. Eastern Counties have improved, owing to the favourable statements made at the half-yearly meeting this week. A very active and influential agitation is in progress against the continuance of the present high duties on tea. It is felt that the article is extravagantly taxed, that ex tended consumption is thus prevented, and tbat our trade with China is fettered. Government. it is anticipated, will see the prudence of giving immediate attention to th e subject. 'The grain markets continue decline; but the accounts from the manufacturing districts are still gloomy, a n d " short time" seems now to be generally adopted. SATURDAY EVEN ING . The English funds opened steadily this morning, but receded immediately upon the publication ef the n ews from Portugal. Consols were first quoted 944 t o 4 , but were afterwards done at 94 1 , at which price they c l ose d , with some apnearance of heaviness. Th ree p er Cents. Re duced left cff 934 ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents„9s4 premiumtoi;L;gaAndnn Exchequer-bills,uities 9 15 Not much business was transacted in forei gn stocks l 6 India Bonds, Bs. to 24 5 . this afternoon. Influenced by the tone of affairs in the English market, prices presented a flat appearan.:e. Portu. guese experienced adecline in consequence of the new s f rom . that country, but the dealings were of or no moment. The latest bargains in this stock were at 3 to 4 for money, and at 37 to for the account. Spanish Five ('ents. closed rather dull at about 26 for money and the ac count, and the Three per Cents. at 374.. The other prices were—Mexican, for money, 22, and for the r account at 221- ; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. , a t JO ; arid the Four per Cents., Certificates, at 914. In the Stock-Exchange there has been an increased de mand for money, and three per cent. has been given. Out of doors there is no actual change, but the tentltncy is still towards an advance. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-THIIRSDAY. BREMNER v. M'NIE. An injunction was applied for on notice to restrain the Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam Packet Com pany, from appointing as their Liverpool agent any other than the plaintiff, on the ground, first, that there WAS an understanding when the company wss formed in 1837, that be should be continued in his agency ; and, secondly, that the shareholders had not delegated or autho rized the directors to dismiss the cfficers originally appointed. The deed did not give them this power, so. at least, it was contended. The plaintiff was dismissed, after notice, in December last. It was stated that it was owing, in a great measure, to the mind and industry of the plaintiff that the project had been conceived, and had ultimately proved successful, and he took a share in the concern. The Vice-Chancellor regretted the plaintiff had not applied pending the notice. With regard to the deed, it certainly did appear to him that the right construction was that which gave the managers the power of removing all the officers at their discretion. On these grounds he must refuse the motion with costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—FamA Y. DALE V. HAMILTON. Mr. Romilly concluded the reply in this case, the facts of which were stated in a former report. His Honour, at the conclusion of the argument, ex pressed himself strongly in favour of the moral justice of the plaintiff's claim to a third of the profits on the specu lation in the land at Birkenhead which is the subject of the suit. The only legal difficulty which stood in the way of relief in this court was the objection, founded upon the Statute of Frauds, whereby a writing signed by the party was rendered necessary in order to establish a contract relating to land. On this question, on which so many authorities had been cited, he reserved his judgment. The winter assizes will be opened at Liverpool on the 6th December, before Mr. Baron Rolfe and Mr. Justice Williams. A rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the Medical Times, for an article re flecting on the conduct Of Mr. Wakley, es coroner, in the military flogging case at Hounslow, has been granted by the Queen's Bench. _ _ _ An important question, relating to tithes, and depending on an important construction of Lord Tenterden s Act, has been referred to the Court of Common Pleas ; but the judges of that court were equally divided in opinion, and consequently no decision cou►d be given. A similar question, arising from another suit, bas been referred to the Court of Queen's Bench, where the judges were also equally divided ; and the case will therefore be sent to the Court of Exchequer. It appears that in the action for damages brought by Mr. Cotton, the late Governor of the Bank, against the Eastern Counties Railway. for injuries sustained in the memorable accident of the 18th of July last, the company have allowed judgment to go by default. Under this course the damages will simply be assessed in the Sheriff's Court, and the company will escape the exposure of their negligence which would have taken place upon the whole subject being brought before a jury. In proceeding for damages, Mr. Cotton characteristically stated his inten tion to hand over to a public charity whatever amount might be awarded to him. CLERICAL NEWS, A. purse of 544 sovereigns has been presented to the Rev. J. L. Capper, nearly twenty years curate of Waltham Holy Cross. Is IT TRUE?—We understand that a petition will be presented to both Houses of Parliament from the Rev. Dr. Thorpe, minister of Belgrave Chapel, on the subject of licensing curates, occasioned by the refusal of the Bishop of London to receive a clergyman into his diocese on the ground of his being an Irish clergyman. The Bishop has laid down the following rule:—`' Not to ad mit any Irish clergyman into the diocese of London un less he has been previously received into some other Eng lish diocese." It is obvious that if the other English Bishops acted on the same principle, the Irish clergy would be excluded from the church in this country, while Englishmen hold archbishoprics and bishoprics and some of the most valuable benefices in Ireland. Not only is this not doing justice to Ireland, but it is a direct infrac tion of the Act of Union, which made the two churches one, under the title of the " United Church of England and Ireland." It remains to be seen whether the Legislature will sanction this extravagance of the Bishop of London. —Times.—[Several of the London weekly journals throw discredit on this statement; but the Times is not a likely journal to make it without some foundation.] THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD. To-day, the lith instant, has been fixed upon as the day for her Majesty's departure for the Isle of Wight. The Queen will be accompanied by the Prince Consort and all the royal children. It is supposed the Court will not be absent from Windsor more than a fortnight or three weeks, three or four days of which tmv- will be occupied by the intended royal visit to Arundel Castle. Her 'Majesty held a Privy Council, at Windsor, on Sa turday. Prince Albert and most of the Ministers at tended. The venerable Earl of llarrowby, according to accounts received in Grosvenor-square, from Sandon Hall, Staf fordshire, is somewhat improved in health. SPORTING IN TELLIG ENCA. There are forty-six Irish-bred horses engaged for the Leger, Derby, and Oaks of 1847. HoaNny CASTLE COURSING CLUB.—This meeting came off on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, over the grounds of Pudsey Dawson, Esq., of Hornby Castle. The attendance was numerous and respectable ; and although there was a scarcity of hares, those that did get up were thorough game, and made some first-rate running. The Hornby Castle Club Cup, was won by Mr. Lamb's Lawyer, beating Lord Bective's Foig-a- Ballagh. The Hornby Castle Club Puppy Stakes, won by Mr. Moore's Merlin, beating Mr. Turner's Trip. The Open Stakes, declared to be won by Mr. J. Hornby's Glent, beating Mr. Edmondson's Creeping Jane; but after three undecided courses between Mr. Lamb's Lee ture and Mr. Wood's Kate, the stakes were divided be tween those two dogs and Glent. LYTHAM UNION COURSING MEETING.—The meeting of the above club took place at Lytham, on Thursday and Friday, over the grounds of Thomas Clifton, Esq. The hares were plentiful and strong, and afforded some most capital sport. The following were the deciding courses : —The Clifton Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Ridgway's Righthand, beating Mr. O'Grady's Obscurity. The Union Cup, for puppies, was won by Mr. Eden's Euterpe, beating Mr. Swan's Sherry Cohler. The Ly tham Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. Peacock's Selina, beating Mr. Coupe's Handy. The Wyre Stakes, for all-aged dogs. won by Mr. Garven's Grinder, beating Mr. Bellhou-e's Bazillico. The Champagne Stakes,:for all-aged dogs, won by Mr. Parry's Phantom, beating Mr. Welsh's White Frost. The Claret Stakes, for all-aged dogs, won by Mr. Parry's Punch, beating Mr. Eden's Dins. WILLIAM SCOTT, THE JOCKEY.—Mr. William Scott presents, in his proper person, one of the most successful of jockeys, and of the most eccentric of owners, the turf has produced for a long day. The sum-up of his success, extending over a period of rather more than twenty years, comes. even if we must split the difference between luck and merit, to this rarely-equalledfresult :—Four Derhys : in 1832, for Mr. Ridsdale, on St. Giles ; in 1835, for Mr. Bowes, on NI undig ; in 1812, for Colonel Anson, on Attila; and in 1843. for Mr. Bowes, on Cotherstone. Three Oaks : in 1836, for himself and his brother, on Cyprian ; in 1838, for Lord Chesterfield, on Industry ; and in 1841, for Lord Westminster, on Ghuznee. Nine St. Legers in 1821, for Mr. Powlett, on Jack Spigott ; in 1825, for Mr. Watt, on Memnon; in 1828, for Mr. Petre, on The Colonel ; in 1829, for Mr. Petre, on Rowton ; in 1830. for Lord Chesterfield, on Don John ; in 1832, for Major Yar burgh, on Charles all. ; in 1840, for Lord \Vestminster, on Launcelot ; in 1811, for Lord \Vestminster, on Sa tirist ; snd in 1846, on Sir Tatton Sykes, for himself. — New Sporting Magazine. THE POLITE LETTER-WRITER Mr. Grnntley Berkeley, it appears, has taken up his re sidence at Spetchley Park, near Worcester, the seat of his relative, IL Berkeley, Esq., and from that place has writ ten several letters to Mr. Visger, on the subject of the late meeting at Gloucester. The following is the corre spondence The Greenway. Nov 6. 1846 Slit—ill the Morning Hernia of the sth November (yesterday) the following sentence is reported as having been uttered by you at the semi.privste kind most unconstitutional and unfair meeting held in Gloucester on Tuesday last. ' • You are there reported to have Ku , in speaking of me, " In many respects he was a good member; in many others he was not ; and above all was the fact of his being ready, on account of sonic private matter of his own, to throw the constituency over." Now, sir, if you did apply this passage of your speech in those terms to me, you have stated that which is utterly, uncondi tionally, and disgracefully false; and you will, of course, see the necessity of making good your words, or of correcting a report which, if uncontradicted, is calculated to do me consi derable injury. I await your immediate reply. A letter addressed by return of post to Spetehley Park, Worcester, will find me.—Your obe dient humble servant, GILANTLEY F. BERKICLEY. To Harman Visger, Esq., Bristol. Bristol, Nov. 7,1846, SlR—The only reply I think proper to make to your letter of yesterday is simply to acknowledge its receipt. —I am, sir, your obeditnt servant, (Signed) HARMAN VISGER. To the lion. Grantley Berkeley, M.P. Bpeteriley Park. .S'petehleg Park, Nov. 9, 1 • ~ Sin—l have received your letter of the 7th inst., and I there hold you ;:uilty of having deliberately and intentionally told a dis ••racetul and unwarrantable falsehood in regard to " 11 , 3 , being reads to throw over my constituency ;" and I shall publish this our correspondence.—Your moat obedient. GRANTLEV BEnICEI To 11 rman Visger, Esq., Bristol. To this polite epistle Mr. Visger replies that Mr. Berkeley is perfectly welcome to publish the correspon dence, and that in doing so he only anticipated his (Mr. Visger's) intentions. He leaves it to the public to judge which justly is most open to the charge of falsehood. And here this little interlude ends for the present at least. Mr. Grantley Berkeley has published another tedious epistle, dated " Spetchley Park," in Friday's Morning Herald. The letter occupies more than three columns of the paper! PROTESTANTISM AND THE APPROACHING ELECTION. The Rev. G. S. Faber, of Sherburn-house, Durham. a staunch Protestant for three-quarters of a century, has published, in the Protestant Magazine for this month, a most valuable letter of advice to the electors of Great Britain, from which we make the following extract :- 1. Hitherto, the daring sin of fostering and encouraging and endowing what our legislators themselves have de clared to be idolatry, rests solely with a Government which has deliberately and now repeatedly preferred poli tical expediency, or what has been fancied to be such, to a faithful fear of God. Through numerous petitions and protests, insolently disregarded as so much waste paper, the nation has repudiated the unhallowed deeds of their governors : and, consequently, the wrath of Heaven has been tempered and mitigated. _ _ 2. But if, in the approaching general election, the na tion, with their eyes wide open, shall uninquiringly return a House of Commons, servilely ready to grant any en couragement and any endowment to Popery which may be advocated by a Ministry prepared to sacrifice God's word to an infidel ext ediency : it is quite clear that, as in the parallel case of the ten tribes, the wickedness of the Government will forthwith become the wickedness of the nation. It is true, that various conscientious individuals may exonerate themselves personally from guilt, by re fusing all participation in the gross insult offered to the Almighty ; but this will not prevent the sin from being national, if we return a House of Commons bent upon encouraging the declared idolatry of Popery, and upon discouraging the scriptural truth of Protestantism. Na tions as nations, have no existence beyond this present world. Consequently, here, as in the case of the ten tribes, must be the stage of their judicial punishment. 3. Are, then, my countrymen prepared to take upon themselves, and thus to make their own, the daring wick edness of their Legislature, or rather (God be praised), as I have noted above, the majority only of their Legis lature ? By this overbearing majority, under the influence of the day, their petitions have been so contemptuously disregarded, that they are sick of the hopeless task and unavailing trouble of sending any more. But they have not, I trust, been forgotten ; and now is the time to show, by something more stringent and energetic than humble petitions to a body which depends upon them selves, and which is purely their own creation, what is really the national will, touching the encouragement of the repeatedly declared Idolatry of Popery. 4. Nothing can be more simple than the line of action, which on religious principles, every conscientious Pro testant ought to adopt. Let no honest man, who has a vote for county or town, give it to any candidate, unless such candidate will distinctly pledge himself to oppose all future prnjects for either endowing the Romish priest hood, from whatever source the endowment may be derived, or for making grants to their colleges in order to the more effectual propagation of what our senators them selves have pronounced to be Idolatry, or for juggling in t. their hands exclusively, funds which are pretended to be devoted to national education, or for promoting the same unrighteous object in any other way which the in genuity of an unprincipled Minister may devise. Unless we possessed the gift of prophecy, it is clearly impossible to specify every mode of encouraging Popery and dis couraging Protestantism. But, to bind any really honest and honourable candidate as contradistinguished from a quibbling trickster who might have graduated in the con genial school of Jesuitism, nothing more can be necessary, than the signature of a written form, purporting, that, neither directly or indirectly, in any conceivable way that the perverted wit of man can devise, or with any reserva tions or particularities, or exceptions, will the candidate, if elected, vote for the encouragement or support or pro motion or endowment of Popery, whether such an en dowment respects the Romish priesthood at large, or May nooth and any oth?r of their institutions in speciality. With this might be fi , ly associated a further pledge to re lieve us, if possible, from national guilt of paying the Col lege of Maynooth for the more effectual propagation of what those very persons, who thus shamelessly voted away the public money, have themselves solemnly de clared to be Idolatry. 5. Let such a plan he steadily carried out, and, through God's mercy, I shall not despair of my country. But. if by our return of an un-English expediency-mongering House of Commons, we enable the minister of the day, whoever be may he, to carry into effect any unprincipled scheme of a virtual infidelity, we then make his sin a national sin,— we then nationally challenge the Almighty to do his worst,—we then nationally court the very ex tremity of God's judgments. 6. Recent events, not particularly creditable to the actors in them, have given rise to what has been called The Country Par , y,—a party formed for the laudable pur pose of giving protection to native industry and produce Cordially do I wish this English party all success ; but they will, I think, very much lower themselves in the public estimation if they confine their exertions to matters purely secular. While they strive to protect our property from the selfish rapacity of the master-manufsc urers, they ought equally to strive for the protection of our re ligion against the infidel Popery-favouring liberalism of the present day. Unless this be done, it will naturally enough be remarked to their disparagement, that, while they are zealous for the protection of property. they are indifferent as to the protection of true religion and as to the late shameless encouragement of false r• ligion. They were right in doing the one, but then, even for their own influence and credit, it is desirable that they should not leave the other undone. Would they aspire to the cha racter of a complete English party, they ought to guard the religion of England with at least as much care as the property of England. THE BREVETS. We give in another column a summary of the official announcement, which appeared in the Gazelle of Tuesday. of the brevet. The wailitury generals who have received the staff of field-marshal are Sir George Nugent, General Grosvenor, and the Marquis of Anglesea. Among the lieutenant generals promoted to the rank of general are Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton, Sir Peregrine Maitland, Sir Colin Halkett, and Sir Frederick Adam ; and the list of major-generals appointed lieutenant-generals comprises the names of Sir Charles James Napier (the governor of Scinde), Sir Edward Gibbs, Sir George Thomas Napier, Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham, Sir John Harvey, Lord Downes, Sir Neil Douglas, the Marquis of Tweeddale, Sir Frederick William Trench, Lord Saltown, Sir Thomas Downman. and Sir William Maynard Gomm. Colonels Richard Egerton, Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, (the hero of Aliwal,) Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Thomas Willshire, Sir Joseph Thackwell, and Thomas James Wemyss are included among the colonels promoted to the rank of major-general; and lieutenant-colonels Thomas Samuel TrLlfford, the Earl of Cardigan, the Marquis of Douro, and Sir John Mark Frederick Smith are among the lieutenant-colonels who have received the rank of colonel. The list of majors appointed lieutenant-colonels and of captains appointed majors, includes the names of ajor Basil Jackson, and Captains Sir James Edward Alexander, and Henry Rowland Brandreth (one of the railway commissioners). The name which first catches the eye of the reader is that of Sir George Nugent, a gal lant veteran who has reached the age of 89, and who has been connected with the service of his country for no less than 73 years. He was engaged in the first American war from 1777, until its termination in 1783. Field Marshal Grosvenor entered the army in 1779. The Mar quis of Anglesey's services are well known. Sir George Cockburn is now the senior general in the army, having entered in 1779, and been promoted to the rank in ques tion i❑ 1819. Fourteen lieutenant-generals have been made generals, so that the latter list is now a strong one. Sir Colin 11 alkett, colonel of the 31st Foot, which suf fered so severely in the late war in India, Sir F. Adam and Sir Peregrine Maitland, three old Waterloo veteran., are in the batch promoted. By the further changes, several staff appointments will, according to usage, become vacant. Two of the eminent family of Napier have been promoted. Among the naval promotions we find that Sir George Martin is appointed admiral of the fleet ; and the list of vice-admirals promoted to the rank of admirals, and of rear-admirals to that of vice-admiral, includes the names of Vice-Admirals Sir Edward Hamilton and Sir William Hall Gage, and Rear. Admiral Sir John Wentworth Lor ing. Among the captains appointed rear-admirals, are Captains Sir Thomas Ussher, Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, Sir Francis Augustus Collier, Sir Charles James Napier, John Brett Purris, and Phipps liornhy. CUTTING THE FIRST SOD OF THE CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The ceremony, which bad been postponed from Thurs day, of cutting the first sod of the Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction Railway was performed on Saturday last, at Norton, near Preston Brooke, by Sir Richard Brooke, of Norton Priory, in the presence of the chairman, the directors of the company, and a number of other gentlemen, from Birkenhead, Liverpool, Blanches ter, and other places. Perhaps six or seven hundred people might have been counted as present. Sir Richard B. Brooke having arrived, a circle was formed, and previously to handing him the trowel, Mr. BENDEL, engineer, proceeded to detail the ob jects of the promoters of the line, and the important ad vantages which would accrue from its formation, in con nexion with the new docks erecting at Birkenhead, to the commerce of both sides of the river, and to the manu facturing districts. The adjacent districts would all be benefitted, and the railway was, therefore, not alone of local, but of general importance. At the point near Preston-brook, at which they now stood, they found all their greatest difficulties in the construction of the line accumulated. They had over his (Sir Richard Brooke's) property their heaviest works, and it was for this lesson that they felt so sincere a gratitude for the kindness which they had received from him, as the owner of the land, not alone when they had come on to his grounds to survey, as trespassers, but also during their recent strug gle through parliament. The company owed to Sir Ri chard that position which they now occupied, for there was little doubt that to the example which he had set they were indebted for the concurrence in their project of the other landowners. (Hear. hear.) Sir R. B. BROOKE briefly remarked, expressing the in terest be took in the success of the undertaking, and his sense of the honour conferred upon him, in being selected to cut the first sod. He had not at first felt disposed to give his land to any railway company ; but he was now glad that he had made the concession, for he felt that he should not have been justified in opposing, on personal grounds, any scheme which was to promote the general good. The work of the day was then gone through by Sir Richard cutting the first sod in a very workmanlike man ner, and wheeling it away. The barrow and spade, which were very handsome articles, were afterwards packed up, and conveyed to Norton priory. The company then ad journed to a marquee, erected on the ground, and partook of a splendid lunch provided for the occasion, to which about three hundred gentlemen sat down. Nov. 17, 1846. Mr. Baillv took the chair. On bis right sat Sir Richard Brooke, and on his left Sir Philip Egerton, M.P, w. noticed among others, Mr. John Laird, deputy chairman , Mr. William Laird, a director of, Capt. Cbarlewoodr secretary, and Mr. J. B. Lloyd, solicitor to, the com pany, Mr. Richard Brooke, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. Parr, Mr. C. A. Watson, Mr. Gardener, &c. The CHAIRMAN, having given the customary toasts, and they having been drunk with ordinary honours, VIVI the heiltii of the members of the county. Sir P. EGERTON responded. He was most happy to be a guest the company that day. He felt great interest for the success of the line; perhaps, as in the case of mo thers with offspring whose birth has been attended with more than usual pain and sorrow, because be had to work very hard to see it properly ushered into the world. (Laughter.) He had no doubt it would prove a worth) bantling, arid do him credit. (Laughter.) There was no doubt as to the importance to commerce and to agricul. tore of such a railway, and there was as little doubt that that importance would at once be recognised by all en gaged in trade and agriculture in the districts through which it passed, and which it would connect. (Hear, hear.) It would especially be a benefit to, as would be benefitted by, the docks at Birkenhead; and it was • vision, perhaps a true one, of his, that the time would come when (unfortunately for the warehouse interests) bales of cotton would be shipped at once at Birkenhead oe to the railway, and by that, without an instant's delay+ conveyed into the factories of Manchester. (Cheers and laughter.) He sincerely hoped that would eventually be the case. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Sir B. Brooke and the landlords on the line. Sir Richard brieff returned thanks, and proposed " Prosperity to the Birken; head, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway, and much good may it do the country." . _ The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and referring to the locality in which his own business was carried on, hoped that the railway would form the connecting link between the manufacturing districts of South Wales and the north of England. " The Trade of the Mersey," given by the CHAuxmArtr was ably responded to by Mr. S. HOLME. After some other toasts, the CHAIRMAN, in an exceed , ingly complimentary speech, in which he dwelt upon the indefatigable exertions made by that gentleman to pro mote the success of the line, proposed the health of gr. John Laird, who returned thanks in a neat speech. hir• Laird concluded by proposing the health of Mr. Rendal. Srveral other toasts were given and drunk, and at. about three o'clock the company started by a special trail ) on their return to Warrington. OUR POSTAL REGULATIONS We do not at all undervalue the importance of the sub.. j. ct mooted in Council by Mr. C. Robertson—the defect of our post-office arrangements—although we could have wi,iird to have seen it taken up by abler and more M tn-1.0111 parties. Those arrangements are most defective; and none have more opportunities of learning painfully that fact than the conductors of a public journal. We do not, however, intend now to enter into a statement of 80 the inconsistencies and inconveniences to which we could point ; but shall restrict ourselves to one, which presse o peculiarlv upon our own order. We refer to the arrange" meat by which the nail for the north is dispatched by one-horse conveyance to Warrington several hours before the sou , h r ail, going to the same point, Warrington, no dispatched. Its operation upon ourselves and our contemporaries; both it, Liverpool and Manchester, is easily described 8 0 ° will be readily comprehended by our subscribers. For our South of England circulation and the metropolis, 55 for our town subscribers, it would be quite sufficient if we went to press at two or three o'clock in the morning. 14r° should thus have time to make our puhlication in reality a record of the latest intelligence presenting itself. W 6 are compelled, however, by the circumstance of the Nort h Mail starting at an early hour. by its horse conveyance 1 0 these days of railroads, to go to press with our paper" frequently, we fear, with many imperfections—at twelve o'clock. The consequence is often that important meet' ings, occurring in the eve of the day of publication, ge unreported, and important topics for discussion are coo' pelled to be left unnoticed. The additional troubl at tb. P.•st-office itself, we are sure must be great ; and le arrangement to dispatch the North aid South Mint simultaneously, would be gratefully received. We Wait add, th e i' frequently happens that the mail cart does 1?c• t arrive at Warrington in time for the starting of the woe; Is the Post-office revenue so paltry that it cannot afforil a railway conveyance for the North Mail? Surely it cap' That the important towns of Liverpool and Manchester , _, posse-sed of a railway in the hands of the most powerfa i company in the kingdom, suould be driven to the use ef syst. on, even worse than that of the old slow coach, for the conveyance of its correspondence to the North 0 England and the entire of Scotland, is disgraceful to the Post-office authorities and to all conce r n e d. We test our contemporaries will lend us a helping hand to agitel.' this subject. until it reaches the dull ears of the authory ties in St. Martin's-le-Grand. THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER AND RATTY EXTRAORDINARY The marvellous appears to be the characteristic of the present age ; and certainly the past week has afforded an instance of such characteristic, which is c alculated slightly t b o een as a to ll n a is lo h ng b the eli w ev o e r d ld. Plain Johna pab e Campof discharginghas the duties of the almost sinecure office o f Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He is equally cap able of pock etting its emoluments and dispensing its patronage. We dare bay he has a host of other Campbells , of all d e g rees,. of relationship, tugging at him for the occupation 01 to qtti c vacant stools, and the privilege of dipping their hands s into the same dish with himself. Of a sudden, however , it has apparently been discovered that there is sometbia very particular to be achieved in the Duchy—somethia% very complicated in its affairs, to unravel which additional councillors have to be called in ; for we find tha t a o rated mission—the old Whig invention—has just been aPP ° to assist the Chancellor; and, wonderful! John against a does not appear to have kicked at all violently indignity which threatens, at least, to relieve him of sobi me patronage, although it does not touch the amount of pay, ina‘mucti as the new Commissioners are not to D ° remu erased for their valuable services. e the It must be something very urgent in the affairs IN Duchy which has driven a Whig-Government to idio t such a blow upon the vanity of so tried and useful a met ber of their party as Sir John ; and the supposition Oa a great object is to be achieved is made more evident the fact, that, of the; four new officials appointe4t evident are, or have been generally supposed to be, Conservati ve l The Commissioners are the Earl of Hardwicke, E 5l l Spencer, the Earl of Lincoln, and Sir James GrahatP.,' Campbell! There was not, it would seem, talent enough in the \VW* ranks to perform the arduous duties expected to devol ve upon the Commission ; and therefore another apostsq was necessary. The Baronet of Netherby has relap se ' into his old love of Whig-Radical associates , from which it is a pity that he was ever tempted. The heir of the chivalrous and noble Newcastle has s too p ed to oe hanger-on of a Whig administration ; a nd we are drivc.t; to exclaim, " Put not your faith in statesmen or thel professions!" The lesson may be a useful one indeed, it is a pity that we iid not learn it sooner—before sve‘vert! betrayed by the Peels and Grahams—before we committe_cl, the folly of accepting pinchbeck imitations for pu re g olq _ . We do not grieve, however, over the loss of e i t her James or his noble colleague. Let them go. There sr' better men in abundance to fill their places. , 4 3 0 But, in the meantime, we must watch narrow l y doings of this Commission. What is aimed at by appointment we cannot at present divine. It is n indeed, that it has been the suggestion of the Prince Co ' sort himself, who wishes to see the same system of 0,4. nistration of the affairs of the Duchy of Lancaster Prot sued, which is said to have been found so valuable in , r , of Cornwall. In the meantime, the presence of C005'1,, vatives in such juxta-position with Whig-Radica lis o indicates an approaching fusion of parties. Be it of We shall then be able to know who are the t ru e frien","„4 the country, and who they are who h ave b ee n all f-o counterfeits. 11 , MR. GOSSAGE'S PROPOSAL TO BRL , Y,dS SUPPLY OF WATER FROM ST. WINEFELP'' WELL, AT HOLYWELL. Whilst so much attention is being directed to the al, portant subject of an ample supply of water for LiverP?te it is desirable that the public shout& have submitteflo them, for consideration, every plan which emanates ."_BO respectable and competent authority, and which o' no , with it the appearance of feasibility. We make n 0 "for logy, therefore, for giving here an outline of a P 13 , n ,,, bringing a supply of water from Holv pamphlet just published by Me. R. L. well, propose , ' w a d which has been laid by him before the P TOPe G r u ; stlgcler'ities' The writer informs us that St. Winefred's NV ti e ll ,t„h„ r _ ° o l up twenty-one tons of water per minute, or 7,620, 4 bu,E',„0 loos daily ; and that its altitude is 207 feet above PI, water mark, the highest part of Everton being 230 fe e 4 This extra height can be attained by the use of a syl'b v at the well. The water he would convey by pi pes , e° or mencing with a six feet bore, and terminating with one t o three feet, by Greenfield, across the bed of the pet' 1J Thurstaston and Orton to the Mersey, where he w ,log have two mains across the bed of the river, one braue'd off on this side to a reservoir at the Prince's Park, ° t ( the other to a reservoir at Everton. The total length btf oirving required would be nineteen miles; the total 0. '70 28,408 tons. The total cost of bringing it to E ve t ile direct, having still—as we gather from his calculation": b 0 pining for a main to the Prince's Park, woolaot C 308,375 Bs. The cost, however, of delivering the be at the Prince's Park only, with reservoirs on the of ilf lands of Thurstaston and Orton, would be Era £215 368 12s. Gd., or £96,006 15s. Gd. less than to !on direct. These reservoirs be calculates would 89° bell , ronth's supply in case of damage to the pipes in th s e pr of f the Dee. Of course damage to those in the 1P" must be provided against by engineering means. The quality of the water at St. Winefred's Well 15 , v or i aolt and pure; and comes, Mr. Gossage thinks , pod probably from the Bala Lake, by some undergr' stream. Of - --- - BALTIMORE HAMS..--It has long been a mattLrtof surprise to those who have visited the great continv oj e America, that hams have not hitherto become 3 ice , ' general article of import to this country, for it is oi? ri of sally admitted that the pork of the Western States ° d oe to be excell,d, for while it far exceeds in size the 11 di ° if En g l an d, it p ar t a k es of a ll th e fi n e flavour i l er ia; Westphalian. We are glad to find that Mr, whose efforts in introducing American provisions ec bey i brought him frequently and laudably under the n ° , t t . l o c off, the public, has this year imported a quantity of 1 33 '' hams, which having been expressly prepared foror to English market, are, we learn, very greatly suPe rl ev oY anything previously imported, and are sold at an et." low figure.