The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

_lrrpoot SDAY MORNING, SEPT. The statements contained in a letter, published in )ur last, from the Secretary of the Birkenhead Dock - 2ompany, comparing the relative ex p enses o f car coes imported into the Mersey by the Bill iew docks on the one hand, and the Lis , locks on the other, seem to us to require a few ennead erpopl ; inasmuch as, if the view taken he company is a correct one the works on the . . .esiiire shore are calculated to strike a heavy blow. tinst the prosperity of Liverpool, and especially weaken the security of the holders of our .dock We flatter Ourselves however, that ,we be able to reassure those parties—if, indeed, can be any amongst them who have felt seri tpprehensions—of the perfect ability of the Estate of Liverpool to maintain its present state of prosperity, notwithstanding any oppo which may come from the Cheshire side of river, or from any other quarter. rue Birkenhead Dock Company ground their )ectation of securing a considerable portion of heavy merchandise entering the river, for trans t inwards to the manufacturing districts, firstly, n the saving of ----- , to arise wge, porterage, &c in the proximity of the docks themselves to the ock warehouses which they are erecting, and to le railway, which is to transport them ; but, iainly, upon the fact that the merchandise im orted will neither be subject to the Liverpool town ues nor to clock rates of any description. FrOm iese sources they chew, in tables which they append 3 their statement, a saving upon a cargo of 1,000 ales of cotton of £lO9 9s. 9d. in favour of the reporter using the Birkenhead docks ; and, upon a ergo of 1,000 feet of timber, they give the Liver pool charges at £4 I Is. 4d., and those of Birken head at only £1 17s. Bd. The saving of dock rates and town dues alone, upon a vessel of 1,000 tons from New York, by using the Birkenhead docks instead of the Liverpool docks, they estimate !at To enable us to deal with these statements, we must examine the relative advantages of the tivo sides of the river, and the capabilities of this side to meet the threatened competition, by an accom modation of our rates to the circumstances ,in which we are about to be placed. In the first place we must explain, what is perhaps lost sight of by some parties, that the body issuing such state ments—the Birkenhead Dock Company—is not the body providing the dock facilities, whose superior cheapness is represented. The docks are in the bands of a body of " Commissioners," described t by the letter referred to as " a public body created in 1344 by the act of parliament which authorised the construction of the docks ; to them the Crown has granted an area of wharfage and water spacei . of 2721 acres, uhich form the site of the workS; ion the security of this property, and of the rates which are to be levied on the shipping making use of the ( „hey have borrowed money fc struction." Tae Dock " Company" who put forth the appeal to the merchants and shipowners of Liverpool, to which we are now re ferring, is a private body, a partnership, with views solely of their own aggrandisement, and uninte rested permanently in the profitable or unprofita ble working of the docks, at the prices with which their Commissioners set out. They are thus offer ing to the merchants of Liverpool advantages, to be derived through the cheapness of a totally different body—possibly to be derived from the losses sus tained by that company. The Dock Commissioners may or may not be able to work their docks, ty the aid merely of the tonnage dues upon shipping, which alone they are authorised to levy ; and if not, what becomes of the statement of comparative cheapness paraded before us ? Or, if the Liverpool Dock Committee are likely shortly to be in a position to afford us equal advantages, with the additiOnal facilities presented by the location of their works on this, undoubtedly the best, side of the river, again we have lo ask, what becomes of the statement of the Birkenhead Dock Company ? Now, we submit that both alternatives are against the Dock Company. We cannot believe that the Commissioners can profitably work their docks With mere dues upon tonnage. Dock water space -and quay room is never productive of reasonable inte rest upon the outlay required for their construction, without higher rates than the Commissioners' are authorised to levy, unless some co-operative source f profit exists. The Dock Companies of I..ondbn .y fair dividends; but only because they have dock arehouses as auxiliaries. Here in Birkenhead the arehouses are in the hands of a private company. our own town, it is true, we have a large surplus come, irrespective of any concern with ware ruses; but that is a surplus over the interest on e debt alone and the expenses of working, nc -er the original cost of our docks, a very g irtion of that cost having been p a id b y t h e rporation, thus leaving a large margin over th ere interest on the debt. We suspect greatly tha. a Birkenhead docks, with their low charges, can tbe remunerative. We doubt whether they will y, with those charges, the interest of the money rrowed for their construction. Their working doubtless benefit the Warehouse Company and owners of land in Birkenhead ; but we fear it I be attended with loss to the Birkenhead Dock The result must be, as far as we e, the exaction of the extreme rate of tonnage flowed by the act of parliament, and, too pro ly, the adoption of a scale of dues on goods. 'V very different prospect of public advantage to rue is presented by the Dock Estate of Liver )l. That estate will have in the present year aething like £lOO,OOO of surplus income. This y statement of the Birkenhead Dock Company nforms us that the income of the Dock Estate of rpool, during the year ended 2th June, 1645, 232,479 10s. 9d. It has incrbased since, and The opening of the Albert Dock ouses, the interest upon the cost of which ave been paying without a farthing of return, the it 'con- nissioner Teasing, El further increase our receipts and our surplus. Lis surplus we can get rid of, by a reduction of r Dock Rates. It may be done next year, or any ar; for it will not be necessary to retain a greater come than will fully cover our bonded debt, rich, unlike that of our neighbours, does not re esent the cost of one-third of .the docks them lves. Here is one source of cheapness to offer [ainst Birkenhead. We shall shortly have a rail ay communication from end to end of our Dock state, which will give additional• facilities and leanness. And t re have besides the ad- of our established position as -nmerce of the district, with ring in every direction. We .efore r no fear whateve compe- atoned ; and c tatement, sn the apparent advantages over us, lead Dock Company parade in t away )rn a pleasurable task to us to h nto this comr arison of ourpoprers of serving public with those of our juvenile neighbour. We I thought that it was long ago a settled point that jealousy between the two localities was to ceas I that they were to act as aids to Bach other :he general commerce of the riv;,r, rather than bickering competitors. The Birkenhead Dock t mpany, however, with a lack, we•think, bdth of od taste and good judgment, h - tv compelled us direct the attention of the public t their own real ', and and having done so, we lay down cm, that ‘thilst the people )1, and those who have confided to. them meat of the Liverpool Dock Estate. en- y good fee ng towards the enterprise of ,rer ly cons 3irkenhead, they are not them to rur nt of the commerce which has d the docks and the port of Liverpool subject, and as ten conne )w what must be the ulterior prosperity of this •t, with the facilities offered on both sides of the ar, worked for the advantage of the locality and public generally, instead of being :ir operation by the introduction o rit of rivalry, we are enabled to narred it ng statistics, from a speech recently delivered by Vlr. Visger, in the Bristol Town:coutiicil. The gen leman in question was referring to the high rates evied in that port upon tonnage and produce ; and nstituted the following comparison of the charges )f his own town, and those levied in Liverpool : He had made inquiries as to the charges at Liverpool, nd although before he had an idea that there was e diffe ence, he had no conception that it was so grdat as it anted out to be. Ile had taken nine articles. thb most ,rominent in commerce, and three of them West India roduce : those were coffee, rum, sugar, brandy, olive oil, aim oil, tallow, tobacco, and wine. lie had taken the Averpool and Bristol rates, and without going into detail he wou!d just sta`e the summary of the charge. , on gooflP, and the charges on ‘e ,, sels at the two ports of Liverpool and Bristol. In brandy there was an excess in Bristol over Liverpool of 4. 10d. per ton on the goods, and Is. 511. on the shipping, making a total over-charge, as 1 compared with Liverpool, of 6s. 34d. On coffee the ex cess on goods was 3s. 7d. over Liverpool, and on the ship ping Is. 81d., making ss. 30. On olive oil the excess on goods was Is. Ild. ; on the shipping Is. 84d., making 3s. 74d. ; on palm oil Is. 21d. and Is. 84d., making 2s. Ild.; on rum 2s. Bd. and is. 81d., making 4s. 41c1. ; on sugar the excess was, (sn goods 2s. 14d., on the ship ping is. 84d., making 3s. 10d.; on tallow Is. 4d. and Is. 21d., making 2s. 60.; on tobacco the excess was 2s. sd. and is. 81d., making 4s. 1;d. ; on wine 6s. Bd. and Is. 24d., making 7s. 104 d. ; the mean excess per ton on nine principal articles of commerce was 2s. Hid. on goods, and Is. 61d. on shipping, making a total of 4s. 64d. in favour of Liverpool. This is we believe a perfectly correct statement, and is, of course, the position of affairs under our present rates. The advantage which we shall pos sess, when our rates shall have been further reduced 'and our additional works completed, we need not dwell upon. It was almost to be anticipated, that the framing of the rates and regulations adopted for working such vast depositories as the Albert warehouses, in a port where a completely different system has so long prevailed, would excite some criticism and com plaint, however great the pains taken to act fairly and impartially towards all ; and we are not surprised, therefore, that the Dock Committee have not altogether escaped such criticism, as the conversation which took place in Wednesdny's Council meeting will shew. In drawing up their tariff they have taken, we have no doubt, every opi nion and authority within their reach ; and in fram ing their regulations they have exercised all possible pains to afford convenience, without, at the same time breaking through the principle upon which the warehouses are constructed. But where every authority consulted is himself an interested or pre judiced party, with a natural leaning towards the accommodation and promotion of his own branch of commerce—whilst the importer of palm oil con ' siders a low rate sufficient for that commodity, and would mulct the importer of sugar, and vice versa— the wonder is that the Committee have steered so fairly between such conflicting opinions. They may have erred in some points. It is na tural that they should have done so in the execution of a task so arduous and novel. Experience, how ever, and we trust they are open to receive its teaching, will enable them to correct any error they may have committed, both in the framing of their rates and in their regulations. With respect to the latter it ought to be borne in mind that, as yet, they are not likely to be carried out so perfectly, and with such convenience to merchants using the ware houses, as they will be by and bye. The various offices are, as yet, incomplete, and the officers are new to their duties. Much may, therefore, be ex pected to be done to facilitate business and to pro mote dispatch. No large concern was ever worked well with untried and inexperienced hands, how ever perfectly the rules for its working may have ' been laid down. We observe that the cotton brokers held a special meeting of their body on Friday, to discuss the bearing of the committee's regulations upon the trade in that important staple. The leading ob jection urged by these gentlemen to the regulations appears to be the refusal of permission to send their own men into the dock warehouses to sample, as is the practice in the other warehouses of the town. This objection, we are afraid, cannot be altogether obviated, though, if possible, it no doubt will. The principle upon which the warehouses are constructed and designed to be worked, is one of complete ma nagement by the Dock Committee themselves and their servants, in order to ensure safety to the pro duce warehoused, and the absence of pilfering. Manifestly this principle would be broken through if the servants of every broker holding cotton in the warehouses were allowed free and continual ingress for sampling or any other purpose. Besides, other trades would at once claim the same privilege. We should have sugar sampling, and sampling of every commodity deposited—a complete invasion of every floor of the premises, which would thus forfeit every vestige of their claim to central management, addi tional security from accident or pilfering, and be come in their main features not one iota more adYantageous than any well constructed and well managed warehouse, unless for its propinquity to the dock into which the produce warehoused is im ported. If the ground upon which the cotton bro kers complain is any fear of the competency of the committee's servants, that ground is, in a great mea sure, taken away by the concession made, that the sampling may be done in the presence of an agent from the brokers. Any further concession to meet other objections cannot, we fear, be granted. At the same time we are confident that every reasonable source of dissatisfaction will be endeavoured to be removed by the Committee. The complaint of the brokers, that they are re quired to remove, at any one time any given delivery of cotton, will be very easily met, if found to press onerously upon the trade. Indeed we are not cer tain that the regulation in question will not be found quite as inconvenient to the management of the warehouses as to the. brokers. With respect to the alleged inconvenience, of requiring tickets for the delivery of produce to be presented on the day on which they are dated, instead of being available from day to day, until the whole order is delivered, such inconvenience will not be felt when the ar rangements and the new offices for the Committee's servants are completed. The work of procuring a new ticket will not occupy a minute's time, whilst the practice of requiring one will be a source of se curity both to the Committee and the merchant. The suggestion, that the ticket upon each sample of cotton should state where the bulk is stored, is a valuable one, and will no doubt be acted upon. The objection of purchasers, however, against cotton stored in cellars, will not huld here, as cotton in these warehouses is not intended to be stored in cellars. We feel perfectly assured that, after a little expe rience in their new and complicated undertaking, the Committee will he enabled to afford every faci lity within their power to the trade of the port; and we trust that in the mean time their efforts to do so will be aided by the kindly feeling of those for whom they are exerting themselves, at no trifling sacrifice of time and labour, and certainly with no personal object to serve. It can neither be their interest nor their wish to press unfairly upon any particular branch or class. We are most gratified with the course which the authorities of Liverpool are now pursuing, to pro mote the health of the town, over whose affairs they are placed as rulers. The time was when such matters as the sanatory condition of our poor was not attended to ; when human beings, of the same flesh and blood as their more wealthy fellow-towns men, were left, on account of ignorance of their condition, to die unpitied in their pestiferous cellars and courts, without an effort being made to remedy their wretched state. That era happily has passed away. We know now our duties. We know, be sides, our own interests. Our fears have taught us to be charitable and considerate of• the health of the working man. If he suffers in his cellar, we tremble in our well-furnished houses or our villas. Fever is no respecter of persons. It does not ask how many pounds or shillings a week its victims receive. It knocks at the rich man's door as well as at the poor man's, and is as fatal in its results. An advertisement appears in our paper this day, announcing the startling fact, that the fever hospitals of iur town are no longer able to accommodate ad ditional patients. There are people who pass over such an announcement with Unconcern. They have the means and appliances for the promotion of recovery from this sad scourge. But the poor— what means have they ? Just those which they are told are closed against them. They have their densely filled and ill-ventilated dwellings ; but no more. No hospital—no gratuitous attendance and medicine. They are told that disease has over stepped the bounds for which charity has provided ; and that if stricken by the hand of affliction, they must bear the stroke unassisted. Can we not help them ? We must suggest that it 4 is within our power. We have no room in our fever hospitals, it is true ; but we have houses which may be converted into fever hospitals. The neighbourhood of Soho -street and St. Anne street would furnish many houses fit for the pur pose ; and we do not see how a few hundred pounds could be better bestowed than in hiring a house suitable, in whatever neighbourhood disease may be prevalent. The rich will not complain of the cost : the poor will be grateful. We may remind our readers that the foundation stone of the new church, in Prince's-park, for the Rev. Hugh WisTeile, will be laid to-morrow (Wednesday), at half past twelve o'clock. THE LIVER PO( REV. lIUGH M'NEILE'S SERMON A great outcry I , as been made ab.pur Mr. MlNeilt's late sermon. We can understand tl.at the rile may h ave staggered some persons of little discr;m'n,ticln ; but no thing is so easy as quizzing. How glibblj, for instance, might the microscopic Momus, the fcol of the press, and jester-general of literature, have turned into ridicule the description of the Last Judgment in the 25th chapter of Matthew. Such a travesty would show how easy it is to satirize the most sacred subjects, and what a mere mouse Punch becomes when he goes (?) to church. Mr. M'Neile has only expressed thoughts and feelings which would naturally arise in the mind of any pious person who is accustomed to look with " Scripture's second sight" on the events of Providence. A vast assemblage of people suggests, without any im putation of profanity, the anticipation of the multitude that will congregate at the general judgment. A royal personage recals the thought of the Sovereign of the skies; for, as Lord Bacon says, " A king is a mortal god upon earth ;" and the arrival of that pe r sonage associates it se lf with the coming of Him " by whom princes decree jus tice." This is the amount of what Mr. M'Neile has ad vanced ; and to show how perfectly natural is the line of illustration be has employed, we may state, that when the Queen first went to Scotland in 1842, the Rev. J. T. Brown; now of this town, published a discourse, entitled " The Visit of her Majesty contemplated under a reli gious aspect." A copy of this production the Queen was graciously pleased to accept. It contains, amongst others, the following allusions : " Mark some coincidences, faint indeed, yet not unin structi/e, between the arrival of the Redeemer and that of the temporal potentate. The Lord,' according to St. Paul, shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God.' And again, ' In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound;' and once more he shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him.' Were not these incidents recalled by the coming of royalty ? When the sovereign appeared, it was the daughter of a long ancestral line who attracted towards herself the homage due to the valour of a hundred heroes, and the magnanimity of a hundred patriots ; she was the personification of territory, power, legislation, govern ment: All the worth and talent which minister to her at home and abroad, seemed to hover around. This was honour concentrating in the crown, and producing emo tions which, in some faint and distant degree, may be held to resemble the reverence with whi c h mankind will behold - Him by whom kings reign and princes decree justice.' " What will be the sublimity of the shouts, what the thunders of the trumpet, which shall shake the earth as Messiah approaches, flaming on the horizon as his chariot, all terrestrial sounds were weak to express. Dumb, in comparison, were the crashing of a thousand battles, the rending of a thousand earthquakes. But, as the feeblest notes of some thrilling air will recall the vocal and instru mental swell by which we have heard it performed ; so, to the ear of faith, and the heart of hope, must these acclamations and intermingled melody, resounding from shore and street, have suggested the mighty noise that shall burst from the confluence of Time and Eternity. " It was to gratify the longings of a dutiful cariosity that the kingdom poured forth its population. All were eager to behold. The thought of business was banished. The only questions were, Whence shall I best see ? What will be the most propitious moment ? How different the coming of the Son of Man ! Pomp will bewilder and state overawe, and acclamation deafen, and on a scale, and in a style, infinitely transcending imagination's boldest grasp and brightest colouring, there will be the sublimity of festival and jubilee. But there will be nothing of the gay leisure of a spectacle. An affair of overwhelming importance awaits all. None shall have thoughts disen gaged for speculation about others. Even the Judge shall be an object of secondary interest. Self, with its special history, and sin., and trial, and destiny, shall concentrate each emot , on. To catch a glimpse of the earthly sovereign, v, inn siwiifices, what efforts ! None need be apprehensive of missing a stedfast view of the heavenly. From beneath the mountains and rocks that cover them, He shall drag the wicked, and they m us t stand and plead guilty at his bar. ' Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto , thee!" Mr. M'Neile can well afford to pity his revilers; in deed, he may thank them for stimulating the sale of his sermon to an extent almost unprecedented. We give, in another column, the preface to the third edition of the sermon, being the reverend gentleman's reply to bis critics. Last night, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, and the Rev. Henry Carpenter, of this town, attended as a deputation the an nual meeting of the Ormskirk Auxiliary to the Church Missionary Society. SUICIDE.—On Sunday last, a young woman named Judith Goulding was found dead suspended to the bed post of the room in which she lodged, in a house in Greetham-street. There appears to be no doubt but that this was an act of self-destruction; but the cause is yet unknown. The inquest will be held this day. ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFICERS.—A man named Patrick Clarke was yesterday fined by Mr. Rushton L 5 and costs, or to be imprisoned for two months, for a vio lent assault on police officer Parkinson, No. 32. Another man named Christopher Murphy was fined in the same amount for assaulting another police officer in another part of the town. THE APPROAeRING EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.— We hear that a most superb exhibition is in preparation by the committee of the Liverpool Academy. Not only is the amount of first-class pictures greater than any former year, but every exertion is making in every depart ment to gratify the taste and comfort of the public ; the rooms are being newly carpetted ; the catalogues are to be reduced to sixpence each; thus progressing with the spirit of the age—better accommodation and less price. We wish them every success : they well deserve it. PRINCE ALBERT'S LATE VISIT TO LIVERPOOL.— His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the concurrence of her Majesty the Queen, has directed to be forwarded to tht; Mayor and Chairman of the Dock Committee pri vate copies of Winterhalter's portraits of the royal family, as a mark of their joint satisfaction with the reception given to the Prince in July last. They were accompanied by a very complimentary letter from Col. Anson. Should the Mayor or Mr. Bramley Moore have this most flatter ing present framed in Liverpool, most probably numbers of their fellow townspeople will have an opportunity of 1 inspecting them. STKALING CASKS FROM THE QUAYS.—At the Police Court, yesterday, a man named Towel was charged with stealing a tierce and two empty puncheons from the quays of the Duke's dock, the property of Mr. M'Fee. The prisoner and another man took them in a cart to the yard of a master cooper, and offered them for sale. Some suspicion was excited in the yard that they were not ho nestly come by, and they were requested to leave them and call again for the money. Meantime enquiry was made ; and the owner being found police officer Hassall secured the prisoner on his return, the other man mak ing his escape. The casks were identified, and the pri soner was committed for trial. Nine casks in all had been missed from the Duke's quays. THE PACKET SERVICE AT LlVERPOOL.—Commander Thos. Bevis, conducting the packet service at Liverpool, it is reported, is about to retire from his situation, his pe riod of service having expired many years since, and the Admiralty, taking into consideration the increasing importance and responsibilities of this office, are about to avail themselves of the opportunity of the retirement of Commander Bevis, to appoint an active post captain to the vacancy. Commander Bevis was appointed in Feb., 1839, consequently he has held the post for seven years and a half, which is longer than any other officer has held a situation of the kind. Commander Mercer, who was appointed to the Dover station in 1811, has also just been superseded by Commander Baldock. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—Three men belonging to the ship Wilsons, recently arrived at this port from Montreal, were yesterday chargel by Mr. Brooks, of the Custom house, before Mr. Rushton, with having smuggled, or brought with that intention, a quantity of foreign manu factured tobacco-2albs. of Cavendish and lilbs. of cigars. Their names were George Holmes, the carpenter, and John Scott and Frank Clarke, seamen. The tobacco was found in the cargo part of the vessel, close to the bulk head on the forecastle, and was found by removing a board. They each and separately after the article was found, acknowledged to being part owners, and they were fined £lOO each, or to be imprisoned, with an intimation, however, from Mr. Rushton, that as the quantity was small, and they appeared to be ignorant of the weight they could carry as sea stores, a representation would be'made at head quarters to obtain, if possible, a mitigation of the amount of punishment. RECEIPT STAMPS.—In a case at the police court, yes terday, where a clerk in the office of a commission mer chant was charged with having embezzled considerable sums of money from his employer, it appeared that in one or two instances, evidence of payment could not be received in consequence of the receipts not being stamped. One of the amounts was for upwards of £95, and the stipendi ary magistrate commented upon the insecurity which at tended transactions so irregular, observing that the par ties were, in every case, liable to an information for a nothing, e but theirsaidstamps heavywerecoathadbad beforecheaper,hepre vented h him many cases of the same description, and the practice 1 appeared to prevail to a great extent. The law, however, ought to be regarded, otherwise inconvenience might follow, for receipts mot originally stamped could not, like other documents, be subsequently stamped on the pay ment of a penalty. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.—Last night the pet vo calist of the pet theatre of Paris charmed, fascinated, and bewildered the crowds at this now prosperous place of amusement by her brilliant singing and still more brilliant acting in the opera, " the Black Domino," which Auber considers his best, and which Jules Janin has pronounced in his way to be "bon." The piece is of that melo-dramatic musical character which carries an audience away ; the complicated interest of the plot, and the multiplied sur prises would, anywhere, and more especially out of the district of dilletanti, compensate for any deficiency in the music or the musicians ; and, when to the dramatic excel lence are added songs that live in the memory for weeks after single hearing, and a singer like Anna Thillon, unrivalled for the clearness and sweetness with which she displays her many resources, the only result of its production, in a very efficient manner, at a Liverpool theatre, must be success. Mr. Hudson proved himself use ful; and in the other adjuncts, personal and scenic, of the Parisian prima donna, there was nothing to carp at. M r. Hammond has won every praise for the manner and style in which he has put the opera on the stage ; and the plau dits received by his managerial creations, evince that his exertions, governed always by a correct taste, have been perceived, and will be rewarded by the public. L STAllbArth. LAUNCH OF THE " LOODIANAH." There is no sight more enthusiastically sought after by a Liverpool public than that of a ship-launch. Every individual, impressed with the importance of our com merce, seems to regard with veneration an event that shall add another plank to the " Wooden Walls of Old England ;" and it having been announced that the Loo dianah %%as yesterday to be moved from terra firma to the restless waters of the deep, long before the appointed hour hundreds were congregated at the yard of the builders, Messrs. W. B. Jones and Co. At her bow. an exten sive stage was erected, and in the yard the timber was so arranged as to give all an opportunity of witnessing the sight. On the platform we observed the Rev. D. Stewart, the Rev. T. Nolan, the Rev. John Herbert Jones, John Fletcher, Esq., and friends, G. H. Lawrence, Esq., W. Moore, Esq., H. Moore, Esq., Holderness, Esq., R. Houghton, Esq., J. Houghton, Esq., Carter, Esq., H. Steel, Esq., C. Groves, Esq., John Anderson, Esq., Blythe, Esq. Alderman Chilton, Capt. A n de rson , of H.M. steam-ship Pharo, Capt. Heron, John Smith, Esq., &c., and a number of the fairest of our Lanca shire witches. Precisely at twelve o'clock, all being in readiness, the orders were given, " out tomshores," and on the daggers being struck, (without the aid of the screws that were fixed at her fore foot and to the cradles) she moved slowly but gracefully to the bosom of the circumambient waters on which she is destined to ply. The drop of a pin might have been heard while she glided down the ways, but di- rectly she was released from her cradles she acknowledged, by a gentle dipping of her head, the vociferous cheers that emanated from a crowd numerically greater, and equally important, to any we have previously observed. The Loodianah, in point of workmanship and model, is not, in oar opinion, surpassed by any wooden vessel that has hitherto been 'aunched from our port. Her timbers are of the choicest English oak, and her planking from the gun nell to the first futtock heads, is of picked East India teak. Below the light water line she is all English oak, and having a fine entrance and a clean rnn, with a good flat flooring and a side " round as an apple," she posses ses all the requisites of a merchant model—exquisite stow age and abundant bearing, combined with good sailing qualities. Internally her construction is equally admira ble ; her bends, binding streaks, and stringers are of unu sual length and strength, varying from 60 feet downwards. Between decks she presents a most superb appearance, being entirety fitted with mahogany, decorated with the most elaborate carvings, which are relieved by light and elegant cast fresco-work gratings. Her length for ton - nage is 132 feet 4 inches, and over all she measures 150 feet 4 inches ; her beam is 31 feet 7 inches ; her depth of hold 22 feet 5 inches; and her tonnage by builders' mea surement 602—while her burthen per register will be about 750. After the Loodianah left the stocks, she glided from the eddy tide into the stream, which taking her by the stern, displayed her broadside to the assembled multitude, amongst whom one opinion alone appeared to prevail, that a more noble craft never floated on the Mersey. Her figure-head is that of a Sikh General in all the ornamental costume of his country, and with the trail-boards and head-board, all of which are most elaborately carved by Mr. Allen, presents an imposing appearance. The quarter galleries and the stern are also equally admirably deco rated. The vessel was christened by Miss Fletcher, the daughter of John Fletcher, Esq., and has, we learn, been built for the firm of Messrs. H. Moore & Co. She will be commanded by Capt. Heron (late of the Harvest Home,) and is intended for the eastern trade, in which we trust she may be most successful. After the launch, the company adjourned into the model room, in which was laid out a dejeuner, prepared by Messrs. Fisk and Co., of Castle-street. At least two hundred and fifty people sat down; and for the credit of Messrs. Jones and the parties furnishing the feast, we must bay that we never saw a more sumptuous entertain ment, whether we take into consideration the number of the parties entertained, or the style of their entertainment. Both the provisions and the wines were of first-rate quality; and the company was , most select. The wines were supplied by Mr. Sherlock, of King-street. The first toast given was " The Queen," which was acknowledged by the usual honours, and by the national anthem, sung by Messrs. George Holden, junior, J. Mellor, C. Radcliffe, and H. Roberts, in which the com pany joined. The above gentlemen belong to the Sappho Glee Club. The next toast proposed was, "The health of the owners of the ship Loodianah, Messrs. H. Moore and C 0.," whom the Chairman characterised as the most re spectable men of business with whom he had become ac quainted in the course of his transactions. Glee, "Ye gentlemen of England." Mr. H. MOORE replied on the part-of the owners, ex pressing in the most enthusiastic terms the satisfaction the vessel had given them, and concluded by proposing the health of Messrs. W. Jones and Co., the builders, who, he trusted, would live to build a fleet of ships a noble as the one they bad that day launched. Mr. W. BUCKLEY JONES responded, and professed himself quite unfit to return adequate acknowledgements for the handsome manner in which his health had been proposed, and the enthusiastic manner in which it had been received. One of his partners was much better fitted to return thanks. As for himself, he could much better handle an axe than make a speech. His firm could turn 'out a good ship and a good model, but they could not enlighten the company present. No expense had been spared in building the Loodianah. They had endeavoured to construct a good carrying ship, taking into consideration the fact that fifty days more or less on the voyage was not to be considered, so long as she carried a sufficient cargo. The essentials of a merchant ship, and of naval architecture, he con sidered were to carry a large cargo, and to. sail quick. Mr. Jones proceeded to pay a justly-merited compliment to the owners of the vessel launched. He had found them a good ship, and usefulness considered, a handsome One ; and paid his compliments to his partner, who, he said, had once been a ship -master but was now a gentleman. Mr. Jones made some remarks upon the relative merits of wood and iron as used for ship-building purposes, the former of which he did not expect to see superseded in his own time, or that of his children, or grand children, and concluded by proposing the health of Captain Heron, the gentleman who was to be entrusted with the naviga tion of the Loodianah. Glee—" The ship's in P e rt." Mr. J. SMITH (of the Mercury) responded for his friend Captain Heron. The Bishops and Clergy of the diocese were next given, which was responded to by the Rev. T. Nolan in an elo quent speech, which we regret we cannot give. One statement of the Reverend Gentleman we must, however, notice, viz.—the fact supplied to him by Mr. Samuel Holme, that within a circle of forty miles round Man chester the population exceeds that round St. Paul's, London, by 350,000 persons, which speaks volumes in favour of the prospects of our town. A number of other toasts were drunk, and the party dispersed at a late hour in the afternoon. We were gratified to learn that during , the dejeuner, chiay by the exertions of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, of St. James's-street, upwards of £8 were collected in aid of the funds of the Jordan-street Seamen's and Apprentices' Reading-room and Navigation School, which is open to all seamen and apprentices without any charge. Four gentlemen kindly undertook to hold boxes at the doors for the reception of the donations of the parties attending the dejeuner. We should be glad if this example were followed on every similar occasion, and the valuable in stitution in question would thus be placed on a perma nentlyefficient footing. The annual show of live stock, agricultural implements, seeds, roots, &c., in connexion with the Liverpool Agri cultural Society, will take place, we perceive, on the 24th instant, in the North Haymarket. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.-041 Sunday next, two sermons will be preached in this church, and collections made towards defraying the expenses of conducting Divine service. It appears from a statement which we have seen that there is a balance standing against the church of £65, which, we fear, will only be increased, unless extra means are supplied. We earnestly call on the churchmen of our town—and they are both numerous and opulent— to make use of the present favourable opportunity for wiping away completely the debt against this building. ASSAULT WITS! A KNIFE.—A youth named Thomas Rowe was yesterday charged at the police court with having attempted, with an open clasp-knife, to stab the steward of the Antelope steam and sailing ship. John Edwards, an old man, the ship keeper, observed him, and getting hold of him, prevented uny further assault. The prisoner, who, it appeared, was rather tipsy at the time, and had bad some slight difference with the steward. was requested to pay £5 for the assault, or in default to be imprisoned two months ; and further, to find sureties to keep the peace, himself in £2O, and two others in £l5 each, or to be imprisoned for three months. DINNER TO WOREMEN.—On Thursday evening, Messrs. Winspear, Hyde, and Co., gave their workmen a treat in celebration of the commencement of a new pile of workshops which that firm are about to erect in Great Howard-street, being compelled to leave their premises in Crompton-street, by the new railway tunnel from Edge bill to the northern extremity of the docks passing through them. About fifty persons sat down to an admirable dinner at Mr. Adcock's, the Clarence Hotel, served up in the worthy host's best style. Under the able presi dency of Mr. Robert Walker, a most agreeable evening was spent, and many appropriate toasts drank. Mr. Davies filled the vice-chair with much efficiency. REBUKE OF A POLICE OFFICER FOR INTEMPERATE USE OF HIS STlCK.—Yesterday, at the Police Court, three men were charged by a police officer with riotous conduct, and with assaulting him. It turned out, how ever, from the evidence, that the principal complainant had himself been in some measure the aggressor, be having violently struck one of the prisoners with his stick. Mr. Rushton expressed his strong objection to the police of the town being allowed to use sticks at all. The London police were not permitted to use such weapons, and he verily believed that the frequent intem perate use of them provoked resistance, and caused great disturbance. He was of opinion that the truncheon alone was quite sufficient, especially during the night. They might spring their rattles for asssistance. [Mr. Ellis explained that the police officers were not allowed to carry their truncheons by night; and we may add our opinion that a blow from a passionate man with a truncheon would be quite as severe as from a stick. The fact is that the policetnens' sticks are turned out of heavy dye-wood, or iron-wood, almost as heavy as metal, and a strong blow from one of them will break bones, for they have no elasticity, and break like a bone. Why not have stout oak or ash sapplings, if sticks be required, which they at times may be for the dispersion of a riotous as semblage of people, and for the individual protection of the officers from assaults.] The three prisoners were strongly admonished by the magistrate to be more care ful in their future conduct, and in wandering in the streets at late hours, and in consequence of the mal-treatment of one of them by the officer in question they were dis. charged. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, LONDON CORN EXCITANGE.-YEEtERDAY, The market opened this morning with considerable excite ment for wheat. The supply of English was only moderate, and met a brisk sale at fully 4s. to ss. per qr. over the currency of this day week. The demand for free foreign was more ex tensive, at 3s. per qr.more money, and quite as much improve ment was realised for bonded, and the demand so exceeds the quantity here, that some French orders last week were exe cuted in Lincolnshire. New barley is 25., malt Is. to 25., beans and peas Is. higher. Indian corn is in great rennest, and buyers would give 2s. to 3s, per gr. more for floating cargoes. - We have a fair supply of foreign oats, but the arrivals from Ireland and coastways are only trifling. The trade is is. dearer for most descriptions ; but the sale checked, and only retail sales reported. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY The attendance of buyers was rather extensive, while the de mand for primest Scots, &c., was very steady, at fully previ ous quotations. In all other kinds only a moderate business was doing at late rates. The supply of Sheep was again extensive, yet the mutton trade was very firm, at fully, but at nothing quoteable beyond, last Monday's prices. With lambs we v►ere seasonably well supplied moved off readily at extreme currencies. Calves moved off freely at advanced prices. In pigs very little was doing at our quotations. All kinds PRICES OF STOCKS •YESTERDAY Hundreds upon hundreds of persons in this country are in terested in the state of the market for American securities. Scarcely a sale has been made in our market for .t'loo for a long time past. We are advised that matters, though bad, are likely to improve in New York. Very little business has been done in the English funds to day. Consols are at 96' for the Account, at 964 # for money, and Exchequer-bills at 13 to 17 pm. Portuguese Four per Cents: havejust been quoted at 40, and then at 43, and now at 42. The price of this stock on Saturday was at 48. The decree of the Portuguese Minister, as to the dividend to be in future paid upon the stock, is the cause of the fall. Spanish Bonds are at 274. the Three Per Cents. at 381, and the Mexican Five per Cents. at 26. Railway shares are not in good demand to -day. Sept 8, 1846. "THERE IS DEATH IN THE POT." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR—On the 24th of last month I addressed a letter to you on the then insanitary state of the town, which you thought of sufficient importance to be prefaced by a " Leader," in which you cordially responded to my appeal to yourselves, by impressing upon our municipal authorities the necessity for the prompt discharge of their duty to their fellow -citizens. Your advocacy, which did no less credit to your pen than your heart, has met with its proper reward —success. Already have the initiative steps been taken by the Watch Committee to remove from the town one great cause of disease, the masses of putrifying refuse accumulated about the dwellings of the poor. One little suggestion still remains unattended to, viz.,—the immediate and daily supply of water to the poor man's dwellings by the Water Companies. This I beg of you to press for, and you must obtain it ; let but the directors and other shareholders of the water companies, who are dividing their 10 per cent., consider that their stinginess at the present critical time sacrifices at least one life per diem, and lays on a bed of sickness fully twenty times the number, and I am sure they will. even if it should be proved to be attended with a loss of kth per cent., sanction so great a sacrifice of their pecu niary interests to the lives and wellbeing of those by th sweat of whose brow themselves and their fathers have been enriched. Wealth has its privileges, but it has its responsibilities also. Pestilence stalks abroad, principally from the neglect, the culpable neglect of those whose duty it was to avert its approach. The tocsin of alarm was sounded long ago, but wealth went home to its country house, after subscribing its guinea to the Dispensary, and thought it had done its duty. Oh ! that the selfish rich could, while reclining on his couch, be carried in the spirit to the poor man's dwelling, and there witness " some strong" father "in his agony." The mother of those wailing children, (alas ! how soon to be or phans,) as supporting his drooping head she wipes the clammy death-sweats from his brow, shows, by her pinched and sickly features, that she too is stricken. He dies—she lingers, and perhaps recovers. Pah ! says the rich, this is stuff! No, Sir, 'tis but a faithful feature drawn from nature, the original; bad you and your class discharged your duty, it would not have existed. But methinks I hear you say, Mr. Editor, " Revenons a nos moutons," in other word s , re t urn to the beef question. Since my letter to the Mercury on the subject, ten days aga, the Mayor has, I believe, summoned a commission of inquiry concerninc , the amount and intensity of disease amongst the cattle slaughtered and sold in Liverpool, but as I have not been invited to attend the investigations, I have thought it better not to go any further into the sub ject until these " learned Thebans" make their report. I cannot, however, refrain from stating, that a very great man in the matter pronounced the ear"ase of a cow which had been seized by the inspector of meat the night previously, in the presence of the Chairman of the Watch Committee and a veterinary surgeon, and with the appro bation and concurrence of the owner, as being quite good for humanfood. "When doctors differ, who shall de cide ?" But a most respectable wholesale butcher, who stood by, was heard to exclaim, that he should like to re ward the " great man" for his opinion by inviting him to dine off the beef, aid make him dine off it. To this I would add,—after he bad seen the lights,—which he had not when he gave ilia "ex-cathedra" opinion on a "dawn ing" subject. In treating of this affair I would have it distinctly understood that, while I strongly reprobate the practice of slaughtering and selling diseased meat, and would leave no stone unturned to remedy the evil, yet I would wish it to be accomplished without injury to the tradesmen who, as a body, are as respectable and good citizens as any in the town. The evil is a great one, and requires energetic and decided measures to remedy it. The honest fair trading butchers of the town we all anal .us to do away with the revolting system of selling food for Cfiristiarts which Jews won't touch. I speak in parable ; but to ex plain, I affirm that if the beef which is sold in the markets of Liverpool had to pass the Jews' inspector of meat, n ot one-third of it would be permitted to be sold. If the Jewish nation, by acting in accordance with the Mosaic instructions, succeed iu obtaining good sound wholesome meat at a moderate price, why should not their Christian fellow-citizens be placed on the same footing by those in authority over them ? These crudities will suffice, I hope, for the present, as I have just had set before me a dish of "smoking hot potatoes," affected with " the disease," which have beet , forwarded to me (raw) by a friend, and about which I shall have something to say in some paper this week. Your's, &c., H. G. HARBORD. 4, Upper Parliamed-street, Saturday Evening. The anneal archery tete at Wynnstay, North Wales, the princely seat of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, takes place on th e 11th i ns t an t , an d w ill exceed in splendor au similar fates in this part of the world. Dinner will be laid for 400 of the aristocracy, and the evening terminat e with a grand ball, for which Weippart and his full hand are retained. THE FRENCH QUARREL AT TAHITI. Our valiaq neighbours have at length l earne d th e a d van t ag es 0 a little prudence. We are informed, on good autho7 city, that their claim to the Friendly Islands is to be abandoned, and that nothing is to be kept, except so mach as will seem t o sa ti s f y th e d emocrat i c spirit . of La Jenn e clear France. By so d o i ng , th e F renc h nat i on Will steer of a. rock-ahead, and common sense b e placed in the as cendant in the con d uct of affairs of Shat great na t io n. GOVERNM ENT PATRON AGE.— AI though there is no t a s yet any official no tifi ca ti on o f a vacancy in the department, it is stated that th e o ffi ce o f P oor-law Commissioner, with a salary of £2,500 a y ear , h as b een conferred on Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, M.P. Th e N at i on, while fully admitting Mr. O'Connell's qualifications for the situation , deeply regret the fact of an O'Connell becoming a " pendiary of England," as establishing a precedent which the weak and venal will improve to their own interest. THE WHITE QUAKERS.—Joshua Jacob, the lea der of the sect d enom i nate d "Whi te Quakers," who• boa been confined for a long time in the Dublin Marshals"' for contempt of the Court of Chancery, was set at liberty yesterday week on a report of the master, that he could not longer be detained without danger to his life. Joshua has gone amongst " his own people," and is now the re' sident patriarch of the White Quaker Colony, w" 36 local habitation i s th e an ti que b u ildi ng once the a b o d e of the late Lord Kilwarden, on the Naas-road ; and a red rural and salubrious situation, undoubtedly, for any patient. MR. GREEN, JUNIOR'S, ASCENT AT BERLIN: 113 1 Berlin papers c on t a i n e l a b orate accounts of the ascent o f the celebrated aeronaut, in a balloon thirty-eight feet 1 diameter, and s i x t y - seven f eet in length from the top t ° the bottom of th e car. T his is about a middle size be , ' tween Mr. Green, senior's, large and small balloon The spot from which the balloon ascended was shed for the purpose by the King of Prussia, who hono ur " the expedition with his patronage. About!4o,ooo opectato,r: assembled to witness a sight which in that part of t , ll world is a perfect novelty. Among the most dist..n:t guished were the young Prince of Prussia, the Prussi. - Ministers, and all the foreign ambassadors. Mr. Green was accompaniad by Count Schafgotsch and Herr KO' nel. The balloon alighted on the plain of Gross-Beereo; and it is a remarkable coincidence that thi s was on the anniversary of the victory vained o n th a t s p o t by th e Prussians over the French. Th e b a ll oon h as b een deslr nated the " Gross-Beeren Balloon" on account of this oil' cutnstance. Our ambassador, the Earl of Westrnore: land, showed great attention and kindness in assisting Mr. Green in this novel enterpri se . M r . G reen p u rpose s to make similar visits to other German cities. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE.—As will be seen from a paragraph elsewhere, her Majesty reached Jersey na Wednesday evening. On Thursday her Majesty t o ll the Prince Consort made a p rogress t h rough the l o g e town of St. Heliers, and on th rough the country st/3- few miles, to the Castle of " St. Orgueil," very ancieli,." and said to have bee n or i g i na ll y built by Julius Crest'a Her Majesty and th e P r i nce, accompanied by the 1-4°`a Chamberlain, Earl Spencer, Viscount Palmerston. g o the rest of th e R o y a l su i te, returned to the Royal yacht little before three o'clock. Her Majesty did not lea. the the yacht again that day. Prince Albert proceedeq 6 the Fairy to take a little survey of some portion of the island. Her .Majesty left Jersey on Friday, the 4th ni s ei ,' at 8 o'clock a.m., and arrived at almouth about 0, 1 80 o'clock the same evening. After the Queen's arrival to address was presented, through Viscount Palmersto n, e , her Majesty, from the mayor and corporat i on o f the t b tea rough of Falmouth. Her Majesty on arr i v i ng wa s sa lute from the battery on Pe n de nn i s C as tl e . H er Maigoyal dinner party on board the ya c ht compr i se d only theOroing suite. Her Majesty left Falmouth on Saturday. m . n tion for Mount's Bay and the Scilly Isles, with an 10 ,L e „, o p of returning to Falmouth on Sunday, and ealha 6 ,..ka Monday; on which day a pilot has been ordered to t., 6 the Fairy,ap the River Pal, as fat as Tregothnan• t 'd seat of the Earl of Falmouth, when the barge will conVe; the illustrious party to Truro, where the inhabitants ar e making great preparations to give them a splendid re; ception. On their return the Prince proposes honouring the Polytechnic-hall with his presence, and will aftert wards go to the United Alines in Gwennap, about eig li miles distant from Falmouth. Those who are anxious to rent, or invest in proPer t t o ' will find many favourable opportunities by referring our advertising columns. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 7 ' o te We have little or no alteration to quote f rom our late s i w ita ment, having a fair average of all kinds of stock, both 4 0 1 respect to quality and number, with a num e rous attendan',D.3 buyers—brisk sale and hieh nriepa Vln.f CA Oer FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK (From the Britannia of Saturday.) The price of Consols, as well as of every description of securities, has been well maintained during the week, and' the market has had altogether a firm aspect. The im provement caused by the reduction in the Bank rate of discount has not receded, and Consols for the October account closed yesterday at the prices of Saturday last, 968 to 2. For money the price was 968. The fluctua tions have been trifling during the week, a slight degree of depression felt on Tuesday having been recovered by the confident reports spread of the Queen of Spain's mar riage, which womld undoubtedly contribute to the tran quillity of Europe. Exchequer Bills have continued firm at 16s. to 20s. premium. Other securities for temporary investment have been regarded with favour. Money is for the time exceedingly plentiful, first-rate securities being eaaily negotiable at two per cent. It is remarkable, however, that short dates only are sought for; and hence it is inferred that the market can hardly, at present, be said to be in a sound state. Some fear is still entertained by the timid on account of railway calls ; but men of larger views, and with a better estimate of the national resources, see nothing to dread from railway en terprise, assuming it to be legitimate, notwithstanding the immense number of bills passed this session. In the Foreign Market the principal event has been the advance in the prices of Spanish stock, consequent on the Queen's betrothal to her cousin. The rise has been nearly equal to two per cent., and a general expectation is entertained that now Spain will rise in the rank of na tions, and make a vigorous effort to place her finances on a sound footing. The proverbial success of the King of the French in all his undertakings justifies the most con fident hope of the prosperity of Spain, now that he has, in sectne degree, taken the dynasty an d governmen t o f that country under his immediate protection. Spanish Actives, which on Saturday closed at 254 to 6, were yes terday done at 271 to jj. The Three per Cents. have risen in like proportion ; they closed last week at 361 to 7; we note them now at 39). Portuguese stock has also improved with the more peaceable aspect of affairs. The Four per Cents., which on last Saturday marked only 42, were yesterday done at 47 to 471. Other descriptions of foreign stock have shared in the improvement. Mexicans were yesterday quoted at 264- to 1, but the market was dull for them, as they are regarded with great shyness. The Share Market has been comparatively inactive du ring the week, and there has been a disinclination to pur chase. From the considerable fluctuations in price, shares do not yet present a good opportunity for temporary in vestment, and the warning of last autumn has not yet been forgotten. Indeed, from the mania that then pre vailed, prices were forced up to such an unnatural height that it is doubtful whether the stock even of established lines is not yet too high. However that may be, certain it is that the Share Market has not materially participated in the improvement felt in other kinds of securities this week, and that the transactions have been limited in amount and of a languid character. We see that in all 305 railway bills received the royal assent this session. Such a mass of enterprise is startling; yet it is to be noted that, as a majority of these schemes are for connecting lines, the main trunk ways will be in fact fed and enriched by these tributary shoots. The French lines have shown some symptons of im prove.nent, but the amount of business done in them has been slight. From the manufacturing districts the accounts are more favourable. A demand has sprung up, and there seems a probability of•a fair autumn trade. In many descriptions of manufactures the trade is unusually good for the time of year. The rise in the price of grain received a check on Mon. day, owing to the continuance of fine weather, but the fall has since been recovered, and a steady rise in price is now anticipated. The failure of the potato crop must cause an immensely increased consumption of bread-stuffs, and thus the large supplies anticipated from the United States may be taken into consumption without any unusual pressure on the market being felt. Some demand has been experienced from France and Bel gium, and cargoes have actually been shipped from the former country, the harvest there, it is stated, being la mentably deficient in yield. The Gazette returns pub lished last night. show an average price of 75 5 . 10d. I n anticipation of a rise in price, and a conse quen t f a ll i n duty, stocks are beginning to accumulate in bond. The arrivals of foreign for the week in the Gazette are 14,000 quarters, while only 727 quarters were entered for home consumption. The arrivals of oats have bee n v e r y large, and we notice that in the week 40,000 quarters were en tered for home supply. Experienced factors in the prin cipal towns of the kingdom advise that the consumption of grain is now greater than ever they recollect before. The duty of 10s. continues im force. LOANS TO IRISH RAILWAY COMPANIES.—Mr. bouchere has stated that he will entertain proposals fcr loans to Irish railway companies that have obtained acts of parliament, and the parliamentary deposits on which have been bond fide paid up, and continued in bank to the credit of the companies. INQUEST.—Yesterday an inquest was held, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Patrick Brien. Deceased had sailed on Friday week in the Eclipse steamer from Wexford to this port, and was then well. On the follow ing morning he was taken ill, and was attended to by the passengers as well as they could. He did not rally, and died on board on the night of the following day (Satur day), at eleven o'clock. A post-mortem examination was made, and the surgeon having given his opinion that the deceased had died from disease of the heart and lungs, a verdict to that effect was returned by the jury. COMMITMENTS, YESTERDAY, AT TTIE POLICE-COURT. —Ann Gibson, a young woman, was charged by Elizabeth Molyneux, of Bedford-street North, with stealing several silver spoons, which had been left in a drawer in one of the bed-rooms. The prisoner was said to be a dress maker. She declined to say anything in her defence, and was committed for trial at the sessions.—Patrick Tobin, was charged with having been concerned with three other young men (not in custody) in breaking into a marine store, belonging to William Leach, in Perry. street, Tox teth-park, on Saturday morning or Friday night, and therefrom stealing a quantity .of old copper and lead, which was deposited in a bag. He was committed for trial at the sessions.—Sarah Naylor, a married woman, was committed for stealing a shawl and a table-cloth from the house of Mrs. Margaret Green, London-road. EMDEZZLEMENT BY A CONFIDENTIAI, CLERK.—On Saturday a young man (stated to be married) of very re spectable exterior, named Victor Lecour, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having embezzled sundry sums of money which he had received from Mr. Unwin and other persons, but which he had never ac knowledged or accounted for to his employer, Mr. Wm. Woodruff Dorrington, merchant, of Chapel-walks. The complainant stated, that the prisoner was his con fidential clerk ; and" that he only made the discovery on Thursday last. At Lecour's lodgings a quantity of letters were found, which had been addressed to his employer, but which had been intercepted by the prisoner, and kept entirely from his employer's knowledge. They revealed the fact that the prisoner had been, from time to time, making applications to various corres pondents of Mr, Dor r i ng t on f or large amounts of money, in some instances due to Mr. Dorrington, but in two of the cases application was made for £3O, where in one only £8 was .owing and in the other £lO . M r. Dorrington, said that, if the prisoner was remanded, he should be prepared to prove a variety of cases in which he had received large sums of money, and had never accounted to him for them. Mr. Rushton said that it was a 'very shocking case. The secret enr- respondence the prisoner had evidently been engagedcTin with Dr. D's customers had not only been intended to have the effect of robbing his employer, but it was calcu lated to destroy the gentleman's credit entirely. Mr. Davenport, for the prisoner, asked a few questions, with a view to elicit from the prosecutor, that, on several oc casions, he had known of his clerk's delinquencies, and LIVERPOOL. promised forgiveness on a full revelation being made. TIJE S D AY, SEPT. 8,184 G. The prosecutor acknowledged that, in one instance, before Christmas last, he h a d over l oo k ed one offence, but that PRINTED AND PUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY MORNI S6 what was now charged had all happened since. The pri soner was remand e d. H e was again b roug h t up Yes- JOSHUA FLETCHER LAC 14 E, of 53. Grove-tret, and terday, when cons id era bl e additional evidence was LEONARD ADDISON, of , Great Orford- s stree e t. adduced. The prisoner was apprehended by police- At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT LIVICRTOOL. O O4 officer Thomas Ainsworth, in a splendid house, kept Orders and Advertisements received by Messrs. Newtot t et; by himself, in Everton. The general tenor of the evi- co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-,!;oer. deuce was to the effect that, as before stated, the Deacon, n Walbrook ; Reynell,Chancery-lane; Charleflf se:: prisoner had received large amounts in the name of his em- den pOriv id3en Ha lane; c Oc n h e el ployers, for which he had not accounted, and when detecte d court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, or*' he prayed that he might not he prosecuted, and would make hill; at the London Commercial Cohee-house, Mincing"cot good the amount, as be expected some money through his at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; ChaPtf e rict", wife. He was fully committed for trial at the sessions, fee-house, Paternoster-row; North and South 14 5(dif, Coffee-house, Threadneedle.street ; Parsons, 9. A ve publi! t ; and the witnesses were bound over to appear under the Johnston ge-et, a nd and C Oo ii. Eden es usual surety. He declined, after being cautioned, to say , l l, l l ll.;:et-st i i;o, Ir lan h e eeler, n t o ic n chan anything in his defence. A gold Geneva watch was found Manchester ; Haddock, and J. sad W. Boo th , BoE k t e t 0 114 Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Wiig on the person of the prisoner, which, with the chain and appendages, is, we beard, of £3O value, gain, Herald-office, Birmingham. MOtton 6-0 to 7d; Lamb 6fd to 7d LIVERPOL COTTON MARKET, SErT. 7' otti All activity and bustle in Cotton. The sales to -day t t e vitr ,000 bales at very extreme prices, with a well supplied t. The tone - • - • - -