The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1853 T O HgrEL-I - i.EEpEIy.-;--- AND PRIVA,..., PUBLICAN S , PRIVATE FAMI LIES. RR. T ROTTER is instructed to SELL by 27th . A1Je"..... lON, peremptorily, on THURSDAY next, the Instant, at twelve o'clock precisely, on the Premises, 5, College-lane, ..Y5 Dozen choke PORT and SHERRY, a small quantity of eLine old MADEIRA, &c. ..MPles may be hal on the Morning of Sale, and further .ruculars obtained from the AUCTIONEER, or Mr. JOHN I RBY, 12, Peter' 1 .............__ S- Rile. (Eo be *olti or /rt be LET, till 24th June, 1854, HOUSE; No. ••••A acliiretiloVrie;fLoEdg,e-hill John-street at alw rent.—Apply to Mr. N th TO-----=----------OUTFITTERS and. OTHERS.—TO be ‘ ,711 h ET, with immediate possession, an excellent SHOP, Z'u,,,,,.. handsome Plate-glass Windows, and DWELLING- I.rYI,SE attached ; large Yard and every convenience for ng on the above business ; the present tenant having La_ erried on an extensive and profitable business for many . r.. this is an opening seldom to be met with.—Apply to ', r GuNINYON, 32, St. James's -street. TO CLOSE THE PO ST PAUL'S BUILDING SOCIETY. IMRTANT TO ME %111 ERS OF ( WILDING SOCIETIES .., AND OTHERS. pro be SOL D by PRIVATE TREATY, in Lots to , suit Purcliasers,TwelveFreehold DWELLING-HOUSES, In Byrom-street, North Birkenhead. Rental, -e124. 16s. per tkPliutn. Price 1,150. Four Freehold DWELLING £4 in Club-row, near the Docks, Birkenhead. Rental, ire 12s. per annum. Price . 4 60.—Apply to WILLIAM . - F. S, Accountant, Claren don -buildings, South John-street, I..tverpool -, or HENRY P • P Est t Agent, Market- RIEST, .. a e !street, Birkenhead: • filrfloB3be LET, in Lots to be agreed upon, about_ leed:t Square Yards of LAND. lying to the westward e g 1ea,..,_ fro of HowardorW e C e rial to Stanley Dock, and eastward LAND on the north ail Light body-street.--Partie 'le And about 19,000 yardssquare of of the Canal Locks, fronting , m ob tain further inlornisaitiensnirobuys of renting the same 13.1 Light- Dock Secretary. s Offic, Liverpool. Dock-office, Liverpool, 10th October, 1853. applying to DANIEL MASON, CARRIAGES.-_ be . SOLD, a Light Coburg CARDcalculated to carry Six Pers?..a.s, besides the Driver, undr G IGS; and T well-built, whj o ch 2 r a ,may Second-han d Roomy COACHr., be fitted for Funeral purposes. I ,4 o b ri. seen at MASKER Y and Co.'s, Coach-builders, War pro be SOLI) ' t 1 leasehold YA fcr 7 5 vr..• •' , ° pay S T per cent., -Gp,s . . --Sem two lots, or together, Three b n u e il a t t oCfOtTim nest „,..! In . aii open, healthy situation, recently .„ l itch ul e" r ads, and well finished, each cortaini_ 4 , soo Par A lo ls u o r : ..s.blotuer4tnslierStbscullerY' and three Bedrooms ; price , & . . 61:10. adjoinin of completion ; price ARC f ree are respectably tenanteo, and three of the Ake ° r are let, thou h unfinished.—Apply to GEoaoE tißa, Accountant, 38 Chapel -walks, South Castle-street. V ------11 _,TAat Am ALIA,I7S Estate reirt, - 47, extenc, . artel agh-street, in gratefully acknowledgin th bets to patr onage he has received for upwards of 25 years, th e Ne' anjlounce that he has Opened an additional Office in Where ‘l.l'flange, H ackin's-bey, two doors from Dale-street, shed to Ca of . the most Eligible Property . can always be f W. Iv. aPlalists and others requiringgood . lnvestm A T e s s . o f t. Has now ON SALE an ESTATE, with 300 4 t y l abei t TV, in Wales ; a splendid modern-built MANJ t , 9 lap.sit,aee Miles froni the Exchange; a Detached Couiry at se,47_NCE, near the Dingle, Toxteth-park ; Two DITTO, Land ; 'nil ; ITTO, Lodge-lane, with 45,000 Yards of Land 6 Acres of LAND, with Two HOUsES ercc r ted s LN' ) Vout Three Miles from Town; and 10,000 Ya d To beT...._l.wood-park. eve be ,1% -- - . IA , few excellent DELLING- f H t OUSES, with Streets, and SHOPS. in some ohe Principal haek i ; lso, a few eligible OFFICES, in the New Range, bo n ton L'heY.—Furtlier particulars may be had on applica -47. Itanelag-street or, No. 3, Harkin 's-bey. ____ ___ (Eontratt. ,TEIT,LIERS FOR BUTCHERS' MEAT.- iN rname COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL ROYA. lityr cu lA 'ix are desirous to CONTRACT for the supply o f lind eRS' MEAT to the INFIRMARY, LUNATIC.ASYL n U t P i I e , 12ih _Lex linseiTAL, for Twelve Months, commencing tilialiT i aY of Novemher next. Particalars of the quantiti o es and tion. es required may he obtained at the respective Institu .; th e `',-•„ Tenders stating the price per cwt., and addressed t w at ; -, x liairi nan , must be sent to the In fi rmary on or before Oct . ;V 3 1 , 8 1 the 2nd day of November next. EDWARD GIBBON, jun., Chairman °ROITGR .OF LIVERPOOL.— f The wA„,c,ONTRA9TS FOR CLOTHI e r rolicep Ylog the followino• . 91 ' stih.si . 4 ' ll COM MI rrEE are ready to r eive TENDERS Force, namely : ' ARTICLES for the Constabulary 69 9 Body Coats and Trouse Pie Constables. 10G Trousers for Firemen. for Lot I. 33 Body Coats and Trousers for Bridewell keepers { and Detective Constables. . 43 Frock Coats and Trousers for Inspectors. Ditto Ditto for Clerks. Lot 2, 7 . 9 . 2 Top_ Coats for Constabl r e s s. & Bridewell-keepers. lon ,; Ditto for I c n i sp r c s to Lo.. t 3 4 : .33 Scarlet Ves%rforeßridewell-keepers it-I-At s ,600 Pairs of \Vhite Cotton Gloves. 4.0. t6' 950 Armlets 16° t /.. LEP3,, MilitariStocks wiih Brass Clasps. Lot -..,, Pairs ot Pegged*Boots. B. { 130 Belts for r - Lot Lot i o. 1 80o i 17 nifog Felt a Hats for Constables. L ot 1 , l i`i Plain Felt Hats for Inspectors. keepers. . '' 850 Bat for Clerks and Bridewell - keepers. tiiLcloth Capes for Constables. s jot 12. { 1 ticintosh Capes for inspecto rs . ~The C M 7tttele)i Ditto for f Supe rin t endents. the COntr°ll—Zfl tttt re ° s, for the I°ll4 tentlf.l B ' " a bOTe r' eIl it et mentioned, o potio inn of fwo dividing equal . lots. any'on ;e o r . f ' W ilt O f aii4:,ll are,' therefore, to state their prices fthy t jerna 41. X , or one-half thereof. 0w... a Y bet—: v,arious Articles now n ur .r d w m n ay n, be inspected clock, at the the h e the hoursofTent until SATURDAY, The day ei l s. l , l ce, 2, Cornwallis - street . , for th-Wh°le of the Cl ot h incl t otr e ve elothien nr' t. 1" ; 3 - -oats must b ra e ll w a well shrunk. The w o rk thread, wool - dyed , and a f t or ua tt e l l ttee-,. ' o ust be executed with sound, good double ,„, P. Ile to the %Vs unifor waistcoats. Vests are provided and , Con 3 _,.. re Buttons for Coats mul Metallic Numbersa d wualaertitee, who will also supply will be erect. (Or the Coats, so that no embroidery rejected, and 14earY 'iele not fully equal to sample will be thesame by allow thee flonttlittee will on no account accept e The Committee W e ill r,otr_ difference of value or ot n heruis - sent for inspection :r n 4tt. tucll'iaLf srh},:jr sample patter n for the .. ein a t v r e ac h to ts executc t he us„W,hote tenders sh a ll be acceptedwlll thereof, and engage to oorb.,l'ai Contract for due fulfilment r . e _ ore f the Gth day of 14 ay i , ete aad Toebeep the goods on 0 D a. ,_ __ sh at the ex- Alta t'iolnBSoli id f o e n r glro a rft o ie v del l i a ve t' ry. I, to be left al soled tenlem", calendar l i e from sample pa ttern s , Liver boo} e Mee of the Town-clerk, 2 2 the 30th day of November. 163 before WEDNERF!AY, filie Watch Committee," kari.addressed " To the Chairinan L o nt ." Any person terici:eq " Tender for Clothing. d samples and tenders for r ink for mon than one lot to ae o n s _ nye. I,4ch lot, separately numbered, b a to accept the lowest or-"ahe Co Mmittee do not bind themselves -,Y t ender.—By order, ORTH, Town clerk. W 2, c WILLIAM SHUITLE I __. lb.._ or nwallis-street, October 24, 8 53 --_--....._ PATENT OXIDE OF ZINC PAINTS.- N e Orders for the above, and for the Dry Oxide, and Con by i ll for Work at Ships, Houses, Warehouses, &c., executed he Undersigned, S O ,W. LAWFORD and CO. 49, NORTOL3K-STREET, ie Agents for the Vieille Montagne ' Zinc Mining Company) and THOMAS PORTER, 8, MERSEY-STREET. ItEMOVAL OF THE LONDON BABY •F'N LINEN ESTABLISHMENT PARKER-STREET to No. 6, GREAT GEORGE STBEET (the third door from Hardy-street). f"`I4."4IDDLEWOOD, in returning thanks to the Ladies erre4lDol and its vicinity, for their kind patronage con bito'glen,her in her late Establishment, begs respectfully eta a tt rn , l i Tela that she has Opened her new one as above, 1.04,eeti% rable Assortment of New Goods, consisting of Lo ng suor?,eks, Coats, Jackets, &c., &c.; also, Infants' A A. g u l lQbes Robe Gowns, Cambric Gaps, Cloaks, -Arm, • iio' ' N %let a; . by l ets . -- k ,8.... i e, to : e choice selection of her Stock, and mo .wo. 6 , tin fo r ?,, , t a continuance of their kind support. Gr eat oute celebrated Toilet or Nursery Powder. e°,ge-street. C,>_lll)\- - --- I ItoyalsTßEt—cl, tDICAL ADVICE._ ''llit e d coileg.4 ''',P,,,'EttrooL.—Dß. BR o O nd D p — li a :,: i 7 M s 2 , e m in T ter b D o o lC f .o E p t T h o ei Irri t b r.i,t . the Sho;_zurgeons London s tvitt,iity,Tre.....l..address on all ca s • es I volun d Indigest!on, f n . S resit Bz' 0014. N e Tin . g of the Hao of Nervous Debility, ilhs'F, wheth er ons of the Mind t ' , ar D y e . Produced by seden 4 tre e 41 t he tro dkPortion P .. 15: pr otherwise. p e r fn e s p s l l o o y n m o e nt , P on=ittier biseasuers ;liltimeto the method of is v_ stud treatmentßo o f S i e o o h r a b s o a t ?col e S ki n N ic p ' e: °C eUn a i i alid involves no actual restraint either i e n r) diet or A ddr °n * '- 4 41 3 6 ' 147.75t2r, Rodneystreet : Private Entrance to Su . rgery, rilin g t.ll ,et,. Hours of, attendance . fr_om w Nine in the _., , Nine at Night, and Sundays till T O. Tlll-----al,„-t -.1-tAT ORCHESTRAL UNION OF L 0 N D 0 N, Tti 7 c ,. I t AT THE R ._ 4 */ EvRA riA,HARMONIC HALL, '" . .4 1 - -:'G (TUESDAY), THE 25th INSTANT, ""thdlit " A QUARTER BEFORE EIGHT. _ tlu 8 "es (Dress), 45.; Gallery Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Ivee °Pinions of the Press, to be had at the Office. Il i t co x O RTHERN DAILY TIMES, kid Prnercial, Political, and General Newspaper, t a lqii 40!.8 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, gist .1 o,lvered tin a h RESIDENCE of Subscribers by l l'o l ets CLOrli e W e citi I :1 N N' , any part of Liverpool, or within the ate n zi e. , ete gh ton, Egremont, Beacombe, Birkenhead tlb' 1 4, 4 ranntere, Rock-ferry,Waterloo, Beaforth,Boolle, 'el litriptrion, Fairfield, and Aiqburth. 8 ' tti :", in advance, for a year, £3 ; six months, ' , three months, 19s. 6d. For the CHARLES Proprietors, VVILLMER, PUBLISHER. 4 11°31 lON OF THE ADVERTISEMENT Ilt i e, t 411w -A E RTIS EM ENTS rece i ve d f or th e L on d on N„A other LONDON, PROVINCIAL, and PAPERS and PERIODICALS, by 16 REIS.TRY GREENWOOD, e ANNING-PLACE-16. Cg,t, t/v„ x.,-rth __ _ - rA„co,—„,- LITHOGRAPHiC, a N n G d tit.ISE.,C4-I,A.TE PRINTING and ENGRAVI 4 1 4 4 ; 1 t h tr eet N 'r, 16, CANNING-PLACE (between South 14 0 _14. 4 2y G 4 South John -street.) Zl--ci?ittz..), be.;3,t-ENNVOOD (late Manager of the Liverpool 10 min s '. to announce that he has purchased from__ 1t.. ) 1 . r .. .. 1 ti e,4 1 13, 11, , g,„. 1 4 ' 51 t 1 1 , 1 s. th v q. 4 z_ m e I . C AO,P , Y L . rif r li e t rn s ononidcoGnOgNovnileleo List, hi snilthi!., „X I b.tid tare,pij:K..e., together with his Old-established PRINT -I,',.gleh` jay 1„."1•ISING BUSINESS ; and trusts that h o. e -.l eee , lo_ r }l-e•eiu. Nyith the same large amount of patrona n e tp.,.. (I . or. gst. sixteen years, has been bestowed on his I)7netie4ns add ed . t i }.1„,.0f T, to his P rinting -office all the most modern 10,Lite'1„,ing of P i ?, and is, therefore in aosition to execute .s ti "es 4 . 4 rY sn,i'ooks, Pamphlets, Reports &c., proceeding IN Art", r ice CistBientific Societies, Brokers' Circulars, Cata httlNT:res4 c. _.,cards, Handbills, Law Font s, Business_ t-e ish o 'lslG, roe, PCheques, and every other Description of , I,...tte tt , n.The best style, at moderate prices, and on , g kett N'• has "%Ice. E In co l'elte, e r' Itlaje 4 l p,tlY in Type all the authorized Forms now pte r :pd copsy stistoms, together with other Slippy, I , 4 :_er s , _toheAt"ettle_t i.al Forms f.?r general use. Li s cen d 4,t tal.riptioront.tt.rte Marine Forms and . Logbook . e _ by to.. ith , es 'on aging and Numbering execut a ~ r y _ 4 ,1 42 e • 114%01P4h. ei.j ' ° °l Co • tltik t - 7 1 * Iv b,cri n yyance List published on the Ist of tn. eek ty bi Otion 4s. 6d. per Annum. kin s, gd. frY Published every gftturday Morning, 1 per an, um. '''-VANNINO PLACE- 16. Enantat. WANTED, a CLERGYMAN, in Priest's Orders, to assist in the duties of the Parish Church of St. Peter.—Address Rev. T. HALTON, 29, Great George sq uare. AYOUNG LADY wishes to obtain a SITUATION as DAILY GOVERNESS, in Liverpool, or the outskirts. She professes to teach the usual branches of English, with French and Music.—Aldress, 29, Great George-square. WANTED, a PERSON to Superintend the General In-door Management of a Broker's Office. Unexceptionable references as to qualifications will be re quired.—Address, J. S., care of GORE and SoN, Castle-street. WANTED, now, or at any time within Three Months, a convenient Detached HOUSE, with Garden, Stabling, &c. Distance not to exceed five miles from the Exchange. Rent from .e6O to .Fl 3. The Advertiser would purchase the Furniture, &c., as it stands, if he approve of the quality, &c.—Apply to Mr. S. WATERHOUSE, Derby-square. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—The Governors and Trustees propose to apptiint a second HONORARY SURGEON to the Institution, and will receive Testimonials from the Candidates prior to the Bth of November, on which day the Election will take place. The requisite qualifications and the duties may be learned on application at the Hospital. 18th October, 1853. THOMAS WOOD, Master. WEST DERBY UNION. - ASSISTANT MASTER WANTED.—The Guardians are desiroui of appointing an ASSISTANT to the Master of the Union Workhouse, who will be required to take charge of the various articles in store in the Workhouse, to keep account of the same, and generally to act and assist under the directions of the master. Salary x'4o per annum, with board and lodging in the house. Applications, with testimonials, to he sent to me on or before Tuesday next. Canvassing of the Guardians, either personally or by agent, is strictly forbidden, and wilt be held to be an absolute disqualification.—By order of the Board, WILLIAM CLEAVER, Union-clerk. 2, Elliot-street, Liverpool, 20th October, 1853 QU E E N'S HEAD DINING-ROOMS, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, GEORGE-STREET, OLDHALL-STREET, Tenders his best thanks to his numerous Friends and the Public for the uniform support he has received during the eleven years he has occupied the above premises, and assures them it will he his study and pleasure in future to facilitate, in every possible manner, the comfort of his Customers. !lam The Culinary Department, being under the especial superintendence of Mrs. FRANKLIN, will be found to main tain its high reputation for the character of its Viands. AUSTRALIA. --Messrs. A. ROBINSON 'and co. continue to be A 1 for every description of HARDWARE Wanted by Emigrants, &c., leaving for this Colony. Since the commencement of this emigration they have been able, from time to time, to add such novel and useful articles to their Stock as fully to repay any one who may favour them by a visit for inspection. Swords, Bowie Knives, Cutlery of all kinds; Guns, Pistols, and Rifles; Dean's and Adams's Revolvers; Lee's Patent Mining Tools; Cooper's Patent Pistols; Seven kinds of Portable Cooking Apparatus; Tentsof all kinds; Mechanics' and Agricultural Tools ; Brook's celebrated American Felling Axes; Powder, Bullets, Shot, Caps, Belts, Pouches, Flasks, &c. (ESTABLISHED A.D. 1760.) A. ROBINSON and CO., 32, STRAND-STREET, CA NN I NG-DOCK , LIVERPOOL. PROTESTANT INSTITUTE.-A PUBLIC E LECTURE will be DELIVERED, (D.V.,) on MONDAY EVENING next, the 31st instant, in the CONCERT-HALL, Lord Nelson-street, by the Rev. JOS. BARDSLEY, B.A. Subject: " Romish Intolerance, Illustrated in the Case of Miss Cun ninghame." The Chair will be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock, by the Rev. W. F. TAYLOR, !& A. Admission to the Body of the Hall, Free; Reserved Seats, 6d. APUBLIC MEETING 'of the LIVERPOOL SHIPWRIGHTS' ASSOCIATION will be held in the CONCERT-HALL, Lord Nelson-street, To-monitow (Wed nesday), the 26th instant, for the purpose of rebutting certain statements made by the Master Shipwrights at a Meeting held in the Graving Dock Regulating Office, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, and to adopt such Resolutions as may ap pear to the Meeting most advisable. Merchants, Master Shipwrights, and all others interested in Shipping, are respectfully invited to attend. The Chair will be taken at Half-past One o'clock. By order of the Committee. Bond-street, October 24th, 1853. AMILLION NEW TESTAMENTS FOR CHINA.—The BRITISH and FOREIGN BIBLE SO CIETY having adopted the suggestion of a benevolent Indi vidual for embracing the present opening in China for the circulation of the Holy Scriptures in that Heathen Country, hitherto closed against the entrance of the Word of 'God, we are requested to say that Contributions for that object will be gratefully received by Mr. WILLIAM ROSE, at the Bible Institution-house, Stater-street, Liverpool. FREDERICK PARRY, t • THOMAS RAFFLES, r Secretar ies. C HIJRCH sOF ENGLAND EDUCATION SOCIETY. At a MEETING of the COMMITTEE, held on the 21st day of October, 1853,--Present, the Rev. WILLIAM RAWSON, Chairman, &c., It was moved by EDWARD CROPPER, Esq., seconded by Mr. Joni.; EDEN, and resolved unanimously,— That this Committee, having carefully considered the pub lished correspondence between Mr. Frederick S. Warren and the Rev. Wm. Pollock, are of opinion that, excepting only in the matter of a trivial misapprehension already publicly ac knowledged, no refutation whatever has been given to the statements made by Mr. Pollock, that no fresh matter has been introduced into the Vital questions at issue between the public and the National Society. and that Mr. Warren's second letter does not call for a reply. [Extracted from the minutes.] • 1114'. H. WRlGHT,} Semtaries. JOHN EDEN, STANDARD GENERAL 'PRINT IN G -0 1? VICE, 4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description, including PAMPHLETS, FORMS, INVOICES, SERMONS, BILLS OF LADING, 'CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES, CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C., SH ARE ROIKERS' POSTING BILLS OF Boove, EVERY SIZE, EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. In Stock, and Manufactued to Order LEDGERS, J O URNALS, LETTER BOOKS CASH BOOKS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, AND WASTE BOOKS, IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING. MACHINE RULING, &c. To THE BURGESSES OF .A.BERCROMBY WARD. GENTLICAIEN,—A highly respectable Deputation has kindly waited upon me with a Requisition. signed by a large number of Electors in your Ward, requesting me to.come forward for the third time as a CANDIDATE at the ensuing Municipal Election. Comprising, as that Requisition does, dhe names of so many influential gentlemen of all parties, thus affording the best proof that my past endeavours to promote your interests have given satisfaction, I have great pleasure in at once ac ceding to such a flattering mark of respect. If, therefore, you do me the honour again 'to elect me, I shall return to,my duties with an increased determination to persevere in that course which has hitherto met with your approbation., and which has appeared to me most conducive to your welfare and the prosperity of the town.. I am, Gentlemen. Tour obedient and faithful Servant, R. C. GARDNER. Newsham-house, 12th October, 1853. TO THE ELECTORS OF GT. GEORGE WARD. GENTLENixx,—Having received a requisition most numer ously and influentially signed, requesting me to allow myself to be put in nomination on Ist November, as a CANDIDATE to represent your ward in the Town Council, I at once comply with your request, and place my services at your disposal. I cannot feel otherwise than highly flattered by the unsought for and unexpected compliment you have been pleased to pay me. Should I have the honous to be elected, it will be say.desire to give my best attention to the general interest of the Town, especially to those inivravements which are at present occupy ing much of the public 'mind, and more particularly those connected with your Ward, having, at the same time, a due regard to economical expenditure of the Corporate Flunk for such purpose. - • --- I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, ALEXANDER SHAND. Elm Cottage, Toxtetb-park, Oct. 22, 1853. TO THE BURGESSES OF LIME-STREET WARD. - - - - GENTLRMEN,—I accept the invitation, which I have had the honour to receive from a numerous •and influential body of the Electors of the Ward, to become a Candidate at the approaching Election, • for a seat in the Town Council, as one of your Representatives. The subject which at this period more particularly engages the attention of the Council and the Inhabitants of the Borough, is, the Improvements of the Town. I believe that no part of the community is more interested in this question than yourselves; not only from the central position of your Ward, but on account of its possessing so many places of public resort, viz. :—the Theatres, the Concert Hall, St. John's Market, the Railway Station, and St. George's Hall. To this subject your Representatives have given their best attention, and have supported those Improvements, which, in their opinion, are first called for, and which will be em bodied in an application to Parliament in the ensuing Session. I take this opportunity of returning my sincere thanks for the kindness and courtesy which I have received from you during the twelve years I have been honoured with your con fidence.-1 remain, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, JOHN B. LLOYD. Exchange Alley, 20th October, 1853. TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTORS OF VAUXHALL WARD. GENTLEMEN,—The term for which you elected me as one of your Representatives will shortly expire. A Deputation of Gentlemen Electors of your Ward having waited upon me, and presented a Requisition, numerously and respectably signed by parties of all shades of opinion, I have no hesitation in tendering my best exertions for your acceptance. I feel less difficulty in now coming forward as a Candidate, for, since I have had the honour to represent you, I have the satisfaction to know my conduct in the Council has met with the uniform approbation of the Ward. Three years ago you elected me on two distinct principles, which, I need hardly say, were quite in accordance with my own, namely, the entire absence of politics in local affairs, and strict economy in the management of the Corporate Purse, with a due regard to the good old town's various re quirements and upholding her interests. I think it will be found I have kept these principles con stantly in view; and I believe there is not an elector who will say that I forgot the interests of the Ward in support of any party, political or religious, in the Council. I have uniformly voted against the increase of official salaries when I have considered them well paid ; and, whenever public money was to be expended, I have looked carefully how it was to be most beneficially and economically spent, having a deep sympathy for the difficulties and privations local taxation entail on the industrious ratepayers. . _ _ ...Having, from niy youngest days, had my interest bound up in the prosperity of your Vtard, it is apparent that what is injurious to you must he so to me, and that we must be equally benefited by its improvement. Finally, the principles on which you first elected me are unchanged. If you should again do me that honour, I hope that the experience have had in the Council duties will en able me more efficiently to do justice to the trust reposed in me. remain, GentleM6h, y l o l u i r i f z ai l tlif n ul li se i r ctio vant, LsoN. F>harrostreet, 4th October, 183 S. Ktberpoot tanbarb+ TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 25,1853. THE wisdom of the Whigs—by which we may include the various species of 'political charlatans— broke down the great Maritime Charter under which British commerce had swelled into unpa ralleled magnitude, and promised that the repeal of the Navigation Laws, as the capital of the great pillar of Free-trade, should be the crowning point of our national greatness. Unfortunately, how ever, for our faith in the prophetic spirit of Liberalism, their promises are not always realised, or they experience such unforeseen contingencies as destroy all -the charm which was so pleasant in prospect. Competition, it was said, would pro duce such a reduction of profits as to put us in easy possession of the produce of the World ; but British shipowners and British seamen, and the number of trades dependent upon them, formed a numerous body, which could not be supposed to benefit by the change. But when did the Whigs ever care who suffered, so long as they had a pet scheme which siited their notions of popularity hunting, and no matter how false, if it were only plausible, and the sufferers had no parliamentary influence P There was no lack of specious argu ment to support the theory ; the rage was all for Free-trade, at any cost ; the House of Commons, as a matter of course, voted with the Minister, as they would have done to pull down the Throne, if it had been urged with the same reasons ; the House of Lords, who have lately lost all the courage with which they once manfully battled for the maintenance of our ancient institutions, sur rendered at discretion ; and the mighty Shipping interest, like the other great interests of Great Britain, was thrown open to competition with the whole world. Now for the fruits,—the promised advantages of this great sacrifice. At first there were loud complaints, which were in no way amended by the new restrictions placed upon Bri tish seamen by Mr. LABOUCHERE'S Mercantile Marine Act ; but, shortly afterwards, the gold dis coveries in California and Australia, which were made just in time to save Liberalism from an igno minious defeat, saved also the Shipping interest, and suspended, for a time, the predictions of their ruin. A sudden and unexpected demand sprung up for merchant vessels, freights consequently rose, and, therefore, while the victims of legislation were temporarily spared, the country got none of the promised advantages from the reduced cost of transit. There is, however, a feature in the question which will go far, if not altogether, to neutralise the expected benefits under any circumstances, and to which the attention of British merchants should be seriously directed. By the English law, freight is payable only on the completion of the voyage, and unless this be performed, none what ever is due ; while in case of any non-performance of the contract through insufficiency of the ship, or the roguery of those on board, the merchant has a remedy against the owner, who is amenable to the law. The ease is, however, widely different when the merchant employs a foreign ship. By the foreign law, which is common to almost all continental nations, a proportion of freight is due for the proportion of a voyage performed, and the merchant has no remedy if his goods are left at an intermediate port far short of their destination. Several instances have recently occurred in which British goods, in a foreign vessel, have been landed at an intermediate port, the captain taking his own proportion of the freight, and then accepting a new engagement on more favourable terms for some other port. What remedy has the British merchant, even where the injustice is palpable P He has literally none, for it would be far better for him to put up with the loss, great as it may be, than hope to obtain redress in •a foreign court of law against a foreign shipowner, who may be hopelessly insolvent. The only efficient remedy against such contingencies, is to abstain from shipping :goods in foreign vessels,lnotwithstanding the apparent temptation as to freight ; and we have called attention to the subject in order that British merchants may be aware of - the risk they undergo in -so doing. WHEN The last daring act of Romanist aggres sion aroused the Protestant feeling of the country, although the excitement was too ephemeral to offer any keffective resistance, the advocates of Rome claimed credit to themselves for loyalty to the Throne, and accused their opponents of bigotry because they doubted it. A slight in stance was afforded the other day in this town of the kind of loyalty which animates these much injured men, whom to doubt implies bigotry. A society, with the imposing title of the "Holy Cross Christian Doctrine Confraternity,"met in a school room in Great Crosshall-street, to celebrate their third anniversary by a little humble jollity, and were presided over on the occasion by a " Rev. Father," at least so says our Friday contemporary who seems to have taken the Liverpool Romanists under his especial patronage. It is true that their libations were limited, if we may believe the report, to weak tea, but it did not prevent the proposing of toasts and the making of sundry complimentary speeches. Whenever decently conducted English men have indulged in drinking toasts, whether the meeting were composed of peers or peasants, it has been usual to commence with the name of the , QUEEN, as the Sovereign of Great Britain, to whom we all owe allegiance; nor, in doing so, do they claim any great credit for special loyalty. There is an old proverb, that when we are in Rome we should do as the Romans do ; but the Romans in this country have different notions, and prove their claim to loyalty by actually ignoring the QUEEN, as a name not worthy to be men tioned, even before that of the immaculate Dr. CAHILL, who has become notorious for his practical adoption of the dangerous principle, that the end justifies the means. On the occasion to which we refer, the first toast proposed was, " THE POPE," the Chairman remarking, that the spiritual head was greater than the temporal one. After several songs, of the nature of which we will not stop to inquire, the Chairman proposed, " Success to Car dinal WISEMAN and the English Hierarchy," a subsequent speaker alluding to him as " the Car dinal Archbishop of Westminster." The next toast was "Dr. CCLLEN, the Archbishop of Dub lin," and then came the health of " Dr. CAHILL." It is, perhaps, hardly worth while to comment on the good taste which prompted the virtual de fiance of the Ecclesiastical Titles Prevention Act, because that has been repeatedly violated in Eng land and Ireland. It is well known that the Ministers were never sincere in their intention when the Bill was before Parliament ; and we may be snip that so long as Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the 'radical party, or the Duke of NEWCASTLE and the semi-Popish party are allowed to have any influence in the Government, its provisions will never be enforced, whatever insolence the Roman ists may be guilty of. Professing Protestants expend much idle breath in unmeaning denun- 1 ~..----4.1 • i - . 7 1? % 4 1f. ,1 1,j,,r, - „` . "4,='2,-- A ,, , . i 4': 144 '/ - 02) , .# ' -i e:‘ \ v r . , ksa $ ' :4 - if-... dj' 7.''' 'l 4 k, l' il i .I ,l <", ° ' - , - -- "V -- 4. i, 4 ,' ,i7 4% - - 4. \4 , 'Z' " ••••'''' k'S gr - .;;;;tia* '.- J.'-'„,46' : 4 ,gi , ~,,, . 4 ,_ , f• -, - r,' - - • ' 7.- ..a -: ..". ' -,1,4, , , ' - '7. - - -- ' ', • '.,- ....' • .,1 4:.:•11. / ' 16 , ....v..... , - ". ---- ' ~~ \~ ~~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ciations against the encroachments of Rome, and then go to the hustings, and vote for Radical Representatives who would sell their country to the POPE of ROME, if they did but know how to effect the conveyance. If Protestants would but unite as closely as their opponents do, and support the Church and Conservatism, as the surest bulwarks against encroachments from any quarter, they might set Rome at defiance, and not one of its priests would dare to raise his voice above the bated breath and whispering humbleness, which is the most fitting tone for a delusion which cannot stand the light of public discussion. Ignorance is, however, caught by gaudy trappings, and this accounts for the zeal with which scarlet robes and red stockings are paraded before the public gaze. THE labours of the Commissioners for inquiring into the charges on shipping and goods in Liver pool, were considerably lightened at their sitting on Wednesday, owing to the comprehensive replies returned to their questions by the Town-clerk, Mr. SHUTTLEWORTH. The charges upon shipping, pay able to the Corporation of Liverpool, are anchorage, or keel-tolls, on all vessels entering the port, of one shilling for every coasting vessel, one shilling and threepence for every British ship, and one shilling and sixpence for every foreign ship ; and town dues, of which a table was furnished to the Commissioners. The dues form part of the Borough Fund of the town, and belong to the Corporation. In the discussion which took place, it was stated by Mr. BRAMAH, the law-clerk of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees, that on all vessels going from Birkenhead to any of the Liverpool Docks for repairs, or any other purpose, the full rate of dues was charged as if the vessel had arrived from a distant foreign port. An instance was also stated in which the full charges were levied on a vessel of which part of the cargo was taken out in lighters in the river, in order to enable her to enter the Birkenhead Docks. The right to levy Dock dues under such circumstances was justified, by the re presentatives of the Dock Trustees, on the ground that they were authorised by Act of Parliament ; and that, though it was a hardship on the Birken head Dock Estate, the promoters had full know ledge of the difficulties before the scheme was undertaken. This is no doubt true, yet the same line of argument would have prevented any reduction of the Dock dues which were made for the especial object of improving the trade of the port,—an object net likely to be gained by imposing double dock dues on vessels taking the opposite side of the Mersey, because they may, from some reason, be compelled to resort to this side. The only remedy will be the establishment of Graving Docks, and other facilities for Shipping on the Birkenhead side ; but re-consideration may induce the Liverpool Dock Trust to compromise the matter by a more equitable adjustment of rates, under such circumstances as those alluded to. The attention of the Commissioners was also drawn to the fact, that the Town dues were not levied on goods sent to or from Liverpool by railway,—an equality which, it was contended, operated unfairly towards the coasting vessels. It was stated by the TOWN-CLERK, that the only exemptions from the payment of town dues were enjoyed by the freemen of Liverpool, London, Bristol, Wexford, and Wa terford ; but as the exemption applied only to those who were freemen before the passing of the Muni cipal Reform Act, the number is rapidly dimi nishing. ANOTHER week has gone by, and we know no more—if as much—as to what is going on between Turkey and Russia, than we did before. The receipt of advices by Electric Telegraph is almost of daily occurrence, but the cry of " wolf" has been raised so often, and so often proved to be a Elie alarm, that now no one believes it, and the intelligence of a sanguinary engagement between any of the par ties engaged would excite very little surprise. We may, however, believe that Turkey has made a formal demand upon the Russian General for the evacuation of the provinces of Moldavia and Wal lachia, with a threat of hostilities if the demand be not complied with ; that such a refusal has been given, but that, owing to the lateness of the season, it is very probable that anything more than a mere show of military force will be reserved until the Spring ; so that ample time will be afforded in the interval for diplomatic arrangements, by which there is very little doubt a settlement of some kind will be finally arrived at. Much as has been said about national honour, which in the present case means very little, it is manifest that England is greatly interested in the maintenance of peace, in asmuch as she would be by far the greatest sufferer in commercial affairs. The Ministers, therefore, have been fully justified in the temporising course which they have pursued, and the more so as, after the rejection by Turkey of the note agreed to by the Vienna conference, no legal or moral obligation existed to a ff or d h er any active ass i s t ance . Th e point in disp u t e , as i s well known, i s th e possession of the provinces on th e D anu b e, t o w hich Russia has no title, but it may be a question, if the subject was debated on the principles of strict justice, whether Turkey has a better title. The strongest claim th it either party could set up would be con quest or possession. The latter Turkey certainly has not, and we may doubt the propriety of admit ting the validity of the former, under the circum stances of the population being nominally Chris tians, and the power which assumes to have the mastery being avowedly Infidel. But then comes the difficulty, that it is a surrender to the Empire of Russia, which modern European policy chooses to think is already sufficiently spacious and power ful. The alternative is, therefore, to submit to an act of aggression on the part of the Northern po tentate, or forcibly restore a Christian population to the rule of a Mohammedan power. Perhaps the better solution of the ;difficulty would be for the Great Powers of Europe to pursue a similar course to that which they took in. the case of Greece, and declare the independence of Moldavia and Wal lachia as a separate state, under a Christian prince, whose rule should be guaranteed in a similar man ner to the instance referred to. Such a state would present as efficient a barrier :to the territorial ag gressions of Russia in a southerly direction as the effete government of Turkey,. and might, by its position as an intermediate state, prevent much of the quarrelling which usually accompanies the ne gotiations between Russia and Turkey. The ar rangement might also have the effect of removing the conscientious objection which many entertain to any assistance being afforded by Christian Eng land to the perpetuation of an Infidel power in Europe. THE industrial classes, for whose especial be hoof almost every other interest has been en dangered, have seized upon the notion that their labour is indispensable, and have acted upon it by refusing to work, except at such exorbi tant wages as would give them the lion's share of the profits, and leave little or nothing for the capital, skill, and enterprise, without which all the labour of our artisans would be literally worthless. There are now thousands of operatives—who a short time since were in better circumstances than ever they were before —in a state of idleness, and dependent for a bare subsistence upon what can be raised from the wage s o f th e f e w who have not yet turned out. The question has been argued upon the abstract r i ght of each party b e i ng free agents in the matte r; t h at the masters h ave a full right to pay only suc h wages as t h ey p l eas e, or can get workmen to accept; and that the latter have an equal right to refuse to work, if they do not choose to accept the wages offered. This may be the strictly legal view of the question, but it by no means implies the moral right which ought to be binding on both parties, if honour and honesty are still to have any influence in English transactions. The manufacturer embarks large capital in the erection of mills and machinery, and—upon the faith of well-understood arrangements with those whom he employs, as to the rate of wages, which are usually upon an equality in a district he ac cepts orders for his manufactures at propor tionate prices. It is, therefore, but equity that those whom he employs should continue their labour so long as the rate of wages is equal to that which they agreed to accept as a fair remunera tion, or until, by mutual arrangement, both parties agree to a change. The waster, on the other hand, is morally bound to continue the employment, nor is it unusual for them to do so at times when they have no demand for the products of labour, owing to an unwillingness that the operatives should be the chief sufferers. In the present instance, how ever, the operatives appear to have relied upon a presumed activity in trade, and, by turning out for additional pay, attempted to practise a species of intimidation, which it is the manifest right of the masters to resist as far as practicable. This they have done to a great extent, as in most instances where the strike has commenced at one mill, the other masters in the district have closed their mills, so that the turn-outs should not be maintained out of the wages of the others, and encouraged in their contumacy. It is this union, on the part of the masters, which has caused so many hands to be out at one time, and it is to be hoped that it will have the effect of sooner bringing back the men to reason, as it is evident that, if one manufacturer be allowed to suffer, the others will soon share the same fate. The men have, however, grossly deluded them selves, or are the victims of their leaders, who, in all such cases, are the least worthy characters. So far from the masters being just now open to inti midation for the briskness of demand for their goods, the case is just the reverse. The unsettled state of political affairs, the difficulties in the money market, and the lull in the demand from abroad, have rendered the manufacturers almost indifferent about closing their mills; so that, instead of being at the mercy of the men, the latter will find, to their cost, that they are at the mercy of the masters, which their recent conduct has done little to deserve. Let us suppose, however, that the men should be successful in obtaining their demands, and a little reflection will serve to show that they have gained a loss. If they are only out of work for three or four weeks, it will take many months, at an advanced rate of wages,to put them in the same position that they would have been in had they continued work on the former scale. They will have not the slightest guarantee for the continuance of the higher rate ; and should cir cumstances occur, which none can tell how soon, to abate the present fancied prosperity of trade, they will have no claim for merciful consideration at the hands of those to whom they have now shown so little. It is to be hoped that the men, who have been really the dupes of agitators, will allow their good sense to operate, and give up their senseless quarrel before they have made the breach irremediable. THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. No. 111. NOTWITHSTANDING the great natural advantages pos sessed by Wallasey Pool for the extension of the Shipping trade of the Mersey, it was only as recently as 1843 that any attempt was made to render them available by the construction of the requisite works. It is true that about the year 1826 several of the Liverpool shipwrights opened establishments in Birkenhead, and a slip was constructed at Wallasey Pool, for hauling up vessels wanting repairs, and Mr. LAIRD established his iron and shipbuilding yards. In 1827, a proposal was made by a joint-stock company for the construction of a dock and floating har bour, in connection with a ship-canal to the Dee ; but in 1828 the Corporation of Liverpool: purchased the land on the shore of the Pool, and the scheme was abandoned. Nothing further was done in this matter untillB43, when the Liverpool Town Council re-sold the land to Messrs. LAIRD, JACKSON, and POTTER, by whom a scheme was proposed for the construction of a tidal harbour and sea wall, whereby an inclosure would be made at Wallasey Pool, affording an amount of accommodation greater than the entire of the Docks at Liverpool. _ _ The requisite plans were prepared, commissioners or trustees were appointed, application was made to Parlia ment ; and, notwithstanding the vigorous opposition to the bill before the Committees of both Houses, it received the Royal Assent in July, 1844. This gave rise to several other schemes, among which was the formation of a com pany for the erection of iron:warehouses on the margin of the river, and an extension of the railway to the ware houses and docks. In 1845 the works were vigorously proceeded with ; and, at the same time, the Herculaneum Docks at Liverpool were purchased by the Birkenhead Dock Estate. During the Session of that year, the sanc tion of Parliament was obtained for the extension of the railway to the docks ; for the construction of warehouses on the dock-quays ; and, also, to compel the Corporation of Liverpool to sell the fee-simple of the land, which had only been obtained from them under lease. A small dock was also made: on the south side of Birkenhead, and a considerable enclosure of Tranmere Pool. The ostensible object for which the enclosure of Wal lasey Pool was commenced was the insufficiency of the docks on the Liverpool side of the river, in order to remedy which the Dock Trustees made large purchases of land at the extreme north and south of the town. These have since been converted into docks ; but trade has increased still faster than the means for efficiently carrying it on, while the limit of available accommodation has been reached, if not exceeded. The works at Wallasey Pool were commenced by the elected Commissioners of Birken head, with funds raised on the credit of the undertaking ; and, whatever rates were received beyond the amount necessaryato pay the interest of the loans, or whatever funds should arise from property acquired and disposed of, were to be applied in reducing the principal of the debt until the works were relieved from all incumbrances, and the rate afterwards, should any be necessary, would be required merely for maintaining the works. It was also ' a proviso, that if more property should be acquired than was necessary to discharge the debt, the surplus should be applied to the annual charge of maintenance, and the works then become free of all rates. Such were the conditions under which the docks at Birkenhead were commenced ; but the attempt gave rise to much angry discussion between the two sides of the Mersey, which might have been spared had the parties considered that they had a common interest in the trade of the port, as it was impossible that one side could be benefited without the other enjoying a large share of the prosperity. On the one part, it was said that the land at Wallasey Pool, which the Corporation of Liverpool had bought expressly for mercantile purposes, appeared to have been retained by them solely for the purpose of pre venting any useful adaptation of it ; while by the other complaint was made of the conduct of the Birkenhead parties in appropriating their purchase to dock purposes as a breach of faith, from the opinion that such accommo dation should be confined to the eastern side of the Mersey, notwithstanding the sale by Mr. PRICE, the original Lord of the Manor, was made upon the express agreement that the Pool was to be appropriated to the " purposes of trade connected with the interest of Liverpool." The object to be accomplished by the enclosure of Wal lasey Pool was to be effected by two distinct operations ; one, the enclosure of the upper, and the other, the em banking of the lower part. The first was to be accom plished by a masonry dam, having in it a pair of flood gates of 70 feet in width ; and two locks, one of 50 feet, and one of 30 feet, extending across the Pool from near the shipbuilding yards on the Birkenhead side, to the smalt-works at Seacombe. By this means the water within the larger inner harbour, called the Great Float, of 150 acres, would be retained ; and though enormously large as this " dock may be deemed for commercial pur poses, it is not too large as a reservoir to contain water for scouring the basin." The water in the Float was proposed to be kept at the depth of nineteen feet, or six feet below the Liverpool datum. The low-water basin w as to be formed by the construction of a massive sea wall along the low-water margin of the Mersey, from Seacombe Point to the head of Woodside Ferry. Pier, a distance of about a mile, with an entrance nearly two hundred yards wide, about the middle of the wall to the basin, of thirty-seven acres; which was to be excavated to the depth of twelve feet below low-water spring tides and at the south end a beaching ground of sixteen 'acres. The quantity of Land to be recovered by the embankments will be about a hundred and twenty acres. The foundation stone of the Birkenhead Docks was laid on the 23d of October, 1844, by Sir PHILIP DE MALPAS GREY EGERTON, Bart., M.P. for South Cheshire, and the works were proceeded with at first with great spirit ; but several alterations were made in the original plans, in cluding the construction of graving-docks near the sou thern entrance upon a site which, according to the ori ginal intention, would have been the property of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, but which in August, 1846, was exchanged for other lands belonging to the Dock Company. The docks which were actually con structed were the Morpeth Dock, which is a passage-dock of about 350 yards in length, leading from Woodside Ferry ; and the Egerton Dock, near Bridge-end. There are a num ber of arches at the upper dock, on each side of a tongue forming a quay running westward, which protect the months of sluices intended to scour the great basin. There are also large sluices on each side of a thirty-feet lock for scouring the outer basin. The entrance by the dock-gates from the Woodside Basin into the Morpeth Dock, is:fifty feet wide in the clear ; and the sill is of the same depth as the Prince's Dock in Liverpool. The other entrance is seventy feet wide, and is crossed by a commo dious swing-bridge, with two roads for carriages, and one for the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. To prevent the entrance being blocked up by the accu mulation of sand, a tunnel has been constructed from Wood side Ferry to near the head of Wallasey Pool, where, by means of floodgates, the surplus waters of the Birken and the other streams, which drain upwards of eleven thou sand acres of land, are retained, and through several cuts from different parts of the tunnel, which is ten feet six inches in diameter, an immense body of water can be brought to bear upon the silt. Considerable progress was also made in the erection of warehouses, which were built in the most substantial manner; and during this time .the 'Chester and Birken head railway was extended from the station in Grange lane to the docks, to which the water was first admitted on the 27th of March, 1847. On the sth of April, in the same year, the three great undertakings,—the docks, the warehouses, and the railway extension,—were formally opened for public business ; and, since that time, the works which were then completed have been in active operation. Up to the time just mentioned the works had been vigorously proceeded with, but immediately afterwards the reaction consequent upon the railway mania set in rapidly, there was a panic in the money market, changes took place in the constitution of the Board of Dock Trus tees, and the operations were paralyzed, notwithstanding the great progress which had already been made. These events gave rise to much altercation between the several parties interested, and the surveying officers of the. Admi ralty found fault with the commissioners for having turned their attention to the little Bridge End, or Egerton Dock, instead of proceeding with the works for the Great Float of 150 acres. In their report they say :—" The works are almost suspended, and a passage excavated through the red sandstone, between the Bridge End Dock and the Woodside Basin, equal in area to its own extent, as a temporary passage. Much valuable time is spent, and money expended on this work, the consequences of which were soon felt. The temporary cut is then sur rounded with quay walls, furnished with gates, and all the necessary expensive and certainly most substantial masonry. The work is all but completed. When completed, accord ing to the evidence, it will amount to £78,000 expended on this unlegalised work, and, it would appear, up to Dec. last, £263,967 on the whole works. All that has been obtained since the bill of 1844 is the Bridge End Dock, of 31 acres area, with a lock opening into a channel not yet formed, and which cannot be preserved when formed, without the aid of sluicing from the Great Float, except at a great expense; and the temporary cut, called the Mor peth Dock, of g acres area, and of such a width that no ordinary sized steamer can wind in it. To sum up all, instead of dock accommodation for some 1,600 vessels, there is provided insufficient accommodation for some 50 or 60 at most, and that partly at the expense of the coasters. The argument used is, that all has been done for the purpose of exhibiting a revenue, so as to be enabled to borrow money to carry out the great works." The time, however, had gone by for borrowing more money ; all that had been raised was expended, and, , with the exception of the works referred to, which were available for the purposes of business, almost all the rest has been, until very recently, at a stand. We shall pro ceed, in a future article, to describe the present position of the works, the prospects of present arrangements, and also what more is required to be effected in order to render the western side of the Mersey more fully available for the rapidly increasing trade of the port. (To be continued.) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. LIME-STREET WARD.-011 Tuesday evening an influ ential meeting of the electors of Lime-street ward was held at the Swan Inn, London-road, for the purpose of awarding to their retiring representative, Mr. John Buck Lloyd, a cordial testimony of the appreciation in which his valuable services are held by his constituents, and likewise to adopt measures for his return at the forth coming municipal election. The attendance was exceed ingly numerous, and comprised electors of all shades of politics, who cordially met on neutral ground to demon strate their esteem and confidence in a gentleman who has rendered such efficient services to the town. Mr. George Riding, being called to the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting, when Mr.Byford rose to propose the first reso. lution :—" That this meeting views with much satisfaction the conduct of Mr. Lloyd during the twelve years that he has represented the ward in the Town Council, and that the best thanks of the electors are due to him and are hereby given." The speaker proceeded in warm terms to eulogise the conduct and able services of Mr. Lloyd during the lengthened period that he had represented them in the Council. Mr. E. Smith seconded the motion, which was carried amidst loud applause. Mr. J. R. Cooper moved the second resolution :—" That a deputation wait upon Mr. Lloyd, requesting him to allow himself to be again nominated as a candidate at the approaching municipal election, and that the following gentlemen constitute the deputation." (A list of names was here handed to the chairman.) Mr. Cooper dwelt at some length on the efficient and able services which had been rendered to the ward by the *neat talents and assiduity of Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Reay, of Church-street, seconded the motion in an eloquent address. He said, that when men of Mr. Lloyd's character were Brought forward as candidates for municipal honours, it was their duty to sink all political differences and unite together to secure their return to the Council. In Mr. Lloyd they had a representative who was an honour to the ward ; his past efforts in promoting their interests proved him well worthy of their confidence and unanimous sup port ; a man of undeviating integrity, great ability, and possessed of remarkable business capacities, he was in every respect qualified to fill that high and honourable position to which he hoped his fellow-townsmen would shortly elevate him. The motion was carried with ac clamations, and, after a few other remarks, a vote of thanks was accorded to the chairman, and the proceedings, which were of the most cordial and enthusiastic descrip tion, were brought to a conclusion. WEST DERBY WARD.-011 Tuesday. R. crowded and enthuSiastic meeting of the Conservative electors was held at Marshall's Coffee-house, Edge-hill, for the purpose of pro moting the return of Mr. Francis A. Clint as representative of the ward. Mr. William Rowett occupied the chair, and amongst the gentlemen present were Councillors Hender son and Beckwith, Messrs. Bailey, Whatham, Brakell, Sanders, James Gaskell, Ellis, Jones, and Abraham. The chairman stated that Mr. Clint had consented to represent the ward in the Town Council .; and he thought that, when they heard his sentiments, they would agree with him that a better man could not have been found, and every thing would be done to secure his return. Mr. Clint said he placed his services most willingly at their disposal, and added that he would not say a word in disparagement of his opponent (Mr. William Earle), as he would by that means only damage his own cause. Referring to the course he should adopt, topic which now ago if elected, he said that the only lated the town was that of town im provements, and, from what he had been able to gather, he thought the feeling of the town was that such im provements should take place. He would assist in carry ing out those improvements, bearing in mind the most stringent economy in the expenditure of the public money. He wou ld a l s o promote economy, whether in improve ments, sanatory measures, or official salaries. In reply to a question by Mr. Brakell, Mr. Clint said that the system in operation in the Corporation schools was a system, as he supposed, founded on the authorised version of the dreaneedassethd Mr. byßeeMkr: ' scriptures, and he should oppose a n y c h ange i n that re spect.alln, Ti di a e r r e s m w ho e ua t ittnihoga Whatham, w,wasaunanimously r a . ft e H r e w n a d r d s e rson ad a s i s n i N g - e o o f f t ti e r. . fri Cl e i n n d t s ' s o fi f tn m ess r. W to m re . p E re ar se l n e t w th as e w h e a l r d d . 1 a s A t ex m n p i res ee gh t t - - with, and at Coombes' Hotel, Greenfield-street ; Wm. Brown, Esq., was present, and the mee ti ng made up in enthusiasm for lack of numbers. SOUTH TOXTETII WARD.—On Saturday a deputation waited on the worshipful the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., and requested him to allow his name to be put in nomina tion for re-election for this ward. The:following is the re ply of Mr. Holme to the deputation :- 1 (GENTLEMEN,--I beg that you will do me the favour of presenting to those electors of South Toxteth Ward whom you represent, my cordial thanks for their continued kindness and confidence. Retaining, as I do, a lively recollection of the generous manner in which, three years ago, they unanimously conferred upon me the honour of reflecting their opinions in the Town Council, my gratitude is enhanced by a tender of their continued support. It is to their selection that I am primarily indebted for the office which I now hold ; and the friend ships which I have formed, and the support which I have received, I have looked upon as privileges to be exercised for the good of the community, When I look at the mag tdi e w e , s i , t h a t t l e h i t o tt n e - e i n s t t i s m o a f t t e h l ye inhabitants,ie their cl i w s t h r ao whether nitude of the two great tru s t s committed to the municipal irse pon as s e s sa a t t a e upon an sstidhaeosenswthhoovun oughtd undertake k to e• viewed in a social, sanitary, o r commercial view. I feel the btr espmsibility which h e duties, and how f \drie t gv h i lo o al se lt e 8 a duties. Released from much: occupation, and having leisure to attend the committees of the Council ; and recognising the principle that, to pre serve our institutions, each man o ug ht to devote a portion, hands of the bu rgesses of South Toxteth his influence, and hi s property, I pl ace myself o again f l i s time, e t he ward, ready to serve them, if they deem my - serv i ces . p te nn rin or g is th to e worthy of their renewed confidence. I hainveaallnwuaynsicilpia: the strongest repugnance to make political opinions the only test of a man "s qualification for administering revenues 'and managing the local concerns of a commu nhaitvye; any a nd influence have fin elt o o never upon judgment m3- capacity. To promote the welfare of the port, by p roviding: for its increasing commerce ; to obtain wider thorough_ fares, better paving, sewerage, and ventilatica}; to.keep up a system of regularity and discipline, to aid in p reserving order and public peace, and to administer the public ' revenues for general benefit, are properly the d u ti es of a councillor, and • these may be used without the compro mise of peculiar opinions. I have nothing to add to the sentiments I formerly expressed on the subject m ore . immediately connected with the timber trade. I think still, as I thought then, that the Dock Committee have not availed themselves, as they ought to have done, of the facilities they pcssess in the Harrington estate, and that their extension so far to the north has been an error. And I need hardly say that I shall, as I have hitherto done, give my centre and south end of the develope the resources of the I support to every measure which can town, conscientiously believing t rut,doingso, am consulting the general welfare of this great and rapidly ex tending community. held last night, at the ins of the electors of this ward was H V VAUXIIA.LL WARD.—A numerous and influential meet house of Mrs. ayes, Vauxhall-road. Alexander Shand, Esq., was in the chair ; and among those present were - William Nicholson, Esq., Alderman Dover ; Messrs. Blun dell, pi k vson Wilson, Murdoch, Glendinning, c • , Ring, Hayes, Browne, &c. Th CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, said that Mr. Nicholson had served them three years with honour and credit to himself ; he was willing to serve them again, and he was sure that the gentleman who had been brought . out in opposition was in no respect better qualified, while he was a stranger to the ward, which required much careful' attention. The ward was much in need of better sewer age, better ventilation, and better supply of water and other things, which they might be sure Mr. Daniel Powell would never see. Their opponent was said to be in favour of civil and religious liberty ; but he was a man of extreme opinions, and, coming before them as a wolf in sheep's clothing, he was sure the electors could not do better than re-elect Mr. Nicholson. Mr. NICHOLSON, in addressing the electors, referred to his opposition to th e " Pik e S c h eme, " and to his support of economy in the Town Council. He did not see why he contest. . was opposed, except on political reasons, and he t rus t e d fyeenlifine g na b iv e e e p x l c a i na ted rd d s u n rin p g erso th e personal wouldneainyeifirh. Alderman DOVER. moved the first resolution, which conveyed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Nicholson, for - his independent, honest, and efficient services as one of the representatives of the ward in the Town Council, during the last three years. He was sure that Mr. Nichol son's votes in the Council had never contradicted his pro fessions on the hustings. He had a large interest in the ward, and though he had not often troubled the Council with long speeches, he was a valuable man on committees, where the real business was transacted. There was no man who had been more regular in his attendance at the meetings of the Council; and, drawing a proper distinction between wholesome economy and mere parsimony, Mr. Nicholson lad been a faithful supporter of the interests and the property of the ratepayers. In this contest they were not the opponents but the defenders of their rights, and he was sorry to see that Mr. Powell was attempted to be thrust into the Council on the shoulders of a political party. The Council had not shown political bias ; for, though the majority were Conservative, they had elected to the mayoralty the recently deceased Mr. John Holmes, Whose merits had been overlooked by his own party, and the chairmen of three of the most important committees were of opposite opinions. . Mr. N. RING seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Trsosr moved the next resolution, by which the meeting affirmed the call made on Mr. Nicholson, and pledged itself to use every lawful means to secure his re-election. Mr. Muanocu supported the motion, and alluded to the movement made three years ago, when Mr. Nicholson was called upon by men of every shade of politics as the fittest man to represent them. He was known to every one of them, for he had carried on business in the ward ' all his life, and so had his father before him. He referred to the unworthy attempts which had been made by two members of the ToWn Council to oppose the re-election of. Mr. Nicholson, and said he was sure that Mr. Powell would regret that he had been made the instrument of Messrs. Moss and Bradley. He could not understand the opposi tion, except on political grounds, as not one act had been done by Mr. Nicholson in the Council to weaken their confidence in him. Mr. WILSON also supported the motion, and, in the course of his remarks, referred to the fable of the old man and his son, who tried to please every one. They carried their ass on a pole , and lost him. Mes s r s . M oss an d B radley were trying the same end by the same means, and would, he trusted, meet the same fate. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. BLUNDELL moved the appointment of a committee, which was seconded by Mr. PICKERING, and carried unanimously. Mr. Nicito',sox moved a vote of thanks to the chair man, which was seconded by Mr. SLMIIEL HAYES, and having been duly acknowledged, the meeting separated. to t P he ITT-ST re-eßEElection T WARD. ---All opposition h as b een go t u p of D . W. P. Jeffreys, and Mr. John. Smith, formerly connected with the Mercury, is the candi date selected by the Radicals. The latter gentleman has published an address, in which he allows his name to be used, but declines to take any part in the contest. The ewil l lectors ought efficiently performed unl ess th ey re-elect Mr. THE MAYORALTY.—The elevation of Mr. John Duck Lloyd to the chief magistracy of Liverpool, on the ap proaching 9th of November, is an event so generally un derstood, that we have not before mentioned it, from the difficulty of considering it a matter of news. It is almost needless to say that no appointment would be more univer sally popular throughout the town. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAT. ROBBERY OF ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS CAPTURE OP THE THIEF IN AUSTRALIA.. —James St. Albin Quinn was brought up, charged with having, on the 30th of June, 1852, absconded from Liverpool, carrying. with him the sum of £1,160, the property of his employers. When brought up he was dressed like a Eger, and in his countenance gave indications of having endured consider able vicissitudes of climate and adventure. He is about twenty-four years. age, and at the time above stated wag employed as a freight clerk and collector by Messrs. Trai n and Co., of this town, and in that capacity had obtained possession of the money alluded to, with which he sud denly decamped. For many months nothing was heard of him, when a gentleman from Australia gave information to the police authorities here that he had seen him in Mel bourne. Warrants for his apprehension were immediately procured from Mr. Mansfield, b ac k e d b y the authority of the Secretary of State, and the result is that Quinn was captured in Melbourne, and brought to this town on Satur day, in the ship Eagle. It appears that, after Quinn com mitted the robbery, he went to London, thence to the con tinent, and he afterwards had the hardihood to come to L i verpool again ; and so successfully did he dupe the po lice, that he succeeded in sailing quietly for Melbourne in the Great Britain, on the following 21st of August. He states that he has made £5OOO in Melbourne as a general merchant, but that he was taken away so suddenly that a H val e na ha bi d o o go nl l y d , i th h ntvi eiseua all eg es gi l ea ve i ; . i in ne his has been forced possess i on, thata s st h a e po: o : s r v t e b i itz.rinnolnirole,fset:% than e t f hd is o , oo l t i l uig n e bh s t hi a f al, ; m o s ! ca bi r 3: e t ctr course, 11 ee, "the, both his g passengers wreoa which rt : mressa i t t tc be d, hi g n 3 d o, h a i n m d . On being brought before the magistrate, just as the case was about to be proceeded with, the prisoner said he had not had an opportunity of consulting with his law adviser, and the case was adjourned till this day (Tuesday). Several unimportant cases having been heard,• the pri soners in most of them being discharged, the magistrate proceeded to hear the . . COTTON BALE -STEALING CASE.—James Powell, who appeared on remand from last week, was committed for trial at the present sessions, charged with stealing six, bales of cotton, worth about £6O, the property of Mr. Gregory, from the premises of Mr. Raynor, in Kitchen. street. STEALING MONEY, TEE PROPERTY OP THE EMPLOYERS. —David L ith eillis Barr, a respectably dressed young man, shopman Mr. James Lamb, ironm • onger, m street, was charged with abstracting the sum of X.B, the Stanley property of his employer, from an iron safe, onFriday Vast. The prisoner, who admitted taking the rnoney,and said he did so with the intention of replacing it, was committed for trial at the present sessions. ROBBERY FROM A. DWELLING-HOUSE.—Mary McGraw and John Ellis were brought up charged with stealing a coat and a silk handkerchief, from the house of Mr. Green wood, in Falkner-street, on Friday last. It appeared that the female prisoner, on the morning of Saturday, offered-a coat in pledge at the pawnbroking establishment of Mr. Murdoch, and the shopman to whom it was offered, sus pecting it not to have been honestly come by, procured the aid of a police-constable, and on being questioned, the girl said she had been sent to pledge the coat by the male prisoner, who told her he had purchased it in Manc hester._ He was outside, and b o th p r i soners were taken in to cue-- tody. The prope r ty was identified by Mr. Greenwood anti 0 his servant, who proved that the coa akerehief, had beent in question and an other one, along with the silk h. nd_ _ __r. Greenwood, The other facts were i u been taken from the entrance-hall fA deposed to by a polic eman and M r. . Murdoch's shopman. Both prisoners were com mi tt e d for trial at the present sessions.. ASSAULTING A WORRIIAN.--Ed.... INTIMIDATING AND ' ward Baldwin, shipwright, was charged with havin assaulted a fellow-workmang that morning, on the Land. , ing-sta g. e From the evidence i t appeared th a t the cow. plainant is one who has rendered himself obnoxious to his fellow-workmen by non-compliance with some of their re. gulations, and he was, consequently, known amon g th e as a black sheep. The assault was clearly pr oved, and the magistrate, after expressing the resolution of the bench t o protect workmen in the free exercise of their rights to work on what conditions they please, without being ject to the interference of others, sentenced Bald • to one sub month's imprisonment with hard labou r. AN OLD OFFENDER.—John Thompson of the term than one an old offend he rn more senses er, being an old man, and having been on three previ victed of theft, pleaded guilty t o 2 11 . 8 occasions co o n- Thursday last, and selling it. li e lin g a jl i ket :as he was unable to obtain food :he Said he took te t co, e ,. and could not, he said, get em p loym ent was a gilder by - He was ssn teneed to three months' iropri s onment„,