The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

THE LIVIRPOOL STANDARD, TTThSDAY, MAY 24, 1853. DUBLIN EXHIBITION. MR. GLADSTONE'S FINANCIAL POLICY. Tthe new stocks devised b ADIES' & GENTLEMEN'S SEASON TICKETS THE consents to accet -4-1 are ON SALE at the follow i ng p l aces : py Messrs. MILNER and SON, Lord-street. the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER for the Messrs. JONES and Sox. Castle-street. reduction of the interest on the National Debt, Mr. DismoßE Bold-street. Gentlemen, Two Guitleaa; Ladies, One Guinea. have come in day by day in such infinitesimal doses, —in such ridiculous disproportion to the magni tude of the sum proposed to be dealt with,—that LOCAL SECRETARIES. Mr...TNO. GRANTHAM, 9, Orange-court. W. T. C. ARCHER, 54, Lord-street. even the partisans of the patchwork Cabinet cannot TO CORRESPONDENTS. help pronouncing the scheme a decided failure. tt 3 ' Re shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subject s o f l ocal or general i nterest ; and if our friends otwithstanding the immense advantage which was Will be good enough to authenticate the same by their sigma- anticipated from the adhesion of the PEELITE sec tares. for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. tion to the used-up Russata, faction, finance seems TH E MEETING IN CIRCUS-STREET.--We have received nu- likely to prove as dangerous a stumbling-block as raerous letters on this subject. Those which we have selected Will be found I n anot h er co l umn, and are, we think, quite ev er. This first essay of Mr. GLADSTONE' S .. %n fficient for every purpose. financi a l s kill oug ht not, h owever, to b e w i t h out i ts 4 i)n • nihas no ground of compl a i n t aga i nst us for his name not uses. I t s h ou ld make men more caut i ous how e g mentioned among the Liverpool exhibitors in our re- they accept that ingenious scheme known as the Port of the Great Industrial Exhibition at Dublin. No catalogue has yet bean publish e d t o f orm a guide, and those Budget, and cause them to hesitate before they who i ho desired to be specially all u d e d to, s h ould have furnished adopt s tat emen t s on th e mer e f a ith o f a reputa ath the particulars of their respective contributions. tion which nothing has yet occurred to justify. One of the vaunted items of the conversion scheme was the proposed Exchequer Bonds, which were to form such eligible securities for investment ; but the returns of acceptance on several days have been entered " nil," and the whole amount agreed to be taken is no more than many a Liverpool merchant could conveniently do with his spare cash. But the failure has not been for want of advocacy, for the Times has studiously endeavoured to earn its bribe of £26,000 a year by recommending the ac ceptance of these Exchequer Bonds in every pos sible variety of seductive recommendation, though all apparently without effect. The total amount of stock for compulsory conversion is about ten mil lions ; and, as the whole of the assents at the South Sea House, up to the close of last week, realised only £125,815 Bs. lid., there is a heavy de ficit of dissentients to be paid off. No provision has been made for the creation of new stock to provide for the deficit ; and, as the CHANCELLOR of the Xiberpoot *tanbarri, L TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1653. THE VOTE FOR MAYNOOTH COLLEGE : DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY. WE begin to have some hopes of the present I:louse of Commons, despite the erroneous conclu sions to .which they not s ometimes come, when party, last r pinciple, is the p reva i ling motive. On Thursday the, in the ordinary S ess i onal business of voting Suppl*e: s, an operation so much a matter of course, that it rarely commands more than a small littendance, a vote of -P45,000 for public buildings In Irelatd was opposed by Mr. SPOONER, on the ground that it contained an item of £1,235 13s. for repairing and maintaining the Romish College Of Mayno o th, an d he moved that the vote shou ld be reduced by that sum. In vain did Lord JOHN 11SSELL utter some of his absurdities in defence of the grant,—for he has a mania on this subject, t r v i l o i tio i:ihe u s s perienced such a v i o l en t re - ac ti on i n the Durham l e tt er , th at h e h as ever since b een more ar d ent in his Romanist tendencies than be Was before, In rain did the firebrand Lucas, HWith Si r JAMES ...nr GRAHAM and Mr. SIDNEY Itl3 "T, Come t o t h e rescue : t h e Di ssenters. tn ed with 'the Con serva ti ves , an d th e vote f or Ynoo th was r e f use d b y a ma j or i ty o f 76 to 56. landthough but an instalment of justice to Eng tc:lB a step i n t h e r i g h t di rection, and shows io r ' m the v o i ce of the people, which has been so tau"' of P r essed in condemnation of th e mainte t nee t his hotbed o f su p erst iti on , i s b eg i nn i ng t o be 'heard through their repr esen t a ti ves . Th e tl e a s must be to r e p ea l th e E n d owment w hi c h the Ho use of C ommons was induced to grant p nra gh the plausibility of the late Sir ROBERT Pro ; and we shall then only have made small press towards rescuing our unhappy Irish fellow ritnetspjeoctties from th at spiritual thraldom and priestly ea which k ee p s t h em i n ignorance of the blessed truths of Christianity, in social misery, and lo political insubordination. EXCHEQUER, when questioned on this subject, alluded with seeming confidence in their not being wanted to the balances in the Treasury, we pre sume that they will have to be devoted to this ob ject, or an application made to Parliament for powers to amend the defects of the previous ar rangement. Some Conservatives lamented the de fection of the PEELITES, but in Mr. GLADSTONE we have lost no great amount of financial ability. The following is the return of the total amount accepted up to Saturday night at the Bank of Eng land, and at the South Sea House, distinguishing the several kinds of new stock : S AMONG THE LABOURING CLASSES. TI-IPatt seems to be an insuperable obstacle to successful legislation for the great mass of the Population, however skilful the design or philan- A nti-Corn L aw League w t rophic the intention. When the hi re li ngs o f th e ere a gitating the country for the rep ea l of the Corn- the most m agn il oq laws, t h ey indulged in ings w hi c h uent promises of th e great bless were to be enjoyed under a system of Free -trade policy. Food was to be cheap, employ tilent was to be universal, and wages were to be tnnple ; so that every working man and his family m ight enjoy the comforts which were previously c onfined to the classes above them. En g l an d wou ld kn ow' no want, the prisons were to be empty, a n d 14e workhouses useless. Such was the day-dre am pic tured i n glowing colours before the unreflecting mT s ses, and the treachery of a C onserva ti ve Minis assisted to put the realisati o n t o the t es t. " ev en years have -since rolled by, and though the tiexiitsrtarotaidia,inary discoveries of gold in California and with the mania for emigration to which t b i l e Y, have given rise, have filled up the outlines so nIY drawn by the Free-trade enthusiasts, the latter r a claim all the results as the fulfilment of their tia lP- S e t u a i t e e tionL The last year-and-a-half has witnessed of commercial activity and prosperity almost azindParalleled, food has been comparatively abundant, t un ern PloYment has been at the command of every th e ~° was willing to labour. But where are tu ,ru°'`a that such a coveted state of things are of the blessings which were anticipated ? t‘ l at : . :4l. g ti r c a t t i i v o e n has taken off the portion of the popu ki which was said to be redundant, and added to t em b e d ... h e o • ands upon industry, but the truth is nn ng strikingly apparent that the happiness of Is beyond the control of legislation, and Peopl e east' d espite the most favourable circumstances, men ilrte endowed w i th human passions and impulses td eb set at nought all the calculations of political e°rists urne The working man comp l a i ns o f h ar d t 1 ,7, e of dear f oo d , an d of ruinous competition lii; sin glow wages and uncertain employment. All ca mp paints are redressed. F ree - tra d e h as g i ven thidi abundance of cheap food, emi grat i on h as ac nn ed the ' ranks of his competitors, commercial vity has found him full employment ; and how toi. e s h e rece i ve t h e b oon ? F rom manu f acturing 4 123 from busy seaports, and even from rural dis 'l,s th e reports are mult i pl i ed of workmen o f a ll tieecriptions joining in strikes and turn outs for _ cre ased wages, or f or reduced hours of la b our , fo r additi ona l advantages ; and in some places it 15 said that, owing to the present high rate of wages , t w l le men re f use to work for more than three days a :etilt,content to remain in their present state, or co th:t4etZeencl lower in the scale of social position, Thi s i s a e Y may enjoy the luxury of idleness. promised melancholy otlfight bar: ° b reverse of a picture which whmdustr f air; but, after all, it is no more than y, as s e n expected. Necessity is the parent the latter is the parent of wealth, 1:10 111 in its t urn produces indolence, which leads to Ilert Y and it was only the constant demand 0 1 ; 0 11 the energies of Englishmen, the fertile source its many complaints, which raised this country to too P 1,: d ell of national greatness. Circumstances have doted mitigate much of the grievances t o e d bY our industrious classes—we have laboured 4ticialigment their means of physical enjoyment— directi Mo dern le g i s l at i on has been all in the same Don theby removin g t h e b ur d en of taxation from e g r eat n. mass of tilt consumers, and thro w i ng it But, i n eland and th e possessors of realised property. realg this, we h ave also removed the only ali stimulus to industry, and the fruits are begin 4cig to be apparent in the general tendency to take It /. , a rltage of the increased demand for its exercise. 04 la the commencement of a struggle between int erest and labour, in which, though the former b " ir `erest m ay I, ue the first sufferers, the latter must be 1 , 4 . 41:1 ate1y the worst; and though it may be in l a to raise a warning voice where duty has to our with i nc li nat i on, we shall at least have done evil!' Part in ca lli ng attention to the subject. The m ay for a tim e b e s t ayed b y the concessions to e d emand s for high er wages, which seems pretty eivetierallY to have been ad o pt e d , b ut the ultimate it'ect Must be to in crease t h e m i schief; and though diff i CUlt to sugge s t a reme d y where the only i:°Pe of its realisation is th e goo d sense of unthink g .n be 41 4, we must not forget that t o b e f orewarned ` forearmed, MURDEROUS ASSAULT WITH FHE KNIFE IN LIVERPOOL.-COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER. At the police office, yesterday, (Monday,) a black sea man, of most repulsive aspect, was placed in the dock, on a charge of a very heinous character, and which of late has been of frequent occurrence at this port. The name of the prisoner was John Dowden, and the circumstances of the case, as brought out on examination, were briefly these. On the 11th of April last, Dowden entered the boarding 'oose kept by Mrs. Thompson, at No. 19, Queen-street, and demanded some supper. Thomas Lloyd, a man of colour, who was cook at the house in question, (which is chiefly frequented by coloured seamen,) told Dowden that he could not have any supper there, and demanded of him why he came there so often for the purpose of raising a row. Dowden replied insultingly, that it was not to him (the cook) that he had addressed himself, but to the girl, Mary Kilhooley, who was close by at the time. He added, with evident anger, that he (Lloyd) appeared to be possessed of the notion that he was master of the house, and then sprang upon the poor fellow, who was lying upon a bench in the kitchen. Before the unfortunate cook knew what the wretched Dowden was doing, he felt the warm blood flowing from his side. The girl distinctly saw D )welen take an immense clasp knife from his pocket, deliberately open it, and then plunge it in the side of the cook. A copious stream of blood and air rushed from the wound, and it was afterwards discovered, that in addi tion to other severe injuries, one of the poor fellow's ribs had been cut in two. Lloyd was soon conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he lay till yesterday, down to which time he was unable to appear; and, so far was he re moved from a state of safety, it appeared that he was at the close of the investigation conveyed again to the hospital. The medical evidence was to the effect that the wounds are of such a nature as may even yet cause death ; and it is not likely, if Lloyd survives, that he will ever enjoy his former state of health. It further came out in the evidence against the prisoner, that when police-officer 640 was called into Thompson's boarding-house at the time of the assault, he found Dowden brandishing his huge knife, which he held in his left hand, and threaten ing to plunge it into any one who offered to interfere with him. When called upon to make his statement, the prisoner said he had nothing to say in palliation of the offence save this, that at the time he committed it he was in a state of intoxication. The magistrates committed the prisoner to take his trial at the next ensuing assizes, when be will probably be brought up charged with intent to commit the capital offence. BANK OF ENGLAND. Three and a half per cents £ 120,088 8 6 Two and a half per cents Exchequer bonds Total .. • ... £1,425,767 19 6 SOUTH SEA HOUSE. Three and a half per cents £30,824 3 6 Two and a half per cents Exchequer bonds.. 6,935 0 0 £125,815 8 11 TRANSFER OF LAND. AMONG the many grievances which have from time to time been brought before the attention of the Legislature, the one which has appeared the most hopeless of a remedy is that of the difficulty and great expense attending the transfer of landed property. To acquire an ownership in the soil seems to be an ambition almost universal ; but the transfer has become so loaded with accumulated legal requirements, that the cost of transfer in minor cases is almost as great as the value of the property to be conveyed ; so that land, instead of being a marketable commodity, is in reality in the hands of but few owners, because those who would willingly become small proprietors, are debarred from investing their limited capital in this direc tion, through fear of incurring the heavy legal ex penses which are inevitable. This is an evil which has not only been seriously felt, but proposals for a remedy have been anxiously discussed both in and out of Parliament. No sooner, however, has one great legal authority suggested a simple form of conveyance, which shall apply to all cases, and be comparatively inexpensive, than another luminary equally renowned for his legal experience discovers grave objections, which he deems fatal to the pro posed alteration. It may be that he casts a long ing lingering look behind on the ample bills of costs which gave some substantial value to his pro fession, and views with regret any attempt to dimi nish them for the future ; or it may be that he really foresees in the stern simplicity sugested a fertile source of future litigation on disputed titles. Such was the course of argument in the discussion on the Registration of Assurances Bill, which pro posed to establish a register of each man's title to his landed possessions ; and the caution of the ex- Lord Chancellor, who raised the objection, has met with a cordial response from many a sage at torney long practised in legal technicalities, and the glorious uncertainty which is said to be the charac teristic of English jurisprudence. It is far easier, however, to raise objections than to remove them ; and, whi:e lawyers dispute as to the practicability of a remedy, the evil remains unremedied. It was so in Ireland to a far more ruinous extent than in our own country ; but Parliament cut the Gordian knot which it could not unravel, and established an Incumbered Estates Court, which superseded all previous axioms of law, and selling property thus transferred to the highest bidder gave the purchaser an Act of Parliament title;--the best, because the simplest. A bill with a similar object in view has been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. VINCENT -ScuLLT, and now waits for discus sion. It is entitled "A Bill to facilitate the Trans fer of Land in Ireland ;" and it proposes to super aede and virtually continue the expiring powers of the Cotrmissionerc under the Incumbered Estates Act, by establishing a Land Tribunal, to consist of three judges, before whom any land in Ireland may be brought by. application of the owners. It is to constitute a court of registration of titles and in cumbrances ; and one of its main features is the power to issue debentures on estates brought within its jurisdiction, not to exceed ten years' net annual value, and to he repayable within the same period. These debentures are to be granted under the authority of the proposed Land Tribunal to the owner, and form negotiable instruments similar to bills and promissory notes. It remains to be seen whether the Legislature will sanction this plan of raising money on landed property made easy ; but it has seriously been debated whether the time is far distant when some such a system will be wanted for England as well as Ireland. The discussion on the Registration of Assurances Bill shows that the legal difficulties attending disputed titles are almost insurmountable. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM fell a sacrifice to the law expenses on mortgages and similar proceedings eating up princely possessions ; and the active operations of Freehold Land Societies, though avowedly with a political object, go to prove the intensity of the desire for the acquisition of this species of investment, and the bar which exists to its realisation. It is a subject which well deserves the serious attention of the Legislature ; and it is to be hoped that some of our legal luminaries will, ere long, introduce into Parliament a bill to facili tate the transfer of land in the United Kingdom. THE SECOND ROYAL LANC ASHIRE MILITIA assem bled yesterday morning, at n ine o'clock, at the depot, Everton, for a month's training, under the command of Col. Sir Thos. Geo. Hesketh, Bart. When the roll was called over the greater proportion of the men were present. The day was occupi e d i n preliminaries, and it is no t ex pected that the regu l ar exerc i ses o f t he corp will corn Dance before to-morrow. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK QUESTION- LIVERPOOL ELECTION COMMITTEE. ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS. THE exciting contest which is now going on in Birkenhead, for the election of Commissioners, out of which body are chosen four Dock Trustees, tends to justify the remarks which we offered last week, as to the advantage and necessity of trans ferring the Birkenhead Docks to the Liverpool Dock Trustees, EO that this description of property, on both sides of the Mersey, may be under one efficient management, and the public, as well as the proprietors, be spared the mischief and expense of useless litigation and senseless disputes. For the eight vacancies in the Board of Commissioners, there are as many candilates on each side, ranged under the respective colours of blue and red, and long addresses from the opposing partisans are issued almost every day, with all the ardour of a Parliamentary contest. It must not be supposed, however, that the colours which have been adopted are in any way indicative of political bias, as the Blue, which, in Liverpool would enlist much Ra dical sympathy, is here adopted by a party of can didates who are nearly all Conservative, whereas the Red list, which, on our side of the Mersey would be a Constitutional symbol, contains in Birken head many of Radical politics. Party politics are therefore altogether eschewed, and the votes of the rate-payers, who number about two thousand, are solicited upon grounds which solely apply to the unhappy disputes about the Dock property. On behalf of the Red party, Mr. CARMICHAEL, who is one of the candidates, has put forth an address, in which, as a shareholder of the Dock and Ware house Company, he complains of the obstructive course which he says has been adopted towards that company by the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, in which the Blue interest at present predominates. They have lately made, he says, great exertions to let their land on the margin of the Float to manu facturers, shipbuilders, and others, and he cannot conceal his indignation at the Dock Trustees coming forward on the threshold of improvement to contest the right of the Dock Company to a free control of their property, and threatening a suit in Chancery if they remove a stone from their own walls, which he states were built at the sole expense of the Dock Company ; and further, that it was entirely owing to the money ad vanced by the Company to the Dock Trus tees to excavate the Great Float, that the walls have been made accessible. He professes his desire to afford every inducement to shipbuilders and others to locate themselves on the margin of the Float, and adds an expression of his anxiety to have the contract with Messrs. BRASSEY and M'Co.RaircK, for the completion of the outerworks, carried out as early as possible, which, however, he says, must take several years to accomplish. In reply to this, Mr. A. W. POWLES, the chairman of the Dock Trustees, has published a letter, in which he says that the Company set up a claim to deal with more than a mile in length of the Dock walls, the conservancy of which rested with the Trustees, who have simply resisted an invasion of their rights—rights in which the township of Bir kenhead is deeply interested, and which, so far from being now asserted for the first time, have been equally asserted by their predecessors in the Dock Trust for years past. He asserts that, so far from being influenced by feelings of hostility, the Dock Trustees have on two occasions—the 23rd of last month, and the 14th of this month—written to the Dock Company, proposing a meeting for an amica ble arrangement of the matters in dispute, but to neither have they received any reply. He denies that the Dock Trustees are opposed to the estab lishment of manufactories on the banks of the Pool, and contrasts the course of policy pursued by the present Trust with that of their predecessors, refer ring to the one great fact accomplished—the re sumption of the works; and he expresses his con fident expectation that, before their term of office shall have expired, they will have entered into contracts for the entire completion of the works, unless the result of the forthcoming election—by which he means the success of the Red party—shall have the effect of restoring to the Board the same elements of disSension which before rendered them a byeword. He states that in four months from! this time the dam will be across the entrance of the low-water basin, and the outer works will be finished by October, 1855. He concludes by affirming that the interests of the Dock Trtistees, the Dock and Warehouse Company, and the Township of Birken head are identical ; and expresses his regret if the Company should continue to resist a friendly I THE ballot for a select committee, to investigate the ' allegations in the petition against the return of Messrs. CHARLES TURNER and WILLIAM FORBES MACKENZIE, as Rrepresentatives of Liverpool, and complaining of bribery and treating at the last election for this borough, took place yesterday (141onday) afternoon, when the follow. ing members were chosen. Mr. ROBERT INGHAM, Chairman. Mr. JAMES WILLIAM FRESHFIELD, The Hon. JAMES PIERCE MAXWELL, Mr. JOHN BALL, Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS. In enquiries of this kind, so much depends on the poli tical bias of the members constituting the committee, that our readers will be interested in speculating on pro bable results, by understanding the peculiar opinions of those to whom this petition is entrusted. We therefore subjoin the following brief particulars, as given in Dodd's Parliamentary Companion Mn. ROBERT INGRAM, the chairman, is member for South Shields, and a Queen's Counsel. He is a Whig, and formerly voted in favour of the Corn Laws, and against the Ballot. He supported the Conservative Administration, on several occasions, in 1835 ; but now "holds it would be both unwise and unjust to reimpose any duty on Foreign corn." He is in favour of the May nooth Grant, and of Parliamentary Reform. MR. JAMES WILLIAM FRESIIFIELD, the member for Penryn and Falmouth, is a Conservative, in favour of Protection to Native Industry, and of " Protestant prin ciples ;" but considers " that no attempt can be made for the re-enactment of the Corn-laws." The Hon. JAMES PIERCE MAXWELL, the member for Cavan, is a Conservative, and voted for Agricultural Pro tection, in 1846. Ma. JOHN BALL, the member for Carlow county, is a Liberal, in favour of Vote by Ballot, and of " complete equality for all religious denominations." He was called to the bar in 1843, but has not practised. He is the author of various essays on mathematics and natural his tory, and of a political pamphlet, entitled, " What is to be done for Ireland ? " MR. WILLIAM WILLIAMS, the member for Lambeth, is a Radical Reformer, an advocate of the strictest eco nomy and retrenchment in the expenditure of the public money, and is in favour of the repeal of the " Inquisi torial Income-tax." He is the author of two pamphlets on the state of Education in Wales ; and also a pamphlet on the defective state of the representative system. He is known in the House by the soubriquet of " Smollett," as being a bad continuaticn of Hume. settlement. This difference between two influential bodies, thus brought to the issue of a popular contest, does but confirm the opinion we have previously ex pressed, that it would be advantageous to all par ties if such an important property were removed from the arena of rivalry, and placed under the same efficient management which has rendered the Liver pool Docks the wonder and admiration of the com mercial world. There is no real ground of anta gonism, and the rapid increase of trade to the port will fully require the occupation of both sides of the Mersey. For the present, however, the question is left to the ratepayers of Birkenhead, many of whom will, no doubt, be guided in their votes by the simple fact that to the blue party who have at present the ascendancy in the Dock Trust is owing the progress which is now being made to render the dock property more available by completing the outer works. We can quite agree with Mr. POWLES that the interests of all parties are identical, and it is to be hoped that this feeling will not be kept out of view in the forthcoming election. WORKING MEN'S CHURCH ASSOCIATION, Tae object of this association is to provide additional Curates for Liverpool and the neighbourhood, whose week-day labours are to be limited to pastoral visitation, and who are to be engaged on Sundays in fo rm i ng new congregations amongst the working classes. So successful have been the operations of this association, that it has already more than thirteen hundred families of the work ing classes who are subscribers, and two new districts have been formed in Liverpool—one at the North Docks, entitled St. Aidan's, after the College at Birkenhead, of which the Rev. Dr. Baylee, the director of the associa tion, is the principal, and another out of the districts of St. James's and St. Bride's, under the joint superinten dence of the Rev. H. Hampton and the Rev. W. Ai. Falloon. Exertions have also been made to extend the working of the association to the district of Birkenhead, and with such success that the income of £lOO a-year, required to be raised by weekly subscriptions not exceed ing 2d. each, in order to secure a prior claim to an ap pointment , is very nearly accomplished. At the ordina. tion held by the Lord Bishop of Chester, on Sunday, at Cheater Cathedral, four students—one from St. Bees' College, and three from St. Aidan's College, Birken head—were admitted to holy orders, for the work of this association, three of them for Liverpool and one for Birkenhead. The success of this association reflects the greatest credit on the working classes of Liverpool and the neighbourhood, who have raised the pecuniary means for the spiritual instruction of themselves, and we recur to the fact in order that it may stimulate those who have the means to assist in the good work. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL TO AN OVERSEER OF THE POOR.—On Monday evening, the 16 th instant, the inhabitants of Newton-in-Mackerfield testified their respect to Mr. Richard Owen, overseer of the poor of that parish, by presenting him with a superb silver teapot, together with a silver goblet and a purse of gold , as a mark of their esteem. The teapot bears the following inscrip tion, a similar one is also engraven upon the goblet:— " Presented to Mr. Richard Owen a silver teapot, together with a silver goblet and a purse of sovereigns, (by the ratepayers of Newton and friends,) for his faithful and efficient services as assistant overseer and collector of rates In the mid: or Newt9A-ip-Mackerfield for nearly thirty years," WOODSIDE FERRY. The passenger traffic by the various ferries across the Mersey, during the past week, has been unprecedented for its extent and duration. The following are the num bers which passed through the toll-gate of the Woodside Ferry, in addition to the passengers who contract : Sunday, May 15th 19,629 Monday, „ 16th.............. 37,30 Tuasday „ 17th 22,446 Wednesday, „ 18th ... Thursday, ~ 19th • . 16,592 Friday, ~ 20th.. Saturday, „ 215 t.... Total for the Week.. ...156,125 It has been suggested that it would be a considerable improvement to the Landing Pier, at Woodside, if a chain and posts were placed down the centre, so as to separate the passengers landing from those about to embark. Such an arrangement would help to secure the Commissioners from fraud, and also promote the con venience of the public. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION AND TRADE MUSEUMS. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—May I request the favour of your inserting the following letter ? Z am, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. S. HOWSON. Liverpool, May 23, 1853. TO SAMUEL ROLME, ESQ. DEAR MR. MAYOR,—No one will be surprised that I should address you on the subject of commercial educa tion. My business in life is the practical work of educa tion in the second commercial town in the world. You are the chief magistrate in that town, and you have always been known for your lively interest in all branches of industry, and your sympathy in every effort to improve and elevate the condition of your fellow-townsmen. --- ftis;iie evident that this country is ina critical posi tion as regards industrial instruction. The Exhibition of 1851 showed us very clearly that there is some danger of . our being outstripped the race of competition. The value of our local advantageshas been in a great measure neutralised by increased faci▪ lities of locomotion ; and it is generally agreed that the success of our efforts to main tain ourpre-eminence in the practical arts will hereaft er depend more on intellectual t han physical causes. Under the influence of these convictions, the Govern meta Department of practical Art and S c i ence h as b een organized in connection with the Boa r d o f T ra d e, an d , as it seems to me, very . orgapized, on th e p r i nc i p l e of giving aid to local institutions without interfering with local self-government. In these circumstances, the large towns of England are practically asked w h a t response they are disposed to give to the well-known sentence in the Queen's Speech on the 11th of November, an d h ow far they are prepared to a v ai▪ l themselves of the facilities which may be placed at their disposal by the Government. Liverpool, among other places, will presently be called upon to answer this question. One answer which will probably be given by Li verpoo l, in common with other towns, will b e the more general introduction into schools of some courses of instructio n which have a direct bearing on the utilities of life, and the gradual adoption of such apparatus as the government may be able to place on cheap terms within their reach. All this is evidently within the power of managers of schools ; and their judgment will be shown by maintaining the due balance among different studies, and by holding a right course between too ready a compliance with a prevailing movement, and too strict an adherence to older prece dents. Any attempt to turn schools into workshops will lead to disappointment ; and, if the highest purposes of education are sacrificed to mere utility, nothing but harm will be the result. When, however, I look beyond the walls of our schools, and think of industrial instruction in its widest bearing on our whole population, I cannot but feel that this re sponse would be inadequate and unworthy of Liverpool. Among the results of the Great Exhibition, it seems to be now understood that we are to look for the formation of a great Central Museum of Art and Manufactures, which of course will be situate in the metropolis. The usefulness of such an institution will hardly be disputed ; but in order that its benefits may be fully diffused over the country, similar museums must be called into ex istence in all our great centres of industry. And it ap pears to me that such collections ought not to be mere copies on a small scale of the collection in London, not miniature repetitions of every portion of the metropolitan institution, but rather full and detailed representations of whatever department of the Central Museum has special reference to the prevailing industry of the place where the Provincial Museum is situated. It would be easy, for instance, to define the nature of the collections which would be appropriate to Manchester, to Birmingham, and the Potteries. The groat business of Liverpool is Commerce and, without entering into details which would only encumbes this letter, I will just say that it would be worthy of the enterprise and public spirit of this place, if it were resolved that the Trade Museum of Liverpool should be grander and more complete than the Trade Department of the Central Museum at Kensington Gore. Yet even a museum of this kind, useful and impressive as it would be, would be comparatively valueless, if no active courses of instruction were connected with it and based upon it. And this leads me to mention another 'subject, which, in my judgment, is well worthy of the at tention of the merchants of Liverpool. Nothing is more painful to a schoolmaster, who wishes to do his duty, than the early age at which boys are taken from school and sent to business. They are frequently removed at the very time when their improvement is just beginning ; and, from the nature of the occupations into which they are thrown, their education is too often practically arrested in early boyhood. I am very well aware of the difficulties with which this subject is beset ; and I do not doubt that many parents would be glad to see a higher education combined with the experience which must be required in an office. Is it not possible that these difficulties might in some measure be overcome, and these wishes partly accom plished, if higher courses of instruction could be organised, which might succeed the regular school-training, and have a direct reference to the requirements of Liverpool ? Might not many parents thus be induced to continue the educa tion of their sons to a later point of that critical period which extends from fourteen to twenty years of age ? I am suggesting what, in fact, would be a Commercial Col lege, or a section of some great Industrial University. It would not be difficult to define the proper courses of in struction, which, as in the case of the Museum, should have a strictly local reference. Physical geography, natural history, chemistry, the history of commerce, mer cantile statistics, international law, are among the topics which immediately occur to the mind. I could easily;;rile at much------- length ; but my Simple object has been, by the aid of your name, to in vite general attention to this subject. If this letter should meet with favourable attention, I shall be glad hereafter to lay before the public some suggestions in more minute detail. I have the honour to be, dear Mr. Mayor, your very faithful servant, J. S. HOWSON, M.A., Principal of the Collegiate Institution. Collegiate Institution, May 23, 1853. THE business of the Liverpool Borough Quarter Sessions was brought to a close on Saturday afternoon shortly after four o'clock. The recorder, in discharging the jury, thanked them for their attendance. THE NEW FORT AT THE NORTH SHORE.—The Board of Ordnance has issued a notice calling for tenders for the erection of the new fort on the north shore, the tenders to be delivered by the Ist of June. It will thus be seen that the fort will be commenced forthwith, and its erec tion will more then double the existing defences of the Merspv in Pffi eienev. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. The town of Birkenhead is now in the heat of a con tested election for eight vacancies in the Board of Com missioners, to be filled up on the 7th of June. There are two lists of candidates named respecting the Blue and the Red list, but colours do not represent political opinions, inasmuch as there are Conservatives and Radicals on both gave the address of the chairman of Last week w the Blue party, and we now subjoin an extract from the appeal of the Red candidates. They say : "We conceive that, independently of a prosecution of the Dock Works, it ought to be the policy of the representa tives of Birkenhead to encourage, by every possible means, the settlement of trades and manufactures of a permanent character, in order to improve the value of property, and to augment the number of the ratepayers. "The recent proceedings of the Dock Trustees, whereby they have claimed to interfere with the private property of the Dock Warehouse Company (having served them with a legal notice, the effect of which is, to prevent par ties who have already taken leases of land from commen cing their works, and to deter others who had arranged to do so), are in our opinion most detrimental to every in terest at Birkenhead. So far from any such obstructive policy being sanctioned by Birkenhead representatives on the Dock Trust, it is their duty to give every encou ragement to trades and manufactures. " No desire has been evinced since the present Dock Trustees came into office to interfere with their plans and arrangements for prosecuting the outer works ; and it will be our earnest desire to urge forward, by every possi ble means, the contracts entered into with Messrs. Brassey and M'Cormick. We cannot, however, view without alarm, the attempts covertly making to defeat the object that every well-wisher of Birkenhead must have at heart, namely, to induce trade at the earliest possible period." POLICE COURT .- _Y ESTE RD AY. ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—JACK Astion.E.—Patrick Bruton, a seamaa, was charged with what at first ap peared to have been a most brutal assault, committed upon the person of a woman, residing in the vicinity of the prisoner's brother's, who keeps a boarding-house in Liverpool. It was alleged that the assault had been com mitted with a rope, twisted double, and the somewhat formidable piece of hemp was produced in evidence, to intensify the sense of horror with which the crime was regarded. In a plain, straightforward style, however, Jack related the circumstances of the case, which made it appear in quite a new light. His brother, Mr. Bruton, and that gentleman's wife had gone out to make their markets, and during the absence of the worthy couple a large number of the women and children in the neighbour hood assembled in front of the boarding-house, and raised a regular row, whereupon, sundry panes of glass having been smashed, and other damage done, Jack deemed it his bounden duty to quell the display, and it was in the exercise of this conscientious belief that he keelhauled the prosecutor, who was a leader in the Ama zonian strife. In these circumstances, Bruton was dismissed. BRUTAL ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Edward M'Gill, William Heavers, Mathew Martin, Catherine M`Cartney, and an old woman named Mary Fames, were placed in the dock charged with committing a brutal assault upon police-officers 733 and 606 on the evening of Saturday, after eleven o'clock, and likewise with aiding in the rescue of a prisoner whom the said officers were then in the act of having conveyed to the police station, and against whom a warrant had been out for six months. Mar tin was represented by Mr. Chilton, who produced several female witnesses to prove an alibi in favour of his client. The row, it appeared, took place in Islay street, the mob, was very numerous, numbering not less than four or five hundred ; and the police-officers were not only severely wounded and their apparel torn, but their prisoner was liberated, and he has not yet been found. M'Gill was ordered to pay a fine of 20s. and costs, or be imprisoned for one month,—the other three to pay ss. and costs, or seven days ; Martin. receiving the benefit of the doubt, was discharged.—William Mooney, for having at twelve o'clock, on Sunday evening, assaulted police-officer 8. while he was being conveyed to prison, was ordered to pay a fine of 55., in default of payment to be imprisoned for seven days.—Another gang of "roughs," named respectively Andrew Coyne, Owen Rodgers, James Dogherty, Patrick Toole, and Martin Rowan, were charged with having, on Saturday night, assaulted police officers 658 and 710, in Brick-street. It seems that the very refuse of the population in that quarter of Liverpool are in the habit of assembling at a corner of Brick-street, at all sorts of unseasonable hours, for the purpose of en joying themselves. On Saturday they assembled towards midnight, as was their wont, when the policeman on the beat politely hinted to them the propriety of moving on. " it," ejaculated Rowan, the leader of the squad, " pitch into the —I" Another policeman came up to the rescue ; but the mob did not disperse to their se veral homes before they had kicked and abused the guardians of the peace in a most shocking manner. No. 710 was kicked on the lip, and had to be conveyed to the hospital, while poor 658 was not without his share of wounds and bruises. Dogherty and Toole swore in the most positive manner that they were not there, and all their companions likewise strove to establish an alibi. The magistrates ultimately decided that Rowan he fined in 15s. and costs, in default of payment, to go to gaol for fourteen days ; Coyne to have the benefit of the doubt, and be discharged ; and the others to be fined each in 10s., or to go to prison for seven days. THEFT OF Bu s.—John Carroll, for stealing two buns from the shop of Mr. Davis, Burlington-street, was sent to gaol for two months. AN OLD THlEF.—Margaret Francis, an incorrigible thief far advanced in years, was sent to prison for three months for stealing a bundle of cotton from some bales in Slater-street on Saturday. PICKPOCKETS.—TWO young men, named Thomas Kelly and John He lon, for attempting to pick pockets in Byrom street, on Saturday night, at 7 o'clock, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment.—Thomas Ca ffney and Thomas Connor, who were conducting their operations in St. John's 11Lrket on Saturday evening, were committed for twenty-one days. THEFT BY A PROSTITUTE.—Mary Smith, for stealing a mantle from a frail sister on Sunday morning, at three o'clock, while loitering in f3annastre-street, was ordered to pay a fine of 55., or go to gaol for seven days. ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—John Gallen was convicted in the crime of illegally pawning a patent silver lever watch, the property of a boon companion, with whom he had been on the " fly" during the latter part of the pre vious week. He was ordered to pay 305., the sum for which the article was pledged, and a fine of £5 for ille gally pawning ; or, in default of payment, to go to prison for one month. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A PROSTITUTE.--A girl named Elizabeth Howe was charged with stealing £2O from the person of an elderly man named Thomas Wilson, on Sa turday night last. The prosecutor alleged that he had not spoken to the girl, who came up to him in the street, and filched the money from his pocket before he had time to lay hold of her. The prisoner was not apprehended till the following night, and then none of the cash was found in her possession. She positively denied having ever seen the prosecutor before she was introduced to him in the Police-court that n'orning. As there was no evidence to substantiate the charge, she was dismissed. Eliza Holmes, one of the frail sisterhood. accused of stealing four sovereigns from the person of John Risley, a married man, from Manchester, late on Saturday night, was sent to gaol for three months. It appeared that the foolish man had made his disgraceful acquaintanceship while in a state of intoxication, and that the robbery was committed in Quakers'-alley, off Tithebarn-street. COMMITTAL.-- A miserable old woman, named Ann eorret Corcoran, ttrh f,iraloalu ea w t to h htnh o eet i s s hhs ee y os u psn i i t ioog e nfh i s n tß c fo o oi fc r rh r ss i a g tare i td b au l lAr e i an , rag w eyht a . ewsreicioyitmm The e.sfiptirv.tietsGed prisoner rdg t sie ake s,ocls a.f st widow, with four children, all of them dependant for their support upon the parish.—A miserable old thief, na me d Henry Williams, against whom two cases of petty theft were proved, was sent to jail for three months.—Watkin Sefton, toryo a m mr.anTandovmaanscedßainrtoynea,rsfi,lewams acnh‘alfrageetdurweirt,hFbleeientg. concerned in an extensive robbery of tools, supp ose d to have been committed by a companion, from th e manufac street. Thecase was remanded till Wednesday. F IRE , YESTERDAY.—About one o' c l oc k yesterd a y a fternoon, a fire broke out i n one of the cellars belongirg to the sugar works of Messrs.ll`Vicar, in Bachelor-street. Fortunately, however, it was immediately discovered by some of the men on the premises, and extinguished before any material _ MAIL LAUNCSHTEOANFI-STHHIEF. CHARITY.AFRICAN 41. Yesterday forenoon, a little before eleven o'clock, the fine screw steam-sh p Charity, one of the fleet now build. ing for the African Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, was launched from the yard of Mr. John Laird, Sefton-street, near the Dingle, in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable company of ladies and gentlemen, amongst whom we noticed Sir John Campbell, chairman of the company ; J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq. ; J. A. Tinne, Esq., &c. &e. All preparations having been made, the sig nal was given, and in a few moments the noble ship moved gracefully into the water amid the enthusiastic cheering of the spectators. and the firing of cannon. The process of " christening" was performed by Miss Blackburn, daughters of J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq. The Charity is the sister-ship to the Faith and Hope, also built by Mr. Laird, and launched some time ago from his building yard at Birkenhead. She is 240 feet long (being 40 feet longer than the Faith and the Hope), 30 feet beam, and 1,100 tons register. Frbm the fineness of her lines it is expected she will attain great speed. Instead of a deck house, the Charity will have a spar deck, which will give her more the appearance of a ship. She will have three iron masts, like the other vessels built for this line. She will carry about a hundred first and second-class passen gers, and will take a large cargo in addition. The Nor thern Light, for the same company. is now in en advanced state ; and the frame, keel, &c., of the Bahiana, of 1,600 tons, are getting ready to be put up. After the launch a select party of ladies and gentle men sat down to a cold collation, in one of the rooms adjacent to the building yard, Mr. Laird presiding. Several appropriate speeches were made on the occasion. Amongst other toasts The CHAIRMAN proposed " Success to the African ' Mail Steam-ship line," and with the toast he would in clude the name of Sir John Campbell, the Chairman of the Company. The toast having been drunk with the usual honours' Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, ill acknowledging the compli ment, said that both himself and his colleagues took the deepest interest in the African Mail Steam-ship Company. They believed that it involved, the happi ness of millions in the African dominions. (Hear, hear, and Cheers.) It was identified with our national pros perity, and was another of those great lines of oceanic communication which was at the present time so characteristic of this country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) After showing how the power of steam was promoting intercourse with several parts of the globe, the speaker observed that the African Company was yet still in its infancy, and its merits were unknown, but he was g:ad to say that. the exertions of himself and colleagues were going on under the influence of government support. (Cheers.) The company was promoted by Mr. Macgregor Laird, the brother of their worthy host, in a spirit of philanthropy and benevolence towards the African race; it was liberally supported by government patronage, and would, he be lieved, he upheld by the British public in a true spirit of nationality. (Loud cheers.) He hoped the company would he one means of ameliorating the condition of the people on the African coast, who with minds like them selves, and with hearts equally susceptible, were living in a state of degradation, shrouded by the veil of superstition. were the unhappy victims of despotism and slavery. (Hear, hear.) The development of the resources of the African Mail Company would have a tendency to enable government to suppress, and ultimately abolish, that horrid traffic in human flesh, which was so repre hensible to the laws of God and man. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Miss Blackburne, which was acknowledged by her father, J. IRELAND BLACKBURNE, Esq., who proposed the health of the chairman in a highly eulogistic speech. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the toast, and assured the company that he should endeavour to do justice to the Charity by seeing that good machinery was placed in her. He proposed the health of Mr. George Forrester, whose firm were supplying the engines to the vessel. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL having proposed "The Ladies,' in an appropriate speech, The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Captain Ryrie, who was one of the oldest captains in connexion with the Cunard company. He was glad to see Captain Ryrie present, and congratulated him on having recovered his health. (Loud cheers.) Captain RYRIE returned thanks, and said it was true, as the chairman had stated, that he was now becoming an old captain ; it was not, however, from years, but from ill health. The service of the Cunard Company was associated with hard work, but he rejoiced that it bad been prosperous; and he sincerely hoped that the African Company might be equally successful. (Cheers). The company separated about twelve o'clock. A MEETING OF THE JOURNEYMEN PILOTS was held last night, at half.past seven o'clock, in the Brunswick Hotel, " respecting their memorial to the Pilot Corn mittee, and other business of importance." Our reporter attended, but was informed that the meeting was of a private nature. COMING LAUNCHES AT LIVERPOOL. --There are two or three vessels on the stocks, of Mr. Laird, at the South End, which, it is contemplated, will be ready to be launched in June and July. The expenditure of so much money weekly in Toxteth•park is most beneficial to the shopkeepers and other tradesmen of that locality. PUBLIC-HOUSE BRAWL.— George Clyne. a public house brawler, was brought up at the police-court on Monday (yesterday), charged with a most unprovoked assault on Mr. Reed, the landlord of a public-house in the Old Haymarket, and also with behaving in a most dis orderly way in the same house. He was fined in 20s. and costs, failing payment to be committed to gaol for a month. THE LOVERS OF HORTICULTURE will perceive, from our advertising columns, that on Thursday next the first exhibition for the season of the Woolton Floral, Horti cultural, and Agricultural Society will take place under the most auspicious patronage, and with prospects of great success. That the exhibition will be a rich and useful one, and that the company will be large and dis tinguished, we doubt not, from the spirit with which the preliminary arrangements have been made. A " BOLD" ASSAILANT OF THE POLIC E.—A man named Robert Bold, accused of a gross assault upon police officers 618 and 680, was brought before the bench yesterday. It appeared that he had been found in a state of di•graceful intoxication ; and while being kindly taken to the bridewell for the purpose of being " booked for safety," he assaulted police officer No. 680 several times. Bold expressed his penitence, and was liberated on payment of a fine of sa. and costs. REBELLION IN THE BAKEHOUSE.—The workhouse at Brovvnlow-hill was, a few days ago, the scene of a rebel lion among the boys, which might have been attended with the most disastrous results to an extensive batch of loaves, had it not been for the prompt remedial measures adopted by those in authority. It appears that ten youths had been told to go into the bakehouse, that in this they at first acquiesced, although, with wicked intent, they afterwards left off work just at the critical moment when the bread was in the oven and most liable to be spoiled. The four ringleaders in the revolutionary measure, named respectively Mutnley, Reynolds, Carlton, and Hughes, were each sentenced, at the Police-court, yesterday, to be imprisoned for twenty-one days, the remainder being dismissed with a caution by the presiding magistrates. DEPARTURE OF THE LOCHIE L. —Last night, tha' ship, the Lochiel, one of Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's White Star Line, left the Mersey for Australia, with a large complement of passengers on board, many of whom, we observed, on a visit to the ship a few hours previous to her leaving the river, are fine sturdy young fellows, who have evidently been used to outdoor labour at home, and who are, therefore, likely to prove more acceptable acquisitions to our golden colony at the antipodes, than the hosts of sickly clerks and drapers' lads who have gone thither, either to earn a precarious pittance at occupa tions for which they are wholly unfitted ; or to return discontented to the mother country, if they have the requisite cash ; or, as has been too often the case, to lie down arid die in the midst of trials with which they could not cope. DOUBLE ASSAULT.—Ax OLD POLICEMAN.—George Tindall, who stated that he was formerly a policeman, was yesterday placed at the bar of the P o li ce - o ffi ce , charged with having committed a severe assault on a pre sent member of the police force, in Marybone, on Sunday morning, at the unseasonable hour of one o'clock. It appeared that on the road homewards, with his wife and between e b t s e k e e n t tohfe inharmoniousprovisions for the couple,beanentsdtp be tter roinnsght theawtl ifeecakbon,audsraksdeeirtroo.efw:twwca:rhoi When the policeman on the beat came up and interfered, Tin d; Il Tindallinstantly sorely t abused urnedfr h o i t s n w h i i f s e his pugilistic science at the cranium and face of the mid night guardian —an event, of course, which, in the peace loving regions of Marybone, did not tend to lessen the number of the onlookers or the loudness of the disturb ance. The magistrates fined Tindall in 10s. and costs, in default of payment to go to prison for seven days. LAUNCH OF THE ARGENTINE.—On Saturday morning, Mr. Laird launched the first paddle steamer built in his yard at the Dingle. This vessel is built for the South American and General Steam Navigation Company, and is 180 feet long, 21 feet beam, 12 feet deep ; draft of water, in light trim for passengers and mails, 6 feet ; with a cargo 7 feet 6 inches. Tonnage, 400 tons. She is to be pro pelled by a pair of oscillating engines, each of 60 horse power, manufactured by Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of thin town. She will be fitted with patent feathering suggested.wee ls , an 4 aIl The pra ce c r t e ic m a by Mrs. Hadfield, the lady of the respected secretary to steamer between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. Im. n l o improvements board o fd v eh christeningme r e d n u t sth agt the e p s e dp r ae i e yr n f. o c r e mil la e a ed s r mediately after the launch, the Argentine was conveyed where her boilers, the company. The Argentine is intended toplyas a mail into the Sandon Dock, which were in In engines will be fitted up as Quickly as practicable. readiness, were placed o oo.u—r rTeandeerfsol:l_ow,i,ngebtoteirr,dfrtren,ciaarpto. Polo, Sth April. ISM. . Lat. 1.30 N an lon. 201 W. James Baines, ..sq,. Dear, Sir,--We have got so far on towards our destination. We have had nothing butcalms and adverse winds since we left Liverpool I was iou; days in Channel ; and front 5 North to 2 * North I bad . have six days nothing but calms, • and light air from the southward. All our passengrs are well and in high spirits. We have boarded several vessels from London with. passengers; but my passengers say they would rather be on board the Marco Palo than any of them. My. passage will be made when I get south of the line, ik w i i A ll E i c n O ter r e ° s L t which I expect will be to-morrow,* when I will . get wind, Fo T rb ff e E s. which I have not had north of the line. \\ e have had one death, a child seven months old, and one birth, whi c h makes our number good. I have got about forty of the expertest thieves on board fro— .,. London; arid, what is worse, two or three of them in the first cabin. 1 will on!v add I have not had one word of complaint against ship" ,provisions, master, or officers, which is a great thing to say ; and they are all going t o wr i te home to their friends to come out in your new ship. Last voyage we had twenty deaths before those number of days out; but then we were under Gev ernment orders. The jib ma d e by Messrs. Dixon and Co. is the finest cut sail and stand ing one I ever saw.--JAmns FORBES.""' c* The Marco Polo, on the previous voyage, sailed the 4th of July, and crossed the line on the 4th of August, being thirty days. On the present voyage she would cross the line in twenty. .iv here ................. ext, the ril6, INGS► kind of ies DAY )'CIOCk , .cOO/r" ies ranY snorer- ------ ;N OF installtr well choice it ONg RANCH tentioo Ice and at the nd map will be ",'ENTr terlo0;• 'clockr 1, sub ' of the ING .street, ling to )USE Arden, tion of is and' n Mr. ND 10 and Harris zuft e and Boa i Six- Case, so►d Beds, As of rineY, aster, )reeo AL ol utt , tied