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HE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they ere ready to re ceive TENDERS for the supply of STATIONERY and PRINTING, which may be required for the different Depart• Ments of the Dock Estate. The Contract to be for One, Two, nr Three Years, from the Ist of March next, at the option of the Committee. The Tenders for Ste.finery and Printing must be made separately. ' Patterns of the various oks and Fofms, and Samples of the qualities of the Paper,. ~ in use, may be seen at theOlfices of the respective Depa ems. Printed Forms Tender, containing a List of tire Articles, together Kith ord estimate of the probable number or quantity annually reoired, War be obtained at the Office of the SE- Itti'A itY, on and atter Mos DAY next, the 14th February instant. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the "Chairman of the Dodk ti "lmi ttoe," and endorsed "Tender for Printing," or " Stas. .-,lnerY," must be sent to the Office ef the SEC WETA Rl', not later (oan WanNtSviy, the 23rd February instant. 'By order ofthe Dock Committee. DANIEL MASON, Sectetar, nock-offlee, Revenue-buildings, February'"th, 1853. 0 be - SOLD, a large HOITSt and STIOP, in a lescßug Street, together mini Foutateen HOU . SES . at the Back, rne Tenure is CopyhoUL The:present Rental Is 194 ;51,.. P rice, 4e2,300. Tl nn i b l?utoint now occupying the fiZuse and uPI is to toke m .on a Lease for Seven Years, at a .ental'of -t-89 per a tn. AP* to Mestalsellysoßil and McfraELL, 44, Dalts--street. TO, ALDWAIKF 'HAIL, TORKSHIRE. be LET, Fr% n.N''ros;tttb,"tt for the'reetption of a _ Noblemai's or Gertletnari's Family , and may be entered U pon at Lady nay next, w ' ith the 'MANORS of . ALDWARKE, V'woomArrns, and n'ALTOI4., comprising extensive Woods cl Pl antations. no , feora the hOuse are a range of oachhourses and Startling for'thirty horses I also, Vinery and excellent Gardens. IFort L . tve Acres of LS'Net, chiefly grass, may be had with the'h w- Y ,lf, uired. Aldwarke Hall is two miles from Rotherbff _Zlinl'tc-i r . eq trom Done-atter, and within __ or further easy react: of Mr. Lerrlek's and the Badt*ofth Hunts. HODGKINSON. Gibp t Paltieulars , apPlication may `-be made to Mr. L' on, 'Worksop. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY. ric INCORMIWATRD ErY ROYAL: CHARTER, 1847. HE Cout(of Dire6tc , :s grant LETTERS of CREDIT and RII,LS, thir ty ; upon the Company's ank Adtifikte. TtlekdtlYB sip above £lO is nem !lia _Piremianyor 'Charge -of e an er Cent- Approved Drafts - OR 4,171t1 Au at talk'Negotiat t nd Bill§ Collected. Yat the Conn s Otficea,. N0.:54, Old Broad-.street, Dan , °4 ; irEr , Att the' tt - caapoot BOlVitTcstt BANK, the s Agentsnt'Lliverpool. Londooz,4ll, Febrttargr., 'WILLIAM PURDY, 3faneger I .4 VEUPOOL ' GOVER NESSES' INSTITUTION, Is o a I :3I,4ZODNET-STIZRE-T, °f I ;; ,, E.N`ftsri the RECEPTION °l\ RS 0-- who are Atp,„,_onfi a COillinttatie TeMIX)r ' esidence. , t , leci r . p t e n s EN GAG - '‘‘ ENGAGE /ZIIITs -are arranged-without E ense a- to either Party .. .. . y ...1,- 1 P a rticulars , rnsy w be li on apt - Mention to the Lao z nutttteletit. kIVAR LOGE, 1 Honorary ...._ • Isi LIGIIT3ODY, I Sec/10,11mA. E ITEIVIA LE ' JESUIT AB ROAD Row, pA- TOUR •OP INQUIRY ' VPIRO U G ?RANCE =AND 'ITALY. , BY EDMUND " - SPENCER, ESQ..) The -next morning. at Capes., while breakfasting with our gallant friends. the waiter announced a French-lady, the CorantesitieL--e, an elegant, ladylike, woman, Who, , eithough somewhat past thee= of love andentrance, might-still hetermed pretty. - She-stated that the object of her visit-was to petition for a-place in our carriage as far as il ßorne,atal another on theoutside forlrer servant, offering to pay her share of the expenses. Sheapalogised, in thepolitestananner, for the .intrusion, by saying, that be inpunprotecteci, she trusted the unsettled , stateof the e nnr- might be pleaded as an excuse for theliberty she antriken ; adding, that she knew by plasm herself l t inder the protection of Engliehmen---a name sennuyaaous 'ith MI that waehrave and honourable—her safetywould °e inoured. Who could r&et such a Battering speech ? `,Mpfeie n d, ivlior e pwe termed th e phil oso ph er o f BostonAooked at b,s or e the poet of NeW.Tark, and both-cest a l a h ea e r ir e ggiance on their En,.- ; .-Egh brEther ; and Presuming Feelings agreed with m i ne , an d t h at denial tvas in'. " s acible, we made our wishes and convenience submit, tb a ~,,,„ngh,-with-shame I confess it, veay reluctandy,-to our imitantp 7. ~ The eircurastanee would have been too trifling - to re ,,"3l'il,were it not illustrative of the social character of the ip-e!4,47,-and theyrotectine cart with which a traveller is R nm neel on every aide by the secret, agents of this,most IsPiciangovernment. Before we itted the hotel., a kind f , ICI' h r 'end, placed in my of a slip of paper e in wei — ch be cautioned me toheware of the !ad.?, as he knew, her to Jesuit of the mostdangerons women in Italy —a perfect v i n . petticoats--a spy of the .police, and that her aer alit veasfin all probability, a 'iciest. _.ln addition to her, personal charins,,and great amiability ° ll l n.iarmers, our fair Jesuit, as a linguist, was admirably S he 9 ified to carry on :. any political intrigue with success. spoke-the Italian language almosto-with theflueuo3Fuf native ;,.she also knew the English, Suflaciently , well t o converse. German, and S tvan i l 6 As may be supposeil, it required a great deal of acting Oa my part to Ingstify so clever a woman. I succeeded, however in drawing from her an admission that she was engaged, with other pious French ladies of high rank., in endeav ouring,,to, convert the English aristocracy, while tr_avellinte.on the continent, to the Ronian Catholic faith. re ason leer representations might be relied an, and I have no ceoason to doubt them, she was on terms of intimacy and rr erlionded with several of our great Roman Catholic families. in,England ancbireland . ale spoke most affeo ;°.liantely.of her dear Lord and Lady Fielding, of those :_ Ipi g 'lights awho had seen the error of their ways, and 1 'nmbraced tr eason faith--alitessrs. Newstian,,.Wilberforce, Planriing--•and statedhow instrumental she had been m e heir conversion, •This,avith her allusiens toanany other parsorls of dis tinguished rank in England, suspected to be I.verine iti theirabelief of the doctrines of theizßeformed .1-:!iurch, affording additional confirmation to the opinion 4 had long entertained, that a widely-spread, organised e_nnspiracy exist-7,111 e object of which is to undermine the vrotestant faith of-England. ~What the object-of ou r fainconntess could have been in -runs un ceremoniously introducing herself to our. society, :_could not discover. The two American gentlemen I :"livened with poke no other language than their own, i ePt a little French; she could not therefore suppose meln to be politicalannissaries. "Perhaps, in the'llrst in tlince, she concluded from my name that I was thatgreat 'apostle of modern Romanism, 'Father Ignatius, on &pit timage to Rome. , Or it may be that, as French .irnagi- Irktion often sees anorethan the reality, her suspicions in tiled m e with same.oharacter to which I was a stranger '''Clt revolutionary agent travelling under a false na . me„oril 7 4 Cw not what. However this may he, our amiable fel 0w traveller must have been speedily.convinced that .nei j!ir his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, nor his , t ,',. 1 ,,.4e5 s the Pope, had arviiiing te , fear from the Drops •W;;;',l4intt propensities of her fellow travellers ; and if she tivae,ea_elliv desirous of readin in any seasonable too shZetdiatance we travelledeach day must have been of anticialt° iten t her wishes-; there were a hundred objects the gro — - 41 t° be visited ha a country where every inch of journey, 11,nteresting. Consequentl after two days' pressions of ~,,e e , us adieu at St, Agatha, with many ex and we once;;o4sude on her side., and of reg-aet on ours ; to our feelings. :..n.expressed our thoughts, and gave vent Old Engl an d . • w II - " e w ere breathing the free air of dear THE COURT. —j eirele of guests 'at Wind esty is entertaining a large IN D uchess of Nein si°lll3ed• Yesterday her ours. , amongst whom are the Duke sue Perpose Eofn p t ric On Friday Macbeth was per -siesty a Privy Council for .7iaaties in 44anoashire a king for the high -sheriffs for all the i ll and and Wales, with the exception of A ,-e and Carnymil. AI3INET CO 4'areim_Offi LINt4L was held on Saturday, at the cell o ,. ti Offi ce The Earl of Of N e ' we Lv i litike of Aberdeen, the Lord Chan- ArgYa Lord John Russell, the Duke l:, Lord Palmeraton, Sir James Graham, Mr. altiaatinecite'd., Lord Granville, and Sir William Moleasvorth I ,_ t tare Tu EAR L or BEAURRAMP has left property to sic mount of 1, 4 ~. 41 Pivards of £700,000. te t 0 1 , T. JANE PRANCER BICKERSTETU, only (laugh r ( If the I e s , . ate Lord Langdale, succeeds to the family alL'-glorten_lorn. wer.efords hire of the late Earl of Oxford and t Z t uke i, a no died without issue on the 19th ult. vre..tre, Lord President of the Council, gave Itlittrand dinner on ueaday to the Cabinet Ministers and ue great officers of state of the Queen's ousehold, for the blirpose of setng the roll,of sheriffs fort he present year. h MAMMA. "MY de ar ,knds out of yo u Frederick, do, pray, take your all our In—Frederick. " Cannot uo it mamma, depaorcr• ets,oftunrdialn at Cambridge wear their il ends •th i i LL 1. in e r I nge by taking mine out l" couldn't disgrace the col- DEFINI TION OP _ A A dentist here m a k es teeth of bo ne For those whom Fate has left without; And finds provision for his own By pulling other people's out ! THE MINNESOTA PIONEER relates how a singer dis ocated Lis jiw in attempting to sing " high B." He, C a t sot the school for which he was contending with Z a t tl i, l al .i sin g i ng-tnaster,.wh . o did not attempt that note, the 'lu dislocate Ills Jaw, Thus music progresses in - e wet% 1 LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' SCHOOLS. INSTITUTION THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE LOWER SCHOOL, I THE GIRLS' SCHOOL, THE INFANT SCHOOL, and THE EVEN I sa - sctiooL, ARE N Irk OPEN. Pupils may be entered r the remainder of the half-year. A Prospectus, contai • g particulars as to terms, &c., may be had on application le Institution. W. NICHOL, Secretary 31ount-strat February, 1853 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged. Eibtrpoot tanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1853. THE SHIPPING INTEREST AND THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. MR. LINDSAY'S LETTER. WE called attention last week to an article in the Quarterly Review, commenting upon that portion of the late Budget which referred more immediately to the proposed relief of the Shipping Interests. The defence of the Ex-CHANCELLOR OP THE EXCHEQUER has since been taken up by Mr. W. S. LINDSAY, a Shipowner who has been disappointed in his Parliamentary aspirations; and his attack on the Quarterly writer has been endorsed by The Times, in that anti-Conservative spirit which cha racterises most of its lucuhrations. The key to Mr. LINDSAY'S elaborate letter may be found in his great anxiety to laud that portion of the Free-- trade policy which left DritA Shipping open to competition with foreigners; and all the foundation oy his argument is the simple fact that during the last year there has been a great increase in the ton nage employed. This be attributes, in his party zeal, to the repeal of the Navigation Laws ; whereas, if he had been as candid as he is confident, he might have seen stifficient cause in the immense impetus to emigration, owing solely to the 'discove ries of the gold fields in Australia, and indebted in no way to the changes in our commercial policy. He proceeds to argue upon the varioas points touched upon by the reviewer; but a little more than z•superficialexamination of his reply will show that he has wandered from the , question at issue, and-really given-no answer at all. Vpon the'qtrestion of Light-dues,iht leaves out of view that 'the proposed relief was 'from the interest 'paid for the purchase of private lights, which it was -shown has been reduced to a very -small sum,—and 'from the amities contributed' by the Corporation .Of the Trinity House, which are exclusively for the `benefit of - decayed mariners; '.and coolly suggests that the ea:pense of maintaining light-houses should be borne by the State, although they are for the exclusive benefit of the "Shipping interest. But while sech a proposition islaiked of as a relief to , the ShiNing interest, it must not be forgotten that , it can prove no compensation to British Shipowners for the-repeal of the Navigation Laws, as it would: be shared equally by foreign Shipowners who' take; part innur trade. in the , question of passing-tolls; Mr. `LTNDSA.Y is equAly unfortunate in his-objec tions; for, whatever may be the respective value rsf Ramsgate and Dover'-as harbours of refuge, the charge, as we stated' last week, is only one half penny a ton, and that, far from being ahurden 'upon the Shipowner, is repaid by the .owntrs(of the 'cargo 'The objection to' - 'the proposed alteration in•ehe sysrtem of Pilotage; This Liberal champion of , the Conservative Minister disposes of try the ;simple assertion that an outward Pilot would - make the re turn•voyage at a cheaper rate on the .ground.Of his being on his way 'home. He, however, leaves - alto g-ether untouched the stronger objettioit Ihnt-such wow& of competition in this important branch of the , maritime service- would weaken, ilmot 'altoge ther .destroy, the maintenance of an efficient body of Pilots in the outports,-which now forms such; a va luable aid t / o vessels on homeward voyages. 'There may-certainly he a ;raving in the east of tePilot, but it Will prove a miserable economy when • a ship with valuable freikiA may have to .ileperid-upon the chance of meeting with a Pilot on his way 'twine. The question of Saivage is disposed of with like infelicity. He does not meet the arguments df the Reviewer that the , crew of a man-of-war are entitled to he paid for services-rendered to a merchant-vessel in diskess, which are extra from their ordinary duties, but cites certain instances in •which he alleges.sums of money'disproportionate to ;the ser vices rendered were demanded and paid. The abuse If. system is but a weak argument against its fair and legitimate , usc, and yet upon this 'Mr. LINDSAT. appears to rely in order to sustain his at tack upon the Quarterly Reviewer. Let -us,' how ever, look upon the probable, or rather possible, effect upon the abolition of allreorapensation in cases of assistance rendered by a Royal , ship- to a merchant-'case]. We eon readily understand, apart :from the promptings of humanity, the zeal -which would animate the crew -of an ordinary -vessel-to risk their livira in the attempt to rescue a , ship -from danger, in the largeness •of the reward Ivhich-is aifaost certain-:;;o follow their success. But,can-we expect the same anxiety to (encounter the hazard which ordinarily attends • such enterprises in the seamen of the Royal Navy,.if the law should de prive them of ali.compensation for their services? There is certainlya distinction-to be drawn between the two cases ; bui, reward .should always follow extra services, or they will be at test but grudgingly performed, and perhaps refused altogether when most needed. That part of Mr.-DISRAELI's ..statement which proposed a remedy for the Shipowner for sailors taken on °hoard ships-of-war, Mr.rLINDSAY stig matises as-"moonshine : ;" but he would go a step farther, anti deprive the men of theright they now tv.ijoy of leaving the merchant-ship .for the Royal Navy. He writes in the true spirit of a Shipowner who has no regard to any -other interest than his own—a quality not COMMQII to his class—and would deprive the seamen of a privilege which, after all, would only be resorted to in an extreme case. His concluding remarks about manning the Navy are dictated n the same 'spirit of selfish• mo nopoly ,which he professes to decry in every other class. He admits that though Shipowners have the right to man their vesses with one-fourth foreigners, yet not more than one-sixth, or even one-eighth a the seamen employed belong to other countries. Notwithstanding this, he would open the door to the indiscriminate employment of Danes, Swedes, and Germans, in order that British seamen may be brought to a due senge of the benefits of competi tion, and be driven to enter the Royal Navy from their being less required in the Merchant service. The whole tenour of Mr. LINDSAY'S appeal seems based upon the assumption that the activity of the Shipping Trade—which is mainly, if not solely, owing to emigration—willbe of permanent duration ; and still further, he claims for his own class advan tages at the expense of the class dependent upon it. In this respect he has shown neither judgment nor justice, and would have been more usefully employed, if he had devoted the great experience for which he claims credit to devise some means by which the prosperity of the Shipping Interest should have been placed on a more permanent basis. Apart from the emigration mania, which has proved a temporary relief, the British Shipowner has been placed in unfair rivalry with . the cheaper built and cheaper manned ships of foreigners, and the in justice will not b 0 remedied by extending it to British seamen. THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, IK3 IWHATEVER may be the particular views of the THE INCOME-TAX. new CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on the vexed question of the Income-Tax, the subject must, perforce, occupy his attention, from the simple fact that the present Act will expire in April next, and the necessities of the Treasury imperatively demand its renewal in some shape, or a substitution for it. Notwithstanding that this impost has now been borne for ten years, every succeeding year has in creased the objections to it, on the ground of its inequality, its injustice, and the evils inseparable from a system of direct taxation. The objectors, however, have generally confined their attention to details, and numerous have been the suggestions for rendering its pressure more equal, as though it must necessarily forma permanent source of national income; but they have left out of sight the strongest objection, which is to its continuance in any shape. When first proposed by the late Sir ROBERT PEEL, it was distinctly asserted to be a mere temporary expedient, in order to provide against a temporary deficiency of Revenue, and five years was suggested as its probable duration. It has now been sub mitted to for double that period, and yet, instead of agitating or boldly demanding its repeal, men talk and write of its permanent infliction as an inevitable necessity. It may be, and is urged, that the CHAN CELLOR Ot , THE EXCHEQUER cannot spare so large an item in the Treasury receipts ; but this necessity has solely been created by constantly de voting any accruing surplus to the relief from indi rect taxes, in preference to that which all admit to be The most grinding and oppressive of any. Even now, when the surplus exceeds two millions, if the Income-tax were reduced one-half, and, at the same time, extended to 11 much lower limit--say E 643 a-year, as was the case with the tax which ceased in 1316—a step would be gained towards its ulti mate abolition :; and what is more, it would press with far less injustice on the tax-paying class. During last year, a Committee of the 'Reuse of Commons investigated the subject, and . examined numerous witnesses as to the evils of the system, but their attention appears to have been confined to thedistinetion between precarious Incomes and those derived from realised property, without turn ing-a thought towards the 'only iffiCient remedy of abolishing the tax altogether. A measure, which if -mit practicable at once for "financial reasons, might 'have been partially accomplished, by redu cing the rate from sevenpence 'to 'fourpence in the %pound, with a prospect-of diminishing it still further as the Exchequer was able lo'bear the loss of it. Such a remedy woulil have 'clit the Gordian knot of difficulties which seems to-surround the question, have alleviated the 'injustice which all admit to be now inflicted, and reserved for the time of need a sozarce of revenue Tallith Should only be resorted to in case of necessity. An able political . writer in tElackwood's Magazine 'of this month has-entered into an elaborate exami nation of the details of • thisfquestion, which, from the necessity Of its . being-soon brought under dis cussion in Pailiament, is of more than ordinary interest. Unfortimately,'however, he assumes the continuance cf the tax to be a financial destiny which has become inevitable, and his arguments are based upon this assumption. Keeping this inwiew, he reasons 'most fairly , that a distinction should - be preserved between those evils which are inherent in the very nature of any' Income-tax, and those inci dental defects arising out of the specific system of our present-statute, Whi6l-. are more or less capable of being alleviated or removed. These evils he classifies ac exemptions; the facilities of evasion ; and the inequalities of the-tax. In his ikjection to the'first stated evil we-readily concur, 28' no tangible- reason has yet been shown why the limit of taxation should be placed at except that dangerous principle,—which, no doubt, actuated the author of 'the measure—of lessening the nennber of objectors. It was the fear of the lower, and, therefore, The more nurnerous,..blass of the £l( householders , in zthe towns whichindueed the shifting of the burden from their shoulders to the class above them. 'PITT, with more'iustice, and infinitely more moral courage, placed thelimit as low .as-L6O a•year on uncertain incomes, :and subsequently as low a-5..:150, while there .was no exception on income from realised property. •-Tad the same , plan been pursued, not less than a Million persons would have been subject to it; btit-the PEEL policy was to buy off the opposition,:and, therefore, only 340,000 persons now pay the tax, leaving , 660,000 persons exempt, who wouldhave been chargeable under Mr..:PITT'S Act. This•is crying injustice, which no argument can palliate, and is a -proof of the mischief of that pres-sureirom without which was perpetuated by the Reform Act. As the writer in Blackwood has well observed, it.is the first and most essential .general rule of every equitable system of direct or compulsory taxation, that its operation should be ,unversal; but the pre sent system is a direct robbery of those possessing incomes above:1:15o, in order to save those whose incomes are below that amount from any payment whatever, although each derives the same relative share of the advantages of civil,government. ft is admitted, however, that so long as such a tax is necessary there should he some limit of exemption, and, as the amount assumed by Mr. PITT was above the limit ,ofl/os. a-week, which was supposed to be required foractual necessaries,,there is nothing in present circumstances which renders such a standard otherwise than a fair and ,a liberal one. -Nor is such a system -.without example elsewhere, for in the United States..e.xeroptioa is unknown, and in Prussia, Bavaria,-Saxony, and Auskia, the limit of exemption is vcry.low. !The second evil or the facilities of evasion is shown in the immense proportion of surcharges for, deficient and Asent returns, when. compared with any other source of taxation. In allusion to this subject the —e have referred to saya writer " Amang the witnesses who appeared before the com mittee in the spring of last year, was a certain Mr. JEFFERY, Araper of Liverpoel„who qlad been delegated by the Financial Reform Association of that city to expound their views as to finance in general, ,and the Income. 'ax in particular. In the course of his examination, he states it as his opinion, that if the tax were fairly adjusted„a false return would be a very rare thing iudeed. On being asked what induces him to think so ;? he replier, with a: naive simplicity, which must have been quite refreshing to the committee in the midst of their disagmeable labours, " Because, when a man feels that he is fairly taxed, I believe it has been / found lie does not object to it." So charming a piece of innocence occurring in the midst of the most startling revelations of systematic fraud on the revenue, looks as oddly out of place as a verse of Watts' Hymns in the Nentg4te Calendar. If there i3e au truth whatever in the worthy draper's charitable aphorism, the income-tax must be the unfairest under the AM ; for sever, surely, has such a mass of evasion and deceit been exposed to the public as in the volumes before us." He subsequently points to various modes of eva sion and direct frauds which have been practised, and suggests several remedies for obviating this manifest evil. These are, that the Commissioners should have authority to order the production of books, in order to verify the statements of profits in trade ; that they should require an oath to all claims of exemption; that the returns under sche dule D should exhibit the gross amount of profits, and the deductions be claimed ; that the profits of every business should be returned in the division where it is carried on ; and that employers should make a return of all salaries paid by them. Such a mode of remedying the evil complained of would but increase the oppressive and inquisitorial nature of the burden ; but if it should have the effect of augmenting the opposition to the tax itself, it might so far prove beneficial, and, as in the case of Mr. DISRAELI'S proposal to double and extend the House-tax, open the eyes of the Free-traders to the evils of direct ttwcgiuu, which they so loudly ap. plauded until an attempt was made to apply it to themselves. In commenting on the third objection, as to the inequalities of the tax, the writer enters at some length into the theories which were advanced by certain actuaries who were consulted by the Com mittee, and who recommended a system of capi talising incomes of various kinds upon a presumed estimate of their relative value. He shows the utter inutility of such a system to abate the alleged grievance, and concludes an essay which is entitled to careful perusal by a recommendation of the plan proposed by Mr. DISRAELI, to preserve the present distinctions and the separate schedules, and, while the tax on realised property is retained at the pre sent rate, to reduce that on other incomes one fourth, but at the same time to extend the area by lowering the limit of exemption. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. THE resumption of the business of the Session of Parliament will take place on Thursday next, under the new Administration, whose policy and whose principles have yet to be discovered. The first business may be the issue of such writs as have been rendered necessary by recent changes; but, even supposing that the principal Ministers hold the places they have accepted, there is much to be learned as to the sacrifice of principles which have enabled them to do so. The public will be naturally anxious to know whether Mr. GLADSTONE has become more Radical, or Sir JAMES GRAHAM more Conservative; whether Lord ABERDEEN has gone over to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, or the latter returned the compliment; whether Sir WILLIAM MOLES WORTH has given up his crotchet of the Ballot, or the PEELITES conceded it; whether, indeed, amidst this fusion of antagonistic opinions, there is likely to emanate any one intelligible principle. The Times, with a nonchalance which is amusing, supposes the difficulties of the Budget to be got over, and predicts a course of easy sailing in legislating upon petty reforms. The suggested measures are,—a system of Decimal Coinage, which has no other 'practical value than upon paper; the ge neral management and administration of Railways ; the reform of the Customs the London coal-tax; and the -sanitary improvement of the metropolis. Why lint have added the encouragement of clair voyance for the detection of crime, the ocean penny postage, and the promotion of universal happiness ? It may be asked, is it for this that the Conservative party have been over thrown, to substitute . an Administration of "alfthe ialerits - t" But before an approach can be made to such a conglomeration of petty legislation, the first - step has to be got over ; and this may prove, as in many other undertakings, the chief difficulty. 'Finance has 'been the greatest stumbling-block to `Whiggish - Ministers from the first time they tried their handset it, and there is nothing in present circumstances to make the task of constructing a Budget more easy. The ominous appearances of war are admitted by all but the braggarts who fret their little hour upon the Manchester stage, and the national defences must be provided for; nor will the unfulfilled promises of the 'Radical part of the Ministry, for some measure 'of Parliamentary Reform, be suffered to fall to the ground by their ultra adherents. To divisions , wiihin the Cabinet will 'be added the powerful phalanx of the Con servatives in Opposition ; 'and 'the 'Romish Brigade, though deserted by the two or three who have been bought over, threaten to turn the . scale against the ABERDNEN mixture. All these••obstacles will have to be surmounted, before a step can 'be taken in the direction pointed out; and long before that time we may hope to see a change which will put Liberalism in the minority, and restore the 'Con servative voice of England to 'its constitutional position. The battle has once more to be fought, and our ilepresentaves will best , perform their duty by ridding the country , of its present rulers. THE TIMES"MEND*CITY. •Wrrtinll the pretensions of Tke Times to be the leading; ournal of .Europe, there are few who place the- slightest reliance upon its adherence to truth, while . its inconsistency has become proverbial. There are, however, occasions, when the extent of its mendacity, and the grossness of its perversions, are-such as to justify : particular allusion to them. It is well known that one of the greatest faults of Lord. los - N RussELL and his party was that direct encouragement of Romish heresy which led to the notorious aggression, and that the only real check interposed has been by the Conservative party. Yet, in the face. of such glaring facts, of which none can be ignorant, The Tit cs of -Friday accuses. Lord- DERBY -and Mr. DISRAELI of having been , rea.dy to concede to the most groundless, clamorous, •.and most despicable influences more than Whig, "Tory, or "Peelite had ever conceded before. All this virtuous indignation, which strongly -resembles the-morality of aladed harlot, has been 'excited by the -simple fact .teat the Ultramontane Tarty in IrelasAl, in their' hatred to their treacherous allies the Whigs, preferred the Conservative can didate at Carlow, to the renegade Mr. SAIDLEJR.. 'With true Jesuitical craft,•theilrish Romanists have -shown their teeth•to the new:Administration, for •they know their ,value, and are determined to ;erate nothing of the full price for their ad iierence. They have .therefore changed their :tactics into laudations of the Ministers they 'helped-to outvote, and for this the leading journal of Europe attempts to fix a foul charge upon the Conservative leaders, whose sincerity and zeal for the preservation of the Protestant faith it knows not how-to appreciate. With a mockery of candour, which increases the enormity of the •slander, the Mess professes to admit -that Lord (DERBY and Mr. Elisu s k-ELI are not to be blamed because they receive the praises of the Ti4let, and then proceeds to justify the calumny by the paltry pretext, that the late Government consented to Mr. :Serjeant SHEE'S Tenanttright Bill for Ireland being referred to the Select Committee to which the ATTGMNEY GENERAIVS Bills on the same subject were referred. Of the falsehood of this charge, the writer saust have been fully aware, as it was well known that the consent was given ;without the slightest intention to -admit the principle or the details of the Bills, but simply to save the time of the House from a vexa tious discussion, which was threatened by the Irish members, and which would seriously have inter,- fered ,with the progress of public business. And yet, upon this simple fact, so artfully perverted, ' The Times has the audacity► to charge a Conserva tive statesman with having "come forward with a law wresting from the landowners the possession of land, and bestowing it on persons having no claim to it except a contract for its occupation." Such an instance of malignant slander is a disgrace to the British newspaper press, and shows the extent to which the exercise of unlicensed power may be carried. LCTEURES AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.—The Rev. W. F. Taylor has announced his intention of delivering a course of anti• Papal lectures in St. John's Church, on the Tuesday evenings during Lent. The first lecture on this evening. Subject : " The Apostacy." REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN.—It is reported that Mr. Eccles, M.P. for Blackburn, is about to resign his seat, and it is also confidently stated that addresses will be issued in a few days from Mr. W. H. Hamby, in the Conservative interest, and Mr. Montague Fielding in the Radical interest. Viscount,Duncan, it is also reported, is likely to come forward. Tars REv. DR. CooKE, of Belfast, preached two ser mons in Islington Presbyterian Church, on Sunday. The discourses were characterised by the doctor's usual bril liancy and power. The congregations .on both occasions were crowded, especially in the evening, when many were unable to gain admission. The collections, including XI from Mr. Joseph Neal, of thpley, who wag unable to attend, amounted to 03. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. an expenditure of less than £5O or £lOO. Was it to be said that such gentlemen were to be made mere sport or bye play, in order to inform the Dock Committee's Sur veyor what the work could be done for. (Hear, hear.) There was a trite saying that a man's word was his bond, but he would ask could that remark be reasonably said to be true when applied to the conduct of the Dock Committee in this matter ? He said that the proper construction of the advertisement was that the lowest tender would be accepted, and Mr. Tobin himself had just admitted that a little more care in the wording of the advertisement, on the part of the Dock Committee, would have prevented all this dispute. He (Mr. Gladstone) quite agreed with Mr. Tobin in that opinion. Perhaps Mr. Molyneux would have said " a little more common sense," because the common sense, according to Mr. Molyneux, was all on the side of the Dock Committee. (Hear, and a laugh.) Now, he (Mr. Gladstone) thought that there was not only common sense in the Council, but he might add that it dared also to be honest. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr.G.) was anxious for an adjournment of the last meet ing, for two reasons. Helhought it would give breathing time to the Dock Committee, and also to the Council. He believed they had been told by the Chairman of the Dock Committee that, when they met on Thursday last, they did not consider themselves in a position to do any_ thing in connexion with the matter, in consequence of the Council having adjourned to this day. Now, he quite dis agreed with such a conclusion. It was true that, as regarded the Council, it might be said that it was in a state of suspense, but there was this before the Dock Committee, whether it was prudent to persist in a course which was illegal, (Hear, hear.) The Dock Committee had said, notwithstanding the veto, that Mr. Hartley should go on with these works. The Council had said " No, we think you are bound to take the lowest tender, and that was Mr. Baker's." That was before the Dock Committee, but their dictum had gone forth, and by it they said they would be bound. Now he should like the opi nion of the Town-Clerk as to whether the Dock Committee could stultify the acts of that Council. Mr. Bigham bad told them that Mr. North said in the Dock Committee, on Thursday last, " You can go on with the works, notwith standing the veto of the Council." We had, in fact, been told that the Dock Committee could do as they liked, and that war the long and short of the matter. Now if that was so. he (Mr. Gladstone) was not disposed to take upon himself the responsibility of having anything to do with the acts of the Dock Committee. He must confess that although he was one of those who would be happy to see a way of escape on this question, yet the arguments had not convinced him that he should vote differently to what be did on the last occasion. They had nothing for it but to come to the same decision they had already done, and to maintain their rights. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GOEGSON having said a few words in opposition to the veto. MEETING YESTERDAY. The adjourned monthly and special meeting of the Council was held yesterday, the Mayor presiding. Before the regular proceedings commenced, Mr. 'ouncillor BRADLEY denied that at the last meeting on Wednesday, he applied to Mr. Alderman Parker certain opprobrious terms, imputed to him in the Mercury of Friday last. The words " 1 will fight you," were applied 1y Mr. Parker to him (Mr. Bradley). The MAYOR said he did not hear the words. Had be , card them from that end of the room, he should have felt it his duty to require their instant withdrawal. CHE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE DOCK COMMITTEE ON THE WAPPING DOCK CONTRACT. ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE VETO. After some discussion, as to whether the debate upon the Dock Committee's proceedings should commence de noro, Mr. Bigham and other members being of pinion that it was desirable to re-commence the debate As a special Council, in order that the proceedings might he legal. The MAYOR asked if it was the pleasure of the Coun cil to have the whole of the Dock Committee's proceed ins read ? The TOWN-CLERK advised that at least that part of the proceedings on which the veto had been moved should be read. Mr. BrGHANr, in order to make themselves doubly sure, would have the whole of the proceedings read. The MAyott.—Perhaps, in order to save time, the Council would consider them as read. (Cries of " 'Yes, yes.") The Deputy TOWN-CLERK then read that part of the Dock Committee's proceedings on which the veto had been moved. After a conversation, from which it appeared that the MAYOR had not the power to prevent those gentlemen from now speaking on the question, who had addressed the Council on Wednesday last, his worship put it to the members who had already spoken upon the question not to go over the same ground again. The debate was then resumed by • Mr. J. B. LLOYD, who vindicated the vote lie had already given in favour of the veto. The more he thought upon the matter the more he was convinced that the Council came to a right decision upon the question. No one looking at the advertisement for the contracts, and taking it in connexion with the explanations since offered by the Dock Committee, could come to any other con clusion than that it was intended to deceive the Messrs. Baker and the public, and that, notwithstanding the advertisement, the Committee from the first in tended to execute the works by their own engineer ; and if that had been understood it was not likely that they would have had a single tender pre sented to them. (Hear, hear.) But leaving this part of the question, he considered that Messrs. Baker's tender was, after all, the lowest, as it included all the casualties. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd, in continuation, contended that the very resolution come to by the Dock Committee (since the Council exercised the veto), offering to compensate the Messrs. Baker for the expense to which they had been put in making out the tender, showed that the Council was right in the course it had taken, and that the Dock Committee was wrong. He had heard nothing to convince him that the Council was wrong in exercising the veto, and he should therefore vote for the confirmation of the veto upon the proceed ings of the Dock Committee with regard to this matter. Mr. AVISON, for the very reasons alleged by Mr. Lloyd, was of opinion that the Council ought not now to exercise its power of veto. The resolution passed by the Dock Committee, referred to by Mr. Lloyd, supposed on the part of the committee that they had done the Messrs. Baker an injustice by not, informing them in the adver tisement of their intentions with regard to their own sur veyor. It was on the ground of such an omission by the Dock Committee, that he (Mr. Avison) had supported the veto. But now the Dock Committee came before the Council in an entirely different form. ' They had passed this resolution, seeing that they had done wrong, and called upon Messrs. Baker to inform them what expenses they had been put to in preparing their estimates. But what do Messrs. Baker do ? They said.—no doubt influ enced by certain parties in this town—" We will not agree to your proposition at all, but we will refer the matter to Mr. Stephenson or some other engineer." Their object, no doubt, was, in referring it to Mr. Stephenson, to get the contract. Now, as Dock Trustees the Council had no right to thrust any such terms upon the Dock Committee. The Dock Committee themselves were supposed to know what was the best course to pursue in the execution of their works, and he (Mr. A.) thought the Council ought to be very cautious before leaving such a question as this to the arbitration of an engineer. (Hear, hear.) On these grounds he had come to the decision to give a diffe rent vote to the one he gave on the last occasion. Mr. BRANcrcEa followed on the same side, being of opinion that as the Dock Committee had offered reparation to Messrs. Baker for the error they had committed, the works should now be allowed to proceed. He strongly urged this course to be pursued by the Council, on the ground that the trade of this port would sustain a serious loss if the works were not allowed to proceed. He shrunk from dwelling upon the dangerous and difficult position in which the port would be placed, if the Council now threw itself in the face of the Dock Committee. Mr. TURNER, M.P.. as chairman of the Dock Com mittee, replied. He said that, after the protracted debate that had taken place, it was not his intention to speak at any length, but it was right that he should correct one or two erroneous statements which had been made on the present occasion. He was a good deal surprised to hear from Mr. Lloyd such words as " deception" applied to the Dock Committee, looking at the gentlemen who formed that committee. Mr. Turner reiterated his assu rance that the advertisement was issued with the intention of accepting any tender that might bare been much below Mr. Hartley's estimates. Mr. Gladstone had used the words bona fide. He (Mr. Turner) repealed that the advertisement was bona fide. It was issued with the intention of giving the contract to some of the parties tendering, and there was no ground whatever for what had bean openly stated by some, and in sinuated by others, that there was no intention of giving it to the contractors. If there had been a lower tender than Mr. Hartley's it would have been given to the party so tendering. He must say that with reference to this transaction the acts of the Dock Committee had not been discussed with that fairness which he often hadhad the plea sure to witness on former occasions. Everything that had been done by the Dock Committee had been held up in a captious or an invidious sense. There seemed to be an impression that nothing that the Dock Committee could do or had dons on this question could be the right course. (Hear, hear.) With reference to the second resolu tion that was passed by the Dock Committee he did hope, when Mr. Bigham proposed that resolution, that there would be an end of the questio❑ altoge ther, and Mr. Bigham certainly led the committee to expect it. He said that lie thought it desirable to get rid of the matter. (Hear, hear.) Had they then not a right to expect that Mr. Bigham would, on this occasion, have been in favour of the views of the Dock Committee ? (Hear and laughter from Mr. Bigham.) He (Mr. Turner) was at a loss to know what had changed Mr. Bigham. It had been stated that, since that resolution was passed, directions had been issued to go on with the works. Now, the fact was, there was no such resolution on the books, and it was not so. He bad also examined the engineer, who said it was not so, Mr. BIGHAM—The words that fell from the Chairman of the Committee were, " You had better not go on with the works, Mr. Hartley." . _ _ Mr. TURNER, in continuation, explained that the only works gone on with was the removal of the gridiron, which had already been sanctioned by the Council. The Dock Committee throughout had shown a desire to act in obe dience to that Council. At the last general meeting of the committee an unanimous opinion was expressed to the effect, that as the Council had vetoed the proceedings, the works ought not to be proceeded with, and as they saw injury was being done by the delay,he was asked to get the opinion of the Town-clerk as to the propriety of calling a special meeting of the Council for the purpose of altering their decision, and the Town-clerk gave his written opinion that a special Council could not be held. He repeated that they had shown a desire to show deference to the Council, but every step they had taken seemed to have been corn plainei of. He had felr a desire to promote harmony, and, therefore, lie had felt very much hurt at the way in which his efforts had been met. He found that every act and every word were so turned and so twisted, as almost to make one doubt one's own actions. Mr. Fernihough had commented in strong terms on the lan guage said to have been made use of in the Dock Commit tee, towards some members of the Council. He (Mr. Turner) was sorry that such language had been used, but Mr. Fernihough ought to recollect that words fell from him at the last Council which were almost sure to provoke remarks in reply. In conclusion, Mr. Turner entreated the Council not to persevere in the veto—not to persist in a course which would inflict very great pecu niary loss on the Dock Estate of the town, and which would retard to an indefinite period that dock accommo dation which was so much wanted. Mr. GARDNER was of opinion that the Council would stultify itself if it did not adhere to the veto. Rather than that he would say, let the Dock Committee take all the power into its own hands. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Moss, on the same side, said he hoped the Council would not be induced, by any temporising policy, to come to a different decision to that at which it had -already arrived. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENDERSON also supported the veto. Mr. HALREAD could not see his way clear to vote against the veto. He confessed he should have been extremely relieved if he could have voted the other way, but there was a principle in it, and the question ought to argued on that ground. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FERNIBOUGH. in a warm and energetic speech, also supported the veto, and after going into a number of statistics relative to the different tenders, in order to show that that of Messrs. Baker was the most advantaeeoue, and•ought to have been accepted, he defended the Council from the aspersions which had been cast upon several of its members, in the Dock Committee. Over and over again the Council had been told by certain members of the Dock Committee, and parties in the town having particular interests to serve, " If you veto the Dock Committee's proceedings, we will go to parliament, and take your powers from you." That threat was nothing new, as every member of the council must know. He concluded by observing, that the consistency and dignity of the Council demanded of them that they should confirm the veto which they had already exercised. (Hear, hear.) Mr.. Alderman NIOLYNEUX was opposed to the veto in the present case. With respect to the veto, he agreed that it was very desirable the Council should possess the power to exercise it, but then it should be applied in a proper meaner, and acccording to the common sense and justice of the case. In the present case he felt that the veto would not be exercised in accordance with discretion and common sense, and he feared that many parties had been carried away by a feeling—he would not call it enmity—but by a feeling. of jealousy, against the Dock Committee. (Hear, hear.) Ile hoped gentlemen would see the propriety of not vetoing the proceedings of the Dock Committee, seeing the resolution which had been Tassed with reference to the Messrs. Baker. Mr. LITTLEDALE expressed his intention of opposing, and Mr. John Gladstone of supporting the veto. Mr. TOBIN, in an argumentative spccell, warned the Council against the consequences of now exercising the veto, and defended the Dock Committee from the charges which had been brought against them as to allowing Mr. Hartley to see the estimates, and then send in a second estimate, He showed that both Mr. Hartley's estimates were sent in at the Caere time, and opened at the same time as that of Messrs. Baker and the other gentlemen. He taxed 11Ir. Bighain with inconsistency in 'bringing forward a resolution in the Dock Committee, with the view of bringing about a settlement of the dis pute with Messrs. Baker, and then coming forward in the Council to veto the committee's proceedings. Mr. Ald. BaaartEr-Mootta, whilst agreeing in the propriety of the Council possessing the power of vetoing the Dock Committee's proceedings, did not think that this was the time to exercise that power. He did not think the Council should hold out its authority by interfering with a body which was purely of an executive character, such as the Dock Committee was. (Hear, hear.) They (the Council) were not there to control the acts of the Dock Committee. The DociCommittee was the executive. The Council had already sanctioned the plans for the con struction of the new dock, and now he thought it was thedutyof the Council toallowtheDock Committee tocarry out the plans in the best manner. He (Mr. Moore) would dismiss Messrs. Baker entirely from this qnestion. The Dock Committee was the party to carry the contract out, whether it was with Messrs. Baker or any one else. This was not a question between Messrs. Baker and Mr. Hart ley, but the question was whether the Dock Committee was entitled to leave the execution of these works in the hands of their own well-tried servant. He therefore ap prehended that. if the Council considered their duty as trustees, they would confine their arguments to this part of the question. It was a well-ascertained fact that the Council could not initiate—that it could not recommend anything in dock matters—that it could only say yesorno— 1 that its simple duty was to prevent a wasteful expenditure. In doing that the Council was doing its duty to the town, and to the bondholders of the estate, and there the powers of the Council ended. (Hear, hear.) The speaker then at some length proceeded to combat the argumentg I made use of by Mr. Fernihough and other speakers in favour of the veto, and after defending the Dock Committee generally, including the course taken with reference to anniversary the Dock contracts, he concluded by asking the Council to reflect upon the injury they were inflicting upon the next. inhabitants and the port by interfering with the progress of these works. The accommodation that was required Amp SOCIETY.—The far the trade of the port in that neighbourhood was con- CHURCH PASTORAL siderabie, for notwithstanding the Dock extension which of this society will be h e ld to be Stronglytire felt in Liver that all the Docks were now full, and here was one of the pool, if we may u jg year consist most important Docks in the town, which would open a The deputation this _ communication from the south to the north, and which he London —the Rev. E. Auriol, Recto Rev IL Hutton, t Rector of St. Dunstan's, believed would bring a very large amount of revenue to and th e rd tins entrusted the • 0 whose care the Duke of the Dock Committee, threatened in the stoppage of its 1 Bedfo nt.garden. Cambridge important parish of St. Paul's, construction by a dispute such as the one now before the 1 i ( " e v . i - i ev. j. 11. Titco b supplies a third clergyman— Council. He left it to the Council to say whether they o f f St. Andrew- , Incumbent of the populous parish would, in these days of unrestricted competition—(a laugh) out successfull the-Less, and one of the first who carried take upon themselves the responsibility of leaving those Tire Bish ythe plan of preaching in the open air. works in their present state.—(Hear, hear.) l op of Chester presides at the meeting on. Monday . , evening, and on Tuesday a:searndlenNsionda there will be a public breakfast Mr. BIGIIAM next addressed the Council in favour or at the A ' 1 1►• against him Le p ii, at which the deputation will attend. the veto, and, in reply to the charge brought I by Mr. Tobin, said he bad determined to support the veto THE GREA T C ORN S WINDLER. —At t h e C en t ra l Cri on this occasion in consequence o its ha cf ving s b t e . urinal Court, on F r id ay , R . F. P r i es , 31, d e s cr ib e d as a in the Dock Committee, since the veto was la exercised , merchant, of Crosby Hall Chambers, was arraigned on the by the Council, th a t th e wor k s wou ld be proceeded with i charges of forgery which have recently created s o me l t in spite of it. interest in the city. There were three indictments—the Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE in supporting the veto ; first charging the prisoner with feloniously uttering a re strongly condemned the wording of the advertisement for 1 ceipt for 7,323 quarters of wheat, whereby he obtained the tenders. The public were justified in regarding that £lB,OOO from Messrs. James Holford and Co. The second advertisement as bona fide, and as intended to be acted indictment was upon a like charge for money obtained upon. If it was not so, would any member of that Council from another firm ; and the third was for obtaining £9,000 tell him by what right in law, or in equity, the Dock Corn- with intent to cheat Messrs. Ignace, Schulhoff, and Co., mittee could presume to sport with the interests • • bankers, &c Gracechurcla-street The • of mdt- " . . jury, after a mo viduals S It was to be presumed that Messrs, Baker ment's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Guilty." Mr. could not have placed themselves in the position they had Baron Alderson then sentenced the prisoner to be tran done, and make a correct tender, without incurring a sported for life. It was stated that the whole of the enor. considerable amount of outlay. They were strangers in I mous sums the prisoner had obtained had been absorbed this town, and he amid lay they could not hare incurred . . in hie extraordinary speculations in the corn market, The TOWS-CLERK having read an opinion he had re ceived from Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Miliward, to the effect that the proceedings of the Dock Committee were not complete until the Council had confirmed them, A division on the amendment for vetoing the Dock Committee's proceedings took place. The votes were — For the amendment Against Majority ..., , , ..... 10 The MAYOR said that, as the majority ou t . "..Z amend ment did not amount to two-thirds of those present, the number required to veto the Dock Committee's proceed ings, the amendment was lost. The following is an analysis of the division : For : Messrs. Mellor, Woodruff, Big ham, W. Nicholson, Bradley, Moss, Godfrey, Banner. Fernihough, J. Glad stone, jun., Toulmin, Clayton, M'Nicoll, Fleming, Gard ner, It. Gladstone, Lloyd, Johnson, Pictoa. Nicholson, Hodson, Beckwith, Henderson, Horsfall, Ilaihead, Alder men Langsdale, Bennett, Preston, Parker, Bent, and the Mayor-31. Against : Messrs. Aked, Anderson, Thomson, Holden; Turner, Littledale, Tyrer, Holt, Avison, Tobin, Braucker, J. M. Wood, Stewart, Gregson, Boyden, Aldermen Holmcs, Robinson, J. N. Wood, Bramley-Moore, Moly neux, and Chilton-21. The proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's Hall Committee, Markets Committee, Education Com mittee, Gaol and House of Correction Committee, Town hall Establishment Committee, Health Committee, Gar dens Committee, and Church Expenditure Committee,. were severally read and confirmed. fig The proceedings of the Water Committee having been: read, a motion was proposed by Mr. Banner to supply several of the public charities with water at a reduce& charge, and after some discussion was rejected. A motion by Mr. BIGHAM that the committee prepare for the next meeting the present state of the Rivington works, was passed, and the proc e edin gs were t h en con firmed. Whilst the deputy Town-clerk was reading the report of the Library and Museum Committee, Mr. THOMPSON drew the attention of the Mayor to the fact of there not being a Council present; and, in consequence, the pro ceedings were somewhat abruptly brought to a close about half past three o'clock, there still remaining the reports of several committees to dispose of, besides me morials and other business which will hate to stand over until the next monthly Council, unless a special Council is convened. [We are requested by Mr. A. Henderson to state, that as soon as the Dock Committee's proceedings were over, ho went to Kent-street, to hear appeals against Corporation rates, and was engaged there up to half-past three o'clock. This will account for his absence when the Council was counted out.] THE ANTELOPE.—The Postoffice authorities have ad vertised that shipletter.bags will be made up for Australia by the steamer Antelope, which will leave Liverpool about the latter end of this month. THE EMIGRATION FEVER.—At the present moment there are advertised for sailing, from the port of London alone, to New South \Vales, South Australia, New Zea land, and Van Diemen's Land no less than 98 ships, em bracing an amount exceeding 40,000 tons. len hes, less 'ure awn the and. Rai , nte ital me