The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

, •"40, TUESDAY MORNING, SI:PT. 22, 1846. The Anion of Monday week contains an article, in reply to some remarks from us. upon the recently published statement by the Birkenlicid Dock Com pany, of the comparative advantages of the Liverpool end Birkenhead Dock Estates, to which, or at least to such parts of it as are intelligible, we feel called upon to offer a brief rejoinder. In doing this, we shall pass over the introductory paragraphs, which impute to us motives which we never had in view, and proceed to the :atigible facts and figures, which alone bear upon the glustion. Our contemporary says, of the Ducks over the water : "In Nil the Birkenhead Doe': Commissioners pro cured their first Act. cf l'arlia , vent, which authorised them to rase .t:•100,0A on he seminty of the works, and toils levied upon slipping rx,,ltintr u , e of them. The Crown gl.nted theta the. whole site of the works ; in economic.] langtv.ge, the whole sum of £400,000 wuuld be re-produc ive expenditure." And agjn, of the 'same Docks:— " In 1845, the B'ekenhend I.),ek - Commissioners pro• cured their st rood err, which :tutu r'z-s them to borrow £600,000, to he expend , d in il:epening Wallasey Pool and building wharf walls round it : the crown living the commssioners the whsle bed of the pool, or one hundred. and fifty acres. Of rills sum two-thirds are chargeable on the landowners whose property fronts the pool, the re maioirnz one-third on vee.sels nraking•use of the dock thus con-- Ilene, again, the whole sum spent is re pro,.hc; ice : not a penny goes into the pocket of the land owner." Now we cannot, for the life of us, tell what is meant by this " re-productive expenditure." Here is a million of money authorized to be raised for the formation of Wallasey Docks; and the Interest of that sum , has to be paid. The tolls to he levied are - surely not to reproduce the million. " Not a penny," we are told, " goes into the pocket of the land owner." What of that ? There is the cost of 'making a great portion of the land. and deepening the pool, to pay for ; and that is much the same thing. The other side of the question is thus stated : "In the same year the Liverpool Dock Trustees pro cured an act, ant horisn,e th , •in to rase, on the security of their rates and wo, ks, 1:1,5a0.000, for !hie construction of works at the north and south enus of the town. On re`er ring to their pith islie I they have already paid, up to the 24'h June, 1845, for land alone, under this act •of 7 and 8 Vie .. And by the Corporation accounts, we find Oat, on the 31st of August, 1843. the amount due from the Trustees of the Dicks, for land purchased under this act, was .. Making a total unproductive expendlture £784.875 5 8 Now it requires no re.c.: 'fling to prove, that, if the Dock Trw4tees bast got alt this hand for nothing, they could have .eff,ralett to lower their rates one half ; that, for instance, the noes upop shipping alone would have been sufficient to pay the interest upon the rely productive expenditure." It is always very desirable, when men meddle with such matters as the above, that they should know some little of accounts. By not being so informed, our contemporary has debited the new wo• ks of the Liverpool Dock Trustees with pre cisely •£ '2.71,875 54. Bd. too much. The Albion finds that the Dock Trustees have paid "for land alone," under their Act, £ 512,945. The item is quite correct. This sum is the total value of the land purchased by the Trustees, and for which, like good hook-keepers, they debit the Estate. The £ 271,930 54. 81. is part of that sum, the amount of the purchases from the Borough Estate, for which they have given Dick Bonds at 31 per cent., which Dock Bonds, accordingly, form portions of the Bonded Debt, and are, of course, transferred to that account. When a merchant has bought a thousand pounds worth of goods, and given his acceptance for them, for an accountant to turn round upon him and say. "those goods'cost you £2OOO, because I find that, although you have entered them as your own, in stock account, I find you still owe A. B. a thousand pounds," would 1 e quite as absurd as our contemporary makes himself. We shall not dwell upon this strange error, how ever, but proceed to grapple with our contemporary's general conclusion, which is, that because the Bir kenhead pcoje have paid nothing for their land, whilst the Dock T:ustees of Liverpool have, the former can do without dues upon any thing but tonnage, whilst the latter will be compelled to charge rates on goods. Be it so : let us then apply the axiom hid down. The duties on tonnage levied in 1846, in the whole of the docks of Liverpool, ex cluding the graving docks, au-mounted to £114,709 15-3. Bd. The expense of working, police, &e., would make up probably £30,000 tote deducted from this amowat. We allow nothing either for repairs. The total income therefore derivable from rates on tonnage in the whole of the docks of Liverpool would not pay interest upon two millions of money; and those docks have co: more than four times that amount. The Birkenhead doiks are to cost only a million : Will they accommodate and work half thethe shipp:n2 on an average accommodated on this si , le of the water? Yet it is clear they ought to do this or more, to pay -five per cent. upon the capital expended. We really don't wish to frighten any body ; but we must speak when such dangerous fallacies are so injudiciously thrust before the world. It is inexpressibly absurd to find our contem porary harping so much upon the difference be tween productive and unproductive expenditure. Doe; he mean to say t at the situation of a dock is nothing; that Prince's Dock would fill as well if it were five miles north or south of its present position ? Men will give more rent for a house in a thriving town than for one in a swamp, or for a dock in the centre of business than for one in the distant outskirts. [low can we he told, then, that the additional price paid for the land required for the one is " unproductivo" expenditure, whilst the price of the bricks or stone and mortar used upon the other is " re-productive expenditure." The Albion rather misleads his readers, when he inrorms them that the debt and liabilities of the Liverpool Dock Estate are now about three and a half millions. The present debt and liabilities are precisely £2,645,242 18-s., as per printed statement, up to the 24th of Jitne. Undoubtedly the trustees will have to raise more money to complete their works ; but then they will have more docks to exhibit to add to the efficiency and convenience of the port, and to their own revenue. With respect to the £564,000, which. he attempts to frighten us by stating to be " due on demand," he is equally out, of his latitude. That. amount, which had increased up to 2011 of June, 184 , to £746,494 2s. Bd., is only " redeemable on demand," inasmuch as the bonds given for it are past due, and the parties lending it are to, satisfied with their security to seek for better. None of it need be paid without six months' notice; and the fact that out of the large amount of bonds run out, only £16,125 was called in during the whole of last year ought to have rendered • que unnece,sary for the Albion to have informed us that the whole amount if requi ed, "in the case of a panic, is one which our Dock Trustees could at any time command." With respect to the demand for an instant appli cation of our surplus-revenOe to the reduction of rates, or, rather, to tie extinction of till duties on goods, we suspect the prompters of the Albion's . article could experience nothing so unpleasant as the adoption of such a step, unless accompanied with the adoption also of the following kind sug gestion : •• Wray not at once take the dock-rates off goods alto gether, enter into a rech rocit y treaty v.; ith the Birkenhead . people, and let the payment of one rate 'upon the ship free alt the docks on both sides the river? It will have to come to this, and 'the ;onger it is delayed the worse it will be for this side of the ricer. Government will not 'allow two public ousts in the same port to inconvenience the trade by keeping up d fferent rates of charge, if they can, with an equalised ra e, keep faith with their bond holders. The Standard shows they can do so, and we say the sooner we reduce the better; and, in saying so, . we believe we speak the sentiments of nine-tenths of the trading community." ' In other words, allow the shipping now paying for the use of our docks to di,charge into and to pay to the docks of the Birkenhead Commissioners, to stow their cargoes in certain warehouses erecting there by private speculators and London and other Capitalists; and then let them come to Liverpool • for an outward freight of fine merchandise and •other loading not procurable on the Cheshire side, without contributing a farthing to the property of the tow n ! 'L'his is • a little too bad • and we scarcely , think our co n t emporary can b e i n earnest. The cry of a famishin g of ng people has at length pe netrated the fastnesses h Derrynane. '1 hat they have pierced the marble art of the man who revels there upon the hoard: Wr u n g from the igno rance and wretched delusion of char sa me people, he would be a bold ma n wh ofamishing asserted. ' Daniel O'Connell know s, however, now , th at hunger and disease are beneat h the thatch of hun. , dreds of thousands of his wretched dupes, He has just acknowledged the fact in a letter, dated from DeTrynane, in which he; says—" Food the people want, and food it is the duty of everybody to provide for them : as well the Government as the Landlords; in short everybody having any means whatsoever." Will Daniel . O'Connell, then, we ask, perform his part in the work in which "every body having -any means whatsoever," is to bear his portion ? He holds in his own possession, or at least he has re ceived within the last few years and not accounted for, some hundred thousand poun Is, or upwards, contributed by the miserable peasantry of Ireland, to he devoted to an object which he must know to he impossible of accomplishment, and which he has apparently shelved to dip his fingers in official pay and patron ige. We remind him that now, by his own admiSsion, it is "food the people want," — not a delusive dream of a Parliament in College green. Let him throw open the Repeal chest. Let him give back to a misera'de people the thousands of the Repeal fund. Will he do this ? Will his regirrient of reverend agitators urge him to a step like this—of common honesty towards his, and their, poor fellow-countrymen ? Alas, we fear that their patriotism is of a different description. They will urge upon the landlords of Ireland, and the people of England, `• the duty" of providing for the wants of Ireland; but the Repeal funds will not be given up—the weekly rent will be looked for at Conciliation . Hall—the hat will still be sent round, and the " Liberator" will still demand to be fed by a people, thetmelves subsisting upon elymosynary contributions from a country which they are trained up to hate, and for whose humiliation and destruc tion they are taught to pray. The voracity of our contemporary of Friday for misrepresentations of Mr. M'Neile is truly asion ishina. On Sunday week the Rev. Gentleman's text in the forenoon was from the proptitt Habak kuk, chap. iii verses 16. 18, " When I heard, my belly trembled ; my lips quivered at the voice : rot• tenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble," &c. He described the effect produced on the Prophet by the majesty of Jehovah in connexion with his predicted judgments against a guilty nation. Af terwards when he referred to the painfully distress ing accounts of the destitution of so many of our poor Irish brethren, and described the effects which such a calamity ought to produce upon truly sympathetic Christians, he intro iuced a repetition of the words of his text with a thrilling energy. The result was practical ; producing, as we men tioned in our last, a liberal contribution. On Fri day we, in common with many others, were dis gusted by the following paragraph in the Mercury Toe Rev. Hugh 111'Neile, if we are to believe the state. meat of that gentleman himself, has become infected with the potato disease. tie said, on Sunday last, to the astonishment of some of his bearers, that, attrr reading letters received from Ireland, "rottenness entered my bones." This in itself is simply ridiculous, and, as far as the reverend gentleman is concerned, it is utterly contemptible ; but we think it deserving of notice, as a fresh specimen of that aptness in malice, that inventive ingenuity in detraction, by which the Mercury has exerted itself for many years, to the best of its ability, to injure an able and zealous clergyman. Truly ; the determined perseverance of that journal to damage Mr. M`Neile's reputation can only he equalled by its total want of success. It has, indeed, contributed considerably to a con trary result, because, lynx -eyed as it has been in its espionage over the reverend gentleman's proce dure, and ready as it has ever proved itself to make him an offender, if possible, for a word, it has never been able to establish any thing against him. And we must repeat what we had occasion to say but a few weeks ago,—that its wil ful repetition of known falsehoods is as disgraceful to the paper, as it is honourable to the distin , uished object of its calumny. Against its opposition to Mr. M'Neile's opinions, whether religious or politi cal, we say nothing. It is all fair; and no one courts fair discussion more than Mr. M‘Neile himself; but against misrepresentations of matters of fact, amount ing to known falsehoods, we must reiterate our pro test as against a base abuse of the liberty of the press. Although we have already gone far towards get ting rid of our pious horror of slavery and the slave trade, and are stimulating, as much as in us lies, the consumption of foreign slave-grown produce in our own country, it is gratifying• to have it shown to us that there is still a prospect of procuring from our own possessiOns, in sufficient abundance for our wants, a supply of that article—sugar—the culture and manufacture of which are the most oppressive to the tropical labourer, without the neces•ity of having recourse to slave markets. This assurance we have brought before us in a letter addressed to "tbe cotton manufacturers of Manchester and the adjacent localities interested in the India trade, by D. C. Aylain, of the firm of Messrs. Aylwin and Co., of Calcutta," the substance of which we shall endeavour to condense for our readers. It will be remembered by most how largely public expectation of a supply of sugar from our East Indian possessions was raised a few years ago, to result from the equalization of the duties upon the East and West Indian article. In 137-38 the export from Calcutta in bazar maunds (82 lbs.) was 814,771 maunds ; in 1838-39 it was 869 107 maunds ; and in 1839-40, 843.889 maunds. Up to this period the cane was cultivated by the ryots, or villagers, mainly for their own consumption, and was not looked upon as an article of profitable export. But when the sugars of East India were placed on the same footing in our markets with those of our Western colonies, the rise of price to the Eastern cultivator—who, Mr. Aylwin says, " was enabled to net a profit of say from 100 to 150 per cent."brought large supplies into the market from districts where previously the existence of the cultivation had been unnoticed ; and in the year 1840-41 the export from Calcutta sprung up to 1,784,791 maunds. The anticipation of an increase in this amount in succeeding years—natural, when wa consider the low rate of wages in the country, and the fact that the cane is grown in nearly every district at a com paratively trifling expense to the cultivator—has not been realized. On the contrary, the export fell in the following year, 1841-42, to 1,522,092 maunds, where it has remained stationary•, having been in 1844-45 only 1,539,117. The question with most commercial men, and with statesmen, has been—how is this apparent anomaly to be accounted for ? Here is an article the production of which is one of acknowledged !NIA!, and for which the East Indian farmer and peasant possess great advantages. Great Britain offers them a highly remunerating market. The continent of Europe is open to them. Yet industry flags; and the export of an article, of which the capa bility of production,at present estimated at 1,250,000 tons.per annum, the hulk of which is retained for home consumption, is almost limitless, retrogrades instead of increasing. Mr. Aylwin accounts for this fact by the general poverty of the East Indian cultivator, and the heavy drain upon his resources, created Ily the East India Company's tax on salt, which, with sugar, is the most necessary article of domestic use. To " pro cure a supply of this indispensible condiment, the Ryot," he says, " has t i surrender as much as three months of his annual labour." That the reader may be in a position to judge for himself of the pres sure of the tax in question, we subjoin Mr. Aylwin's explanatory note : "The value of salt, "free on board ship" at Liver. po(.1 is 155.. a ton. The tax on Salt in India is £8 6d. per ton. The ret , il price in theint, ricr is about 211. per Pound. The consumption est ithated. even " by the Indian Government." at 12 pounds per head, or :say half that of England : the average number compris'ng one family. 5 persons; and the rate of wages in many parts in the interior, only 1:1 16s a year on vsli:ch the wretched Ryot has to feed and clothe himself, and also buy salt." When so large a portion of labour is thus required for the payment of the tax on salt alone, there is little surplus time or means left, after earning or raising the remaining necessaries of life, to extend the cultivation of sugar. Mr. Aylxin argues, and we think most satisfac torily, that the removal, or the reduction, of the salt duty, say from three rupees to one rupee per maund, or from £B.3s. 6(1. per ton to ' 2 15s. 6d, the Indian agriculturist would he enabled to bestow more at tention upon the cultivation of sugar, as a means of adding to his personal comforts, and procuring a more abundant supply of clothing, by which the demand for British manufacturcd fabrics would be largely promoted. " If, he say. w e compute the total production of sugar in India at 1.250,000 tons a year. out of which 75.000 ire abstracted for Issportation, we should, estimat ing the ip. creased production arising from increased facilities of labour at only one. twelfth t or one month's average labou, 1 44 , 1 1 at oncq a further supply for the purpose of exporta. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tion of no less than 101,166 tons, making in all 179,166 tons, or nearly two-thirds more than the present supply Of our Eastern possessions and when - we consider the facilities of water communication that exist all over India; the millions of acres of the richest virgin soil that are lying valueless aid waste ; the cheapness and abundance of labour; arid the extremely low price at which sugar is ma iufactured ; it is beyond a doubt, could the producers be (As they would by the reduction of the Salt Tax) in a position to increase their cultivation, that Entiland tt ight draw the greater part of her supplies from Mit cnintry where, if out of the 140 millions of inhab:nres, but one flair.' became consumers of only el ,thing enough to cover the r loins ; we should, estimating an annual average of three feet for each individual, have an additional market opened for the cotton and yarn manufactures of this country of no less than 46 millions yards of cotton cloth." That the native Indian is not indisposed to in crease his purchases of the commodities of civil ized life, in return for any amelioration which we can effect in his condition, and in proportion to the extent of that amelioration, we have the best of all evidence —past experience. We have shown above that since the equalisation of the duties upon East and West Indian sugar, the exports, furnished by the supply drawn from the native producers, have doubled themselves. What has been the effect of this increase upon native consumption of our goods ? Of the fabrics in use amongst the wealthy classes in India—muslins, cambrics, lappets, &c., we find that in 1837-38 we imported into Calcutta 1.027,862 pieces, and in the following year 1.428,237 pieces. During the years up to 1844, after the increase had taken place in the exports of sugar to Europe, the consumption of these articles averaged about 1,300,000 pieces per annum. The imports of fa brics in tie amongst the poorer classes shows on the other hand a vast and most encouraging en crease. tif long cloth shirtirtgs, jaconets and mada • pollams, we imported into Calcutta in 1837-38, 19,0770 pieces ; in 1;38- 9. 427,452 pieces ; and in 1839-40, 646,751 pieces. In 1840-41, when the exports of East India sugar doubled themselves, the imports of the above articles rose ►o 1,009,885 pieces ! and in 1843-44 they had reached the large amount of 2,479,542 pieces. There, then, it is clear, is an arena in which the principle of free trade may be introduced, not only with immense advantage to the British manufac turer, shipowne , and merchant, but with infinite benefit to the millions of our fellow subjects in India. The substitution of a low for the present high duty upon salt would remove a mill stone from the necks of the latter, and bring them daily more and more within the pale of civilization, by the adoption of European habits and the acquisition of European wants and tastes. At the same time the markets of . India would he thrown open more widely to the British manufacturer. That, in the end, the East India company, for whose benefit the impost upon salt is levied, would suffer materially we do not believe. Should any great loss of reve nue arise, , however, there are many remedies for such an emergency within the reach of statesman ship. Certainly no slight obstacle ought to be per mitted to stand in the way o: the adoption of a mea sure of justice towards India, the benefits to accrue from which to the people of that country and to British industry are so out of all proportion with the sacrifice demanded. HAYDOCK LODGE UNATIC ASYLUM. We have had forwarded to us a circular from the con ductors of this establishment, the substance and purport of which we feel ourselves in justice bound to lay before our readers. The conductors have opened a d offer to open the establishment and its records to the friends of any private patients, who may feel misgivings as to its state; to committees or deputations from Boards of Guardians, to medical men or poor-law officers, to jus tices of the peace, or to clergymen. Such retorts as have already been made lye printe.l with the circular, and com pris'l those of a deputation of the justices of the county of Lancashire, a deputation from Chorlton Union, 2 reports of the visiting physician (Jas. Kendrick, jam., M.D.) ap pointed by toe ju-ticea of the county of Lancaster, who have a contract for the maintenance of 150 patients in the institution, the report of a medical gentleman from the Bangor Union, (Mr. 0. 0. Roberts's place of residence) a director of the Coventry Union, a guardian and clerk of the Saltord Uttion, a medical eentlernan for the Roch dale Union, another For the Preston' anion. a report from Ralph Robinson and J ihn Ridge Wood, a deputa tion and medical gentleman from the Birmitigham Union, Guardians of the Bolton Union, and a long report of an examination of the dietary, dormitories, general health of the patients, &e., by a medical gentleman deputed from the Rochdale Union. The whole of these reports are of a favourable character. _ The tax tiber of patients given in the last mentioned re port, as being in the establishment on the 9th ultimo, were— Paupers, Male Female - 333 Private patients, Ma1e..... in FLsie . - GI 394 of which total number only eight were in the hospital. We cannot see any notice of any party from the Liver pool Select Vestry having visited the asylum fur the pur pose of inspection. DESEItVED TESTIMONIAL. On the 7th instant, the Master Coopers Mowing to the Liverpool A,-sociatinn, presented to their estimable chairman, Mr. Thomas Wignall, a ma'sive silver snuff box, manufactured by Mr. Dismot4t. of Bold-street, as a te-timonial of their esteem, and gratitude for his services. Mr. \Vignall has b"en chairman of the body for a lensrh of time ; and r n many occasions—during the late strike among the journeymen coopers especially—has been of the most essential service to the trade. The snuff box. which was enclosed in a beautiful morocco case, lr)re - the following inscription I—" Presented to Mr. Thomas Wig_ nail by the Master Coopers of Liverpool, for the un wearied exertions and good judgment displayed by him as Chairman of their Association." The followiug well-merited address was presented along with the snuff box : "TO MR. THOMAS WIGNALL. LIVERPOOL. " We. the master coopers who comprise the association. desire to express to you the high sense we entertain of the value and importance of the exertions evinced by you in presiding over the interests of the body. " Although the consciou s ness of having laboured to promote the welfare of the association is in itself a great reward, it cannot fail to afford you additional pleasure to learn that the patience, ability, and temper by which your conduct has. been distinguished, have been duly appre ciated. " Entertaining for your character the most sincere respect, we beg you to accept the expression of our high es , eem in this testimonial, and our best wishes for your continued health and happiness. " ERT PRICE, Chairman. W. C. WILKINSON, Vice-Chairman. ".JOIN TYRER, Stcretary. "7M September, 1816." The amount collected at St. Matthew's Church on Sunrtav week and on Tuesday, after sermons by the Rev. A. Hewlett and the Rev. Mr. Birkett, in aid of the tie cess)ry expenses of the church, was £l4 16s. CHARGE AGAINST A H USBAND OW SFIOOTING AT HIS WIFE.—A 7► elderly man, named Frederick Young, was on Friday, brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of firing a loaded pistol at his wife. The case derived some additional interest amongst the people in Vauxhall road, where he lived, by a rumour getting abroad that he was a bigamist, and that boil wives were in the town. On the day stated, about one o'clock, a dense crowd was seen in Vauxhall road, and the prisoner was observed to rush. out from amongst them, and pnisue his wife along the street. When he came up to her, he seized her by the throat, twisted her round', anti finally drew a pistol from his pocket and fired at her, but fortunately (it it were loaded—fr r no ball could be found) — without injurious effect. He was remanded until Satur day, and again (without material evidence; until yesterday, when some further evidence was adduced on the part or the complainant. A tea-tray was produced, which, it was said, she had with her on the tot) of the basket at the time, and'on which appeared some abrasures. and finally a hole, said to have been made by the ball. Ttiis, however, wail not quite satisfactory evidence, and it appeared to some parties in Court who saw the tray, that the abrasures and ho!e, at " jumping ' distances, might have been produced by a chisel, and not a ball. The prisoner was again re manded until this day. A RAILWAY HUNT AFTER A SUNDAY'S DINNER. A gentleman of Liverpool. who is residing temp orar il y i n the vicinity of Bromborough, sent a parcel on S a t ur d ay evening to the Birkenhead and Chester Railwfbi Office in James-street, containing a j.tint for Sunday s dinner, clean linen, shaving tackle, raid other necessaries, with di• rections to be kept until he booked for Brornhorough himself. The parcel was di,ected to that place. On ar riving at the offi.:e, he was told, to his dismay, that the parcel was sent forward . by the previous train, and would, r.o doubt, be found either at Birkenhead or Brom borough. When he reached Birkenhead, he made inquiries after his lost treason sin vain. They must be at Bromborough, it was told ; but in case of so unfortunate a - mishap as their having gone on to Chester, the clerk said he would write to the station, and his parcel should he duty returned next morning. He met, accordingly, the half-past eight train, but no mutton, clean shift, or razor, there awaited him. He stayed till ten ; but t h at train he was told would not stop unless he booked to go by it to Liverpool. He paid his ninepence accordingly. St i ll no parcel. His neat despairing resolve was to go by th e tern he had paid for to Birkenhead, and went accordingly, but was equally unlucky.. Try the Liverpool station, urged the clerk. Our dinner hunter found, however. that there would then be no time to return till two in the af ternoon. Go on to Chester, suggested the clerk. Our hero, however, preferred returning to Brombro' again, where a m having been despatched forth to Ch eater , his lost dinner, &c., reached him at two o'clock. &less persevering individual would perhaps have been less suc cessful in stirring up the drowsy energies of the various railway officials concerned, THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. • - Yesterday Morning, at nine o'clock, a public breakfast was partaken of, in the Music-hall, by members and friends of the Evangelical Alliance, the purpose of the meeting being to receive and bid farewell to the brethren from America and other countries who had attended the formation of the Alliance, prior to their departure from England. It was announced in the bills that a valedictory address would be given by the Rev. Dr. Byrth, and a valedictory prayer by the Rev. James Lister ; also that the Bev. Dr. S. 1.. Cox, of New York, would rei ly in taking leave of the Briti-h friends of the Alliance ; and that other ministers and gentlemen would take a part in the proceedings. Toe interest excited was, consequently, very cOnsiderable, and the body of the room w,s com fortably filled, also most of the platf,rm, and a consider able part of the small gallery. Amongst those present, comprising members of every Christian denomination, were a large number of ladies. _ _ _ The breakfast was provided by Mr. C. Chalk, of the London Coffee House, and was substantial but plain. There were six tables running longitudinally with the room, and a cross table at the top, under the platform. Tea and m.ff.,e were served from urns, and the long tables were amply provided with sandwich s, buns, bread and butter, &c. At the cross table a few delicacies were in troduced, including chickens. ham, tongue, &I. We observ, d at the head of the room, the Rev. Dr. Cox, of New Yoik ; the Rev. Mr. Church, of America ; the Rev. Dr. Patten, also a foreigner ; the Rev. Dr. Byrtb; the Rev. Mr. Corcieaux ; the Rev. Mr. Kelly; the Rev. C. Birrel ; the Rev. S. 0 borne ; Rev. John Todd Brown; Dr. Massey, of Manchester; the Rev. W. Marshall. In dependent minister of Wigan ; Dr. Blackburn ; John Cropper; John Howard, Esqrs., and many others of thd clergy and laity, whose names we did not ascertain. In all, there were present about 4'::0 persons. . After the breakfast the gentlemen who were to take part in the proceedings went upon the platform, and, as an nounced, A. C. Dunlop, Esq., took the chair. Toe CHAIRMAN, in a short introductory address, an nounced in terms of extreme regret that they were that day deprived of the presence of an esteemed brother, who had rendered great services in the formation of their Al liance—he being confined by severe illness. He besought those present not to forget him in their prayers. He al luded to the Rev. W. Bevan. A its mn was then sung, " Come, let us join our cheer ful songs ;" after which the Rev. Mr.Cordeaux pronounced a brief prayer, which he followed up by reading most im- I pressively the 17th chapter of St. John. The same rev. gentleman then offered a powerful prayer, em bracing general subjects, and in behalf of the several religious institutions of the country. He prayed in a feeling manner for the conversion of the Jewish people, and implored a blessing on every society whose object, was to propagate the tru'lis of the Gospels —on all Christian missionaries—and especially on the Evangelical Alliance, to render its members kind and loving towares each other. If this movement emanated from the Lard, which they believed it did, he prayed that His influence might tall upon those Christians who had not yet joined them, and bring them amongst them. The CHAIRMAN then proceedec to briefly address the meeting. He said they had met there that morning to greet their dear foreign brethren who had come to this country to take part in the formation of the Evangelical Alliance—an Alliance which he believed was calculated to produce effects which few had contemplated. A few years ago if any one had ventured to predict what had now taken place, be would have been thought a wild enthusiast little better than mad (hear, hear). What was then the state of affairs? The dissenters were endeavouring to pull down the Establishment as if no Christian could belong thereto, whilst the members of the Established Church on the other hand were branding Dissenters as if to dissent from the Establish d Church was virtually to deny Christi anity altogether. (Pear, hear.) Now all who loved the Lord Je,us Christ were jellied together in one holy union. lie need not allude to what had taken place last year, as be trusted its hallowed influence was still telt out their minds, end a hate he had lately witnessed in London would not be easily erased from his mind. Then about tiihe hundred ministers of different denomin signs bad united in prayer and praise, and in consultation together how they might best manifest to the world that union in the Lord %Web must exist in all the members of his mystical body. (Loud cheers.) It was to greet those foreign brethren who had come from the Continent and America—all of whom were now about to return to their own land. (Hear.) Had the breakfast taken place on Friday, there would have been more present. In this they were for, stalled by their Manchester friends, and several who would have been there left on Saturday by the Hibernia for America, and the remainder were about to take their departure to-morrow by the Great Britain. He felt sure, however, they would ge forth with many a heartfelt prayer from the brethren in this land. (Hear, hear.) After a few other remarks the chairman concluded by calling on the Rev. Dr. Byrth, Rector of Wallasey, to deliver a va ledictory address to the foreign brethren. The Rev Dr. BYRTH, on rising, was greeted with loud applause. lie commenced by saying—Mr. Chairman and Christian Friends, Many a large meeting have I attended in this room, connected with some of the most important objects that can engage the attention of Christians, and yet I h sitate not to say, that I was never was here upon any occasions so deeply affecting to myself as the present. (Hear, hear.) The eircuuistances connected with this oc casion are of ns ordinary character. Tnat we have here some of the most distinguished members of foreign churches, and that we are about to hid them farewell and God speed in the name of the Lord, is a matter of no com mon interest. (Hear, hear.) Christians from Annerca and other parts of the world have vi.iTen our shores upon former occasions on errands of Christian philanthropy; but I believe I speak the truth:when I say, that upon no occasion before the present was there an a-sembly convened from all portions of the Christian church in order to greet them. or address unto them a valedictory ad dress. (Loud cheers ) And assuredly, if there was no purpose but that, which is the object of this meeting, there is much which is calculated to produce a strong im pression neon every Christian heart; especially would it be so, if, Mr. Chairman, like yourself and many by whom you are surrounded, all bad had the opportunities we have lately possessed, of witnessing the holy zeal, listening to the fervid eloquence, and partaking of the devout affec tions of those individuals. (Loud cheers.) Never will theme be obliterated, the impressions male upon our minds —(I venture to speak for you, Mr. Chairman, as well as myself)—by our intercourse with our American friends. (Continued applause.) To the last day of our lives, whe ther we see them again in this world or nre, we shall cherish them amongst our best arid holiest associations, and look forward to that meeting where there shall be no more separation—to that alliance which shell be perfected in the presence of our common Lord and Master. (Im mense cheering for some thee.) And yet before I pro ceed to the direct object which devolves upon me in ad dressing them, I feel that I may be permitted—nay. I am expected—to say something, at least, respecting the occa sion which has brought us together to-day. (Cheers.) , As a member of the Church of England, yielding to none in my attachment to that Church, whatever may be thought of-kny association with my assenting brethren by those who understaed not the real nature of Christian charity,—(Cheers) --I anticipate no danger to my communion by having the cerds of Christian union drawn towards the members of other Christian commu nities enore closely, and I will bear my testimony in the high places of the earth, that I have not Met with any in this Holy Alliance (as I shall call W.—that I have not met with any member who has a hateful disposition to.varde the chive!) to which I belong. (Hear, hear ) And I will add, I know that my attachment to that church has not been diminished. (Cheers.) Indeed, I am fully convinced that in my own congregation there has been a more manifest improvement, and my t ff rrts in that church base been more useful and blessed since I gave in my adhesion to that blessed cause. (Applause.) It can be no valied o , tjection to our miasures that on the one hand we are calumniated, and on the other hand kit alone. We will meet the lormerthose who caluini,iate us, with the Christian weaponsof charity and forbearance. (Cheers.) If it be that some with a malevolence beyond knowledge," should endea /our to sow dissension in our holy assem hties, we will not return reproach fur evil ; praying even for our enemies. (Cheers.) And as to those who are in different, and would bring no charge against us, we ven ture to believe that the time is not remote when they will be surerised at their own apathy, and come ice numbers to swell the ranks of this blessed cause. (Cheers ) Mr. chairman, I have no fears f. r the Evangelical Alliance. No cause ever appeared more promising than this; and our American brethren will cross the A lantic and tell far and wide that they have met with a response to every invita tion, and that there is a bond cemented between the two countries more powerful titan any political compact— la-tins b yond the existence of both countries; and con tributing, perhaps, at some future day, to allay angry dis cussion, and even to snatch the weapons raised against his Christain brethren out of the hands of man, and \ place them at the foot of the cross. (Hear, hear.) his appears to ate to he no over sanguine view the i objects of the Alliance, judging from the records of what has recently passed. (Applause.) I shall, however, take the lib , rty of referring to what has been said respect ing out recent meetings. It has been said there was much disputinz. No doubt there was much discussion, because we were a deliberative assembly, and in what deliberative assembly is there not ? We met morning after morning, and evening after evening, to the number of about one thousand. There were persons present from al parts of the earth, and of every Christian denomination, and could there he anything but discussion in the formation of our plans ? (Hear, hear.) Blessed be God, there was discus sion, but such as the world never saw before—eager, earnest, and sometimes warm discussion, hut at every meeting I attended I never witnessed any temper, or one word, which was unbecoming a Christian speaker. (Cheers.) And I ask. is not such an effect as this an evi dence that these was presiding over us - a spirit better and more holy than our own—even the Spirit of the living God. (Hear, hear.) Nay. more than all this. The Evangelical Alliance exhibited in the midst of its most agitated occasions Christian union preserved entire. (Cheers.) We were unanimous upon every thing in which unanimity was desirable. We met together as a synod, or what they pleased to call it; but without pretending to Tridentine • infallibilty, they had more than Tridentioe unanimity. (Continued (Continued cheers.) The- world has never before seen this, and I am endeavouring to set the world right with regard to our Association. As I believe that a holy peace will he the conclusion of this assembly, so I believe it was the besetting influence in all our assemblies. We never parted without being prepared to give to each other the right band of fellowship; and no i n dividual i 7as a has gone g. l away from those meetings without feelin man. better prepared to love his fellow-Christians—mere convinced of the evil of his own heart, and more fully con vinced that they might all retain their respective differ ences, and yet continue together in the prosecution of one common object. (Loud cheers.) In order to proceed to the more direct object—our address to our American brethren—l ask, should we allow them to depart without telling them that all this peace, all.these blessings, under God, are in no small degree owing to them. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) How often have I felt, when sitting even in some of the smallest committees, thou.:ll not unobservant of the divisions of the christian world, that I have never loved our christian dissenting brethren as well as I ought to have done. I never have felt any re luctance to give them the right .hand of fellowship, but now I feel that I can hold our .to them both hands. (Loud cheers.) But touch that is deeply interesting to the christian heart—much that affords a peculiar character of our meetings, came from our American friends. They came over to this country—a country from which their foretellers had gone as pilgrims to a foreign land—in order to show that they retained the same spirit which animated their fathers—that they were not enemies, but still our friends. But for that circumstance, much of the effect of these meetings oa the world would be mistaken. It can now be shown that it is possible for christians from all parts, and differing widely from each other on some poiats, to find some common eround on which they can meet to prosecute some common objects, and though they differ, yet can all meet together at the throne of grace, to address one common . Father, being baptized by one common spirit. '( Loud cries of bear, hear.) My reverend fathers end brethren, to come now to the conclusion of this-1 speak unto you to whom I am c imenissiened .te deliver this valedictory address. But for one consideration, no office could have been more welcome to me. What were the satin in which I should have clothed this address, my reverend brethren, will be made up by the tone of this meeting, who from these tables will echo back every word of kindness; so that the words of the speaker will be considered only as the key-note to the sentiments ex pressed. (cheers.) A valedictory address ! We will take the old S.ixer, word. We come here to bid you a heartrelc fare well ! We come to speak of our past scenes of enjoyment. When ft iends separate, the first feeling upon the mind is, that there is lo be a suspension of all the happy intercourse which they have enjoyed, and we cannot help thinking we have enjoyed Christian communion, which for a time must be separated—perhaps on this earth we may never meet again; but I am sure I speak the sentiments of every individua . . at these tables, when I say we offer to you, my reverend brethren, our deep tribute of gratitude; —we th oak you for all your labours in this blessed cause—we desire to thank you for the warmth with which you hive supplicated the Throne or Grace for all these ble,inga upon us ; we thank you for all these thi..igs, and in the name of the Lord we say unto you, because we have a right to that—" Brethren, pray for us." And we say to you, in the name of our common Father—May it be well with you in every relation of life—well with you in your own homes—well with you in your intercourse with our common Lord—well with you in your d Hnestic relations—well with you as ministers of the Gospel —well with you in your congregations—may it fare well with you in the hour of death—may it be well with you in the day of judgment—tnav it be well with you throughout eternity!' (Loud cheers.) Whet friends separate, my rev. brethren, it is often with a feeling that they shall never meet again. The word farewell is often associated with much foreboding. It may be that in the flesh we shall never meet again, and yet I speak confident y when I say, hav ing bEen commissioned to give utterance to the invitation, Oh, come back to us ag .in as anon as you can ! (Con tinued cheering for some time.) I; I were to say it would he a bright day in our s iritual history could we ega n see Dr. Cex (cheers), Mr. Church (cheers), and Dr. Patten (continued cheers); but I should fail in recollecting the names of all, but their persons and their conduct will never be effaced from my memory. (cheers.) We hope you may come back again. We lave we shall have an oppor tunity of seeing you again—forgive me if it be a self invitation. We hope we shall see you, even beyond the Atlantic (loud applause) ; I say that, because I know your Christian love, and that we shall have a place in your affections, even as vou have in ours, and therefore, if we come uninvited, we feel assured of a welcome. (cheers.) liut it is not with the Christian as it is with the men of the world in bidding each other farewell. We shall meet again! We have met in connection with a great fu'ure which is to come—we look forward to that meeting where there will he no valedictory address—where there will be no parting tears to mar the brightness of Christian love— where we shall always be looking back upon the past, and this day amongst the number, and thank God who has made this as it were an oasis in the desert. (Loud cheers.) He who makes all things work together for good to them that love him will continue all these things, in rder to make us more blessed in His presence than we should have been wit bout them. (Applause.) And you, my friends, who nave come here, and who have endeavoured to be tr the same testimony shall never have occasion to look back with regret upon what we have overcome; we shall never regret having joined in this holy cause; in hav ing joined azainst the great enemy of the Lord, to unfurl the banner of Christian union before the whole world. (Loud applause.) When we say farewell permit me to ask that we at least—indeed we know it will be so—should have an interest in your prayers. When you cross the mighty Atlantic, 0 brethren, pray for us—let. Lunn' be for gotten i n your best scenes, let nott he hallowed opportunities which we have enjoyed pass away from our memories, let us endeavour to draw closer' together the bonds of Christian union, and let us tell unto the world that which some will consider a great wonder, that we have met with persons differing from us on matters of great importance, and yet agreeing in all that is essential ; that we have met, not to differ, hut to agree. (Loud cheers.) My rev. ' brethren, may the Lord bless you and Lep you! May he lift no the light of his countenance upon you, arid bless you! The LorCshine upon you, and give you peace! Farewell! (Thewrev. gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Dr. Cox Was then called upon, and addressed the meeting in an eloquent speech, which lasted nearly two hours, in the course of which he denounced the existence of the slave trade in America, as a subject of grief and discomfort to all true Christians, but deprecated the con duct of those who advocated an appeal to arms to put it down. At the conclusion of his address, a hymn was given out by the Rev. W. W. EWBANK ; after which, prayer was made by the Rev. Mr. OSBORNE. Wesleyan Minister, and the proceedings terminated about half-past twelve o'clock. The Rryal mail steam-shin, Hibernia, Captain Ayres, sailed he"es on Saturday, with the usual mails for Canada an I the United States. The Great Britain sails for New York to-day. COAIMIPM NTS. —At the pnlice•court, yesterday, Henry Du:to,,, who had been previously reminded on a charge of felony, wis committed for three months, and John Tinley was subjected to a similar imprisonment for steal ing 71 s. of tobacco in Norfolk street. On Saturday, the Birkenhead Crcket Club celebrated the termination of their season by a grand dinner held at Mr. Smith's, Palk Hotel, (;range-lane. The viands and substant;als were all of the most excePent description, and the members passed together a very convivial meeting. COMMITMENT.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a young shopman named Thomas Mackay, was charged by his master Mr. Luke Ryan, clothier, St. James's street, with stealing a shilling, which he was observed to purloin. tie had been in the employ about two 01011 , 11 S, and sus picion had fallen upon him. When lie was searched at the shop a shilling was found in one'of his pocke•s, and corn , - silver in another. When in Bridewell. a box, con taining some pawn-tickets, for two waistcoats, &c., the property of his employer, was found upon him. lie was committed for trial on both charges. CHARGE OF UTTERING BASE COIN.—At the Police caurt yesterday, a married female named Anne Atkinson, was charged with having utter.-d, or procured to be ut tered, a conterreit half-crown to one party, and a second to another. The prisoner was ably defended by Mr. Snowball. It appeared that she lived with her husband and children in Prince Edwin-court, Prince Edwin -street, and had sent the coin by a little girl at different times to pur chase small articles for the household, Itwas thouuht by those who had received it at the time to be good, as it rung well, hut was afterwards found to he base. The case in the first instance appeared to be somewhat strong against the prisoner, but a variety of evidence was gone into on her behalf. proving in the end that she was not c .gnizant of the coin being base ; that the house she now inhabited had some time ago been tenanted by men named Scott, Williams, Rigby, and otli?rs, notorious thieves end " smashers" (one of whom had been transported ;) that she had' stated to several parties, on beigitc:;arged with netting the coin passed, that when clentlinithe hou.e, the two pieces wrapped together in paper dropped from behind the grate; and that site showed one piece to a neighbour, and obtained her opinion that it was good. Several parties gave the prisoner and her hustand (who is a slater and plasterer) an excellent character for industry and propriety of conduct,—the husband, who is a teetotaller, having been for years employed by the same master. with whom he served his time. Mr. Snowball stated that he believed the family to he highly respectable in their station in life ; and that the husband's sister was now, and bed been six years, in his own service. No implements for coining were found in the house. Under these circumstances, al though none of the police could immediately show th,t the characters stated had previously inhabited the hots-e, Mr. Rushton said that lie should hot further, after the char acter given to the prisoner, investigate the case, and dis charged the prisoner. REVISING BARRISTER'S COURT.—The annual court for the revision of the borough list of notices was hell on Tuesday last, at the Sessions-house, and adjourned till the following day. The total claims and objections were AS follows : ouseholaers t Ev ! -ron Claims. 8, ohj-ctions, 41 ; Kirkdale claim, 1. objections, 42 ; Liverpool parish claims, 39. objections, 384; West D:rby claims, 58, ob jections, 68 ; Toxietli.prity claims, 22. 0 1. .j!ction., 82 ; Freemen claims, 16. obj-ctions, 541., Total, 144 claims, 1158 objections. Mr. Bretherton, solicitor, a s usua l , ex tended his eloquence in support of the League party and their tools. Mr. Bremner conducted, with his usual ability, the case of the. C?nnervatives, th e utter:thrice of which party was pr i ncipally support obj-ctons. The result was, in Lverton ward, out of 42 Radical oh jecticns, 34 sustri-ined, and 8 f a il ures. In West Derby Radical objections were v a lid, an d on l y 9 c l a i ms out of 56 substantiated. In Toxte.th.pA: k only 7 out of 81 . Radical objecti ons were substantiated, and only one c l a m out of 22 cl a i ms, was successful. In the par i s h of Liverpool. 242 objections of the Radicals were held had by the revising barriafer, owing to want cf proof of the proper ser v i ce o f t h e not i ce upon t h e overseer , which the Radical party say reached his hands at a quarter to twelve on th e lasi night, while the Conservatives conte nd that it w as no t rece i ve d unt il t h e t o ll ow i ng morn i ng . T he decision i s suliect to appeal. On Saturday, the cla ims and objections of the freemen were gone into, and of. whom 152 we r e struck off, many of them being dead or householdems . Amongst those objected to upon the most trumpery grounds was the Rev. Senior Rector, Mr. Brooks, who was brought from Stockport to defend his vote. • Of course this int•u t, to a clergyman fifty years a resident, was fun to the dissenters and rabid por tion of the league party, although it must excite the unmitigated disgust of its more respectable members. Sept 22. 1846. LATE:A: INTELLIG OE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN EXCII‘NGE —YESTERDAY At this day's market we had only a moderate supply of Wheat froM Essex and Suffolk, but a liberal quantity from Kent. The trade opened briskly at an advance of 2s. per quarter over the currency of this day week. We had an ircreasing demand for Foreign Wheat, which brought Is. to 2s. more money. Although Barley comes to hand sparingly, the ma!tsters succeed in buying Is. per quarter cheaper. Grinding. unaltered. The arrivals. of Oats are short this week. The trade was steady at the rates of Friday, which is som3what che'aper than Monday apt. Malt, Mils, and peas in short supply, and Is. dearer. But few cargoes of Indian corn on sale. There are stiff buyers at 41s. and 425. have been paid. SMITHFIELD rArri E mARKET.—Ye,TRFIDAY. From our grazing districts the number of Beasts was large, but of middling quality. Prime Scots, - Herefords, &c., moved ) off steadily at full prices, but most other breeds bang on hand; though we cannot consider them cheaper. The numberS of Sheep were seasonably good, but not so large as those exhibited for some time past. The Mutton trade was brisk, at an advance in the quotations of from 2d. to 4d. per 81h.; the best old Down readily producing ss. per Sib. Lambs were in good request, at a rise of from 2d. to 4d. per Slb., at which a good clearance was effected. In Calves and Pigs, the supply of which was moderate, good business was doing at extreme currencies. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON SQUARE.- NEW TRAGEDY BY MR. LINNiEUS BANKS. Last night, the tragedy of " the Swiss Father," from the pen of Mr. Lintimos Banks, a gentleman, doubtless, wail known to many of our fellow-townsmen as the author of several published poems of some merit, in addivon to numerous contributions to our local piess. was performed for the first time at the Theatre Royal, before a r,perrable and rather nom' roux audience. Unfortunately for tile au thor, two of the actors upon whom he had reli-d to take the leading character were absent. One part—a lead ing part—had, therefore, to he read ; and every one in the slightest degree acquainted with the itricals, will easily judge how much the effect of the piece was marrea by this unforeseen circumstance. In fact, the author's leading characters were completely burked; and it was only b-cause, here and there, a few indications reached us that the writer of the pl iv hail some poetry in hi: composition, th:t the whole niftir was not at once condemned to the Tomb of all the I:awllets. Of the incidents or the plot of the drama, we need not attempt to say much. The mumbling of one gentleman who reads his part made a hiatus here and there, which quite prevented us getting a fair notion of the story. The plot, howevt r, appeared to us to hinge upon the at tempt of a villainous noble to get possession of the daughter of a miser, who is enamoured of an humble suitor, whom she marries. And here ends the first act. Twenty years are then supposed to have elapsed. The daughter of the miser is represented as dead, ,leaving a daughter, whom the same villain who has sought to wreck her honour is enamoured of, and a son, who is sunk ie the vice of rambling. The catastrophe was to introduce a murder and other matter.; but it was ja , lrciously cot short, arid, in fact, the tiie..e elncluded w thout roding at all that was intelligible. We dare sty Mr. Banks was glad to get his tracedy concluded. We are sure the audience heartily sympathized witbhion. We o u ght not to omit saying, that one character, Peter Peterkinr by Mr. Pearson, was excellently played, and is an excel lent diameter. At the conclusion of the piece, which the audience re ceived, notwithstanding the performers generally did not do it justice, with very kindly and approving feeling. Mr. Banks delivered a .farewell address to his f -How town.roen. on Ilia approaching departure to the United States, which was well received. The remaining part of the per!ormances was of ordinary merit. Mr Justice Williams, it is thought, died of gout in the stomach. EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF HONEY.—Last week the gardener of J. Wintle, &A., Grey Friars, in this eitit took from one stuck of bees in T hat gi - ntleinan's garden, a, comb weighing no less than 85.bs ; the net weight 01 honey which it yielded was near 6:lll3B.—G . oucearer Chrori• DONCASTER Aces. —The following summary o f the doings in the Doneiis'er week may be interest ing.—Non 3 " her of race , . 22 ; won by favourites. 4 ; won - by nod ' s' vourites, 13; forfeits and walks over, 5; horsPs entered, 441 ; horsts started, 119 ; total amount of stakes, X 14.400. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against a policeman at Northleach, for killing a young men , named Reuben 'Busby. Another mail. named Cliffirdi bad also been seriously beate by the same policeman,and was for some dos considered in great danger. The me"' lancholy event took place at a public-house , and the policeman. in striving to quell alight disturbance, s truck right and lift with his truncheon. Jullien having engaged Covent-garden Theatre fur Pre menade concerts, which he intends t t give during the months of December and January, will prowe so n° . thing of a stumbling-block to the extensive alteration s spoken o' by the new Italian managers. Terms have been offered to the Polka maestro to give up the etigazemeot: hut he holds out, stiting that it would be a loss to him 0! £5OO a week ; he asks £4OOO, but only £lo.o' has as yet been offered, which he indignantly rejects. FMPLOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE.—The Pre , — Journ. , 1 t f Sa urday publishes an ah:tract of a ver!::: fluential meeting of the landed proprietors of the bl ot '. of Farney. whirl, was held, on Friday, in the wa r ., house of Carrickmac,o-s, for the purpme of adoi" l "b measures for air.irdirg reproductive employment 10 the labouring population in that district, wi hr.rut having re . cou,e to tire Labour Kate act. The attendance wag very numerous. ANOTHER AT ATO DEMONSTRATION.—Ca;tIebir was the scene of ano' her demonstration on Thursday last, that hieing the day appointed by the high sher;ff for holding the meting atljournei - from the previous Saturday. 00 the present occasion 'Archbishop M'llale and his subor dinate clergy were the lions of the day, the great landed proprietor , . from the Marquis of Sligo downward, Pr °- hahly conceiving that any further exposition of their views would be supetfluons, if not nut of place. Dicairrosr MANOR.—Str Robert aid Lady Peel haver , during the last week, received a numerous and distill• guished cirie of visitors at the seat, in Staffordshi re ' His excellency the Austrian Ambassador, the Countess Dietrichstein, his excellency Count Pollen, his excellency Prince Casteleicala, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, 1-V1 ?!. Canning. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers. tto• excellency Baron Bin-ow, Lord Forester, the Right Ho% Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, and other.visitors,areespeet e in a few days. TH' GODLESS COLLEGES AND THE HOLY SE 6 * - : t The Nato.. the strenous def e nd er o f th e Governme"f scheme of education, positively denies that the court Rome has pronnnneed any decision whatsoever upon the question submitted to the c ons id. ra ti on o f t h e sacre d college. It is well known that Archbishop Crony, thruhr°, of the Roman Catholic church in Irel a nd, is decideth s i favorable to the M this; eri al measure , an d it i s b u t n atal' s to suppose that had any judgment been pronounced upotl e question of such vital importance to the disciptine of CP church, the Primate would have been the first to have re" ceived the official announcement of t h e P o p e ' s t e t i ma tati±; It may be, therefore. that the Na'ion "speaks by the nool‘rt when contradicting the report "on the highest authority et i DREADFUL A CCIDENT.—A shot-king accident occarr at Newark on Wednesday, by which two men lost t hei r lives, and two others been s-verely injured. It will o necessary to state, first, that although the Nottingh a m and Lincoln Railway has been opened . some weeks, t a t station at Newark is far from being complete; and t" - for several months past a large number of men have be ep employed in carting earth from Beacon Hill, in order !° take the site to its proper height. On the morning 1 r) question the men were employed as usual, but sit 8 o'eOc 1, , the greater part of them had retired •.o breakf as t, foul persons only remaining at work. They were undermining for the purpose of more readily filling a cart belonging to J. Hallam, one of the men killed, when a portion of the earth suddenly gave way. Two of them fortunat 4 esc sped, one of them being thrown to a considerable ells' tance wit bout sustaining material injury. The other to° were buried un.ler the earth, and though one of them vr ea immediately extricated, his neck w as b ro k en , an d he 01 ' ,, ot consequFntly quite dead. The body of the man was g e out after. 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