The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

tatibarb. Viz Eibtmoot effect upon their equanimity. The ancestors of the present generation were favored by Providence with the possession of a noble river, capable of being made the channel of our vast traffic with the Western world. By the exercise of ordinary saga city and forethought on the part of its citizens, Chester might perhaps have been the modern Tyre, and Liverpool have been doomed to remain the ob scure fishing hamlet of two centuries ago. These qualities, however, existed in a negative quantity on the banks of the Dee. The Cestrians were not sharp people, such as we find busy in creating ports and building towns in our own locality in the present day. They slept at their posts. In an evil hour they allowed the most necessary commodity for a great port, water, to be abstracted from them, their noble estuary to be dammed up into a mise rable canal, and obstructions to be erected upon their river, whose effect is to cause the rapid silting up of what re DAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1846 Don the sccrnd reading of the Corn g four nights, has at length nclusion," and Ministers have in securing a majority of ugh we have waded through at to a c could, there is one been a le to make out from vernment supporters, lich the repeal of the Rlture is to meet the nently to improve The failure of the 3e probable fever ald result in that country, I the house, on Friday night, s to ti ntroduction of h busty been to . the sea Since the commission Of these fatal oversights, they have been afflicted with periodical awakenings, not for the purpose of lamenting past neglect, but of indulging in the day dreams of once scon, he s a id, he imate necessity of which egulate the trade in her articles of food. more converting land into wai fleets of merchants vessels ter space, and seeing floating where sheep ch concluded the. n have been utter- and cattle are now grazing in r are or in clover .s any which he has During the past n have observed one of 1, 1 d by th attempts of son 31d ha ared the necessi naughty railway people to interfere wit i a river, I its inability ats of Mr. Cob- which Chester has sosi to employ for any useft e to the great Bright ; but the murrain got amongst e food of the Irish people, and forthwith nr applied vigourously to the study of has since been mercial interests of the country. The great mi neral proprietors of Flintshire and North Wales, re cognising the important effect of railway communi cation in developing the resources of the country, and facilitating the approach to the great marts of export and consumption, have taken up the project of crossing the Dee at King's Ferry, and carrying a railway to the river Mersey; and Chester is forth with in arms to resist the incroachment, although the line in question—the Mold Junction—effects a saving of nine miles to all who travel from this port to Ireland vid Holyhead. The Board of Admiralty is appealed to, engineers are called in, and meetings are being held to declare, in effect, that the produce of North Wales must not approach the markets of Liverpool and the manufacturing districts, without paying tribute to the "ancient city." More than this, our neighbours are very profuse in their impu tatims of unworthy motives against those who, so very naturally, propose to effect for themselves what Chester has never seriously attempted to effect for them. One of its local organs-, we observe, refers to the promoters of one of the railways proposing to cross the Dee as "parties who have personal and pecuniary objects solely in view, and care nothing whose interests they sacrifice if they can serve their own.". This is really very childish, and the imputa tions unworthy of serious notice. The inhabitants of Chester, in stickling for the unimpeded naviga tion of their river, contemplate the very same " per sonal and pecuniary objects" which they hold to be a crime in others. They say, we have railway com munications, of which Chester is the centre, to the Potteries, to Manchester, to Liverpool, and Birken head; and we want you to use them and aggrandise our city. Their opponents say, we had rather go direct, if you please. The animus of both is alike; but in pursuing it Chester is inert, whilst the pro moters of the Mold Junction and other lines across the Dee are active. orations which he h lanC everance, and with ition as if they were own, and the cheers elicited were the most cutting irony tei eiversation could earn for itself. It certainly appears to us that, in approaching the board of admiralty to press their retarding efforts, our neighbours hare a singularly unfortunate case to present. We should be the first to deprecate injurious interference with any tidal river. But, in the case of one at least of these railways, we can see no injurious effect to be feared; and the interference of the admiralty now would come too late, and ought to be viewed as a calamity rather than otherwise. There is no merchant traffic at present going up the Dee to Chester, with which a well constructed bri 'ge at King's ferry would interfere. The Marquis of Westminster himself admitted at the meeting held in Chester to petition the admiralty, that the depth of the channel, contracted by the Dee company to be kept at fifteen feet up to the city, is now only twelve feet; and we know that little beyond flats now use the passage. That board, alive as it is to matters connected with the preservation of our tidal rivers in a state of efficiency, but yet regarding the important objects to be advanced by opening out the mineral districts of North Wales to Manchester and Liverpool, will surely not interpose to humour the empty dream indulged in by the citizens of Chester of opposing the operations of nature herself, and converting into a port what - is fast becoming an in land and very unimportant town. Schemes of great public utility must not thus be obstructed. A little local soreness may be looked for and pardoned, and perhaps a few passing explosions of vituperative humour. The mere interests of Chester, however, are not to be balanced against those of an entire country, even to indulge a community to whom their once noble river has been, for a century past, like a court sword by the side of. a 'prentice boy, embar rassing rather than useful. THE HA RRINGTON WATER WORKS BILL THE LIVEEPOC Ural anti igrabitirtal gr 11). The Great Western steam-ship arrived here on Sunday from Bristol. _ _ . . The screw-propelled steam-ship Massachusetts has ar rived out at New York after a passage of forty-two days. She experienced very boisterous weather. The masons who struck for wages three weeks ago, at Preston, have returned to work. . At the meeting of the Highway Board, on Thursday, it was resolved to petition against the Harrington Water Company, On Wednesday, police-officer 73, was suspended ft,r lodging two respectable females in bridewell, who were trying to escape from a dranken man. A fire occurred on Thursday, at the works of Messrs. Garnett and Moore, in 'William-street, Great Howard street, but the damage was inconsiderable. SMUGGLING.—A seaman, named Thomas Layton, was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of smuggling a quantity of cigars, on board of the ship Joseph Cunard. The prisoner, who was chief mate of the vessel, was fined £5, or to be imprisoned . fora month. MANSLAUGHTER.—On Friday, at the Police-court, Chas. Gent was committed on a charge of manslaughter. It appeared that he was riding in a cart without reins, at Moorfields, and run over a child. The foundation stone of a new chapel, for the Wesleyan Methodist Association, was laid last week, by Mr. Samuel hi ohne, at the Potteries. The building will be erected on land given by Messrs. Homeric, Lace, and Tomkinson. On Tuesday, John Hankey, was committed by Mr. Rushton, to the sessions, for forging the name of Mr. Thomas Witter, joiner, Islington, to an order for some lead. The prisoner obtained the lead, and on presenting another forged order, was apprehended. ATTORNEY V. SOLICITOR,—A JUDGE'S OPINION. — Mr. Justice Patteson said, the other day, to a witness who called himself a solicitor, " I cannot understand why the term ' attorney' is avoided. It is a more honourable name than that, of a solicitor.' " The joiners at the Queen's Theatre, (now the Adelphi) anxious to assist the widow of a fellow-workman who was killed on the premises, released his tools from pawn, when they found that the pledged articles belonged to themselves, and had been stolen by the deceased. The committee of the Exchange News-room have issued a placard stating that they have determined to publish, on the Isi of April, a list of those persons who have been constantly in the habit of frequenting the room without becoming subscribers. DEVONSHIRE CREAM.—This far-famed luxury,• the choicest production of the dairy, is now to be had in Liverpool, and from its being conveyed from Exeter, a distance of 300 miles, in 9 bouts, arrives there in the highest state of perfection. A course of lectures on " Scriptural Truth as main tained in the Church of England, in opposition to Romish and other Errors," is nbw in course of delivery in St. John's Church, Blackburn. Dr. Tattershall will deliver the lecture on the 2d April, the Rev. T. Nolan on the 7th May, and the Rev. Hugh M`Neile on the 28th May. DEATH FROM A FALL.—On Thursday, a man named John Baines was employed at a house in course of erec tion in Everton, and in incautiously crossing a plank near the top of the building, which he had no need to attempt, the timber gave way, and he was precipitated to the bot tom, a depth of four storeys. He was so much injured that he died in about ten minutes afterwards. At the council meeting to-morrow, Mr. Lace will bring forward a motion "That the members of Council now constituting the Joint Sub-Committee of the Watch and Health Committees, on the bill of Lord Lincoln, and the proposed Sanitary Bill of the Council, be appointed a spe cial committee on those bills, and any other bills which are or may be introduced into Parliament on the several im portant subjects therein proposed to be provided for." NOVEL FEAT.—Mr. Brown, the clown at the Amphi theatre, took his benefit on Wednesday night, and on this occasion he gratified the audience outside the building by a feat of an extraordinary description. Many thousand persons assembled in Lime-street to witness the clown walk, or rather trot, on a barrel, as it - rolled from the rail way station in Lime-street to the theatre door in Roe street, a feat which he performed to the great astonish ment and amusement of the immense crowd. At the annual vestry meeting for the township of Bir kenhead, held at St. Mary's Church, on Thursday, E. G. Willoughby, Esq., in the chair, the following gentlemen were recommended to the magistrates as proper persons to be appointed officers for the ensuing year :—For over seers of the poor, Messrs. Wm. Watson, John Eastwood, Watson Peck, John Shore, A. S. Walter, Joshua Lane, and Robert Hughes; as assessors, Messrs. Henry Wood, Watson Peck, A. A. Dobbs, David Appleton, R. L. Gus sage, T. B. Golborne, and Jas. Stephenson. TOWNSHIP OF BOOTLE.—The annual meeting of the ratepayers of this township was held in the national school on the 25th instant. The accounts exhibited fur nished an additional proof of the diligence and industry of Mr. Donally, the surveyor, the whole of the rates having been collected except the sum of 255., and every account against the township liquidated. Mr. Donally was una nimously elected surveyor of the highways for the ensus ing year, at a salary of £BO, accompanied by an expres sion of his efficient services. EXCISE CONYICTIONS.—Ann Cosgrove, alias Bradley, a lodging-house keeper, was convicted of having a bladder containing three quarts of smuggled whiskey in her house. It was stated to be her third offence, and she was fined in the sum of £loo.—Robert Plummer was charged on two informations with selling adulterated tobacco. Mr. Snow ball, who appeared for the defendant, admitted the offence, but pleaded in mitigation of the penalty, that there had been no previous imputation upon his character. It ap peared that the adulteration had been to the extent of one fifteenth ; and a penalty of £5O was in each case imposed. QUACK DOCTORING —CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.— On Tuesday, a man, who has been in the habit of prac tising as a quack doctor in Liverpool, and who gave his name Isaac Facer, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having reduced Robert Rawlinson to a dying state, by the application of the contents of a bottle to his hand, which contained a liquid purporting to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to, but which produced serious in flammation of the arm, tending to mortification. Mr. Chalmers and another surgeon were examined ' • but as they were unable to state that the application, whatever it was, had been the immediate cause of Rav;linson's de bility and illness, the prisoner was ordered to be dis charged. DocK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A letter was received e subjoin the most important clauses of this bill from the Secretary of the Trinity Board, stating that an which is at present before parliament, and against the pas- additional buoy bad been placed on Hoyle Bank.—The sing of which the most strenuous exertions are now being receipts at the port of Runcorn for the last month showed made. A requisition to the mayor to call a public meet- an increase of 36 vessels, 1884 tons, and £l4 Bs. 2d. over ing of the inhabitants, to consider the measure, is now in the corresponding period of the previous year.—The course of signature, and parties approving of such meet- Chairman stated that the Dock Bill had substantially ing may sign the requisition at the Standard Office. passed through the committee of the House of Commons, When our readers have perused the proposed clauses, they the only alterations being as to one or two matters rela will, no doubt, agree with us that the bill ought not to be al- Live to the landing,stages ; there had been a strenuous lowed to pass. The Highway Board have instructed Mr. opposition on the r dwof the Birkenhead people, but their Hawkesly, the eminent engineer, to value the works of clause was thrown out, and an extension of time had been the Harrington Company, with a view to their ultimate given to the Dock Trust, namely, twelve months from the purchase, and that gentleman has estimated the concern passing of tha,act. at £270,000. An offer, with a liberal advance on this ap- CHARGE OF AssAULT.—A case, which excited some praisement, has been made to the company, and it now interest in court, came on for hearing, before Mr. Rush remains to be seen whether the public will support their ton, en Tuesday. The plaintiff in the case was Mr. Perry, local authorities. The following are the chief features of formerly a solicitor in Liverpool, now, we believe, of the Harrington Bill : Birkenhead; the defendant, Captain Sharp. It appeared First: the preamble recites that the company have expended from the evidence that the plaintiff was crossing in the in the purchase of lands and stations, and in the construction steam-boat to Woodside, when he was accosted by the of works £l9o .71r' is 5 defendant, about a letter he had written relative to the Additional expended and due on bonds 20,927 9 5 settlement of some accounts. Smart words ensued, and • Captain Sharp eventually struck Mr. Perry on the jaw. to 0- M- .s- d that one party seemed as The first produ loes he make it out, we have still to dis s either calculated to meet en framed, or perma- Ulmit the potato dis- Say that all .t down in the elaborate rk,:recently presented ort, are really to Phese might be excellent for some temporary measures of relief— Its tneasu ,o benefit Ireland ? ive him the coming fever in ! sors. and paste w e of ( lmons as a of money the return of customs duties ed food J by such grants, irettaßa ption, distributed amongst r the erection of fever hos- e peasan accompanied with measures to prevent the nee of such destitution, and to compel the Ireland to bear the burthen of the support e poor on Occasions of such emergency _ but that they are arguments in I the repeal of the Corn Laws we must take deny. Nay, we could even go further, and at such a measure must have a direct tend- resent; perpetuate destitution in Ireland, and to e into that country a state of things which it with calamity and suffering to the ma- ts population 'litmus of the Irish population, employed _ ..gricultural pursuits, have their article of food destroyed, or placed beyond of their means to purchase. So it is nd, for the sake of argument, we admit it They have not the ability to procure that 'd of food to which we have habituated ugh daily they are pouring their grain, butter, and other agricultural products 4nd what are we doing to which they must coarsest food—potatoes? duties, food, the pro - theirs out of the y in a 3ritish market food t n industry, to dr lating the excess of the sale t and other outgoings, he poor cultivator has to some temporary supply s and public works, to ent upon r the population of Ireland to get over their t strait. We have set up the Irish government rt of eh , to vend, at some 25 'oodi supplied by the has no more to do al of the corn laws than it has to do with tion. Shew us that ford to pay rent and th the English market price of his r produce reduced 25 per cent., and satisfied that this measure is the cure for _iresent and permanent social diseases. npt to do so, however, has never been I never will be made. Whatever may be eof free trade in foreign corn upon the , farmers, and middle classes in Great to the same classes in Ireland it must be ich as if that effect is a cheaper cost price, a sh use But all this ne, of transubstant can bett inally cheaper, mind—it is at the same truction of the very market, whose profits 'ord the means of buying, not a loaf but a neal of potato t not be r inded of the fact that some 1 Scotch farmers are not afraid of being et and sustain the competition of the We must not be told that the impetus to_commerce will give increased pros- y possibly give such ner. Ireland has no a market for her agricultural Above all, her social system and her are totally different to those of the Robert Peel tells us vauntingly, are s measure as a boon. The East o the hist o the British fari .Irnme I Le Lincolnshire farmer, tilling each his el or fifteen hundred. acres, with abundant ind improved agricultural implements, can d in ability to produce cheaply with the rackrented tenant of a mud hovel badly cultivated acres of half-reclaimed in Ireland ? Surely not. It may be improve your system of cultiva enlarge your farms ; get men of 7el d scienc as your tenants t T.ntl n a word, le Lincolnshire sys- 4'211,693 i .Alas, as applied to Ireland, _one o, or. Perry's witnesses ARM.— pi I sum expended, namely, .figo,7lo 18s. 5d., I; assumed clear your lands of their present as tin. capital of the company, and taken on four hundred much excited as the other, aed both used language which .opulation ; drag the thatch from the shares, would give an average of £476 15s 5d The original they would not have used in their calmer moments, which capital under the act, the only amount actually paid by the corn was also admitted by Mr. Perry pn cross - examination. out thousands of wretched- outcasts to being deducted l i c r s o . m tid t .. h g e iv a e b s an ay.rage of £238 6s. 2d., After the case had proceeded some time, Mr. Rushto n n . ,he highways, and convert a whole country pant', namely, ti c i ) e ve p , u l b e li a c v , e s but 2 n 3 o B t 9s the 3 d . leasta as said said that he thought both parties had used harsh . language vast pandemonium of famine, outrage, and profit, created by the rates paid byand though be did not wish to stop the case, perhaps at: part Ti of which has come from the pockets of the com . any. Are there any half-dozen of the smirking se o c;an ne u w el s a h u a s r e eg eiers the company to raise, by the arrangement might be come to. This, however, was not ,ra on the Ministerial or the Opposition creation i £208,000, c0m i a n n ad t c o lo x n ti lo the l £19.1,710 accomplished, and ultimately Captain Sharp was bound who tell us of improved modes of cultiva- 18s. 51. above set down ; the evaue, t a h n e d re t o h f e ovrr in his own recognizances of £3OO to keep the peace. present shareholders to be allowed to company to a proportion WEST DERBY UNION.—At the meeting on Tuesday, o, ed machinery, scientific cultivation, according to th it respective interest in thejoint stock; and, if th e assistant commissioner, Mr. kustin, was present w theoretic nostrum; as applicable to enable declined, then to be offered to the public. 3 The question of appointing relieving officers for the dis din the competition with sharesrlie fourth clause defines the price to be put upon the new tricts into which the union has been divided was again -7 I c o re i tt s t s cd a . d , T o h r This is to be the four.hundredth part of bro r uFt before the Board, when it was determined to elect ted by this measure, bold 4150 asstatecL e above eemp e ae 4; Tristram to the centre . or No. 2 district, and to re- The ninth clause empowers' £3o , ooo, 6 ti l 3 ' ;;iit d e . on -in person to any county bond, in addition to the .4'30 000 under the former act. - 4 , !nt ? Can they find The eleventh clause enables the ccny pany to consolidate the h a d propose d from £lOO to £l3O per annum. Mr. Austin a of Ireland—not present and future shares into capital stock. coincided in the course proposed, and the election was The sixteenthlclause provide - thlt,,aft , vp-tyment of in'ere to i made unanimously. Mr. John Shearson, of Great Crosby, sof country in the bond debt, the company are to take s i rr e c e er; l . on the ami uu t hundred, or expended under the former acts, that tOl e B e s .. a t d l . wtts, Williams,n the motion of Mr. Leatherbarrow, seconded by ' which would be more than 10 per cent. On the original ge M r. W elected to the third or more northern (I . nder the and further, that the company may divide not more than ° ten a; trict. A letter from Mr. Harbord was read, acknow ls. .._ __..2 "'hi?, iv nital I. lt ,s tiging, in grateful terms, and accepting the tender made -....... 1.,, riaerring h i m of his former appointment of medical officer of the gricultureto sust s to be cre thems f the four provin bog or brindred, a tt oor— can 1 ling the I Tile sevenmum the Corporation i uthern district of Toite eorion is an 1(T per cent. on fo th r e a fo c rmer and newly-created capit.., _.r Robert Peel only evinced vides further, fund )a of .'lO,OOO 'lO,OOO after the com pang and corporation contingent n t hen he abstained from even The ter aeiterte the CIO,( pro water with the Irish part of . pulates that that amount must form a regulation of the rates, so that, whenttt or ei t n Taco. reminded that there all iged the requirements before recited, the rates r e are to 1 again en of the O'Connell occur. , and so from time to Cum. as often as such case ' may w raised , _.. e —who support this measure— occur. fess to have at heart solely the good of )surdity ; and of £BO per annum. THE NEW NIGER EXPEDITION.—It Will be remem bered, that about two years since Capt. Beecroft and Dr. King left Liverpool in the steamer Ethiope, on another experimental trial to open commerce with Central Africa. Letters have been received from those gentlemen by a Dutch ship which arrived in the Channel, dated Fernando Po, Nov. 9. announcing the return to that island from the Niger six days previously. The vessel had been upon that river for a period of three months and a half. Unhap pily, in consequence of deaths, feuds, and wars amongst the chiefs, the aspect of matters in the interior had been found materially altered, and Rabbah, the largest and most flourishing town on the river, in 1840, is now de serted and in ruins. Owing to this disordered state of things the mission had not been so successful cotnmer daily as was expected, though not less so than Dr. King had anticipated under such circumstances. fRIBUTE TO WORTH.—On Tuesday evening, a meeting was held at Chalk's for the purpose of pt to grapple fa vides for a reduction of the price of sti standard for the me does not meet not afraid of bein is ( 1 1 Ir CHURCH EXTENSION untrymen Such men, however, we powerful instrument by I The London Gazette of Tuesday contains the following udation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners:-- bout t Ulterior obj More than all, the con- recom " We therefore recommend and e said new district of Cast'e-Hal, e that the patronage o ation dur- I red by that e pan of St )f Great shall be assigned in perpetuity to the Worshipful He chancellor of the diocese of Chester; the Rev. Hugh Liverpool; Andre Hamilton, Esq., of Strea a.. of Brixton; and the Honour; Regent's of the lett i !nisi of those who shall die, re r-press printers o liveried ion be- This is the second scheme which ,has been gazettcl at -stance of the Church Extension nod. But besides -.vo, which have already appeared in the London Pte, we understand, says the Record, that grants have been made from that fund, in aid of five or six other Liverp , or, London, Lead pacifi- Gazette, we .e two n owner lc/ale for the country various parts 01 cultifatc .d in appr ; place Ir over ti -cleterrea which d withou cination, tined at some more a commercial o produce a most unhappy rs, save the ,nt of ut.- %/WALL." .14/ SA .~••• ••••••• presenting 'a handsome skeleton lever watch to Mr. Jas. Inman, in testimony of the esteem in which he is held by his brethren in the profession, for his long and arduous services, in furtherance of their common weal, as Secretary to the Liverpool Society. The chair was ably filled by Mr. Charles Smith, who, in presenting the testimonial, 1111,121 tho W.Pilllll2 ahilitirc of Mr. Inman, and sa'cl the greatest compliment he could pay to his worth was by stating, that in the independent fulfilment of the duties of Its office, no one had ever yet impeached his integrity or aspersed his justice. Mr. Inman, on rising to return thanks, was warmly applauded by the meeting. He deeply telt the honour which had been conferred upon him, the more so, as from his boyhood upwards, be had always been the advocate of the principles which, in his official capacity, he had endeavoured to carry out ; and he hoped, ere long, to see the members of his profession, placed in that position in society to which their education and at tainments so justly entitled them. After other well-direct ed remarks applicable to their present position and future the nlandits of the assembly, Lndred new churches, in the with the same security as to pi 1 .31 , CC1.5, LIG aet uuwll 111J11.04 "sr, pL,....-••• -- - and the harmony of the evening continued until a late hour. The following was neatly inscribed on the inside case:— " Presented to James Inman, by the Letter-press Printers of Liverpool. in approval of ' his valuable services as their Secretary. Marcia 1846." ew church( 11 of t, nothing I of the next five ye ent acid future patronage ALL FOOLS DAY.—Ye! )lentifully besprinkled v ' Don Edward Heuson" erday morni the walls wer lacards iuncing tha aerial ex ~.uition from Clayton-square, by means of "aerial pro pellers," on Wednesday next ! T he da y of the month, ' I Anril the Ist, is carefully kept in the background, in or ., _ Clayto r this be delusions I fixed upon ion fainous fo senseless trick, as it is a . _._ propagated in it by Reform and Free Trade sponter , from the glorious days of Col. Williams tO those of Henry Vincent. - L STANDARD. Mr.. Ouiball, who has held office in the long room of the Liverpool Custom-house for the almost unprece dented period of fifty-eight years, has been superannuated without any solicitation. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A SHIPBUILDER'S YARD.—On Friday, a youth named Andrew Hannah, seventeen years of age, was at work at a vessel in the yard of Mr. Jones, shipbuilder, Brunswick Dock, when a bowsprit slipped nff the rail of the vessel, and struck him on the head, fracturing his skull. He died in a few minutes after wards. The spar in question had been slung from the mainmast head, by a rigger, named Thomas Jones, who had taken away the tackle and left it in a dangerous position. He narrowly escaped a charge of manslaughter. Verdict, " accidental death," with a deodand of £6, the value of the spar. TOXTETH PARK.—At the annual meeting, on Thurs day, of the ratepayers, the overseer's account showed that at the commencement of their year of office the town ship was in debt about £4,500, that this sum had been paid off, and that there was now a balance to the credit of the township of £1,359. A poor-rate of one shilling in the pound. and a watch-rate of four pence were laid. Mr. Appleby and Mr. Bolderstone were appointed over seers for the ensuing year. In answer to a call from the chairman, Mr. Williams stated, that the plaintiffs in the indictment against Mr. Vernon's shipbuilding yard were proceeding with their action ; and that it would be tried at the present assizes. He considered that such an esta blishment was more desirable than otherwise, giving. es it did, employment to seven hundred or eight hundred working men, whose earnings, which amounted to about £1,200 weekly, were expended principally in Toxteth park. But for such establishments the poor-rates must have been much higher, and would, therefore, have pressed severely upon the poorer classes, who are the least able to pay. The township received a very large sum in the shape of poor-rates from this establi bment alone, and he had no doubt but that the Park would be a very flourish ing place, in despite of any such opposition that was at tempted on the present occasion. Commerce would spread. He announced that a petition had been got up, praying that the plaintiffs would not proceed with their action, and exhorted all present to sign it. Mr. Royden observed, that the plaintiffs, in effect, stated that the com merce of the port should be confined to its present circle; but be ventured to predict that, before many years over, were even Knot's-hole, Dingle, would be covered with All present, with the exception of one, signed timber. the petition. EVERTON.—A. meeting of the ratepayers of this town ship (more numerously attended than on any former occasion) was held on Friday, for the purpose of trans acting the annual business of the township. Mr. T. E. Cartwright in the chair. Mr. Wilson Ledger, one of the overseers, presented a printed summary of the accounts of the highways, by which it appeared that the sum received during the past year was £2,062165. id., and the expendi- ture £2,183 Is. 3d., leaving a balance due to the surveyor of Xl2O 55. 2d. Mr. Wilson Ledger and Mr. Henry Edwards were appointed overseers, Mr. William Shaw, surveyor of highways, and the stipendiary officers were re appointed, with the addition of Mr. Joseph Robinson, as assistant-collector of assessed and property taxes. Messrs. T. Taylor and Co., 20, Dale-street, were elected printers, the votes for them being 27 ; for Whitty and Ellis 18 ; and for J. Kellett, 17. A committee was then formed to watch the progress of the Liverpool Sanatory Regulations Bill, with power to employ counsel, if necessary, to defend the rights of the township. Mr. Shaw announced his resig nation as a collector of taxes, and, in a very impressive manner, thanked the ratepayers for the good feeling which had always existed between them for the long period of twenty-six years; though no longer a collector, he would assist his successors with the best advice which his expe rience might enable him to give. Mr. Ledger explained, at considerable length, the very strict orders given by the commissioners for the more speedy collection of taxes, and urged upon the ratepayers the absolute necessity of greater punctuality. If any one should hereafter feel himself ag grieved by the expense of legal proceedings, let him not impute blame to the collectors, who were bound, under severe penalties, to obey the orders of the higher powers. EXTILAORDINAII.Y PROCEEDINGS.—On Monday the loiterers in the precincts of our Town-hall were put on the qui vine, by the arrival of a message to the Mayor, the object of which, according to rumour, was to solicit the interference of his authority in an apprehended at tempt, on the part of the Rev. John George Hounsfield, accompanied by a party of " sappers and miners," forcibly to enter Wadsley-house, the residence of Dr. Holland. As the dwelling in question is beyond the limits of the borough, his worship could not interfere; our chief con stable, Mr. Raynor, however, and a posse of armed police men, proceeded at once to the spot—and along with them, as may be supposed, scotes of lookers on. On our arrival at Wadsley, about three miles north-west of Sheffield, we found that the door had been already broken open, that the leader of the attack was reposing on a sofa within, after his exploit, in the easy dishabille of dressing-gown and cap, and accompanied by his wife; while the mansion was apparently in possession of the mob, who evidently regarded it—as some of them said the invader had called it—" Liberty Hall." In fact, ingress and egress ap peared to be enjayed by all. Soon after our arrival, how ever, a person, evidently in liquor, who carried a stout sapling in his hand, and had threatened what he would do, wished to gain admittance into the kitchen. He was at first gently remonstrated with, and after wards, on becoming unruly, was taken into custody by the policemen on duty. Within a few minutes after the removal of the man into the house, Mr. Hounsfield appeared at the kitchen window, and addressed the people in the yard, recommending his "friends" to keep peace able, as there were parties who wished to kick up a row to serve their own purpose. " What right," said the, " h •t 1 the police there? As much right as you have; — nay, you have more—for you are my friends—come here to protect me—but I beseech you to keep quiet. Who are to pay these men think you 1— are the expenses to come out of the rates? You, I say, are come to protect an honest man. It shall always be my endeavour to do you good ; but, above all things, I beseech you be orderly." This address was received with cheers and exclamation, " Ah, he's a trump !" Whilst this was taking place, and persons were walking in and out of the kitchen as they chose, it was rumoured that Mr: Raynor had gone to Sheffield to fetch a magistrate—that on his arrival the riot act was to be read—that the soldiers were in readiness, and would he there directly; and certainly at this moment the state of things looked sufficiently awful. Nothingness than a regular row was apprehended—this appeared the more likely as the feeling of the mob was evidently in favour of Hounsfield,—" They'd see him righted." At length a warrant for the apprehension of the active parties arrived from Sheffield; Mr. and Mrs Hounsfield were taken into custody, placed in a hackney coach with two or three policemen, and sent off to the Town-hall ; three men of the name of Hall were also des patched in cabs, and, when starting, were surrounded by an escort of about thirty members of the force, armed with cutlasses. This is a brief outline of the more obvious fea tures of the case, which is, of course, one of dispute about ownership and possession. Hounsfield has only just been liberated from York Castle, where he had long been in custody as an insolvent, this same Wadsley-house having been taken possession of, along with other property, by his creditors. Dr. Holland is only the tenant. Mrs. Hounsfield was liberated, as it was considered she acted under the influence of her husband. Mr. Hounsfield and the three men named Hall were bound over to the assizes. —Sheffield Mercury. The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEU MATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, where the patient has been driven nearly to madness by the excruciating tortures of this disease, but restore to perfect health in an inconceiv ably short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in rheumatism, either chronic or acute, lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, and indeed for every rheumatic or gouty affection; in fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medi cine, that it has astonished all who have taken it, and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influ ence. Sold by all medicine vendors. Price 24. 9d. per box. Observe the name of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp. INDIAN CORN BREAD.—Though the importation of Indian corn has of late been enormous, and though se veral valuable treatises have been published proving its powerfully nutritious qualities, and its excellence as an article of human food, we were not aware until yesterday that any effort had been made to introduce it into Eng land as a general article of food, when Mr. Gibbons, of London-road, laid before us samples that fully prove the success of his experiments. The bread produced is course or unpalatable, but it is perfectly white and of fine flavour. It is, however, only partially Indian meal—the flour—but it is so decidedly excellent and wholesome that there can be but little doubt that, through this one enter prising effort,it will become an article of general food, and as Mr. Gibbons has increased his stablishment by the addition of the adjoining shop, which he devotes entirely to the confectionary trade, he bas an opportunity of pursuing the manufacture of this bread on a large scale. The million should try it. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING The SEFTON Cur was wan by Mr. King's Baron, beat ing Mr. Craven's Clarina. The MOLYNEUX PLATE was won by Mr. P. Taylor's Vandyke, being Mr. Craven's Cassius. The CEOXTETH PURSE was won by Mr. Arderne's Matchless, bearing Mr. S. Standish's Shoveller. The ALTCAR STAKES, 16 dogs, was decided in favour of Mr. King's f d Eclipse, by Wisdom, out of Minna, being run up by Mr. Webb's Havoc. THE WEST DERBY STAKES fell to Mr. Ridgway's Ratoon ; Nimble ran up. The LANCASHIRE STAKES were won by Mr. Swan's Secretary, by Stork, out of Sister to Solomon, being run up by Maid of Kars. NOTICE History of the Kings and Queens of England, in verse, from King Egbert t) Queen Victuria. By A. Rossen dale. London : Souter and Law, 131, Fleet-street. This is a pleasing little work, very neatly got up. The writer has very briefly versified the history of our kings and queens, so that it can be committed to memo r y b y the young, and thus serve the same purpose as the ve r y useful, and, to many, almost indispensable , rhym e s — "Thirty days have September," &c. It has also the ad vantage of being sung. A genealogical descent of her Maj est y , a chrono set to music, and may be ei ther said or logy of our kings and queens, and correct versions of the National Anthem and Rule Britannia, are added. The remark of the poet, " duke est dilipere in loco," is nerve more pleasingly fulfilled, than when we see a writer of evi dent talent unbend himself, like the author of this trifle, to confer instruction and amusement upon the young. We have pleasure in recognising is the writer a res pected clergyman of the Church of gngland, and one who efficiently labours in our ifiame4,i4te neighbourhood., CORR t. SPONDE CE. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, LETTER 111 FREEMASON'S ROW DEAR SIR, —A house via* entered by us, the land ing place of which had a plank of the flooring broken, and covered by a loose slate. A child's leg might have easily slipped through, if not the foot of an adult. The front parlour was shut up, which the woman was unable to let, from its untenant•rble con dition, it being infested with rats, &c. The back room had several holes in the floor, some of which were loosely covered with bits of boarding. temporarily placed there. The whole flooring was very thin, and y►elded to a moderate pressure of the foot. The rats came up, even whilst the inmates were in the room. On descending in to the cellarage, which consisted of a back and front com partment, there was found accumulated a very large heap of soot in one corner ; another corner, on a former visit, was occupied by sweepings and refuse, though now cleared away. The accumulation of soot appears to be not an uncommon thing in the cellars, and there is a pre-, valent opinion that this practice is rather conducive to health than otherwise. Rats were reported to be nume rous and troublesome. The front cellar had a dry well directly opposite the front door entrance, loosely covered by planks. It was full of water, which, when stirred up, stunk abominably. In another house, the tenant stated that the cellar was flooded, and that it had been recently closed up by her husband, to prevent parties from continuing to throw in all sorts of refuse matters. The floor was covered with double oil-cloth, to keep out the damp and currents of cold air, which otherwise came through the chinks in the floor, su as to render the room completely uninhabitable. It is impossible to suppose, considering the cellar con tains a large accumulation of impure water, that currents of air could be conveyed from it into the upper apart ment, without carrying with them noxious effluvia, in the highest degree prejudicial to health. Some cellars, though not apparently containing water, yet seemed the recep tacles of a variety of filthy deposits. The condition of other cellars, which were not open to inspection, may be fairly inferred to have been similarly circumstanced. A passage, one of the " declining ways" hereafter alluded to, ended in a regular slough, the result of a choking-up of a drain or drains, and the consequent accu mulation of filth from three separate sources—as many yards contributing their streams to this focal point of con centrated muck. Over this slush, the door of one of the back yards was laid across, to form a bridge for the pur pose of a ready exit from one of the houses. Formerly., in the exercise of professional duties, having been accus tomed to visit the worst part of the city of Dublin, viz., that called " The Liberty," I can state that I never ob served any condition of things worse than that above re ferred to. From all the information that can be gathered, there is reason to suppose that scavengers do not visit this locality so often as ought to be. BA N ASTRE STREET. Near to one end of this street was a privy common to seven houses, which was cleaned by the the night scavengers. It was in the most abominable condition — or, as the neighbours described it, " scandalous and shameful." A trap-door was formed in the floor, just fac ing the door, and a heap of straw was strewn over the floor. This trap-door was for obvious purposes ; hut, from neglect of being closed properly, had, according to the neighbours' account, eventuated more than once in becoming a man trap, in one of which cases death by asphyxia appears nearly to have ensued ; and, in another instance, the rescued wretch loaded the rescuer with abuse, charging such person with having placed a trap on purpose. Fleas and rata, and such like vermin, are said to have infested the adjoining premises. A court in this street deserves notice specially. The approach to it is by a step descent from the street, and presents the frequently to be met with covered arch way, in passing along which stooping is a wife posture. This leads into a court containing six or seven houses, and, before landing in the court, you are met by an over flow of dirty stagnant water, resulting from the blocking up of the drain, as stated by the inhabitants. On inquir ing how long this state may have existed, a period of about twelve months was alleged for its duration, and the land lord appears to have disregarded the request of his tenants to have this nuisance rectified. They themselves had done what they could, from time to time, to remedy the matter, and even, as they said, had taken up the flags all the length of the passage, and cleaned it out with their own hands. This chews that the inhabitants of these locali- ties are not averse to making some efforts at improving their sanitory condition. The police bad been more than once notified formally of the persistence of the nuisance, but with unsuccessful issue. Now, what has been the consequence of this neglect, from the testimony of the residents of the court. Fever, as might have been natu rally expected, made its appearance in the court, and one entire family were seized, of which the head of the house hold, the father, fell a victim. " Another family had two or three children down with it." This single specimen, of which there can be no doubt, is a very common occurrence in the regions of LIVERPOOL PROPER, requires not a word of comment. But the fact of the passage running on a lower level than that of the street, is a very unfavourable circumstance in all attempts at improving the sanitory condition of the court. The fact of several courts and their entrances being consider ably lower than the street level, is a common thing, either in the shape of an abruptly sudden fall, or of a gradually declining transition from the footpath, Freemasons'-row presents several of the latter, and there are the remains of one of the former modes near the North Dispensary end of the street, which was formerly a passage to a privy and ash-pit for the houses fronting the street. It was four or five stone steps down from the level of the pavement, and so cramped was the archway, that the key of the arch scarcely rises above the level of the footpath itself, so that it must have been a task of no inconsiderable adroitness to effect an entrance, without striking the head against the archway, and for almost a certainty, any hat or other covering worn upon it. In fact, I cannot imagine how they ever did avoid such a mischance in getting down such a scram bling hole. The flood-tide of accumulations, operating upon these circumstantial disadvantages, has at last re sulted in approximating the ash-pit, &v., to the street, and now it presents the curious aspect of an ash-pit under two front houses, having the ornament of four or five use less steps descending to it, down which the ashes are now shot, in place of human footsteps. The interested resi dents complain loudly of it, but are in despair at present of any remedy. The fact of these declining ways are not particularized in the excellent report of Dr. Duncan, " On the Physical Causes of the High Rate of Mortality in Liverpool," be cause he confined himself to a general outline of non sani,ary modes of building. I Joust stop for the present, and remain, Yours, &c., G. C. WATSON .-,..--. DIVINE SERVICE ON EASTER EVE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Slll,—Next week is the solemn season of Passion Week, and in many of our churches there will be Divine Service every evening up to Good Friday ; but why should not the service cuntinue to the end of the week ? why not on Saturday evening as well as on the other evenings of the week ? Surely the eve of our Lord's Resurrection is a very appropriate time for the hallowed occupation of worship. The practice has been occasionally pursued at Edge UM Church. I shall be very glad if the hint cause the adoption of the practice at all the churches where there is service on the other days of the week.—Yours. &c. CONSISTENCY. Liverpool, March 30, 1846. ____.,..._. MOLD JUNCTION RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, before Parliament for making a railway from Mold, in this county, to the Hooton station of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, called the Mold Junction Railway. The object of this railway is to give to a very valuable mineral district the most direct communication with Bir- ject, it is necessary to cross the river Dee at King's Ferry, following, in fact, precisely the same route as the passengers from Flintshire and Denbighshire take at pre- March 81, 184 d. prepared to prove at the prciptr time, that it is perfectly practicable to cross the Dee *iMout inflicting the slightest injury upon its traffic. It may suit the purpose of their Chester opponents to make the navigation of the river the ostensible ground of objection to the railway, keeping the real motives of their opposition out of sight; but this misleads no on'e, and certainly will not succeed. The Chester Chronicle may rail on, bat the Directors of the Mold Junction Railway, confident of the justice of their cause, will, I trust, persevere to the end ; and that success may crown their exertions is the sincere wish of, sir, your most obedient servant. ' ' AN INHABITANT OF FLINTSHIRE. Mold, March 24th, 1816. CANADIAN MATTERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE COLONIAL GAZETTE Glasgow 23d March, 1846 SIR,—You are quite mistaken in supposinz that I have insinuated that, compared with the population of any county in England, in the same circumstances, the people of Canada would be found less loyal. I believe, on the contrary, that the people of Canada are more intelligently loyal than the population of any county or town in Great Britain and Ireland. So sincere, indeed, is my admiration of the Canadian character, in this respect. that your advocacy of it has already laid me under obligations to you, and certainly made me overlook the personalities which you have in- dulged in against me ii" disloyal man, talking of a colony of doubtful loyalty, dare not have used the plain language I have done. Had I descended to particulars, I must have more grie vously offended those parties in the province for whores alone your correspondent has the slightest right to speak. But for more active loyalists than them, Toronto would have fallen into AV Kenzie's hands on the night of the 4th December, 1837. I speak confidently, as having been on the spot, and under arms ; and I appeal for corroboration to Sir Francis Botut• Head (now in London), who is the last man to do injustice to the brave population of Canr.da. You may depend that the whole population of Upper Canada will deeply regret Sir Robert Peel's measure, ex cept a few Republicans and their newsapers, who pwill re joice, knowing that the introduction of Free Trade into England is just the breaking down of the colonial system. and the dissolution of the tie between the mother c'untry and the colony.—l am, sir, you obedient humble servant, ISAAC BUCHANAN. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY At twelve o'clock. on Wednesday, the half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at the Claren don-rooms, South John-street. The meeting was nume rously attended. William Jackson, Esq., presided. The CHAIRMAN commenced by reporting that the re ceipts for the last eleven weeks had avenged £lO5 a week more than they did this time last year, and by stating that it was the intention of the Directors to make a consider able reduction in fares, and to open the new road stations as soon as possible. _ _ The retiring Directors—Messrs. Bentham, J. S. Jack son, and Burt, were re-elected, and Mr. Cochrane was appointed a Director in the room of Sir Joshua Walmsley, resigned Upon the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the following re solution was unanimously adopted : " That as consider able inconvenience will be occasioned owing to th e last y not being pay he call thereon 6th day of July call on the new £5O shares in this comp. able until January, 1849, resolved, that tt would become due and payable on the next, be £2 per share, the whole amount then due." The CHAIRMAN then craved the indulgence of the meeting for a few moments, while he alluded to a matter of a personal nature. The proprieturs were aware that at the general meeting held on the 29th of January last, a charge was brought against him of having forstalled the Company in the purchase of some land, by which he re alised a large profit. He was taken by surprise on that occasion ; and when the following meeting was held, and be was prepared to render an account of his stewardship, his mouth was stopped in consequence of Mr. M'Gregor Laird having given notice of his intention to commence a suit in Chancery. Since then, Mr. Laird had published a circular, in which he left the whole matter in the hands of the Proprietors. He (the Chairman) therefore felt ,elf at liberty to state the circumstances under which land had been purchased ; for hitherto he had met all ttacks made upon him in leading articles in railway t: t' periodicals and circulars (and all by tie same Land) with a simple denial of the charge. As an instance of the mode in which he had been attacked, he had. received a letter from his son, who was at Harrow School, a lad only 14 years of age, in which he stated that a copy of one o(tbe fiercest attacks which had appeared against him (his father) in the public prints had been enclosed to. him. (Cries of " Shame.") He (the Chairman) treated such attacks as he would a wasp—he brushed them off, and had done with them. The Circumstances under which he purchased the land were these :—ln the month of July, 1844, a young man, with whom he had been acquainted for years, called upon him and stated that he was desirous of having a shop built at the corner of Argyle and Con way-streets, Birkenhead ; and he was asked to build the shop for him. Negotiations were accordingly opened with Mr. Cole, the agent for Penny and Watson, for the purchase, and he (Mr. Jackson) went so far as to cause plans to be drawn out for the erection of shops upon the land. He had bought it for a fixed purpose, and at a time when the Railway Company had no power to purchase it. Nine months afterwards the Company obtained the power, and it was subsequent to that time the Board agreed to run the Extension Line throulth the land, and to purchase it from him (the Chairman). He assured th e meeting that when he originally erltered into the contract, he had no knowledge that the Board would ever require it ; and he also assured them that the rrice be obtained from the Board was the real val of the - lani SO Mr. BENTHAM corroborated the • chairman's statement as to the land having been originally purchased with the view of erecting shops thereon. He informed the meet ing that Mr. M'Gregor Laird held but a very small interest in the Birkenhead line, and that, in fact, his last half yearly dividend only amounted to 6s. Bd. He pitied the motives which had dictated the present attack upon the chairman. _ Mr. WGREGOR LAIRD denied that he had ever written anything in railway periodicals to which he had not affixed his name. He confessed that he felt considerable surprise at finding that Mr. Jackson had been paid £4 a yard for the land in question, when no such price had been paid for land similarly circumstanced. He contended that long before Jackson made the purchase from Penny encl. Watson, it was well known that that very pi ece o f . lan d would be required fur the railway extension. Moreoverr Mr. Jackson had purchased land at both sides of the street, and it was impossible for any engineer to extend the line without taking it through some portion of that land. Mr. Laird went on to contend that the case made out on a former occasion had been proved ; and he re: minded the meeting that though he had heretofore asked for co granted. A discussion of an hour and a half's duration followea• in which several directors and proprietors took an ant' mated part. The CHAIRMAN then stated that he was anxious for in quiry into the general, but not into the particular question, Mr. M. LAIRD, after an ineffectual attempt to have the inquiry particular, as well as general, at length agreed t° have an inquiry under any circumstances. Much conversation took place as to who should for the committee; whether proprietors of the Birkenhe ad board, or gentlemen wholly unconnected with the nnai" mmittee orinquiry, thitt committee - bed - 1i - otbeeu ejected to the Cheshire Junction 13 1; rectors nominating any of the committee, and after alu e contention upon this point The CHAIRMAN nominated Mr. Ge pang. The CHAIRMAN 0/ his arbitrator. Mr. M. LAIRD nominat We had never it, with an opp ;is lady Fran V. itne.sed of those I rfect to be applies d Mr. Roberts •veib• ba!Lirge: Lth that or Room, Great to Queen's Vis3t_bntll° a humourri". h vrbictl_t oat 'Dogs are ex celw l pie n ' the first eatertal - t415.' f ed Icupieu.,,t-iempt The r e ct.) , useles,' t ice Iniversal, the pro:aaabbiree; igStinireii;lll;°a;hilbtterZifiggiltSal/:igf ---- again an opportnnitY f ' o cca. s ' a gilt heard hint should not let Op learn that t As Mr. R'if ly Rocrns, !at has bee ether en ge Stephenson a 5 a Gladstone A 5 his arbitrator. It was understood that, in case of disagreement, the ar bitrators.; should call in an umpire, and report the resul t ' the general meeting of the Company in July nest. A good deal of personality was indulged in througliotit most of the proceedings, and motives were attributed. A young lady, a widow, who describes herself as r:cbi; handsome, has been advertising in the Frenc,, s her desire to be married. A few weeks sg " if a s bell!: of this railway than by stating that it will enable the Mold a"u`"`` " i "" 5 '' '''." ' "' Au a " u u '''''" u ""'`" district, which has neither railway nor canal at present, to tiful, and, moreover, declared that she had X 2,000 a-S ea deliver coal and lime at Birkenhead at a cheaper rate than with the prospect of having £2,000 more before long. cr r , any other district in the kingdom ; and that as to the pub- likewise compelled to certify her desire, in a public adv e lic generally, it will effect a saving of nine miles of dis- tisement, to take unto herself a husban by railway between Liverpool and of A m iESMERIC CLAIRVOYANCR.—A few *ge ne ° the very ex, e other parts o ty o f by the mai °r 2 t wo' 4 arded as , excited ha% e visited tiloos others—ha ve fr aele the human e y 0), „ twice to all who trave. Ireland via" Holyhead. No sooner was the Mold Junction Railway announced, the p 001..., _ than it received such an amount of support from the land- duetion of inipo owners and gentlemen resident on the spot, as it seldom tion. The— various falls to the lot of any railway to obtain. This success was Lafontaine, Braid, C viewed with no little jealousy by certain busy inhabitants a d i o d c s o e n n y : e n : ° a d, . all 1 of Chester, who augured little less than destruction to the meamp ,-;. interests of '' • f the loss of the Mold .-- - S the agewlio nti various una that venerable city from traffic, which traffic, by the way, it does not poss and never can have, for the Welsh passengers, rather than go nine miles round, will still continue to cross the Dee at the ferry, whether there is a railway to Sutton or , ss now, , s wr_ LiverP.' 4 to , of pow er 0n t be of nauell:? firvi ;relit aye ight b Pk' iverfterr -f Or •• money and time, as compared with the more circuitous route through Chester. This alarm, therefore, of the Chester interest, as to the loss of passengers travelling to Birkenhead and Liverpool, froth North Wales, is wholly groundless, while, as respects minerals, I would ask, for what reason consumers of coal and litre at Birkenhead and in Lancashire are to be charged for nine miles of extra distance by railway ? Such an additional charge, in these days of cheapness and intense competition, cannot be jus tified for a moment, and it is something too much th at the public are to be taxed to this extent merely to please the Chester people. But no ! Ido them injustice ; the inha bitants of Chester, as a body, care nothing about the mat ter. The opposition to the Mold Junction Railway is confined to a small knot of shareholders in a rival railway, resident in Chester ; and I beg leave to tell them that that opposition is to the last degree selfish and untenable. Can it be contended for one moment that Mold bas not as much right to a direct communication with Birkenhead for its passenger and mineral traffic as Wrexham or any other town ? " Oh, but," say these Chester gentlemen, " the navigation of the Dee will be ruined; you cannot have a direct road to Birkenhead without crossing the Dee, and that must on no account be permitted." Why the very same argument was used years ago, against improving the ferry over the Dee at King's Ferry, and the city of Ches ter was defeated in that contest, and the right of the Welsh public to the shortest communication with Liver pool was fully recognised by Parliament. This outcry about the navigation of the Dee is really ridiculous, when we consider that there is no intention on the part of the Mold Junction Company of interfering with the traffic of the river. They, believe, and will be