The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

8 THE STANDARD DARD )GRAPHIC H 0 , NI I Deed Architect I Assi‘ I Folio, and will be our labordte 0 R D Ckntai artments, splendidly- LEGIATE INSTITUTION 3FEORGE'S HALL, endid Steel Eugra►vings LINTS w and v UPON THE BEST PAPER, ben Framed will form A PICTU RE - worthy of being hung alnnzsble of TILE BEST PRODUCTIONS OF MODERN ART The STANDARD of the same day will contain THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THE ROYAL GUEST ROUTE OF THE VAR lOUS PROCESSIONS, SENTI and every particular calculated to interest the inhabitants of L i verpool and strangers resorting to the town upon so ttspicious an occasion the Standard of this te should, if possible, he seat in a week previous. UDE RTIS EM ENTS intended Tickets are now ready, which can be obtained. at the and which will sfuntre to the Pur -1 early impression of the Print. Immediate 70TANDARD it, application show TO CORR A corre ks whether SAII SPON DENTS ilk' not he practicable for have a small steamer upon ociple. to ru 1 up to Bootle. iengers. We don t think it e. We should rather suggest to remove the numberless ly in the habit of bathing in iossible for ladies to travel on the cony ad men t brats. Draper" may be assured that we should be happy to find a to allow their a —oeeeciings on the We h Prince Alier employers ••enerally great number of e their shfi vitness as much as possible of the ion of the approaching visit of ter, little expectation of any induc d voluntarily to clos_ t an apu ication to the autho. m to do so universally. eiveti a numbe. of comrnuoicatio s from parties gat ,nneree urging a general Ir. We expect confidently eet with general Compliance 0001 &taribarb. MORNING, JULY 4, 1846 e town, we su hail with acclamation . _ the,effort which the Rectors, in cooperation with the Bishop, are making to renew the work of church extension in Liverpool.. It is long enough, almost too long, since the last undertaking of the same kind was brought to a close. Every day is bringing an enlarged number of thinking men to he convic ion, that there is no other way of even _ Bow creatures which 7, around us, than by spreading re t them, That which we human masses of f ligious influen the highest of principles, we are now finding the necessity of doing, from .con siderations of prudence and self-defence. And is it not time for Liverpool to bestir itself, when it finds itself lying under the imputation of standing lowest in the scale of British towns in respect both of health and morals. ye been s The former stigma we are beginning to cope with, by the introduction of extensive sanatory' measures Mea e now proposed for abating the other evil extending that wi Lll modes of polic est, and best, and cheap -which seeks to prevent stead of punishing at teaching what is good, sing evil police which aim Lead of merely repres- not to dwell on the full argument that _ _ strenuously. To hear of t uction, overwhelms for, divide the blame we will, a painful por ulna to every one. We would rather close eur eyes to the magnitude of our work, until some portion of it shall have been accomplished—Until the light of morning shall show us some portion of our labour and peril past. Who (asked the Bishop at the meeting the ether day) would have had the heart to set about raising 600,000 for the purpose of building churches, 0 a-year for clergymen's salaries, if told en years ago that such sums would be required ; Ice of time those sums have one w g this effort, and for making it very ie tens and twenties of our very doors, in want s who are abiwe £ and £4O and yet within that _ been raised Ti time, too, is surely auspicious for making 'Lion to tb' - ^Qrs already won. We ,Judge not to hear it --of hortly to be spent in pro d social affections some hearts must e of doing honour, with at r earthly substance, to curing benefits to their re to outlast the day or the year, or even the very hounds of time itself. 'hear every day—, the thousands 14 for !ow with a d the Kinc fellow cr tures wh' _ The new churches which the present proposal con templates, are to be built under an Act passed a few years ago, usually known by the name of Peel's Act. Its great recommendation is, that it provides a sti pend of £l5O a-year, out of the Ecclesiastical Corn _ gyman appointed a church shall have Fund, for every der seen er ) found in t with ttnnointed clergymen to ti I have been alr is, in fact, to re- ch have beer d, by the Act, in ultima first nominator, has armed, in each of hurch. And in two already commenced, with considerable encouragement. Upwards of £3,000 have been already collected by the indefati gable exertions of the cl rgyman appointed to St. Simon's district, whilst the clergyman appointed to the Bevinizton district brings a sum of £353. a tri bute from his former parishioners at Bury. In such a proceeding on ndeed whether the more to admire the clerical conduct which called any big to Bevis Christian rnt lel) a purpose. Can security be taken for the zealou s per • • ..,•• • .. ian Min ,ny scheme that ,isfaction to al of the gr could su vever, is a pr present respecting use, be impossible eater nur ggest. I omplete sa- I as fair, as reason- common good verel by her T present under tak —who values the "00l of own prix e or party views ianship of his Cht instead of relying only, fo own devices and forethouu the at the favourable opinion s human ingenuity )1. the sacrifice of ) the indulgence of fe 0: her child. The to is the true mother isands more than his .ho can trust God for through future years, purpose, upon his ho, in short, would he patient (lie than abate one iota in the physici. s certainly demur nd a very diffe ent spirit, ▪ to believe that they will e have hopes, from the ce of our fellow-towns cnow, are not to be built such a c without cost, especially when the very prosperity of the town, which is rendering them so needful, is in creasing so considerably the price both of land and of labour. 3ut if twenty thousand pounds are needed for the YORK rpose, let our aim be fixed upon twenty thousand pounds ; and twenty thousand pounds, we doubt not, will be rai The Ministry of Lord J 11 may now be as formed. The hulk of its merni) turned y their v at even the ffered to them ion and may not Le unpr t lance over the materials, of mblanet of an opposition being nd in a few days we may expec t once more in mo- ►ly employed in casting I, from ti .empts to conduct the government 1r to dete pi - 00i11 ty have ever of the country, and their usual supporters, exclusiven hey hay sown in fining their appointments within the circ ome half- their characteristic Nepotism has been ea of jobbing is ever inseparably connected in our minds with Whig ascendancy. Unhappily for himself, Lord John Russell has not been able to steer clear of this rock- a-head With two or three exception -9, and with a somewhat altered distribution of their offices, the present ministry is the resuscit ment; and absolutely nothing to win fo - r it the increased confidence of sober and reflective politi cians. The enlistment of Mr. H. G. Ward, of ap propriation clause notoriety, suggests sad remin iscences of that infamous contract, by which the Church of Ireland was handed over for spoliation ; and the selection. of an untried man in the person of Mr. Milner Gibson, remarkable only for one of the most glaring apostacies on record, for so impor tant an office as that of V ce-President of the Board of Trade, indicates, with tolerable clearness, that our commercial policy is to be henceforth dictated by those crude statesmen—the political tinkers, who have made the Chamber of Commerce of Manches- ter an as sembly, whose mention is the signal for inextinguishable ridicule and laughter. The remain der of the list is principally composed of the old hacks of past years, whose administrative ir.capa city has been again and again shown to be antipo dean qualities with their large pretensions. An administration thus composed can have in itself little pretension to permanence ; and the mode in which the responsibility for conducting the busi ness of the country has been distributed amongst its members is not calculated to inspire confidence in its efficiency. We cannot, for example, discover any great evidence of the fitness of Mr. Charles Wood for the office of Chancellor of the Exche quer. The only circumstance,indeed, which accounts for his being in office at all, most people imagine to be the accident of his relationship to Earl Grey. As little are we able to discern Mr. Laboucher6's fitness for the In h Secretaryship. Lord Palmerston's appointment as Foreign Secretary is a thing of course; but how the objections of Earl Grey, by which the last attempt of Lord John Russell to form a ministry were defeated, have been got over the public are not informed. He was a dangerous member six months ago; but we should imagine that he could scarcely change his nature as easily as he changed his political opinions and alliances. Sir J. Cam Hobhouse's recommendation for the Board of Controut cannot be his former administration of the duties of that offi.!e, connected with which the nation has some unhappy recollections of disaster; and, with respect to a number of the small fry, their pretensions to their various offices are to be tried, their past senatorial achievements containing little to inspire confidence in their discretion or their ability. It cannot escape observation that, with such a ministry, in the present state of parties, the govern ment of the country must remain virtually in the hands of Sir Robert Peel and his little band of Con servative supporters. Ultra-Whig legislation is ob viously impossible, unless the late premier is pre pared completely to reverse the policy, and surrender the principles, of his past political life, and his ad mirers, the 120 gentlemen who so readily followed him in his free trade movement, are prepared fur ther to stultify themselves. Mr T. B. Macauley, in his speech to the electors of Edinburgh, stated truly enough that theta big party was the only one callable at the present crisis of forming an administration ; but even that self-satisfied gentleman would proba bly acknowfedge that his colleagues and himself can only govern permissively. Their measures, and the extent to which their principles shall be carried out, are - Taid down - for lifom. — TheY are to - earry out the views of Sir Robert Peel. When they attempt to go further—when they start anything original, and, consequently, crotchety, the ex-minister will inter pose his veto and remind them of their subordinate position. The little that we know, thus far,' of their forth coming measures, affords abundant proof of this utter want of independence. In the purposed final settlement of the sugar duties, the ministry is only following to its conclusion the policy which dictated the surrender of protection to native industry. 'this is certainly to be the main measure of the present session. The only further hints which we have, as to coming measures, is the announcement that the Government is about to devote itself to measures of social amelioration. We may look for a sanatory bill; of which, no doubt, the bill of Lord Lincoln will be the foundation. We are to have an exten sion of the means of education for the people, upon the old Whig pattern, which has found such favour with Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham. We late not, at present, to h ye proposed to us the en dowment of the Popish Church in Ireland. That pear is not ripe. It will not go down with the dis senting constituencies any more than with the ma jority of the Established Church; and is probably reserved for a future master stroke of Sir Robert Peel himself. The revenues of the Establishment in Ireland, however, are doubtless doomed to be cut down for educational purposes ; and Sir Robert equality;" Which he proclaimed in his retiring speech. We are also - to have a new settlement of the law as between landlord and tenant in Ireland. It is a part of the contract with Daniel O'Connell, and accounts for his present wonderful good hu mour with the world, and for Dungarvon being left uncontested for Mr. Richard Lalor Shiel, notwith standing all the past threats of punishment for his recusancy. But beyond what is now chalked out, Lord John and his colleagues are not to stretch their fingers. Like children, they are to he per mitted to ride a few of their favourite hobbies—to but the ex-premier is to hold the reins and to carry the whip, We do not urge the fact of this control being ex- to lay aside his, or her, fears of the result- of Whig incapacity and want of constitutional principle. On the contrary, we would urge them to increased watchfulness and activity. The seeds of future dis- aster may be sown, with a professing Conservative looking on approv.ingly, and ready, at the proper moment, to step in and consummate the ruin. The history of past inroads upon the constitution is in slructive as to the duty of loyal British men. Whig radical tampering with our institutions, and contem porary mismanagement of the financial affairs of the kingdom, have, in every successive advent of 1 ._ that party to power, paved the way to large en croachments upon the integrity of the former, and minister, armed with powers dangerous to the liber ties of the people. Let us ask what cireums was which enabled Sir Robert Peel to betray the confidence of those who placed him in office, avow edly for the purpose of resisting the very measur which he has just carried. It was his oversvhelt ing majority in Parliament no of mon so sessea the ability to guide us out of the difficulties, into which the partial adoption of Whig-radical prin ciples, and the incapacity of that party to administer the financial affairs of the country, had brought us. The bulk of the Conservative portion of his support ers voted for his corn importation bill, to preserve such a minister in power. The nation had allowed itself to be pushed to the brink of a precipice ; and he alone was looked upon as the man who could carry us over ; and if we fall asleep now—if we rest confident t hat no mischu one to our in- stitutions, because we see a Conservative party ap parently controlling a weak and incapable adminis tration—the time will come again when—our affairs in utter disorder, the public mind exasperated, no sound constitutional leader to fall back upon, and no strong constitutional power organised —we shall have to call in the aid of some talented worshipper of expediency, to patch up our financial prosperity, and to appease disorder and discontent amongst the people, by further inroads upon the sources of the country's greatness and happiness. cy and measur Inall pas THE LIVERPOOL STANDARh. It is becoming more and more clear every day that there is some king wrong in our present system is called an improve It is difficult to find any two committees deciding upon the merits of rival schemes upon the same principles ; laying down the same rules as to vidence, or even determining, upon the sam grounds, the question—what are rival schemes ? Committee A has a prejudice in favour of lines proposec in con- nexion with E ng railway Committee B. is in princi,:le of separate managerner Committee C e with supports projects which comp Comtnittee D. thinks that cheapness f locomotion is not secured to the public by the formation of two lines where one, well worked, _ isite accommodation. E. is in favour of cheapness of construction, at the expense Ina la would provide the re of directness of route and perfection of gradients. F. would go as the crow flies, boring through hills and filling up valleys. We have some impressed in favour of lines which open out mineral deposits ; some which look at the accommodation of passengers as the only object to be cared for. We have the friends of a broad guage and of a narrow guage,— in short, the different views under which committees legislate, may almost be called Legion, and their de- the part of committees, as to what should be the re commendation of a railway scheme to the sanction of Parliament, there have now crept in political and even private influences which, at least, greatly weaken the confidence of the public in the impar tiality of such tribunals. We see Members one day giving evidence in favour of a line which passes con veniently through his property in some county, and the next day, perhaps, deciding upon the merits of a line in which a member of the committee, which sate in judgment upon that evidence, is deeply in- _ terested, or even directly mixed up. The bisas to the merits of this or that local scheme is not unfre quently a material portion of the claim of a Member to the support of his constituency. Lord Ebrington we saw, the other day, called to account before the electors of Plymouth, and threatened with an oppo sition, because of his advocacy of o e particular local project, in preference to its rival. His Lord ship's "influence" had been used in favour of the scheme less popular with his constituents ; and how used ? This is one of the mysterious processes which the public want to have expkined and got rid of. There is no such thing can enter into the decision of a question tried by any of the ordinary constitutional tribunals of the land. What are the duties upon which provisional committee-men, lawyers, and secretaries, ordinarily employ themselves up to the moment of presenting their schemes before a committee? In securing this mysterious "influence " of noble Lords and honourable Members. We hear of Comp vies who have strong Parliamentary influences—who can pass any kind of project, to the preferen,Fe of rival schemes, however excellent, if brought forward by parties who cannot hobnob with this Peer or that Member, are unknown at Brookes's or the Reform Club, and cannot chat familiarly with half the Mem bers they meet in the lobby of the House. Of course we do not impute any malvetsation of their important offices to the Members of the Legis lature, or any one of them. The character of an English Peer, and of English Gentlemen, places them above suspicion of being knowingly corrupt. Like Caesar's wife, however, they ought to ovupy a posi tion above suspicion ; and to enable them to do this they must be relieved from the great responsibility imposed upon them individually as Members of Railway Committees, with powers so large, and so capable of being worked to the advantage of friends or localities, as are wielded by these tribunals. Diffused, as railway property is now, through every part of the kingdom—held as it is by the nobleman, the merchant, the trader, and the smallest shop keeper—there are few men of the class from which our Legislators are chosen who have not either a direct or a collateral interest in some line, which may he presumed, unconsciously to themselves, no doubt, to bias their views with respect to the relative merits of co-operating or of rival lines. To extricate indi vidual membets from this, their unfair position, and the difficulty into which it brings them, we should suggest the appointment of some capable and inde pendent Tribunal, over whose decisions, however, both Houses, in their collective capacity, might have an over-riding power. PRINCE ALBERT'S:VISIT-THE MAYOR AND THE TWO ROMAN CATHOLIC B SHOPS. It is really irksome to have continually imposed on us the t►sk of correcting the errors or the inventions of our contemporaries. We have in another column expressed our opinion of the mode in which his worship the Mayor has been recently attacked by the Whig-Radical press, with respect to his alleged conduct in insisting noon the right to 'nvite the Rev. Hugh M`Neile to the forth-com ing banquet at the Town Ha:l. Whilst writing the arti cle in question we were not informed of the facts of the case; but presumed upon the Mayor's character as a high-minded gentleman that the correct truth had not bee:► conveyed to our contemporaries. We have since been more fully informed, and proceed to give the genu ine version of the matter. A list of names of parties thought most eligible for in vitation was placed before the committee assembled, in. strict privacy and confidence, to make a selection. Of court-e, tone of these gentlemen anticipated that their re marks, upon the fitness of this or that individual, would be conveyed to the public through the press. After going through a portion of the list, including the two rectors, the Rev. Mr. Bold and othera, the committee came to the name of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. The Mayor did not at all, as represented, use anything like dictation as to the rev. gentleman. He stated that he did not see how his name could be omitted after his services to the charity, and left the matter entirely in the hands of the committee by whom his invitation was unat)i mously agreed upon. A number of the names were subsequently gone through, after which Mr. Rathbone astonished the majority of the committee by proposing that the two Roman Catholic Bishops of the district should be invited. The attempt to fasten on the Mayor alone the disinclination to invite these gentlemen, is shamefully untrue. A large majority of the committee ojected to their invitation as Bishops; and his Worship frequently remarked, that he wished AM thing which fell from hini to be viewed only as a suggestvon: as he was desirous of merely carrying out the wishes of the com mittee. Mr. Rathbone was reminded that many members of the Roman Catholic church were already invited, in cluding Mr. \Veld, Mr. Blundell, Mr. Chaloner, and others. Subsequently Mr. RAthbone attempted to mo dity his motion, by proposing their invitation as Doctors ; hut, eventually, finding himself in so small a minority upon the point, he withdrew his motion. Mr. Evrle's proposal of Dr. Rates was dismissed, without anything like the feeling alleged being displayed by the Mayor, who remarked that he had entertained the rev. doctor at his own tai.le, and was always ready to receive him there. The rest of the statements promulgated with respect to this matter are mere absurdities, got up app irently by inventive brother of the quill, who, having perhaps got a wind of what had occurred, was good enough to supply the imaginative portion. One part of these statements, as to the immense number of returned cards and refu s als to dine with the Mayor, which are said to be lying on his worship's table, is downright absurd. The invitatons are not yet issued. The cards, we believe, are not yet p' - inted Really, our contemporaries ought not to:degrade the poearance of "being intended to persecute a gentleman whose chief offence is that he is opposed to them in poli- Surely, if even his wor,hip were nclineti to hospitalitiei of the Town-ball. ec in the performance of his public duties, the Whig- lio&cal party are not the men who ought to complain. The Ow Whig-Radical Mayors we have had in this town have not shown such very sensitive have brfore us an address of congratulation, issued hY the Whig-liadical Mayor of Manchester to the people of England, upon the successful carrying of the late free Mayor of Liverpool just now, we should have little of delicacy used in following the same, or even a more ob- jec tic !table course, VISITORS AT CitoxTETiL—The following noblemen and gentlemen are at prvbent staying at Croateth, and will remain during the week :—Hon. Mr. Balfour, lion. Mr. Forester, Mr. Glynn, Sir W. W. Wynn, Prince G eorge . 1" . - LI" pro i-ttr n t hglington, lion. Mr. Leslie, Lord Glamis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Townley, Hon. E. G. Mostyn, Miss Hornby, Sir" it. Pigot, Bart. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will honour the Earl of Sefton with a visit at Croxteth this weak. His Royal Highness will arrive, we believe, on Friday. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS OF WALLASEY.-- The promoters of the Wallasey Improvement Act have taken a very unusual and, as it appears to us, a very fair and impartial course, in omitting from such act any no mination of the existing commissioners to art under it, wing them to be elected by the ratepayers. The follow_ id h" - de- ing gentlemen therefore retire, as they woulc. nave done had no improvement act been past—viz., Mr. T. B. Hughi.s, Mr. J. North, Mr. K. Edwards, Mr. Edwards, Mr. H. Meadows, Mr. J. Mawdsley, Mr. Thomas Dean and Mr. J. Bewley. The promoters, nevertheless, think it their duty to recommend a list , o f which the folkwing are the names:—Messrs. J. D. Maddock, Miles Barton, Thomas Dean, Thomas Lester, Liscard ; and Messrs. John Mawdsley. Seaccmbe; Henry Mea dows. Poulton ; and Evan Jones, Liscard. The re spectability of these gentlemen will ensure them. we should suppose, the support of the ratepayers. The elec. tinn is to be held on Thursday next, at the Queen's Arms Hotel, Liscard village. CELEBRATION OF THE TWELrTH OF JULY, upon for the celebration of the room w VISIT OF PLUNGE ALBERT-ARRANGEMENTS IrOR Tli i COM VAINIC AT THE ALBERr DOCK WAREHOUSES. magnificent warehouses, are now in progress ; and completed, will be in every way worthy of the occa and present to his Royal Highness and walls or the Duck, one of the finest eased in this or al part for the thjeune other 'tovvii uite, and to the she es ever wit- leribing the shall commence with the roe warehou This apartment, a warel situated at the south-east corner of t is 99 feet long by 88 feet wide. To the eve it perfect square 6.: ven mastl h ample room bet 4rs, tb!es Inn down from end n eae' for the i Aid the kt the head of the room, which is the south end, is a table raised considerably higher than the rest, designed for the acoommodation of Prince Albert, with his suite and the officials and most distinguished guests. At the north end are three short tables, and the sides are to be filled up with seats for thosP of the company for whom the tabks do not afford sufficient room. It was originally suggested that a thousand persons might be ac cowinodated to partake of the refreshments standing. It has been consid'red better, hovrever, that each party shall be provided with seats, which will reduce the accommoda tion to that for about 600 at the tables and 120 at the side The entertainment will be entirely cold, and will consist of fruits of the most recherche kinds, pates, ice creams. ices. &c., provided with his usual excellent taste and liberality by Mr. Lynn, of the %Va . erloo Hotel. The wines, provided by the same gentleman, we deed not say will be the best of their kind. For the proper storing and arrangement of these a must convenient apartment has been fitted up adjoining the banquetting-room. We have already given the dimensions of this apart ment ; and must bestow upon its decorations, &c., a few words of description. Baring in mind its character as a warehouse, designed solely for the stowage of mer chandize, &c., it is one of the finest, for the purpose of any entertainment, to be found in the kingdom. To be perfectly fire-proof- and there is not a room in the whole of these spacious erections in which as much timber is used as would make a box of lucifers—it is built with brick arches running in compartments lengthwise from north to south, each compartment tied with an iron rod, and the bearings supported with iron beams. The lattt r are painted for the occasion a stone-colour, with the capitols picked out in gilt. The brick arch-work is white, and the iron ties painted scarlet. The side-walls are being draped in flutings of alternate blue, white, and pink. The fluor is to be covered with crimson cloth, as is the temporary staircase by which the Royal Guest and his suite will ascend to the chamber. The guests are to enter the room by the middle door. at the north end, and will enter the building through the granite-pillared g,te at the south end, near King's Vock. The Prince will enter the room by a private staircase, as we have already stated, aft'r landing from his yacht at the south-east corner of the dock. The accommodation for parties to witness the opening of the dock by the Prince and his suite in the Fairy, royal yacht, reflects the highest credit upon the liberality of the chairman and the members of the Dock Committee. The sheds of the whole of the stately pile of warehouses on the south and west of the dock are being fitted up with stages in an anr,phitheatrical form, eight stages in height, and each stake a yard in bread , h. These are strong as the warehouses themselves, each stage being floored by timber six inches in thickness, and thoroughly rested and secured. One entrance is at the east corner of the south end ; another at the south end accommodates as well a part or the west side. There is also an en trance on the west side and another at the north end of the same side. To prevent confusion, the tickets for each entrance, which we understand are the most finished works art, as are those for the dejeuner, will be issued in distinguishing colours. The seats for the dejeuner will be numbered to correspond with each ticket. The plat forms round the dock, it is computed, will accommodate easily about ten thousand persons, as may be conceived when we state that the length of the south side of the dock is about 150 yards ; that of the west side about 200 yards ; and that there are eight platforms in each, those] platforms being a yard in width. In all, this will make about a mile and a half of yard deep lineal standing space. When the Fairy enters the dock by the gut at the north western end, the spectacle presented by this magnificent mass of the elite of our fellow townsmen and town,- women wilt be a sight such as few princes or kings can boast of in their dominions. Tile yacht will, on entering, proceed at hilf-speed along the quays thus lined with spectators, and enter the breakfast-room at the south-east corner. We presume his Royal Highness, after the entertain ment, will be taken over the portion that is completed of the warehouses themselves. Anything more calculated to convey to his Royal Highness a sense of the energy of Ws adopted fellow countrymen, and of the vast resources of this great port, we can scarcely conceive than an in spection of these noble edifices. _ PREPARATI9NS AT THE SAILORS' ITOME.—A rapid progress is being made with the preparations of laying the foundation stone for this building. The sides of the ex cavation are being surrounded with galleries, affording an excellent view of the proceedings. TLe bottom will be appropriated for the reception of the members of the Council and the Dock Committee, the Sailors' Home Committee, the Blue Coat Boys, the Freemasons and Odd Fellows, the nobility and gentry, and the borough magis trates. - Yst erday having been fi IL at the. B Orange Brethren of Liverpool assembled at their various lodge-rooms, and proceeded to the Monument, in London road, from i b y NiV m., and proceeded, d by several bands of music, and a number of cuted flags and banners, down London•• er. they beautifully ex road, alonz I reef, I t, Berry- st , eet, ill-street, Ueorgt street, Warwick-street, V ...street, Upper tr ee, return ankent -street, by Wavertne !mbrolic-place, hill, West Derl lodges Lre happy to say, were of After dining in their lodge-rcoms, and going through the usual loyal toasts, the evening was spent by the brethren in great he most orderly disciplin 12th of Ju:v yesterday hill Coffee-house, where upwarA sat down to dinner of forty of the order t tastefully d 7 -flags emblematic of the order, and illustrativ industry, were graceft hung from the ceilin, and wails, and numerous vases of flower; were distributed on the tables in a mann( r that gave a refreshing as well as a truly picturesque appearance to the apartment. The chandeliers were surrounded by evergreens, into which were gracefully entwined the choicest fl )wers of the sea- was to to himself and the society over which he presided. He was supported on the right by no less a personage than the Reverend I'. D. Gregg, of Dublin, whose enthu siasm and frequent remarks were not only _entertaining but intellectual. The late Deputy Grand Master was also present, as were numerous other equally impor tant individuals. A party of glee singers, some mem bers of the body, attended on the occasion, and their tit - nits were such as to call forth twist deservedly the enthusiastic plaudits of all assembled. The dinner was not only substantial but excellent, and to the worthy host we do no more than a duty when we say it not of ly comprised every variety of the season, but those varieties (unlike most dinners) were well cooked. After the cloth was removed, the toast of " 'the Queen" was given from the chair, and followed by the glee, " God save the Queen." " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family" followed, and was most enthusiastically received. Glee—" The Two Roses." " The glorious, pious, and immortal memory of the great and good King William, Prince of Orange," was then drunk in solemn silence. Glee—" Lovely Night." The toast, " The Grand Master, the Earl of Enniskillen," was received with the Kentish tire, and followed by the glee. " Bright sword of Liberty." The toast of " The late Deputy Grand Master " was prefaced by a short address from the chair, and followed by the glee, " Hail Smiling Morn." The late Deputy Grand Master briefly replied, but in that brevity there was an expression of uncorrupted feeling and liberality that seemed to raise the already buoyant spirits of the party, and the en thusiastic cheers that followed but faintly illustrated the enthuastic joy it created. •` The Worshipful Master of Lodge 42" was given from the vice-chair (which was most ably filled), and was ably responded to by the gen tisman proposed. Glee—" Spring's delights," To the toast. " The Protestant Bishops and Clergy of the Dio cese." coupled with the Rev. T. D. Gregg, the latter gentleman rep'ied at length, and we are only sorry that the lateness of the hour prevents us doing that justice to to his address that its merits deserve—for in a word he illustrated the present state of Protestantism, and the duplicity of popery. He showed the firm course he had pursued, and the position to be taken, and displayed a knowledge, a tact ..nd talent, treat in a few words it is im possible to describe. The address was loudly applauded throughout. Glee—" Good Night." The following toasts we. e then given :—" The Town and Trade of Liver pool." Gle,—"TO all r•e Ladies." "Our Visiting Friends." Glee—" B mist), 0 Maiden." " Lancashire Witches ;" an:l followed by a solo, with self accompaniment, " The Accomplished Young Lady." Numerous healths were a:terwards drunk, and at a seasonable hour the company dlspersed, each high's , delighted with the hilarity of the evening and the loyalty that had been unanimously dis played. DINNER AT AIGBURTH About sixty of the members of Lodge No. 24 assembled at the Aigburth Hotel for the purpose of dining together, to celebrate the 12th July. The dinner was provided in Mr. Press's best style. and the &sea, which was fresh from the garden, was most excellent. Brother John Payne, presided, and the vice' chair WaS OCCUpi by the D.M. of the lodge. Afier the cloth bad been removed the W.M. proposed the health of " her Maj syt .e Chi n, so long al she is Pnrestant," which was thank with three times three. The W.M. next gave the health of " the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, the M.W.G.M. of England." (Drank with Kentish fire and great enthusiasm). The VV. M. next gave " The glorious, pions, and ing ; triortrd memory of the great and good King William lII,' ara.s draulc iu iselennwi sile"ce. Then followed the health of " 1-ler Majesty the queen Dowager ; Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family." Tne next toast proposed was, "The health of P.W.D. G.M. of England, Richard Harboard, Esq.," which was dr, , nk with the warmest enthusiasm. The W.A. was-reapoode4 -to-by: El . 0. Harborcl, Esq The D. M. proposed the "Army and Navy," and several other toasts followed. MR. BRAMLEY-MOORE AND THE ALBION'S DISCOVERIES. This gentleman, too, is coming in far a slice of Whig- Radical abu:e, as witness the following letter, ad , iressed to the Burgesses of Liverpool, in yesterday's Albion:— "GENTLEMEN, - 1 would recommend you to watch this gentleman pretty closely, for two reasons. First.—At a Free Trade meeting Mr. Moore was put forwhid to complain that a private compact was broken when Mr. H olland moved that CORN he included. Second,-1 - le has received the thatars ot the warehouse owners for attending to their interest in that Council room, where your interests only should be consulted. A gentleman so recommended must not sit in the Mayor's chair. J• 11. With respect to the first charge, we need only remark that the assertion that Mr. Moore was put forward at a " Free 'lrade Meeting" for this or any other ohject, is palpably untrue. That gentleman never attended a Free Trade meeting, or advocated Free Trade in sugar, corn, or any other commodity. With respect to sugar and coffee, he has always been in favour of a moderate protec tion to colonial interests; and with regard to corn, he has always advocated and still inclines to a fixed duty. The !sleeting referred to was a meeting of the Brazilian Association, called for the special consideration of sugar and toff,,-e, at which it was distinctly unde . stood that the subject of corn would be out of place, and should not be introduced. Mr. Charles Holland intruded the corn question, and was of course, and deservedly, checked. The second is still more completely unfounded. Mr. Moore has not " received the thanks of the wai choose. owners." On the contrary, it is well known that the course which he has pursued has made him rather unpi , .. pular with that bode. But the animus of the letter. writer creeps out sufficiently in the last paragraph of the letter. Mr. Moore "must not sit in the Mayor's chain" Pet haps Mr. F) re Evans, or some of hia clique, would like to sit there. The bills of exchange, railway shares, and other docu ments, wh , oh were stolen from the Royal Bank, Liver- _ . pool, in May last, have been restored to Mr. nobler, The thieves have kept the money. GALLANT AND HUMANE CONDUCT.—On Sunday last, Captain Jannion, of the tug-boat Colchester, saw a young man who was drowning in the river, off the Albert Pier, and immediately jumped into the water to his rescue, and succeeded, after great difficulty, in saving hi' life. UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE.—The successful candidate for the first of the members' prizes (Dissertation in Latin prose), at Cambtioge, is Mr. J. J. Peroune, B A., of Corpus Christi College. Owing to an error on the part of the examiners, in opening the mottoes, the successful di-sertation was attributed to the wrong author. The latter reuaired to Cambridge from a distant part of the country, and was present on Monday to recite his vro thintion in the Senate-house, when the unfortunate mis take was explained, and the nec iary apology made to him, which he received with much good-humour and kin4ness. THE WOOLLEN CLOTHS OP YORKSWIRE.—The letter Mr. William Beckett, M.P., addressed to the mer- considerable interest on the subjec•s principally :d to by the hon. gentleman—viz., the comparative )f English and foreign woollen cloths, nd the goods in the %Vest-Riding of York•hire. It is felt in many quarters that this branch of manufacture is in far from a satisfactory state, and that vigorous efforts should , . our lost pre eminence in the markets of the world. There is a strong impression that British woollen cloths cannot even retain their present position compared with those of the F ench and Belgians, without such efforts being made. —Leeds Mercury. Ma. RIPLEY AND THE LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.—A lengthy correspon dence has just been published, which has Wien place be tween the secretary of the Liverpool committee for the registry of shipping and Mr. Ripley, upon the subject of an alleged imputation brought by the latter gentleman against the committee, of unfair preference in the classifi cation of a vessel—the Anne Armstrong—belonging to one of their own body. The committee, through their secre tary, required from Mr. Ripley that he should inspect the report of the survey of the vessel, in order to enable that gentleman to retract his imputation, if found unjust. Mr, Ripley's reply was in the form of a demand to know the precise language used, the names of the parties who had reported the conversation, and when it had occurred. The secretary to the committee then specified the par ticular nature of the charge; that it had been publicly made in tue Underwriters' Rooms, was talked of on 'Change, and lido been published in the London and the local 'pers. hl . Ripley still declined to take any steps, witho It the ntirneF of the committee's i , .formants being given ; and, after a further exchange of letters, with the same result, the h flowing unanimous resolution of the commte. " That, as Mr. Ripley, in his correspondence, conti was et nveyed to Mr. Ripley : noes to evade a denial of the unwarrantable charge which has been referred to, the vindication of the conduct of the committee will be sufficiently attained by publishing the correspondence, in order that the public may form their own conclusions as to the entire groundlessness of the charge." THE PROCESSION The procession on the occision will consist of about 6,000 persons, of whom 1,000 will be Freemasons, and 1,000 Oddtellows. The bows of the Blue Coat Hospital will head the procession. Toe Freemasons will follow. Then will come the Corporation, and, immediately after, the Prince, in the stEve-carriage, drawn by six horses from the Royal Mews. The shipping trades and the Oddtellows will bring up the rear. Some dissatisfaction. we under stand, is felt by the Oddfellows in consequence of being informed that their number must not exceed 1,000, which number they have to select from their entire body. all of recollected, that 1,000 men make a very formidable dis play, and that an in:.eruth able procession, without any variety, would he anything but pleasing to the spectator. The Duke of Leinster, Gland Master of the Irish Free masons, will, it is rap cted, be also prevent. ; and Lord Combermere, Earl Ellesmere, and Earl Zet land are con. fidently looked for to head their loyal body the English Freemasons, who are to make one of the most magnificent demonstrations ever witnessed in this or any other town. The following route of the procession was agreed upon at a meeting of the Committee yesterday, and our readers may depend on its accuracy, as we publish it on au thority :—To start from the Judges' lodgings, arocet d along St. hone street and the line of streets to Mount pleasant; up Mount-pleaatit to Abercromby-square ; alorg the west side of that square and Bedford-street; down Falkner-street to Catherine-street; down Sandon- terrace to Rodney-street; down Leere•street, Bold. street, Church -street, 141 rd-street, and South John-street, to the site of the Sailor's Home. The silver trowel with which his Royal Highness will bed the foundation stone of the Sailors' Home will be massive and of elegant design. We have seen at the estand-hment of Mr. Dismore, who will manufacture it, a beautiful drawing of the town of Liverpool, with its noble river, shippir.; as seen from the Cheshire sid by our townsman, Mr. John M`Gahey; and from this the back of the trowel is to be engraved. The buildings. ships, and other obj eta are finely and minutely delineated ; and amongst the vessels seen near the Lancashire side the artist has introduced a beautiful and necessarily miniature portrait of the royal yacht Fairy, as she will appear when conveying his Royal El ighness end sui , e along the river to view the docks, &o. This is reduced from a fine coloured drawing of the Fairy, taken for the parpo:e, and which we have also seen at NI r. Li•more's. The Fairy is a three•masted screw schooner, a regular clipper in ap pearance, her i - long and nuli being .narp, and her masts having a great rake. She is painted in gunports, and is otherwise so handsome and unique that she will (With her pendaut and the royal standard flying) he readily known as soon as seen no the F THE FIREWORKS Mr. Att a Enagnificent , d6play of fireworks on the ii4ht of the banquet, for which the site selected is the open fields be. has been given by the Earl of Sefton, the owner of the grounds ; and horn the celebrity of Mr. Atkins in the pyrotechnic art, a large fund of delight may be anticipated by the sveraturs. PREPARATIONS BY THE YACHT cutTu, The lioyal Mer•ey Yacht Club purpose to do much honour 16 the royal vi,itor as time and circumstances will permit, and the Dock Committee will, we learn, afford them every ros , ible encouragement. A display. in the shape , of a sailing match, or showing off in the river, would be precarious, and the Prince, from the ne. cessary r pk his movemer ;s, ring , . cise arrangement is yet determined upon, that the yachts will congregate on the spacious half-tide basin north of the Albert Dock, all dect,rated with flags, with their spars manned by their crews in similar nautical attire, • .2 • i 11 •L r••;.• , ••4.. r-c . board of them in their full uniform. After the koyal Yacht has entered the dock, it is intended that the whole nf tb. th sh th all so b u e th t: o w r e p d er i h n a to ps th i e n m Al i b n e ja r . t r, or steamers, and take their n lit fl oaf,. - 1 1. I t o c c h k t s b , : t f ilir p os o .tint i e n at t r. e i:oo d er , t ,places, lines ,t Should this be accomplished, (and we see nothing to-pre vent it,) the sight, conjoined with the presence on the same expanse of water wilh the Royal Yacht, will preaent a beautiful appearance, and no doubt add to the gratifica tion of the numerous ladies and others who will on ;hat day throng the extensive galleries, or platforms, erected on the sou'll and west sides of the dock, who will obtain an uauterrupted view of the whole fleet. THE SUGAR DUTIES —We learn from a sure source that the min st , ri,l Ilan is—first, to irupose immediately a uniform duty of 235. 4(1. on all foreign sugars of free labour or slave Isbour origin for three years ; second, after the lapse of thre,: years the differential duty in favour of British sugars to be eliminated in the course of three vests by a regularly decr e asing scale. This, with the abo liiion of th e restr i ct i ons on the free use of sugar and mo las.sts i I this country, and the equalisation of the duties on rum a n d B r iti s h s p irits, will do.—Colonial Gazette. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.-011 Thursday a la bourer on the Birmingham and Derby Railway, whilst crossing the line, was run over by an engine coming up unexpectedly. The wheels passed over his body, and al most severed it in two.—On Friday a child, 22 months old, whilst straying on the railway at Beeston, near Not tingham. was knocked down by a train, which unfortu nately killed it. The little thing was the child of a game keeper living near the line, and being placed in a chair by its mother whist she made tea, had strayed away. LATEST INTELLIG BY EXPRES We have just received Cape of Good the 16th ?f May inclusive, from which we e Kaffirs continue July 14, 1g46. lope papers to regret to learn is, though with triers have neither security for their cattle not live;; and it is melancholy to think of the de- nn to which they are reduced tor want of a jve the Kaffir tribes beyond the r ful for Some'sharp skirmishes had taken Very little I weep the the latter tamed in th party was ii everal affairs, but Lb e was sus- LONDON CORN 1 action of pro- I . owein fringing e on the heat was ply of En of Is. to luarter. fay, and y late rat SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET tained on fheure for the hest Scots not ex which a clearance was not effected !she ' , umbers few of them were bene.. qu.. sold steadily at full prices, and all other aim. vimis Quotations. of buyers . are again at needy he prices ob- le highest lb, and at e. whi'e very d Downs ,ppurted pre- Notwithstanding the supply of La trade ru.ea steady, at lost week's currencies Calves, the number of which was good, moved off steadily, at late rates. In f igs, next to nothing was done. the Lamb Earl Grey. as Principal S cre ary Sae for the Colonial Department, has appointed the Hon. Capt. Grey to be his private secretary. On Friday, the Oriental Club gave a sumptuous enter— tainment to Ibrahim Pacha; the Earl of Auckland presiding. Lord John Rusell has appointed Lieu Hon. George Keppel, the son of the Earl Colonel the Albermarle, to be one or his private secretaries. John El oche 1, Esq., Q.C., has been elected law adviser to the Dublin Castle authorities. On Saturday Lord Marcus Hill was re-elected for Evesham unopposed, as was the Hon. W. Cowper for Hertford, and the Hon. Col. Fox for the Tower Hamlets. Lord Besborough, the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, arrived in Dublin on Saturday. He was to leave again yesterday for England, to arrange particolarbu,iness. On Sa - turday the Right Hon: the Lord Mayor enter tained his Highness Ibrahim Pacha in a very splendid manner, at the Mansion HouSe. NUMEROUS FIRES IN ONE N/GHT.—Between Sevea p.m. on Saturday, and three a.m. on Sunday, no fewer than five fire.; occurred in the metropolis. At the York Ass'zPs, on Saturday, Julian Herman Marcus, late a sharebroker at Leeds, Was acquitted og forging the transfer of some shuts- Li the Loudon and Croydon Railway. PRESERVATION OF WATER.—Water has been preser ved, it is paid, for seven years, by adding oxide of man ganese in the proportion of 11 to 250, and agitating the liquid once a fortnight. On Saturday Mr. Jervis, the present Attorney-general in the place of Sir T. Wilde, elected Chief Justice of the Common Pleas vice Sir N. Tindal, deceased, was re elected member for Chester. Among the pensions granted by Sir Robert Peel before retiring from office, were £lOO a-year to Mr. Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet; £5O each to two aged sisters of the late Major-General M'Caskill•; and a pension of the like amount to the daughter of Brigadier General Taylor, killed in the late war in India. On Sunday, a fire burst out in the wood of Valmy, and continued burning until the next day. Abut eight hec tares (about 20 acres) of. timber were consumed. The fire is attributed to malevolence, as this is the second time that the wood of Valmy has been set on fire within a few nnorithe.—Galignani. Mr. Charles Grey has been appointed pri to Lord John Russtll. Mr. Grey was se( Francis Baring when Chancellor of the I the former Whig administration. Mr .e secretary my to Mr. hequer under Crafter is ap. pointed private secretary to Mr. Turnell WALKING MATCH AGAINST TlMlL—Captain lieslcetb, of the 2d Life Guards, who undertook, on Friday, to walk from the Regent's-park Barracks to the Cavalry Barracks at Windsor and back again within twtlve hours, performed the distance (upwards of 47 n it s) with appa rent ease, in an hour and seven minutes within the sped. fled time. SUDDEN DEATIE—An inquest was held yesterday, before Me. Currie, touching the death of Mart Galron, a co gid sp . 5 1.,1 8 rn , red w d. yfoeft.opi night T nt neGeteal7le: deceased , aw(is r esiding sthakeeguo it t u. d e p u d al i y ff b e ei - ld s i re a e n t d . and a Surgeon was called, but she did not rally, and died in an !lour af , .r.r being seized. Verdict, after a post mortem examitation —Death from serous apoplesv. I.IIE SOLICITOR GENERAL.—Mr. Duißlas bas been ap pointed Subcit ,- ,r General. This arrar gemetit will Save Mr. Bailie Cochrane the trouble, ell), nse, and mortifica tion, which mtiq have been the results of another contested election at Bridport. Air. Cochrane, a:.ticinat b in e g fii t i h ed e electors s circulated in the selection of :tlr. Romily for the offict by Mr. Dundas, issued his of Bridport, and the document N borough on Friday last. A cabinet council, the first of the new ministry, was held at three o'clock on Skurday afternoon, at the official residence of Lord John Russell. in Downing street. The ministers present were Lord John Russell. the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of LanscLwne, Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Grey, Sir John Hobhouse,. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Auckland, Viscount M. rpeth, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The council sat two hours and a half. rated ad d r Tee Fitts AT ST. JonN's.—Among the events that happened during the terrible conflagration at St. John's, (Newfoundland,) was the destruction of the Banking house rented by the bank of British North America, which did uot, however, belong to the bark. The vault in which the bank treasure and papers were deposited,. fortunately remains entire, and during the whole period of danger was guarded by a body of soldiers, this assist. ance having been allowed by Culonel Law, at the ma nager's request. On opening the vault, the whole of the contents were found uninjured, and were removed to go veinmrnt (louse, the governor having granted the use of Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of July 41h, 1846. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—TRURO, Friday, July 10. Toe most tearful mining calamity evtr known in this county occurred yesterday afternoon in East Wheal Ross lead mine, in the parish of Newlyn, eight arks from this place. A thunder storm of unprecedented violence, at tended with a flood which resembled rather the bursting of a waterspout than tSe heaviest lain, broke over the tuated and rushing in torrents down the 8, afiattlildethd y e e e se fi v a e r p s r e t , fl i i , e i v b w 'l ut o . f w w e S a ° b t n e e o v m e f a t t d h h e e e y p t e t w t o e e p i rrle' wi o w e way ve t o y f ew reached so near as to be seen from the surface, ' , stet' by their previous exertions to hasten up quickly alarmed e surface Others .urrace, but, ex exertions to hasten up the lad ders, were beaten down by the torrent and perished. Forte-three were drowned in the nri . nc. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS,---W e Professor Keller and his troupe of are glad to learn that arthies, whose beauti- IUI cf." coy*. atIUTIS Or living statues nave met with tines amyl, d approbation from the trequ. nters of these de lightful gardens, have been re-entagedand are to re-ap: is ire Thetpublic shout SHIPPING INTELLIGENen. MONDAY, JULY 13,—Wind Bar Widnes— Benjamin Boyd, (vim Ir rince Albert, from Marac c-ans-02cfr-ief. Jackson, at Julia. Deslandes, for Rio Jane Java. Pickering. for Ma SAILED for Coristantinop Lawrenc mouiski—Polloc Mu,nie, for dit Ids. for Bombay— M'lntvre, for Q Constable, Poole, lor—Richigt There' hedwith - . - . - . .. an. from Ludlam, ke. from Aurora, Doctor, Luke. —Ann, John: Quebec —St. 'tray, for Rat ohn—Lad! Farley, or pril. and from Fernando Fo 4th May Charlotte, Lyon, and Swiftsure, Witt, from Bonny, at Fel Fanny. hence at Bouny Gaitsherne. hence at Rio Janeiro BOrma Ban k ,: it guile on -I).' near Memnry N. CAR• MARRIED. On the 12th instant, at St. Philip's Church, M TER to Miss ANN BUM STED. On the 13th instant, at the Rev. J. tleathcote Brooks, fellow. of B Oxford, WILLIAM WHITAKER, Esq.. sl ker. Esq.,of Liverpool, to FREDERICA BA widow of the lEte Thomas Stirl n place, Porten Viscount La n-square, and grand-daught he-Rill ^hurch. Cheltenham. by nnose College Henry Whits: I,E N NARA , . rd, of York: Ite Genets, Mr. ROBEIVE )oat, to ELLEN, secoau Lcl, Evcrton. On the I ,th Instant, at Waltrn WILLIAMS, jur., of No 9, -- daughter of HENRY FOSTER. Esq., Breck DIED. On the 4'h instmt, at the house of her s on-in-law, MI d ; llaltAeltoßf I c O k T y T to r n O s 7 ,3 L r A e. N iu D, th r i e s li to t w o n f . the late Gcorge Co p elaa LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1816. EVERY PRINTED AND PUBLISHED TUESDAY MORNING' BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford street. At No. 4. ST. GNOMON'S CRNSCENT Livsarnoc. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. NeWton no d Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White. Fleet-street; Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell.Chancery-lane; Charles Barker. Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornbill ; MOO" den Hammond, e 7, Lombard-street: Miteiel l, s, Red LIMP court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe. 3, Castle-court, Corn' hill; at the London Commercial Conee-house, Mincing-lane) at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhil l ; Chapter CO': fee.honse, Paternoster-row; North and South Amerie!l: Coffee house, Threadneedle-street ; Parso ns, g. lane, London; Johnston and Co, Eden Quit'''. Dubm." Tn for a plora